The bitter cold wind howled along the northern side of the Grand Canyon of the Irkeshtan River, making people's cheeks hurt, and the view was seen by endless rocky mountains.

War horses snorted, weapons rustled against armor, water gurgled in the river, and a group of Tang cavalry wearing bright light armor was patrolling along the river to the northwest.

Ma Dong in the team picked up the cowhide water bag and drank a sip of soju and couldn't help complaining: "It's still midsummer outside, it's so hot, but we have here all year round and winter, it's so cold!" This is not a, I really don't know what happened to the castle lord these days, and he actually began to arrange for us to patrol outside the castle! ”

Zhao Ziliang rode his horse to the front of the team, and after hearing Ma Dong's complaint, he turned around and reprimanded: "What are you complaining about? When you are a soldier, you have to defend your territory and be loyal to your country, both ancient and modern! In the past, you were used to being idle, but now it's different, these days the merchants from the west have brought news that the situation of the Turkish is a little bad, and there is likely to be a civil strife, if there is a civil strife in the Turkish, some tribes will raid everywhere without control, our Tuoyun Fort is the westernmost part of Shule Town, and it is also the closest checkpoint near the Turks, we are likely to be attacked here, it is always good to be careful."

The three dogs at the back scratched their faces and asked: "Brother Liang, what kind of turbulent horse is this, there are also ten tribes with the surname, the tribe surnamed Huang and the tribe with the surname Hei, it's a mess, I can't tell the difference, Brother Liang, you have a lot of knowledge, can you tell us about it specifically?" ”

Zhao Ziliang knows this very well, he studied this history when he was studying at the military academy in his previous life, he said: "The Turkish was originally the Western Turkic Division, and the Western Turks were left with ten tribes after the army led by General Su Dingfang, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, to destroy the country, and these ten surnamed tribes are divided into two parts, one is the five crossbows lost to the Bi Department, and the five major catties are placed; Turgish is one of the five sips. Twenty years ago, the emperor canonized the Tuqi Shi Sulu as the ten surnamed Khan, and managed the ten surnamed tribes, so the Tuqi Shi people are equivalent to the royal family of the ten surnamed tribes, but this Tuqi Shi is divided into two tribes, one is the tribe surnamed Huang, the other is the tribe with the surname Hei, Sulu Khan is the tribe with the surname Hei, but this Sulu Khan is not a good stubble, after he was named the Khan of the ten surnamed tribes, he actually had to inch in, and set up the royal court in the town of Broken Leaves, at that time, the military strength of our dynasty in Anxi was weak, and he could only acquiesce to his actions. Since then, the Sulu Khan has taken Broken Leaf Town as the big tooth and Moon Bow City as the small tooth, crisscrossing the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, often invading the four towns of Anxi. ”

"I see!" Everyone in the team heard Zhao Ziliang's story clearly, and Ma Dong said again: "Brother Liang, it is really a crime to be cold and hungry in this cold wind, I really don't know how you can be so active!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "My dream since I was a child is to be a general, to command the army to gallop on the battlefield, shroud in horse leather, and be loyal to the country!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ziliang's tone changed and he sighed: "I've been in the army for several years, but it's a pity that I'm still just a pawn!" ”

Ma Dong comforted: "Brother Liang doesn't have to be like this, you are a person who has gone to a private school and read books, and you will definitely become a general in the future!" ”

Listening to Ma Dong's words, Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but stroke the thumb of his right hand, and as soon as his mind moved, a white jade wrench suddenly appeared on his thumb, which reminded him of what happened two months ago.

It was this ordinary-looking white jade wrench that brought his soul from the twenty-first century through more than 1,200 years to come here, the Tuoyun Fort in the Tuoyun Pass of Shule Town, the Great Protector of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty!

There are strange things every year, how many are there this year? Such an incredible thing could happen, and Zhao Ziliang did not gradually accept this reality until more than a month later. What's even more strange is that this white jade wrench finger actually contains an internal independent space, about one cubic meter or so, and at this time, this space contains 28 copper coins, two cowhides and four sheepskins that the predecessor has received from the army in the past few years.

