Eastern Palace Chapter 26: Change (6)

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Sure enough, Anxi Duhu Mansion was only half a day away. We rode our horses south and saw the majestic city at dusk. The emperor of the Central Plains set up Anxi Duhu Mansion here more than a hundred years ago, stationed troops and reclaimed, guarding dangerous points. Here is the main point of business, and the caravans going from north to south have to pass by, so compared to the Xiliang King City, it is also prosperous.

I was also worried that I and Gu Xiaowu were alone, and Anxi’s Protectorate would ignore it. Who knew that after Gu Xiaowu took me into the city, he went straight to the Protectorate and knocked on the door. Giant drum.

Later I learned that the drum is exquisite. Although the name is Taiping Drum, there is actually another name called Wake Drum. A hit means a battle. The guards we were rushed out could not help but took them into the mansion. Master Duhu was sitting in the hall. He had a big beard and was wearing armor. He was really a majestic and majestic general. The people from the Central Plains I have seen are most like the leader. General at war.

He asked us in a calm voice, I don't understand Zhongyuan dialect very much, so I stared at Gu Xiaowu with my tongue. Gu Xiaowu motioned to myself and said, now I am out of luck. Fortunately, this Master Duhu could also speak Turkic. He saw that I didn't understand the Central Plains dialect. He asked in Turkic dialect, "Why are the people playing the drums?" Because A Niang is a Turkic, my Turkic dialect is quite fluent.

So I said the Yue cavalry's intrusion into the Turkic territory again, and then begged him to send troops to save the loss.

Master Duhu hesitated, because since the establishment of the Anxi Duhu Mansion in the Central Plains, apart from quelling the rebellion, it has rarely interfered in the affairs of the Western Regions. Although Yueshi's intrusion into the Turkic territory is very unacceptable, but after all, the Turks are strong and Yueshi is weak, and the weak dominates the strong. Such a weird thing does not conform to common sense, so I think he hesitated.

Sure enough, he said: "The Turks are famous for their iron cavalry, why do you Turks turn to me for help instead of sending troops?"

I told him that Wang's account was unsteady, and although King Zuo Guli was nearby, it would take a long time to find them. So we went to the Anxi Metropolitan Government for help, hoping to rescue the loss as soon as possible.

I can't help but feel distressed when I think that they have lost no more than dozens of cavalry and have to resist so many Yue cavalry. Master Duhu still hesitated, when Gu Xiaowu suddenly said something in the Central Plains.

The Master Protector seemed to be shocked when he heard these words, and the whole person stood up from the paint case. Gu Xiaowu stepped forward and bowed to salute. His voice was so low that I couldn't hear it clearly. Besides, I didn't understand the Central Plains dialect very much. After he said a few words, Master Duhu kept talking. nod.

In a short while, Master Duhu ordered two thousand cavalry, ordered a commander to lead, and followed us overnight to save people.

I was overjoyed. When I came out of Anxi Duhu Mansion, I asked Gu Xiaowu: "How do you move that adult and let him send troops to save people?"

Gu Xiaowu smiled slyly and said: "That's not going to tell you!"

I pouted angrily.

The army in the Central Plains is strictly disciplined. Although it is fast at night, the queue is neat. Except for the occasional clanging sound of horseshoes and armor, there is also the sound of torch "hu la la" burning. It doesn't even hear any other sounds. I noticed that the torch used in the Central Plains Army was made of wood entangled with flocculent and soaked with fire oil. Kerosene is a special product at the foot of Tiangen Mountain. It is dark in color and very flammable. Shepherds occasionally use it to make fires and boil water, but the people in the king city think it has a lot of smoke and smell, so they rarely use it. Unexpectedly, the Central Plains army would use it as a torch. I think the people of Central Plains are very smart, they can always think of ways we can't think of.

We rushed all night, and at dawn, we finally caught up with Yueshi's cavalry. By this time they had already retreated into Yuezhi's territory.

Yue’s cavalry moved extremely fast. When we caught up with them, the white banner had already disappeared, and dozens of lost Turkic warriors also disappeared cleanly. I was anxious, lest they had been besieged by the Yue cavalry, and Gu Xiaowu was negotiating with the commander in Central Plains dialect, and then heard the Central Plains cavalry call out orders and dispersed.

I heard from my father that the people of the Central Plains pay attention to formations in battle, and they are very powerful in winning with less. Especially now, the strength of the Central Plains is more than double that of the Yue cavalry, and they are faintly encircled. General Yueshi then turned around and yelled at him.

I don't understand what he is talking about. Gu Xiaowu sells tea in various countries in the Western Regions, but he understands Yuezhi dialect. He said to me: "This general is asking us why he led his troops into the territory of Yueshi."

I said: "He broke into the Turkic border yesterday and insisted that I was the escaped slave of Yueshi. Now he is still confident."

Gu Xiaowu said something to the commander next to him, and the commander ordered someone to answer. Gu Xiaowu smiled and said to me: "I told them that we are escorting the princess of Xiliang back to China and passing by here. Tell him not to panic, we will never invade Yueshi territory."

