Zhang Shigui squinted at those Turkic horsemen who showed off their horse skills, once as the head of Li Shimin's horse army, Zhang Shigui's riding skills naturally did not say.

His ancestral home is Hedong, behind the gate.

Great-grandfather Zhang Jun, the official to the Northern Wei Dynasty Yinqing Guanglu doctor, Yokono general. Grandfather Zhang He, the official to the Northern Qi Kaifu car cavalry general. His father, Zhang Guo, served as the chief bookkeeper of Shaanxi County in the Sui Dynasty, recorded and joined the army in Shaanxi, and was awarded the governor of Dadu with military merits.

It is this background that Zhang Shigui has the conditions to learn to ride a horse lance when he is a child and practice a good martial arts.

The caravan camels formed a large circle, and the camels were all lying on the ground by the merchants, but they formed a limited defense.

Zhang Shigui tilted his head and smelled the smell in the air.

"Zhangtou, what do you smell?"

"The smell of iron and blood, sword and fire." Zhang Shigui said.

The guards from Dunhuang didn't smell anything, but they sucked up a lot of dust.

"Zhangtou, aren't you afraid? So many Turks. ”

"Afraid of what?" Zhang Shigui laughed a few times, thinking that when he took his family in his hometown and raised the flag to rebel, he was not afraid. When he later attached himself to Li Yuan and followed Li Shimin to break Xue Rengao, he was not afraid.

Once, he commanded the elite Xuanjia cavalry, that is the elite, the two or three hundred cavalry Turks in front of him are not even elite light cavalry, that is, tribal warriors. If he is carrying a Xuanjia ride now, not to mention a hundred, but fifty horses, he can also kill them.

He couldn't help but think of the Qin cavalry he met yesterday, they were called cavalry, iron-clad spears, strict military discipline, brave and fierce.

Back then, the Tang cavalry led by him was defeated by such a Qin army in Hedong with Li Shimin.

Shaking his head and laughing a few times, he didn't know what he was laughing at, Zhang Shigui took a few steps forward.

Ask loudly.

"We are the Great Qin caravan, passing through the treasure land, I don't know who you are waiting for, why blocking the road, can it be convenient, we are willing to give some silk porcelain?"

Zhang Shigui first asked in Chinese, and then in Turkic.

As a result, there was arrogant laughter on the other side.

"Qin people? We robbed you Qin people, we want silk and porcelain, don't go! ”

With that, an arrow was fired.

Zhang Shigui turned around and avoided it.

Looking at the feathered arrow that still trembled behind him, he knew that he couldn't do anything better today.

"Gong Li, it seems that we are unlucky."

"Ask me where these people came from, how dare they rob us so boldly, are they afraid of my Great Qin's wrath?"

"Friend, which Turkic tribe are you, maybe I still have some friendship with your leader."

But the only one who answered Zhang Shigui was the feather arrow.

"This group of people seems to have been premeditated, they won't let us talk, get ready, hold on to it desperately, how long can we hold it, I hope those two can bring reinforcements back soon."

Steward Li reluctantly pulled out his horizontal knife, "I can't imagine that there are Turkic people who are so unafraid of death, it's really unlucky." ”

Old Man Xu also drew his horizontal knife, but what he thought in his heart was that he was glad that he sent his son away in time.

The Turks began to gallop closer.

Zhang Shigui said to everyone while aiming with a bow, "Everyone hide, and if you have a bow, you will shoot again." ”

Several horsemen rushed first, and they drew their bows on their horses, but Zhang Shigui quickly released the strings, and shot a Turk who had just pulled out a half-bow from his horse with an arrow.

Almost without pause, he immediately picked up another arrow from the ground, wound it up again, drew his bow again, and with little aim, it was shot at once.

The arrow, still accurately hit a Turk, knocking him off his horse.

There were applause in the caravan.

Zhang Shigui stretched his bow again and shot down again.

Three arrows were fired in succession, and the three arrows were shot at the three horseed Turks who rushed to the front.

