At dusk, the sky was a little gloomy, the snow on the prairie had not melted, and the coldness had become stronger in the past two days, and it seemed that there might be another heavy snowfall at any time.
A team is walking slowly from north to south at this moment.
"Four or fifty miles further, we should be able to leave the border of Zhenyu Grassland and enter the territory of the Tang Dynasty." On horseback, Ximen Hao raised his hand and pointed south, "It's only a mile away from Black Mountain.
It’s more than a hundred miles away.”
The territory within a hundred miles to the north of Black Mountain belongs to the Tang Dynasty, but this area is extremely empty and rarely visited by people. If you walk through this area and go north, you will enter the territory of Zhenyu Grassland.
The hundreds of miles between the Zhenyu Grassland and the Black Mountains, apart from a few wild woods, is a flat plain. However, the people in the Tang Dynasty were afraid of the horse bandits from the grassland moving here, and the grassland people were also afraid of the Black Mountain bandits' activities down the mountain, so this area was inaccessible.
Qin Xiao finally said goodbye to Wu Qinghan and led his team back home.
Although Wu Qinghan was reluctant to give up, he also knew that Qin Xiao still had many things to do, so he didn't try too hard to stay, and the distance between Long Ruijun's station and Zhenyu Khan's tent was really not that far. It was winter and covered with heavy snow.
, it may take some time to walk, but when the flowers are in bloom, you can get on a fast horse and gallop, and you can reach the opponent's station in less than two days.
When Qin Xiao left, Shao had to be alone with Wu Qinghan and promised her that he would visit the grassland from time to time.
Although the two of them had privately made a promise to marry each other, as the leaders of both parties, they had a lot of matters to deal with, and they really couldn't find time to discuss the matter of getting married. Although neither of them said it explicitly,
But both of them knew in their hearts that they could only find time to talk about their children's personal relationship until the situation between them stabilized.
This team does not have many people, but it does not have many supplies.
When leaving from Hegu, Kedun gave Qin Xiao five hundred refined Hegu swords, packed them in boxes, and sent them in two carriages. He also sent six Hegu warriors to transport the two carriages to Long
Until the sharp army.
Wu Qinghan, on the other hand, sent the hundred horses he had previously promised to Qin Xiao to be escorted to Long Ruijun.
In order to make everything go smoothly during the transportation, the True Feather Division also sent six warriors to escort them. Not only were these six people superb in equestrian skills, but they were also masters in horse training. With these people around, a hundred horses were as obedient as cats.
, always maintaining a neat formation, and feeding the horses along the way were all the responsibility of these six people.
In addition, Wu Qinghan also gave some expensive gifts such as animal skins and packed a carriage.
As for Du Zitong and others, those minions Qin Xiao were not interested. He knew that those people were just a mess, so he didn't make things difficult for them. He just let them go, so as not to have to eat and drink during the escort. He just escorted Du Zitong back.
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Du Zitong did not expect that he would be delivered to Qin Xiao so easily by Zhen Yubu within a short period of time after he fled to the grassland. He knew that he would not end up well either. He looked depressed and felt as if he was dead along the way.
Qin Xiao's trip to the grassland can be said to be a fruitful one.
Not only did he win the hearts of two great beauties in the prairie, but he also concluded a silk horse trade with the True Feathers. He also personally received many gifts, which made him feel really good.
"It's getting late." Qin Xiao looked up at the dim sky and said, "We will definitely not be able to leave the Zhenyu Grassland today. We will walk a few miles further to find a place to camp and set off early tomorrow morning."
Since Qin Xiao gave such an order, everyone naturally would not object and stopped and set up camp before it became completely dark.
Prairie people are good at setting up tents, and they didn't spend too much time setting up five or six tents.
Naturally, Qin Xiao was in a tent by himself, and the horses had their own people to take care of them, and Du Zitong also had someone to guard them.
Everyone distributed dry food. After dinner, Ximen Hao took a rest early. This trip to the grassland had a lot of experience. Ximen Hao is not young at all. After all the hard work, he has lost several kilograms in a short period of time. He is on his way today.
, and also very sleepy.
Qin Xiao practiced Kung Fu in the tent for an hour. When he walked out of the tent, the sky was dark, but there were lights not far away. They were the most common butter lamps in the grasslands. They were surrounded by horses, which could block the cold wind. Several vehicles
The truck is also guarded.
A Hegu warrior was responsible for guarding several trucks at night, and another Zhenyu warrior was looking after the horses. The others were resting in the tent, but these two people were huddled together under the lamp, talking and laughing.
Qin Xiao saw this and sighed in his heart, if it were in the past, these two people must have been full of murderous intentions towards each other, and there would never be such a harmonious scene.
"Sir!" When the two of them saw Qin Xiao approaching, they immediately stood up and saluted.
Qin Xiao smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard." They both said at the same time.
Qin Xiao motioned for the two of them to sit down. He was not sleepy at the moment, so he simply sat down and asked with a smile: "I don't know your names yet."
"I am Tumengan." He Guren said immediately.
Zhenyu Warrior also said hurriedly: "I am Shusunshe."
"Tumengan, Shusunshe." Qin Xiao nodded and said, "I remember your names. Did you just get to know each other this time?"
Tumen smiled dryly and said, "Yes, I may have seen him on the battlefield before."
"This time I accompanied the army to support Luozhi Mountain, and Tumengan also followed He Gu's army in Luozhi Mountain." Shusun Shu said: "At that time, he was on the mountain and I was at the foot of the mountain."
