Autumn is getting stronger, the cool breeze is blowing, a piece of dry grass is shaking in the wind, and then with the scattered loess, it is swept into the wind, setting off a dry and misty little yellow dragon.

A pair of equally shivering raw cowhide boots stood on their knots in the yellow grass, and the owner of the boots spread out his left and right hands like falcons, and each held a fist-sized straw bale, stuffed with camel grass (Note 1).

This person's body suddenly stiffened, as if he was greatly frightened, and the whole person tensed, and the straw bag in his left hand had already flown back ten steps away, and was nailed to the ground by a goose feather arrow!

The Rouran man let out a long breath, and just wanted to vent his dissatisfaction with the leader Gao Heshu, thirty steps away, he had already remembered the sound of strings again, and his right hand suddenly lightened, and the straw bale he was holding was shot out again!

"Heat! Hot! ”

The surrounding Rouran brothers tapped the scabbard, cheered for their leader, and the Rouran brothers, who acted as the target pillars of the activity, took a sip, scolded and ran to the edge of the mound next to them, and before they could take off their pants, the yellow liquid had already wet the crotch, and the brothers burst into laughter.

This kind of trickery seems very excessive, but in the eyes of the heroic and rugged Rouran brothers, their leader Gao He Shu, who has also been a target for them.

Gao Heshu touched his beard, handed the longbow to Xu Zhen, and did not hide his disdain in his eyes, in the eyes of everyone, this brigade commander can be described as useless, when the battle was rushed to the front was Zhou Cang and Gao Heshu, in terms of strategy and strategy, it was not as good as Zhang Jiunian, riding was not as good as Wu Lie, and the knife and lance were spears, swords, and axes, none of them were specialized, but everyone was willing to follow him.

He may not be the strongest, but at the most critical moment, he can always turn the tide and never be stingy with his brothers, which is enough to make his brothers die.

Xu Zhen lazily spit out the grass stalk in his mouth, but without taking the longbow, he kicked Gao Heshu's big buttocks, and commanded in Turkic vulgarly: "Get out!" ”

If you want to talk about language talent, Xu Zhen is no less than anyone, English is used for foreign performances, French is used to soak Yanma, and various local dialects are even more open-mouthed, during this period of time, he has already secretly learned a lot of Turkic dialects, but every time this guy speaks, he is scolding, in order to prevent someone from scolding him behind his back, and he is still confused and laughing.

Gao Heshu naturally couldn't believe Xu Zhen's archery skills, but the brothers had already begun to coax, gritting their teeth and thinking about it, even if Xu Zhen shot a few holes, he couldn't lose face in front of his brothers!

Xu Zhen saw Gao Heshu standing ten steps away, so he slowly searched around, and saw that Li Mingda was practicing with Zhou Cang not far away, and shouted when he opened his throat: "Girl! Girl! Come here! ”

Li Mingda was sulking, Zhou Cang was straight, he couldn't see that Li Mingda's hands and feet were weak, and he didn't leave any mercy when he taught swordsmanship, and scolded the little girl's eyes red, but he stubbornly secretly wiped away her tears, and practiced chopping more and more, hearing Xu Zhen shouting, Li Mingda pouted and walked over.

"Take out a few of the fruits." Xu Zhen spread out his palms and smiled with a thief on his face, Li Mingda snorted angrily, and reluctantly took out three or four wild fruits the size of pigeon eggs from his arms.

Xu Zhen picked these from somewhere, and he used a sour green leaf wrapped in yellow thorn candy for the little girl to eat as a snack, which deceived this gluttonous little girl into a daze.

Xu Zhen got the fruit, waved his hand impatiently, and motioned for Li Mingda to go back and continue to practice the knife, the latter glared at him angrily, took advantage of his unpreparedness, and stepped on the surface of his feet, and then ran away, and did not forget to stick out his tongue and make a grimace.

The brothers laughed again, if they could restrain Xu Zhen, it would be Li Mingda and Kaisa who almost castrated Xu Zhen.

Xu Zhen muttered and cursed, then took the fruit in his hand, walked up to Gao Heshu, took a bite of all three fruits, put one on his left and right shoulders and on the top of his head, and then retreated, and did not forget the sinister smile on his face.

