The Gu River is less than ten meters wide. It flows down from the Qinling Mountains in the east and goes straight into Ning County in the east. The water is quite strong and difficult to cross.
A wooden bridge for two horses to walk side by side appeared on the upstream Guhe River channel dozens of meters away.
On the other side of the Gu River, more than thirty horses were parked on the other side of the bridge.
The leader was a Turkic nobleman wearing a blue robe, dressed like a Han Chinese, but with a felt hat on his head and a scimitar on his waist. The soldiers around him were vaguely protecting him in the center.
Ashina Fuwu, the nephew of Ashina Gana's ancestor for who knows how many generations, the young khan of a certain grassland tribe.
Now, I came here quietly.
"Fuwu, is it safe along the way?" Ashina Gana stood on the other side of the river, suppressing her excitement and asked with concern.
On the other side, Ashina Fuwu nodded, and while leading the people upstream, he turned around and said, "Don't worry, uncle, we have killed all the Han people we met along the way."
"Okay, okay!" Ashina Gana said hello three times, her expression full of excitement and joy, and she quickly walked towards the wooden bridge.
Behind him, his daughter Ashinaduo was following closely with two horses, followed by more than a dozen followers, while listening to her father and brothers talking about the changes in the tribes on the grassland.
During the chat, Ashina Gana unknowingly came to the other side of the wooden bridge. Just as he was about to cross the bridge and cross the river to join Ashina Fuwu, a rapid and loud sound of horse hooves suddenly came from came from the other side downstream.
Ashina Gana couldn't help but pause in her footsteps, subconsciously looked at Ashina Fuwu, and asked warily: "Fuwu, how many people are under your command?"
"That's not one of my people." Ashina Fuwu's face felt embarrassed. He listened to the sound of horse hooves with his ears. His expression suddenly changed and he said abruptly: "That's a Hexi horse. It belongs to the Han people. Uncle, the Han people are chasing them." Come up, hurry up and cross the river."
"Han?" Ashina Gana's face couldn't help but change, and she quickly boarded the wooden bridge. At this moment, a whole group of warriors in blue clothes and golden armor rushed out of the dense forest, holding long swords in their hands. Li has been raised slightly.
The leader of the school captain had an even more ferocious look on his face, with his long spear held high and a pair of small pumpkin hammers hanging around his neck.
The pumpkin hammer hangs down, just blocking the position of the heart.
At the moment when his eyes flickered, a handful of arrows flew directly from behind, and landed on the grassland warrior on the opposite side with a buzzing sound.
As more arrows continued to fall, the number of Turkic warriors on the opposite side was reduced by half in an instant.
No, they are not dead, they are more hidden under the horse's belly.
Although Jin Wuwei's crossbows are sharp, the warriors of the grassland tribe are not so easy to kill.
The term "people on horseback" already illustrates their power.
However, they are not running at the moment.
Although the crossbows only killed a few people, more fell on the horses that were caught off guard.
In the blink of an eye, the horses fell to the ground bleeding, and several soldiers were accidentally pressed directly on top of the horses.
The Jinwu Guard roared in, and the Turkic warriors had no time to raise their bows before they were rushed directly into the formation. The sharp blades directly tore their bodies, and blood bloomed. .z.
The sharp scimitar struck back at Jin Wuwei's armor, but it only made a shallow blade on the armor, and his head flew high.
Cui Ding's ferocious face revealed a frenzied killing spree, and as he swung his long spear, he was unstoppable for a moment.
"Uncle, cross the river quickly. Together we can kill them all." Ashina Fuwu was at the end. The sudden attack did not completely panic him. He directed his men to resist while looking towards the other side. Ashina Gana's eyes are full of expectation.
As long as the two parties join together, they will definitely be able to counterattack the Jinwu Guards.
Ashina Gana's mouth twitched slightly, and his heart had already gone cold when he saw Cui Ding's crazy massacre on the other side.
"Fuwu, you have been discovered." After Ashina Gana said this, the person immediately turned around and left without a trace.
Regardless of the bloody killings going on on the other side, Ashina Fuwu was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
As soon as Ashina Gana turned around, all his men turned around and left without any hesitation.
However, before they could make any progress, more than a dozen crossbow arrows shot out from the dense forest in front of them, and then poured into the throats of Ashina Gana's soldiers with extremely precise accuracy, without even one of them missing.
Three figures stood in front of Ashina Gana and Ashina Duo for an instant. The Tang swords in their hands were raised on their bodies, and they looked warily at Ashina Gana behind them in the dense forest opposite. Na and Ashina Duo were already feeling cold in their hearts.
"Da da da" a slight sound of horse hooves sounded from behind.
Immediately, a general wearing a silver battle armor and a rhinoceros horn helmet slowly walked out from behind. The long spear hanging on the horse's belly had been taken off. The sharp spear blade seemed to fall to the ground casually, and he picked up the horse. There were shallow trenches.
When they saw the young general's face clearly, Ashina Gana and Ashina Duo were stunned.
"King Nanchang, when did you become the commander-in-chief of the Jinwu Guard?" Ashina Duo couldn't help but ask.
"Thanks to the two of you, I, who was supposed to be on wedding leave, have just been dismissed from the post of General of the Qianniu Guard of the School of Inspection, and then immediately appointed as General of the Lieutenant of the Jinwu Guard of the School of Inspection. What a hard life!" Li Xuan sighed softly, raised her head, looked at Ashina and her daughter with a half-smile, and said softly: "Shall you put down your weapons and go back with me, or will I knock you all down and kidnap you back?"
