Arrows in the Tang Dynasty were divided into four types: bamboo arrows, wooden arrows, soldier arrows, and crossbow arrows, the first two were used for hunting, and the latter two were used for battle.

The arrows used in this battle are made of steel and have a long blade that pierces through armor, and its most distinctive symbol is the sound of a chirping arrow.

The fear of such sounds for those who have been on the battlefield for a long time is tantamount to the summoning of the god of death, and if it is in an ordinary clearing, it may not be too lethal, even if it has the potential of hundreds of cold rays to collapse.

Helplessly, the dense tree trunks everywhere in the dense forest prevented them from escaping for the first time, and the cold mangs were irregular, even if they hid behind the thick trees, they couldn't avoid the sharp edges as thin as needles.

And the poison is in the body, making it the most lethal equipment today, just those five Kanshui poison arrows, so that this group of more than a dozen sneak attackers all died of poison, none of them were spared!

Li Zhi in the distance couldn't help but gasp, the terrifying degree of this kind of bow and crossbow was beyond what he had imagined before, no wonder Yang Gaotang was also apprehensive when he mentioned it that day.

The old six beside him were accustomed to seeing this situation, and explained with a low smile: "It's still that these people are a little lower, and if they are a few people like me, it's okay to avoid them in time, of course, the arrows can't be too dense, otherwise if these people are fired in vain at close range, even Da Luo Jinxian will be difficult to dodge!" ”

The county lord of Qingqi was frightened, but his hands trembled slightly, and the little marquis hurriedly pulled her to his side and quietly held one of her hands in his hand.

Feeling the man's temperature, she woke up, and there was a very clear shock on her turned face: "This weapon is really terrifying, the key is its toxicity, I'm afraid that if I cut a little skin, my life will not be guaranteed, right?" ”

Granny Xia turned her head and nodded, "The meaning of its existence is more of a deterrent, even on the battlefield of thousands of troops, it is extremely difficult to collect this toxin." Although a single drop can temper more than a dozen arrows, I heard that the entire Datang Dynasty will not get a few taels in a year, and the toxicity of using other ones is much worse! There must be enough reason why the king of the county can obtain such a ferocious arrow! ”

"How can I say that only one brother triggered the arrow, it turns out that this thing is so precious!" Li Zhi shook his head, and the tension in his heart decreased slightly.

The hussar guard had already opened the other five arrows and was ready to fire, and when he saw Granny Xia's eyes skimming, he replied respectfully to Li Zhi: "Every arrow has a number, and every time it is used, it also needs to be reported to the imperial court for approval!" The Junwang Mansion has not been used for more than ten years, and it is this kind of arrow! ”

His eyes swept over, and there was an obvious word "One Zero Three Jiu" on the arrow shaft, and the little marquis knew the meaning of the arrow.

At this time, it was less than a few minutes before the carriage was ignited, and three hussar guards returned one after another, and one of them reported to Granny Xia: "There are officers and soldiers in the palace who rushed to the dense forest on the left, and the dozen or so people who fired the fire arrows seem to be just thieves, and Captain Liu Tang came back instead of the three of us to continue to guard!" ”

Although they also have a lot of kung fu, but due to an emergency, they have not had time to take off their cavalry equipment, and the cavalry heavy armor is still very heavy, not to mention entering the woods that are more than half a waist deep in weeds.

"Deputy Lieutenant Tong has worked hard, have you found out that the person who came is an ordinary long-term guard, or a reckless rogue among the people?"

Since it was said that those people were thieves, of course they would not be from the regular army, Deputy Captain Tong replied: "It's not like it, although there is no very strict tactical method, but it is not as skilled as reckless, but it is like a caretaker home raised by a large family, or the grade is higher, in short, it is not like the second class as Granny Xia said!" ”

"Since it's not a reckless rogue, it's good that it's going to be troublesome to track down!" Granny Xia looked coldly at the branches and leaves in the dense forest on the left, swaying and shouting to kill the sky.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties and before, the chivalrous style was very heavy, and the heroes of the green forest were still more respectable, but with the emergence of the later generations of the garbage dynasty Song, the style of emphasizing literature and light martial arts prevailed, and at that time it was the peak of the imperial examination, the generals had no status, and the knights had no market.

For example, during the Tang Dynasty, there were Li Jing, Red Whisk Girl and other characters like the Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust were widely circulated, and the chivalrous celebrities were Fang for more than a thousand years.

Changcong Suwei is to recruit and select government soldiers and Bai Ding in the local area, and take turns to guard the Beijing division twice a year, and there is still a big gap with the regular army of the army.

"It's just hunters!" Granny Xia's words didn't fall for long, and the sixth child lifted the previous strict alert, and talked about the enemy's strength, "It's stronger than the ordinary caretaker's home, but these people obviously have traces of soldiers, like the batch of fast people trained in the army, the kind that is good at group combat!" ”

"Hunters? I thought it was Orion. Li Zhi couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is it a specific division of martial arts practitioners?" ”

"The little marquis is still young, and he has little contact with the outside world, and he has gone to the Western Regions as an adult, so it is normal that he does not know much about the details of the martial arts world. Hunter only refers to the lowest level of the martial arts that kind of people, and their skills have also been well trained, but they are only much higher than ordinary people. ”

Saying that, Tong Lao Liu's finger pointed at Granny Xia, "The second senior sister and the senior brother are the third level of the hunting division, and above them is the legendary master of the first order, which is also divided into three levels, and the entire early and intermediate masters of the Tang Dynasty will not exceed 100 people, and most of them are hidden around the dignitaries of the royal family!" ”

"Could it be that there is a transcendent existence above the master hunter?" Li Zhi is extremely interested in this topic.

