When the sky gradually brightened, the Anxi Army Guards had already eaten breakfast, packed up, and prepared to leave.

Before this, the five most elite knights who were selected had already taken three "treasures" and flew towards Chang'an.

Because of Wang Chengen's suggestion, Gao Xianzhi announced the appointment of Xiao Qubing as a cavalry to join the army, and Zhiguo was the captain of the school, and Xiao Qubing officially became a member of the Anxi Army. Although the other Anxi sergeants didn't know the situation, they had seen Xiao Quai's ability yesterday, and the most admired thing in the army was the warrior, and they quickly accepted him.

Xiao Qubing rode on his horse, and when he looked back, a red light erupted from the eastern sky, shining on the lonely river and sprinkling a golden yellow on the yellow sand and Gobi. Xiao Qu is sick and high-spirited, Anxi, Lao Tzu is here.

Taking advantage of the cool weather to run the horses, the cavalry of fifty-three people had already trotted. Although there were not many people, there were one hundred and twenty horses, and they were really quite powerful when they ran, pulling out the smoke and dust behind their backs.

Xiao Qu's horse control skills are average, and thanks to the horse steps that have been tied for ten years, he feels that he will naturally ride a horse. He followed the middle of the group unhurriedly, listening to the loud chatter and laughter of the knights around him, and whistled back and forth. Every knight is high-spirited and excited. This is the temperament of the Tang Dynasty soldiers, who are high and unruly at all times.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are full of self-confidence, even pride, indescribable toughness, and indescribable heroism. Xiao Qu was sick in it, and he couldn't help but feel blood in his veins and indulge in it.

The eldest husband is like this, riding a fast horse, opening a hard bow, and crisscrossing the world.

Gu Xiaojun was still arranged to teach him Tang Yin by Xiao Quai's side, and he didn't figure out why this kid joined the Anxi Army overnight and became a captain of Zhiguo, four levels higher than himself.

"Are you really an immortal disciple? What did you say to Zhongcheng yesterday, why did you make you the captain of Zhiguo? Gu Xiaojun asked.

"Ah, I can't tell you that. What, I heard others call you a captain, what kind of captain are you? Xiao Quzhi looked like a hippie smile.

"Captain Xuanjie."

"Who's bigger?"

"You are big, you are the seventh grade, I am the eighth grade, the fourth level high."

"Haha, then don't hurry up and call the chief."

"......" Gu Xiaojun looked resentful.

The two giggled and laughed for a while, and then decisively shut up. Because the wind and sand are too big, the famous Mohe Yan moraine has arrived.

Moheyan moraine, now known as Kashun Gobi or Hashun Gobi, all year round, the wind howls, the heat wave hits people, almost all the ground does not grow a single grass. It is the most difficult section between Chang'an and Anxi.

By this time the sun had risen so high that the ground was scorching, and the hot wind was howling, rolling up the fine sand on the ground, and everywhere was gray.

Such an environment is a test for both people and horses, and everyone no longer speaks, and slowly moves forward on this Gobi, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

After the Yadan landform, the wind and sand are smaller, and then in front of it is an endless Gobi, and the field of vision is extremely broad. If you talk about the scenery alone, it's simply beautiful.

Xiao Qubing rode on a horse, looking around, the world was vast. He looked left and right, trying to find someone to say: the scenery is so beautiful. But I found that everyone had a bitter face and was covered with sweat, how could they be in the mood to listen to you say this?

Hey, I'm still alone to enjoy the beautiful scenery, in the south of the beautiful mountains and rivers before, how have I ever seen such a vast and majestic scenery.

A group of people hurried silently, drinking water and eating from time to time. At noon, a small change occurred at the rear of the caravan, and the caravan stopped.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Gao Xianzhi commanded.

Li Ergou, who served as a ranger sentry, quickly came over to report: "Zhongcheng, the mounts of two horses behind were cut by gravel, and the person almost fell off the horse. ”

"Is anyone hurt?"

"Tell them to change horses."

Soon after, the team moved again, moving more and more slowly because they had to accommodate the two injured horses. Xiao Qu was sick and rode his horse to Gao Xianzhi's side and saluted the three of them.

