The arrows continued continuously, and the pursuers behind were getting closer and closer.

Suddenly a horse neighed, and the horse under one seat suddenly stood alone, and the knight on horseback was caught off guard, although he tried his best to pull the reins of the horse, but he still fell to the ground, and everyone in front of them turned their heads and were surprised to see this situation.

But I only saw the fat man and said sharply: "The eldest son, go away!" Then he turned the horse's head, and the horse ran back.

The eldest prince's face changed greatly, he reined in the horse, pulled out his saber, and turned the horse's head around to go back to the rescue, but Zhao Yi had already raised the horsewhip in his hand, slapped it the eldest prince's horse's buttocks, and shouted: "The eldest prince is going quickly." ”

The horse was in pain, and kept running.

The others were all bows and arrows and shot at the pursuers, covering the fat man.

The fat man returned to his horse to the side of his companion who had to fall off the horse, stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and said in a deep voice: "Get on the horse!"

The man was about to mount his horse, but he heard a whooshing sound, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of an arrow aimed at the fat man, who was now holding the reins of the horse in one hand and holding him by the arm with the other, and could not spare his hand to resist the arrow.

This person is also brave, with a strong foot, the body rushed forward, blocking the fat man, "poof", the arrow went straight into his back, and before he could react, "poof" several times, and several arrows came over, all of which hit this person.

This person shouted desperately: "Hurry up and protect the eldest prince!" He shook off the fat man's hand and turned to face his pursuers, his body staggering, but he still managed to rush forward a few steps, and fell to the ground.

The fat man did not delay, turned the horse's head, and urged the horse to gallop.

Qin Xiao turned around and saw the situation behind him, and he was horrified, he didn't want these people to be so righteous.

The terrain at the foot of the mountain is open, which is the most suitable for cavalry archers, Qin Xiao knows that if he goes down like this, sooner or later he will be caught up by the pursuers, the other party is outnumbered, and he is good at archery, and in the end, he is afraid that he will be shot by the pursuers.

After a while, when I turned back, I could already see the costumes of the group of pursuers, only to hear someone exclaim: "The eldest prince is from Tusun, and his grandmother's is a barbarian from the north." ”

When Qin Xiao heard this, he was also taken aback.

The Tusun people live in the northern grassland, the entire northern region, divided into Mobei, Monan and Moxi, the Monan grassland is directly bordered by the empire, and the empire set up four towns on the border, collectively known as the four towns of the northern county, to build a defense line to garrison the north.

There are dozens of tribes large and small, distributed in the desert, among which the tribes of Monan are the most numerous, and the six most powerful tribes of Tusun, four of which are distributed in the grasslands of Monan, once posed a serious threat to the empire.

More than ten years ago, taking advantage of the rebellion of Xiling Wutuo and the rebellion of Murong in the south, the Tusun people gathered more than 200,000 people from various divisions to plunder in the south, and the lives of the border passes were ruined, and a cavalry of tens of thousands of people penetrated deep into the territory of the empire, directly threatening the safety of Kyoto.

Fortunately, General Black Feather captured the Khan in the night and solved the trouble in Xiling in time, and the empire also gathered elites, set up an ambush, and inflicted heavy losses on the 10,000-strong cavalry corps, forcing them to retreat.

If the Tusun tribes are victorious, they will naturally be happy, and the offensive will be more fierce, but once they encounter setbacks, internal contradictions will immediately appear, and the empire will also seize the opportunity to implement a strategy of bribery and division, so that the huge Tusun army will be scattered and disintegrated in a short period of time, and will return with a feather.

Qin Xiao still remembers that others said that that year, the Monan grassland was hit by a heavy snowstorm, and the cattle, sheep and livestock of the various departments were killed and injured countless times, which made the Tusun tribes who suffered defeat even worse, and then, in order to recover the losses, the various departments attacked each other and killed each other, and the bloody rain and bloody wind of the Monan grassland continued to attack and kill for many years, although it finally calmed down, but the vitality was greatly injured, and it has not completely eased up until now.

In addition to the various tribes of the Monan Grassland that participated in the battle against the Tang Dynasty, many tribes in the Moxi Grassland also joined it.

Moxi's most powerful Naiyan tribe was an important part of the 10,000-strong cavalry corps that penetrated deep into the empire, and suffered heavy losses.

To the north of Changling is the Moxi grassland.

Changling is a natural barrier to protect Xiling, although it does not extend to Jiayuguan, but there is a narrow entrance and exit at the east end of Changling, and to the north hundreds of miles are the Gobi area with yellow sand, called the Tali Great Gobi, in the Gobi, there are swamps everywhere, although it is not as good as Changling as a natural barrier, but it is also a place that is difficult for cavalry to cross.

Therefore, the people of Xiling are not worried that the Tusun people of the Moxi grassland can be killed.

Qin Xiao didn't expect that the pursuer who suddenly appeared tonight would be a Tusun person.

Where did these Tusun people come from?

Could it be that they crossed the Great Gobi Desert in Tali and plundered Xiling?

Qin Xiao knew that this possibility was very small.

If you want to attack Xiling, if there is no powerful cavalry corps, it is a sheep into the mouth of the tiger, you need to know that the Xiling Gate Valve is not a vegetarian, even if there are thousands of cavalry to kill in, the Xiling Gate Valve is enough to wipe them out in a short time.

What's more, with the Great Gobi of Tari as a barrier, it is simply impossible for a large corps to cross it.

The Tusun people are not fools, if thousands of cavalry exhaust their strength to enter Xiling from the Tali Gobi, then the Tang army in Jiayu Pass will inevitably attack quickly, and the Tusun cavalry, which is weak in logistics, can only become the target of the Tang army and the Xiling Gate Lord.

