Chapter 282: The dragnet is specially designed for you

Chapter 282: The dragnet is specially designed for you

Chapter 282 The dragnet is specially designed for you

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the grain truck team that set out from Xizhou City meandered past Shule City and headed west. It took most of the day to cross the large plains north of Shule. In the early morning of the 12th, we entered a long and narrow river valley again. The river was covered with thick ice in winter, probably because the high river banks on both sides blocked the cold wind. The snow on the river beach was still soft, so the carriage suddenly went much faster.

Pei Xingjian was riding on his horse, silently looking into the distance. A brigade from the Yizhou frontier army was riding up to follow him. He followed his gaze for a few times and said with a smile, "I've been here twice before. Let's go again." For more than ten miles, there is a stretch of sand. It is easier to walk at this time than other places. It seems that the Turks are coming soon, right?"

Since leaving Xizhou at noon on New Year’s Eve, the grain team has been on the road for twelve full days. In the first three days, the drivers seemed to have gradually become more comfortable driving the new cars, and they were walking faster and faster day by day. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, they actually walked nearly a hundred miles. However, a sudden heavy snowfall that night made the road extremely difficult to travel. , the journey that could have been reached in three or four days has now not been reached after seven or eight days. Several officers in Yizhou have recovered from their stick wounds. They are somewhat resentful towards Su Nanjin. In addition, Pei Xingjian took great care of them along the way, but now they hang out with him all day long. This brigade's surname is Yuan, who happens to be People from Hedong had a hometown friendship with Pei Xingjian, and they even called him brothers.

Pei Xingjian smiled faintly, "Since yesterday afternoon, Mr. Su has sent two or three times more scouts. It seems that traces of the Turks have been discovered. The Ashinadu branch who led the army this time was a member of the Xingxi and Death Khan. My confidant, I have met him twice. He is ambitious but not courageous, and he is also very suspicious. Our grain team arrived unexpectedly, and he would not have made a hasty move without checking to see if the grain truck was loaded with food. Cargo, is there a large army following the grain truck? This place is less than sixty miles away from Tingzhou. It will only take an hour or two for the Turks to come. You have your colleagues in Yizhou gather in the middle of the grain truck and wait. Let’s start a retreat later so we can take care of each other.”

Yuan Luzheng sneered, "I don't care! Mr. Su now has to pull the scouts aside when asking questions. He looks at us as if we are guarding against thieves. How can we still count on him to take care of us!" He couldn't help but sigh again, "It's a pity that Chang Shi's clever plan made him successful!"

This time, there were more than a thousand troops in Xizhou, divided into three groups. They went all the way to Kuoyan to set fire to the enemy, leaving them without food and grass for the winter, and all the way to Tingzhou to harass the enemy, making it impossible for them to conquer the city. But the most critical thing was this group. A carriage carrying fodder and rice. The amount of military rations to be turned in this autumn is huge, and there will not be too many grain and grass reserves in Tingzhou City. Regardless of whether the Turks have captured Tingzhou, once they learn that the rear is attacked and the grain and grass are burned, they will definitely abandon the city and come to seize the grain and grass. , as soon as they leave, the hundreds of reinforcements can take the opportunity to enter the city. Here they will burn all the food and grass, abandon the car and retreat into Shule City. You won't get any advantage, and your vitality will be severely damaged. It's just that such a series of clever tricks, with the temperaments of the Su family and his son, must be counted in his own name... Yuan Luzheng became angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, "Chang Shi is too lenient."

Pei Xingjian shook his head slightly, "If it is a trivial matter compared with coming to the governor, what is it?"

Yuan Luzheng was speechless for a moment. He looked up in the direction of Tingzhou and sighed deeply. The governor is really a man. Even a rough guy like him had mixed feelings in his heart when he heard the news sent by Bai Qiwei from Xizhou. It's no wonder that Pei Changshi has been not very fond of him these days. say. He thought for a moment and then said, "For such a heroic act as governor, your descendants will be blessed."

