Guo Song had already guessed who these dozen black-clothed knights were, they should be the horse bandits mentioned by the groom to himself, a total of sixteen people, and there were fifteen people after one was killed by himself.

But this group of horse bandits gave Guo Song a deep taste of the powerful power of mounted archery, which is worthy of being the first-class martial arts in the Middle Ages.

Compared with the 100-step deadly arrows, their flying knives and meteor hammers are simply children's plays.

Guo Song sat on the highest pine tree for more than an hour, and the eaglet stopped on his shoulder, and he watched as a group of men in black burned the corpses of their companions, urging the horses out of the forest and heading west, gradually disappearing at the end of the grassland.

Guo Song came out of the forest again, it was already dusk, the chicken stewed mushrooms had become a bubble, and the roast venison had become extremely distant, he peeled half a bag of pine nuts on the big pine tree, and walked towards the official road while chewing.

Suddenly, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him, and Guo Song turned around to see dozens of Qiang people galloping over on horseback, one of whom was the woman he had saved.

The woman saw Guo Song and pointed at him and shouted excitedly, and an old man urged him to step forward and shouted, "Daoist, please stay!" ”

It was actually Chinese, Guo Song hurriedly greeted him, "What does the old man have to say?" ”

The old man was relieved to see that Guo Song was not injured, "Buddha bless, the Taoist is safe and sound." ”

"This Dao is blessed by the Sanqing Patriarch, and a few little thieves, of course they can't hurt me!"

"The Taoist chief laughed, they are not little thieves! They never left a captive alive, thank you to the Taoist for saving my daughter. ”

At this time, a Qiang man with a face as black as charcoal stepped forward and knelt down, he was not tall, but his body was very strong, his face was honest and honest, he kowtowed to Guo Song desperately, with a grateful face, I don't know what he was talking about?

"He is my daughter's husband, an honest herdsman, and he is grateful to you for saving his wife, otherwise his three children would have lost their mothers," the old man explained. ”

It turned out that this black man was the woman's husband, it seemed that there were some things that could not be said more, Guo Song hurriedly helped him up, and repeatedly explained that he was a monk, and it was his duty to save people, so he didn't have to be polite.

"Dao Chief, please come to our tribe! It's thirty miles to the south. ”

Guo Song didn't have the heart to be a guest, he was bent on going to Zhangye City to find the master, so he hugged his fists and politely refused: "I still have something to rush to Zhangye City, let's visit again in the future!" ”

The old man smiled slightly: "If the Taoist chief wants to see Mu Zhenren, he doesn't need to go to Zhangye City." ”

Guo Song suddenly jumped up and asked urgently, "My master is where you are?" ”

"Mujin has been in our tribe these days."

It's really a coincidence that I can't write a book, and I was in a hurry to go to Zhangye City, but I didn't expect that the master was in the Qiang tribe.

At this time, the black-faced man brought a horse and asked Guo Song to get on the horse, Guo Song looked embarrassed and said to the old man: "Don't hide it from the old man, have I never ridden it?" ”

"But my daughter said you could ride a horse."

"It was a critical situation, forced out, and I actually never rode it."

The old man smiled, "It seems that the Taoist has a talent for riding horses, so let's just ride slowly." ”

Speaking of this step, Guo Song had to bite the bullet and get on the horse, others turned over on the horse, he jumped on the horse in the air, rode steadily on the saddle, and won a warm applause from the surrounding Qiang people.

Riding a horse is mainly about crotch strength, clamping the saddle tightly, and then mastering the balance, just like learning to ride a bicycle, mastering the balance, there is no big problem, and then it is a skilled process from slow to fast.

Guo Song can be called the first in the world in terms of balance, and he is also strong in terms of crotch strength, the only thing he lacks is experience.

Guo Song silently felt the feeling of riding a horse all the way, and after walking for more than ten miles, he suddenly gently urged the horse, and the war horse actually ran in small steps, and everyone was surprised to see it.

Of course, Guo Song didn't dare to gallop on horseback, running in small steps was already his limit.

At this time, several herdsmen pointed to the goshawk above their heads and shouted, and the goshawk actually followed them all the way.

Guo Song whistled, and the eaglet retracted its wings and fell from the sky, landing on Guo Song's shoulders accurately, which suddenly made everyone's eyes red with envy, which grassland man doesn't love goshawks?

"Daochang Guo, is this your eagle?" The old man asked with an envious expression.

"I was raised when I was a child, and I followed me all the way to Hexi."

Guo Song suddenly remembered what Master had said, and his understanding of eagles came from the herdsmen in the Hexi Corridor.

Guo Song hurriedly asked, "Uncle, do I still need to boil this eagle?" ”

The old man smiled: "You are called a Sky Eagle, that is, it was born with you, it was born to treat you as its own father or master, it does not need to boil the eagle at all, and it is more loyal than the boiled eagle, it will be with you for a lifetime." ”

Guo Song smiled so much that he couldn't close his mouth, which was more pleasant than any flattery, which made him extremely happy.

……….

