Chapter 5 Meeting on a Narrow Road

She said she would love to marry a Tang man. She heard that Datang is a heavenly place and has always wanted to see it. But she was only a lowly slave, and if she wanted to take her away, she had to ask her master. Du Huan looked strange and looked at Ma Lan as he translated.

Ma Lan nodded.

Also, during the Tianbao period, it was the peak of the Tang Dynasty's national strength, Siyi surrendered to all countries to come to the court, and a slave woman who lived in Kangju had heard of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and it was normal for her heart to yearn for it.

"In that case, Han Wu, she is your woman."

Du Huan and the Sogdian dancer spoke Persian, and the little beauty naturally couldn't pretend not to understand, so she immediately took out a big money bag and put it in the Sogdian dancer's hand.

Du Huan looked at Kang Lin'er, obviously still a little worried, but seeing Ma Lan's determined expression, he didn't want to think so much.

In Du Huan's view, the Sogdian dancers want to go to the Tang Dynasty, which can be regarded as her wishful thinking, not that they leaked their plans.

The Sogdian dancer walked back with her purse, and returned a moment later, followed by an old Sogdian man, who had thrown the tambourine in front of Ma Lan.

The old man still didn't have a good impression of Ma Lan, glared at Ma Lan fiercely, and then talked to Kang Lin'er in Sogdian dialect.

Obediently, this old man is not an ordinary musician, but the owner of this female shop. The old fellow seemed to be very familiar with the little Sogdian beauty, and kept complaining to the little girl.

The old man complained about it, naturally Ma Ling ruined Kang Lin'er's Hu Xuan Dance. That dance is extremely important to the Kangju woman, and the dancing woman is the most beautiful flower of Sa Mojian, and the old man does not think that Ma Ling has the qualifications to refuse.

Regarding the old man's complaints, Ma Lan could only pretend not to understand, anyway, even Kang Lin'er didn't know that he knew Sogdian and Persian, but Du Huan's gaze at Ma Lan became extremely admiring.

As a translator in the Anxi army, he naturally understood the Sogdians. In Du Huan's opinion, being able to refuse a peerless beauty like Kang Lin'er is a very good general. For his own general, Du Huan felt some admiration in his heart.

The old man said a few more words to the Sogdian dancer, took a handful of Dirkhan silver coins from the money bag, and hung the money bag on the Sogdian dancer's waist. The Sogdian dancer had tears in her eyes and quickly nodded her head in thanks.

"He said that the Tang people didn't have a good thing, so he told her to be more careful." Du Huandao.

Hearing this, several Anxi men were all angry and looked at the old man viciously. Ma Lan felt that a spicy gaze was staring at him, so he had to nod his head, indicating that he agreed with this sentence.

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When the group left the Sogdian women's shop, there was an additional Sogdian dancer in the group.

Han Wu held his woman, silent all the way, and looked at Ma Lu's eyes full of gratitude. Ma Lan had no doubt that if he let Han Wu die, Han Wu would definitely not hesitate.

Anxi athletes are the most simple, as long as you treat them well, they will repay them a hundredfold.

In the tenth year of Tianbao, it was at the time of the change of generations of white-clothed and black-clothed food, and Dashi was in turmoil everywhere. As the nest of the Abbasids, the entire province of Khorasan was extremely unstable, as was the important town of Sa Mojian in the middle of the river. So the curfew at night is a natural thing.

As the night grew darker, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the streets, but there were more and more black-clad soldiers patrolling. Looking further at the gates, the black flags of the Abbasids were barely visible.

Everyone sped up and quickly walked towards Kang Million's mansion. As soon as I turned the corner, I heard the sound of horses' hooves.

A group of more than ten horsemen galloped from afar, and the knights were extremely fast, and they did not dodge when they encountered the black-clothed infantry patrolling, but just waved their whips and scolded them. The soldiers on patrol were quite frightened of these people, and they all flashed to the side of the road quickly, and did not dare to speak at all.

Judging from the color of the knight's uniform, it is known that it is the elite cavalry of Posilin. Only these guys will be so arrogant in Sa Mojian.

These people followed Posilin to quell the rebellion of the remnants of the white-clothed food, and killed all the way from Mulu and Bukhara, and they can be regarded as Posilin's real henchmen. Most of the local black-clothed soldiers were Sogdians and Persians, all of whom were peasants from nearby villages, and they did not have too strong combat power, nor would they be so presumptuous in front of their hometowns.

Seeing those knights rushing from the long street, Ma Ling and everyone quickly flashed to the side of the road. Soon the knights had rushed to within ten feet, and only then did the group see that there was something dragging behind each horse.

"General, it's our people!" An Anxi army man suddenly pulled out his horizontal knife and shouted in a low voice.

"Silence!" Ma Lan waved his hand, signaling this guy named Li An to be quiet.

Those who were dragged on the ground with their feet tied to leather ropes looked like prisoners of war of the Tang Army. These people seem to have been dragged for a long time, bleeding from their mouths and noses, and have been dead for a long time. Everyone's clothes were tattered and covered with whip marks, indicating that they had suffered a lot before.

Seeing these dead Anxi athletes, everyone was angry, and they couldn't help but be eager to try, and everyone looked at Ma Lu.

Ma Lan didn't expect to encounter such a thing, and he was extremely angry for a while. But these people are clearly dead, and they can't be damaged because of a few corpses.

"Put all the knives away!" Ma Lan looked around at everyone with a stern expression.

