This grain transportation team suspected to be the Tang Army had a total of no more than 50 people. The Tibetan cavalry besieging them had more than 200 horsemen.

Relying on the huge numerical superiority, the Tibetan cavalry was not in a hurry to attack, but had a cat-and-mouse attitude, shooting an arrow around this grain transport team from time to time.

Of course, it has the meaning of consuming their spiritual energy, but more importantly, it is the mentality of playing.

"Team, what are these brutes going to do?" One of the soldiers clenched the spear in his hand and lowered his head slightly, preventing the feathered arrow from reaching his eyes through the gap in his visor.

The person who was called the team leader sneered: "Let's play, you still don't know about this group of Tubo dogs all these years?" If you have the advantage, you will be extremely ridiculed, and if you have a slight disadvantage, you will be scattered, and you will be the most bullying the soft and afraid of the hard! ”

With that, he spat twice on his hand, rubbed his spear against it, and stared at the group of cavalry with a pair of blazing eyes.

"Team Zheng, there are a lot of Tubo dogs!" A soldier on the other side of him said.

"Erhan, are you afraid?" The team was still staring at the cavalry circling in front of them.

"Afraid? I'm afraid that he won't come much, and I won't be able to kill enough! Er Han grinned, and his face that had experienced vicissitudes looked ravine, "Kill one without loss, kill two with blood!" ”

"Fuck you!" The team scolded viciously: "Listen to Lao Tzu, we can only win this battle!" Can't be defeated! Behind us is the grain and grass that the folks in the two states have tried their best to raise for us! Those brothers who died, as well as the villagers who were killed by the Tibetan dogs, can watch us from heaven! The brothers in Qiuzi City are still waiting for us! ”

"Don't worry, I'm going to die, and I'll die after I get Qiuzi City!" Erhan's face was resolute.

At this moment, the Tibetan cavalry, which had been besieged for a long time, finally moved. After the leader said a muttering word, a desolate trumpet sounded, and the cavalry made a final circle, gathered into a sharp cone, and marched quickly towards the Tang army's grain transport squad.

When the distance was about thirty paces, the team was shouting a trumpet, and the Tang army immediately gathered, faced the direction of the Tubo cavalry, stuck to the baggage, and poked the tail of the spear in his hand to the ground, ready to resist the impact of the Tubo cavalry.

At the same time, under the loud orders of the Tubo headers, the Tubo cavalry began to charge at full speed.

The eyes of the Tubo head man flashed with greed and bloodthirstiness, in his opinion, this Tang Army's grain transport team of more than fifty people was not his opponent at all, and it only took one round of sprinting to easily rush them to pieces.

However, he miscalculated, and his cavalry galloped past, but did not break through a single opening. With the screams of the "rejuvenation" of the war horses, the first few rows of cavalry were pierced by hedgehog-like spears and turned people on their backs.

As a French officer in the Napoleonic era said, out of a hundred cavalrymen, only two or three can really come in handy, five or six can follow, and the rest are all waste. In fact, in war, it is extremely rare for cavalry to storm a good infantry phalanx, and few commanders can make such a desperate choice.

However, if you want to use the spear array to counter the cavalry, first of all, the quality of the soldiers is extremely high, and it is very difficult for the soldiers to be afraid of the cavalry in the face of the cavalry sprinting, but it is very difficult to do, especially in this case of resisting more with less, it is even more sad than usual.

But in the face of the charging cavalry, this group of soldiers looked almost unmoved, let alone afraid, and even wanted to laugh.

After all, each of them had seen this kind of battle at least dozens of times. In the decades of service, they have long been accustomed to it, and it is no exaggeration to say that each of them is an elite who has survived a hundred battles.

Decades of killing had already stabilized their mentality, and the cavalry skillfully put their bodies into the most suitable posture in the face of the onslaught, and after a round of sprinting, only a few people were repelled by the impact of the horses.

The Tubo people did not panic, and seemed to have expected this outcome. He sounded the horn again, and the cavalry quickly broke away from the battle, regrouped and charged the grain convoy again.

After all, the grain transport team has few people and is already old, and after several rounds of lifeless impact, nearly half of the people have almost lost their combat effectiveness under the impact of the war horses. Under this life-swapping style, the grain transport team gradually began to suffer casualties, and the weapons were also worn out to varying degrees.

