"Zhongcheng, there is a large group of people and horses in front, hundreds of horsemen, coming towards us."

Gao Xianzhi's eyes widened, and he looked at Xiao Qu's illness with a face full of surprise, because of Xiao Qu's miraculous performance last time, he had no reason not to believe it this time, but he still couldn't help but ask: "This is true." ”

"Absolutely." Xiao Quzhi said with a smile.

"Signal to stop advancing and prepare for battle." Gao Xianzhi no longer hesitated and quickly made a decision.

At the same moment, Duan Xiushi jumped off the horse, brushed aside the gravel on the ground, put his ear to the ground and listened for a while, then got up and said, "There is indeed the sound of horses' hooves, a lot, about ten miles away." ”

At this time, Gao Xianzhi couldn't help but admire Xiao Quai's miraculous performance. Hurriedly ordered the bow and crossbow to be wound, the sword and gun were unsheathed, the horse was dismounted and the horse's belly belt was tightened, and then the horse was covered with a cloth groove, so that the war horse could eat some horse food. Make all your preparations and wait for the enemy in front of you to arrive.

Just as everything was gathered and ready to go, the darkest hour before dawn had passed, and just below the yellow morning star, a red sun had shown a small head on the eastern horizon.

At this time, more than 400 horseback bandits also came into everyone's sight.

The Anxi Army Guards were on full alert, formed formations, and prepared for battle. Ten people wore heavy armor and held Mo swords in front, twenty people held bows and crossbows in the center, and twenty rode behind.

Wang Chengen looked panicked, and he asked Gao Xianzhi a little nervously, "Gao Gaocheng, can you beat it?" ”

Gao Xianzhi looked disdainful: "Don't worry, the horse bandits are a group of rabble, in front of my Anxi hundred battle elite soldiers, but the local chicken and the dog, there is no need to worry." ”

Gao Xianzhi has a reason for being confident, the Anxi Army is in the land of four battles with a strength of 24,000 troops, and they have been fighting all year round, and all of them are elite soldiers in a hundred battles. And now these fifty-one people are the elite of the elite of the Anxi Army, with one enemy and ten, it is not a problem, and they are still in good formation and fully prepared.

And the horse bandits on the opposite side are all outlaws, if they fight alone, under such a gap in numbers, the Anxi army will definitely not be able to defeat. But if they fight in formation, Gao Xianzhi is completely sure to defeat the other party.

As long as the other party dares to hit his head over.

However, things did not go as Gao Xianzhi expected.

The horse bandits on the opposite side were already slowly approaching within two hundred paces, but they did not speed up and rushed over. Instead, some of them stopped there, but they divided into three hundred horsemen and slowly circled from the left and right to the sides and behind the Anxi battle formation.

Seeing this posture, Wang Chengen was sweating profusely and asked, "Zhongcheng, what are they going to do?" ”

Gao Xianzhi was silent, his face wrinkled into a bun. The other party's intention could not be clearer, this is to besiege but not attack, consume the morale of this side, and then find an opportunity to break the enemy with one blow.

It seems that he underestimated these horse bandits.

After a long time, the sun was already more than one person high, and the warm sun shone on the bodies of people and war horses, sweeping away the cold air that had accumulated at night. The two sides confronted each other like this, the other side was large and scattered, and the Anxi army could not take the initiative to attack.

However, the horse bandits made up their minds to besiege and not attack, only to consume the morale of the Anxi army. At the beginning, there were a few anxious people who wanted to come over to harass, but before they could open their bows and arrows, they were shot to death by Gao Xianzhi from afar, and after that, no horse bandits came to touch this moldy head, only watched from a distance.

The morale of the Anzai Guardians has dropped significantly, and many people's faces are no longer as high-spirited as they were at the beginning, but slowly showing irritability and frustration.

The long period of preoccupation and high mental tension had made the Anthy Guardian look tired, and the situation was very bad.

Gao Xianzhi scolded loudly a foul word from his hometown, and ordered the whole army to mount their horses and move forward slowly.

The bandits still did not attack.

Duan Xiushi asked eagerly, "Zhongcheng, how to deal with it?" ”

"There are Turks among the horse bandits." Gao Xianzhi thought for a moment and said: "The tactics used by the Turks are to use cavalry to monitor and track from afar, so that the enemy is tired before launching an attack. Like a pack of wolves stalking a pack of deer, following from a distance, making the other party nervous, breaking down, and then suddenly attacking. They treat us like a herd of deer. ”

"So how should we deal with it?"