The Anxi men were extremely indignant, but the military orders were like a mountain and could not be disobeyed. Everyone hid their knives in their sleeves and lowered their heads vigorously, no longer looking at the corpses.

The sound of the horses' hooves was like thunder, and they swept past everyone, and just rushed out of dozens of zhang, a whistle sounded, and those knights turned back quickly.

"Tang people?" The captain of the knights, who was at the head of the group, looked at these Ancy men with their hair tied up and shouted in Persian.

"This lord, these Tang people, are not slaves, they are craftsmen in our family's workshop. My father has freed them from slavery, and they are now free. The little Sogdian beauty greeted her and explained with a smile.

Kang Lin'er had an excellent temperament and luxurious clothes, and was intimidated by her appearance, the knight captain immediately became extremely polite, nodded, and his voice actually became extremely gentle: "If this is the case, then it will be fine." Soon a great army will enter the city, so get out of here! ”

"Thank you, sir." Kang Lin'er was neither arrogant nor humble, and nodded with a light smile.

The knight captain turned his horse's head, his eyes fell on Ma Lu's body, and suddenly he swung his long whip and whipped it fiercely.

"Smack!"

There was a heavy sound, and Ma Lu's face suddenly opened with flesh.

"Don! Ha ha! The Tang people claim to be undefeated in a hundred battles, aren't they defeated by us in Talas? ”

With a long laugh, more than a dozen riders began to slowly accelerate.

"General, I'll kill him for you!" The blue veins on Han Wu's forehead burst out, and he said angrily.

Ma Luan's face was cold, and he shook his head: "Forget it, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, bear with it." ”

In order to build 5,000 Han family sons and daughters to return to Anxi safely, this humiliation can only be endured temporarily.

Being in an enemy country and facing enemies on all sides, we must not rush into action. Once launched, it can only succeed, not fail.

"But, the general......"

"Patience!" Ma Xuan let out a low snort and interrupted Han Wu's words, "This is a military order!" ”

However, at this moment, a bright light flashed in the dark night, and a miserable cry sounded not far away, and the knight who was the leader was even broken into two with his men and horses!

The knights, who had just begun to speed up, were in a hurry, and at the same time turned their horses' heads to look at them.

"Who's going to do it!" Ma Lan was a little annoyed, and couldn't help but want to open his mouth to reprimand, but suddenly he was stunned.

The horizontal knife he had hidden in his sleeve cage before had actually disappeared!

The horizontal knife that flew out was his own!

……

"King Fufeng, you...... Is it still here? Ma Luan was in a trance in his heart.

The original owner of this body, the original famous king of Fufeng County in history, Ma Luan, was famous for his courage and irritability. It is precisely because of this character that Ma Lu will often apologize to Duan Xiushi after doing something wrong.

This knife came from his hand, but he originally wanted to endure it!

No one heard the rebuke, because the Anxi men reacted very quickly, and before the Posilin cavalry began to speed up, they had already rushed out.

The first to rush out was actually Du Huan, the son of the family, and at the moment when the horizontal knife in Ma Lan's hand just flew out, he had already rushed out with red eyes and screaming, and rushed to the nearest cavalryman, picked up the horizontal knife with both hands and swung it out wildly, slashing at the horse's legs.

The war horse was in pain, and with a scream, the man stood up and kicked Du Huan out heavily.

This guy didn't have enough strength and no actual combat experience, so he slashed down on the horse's thigh with a knife, and he couldn't cut it off at all. If he had cut off the horse's calves or hooves, it might have been more effective.

"Good man!" Han Wupu's fan-like big hand grabbed Du Huan, pushed it to the side of the road, and swung the horizontal knife in his hand heavily, cutting off the horse's head in one fell swoop, and immediately the knight also had a deep blood groove cut out of his chest by the horizontal knife, and fell to the ground with a scream. Han Wu was unceremonious, and cut off the knight's head with a single sword.

Kang Lin'er's expression was calm, and she pulled the frightened Sogdian dancer to hide on the street corner. She knew Ma Lan's strength, so she wasn't worried.

"Blade Array!"

Ma Xuan didn't have time to think about it, he suddenly stepped on the ground and rushed up, instantly past Han Wu, and pounced on the second knight.

Although the terrain on the long street is narrow, it is also a trouble to get the cavalry to increase the speed, and there are some black-clad patrol infantry in the distance, so it is necessary to fight quickly.

The Sharp Arrow Formation is the most commonly used formation of the Anxi Army, whether it is the cavalry responsible for outflanking the two wings or the infantry advancing slowly in formation, it is extremely familiar, and it can be said that it has been integrated into the soul of the Anxi Army. Just when Ma Luan slashed his sword with both hands and cut the second knight and the horse into several pieces, the nine-person arrow formation had already taken shape.

Ma Lan was at the front, behind him were Han Wu and Li An, the two original Mo swordsmen, and the other six people were on either side. Nine iron feet trampled on the ground, and before the Posilin cavalry could fully react, they had already dug into it fiercely.

Before, Ma Lan's horizontal knife had been thrown out to kill the knight captain, and at this time he was holding two Damascus scimitars bought in the evening, which were not easy to use, but fortunately, his strength was amazing, and the scimitars were smashed into pieces, and he played the scimitar with the effect of a strange knife.

He only attacked, not defended, and Han Wu and Li An's job was to block attacks from the flanks for him. Both of them are Mo swordsmen, wearing heavy armor and can still enter like a wall, and now there is no armor restraint on their bodies, so it is naturally no problem to block attacks on both sides.