Chapter five hundred and seventy-two: the Tubo people are here
Peng Shuangmu was very disappointed.
He had seen this caravan. As a long-time general, of course he was also a qualified bandit. Even if he had a glance, he could find that this caravan was a thorny head and was difficult to deal with.
That's why he threw the hot potato to Huangbeard, the bandit leader who was ignorant of life and death. Otherwise, how could he give such a fat big sheep to others easily?
These days, no one’s life is easy!
Although he is the city guard of Muyu City, holding a large army and being arrogant, his life is actually very difficult. Peng Fang, commanding the Tiande Army, is the uncle of the family, but this does not mean that the taxes he has to pay and other heavy taxes can be less. Especially in the past two years, Peng Fang's requirements have become increasingly outrageous. What he wants has exceeded Peng Shuangmu's tolerance.
Peng Shuangmu also understood the reason. In the early years, his clan uncle was preparing to annex Zhang Jia, but who would have thought that after Zhang Jia changed his sect and defected to Li Ze, he turned over in just two years. Now he is the general of the Right Wu Guard. He holds tens of thousands of troops to guard Shuozhou, holding one end in the direction of Hedong, and coveting the Tiande Army.
If Zhang Jia is still a friendly army to Hedong, it can only be a restraint, but it is a real threat to Tiande.
In desperation, Peng Fang could only quickly express his surrender to the Zhenzhou court, that is, to Li Ze in exchange for time and space. In the past two years, Peng Fang has continuously expanded his army to prepare for war in order to prepare for the war that Zhang Jia might launch.
This year, the Zhenzhou court warned Peng Fang many times, telling him that the Tubo people were about to attack. Peng Fang did not believe it at all. He had always had a good relationship with the Tubo people and also gave a lot of money to the Tubo people every year. Everyone did not violate the rivers. Li Ze said this, he was afraid that he would find excuses to annex Tiande, so Peng Fang kept mobilizing his main force to the northeast to prevent Zhang Jia.
So, at this time, you must eat a caravan from Zhenzhou, and be clean and neat, without leaving a little tail, and kill the people completely.
As for the goods stolen, whether they are sent to the Western Regions or to Tubo, they can be sold at a good price. When the people die and the goods are sold out, who dares to say that they did it themselves? What will happen in the Western Regions?
Eat it completely, the best way is to eat it.
With this batch of wealth, you can deal with your greedy clan uncle. The remaining part can also make money with your subordinates. You can also supplement some of the weapons and supplies. The guys of your brothers are really too dilapidated. Compared with the Tang army escorting the caravan this time, Peng Shuangmu felt that he was just a beggar.
My eyes are red!
Everything is developing smoothly as you imagine.
But in the final stage, something went wrong.
He originally thought that after the Tang army defeated Huanghuzi, they would definitely strike while the iron was hot and attacked all over the country to kill Huanghuzi. As long as they left the Kuren Fort, their cavalry could surround them in the field and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, the yellow beard was so vulnerable that it was defeated in a blink of an eye. Moreover, the other party only dispatched some troops to chase and kill. More importantly, their pursuit was limited to a certain range and there was no intention of staying away from the Ku Ren Castle at all.
This made Peng Shuangmu feel revived.
It turns out that the other party had expected him to come, and he was waiting for him!
If that's the case, what else can be hidden?
If I am rich now and don’t have enough money, I will just go home. There will be business in the future, but it won’t work now. For the New Year, my brothers don’t have any rewards, and there is not much oil or meat in the bowl. If this continues, who will still be with me?
But after this battle, I am afraid that a lot of people will be lost. This made Peng Shuangmu feel a little painful.
There is no way, these days, I can only exchange my life for food.
One thousand cavalry and two thousand infantrymen, Peng Shuangmu brought out two-thirds of the main force in Muyu City. He had no intention of underestimating the other party at all.
The regular army is completely different from the bandits like yellow beard.
The cavalry flew around on the battlefield, and the infantry behind slowly pressed up. When they were more than a thousand steps away from the Kuren Fort, they stalked their positions, and then a series of powerful crossbows were pushed out.
Yuan Chang, Li Hai and Tang Ji stood on the Ku Ren Castle and looked at each other, feeling a little tooth pain. Although the other party did not bring large weapons like trenchers, they actually brought a lot of things like strong crossbows and stone cannons.
"What should I do?" Yuan Chang asked with a bitter face.
"What else can you do? Either you die, or I die!" Tang Ji said with a face, "The other party is determined to destroy us all here."
"Can some fight?" Yuan Chang asked again.
"Some fight." Li Hai stroked Gongxian, "I'm afraid that even if we win in the end, we will not have to do this business because there are not many people left."
The three of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Maybe they had some talks with the bandits, but now they couldn't even talk with Peng Shuangmu. If the other party didn't kill anyone to silence him, Zhang Jia's army would probably put a big push to attack Tiande.
