In the early morning, a Tiele cavalry crossed out in the cold mist, this is a team that is clearly dressed in a variety of clothes and can be seen at a glance is not the elite of Tieler, they are the auxiliaries who are responsible for fighting the grass valley for the Tiele soldiers. Like many steppe tribes, the Tiele people are all soldiers, but there are also distinctions. The most elite young and strong are often designated as soldiers, while some young or old and weak are auxiliaries. A steppe knight is often accompanied by two auxiliaries, one who is responsible for setting up camp and guarding the prisoners, and the other who is responsible for fighting the grass valley. The grassland tribes basically prepare their own ordnance and dry food to fight, so the logistics supply has always been insufficient, and they all rely on war to feed the war. The so-called grass valley is robbery, and you can grab it wherever you go.

The victories and gains of these days encouraged these auxiliaries who specialized in the grass valley, and the Sogdians, who had been glamorous and wealthy, were now the prey of their pursuit. They galloped and roared in high spirits. After a night's rest, a night's indulgence in pleasures, and satisfaction from the nine surnamed Hu, who had been jealous of them, they left the temporary camp early in the morning and impatiently. Along the way, many Sogdian tribes were raided, and the knights who marched south had already captured a large number of gold, silver, women, cattle, sheep and horses. But in the face of the mountain of loot, no one was satisfied. These auxiliaries who fought in the grass valley were more active than their masters, and many of the auxiliaries were poor people of those soldiers, and they finally encountered an opportunity to make a fortune in a big robbery, and they were even more excited than the soldiers, and they had long forgotten that the real purpose of this southward expedition was to be the vanguard of Tiele and to intercept the Turki Khan.

Auxiliaries are the equivalent of the servants of the soldiers. Some of them are older and older men, and most of them are young people who have not yet reached adulthood. Some of them were even slaves of their masters. However, such a rare opportunity to rob has robbed a lot of loot. Then most of them end up in the soldiers, and they can also get a small part.

Running across a low slope, these auxiliaries suddenly found that on the river beach in front, there were actually eight or nine knights doing some makeup, and it seemed that this small team had camped here last night, as if they had just gotten up and were about to hit the road. As soon as the knights of the squad saw them, they immediately screamed in fright, and hurriedly got on their horses and fled. It's not even too late to take away the luggage.

"Not Sogdians!" An old auxiliary soldier who had been blinded by an arrow in the early years of tribal battles covered with a piece of cowhide squinted at the other intact eye and immediately saw some clues.

"It's Han Chinese." Although the Sogdians who migrated to the East have gradually become Turkic, they still retain many characteristics of the nine surnames Hu, such as the Turkic tribes used to distinguish hair, regardless of gender, and have long hair. For the convenience of nomadism and riding and archery, they used to braid their long hair and comb it back of their heads. The Han people of the Central Plains called this hairstyle the haircut. Some discerning tribal leaders and nobles preferred to divide their hair into many strands, braid them into tiny braids, and tie them together at the back of their heads. The Turks do not cut their hair and are bald. Comparable to the Han Chinese. But it is not like the Han people to tie their hair. It's not like the Xi people's haircut rope, not like the Khitan people's hair, and not like the Yan people to shave their scalps. There is only a separate small discern like a pig's tail in the back of his head.

On the prairie, look at the hairstyle. It is often easy to distinguish between some of the larger tribes.

The Tiele people were also haired, but they generally knotted their hair in two strands. And the Sogdians in the steppes. Sogdian men, like the Persians, cut their hair to the neck, and even often rubbed some sesame oil to make their hair powdery. He also likes to wear white robes, and even speaks in Western Regions Hu.

The old auxiliary soldier could clearly see at a glance that the few fleeing knights, they had neither cut their hair nor wore white robes, and those people tied their hair on the right side, and their clothes were obviously Han dress.

After seeing that it was Han Chinese, this old guy was a little hesitant. With more than 10 years ago after the Han barbarians in the south unified the Central Plains, the Han people in the Central Plains are becoming more and more powerful, when he was young, he once went to the Central Plains with the Turkic Khan to fight in the south of the two dynasties, at that time the Zhou and Qi dynasties fought for tribute and money to ask the Turks to send troops to help them attack each other, each time the Turkic Khan received the money, he randomly dispatched a force to the Central Plains south. And often after they arrive in the Central Plains, they just take a casual turn, and then they directly ignore the Northern Qi or the Northern Zhou, and grab it directly, and go home by themselves when they have grabbed enough. In his eyes, the Han people at that time were just a group of cowardly southern barbarians. But later, when the Central Plains were unified, the Turks repeatedly suffered great losses from these godsons, and they could no longer enjoy the feeling of being called a minister and paying tribute, and they could not enjoy the exquisite silk cloth, porcelain and tea that the Central Plains paid tribute to. Especially last year, several tribes in Tiele suffered a big loss in this desert area, and the old guy is the so-called older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous he is, and he has already passed the age of arrogance and recklessness. His arrogance had long since been lost with that eye of his.

