Tang riddles

In the afternoon on August [-], three hundred miles north of Luoyang City.

On the desolate wilderness, there are still broken arrows, burnt banners, and mutilated corpses that have not been cleaned up.

"Miss Yang! We are late!" A sassy lady in red armor rode on a horse, looked at the tragedy in front of her, turned her brows and shouted to her fellow travelers behind.

Not long after, Yang Yuhuan led a group of cavalry and quickly rode forward, biting her lips and looking at the scene in front of her, as if a big stone was pressed against her heart.

"I said, little lady, I've told you that even if we put on wings, we won't be able to rescue in time. You insist on borrowing troops. Look, isn't it a waste of time?" Disharmonious voices echoed among several female soldiers. Behind him, a man wearing standard armor, long beard, triangular eyes, bulbous nose, and slightly funny face shouted sarcastically.Behind him, followed by an army of 3000 people.

This person is Liu Su, the captain of Zhechong Mansion in Jiangzhou. Three days ago, Yang Yuhuan took Li Jinyue's letter and token to Jiangzhou to borrow troops. Serving, the two fought together.If there is anything else to do, he will help.But now that Shuofang is in chaos, as Zhechong Mansion, which is relatively close to Luoyang, Jiangzhou soldiers can be regarded as an indispensable line of defense.Li Jinyue asked him to lead troops to rescue the loyal king in the north of Luoyang, but there was no military amulet from the court to match him. No matter how courageous Liu Su was, he didn't dare to send troops seriously for a while, so he dragged on.Yang Yuhuan was so anxious that his seven orifices were full of smoke, he used threats and temptations, he used both soft and hard methods, and after a lot of effort, he finally persuaded Liu Su to send troops.In the end, it was one step too late.

Facing Liu Su's ridicule, all the Niangzi soldiers glared at him.Yang Yuhuan suddenly calmed down, rode his horse back to Liu Su, and said:

"Lieutenant Liu, you have delayed the military plane. How do you explain this to the princess?"

"Did I miss the military plane? What did I miss the military plane? Oh, you came to borrow troops from me. You don't have the imperial troop dispatching amulet, and you don't have the imperial court's troop dispatching edict. I shouldn't have sent troops. , Miss, you have to be careful when you speak." Liu Su sneered.

"You're right. I don't have a troop talisman or an edict on me, but you can't see the current situation clearly. Do you think any of the armies leading troops to fight is acting according to the imperial court's orders? The Youzhou Army? Or the Jizhou Army, or your Jiangzhou soldiers? You only want to be wise and protect yourself. As an official of the court, you ignore the safety of the Tang Dynasty, and you are as timid as a mouse. You only know how to protect yourself. Captain Liu, I A little lady knows to run around for the safety of the Tang Dynasty, but you are a manly man, but you are really looked down upon." Yang Yuhuan said righteously.

"You...you are such a sharp-tongued little lady..." Liu Su was furious at Yang Yuhuan's words, "Don't provoke me with these words, I won't accept what you say. I am indeed an official of the court, so I I only act according to the order of the imperial court, and you have no right to transfer me. I have exhausted all my benevolence and righteousness by accompanying you little ladies for nothing. What am I?"

After finishing speaking, he gave a cold snort, waved his hand, and was about to lead his troops to pull the horse back.

Yang Yuhuan shouted unexpectedly:

"Lieutenant Liu, do you dare to gamble with me?"

"What are you betting on?" Liu Su waved his hand, "I don't gamble."

"That's a pity. If you can rush to Lishan to escort your car right now, you will be prosperous and rich in the rest of your life, but you will never be able to bear it." Yang Yuhuan laughed.

Liu Su narrowed his eyes and reined in the horse's head.After hesitating for a moment, he seemed to have made up his mind, and waved to Yang Yuhuan:

"Miss Yang, I offended you just now, I would like to hear more about it."

……

Wang Zhongsi's face was full of dust, and he was galloping on the Nanyao Road from Luoyang to Chang'an.Behind him, [-] flying horses galloped, and the horseshoes raised a large cloud of dust.These soldiers were just like him, their faces were covered with dust and their eyes were bloodshot.

