In the second year of Xianqing (657 AD), the seventh day of the lunar month, not four quarters.

In the northwest of Mongolia, in the continuous Altai Mountains, on the green steppe at the northern foothills, the Mukun Department and the Tang soldiers are fighting bloodily. On a battle line of more than ten miles, the two sides were staggered, all of them were red-eyed, and they harvested each other's lives.

Wu Kang is deaf in both ears, his eyes are black and red, and he is riding a bucket and rampage. The flail was swung and the iron chain drove the hexagonal steel, smashing the forehead of the Turkic soldier. The skull was instantly concave, the skin and flesh fell to the horse, and he was trampled into the chest cavity by the fighting skull.

The waist twisted, and the flail flew out horizontally, smashing the Turkic soldier on the right side, and hitting the enemy soldier in the jaw. The jaw bone snapped, squirting out several teeth and hitting him on the right cheek. Like a mosquito bite, Wu Kang didn't care and attacked the next target.

The metal impact on the right shoulder, the scimitar slashed at the bright light armor, and he was not in the mood to turn back and think, so he swung the horizontal knife with his senses, sliced the throat of the left rider, and smashed the shoulder blade of the front rider. The left cheek was slightly hot, and the blood sprayed all over the face, and the left eye was sore and uncomfortable.

I didn't have time to wipe the blood, so I didn't feel comfortable and continued to smash the enemy horse. Feel the evil wind on the left side, lean your waist to the right, and smash the right rider's bone. The crisis on the left side disappeared, the corner of his eye scanned, and the bloody Chu Shenke was in place.

The breath on the right side is also familiar, it is Lin Pinglang and Qian Shun, covered in blood, and their eyes are red. The brothers finally followed, the left and right crises disappeared, there were no worries, and Wu Kang was like a tiger. Open the bow left and right, slash and smash, and slaughter as much as you want.

Born to eat this bowl of rice, I don't feel tired at all, and the bloodier the battlefield, the stronger the bloodthirsty desire. The bright light and blood armor on his body blocked countless knives, and the helmet was white and dyed red, like a humanoid weapon, which made the enemy soldiers tremble. Gradually realized that there were fewer and fewer enemy riders in front of him, and they were all scared away?

Suddenly, there was a shout from the rear, and the infantry phalanx reported the military situation, which probably meant that the defeat of Chumukun was decided, and the brothers gritted their teeth and persevered, and the great victory was just around the corner. Wu Kang turned a deaf ear, and every time he waved the flail, he could take away people's lives.

I don't know how long it took, I rushed out of the enemy and intercepted it, and there was a large open field in front of me. Two miles ahead, there was a phalanx of Turkic cavalry, and the big red robe was very eye-catching. Wu Kang rode his horse and galloped, leaned over and hugged the horse's neck, and galloped straight to the red clothes.

The arrows flew by, and the sound of the law breaking made him even more crazy. As long as you rush out of the rain of arrows and defeat Mu Kun's personal guards, you can capture Lazy Dulu alive. Keep cheering in my heart, come on with the Dou Cheng brothers, our brothers will take the first credit.

At this moment, the Chinese army in the rear, Su Dingfang got the news and immediately climbed on horseback. The black-clothed guard camp is like a sharp knife, piercing through the flesh of Mu Kun and taking the place of his henchmen. The defeat of Chu Mukun has been decided, and Lao Su has long hair in his hands, and his face is full of relaxation.

Ren Yaxiang, who was on his back immediately, looked at the chief manager Su Dingfang, and was quite envious: "The bravery of the martial arts is comparable to the evil of the ancients, and it is not inferior to Pei Shouyu." The lower official congratulates the general, he has received a good apprentice again, and the mantle can be passed on. ”

Su Dingfang smiled and said nothing, Pei Xingjian is a wise general, and Wu Changzhi is a fierce general. The two have their own strengths, and if they can work together, they will be invincible. Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and when he saw the sharp knife inserted into his own formation, Lazy Dulu was running away, and immediately gave an order: The whole army attacked.

