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Chapter 5 Intercepting the Messenger

Huo Hanshan quickly found a leeward-looking valley to camp. There was a pool nearby to get water. They decided to camp here for a few days.

When Su Yang drove the carriage to the edge of the pool along the mark left by Huo Hanshan, he licked his dry lips, jumped off his horse and rushed towards the pool water, leaned on the ground and poured water into his mouth with both hands.

"Ah-It's so good!" Su Yang raised his wet head and sighed loudly after filling it.

Everyone has been out of water for two days, and the other three wounded were also extremely thirsty. Peng Jiujin, who was slightly less injured, took a wooden stick and took a pottery bowl and walked down from the cart to the edge of the pool to scoop water.

Su Yang opened his eyes from the intoxication, and a reflection appeared on the water. When he saw it, he immediately shouted: "Ah—How could it be? Why is this?"

Huo Hanshan, who was on the horse and several other wounded soldiers were attracted by the attention. Peng Jiujin, who was squatting beside Su Yang, couldn't help but ask: "Captain, why are you so weird?"

At this time, the shadow on the water surface was a young man with a shallow beard, with a Chinese face, a wide forehead and a wide mouth. Although he still looked immature, he looked mighty and ferocious.

Damn, what about the promised appearance? Not to mention the appearance of ninety, at least eighty, right? This face of less than fifty is still scared away the young ladies? Where can I get to contact the opposite sex? Su Yang looked at this look and was crying without tears. He turned his head and asked, "Fairy, how do you think I look?"

Peng Jiujin was serious and nodded and said, "The captain is tall and strong, with a tall and handsome appearance, and he is a handsome talent!"

"Then do you think I'm handsome?" Su Yang looked at Peng Jiujin with hope.

Peng Jiujin looked puzzled: "Ship? You are already the lieutenant, but you are one level higher than the brigade commander. If the lieutenant wants to be the lieutenant, this is a good ambition, but the lieutenant still needs to work hard!"

Su Yang was stunned for a moment. It turned out that the guy understood the handsomeness and the handsomeness he said. He was a little crazy: "Master, you uncle, I have not been too ambitious yet and I will immediately become a handsome man. I am asking you, my appearance... Damn, how can I describe it? By the way, handsome! Do I look handsome?"

Peng Jiujin opened his mouth wide and then burst into laughter: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..." Qin Dashi and Geng Changsheng, who were lying on the cart, laughed out loud. Huo Hanshan on the horse's back held back and laughed out loud, but his body trembled differently, which shows how hard it was to endure.

Peng Jiujin slapped the ground with both hands and laughed and said, "Haha... The lieutenant is indeed handsome, much more handsome than Zhang Fei in the Han Dynasty!"

Su Yang was furious when he heard this, grabbed Peng Jiujin's collar and cursed: "Your uncle, you actually compare my appearance with that of Zhang Fei, the reckless man. Are you intentional?"

"No, I just thought of him at once."

Su Yang let go of his hand and sat on the ground with a decadent look on his face and muttered to himself: "It's over, I still want three wives and four concubines, and I'm hugging them left and right! How can I marry a wife and concubine with this look?"

Qin Dashi lay on the cart and couldn't help but smile and comfort him: "I heard that the lieutenant's family already had a child bride bought for you during his lifetime. Although he was a few years older than you, it should be a different feeling, right? Besides, as long as a man and a real man make a fortune, he will not have to worry about not having wives and concubines. His appearance is a trivial matter. What are the good things about those little guys in Chang'an City? The lieutenant doesn't need to envy them!"

"What do you know? Every era depends on appearance!" Su Yang said and got up and started to build a tent and plan a camp.

Everyone lived in this leeward valley. During this period, Qin Dashi and Geng Changsheng were seriously injured. The wound was infected again that night. The fever was still high and he almost died. Su Yang was so cruel that he used a red-hot dagger to cut off all the inflamed and rotten parts of their wounds. He burned the horizontal knife red as a soldering iron to burn the wound to prevent the wound from being infected again.

Huo Hanshan had only one arm, and could not do anything except keeping watch and collecting firewood. Su Yang had to cook for these people, serve them to eat and drink, and also bring them shit and urine.

"You guys who have cut off your head, I have never served others like this in my previous life and in this life. I have never served my own parents like this. Eat soon, go reincarnate as soon as possible after you finish eating!" Su Yang cursed while putting a few bowls of steaming batter in front of them.