After receiving the news that King Zhong, Huangfu and others had died in battle, it was too late to be sad, so Wang Zhongsi immediately mobilized his troops out of the west gate of Luoyang and rushed all the way to Mount Li.He had to save him, because he knew that if he took a step back, the rebel army that devoured the loyal king would devour the saints on Mount Li in the same cruel way.By then, Datang will be completely over.

But no one can tell what the condition of the saint is right now.

Wang Zhongsi has put life and death aside, this time, even if he takes the saint away forcefully, he must let the saint leave Lishan and escape from the approaching rebel army.Right now, the top of Mount Li happened to be empty, King Shou and Zhang Shougui took away 5000 people, and there should be less than 2000 imperial troops staying on Mount Li.Their eight hundred flying cavalry should be able to snatch the saint by surprise.Wang Zhongsi didn't know who the person who was controlling the saint on Mount Li was, but he knew one thing, that he would never show mercy to anyone who obstructed him.

After galloping like this for more than half a day, even Wang Zhongsi, who was already accustomed to long-distance marches, felt that his bones were about to be knocked apart.Finally, the majestic outline of Mount Li came into view.Wang Zhongsi's spirit was lifted, and he gestured to the flag bearer beside him, who immediately raised the flag and played the flag, and the eight hundred flying cavalry behind were ordered:

Accompany the team to gallop up the mountain without slowing down.

In the past hundred years, Lishan Palace has never had so many troops coming in and out.As for the remaining [-] imperial guards guarding the Lishan Palace, they probably couldn't have imagined that there would be such [-] flying cavalry, and the divine soldiers would come to kill them, catching them by surprise.The elites were all taken away by King Shou and Zhang Shougui, leaving only a gang of mobs under the command of Jinwu Guard General Yang Shuo, who were immediately disintegrated under the impact of eight hundred flying cavalry.

When Wang Zhongsi went all the way into the main hall of Lishan Palace, what he saw was a scene of broken windows and doors. The windows are full of holes left by arrows.But the emperor was nowhere to be seen.

After eight hundred flying riders took control of Mount Li, they immediately scattered to look for the emperor. Wang Zhongsi stood on the steps of the main hall, waiting anxiously.

About two quarters of an hour later, there was a report that no trace of the emperor was found in the entire Lishan Palace.

Wang Zhongsi was very anxious, who actually took the emperor away!He forced to question Yang Shuo, who was tied up by five flowers, but this old general he respected very much in the past, now he is like a wooden man, no matter how he asks, he does not respond at all.

It was not only the emperor who was taken away, but Gao Lishi beside him, as well as the civil and military ministers on Lishan Mountain, all disappeared.Only Yang Shuo, a group of remnants of the Jinwu Guard, and some concubines brought up by the emperor were left behind.

Wang Zhongsi knew that he was still late.

"Report! General, we caught these two suspicious people near the palace wall!" At this moment, the soldiers under his command escorted two young men in plain clothes to come up.These two people looked like ordinary farmers in shabby clothes, but if you look closely, they are strong and strong, and their spirits and spirits are completely different, so they should not be ordinary people.

"Who are you?" Wang Zhongsi asked with a frown.

The two escorted did not answer this question, and one of them suddenly raised his head and said:

"General Wang, we will know the whereabouts of His Majesty the Emperor. If you don't go to rescue him, the Emperor will be gone!"

Wang Zhongsi frowned even tighter, thought for a moment, and said cautiously:

"Who are you, and why do you know His Majesty's movements?"

"General Wang, have you heard of Qianyumen? We are members of Qianyumen, and we have been watching Lishan for a long time."

Qianyumen?Wang Zhongsi was a little unfamiliar with the name of this organization. After all, he was not from the rivers and lakes, and he led troops in the frontier all the year round in his early years.

"Who is your sect master? Don't fool this general." Wang Zhongsi asked again.

"Our sect master is Xuedao Mingdu Shen Bozhao."

"What?!" Wang Zhongsi was taken aback.

