Chapter 063: Meeting on a Narrow Road
Luo Quan saw the young woman asking, and couldn't figure out her true intentions. But listening to her words, most of them have a good impression of the kid surnamed Gao, Luo Quan didn't dare to talk nonsense casually, thinking that it would be good to say that it was not bad. So he rode on the mule and said, "Know, know, young and promising, treat people well, I am familiar with him!" ”
The woman didn't speak, and someone among the herdsmen around her immediately shouted, "How is he?!" Injured our Second Highness, what's so good! Seeing that this kid is the acquaintance of the young man, the third princess, it is better for us to slaughter him to relieve His Highness's hatred! ”
Luo Quan was so frightened that he hurriedly rolled off the back of the mule, kowtowed to these people and said, "I misunderstood Her Royal Highness the Princess, I saw you praise him like that, and I didn't dare to tell the truth." I really had a grudge against him, so I was driven out by him! ”
The woman said, "Are you telling the truth?" We happen to have a grudge against that person, and we are afraid that you will ask you like that, how can we believe you with your wind-changing tone? It just so happens that one of our brothers was caught in Chiting, so it's better to send your bottomless goods to exchange for him. ”
As he was talking, he saw that the man who was arrested came on foot from the direction of Chiting Shou, and it turned out that the deputy envoy saw that he was a herdsman, and he had to take care of the food if he kept it, so he let him go, and only detained the horse. Someone said, "Just saved a hostage, so I pulled him back to bleed and vent his anger to His Royal Highness." ”
Luo Quan's tears and snot came down and said, "Uncles, if you don't pull me, I have to follow you, and now I have nowhere else to go!" ”
The injured Second Highness said weakly, "Don't shout, just pull him away, finally a mule is replaced by a horse, and it will not be a loss...... Take it back and ask him slowly. ”
So these people escorted Luo Quan all the way to the depths of the desert to the north. These people are fast and familiar, and they have walked more than 200 miles in a day, and when they saw that this guy named Luo Quan was really like what he said, he didn't need to be escorted, and he desperately beat a mule to follow.
At night, Luo Quan saw that these people were going to sleep under a sand hill, and ran diligently before and after, helping to set up tents and collect firewood to make a fire. The men roasted some of the raw meat over the fire and ate and drank it while holding up wine bags.
Someone threw him a half-gnawed bone, and Luo Quanjiang ate it, and those people were full of food and drink, and left those who were on duty at night, and each of them went to rest in his tent.
Luo Quan found a leeward place behind the tent and was just about to fall asleep, when he saw the young woman who everyone else called the third princess and sat down beside him, Luo Quan didn't know what level of character the third princess was, so he quickly got up.
I saw that she had changed a new set of clothes, her face had just been wiped, and her bright eyes made the bonfire reflect something unique. The third princess asked, "You said that you drove him out during the day...... Luo Quanzhi was talking about Gao Jun, and nodded again and again.
She hesitated and asked, "I know that his surname is Gao, and your surname is Luo." He's a villager, how did he catch up with you, a shepherd? ”
Luo Quandao, "The third princess, what about you, what villager?" He is the pastoral supervisor of our Liuzhong Ranch in Xizhou, what a big official! He is not too old and not too young, and at the age of twenty, he kicks us half-grown old men like grandchildren. ”
These people walked for another day, and when they stayed overnight, the third princess asked people to throw an old blanket for Luo Quan, and asked, "Why are you Datang priests so young?" Do you still need to have a body of kung fu? ”
"That's not it, Liu Zhongmu is the only one of the three pastoral supervisors who is as young as him, and the other two are about the same age as me, and the other should be my father...... Besides, what kung fu can he have! I don't know what the princess asked him to do so carefully? ”
Luo Quan originally asked, but who knew that the third princess said angrily for no reason, "He injured my second brother, shouldn't I ask more details?" Sooner or later, find Xizhou and let him know how good I am! ”
Luo Quan didn't dare to say more, and said in his heart how powerful you are, why did you let him hurt your second brother? Aftermath heroes. Besides, what kind of ability can the tall man have except for stiffer feet? It looks like you people are just that. While lying behind the tent and covering it with a blanket, he recalled the words of the third princess.
At the beginning of the third day, Luo Quan saw a dense tent in the depths of the grassland, heard the sheep bleating and horses neighing from a distance, and women and children entering and leaving the tent, and the smell of boiled mare's milk in the night wind. The lonely smoke of the desert and the sunset of the long river are different from those in Xizhou.
