The three of them left their horses on the banks of the Wuhaqu River, and Jiang Shuo took Tuoba Qimei along with them. Tuoba Qimei was no longer surprised by the feeling of soaring in the clouds and riding in the mist, but was rather attracted by the feeling of running so fast. Feel enjoyment.
After walking for a few miles, they suddenly saw a huge fire in front of them, lighting up half the sky. The three of them were shocked. They didn't know what had happened. This Tibetan archer was very hidden. When they stopped to eat, the huge camp was empty. There was just a tiny bit of fire, but why was it suddenly being raised in such a big way?
The three of them were walking forward when they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. Jiang Shuo's eyesight in the dark night was far better than ordinary people. He saw a sentry horse approaching from a distance. When he looked to the left and right, he discovered that for some reason there was a hill made of white stones on the west coast. , it was enough for the three of them to hide, and the three of them hurriedly hid behind the pile of rocks.
Fortunately, the range that the torches among the sentry riders could illuminate was very limited. The three of them were not found in the night. They ran far away, but there was no cover if they went further.
This place is located on the west coast. The terrain is flat and there are no tall trees. The West Sea is salt water, and there is no long grass like quills on the shore for the three of them to hide. I don't know how to pick up the Tibetan people without being discovered.
Dugu Xiang said: "I think we should follow the same method as before."
Tuoba Qimei asked curiously: "What method?"
Dugu Xiang laughed and said, "I'm pretending to be a Tubo knight."
Tuoba Qimei was stunned and said: "This... Xiang'er, are you too bold? We have already been discovered once. Besides, when we escaped last time, we threw away all the Tibetan armors, and now we have no clothes." A..."
Dugu Xiang said: "Just grab the clothes and armor. The last time we were found out, it wasn't because we didn't dress up well, but because we met an acquaintance..."
Jiang Shuo said in confusion: "Isn't that the same? What should I do if I meet an acquaintance again?"
Dugu Xiang shook his head and said, "Brother Shuo, look carefully. These outposts are not the horse archers we are following."
At this time, the patrol team happened to turn back from a distance. It seemed that their patrol was only within one mile, and it could be seen that the army in front had stopped advancing.
Jiang Shuo had excellent eyesight. After Dugu Xiang pointed it out, when he looked carefully, he found that this Tibetan army was definitely not that archer and cavalry army. Although these warriors wear similar armor, they carry round shields on their backs and hold spears in their hands. What is even more conspicuous is that they have a blue "eye" on their helmets!
The big blue eyes flickered in the distant firelight, as if they were alive.
Tuoba Qimei said: "They are peacock feathers. They are soldiers of the Mangbu tribe of Tubo."
Dugu Xiang asked: "What kind of official is this Mangbuzhi? Is it very big?"
Tuoba Qimei said: "Mangbuzhi is neither a personal name nor an official name. Mangbuzhi means 'the wise man is respected'. He is the person in charge of the military and political affairs of each Tubo clan. His status is second only to Tubo Zanpu."
Jiang Shuo understood at this time and said: "It seems that these archers are traveling all the way just to join the Mangbuzhi army. The torches we see should be held by these spear and shield cavalry."
Dugu Xiang nodded and said: "The two armies are intertwined, how can they recognize each other? We only need to pretend to be lancers, and then blend in with the archers, how can we find them?"
Tuoba Qimei pondered and said: "In this way, it is feasible, but how can we kill this sentry rider without anyone noticing?"
At this time, the sentinel cavalry had passed by the white stone pile. This group of scouts was no more than a group. Jiang Shuo suddenly walked out from behind the stone pile. He made no sound under his feet, but he was running as fast as flying. Although Tuoba Qimei had already seen Guo Jiangshuo's Qinggong ability, but from the perspective of an onlooker at this moment, it still feels weird and like a ghost.
Jiang Shuo caught up with the last horse in a few ups and downs. He lightly jumped on the horse's back, and a little behind him, the man pounced forward and lay down on the horse. He put his toes on the saddle, swooped forward like a falcon, and knocked the man down in the same manner. After five ups and downs, the five men were all lying on the horse.
Jiang Shuo landed on the ground, slurping his mouth and making a sound, and the five horses suddenly circled in circles, throwing all five people off them.
Dugu Xiang smiled and pulled Tuoba Qimei out from behind the pile of rocks and came to Jiang Shuo. Tuoba Qimei saw that the five Tubo knights who had fallen on the ground were all breathing deeply. It turned out that they were all knocked to sleep by Jiang Shuo. of acupuncture points. Tuoba Qimei sighed: "Little friend Jiang, you are too kind-hearted. It is very dangerous to do this on the battlefield."
Jiang Shuo smiled but didn't answer. Tuoba Qimei couldn't kill these five people, so he could only take off the silk ribbons tied around their waists, tie their hands and feet tightly, and put them behind a pile of white rocks. The three of them put on the armor of the Tibetan riders and chose three horses to ride on. They let the other two eat grass and galloped forward.
The Tubo army was more than a mile in front. When the three of them got closer, they discovered that there were indeed many more Tubo cavalry. Although they did not move, they did not dismount. They sat on their horses and looked prepared.
But unlike what Dugu Xiang thought, the archers were behind, and all the fire they saw were bonfires lit on the ground, which did not affect the archers' bows and arrows. They seemed to be ready to fire arrows at any time. The three of them I was surprised but couldn't help but ask.
