Chapter 78: Meeting on a narrow road

After stealing the mountain path that was rare, Guo Luo found someone coming from the other side. He was surprised and discussed with Zheng Hao: "At this time, I will come from the Geluoling Pass, I'm afraid there is something strange."

Zheng Hao also said: "Julan City and Shule are both under the rule of Satuk, and they are different from Kuba and Baishui City. The business road between Julan City and Shule is usually smooth, and there is no restriction on business trips. There should be some news in Shule. Even if it is not the exact news, I think the news that Sekan died and Talas was conquered by us had not spread in Shule at this time, but rumors about the "Tang Kou" appearing in Talas area should also be there. Merchants are the most cautious. If they hear that there may be chaos in a region, they will not go to take risks easily."

The information of this era is not timely, so Zheng Hao estimated that for Shule, the news about the Talas area is likely to be still before Sekan was destroyed, and it is likely to be in a "rumor" state that has not been confirmed. As for the latest news, such as Satuk arrived at the city of Julan but could not attack, which was something that even Guo Luo didn't know.

Guo Luo also felt that Zheng Hao's judgment was reasonable, so he immediately sent an order to keep his guard, hide his weapons, and walk slowly. The elite team brought by Guo Luo were all young people from the bottom of the Western Regions. They were of simple temperament and to put it bluntly, they were a bit rustic. After putting on old clothes, they restrained their murderous aura. They looked like a group of farmers, herders, porters, coolies, and Zheng Hao, who was the leader, were originally merchants, and no one could see any flaws at first glance.

There were indeed more than twenty cavalry on the opposite side, and the other party did not dare to walk too fast. Although the knights were wearing ordinary clothes, they were obviously the style of officers and soldiers. The roads in the mountains were narrow, so they could not let the two people pass each other at the same time. When they met on a narrow road, one of them would have to give way.

Guo Luo saw the style of these people and was already on the dike. He looked at people, but Zheng Hao looked at horses. It turned out that the Zheng family started out as a horse merchant. As the family's steward, Zheng Hao's horse-taking skills were also very skilled. He glanced at the mounts of the knights that were coming from the opposite side, and was shocked and said to Guo Luo: "These people riding are all sweat-blooded horses!"

"What!" Although Guo Luo lowered his voice, he could not suppress his surprise.

Zheng Hao whispered: "The two people in front are purebred sweat-blooded BMWs, and the more than twenty riders behind are the second generation of sweat-blooded BMWs - although they are the second generation, they are also extremely rare good horses. This group of people actually use Thousand-mile horses as their mounts, most of whom are Satuk."

"Why do you say that?"

Zheng Hao said: "The origin of the sweat-blooded BMW is in Dayuan, that is, our Tang Dynasty Ningyuan Kingdom. In recent years, it is said that the prince of Ningyuan Kingdom believed in the Tianfang Sect and has been controlled by the Kuba jihadists. The Kuba jihadists have ambiguous relationships with Satuk, so Satuk has some purebred sweat-blooded BMWs and the second and third generation sweat-blooded horses."

Guo Luo once heard Zheng Wei talk about the relationship between Kuba's jihadist and Satuk. At this time, Zheng Hao broke this joint and he immediately understood it. His mind circled a little and had made a decision. He thought to himself: "Although we have more people than the other party, there are thousands of miles of horses under the crotch. If we are in the open plain, we are afraid we are not opponents, but if we have a good horse, they will have no choice but to use their strengths." The order to be prepared to kill the enemy was secretly passed.

On such a trade road, the knights walking across the street were also very alert. Both sides slowed down. Guo Luo lowered his head and shrank in the middle of the team. Zheng Hao led Zheng Han and Yang Zhuo to meet the two young men.

Seeing that the two sides were close to each other, the Knight leader opposite asked, "Who are you? How could you take this path?" The voice was filled with alertness.

Zheng Hao immediately said, "We are merchants from Kulan City and Chin Baersi. Who are you?" The knight leader spoke in Uighur language, so Zheng Hao responded in Uighur language. He lived in the area of ​​Kulan City for a long time and spoke in that area.

The knight leader and the deputy leader whispered and discussed for a few words, and the deputy leader said, "We are the official army." But without saying which force it was, he asked again: "You are really businessmen? Why are you going to such a remote path? When is the current time and still doing business?"