Behind the low tents, a large tent was revealed, in front of the tent was erected a tall white silk to wade in the wind, outside the tent armor soldiers patrolled, and the heart-pounding sound of cowhide drums came from behind the tent. Seeing that the third princess brother and sister entered the big tent, Luo Quan didn't dare to make a loud noise, and after a while, the third princess came out and stood at the tent and beckoned him in.
Gao Jun took these people and drove three hundred and fifty yaks, playing aimlessly and walking. These newborn yak calves have lived on the snowy plateau since childhood, and they have never seen such an open place! The climate is suitable, grass sprouts are everywhere, and the calves are having fun as they walk. Gao Jun's more than 20 people rode around on the horse, but it was a little difficult. As if the calves were being led, the people gradually left the interior and went deep into the desert after a few days.
In the past few days, many people have also scrambled to drive the cattle, riding a short pony to run before and after to help. Since the first night, many people secretly pulled off the feminine decorations on their clothes, and dragged the embroidered belly pocket from their bodies and buried it in the sand.
Needless to say, Fan Ying is in a good mood to be able to go out so far alone with her senior brother, and she doesn't need to do some pastoral chores at all, she just follows Gao Jun closely every day, obediently and skillfully pleasing him.
The tall man really treats her as a little sister and takes care of her everywhere. When they were afraid of the cold at night, the two of them hugged each other with fur blankets. After a few days, Gao Jun felt that Fan Ying's temperament was very different from before. I had never looked at her carefully before, but now I looked at her carefully, and found that this girl was like a white lotus in the blue pool, not vine or demonic, not light in color but fragrant and far away.
On this day, Lot came up and said, "Lord Gao, we have been out for some days, especially in the desert, and I am afraid that something will be wrong. Gao Jun thought that the first wild herding was just to gain some experience, and it was important to herd horses in the future. So he nodded in agreement to turn around.
The people enclosed the cows and walked back slowly. After walking for half a day, he heard the sound of horses' hooves approaching like a drum behind him, Gao Jun turned back on his horse, and saw seventy or eighty horses galloping from a distance.
Gao Jun said, "Not good! This is to rob us! ”
The two sides were still more than a stone's throw away, and the other side was waiting for the horse to run closer, and the arrow was about to shoot in this direction. Gao Jun knew that he had never experienced such a scene with these people, and the other party's arrow was about to shoot down, and these people under his command would never stand up for half a moment.
"Yingying, you protect the herd and walk quickly." Before Gao Jun's words fell, the charcoal fire had already waded out a straight sand smoke, and rushed towards the chasing Hu people's team.
These more than 80 Hu people couldn't imagine that the other party would dare to counterattack like this with one person and one horse. Seeing that the opponent's red horse was like an arrow off the string, it was dozens of steps away in a blink of an eye, and he hurriedly aimed the arrow that had been set up in the bow at the incoming person and shot it at the same time! Seeing that the person who came was dancing with a jet-black knife in his hand and striking the feather arrow, the speed did not decrease at all, and it was too late to shoot the arrow. Some people hurriedly hung up their bows, and some simply threw their bows to the ground, and they all picked up their swords to meet the enemy.
Here, Fan Ying saw Gao Jun rushing out, afraid that he would make a mistake, so she shouted to Luo Dedao and the five sergeants sent by Deputy Envoy Gao to escort him, "Go back quickly, don't look back!" In case someone who escapes the net chases, shoot him with arrows first when he is far away, and beat him in groups when he is close. After speaking, he ignored these people, and then came to help Gao Jun.
The opponent's bow and arrow were useless, and when Gao Jun rushed into the crowd, he lost the opportunity. Gao Jun knew that even if he gave the other party a little respite, even if he let them scatter and run away in a group of three or five people, his more than twenty subordinates would be in danger.
Therefore, there is no mercy in the attack, and an oolong knife move is simple and straightforward to the fatal place. Someone used a knife to slash it, and even half of the knife and half of the shoulders were cut off by Gao Jun.
The charcoal fire was extremely excited, and the newly replaced desert horseshoe made of Lot's knife was also powerful on the soft sand, and in the blink of an eye, Gao Jun drew a circle among the enemy horses.
The knife in Gao Jun's hand did not stop, and in a moment, these dozens of people were beaten and turned over on their backs. Fan Ying also arrived, the sword in his hand was ghostly, and the remaining dozen or so Hu people no longer had the fighting spirit, leaving their horses and dead bodies and walking away.