Seeing this, the Tibetan cavalry also began to change their formation, no longer using sharp arrow formations, but expanding the contact area, and directly rushed towards the Tang army squad.

In this contact, the Tubo people did not give the order to leave the battle. Due to the loss of personnel and spears, the aging Tang army could not resist the impact of the Tubo cavalry this time, and the formation was rushed out of a gap.

Erhan was stabbed in the arm, fortunately he was wearing armor, otherwise this knife might have cut off his arm directly. And even if his arm was injured, he still held the broken spear in his hand, looking for an opportunity.

"Kill!" He roared angrily, poked out the broken spear in his hand, and poked the Tibetan cavalry who stretched out his knife and slashed at the front of the team to dismount.

The team looked sideways and was shocked.

"Erhan!" He shouted in despair.

Erhan looked up and saw a mace smashing his head towards his head.

Just when he thought he was going to die, suddenly a big hole appeared in the chest of the Tibetan cavalryman with a mace, and then his whole body flew up and fell heavily to the ground.

He saw a big black man as strong as an iron tower and holding a horse lance, with golden sunlight behind him, riding a black horse and charging wantonly among the Tibetan cavalry. Everywhere the horse went, those Tibetan soldiers flew all over the sky as if they were being hit by an angry bull.

The Tubo head man was stunned by the big black man who suddenly appeared, and a feathered arrow flew in front of him, hitting him in the neck.

He reached forward in vain and grabbed it, but he couldn't catch anything, he felt all his strength rushing to his neck, and his body gradually stopped listening.

At the end of his life, he saw a man with a bow and arrows riding a black horse with white hooves.

After the two joined the battle, the scales gradually tilted, and Wei Chigong was too brave, and there was no enemy everywhere he passed. In addition, the head man was dead, and these Tubo people immediately urged the horses to disperse.

The two didn't chase either, Li Shimin only took two arrows, and after shooting a few Tibetan cavalrymen, he urged the horses to rush to this side.

Seeing the two, the team immediately beat their chests and saluted.

"Thank you for your help!"

With sharp eyes, he saw that Li Shimin and Wei Chigong's hairstyles were not Tubo or Hu people at all, but Tang hairstyles that were the same as them. Coupled with the help of the two of them, the team also let down their guard.

After all, without the two of them, their food transport team might have been wiped out.

Li Shimin and the others also returned the salute with their crossed hands.

"They are all Tang people, and they should help each other!"

The team did not make more polite gestures, but immediately went to count the casualties and losses. After the count, the grain convoy had 11 killed, 16 seriously wounded, and the rest wounded. The horses that carried the baggage were also broken several times, and two were wounded.

He took off his helmet, revealing a weather-beaten face. Seeing his gray hair, Li Shimin and Wei Chigong glanced at each other and were all surprised.

The team was looking at the dead brethren, kneeling beside them, holding the carriage in one hand and helmets under their armpits; The other hand was pounded on his chest, and his face was full of old tears, but he didn't make a sound, just cried silently.

After a while, he quickly collected his emotions and began to give orders.

"The wounds of the seriously wounded brothers were treated and placed in the cart; Dead brethren ......"

His lips trembled for a long time, as if it had taken all his strength to utter the words.

“…… Bury in place! ”

According to the customs of the Tang people, even if the leaves do not fall and return to the roots, they must be brought back to Qiuci for burial, so that there can be some incense during the New Year's Festival. But now is a special situation in a special period after all, the body is easy to decay in the hot weather, and after all, the dead cannot be allowed to occupy the parking space of the seriously injured, so he can only order to bury it on the spot.

Li Shimin and the two glanced at each other, and they all went to help the grain transportation team dig a pit.

The team did not refuse their kindness, whether it was the wounded or those who were still standing, they all beat their chests to show their respect.

At this time, Li Qing also rode a camel and couldn't help but sigh a little when he saw such a tragic situation.

"Brother Xian." Li Shimin immediately walked over and stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve: "You must save them!" ”

Li Qing turned over and got off the camel, took out sixteen pills from the system and handed them to Li Shimin.

Due to the limitations of the system, these sixteen pills will not take effect immediately, but will hang their lives and let them suffer less crimes, and they will only take effect quickly when they reach Qiuzi.

After all, Hula suddenly grows an arm, this kind of thing is too unbelievable.

As for the brothers who died in battle, Li Qing was really powerless, and the so-called Soul Resurrection Pill could only save the seriously injured and dying, but could not resurrect the dead.