I think that when it comes to shamelessness, if Gu Xiaowu considers himself second in the world, no one would dare to recognize first. He has the ability to plausibly tell lies, is it true that the people in the Central Plains will deceive like this? Master is like this, and Gu Xiaowu is like this.

The two sides were still shouting back and forth, but the commander of the thousands of Qingqi with a thousand light horses, taking advantage of the thin and cool mist of the morning sun, quietly outflanked them, and waited for the Cavalry of the Yue family to recover. The forward on the side has already started charging.

This battle was won without suspense. The Yue cavalry was defeated, and almost no cavalry could escape. Most of their lives were killed by the sharp swords and arrows of the Central Plains, and a small part of them could not resist, so they abandoned their arrows and surrendered. . Although Gu Xiaowu was a tea dealer, he was really calm. In such a fierce battle, there were countless deaths and injuries. Gu Xiaowu did not even wrinkle his eyebrows, as if the fight just now was just a game. The Central Plains commander was accustomed to fighting, so naturally he would do things like surrender properly. Two thousand cavalry escorted hundreds of Yueshi's defeated soldiers bravely, slowly retreating eastward.

I took advantage of the chaos and rushed into the Yue's army to look for it, but I couldn't find it. The general led by the Yue family was captured and was tightly tied and pushed to the front of the commander, but the commander was very respectful and handed him to Gu Xiaowu. I asked Gu Xiaowu to interrogate that General Yue, who was very stubborn and refused to say a word. Gu Xiaowu said indifferently, "If you don't say anything, what's the use of keeping it?"

The commander heard him say this and ordered him to be beheaded immediately. The military order was like a mountain, and he immediately chopped off the head of the general Yue’s, pulling the hair to send the head to us, the blood in the cavity, ticking, falling on the green grass, like a blossoming flower safflower.

I can't help it anymore. Besides, I have barely eaten anything for a whole day. I feel dizzy for a while. People next to me see that my face is not right, so they kindly handed me the water bag, and I couldn't drink water. He only heard that Gu Xiaowu ordered someone to bring a Yueshi person up again, first ordered him to see the head of General Yueshi, and then asked about the whereabouts of the loss. Although the person of the Yue family was brave and good at fighting, the person was already depressed after being captured, and when he saw the generals being killed, he was so frightened that he said everything.

It turned out that they lost them and fought and retreated until they retreated to the foot of Tiangen Mountain. They stood by the rocks until they ran out of bows and arrows. The people of the Yue family did not immediately kill them, but took their horses and threw them into the depths of the barren mountains. These people of the Yue family are really vicious. There are groups of evil wolves in the mountains. They have no horses and arrows. If they encounter wolves again, it will be dangerous.

We hurriedly took people to search for the loss. I was worried, but Gu Xiaowu said: "Turkic people are not that easy to die." I thought his words should be regarded as comforting me, but it really made me angry. .

We wandered around Tiangen Mountain until the sun was about to set, and I was almost desperate. When Tiangen Mountain was so big, when would I find the loss?

While I was thinking about Heshi, don’t be eaten by wolves. If he is eaten by wolves, Aon would be sad; I also thought, Heshi is a warrior in the grassland, how could he be eaten by wolves easily Even if he doesn't have a horse under his hips and no arrows in his hands, a loss is a loss, so he will survive.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, the wind was blowing and the night was cool, the scout walking in the front suddenly shouted, I quickly stopped the horse and asked, "What's wrong?"

Those people yelled again and again in the Central Plains dialect, and then I saw the loss. He crawled out of the rocks, holding a large sharp stone in his left hand, and blood on his right arm. There were several people behind him. Get up and stand on the rocks. Although they look embarrassed and their faces are covered with dust, their eyes are still like warriors, staring fearlessly at the people and horses of the Central Plains.

I yelled, turned over and rolled off my horse, crawling all the way and rushing over, hugging He lost. I may have touched his wound, and his eyebrows were frowned together.

But he grinned immediately: "Little princess!" The whole team burst into joy, and the people from the Central Plains were also elated, even happier than the victory in the morning.

We camped at the foot of Tiangen Mountain at night. The Central Plains did not bring many tents, so they were all let out for the wounded. The bones of the lost right arm were broken, and the long-term man put medicine on him, but he didn't even hum. When I found the loss, I let my heart down, and ate a big naan in one breath. Gu Xiaowu sat opposite me and watched me eat the naan. I had eaten it very well. Looking at it this way, the last bite choked in his throat, and he couldn't go up or down. Gu Xiaowu saw that I was choked and sat there laughing, not even willing to hand me water.

I found my water sac with difficulty, took a big gulp, and swallowed the naan. But I have something to ask him. I don’t care about it. I only asked him: "Last night at Anzai Duhu, what did you say to Master Duhu that he actually agreed to send troops to rescue?"

Gu Xiaowu smiled and showed white teeth: "I told him that if he is not saved, he won't be able to drink tea from now on."

I believe—that’s strange!