These three arrows are really rabbit and magpie, clean and beautiful.

The three Turkic horses, which had lost their owners, ran forward for a while, then turned around and ran away.

The wild screams of the Turks stopped all at once.

"Friend, we are willing to give some silk and porcelain, please leave!" Zhang Shigui shouted again, but in exchange for the angry roars and scolding of the Turks.

More Turks began to rush over.

"!"

Zhang Shigui gritted his teeth and yelled.

Feathers and arrows flew, and horses' hooves shook the ground.

People roar, horses neigh.

Screams rang out incessantly.

A caravan of more than 100 people, plus more than 20 guards, is not the opponent of more than 200 Turkic cavalry at all, no matter how powerful Zhang Shigui's archery is, in the wasteland of the Western Regions, with only some camel defense, which can stop the Turkic cavalry.

"Dog slave!"

Zhang Shigui had already shot a pot of arrows, and he estimated that he had shot down at least ten thieves, but it was still to no avail, and there were more fallen businessmen around him.

Most of them suffered because they had no bows and crossbows, only horizontal swords, and not even shields.

At the end of the day, these are just businessmen.

"Escort, how many are still alive?"

"Zhangtou, I'm still alive."

"Tan San is also alive."

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Zhang Shigui lowered his head and lay behind a few boxes of goods, which were filled with silk, porcelain, tea and other sought-after Central Plains commercial goods, but at this time, the bags were stained with bloodstains.

After secretly counting in his heart, he was pleasantly surprised to find that only three of the more than 20 subordinates were killed and seven were injured. Yes, my usual training was not in vain.

These are all from Dunhuang like him, but they are not Dunhuang natives, most of them are Tuntian people from all over the country, and most of them were convicted and sent over like him, these people are all good martial arts, some have been thieves, some have been soldiers, and some have been generals and anti-army leaders, anyway, when the Sui Dynasty was in turmoil, it was impossible to tell who was a soldier and who was a thief, in short, these people he was looking for were all people who had seen blood killings before, and they didn't have this experience, and they didn't dare to say that they ran to the Western Regions to guard and make money.

The days of exile to Dunhuang Tuntian were not easy, they were given some wasteland, they had to be reclaimed, the reclaimed land still lacked fertility, and there was not much harvest at the beginning, although the imperial court exempted them from five years of field endowments, but when they first arrived, everything had to start from scratch, and everything had to be purchased, and there was no money to live a good life.

For example, Zhang Shigui used to be a disciple of Jiangmen, and he used to be a national prince, but he was also unwilling to live in that cave for the rest of his life, and he didn't even have money to take medicine when his wife and children were sick. So he organized some like-minded people, and when the farm was slack, he escorted the caravan to the Western Regions, and he could make a lot of money after a trip. Although they are not as good as the merchants, they can sell goods for capital, which is what they lack the most, but they have martial arts and experience, but they are also what the caravan needs.

The mother-in-law at home is still waiting for him to go back, the children at home are still waiting for him to go back, and the old son and mother at home are still waiting for him to go back.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shigui yelled, "Hold on, there are still people in the house waiting for us to go back, don't die, hold on!" ”

The leader of the caravan over there, Steward Li, also lay behind a pile of goods and shouted, "Kill the thieves, and the caravan guards will reward each of them with 5,000 yuan!" ”

"If you hear it, keep it and get the reward!" Zhang Shigui shouted, stretched his bow and arrows, got up one by one, shot a Turkic man who was approaching with a knife off his horse, and then hurriedly fell down again.

A few feathered arrows swept by, and he died a little later.

"Hold on!"

Zhang Shigui gasped, "Kill a Turkic wolf cub, and you can go to Bachang City to receive a reward, these wolf cubs, any one is worth a lot of money, and winning a horse is worth a lot, brothers, don't miss this opportunity to make a fortune, receive the reward, when you go back, you can buy two pieces of cloth for the mother-in-law in the house to make new clothes, you can buy a bracelet for your daughter, and buy two books for your son!" ”