Pei Xingjian nodded, with a sonorous tone in his voice, "The sky has eyes, so it should be like this!"

A sneer suddenly sounded from behind the two of them, "Why does the sky have eyes?" But it was Su Nanjin who patrolled along the grain cart and was walking here from the back. Ever since he heard that Tingzhou had not been lost, his mood had gotten better day by day, and now he was even smiling.

Pei Xingjian frowned slightly and didn't answer. Yuan Lu was looking back at Su Nanjin's smiling face. He felt awkward in his heart, but finally responded, "The lower official is discussing with the chief minister to appoint the governor."

Su Nanjin burst out laughing, "It turns out it's him! This man's luck is really good. He was the only one of the prime ministers back then who was still alive. He actually took the opportunity to get someone to die for his country. I'm afraid he can still get some more." "Rewards, these Turks beheaded so many Tang soldiers and stoned them, but they preserved their bodies well. I don't know what went wrong..."

Pei Xingjian tightened his grip on the horse's reins, suddenly turned his head, glanced at Su Nanjin lightly, picked up the horse and left without saying a word.

Su Nanjin was glanced at by him, and felt a chill in her heart for some unknown reason. The smile couldn't help but freeze on her face. After a while, she came back to her senses, looked at Pei Xingjian's back and sneered, "What a strange thing, look at his face, he knows it." He would say that the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, but this person who doesn’t know is just saying who in his family is the one who died!” After saying that, he looked at Yuan Luzheng coldly, “What do you think?”

Yuan Luzheng had already greeted all the female members of the Su family in his heart. Hearing this, he became even more angry. It was difficult for him to speak, and his tone became stiff. "I came to be the governor and sacrificed my life for the country. I am very impressed by my subordinates."

Su Nanjin looked at Yuan Luzheng up and down, nodded and smiled, "Okay, Luzheng is loyal, which is rare, very rare!" After saying this, he sneered, leaving Yuan Luzheng and walked forward.

Yuan Lvzheng glared at his back several times, then held back his anger and went to greet some of his comrades. Now that the grain team was getting closer and closer to Tingzhou, he really needed to prepare well and go back to Shule City. There were still eighty or ninety days left. Miles to go.

As the sun rose higher and higher, the grain team walked another three or four miles. The river turned and the banks on both sides narrowed, almost becoming a long and narrow mountain stream. I saw that the last grain truck had entered the bottom of the stream. Suddenly, a whistle came from the front of the grain team, and Su Nanjin's voice came from far away, "Stop! Stop immediately!"

The carriages of the grain team stopped in confusion. The Yizhou officers who had packed their bags and were walking in the middle of the grain team with Pei Xingjian and others suddenly looked ahead nervously. However, they saw that the two hundred soldiers who were originally guarding the front and rear of the grain truck changed their formation and surrounded the middle of the grain truck.

Yuan Luzheng felt a little strange and couldn't help but asked loudly, "Master Su, there is already movement on the Turks' side."

Surrounded by the soldiers, Su Nanjin approached them calmly and calmly, with a strange smile and shining eyes, "Yuan Brigade had good news. The scouts have reported. It seems that the Turks outside Tingzhou City have already arrived." If we break camp quickly, we will be here in two hours."

 At least two hours left? Yuan Luzheng couldn't help but frown, "Sir, I'm afraid it's too early to light the fire now. If the other party finds out, wouldn't it be a failure? How about waiting? After all, our horses are no worse than those of the Turks, and the coachmen also specially selected horses that are good at The young and strong man driving the horse will be able to get away if he lights up and retreats when he is ten miles away."

Su Nanjin burst out laughing, "Who said I was going to light up the fire right now?"

Yuan Luzheng was startled and looked up at the sky. "It's still early at noon. The situation here is dangerous and it's not a place to rest." From Xizhou to Tingzhou, there are many mountains and valleys along the way. Although such dangerous places are not uncommon, grain trucks are Every time, we pass as quickly as possible and never stay longer.

