"Sister Inas, it's actually me who dragged you down," He Sijia said softly, "If it weren't for my willfulness, if I had to go to the battlefield to take a look, you wouldn't have been captured by the Holy Tang people at all." ”

Inas: "That's hard to say. Maybe I didn't have to die in battle, because with the princess here, I saved my life. ”

He Sijia smiled: "You are still the same, and you never accept other people's apologies easily." But I know that in this world, no one can catch the apprentice of Elder Bi Luo. Didn't you easily slip out from under the nose of the Holy Tang Army that time before? ”

Inas shook her head: "Your Highness, it's not easy to slip away by luck. If it hadn't been for the other party giving up chasing that time, you might not have seen me a long time ago. ”

He Sijia stretched out her hand to hold Inas's arm, and said with interest: "The other party in your mouth is that Captain Li?" Sister, you also gave him a special salute that night, I'm afraid it is not only to pay tribute to the Zhenjiang Army, but also to thank him for raising his noble hand, right? ”

Inas glanced at her: "Nonsense!" Why does he hold up his hand to me? The Pegasus scout gave up chasing me before, completely bluffed by my physical methods. If that guy surnamed Li knew that I was urging the internal force to concentrate and explode, and it could only last for a short period of time, it would be strange if he didn't chase me. ”

"Is that person's martial arts very high?" He Sijia was a little curious.

Inas said softly: "His kung fu is above me, maybe ...... is no different from senior brother Yun Qianxue. ”

Hearing her suddenly mention Yun Qianxue, He Sijia couldn't help but look gloomy, and slowly lowered her head.

Inas couldn't bear to see the princess sad, and Wen Yan said with relief: "Your Highness, don't worry, you will definitely be able to go back safely and reunite with my senior brother." ”

He Sijia shook her head: "No, you misunderstood, I don't care about this. Yunjun is a great hero of the Turks, and I have always respected him, worshiped him, and treated him as a big brother. ”

"Big brother?" Inas was stunned: "You...... Don't you want to marry him? ”

He Sijia looked into the distance and muttered, "Worship and liking are two completely different things. If it weren't for the Yunhe tribe's factor, I might have directly rejected my father's marriage. And the reason why I came to visit my aunt this time was because I wanted to tell her what I had been holding in my heart. ”

When Inas heard this, she couldn't help but show a sudden look on her face, raised her hand and gently wrapped her arms around the princess's shoulder, and was silent.

The Yunhe tribe is one of the large tribes of the "Eight Pillars of Turkic", and has lived in the Tianfeng Plateau of the Western Continent for a long time.

Although the Yunhe Clan does not have a strong legion like Blood Wolf and Gold, its strength is still not to be underestimated.

In other words, among the eight major tribes, the Shuyunhe Clan is the most low-key, and no one can fully know his true strength.

The Tianfeng Plateau is vast and fertile, not only rich in cattle, sheep and horses, but also has more than half of the Turkic crystal ore reserves.

Among them, the most abundant ink jade crystal is a necessary auxiliary gem for those who practice martial arts in the Turkic Empire.

Turkic martial arts pay attention to extracting energy from black jade crystals, and then use them for their own martial arts practice. From the martial saint Biluo, down to the legion generals, and even ordinary Turkic warriors, they are also needed.

Because of this, the Yunhe tribe, which controls the crystal ore, naturally has two major advantages:

One is wealth, and the other is a master.

Although the money of the Yunhe clan is not as much as that of the gold clan, Yujing is worth more than money; Although the soldiers of the Yunhe Clan are not as many as those of the Golden Clan, the masters are more powerful than the soldiers.

Including the Turkic Martial Saint Biluo, they all claim to be half of Yunhe's bloodline to the outside world.

Such a tribe, can Ashina not be enveloped?

And Yun Qianxue, the prince of the Yunhe clan, has been a disciple of Bi Luo since he was a child, and his martial arts have few opponents among the younger generation of Turks.

The leaders and elders of the major clans have been pondering whether they can marry him all day long, and the Great Khan Ashina took the lead, not only recruiting Yun Qianxue into his command and becoming a personal guard general, but also decided to give him He Sijia and firmly tie up the Yunhe tribe.

It is for this reason that although He Sijia is unwilling to marry Yun Qianxue, she still takes into account her father's difficulties and silently agrees with this marriage.

He Sijia retracted her thoughts, smiled helplessly, and then said to Inas: "Sister, don't talk about me, tell me about that person." ”

"That person? Which person? Inas was puzzled.

