The Tubo knights reacted from the shock and began to chase. The three of them were originally in the middle and rear of the team. After rushing out of the queue, not only the cavalry behind them started to chase, but the riders in front of them also turned around to chase.
Therefore, there was no need for Tuoba Qimei to shout. Jiang Shuo and Dugu Xiang also knew that they had to run to the mountains to the south. However, the terrain here was open and the mountains looked like a dead horse from a distance. Dafeiling in the south was still ten miles away.
Although the Dragon Horse is a thousand-mile horse, the Peach Blossom Horse and the Big Green Horse are only top-grade military horses. Compared with other Tubo war horses, they do not have much speed advantage. Fortunately, their move out of the queue was very sudden, and they got the opportunity. He was thirty or fifty steps away from his pursuers.
But seeing the hundreds of cavalry chasing behind them, the three of them couldn't help but feel numb.
Dugu Xiang took the lead on a yellow horse with a jade-topped hay cap, and had already rushed dozens of steps away. She was so anxious that she reined in the horse repeatedly. Long Xiang's horse was always afraid of being unhappy. How could it have ever been slowed down by its master? It neighed in displeasure.
Jiang Shuo and Tuoba Qimei waved their hands on horseback and shouted: "Xiang'er, don't stop, you run to the mountains first, we will arrive soon."
Only then did Dugu Xiang realize that if the Tubo people were to catch up with them, Jiang Shuo would be no match for ten or eight of them. She would be a hindrance by his side, so he patted Hay Jade Crown Huang's neck, and Longxiang BMW No need to be pushed, Xiang'er knew immediately what he was thinking, he hissed happily, spread his hooves and galloped away, widening the gap in an instant.
Seeing Long Xiang's horse carrying Dugu Xiang running faster and faster, Tuoba Qimei suddenly slapped his head and shouted to Jiang Shuo: "Quick! Take off your armor!"
Jiang Shuo also immediately realized, how could they run fast with hundreds of kilograms of iron armor on their bodies and horses? The reason why I dressed like this before was just to hide my identity, but now that I had to escape, why would I wear these clothes?
Jiang Shuo first took off the iron helmet that was pressing on his head and threw it away. Without the iron hat, Jiang Shuo immediately felt the breeze was refreshing and his whole body seemed to be much lighter.
He continued to take off the armor on his body. Neither he nor Tuoba Qimei knew how to wear armor. If they were given armor from the Tang Dynasty, they would not even be able to tie the knot of the armor's ribbon, but this Tubo cavalry armor was of high quality. Zijia is made of chain-linked iron chains, like an iron coat. It only needs to be put on from the top of the head, which is very convenient.
However, the iron coat did not have a placket, and the only way to take it off was to pull it out over the head. The two of them were jolting on the horse, and how could they take it off in such a hurry? Jiang Shuo's hair was caught by the iron ring on the armor, and the armor was stuck on his head and he could not move forward or retreat. He quickly took out the seven-star sword from his waist, cut it upwards, and with a "crack" sound, a whole iron strip appeared on the front of the armor. The rings were all cut off, and the Jizi armor immediately fell apart. Only then did Jiang Shuo escape from the shackles of the armor.
He turned back to look at Tuoba Qimei, and he couldn't take off the jade armor. Jiang Shuo held the seven-star sword in his hand and shouted to Tuoba Qimei: "Brother Tuoba, stay here!"
Tuoba Qimei suddenly saw Jiang Shuo carrying a sword and didn't know that he was about to rush. She was horrified and said, "Little friend Jiang, what are you going to do?"
Jiang Shuo didn't have time to explain. Taking advantage of his stunned moment, he swung his sword and cut open the front of Tuoba Qimei's armor with an endless "ding-dong" sound. Only then did Tuoba Qimei know Jiang Shuo's purpose. She couldn't help but be overjoyed and praised: "What a sword! What a swordsmanship!"
The two of them took off their iron armor and threw it away. It was difficult to take off the horse armor. To wear horse armor, you first put on the armor and then cover the saddle. Now the person is on the saddle and the saddle is on the armor. To remove the armor, you must take it off. Saddle, otherwise even if you can cut off the front and rear armor, you still can't take off the armor.