Li Qing also complained about the system for this, and only received 100,000 emotional points in compensation.

The team was thanking Li Qing and the others again, and without the slightest suspicion, they gave it to those seriously injured people.

He didn't think it would be useful to attack the seriously wounded, anyway, he was slaughtered and had no ability to resist, and if it was poison, it would make the brothers walk more happily and less painfully.

Seeing that the moans of the wounded gradually stabilized, the team knelt down again and thanked Li Qing.

"Don't ......" Li Qing hurriedly pulled him up, wanting to say something, but he didn't know how to comfort him.

After burying the fallen soldiers, the grain convoy once again embarked on the journey back to Qiuzi City.

After hearing that Li Qing and the three wanted to help, the team readily accepted.

Due to the lack of horses in the convoy, Li Qing and the three contributed camels and war horses. Li Shimin saw the white hoof black quilt put on the car, and tried not to turn his head, he couldn't bear to look at it again.

In order to divert attention, Li Shimin asked the team Zhengdao: "Where did you buy this grain from?" ”

"This grain is not bought." The team was stretching out his hand to pat the white hoof, pinching the horse's mouth with his hand to look at the teeth, and after saying good horses, he continued to explain to Li Shimin: "This is the harvest of the villagers, as well as the donation of the caravan along the way, in order to give us the strength to continue to kill the Tubo dogs, they would rather risk being killed by the Tubo dogs, but also give us these grains and grass......

Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little stunned, he thought of countless possibilities, but he didn't think that these grains were given by so many people, and their purpose was so unified - just to let the Tang army kill the enemy.

"More than 20 years have passed since the second year of Jianzhong to ask the court for help, and now it should be the ......" team is reaching out and calculating: "This year should be almost 24 years of Jianzhong, in fact, we also know that the imperial court may not send troops to help, but those caravans, those villagers don't know, as long as we are there, they have a hope; As long as we are here, there will be a nail firmly wedged here in the Western Regions; As long as we are here, the Tubo dog will know that this is my Datang! ”

Li Qing opened his mouth, and the corrective words finally did not come out.

Now where is the twenty-fourth year of Jianzhong, but the twenty-first year of Zhenyuan......

After Li Shi was built, he had already changed his name for two years, but how could these veterans who had been cut off from the imperial court for more than 20 years know?

"You should have seen it all the way, Tubo dogs regard me as slaves, pigs and dogs, and they kill wantonly at every turn," the team's words contained monstrous hatred: "All we can do is kill a few more enemies......

"I only hate the lack of troops, I can only be trapped in the city, and I can't drive the enemy out of the Western Regions!" The team scolded hatefully.

Li Shimin couldn't help but be silent, he looked up to the sky and sighed, but he was speechless.

Rejecting the suggestion to get on a camel, Li Qing and the three chose to go on foot. Until the evening rest, everyone sat around the fire, Li Qing took off his shoes, and grinned at the blisters on his feet.

Li Shimin and Wei Chigong glanced at each other, and their hearts were happy. I had known for a long time that the virtuous brother was following them as a mortal this time, but I didn't expect that mortals would reach such a point.

Erhan stepped forward, smiled and took a needle, burned it on the fire for a long time, and said to Li Qing: "At first glance, Gongzi is a noble person who doesn't go out all year round, where is a rough person like us, it's okay to walk for a few days...... Come on, just pick out the blisters with this. ”

"Thank you." Li Qing thanked him, he let Er Han pick off the blisters for him, and made up his mind to go back for a while to stuff pills to heal his injuries and relieve pain, "Didn't ask for advice?" ”

"My name is Wang Erhan, and the word is Junpu." Wang Er smiled innocently.

"You even have words?" Wei Chi was happy, it stands to reason that the soldiers of this year are generally speechless due to their backgrounds. In addition, the name Wang Erhan does not look like a cultural family at first glance, and it is really unexpected to have a word.

Wang Erhan replied proudly: "It was given to me by the prince of the county, and we all have words." ”

Since Li Qing had known about the situation in Qiuzi for a long time, he could probably guess from this detail that after so many years of getting along, Guo Xin, the king of Wuwei County, had already been familiar with the group of brothers under him.

Li Shimin was just about to speak, when the guards outside came over and said to Yang De, the team leader: "Team Zheng, there is a team of cavalry outside, which is approaching my camp!" ”

(End of chapter)