Zheng Hao sighed, "Where are we doing business? Now there is a group of very powerful thieves. The chins and Julan City are in chaos. The government troops there can no longer be defending them. We are taking our families and rushing to Shule to take refuge. Although this road is remote and dangerous, it is better than being killed by robbers in the back." The deputy leader asked about the situation in Julan City in Talas. Zheng Hao told him one by one, without any flaws. However, from the perspective of a fugitive merchant, he said the social chaos in the Talas area did not involve the overall military and political situation.

The knight leader asked again, "How did you know this road?"

Zheng Hao looked a little embarrassed and said, "Actually, although this road is a secret smuggling path, many businesses in Julan City and Talas know about it. We originally wanted to take the Melki, but when we walked halfway, we heard that the road was blocked. We had no choice but to go south to take this secret smuggling path and take a risk."

The deputy leader of the knight asked again: "Which family are you from?"

Zheng Hao said: "We are some families who come together. I am the Utor family in Julan City," pointing to Abul: "This is from the Snail Shahi family in Chin, and I am going to go back to Shule."

The deputy leader heard their words and said, "There are two families."

Nair Shahi is a rich man, and he is quite legendary. He thinks of him and makes his business to Shule. Many people in the country have heard of it.

Zheng Hao said again: "Several officials, we met on the road. We should have been filial to each other, but we have given valuable things to all tribes along the way and bought roads from all over the way. Now the bag is so weak that only two taels of gold are left..." As he said that, he took out two gold nuggets and asked Zheng Han to bring them over: "Please accept it with a smile and let us go."

The knight leader and the deputy leader saw that their team had an old man (Zheng Hao) and a child (Yang Zhuo Zheng Han). The leader Abul was a typical businessman. The porters were all rustic and believed it a little. The two exchanged their eyes. The deputy knight leader said to the knight leader: "It seems that they are really merchants, so don't care about them, so as not to add to the trouble."

The knight leader collected the gold and said to Zheng Hao: "Well, we don't make things difficult for you, but you have to make way for us first."

Zheng Hao hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." He ordered: "Give way to the officials."

The whole Tang army turned sideways to the forest, giving way to most of the way.

The knight leader raised his whip and said, "Go!"

From Zheng Hao below, all the soldiers of the Tang army lowered their heads, as if they did not dare to look up. When the knight leader was about to pass by him, he suddenly pulled out a scimitar and put it on Zheng Hao's neck!

Zheng Han and Yang Zhuo were shocked, and the Tang army soldiers were all nervous. Fortunately, the team of people were all from Lao Yu's battle formation. They were calm in the face of danger and did not take action rashly. The knight leader said coldly: "What's left in your waist?"

Zheng Hao was not panicked, but his face seemed shocked and scared, and said, "Yes, yes... it's a knife. Now it's messy everywhere, and we are walking on such a mountain road. If we don't have a knife to defend ourselves, who dares to walk?"

The knight leader sneered and said, "Take the knife out slowly and throw it on the ground."

Zheng Hao said, "Yes." He pulled out the knife and threw it on the ground.

The knight leader shouted again: "Everyone throws the knife to the ground!"

The Tang army soldiers had no one to do anything for a while, and the knight leader shouted: "What! Do you dare to disobey?"

Guo Luo hesitated slightly in the middle of the team, throwing the knife and scabbard to the ground, and nodding. Only then did the entire team of soldiers throw away their weapons. The knight leader sneered: "Everyone of you has weapons."

Zheng Hao smiled bitterly and said, "At this time, if we don't defend ourselves, we will not be able to get here."

The knight leader laughed and saw that they had already put down their weapons, so he felt relieved. He took back the knife on Zheng Hao's neck and said, "You are honest!" Then he led his subordinates to pass by them with great swagger.

This path is so narrow! Although the Tang army soldiers had already shrank their bodies as much as possible, most of the road they gave up could not be passed quickly, so they could only walk slowly - if they walked too fast, they had to collide.

As soon as they stopped and walked, the two teams passed by. Yang Zhuo secretly counted the number of cavalry. At the last cavalry, the total number of 27 people passed by. The Tang army was large. The last cavalry group had already passed by Yang Zhuo. The cavalry leader who was in charge was only half of the Tang army.

Zheng Hao winked at Yang Zhuo, and Yang Zhuo shouted: "That general, you lost something! You lost something!"

The ranks of the twenty-seven riders met at the end, and they were not short or long. The knight in front heard a question: "What?"

But he didn't know that this was a signal of Tang Jun taking action, telling the people behind him that the team was over. Guo Luo was in the middle of the team and shouted loudly: "I just dropped this thing!" This was a signal of taking action!