So Qin Xiaoshi imagined in Henan, where did these dozens of Tusun cavalry come from? And why do they have to chase after the eldest prince?

The horns and spears of those people were already clearly visible, like wolves and tigers, in addition to the sound of "whooshing" arrows, but also the sound of their shouting.

There was a scream from behind, everyone turned around, only to see that another of the eldest prince's subordinates was shot to the ground, at this time the group of Tusun cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the eldest prince and others knew that if they were rescued at this time, not only would it be impossible to rescue their companions, but they would definitely die under the arrows.

"Don't be together, apart!" The eldest prince suddenly said loudly.

When he said this, everyone under his command immediately understood, and at that moment, three horsemen galloped towards the south, while the fat man and Zhao Yi followed the eldest prince and continued to walk west.

Sure enough, the eldest prince's soldiers were divided into two routes, and the Tusun people immediately divided a group of men and horses to chase after the three horsemen who galloped to the south.

It's just that there are twenty or thirty cavalry behind him.

"Grand Prince, so they will catch up sooner or later." Qin Xiao hugged the waist of the eldest prince in the back: "And they are good at archery, we can't run down like this, go up the mountain, and when we get to the mountain, they won't be able to chase us." ”

When the eldest prince heard this, he didn't hesitate, he made a decision immediately, and said loudly: "Fat fish, Zhao Yi, go up the mountain!" "A cart of horses with reins on their backs, and indeed galloped towards the mountains.

Fat Yu and Zhao Yi immediately understood, and they both pulled their horses to the mountain, and soon the three horses rushed into the mountain forest.

The Tusun people shouted and chased after them.

The Changling mountain forest is not only steep, but also the vines in the forest, the horse is naturally impossible in the mountain forest, into the mountain forest, the eldest prince and others immediately turned over and dismounted, at this time also did not care about the life or death of the horse, quickly ran to the mountain.

The people on the side of the Tusun people called Ma Neigh, obviously did not expect that the eldest prince and his party would hide in the mountains, and the formation was a little chaotic, but soon they all calmed down, and all the Tusun cavalry dismounted, drew their sabers, scattered, and quickly chased them up the mountain.

The three eldest princes all put away their knives, their longbows in their hands, and hid behind trees, Qin Xiao followed closely beside the eldest prince, and also took fish intestine stabs in his hands.

The eldest prince was a little surprised when he saw that Qin Xiao had taken a strange short blade in his hand, but he didn't say anything.

"Eldest son, about fifteen steps to the right." Qin Xiao lowered his voice and said.

It was already dark, and it was pitch black in the mountains and forests, and he had to face the beast-like Tusun people, Qin Xiao knew that in this case, the five senses must be sharp enough to take the lead, so when he went up the mountain, he had already taken the opportunity to swallow a blood pill.

At this time, his eyesight was amazing, and the eldest prince had not yet noticed the situation, and he had already seen a Tusun soldier come out.

With his reminder, the eldest prince was immediately alert, bent his bow and arrows, and looked at the place pointed out by Qin Xiao, and sure enough, he saw that the Tusun soldier was sneaking up, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he did not hesitate at all, "whoosh", the sharp arrow pierced the air, extremely fast, and the sound of "poof" hit the eyebrows of the Tusun soldier, and the archery was really accurate.

The exclamation of the Tusun soldiers suddenly sounded nearby, and the fat fish over there heard the sound to identify the position, immediately made a decision, and also shot an arrow, heard a miserable scream, and also shot a person.

Qin Xiao secretly admired in his heart, thinking that this eldest prince and the people under his hands were really not a group of wine bags and rice bags, and the kung fu in his hands was really not bad.

The eldest prince got Qin Xiao's reminder to shoot a person, his spirits lifted, patted Qin Xiao on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Go to the mountain." "Take Qin Xiao and continue to walk up the mountain.

Tusun Bing's archery skills are also extremely good, he seems to be aware of the movement, and two arrows were immediately shot over, fortunately, the eldest prince and Qin Xiao were coquettish, and they both dodged.

At the beginning, the two sides used bows and arrows as weapons, and the eldest prince relied on Qin Xiao's amazing eyesight, but whenever Qin Xiao pointed out the direction, he immediately attacked, and there were four Tusun soldiers killed under the arrows of the eldest prince, but the Tusun people pressed more and more tightly, and the deeper into the forest, the trees were thick, and the bow and arrow were already difficult to come in handy.

The eldest prince fired several arrows in succession, but they were blocked by trees, and the Tusun soldiers were more careful, and no one was shot.

Fat Yu and Zhao Yi were a few steps away from the eldest prince on the left and right, and slowly retreated, introducing the Tusun soldiers into the depths of the dense forest, and at this time, they all knew that the effectiveness of the bow and arrow was too weak, and they all pulled out their sabers in their hands.

The Tusun soldiers were scattered in the forest, but they obviously knew that the eldest prince and others were not easy to deal with, and the three of them covered each other as a team.

The eldest prince used a big tree as a cover, Qin Xiao glanced forward, and said in a low voice: "The eldest prince, there are three people over there who are approaching this side, and they are still ten steps away from us, they are all armed with knives, and they have no bows and arrows. ”

The eldest prince bowed slightly, looked left and right, Zhao Yi and Fat Yu also looked at the eldest prince's side, the eldest prince made a gesture simply and clearly, several people obviously train often on weekdays, the two immediately understood the meaning of the eldest prince's gesture, they both nodded, and the cat moved out from behind the tree, outflanking the left and right.