Tuoba Qimei's riding skills are really good. He doesn't need to control the reins with both hands and still won't fall off the horse. Tuoba Qimei is seen lying on the saddle, reaching under the horse's belly to untie the girdle. Once loosened, the heavy saddle immediately became top-heavy and slid downwards.
Tuoba Qimei shouted, suddenly jumped up from the horse, grabbed the flying horse's girdle, threw the entire saddle towards Jiang Shuo, and shouted: "Catch my little friend!"
Jiang Shuo reached out to take the saddle, which was not difficult, but Tuoba Qimei was already riding on the big green horse. He suddenly jumped up again, this time very low, as if he was just slightly riding on the horse's back. He just bowed and pulled his hands back, causing the horse's armor to fall to the ground with a "thud" from behind.
Tuoba Qimei shouted to Jiang Shuo: "Little friend Jiang, give me back the saddle!"
Jiang Shuo heard this and threw the saddle towards Tuoba Qimei. His technique was extremely clever. When Tuoba Qimei jumped in the air, the saddle just happened to slide under him. Tuoba Qimei hurriedly sat back on the saddle. Tie the girdle around your body and secure the saddle firmly.
Tuoba Qimei's method of taking off her waistcoat was so clean and neat that Jiang Shuo cheered loudly.
Tuoba Qimei raised her hands and said to Jiang Shuo: "Little friend Jiang, it's your turn, throw the saddle to me."
Jiang Shuo followed Tuoba Qimei's method and successfully took off the saddle, but before handing it over to Qimei's hands, Jiang Shuo also lay on the horse's back first, untied the girdle, then jumped up with the saddle in hand, and headed towards The sea of grass ahead was thrown far away.
Tuoba Qimei exclaimed: "Little friend Jiang, don't you want the saddle too?"
The peach blossom horse under Jiang Shuo's crotch was still galloping. Jiang Shuo didn't have time to reply. He secretly used magic skills in his hands to tear the armor to pieces and the rings fell to the ground. The grass under the horse's hooves was luxuriant. These iron rings Once it falls into the long grass, it will be difficult to retrieve.
At this time, the peach blossom horse ran more than twenty steps and reached the position where Jiang Shuo threw the saddle. Jiang Shuo leaned over and grabbed it, picked up the saddle again, jumped up at the same time, put the saddle under his body, and then fixed it according to the law. Good saddle.
The two horses suddenly became so much lighter, and naturally they neighed with joy. Their hooves jumped into the air and they started to run faster.
Iron armor is rare. Iron ingots need to be melted, cast and drawn into iron wires, and then made into iron rings. The iron rings are then strung into one piece and woven into armor. The blacksmith connects the iron rings into pieces, which is called "weaving iron cloth". "An armor maker can only weave one inch square of iron cloth every day. The effort it takes to make iron armor that can be worn by one person can be seen clearly.
The national power of Tubo was no better than that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Even with all the strength of the country, it is estimated that it would not be able to produce more than 3,000 pieces of cavalry armor. Jiang Shuo and the others were putting on and taking off their armor like this, thus destroying two pairs of armor. The Tubo soldiers behind them screamed and cursed when they saw this, but they couldn't stop the distance between them from getting wider and wider.
Seeing that the two sides were already a hundred steps away from each other, Jiang Shuo simply turned around and sat down on the horse, raised his feet, and took the iron ring that was left on the horse's body into his hands.
The iron rings of this set of Zha armor are arranged in a mountain pattern and interlocked with each other. It is lighter than the Zha armor of the Tang Dynasty, so it is suitable for cavalry to wear. Jiang Shuo picked up a chain with several iron rings linked together and weighed it in his hands. He felt that it was very handy and he struck it out like a locust stone.
Jiang Shuo had great internal strength, and the weight of the chain was suitable for flying. He actually threw it nearly a hundred steps away. However, it was too far after all, and the armor ring fell to the ground before it could hit the Tibetan vanguard. Even so, it was All the Tibetan knights were so frightened that they reined in their horses.
Tuoba Qimei had no idea that Jiang Shuo's martial arts was so impressive, so she couldn't help but look at Jiang Shuo and burst out laughing, but they soon stopped laughing.
