Chapter 223: Cangyuan Encounters Bandits
As Xing'er expected, although the Tibetans stopped the caravan from time to time along the way, as long as Bohu revealed the identity of the Uighur merchants to them, the Tibetans would become very polite, and sometimes they would not even check the official guide, and then raise their hands and let them go. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
From this, Lai Xing'er secretly concluded in his heart that the Tibetan army occupying Longyou and Hexi had not yet been replenished with sufficient troops, for fear of offending the Uighurs and causing the Uighurs to go to war against them from behind. If this is the case, it is expected that Chang'an will be safe this winter, at least until the beginning of spring next year, the Tubo people will not have enough troops to threaten the safety of Chang'an. When I think about this, I can't help but be secretly happy in my heart.
Although it was hard to hurry, Lai Xing'er did not forget to practice kung fu according to the tips taught to him by his ancestor Qingmangzi, and in just a few days, he gradually realized the subtleties of the shadowless magic skills, whether it was light footwork or swordsmanship, he felt that he had made great progress.
On the morning of the sixth day after setting off from Chang'an, the group finally arrived at the border of Liangzhou. Lai Xing'er stationed in the horse overlooked, but in front of the meeting was an endless grassland, only in the place connected to the sky, faintly visible Qilian Mountain glowing with a snow line, it is indeed a natural horse ranch.
In the military report submitted to the imperial court, Luo Yuanqi only mentioned that he led one or two hundred remnants of the army to lurk in the pasture of Longyoujian in Liangzhou, and did not report the specific location of his hiding, nor did he agree on the time and place of contact. Lai Xing'er looked at the vast prairie and was worried about how to find Luo Yuanqi's remnants as soon as possible, when he heard Jiang Zhongshi, who was standing side by side with him, pointing in the direction of the right front and shouting to him: "Big brother, look, horses!" ”
Lai Xing'er looked in the direction of Jiang Zhongshi's finger, and saw hundreds of horses galloping from far to near on the grassland in front of the right, in the direction where the caravan was.
"All on alert, protect the goods."
Lai Xing'er shouted at the sergeant behind him, tightened the reins of the little white dragon, the little white dragon understood, the two front hooves were raised high, and a person stood on the spot, and then let out a long neighing like a dragon's groan, turned his hooves and flashed his palms, and rushed forward against the horses. Jiang Zhongshi was afraid that Xing'er would lose, so he hurriedly urged the "chasing wind" that stepped down, and also rushed up.
Strange to say, the leader of the group of horses that ran towards them heard the long neighing of the little white dragon, and slowed down his pace, and slowed down with the whole herd.
Yi Lai Xing'er listened to the horse herding scripture taught by Master Su Fuzhong when he was in the idle stable, and all the horses grazing in the large pasture must have a head horse in the herd, as long as the head horse can be subdued, then the whole group of horses will no longer be your enemy. Therefore, when Lai Xing'er was reminded by Jiang Zhongshi and found that there was a whole group of herding horses running in the direction of the caravan, the first thought that flashed in his mind was to take the lead in subduing the head horse in the herd, so he rode the little white dragon and rushed towards it without flinching.
When Lai Xing'er and Jiang Zhongshi rode their horses to a distance of 100 paces from the horses, they suddenly saw a rider in a felt robe riding on the back of a dozen horses in the herd.
The dozen or so riders turned over and sat on the back of their horses, only to find that Lai Xing'er and Jiang Zhongshi were not far in front, one of them pointed to the little white dragon that Lai Xing stepped down, and shouted at the others: "Brothers, look, does that kid ride like a legendary dragon horse?" ”
His companions waved the silver swords in their hands and said, "Boss, slaughter the boy on that horse, isn't Ryoma ours?" ”
The little white dragon stood proudly in front of the horses, and after the first horse took the lead in stopping, the horses that were not carrying people in the herd also stopped, and only a dozen horses riding people on horseback rushed to Lai Xing'er and Jiang Zhongshi under the shouts of the riders, and then stopped their steps.
Seeing that although this group of people were wearing the felt robes that the Tubo people were accustomed to, holding swords in their hands, and they had a fierce posture and a bad comer, they were clearly speaking Chinese. Since Lai Xing'er was ordered to come to Liangzhou to launch a local Han attack on the Tubo people, he refused to easily use force with the Han people, clasped his fists on horseback, and asked the group of people: "Rank heroes, my two brothers followed my master to traffic goods, and hurried here, I don't know that this is the territory of the rank heroes, if there is any rudeness and offense, I hope that the rank heroes will forgive me." Heroes have needs, although it is clear that my master is not a stingy person, and he will never disappoint the heroes. ”
The man who was called "the boss" by his companion listened to Lai Xing'er's words and grinned: "You little doll, you are not very old, and it is quite useful to talk to others." Since you are merchants passing by here, it is not difficult for me to leave you to step on this white horse and hurry up. ”
Jiang Zhongshi couldn't get used to his arrogant tone, so he rode forward, and before the man could react, he had already pulled his horse and stretched out his hand to pick him up, and then gently put it on the ground, and said with a smile at him: "If I ask for this horse you ride, will you give it?" ”
His hand showed up, and everyone present, except for Lai Xing'er, was shocked. The "boss" looked down and found that he was unscathed by Jiang Zhongshi and took off the horse, and his heart couldn't help but be shocked, thinking that everyone was on the same page, and he might not be Jiang Zhongshi's opponent, so he intended to lead Xing'er and others to the den where their brigade was entrenched, and then make a plan, so he stood in place, hugged his fists and apologized to Jiang Zhongshi: "The people of the mountains and wilderness have offended the two young heroes by saying nothing. The name of this place is called Cangsong Yuan, it was originally the third branch under the jurisdiction of Longyoujian, my eldest brother likes to entertain past merchants, such as the two young heroes do not give up, can you respect the master, follow me to the branch station and meet my eldest brother, so that we can do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord? ”
Lai Xing'er saw him condescending, and smiled secretly in his heart. Listen to his words, it is clear that after the Tubo people occupy Longyou, all the branches under the jurisdiction of Longyou Prison are occupied by the Tubo people, and the head of the branch division is naturally replaced by the people who serve in Tubo, he is not ashamed of a Han person, but is proud, and repeatedly invites himself and his party to the so-called branch station as a guest, but in fact, he does not know what An's intentions are, he intended to refuse, and then thought about it, since this person claims to be under the jurisdiction of Longyoujian, he must be a local old household, so it is better to go with him and go on a trip, Taking the opportunity to inquire about the whereabouts of Luo Yuanqi's department, he deliberately said to Jiang Zhongshi: "You guard here first, don't let them get close to our goods, I'll go and report to the master and listen to what the master has to say." ”
After that, he turned his horse's head and came to Bohuma, and said to him in a low voice: "This group of people is unknown, let Xiaoshi stay to protect you and the goods, I will go with them first, and find out their truth and truth." ”
Bo Hu was not worried about coming to Xing'er alone, and was about to open his mouth to stop him, when he heard Xing'er deliberately raise his voice and say: "Don't worry, master, I will go back as soon as I go, maybe the tea we brought here can find a big buyer here." We will meet here before noon. Anyway, regardless of whether Bo Hu agreed or not, he turned around in front of the group of people and said to the "boss": "My master has never liked to associate with strangers, and he is afraid that he will be disappointed by your sincere invitation, so he ordered me to go with you to the branch to meet your eldest brother, and by the way, see if I can make the next deal with you." (To be continued.) )