"There is no difference." Ashina Gana gritted his teeth and pulled out the golden scimitar from his waist.
Several Turkic warriors made fighting gestures at the same time.
Li Xuan shook her head lightly and said disdainfully: "There is still a difference here. The difference is that if I take action and take it back, it will most likely be your heads."
Li Xuan's voice suddenly became cold and cold, and even his eyes became cold.
Ashina Gana and Ashina Duo looked at each other, and their eyes fell from Li Xuan to the depths of the dense forest behind, where there seemed to be several figures flickering incessantly.
The sharp crossbow shone with a cold light in the woods, as if Li Xuan could kill them all with just one order.
Ashina Gana lowered her half-raised hand slightly, because at this time, the sound of fighting behind her had gradually stopped.
All the people brought by Ashina Fuwu from the grassland have also been killed.
The current Jinwu Guards are not young soldiers. They are all elite assassins from the Western Regions and Silla battlefields.
Especially Cui Ding, he has dozens of heads under his account.
The reputation of Longyou Cui Ding is well-known throughout the Western Region.
Feeling the sound of horse hooves again behind them, the faces of Ashina and Gana's father and daughter were extremely embarrassed.
"Let's go back to Chang'an." Ashina Duo turned to look at his father, and Ashina Gana finally nodded seriously.
The three warriors in front of him did not hesitate at all and immediately threw the long knives in their hands to the ground.
"That's good. You and I don't have to fight each other desperately." Li Xuan replied lightly, and rode forward slowly, his eyes falling on the other side. The Jinwu Guards charged in full force, and their lethality was already astonishing.
These Turks came thousands of miles away. Although they rested for a while and recovered their physical strength, because they had to travel a long distance, they did not bring decent armor. They were damaged a lot by the crossbows of the Jinwu Guards.
Cui Ding was very brave and didn't care at all about the opponent's blade standing on him. He just used the sharp blade to pierce the throats one after another. With his extremely skillful stabbing method, the Turks fell to pieces in the blink of an eye.
However, what really made the Turks begin to lose their fighting spirit was the appearance of Li Xuan.
Li Xuan's appearance on the other side of the river showed that the Tang army that had been killed was far more than the current ones. Moreover, the entire border states and counties of the Tang Dynasty had already been mobilized. Even if they could escape the capture and killing of the Jinwu Guards, it would be difficult to bring them with them. By Ashina Gana and Ashina·
Duo returned to the grassland, but this time his plan failed.
Ashina Fuwu did not hesitate to leave a wave of dead soldiers to block the pursuers. He himself took a few guards and turned around to quickly evacuate towards the north. As long as he could return to the grassland, then this failure would be over. Failed.
Li Xuan slowly urged the horse forward and unknowingly came to the side of Ashina Gana and Ashina Duo. At this moment, Ashina Gana suddenly shouted: "Do it!"
However, before Ashenagana's voice could reach the ground and the three guards on the ground did not even react, the sharp long spear had already cut across their throats extremely quickly.
A red line appeared in the center of the neck, and immediately, blood spattered out with a bang.
"Bang bang bang" three times, the three figures fell to the ground. One of their hands was inserted into their waists at the same time, and the blade was only less than half withdrawn.
"It turns out that you had no intention of keeping them at all." Ashina Gana's face was extremely embarrassed. How could he not see with his sophisticated eyes that Li Xuan would kill them all even if they didn't take action.
It was precisely because he was prepared to take action that he could kill everyone so neatly.
"This king does not need prisoners." Li Xuan's calm and cold words directly made Ashina Gana and his daughter's faces pale, and they both grasped the dagger hidden in their waists at the same time.
Li Xuan smiled softly and said, "The others are prisoners, but you two are not. You two are our distinguished guests, how can you die?"
Ashinaduo was stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of Li Xuan's words, but Ashina Gana's face on the other side suddenly became embarrassed.
"Come here, help you two wash up, and then I'll go back to Chang'an together." Li Xuan looked back and glanced behind. Li Zhu quickly came out with a few meters tall black-clothed guard, and then brought Ashina Gana and his daughter. When they got to the river, they started to wash their faces.
Li Xuan rode slowly across the other side. Cui Ding was no longer on the other side. He had already led his men to hunt down Ashina Fuwu.
Among the grassland warriors who dared to come to Chang'an, few were willing to give up such a glorious military achievement.
"Send the order, cut off the head, dispose of the lime, pile it on the carriage, and bring it back to Chang'an." Li Xuan looked into the distance and shouted rudely: "Send the order to Cui Ding, let him kill Ashina as soon as possible. ·Fuwu, I only want his head, and others can let it go for the time being."
"Here!" A Jinwu guard rushed towards the dense forest without any hesitation.
Not long after, the ferocious-looking Cui Ding returned to the Gu River with Ashina Fuwu's head, full of excitement.
Throwing Ashina Fuwu's head to the ground, Cui Ding grinned and cupped his hands to Li Xuan: "Your Majesty."
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded lightly, looked at Ashina Fuwu's head, and whispered: "This head is enough. Let the others carry the news back to the grassland. "
Cui Ding was confused and didn't know what Li Xuan meant.
Li Xuan chuckled lightly, and then shouted: "Send the order! Set off for Chang'an immediately. I will take these two people back to Chang'an at twilight tomorrow when the city gate opens."
"Here!" Everyone in the Jinwu Guards responded loudly.
