Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 505

"Leave one leader, and kill all the others!" Sun Congdong shouted.

It was almost a one-sided massacre, and soon over a hundred Tuyuhun cavalrymen were slaughtered by the Tang army, and the whole army was wiped out. Only the middle-aged man who was the leader was sitting blankly on the horseback, with a look of horror on his face. He looked at Tang Jun who surrounded him in groups.

"Put down the sword, or you will be killed on the spot!" Sun Congdong raised his blood-stained halberd and pointed at him, shouting sharply.

The middle-aged man couldn't understand the Guanzhong dialect, so he sat on the horse's back dully and didn't dare to move.

Sun Congdong became impatient, so he raised the halberd and stabbed it. With a touch of the halberd, the scimitar in the middle-aged man's hand was knocked away. The arm was also chopped off by the long halberd.

For those who don't understand human language, Sun Congdong will use practical actions to make him understand. This is Tang Jun's consistent practice.

So, how important it is to master a foreign language.

After his arm was cut off, the middle-aged man finally understood what Sun Congdong meant, screamed and rolled from his horse to the ground, holding his right arm in nothingness and wailing bitterly.

Sun Congdong frowned, and ordered: "While he still has breath, quickly bring him to County Uncle Li for a thorough interrogation. Hurry up, or you will die if you delay."

A knight leaned over on horseback, picked up the man with one hand, and galloped towards Li Qinzai.

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Li Qinzai's side was still surrounded by Buqu, and he was slightly relieved when he saw that the Tang army had finished cutting up the Tuyuhun cavalry and rescued the herdsmen.

When Sun Congdong led the soldiers to slaughter the Tuyuhun cavalry, the herdsmen had successfully escaped and rode their horses to Li Qinzai.

The first herdsman of fifty or so got off his horse, put his hand on his chest and bowed to Li Qinzai, and said in a blunt Guanzhong dialect: "Thank you for your rescue, great kindness and great virtue, I will never forget it."

Li Qinzai frowned, the old man's voice was a bit strange, but after thinking about it, many tribes herdsmen in the border area of ​​Tuyuhun in the northwest were ruled by the Turks before they surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and their tribes also intermarried with the Turks. Don is not the same.

So Li Qinzai didn't care, and said with a smile: "It's good that you are all right, since you are the citizens of the Tang Dynasty, Master Wang will definitely protect you."

Looking up, a soldier rushed towards Li Qinzai with a middle-aged man who was missing an arm. The middle-aged man had fallen into a coma and blood was spilled all the way. The soldier carried him to Li Qinzai and threw him on the ground.

"Uncle Li, the Tuyuhun cavalry has been wiped out, leaving this one alive..."

After a pause, the forbidden army looked at the only survivor on the ground, and couldn't help but hesitate: "Uh, County Uncle Li, please interrogate quickly, I'm afraid there will be nothing to ask if it's too late."

Li Qinzai looked at the dying middle-aged man on the ground, and sighed, "What else do you ask? Just burn the paper for him."

Leaning down, Li Qinzai said loudly to the middle-aged man who had only breath left: "Hey, I didn't do anything just now. Don't make false accusations against me in front of Hades when you get out of Huangquan, or don't blame me for going down to find you."

The trilogy looked at him in astonishment, and Old Wei next to him grinned.

Li Qinzai also laughed, and explained: "It's true that I didn't do it, why should I take the blame? Is this the reason?"

Old Wei nodded hastily: "That's right, Wu Shaolang's hands have never been stained with blood."

As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man twitched violently a few times, and then fell silent again, completely dead.

Li Qinzai looked at Sun Congdong who was rushing over, and snorted.

Sun Congdong blushed, lowered his head and cupped his fists and said, "The general knows his mistake, the strike was too heavy just now..."

Li Qinzai sighed: "That's all. Anyway, I have seen everything with my own eyes, and it doesn't matter whether it is judged or not."

Turning his head to look at the old herdsman, Li Qinzai smiled politely: "I don't know where the old man is from, why did he meet this group of killers?"

The old man laughed and said: "The villain is a herdsman from a small tribe near Lanzhou. Today, he was grazing thirty miles outside Lanzhou city. He suddenly encountered this group of Tuyuhun cavalry. These people often plunder our Tang Dynasty, and no one is left alive after the plunder. .”

"The villain didn't dare to fight them head-on, so he led the herdsmen to throw away the cattle and sheep and ran for his life. Fortunately, he was rescued by a nobleman, otherwise all the young and strong of our tribe would be gone."

The tone of voice was still very strange. Li Qinzai was used to Guanzhong dialect, so he was really uncomfortable with this kind of unfamiliar Chinese. It took him a long time to understand the meaning of his words.

So Li Qinzai said with a smile: "It's okay, it's good if you survive. My husband, go back quickly to see your cattle and sheep. Don't be robbed. If necessary, I can send a team of soldiers to escort you back."

The old man hurriedly said: "No need, you have bothered the nobleman too much, I dare not bother you anymore, the nobleman has saved your life, the villain can't repay you, please allow us herdsmen to kowtow..."

Li Qinzai was about to refuse, but the old man turned his head and said to the dozens of herdsmen sternly: "What are you doing in a daze, the savior is in front of you, why don't you salute your benefactor!"

The herdsmen immediately dispersed and took a few steps forward.

Seeing this, the members of the Li Family who surrounded Li Qinzai also consciously moved away from an open space in front of them. Of course, such a scene should highlight the glorious and righteous image of Wu Shaolang, and it would be inappropriate to stop in front of the herdsmen.