"There is no other way, if they dare to attack, we will fight them; If they don't attack, we will move forward, and only by walking through this Gobi can we get rid of them and even defeat them. ”

Gao Xianzhi said with certainty, but in fact, he was also nervous in his heart, the key was to get out of this Gobi full of rubble. If you can't get out at night, the situation is extremely critical. When the time comes, we don't dare to sleep, and we will be boiled to death by the eagle. The vast majority of people here will never see the sun tomorrow again.

What to do?

He suddenly remembered Xiao Qu's words yesterday: "Why don't we put shoes on the horses' hooves?" "We can make four iron horseshoes and nail them under the horse's hooves, isn't that the equivalent of putting shoes on the horse?"

It's a good way, and when I get back to Qiuzi, I'll definitely try this method. If it really works, we will strive to promote it in the whole army before the conquest of the river. Gao Xianzhi unconsciously glanced at Xiao Quai.

At this time, Xiao Quzhi was riding on a horse full of question marks. He didn't expect that there would be so many situations on Gao Xianzhi's way back to Qiuci, because according to the records, Gao Xianzhi returned to Qiuci safely. Gao Xianzhi's interrogation of the horse bandits and his and Duan Xiushi's counterparty, Xiao Quzhi, was heard word for word, and it was said that in another time and space where he did not appear, Gao Xianzhi should have also suffered a night attack.

So since Gao Xianzhi returned to Qiuzi safely in that time and space, there should be no problem this time, right? But his guards are expected to die a lot. Xiao Qubing couldn't imagine what kind of hardships and dangers this cavalry team had experienced in another time and space, and how many of these high-spirited Anxi guards died? Maybe it was for this reason that Gao Xianzhi was so eager to attack Talas? He settled the accounts on Shi Guo?

Sensing that someone was watching him, Xiao Quzhi turned his head and beat his horse to Gao Xianzhi's side: "Zhongcheng, I heard that most of the horse bandits on the other side are Jiuguo Hu and Turkic people?" ”

"Hmm." Gao Xianzhi nodded.

"I heard that the Jiuguo Hu and the Turks boasted of their bravery. Their leader each had his own guard, called Tuojie, who was martial and aggressive? These contents were seen by Xiao Quzhi from the information compiled by his father. It is said that the chieftains of the Turks and the Zhaowu Nine Kingdoms had their own guards called Tuojie, a bit like the knights of the West. He likes to be brave and ruthless, likes to compete in martial arts, and advocates people with high martial arts.

"Yes." Gao Xianzhi hesitated for a moment and replied, he was a little confused, he didn't understand what Xiao Quzhi meant by asking.

Xiao Quzhi smiled and said: "Zhongcheng, you said that if I ran forward alone and challenged them all, would they accept it?" ”

Gao Xianzhi's eyes widened, and he shouted loudly, "Auxiliary minister, you want to challenge them all by yourself?" He really couldn't believe how Xiao Quzhi could have such a crazy idea, but looking at his expression, it didn't look like he was joking. Thinking of Xiao Quzhi's consistent miraculous performance, Gao Xianzhi was immediately relieved again, maybe this son could really bring him any surprises.

"Wait a minute, I will ask Zhongcheng to press the formation for me in the back, and all the guards will line up and come over to answer when they have the opportunity." Xiao Quzhi said calmly, and after a while, he said, "In addition, I need a big gun with an ash pole." ”

Soon someone brought a big ash pole gun, Xiao Quzhi shook it in his hand, and it felt similar to the big pole that he usually shook on the mountain, a little longer. It's just that now the evolved body feels as light as the lamp grass in the hand. Xiao Quzhi thought in his heart that when he got to Qiuzi, he must use good steel to shoot a big gun.

Xiao Qubing did not learn marksmanship, but in order to cooperate with the practice of Tai Chi on Wudang Mountain, he practiced listening and shaking the big pole for six years. If he had changed to before, he would not have come out like this, but this time, he had a lot of confidence. There is no other reason, the reaction speed is several orders of magnitude ahead of ordinary people, and at this time, the big gun is not the mainstream, and many people don't know the power of the big gun. (The author believes that in the Tang Dynasty, horse lances were still the mainstay, and the guns at that time should be called spears, which were hardwood.) So it shouldn't be possible for the Anxi Army to have an ash pole gun, but for the needs of the plot, it appears here, please forgive me. ）

Shali Leopard Cao Alanyan was half-sitting and half-leaning on the horse, his eyes slightly closed as if he was about to fall asleep, but in fact, no one knew, and his heart was full of bitterness.

There is no other reason, I don't know if the task explained above can be completed, and a quarter of the people on my side died first. The most infuriating thing is that nearly one hundred and fifty horses were lost here, and no one was injured there.

