dognovel Chapter 532 Xiao Tiansheng
Chapter 532 Xiao Tiansheng
Everyone stayed for a day to repair. In the early morning of the second day, Duanmu Liangjiang had been waiting at the city gate for a long time, and carriages were driven out of the capital.
Lin Xiaofan did not make any fanfare on this trip, and Kang Hong only sent a secret letter to the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.
Within Daqian, there were no setbacks along the way. After five days of driving, we finally crossed the border.
Another day later, a huge city appeared in front of everyone.
In terms of scale, this city is definitely not smaller than Daqian Jingcheng. It is protected by a moat and has the three characters "Rongyang City" written on the city gate.
Outside the city gate, a dozen soldiers stood upright holding sharp weapons and wearing iron armor. When he saw the carriage of Lin Xiaofan and others approaching, he hurriedly stopped it.
This is the southern border of the Tang Dynasty, with 30,000 troops stationed in it. Lin Xiaofan looked at it carefully and realized that he couldn't break this city in half a month, even if he was given a hundred thousand troops.
"We are the envoys of Daqian, and this is a document."
One of the guards stepped forward and started talking.
Several soldiers scanned the document and after confirming it was correct, they spoke:
"None of us have ever said hello to this matter. We need to report it."
Bringing armor into the city is no small matter. They are just a few ordinary soldiers. They did not receive the news in advance and did not dare to make decisions without authorization.
"it is good."
Carriages were parked on the roadside.
Not long after, there was the sound of horse hooves, and dozens of horses galloped out.
The leader was dressed as a general, with a majestic figure like an iron statue, a jade-like face with sharp edges and corners, and the heavy armor on his body shone with metallic luster. The black horse riding underneath was larger than an ordinary horse.
"Yu~~"
The horses stopped outside the city gate, and many soldiers dismounted.
"Meet General Xiao!"
Upon seeing this, the city guards bowed their heads and saluted the person they recognized at first glance.
"No gift!"
General Xiao didn't even look at these city guards and walked straight towards Lin Xiaofan.
Lin Xiaofan also stepped down from the carriage, followed closely by Duanmu Liangjiang and the two shadow guards. Looking at the heroic general in front of him, a name appeared in Lin Xiaofan's heart - Xiao Tiansheng.
Xiao Tiansheng was the youngest among the ten tiger ministers of the Tang Dynasty. He was born in the Xiao family, a large family of the Tang Dynasty. He practiced martial arts since he was a child, and later won the first prize in martial arts. He also made some achievements on the battlefield and became a junior general.
When he was twenty-four years old, a war broke out between the Tang Dynasty and the Tianwu Kingdom. The Tang Dynasty was outnumbered and was in defeat. When it was about to be beaten to retreat, Xiao Tiansheng led two thousand cavalry under his command and rushed all the way. The enemy's Chinese army camp almost killed the Tianwu Kingdom's general and turned the tide of the war.
At this point, Xiao Tiansheng became famous in one battle and became the youngest tiger minister.
"Xiao Tiansheng, I have admired Brother Lin for a long time."
Xiao Tiansheng spoke, stretched out his hand, and looked at Lin Xiaofan with a bit of admiration and appreciation in his eyes.
He became famous in one battle back then, but he was only ranked over 40 on the list of divine generals.
Lin Xiaofan is only 17 or 18 years old this year, and he has already reached ninth place on the list of divine generals.
If he were in the Tang Dynasty, he would be on the same level as the three generals.
He had read about Lin Xiaofan's achievements countless times, and he only had one comment in his heart - shocking!
"Lin Xiaofan, nice to meet you."
Lin Xiaofan smiled slightly and stepped forward to shake hands with Xiao Tiansheng.
"Under the orders of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty, I am responsible for escorting Brother Lin to Chang'an."
Xiao Tiansheng turned around, got on his horse with a graceful movement, waved his hand to the city guards and said:
"Let go!"
Xiao Tiansheng and others escorted him all the way, and nothing went wrong along the way.
In the evening, everyone found an inn to stay.
"Brother Xiao led two thousand cavalry back then, charging everywhere, and finally reached the enemy's central general, turning the situation around. He was a hero among men, and I admire him."
Along the way, Lin Xiaofan and Xiao Tiansheng got to know each other gradually.
"Haha, at that time, the battle situation was showing signs of decline. I just wanted to kill more enemy troops to relieve the pressure on the frontal battlefield, but I accidentally ran into the enemy camp. Compared with Brother Lin's battles, it was not worth it. Mention it. Brother Lin’s deeds of defeating 200,000 men with 30,000 men and making many extraordinary moves have been passed down among us generals for a long time.”
"What I dealt with was just a group of unknown people. Both the generals and the troops under my command were quite mediocre. Compared with the enemies that Brother Xiao dealt with, they were nothing to mention."
The two of them complimented each other at the door of a house and never tired of it.
First, because Lin Xiaofan wanted to explore the tone of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the tone of many ministers of the Tang Dynasty from Xiao Tiansheng. Second, because Xiao Tiansheng was a forthright person with a straightforward temperament and was worthy of friendship.
"Haha, Brother Lin, after this incident is over, I will definitely take you to travel around Chang'an."
"Okay, then let's make an agreement."
Lin Xiaofan also responded cheerfully.
"Brother Lin, you still have to be careful this time. I don't know the attitude of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but I heard that some ministers in the court seem to have great opinions on you."
Xiao Tiansheng said with some worry.
Hearing this, Lin Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, then smiled nonchalantly:
"Brother Xiao, don't worry, there's nothing they can do about me."
Back in the room, Lin Xiaofan carefully thought about today's conversation.
Although the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not express his attitude on the surface, he sent Xiao Tiansheng here to show that he was friendly to him. As for those ministers in the Tang Dynasty who had objections to him, they were nothing more than two groups of people.
The first is those friends of the Dongfang family. He and the Dongfang family already have enemies, and they will definitely use this opportunity to deal with him.
The second group of people was because he killed General Yu without the permission of the Tang Dynasty. Although General Yu was at fault first, the gap between Da Gan's strength and that of the Tang Dynasty was too big. He killed people rashly. These ministers felt that they were disrespectful to the Tang Dynasty, so they had to at least embarrass him a little in order to deal with him.
Of course, this is not a deep hatred. In addition, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty has a relatively friendly attitude towards him. As long as he gives up some of his interests, it can be settled.
To be honest, deep down in his heart, he was still looking forward to cooperating with the Tang Dynasty.
The land area of the Tang Dynasty was much larger than that of Daqian. Although Chang'an City was in the south of the Tang Dynasty, they still took a carriage for more than ten days to get there.
"Brother Lin, we're here."
Xiao Tiansheng patted the window of the carriage, Lin Xiaofan poked his head out, and a big city came into view. The city wall of Chang'an City is more than five feet high, with a moat outside. Countless soldiers stand on the city wall, and forty or fifty elite heavy-armored soldiers guard the city gate, which is heavily guarded.
Although there were still hundreds of meters away from Chang'an City, Lin Xiaofan still couldn't see the end of the city at a glance.
"Chang'an City has a history of a thousand years. It has gone through five dynasties and six renovations. It contains hundreds of heavy crossbows and 30,000 elite defenders. It is so impregnable that no matter how many troops there are, it cannot be attacked from the outside."
Xiao Tiansheng said confidently.