"It doesn't matter if you have two injured horses, right?" Xiao Quzhi asked.

"It doesn't matter, you can grow well after a few days of recuperation, but in just a month, you can't go to the battlefield."

"Do horses' hooves often hurt?"

Gao Xianzhi was stunned, not knowing what the other party meant by asking. Duan Xiushi next to him said with some doubts: "No, it's just that walking in the Gobi is easy to be cut by gravel." Master Cen has a poem: 'When a horse walks on a gravel, all hooves are bleeding', which is what he said. ”

"Oh, I see." Xiao Quzhi nodded, and then smiled, "I suddenly thought of one thing, don't laugh at me." Since horses' hooves are susceptible to gravel cuts, why don't we put shoes on horses' hooves? ”

Wang Chengen on the side also laughed: "This horse is not a human, how can he wear shoes?" ”

Xiao Quzhi ignored his laughter, and still said seriously: "It's not necessarily really worn, we can make four iron horseshoes and nail them under the horse's hooves, isn't this equivalent to putting shoes on the horse?" ”

Wang Chengen opened his mouth wide: "This ......, what's the use of this?" ”

"That way, the horse's hooves won't hurt easily. What I'm thinking about may not be useful. He paused, and then said, "I don't know if Zhongcheng thinks it's useful?" ”

Gao Xianzhi thought for a moment and said, "What's so difficult about this, whether it's useful or not, just try it." ”

Gao Xianzhi motioned for Xiao Qubing to walk with him. He looked at Xiao Quai's illness in amazement, as if he had discovered a new world.

"Sickness, do you have words?"

Xiao Quzhi thought for a moment: "The cousin is an assistant." ”

"Fuchen, why don't you have a drop of sweat on your body?"

Xiao Quzhi said with a smile: "This is a kung fu that I have practiced since I was a child, and I can close the pores of my whole body, so I won't sweat." ”

Xiao Quzhi didn't lie this time. Taijiquan belongs to the inner boxing, in fact, the boxing is not divided into inside and outside, but the people who practice boxing are divided into inside and outside, those who are good at raising qi are internal boxing, and those who are not good at raising qi are outside boxing. The most important thing to nourish qi is to close the pores and keep the vitality in the body from leaking. On the one hand, Xiao Quzhi has formed a habit of deliberately closing pores, and on the other hand, his body has evolved and his physique has been greatly improved, so the current environment will not make him sweat.

Gao Xianzhi was amazed, and secretly praised that he was indeed an immortal disciple. He casually asked about the Great Food, and Xiao went to the sick with ease, starting with Abram, the father of faith, and continuing with the establishment of the Arab Empire, from the four caliphs, to the Umayyad dynasty, and finally to the Abbasid dynasty. The entire history of the Great Food is briefly recounted.

Gao Xianzhi had already been mentally prepared, and he just thought it was interesting. Duan Xiushi and Wang Chengen became more and more surprised the more they listened, they really couldn't imagine how the other party, a weak-crowned young man, could know so much, so clearly, as if everything was happening right in front of his eyes.

Ignoring the curious eyes of the two, Xiao Quzhi bowed to the three of them, and returned to the front of the team, Gu Xiaojun.

The knights saw that he could talk to Gao Xianzhi for so long, and they also greeted him warmly along the way. Xiao Qu galloped to Gu Xiaojun's side, glanced around, and then he raised his head and looked at the sky.

"It's strange how an eagle is following us in the sky."

Gu Xiaojun also raised his head, he covered his forehead with his palm and looked at it for a long time, and sure enough, a black spot in the sky followed the cavalry, "Your eyes are so good." ”

"Aren't you weird?"

"What's weird?"

"I think this flat-haired beast is spying on me. I have a hunch. ”

"Come on again, can you not be so stinky and beautiful, I really can't stand you."

For a while, the devastated Gu Xiaojun's face was full of cold, so he pinched the horse's belly fiercely and decided to stay away from this stinky and beautiful guy.

"Cut, don't believe pull down." Xiao Quzhi sighed helplessly. Anyway, it feels very strange, maybe it's because after being struck by lightning, the whole person is a little nervous. But just feeling that the eagle was spying on him, Xiao Quzhi raised his head and glared at the flat-haired beast viciously.