Before being brought to the Tang Dynasty by this white jade wrench, he was a border patrol cavalry of the Northwest Frontier Force, in a patrol he and his comrades encountered a group of cultural relics smugglers, he found this white jade wrench from the body of the cultural relics smugglers, but did not expect this cultural relics smuggler dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, took the opportunity to grab a gun and shot him, he was shot and fell in a pool of blood, but his soul was brought here by the blood-stained white jade wrench, and possessed by the Tang cavalry commander who was also named Zhao Ziliang.

In the past two months, he has not only inherited all the memories of the original Zhao Ziliang, but also figured out the era and position he is in now. It is now the twenty-sixth year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (738 AD), which is the heyday of the Tang Dynasty.

And during this time, Zhao Ziliang tried his best to go back, he had to find a way to survive here, this era is the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, but it is also the best era for soldiers to make contributions, in this era there are many famous generals, among which the most famous are Wang Zhongsi, Ge Shuhan, Zhang Shouqi, Huangfu Huaiming, Fumeng Lingcha, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others, it is also a kind of luck to be in the same era with these famous generals who have left a great reputation in history!

Thinking of this, Zhao Ziliang couldn't help but get excited, he took a bag of mare's milk wine from the left side of the horse's belly, opened the lid and poured two mouthfuls into his mouth, a burning sensation went straight down his throat and stomach, making him can't help but want to let out a long howl, but at this time, several black spots appeared in the distance.

At this time, the team had already walked out of the mountain pass, had already crossed the source of the river, and there was a flat land in front of them, after seeing a few black spots in the distance, Zhao Ziliang immediately put away the mare's milk wine, strangled the reins in his left hand to stop the war horse, raised his spear in his right hand and shouted: "There is a situation!" ”

Ten cavalrymen behind him heard Zhao Ziliang's voice and immediately rode forward to stand side by side with him, Zhao Ziliang hung his spear on the victory hook, and put his right hand on the pergola to observe a few black spots in the distance.

Soon, a few black dots gradually became larger, only a dozen breaths became the figure of thirty-one knights, as the distance closed, the figure of those knights gradually became clear, Zhao Ziliang found that those knights were holding a variety of weapons, wearing animal skins, leather armor, and leather helmets tied with horsetail hair, looking at the outfits and equipment, those knights were clearly the cavalry of the Turrets.

Zhao Ziliang's face changed, and he immediately raised his spear and shouted: "It's the cavalry of the Tuqi Shi, be careful with me and follow my orders!" ”

"Yes, Chief," the others agreed, all ready for battle.

At this time, the thirty-one cavalry cavalry were divided into two groups, and the thirty cavalry in the back pursued the cavalry in the front, and the cavalry who was being pursued had already been hit by an arrow in the shoulder armor behind the back.

Zhao Ziliang was worried that the other party was using a bitter trick, so he immediately raised his gun and pointed forward, shouting: "Who is coming?" You have already invaded the territory of my Datang, and you don't retreat quickly, otherwise you will be killed! ”

As soon as Zhao Ziliang's voice fell, the ten Tang cavalry on both sides immediately hung up their spears, and aimed their bows and arrows at the turkish cavalry who were galloping quickly in front.

At this time, the wounded and pursued Turgish cavalry shouted in Turkic while desperately whipping their horses: "Tang soldiers in front, save me!" I am the envoy of Mohedagan, the leader of the Tuqi Shi Huang tribe, the leader of the Tuqi Shi Hei tribe Dumodu killed the Sulu Khan, and the Tuqi Shi tribes were in chaos, and I was ordered by the leader to come to the Celestial Empire for help, and asked the Celestial Empire to send troops to quell the rebellion."

Zhao Ziliang's predecessor had been on the border here for three years, knew some Turkic languages, and he himself knew something about this history, so of course he knew that the envoy was lying.

