Chapter 135: Ambush, Pursuit

The caravans who walked in front hurriedly jumped off their camels to avoid being targeted by their bows and arrows, but fortunately the water was fast, but not very deep, and it was just enough to drown their knees.

They dragged the camels and waded back into the water, and their mouths made a whimpering sound, Li Siye could not understand their words, and could only imagine in his mind that these people were in great trouble, and they each took their own way and fled.

Although these white-clad samurai were not wearing armor, they moved in unison, and their slashing movements were skillful, and they knew at a glance that they were coming out of the army.

There are also a few good skills among the black-clothed merchants, but they only care about protecting the important targets in the team, and the innocent who are not strong can only be abandoned.

The white-clad caravans followed the black-clad procession, and the camels of the slain remained where they were, their bodies lying in the water, reddish-brown blood spreading down the river.

After they kill their opponent, they have to turn over to see what he looks like, and it seems that they are looking for the real target to be eliminated.

Li Siye turned back from the hillside, turned on his horse and said to Fujimu and Suhrab, "Let's retreat first."

When the two heard this, they hurriedly asked, "Why do you want to retreat, what happened in front?"

"That's right, something happened, the white dog bites the black dog, it's very cruel, don't splash blood on you."

Li Siye shook the reins of the horse and ran quickly, Su He hurriedly followed, Fujimu hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and turned around and fled.

Fuji Mu felt that Li Siye's behavior was very embarrassing, he was the guard of the Tang Army, shouldn't he stand up in this situation, stop the two sides from fighting and arbitrate?

Sukh's camel was carrying too much weight to run fast in any case, and this one seemed to be a man who sacrificed his life and money, and even if he couldn't run fast, he would not abandon the gold and silver objects on his horse's back.

Although Fujimaki hated the Persian as a person, he felt that it was his duty to protect him and took the initiative to fall behind his horse.

Li Siye suddenly slowed down, began to take off his felt hat, took off his fur fur, and revealed his turquoise round-necked robe, holding a horizontal knife in one hand in front of the horse.

He turned back to Fujimaki and said, "Take off your Sogdian attire, show your armor, and don't meddle with me."

The three of them changed their costumes and transformed themselves from Sogdian Persian merchants to officers of the Tang Army with an escort.

Several bloodstained camels rode up behind them, and the white-clad feathered arrows kept beckoning upwards, and someone fell from the camels.

Li Siye said decisively to the two: "Let's leave the official road and go to the hilly slopes, so as not to hinder the infighting between the big cannibals."

The three of them stopped at the top of the slope along the undulating hills, and from this view, they could enjoy the battle on the official road at a glance.

There were only four or five caravans left in black, but they were chased and killed by more than twenty men in white, and because of the turbulence of the escape, two of them riding on the same camel fell off their scarves, and two young men, a man and a woman, with brown skin and high eyebrows.

The young Arab beauty had high cheekbones, her brown eyes were full of melancholy and fear, and her hands were tightly clasped around the man's sleeve.

While riding a camel to block the spears stabbed from behind, the man raised his eyes and suddenly saw Li Siye and his party on the slope in the distance.

Li Siye is clasping his hands to his chest, looking like he is watching a good show.

He grunted, stretched out his hand, and rushed up the hillside with the remnants of his retinue, apparently trying to find a glimmer of life with the help of an outside force.

Li Siye saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly beat his horse and continued to retreat, not giving them a chance to find shelter.

The man's eyes widened, and a resentful look appeared on his face, and even the beautiful women around him looked at him in disbelief. This officer of the Tang Army not only did not save him when he saw death, but also made it clear that he did not want to care about this idle matter.

The men and women and the black-clothed entourage glanced at each other, and they all had the same idea, they followed this Tang officer, this is the only external force they can rely on in this deserted mountains and rivers, they want to see where he can hide.

Li Siye hurried in front, the men and women in black followed closely, and the killers in white refused to relax and continue the pursuit.

The three groups of men and horses walked farther and farther along the rolling hills, Li Siye turned back twice, and the black-clothed food still followed him, and in the process of fleeing, they killed three more people, leaving only the young couple riding camels to survive.

Li Siye was a little worried, if it weren't for the Persian Sukh who couldn't bear the valuables on the two camels, he would have been able to throw out these people thirty miles away. But by now, the little couple had caught up with them, and they were still close behind them.

The white-clothed eaters did not dare to shoot them from a long distance with longbows and heavy arrows, for fear of accidentally injuring the officers of the Tang Army and causing unnecessary trouble.

Li Siye turned back to Su He in annoyance and said, "Will you say big food, if you will, tell the little couple to tell them to die far away, don't follow us!"

Suhe nodded, and muttered as he translated the words.

The man suddenly opened his mouth, speaking in the official dialect of the Central Plains, and he was unfamiliar word by word: "I, have, yellow, gold, save, I, give, you."

Li Siye suddenly reined in the black fat, turned the horse's body and asked loudly, "How much?"

"Five, 100 catties!" In order not to misunderstand Li Siye, he gestured in the air and wrote a big 'jin' with his empty fingers.

Li Siye gasped, immediately took out the long weapon Mo Knife, loosened the cloth cover, pointed the blade in the air with one hand, and held the short crossbow in the other, blocking the front of the white-clothed Dashi pursuit team.

Fuji Mu was in high spirits, he had been waiting for this moment for a long time, a true warrior should face a strong enemy, be fearless, and act righteously. But who made the family the chief, at this moment, I had to try to be as righteous as possible to save face.

The twenty-horse cannibal stopped the horses, and one of them stepped forward to clench his fists, which was very in line with the etiquette of the Central Plains. Not only that, but his Central Plains official dialect is even more slippery than that of the man in black.

"We are merchant envoys from the Great Food, carrying the Caliph's Majesty's talismans, and the two men behind you are traitors. I beg you to hand over these two traitors to us, and I will pay you a high salute on behalf of His Majesty the Caliph. ”

This person spoke in a measured manner, politely and politely, showing the quality of a messenger, and did not leave the caliph in every word, but he just didn't mention money.

The man in black stepped forward and whispered, "Save me, not only for you, gold, but also for more in the future, thank you."

Li Siye brandished the Mo knife, hung the blade on the grass on one side, held it in one hand, and put the long rod under his armpit and said domineeringly: "This is Anxi, the land of my Tang Dynasty, I don't care who you are, you must abide by the Tang law here, and you must be beheaded if you commit murder."

The leader's gaze stayed on Li Siye and Fuji Mu, obviously estimating the difference in strength between the two sides, and then he bowed down and saluted with his chest, and continued: "Please forgive me, we didn't know the criminal laws of the Tang Dynasty in advance, and apologize for our behavior just now." I beg you to hand over our prisoners into our hands, and we will bring them back to be punished. ”

This person is quite slippery, the official words of the Central Plains are so good, he even said that he didn't know the criminal laws of the Tang Dynasty, and he wanted to change the concept and ask for someone from Li Siye.

"Do we have an extradition treaty? Even if they commit a crime in your Great Food, there is no crime in our Datang territory, and no one can take them away. If you want to take it away, go back to your caliph and ask him to send an envoy to my Tang Emperor to ask for a treaty allowing the extradition of criminals, and then bring the evidence of these two people's crimes to negotiate with me. ”

"What? Treaty, what's that? ”

Several white-clothed cannibals looked ignorant and looked at each other, they had never heard of such a thing.