Chapter 103: A Tiger in the Heart, Sniffing the Roses

Outside the city, Azar, a Uighur general riding a Ferghana horse, looked at the slowly opening gate of Yanqi City, his mouth corners unconsciously raised, and his eyes also revealed a cunning look of a successful treacherous plot.

He rode his horse into the city with his head held high, followed by servants driving three carriages.

Although these drivers have changed into civilian clothes.

However, anyone can see that these drivers with fierce eyes are all soldiers.

In fact, these drivers are all Azar's personal soldiers, who followed him into the city to explore the situation in Yanqi City.

Tan Li, the lieutenant general of the Anxi Border Army who was guarding the city, personally greeted Azar at the city gate. His deep and firm eyes revealed a few unfathomable eyes.

After Azar and his party entered the city, the Anxi Border Army soldiers guarding the city immediately closed the city gate.

Then, the border soldiers lined up in two rows at the city gate all drew their swords at the same time.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

For a while, the sound of short swords being unsheathed at the city gate was heard one after another.

Hiss——

Hmm~

Seeing this, the Uighur driver who was driving the carriage into the city couldn't help but feel nervous and subconsciously tightened the reins in his hands.

The horses in pain snorted loudly.

Even Azar, the head of the Uighur generals riding on horseback, was startled by the sudden sword-drawing action of the Anxi border army in the city, and was obviously a little at a loss.

Could it be that Tan Li, this villain, was planning to shut the door and beat the dog for himself?

Uh, no, catching the turtle in the jar?

It doesn't seem right either!

Just when Azar was hesitating whether to shout "When two armies are fighting, envoys will not be killed" to boost his courage and try to awaken the conscience and credibility of Lieutenant General Tan Li and the Anxi Border Army, Tan Li actually rode forward.

After coming to Azar, he smiled and asked him: "Alba, you are very courageous. I opened the city gate and you dared to walk in?"

Then Tan Li changed the subject and said sternly: "Aren't you afraid that I will chop you?"

Haha!

Hearing this, Azar laughed out loud and said: "General Tan is really a joke. When two armies are fighting, envoys will not be killed. I am Alba, a mere civil servant. Why should General Tan make things difficult for me?"

"Besides, our Huihe Khanate and the Yanqi army and people are not enemies, but friends!"

"How can I be a guest at a friend's house and still worry about my friend's sword against me?"

"General Tan, don't you think this is the truth?"

Hahaha!

This time, it was Tan Li's turn to laugh.

Those piercing eyes kept wandering over Azar, who went by the alias of Alba, as if they wanted to see through Azar from head to toe, from inside to outside.

Until Azar on horseback was a little frightened by Tan Li's sharp eyes, Tan Li said, "Sir Alba, please!"

"This is the highest etiquette for our Anxi Border Army to treat guests from afar!"

After saying that, Tan Li quickly turned the horse's head, hit the horse's belly hard and left.

After returning to the position just now, he said sternly, "All soldiers, listen to the order, draw your swords, and welcome the guests!"

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

As soon as the voice fell, the Anxi Border Army soldiers who were originally divided on both sides of the city gate immediately formed groups of two, raised the short ring-headed knives in their hands high, and collided and connected in the air, forming a special "knife hole".

On one side of the knife hole, there was Azar, who was riding a Ferghana horse waiting to enter the city, and his personal soldiers dressed as horsemen.

On the other side of the knife hole, there was Tan Li, the lieutenant general of the Anxi Border Army, who was riding on horseback and watching coldly.

At this point, looking at the knife hole with flashing knife light in front of him, the Uighur warrior Azar knew that he could not hide today, so he had to bite the bullet and dismount, and force himself to cross the knife hole step by step.

Every step Azar took, his footsteps were so heavy, for fear that the sharp blade hanging over his head would chop him down with force in the next moment, chopping him to death.

Every step he took, he felt a strong wind flashing behind his ears, which was caused by the Anxi Border Army soldiers behind him chopping down with the raised short knives.

Unconsciously, fine beads of sweat had seeped out of Azar's forehead, and the clothes on his back were also wet with sweat.

Fortunately, the journey was safe and sound, and they finally passed the knife hole smoothly.

Riding on horseback, Tan Li looked down at Azar, who was sweating profusely, and said in a somewhat joking tone: "Lord Alba, you are so brave and courageous!"

"Today we will not talk about state affairs, just drink and have fun, and we will not return until we are drunk!"

"Lord Alba, please come this way!"

The stone hanging in Azar's heart finally fell to the ground, and he bowed to Tan Li with a wry smile, and also made a gesture of invitation.

However, his gestures no longer showed the arrogance and domineering attitude when he first arrived at the city of Yanqi.

The first year of Lingwu, Laba Festival.

After more than a month, the 20,000 Anxi frontier soldiers trapped in Yanqi City finally drank a bowl of hot fresh vegetable soup and ate a bowl of sweet Laba porridge.

Looking at the crescent moon hanging high above Yanqi City, countless soldiers who were guarding the border felt homesick.

In the general's mansion, Tan Li summoned all the generals in the city except the generals on duty, and drank with Azar, the brave general of the Huihe, who used the alias Alba.

Just as he had set the tone for this gathering before, they would not talk about state affairs, but only about love and romance.

A group of old men who have lived in the Western Regions for a long time and have developed a more or less generous character, drinking fresh fruits and dried beef and mutton in the General's Mansion, how chic and happy it is.

The drinking party lasted from nightfall to the bright moon, and finally ended with Alba, the Uighur envoy, being too drunk.

Azar, who was drunk and talking nonsense and almost unconscious, was dragged onto the carriage by the coachman and pulled out of the city.

Tan tried his best to show his loyalty to the landlord and personally sent Azar out of the city.

It was not until Azar left the city that Tan Li, who was standing on the Yanqi city wall, shouted at the top of his voice to Azar, who seemed to be drunk and unconscious:

"Azar, I know that you are pretending to be drunk, and I also know that your elite troops from Huihe must be hiding in the darkness outside the city at this moment. They are waiting for your signal to be sent out to attack Yanqi City at night!"

brush!

Under the city, Azar, who was lying on the carriage pretending to be drunk, suddenly woke up after hearing this.

"Azar, as you said today, our two armies were not enemies but friends before. I am also very grateful to you for personally delivering fresh fruits and vegetables to the border soldiers under my command on the Laba Festival, so that they can During the Laba Festival, I can barely have a sumptuous festival.”

On the city wall, Tan Li continued: "But what I want to say, general, is that after today, when you and I meet on the battlefield, we will no longer be friends, but eternal enemies!"

"The kindness you showed me by generously delivering food today was already repaid when I allowed you and your soldiers to enter the city to investigate the situation in Yanqi City!"

"Azar, you and I are settled!"

Finally, Tan Li said word by word, sonorously and forcefully: "Azar, one last word for this general, tell Peluo, as long as one of our Anxi frontier troops survives, this Yanqi city will always belong to the Han people. city!"

"I, Tan Li, will never be that shameless person who betrays his country and seeks glory!"

"The Huihe thieves, just send your horses to attack the city, hahaha!"

In an instant, the silent Yanqi City and outside were echoed with the laughter of General Tan Li of the Anxi Frontier Army, whose heroic spirit was somewhat desolate.

It turned out that he had already figured out Azar's identity as the number one general in Uighur!