When the brothers saw this posture, they were immediately stupefied, Xu Zhen's archery skills are well-known to everyone, and if he really wants to shoot his arms and thighs, Gao Heshu gritted his teeth and got through, these three fruits are all on the side of the head, it's really a terrible rhythm!

Gao Heshu was about to argue, Xu Zhen had already retreated to seven or eight steps away, his feet suddenly twisted, turned around abruptly, and his right hand didn't know when there was already a cold and shining flying knife, "Hey" shouted in a low voice, his right hand shook violently, and the flying knife came out of his hand, Gao Heshu only felt a cold left cheek, and the fruit had been shot down!

Where did he dare to move, Xu Zhen puffed up, his movements were like flowing water, his left hand wiped his waist, and he shot again, and the fruit on Gao Heshu's right shoulder was knocked out!

The brothers all held their breath and stared, for fear that making any noise would kill their own leader, but Xu Zhen smiled, felt out the third flying knife, and after a beautiful spin, suddenly jumped forward and threw the last knife with all his might!

"Poof!"

The fruit on the top of Gao Heshu's head cracked, and not a drop of juice remained!

The brothers were completely stunned!

Because everyone has injuries on their bodies, they have slowed down, while chasing the traces of the Tuyuhun army, while recuperating and recuperating, they have nothing to do, everyone has itchy hands and feet, most of the time is practicing martial arts, and it is common to practice and learn from each other, and Xu Zhen has become the target of abuse every time, I didn't expect him to have such an amazing flying knife stunt!

After a long time, the brothers broke out into thunderous cheers and cheers, and Gao Heshu's cheeks twitched, his face was blue, and he walked back to the crowd stiffly, and the brothers saw that he was actually acting as usual, and they admired the courage of the high leader more and more, but they didn't expect that this guy had just walked to the door of the tent, his legs could no longer hold on, he sat down with weakness and paralysis, and scolded himself in the newly learned Tang dialect: "you!" ”

Everyone was overjoyed, and some of them rolled directly on the ground holding their stomachs, this was the first time they had seen the leader deflated!

When everyone was frolicking, the dust rose in the southeast, and Yinzong rode back and went straight into the camp, and reported with a surprised face: "Mr. is back!" ”

Xu Zhenxin was happy, the so-called Mr. in Yinzong's mouth was Zhang Jiunian! After a long wait, I finally got back!

Yinzong took the water bag handed over by the brothers, grunted it, and wet his palm, let his horses lick it, and soon saw the team of people galloping from a distance, Wu Lie took the head, and more than a dozen brothers guarded left and right, among them was Zhang Jiunian, who was covered in dust!

Caesar and Xu Zhen were embarrassed, so they kept dodging, at this time they heard the sound of horses' hooves, got out of the tent, and looked into the distance, but saw a familiar figure, the chestnut horse behind Zhang Jiunian, on the back, isn't it the Guru Mo Cliff!

Xu Zhen was also shocked by a small snack, Moya is already in his fifties, although he has martial arts, and he practices the art of dazzling illusion diligently, his ears and eyes are clear, and his hands and feet are strong, but he can't bear to run long distances, this old bone is also unbearable, why did he come all the way?

Zhou Cang saw his brother's return, and hurriedly gathered Li Mingda over, and everyone stepped forward to untie their horses and welcomed Zhang Jiunian and others into the camp.

Zhou Cang didn't have to greet Zhang Jiunian, but Li Mingda had already walked out quickly, grabbed an entourage behind Zhang Jiunian, and exclaimed: "Sister Wushuang! ”

The entourage put down the veil, Xu Zhen saw this person's face clearly, although he was dressed as a man, he had compact eyebrows, delicate lips and teeth, goose egg cheeks, heroic spirit, if he changed his red makeup, he was definitely a beautiful woman, and he was so affectionate with Li Mingda, he thought he was a relative of the Li clan.

The woman held Li Mingda's little hand and said softly: "Sister Er's bitterness! ”

The two of them muttered and whispered, their eyes were ruddy, but their affection was tight.

Xu Zhen didn't bother to delve into the identity of the woman, so he hurriedly introduced Zhang Jiunian and Mo Ya into the big tent, the two sides exchanged condolences, and ordered someone to send food and drink, and then slowly mentioned the matter.