He Sijia stuck out her tongue mischievously: "Of course it's the Captain Li who has the ability to defeat you." ”

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"Ahh

Lin Feng, who was sitting next to him, saw this and hurriedly used a branch to stir up the bonfire to make the flames more vigorous: "Boss, is it cold?" This ghost place in Western Xinjiang is like this, it is only in October, and it becomes so cold at night. If you're in my hometown, it's a comfortable time of year. ”

"Well, it's not a big deal." Li Jiangyao wrapped the cloak on his body tightly: "You hurry up and sleep for a while, Du Jian's fool is snoring." ”

Lin Feng: "I'm not too sleepy yet. After a whole day's journey, the brothers were exhausted. I guess I'll be in Metasequoia City at noon tomorrow. ”

Li Jiangyao nodded and said thoughtfully: "Yes, if you go faster, you can still catch up with the mutton soup in Kufeng City at noon tomorrow." Hey, I heard that the orchids in Metasequoia City are all big beauties, with thin waists and round buttocks, and they dance hoop dances to shake their bellies, and they are very good-looking. ”

Lin Feng didn't answer his topic, and continued to fiddle with the bonfire seriously.

Li Jiangyao stared at him: "Hey, I'm talking to you, do you hear?" When the military salary that has been delayed for three months is issued, I will take you to see and understand, how about it? ”

Lin Feng shook his head and deliberately changed the topic: "Boss, the brothers of the Metropolitan Protectorate who were stationed in Metasequoia City before were all killed by the Turks, we were ordered to go there to take over the defense this time, saying that it was a battalion, but in fact, there were only about five hundred people, would it be too few." ”

Li Jiangyao was bored, and replied casually: "What are you afraid of?" The main Turkic force was beaten by us, and the ghost desert in Western Xinjiang is now very peaceful. ”

After the Xuanjia Legion left, the Zhenjiang Protectorate continued to undertake the task of pursuing the Turks, but because their forces were not strong and they were worried that the Turks would retaliate, the so-called pursuit was just to see the other party leave the western frontier.

After the Turks fled completely, the Zhenjiang army rested for several days, Zhang Sanpi divided the soldiers and horses into three routes, and the main force returned to Anxi with him; The quick aid division was led by brigade commander Cui Kai and continued to be stationed in Chechi Wangcheng; In addition, there was a group of carefully selected troops, divided into more than a dozen routes, and sent to various places in the ghost desert of Western Xinjiang to fill the defensive gaps caused by the war.

And Li Jiangyao's team was sent to guard Metasequoia City, an important trade town in Western Xinjiang.

Lin Feng frowned: "But what if the Turks send troops back to kill them again?" Besides, even if there are no Turks, you have to guard against sand thieves and horse bandits. I have heard that the horse bandits in this area are quite fierce, and they are all small and dilapidated countries or tribes in the western Xinjiang in the past, and they plundered everywhere after losing their homes. Hundreds at least, tens of thousands! ”

"What are you worried about?" Li Jiangyao stretched his waist: "The gossip is naturally more and more exaggerated. You've been here for more than two years, and you've never seen tens of thousands of horse bandits? ”

Lin Feng was about to say something more, but he heard the sentry standing guard in the distance suddenly shout: "What person?!" ”

As soon as the shout sounded, Li Jiangyao immediately picked up the Xingluo knife and rushed out.

Lin Feng also reacted quickly, raised his foot and kicked over the small pot on the bonfire, the hot water in the pot spilled out, and immediately extinguished the bonfire.

Immediately afterwards, he also picked up the spear placed beside him, kicked Du Jian and several other officers one after another, and quickly ran in the direction of the sentry.

When Lin Feng and the others ran to the sentry post, they raised their eyes and saw that Li Jiangyao was leading the soldiers on duty, surrounding a large group of horses and vehicles. The knight on the horse was yelling at something.

After listening to the other party's words, Li Jiangyao turned around and shook his head at Lin Feng: "You crow's mouth, you really recruited the horse bandits to the master." ”

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In the distance among the woodlands, there were dots of torches, and roughly counting, there were as many as two or three hundred people.

At this time, Li Jiangyao and the others had already figured out the current situation.

The people who mistakenly broke into the scout camp guard just now were mainly business travelers from Che Chiguo, and this time they went to Metasequoia City to do business, and they went with them, as well as some ordinary people who went there to visit relatives and friends, and they traveled together by the way.