Dozens of herdsmen were only a few steps away from Li Qinzai. Under the leadership of the old man, everyone knelt down to Li Qinzai.

Li Qinzai also felt that it was inappropriate to ride on the horse, so he dismounted and moved forward to return the gift.

This scene is really touching. The rescued bowed down in gratitude, and the rescuer returned the salute humbly. Even the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would laugh heartily when he saw it, and he felt a sense of pride spontaneously.

However, Old Wei who was standing beside Li Qinzai frowned, looked at the old man in the lead, and then at the group of herdsmen behind him, his expression suddenly became restless, and he unconsciously took a few steps closer to Li Qinzai.

After saluting three times, the old man raised his head, and a sharp light suddenly flashed in his cloudy eyes.

At this moment, Li Qinzai was bowing his head in return, completely oblivious to the old man's eyes.

Old Wei noticed it, and was shocked. He grabbed Li Qinzai's arm, hugged him hard, rolled back on the spot, and shouted: "They are assassins, take them down!"

The Li Family Que was startled, Liu Ahsi had unconditional trust in Old Wei, immediately drew his sword out of its sheath, and flew towards the old man.

At the same time, the old man and the herdsman also tore off their camouflage, each took out a small dagger from their pockets, and formed a well-trained circle formation. Dozens of people on the periphery resisted the attack of the tribes, but the first three rushed out. Surrounded, he brandished a dagger and stabbed at Li Qinzai.

As soon as Li's family formed a siege on the herdsmen, seeing someone rushing out of the encirclement, it was too late to turn around and change into formation to save them, so Liu Ahsi held the horizontal knife in his backhand and threw it at one of the herdsmen with all his might.

The herdsman let out a scream, pierced his chest with a horizontal knife, and fell into a pool of blood. However, two herdsmen still flew in front of Li Qinzai after all.

At the critical moment, Lao Wei didn't panic, and while protecting Li Qinzai to retreat, he quickly drew his knife, and when he got low, the light of the knife passed by, and the dagger in the hand of a herdsman was knocked away.

Among the three herdsmen who rushed out of the encirclement, the old man who was the leader was one of them. His old face, which was originally simple and vicissitudes, was hideous at the moment. Facing Old Wei's horizontal knife, he did not dodge it. He stabbed at Li Qinzai's chest.

Old Wei just knocked away the dagger of one of the herdsmen. Seeing that the old man's dagger stabbed Li Qinzai quickly, Old Wei couldn't help being shocked. Without hesitation, he grabbed a handful of sand on the ground and threw it at the old man's eyes.

The sand entered his eyes, and the old man's movements stopped for a moment. Taking advantage of this gap, Old Wei's horizontal knife slashed again. The old man's back was hit, and a long blood spurted out.

"Fifth Shaolang retreat quickly!" Old Wei shouted sharply.

Li Qinzai didn't say much, turned around and ran away. At this moment, it doesn't matter what envoy, county magistrate, or identity.

The accident happened so suddenly, almost in the blink of an eye, before Sun Congdong and the soldiers of the Forbidden Army under his command could react, Li Qinzai's life was already in danger.

It wasn't until Li Qinzai turned around and ran away that Sun Congdong turned pale with fright, cursed a few times viciously, put his fingers into his mouth and whistled, and a thousand soldiers of the forbidden army immediately rode towards Li Qinzai, and at the same time chased away the group of herdsmen. Surrounded.

The old man was blinded by the sand, but he could vaguely distinguish the figure of Li Qinzai running in front of him, as if he had an unshakable hatred, he chased and killed Li Qinzai recklessly.

Li Qinzai turned his head while running, and seeing the old man approaching step by step, Li Qinzai also grabbed a handful of sand on the ground, and threw it at the old man's face, and the old man's figure froze again.

Old Wei, who was chasing after him, seized this opportunity, and at the same time rolled on the spot, the horizontal knife flew past, cutting off one of the old man's legs.

The old man fell down on the sand with a scream, and the guards on horseback also arrived at this moment, quickly forming a human wall between Li Qinzai and the old man.

The old man showed despair, knowing that the assassination had failed, he raised his dagger to the sky and screamed a few times unwillingly.

"You bastard, if you dare to assassinate Wu Shaolang, it's not so easy to die!" Old Wei cursed bitterly, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and looked scared for a while.

If you really succeeded in teaching this group of assassins just now, Lao Wei and the members of the Li Family have no other choice.

It's really dangerous, I almost fell.

On the other side, after the Li family tribes encircled the herdsmen, the herdsmen were basically killed in pieces.

Originally, the herdsmen's weapons were not in their hands. In order to deceive others, they only hid a dagger in their arms, while the Li family members all had horizontal knives.

In the battle between short weapons and long weapons, there was no advantage. Coupled with the worries and anger of the Li family, the attacks became more aggressive, and more than half of the herdsmen were eliminated in two or three hits.

Li Qinzai, who was protected by the guards of the Forbidden Army, was still in shock. Looking at the old man whose leg had been cut off not far away, he couldn't stop crying and rolling, and then at the group of herdsmen who had been massacred, his mind was still buzzing.

There is no doubt that this was a well-planned assassination, including the group of so-called Tuyuhun cavalry who chased and killed the herdsmen, all of whom were actors in this assassination.

The target of the assassination was Li Qinzai, the envoy of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)