The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

In the end, there were only him and Wang Zhong.

But Wang Zhong is not in Chang'an City recently, but in Sanyuan County presiding over the tomb of the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, it is impossible to recall him.

So, in the end, this matter could only fall on his head.

One morning two days later, outside the Kaiyuan Gate in the west of Chang'an City.

Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, the generals of Qin Qiong's mansion and their people were quietly waiting.

There are not many people, and there are only about seven hundred people in total.

Because they all belong to the Duke's Mansion, the swords and weapons have already been prepared.

Even, there are many carriages and horses.

Not long after, Cheng Yaojin came out of Chang'an City on a horse, and led the group of people towards the barracks.

An hour later, a team of nearly 6000 people set off in the direction of Shanzhou.

Riding a war horse and wearing armor, Cheng Yaojin was extremely powerful.

At this moment, his face is full of anticipation and hope.

At the same time, gold, silver and jewels are shining in his eyes, Tianlin shop is shining, and...

Chapter 523 The Qiang People's Night Raids Disrupting Dreams

"Zhong Da, your surname is Zhong, and Zhong Shaobao is also surnamed Zhong. You don't have anything to do with your governor, do you?" Fang De asked Zhong Da while moving the stone.

Because Zhong Da and Fang De are from the same hometown, they have talked a lot in the past few days, just like when they were digging pits and moving rocks, they still didn't forget to chat.

"I also think it has something to do with it. Although my surname is Zhong, it has nothing to do with our governor. Besides, I am from Sanquan County, so I am far away from our governor." Zhong Da looked away. Zhong Wen was thinking about what Fang De said just now.

"Then where is your governor from Lizhou? Is it from Miantu County?" Fang De continued to ask.

"I don't know, but I know that our governor has a fief in Miantu County, which is in Tagou Village to the west of Miantu County." Zhong Da responded while busy.

"Your surname is Zhong anyway, why don't you go and get to know your governor, maybe Zhong Shaobao might really recognize you." Fang De joked.

"I really thought, there are so many people surnamed Zhong in Lizhou, if everyone wants to recognize their relatives, then our governor will have to hurry to death." Although Zhong Da thought about it, he didn't dare.

As the governor of a state, this official is not something he can afford.

Even though he is temporarily a small superintendent in the Commander's Mansion, he is still unable to climb up to be a governor.

Moreover, he joined the Tongjun Mansion through his relationship, otherwise, maybe he is still working as a servant in Sanquan County at this time.

Speaking of which, Zhong Da was originally a servant in Sanquan County.

However, the servant's salary is very low. It is no problem to support himself, but it is not enough to support a family.

However, after Zhong Wen became the governor of Lizhou, Sanquan County changed drastically.

From top to bottom, more than [-]% of the officials have been changed, even the original county magistrate and county lieutenant have been changed all over again.

And he, Zhong Da, followed one of his uncles to become a county lieutenant, and then he got his uncle's instructions to join the Tongjun Mansion as a soldier.

Zhong Da's uncle is Zhong Bengen, Wei Zhong of Sanquan County.

Originally, being a soldier of the Commanding Army Mansion came on a rotating basis, not fixed.

Besides, you have to prepare everything by yourself, this mansion soldier is definitely not as good as a servant.

However, the Tongjun Mansion in Lizhou is different.

After Zhong Wen's reform, Lizhou's Commanding Army Mansion belonged to Lizhou's exclusive government soldiers, and they could get a salary, and the salary was quite a lot, several times higher than that of the servants.

Therefore, Zhong Da got his uncle's instructions and joined the Lizhou Commander's Mansion. His life is much better than before.

Although bitter and tiring, he was also happy.

"Zhong Da, Zhong Da, don't think about it, hurry up and work, Zhong Shaobao and the others are here." Fang De saw Zhong Da stunned there, thinking about something, and saw Zhong Wen and the others coming towards them. He quickly pulled the bell to remind him.

"Oh, oh, I'm going to dig the soil right now." Zhong Da got Fang De's reminder, and after realizing it, he quickly picked up the hoe and began to dig the soil vigorously.

After Zhong Wen and Li Daliang came to the construction site, they checked again.