He couldn't figure out how the tried and tested sneak attack in the dark would have missed yesterday. It is said that even if you miss, you won't be like that! Is the combat power of the Anxi Army really that strong? This filled his heart with fear, so he adopted the safest and most patient tactics for today, following the attack.

But he still didn't have a complete grasp of the people on the other side, even if he killed most of them, as long as Gao Xianzhi ran away, even if the task failed, what was waiting for him was the encirclement and suppression of the army. Originally, he said that he would not accept anything about this kind of thing, and according to his plan, he was originally going to eat black and kill that person. But somehow, the above would know and specially sent someone to negotiate this business. The interception and killing of high-ranking officials in the imperial court, I don't know what to think, this matter is going to be leaked out......

At this time, he heard a shout, could it be that the Anxi army couldn't hold back and wanted to take the initiative to pursue us? This piece of rubble Gobi, the horses can't run fast, they chase, we scatter, in short, we keep following, and you can't run.

When he opened his eyes, what he saw was that a small minion leader named Kang Shifen, who had attacked last night, was riding a white flag and galloping towards them quickly. A group of horse bandits immediately shouted.

"It's Kang Shifen, what is this thief doing?"

"It must have been the official army who came to pass the word."

"This pig and dog, if you surrender, you dare to come over, and wait for me to shoot this dog."

Kang Shifen's whole body was trembling, he really knew the temper of this gang of horse bandits, and said that he would really shoot. But he did not dare not come, and the rebel must have the understanding of the rebel. He told all the details of the horse bandits, and saw that the other horse bandits had a broken leg in front of him, and there was no way back at this time.

Kang Shifen trembled and came to the white flag and galloped a hundred steps away from Cao Alanyan, not daring to continue forward. summoned up the greatest courage and shouted loudly: "Big boss, Xiao Langjun on our side wants me to bring you a word." ”

"What?" Cao Alanyan was very curious. Is it to talk about conditions, to be a man and leave a line, and I want to see him in the future? Or is it a threat that he will take revenge in the future? And who is this Xiao Langjun, with Gao Xianzhi here, how can it be his turn to speak?

At this point, Kang Shifen simply let go, he took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Xiao Langjun said, you teachers and mothers teach waste, even a rabbit can't be killed." Xiao Langjun, a waste like you, can fight five hundred at a time, and if you have the courage, you can go up to the front and put him right, whoever can survive two rounds in his hands, he will cut off his head and give it to you as a night pot! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Kang Shifen let out a sigh of relief, threw the white flag on the ground, turned the horse's head, and fled as if flying. And behind him, a group of horse bandits suddenly exploded.

"Enter his mother, which thief is so rampant!"

"It's a big breath, I want to see who is so arrogant."

Then they saw who was so arrogant.

After Kang Shifen turned around and fled, he rode Shi Shiran on horseback, without armor, wearing a white Taoist uniform and an ordinary hat, like a scribe more than a soldier.

When the man got closer, everyone was dumbfounded.

Originally, in their imagination, the one who threatened to be right with all of them must be the kind of brave champion and fierce general of the three armies. Not to mention the three heads and six arms, at least it is tall and mighty, and the murderous aura is exposed. But this one in front of him is clearly a child.

You see that he has fine skin and tender flesh, clear eyebrows, and is so thin that if it weren't for the excellent complexion on his face, this figure would be like a tuberculosis ghost. What's even more weird is that this young man has a smile on his face, without any murderous aura, and anyone who sees him will think that he is a harmless and well-behaved child.

Is it that he threatens to be right with everyone on our side? And think that no one will survive two rounds in his hands? Are you kidding!

It's definitely kidding us, just joking about this kind of thing, and facing four hundred horse bandits. It's incredible, didn't this doll take the wrong medicine and lose her mind, right?

However, the other party seems to be serious.

Xiao Qu came to a hundred steps away from the illness slowly, reined in the war horse, held the gun in one hand, and made a thumbs-up gesture with his right hand, and then quickly compared it three times downward, and said loudly: "You group of waste, fighting five scum, Xiao Qu is sick here, who dares to fight?" ”

He spoke slowly, not loudly, but very penetrating, and spread throughout the group of horse bandits, softly as if ringing in his ears.

The horse bandits looked at each other, and their eyes clearly said, "Damn, is this kid playing for real?" "This kid is crazy, does he really want to die so much? ”

Cao Alanyan was the first to laugh: "Where did the doll come from, who didn't know the height of the sky, gave birth to a good face, but got madness." Since you want to die so much......" He paused and looked around: "Which one is going to teach this little baby a lesson and teach him how to be a man!" ”

The bandits immediately burst into laughter. Soon after, a horse bandit rushed out, ready to teach Xiao how to behave.

The legendary story of Xiao Qu's illness unfolded in Yan.