Chapter 13: Surprised to see the heavenly horses like a dragon

Du Liulang glanced at Wang Zhengjian, and after getting the other party's approval, he began to give orders. "The crossbowmen of the four regiments changed rockets, sixty-five paces to the west, covering the shooting; The four regiments of Mo knife men stood against the fence to prevent the wolves from entering the camp; Baggage camp, along the camp to the grass open gully, water diversion around the camp. The rest of the soldiers and horses, clothed in armor and carrying swords, rested on the spot; The horse team is positive, leading the team to guard the marshal; Wang Yong, you protect Xiao Langjun and the little lady. ”

The tooth soldiers passed on the orders, and the crossbowmen began to replace the arrows wrapped in oil-soaked linen. In the dirt in front of the crossbowman, a shallow ravine was chiseled open, and countless tung oil was poured into the ravine, and a line of fire quickly burst out. The crossbowman lowers the arrow, ignites it with a line of fire, and then winds the bow. Judging from the camp of Sogdian merchants, the western fence of the Tang army's camp suddenly became a wall of fire.

"Put!" Du Liulang gave an order, and countless rockets flew into the sky like a meteor shower, and in an instant, the thick night was pierced by countless fire points, and it was filled with holes.

The rocket first passed over the camp of the Sogdian merchant, who was shouting and trying to rally more people forward. The fireworks in the sky rose into the air, making his fleshy face freeze suddenly. "It's over, it's a coincidence, why did Pegasus come out tonight? It's just a matter of coming out tonight, and I have to bite with the wolves. As far as the caravan is concerned, it is still a little difficult to deal with the evil wolf, and it is impossible to snatch food from the mouth of the tiger of Tang Jun! ”

After passing over the camp of the Sogdian merchants, the rocket began to fall. Under the light of the scattered fires, you can see countless vicious wolves in front of you, forming a gray semicircle, outflanking the horses running at high speed. The wolf kept jumping high, pounced on the back of the panicked horse, and bit it deeply. Some of the horses had already fallen to the ground, devoured by several wolves, and the corpses of several Sogdian warriors were nearby. The gray semicircle was slowly closing, and the horses were about to be surrounded. The brave horses were biting their mouths and kicking their hooves, and many wolves also died under the hooves of the horses, and were trampled into gray flesh. Among the horses was a golden horse, leaping in the light of the fire, its shiny mane fluttering in the wind like a flag. When the golden horse landed, there were already two more gray corpses under the iron hooves. There were also more than a dozen and a half sized ponies in the herd, visibly sluggish, running around like headless flies, and their mothers might have fallen first.

The rocket slammed into the ground, and the dead grass ignited in no time, creating a fiery red dividing line between the Sogdian merchants' camp and the wolves. Several wolves were directly hit by rockets, and the air suddenly smelled of hair and burnt meat.

"Dashuai, that golden-chested head horse is a Pegasus." In the firelight and scorched air, Du Liulang was still calm, using tens of thousands of horses, killing hundreds of vicious wolves, and catching a heavenly horse, which was not a big deal.

Wang Zhengjian also saw the heavenly horse like gold, and was slightly distracted. After listening to Du Liulang's judgment, he bowed his head slightly, and then said categorically: "Order, leave the rest of the horses aside for the time being, and go all out to capture the heavenly horses, and a certain will be dedicated to the saint." ”

More and more rockets fell to the ground, and the flames had reached more than a person's height with the help of the wind. The swaying tongue of fire spits out a soaring heat wave.

Through the flames and heat waves, you can see the wild wolves close to the flames being roasted and wailing, helplessly retreating, and there is a gap in the encirclement of the wolves. The horses looked at the burning flames, but also a little frightened and confused. At this moment, the white mount of a Sogdian warrior whose owner was dead, wearing a saddle bridle, reluctantly crossed the wall of fire, and with a flaming mane, it brushed itself against the rockets in the sky. After landing, the white horse stepped through the camp of the Sogdian merchants, ran to the ditch outside the camp of the Tang army, and began to drink the sweet water of the lake. The wild horses suddenly understood the hope of survival, overcame their natural fear of fire, and jumped over the wall of fire.

Du Liulang looked at the wall of fire, waved his hand and ordered: "Stop shooting!" ”

The wolves also realized the problem, and except for the place near the wall of fire, there was nothing they could do, and the gray wolves in the rest of the place were speeding up their attack. The wolf, which was gnawing on the carcass of the wild horse, also put down the food in his mouth and began to wait for an opportunity to attack the wild horse that was running, and they stared at the leg bones of the wild horse. Once a horse's leg bone is broken, it turns its mouth to attack other horses.

The golden head horse with a few sturdy horses blocked the outside of the herd to buy more time for the herd. A little red horse, which was half a size, somehow ran into the team led by the head horse, and also pretended to run around. Countless wild wolves were trampled into a pile of gray skins by the horses led by the golden horse.

Ma Lan looked at the golden head horse, and suddenly sighed: "This horse is really a heavenly horse, and it can be the hero among horses." ”

The wall of fire burned higher and higher, and all the wild horses that could run had already crossed the wall of fire, except for the horses that had broken their legs and the horses that had broken their legs on the ground. The gray wolves have also become a little thin. There were only four horses left in the team led by the golden horse, and apart from the golden horse himself, only a black horse, a white horse, and the little red horse that was dazed.