These people set out from the royal city, and as soon as they reached the hump, which was not far from here, they happened to encounter a large number of horse bandits.

Fortunately, the experienced veterans in the caravan saw that something was wrong from a distance, and immediately beckoned everyone, and while the horse bandits were still a little far away from them, they hurried to hide in the direction of this oasis.

However, the trouble was that although the caravan reacted quickly and did not dare to delay the slightest effort, the horse bandits still found them, and immediately divided a team of men to chase after them.

People who flee for their lives are often in a panic. The caravan men were scurrying through the woods at night, and accidentally ran into Li Jiangyao's warning range. When the merchants saw the warrior coming out of the woods, they were all frightened, and at the same time secretly shouted that their lives would not be saved this time.

However, when they heard what the other party said turned out to be a pure Shengtang dialect, they were all immediately pleasantly surprised, and finally put their minds at ease.

It's the Zhenjiang Army!

Li Jiangyao ordered his subordinates to send the Chechi merchant brigade to the camp first, and put it under strict supervision for the time being, and then ordered: "Lin Feng, you lead people to lay tripping ropes in the area in front, and the archers are all hiding in the forest behind, and when the horse bandits are tripped and fall for a while, they will give me a desperate greeting." Lao Du, you and the rest of your brothers are lying in ambush in the forest on both sides, ready to beat the horse bandits. ”

Lin Feng frowned slightly: "Boss, this horse bandit is all over the mountains, how can you make them obedient and obedient, and they all rush over from this direction in front of you?" ”

Li Jiangyao waved his hand: "You don't have to worry about this problem, I have my own way." ”

The Pegasus Scouts are the most elite troops in the Protectorate of Zhenjiang, and as long as they receive clear instructions, they can act neatly. In the blink of an eye, Lin Feng led people to arrange a large number of tripping ropes in the area designated by Li Jiangyao.

While he was busy, Li Jiangyao suddenly took a few people and rode past them.

Lin Feng took a closer look and found that the people riding on the horses were several women from Western Xinjiang who had fled just now. I only heard Li Jiangyao tell them as he walked: "Wait a while, you will follow me closely, try to let go of your voice and shout, you can shout anything, understand?" Just one point, follow me, don't fall behind! ”

Lin Feng probably guessed Li Jiangyao's intentions, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to hurry up, and at the same time beckoned Du Jian to get ready.

Li Jiangyao went about half a burnt of incense, and the group of torches in the distance, which was originally scattered, suddenly gradually gathered and moved quickly towards Lin Feng's side.

It turned out that the horse bandits were searching for a caravan in the dark forest, but they didn't expect a woman's shout to come from the cold in front of them, and there was more than one! These guys were like wolves that smelled blood, and they immediately shouted excitedly, urging their horses to chase after them.

The women's voices sounded erratic, clearly moving fast. But if you pay close attention, it is not difficult to see that they did not flee in a straight line, but swept sideways in front of the horse bandits in a strange arc.

However, it is a pity that the horse bandits did not care so much at this time, and soon merged with the voice.

It didn't take long for Li Jiangyao to rush out of the woods in front of him and run around the corner to Lin Feng and the others. He waved his hand for the women who were following him to move on, hiding in a safe place, and then whispered, "Those fools are coming!" ”

As he spoke, a large number of armed knights suddenly appeared in the forest.

These people were disheveled and unorganized, and they were clearly a rabble.

The dozen or so horse bandits who ran the fastest ran straight into the tripping horse. The war horse under the crotch suddenly overturned in the gallop, throwing the horse bandits out of the distance and embarrassed.

And the companions behind were not too attentive at all, thinking that those guys were too anxious to cause the horse to lose its front hooves, while can't help but laugh weirdly, while crossing the side, the horse's speed is not reduced.

Unexpectedly, they hadn't run far yet, and they were also stopped by the stumbling horse behind them.

In the midst of the chaos, someone finally reacted: "It's not good, tripping!" ”

Unfortunately, they were too slow to react.

Just when the horse bandits sensed that something was wrong and grabbed the reins, a roar suddenly sounded in the woods not far away: "Shoot the arrows!" ”

In an instant, sharp feathered arrows rained down on the unsuspecting bandits.

The howls of ghosts and wolves suddenly came and went, and three rounds of arrow rain were fleeting, and the horses and bandits were shot to death or injury.

But before they could recover from their horror, the woods on both sides were filled with the sound of killing.

Pegasus scouts pounced from the forest with long knives in hand and shouting "Long live our emperor".