Qin Xiao smiled and said: "Now you have turned your hostility into friendship, and you no longer have to draw your sword at each other."
"Yes." Shusunshe said with emotion: "Zhenyu and He Gu come from the same lineage. We are the same ancestor. It is indeed the sorrow of the Xile people that flesh and blood brothers meet with swords. Now the two have turned their hostility into friendship, and will advance and retreat together in the future.
, this is what we want to see.”
"Tumengan, how old are you this year?" Qin Xiao asked, "Do you have any children?"
Tumengan immediately said: "I am already thirty-one and have three children. The eldest son can already ride a horse and go into battle."
"When he goes into battle in the future, he will only protect his family, and the blade will only be pointed at the Tusun people." Qin Xiao smiled and said: "Don't fight with each other again."
Tumengan nodded and said: "This is also my wish." Then he sighed: "I just hope that the Tusun people will never come to kill me, and my children can herd horses and sheep, forge iron tools, and live in peace without worrying about food and clothing.
This life.”
"That's right." Shusunshe nodded and said: "My children are still young, and I hope they will never see blood." Then he shook his head and sighed: "But among the grassland tribes, which generation has avoided killings and wars? We
If we don’t provoke others, others will find us, and we will have to bleed to protect our homeland.”
Qin Xiao was about to feel relieved when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats coming from the north. The sound of horse hoofbeats was very rapid and could be heard very clearly in the quiet night.
Qin Xiao immediately stood up, and the two grassland warriors also stood up. Shusunshe looked north and said, "There is the sound of horse hooves. Could it be that the Great Khan forgot to explain something and sent someone to catch up with him?"
When Qin Xiao heard this, he felt slightly relieved. He thought that this was Zhenyu Grassland, and there should be no enemies coming to attack him. Shusun She's words were quite reasonable. I'm afraid it might have been Wu Qinghan who had something to do and sent him.
Someone comes to explain.
The sound of horse hoofbeats became increasingly clear and rapid.
"There is the sound of horse hooves in the north." Qin Xiao was looking to the north when he heard a sound coming from behind. When he looked back, it was Lu Xiaolou who had appeared behind him at some point.
He knew that Lu Xiaolou's cultivation level had entered the Zhongtian realm, and the perception of the Zhongtian realm was no longer comparable to that of ordinary people. Even if he fell asleep, he could easily be awakened by the sound. The sound of horse hooves in the north was very fast, and it was cold winter.
, the north wind is blowing, and the north wind clearly transmits the sound of horse hooves.
"Do you want to wake up everyone else?" Tumenqian asked Qin Xiao.
Qin Xiaowei squinted his eyes, listened attentively, frowned, and said: "There are many people coming, at least twenty or thirty riders. If the Great Khan sent people here to deliver the news, he would not send so many people." He ordered: "
Wake everyone up in case of an attack."
Although I feel that the possibility of being attacked in Zhenyu Grassland is not high, I should be careful when sailing the ten-thousand-year-old ship.
Tumengan immediately went to the tent to call for help.
Suddenly, the neighing of horses was heard, and the horses on the north side of the tent began to move. Under the darkness, dozens of horses were seen breaking into the group of horses and rushing towards the camp.
When Qin Xiao saw this, he no longer hesitated and said in a deep voice: "There is an enemy attack, the small building will protect you sir." He reached for his waist and prepared to draw the sword, but he missed it. He thought that he had been practicing in the tent before and was wearing a sword.
He put it aside, and when he came out for air, he didn't have it with him. Without hesitation, he quickly rushed towards his tent, ready to get the knife.
He only ran a few steps, but heard a muffled grunt. When he turned around, he found that Shusunshe had been shot by a sharp arrow. Dozens of cavalry rushed out like wolves through the horses. Some people bent their bows and shot arrows, while others
He was holding a sword. Shusun She was hit by an arrow. Before he could fall down, a horseman passed by him. He raised the sword and cut off Shusun She's head.
Gongsun She, who just now was hoping that his descendants would stop fighting, suddenly fell into a pool of blood.
Qin Xiao felt as if his heart had been stabbed hard by a needle, and there was a stinging pain.
At this time, several people had already rushed out of the tent, but they did not see their mounts for a while. They saw a group of cavalry rushing over, and everyone was still a little confused, not knowing what happened.
After all, this is the territory of the True Feather Tribe. They never imagined that they would be attacked on their own territory. Just because no one thought that they would be attacked in the True Feather Grassland, Wu Qinghan did not send a large group of people to escort him. Qin Xiao
He did not make this request to Wu Qinghan.
The cavalry were all dressed like prairie cavalry, but they all had their mouths and noses covered, and they were fierce in their attacks. After killing Shusunshe, dozens of cavalry did not hesitate and went straight to several tents. Before anyone arrived, arrows were fired like arrows.
When the rain came over, everyone waved their swords to block the arrows, but the opponent was outnumbered and the arrows were fierce. In the blink of an eye, two more people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. At this time, there was no distinction between the Hegu people and the Zhenyu people, covering each other.
There are more than a dozen people on Qin Xiao's side, and these dozen people in the escort team are all brave warriors. But tonight's attack was too sudden, and everyone was unprepared in advance. In addition, the other party's cavalry all rushed over.
After that, he stopped talking nonsense and attacked fiercely. For a while, Qin Xiao was completely at a disadvantage.