The golden horse neighed, and the black horse and the white horse accelerated together, and before the wolves around them could react, the two horses crossed the wall of fire like two lightning bolts of black and white.

The golden horse lifted his hind legs and kicked away a gray wolf that tried to sneak up, and then neighed and urged the little red horse. The little red horse hesitated slightly, and then several wolves pounced, and the golden horse kicked them back.

The little red horse did not hesitate any longer, accelerated and ran, and then leaped up like an arrow from a string, and jumped far higher than his own height. The moment the little red horse jumped, the golden horse no longer cared about the wild wolf behind him, and accelerated a little, and also took off into the air. Two wild horses, one yellow and one red, one large and one small, leaped over the red-hot flames like majestic eagles.

Ma Lu is a horse lover, looking at these two wild horses, his eyes are a little stupid. Suddenly, a huge wild wolf pierced out of the diagonal and rose into the air, fearless of the scorching tongue of fire, and bit the little red horse.

"The horse team is positive, save the little red horse!" Wang Fei was also impressed by Tianma's heroic appearance, and when he saw that the little red horse was in distress, he shouted anxiously.

Before Wang Fei's words fell, a feathered arrow had already broken through the air and flew towards the wolf. Ma Luan's duty was to protect Wang Zhengjian, so he didn't change the rocket.

As the feathered arrow flew towards the gray wolf, the golden horse changed direction in the air and slammed into the wolf's body. Between the lightning and flint, the feather arrow shot into the gray wolf's leg, and was carried by the gray wolf into the flames. The little red horse has landed on the side of the wall of fire, although the golden horse has changed its direction in the air, but it is still like a flying dragon, over the wall of fire, and the high temperature of the wall of fire roasted the golden horse sweat like blood.

A group of people at the west fence of the Tang Army camp couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the two horses landing, and Du Liulang, who had always been calm, forgot to order the capture of the wild horses for a while.

While everyone was relaxing, suddenly a giant wolf with one eye crossed the wall of fire, and fell from the sky on the back of the golden horse, and was about to gnaw.

Ma Lan immediately drew the arrow and wound it, but it was about to be too late. I saw a flash of red light, and the little red horse jumped up and crashed into a giant wolf the size of himself. The giant wolf was supposed to be the leader of the wolf pack, and although he was knocked to the ground, he rolled over and pounced on the little red horse that fell to the ground. The little red horse gasped for breath and was about to be pounced on by the giant wolf. The white feathered arrow came like lightning, and it was inserted into the unblinded eye of the giant wolf, and the giant wolf rolled on the ground in pain. The golden horse leaped, and his front hooves stepped on the wolf's skull, trampling the wolf's head to pieces.

The next morning, Humpty Dumpty, who was gray, came to the door to lead away the white horse with the saddle of the Sogdian caravan, and let Wang Fei see what it meant to ask for money and not die.

Wang Zhengjian naturally wouldn't bother with such a character, so he led the white horse away. Seeing that the Sogdian caravans were short of men and horses, Wang Zheng proposed that they march with the army and replenish the men and horses when they met the towns. Du Liulang asked Wang Fei if the Sogdians had lied this time, and Wang Fei was very sure that the Sogdians were sincere this time.

The army had breakfast and marched forward again. Unlike a few days ago, there are nearly 100 wild horses and a vigorous golden horse in the army. Jinma was served with good food and drink, and after arriving in Tingzhou, the army rested, and Jinma was escorted to continue to advance and march towards Chang'an. The movement to capture the bloody horses has been delivered, and the saint will soon know the good news.

There was another white horse beside Ma Lan, and he was so happy that his admiration for Wang Zhengjian was beyond words. Although the white horse is not as good as the golden horse, it is also a rare horse. Wang Yong silently began to train the dark horse.

Wang Fei doesn't ride much in the carriage these days, he prefers to ride on the back of the little red horse. Although Wang Fei fell a few times, he still tamed the little red horse with his perseverance, which made Wang Zhengjian even more pleased.

The little red horse is not a bloody horse, but it is very close to the golden horse, which makes Wang Fei not quite understand, probably it was produced by multi-party hybridization. After Wang Fei settled down in Tingzhou, he sorted out and studied the knowledge of horses and figured out the identity of the little red horse.

Ayitengna sometimes wanted to ride a little red horse, and Wang Fei was naturally willing. The two rode on the little red horse together, looked at the desert snow-capped mountains and lakes, looked at the herds of cattle and sheep on the grassland, talked and laughed, played and made trouble, and were very happy, leaving many unhappy things behind.

Many, many years later, Wang Fei came to the shore of Yibo Sea again, the autumn breeze is as bleak as before, the grass is still fragrant, the wildflowers by the water are fragrant year after year, and the majestic snow-capped mountains are still silent in the lonely white, everything seems to have not changed, but the Yiren are no longer around.

What Wang Fei didn't know at that time was that Aitengana also shed tears silently when she saw this scene alone. Dewdrop-like tears flowed into the salty East Lake of Yisohai and merged with the sorrow of countless people.

(End of the first volume of "Broken Leaves Wake Up")