Peng Jiujin licked his face and said: "Brothers have good luck. I met the captain. If someone else was replaced, I would have left us and ran away long ago!"

The supply of food and jerky is sufficient. The cultivation of the past few days has greatly improved Su Yang and Huo Hanshan's injuries and his energy has recovered a lot. Qin Dashi and others have no more wound infection and fever, and they can still go downstairs and walk around.

In the evening of that day, Su Yang found that the sky was gloomy and the temperature seemed to have dropped a little more. He immediately became heavier in his heart and summoned Huo Hanshan, Qin Dashi, Geng Changsheng, Peng Jiujin and others to discuss.

"The weather is getting colder and the injuries we are waiting for have not healed yet, but we can't continue. Once the war is over, the Tubo people will definitely strengthen the border guards and patrols. By then, I can't even leave, so I plan to set off if it doesn't snow tomorrow. Can you say something?"

Qin Dashi, Geng Changsheng and Peng Jiujin were seriously injured. Without Su Yang, they would not have been able to return to the Tang Dynasty. They could only obey Su Yang and all shook their heads to express their no objection.

Huo Hanshan still had a cold face: "Abide by military orders with humble duties!"

Su Yang didn't care and continued, "Okay, that's the decision!"

Late at night, the burning piles outside the tent were about to go out, and the light became darker.

At the edge of the woods about one mile away from the tent, Su Yang, who was in charge of the alert, was suddenly awakened by the slight sound of horse hooves from afar. He quickly looked in the direction where the sound came, and a black shadow was riding a horse and quietly heading towards Moliyi.

"Your uncle, what the hell are you going to do with a dead face?" Su Yang was furious and immediately rode his horse to chase the black shadow.

The black shadow riding and trotting in front seemed to hear the movement coming from behind, and hesitated for a while and stopped.

Su Yang ran and quickly caught up with the black shadow. He pulled the horse and saw that it was Huo Hanshan and asked in a deep voice: "What are you going to do?

Huo Hanshan didn't say anything.

Su Yang found that Huo Hanshan was wearing very thin clothes, not only did he not have a sheepskin coat to protect the cold, but he even had armor. He immediately understood.

"You are going to investigate Mo Liyi? You are planning to rescue Liu Shenli? We are in danger of protecting ourselves now. Have you been kicked by a donkey in the head?"

Huo Hanshan was still silent.

After a long time, Su Yang cursed: "You are just a stubborn donkey! Okay, okay, I can't force you, and I can't let you go alone, so I can only accompany you to go through the dragon and tiger den! Why are you still standing there? Let's go, you must come back before dawn!" As he said that, he ran towards Mo Liyi.

Huo Hanshan touched the back of his head, and finally a hint of emotion appeared on his face, and then he quickly rode his horse to follow.

Mo Liyi is already a big rear for the Tubo army that is chasing the main force of the Tang army, and its defense is relatively relaxed.

Along the way, Su Yang and Huo Hanshan did not encounter the Tubo army's ranger, nor did they encounter the patrolling Tubo cavalry.

As Mo Liyi got closer and closer, Su Yang and Huo Hanshan did not dare to be careless and slowed down.

"There is a sound of horse hooves!" Su Yang stopped and said suddenly. Since the two souls merged, his senses have been extremely sharp, and his ears, vision, and his body's perception of changes in the external environment have been greatly improved.

Huo Hanshan, who had been a scout, quickly turned over and got off the horse and lay on the ground with his ear against the ground. In just ten breaths, he stood up and said, "One ride, three miles away, soon!"

When Su Yang heard this, he immediately said, "It's so late that he's still going to hurry on his way. It's probably a messenger. Look for a rope as a trip rope and stop the person!"

Huo Hanshan immediately turned over and got off the horse, took the sieve rope and inserted the horizontal knife to the ground, tied the sieve rope, pulled the other end of the rope to the other side of the road and lie on the ground.

Su Yang dismounted and led the two horses to hide behind a large rock.

Soon, as the rapid sound of horse hooves went from far to near, Su Yang and Huo Hanshan both began to concentrate and ready to go.

When the people came, they rode close together on horseback. With the faint light, Su Yang and Huo Hanshan saw a flag behind the knight, which was indeed a messenger.