Although this envoy lied, Zhao Ziliang knew that he couldn't help him, after all, this person was a messenger and came to ask for help, and this was already in the territory of Datang, but the other party crossed the border to chase and kill the messenger, and he had to stop these Turks and cavalry no matter what. Zhao Ziliang asked: "Robes, the other party has thirty horses, and we only have eleven horses, are you afraid?" ”

All shouted in unison: "Don't be afraid! ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his gun and shouted: "Okay, as soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, it is our mission to defend the territory and defend the country, the cavalry has invaded the territory of our Datang, and we are regarded as nothing, we can die, but we will never allow the dignity and sovereignty of the Tang Dynasty to be violated and insulted!" Three dogs, you escort the messenger back to Tuoyun Fort, the others, follow me, God bless Datang! Kill-".

"Kill—"

The two sides rode their horses and galloped towards each other, Zhao Ziliang and others quickly received the messenger, the three dogs escorted the messenger to retreat to Tuoyun Fort first, and Zhao Ziliang took the remaining nine cavalry to meet the thirty turquoise cavalry that chased over.

The Tang army was well-equipped, each cavalry was dressed in Mingguang armor, equipped with a spear, a round shield, a bow, thirty arrows, a long and short horizontal knife, armor tied to the calf, arm guards and wrist guards tied to the arms, and each person also had a special moose horn wrench for archery, almost armed to the teeth. And since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army has always been less defeated and more victorious, and all the soldiers of the Tang army have strong self-confidence, don't look at the number of cavalry on the opposite side is three times that of Zhao Ziliang and others, even if the other party is twice as much, Zhao Ziliang and others are not afraid at all.

"Shoot, shoot!" Zhao Ziliang rode his horse and rushed in the middle of the team, and the other nine cavalrymen were on his left and right, he gave an order, and the arrows in the hands of ten people shot out, and the range of the bows and arrows of the Tang army was longer than that of the Turkish cavalry, and the other party had not had time to open the bow, and a round had already been shot here.

"Whoosh ······"

"Ahh······h The scattered cavalry team of the Turks suddenly screamed again and again, and five of the ten arrows shot out of the first round hit, the leather armor of the Turkish cavalry could not stop the sharp arrows of the Tang cavalry at all, and the five Turkish cavalry fell from their horses and did not know whether they were alive or dead, and the others continued to rush over here, it seemed that they would not stop if they did not kill the messenger.

In the process of galloping his horse, Zhao Ziliang noticed that after the turquoise cavalry who were shot to death landed, a green light flew out of their bodies and was absorbed by the wrench on his thumb, although he was a little surprised, but at this time it was a matter of life and death, and he had no intention of paying attention to these at all.

After one round of shooting, the two sides were closer, and at this time, the cavalry also opened their bows and shot arrows at Zhao Ziliang and others, Zhao Ziliang and others were not slow, and the second round of arrows was also shot at the same time.

"Dingding······ The strong defensive ability of the Mingguang armor was revealed, the arrows shot by the cavalry were blocked by the Mingguang armor worn by the Tang army and fell to the ground, only one Tang cavalry was shot by the arrow in the face and fell off the horse, and the other Tang cavalry was unlucky, the left arm was hit by an arrow, but it was still able to fight, at this time the second wave of arrows of Zhao Ziliang and others also fell on the body of the cavalry, this time there were six cavalry cavalry fell from the horse.

After the third round of shooting, a total of three people fell off the horse before and after the Tang army, two were injured by arrows, but they could still fight, and four more people fell from the arrows on the side of the Turgish cavalry, and these three rounds of shooting made the Turgish cavalry lose fifteen people, and the Tang cavalry under Zhao Ziliang fell three people and injured two people.

In the blink of an eye, half of the Turgish cavalry was missing, which made the leader of the Turgish cavalry who led the army furious, it was a fierce-looking strong man, he carried a mace and shouted angrily: "Hula······".

The other Turkish cavalry changed into melee weapons and shouted: "Hula! ”

The distance between the two sides was too close, the bow and arrow no longer worked, Zhao Ziliang and the others all held a round shield in their left hand and a spear in their right hand, and in a short period of time they turned into a conical array, with Zhao Ziliang as the tip of the conical array, and the others followed in turn.