Recalling the fifteenth year of the year in Jiangmei,

I heard that Pingliang was half doubtful.

Unexpectedly, I was very careful on the Tao River.

But he trusted his family with Master Yuan.

————————Lu Wen's "Sending Secretary Yuan Qi back to the court in Lintao (Yuan Sheng was a monk, and the foreigners called him Master Yuan)" was written by the author. In the 20th year of Zhenyuan, he entered Western Fan as a tribute envoy. However, Yuan Tongzhi, who was invaded into the Fan land in the Pingliang Jie Alliance, returned to the Tang Dynasty as a monk. The two met in Taoshui, so this poem was written.

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Dou Shen on the horse was covered with a thick felt jacket, his nostrils were breathing with difficulty, but the cold wind in the northwest mountains and fields still penetrated into his skin. He blinked his eyes, and there were ice particles on his eyelashes. The vast Quwu Mountain remnants in the distance were like endless dragons, winding forward along Liupan Mountains further northwest.

Dou Shen now feels regretful. It is really too difficult to not do it!

In October, the golden autumn of the city was the most pleasant season of the year, but since the Pingliang area, the fields were filled with frost and snow, and there was no more houses. Even the tents of the shepherds were rarely seen. In addition to mountains and grasslands, there were also mountains and grasslands.

This desolation suddenly made Dou Shen unbearable. Is this still a place for people to stay?

He looked to the side. Ma Sui and Cui Hanheng, the two main figures of the mission, were also wearing thick felt hats and furs, and rode on the horse, with fur all over their faces. Yuan Tongzhi, as the secretary, followed Ma Sui, while Lu Wen followed Cui Hanheng.

Ma Sui was very interested, but Cui Hanheng was very serious. The latter was a little worried about the situation that the alliance was about to face.

After wading through the good water river, I traveled for another day and night before I saw Xifan at the meeting place, the winding deep valleys, cutting large pieces of mountains and fields. Low shrubs and weeds grew nearby, covered with dark yellow lines, while the undulating hills in the distance were covered with blue-gray, almost integrated with the low sky.

A small ridge of wilderness in the middle is where the alliance is met. A small river called Xijixi passes through it, forming a natural boundary ditch.

Shang Jiezan had someone set up a alliance altar in the wilderness beforehand, and then on Gaofu two miles north of the earth, 800 cavalrymen and dozens of dome tents were laid, holding the frog flag of the Nang family. After the original battle flag was seized, Shang Jiezan hurriedly ordered people to create a new one, which was fluttering in the wind, and as a symbol of Shang Jiezan's identity, it was particularly eye-catching.

Two miles south of the Tan, after Ma Suijin arrived here, he also ordered all the men to be in a warning formation, Fengxiang used Li Chaocai as the "camp to stay in the camp", led 500 squadrons to dismount here, and tied the horses he carried into fences with four sides, and piled up most of the luggage here, and then set up camp and faced each other with the Xifan mission.

Then Ma Sui asked his nephew Ma Ning to lead 300 cavalry to the left, Le Chengyan general of the Jingyuan army led 300 cavalry to the right, and he and Cui Hanheng, Secretary of the Ministry of War, Yuan Tongzhi, Inspector Lu Wen, Prosecutor Shaoqing Dou Shen, Hedong Army generals Meng Rihua, Fan Chengyou, Central officials Song Fengchao, Liu Wenhu, and others, and seven hundred soldiers below were in the middle, arranged into three wings, waiting for the battle.

Soon, on the opposite north slope, a team of Western cavalry surrounded the noble Qishengtuo, and Qu Jiazan rushed over. The two of them were familiar with Ma Sui before, so they saluted each other twenty steps away from each other. Qu Jiazan shouted: "This is auspicious day, this place is auspicious place. Please ask the servants and the servants to ascend to the altar. We have prepared all three animals."

Ma Sui clasped his fists and said, "The future of the Hun Shizhong."

Qu Jiazan was obviously shocked, but soon winked with Qi Shengtuo, and then scolded Ma Sui with anger, "In order to show sincerity, the Tang family promised to use Ma Pushe and Hun Shizhong as the alliance envoy, why did they break their promise now!"

