Chapter 35 The Tubo Princess
In the city of Nieduo, the palace of Xiaobolu was filled with rich sandalwood, with drums and melodious silk wind music. Dozens of Tubo musicians sat on both sides, playing musical instruments attentively. In their hands, the pipa, flute, Bewang, Zha Nian, long drums, as well as the high and low Damapi drums and other instruments played the magic and heroism of the snow-capped mountains and plateaus.
In the middle of the palace, fifteen young and beautiful Tubo girls were wearing fairy-style long skirts, sporting ribbons, garlands, arm hairpins, and dancing with elegant and charming expressions, like a goddess descending to the earth, dancing with music, sometimes waving with long belts, sometimes swaying slowly, and growing lotus step by step.
At the head of the palace, a middle-aged man lay lazily on an ivory couch with gold and silver painted. He was King Su Su, the young Bolu. He was obviously not interested in the light and charming Tubo girl. He seemed to be waiting for something?
At this time, the drum sound stopped and the flute sound was thrown high, as if a cool breeze was blowing from the snow-capped mountains. The fifteen dancers were divided into three clusters. They slept with each other, as if they were feeling the breeze blowing in their dreams. Su Shili sat up straight and stared at the palace door with excitement.
A Tubo fairy wearing a white ribbon appeared. She had a beautiful appearance and her eyes were faint, as if the goddess of a snow mountain was coming in the wind. She waved the ribbon in the hall and opened her red lips lightly. Her heavenly singing sounded in the hall.
"I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the gate of songs, the princess of the God of Heaven invites five, the princess of the God of God invites five, three, five, one, five, and sixteen people of the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be the I am going to be
Su Shili was fascinated by her singing and stood up unconsciously and danced with his Princess Galan.
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"My king, why are you sad? Is it my father Zamp who has not given your subjects a full meal?"
After the dance, Princess Galan and her husband Su Shulu walked side by side in the garden behind the palace.
"No! It was a few nobles who opposed my heart to Tubo. He wanted to get the porcelain and silk of the Tang Dynasty, not the fur of Tubo."
"Why didn't the king peel off the human skins of these opponents and make them into musical instruments for me?"
Princess Galan has a beautiful smile, and her plump and rosy lips seem to be talking about music and dance, but what she says can easily make people wake up at night.
"Also, I'm tired of seeing your queen's skin. Can my king give me her daughter? I prefer her fresh and tender skin."
"No! She is only thirteen years old and has a engagement with the prince of Dabolu, so I cannot betray my faith."
"Hmph!" Princess Galan snorted softly, her beautiful smile disappeared. She suddenly accelerated her pace and walked towards the palace, "Guards, pack up my things, I want to go back to Luoshe City."
"No! My princess, you can't leave."
Su Shili hurriedly chased after him and faintly heard his begging, "Princess, don't leave, I promise you."
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‘The vast sea is covered with ice a hundred feet, and the sorrow clouds are bleak and condensed thousands of miles away.’
From Lianyun Castle to Xiaobolu, you need to cross the Xingdu Kush Mountain. The cloud peaks are towering, the air is thin, and the thousands of miles of glaciers cannot be seen at a glance. Tanju Ridge is a shortcut to enter Xiaobolu. The mountains are steep and there are many cliffs. The ridge is forty miles long. The lower ridge is Anuyue City.
After capturing Lianyun Fort, Gao Xianzhi reorganized his army, leaving behind 2,000 injured soldiers to the sick Bian Lingcheng and a group of civil servants. He led 8,000 elite soldiers and led Xiao Bolu. After three days of marching, the army began to cross Tanjuling.
The mountains here are thousands of feet high, with ice hills rising and falling, ice towers standing in a row, ice cliffs are like walls, and cracks are like nets. Walking close to the cliffs, the cold wind makes people unable to stand firmly, and if you are not careful, you will fall down a thousand feet of ice cracks.
Suddenly, a series of desperate screams, a war horse slipped and fell down a thousand feet of ice crack. More than a dozen Tang soldiers were also brought down and fell into the abyss.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment, the cold wind was spinning beside the snow cliff, and the Tang army silently looked at the abyss under their feet.
After a long time, the Tang army continued to move forward, as if nothing had happened. The long line of troops marched on the snowy cliff road, like black ant colonies.
The sky gradually darkened, and the team walked through the dangerous cliff path and came to a flat snow field. Gao Xianzhi looked at the surrounding terrain and ordered the army to camp and above to have a meeting in the big tent."
After the military order was issued, the soldiers began to get busy and camped and could not cook on the snow-capped mountains. The soldiers used dry food to fill their hunger with snow. Most of them wrapped themselves in blankets and slept soundly. Sleeping on the ice field was extremely dangerous. If they were not warm enough, they would freeze to death in their dreams. Despite this, the soldiers were extremely tired, and they were crowded together and fell asleep.
The lights in Gao Xianzhi's tent were dim, and more than a dozen lieutenants stood up solemnly, waiting for the commander's military order. Gao Xianzhi paced back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back. After a moment, he slowly said: "We should go down the peak tomorrow, but what I worry most is that the soldiers dare not go down the mountain."
"Master General, wherever the military order comes, there is a reason why he dare not go down the mountain." Li Siye interrogated.
Gao Xianzhi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I thought so too, but Jia Chongguan's army did not meet with us because they did not dare to go down the mountain. How could I not consider this risk as a lesson?"
Everyone stopped talking, Gao Xianzhi said it really makes sense. The road up the mountain was straight and steep, the road down the mountain was thick and slippery, and the feeling of falling at any time was heartbreaking. I wonder how the Grandmaster should solve this crisis.
Gao Xianzhi took a few steps and suddenly laughed. He said to everyone: "Don't tell the soldiers about this matter. In addition, when will the camp be settling and obeying my arrangements, everyone will go down first!"
Seeing that the general seemed to be confident, everyone left one after another. At this time, Gao Xianzhi winked at Li Qing'an and asked him to stay.
"Master, please give me instructions!" Needless to say, Li Qingan knew that Gao Xianzhi had a task to hand over to the scout camp.
Gao Xianzhi pondered for a moment and said, "Anuyue City is at the foot of the mountain. I think if there were natives of Anuyue coming up the mountain to welcome the Tang army, then the Tang army's fear would be eliminated, and it would be much easier to go down the mountain."
He glanced at Li Qing'an and asked, "Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Qingan smiled, "The Grand Marshal wants to imitate Cao Mengde's look-up plums to quench his thirst!"
“That’s exactly that!”
Gao Xianzhi nodded with a smile and said, "I will give you this task, no matter whether you send someone to dress up or really catch the Anu Yue natives, in short, before noon tomorrow, the Anu Yue natives must go up the mountain to welcome the Tang army."
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Chapter completed!