There was a caravan of camels and horses in front of him, the camel caravan was clustered in the middle, and the horses were scattered around the edges and head and tail of the procession. They seemed to be merchants from Dashi, and the merchants on camels were wrapped in white robes, wrapped in white cloth on top of their heads, and their faces were covered with black scarves.

Riding horses on the periphery of the Great Food Caravan were some Han people wearing thick brocade robes and hats, carrying small black flags behind them, carrying horizontal knives at their waists, and carrying spears.

This should be some dart families near Ganzhou and Shazhou, there is no concept of dart board in this era, but a profession that came into being with the Silk Road, usually family business, father and son, uncle and nephew go on the road to escort passing caravans, and after successfully escorting the arrival location, they get a lot of money.

The dart team is a legal organization of the people, which is more formal than the gray industry of swordsmen.

The Tang Dynasty is Tude, the corresponding color is yellow and ochre, no matter what the folk institution, these two colors are not allowed to be used, otherwise it is the crime of trespassing, and the flags used by the folk bodyguard team and swordsmen are usually black and blue.

"Master Jun, where are you from?"

Li Siye came back to his senses, clasped his fists on the horse and said: "I am the commander of Anxi Duhu to lead Li Siye, and this time I followed Laidu Hu to Anxi to take up a post, and I fell behind after a delay on the road. ”

The little servant crossed his hands and said happily: "It just so happens that this big food caravan is on the way back, and the military master can go with us." ”

Li Siye nodded, and the little servant was just about to turn around and leave, when Li Siye suddenly stopped him and said, "Do you have any forage in your caravan, bean cakes, my livestock have traveled around and haven't eaten for several days." ”

The little guy looked at the scrawny livestock beside Li Siye and frowned in embarrassment. These camels and horses are hungry for more than a day or two, and it takes a lot of forage to feed them.

He had no choice but to bow down and say, "Master Jun, this matter is too small to be the master, I have to ask our master's family." ”

"Okay, you go and ask."

The little guy took two steps back timidly, the armor of Li Siye in front of him was stained with blood, exuding a thick bloody aura, and he was carrying a long-pole Mo knife with a flickering cold edge behind him, and he was full of anger.

The little guy walked quickly to the front of the caravan, and Li Siye's eyes followed his trail and noticed the three leading people. The leader of this dart team is past the age of confusion, and his body is powerful, with a long gray beard floating on his chin. Behind him, two young men on the left and on the right, both wearing open-collared placket robes, one of them had long narrow cheeks and short mustaches at the corners of his lips, and the other had a white face and a goose egg face that was very handsome.

The little guy was pointing and talking in front of the dart-headed horse, and the darthead stroked his beard and nodded, but the two young men behind him frowned, looking very unhappy.

"Why, we have just enough forage to go back and forth, and give him what to eat for our horses?"

The dart head turned around and educated the two seriously: "When we go out in this line, we must be polite and respectful when we meet people in the government, especially these officers and soldiers in the western part of the country, and we must not offend." If you provoke them, you may encounter them at the level in the future, so you can't miss out on our little shoes. Give him some of our fodder. ”

Although the two juniors disagreed, the dart head personally dismounted, took the grain bag from the horses in the rear team, and led the little servant towards Li Siye.

The dart head came to Li Siye's camel, bowed and saluted: "A certain person from Guazhou Suotong, meet Li Shuzheng." ”

Li Siye hugged a fist on the camel and said, "There is Lao Suo Langjun." ”

The little guy personally fed the horse with a hay bag, and Li Siye pointed to the thinnest black fat and said, "This horse, you can feed me with some bean cakes." ”

The corners of the little guy's mouth twitched, thinking that this military master is really good enough to kick his nose and face, and it would be good to have hay to eat. These officers and soldiers, as expected, are all unreasonable.

Suotong looked natural, smiled and pointed to the black fat like dry wood and asked, "This horse has a good body, what is its name?" ”

"Black fat."

Suotong was stunned, brushed his beard and said: "Black is black, where can you see this fat?" ”

Li Siye said: "More than a month ago, it was still fat. ”

Suo Tong looked at Li Siye suddenly, thinking to himself what this military master had experienced, he was covered in blood, as if he had just trekked out of the mountain of corpses and blood, and looked down at the five heads hanging on the camel, and one of them seemed to be very familiar.

His face was shocked, his body trembled involuntarily, he staggered back a few steps, pointed at his head and even trembled his fingers.

Li Siye was also taken aback, those who can show this kind of expression are either close relatives or blood feuds, shouldn't they have met Zhang Kuo's relatives.

Suo Tong looked up with excitement and pointed to Zhang Kuo's head and asked Li Siye: "Master Jun, this is ......?"

Li Siye finally let go, and excitement and grief can still be distinguished.

"This is the bandit Zhang Kuo."

"This, this is ...... Did you kill this thief? ”

Li Siye nodded calmly: "This official came to Anxi to take office, and when he passed through the desert, he encountered this fang looting, and by the way, he took action to correct them on the spot." ”

Suotong naturally won't believe this statement, the vulture Zhang Kuo has a prominent reputation in the desert, fierce and vicious, and is also notoriously difficult, besides, Li Siye's armor was bloody, and even the horses were starved into a ghost, he must have gone through several rounds of bloody battles to behead Zhang Kuo's gang under the horse. But it was precisely this that made Suotong's face appear with admiration, gratitude, and reverence.

Li Shuzheng just went to Anxi to take office, there was no responsibility to catch thieves, the road saw the unevenness and pulled out a knife to rescue the robbed caravan, defeated Zhang bandits, and then went deep into the desert to pursue for thousands of miles, after dozens of days and nights of tenacious bloody battles, beheaded the bandits!

Such a picture emerged in his mind, Li Siye was carrying a strange knife, walking alone in the desert with a horse and a horse, with a strong conviction, let the bandits escape under his nose again and again, but did not give up lightly, these hungry and skinny horses are proof, and the bloodstains on his body are the proof, this is the real Tang Dynasty warrior! This is the real hero!

A little tears welled up in Suotong's eyes, and he knelt on the ground excitedly: "Engong, please accept Suotong's worship!" You are the benefactor of our Suo family! ”

Li Siye was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly rolled off the horse and picked up Suotong from the ground: "No need to thank you, I am too...... cough, as a soldier of the Tang Dynasty, it is my duty to protect the territory and people, and it is just my duty to kill the bandits, and I can't bear such a big gift. ”

Suo Tong turned around and staggered two steps, reaching out to summon two juniors with different faces: "Yuanyu! Yuen Long! Come and bow down to Eun Gong! Your father-killer has been found! ”

Suo Yuanyu and Suo Yuanlang showed an unbelievable look on their faces, and hurriedly stepped forward, saw the five or six heads on the horse, and recognized the appearance of the enemy, the two of them immediately showed gratitude, and knelt on the ground side by side towards Li Siye.

Suo Tong forked his hand and said to Li Siye: "These two children are my nephews, our Suo family has been escorting passing caravans in the desert for generations, their father and we escorted the Persian caravan a year ago, we encountered a group of vultures Zhang Kuo, and the enemy was killed tragically, only me and two children survived. ”

He turned to Yuan Yu and Yuen Long again and said:

"This Li is on the right road and encounters injustice, and he chases and kills all the vultures and his gang for thousands of miles, Yuen Long, Yuan Yu, don't hurry up and bow down to Engong!"