Chapter 647 The Wolf-Faced Prince
A gust of cold wind suddenly blew by, blowing the flags on the top of the city loudly, and the sound was like thunder in Nie Chong's ears, which had a sensitive hearing. It shocked him.
Feeling the same as his, a soldier beside him immediately whispered: "Brother Nie, what's wrong?"
Several people around him also looked over.
About a dozen of them were guarding a carriage, and there were sacks of grain and bundles of fodder piled on the carriage. These were the same things that were transported to Taiyuan City every time before, but this time There are more than before, so the road is also very difficult. But they didn't say a word of hardship, and hurried slowly, and finally arrived at the gate of Taiyuan City just after noon.
At this moment, the carriage was parked at the city gate, preparing to enter the city.
As soon as the soldier finished speaking, and before Nie Chong had time to reply, he heard a low hoarse roar suddenly coming from the front.
Nie Chong immediately became vigilant and whispered: "Don't be distracted, look ahead!"
Hearing his words, several people around him all raised their heads, only to feel another wave of coldness. The cold wind hit their faces and blew their beards and hair away.
The tall city gate slowly opened!
Everyone's faces were filled with joy, and they hurriedly drove the carriage in, but just when they were about to lift their feet, two more groups of people suddenly walked out from both sides of the city gate and blocked them.
Everyone cheered up immediately.
One of the men who looked like a captain rode a horse and slowly walked forward, and the leader of their team also hurriedly came forward.
The leader is called Chen Chuan. He is about forty years old. He is a close confidant of Lei Guo. He has led the team several times in transporting grain and grass before, so he is familiar with the people and the roads. Even the soldiers guarding the city gate here are Everyone already knows him.
Seeing that it was him, the captain of the soldiers guarding the city smiled and said, "You guys came early today."
Chen Chuan also smiled, looked up at the sky, and then said: "It's cloudy today. Mr. Lei was worried that it would snow again and that the carriage would be difficult to drive on the road, so he asked us to set off on the road ahead of time."
"That's right,"
The captain nodded. , had nothing to say, but just glanced at the soldiers behind him. The soldiers immediately came forward, looked around the carriages in front, and stabbed a few grain bags and fodder on the carriages with knives. He also leaned down and checked the bottom of the carriage to confirm that no one was hiding.
Seeing this, Nie Chong and the others held their breath.
It can be seen that although Lei Guo has already surrendered to Taiyuan because of Lei Yu, they are still worried about him. They even check the carriages delivering grain. It can also be seen that Wang Shaoqiu in the city has How cunning and suspicious.
Upon inspection, there was nothing unusual.
The team leader smiled and said to Chen Chuan: "I've delayed your business, let's go into the city."
Chen Chuan also smiled and said: "Where."
< br>After saying that, he waved to the people behind him, and everyone rushed the carriage and prepared to go inside.
But just when their first carriage passed through the city gate, another group of people suddenly came speeding down the main road in the city. The leader of them was dressed in rich clothes, but he was too thin and looked haggard. Because of the relationship, it doesn't look like a person wearing brocade clothes, but a snow-white face hidden in the brocade clothes, as if he is about to fall off the horse at any time.
However, until the horses stopped steadily in front of the first carriage and blew a gust of wind into the faces of Chen Chuan and others, none of them fell down.
Not only did he not, he also looked at them condescendingly, with arrogance and coldness in his eyes.
Although it was his first time meeting him, Nie Chong recognized him almost immediately—
This person was Wang Shaoqiu.
In other words, Wang Shaoji's brothers were the ones who decided to unite with the Western Turks and take down Taiyuan City!
Long before they set off, Yu Wenye and Lei Guo described Wang Shaoqiu's appearance and personality to him one after another. Because in this operation, except for Chen Chuan who led the team to transport food, all the troops sent by Yu Wenye were commanded by Nie Chong. - Because the lieutenants around Yu Wenye all served in the army of the previous dynasty, the Wang brothers have probably met them, and so has Shen Tutai. Only Nie Chong was from Wanggang Village, and none of the Wang brothers had ever seen him. Even if someone recognized him, they could use the excuse that after Wanggang Village fell apart, he sought a way out and went to Qi County to join Lei Guo without revealing his secret.
At this moment, Nie Chong's breathing tightened when he saw the "chief culprit" who had taken down Taiyuan City.
He immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at each other.
Wang Shaoqiu's eyes just scanned the crowd lightly, but he immediately felt something. He frowned slightly and said, "Why are there so many new faces this time?"
Chen Chuanwen He said, hurriedly smiled and said: "Sir, the people who delivered food and grass last time were all sick when they returned."
"Sick?"
"Yes, it was raining and snowing those days, and the brothers didn't dare to delay on the way. They all came here in the rain. After returning, they all fell ill. Now none of them can get up. We can only send these newbies."
"Oh..."
Wang Shaoqiu raised his eyebrows slightly, but didn't say anything.