When the horse archers saw them coming, they all moved out of the way. It was obviously impossible to get in among the horse archers at this moment. At this point, they could only bravely ride forward. Jiang Shuo glared at Dugu Xiang, but Dugu Xiang treated him indifferently. She raised her eyebrows, and she might have stuck out her tongue, but the iron helmet blocked her mouth.
Although there were many Tibetan cavalry, their formation was very flat. The cavalry archers gathered forward in a fan shape, with every three rows close to each other and fifty steps apart from each other. In this way, they passed through three layers of nine rows. When we got to the front, we discovered that not all cavalry were cavalry. There were only a few lancers with peacock feathers on their helmets. Most of the front row were infantry. These infantry were also fully armored and held a shield in front of them. One hand holds a gun on a shield.
The shields of the Tubo people are rattan shields, with an iron frame as the skeleton and covered with old vine woven cards. The spear is like a small horse spear, only eight feet long, only a little longer than the height of an ordinary person. , the tip of the spear is about one foot long, with a spear tassel made of black yak hair tied behind it. The length of this spear takes into account both on horseback and on foot. A spear as long as the Tang Army's horse spear is difficult for infantry to use flexibly, unlike this spear. Not only is it flexible, but its weight can also be held in one hand, so that both hands can hold the gun and shield at the same time.
The infantry formed a dense formation in front, while the cavalry with peacock feathers stood sparsely behind. It seemed that these cavalry with peacock feathers had a higher status and held the formation behind the infantry. Fortunately, the Lancers happened to be in groups of three, forming a cone-like formation. Jiang Shuo and others found a gap and stood still. All the soldiers were focused on the front, and no one was suspicious of the three of them.
Jiang Shuo stood still and looked forward, only to see that in front of the infantry was the waterfront of the West Sea. The boots of the first row of soldiers had already stepped into the water. Thirty to fifty steps away was a piece of white sand and gravel land. These The gravels are as small as goose eggs and as large as pillows.
The river bank at the feet of the soldiers was covered with fine black gravel, but only separated by a narrow and shallow waterway, the island on the opposite side was a completely different color of stone. Jiang Shuo couldn't help but secretly admire the magic of creation.
Could this be the origin of the name "Egg Island"?
Jiang Shuo didn't expect that this so-called "Egg Island" was so close to the shore. He originally thought that this island, like Longju Island, was in the middle of the sea.
The waterfront here forms a pointed cone-shaped headland, so the infantry and archers can spread out like a fan. The farther forward they are, the denser they are and the farther back they are, the sparser they are. However, Egg Island is just the opposite. The island is less than a hundred feet in diameter and is close to The shore is the sharpest, but it is very wide in the distance. The entire island is like a ginkgo leaf growing on a branch. If you want to land from the island, you must pass through this headland.
This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but thousands of people were used to defend it. There are no huge numbers of enemy troops on the island. There are only a dozen people standing among the white round stones!
Jiang Shuo looked carefully and couldn't help being surprised.
Standing at the narrow end of the island was a huge Tibetan official, who was Jiang Shuo's old acquaintance, Ma Xiangzhong Bajie. There were two Tibetan generals standing next to him, but he didn't recognize them. They seemed to be Qianhu "Dongben", the leader of the spear shield soldiers and horse archers.
There were many people standing on the broad side of the island. Jiang Shuo was really surprised to see these talents. He first saw an old man, a young man and fourteen followers behind them. They turned out to be An Lushan's second son An Qingxu and his master. Yin Ziqi, the fourteen people behind him are naturally brothers He Wanzai and He Qianqian.
What is their purpose here? Judging from the tense look, it seemed that they were not plotting a "five-pronged attack on the Tang Dynasty".
Looking next to the two of them, there is a huge white stone on the white pebble ground. This huge stone is like a natural table with a very flat top. There is a person sitting on it, it is Master Gu Xin. In front of him is a pair of There was a person lying on the stretcher. It was too far away to see clearly and there was no way to know who was lying there.
Jiang Shuo suddenly became nervous: the person lying there was most likely Ye Qingyao, but there was no one else. Could it be that Xie Yanchang and Quan Xingjian bumped into An Qingxu, Yin Ziqi and his group, and were killed by them. Little Ye Zi also Fall into their hands? But then I thought, what's the use of An Qingxu catching Xiao Zizi?
But Dugu Xiang understood it first and whispered to Jiang Shuo: "Brother Shuo, we were all wrong! What Zhang Shouyu saw and what Gao Xiuyan was following were not people like Brother Xie and Quan Daxian, who were carrying bows. It’s not Nanba, but…”
She pointed at He Wanzai on the island, and Jiang Shuo immediately realized that the Erhe brothers were pretending to be hunters when they visited Xixi Villa, and Nan Jiyun's Tubo horn bow was a gift from He Wanzai. In this way, As early as the second year of Tianbao, Anlushan had contact with the Tubo people.
Thinking of this, Jiang Shuo couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp. It would have been very difficult to escape among two thousand Tubo people, and with a master like Yin Ziqi here, if he were alone, he wouldn't be afraid of not being able to escape, but he had to protect Xiang'er and Tuoba Qimei's safety is a bit weak.
But... looking at the two groups of people at war with each other, they don't seem to be allies. The situation in front of them is too bizarre and difficult to understand.
Some people died, but not completely...