Digging a hole and laying a foundation is the most urgent thing for Zhong Wen and the others at present.

Although the shack can accommodate people, it can only be accommodated for the time being.

And as the weather gets colder, this place is no longer a place for people to stay.

Moreover, the daytime is better at this time, but once it is night, the cold can really turn people purple.

Zhong Wen didn't care, but these soldiers couldn't resist.

Therefore, after Li Daliang informed people to return to Shancheng to bring some tools, construction work started everywhere in the southwest of Salt Lake.

"General Li, you have to send someone to bring them here quickly. In one month, one month, we have to build the stone house. Otherwise, in another month, not everyone can resist this night." Zhong Looking at the appearance of the construction site, Wen felt very worried.

"Zhong Shaobao, don't worry, they will definitely arrive here in five days." Li Daliang was also very anxious, but this person was not something he could decide.

Although some scouts reported that personnel were still being recruited, there was still a huge gap.

Without personnel, the house cannot be built, and the stone cannot be excavated.

As long as there are people, these houses will naturally be built, and then they will be able to prevent the cold.

But when Zhong Wen and the others were discussing about the house, a hundred miles to the west of them, there was a team of 2000 people rushing towards Chaka.

One look at this attire, and you can tell that they are soldiers and horses of Tuguhun.

It's just that these troops of Tuyuhun are not what they appear to be.

This batch of soldiers and horses came from the west of Tuguhun.

And the west of Tuguhun belongs to the Qiang people.

Because the Qiang people are far away from the cultural and political center of the Central Plains, and live on the plateau, they are extremely arduous and have a strong folk style.

For a long time, the Qiang people have existed as a hired labor.

Whoever gives money, the Qiang people will help them fight. From the Western Han Dynasty to the present, the fighting power of the Qiang people can be said to be very powerful.

"Where are the scouts? Is there any news?" the leader of the team asked his subordinates.

"Boss, the scouts have reported back, and Tang Jun is still in Chaka. It seems that they are digging something at this time, but our scouts don't dare to get too close, but they don't know what they are going to dig." The subordinate responded cautiously.

"Send more scouts out, we have to speed up our pace, and launch an attack tomorrow night." The leader got a response from his subordinates, and he had an idea in his mind.

On the night of the second day, the team of 2000 people had already arrived at the Chaka Salt Lake and camped [-] miles away to prepare for the battle.

At this time, Zhong Wen and the others had already gone into the shack to sleep, and only those scouts were still wandering around.

Tang Jun's scouts will not leave too far, at most within a range of ten or twenty miles.

And the scouts of the Qiang people are almost at this distance.

Scouts, on the battlefield, are definitely the existence that will not be collected at night.

Even if they encounter any danger, they can deal with it carefully, and even when they are about to die, they will spread the news.

If they can't get it out, they will choose to bury the news underground.

At this time, the two scouts on the Tang army's side were surrounded by seven or eight scouts from the Qiang side.

"Dabao, after a fight starts, you should find an opportunity to go back and report to the general. I will come to the rear." One scout shouted to another scout.

"Erhu, no, you go, I will stay in the queen." The scout named Dabao was very anxious when he saw so many enemies.

"Kill." While the two were arguing, the Qiang scouts came towards them with weapons in hand.

Seven or eight people beat two people, unless Dabao and Erhu are very skilled, then there is a chance of survival.

Moreover, the weapons in the Qiang scout's hands were extremely powerful, Dabao and the others had no choice but to fight back and forth, always looking for a chance to escape.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Dabao and Erhu were injured and lay on the ground.

"Boss, we have captured two scouts from the Tang Army." Twenty miles away, in the Qiang camp, a Qiang reported to their leader.

"Interrogate me overnight. I want to know how many troops the Tang army has, whether there are Tang troops in reserve, and also, I also want to know why the Tang army came to Chaka and what they are digging for?" The Qiang leader won such a good job. The news, of course, is to interrogate overnight.

Throughout the night, there were always some howling sounds in the place where the Qiang people camped.

At this time, not far from the Chaka Salt Lake, a captain waited for two hours. Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, he found that the number of scouts he had sent out was two less, and he was very worried.