Su Nanjin looked at Pei Xingjian, who still had a calm expression, and couldn't help laughing, "Pei Changshi, Yuan Luzheng, within a radius of twenty miles, there is no more suitable place to rest than this place. It is where you rest for the rest of your life." The perfect place!”

The expressions of Yuan Lvzheng and several Yizhou officers suddenly changed. They glanced hurriedly to both sides. They saw thirty or forty soldiers on horseback guarding the front and rear of the grain truck, sealing off the passages at both ends of the mountain stream. This posture turned out to be... Yuan Luzheng couldn't help being shocked and angry, "Master Su, what are you going to do?"

Su Nanjin looked at Pei Xingjian with a smile and said, "Pei Shouyu, you are not exhausting your plan, but tell me, what is Mr. Su going to do?"

Pei Xingjian looked at him calmly and said in a calm voice, "Master Su, do you want to avenge your personal revenge and massacre the grain team in the name of the Turks?"

Su Nanjin nodded and smiled, "Pei Changshi really hit the mark. Pei Changshi's plan of encircling Wei to rescue Zhao and luring the snake out of its cave is a brilliant one, but it's a pity that it's a secret!"

His smile turned cold, "Pei Xingjian, when we met in Liangzhou that day, you deliberately led me to write a letter in order to kill my father and son! In the past few years, our father and son were worried, and we never had a happy birthday. Thanks to the Holy Spirit's clear understanding, Not only did I not deal with my father, but I entrusted him with a heavy responsibility. How could I, Su Nanjin, not retaliate for such a deep hatred! The last time I taught you to escape, it was because I was not careful and did not think about the matter well. I did not expect that you would collude with the Turks and let you escape. I, a six-hundred-year-old athlete, lost my head in one day, and you and Qu Chongyu actually took my head to the Imperial Protectorate to show off your power. How dare I, Su Nanjin, forget this humiliation!"

"This time, my father originally planned to kill the Mishe traitor first, and then pacify the Qu family in Xizhou. Who knows that the people in Xizhou don't know life and death, and your wild woman is messing around, and the situation has been ruined again! Fortunately, God followed people's wishes, and the Turks The soldiers invaded Tingzhou, but you and Qu Chongyu were seeking death. If Su didn't help you two, wouldn't you be living up to God's good wishes! Pei Xingjian, you calculated everything, but you didn't expect to tell the grain team that day. If two or three hundred people are enough to be escorted, they are destined to die here today! Didn't you just say that you would die for the country as a governor? Don't worry, you will die for the country today. What a pity! It was because he was ambushed by the Turks that the army supplies fell into the hands of thieves, and he himself was defeated and died, and he also caused heavy casualties to our soldiers!"

“The so-called self-inflicted evil is your own fault. You only thought about plotting against others, but you didn’t expect that you would be plotted against yourself. Today, you still fell into the hands of me, Su Nanjin. This is really the God of God!”

The more he spoke, the more his face lit up. He gritted his teeth and smiled and waved his hand. More than a hundred Su soldiers drew their swords from their sheaths and huffed and urged their horses to surround them. The coachmen just woke up from a dream and ran away screaming. Some people even shrank under the carriage, while others hurriedly reached out to untie the ropes of the horses in the carriage, got on their horses and looked around, but stayed there. The soldiers of the Su family were too lazy to take care of them at this time. Although there were many unarmed civilians, they were no more than pigs and sheep in their eyes. As long as he takes care of Pei Xingjian and his party and goes back to kill them all, I'm afraid it won't take more than one meal. Some of the people around Pei Xingjian were quite calm, with swords drawn in their hands, and were on guard, but some were just ordinary servants. At this time, their faces changed drastically, they were at a loss, and their lips were trembling.

