Tang riddles

The white-robed general got off his horse and approached with big strides, his silver armor clanging, and the large horizontal knife with a black scabbard on his waist gleamed with ghostly blood.A resolute face with sharp edges and corners, a straight nose and a square mouth, quite tough.The mustache around his lips is hard and black, as strong as his man.

In the 18th year of Kaiyuan, Zhang Shougui was appointed as the new governor of Youzhou, and went to Youzhou to take over the troops of the three towns of Heshuo.The good times didn't last long. In the year after he went to Youzhou, there was another turmoil in Tubo. There was no general in the northwest. Zhang Shougui, as a general who had repeatedly fought against Tubo, was transferred to the northwest again and rejoined the Longxi Army. Since then, Heshuo in Youzhou All the three armies fell into the hands of Li Jinyue.In the 19th and 20th years of Kaiyuan, wars broke out between the Tang-Tu border in the northwest and the Khitan tribe in the northeast.Zhang Shougui and Li Jinyue respectively led their troops to attack and won a complete victory.Since then, the emperor has not sent generals to Youzhou, but just maintained the status quo.

As a hero promoted by Xiao Song, after negotiating peace with Tubo, Zhang Shougui was transferred back to Chang'an again, and then sent to the southwest to suppress the imminent Nanzhao Kingdom.He was only recently transferred back to Chang'an, and was granted the title of General of the Fuguo, temporarily leading the post of General of the Right Habayashi Army.

This year, the veteran Zhang Shougui was over fifty years old. He has gone through vicissitudes, fought countless battlefields, and defended his family and country all his life. Up to now, he never wants to see the regime fall apart and his family and country be in turmoil.Zhang Shougui, who had been training in the camp of the Youyulin Army in the southeast of Chang'an City, did not receive the task of escorting Shengjia into Lishan this time.And he received the news from Xiao Song of Lishan that he was asked to lead troops into Lishan to serve as king three days ago.Without saying a word, he immediately rectified the You Yulin army and rushed to Lishan Mountain, without any regard for the danger of his own unauthorized deployment of troops.

Now this loyal veteran standing in front of Xiao Song, knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands and said:

"Xiao Xiang, the future is late."

"Get up, Shougui." Xiao Song hurriedly helped him up.

When Zhang Shougui got up, he quietly raised his two fingers and pressed Xiao Song's wrist. Xiao Song's eyes flickered and he nodded knowingly.This means to divide the troops into two groups, that is to say, the troops brought by Zhang Shougui not only invaded from the front, but also from the back of Lishan Mountain. Right now, the troops that invaded from the front can only form a confrontation with the Jinwu Guard for the time being. grasp.But once the rear army catches up, all the Jinwu guards can be taken down, and the Youbalin army will replace all the guards around the emperor.

Xiao Song understood that the most urgent task at this time was to write a letter to King Zhong and Jizhou Inspector Li Mo who were far away in Jizhou, asking Li Mo to see the situation clearly and immediately escort King Zhong back to Lishan to take control of the overall situation and the crown prince would be in his pocket .As the prime minister on the right, Xiao Song is the head of all officials, and he has not clearly stated his position.But in fact, he is indeed a loyal servant of the king.

In addition, few people know that he has another identity, that is, the priest of people among the six priests of the cult.It was an accident that he joined the cult. If it wasn't for the fact that he wanted to get ahead in Chang'an but had nowhere to go, and there was a man in black who claimed to help him, he wouldn't have rushed to the doctor in a hurry.But this black-robed man did give him great help, especially when the emperor despised him and demoted him back to the front line in Longxi, Xiao Song followed his plan to defeat the Tubo army, made great contributions and was worshiped by the prime minister, all because of this black man The credit of the gown.As a human sacrifice, Xiao Song had to pay offerings according to the time and place given to him by the black-robed man.When the man in black asks him to do something, he must not shirk, otherwise the Gu worm hidden in his brain will explode.

In the past few years, he was trembling like walking on thin ice, but in recent years, the black-robed man never came to him again. He acted on his own initiative many times, and it seemed that there was no serious problem, so he couldn't help but relax.Thinking that this man in black was just trying to scare him, he was also blamed for being too cowardly and too suspicious. Over the years, he was repeatedly threatened and controlled by the other party, which caused his younger brother Xiao Kai to be killed, which was really wrong.Now that he has entered a critical juncture, he must no longer be influenced by the other party. The decision he makes at this time must be entirely his own wishes and ideas.

He had already written the letter to King Zhong and Li Mo, and kept it close to his body, waiting for Zhang Shougui's troops to send it out.Now that Zhang Shougui's troops have taken control of the situation, Jin Wuwei General Yang Shuo and his men have all been taken down, the time has come.He immediately called a messenger soldier from the Right Habayashi Army, handed the letter box with two letters in his arms to him, and said:

"Send it to Li Mo of Jizhou immediately, without delay."

"Yes!"

But what surprised him was that just after the messenger ran two steps away, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from nowhere, piercing through the head of the messenger with a whistling sound, the messenger fell to the ground and died without making a sound.

