More than 200 miles south of Talas City, more than 20 Turkic knights were trudging on the mountain road.

At this time, it was the end of May, and it was the height of summer, but on this mountain road, it was cold. Needless to say, the altitude of this mountain is somewhat high. After crossing this high mountain, continuing to the north is a small desert, after crossing this desert is a flat oasis, and after walking more than 70 miles, it is the great city of Talas.

These more than 20 Turkic knights were the scouts sent by Shi Guo to Ning Yuanguo to inquire about the news, and everyone looked embarrassed, the blood and mud on their faces were more than a copper plate thick, and the clothes and armor were covered with battle marks, and they were so dirty that they couldn't see their original color. The situation of the dozen or so war horses they led was even worse, all of them were dull and skinny, and even if they were led, they still kept panting, and there was a lot of white foam spraying from their mouths and noses, as if they would die at any time.

The leader of this team of Turkic knights is none other than the Huang surnamed Turk who was born as a steppe hunter. It was his sentry team that first discovered the Anxi crossbowmen who were ambushed in the mountain road, and then hundreds of Shi Guo and the elite cavalry surnamed Huang Tucai Shi set up camp in the mountain road and confronted the Anxi army.

After a few days of confrontation, Shi Guo and the Huang Tucai Shi Sentinel had been trying to break through the defense line of the Anxi Army, but they always ran into blood, and the team sent out to explore the road had never returned. The Anxi army, which took advantage, only guarded the camp and mountain roads, and did not take the initiative to attack. Therefore, although it is always a small loss on Shiguo's side, the loss is actually not large.

Who would have thought that a few days ago, the Anxi army suddenly changed its character, and nearly 2,000 people were all dispatched to suddenly attack them at night. More than 700 Shi Guo and Huang surnamed Huang were completely defenseless, and almost all the troops were wiped out under surprise. The main general Ge Shu Sili was killed in battle, and the pioneer centurion He Li escaped with four people under the desperate cover of his comrades.

Originally, this was already a big victory, but the dogs and thieves of the Anxi Army refused to let go of even these five caught fish, and even sent hundreds of the most elite soldiers, one person and two horses, to chase after them.

The five of them fled eagerly, but they were only one man and one horse, and the food and horse material they brought were also very insufficient. Fortunately, he was born as a grassland hunter, and immediately opened a three-stone hard bow, and he was good at setting traps, and because he was familiar with the road, he suddenly let the 100 Anxi elite cavalry take him.

More than a day later, Baye He Li and the five of them met a group of fifty Shiguo scouts, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, Baye He Li led them to fight an ambush with a hundred Anxi pursuers. At first, the Anxi army lost some men, but the Anxi army immediately calmed down and began to counterattack. The Anxi army, which was superior in numbers and high morale, quickly routed them.

After that, Ba Ye He Li continued to flee north with the rest of the people, and the Anxi pursuers continued to chase closely, all the way down, fighting and running, fifty-five Shi Guo and Huang surnamed Tucai Shi cavalry are still less than half, and there are fewer horses, which is no longer enough for one person.

Ba Ye He Li panted, turned his head to look at the Anxi pursuers a few miles away, his eyes were full of anxiety, and the hand holding the three-stone bow couldn't help but tremble, he felt that it was difficult for them to survive today.

How could the more than 80 Anxi chasers have such good physical strength? On the same mountain road, more than 20 people of their own walked with great difficulty, but they didn't seem to feel tired, and they walked like flying, at this speed, before their more than 20 people crossed the mountain, they were about to be overtaken.

Seeing him turn around, the other twenty people couldn't help but turn their heads, and the team leader scolded viciously: "These damn life-seekers, this is to force us to death!" ”

Ba Ye He Li sighed, thinking that he would resign himself to fate, he turned his head and shouted loudly: "Don't look, hurry up, one more step towards the north is one more step, maybe someone will come to meet us soon......"

The team walked two steps quickly, came to Baye He Li's side, and said anxiously: "Centurion, you can lead the strongest green horse first, and we will stay and block it." ”

Ba Ye He Li was stunned for a moment, and said eagerly: "What's the matter, you can't stop it!" ”

"If you can't stop it, you have to block it, the Anxi dog thief is chasing too quickly, if you don't block it, none of us will be able to run away." The squad leader gritted his teeth.

"If you want to block, I'll block it, everyone here, it's my archery skills! I stayed, desperately trying to kill ten Anthy dogs. ”

The squad leader shouted anxiously, "You can't stay, you must send this information to Talas quickly." Of all the people here, you are the only one who has fought with the Anxi dog thieves in the past, and you know their situation best. ”

Before he could say anything, the squad leader had already ordered the other twenty-one people to take out all the horse feed and most of the dry food on the horse's back and put them on the big green horse. Twenty-two stopped his advance, began to drink water, eat dry food, and prepare for battle.

Ba Ye He Li glanced at them, as if he wanted to remember these twenty-two forever, as if he had pressed a thousand catties of boulders on his chest, he didn't speak again, but secretly swore in his heart that if he could escape back to Talas City this time and bring back the news of the Anxi army's large-scale attack, he would definitely kill enough two hundred and twenty Anxi dog thieves to avenge them in the future!

Seven or eight minutes later, Baye He Li heard the shouts of killing under the mountain, and the two sides had already exchanged hands. He looked back for four or five seconds, and the twenty-two were shooting at the Anxi dog thief with a bow and arrow, relying on the terrain advantage selected in advance.

But all they have are six-bucket and eight-bucket riding bows, and the squad leader is only using a one-stone foot bow, although there is an advantage in the terrain, but how is it the opponent of the Anxi army's one-stone six-bucket single-bow crossbow. Moreover, the Anxi army still has an absolute advantage in numbers, and now it has suppressed the other party to death, I am afraid that it will not be long before all these twenty-two people will have to fight out!

Sure enough, he continued to walk forward for four or five minutes, and when he looked back, the interception team of twenty-two people had been defeated, and the surviving four or five people began to flee, and the Anxi dog thieves chased closer and closer, and it didn't take long for five screams to be heard.

The twenty-two people who stayed behind to block the enemy have all been killed, and He Lixin is dripping blood.

More than twenty minutes later, the Anxi dog thief chased again, the distance was approaching within three hundred steps, and He Li looked at the end of the valley that was already only one or two miles away, and he didn't know if he could cross this mountain before the Anxi chasing soldiers chased him, and then he could ride a horse. If you can't, you'll have to die here.

At this moment, he saw a team appear vaguely on the mountain, and he Li shouted excitedly!