Fly low, if you dare to fly low, I'll find a bow to shoot you!

yes, I have to find someone to teach me archery, it seems that Goxianzhi is good, Goguryeo archery, there are traditionals. Why don't I exchange Tai Chi with him? Xiao Quai's illness was secretly calculating in his heart.

After walking through the Gobi, which is easy to walk, then there is a difficult saline-alkali land with a lot of thorny grass. When the sun was about to set, he finally walked through this saline-alkali land, and Gao Xianzhi ordered to rest in place and prepare to spend the night.

All the knights jumped off their horses, took out the cloth troughs, poured the horse material, and put it on the horse's ears, so that the horse could eat a little and replenish his strength. Then take a few steps with the reins on your hand and give yourself a slow build. This is the cavalry, and the horses must be taken care of first every time they rest. Xiao Quzhi also followed them to do the same, it felt very fresh, talking and laughing.

It was getting dark soon, and because it was the second half of the moon, there was almost no starlight. Six bonfires were lit one after the other, and everyone talked and laughed quietly around the fire while eating dry food. Looking around, the sky and the earth are vast and sparse.

Xiao Quzhi took a big bite on a piece of wheat cake, and listened to Li Ergou next to him salivate and talk about his affair. The people of the Tang Dynasty are really open, if what this kid says is true, this will harm the three little girls and the four married women, and they will all catch up with Wei Xiaobao.

The people who sat around with Xiao Qubing were all young people in their twenties, except for Gu Xiaojun, Zhang Dazhuang and Li Ergou, who competed with Xiao Qubing yesterday, were also there, and Wei Yishan was selected to go to Chang'an to offer treasures. In a group of people, Li Ergou talks a lot, and his eloquence is good, and he vividly tells the scene of each date. I don't know if it's true or made it up, which makes the people next to me silly for a while.

The night wind in the Gobi is extremely cold, hot as a furnace during the day, but cold as an ice cellar at night. Before Li Ergou's story was finished, everyone shivered with cold.

Quickly covered all the horses with felt, and then each of them went into his tent to sleep and shelter from the wind. provoked Li Ergou so uninterested, looked up and saw that there was only one Xiao Qu sick left in front of the fire, and a famous sentence of pickled girls: "It's really hard to repay the favor of the little lady in the next place" was about to speak, and instantly held back.

This guy seems to be a Taoist priest, he was picked up on the mountain at the age of three, and he hasn't even seen a woman, and he talks about it in vain.

The camp quickly changed from bustle to silence, followed by a small snoring. Maybe it's because the daytime is too tired, so everyone forgets the cold, and falls asleep as soon as they fall.

Xiao Quzhi ran to a place where no one was around, and played Tai Chi slowly.

Coo, coo, coo.

A series of sounds like the roar of a bull and the croaking of a frog burst out from his abdomen, chest, and every joint of his body.

This is not practicing toad skills, but practicing the Wudang Jin Toad School's stunt internal strength method - fishing toad strength.

Therefore, Xiao Quai's teacher should be regarded as the Wudang Golden Toad Sect, but he is not a disciple of the house. When Master Chen Guoliang was fighting a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, he learned from the instructor the 74-way Tai Chi Lao Frame and practiced the exercises with a little bit of Toad Fishing Strength. After retiring from the army, he went to Wudang Mountain to practice martial arts and cultivation, and wanted to learn the authentic fishing toad, but people didn't teach it, saying that it was too murderous.

Seven years after Xiao Qu fell ill in Wudang Mountain, an old Taoist priest really couldn't see him running more than ten miles of mountain roads every day, going to the cliff to practice "unauthentic toad fishing", and taught him "authentic toad fishing" and a set of innate Taihe boxing. After that, he went up the mountain and never saw it again.

Xiao Quzhi quickly entered a state of forgetting about things and me, and after practicing a set of internal exercises, Xiao Quzhi felt warm all over his body, every meridian and every acupuncture point was crispy and numb, and it was indescribably comfortable. Although the night wind in the Gobi was bitterly cold, it did not have the slightest effect on Xiao Qu's illness.