The stars in the sky are so bright, I raised my head, the stars in the sky are like countless wind lanterns, thin and far away, with twinkling lights. There is a faint white light band in the middle. Legend has it that it is the place where the gods bathe, a river of stars. When the gods are bathing, they may pick up the stars, just like we pick up sand, thousands of stars. Leaking between the fingers of the gods, falling back into the Tianhe, occasionally a star splashed out, and it became a meteor. At this moment, there was a flashing meteor, like a shining little arrow, flying across the sky quickly, and disappeared in a flash. I said "Ah". It is said that I saw a shooting star and then tied a knot on my clothes belt and made a wish at the same time. But I was clumsy. Every time I saw a shooting star, I either forgot to make a wish or forgot to tie the knot... …I lay down on the grass annoyed, the meteor disappeared long ago. Gu Xiaowu asked me: "What was your name just now?"

"There are shooting stars!"

"What is the name Meteor?"

"Seeing the shooting star, tie a knot on the belt and make a wish at the same time, so that the wish can be realized." I was too lazy to say to him, "You people in Central Plains don't understand."

He seemed to sneer: "What are you wishing for?"

I closed my mouth and didn't tell him. I'm not so uncomfortable. But unexpectedly, he paused, prolonged his tone and said: "Oh, I know, you wish to marry the prince of Central Plains."

Now I really want to jump up: "What is good about the Prince of Central Plains, I don't want to marry him!"

He smiled and said: "I knew you would not marry him. Of course, you made a wish to marry me."

I felt that I was in his plan, so I gave a "bah" and ignored him.

I lay on the grass again, looking at the stars in the sky. It's so close and so low that you can reach it with your hand. There are so many stars where the gods live, it must be very lively.

A little cricket jumped into my hair, got caught in the hair, and was still screaming there. I held it with my hands and slowly untied the hair from it. It was struggling in the palm of my hand, itching, I breathed into it, and it jumped into the grass. , Never see again. But it still hasn't left here, because I heard it screaming in the dark, "嚯嚯".

Gu Xiaowu also lay down with his saddle. I thought he was asleep, but he closed his eyes and said lazily: "Hey! Sing a song to listen."

Yefeng is really gentle, like a mother's hand, gently touching my face. I feel better, but I am used to arguing with Gu Xiaowu: "Why do you want me to sing? Or should you sing a song for me."

"I can't sing."

"Lie, everyone can sing. Sing! Just sing the song that your mother sang to you when you were a kid, OK?"

Gu Xiaowu did not speak for a long time. After a while, I heard his voice. He said indifferently: "I have no mother."

I feel a little guilty. I have an older brother and no mother. His mother-in-law died of illness very early. Every time A-niang treats him better than me. I knew in my heart that it was because he had no mother since he was a child, so Aniang took care of him especially. I got up and peeked at Gu Xiaowu's face secretly, I was worried that he was unhappy. But the starlight is dim, and I can't really see the look on his face.

"A fox is sitting on the sand dunes, sitting on the sand dunes, looking at the moon. Hey, it turns out that it is not looking at the moon, but the girl waiting for the return of the sheep..." I hum like a cricket." A fox sits on the sand dunes, sitting on the sand dunes, basking in the sun... Hey... It turns out that it is not basking in the sun, it is waiting for a girl passing by on horseback..."

Gu Xiaowu finally spoke, he frowned: "It's too ugly! Change one!"

"I can only sing this song..."

Not far away, I heard the sound of 筚篯. I was overjoyed, and I quickly stood up and looked around. It turned out to be disappointed. He sits under the gentle **** and plays the jewel. In the past, I only knew that Heshi was the archer of the gods, but I didn't expect his 筚篥 to blow so well. He only uses one hand, so there are many sound holes that can't be touched, but even though it is, the melody of Yi Zhen still undulates and echoes, which is particularly nice in the cool night breeze. I held my head up and listened. The tune of Hermit was very sad. Gradually, only a dozen Turkic people sang in harmony. The voices of the men were majestic and solemn, and the tune became more tragic and desolate. Their voices are like the wind in the desert, and like eagles soaring on the grassland, hovering in the deepest place, constantly reverberating. The heavens and the earth are all silent, even the bugs in the grass no longer whisper, even the horses no longer neigh, even the people from the Central Plains calm down and listen to their chorus.

I was stunned for a while, until the Turks were about to sing, and everyone started laughing and scolding again. Gu Xiaowu asked casually: "What song is this?"

"It's a Turkic song." I thought about it. "It's the song that I often sang before I set out. The Sanger in the song is a well-known beauty in the Turkic people. Her lover left her and went to war. Finally But he couldn't come back, only his horse came back. So she stroked the saddle and looked at the quiver that the lover hadn't used up, and sang this song."

He seemed to smile: "Then why do you want to fight everywhere?"

"They are Turkic warriors, fighting for the Turkic, fighting everywhere is a last resort." I gave him an angry look, "You won't understand it anyway."

He said: "What's wrong with this? The original saying among us is "Poor Wuding Riverside Bones, still a person in a spring boudoir dream." In fact, they are telling the same story."

As soon as I heard a story, I was elated, so I pestered Gu Xiaowu to tell it to me. He was entangled by me, but after thinking about it, he finally said: "Well, you can also tell stories, but you can't ask why. As long as you ask why, I won't tell you the following stories."