Several Yizhou officers looked at each other and saw anger and fear in each other's eyes. Someone said sternly, "Wait a minute! Mr. Su, you have a personal feud with Pei Changshi. I don't care about it. But if you act like this today, is it possible?" Achievement is not afraid of things being leaked and everyone in the family being executed?”

Su Nanjin was startled, looked up to the sky and laughed, "Behead the entire family? Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, which general has been executed for not committing rebellion?" He squinted at these people, shook his head and said "tsk tsk" twice, "What's more, today As long as you and others sacrificed their lives for the country, how could half of it be revealed? Speaking of which, you and I have no grievances against me. I didn't want to kill indiscriminately, but it's a pity that you didn't agree to accept this Pei Changshi's. Favor, for a moment of comfort, ruined your own life. If you could have followed me wholeheartedly, how could you have caused such misfortune today? You might as well settle this account with Pei Changshi!"

The expressions on the faces of several Yizhou officers became more and more ugly. They each pulled out their sabers with a "choking" sound, and silently stared at the Su family soldiers who were getting closer and closer. At this moment, it is nonsense to say that they will not let you go even if they turn into evil spirits. , it is better to save some energy and kill one more to make up for it.

Su Nanjin was very excited, and she pushed forward step by step with her horse. Seeing the thirty people around Pei Xingjian retreating step by step, their faces turned red or pale, and she felt that there was nothing more satisfying than this in her life. Just looking at Pei Xingjian's still calm face, he couldn't help but sneer, "Pei Changshi is really heartbroken! Seeing that hundreds of people are going to die because of you, he still remains calm! Don't worry, in two hours , when the Turkic soldiers arrive, they will get Qu Chongyu's return route. Given their anger towards the prince, they will definitely do their best to send him to meet Chang Shi! Mrs. Hu, if you are on the road to hell, she will probably hang herself because of excessive sadness. Isn’t it a beautiful story for you and your husband to live and die together? "

Pei Xingjian's eyes suddenly turned cold and fell on Su Nanjin's face, with a kind of real pressure. Su Nanjin subconsciously wanted to take a step back, suddenly woke up and couldn't help but became furious, and her smile became ferocious, "Don't worry , I will never let you die too easily today, I will definitely teach you a taste of my Su's methods! After a while, when everyone around you is dead, you can't survive but you can't, then you can't survive. If you can still be so energetic, I, Su Nanjin, will obey you!"

Pei Xingjian nodded lightly, "Okay, Pei will wait and see, please don't waste Pei's time with this nonsense anymore!"

Su Nanjin was stunned for a moment, and anger rushed to the top of his head. He pointed his knife and said, "Kill them all, leave no one alive, just leave Pei Xingjian to me to sharpen the knife slowly!"

Pei Xingjian suddenly raised his voice, "Everyone, let's do it now!"

Su Nanjin laughed heartily, "Who are you going to bluff when you are about to die? I have already found out that there is no ambush within a radius of twenty miles..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw those people around Pei Xingjian looking behind him, with extremely strange expressions on their faces. They seemed to be in disbelief, but also seemed to be ecstatic. Just as he was about to turn around, he heard something coming from behind him. A cold voice came, "Anyone who does not drop the blade within one breath will be killed without mercy!"

He hurriedly turned around, only to see that at some point, the hundreds of cart drivers who were running around the valley, either on horseback or on foot, had formed a circle behind his more than a hundred soldiers, and they were all holding daggers in their hands. A powerful crossbow, the arrow points pointed directly at everyone's back, but these people's eyes were sharper than the shining arrow points, their eyes were filled with undisguised cold murderous intent, and they were fixed on everyone. There was no doubt on the faces of the individuals that as long as they hesitated for a moment, the arrows fired out from them would directly nail them to death in the ice and snow in the next moment.

Su Nanjin's mind went blank, and her hands subconsciously relaxed. The sword fell to the ground with a "choking" sound, and then the sound of "choking" was heard. Some people moved and wanted to hide under the horse, but just as soon as they moved, Several crossbow arrows were fired out at the same time, and the huge impact knocked him directly under the horse, and the sound of miserable screams echoed in the mountain stream.