Wu Kang in the fight felt that his right shoulder was smashed, and someone on the right side fell from his horse. It was the security guard Sun Youqi, who stuck a crossbow arrow in his throat, his facial features were hideously twisted, and he was drowned by countless horses' hooves. After a moment of astonishment, his eyes immediately cracked, and he glared at the right front.

The big red robe was a woman, quite heroic, with an iron crossbow in her hand and dozens of guards around her. Damn stinky woman, Wu Kang went on a rampage again, smashing four Turkic soldiers in a row. Broke out of the encirclement again and took the crossbow-wielding red robe. The sixth sense suddenly alerted, the head instinctively deviated to the left, and the crossbow rubbed against the ear.

The earlobes were cool, the anger in his heart was monstrous, and his legs clamped the horse's belly. The woman turned and fled, and the guards came to intercept her, colliding with the security of the prosperous world, and for a moment the person turned on her back, and the charge was forced to stop. Chu Shenke guarded with a knife, cooperated with Lin Pinglang, and protected the big guy in the center.

In Wu Kang's mind, there was only the big red robe at the moment, so he decisively threw away the horizontal knife and put away the flail iron rod. Take the feather arrow and bite it in the mouth, take off the horse's strong bow, leave the stirrup with both feet, and climb on the horse's back to stand upright. The feather arrow took the bow, pulled into a full moon, held his breath, and looked directly at the red shadow.

There was a sound of cracking, long arrows shot fast, and a red shadow was a hundred steps away, and the arrow fell directly from the horse. rolled more than a dozen times, but soon did not move, lying on the ground life and death unknown. The sense of crisis struck again, accompanied by the sound of breaking the air, and the arrow hit the breastplate, sending out sharp friction.

Wu Kang hurriedly hunched his waist, straddled the saddle again, dragged the flail to cooperate with the security guards, and ate the Turkic soldiers in front of him. Then he galloped and rushed towards the woman, encircling her. At this time, it was discovered that Chu Mukun had fled, and the Tang army was pursuing.

Spears and spears, archers throw feathers and arrows, swords and slashes, and reap the slaughter. Qian Shun jumped off the horse, stretched out his hand to probe her snort, directly pulled out the arrow, and came over with the woman in his arms. It should be a character, since he is not dead, take it back to the barracks.

Leaving her on horseback, wanting to continue the pursuit, listening to the piercing gong, the Tang army Mingjin withdrew. I secretly screamed in my heart that it was a pity, so I could only turn the horse's head and lead people back to the camp. I saw Su Dingfang, handed over the prisoner to him, and set up camp with the security guards. After lining up to eat, they returned to the barracks, removed their armor, and asked about the casualties.

There was an instant silence in the tent, Qian Shun was entangled for a few breaths, sighed and replied: "Eight people were killed, twelve were slightly injured, and ten were seriously injured." A total of 300 brothers, a charge, unexpectedly lost 10%. The subordinates thought that this could not be done in the future, and we had no soldiers to replenish. ”

Wu Kang was stunned for a long time, he trained them as officers at the beginning, and it was a pity to charge into battle. Now that I have no official position, I can't afford to add more, so I have to use it carefully.

Thinking of this, he sighed, glanced at everyone, and said lightly: "Don't be too sad, what you eat is this bowl of rice, eat food as a soldier, and lick blood from the knife edge." After the battle just now, the brothers are tired, so let's rest. ”

The security guards agreed and went back to their bunks, either in a daze or sleeping. Chu Shenke entered the tent, poured hot water to wash his hands, sat next to Wu Kang, and took out a small wine bag: "I borrowed some alcohol from the wounded barracks, and the big guy endured it a little and treated your wounds." ”

Wu Kang nodded lightly, tilted his head to the left, and raised his right cheek. Chu Shenke stretched out his fingers, picked off the black scab on his earlobe, and blocked the wine bag with a silk cloth. Waiting for the alcohol to soak through the cloth, while cleaning the wound, he sighed and complained: "Just an inch away, your life will be gone, and we will have to be buried together." Okay, big guy, for the sake of the brethren, don't charge. ”

chatter, clean the wound, apply gold sore medicine. Wu Kang pondered for a moment and said the central method: "Thousands of armies and horses are dueling, and personal bravery is really of little use. I will become a handsome talent, don't worry, as long as Lao Su is not assigned, I will not take the initiative to ask for help. ”