However, he did not get out of the way, and looked at the several carts of grain and grass behind the team, and suddenly asked: "Before, when Yuan An led his troops south, he received the grain and grass in Qi County."
Chen Chuan hurriedly said: "Yes."
Wang Shaoqiu said: "How much did he take?"
Chen Chuan rolled his eyes and said with a hurried smile: "That's what you wrote in your handwriting, sir." Yes, we didn’t take more and give less. "
"..."
When Wang Shaoqiu heard this, he slowly frowned and murmured: "It's been more than half a month, including the back and forth, it's time to come back. How-"
Although it was just his own mumbling, even the people around him didn't hear it, but Nie Chong, who was standing far away, suddenly broke into a cold sweat. At this moment, another gust of cold wind blew by , brought with it the biting chill, he and several other soldiers standing facing the wind couldn't help but sneeze.
Wang Shaoqiu frowned slightly, glanced at them again, and then waved his hand impatiently: "Go in." After that, he slowly rode away.
Looking at his arrogant back, everyone felt relieved. Chen Chuan looked back at Nie Chong, then gave the people behind him a wink, and everyone immediately drove off. Those who drove the cart and those who led the horses quickly passed the city gate.
But, at the moment of entering the city, suddenly, a gust of wind blew violently from the east.
This unusually cold wind made the flags on the city head roar again, and because it passed through the city gate, the wind whistled like the roar of a dragon, quite like flags flying on the battlefield and swords clashing.
"Huh?"
Nie Chong's steps faltered, and he suddenly stopped and looked to the east.
At this time, Chen Chuan, who had retreated to his side, turned to look at him and said softly: "What's wrong with you? Just pay attention."
Now, they have entered the city. , the situation in the city was even more guarded than at the city gate just now. Yan, just after turning a road, he met a group of men and horses on patrol, and several Turkic soldiers wearing fur coats, but with their chests open, exposing their finely-clad chests in the cold wind, riding their horses and walking down the long street. Speeding past, even they could only dodge in a hurry.
Nie Chong said: "These are-"
"They are the people of the Western Turks."
As Chen Chuan walked forward, he lowered his voice and said: "Now, the people in the city are composed of the Western Turks." He and Wang Shaoqiu co-managed it. I just heard about it. , the people in the city can be killed by the Western Turks; the people in the Western Turks can be killed, and Wang Shaoqiu dare not take care of them."
"..."
"So, you must not show your flaws. , otherwise——"
"I understand."
Nie Chong nodded immediately, but he couldn't help but look in the direction of the wind blowing like a tiger roaring and a dragon roaring.
He vaguely remembered that Yu Wenye had mentioned before that to the east of Taiyuan is Shooyang...
Chen Chuan whispered: "What do you keep looking over there?"
“…”
Nie Chong was silent for a while, feeling a little confused, and murmured: "I must have heard wrong. How could my ears be so sharp?"
After saying that, he turned his head. , followed him and walked forward.
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Almost at the same time that the city gate of Taiyuan was closed, in Mengyang County to the east of Taiyuan, a large Turkic army leveled the grassland.
This army numbered tens of thousands of people and entered Mengyang in several groups. Among them, the center group was the most majestic and mighty, and was the elite of this troop dispatch.
They are the reinforcements of the Western Turks.
The leader was a man riding a green-brown horse with a wolf-head mask on his face. The mask completely covered the upper half of his face, only revealing his thin, angular lips. And the broad chin looks very mysterious.
At this moment, he was quietly watching his men replenish the water plants, then raised his head and looked at the sky.
At this time, a tall and strong man rode up to him, put his fist on his left shoulder and saluted, and then said: "Prince, we still have half a day's journey to Taiyuan."< br>
The wolf-faced prince turned his head and glanced at him.
Then he said: "Is there anything unusual over there in Taiyuan?"
The man said: "No."
"What about Qixian County?"
"Qi County County? "
The man was stunned for a moment, then thought about it again and said, "That's right, that person named Lei - what's wrong with him?"
The wolf-faced prince was silent for a moment, and then said: "If you are not from my tribe, your heart must be different."
Hearing this, the man looked at the wolf-faced prince with a strange look. After a long glance, he smiled and said: "But, isn't that person named Lei Yu already——"
At this time, the wolf-faced prince suddenly raised his head and looked at Ahead: "What's the sound?"
The man immediately shut his mouth and subconsciously followed his gaze and glanced ahead. They were in a flat pasture with abundant grass and water, stretching all the way. A hundred feet ahead, there is a fir forest. As the cold wind blows, the dense branches and leaves sway leisurely, as if the entire forest is shaking.
But, it’s nothing.
So he said: "Nothing -"
Before he could finish his words, several screams came from the crowd in front of him. When he looked closely, he saw that several people suddenly fell from their horses and fell to the ground, and on their bodies, there were actually Hit by an arrow!
That was——
The wolf-faced prince was startled and immediately raised his head. At this moment, a cold light flew toward him like lightning!
(End of this chapter)