At the beginning of April of the tenth year of Tianbao, the Anxi army and the Qarluq mercenaries swore an oath in Qiuzi and embarked on a journey to capture the river, and Gao Xianzhi's first target was not the city of Talas, but the city of Hushu in Xiba Khanna.

Xiao Quzhi knew that he was going to avenge the attack and harassment of horse bandits in Mohe Yanmo, and it was King Siba Khan who paid for the murder. Xiao Quzhi has always been very confused about this matter, and while he was on the march, there was no one else left and right, so he asked Gao Xianzhi this question that he had been wondering about for a long time.

Gao Xianzhi laughed, it seems that this second brother really only knows the inside story of Da Shi, and he doesn't know anything else, so he thought he knew everything. He was proud in his heart, so he carefully explained the reason for this incident to Xiao Quai.

It turned out that there were two kings in Bakhanna, and by now they should be counted as two kingdoms. Dongba Khanna, now renamed Ningyuanguo, was an ally of the Tang Dynasty and married a princess of the Tang Dynasty, while Xiba Khana was hostile to the Tang Dynasty.

It all started more than 100 years ago. At that time, Bakhana was still a whole, and later the Western Turks invaded Bakhana and killed the king of Bakhanna. After the Western Turks fought among themselves, the army withdrew from Bahanna, and a Turkic named Kubozhi and some of his subordinates occupied the city of Thirst. Out of consideration for the actual situation at that time, the son of King Pakhana of the original king was established as king and ruled the city of Hubo. Later, the Tang Dynasty canonized both of them at the same time, which was equivalent to recognizing the rule of the two over Bakhana at the same time, and Bakhana was divided into two at the same time.

At the beginning of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Da Shi captured Bahanna twice, and the grandson of Ji Bozhi, Asira Dagan, asked the Tang Dynasty for help, and Zhang Xiaosong led troops to run thousands of miles to help Bahanna. Drove away the king of Bakhana, who was set up by Da Shi and Tubo, and repelled the combined forces of Da Shi and Tubo. Since then, Dongba Khana has his heart set on the Tang Dynasty, but for some reason, five years later, the driven away Arida is again the king of Xiba Khanna, and since then he has become hostile to the Tang Dynasty and has been fighting with Xiba Khana.

Dongba Khana later became closer and closer to the Tang Dynasty, and sent troops to accompany the Tang Dynasty many times. Because of this reason, and because of the important geographical location of Pakhan, the Tang Dynasty also paid more and more attention to Dongba Khanna, and later married Princess Heyi to King Dongba Khana and changed its country name to Ningyuanguo.

And Siba Khan tried every means to attack Ning Yuanguo, and they did not dare to use force to send troops to attack. Because Siba Khan produced salt, but Ning Yuan did not, Siba Khan often used salt to threaten Ning Yuanguo, and also united with Shi Guo to suppress Ning Yuan.

The king of Dongba Khana was from the surname Zhaowu Jiu, while the king of Ningyuan and the king of Shiguo were Turkic. However, Shi Guo and Huang Tuqi Shi got too close, and later Huang Tuqi Shi rebelled, and Shi Guo also began to be hostile to Tang. Later, Ning Yuan and Shi Guo competed for Talas City, and when there was a conflict between the two countries, Shi Guo began to suppress Ning Yuan together with Xiba Khan.

Ning Yuanguo could only ask the Tang Dynasty for help, and Gao Xianzhi sent troops to attack Shiguo Tuozhi City. may be afraid that he will be attacked by Gao Xianzhi like Shi Guo, so King Xiba Khana sent someone to find the gang of horse bandits and wanted to intercept and kill Gao Xianzhi on the road. It's just very strange that this king of Sibal Khan got on the hook with the snake's fangs?

"What's so difficult about this, when you defeat the city of Huhu and catch the king of Siba Khan, won't you know as soon as you ask?" Xiao Quzhi said with a smile.

Gao Xianzhi shook his head: "I'm afraid things won't be so simple, for that snake fang, I always feel that it is like a poisonous snake lurking in the shadows, I don't know when it will come out and suddenly bite you." There is always a feeling of chilling on the back. ”

In fact, Xiao Quzhi also feels this way, that snake tooth is too mysterious, and he has brought a few horse bandit dens, but he has not found any useful information until now. And according to Duan Xiushi, the horse bandits behind seemed to have gotten the news, and they ran away in advance before he arrived with his troops.