Ma Sui was also very angry. At this moment, Cui Hanheng explained that the Holy Lord temporarily changed the alliance envoy, saying that it was all bad for military officials, so he appointed me as the Minister of War and came to Xiji instead of the Minister of War.

Qishengtuo, Qu Jizan did not answer, but looked at Tang's mission with a few glances, then rode back to the north slope with a horse whip.

This look made Yuan Tongzhi and Dou Shen very scared. They pressed the bridle nervously and looked around. Yuan couldn't help but trembled with a trembling voice. I didn't know if it was cold or afraid, so I asked Ma Sui: "After the festival, the people of Xifan seem to have bad intentions."

Ma Sui turned around, looked at the soldiers' eyes, and raised his arms, "Li Chaocai, you stay in the camp and help us at any time. If there is any change in the alliance altar, you can still resist it for a while based on your camp. At the same time, you send ten fine cavalry to gallop to the east to the Danzheng Gorge, and to Pingliang City's Jingyuandu military envoy Ma Di and Duyu Hou Zhang Yufei, lead three thousand cavalry out to support us."

"Here." After Li Chaocai received the order, he immediately tied the reins, turned around and ran towards the temporary camp behind him.

At this time, Qu Jiazan led another twenty cavalry and said to Ma Sui: "The great host Shang Jiezan is willing to continue to join the Tang family, and then follow this river westward to the entire Huizhou to the Tang family. I hope that both sides will agree to leave their troops and horses in place. Then the alliance commander led thirty people at a hundred steps below the altar, dismounted his horse and dispersed his horse, without armor, only clothes, swords and jade pendants, ascended the altar and ate blood to form an alliance, and forever."

"During the ritual, we should not believe the words of Chou Fan easily and leave General Li Chaocai in the camp. We all protect the ritual and Cui Bingshang, holding bows, arrows, and armor, and riding horses to form a team to the alliance. "At this time, Meng Rihua, Le Chengyan, Ma Ning and others requested.

Ma Sui nodded and said yes!

Then the sound of horse hooves was shocked. Dou Shen hardened his teeth and instinctively lie on the saddle. He walked with Yuan Tong. He saw the cavalry on all sides of the horses, the Hu Lu quiver on his back shaking, and the arrow feathers inserted in the bag were rushing. The three wings were 1,300 Fengxiang, Jingyuan cavalry, tightly protected Ma Sui, Cui Hanheng, Song Fengchao and others at the core, and began to move the horse hooves and head towards the alliance.

After entering a mile, several groups of cavalry suddenly emerged from the formation of the Tang army's cavalry, each of which was about one or twenty people, and began to rush up along different paths.

Three or four miles away, on the towering north slope, Shang Jiezan, under the frog, touched his bent beard and said to the servant next to him: "Soma, the Tang army sent a cavalry to observe the reality of our army."

Soma, wearing heavy armor, immediately raised her hands and then waved her to slash her.

"Abu, Abu!" On the northern slope, the Western cavalry suddenly rushed out several teams, each with one or twenty people, shaking the horse whip, carrying stone casters, spears, and bows and arrows, and rushing down like stars.

Soon around the alliance in Xiji Field, the rattles of the Tang and Turkish sides ran and tangled with each other, and they did not give in to each other, and did not allow each other to approach their own camp. There were endless criticisms and scoldings in Chinese and foreign languages.

"Questions!" Yuan Tongzhi fought with his teeth and pointed directly in front of Shang Jiezan's command. Two generals wearing chain mail, with helmets and cheek armor covering their faces. They rode on the horse covered in felt cloth, followed by forty or fifty heavy riders in the same outfit. The flags in the wind whirled straight down the north slope, with smoke and dust rolling, and they came straight towards their own formation.

"The little ban cavalry is just showing off. Don't be overwhelmed by their aura. We will continue to move forward!" Ma Sui waved his arm and cheered everyone up.

"I want to go back to Chang'an!" Dou Shen immediately closed his eyes and cried in his heart.
Chapter completed!