Perhaps Jiang Shuo's throw reminded the Tubo people, and the Tubo warriors took off their horn bows one after another and attached the wild goose feather arrows. The Tubo horn bow was extremely powerful. Jiang Shuo had once seen Nan Jiyun use the Tubo horn bow given by Yin Ziqi. , knowing how powerful this kind of bow is, it is no problem to shoot two or three hundred steps. He and Tuoba Qimei are still completely within the opponent's shooting range.
When the Tibetan army started chasing, they did not use bows and arrows because they knew the protective power of their own armor. As the saying goes, "the armor is like a ring, it cannot be penetrated." Shooting from such a long distance would be a waste of arrows.
Of course, the jade armor can only protect against long-distance bows and arrows but not short-range crossbows. Otherwise, the Tibetan cavalry would not have been wiped out by the Tang army's powerful crossbows in Huangyuan. At this moment, when the Tubo army saw that Jiang Shuo and Tuoba Qimei were without armor, they immediately changed their tactics and started shooting arrows at them.
Just listen to the continuous sound of "boom" and "boom", hundreds of feather arrows were shot together, the scene was spectacular, no matter how good Jiang Shuo's kung fu was, it was difficult to shoot them all down, Tuoba Qimei shouted: "Go left! Run to the left!"
The two of them used their respective weapons to fire arrows, while galloping to the left on their horses, thus avoiding this round of flying arrows.
I didn’t want the Tibetan people’s archery method to be misunderstood at first. Only twenty-three out of ten of the pursuers had shot arrows before. After Jiang Shuo and Tuoba Qimei galloped to the left, the leading general immediately shouted loudly to let those who had not shot in the previous round The knight fired again in the direction where the two men were hiding.
This time the two of them were even more panicked. Tuoba Qimei's weapon was originally a long-handled medicine hoe, while Jiang Shuo connected the sword and sheath of the Seven-Star Sword together to form a weapon that looked like a sword. The two of them whirled the long-handled weapons in their hands like flying, and knocked them down with all their strength before knocking down all the arrows.
Although the two took off their armor, their horses could run faster, but they were also afraid of arrows. Not to mention people, even horses would be in danger if they were shot by an arrow. Therefore, the two had to work hard to turn their weapons. , can you protect yourself.
Just as the two of them were in a hurry and disguised themselves again, the Tubo people's third round of bows and arrows arrived again.
However, this was not the end yet. After three rounds of shooting, the Tibetan warrior who fired the first round of arrows had already retaken his arrows and shot arrows at the two of them again.
The Tubo military system consisted of "five sixty-one Dongdai". "Dongdai" managed both the military and civilians. Each Dongdai had about 10,000 troops and 100,000 civilians. Its commander was called "Dongben", so "Five Dongdai" For example, "61 Dongdai" means that Tubo has an army of about 600,000.
"Wuru" represents one side. Among them, Wuru, Yuoru, Yeru, and Rula are all in the hinterland of Tubo. Only Supiru is in the north of Tubo. He leads the fewest soldiers, but he is extremely powerful. This group of thousands of people The cavalry archers came from a "Dongdai" in Supiru.
This army can be called the strongest army in Tubo, and their leading general is also very resourceful. Seeing that Jiang Shuo and the others were not only faster and more skilled, he ordered the knights to shoot them with bows and arrows in three sections, even if they couldn't kill them. People must be exhausted first, so that they will not be afraid of resistance when fighting in close combat.
Jiang Shuo and Tuoba Qimei didn't know what the Tubo general was thinking, but they had no choice but to ride their horses forward in a zigzag way. At this moment, they heard a horse neighing like a dragon's roar, and the horse under the Tubo man's crotch suddenly became anxious. Become uneasy.
I saw a yellow dot flashing in the distance and rushing towards the Tibetan army, making a long neighing sound. Jiang Shuo saw that it was Dugu Xiang sitting on the yellow jade top of hay, and Long Xiang's horse kept neighing, as if urging. .
The Tibetan army in the east wanted to order the cavalry to continue shooting arrows, but suddenly they heard the horses neighing and kicking. Now the formation was in chaos, the speed dropped sharply, and the arrows fired by the Tubo people were all wrong. Jiang Shuo and Tuoba Qimei breathed a long sigh of relief.
The Tibetan cavalry kept urging and suppressing the war horses, but the war horses suddenly lost their temper and went crazy. They ignored their masters, turned their heads, went against Jiang Shuo and others, and turned back to their original route.
Some people died, but not completely...
