Chapter five hundred and ninety-eight kill a few Tang soldiers to vent their anger
Liu Lan naturally knew who the boy Niu Jinda was talking about.
After all, since Zhao Chen returned from Songzhou City, Niu Jinda has mentioned Zhao Chen every few days.
Speaking of the Battle of Songzhou, if it hadn't been for Zhao Chen, their entire army would have been wiped out long ago.
There is also the sky-blasting cannon, which is simply a magical method.
Such a terrifying weapon threatened the Tibetan army and did not dare to take a step forward.
Otherwise, there would not be any mutual market.
The Tubo army had already marched eastwards.
The trap layout drawings and automatic crossbows given by Zhao Chen also made Niu Jinda think about them for who knows how long.
Today's Niu Jinda is simply Zhao Chen's little fanboy. Of course, this has to ignore his age.
"Brother Jinda, news came from a few days ago that Zhao Chen and his party have set off from Wannian County to Songzhou."
"Based on this time, I guess it's almost time to arrive." Liu Lan and Niu Jinda laughed.
As for Zhao Chen, Liu Lan only met Hou Junji once.
At that time, his impression of Zhao Chen was only as a person sent by the emperor to eat and wait for death.
But I didn't expect that Zhao Chen would actually come up with something like a sky-blasting cannon.
In the end, Songzhou City could be taken down only by relying on this thing. Otherwise, they would have died under the encirclement and suppression of the Tubo army.
"If the estimate is good, we should arrive at noon tomorrow." Niu Jinda nodded.
Half a month has passed since they received the news that Zhao Chen and his party came to Songzhou.
Make sure you plan everything, and you can arrive tomorrow.
"General, something happened in the town ahead." Niu Jinda had just finished saying that Zhao Chen would arrive tomorrow, and there were soldiers running into the camp from outside.
Niu Jinda's face turned cold and he said, "What happened? I'm so panicked."
"General, in the town where we trade, a group of Tibetan soldiers attacked our merchants, stole the supplies, and then escaped."
"What?" Niu Jinda and Liu Lan were surprised at the same time.
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The days on the road were actually not as boring as last time.
There were about twenty people, fighting and joking along the way, which was a very interesting experience.
The food is not as messy as before.
Cheng Chumo and the others went hunting in the mountains and forests from time to time. Apart from eating very few vegetables, there was no shortage of meat.
On the sixteenth day after leaving Wannian County, Zhao Chen and his party finally entered the Songzhou area.
Fifty miles further on, there is the border of Songzhou, where Niu Jinda and his army are stationed.
"Hey, have you heard? Yesterday, in the small town of Hushi, the Tibetan army attacked and killed the merchants of Hushi, and also killed many of our soldiers."
"I heard that General Niu sent people to chase him for a long time, but he couldn't find him."
"We are not familiar with the terrain in Tubo. If we advance rashly, we may be ambushed."
"Alas, we are clearly in the active position now, but we were attacked by the Tubo people. We can't even find the murderer."
"It's a pity that those dozens of soldiers still have so much supplies."
As Zhao Chen drove his horse past, he heard two people on the side of the road talking about things in Hushi Town.
"Two uncles, what you just talked about was the mutual trade on the border?" Zhao Chen got off his horse and said to the two people sitting on the ground.
Both of them are in their forties, one is tall and the other is short.
"Young Master is not from Songzhou, isn't he!" The short man stood up and held hands with Zhao Chen.
Seeing that Zhao Chen has so many people, each with one horse, he knows that Zhao Chen and the others have extraordinary origins.
After all, it is rare for a team of one person and one horse to come to this place.
"Yes, from Chang'an." Zhao Chen nodded.
"It turns out he is the young master from Chang'an." The tall man quickly handed over his hand and said: "Young Master, don't be surprised. We just said it casually. Don't take it to heart."
"Hey, why are you guys so blind? If our husband asks you anything, just answer it, and I won't blame you!" Li Ke came out and scolded the two of them.
Li Ke was dressed in brocade clothes and looked majestic. With these words, he naturally frightened the two of them.
"You two uncles, don't worry. This guy is talking freely. I just want to know some of the situation in Hushi Town."
"As you just said, the Tibetan army attacked and killed Tang merchants and soldiers in the town."
"Has this happened before?" Zhao Chen comforted the two and asked with a smile.
He sat down on the ground next to the two of them, with a gentle face.
The two of them smiled and moved some distance away from Zhao Chen, then heard the short man say: "Sir, we also heard that a small Tibetan army broke into the town of Hushi yesterday."
"Killed dozens of border officers guarding the town and stole half of the supplies. General Niu sent people to search, but there was no trace."
"As for whether it has happened before, it did happen once, but that time it was just a few scattered Tibetan soldiers."
"Before they could escape, they were stopped and killed by General Niu's men."
"this time……"
At this point, the short man shook his head and did not continue.
"This time the Tubo people even sent out their troops." The tall man next to him also added.
Obviously, they also realized that if this continued, the Tubo people would only become more arrogant.
If it is not stopped in time...
War may even break out again.
Zhao Chen got up and mounted his horse, then galloped towards the direction where the cattle entered the camp.
No words were spoken along the way.
The horses were reined in only when they were not far from the cattle reaching the camp.
"This time when we go to the front line of Songzhou, we should always pay attention to the assassination of Tibetan spies. No one is allowed to leave the camp without my permission."
"Do you understand?" Zhao Chen turned around and looked at everyone.
"Understood!" Everyone nodded.
The Tubo people even dared to send out troops to grab things, either to test the attitude of the Tang army, or to prepare to fight the Tang army to the death.
If Songtsen Gampo knew that these people had arrived at the military camp, he would definitely find a way to attack them.
Killing a noble son would demoralize the Tang Dynasty even more.
"In addition, from now on, all those who do not know martial arts must have personal guards with them when entering the military camp and entering and leaving."
"Cheng Er, inform Luo Tong to lead the Xuanjia Army to station, and go to the town with me tomorrow." Zhao Chen said again.
Cheng Chu nodded silently and rode his horse in another direction.
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"Haha, we grabbed a lot of food and salt blocks yesterday, enough for us to eat for several days!"
"It's a shame that those Tang people don't have any good things, even a little bit of grain, but they sell so expensively."
"Since they sell them so expensively, we simply don't buy them. We just grab them."
"That's right. This way we can kill a few Tang soldiers to vent our anger."
Not far from the Tubo border, more than a hundred soldiers were sitting together.
Everyone was gnawing on the leg of lamb and drinking wine from large bowls.
Beside them, there were overturned grains, salt blocks scattered aside, and various Tang Dynasty crafts.
These were all they snatched from the town yesterday.
At this moment, the leader, a Tibetan general, was sitting on a bag of grain with an arrogant look on his face.
Let the wine spill on your chest, how happy and comfortable you are.?