Chu Shenke almost burst into tears, ignored Qian Shun's ridicule, and said: "Don't mock me, look at the whole world, I'm only afraid of Queen Wu." Don't laugh, you're not afraid of her, because you don't know her. Look at our big guy, he is also scared, the queen asked him to go east, but he didn't dare to go west. ”

The laughter was even worse, Wu Kang rolled his eyes, Lao Chu was not kind, and he always made fun of me. Coughing dry to hide embarrassment, he glanced at everyone and reprimanded: "Fighting for so long, aren't you tired, hurry up and rest." It won't be long before the army will march to the west. ”

After that, he got into the quilt, covered his head with the quilt, and his laughter turned into wild laughter. These turtle grandchildren, it's time to loosen their skins. When the body touches the floor, the heartstrings begin to relax, and sleepiness hits. I couldn't help yawning, wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes, and poked my head out to sleep.

I slept until noon the next day, opened my eyes in a daze, and put on a heavy cotton coat. There was food on the wooden couch, and the cold mutton was grabbed and gnawed in his hands. The barracks were empty, everyone else went to practice, only Qian Shun waited, he came over and reported: "Half an hour ago, General Su came, let me give this to you." ”

A worn-out thread-bound book with an empty cover. Flipping it over and looking at it a few times, Le's eyebrows opened and smiled, sure enough, it was a military book, and Lao Su was interesting enough. There is entrainment, and a quick rummag is a brand new envelope, with the word Turkic written on it. It's kind of interesting, put the military book next to the pillow, pull out the letter paper and read.

The fresh ink fragrance, which should have just been written, is the information of the Western Turks: in March of the ninth year of Zhenguan, the Western Turks were divided into ten parts, each of which was led by one person, known as the Ten Sets. Each set is given an arrow, also known as the Turkic Ten Arrows. Ten arrows are divided into left and right compartments, and each compartment holds an arrow.

The left compartment is called five lu, and five large sipes are placed, and one sip tube and one arrow. The nomadic area is in the east of the Shaye River, which should be in Kyrgyzstan, at the northern foot of the Kyrgyz Mountains, and in the vast Chu River steppe. There are five major tribes: the Mukun Division, the Hulu House Division, the Sheti Tun Division, the Turgi Shihelu Division, and the Rat Nishi Division.

The right compartment is called five crossbow arrows, and five catties are placed, and one catty is in charge of an arrow. The nomadic area is in the west of Shaye Sichuan, and there are five major tribes: the Asijie Que Division, the Axi Jieni Ripe Division, the Geshu Que Division, the Geshu Division, and the Basai Cadres.

In the second year of Yonghui, the leader Ashina Helu, rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and led the tribe westward, calling himself the Khan of the mud and the sand bowl, and commanding the five crossbows and the five lands. Just a nominal commander, the ten tribes did not obey him. The left and right chambers have been fighting each other all year round, and Helu can't handle it at all.

The second half of the information presents information about the tribes, including the number of soldiers, the number of livestock and horses, and the discord between them. Wu Kang was very puzzled, these are military secrets, why did Lao Su tell me?

After a few minutes, I thought of that possibility and gradually smiled. It seems that yesterday's battle entered the eyes of Lao Su, told confidential information, and wanted me to participate in decision-making? If this is the case, it will be even better, and the credit will be greater. After the class master returned to the court, he was directly promoted to Qianniu Reserve, patrolling the palace with a knife.

I was dreaming when I heard a dry cough, folded the papers, and looked up. Qian Shun was a little entangled, smiled awkwardly for a moment and said, "When General Su delivers the book, let you wake up and go to the Chinese military tent to see him." When your subordinates see that you are tired, they are embarrassed to remind you. ”

This rabbit cub, Wu Kang glared at him a few times, got up and put on cowhide boots. Hurriedly came to the Chinese military tent, saw his mentor Su Dingfang, and respectfully clasped his fists and saluted. Old Sula sat down, took out the envelope in his arms, handed it over with a smile, and motioned for him to open it.