"There is no longer such a thing as hunting at the master level, and they are collectively called martial arts masters! Above the master is naturally the grandmaster, this kind of person has very few existences, comes and goes without a trace, the specific number is difficult to estimate, and every existence will be a person who is feared by the imperial court, which is already the ultimate in martial arts! The eyes of the sixth child showed a sense of fascination.

This truth is understood by the little marquis, as the saying goes, "Confucianism is chaotic with literature, chivalry is forbidden with martial arts, and people are both courteous, so it is chaotic" is said to be this principle.

Confucianism uses articles to disrupt law and order, and quibbles to reverse black and white; The use of force by the rangers to bully people and violate the prohibition, while the monarch treats them with courtesy, is the source of the country's chaos.

In all dynasties, there were often people who should have been convicted of breaking the law, but those Confucian scholars were appointed by virtue of their theories and theories; Those who violated the ban should have been punished, and the rangers were supported by acting as assassins.

Of course, "Confucianism" here also refers to folk thought, including those that contradict and coincide with orthodox thought; "Chivalry" includes the representatives of civil armed forces and individual freedom of conduct.

Therefore, almost all the imperial sorcerers who emphasize centralization and "law, magic, and power" are all in the service of the monarchy and centralized power, so the "merchants" who freely accumulate wealth must be suppressed, the "Confucians" who hold opposing ideas must be pitted, and the "chivalrous" wandering around must be cut.

As Tong Lao Liu said, even if there is a grandmaster, he often chooses to escape from the mountains and concentrate on cultivation, which is the main reason why such people are rarely known.

The senior brother in the mouth of the sixth brother is the old Liu Tou who can't speak, the old Wu Tou in the back kitchen is his third senior brother, and Aunt Yu Ling, whom Li Zhi has never met, is the fourth senior sister.

He was the youngest, he was only twelve or thirteen years old when he started, and he was also the lowest cultivator among the five, but he had also reached the second level of the hunter, and he was also a master in Chang'an City.

However, the five of them have been incarnated into very ordinary subordinates with Yang Gaotang's entourage, which shows that Mr. Yang's identity is magical.

Tong Lao Liu and Granny Xia were talking with Li Zhi and the county lord of Qingqi as if they were chatting, and there was no sense of urgency on their faces that the war was in front of them.

Even after getting Granny Xia's approval, half of the dozen or so hussar guards were divided to inspect the progress of the war before and after riding.

Like Li Zhi, the county lord of Qingqi is also the first time to know the identities of several people clearly, even in the past eighteen years, she has never seen the moment when the five people gather together, and at this time she also knows the guardian power behind her.

No matter how detailed the secret is, the two of them will not talk about it, just as Granny Xia said with a smile, she is about to meet the king of the county, and the questions in her stomach are left to the little marquis to inquire in detail.

In this way, more than half an hour passed, and seven or eight hussar guards returned with a dozen captives, but Lao Liu Tou never appeared, thinking that he would always hide in the shadows.

"Congratulations to the county lord, a handful of rioters have been suppressed, of which 38 people were killed on the spot, 12 people were captured alive, and more than a dozen people watched from afar at the beginning of the war, and now they have already fled, but there are the guards of the Fuzhong led by Captain Liu Tang, who have already surrounded this place, and those people will definitely not flee!"

The deputy lieutenant Tong is just the deputy lieutenant of the imperial insult from the eighth grade, and the lieutenant Liu Tang is the captain of the seventh grade Shangyun cavalry, and the gap between the two is not ordinarily large.

Obviously, that Captain Liu Tang is the commander-in-chief of this escort operation, and he is afraid that he also has a high status in the county king's mansion.

The status of the county lord of Qingqi is extremely high, but he has never had experience with these reports, so he had to look at Granny Xia, who smiled and nodded to the person who was kneeling on one leg: "Wait for Captain Liu to come and make a decision, for now let's wait for a while!" ”

Before Deputy Lieutenant Tong could get up and retreat, there was a dense sound of horses' hooves on the official roads in front and behind, and hundreds of figures appeared from the dense forests on both sides.

Different from the short skirts of the people in the forest on both sides, the cavalry wearing Mingguang armor appeared on the official road, and the Tang-like broadsword was their standard equipment, with a bow on the chest per capita, and a Hulu arrow bag with thirty arrows hanging around the waist.

All of them were five feet seven inches (about 1.7 meters) strong and tall, well-equipped and well-armed, and the formation was neat and orderly.

That person was Captain Liu Tang, and after meeting the lord of Qingqi County, he said: "The Li family compound of the little marquis has also been rushed to the house, and that Steward Zhang will interrogate him on the spot, and after collecting all his subordinates, he will be escorted to Chang'an City!" ”