"These Han people seem to be merchants." Looking at the wolf bèi of the other party who fled from the wind, the old guy judged. But even so, he didn't dare to make a rash move. This place already belongs to the eastern region of Monan, and it is only more than two hundred miles away from the Sui Dynasty Dam Huaihuang that was spread by the Tiele tribe, and the fast horse is only a day and a night away. You can't afford to take risks for the sake of a few merchants' goods.

But One-Eye's caution was not acceptable to his companions, who were mostly young men who were in a hurry, like newborn calves, at an age when even tigers were not afraid. Especially the Shun lì who has come all the way these days, so that these guys don't know how high and thick the sky is. Seeing that it was obviously a flock of fat sheep, how could they let it go. A young black man covered in black charcoal grabbed the belly of his horse, roared, and immediately waved his hand to several companions to chase after him.

"Don't chase!" One-Eye couldn't help but shout.

Temporarily leading this auxiliary team is a darker black man, although he is as old as One-Eye, but his eyes are still fierce, he just laughed when he saw this, and waved at One-Eye: "Go with those little cubs." ”

"Those are Han Chinese."

"So what, let's go south this time not only to intercept Tuli, but we will continue to go south after we have cleaned up Tuli, and then kill all the way to the Central Plains. These Han people should be regarded as letting the little cubs practice their hands. "This old black man is the uncle of the little black cub, and naturally protects his nephew.

There was a panicked cry ahead, and a cheer. Everyone looked up, it turned out that the Han people fled in a hurry, but the burden they had finally carried was not fastened, and they opened an opening, they galloped wildly, and the things in the baggage were scattered all the way like beans. They were all good things, big Sui copper coins with stirrups and stirrups, and even gold and silver, in addition to the soft satin. The black cubs who were chasing became more and more excited, but at this time they were not in a hurry to catch up, and deliberately hung behind unhurriedly, playing like cats and mice, enjoying the panicked and frightened appearance of those Han people.

Many of the auxiliary soldiers who had stopped in place to watch the play saw that these Han people were so rich and fat, and they all roared with their eyes shining and rode their horses to chase after them.

Gradually, the fast-rushing Tiele auxiliaries had already chased a hundred paces behind the Han people.

At this moment, I saw that the Han man who had not tied his burden and spilled his money all over the ground, simply threw the burden directly to the ground, and then galloped wildly, as if he wanted to break the bank. The black cub had the best riding skills, and rushed over first, picking up the burden with a spear and snatching this rich trophy. The rest of the auxiliaries cursed in disappointment, then sped up their speed and rushed directly at those Han people with their swords, intending not to lose other fat sheep and belongings, so as not to let others take the first step.

In their eyes, those Han people are all fat sheep, and they don't take them to heart at all.

The closer you chase, the closer you get.

A gray-robed man at the back of the Han knights suddenly flashed, and he heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and then a feathered arrow shot in front of him.

The arrow was so fast that a young Tiele auxiliary soldier who rushed to the front was caught off guard, and he was immediately hit by an arrow in his throat, and he turned over and fell from his horse before he could even scream. The Tiele people behind were a little unresponsive, and they were all startled. When they came to their senses, they were not afraid, but all angry. These damn Han people actually dared to release arrows, this time they chased even tighter, just now they were still to grab the spoils, and now they want to cut down those Han barbarians with one sword.

At this time, the group of Han Chinese also began to continue to accelerate, and they not only fled, but also began to turn back and fire arrows.

After chasing for a while, the two sides went back and forth, and the arrows kept shooting. But somehow, after chasing all the way, there were more than a dozen Tiele auxiliaries on the road who were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, and those Han people kept the number of nine people under their bows and arrows, and there was not even a single one who was hit by an arrow.

The black cubs chased out the real fire, and they were already desperately chasing after them, and they only had to catch up and cut down these southern barbarians with a knife.

It's the one-eyed and old black man in the back, who have already seen that something is wrong at this time.

At the beginning, they really didn't take this group of Han people in their eyes, and as soon as the other party saw them, they fled, and they didn't bring anything with them. Second, the gap between the numbers of the two sides is too large, they have a hundred horsemen, and the other party is only nine, even if they are just a group of auxiliaries who fight the grass valley, they are subordinate cavalry, but in their minds, Tiele's auxiliaries will inevitably explode the Han barbarians, they are a nation on horseback, how can they be compared with those southern barbarians. (To be continued......)