I feel very helpless, just say what to do if I have something to say. After a quick reading, with a confused face, General Right Tunwei gave a letter of recommendation. recommended him to be a military attache under the eight grades of Cao Shen, in charge of all kinds of miscellaneous animals and war horses.

The general's recommendation will not be refuted by the officials, but it can be said that it is a certainty. However, it was useless, Wu Kang sincerely thanked him, and said honestly: "The teacher's good intentions, the students must live up to it, and my sister has arranged it." Wait for the class teacher to return to the court, enter the left and right mansions of the left and right leaders, and prepare himself or a thousand cows. ”

Su Dingfang didn't care, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, with this recommendation, you can be a thousand cows." In this battle, Mu Kun was defeated, and more than 20,000 enemies were killed. But there is one condition, that he will return his wife, the woman you have captive. ”

Chu Mukun surrendered, and as expected, they suffered too many casualties. The captive woman in red turned out to be the wife of a lazy Dulu, with flowers and cow dung. Wu Kang joked, and said very puzzled: "Then send it back, you don't need to discuss it with me, you just keep in charge." However, I suggest that after the surrender of Chu Mukun, take some materials appropriately to appease their tribe. ”

Su Dingfang had this intention, and immediately laughed and said: "The idea of change coincides with me, and Xue Rengui has already prepared it." Pacifying the Mukun Department is equivalent to stabilizing the rear, and before defeating Helu, it is necessary to ensure the surrender of this department. ”

Returning to the question just now, Su Dingfang smiled lightly: "There is a Turkic custom that if the other party's wife and daughter are captured, the captives will personally send them back to express their sincerity in getting back together. Therefore, he was tired and tired, and led a thousand elite horsemen to escort her to Mu Kun. ”

This is no problem, Wu Kang patted his chest and promised, and soon had doubts, blinked and said: "If that's all, the teacher can send someone to inform you, and you don't need to call the student." There are other things, just give direct orders, one day as a teacher and a father for life, and students are absolutely obedient. ”

Su Dingfang gradually showed kindness, and smiled with a long beard in his hand: "One day as a teacher and a father for life, this is a good saying, it's good to have this heart." Let's get back to business, lazy Dulu has a wife, she has woken up just now, but she doesn't cooperate with the military doctor. He said that he was your captive, and he only listened to your arrangement, do you understand the meaning? ”

Women are very troublesome, and Turkic women are even more troublesome, Wu Kang said helplessly: "The meaning of the teacher, let the students heal him, and then send her home." However, the student was puzzled, she was shot in the back, how did she know that the captive had long eyes on her back? ”

Su Dingfang spread his hands, picked up the arrow on the table, and handed it to Wu Kang, his tone was quite serious: "You can't take it lightly, and it is related to the overall situation of the Mu Kun Department." She is in the back of the Chinese army, the alcohol and needlework are ready, go and deal with it immediately. ”

Wu Kang received the order, saluted respectfully again, and followed his soldiers out. Luckily for the woman, I didn't use dirty arrows, I didn't soak in dung. Bacterial infections can be greatly reduced, and after disinfection with alcohol, direct suturing is sufficient.

Soon came to the back account, took the guard tray, and put the tent curtain into the tent. Suddenly, a black shadow flashed in front of him, and he subconsciously tilted his head, and the UFO was close to his face. Looking at the pillow on the ground, I rolled my eyes helplessly, I can still throw things, I should be saved.

Stooping down to pick up the pillow, he stepped into the tent, came to the bunk, and put down the tray in his hand. The right arm was put around her neck, and she gently held her head, stuffed the pillow in, and then gently lowered it. Looking at the bandage on his shoulder, he smacked his lips and joked: "With such a serious injury, don't get angry, beware of the wound bursting." ”

The woman let go of her lips and nodded her head slightly, looking well-behaved. Just now she was a shrew, but now the little bird is still human, and she changes her face very quickly. I didn't bother to take care of her, took the dagger from the boot, stretched the leather sheath out of her mouth, and said lightly: "It will hurt a lot later, and if you don't want to bite off your tongue, you will bite it to death." ”

Nodding obediently again, he lightly opened his lips and blinked. It looks very well-behaved, keep it up, Wu Kang untied her clothes, revealing more than an inch of wounds. Clean it up with alcohol first, then thread the needle and thread, and hang a warm smile: "I'm going to start, you endure the pain, bite the skin sheath and don't let go." ”

