Gao Sheji's hands were tied behind his back, and he said anxiously: "General Xu Lang, what we said is true, haven't you checked our waist card?"
Xu Lang waved his hand and said: "Whether you are really our army scout, we will know when someone from Shanzhou confirms it, don't worry, before the truth is known, I will only restrict your freedom, and I will not treat you badly." ” Gao Sheji hurriedly said: "The Turkic army is marching day and night, it will arrive in an instant, they are all cavalry, not much slower than us, there is no danger to defend here, the defenders have to retreat to Mingwei to do it."
Xu Lang sneered twice and said, "Your waist card is not fake, but how do I know that you didn't catch our scouts, pretending to be our people, and trying to take General Ben away in order to rob the local shepherds?
Xiong Kaishan paused and said: "If General Lang is worried about this, he can immediately notify all the tribes and tribes to move back to Mingweishu, these tribes are gone, what else can we capture if we are thieves?"
Xu Langjiang rolled his eyes and said: "Tribal migration is so easy, it is a matter of dragging the family and mouth, and the loss is huge, if the news is not true, who will appease and compensate the boss, who will deal with the guilt of leaving their posts without permission, and who will bear the responsibility."
Yan knows why he is not a soldier, but no matter how old his official is, he said angrily: "Let your mother's bullshit we take such a big risk to send you the news, you dog official still have to be suspicious, then you are not afraid that the news is true, when the Turkic army presses the border, I will swallow you in one bite?"
Xu Lang was furious, pointed at his nose and said, "Bastard, you dare to speak to Shangguan like this" Yan Zhihe straightened his chest and said: "Lao Tzu is not a soldier under you, I am afraid of where you will come."
"Who are you?"
"Lao Tzu is a horse bandit" "Hmm" General Xu Lang's eyes suddenly showed a fierce light, and Gao Sheji hurriedly said: "A few of them were asked by us to help." ” Xu Lang said with a smile: "Aren't you a scout, when did our scout become so generous, and actually had the money to buy horse bandits?"
Xiong Kaishan rolled his eyes angrily, and paused: "We can't say these things clearly for a while, but I know that the Turkic army is coming soon, and if you don't retreat, it will be too late." ” General Xu Lang sneered: "General Benlang received news two days ago that the Turks had indeed launched an attack on our border army."
Gao Sheji's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "You already know" General Xu Lang said proudly: "Of course, the Turks are attacking Juyanhai, not Baiting, hmph, you want to fish in troubled waters."
Gao She was dumbfounded, and said after a while: "Didn't I tell you just now, why are you still fooled when they feint to attack Juyanhai?"
Xu Lang sneered and pointed at them, "Are you telling me not to believe the beacon signal, but to believe the words of a few of you who don't know whether you are horse bandits, scouts, or Turkic spies."
Xu Lang didn't wait for him to answer, so he turned his face and waved his hand: "Escort a few of them down and send them to Liangzhou Mansion for disposal."
The soldiers waiting in the tent immediately dragged Gao Sheji and others to retreat, and Gao Sheji was so anxious that he jumped to his feet and shouted: "Lang General Lang, no matter what, you should also send someone to find out the truth, Lang Jiang" As soon as the tent was empty, Xu Lang paced his hands behind his back for a while, and called, "Come on" The personal soldiers at the tent walked into a person, hugged their fists and said: "Lang General" Xu Yisheng said: "Send a few brothers into the mountain pass to investigate. ” Deputy General Xiao Ningfeng asked, "General Lang believes their words" Xu Lang said in a deep voice: "This matter is big, I'd rather believe it than believe it, and send a few people into the mountains to take a look." ” Tian Ainu woke up slowly, she felt a thick warmth rushing to her face, she opened her eyes and looked, there was a fire not far in front of her, Yang Fan was sitting next to the fire, was carrying two pieces of dry cow dung into the fire, flashing fire light reflected his cheeks, flickering and dimming seemed to shine on the blade.
After more than two months of wind and sand grinding in the snowy desert, after such a long time of displacement, Yang Fan has lost a lot of weight, but the whole person has become more refined because of this, and his momentum is a little sharp.
His hair was unkempt, and the beard under his chin and sideburns that had not been shaved for a long time made him a little more handsome and wild as a man.
Looking at him quietly, a touch of shame suddenly flashed in Tianinu's eyes, and she remembered the confession she had made to Yang Fan when she was dying.
She really wanted to close her eyes and not open them again, so as not to be embarrassed when facing him, but her eyes swept over Yang Fan's wrist and saw the strips of cloth wrapped there, and suddenly remembered his injury, and couldn't help but let out a soft "ah".
Yang Fan Huo Ran turned his head and said happily: "You are awake" "Hmm" Tian Ainu was still neatly dressed, but she still shyly pulled the soft sheepskin jacket over her shoulders and whispered, "How is your injury?"
Yang Fan said: "It's nothing, a little injury."
When you saw the felt tent, you fainted, and I couldn't drag you, so I crawled all the way to the felt tent and asked someone to rescue you.
I've fed you a bowl of barley paste, are you feeling better now?"