"Lulu-" The Tubo messenger was riding a horse without any accident and fell forward due to inertia as the war horse made a painful neighing sound.

Before the Tubo messenger could fall to the ground, Huo Hanshan had already stood up from the side of the road and raised his spear and rushed over quickly.

The Tubo messenger fell into a mess. If he hadn't been agile and flexible and skillful horsemanship, he would have been seriously injured this time.

"Ha" Huo Hanshan had already rushed over. He roared and stabbed the Tubo messenger like lightning.

A hint of horror flashed across the face of the Tubo messenger, and he drew out the battle knife and slashed it out quickly. With a "double", this knife cut Huo Hanshan's spear, but it did not allow him to escape from the attack range of the spear. The spear was slashed a little, but it still brushed against his chest, and the sharp blade rubbed a string of sparks on the armor leaves.

The Tubo messenger took two steps back but still failed to get rid of the attack. When the two passed by, Huo Hanshan let go of his hand and abandoned his spear. The dagger on his waist was pulled out and his backhand was swung out.

A stream of bright red spurted out from the Tubo messenger's neck, and a sound came from his throat. The sword in his hand could not hold it and fell to the ground, and his body fell to the ground.

When Su Yang walked over with two horses, the Tubo messenger was already dead. "I wanted to ask for some information from now on, but I didn't expect you to kill him in one go!"

"Ask news? Do you understand Tubo words?" Huo Hanshan whispered in his heart, but did not defend himself.

Su Yang jumped off the horse and found a long metal cylinder made of metal from the body of the Tubo messenger. He lit a torch with a fire fold to illuminate it. He opened the lid of the cylinder and took out a roll of sheepskin from it. There were some words on the sheepskin, but they all looked strange and he didn't know any of them.

"Is this Tubo text? I don't know it. Isn't this a waste of work?" Su Yang muttered a little discouraged.

Huo Hanshan jumped off the horse's back, took the sheepskin from Su Yang's hand, and looked at it, "This is the military report written by the Tubo great discussion of Gar Qinling to the Tubo court. It said that he led his army to annihilate 10,000 troops from our Tang Dynasty. The main force of the Tang army entered Yuchichuan. At present, the Tubo army is confronting the main force of the Tang army across the river. Two days ago, the general of the Tang army, Hei Chichangzhi, led his army to attack the Tubo grain and grass camp at night, and most of the food and grass losses were lost. At the same time, a partial division of the Tubo army quietly crossed the river and attacked the flanks of the Tang army. The Tang army was defeated, and the commander Li Jingxuan led his army to retreat to the Chiling area! Due to the loss of food and grass, Qinling said in the battle report that Lusuecheng quickly transported the subsequent food and grass, otherwise the war would have to stop!"

After hearing this, Su Yang did not ask Huo Hanshan how he knew Tubo's writings. He was not very familiar with this history in his previous life. Even as a general in this life, he was not very old and had little knowledge, and did not know much about Zanpu and high-ranking generals in Tubo. So he asked: "Who is this Qinling? What is the official position of Da Lun?"

Huo Hanshan was about ten years older and had been a scout. He knew a little about the situation in the Tubo Kingdom and replied: "The Great Relation is the Prime Minister of Tubo, Qinling's surname is Gar. His father was Lu Dongzan, the Prime Minister of Songtsen Gampo. After Songtsen Gampo's death, Lu Dongzan took control of the Tubo government power. After Lu Dongzan's death, Qinling inherited his power as his son!"

Even if Su Yang was not familiar with history, he still knew the deeds of the famous Princess Wencheng marrying Songtsen Gampo from Tubo State. At that time, Songtsen Gampo sent to the Tang Dynasty to propose to Emperor Taizong of Tang to marry Princess Wencheng was Lu Dongzan.

"So it's him! So that's not a person like Sima Zhao?"

"Who is Sima Zhao?"

"You illiterate, don't you know the allusion of 'Sima Zhao's heart'? Have you read all your books into the dog's belly?" Su Yang looked at Huo Hanshan with a squinted look.

Huo Hanshan looked expressionless: "The family was poor and he only went to a private school for two years!"

Su Yang was so depressed that he couldn't help but clench his fists and hit his head a few times: "Oh my God, forget it if you cut me to death!"

"It's better to live than to die!"
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