Xiao Song took a deep breath, and hurriedly turned his head to find the location where the arrow came out.Zhang Shougui's reaction was also very timely, and he roared:

"Shield soldiers, line up!"

At that moment, a large number of infantrymen holding shields in the Youbayashi Army rushed out, surrounded the officials, and shielded the surrounding circle.The knife and ax hands are still holding swords and axes and waiting in the periphery. Since they still control the people of the Jinwu Guards, they have no way to enter the position protected by the shield soldiers. However, the Jinwu Guards they control have become their shields. no problem.

Zhang Jiuling was crowded among the panicked officials and surrounded by a shield, unable to advance or retreat.The hot weather made him sweat profusely, and the heavy official robe covered his body, which made him extremely stuffy.The officials panicked, huddled together like a school of fish trying to survive against the current, sweat and exclamations were everywhere, and the scorching sun shone overhead, Zhang Jiuling only felt dizzy for a while.

"Om", as if there was the sound of a bowstring trembling, and then a silent cold arrow shot out obliquely and hit the shield of a shield soldier in the northeast corner. The thick shield was pierced in an instant, and the arrow pierced halfway and was blocked. When he got down, the back of the shield soldier was drenched in cold sweat, and the arrow tip was less than an inch away from his eyebrow.

"Back into the hall!" Zhang Shougui hastily ordered when he saw that the situation was not good.

The shield soldiers immediately started to move, and the encirclement encircled the officials and walked up the steps of the main hall, followed by the swordsman and the Jin Wuwei.Zhang Shougui preliminarily judged that the person who shot the cold arrow was in a high position on the eaves, surrounded by halls and halls, they were in a low position, and the terrain was very unfavorable, so they had to seek cover immediately, and they must not be easily exposed within the shooting range.

While they were climbing the steps, the other party fired several arrows in a dense manner, almost every arrow was fired, and every time they took away several people's lives.You Habayashi Saber Axemen and Jinwu Guard soldiers who fell behind fell to the ground and died.

Fortunately, the shield soldiers protected the officials and arrived at the entrance of the main hall smoothly, but the main entrance of the main hall was tied up, making it impossible to enter for a while.Four shield soldiers were drawn out and started banging on the door.There are also knives and axes chopping the gate sideways, but they dare not move too much, lest they damage the door, and the arrows will not be easily blocked by then.

With the efforts of the shield soldiers and the axemen, the main hall was finally knocked open. During this period, they did not encounter the threat of the archers again, because their current positions were covered by cornices, and the archers on the roof of the three-siege hall Really hard to attack.

After the shield soldiers protected the officials and rushed into the hall, the hall was empty, Zhang Shougui suddenly felt something was wrong, and hastily ordered again:

"Break out through the back door!"

"Shougui! No way, there are archers outside!" Xiao Song said anxiously.

"This is an ambush!" Zhang Shougui shouted.

As soon as the words fell, they had already seen the way out blocked by several wooden boards at the back of the main hall.Immediately, the windows on both sides were pierced by arrows, and several arrows shot in. There were spherical objects that diffused smoke tied to the arrows, and the hall was suddenly filled with smoke.The smoke exudes a strange aroma, and people who inhale it will feel dizzy for a while.

"Not good! Lie on the ground and hold your breath!" Zhang Shougui shouted, then tore off the cloth from the hem of his clothes, wet it with the water from the lotus pond in the main hall, covered his mouth and nose, and then summoned swordsmen to smash open the back door.You can't go out the front door, otherwise you will immediately become a target for archers.

However, the situation was out of control. Three or four officials were afraid of the smoke, thinking that the smoke must be poisonous, and hurriedly rushed out from the open front door, unable to pull back.Zhang Jiuling watched helplessly as they ran outside. As a result, their heads were pierced by arrows, and a cloud of blood exploded behind their heads, and they rolled down the stairs. The scene was extremely cruel.

Witnessing this bloody scene, no one dared to go out from the front door anymore. They all lay on the ground and held their breath desperately, looking eagerly at the axemen who were struggling to hack the back door.

However, these knife and ax fighters inhaled the smoke faster during the intense exercise, and soon their hands and feet became limp, and they couldn't even hold the knife and ax in their hands, and they all passed out.The shield soldiers and the officials also lost consciousness one after another.As the last person, Zhang Shougui held on for a while, but couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground.Only Zhang Jiuling fumbled from his bosom at the beginning of the mist, took out a pill that Shen Sui gave him, put it in his mouth, and fell on the ground.In the confusion, no one noticed that he had taken a pill.After everyone fainted, Zhang Jiuling also closed his eyes and pretended to faint.

Soon after, when the smoke dissipated, footsteps sounded in the hall, and the footsteps stopped at a position not far from Zhang Jiuling. Before closing his eyes, Zhang Jiuling observed and knew that the position was where Xiao Song fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jiuling heard the rustling of his clothes, and Xiao Song groaned in pain.Then a strange voice spoke, the voice sounded so cold that Zhang Jiuling shuddered unconsciously:

"Xiao Xiang, please stay safe."