The Qiang tribe that Fanning is going to is called the Black Mountain Tribe, and the traditional pasture is at the foot of the Black Mountain south of the Hutu Lake, and they will drive their livestock to the Qilian Mountains in the winter, and now they are on their way back to the Hutu Lake.

By the time we arrived at the camp in Montenegro, it was already dark, and more than a dozen bonfires had been lit in the camp, and hundreds of clansmen were gathering to barbecue mutton for dinner.

Guo Song turned over and dismounted, and at a glance saw that next to the largest bonfire, an old Taoist priest was laughing and talking to several old men, wasn't it his master Mu Zhenren?

Guo Song ran forward excitedly, "Master, why are you here?" ”

"You stinky boy, why don't you go to Zhangye City?"

Mu Zhenren was about to stretch out his hand to knock on his head, when he suddenly remembered something, his hand shrank, and he looked into the sky.

Guo Song scratched his head and smiled: "The little eagle found a big bird's nest on the road and has fallen asleep. ”

When Mu Zhenren saw the apprentice, he was also really full of joy, and introduced him to the old man next to him, "This is my old friend Pu Luoshan, who is now the chief of the Black Mountain Department, and he will take care of you in the future." ”

Pu Luoshan is a very kind and simple old man, and he can also speak fluent Chinese.

He smiled and said, "You saved Ying, then you are the distinguished guest of our tribe." ”

Guo Song was a little confused in his heart, and hurriedly said a few words vaguely.

At this time, Ying's husband and his three children came forward with a large wooden plate, in which was a roasted whole sheep, and they knelt and offered the whole sheep to Guo Song, and poured him a large bowl of mare's milk wine.

Mu Zhenren said with a smile: "This is the most noble salute of their family, you drink the wine dry and eat the sheep up, which is the best gift for them." ”

Guo Song looked at the big bowl with at least five catties of wine, and such a big roast sheep, when he heard that he was going to drink it all up, his eyes were straight.

That night, Guo Song was very drunk.

………….

At dawn the next day, Guo Song was woken up by the master in his deep sleep, "I'm ready to go!" ”

The Black Mountain Division was now on their way back to Hutu Lake, and before dawn they began to pack up their tents and prepare to leave, Guo Song was drunk, otherwise he would have gotten up and meditated at the fifth watch.

After sleeping soundly all night, and washing his face with the cold and biting snow melting river water of Qilian Mountain, he was really energetic, and the fatigue of the journey was all gone.

Guo Song rode on a tall and sturdy black horse, the same horse that had been snatched in the woods yesterday, and Ying's husband had brought it to him early in the morning.

The Qianghu people of the Tang Dynasty were not narrow-minded, their wives were taken away and insulted by horse bandits, they would only carry knives to fight with their enemies, and would not blame their innocent wives.

Last night, after Ying told her husband what had happened to her, Guo Song won her husband's gratitude, knowing that the bandits would definitely kill his wife after insulting her.

Guo Song has found the feeling of riding a horse, but he still needs time to hone it slowly.

He put up his hand and looked at the eaglet hovering in the sky, and asked, "Master, do you think the horse bandits will come to attack this migratory herdsman's team?" ”

Mu Zhenren sneered, "Do you really think they are horse bandits?" ”

Guo Song was stunned, "Isn't it a horse bandit?" ”

Mu Zhenren shook his head, "The horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor were exterminated by the Tang Army more than ten years ago, and the horse bandits that appeared this time should be the spies of the Shatuo people, their elite cavalry, sent to Ganzhou and Liangzhou to spy on intelligence, and prepare for the Shatuo people to go south." ”

"It turned out to be the Shatuo cavalry!"

Guo Song sighed softly: "No wonder the riding and shooting are so powerful. ”

"The cavalry of the Shatuo people is indeed very powerful, in the battle of Dadou Bagu, 6,000 Shatuo cavalry annihilated 30,000 Tuyuhun cavalry, and drove the Tubo forces out of the Hexi Corridor, just by their cavalry, not that I want to praise them, if it is a plain battle, their 6,000 cavalry can easily defeat the 30,000 Tang army and sweep Longyou."

Mu Zhenren was the famous Wang Zhonghei when he was young, and even he said so, which also shows the power of the Shatuo people, and Guo Song also knew that later Li Keyong led 30,000 Shatuo cavalry to sweep the Central Plains, exterminate the Huangchao army, and establish the Later Tang Dynasty.

Guo Song suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he changed the topic and said, "Why is Master in the Black Mountain Department?" ”

"Arrange a place for you to learn to ride and shoot! Before, I hurried to Fengxiang, wanting to ask your second senior brother for a war horse, but it turned out to be a step late, your second senior brother's army was sent to Lintao, and I had to come to ask my old friends from the Black Mountain Department for help. ”

"Second Senior Brother joined the army?" Guo Song asked in surprise and joy.

Mu Zhenren nodded, "He is mixing very well now, he joined the army as a brigade commander six years ago, and he has made many achievements in the war against the Tuyuhun people, and has been promoted to the general of the right army of Fengxiang." ”

"What is the name of the second senior brother?" Guo Song only knew that the second senior brother was called Gan Yun, but he didn't know his common name.

"He was born in the Longxi clan, his common surname is Li, and his name is Li Sheng."