More than twenty Tang soldiers stared at one of them and rushed forward. The twenty-seven knights did not expect that this group of "merchantists" would be so brave. They dared to pounce on the air without weapons! If it was a battlefield match, those who had no weapons could only be slaughtered, but the distance between the two sides was too close at this time! The Tang army could catch the opponent's thigh with one move. When the body was pounced, most of the Uighurs were pounced off the horse and rolled into the mountains and rocks. This mountain trail immediately neighed and the soldiers roared!

There were also several agile Uighur cavalry who dodged the first attack, but they pulled out their swords and their arms were also held. At this time, both sides were fighting close to each other, and they could not even use three-foot swords - only the fish intestine dagger is useful in this occasion!

Seeing that the cavalry closest to him was pounced down by a Tang army chief, the two of them were entangled and wanted to run over to help, punching and kicking the cavalry, but how could they get the opponent's vitals?

Suddenly, he heard Yang Zhuo shouting, "Ahan, go away!"

As soon as Zheng Han gave in, he saw Yang Zhuo coming over with a short knife. The Uighur soldiers on the ground saw that they struggled desperately, but were firmly entangled by the Tang army chief. Yang Zhuo walked steadily, aimed at his throat and inserted it. Blood spurted out. Zheng Han shouted, after all, he was the son of a merchant and had never experienced a battle formation. He was frightened by this. However, Yang Zhuo didn't care at all and smiled and said, "I'm afraid of this little blood? If I had seen the battlefield of Deng Shangcheng, wouldn't it scare you to death?"

The Tang army basically used this kind of fighting style with two against one, and used one force to flexibly entangle one with one force and move, and then took up the weapon to solve the life of the opponent. However, seven or eight extremely powerful Uighurs broke free. However, at this time, the Tang army had already gained the upper hand, surrounded by dozens of people, and seven or eight people were dealing with one. Soon, the remaining seven or eight people were cut into flesh paste, leaving only the chief and deputy leaders.

After the battle, Guo Luo ordered the two leaders to come, and the two leaders shouted loudly: "Who are you! Who are you? How dare you attack Bograhan's guards, aren't you afraid of death!"

Guo Luo said with a oh, "So he is really a Satuk."

The Uighur leader shouted: "You know, you still dare to take action!"

Guo Luo said: "What are you going to do when you walk this road?"

The Uighur leader sneered and refused to answer, just said, "You group of miscellaneous people who commit such a serious crime will not die sooner or later-even your family will be implicated!"

Guo Luo smiled slightly, Yang Zhuo walked up and kicked him, saying, "We have been implicated in our entire clan for a long time, but who is afraid of coming? You have the ability to kill all our people in the Tang Dynasty."

"Da Tang?" The leader of the Uighurs shouted: "Damn, damn! You... are Tang bandits!"

Seeing that he couldn't say anything at the moment, Guo Luo thought to himself: "Let's go back and send Yihuo soldiers to send them back to Julan City and hand them over to An Jiu for interrogation, so that they won't be able to pry their mouths open!" He said: "Search for him to see if there is anything!"

The Uighur leader's face changed drastically and he kept struggling, but it was useless. Yang Zhuo had found two letters and a seal-like thing from his arms. Guo Luo took the letter, and the envelope was also written in heaven. Zheng Han came over and took a look and told Guo Luo, "Brother Luo, it was from Valdan, the lecturer who Satuk wrote to Kuba."

"What!" This time, it was Guo Luo's turn to be surprised.

Zheng Hao came forward and said, "It turns out that they were going to Kuba on this road. The contents of these two letters are probably extraordinary, so they have to send them to Special Envoy Zhang!"

Guo Luo pondered slightly and called the team leader He Ziying and said, "I will give you two fire soldiers, ride on this sweat-blooded BMW, bring these two letters, and escort these two to Julan City! This news is extraordinary and must be delivered!"

He Ziying followed the order and said, "Even if the last general is trying his best, he will definitely deliver the news!"

In order to prevent the two from escaping, they first picked out their tendons and bandaged their wounds. After they were strapped, they divided the second-generation sweat-blooded BMWs to the two. Guo Luo took one of the two purebred sweat-blooded BMWs and gave one to He Ziying.

Zheng Hao reminded: "After going back, still follow the same path. Don't take shortcuts randomly, otherwise you may be hasty and fail to reach."
Chapter completed!