The left hand closed the wound, and the crochet needle passed through quickly, and the woman's whole body tensed. Wu Kang screamed, glared and shouted: "Stinky girl, let go of your mouth, let you bite the holster, what are you doing by biting my arm?" Hurry up and give me a mouth, do you want to hurt me to death? ”

The woman turned a deaf ear and bit harder, and her eyes were closed. This is revenge for one arrow, but Weng Cheng has completed you, ignore it at the moment, and continue to stitch up the wound. After the stitches are finished, the alcohol cleans the seams, and waits for her to let go of her big mouth.

Bloody tooth marks, it's really depressing. Pick her up and turn her over, carefully cut through her clothes, and moisten the bandage with alcohol. Threading the needle again, he smiled strangely: "Dog woman, this time you lie on your stomach and see how you bite." Get ready, I'm going to get the needle, be careful of being hurt to death. ”

The needle and thread passed through the flesh, the woman's shoulders shook, and Wu Kang screamed again. This stinky, lying on his thigh with her face and biting through her pants. secretly screamed bad luck in his heart, endured the pain and continued to stitch, hugged her and turned over when he was done, and said lightly: "Get dressed yourself and send you back to Mu Kun." Wait until I cut Ashina Helu, and then I'll remove the stitches for you. ”

Cover her with a quilt, pack up her things and leave, and suddenly hear sobs behind her. After hesitating for a moment, she turned around helplessly, what a troublesome woman. The crying pear blossoms bring rain, and the chest rises and falls violently. It's really inexplicable, I don't cry when I sew, what do I cry now?

Putting down the tray in his hand, squatting beside her, Yin and Yang said in a strange manner: "I said don't cry, dare to kill people on the battlefield, afraid of pain?" Look at my ear, it's you shot me. And my hand, which was bitten out of the watch, was the one who should cry. ”

The crying is still the same, the tears are like springs, and it seems that the true feelings are revealed. Wu Kang put away his smiling face, took a white cloth in his bag, wiped her tears, and said helplessly: "Do you think of sad things, if you don't mind, just talk to me." We will meet in Pingshui and will not see each other again, I will keep it a secret for you. ”

After a quarter of an hour, the crying finally stopped, and the man finally spoke: "Our steppe is full of traps, hunting wolves and wild boars. I remember when I was a child, I went outside to herd sheep and stepped on animal traps. My left leg was clamped, it really hurt, and I cried loudly in pain. ”

Stepping on the trap, a little girl of a few years old, it's strange if she doesn't cry to death. continued to weep and continue to tell: "Father found me, he was powerful, and broke the trap. That's how it was, I bit his arm, and the bite was bloody, and he didn't say a word. After opening the clip, wipe my tears like you did. ”

I see, it's okay to touch the scene, but it's also excusable. The woman held back her tears and became emotional: "My family loves me very much, and Brother Lu Lu sent five hundred sheep as a dowry gift, and he should have lived happily." But just half a year ago, Helu attacked our ministry and kidnapped me, my grandmother, and the women of our department. ”

It's another sad story, between the steppe tribes, the attack conflict is more bloody, and women are the spoils of war. The grassland is sparsely populated, and tribe A conquers tribe B, and will kidnap B's woman to reproduce the population for his tribe.

Her hatred was even stronger, and she almost gritted her teeth: "The women who were taken away were assigned to the Mukunbu and were humiliated. Grandma couldn't bear the torture and ran away with me, and was caught by Chu Mukun. They beat my grandmother to death, and Lazy Dulu took a fancy to me and forced me to be his woman. ”

At the end of the story, Wu Kang was a little touched, and Wen Yan comforted: "You are lucky, Lazy Dulu Sip is very good to you, he surrenders to my Datang, on the condition that he sends you back." Don't be sad anymore, the past is unbearable, and life has to go on. Pack your bags, and in half an hour, I'll send you back to Mukun..."

The words stopped abruptly, and Wu Kang got up suddenly, his brain running rapidly. After about five minutes, I had a bad idea, and the corners of my mouth pulled out a smirk...