Pei Min led Mosley Massa all the way west.

The official road from Chang'an to Luoyang is broad and flat, straight and forward, and endless.

It is now the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the last day of the Spring Festival.

There are very few pedestrians on the official road, and in the past, groups of peddlers and pawns chose to accompany their families on this festive day.

It has been more than half a year since Moslemassa left Arabia, and he misses the situation in his hometown very much.

Arabia straddles the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, but there is no neat and orderly official road like China, and most of them are endless grasslands or Gobi deserts and even jungles with loess and fine sand, and most of the people live along the coast, so navigation is particularly developed.

Mosremassa usually lives in military camps far away from the inhabitants, in the steppes or in the Gobi.

Running horses on the grassland and camel racing in the Gobi are his daily favorite things.

Now seeing that the official road is neat and flat, and there are few pedestrians, he is interested, and says: "Pei Guogong, this man's husband, should whip the horse and run rampant in the world!" But I don't know how you ride? ”

Pei Min listened to the translation, was stunned when he heard the words, understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "Want to compare?" ”

"Naturally!" Mosley Massa said: "I admit that swordsmanship is not as good as yours, but in horsemanship, in Arabia, I can't find a few people who can beat me!" ”

Pei Min said with a smile: "Then take the two sticks of incense as the deadline, go all the way along this official road, and see who runs faster and farther!" ”

Mosley Massa has been in the Tang Dynasty for many days, and he also knows that the Tang people like to count the time of burning incense, one stick of incense is two quarters of an hour, and two sticks of incense are also half an hour.

Mosley Massa's eyes lit up and said, "This competition is interesting! Running for half an hour in one breath not only tests the riding skills, but also tests the rider's understanding of the mount and the distribution of its physical strength. Interesting, really funny! Okay, just two sticks of incense! ”

Pei Min smiled secretly in his heart, he really didn't think about it that much, he just wanted to win.

Then he emphasized: "After all, this is an official road, and it is inevitable that there will be pedestrians passing by. As a rider, if you can't avoid pedestrians and disturb pedestrians, you will also lose. ”

"Yes!" Mosley Massa is on fire!

The two stood side by side, and the interpreter became the starter, and under his order, Pei Min and Mosley Massa galloped together.

Pei Min and Mosley Massa reacted in unison, and their riding skills were good.

But the gap is obvious, Pei Min fell behind at the beginning, and he just lost a horse's head at the start.

It's not that the riding skills are inferior, but the difference in horses.

The West produces good horses, this is an iron law that has not changed since ancient times.

In the past, in order to improve the quality of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty even did not hesitate to launch wars, plundering excellent horse breeds from the Western Regions and breeding them into Hequ horses that were good at fighting.

For thousands of years, the Hequ horse has always been the preferred mount of the Chinese cavalry, and in this regard, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty invaded the Western Regions, which can be called a meritorious achievement.

However, the Hip Horse is a hybrid breed after all, and it is always much inferior to the Arabian horse.

Mosremassa's mount is the Akhal-Teke horse, one of the most famous three thoroughbred horses of later generations, the Akhal-Teke is also known as the Sweat Horse, which was born in the Akhal oasis between the Kopet Mountains and the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan, and is now under Arab control.

The biggest feature of sweat and blood horses is that they are fast and explosive, and since ancient times, there is a saying that "they travel thousands of miles in a day and eight hundred in a night".

Later generations have calculated that it only takes one minute for a sweaty BMW to run a thousand meters on flat ground.

This is still a modern number, the ancient environment is harsh, and the real wild horse and good horse did not grow up in the horse pen, but was in the company of lions, hungry wolves and jackals on the grassland, and their abilities were even more outstanding.

It's just a lifting of the foot, and the judgment is made.

In just ten breaths, Mosley Massa had already surpassed Pei Min by a horse.

Pei Min was not in a hurry, and still ran on the little chestnut hair unhurriedly.

In just a quarter of an hour, Mosley Massa was already more than fifty steps ahead.

Looking back, Pei Min was only a small dot, and Mosley Massa laughed proudly, finally winning. Although he knew, it wasn't really his best at riding.

But if the horse is good, how can you blame him?

Thinking that there were still three quarters of an hour, Mosley Massa also deliberately controlled the speed.

Sweaty horses are known for their speed and explosiveness, which does not mean that they do not have enough stamina, and compared with ordinary horse breeds, the endurance of sweaty horses is still quite good.

After another quarter of an hour, Moslemassa said to himself, "It should be gone, right?" ”

He looked back, his eyes couldn't help but stare at him, and before he knew it, Pei Min was approaching within thirty steps!

What's the situation?

Mosley Massa couldn't help but pick up the pace, until he was fifty paces away, and then he was satisfied with the average progress.

In less than half an hour, Mosley Massa glanced back again, holding the reins of the hand, and couldn't help but tremble: Pei Min was actually approaching twenty steps!

He wants to speed up!

But he heard the sound of the horse's hooves behind him getting closer and closer, and Pei Min actually accelerated with him, and the speed was faster than him.

The sweaty horse that has been running for most of the hour is not physically exhausted, but if you want to maintain the explosive sprint power of the cause, you can't do it......

Gradually, gradually!

Pei Min has already gone hand in hand with Mosley Massa.

Pei Min smiled: "What men want is not fast, persistence is the key!" ”

It's a pity that Mosley Massa couldn't understand Pei Min's words, and this forced force was not successful.

As for the translators, they had already left the two of them behind.

Even if he couldn't understand what Pei Min said, Mosley Massa didn't know that there would be anything good, and his face was unpleasant.

Pei Min had already overtaken the little chestnut hair and crossed Mosley Massa, smiling and narrowing his eyes.

Akhal-Tejin horses are indeed good, but how can Pei Min's little chestnut hair be idle?

As the most outstanding breed of Uzhumuqin horse and Mongolian horse, the biggest feature of the little chestnut hair is that it can't run to death!

Its explosive power and speed are not as good as sweaty horses, but the endurance throws it three streets!

Later generations of Mongolian cavalry relied on the endurance of Mongolian horses to run rampant across the Eurasian continent......

The middle-distance running that lasts for half an hour is not as good as the Mongolian horse......

From being 50 steps behind at the beginning, to finally being 50 steps ahead, a perfect reversal was achieved!

Lost again!

Mosley Massa was depressed in his heart, thinking that he was also the pride of heaven in Arabia, how could he not win in Chang'an, opposite Pei Min?

The translators left them behind, and they didn't understand each other's languages, and they didn't speak all the way.

However, the mood of the two is obvious.

Pei Min happily hummed a tune: "I smile proudly, I smile proudly......"

The final result of their competition greatly shortened the time from Chang'an to Hanguguan.

Nowadays, there are three Hangu Passes, including two Hangu Pass in the Qin Dynasty and one in the Han Dynasty.

Their final destination was the Hangu Pass, the closest to Chang'an, and it was also a vital fortress guarding the gateway to Chang'an.

Hangu Guanxi is based on the plateau, east of the river, south of the Qinling Mountains, north of the Yellow River, is one of the oldest city passes in ancient China!

Mosley Massa looked at Hangu Pass with a shocked face!