Su Nanjin stared blankly at these grooms. Amidst the screams, their figures standing there and their fingers on the crossbows were still as steady as stone carvings. The cold murderous intent in their eyes did not diminish by half. This determination, This momentum... He couldn't help but turn around and glare at Pei Xingjian, "These people, these drivers..."

Pei Xingjian looked at him with a smile on his face, "These coachmen are all members of the Qu family. Although they are a little unfamiliar with driving, they are quite skilled at killing people, which makes the young master laugh."

Su Nanjin's lips couldn't help but tremble, "Pei Xingjian, what are you doing? You set this trap early in the morning."

Pei Xingjian nodded lightly and said, "Young Master Su really hit the mark. This time we need to solve the siege of Tingzhou. We don't have to spend so much time and effort on it. The dragnet and the earth are designed for you. I'd like to thank you, Mr. Su, for not disappointing Pei."

Su Nanjin’s face suddenly turned gray.

The soldiers who were originally guarding the front and rear of the grain truck saw that something was wrong and were about to rush over. Suddenly, dozens of figures suddenly appeared under the grain truck closest to them, firing crossbows and arrows in their hands. Those who were rushing in front were suddenly stunned. Then they fell off the horse without saying a word or screaming in the frightening whooshing sound. Some of the people behind were frightened, so they turned their horses and fled. There was another round of arrow rain behind them, and only a few figures rushed towards them in embarrassment. When he got out, the grooms did not chase him.

Su Nanjin's already ashen face suddenly showed a trace of anger, and said sternly, "Pei Xingjian, if you dare to touch me today, my father will definitely not let you go in the future!"

Pei Xingjian looked at him with a bit of pity in his eyes, "If I dare not touch you today, will it be possible for Protector Su to let me go in the future? Since he will never let me go, Pei will naturally ask Su Young Master, please take the first step to avoid regrets in the future.”

Su Nanjin was startled, but her voice became sharper and sharper, "Even if I am guilty, I am not someone you can execute privately. If you kill me today, where will you put the court?"

Pei Xingjian looked at him in surprise, "Young master Su, what you said is wrong. How could Pei kill you by himself? The Turkic army is probably on the way now. I think you understand better than Xingjian what it means to be unlucky if you do something wrong for the Turks." Out of respect and concern for your father, I will definitely treat you with more courtesy. Xingjian once heard that in order to avenge blood, Turkic tribes often peeled off the skin of their enemies to make drums, and cut off the skulls of their enemies to light lamps. I thought that in a few days, the skin of the prince's head would be revealed. He will turn into an oil lamp and a skin drum in front of the deceased Khan to eliminate the resentment of the Turks and restore peace to Western Xinjiang. This is how the young master truly sacrificed his life for the country. Pei admires him. "

Su Nanjin's face had lost all color, and his whole body was trembling, but Pei Xingjian stared into his eyes and smiled, "Master, please listen, the horse's hooves are shaking in the distance, it's probably the Turks coming!"

There was indeed the sound of horse hooves echoing in the mountain stream. When this sound reached Su Nanjin's ears, it was undoubtedly like five thunders. He was so frightened that he could no longer sit firmly on the saddle and fell to the bottom of the horse with a "clunk".

The two Qu clan members stepped forward and unceremoniously dragged Su Nanjin out, who had become a pile of limp men. After walking a few steps, they let go and threw him to the ground, frowning in disgust.

A stench wafted from his body, and this time, even the faces of Su's soldiers showed disgust and shame.

Pei Xingjian's eyes slowly passed over them, and there was still no trace of anger in his voice, "Everyone, do you want to go to Tingzhou to Chang'an to make personal witnesses, or do you want to follow your son to the tomb of the Xingxi-dead Khan? Leather drum?”

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