"Dabao and the others won't be attacked by wolves, right? I haven't seen any report back for so long." The captain said to himself.

Near Chaka Salt Lake, there are not only some small tribes of Tuyuhun, but also wolves, and there are quite a few of them.

Therefore, the scouts are usually in groups of two, and they must come back every half an hour.

Furthermore, after a certain period of time, the scouts will also rotate.

However, it has been two hours, and the scout captain has not waited for the figures of Dabao and Erhu, guessing in his heart whether he was attacked by a pack of wolves.

Afterwards, the scout captain sent dozens of people to the west of the salt lake.

Half an hour later, dozens of people came back, "Back to Lieutenant Chen, we didn't see Dabao and Erhu, but we found some blood and traces of killing, Dabao and the others may have been attacked."

When the scout Xiaowei Chen got his reward, he became even more worried.

Then he ran to Li Daliang's tent.

"What happened?" Li Daliang saw Captain Chen calling him outside his camp, got up and came out to ask.

"Reporting to the general, there are two scouts missing, and there are traces of killing fifteen miles to the west. According to my guess, Dabao and Erhu may have been attacked. Please make a decision, General." Xiaowei Chen saw Li Daliang coming out. After that, quickly report the situation.

"Have you been attacked? Have you confirmed it? Could it be that you encountered a pack of wolves? Did you send scouts to investigate further?" Li Daliang asked worriedly after hearing the words.

"Return to the general, the scouts reported that no wolves were seen, and the traces of the killing were confirmed to be done by humans. Because it is too dark and the road is not clear, so no one is sent to investigate for the time being." Xiaowei Chen replied. .

At this time, Zhong Wen, who lived in a tent next to Li Daliang, also got out of the tent after hearing the movement outside, "General Li, let me go and have a look."

Zhong Wen saw that the sky was at dawn, and he estimated that it would be dawn in a quarter of an hour or two. It was impossible for him to fall asleep after being so noisy. Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he might as well go and check.

Besides, although it was easy to send out the scouts, it was really at dawn and it was very dark. If they really encountered wolves, the scouts would only be besieged.

Furthermore, as Captain Chen said, if someone really attacked the two scouts, someone must be ambushing nearby.

Send scouts out, and it is estimated that more people will disappear by then.

But just when Li Daliang was about to speak, something sounded in Zhong Wen's ears.

"General Li, there are people coming from the west. There are probably quite a few people. You should hurry up and call the scouts back." The two missing scouts of Tang Jun are probably related.

"What? Someone? Send an order to assemble the whole army." Li Daliang was also shocked, and quickly issued an order.

It's hard for Li Daliang not to be surprised, the total number of troops on his side is only a few hundred, but if there is an enemy attack, his side will definitely suffer heavy losses.

Although he didn't know how Zhong Wen judged that there were enemy troops coming from the west, he had also heard of Zhong Wen's high martial arts skills.

A moment later, the drums sounded.

Everyone who was still in a dream, suddenly heard the sound of the drum, quickly put on their outfits, and started to gather with weapons.

Chapter 524 Throwing the Bait During the Confrontation

Half a quarter of an hour later, all the soldiers had assembled.

All the people, under the leadership of Li Daliang and Zhong Wen, stood there together, watching a large group of people rushing towards them.

"Zhong Shaobao, how did you find them?" Li Daliang finally saw the person coming.

However, he was a little curious about how Zhong Wen found out that there was a large group of people running towards them.

In half a quarter of an hour, and still in the state of marching, the distance is at least two or three miles.

But it was still dawn at this time, the sky was not bright for half a day, and human eyes could not see that far.

"My ears are good." Zhong Wen replied.

Zhong Wen's ears are really good.

It's just that the ears are not as good as the previous divine sense.

But now, the consciousness is damaged and unable to function, which also created Zhong Wen's ears.

After a while, the large group of people was several tens of feet away.

"Leader, look." A Qiang man saw a black shadow like a wall in front of him, like a wall of people, and pointed in the direction of Tang Jun.

"Stop." The leader noticed something strange and quickly gave the order.