The shepherds behind them cheered and rode over, they never thought that the tall man would have such ability, and they saw the skills of a petite woman like Fan Ying, and greeted the two of them.
Fan Ying looked at Gao Jun again at this time, his forehead was sweaty, his left arm was dyed red, it turned out that he had been hit by an arrow, and he hurriedly tore off his clean clothes and bandaged him. Gao Jun said, "If someone runs away, I'm afraid it's not good, and I can only go as fast as I can, most of it depends on luck!" ”
The people hurriedly circled the ownerless horses, and there were more than thirty of them, mixed with the yaks, and hurried south.
This time the two sides met suddenly, if they met an indecisive one, they would never have a chance to shoot the arrow when the other party shot it! Although these people brought by Gao Jun are all young and strong young men, they are okay to carry bags, and this is the first time they have encountered such a scene.
More than 20 lives and 350 cattle were brought out by Gao Jun alone, in case there was a mistake in the desert, Gao Jun was afraid that he would not be able to go back to Liuzhongmu. Therefore, Gao Jun started killing as soon as he got started, and said that the opponent's arrow had been wound, and they had to do it first. Thinking about it this way, Master Gao did not have a trace of self-blame in his heart.
The crowd kept moving, driving the cattle and horses to approach the direction of the Chiting guard, but they had gone too far in the past few days because of the cow's nature. Although Gao Jun was anxious in his heart, he was not easy to urge openly, but secretly told Fan Ying that if he encountered another enemy, he was not allowed to rush again, as long as he protected the people and animals and approached Datang as soon as possible to guard and arrest him. At a critical juncture, livestock can not be wanted, people can't have anything, especially to tell her a lot, this is the only seedling that can not be allowed to be a family, you must be optimistic.
Fan Ying just agreed, in order not to distract Gao Jun, but she had already made up her mind that she would never leave him alone.
After this period of running, there are probably hundreds of miles away from the Chiting Guard. Seeing that the sun was brushing the horizon, it was almost dusk. Gao Jun thought, if it was dark until dark, he could also slow down.
However, an even more muffled hoof shook the ground beneath his feet, and a blackened army of horses emerged from the distant sand dunes to the north! At the front of the procession was a pennant, half white and half red with a flying edge, fluttering in the wind.
Many of them cried "hmm".
Jiang San scolded, "What howl? It's a big deal, don't embarrass the men of Datang! ”
Gao Jun only said, "You can't cry if you cry, and it is possible to pull a cushion back if you save some effort." Many people immediately stopped crying. Listen to Gao Jun said, "There is a sand dune in front, drive the livestock over the dune!" ”
There are 1,000 people in the Hu team chasing after them, and there are less than 30 people in front of them, but there are a lot of cattle and horses, but the white banner is very eye-catching, and the big characters of "Liu Zhongmu in Tang Xizhou" are very conspicuous, and you can see it clearly no matter how far away.
Seeing that this was the turtle in the group of urns, His Royal Highness who led the team was not in a hurry to chase after him. He sent a message: Column up and press forward, and see how they are.
The shocking sound of hooves was gone, and the horse team slowly approached.
The Second Highness saw that more than 20 people on the other side hurriedly drove the cattle and horses across the sand dunes, but they were busy but not chaotic, and there was no scene of rushing wildly as he expected, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Two or three hundred paces to the south, an old man drove an ox cart out from behind the sand dunes, with a huge wooden barrel on it that occupied almost the entire carriage.
In front of the ox cart, a middle-aged man was of medium stature, with thick eyebrows and eyes, a straight nose and a wide mouth, dressed in Tang Min's dress, with a white scarf and white robe, riding on a white horse. There was a Fang Tian painting halberd hanging on the saddle bridge, and an iron arm and a hard bow were slung behind him, and the quiver was full of feather arrows. Because of the confrontation between the two sides here, no one cares about the old and the young, just as the farmer who pulls water.
Gao Jun sat on the horse, looked directly at his senior sister and said, "If you dare to catch up again in a while, I won't recognize who you are!" For this moment, we have this chance...... If you see that the other party fails to disperse, you can lead the people to run away as soon as possible, and you don't need cattle, horses, or tents, and your life is important! ”
Fan Ying had tears in her eyes, and she knew that she couldn't say it anymore, and Gao Jun had turned her horse back to stop looking at her. He held Liu Zhongmu's banner in his left hand, and held the oolong knife tightly in his right hand, and saw that more than 1,000 people on the other side lined up and galloped out of the team.