After practicing a set of toad fishing strength, Xiao Quzhi felt that his body was full of vitality, and his control over the strength and reaction speed he gained after crossing had been strengthened. Then, when Xiao Quying opened the tent and was about to sleep, he suddenly heard an eagle chirp far away.

Xiao Quzhi found that his facial senses had also become extremely sensitive, and at this time, he could hear the eagle chirping, at least six or seven miles away.

In the middle of the month, it was already the second half of the night. A small black shadow is silently moving forward on the Gobi. The pale moonlight shone on his face that was numb from the cold, and he tightened the leather robe around his body, and looked up at the black spot in the sky that was not flying high.

Kang Zhu'er was a miscellaneous beard in the Sogdian settlement of Yingzhou.

Originally, he was just doing some cattle and horses in Yingzhou, and when he had nothing to do, Kang Zhu'er learned the skill of falconry with a man in Yingzhou. I thought that life would go on so ordinarily, until last year, his life was completely changed.

Very early on, he discovered that in the Yingzhou area, people who are good at business are becoming more and more rare. After inquiring, I found out that they were photographed by others, organized them to do business, and since then they have lived a happy life of becoming a big shopkeeper, marrying a beautiful girl, and walking on the pinnacle of life.

It's really hot, Kang Zhu'er sighed secretly, doing business is not his forte. On weekdays, the income from selling cattle and sheep is only enough for him to fill his stomach. It seems that there is no hope for him to become the big shopkeeper, marry a beautiful girl, and reach the peak of life.

Just when Kang Zhu'er was in a low mood, someone found him, but he took a fancy to his falconry skills and took him from Yingzhou to the northwest Yumen Pass.

Trading companies need to clean up the Silk Road. Under the sweep of the powerful forces behind it, it only took half a year for all the horse bandits on the entire Silk Road from Yumen Pass to Qiuzi to be integrated and purged, the obedient were absorbed, and the rebels were killed. Kang Zhu'er's job is to domesticate falcons, find a foothold for horse bandits, and guide the way for the large army.

Half a year later, after clearing the Silk Road, Kang Zhu'er's department became the only horse bandit on this Silk Road.

Kang Zhu'er glanced at Hai Dongqing, who was only named "Xiaoqing", turned the horse's head, ran for hundreds of steps, combined his fingers into a whistle, and with a whistle, he saw that in the valley in front of him, more than 100 horsemen dressed in various armor slowly turned out.

More than 100 horsemen slowly moved forward, and in the team, a horse rode forward, rushed to Kang Zhu'er's side, and said with a straight face: "Is the sentry clear?" ”

Kang Zhu'er recognized that this person was the leader in charge of the operation named Tian Lun, and hurriedly replied softly: "The sentry is clear, it is five or six miles ahead." ”

Tian Lun snorted lightly, raised his hand backwards, signaled the team behind to follow, and clamped the horse's belly himself, leading Kang Zhu'er by half a horse's body and walking in front.

The distance of five or six miles passed in a blink of an eye, and sure enough, I saw a few bonfires burning in front of me. Kang Zhu'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and it was really the same as before. Tian Lun looked at the bonfire and frowned slightly, it's the middle of the night, why is the bonfire still burning so strongly?

But Tian Lun didn't think much about it, maybe someone was afraid of the cold and got up in the middle of the night to add fire. The horse team continued to move forward to the camp less than two hundred paces away, Tian Lun raised the horse lance in his hand, pointed forward sharply, and the knight behind him urged the war horse, crossed the two like a tide, and quickly rushed towards the tent in front.

At the same moment, Kang Zhu'er suddenly found that Xiaoqing in the sky was flapping his wings, constantly circling low around a tent, and a few eagle chirps looked abrupt and poignant in the night sky.

Kang Zhu'er's face was full of embarrassment, and he blurted out: "Flat-haired beast, what's the matter?" ”

Then he suddenly saw a feather arrow suddenly fly out from under the tent, as if it had eyes, and pierced Xiaoqing's head, and Xiaoqing fell to the ground in an instant.

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