Liu Lan naturally knew who the boy Niu Jinda was talking about.
After all, since Zhao Chen returned from Songzhou City, Niu Jinda mentioned Zhao Chen a few days later.
If it weren't for Zhao Chen's battle, they would have been wiped out long ago.
And the Sky Cannon, which is simply a magical method.
Such a terrifying weapon threatened the Tubo army and did not dare to take a step forward.
Otherwise, there would be no mutual market.
The Tubo army had already advanced eastward.
There are also the trap layout drawings and automatic crossbows given by Zhao Chen, which also made Niu Jinda talk about for a long time.
Niu Jinda is now simply Zhao Chen's little fan, of course, he has to ignore his age.
"Brother Jinda, a few days ago, news came that Zhao Chen and his party had set out from Wannian County to Songzhou."
"Thinking of this time, it's probably almost time." Liu Lan and Niu Jinda said with a smile.
Regarding Zhao Chen, Liu Lan only met Hou Junji.
At that time, his impression of Zhao Chen was only at the stage of the emperor's special mission, and he was eating and waiting for death.
But unexpectedly, Zhao Chen actually made something like the Sky Cannon.
In the end, if Songzhou City could be taken down, it would have relied on this thing, otherwise they would have died under the encirclement of the Tubo army.
"If it's probably good, it should be noon tomorrow." Niu Jinda nodded.
Half a month has passed since they received news from Zhao Chen and his party coming to Songzhou.
With all your plans, you will be here tomorrow.
"General, something happened in the town ahead." Niu Jinda said that Zhao Chen would arrive tomorrow, and personal soldiers ran into the camp outside.
Niu Jinda's face turned cold and said, "What happened? I'm so panicked."
"General, in the town where the market is mutually traded, a team of Tubo soldiers attacked our merchants, snatched the supplies, and fled."
"What?" Niu Jinda and Liu Lan said in surprise at the same time.
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The days of traveling are actually not as boring as last time.
There are about twenty people, fighting and making fun along the way, and it feels a different feeling.
The food was not as messy as before.
Cheng Chumo and his friends would go to the mountains and forests to hunt from time to time. Except for eating very few vegetables, they did not lack this meat.
On the 16th day after leaving Wannian County, Zhao Chen and his party finally entered the Songzhou area.
Fifty miles further ahead is the Songzhou border, where is Niu Jinda led the army to live?
"Hey, have you heard that in the town where the Mutual Market was trading yesterday, there were Tubo troops attacking and killing merchants who traded in Mutual Market and killing many of our soldiers."
"I heard that General Niu sent someone to chase him for a long time, but he didn't find anyone."
"We are not familiar with the terrain in Tubo, and if we advance rashly, we are prone to ambush."
"Oh, we are obviously taking the initiative now, but we were attacked by the Tubo people and even the murderer could not be found."
"It's a pity that the dozens of soldiers still have so many supplies."
When Zhao Chen drove his horse past, he heard two people talking about things on the side of the road.
"Two uncles, what you just said was the trade between the border?" Zhao Chen turned over and dismounted and said to the two sitting on the ground.
Both of them look in their forties, one tall and the other short.
"Young Master is not from Songzhou, right?" The short man stood up and bowed to Zhao Chen.
Seeing Zhao Chen so many people, each with a horse, I knew that Zhao Chen and his friends had extraordinary origins.
After all, there are few teams of one person and one horse coming here in this place.
"Yes, I came from Chang'an." Zhao Chen nodded.
"It turns out that it is the young master from Chang'an." The tall man quickly bowed and said, "Don't blame me, young master, we just said casually, don't take it to heart."
"Hey, why are you guys so weak? What does our husband ask you? Just answer and don't blame you!" Li Ke walked out and scolded the two of them.
Li Ke was wearing brocade clothes and looked graceful. With these words, they naturally scared the two of them.
"Don't worry, two uncles, this kid is unrestrained. I just want to know some of the situations in Hushi Town."
"As you said just now, the Tubo army attacked and killed the Tang Dynasty merchants and soldiers in the town."
"Has this happened before?" Zhao Chen comforted the two and asked with a smile.
Sitting on the ground next to the two, with a warm face.
The two of them smiled awkwardly, moved a little away from Zhao Chen, and then heard the short man say, "Young Master, we also heard that a small army from Tubo broke into the town where the market was held yesterday."
"Killed dozens of border soldiers guarding the town and snatched half of the supplies. General Niu sent people to search for them, but there was no trace."
"As for whether it has happened before, it has happened once, but that time was just a few Tubo soldiers."
"Before they had time to escape, they were stopped and killed by General Niu's men."
"this time……"
Speaking of this, the short man shook his head and did not continue.
"This time the Tubo people even sent out the army." The tall man next to him also replied.
Obviously, they also realized that if this continues, the Tubo people will only become more arrogant.
If not stopped in time...
There will even be war breaking out again.
Zhao Chen got up and rode his horse toward the direction where Niu Jinda camp was.
No words were spoken along the way.
He only strangled the horse's hooves not far from Niu Jinda camp.
"This time I went to Songzhou front line and always pay attention to the assassination of Tubo spies. Without my permission, everyone is not allowed to leave the camp."
"Do you understand?" Zhao Chen turned around and looked at everyone.
"I understand!" Everyone nodded.
The Tubo people even dared to send out their troops to steal things, either to test the attitude of the Tang army or to be prepared to fight the Tang army to the death.
If Songtsen Gampo knew that they had arrived at the military camp, he would definitely find a way to attack them.
Killing a noble child can better damage the morale of the Tang Dynasty.
"In addition, all those who know how to do martial arts will come to the military camp from now on, and they will bring their personal guards when entering and leaving."
"Cheng Er, inform Luo Tong to take the Xuanjia Army to station and go to the town with me tomorrow." Zhao Chen said again.
Cheng Chumo nodded and rode his horse in another direction.
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"Haha, yesterday we grabbed a lot of food and salt, enough for us to eat for several days!"
"It's a pity that those Tang people didn't have a good thing, a little bit of food, were so expensive."
"Since they sell so expensively, we should simply stop buying it and we will grab it."
"That's right, we can kill a few Tang soldiers in this way."
Not far from the Tubo border, more than a hundred soldiers sat around.
Everyone was gnawing on the legs of lamb in their mouths and drinking wine in big bowls.
Around them, there were piles of salt scattered by the food, as well as various Tang Dynasty craft products.
These were all stolen from the town yesterday.
At this moment, the leader of Tubo Xiao Qian was sitting on a bag of food, showing a arrogant look on his face.
Chapter completed!