"Hmm" Tian Ainu still softly agreed, and asked, "Where is this?"
Yang Fan said: "This is already the jurisdiction of Bai Ting, this is a Qiang tribe, the men and horses of Moon and Mu Si take another road and will not pass through here, but Zhu Tu's army will definitely pass through here when they come from Yibi, I want to persuade them to move away from here quickly."
However, I just talked to their people, and their Chinese language is too unpleasant, and I don't understand their language. ” "I can do this" Tian Ainu turned over and sat up, thought for a while, and said: "The nomadic Qiang people in the Baiting area, they are more loyal to my Tang Dynasty, where is their leader, I will go to see them" Tian Ainu struggled to stand up, but Yang Fan hurriedly supported her and said, "You don't have to worry, they have roughly understood a few words, and they have already gone to find their leader." ” Tian Ainu sat down with peace of mind, her body was still relatively weak, and her ears litus and her heart beat as soon as she stood up, and it was indeed not suitable for any more exercise now.
I heard that this is a Qiang tribe to which Baiting belongs, and Tianainu is still relatively relieved.
The Qiang people are a big nation in the Western Regions, and their people are actually more numerous than the Tuyuhun or Turkic kingdoms that once dominated for a while, but the Qiang people do not have a unified political power, the organization is very loose, and in order to compete for the grassland, the Qiang tribes are also fighting endlessly all year round.
Therefore, they were later ruled by Tuyuhun and Turkic respectively, and the contradiction between the Qiang and the Turkic people has always been very large, and there have been times of contradictions and conflicts between the Tuyuhun and the Qiang people, but later generations of Tuyuhun kings gradually paid attention to integration and co-optation, so that the Qiang people gradually returned to their hearts.
Later, when the Tang people fought with Tuyuhun, many Qiang tribes killed Tang officials and defected to Tuyuhun, and the Tang people really couldn't talk about "harmony" here, but now Tuyuhun has been annexed by Tubo, and even the Tuyuhun royal family has been reduced to second-class citizens, which no longer has the attraction to the Qiang people.
At present, the Qiang people are the closest to the Han people among the ethnic minorities who remained in the Tang ruled areas.
At present, there are a large number of Sogdians, Turks, Tibetans, Qiang and other nomadic tribes in the Tang ruled area.
The government is trying to change their nomadic habits and let them try farming, which creates new contradictions between them.
Letting them abandon their pastures and go to farming is unacceptable not only to some herdsmen who adhere to tradition, but also to their leaders, because once farming becomes their main mode of production, their power over the entire tribe will be shaken and they will be easily taken over by the government.
However, this contradiction is mainly concentrated in the Sogdian and Turkic tribes that belong to it, and the Qiang people were already familiar with agriculture at an early age, and there is no such hard-line tribal ruling class as the Turks and Sogdians, so at present, among the various ethnic minorities in the Western Regions, the Qiang people have the most harmonious relationship with the Tang people.
"Jiro, I" Tian Ainu sat down again, speechless for a while, wanted to say something to Yang Fan, but felt a little shy, didn't say anything to Yang Fan, and the tent was so quiet that she panicked, and finally mustered up the courage, just opened his mouth to call a sentence, Yang Fan had already handed over a wooden bowl, and said: "Drink some more paste, add a little meat to it, we have been hungry for a few days, let the stomach get used to it first." ” "Oh" Tian Ainu's words were interrupted, obediently took the wooden bowl, and took a small sip of the porridge that was boiled to a thin extent, she always felt that it seemed that she should say something to Yang Fan, at least she had confessed her mind to Yang Fan.
In fact, this affection has always been hazy in her heart, and it was not until the moment of death that it suddenly became clear.
Now, she has already told Yang Fan, Yang Fan also nodded vigorously at the time, she remembers this scene very clearly, she always feels that the relationship between the two people is a little different from usual, but I don't know why, she feels that it seems to be more alienated from Yang Fan.
In the past, when she saw Yang Fan, Yang Fan would always find an opportunity to flick her tongue, but now they cross the desert together, drink together, hug each other when they sleep, and after the dying confession, he should have been closer to him, why did he seem to be avoiding himself Tian Ainu drank the porridge in small sips, and sometimes glanced at Yang Fan, Yang Fan was still facing the fire, adding cow dung and firewood, and his demeanor was no longer relaxed and natural when she was not awake, his kind of concentration seemed to be pretended, as if he was afraid to face or talk to her.
Tian Ainu gradually became uneasy, but he was just perfunctory to me at that time Thinking like this, Tian Ainu suddenly had an extremely panicked feeling in her heart, the nightmare of being abandoned and hurt by her loved ones when she was a child had been affecting her, she didn't dare to completely trust anyone, and she didn't dare to fall in love with anyone at ease, until she was desperately waiting for death, Yang Fan used his blood to lift the spell of her heart.
Therefore, Tian Ainu poured all the emotions that had been suppressed for more than ten years into one person at once, which was different from anyone else's love, it was a kind of fanaticism, a force that she could no longer control herself, but Yang Fan's attitude made her panic inexplicably: "Does he actually not like me?"
To be continued: