Chapter 4: The Jungle
"Shoot him!"
A low roar came from under the visor, smashing between several layers of iron and cowhide, looking a little dull, and the eyes that were exposed were as red as if they were spewing fire, and it was obvious that he was extremely angry.
The two robed men behind immediately drew their wooden bows from behind their horses, and the two feathered arrows shot out almost simultaneously, both of them hitting the trees in the mountains, and their targets had already disappeared into the forest at a rapid pace.
"Gesang stays, Gondo Songbu, you chase after me, you must find out."
Da Nang Qi is the leader of this small group of Tibetan cavalry, the official name is "Zuben", a bit like the commander of the Tang people, these four people under his command, the one who died was his deputy "Oben", this kind of five-person team called "group" is the smallest unit in the Tubo army, led by two armored heavy cavalry, supplemented by three light cavalry, but horse combat can also be fought on foot.
Hearing his order, in addition to one of the robed men who was left behind, another man with a bow and arrows dismounted with him, and chased in the direction where his target had disappeared.
This is a mountain forest with a slope of nearly 40 degrees, most of the growth is native cedars, because it is located in the alpine zone, it can rarely grow to more than five meters, and the diameter of the canopy is generally not large, and the distribution between the forests is relatively sparse, so under the sunlight, the mountain forest does not seem so dark.
Liu Ji bent over and sprinted, and after dodging the range of the arrows, he immediately changed to a constant speed, you must know that the average altitude here is more than four thousand meters, the more you go up, the thinner the air, any respiratory disease may cause pulmonary edema, different from the targeted exercise in later generations, for altitude sickness, his new body, not very adaptable.
Breathing in the unique fresh smell of plants and trees, feeling the more and more abundant vitality in the body, and at the same time, the control of the new body is gradually increasing, as if killing someone with his own hands just now has not affected the state of mind.
Later generations of China is a country that advocates peace, since the end of the seventies, there has been no war, but it does not mean that the Chinese soldiers have not killed people, in terms of their border defense, drug traffickers, thieves, crossers abound, he has shot and killed people, and later transferred to the intelligence front, but it is not as exciting as in the movie.
The life and death just now was just a matter of a moment, but if there is a little soft-heartedness, maybe he has traveled to another era, and he doesn't have any thoughts about this era, he has only been here for three days, and anyone will be curious, and he will not be an exception.
Moreover, for any Chinese person, the Han and Tang dynasties were a proud era, and he wanted to see those legendary cities and historical figures with his own eyes.
The premise is to survive.
Liu Ji ran slower and slower, and finally stopped by a tree, and sat down while gasping for breath, in order to recover his strength as soon as possible, so that he could cope with the unknown situation.
In addition to resting, there is also a question that always lingers in his mind, the behavior of these Tubo people is very suspicious, they don't look like bandits from the outfit, even if they are bandits, there is no reason to kill people for no reason, those gold coins may be a reason to start, but Liu Ji always feels that things are not so simple, there is no reason, but he just thinks so.
The timing of the appearance of these people was too coincidental, if it wasn't for his insistence on staying, they should have been following behind at this time, Liu Ji felt that his behavior was likely to change something.
What could it be?
Obviously, the enemy would not leave him much time to think, and before he could catch his breath, there was a sighing sound in the mountains and forests, and Liu Ji's hearing had not been able to recover to before he was reborn, so he could only roughly think that someone had chased him.
In the alpine mountains, the withering and decay of the leaves will become very slow, and the forest is covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, and when a person's feet step on it, it will make that sound, he listened carefully, and judged that there will be no more than two people, so he was a little relieved.
Of the five enemies, two have been solved, and the remaining three will not be more difficult to deal with than before, not to mention that in the mountains and forests, the horses have no effect, and the heavy armor affects the action, and his disadvantage has been reduced a lot.
Of course, there was still a disadvantage, because the time was too tight, he didn't have time to get the weapons of the two dead, so he only had a short knife in his hand, and this situation reminded him of the wilderness survival training he had experienced.
This time, his enemies were not only nature, but also living people.
Liu Ji quickly stood up, peeled off a long strip of bark on the tree with a short knife, and didn't have time to twist the bark into a rope, so he could only tie it to the trunks of two trees, about five centimeters above the ground, and then made another tripline at the position of three or four tree bodies, and when the enemy's figure appeared, he had already completed three such triplines, and then crouched behind a tree and looked into the distance.
Gondo Songbu is a good hunter in the clan, and what he is best at is tracking, which is why Da Nang beggar dared to catch up with him alone, the two of them went one after the other, and the fully loaded Da Nang begged in front, relying on the guidance of Gondo Songbu a little later, and approached Liu Ji's position little by little.
Their speed was not very fast, and every once in a while, they would stop until Gondo Songpo was unmistakable, and the time interval was not too long, and the traces of the fall did not have time to be eliminated, and even Da Nang beggar saw a clue, and they were getting closer and closer to their goal.
"That Tang man is ahead." Gondo Songbu, who was squatting on the ground, picked up a leaf, sniffed it on his nose, and said with certainty.
Seeing that they were about to approach the first tripline, if they were allowed to check all the way through like this, the overly rough arrangement would not be able to hide from the connoisseurs at all, Liu Ji stood up with a 'whew', and traces appeared from behind the tree, as if he was running around in a panic, and ran into the depths of the mountains and forests without a head.
"It's him, you go around."
Da Nang raised his long knife and pointed at it, signaling Gondo Tsumppo to go in the other direction in order to outflank him, and he himself had already increased his speed before his men could go far.
The enemy is in front, about a hundred steps away, he is wearing a full set of heavy armor, he is not slow at all, his eyes are firmly fixed on the back in front of him, the frequency of his legs staggered is getting faster and faster, Tang Ren is really careless, in such a high area, he has only been running for a while to rest, where will he let go.
As the distance drew closer, Da Nang could already smell a hint of blood, and he even thought of slitting the Tang man's throat, just as he had done to his deputy.
Suddenly, the pair of cooked cowhide boots on his feet seemed to have tripped over something, and his huge body suddenly lost his balance and flew out.