"Even if General Wang doesn't believe us, he should trust Mrs. Zhang San. This is a letter written by her, and there are tokens in it. Please read it over, General Wang." The leading man took out a letter from his pocket, and Wang Zhongsi read it. A soldier beside him glanced at him, and the soldier immediately stepped forward to take the letter and handed it to him. Wang Zhongsi opened the letter and read it quickly.Immediately after, he poured out another refined iron token with a phoenix totem on it from the envelope. When he saw the word "猫" on the back of the token, he was shocked.

"This...is really a token issued by the Martial Emperor!"

"General Wang, do you still trust us now? Your Majesty's life is hanging by a thread. Don't hesitate any longer. Come with me!"

Wang Zhongsi gritted his teeth, and immediately said: "Okay! Lead the way ahead!"

……

In the north of Lishan Mountain, beside the Wei River, a group of black-clothed men and horses were advancing silently and quickly.On the road, they didn't stop for a moment, they only chose to walk along the path where no one was around.The team was roughly a hundred people, and more than half of them were imprisoned in the prison car. The outside of the prison car was covered with a black cloth, so they couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.The escorts were all dressed in black clothes, covered with black cloth, wearing bamboo hats, and dressed in quackery.

The leader is tall and tall, and his face cannot be seen clearly because of the extremely low hat on his head.He walked side by side with two black-clothed men on one left and one on the right. Behind them was a four-wheeled carriage made by Qianyumen. The doors and windows of the carriage were all sealed, making it impossible to see the situation inside.

The team headed east along the Weishui River, looking for a way to cross the river.Not long after, a pontoon bridge appeared in front of them. There were a few porters on the bridge crossing the river. Other than that, there were few people.The leading man in black raised his hand to order the team to stop, and the team was ordered to stop, and there was no sound.

After the porters on the pontoon bridge finished walking, the group of people slowly boarded the pontoon bridge.They had a lot of baggage, and they walked cautiously. When they all crossed the river, the leader ordered a new count of the number of people.

During this process, two more porters carrying loads came from the other side of the river. The man in black at the head glanced at them, then raised his hand suddenly, his arm shook, and a silver light flashed out to the two porters. fly away.

Seeing this, the porter at the head suddenly snorted coldly, dropped the load in his hand, waved the shoulder pole, and swung it in front of him, "clang clang clang", three blue silver needles were stuck on the pole.

The porter took off the bamboo hat on his head, revealing Huyan Zhuoma's face.With sharp eyes, he confronted the leading man in black across the bridge.

The man in black smiled provocatively, raised his hand to press the bamboo hat on his head, saluted gracefully, turned around and steered his horse away.Without seeing him give an order, five men in black in full armor lined up at the bridgehead, blocking the way of the two porters, while the rest left at a faster pace.

The porter in the back also took off the bamboo hat on his head, revealing Xuan Weizi's face.He took out the sword hidden in the burden and said:

"It's only a fight so far. It depends on whether it's the Tang Sect's advanced martial arts, or my Xuan Sect's orthodox and powerful!" After finishing speaking, Lightning drew his sword, leaped up, and rushed towards the five black-clothed men.

Huyan Zhuoma also pulled out the scimitar hidden in the burden, and rushed forward.

The victory and defeat were decided in a moment, and the five men in black were full of hidden weapons and poisons, and they were hard to defend against when they launched them, but their kung fu was not as good as Huyan Zhuoma and Xuanweizi.The five men in black quickly fell under their swords, but Xuan Weizi and Huyan Zhuoma were also inevitably hit by hidden weapons.The leading man in black was so confident because the hidden weapon of the Tang Sect was gone, he only sent five people to block Xuanweizi and Huyan Zhuoma's way, and didn't even care about the result of the battle at all.

Xuanweizi was deeply poisoned and was in danger. Huyan Zhuoma was also poisoned by the paralyzing toxin and couldn't move for a while.Xuan Weizi desperately took out a pill and swallowed it, sitting cross-legged in meditation.The two have lost the ability to continue tracking.

But the black-clothed team that was advancing rapidly ahead could already see the flag of the Youzhou Army...