"Then let's fight. If you win, we will run back. Let Zhang Jia destroy Tiande, and then we will organize people to go to the Western Regions! Li Hai, take out that thing!" Yuan Chang said.
Li Hai nodded and turned around and walked towards the fort.
In the distance, Peng Shuangmu stepped forward for a while, observing the defensive facilities of Kuren Fort. The typical Tang army's combat methods. In fact, whether it is Li Hai or Tang Ji, their combat methods were passed down from generation to generation by the Tang army. Peng Shuangmu naturally knew it at a glance.
"Peng Shuangmu, you covered your face, will you recognize you?" Yuan Chang stood at the top of the fort and cursed: "Are you not afraid of the king's law in the great Tang army, colluding with bandits and robbing the court caravan?"
Peng Shuangmu laughed, then pulled forward for a while, pulled down the masked scarf, and said, "Ambassador Yuan, the mask is not afraid that you will recognize me, but that you are guarding against wind and sand. In this area, the imperial court's king's law has long been useless. Knife is the king's law. Besides, I will kill you all, what can the king's law do to me? Don't blame me, there is no way to live. If you don't get some money, my brothers will not let me go. If you sit in this seat, you have to find a way for your brothers!"
"Don't regret it. Then I will raise your head and go to Peng Fang. Don't die with your eyes open." Yuan Chang roared.
"As long as Ambassador Yuan has the ability, he will come and take it. Ambassador Yuan will not be able to take my head when standing on the top of the fort. Otherwise, we will fight one by one, if you win, I will give you my head. If you lose, can you give me your head? Everyone is a Tang Dynasty person, how bad is it to kill him to death?" Peng Shuangmu shouted, which attracted the laughter of the army behind him.
"Chief, say a few more words to him, it's best to let him get closer, maybe I can kill him with one arrow." Below, Li Hai squinted his eyes and looked at Peng Shuangmu in the distance. At this moment, Peng Shuangmu was still four or five hundred steps away from him.
"How far is it?"
"The Heavenly Punishment bow has strong power, but if I really have to be sure, it will be within 200 steps!" Li Hai whispered.
Yuan Chang's face suddenly collapsed.
This is vain! Peng Shuangmu is not an idiot. Within two hundred steps, if he can shoot a powerful crossbow here, he can still kill him.
"General Peng, we are all from the Tang Dynasty. If you have something to discuss, don't you just want money? I'll just give you some goods?" Yuan Chang said bitterly: "It depends on the long term when doing things. Wouldn't it be nice to have a long flow in the future?"
Peng Shuangmu laughed: "Ambassador Yuan, don't be so polite. We two families will have to do one battle sooner or later. Today I will collect your money and let you go. Your army will have an excuse to cause trouble in the future. How can you kill you and swallow all the goods? If you kill you without a certificate, Li Xiang can't do anything to me? Maybe you will send a caravan over here. Can I rob it again? It's not uncommon to do anything in this area. In the future, your goods will appear in Tubo, so they can take the blame. Maybe I can get a few more Tubo people's heads to find Li Xiang to get rewards and say I'll avenge you!"
Yuan Chang sighed: "There is nothing to talk about, prepare to fight!"
On the other end, Peng Shuangmu also turned around and slowly retreated.
Immediately, the sound of the ox horn sounded, and the infantry held up shields, forming a shield wall to cover the powerful crossbow machine, and stone cannons and other people slowly pressed forward.
On the Ku Ren Fort, the war horn sounded, which was rapid and short, and it was the sound of preparing for combat.
Both sides are at a strife and the war is about to break out.
At this moment, behind Peng Shuangmu, bursts of rapid horse hooves suddenly sounded. Yuan Chang stood high and looked far away. Seeing the more than a hundred cavalry coming from afar, he turned out to be the yellow beard who had been defeated before.
What are you doing when this damn girl comes back and takes advantage of the situation to rob? I’m afraid that this bandit can’t even catch a bowl of leftover soup in front of Peng Shuangmu, the big thief.
Peng Shuangmu was also a great stranger. He waved his hand and temporarily stopped the army's attack. He brought hundreds of cavalry to meet him, and surrounded more than a hundred cavalry with yellow beards.
"Yellow beard, what do you want to do?"
"Help, help!" Huang Beard screamed incoherently.
"What?" Peng Shuangmu asked.
"Tubo people, so many Tubo people." Huang beard screamed loudly, looking like he was frightened. After shouting a few words, he started to cry again: "Lord Pengcheng, all my people have died, all of them are left, and that's all."
Peng Shuangmu's face suddenly changed. When the yellow beard escaped, there were about a thousand people. In a flash, there were only more than a hundred cavalry left?
A muffled thunder-like voice came from the horizon. Peng Shuangmu looked up at the horizon, and a black line appeared in his sight. Then countless cavalrymen appeared there.
"I'll fuck him xx!" Peng Shuangmu couldn't help but curse.
Chapter completed!