After Zhang Jiunian suppressed the wind and dust, his brows did not stretch, he sighed lightly, and then explained the matter, it turned out that the Liangzhou side had already ordered, so that Xu Zhen's brigade did not need to work hard to pursue, that is, when he turned south, he would join the Shanshan Daofu army!

Xu Zhen hurriedly asked about his intentions, Zhang Jiunian took a good time, stroked his long beard and said: "Since the information has been delivered, the Ganzhou side is naturally on guard, and there is Wei Gong to control it, presumably the wild captives will not be able to ask for any benefit, at this time, I ordered us to go south, thinking that it is to join the Jishi Daofu army, attack the Tugu Hun land together, take advantage of the weakness, and raze the foundation of the wild captives in one fell swoop!" ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, this strategy is magnificent, quite the style of an ancient general, with Li Daozong's cautiousness, it must come from the hands of others!

Xu Zhen frowned, there was no need to think about it, at this time, the remaining generals of the Tang Dynasty, except for the military god Li Jing, and Li Shiji, who presided over the overall situation in Chang'an, there are not many people who can fight, not the book of the Ministry of War, Hou Junji, the head of the march of Jishi Road, who else can there be?

This person is dark and narrow-minded but scheming, and he had already competed with Li Jing for the position of the general who conquered Tuyuhun earlier, and said a lot of small things about the military god in front of Li Er, but the main control finally fell into the hands of Li Jing.

This time, he threw the bad thing of dealing with the surprise attack of Tuyuhun's main force to Li Jing, but he took advantage of the weakness to attack Tuyuhun, except for Hou Junji, Xu Zhen really couldn't think of a second person coming.

Thinking of his festival with the Hou family's father and son, Xu Zhenxin was inevitably uneasy, and after discussing it with Zhang Jiunian, he could only act cheaply, but he was a little curious about the purpose of Moya's trip.

The old master smiled and hinted to Xu Zhen with his eyes, the latter understood, and the reception banquet did not say much, and the brothers heard the news of the return, and they were very happy, and they celebrated again.

Xu Zhen got the opportunity and brought the old master to his tent, and the guests and hosts on both sides sat down, Mo Ya smiled mysteriously, and said slowly: "I heard that Xu Shaolang was a Yeerbo of the Sall people, and the old man really couldn't sit still, so I came to congratulate him." ”

Xu Zhen was surprised, and after some observation, he found that the old master was intriguing, so he had to wave his hand and said: "The kid is messing around, the master doesn't want to make fun of him, he must be here for Caesar?" ”

However, Mo Ya shook his head, restrained his smile, and said to Xu Zhenshi: "The old man is indeed here for Xu Lang!" ”

Xu Zhen was puzzled, but Mo Ya took out something from his arms, cautiously put it on the case, and pushed it towards Xu Zhen.

This object looks like a rectangle, shaped like a classic, wrapped in black velvet, and the flannel cloth is carved with flame runes, exquisite and mysterious, diffusing a strong and strange atmosphere.

Xu Zhen slowly lifted the flannel, and saw a book sealed in cowhide, with a line of foreign characters on the face, the power through the back of the paper, the vicissitudes of the old air came to the face, and the side of the book was tied to a black rune, the length of the palm, and there were many flame graphics printed on it, but the left and right were distorted and incomprehensible, remote and incomprehensible.

Looking at Xu Zhen's bewildered expression, Mo Ya solemnly looked straight at him: "This is the Holy Fire Order of Zoroaster, as well as the classic "St. Avista" (Note 2) in the sect, the old man is about to teach you to be that serious Yerbo!" ”

(Note 1: Camel thorn is a nectar source plant in June and July, the camel thorn in the Turpan Basin of Xinjiang in the wind, the acupuncture punctures the leaves, the wound will secrete sugar juice, the wind and sun, the sugar juice shrinks into small pieces, edible, the folk call it "thorn sugar", boiled water can cure dysentery and vomiting diarrhea.) This kind of "thorn sugar" was a tribute in the time of Tang Xuanzong, called thorn honey, the color was like amber, and it was sweet like sugar. ）

(Note 2: "St. Avistas" is a Zoroastrian scripture, just like the Bible is to Christianity, and the Qur'an is to *** religion.) ）