What made Xiao Qubing feel uncomfortable the most was that since the white-clothed swordsman left that day, this snake tooth hadn't taken any action, which was too undeserved. He always felt that the more the other party did not move, the more a bigger conspiracy was brewing.

The two of them were thinking about their own problems in their hearts, and at this time, they heard a sudden burst of enthusiastic cheers from the back of the line. Xiao Qu listened intently, and soon knew what was going on.

It turned out that among the Qarluq mercenaries, this time they brought an eagle archer, and on the way to the march, there were several falcons circling in the sky. The Condor Archer fired two arrows in quick succession, shooting down two falcons. The falcon hovered at a height of more than a hundred paces, and ordinary people only saw a small black dot, but the condor archer actually shot two arrows into the head of the falcon, and Ge Lulu immediately cheered, and the Anxi army next to him also applauded loudly.

"Big brother, that falcon flies so high, can you shoot the bird's head?" Xiao Quzhi asked with a smile.

Gao Xianzhi thought for a while: "If there is an arrow that specializes in shooting eagles, a certain can also be shot." With ordinary arrows, you can only shoot at the body. ”

Xiao Qu asked in surprise: "Do you still have special arrows for eagle shooting?" ”

Gao Xianzhi nodded and pulled out a feather arrow, "Ordinary feather arrows, the arrow feathers are generally goose feathers, goose feathers, and wild duck feathers; The arrow feathers used by the condor archers are generally the feathers of the falcon or the eagle feathers. The top-level arrows are made of the feathers of the golden eagle, and the feathers of a golden eagle can only make two such arrows, which can shoot more than 400 steps without deviating. ”

Xiao Quzhi looked at Principal Gao with a look of surprise, and only whispered after a long time: "It seems that I can't shoot an arrow very accurately, it turns out that there is no carved arrow." ”

Gao Xianzhi was slightly stunned for half a second, and suddenly laughed: "This, I really can't complain about the feather arrow." ”

Xiao Quzhi said: "Big brother, did you say that the condor archer had a carving arrow made of golden eagle feathers?" ”

Gao Xianzhi thought for a moment, "It should be...... Where are you going? ”

"I'll ask him for a few carved arrows made of golden eagle feathers!" A voice came from afar, Gao Xianzhi shook his head, how can this second brother still look like a child.

Xiao Qu rode his horse to the side of the condor archer, and made a gesture with his thumb: "This brother, good archery!" The Condor Archer was receiving praise and praise from a group of people around him, and at this moment, he found a handsome, white-faced scholar-like young man, riding a very sweaty horse running towards him, with a high spirit, and quickly attracted the attention of most people. The man was very enthusiastic, and his smile was sincere and eager, and he made a gesture that he had never seen before, but he came to praise his good archery.

The Condor Archer was a little stunned, he couldn't figure out the status of this person in the Anxi Army, but looking at this person's appearance with fine skin and tender flesh, plus the mount and the extraordinary horse, he thought that his status was not low. He didn't dare to slack off, and replied with a salute: "Thank you for your praise, you have made a fool of yourself." ”

Xiao Qu was stunned for a while, he was still a literate archer, he said very sincerely: "I also shoot arrows, but I can't shoot accurately, I want to ask you to teach me." ”

The condor hand was unhappy for a while, looking at you like this, thin and weak, what kind of archery is Si Swenwen's practice! Even if you practice archery, just find one or two people to teach you. Is it necessary to come to a marksman like me on purpose? It's really a playboy and acts ridiculously.

He was preparing to export the refusal. At this time, he saw Xiao Quai's sky-shaking bow on his back, and he was shocked inexplicably, and his heart was full of contempt. This peerless bow has been ruined by you!

Out of grievances over the bow, or out of jealousy, the Condor Archer decided to humiliate the other man and watch his jokes. So he handed over the five-stone treasure bow in his hand, "If you can pull a full circle, I will teach you." If not, don't mention it. ”

Xiao Quzhi also found that he noticed the sky-shaking bow behind him, he didn't take the man's bow, and took off the sky-shaking bow behind his back: "Let's make a bet, okay?" ”