"You...you are..." Xiao Song seemed to be strangled by someone, his voice was squeezed out.

"Hush...don't talk while I'm talking." The other party said softly, "I'm here to take back what I gave you, and ask for some interest by the way. I gave you such important things as the priest of my servant." position, but you don’t do things for me well, your selfishness is too heavy, now your threat to me is greater than the value of use, I have to ask you to make way, Xiao Xiang, don’t blame me.”

The man paused, then chuckled suddenly and said:

"Look at what I found in your pocket, the soldier talisman of the Longxi Army. The Longxi Army held in the hands of your Lanling Xiao Sect, I will accept it with a smile. Finally, I will tell you a secret, what is in your mind is true." Said Well, the man let out a chuckle again, and then Zhang Jiuling heard Xiao Song's extremely painful roar, and after a while, the roar stopped abruptly like a broken string, and then there was only a dull sound of physical pain. The sound of falling to the ground.

There was another sound of chaotic footsteps, and it seemed that many people walked into the hall.Two of them came to the side of the person who had just spoken.

"Your Majesty, what should these people do?" one of them asked.

"Tie them up first, restrain them, don't be in a hurry to kill them, there is no benefit in killing these people now. The first thing to do is to control Zhang Shougui and his Youyu Linjun, this person is very important. Lin Jun, let Zhang Shougui take it back by himself, and give him medicine to hypnotize him immediately. Besides, if there are Gu worms left in Sichuan in your Tang Sect, you'd better give some of them heavy servants as well. I need these elders Guy does things for me."

"Yes."

"Filiti, you go and send this Longxi Bing Talisman to Lanling Xiao Clan, someone will send troops to help me."

"Yes." Another voice sounded coldly, with a strange accent.

After the order was finished, footsteps sounded again, and the person who spoke left first. Not long after, Zhang Jiuling heard the sound of dragging and carrying. He knew that the enemy was sending the fainted officials out of the hall.

Not long after, someone picked him up, carried him out of the hall roughly, and threw him onto a two-wheeled cart.Zhang Jiuling tried his best to pretend to be in a state of unconsciousness, his hands and feet drooped weakly, and he did not make any resistance.After being thrown into the car, he quietly opened his eyes, looked around, and happened to see a strange-looking man from the Western Regions not far away, stuffing a soldier talisman into his pouch.With a flash of lightning, Zhang Jiuling confirmed that the soldier talisman was the soldier talisman of the Longxi Army.

At this moment, the man from the Western Regions suddenly turned around and looked at Zhang Jiuling.This encounter was so sudden that Zhang Jiuling couldn't respond in time, and when he closed his eyes, he had already met the man from the Western Regions.Zhang Jiuling's heartbeat suddenly increased, and he heard the other party walking towards him.

Just when Zhang Jiuling thought that everything was over, suddenly something was stuffed into his hand, it was a fabric pouch with something hard inside.Then the other party said something with an extremely awkward accent:

"Mr. Zhang, I'll give you the soldier talisman of the Longxi Army, and hand it over to Shen Dalang. I'll send you out."

After finishing speaking, the man pushed the cart and pushed Zhang Jiuling and other ministers lying on the cart to the north side of Lishan Palace.

Zhang Jiuling's heart was beating violently, and the opponent was so powerful that the cart was pushed very fast, and soon disappeared into the shadow of the building, but soon, the cart stopped.Looking back, Zhang Jiuling saw a scene that broke his heart.I saw that the Western Region man's canthus was about to burst, his seven orifices were bleeding, his pupils were bright red, and he was already on his knees unable to get up.

Zhang Jiuling jumped out of the car to help him, but the other party tried his best to point to a slop delivery path in the distance, and said with difficulty:

"go!"

Zhang Jiuling gritted his teeth, bowed his hands to him, turned around and ran to the trail in the distance.

Looking at the back of Zhang Jiuling running away, Fei Liti felt that his soul was gradually withdrawing from his body. He raised his trembling right hand with the last of his strength, barely made a sign of the cross in front of him, clasped his hands and bowed his head, making the promise of this life. One last prayer:

Merciful Father, may you bring your sinful people back to Constantinople, Amen...

The author has something to say: Constantinople is another name for Constantinople.English writing: Constantinople.The reason why the name "Constantinoburg" is used here is to get as close as possible to the pronunciation of Latin.After all, this was the last prayer in this life for the knight Feliti of Fushi, and of course he used his own mother tongue.

Knights have their own pursuits and beliefs. I believe that friends who have read the previous article can understand Feliti, so I won’t go into details.Feliti is undoubtedly a fallen knight. He became Yin Yuyue's henchman and was deceived, bewitched, and threatened with his life.But in the end he followed his own way of chivalry and chose to yearn for the light.

Constantinople was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, which is now Istanbul, Turkey.Istanbul is a splendid and magical city, the throat of Asia Minor, which connects Europe and Asia, straddles the Bosporus Strait, and has the busiest seaport at that time.Today, Istanbul is still the world's leading bustling metropolis.It is a must-see place for travel in this life, and I recommend it (although I have never been there).