Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"Idiot, you still hold the torch high at night because you are afraid you won't die!" Acton put down his horn bow with a sneer, and the tense bowstring made a buzzing sound.

Awang grabbed the arrow that pierced through his right chest. It seemed that a piece of red-hot iron was pierced into it. The screams were ear-piercing, terrifying and full of pain. The servants on the side tried their best to do something to help their master, but nothing could be done. , The wound was too deep, no one dared to move the arrow, lest they directly kill Awang.

"Quick, quick!" Awang tried his best to control himself: "Where is Tenzin, quick, quickly call him! Let him command instead of me!"

"Yes, yes, I'll go find Master Tenzin right away!" The servants went to find someone in a panic. Awang lay down with the help of a servant. The blood loss and pain made him feel exhausted, but his mind was still there. Very sober, he murmured: "there are not many enemies, otherwise they would not just shoot arrows, but rush over. Put on the armor first, half of them control the appendix, and half of them rush out. If these people will only hide and shoot arrows far away Drive away the cowards! Don't panic, don't panic..."

For Awang, luckily among the misfortunes, the servant found his deputy, Tenzin, in the chaos. He handed over the white yak helmet representing the command authority to Tenzin in pain: "I'm done, the rest is up to you." I leave it to you, there shouldn’t be many enemies, otherwise you won’t just hide in the distance and shoot arrows, you leave half of the people to guard the captives, take the remaining half to drive away the thieves, and send the captives back! As for me, give me a Come on, just take the ashes back home!"

"Awang!" Tenzin couldn't help crying when he saw his old friend in pain. He drew out the short knife, but he couldn't do it.Awang smiled reluctantly: "Don't be like this, like a woman! You should be happy for me to die on the battlefield! Take my ashes back to my wife and let her tell the children what their father is Such a person!"

"Hmm!" Tenzin saw Awang's pale face and rapid chest heaving, knowing that the other party was in extreme pain, he gritted his teeth, pointed the tip of the knife at Awang's heart, and stabbed it hard, Awang's body felt a burst of pain After violent convulsions, a relieved smile appeared on his face immediately. He let out a long breath and murmured, "I'm coming—!"

The grassroots officers of the Tubo people are very experienced in combat. Even at night, Tenzin can accurately judge the direction of the enemy. Spears, swords and axes, desperate to rush at their enemies, or kill them, or die at the hands of them.

It is a pity that the enemies they encountered were probably the most cunning cavalry commanders in Northeast Asia at that time. In addition to teaching personal martial arts such as riding and shooting and spear spears, the teachers of Dinglin Temple taught the selected outstanding survivors Various tactics will be taught.Especially in cavalry tactics, the teachers repeatedly told the students that an excellent cavalry general is also an excellent hunter. He must learn to hide his subordinates, and must skillfully use whistles, horns, flags, gongs and other communication tools on the battlefield. One's own subordinates are always in hand, sometimes scattered, sometimes concentrated, luring the enemy to expose the weakness of one's formation, and then attacking them, and chasing them after victory until they are eliminated, instead of slamming headfirst into densely packed formations like a fool Compared with spears and bows and arrows, the fast quadrupeds of war horses are the most powerful weapons for cavalry.

What Acton did today perfectly met the requirements of the teachers. He first ordered his subordinates to use bows and arrows to attack the Tibetans in the camp. When he found that the Tibetans rushed out of the camp and rushed towards him, he immediately used a series of powerful The rhythmic whistle commanded his subordinates to retreat to both sides to avoid the sharpness of the Tubo people, and then went around to the rear and began to attack.Like most of the soldiers who were attacked from behind, the first reaction of the Tibetans was that they were surrounded.

"Don't panic, don't panic! Cover your face with a shield, we don't have to be afraid of cowards who only know how to shoot arrows!" Dan Zeng shouted loudly, and he made his subordinates form a circle centered on himself, horseshoes thundered in the dark, and there were arrows constantly Flying, the arrow screamed.The Tibetans fought back with bows, arrows and slings, but they couldn't see anything in the dark and didn't know what they could hit.In the dark, the cavalry of the Tang army cast their torches on the open space around the Tubo circle, and they could see clearly that they rushed to only a dozen steps away from the Tubo people, stretched their horn bows to the ears, and shot heavy arrows that could even pierce through them. The leather shield of the Tubo people nails the arm holding the shield to the shield, and whenever a Tubo person rushes out of the circle and tries to attack the cavalry of the Tang army, these cavalry will retreat into the darkness, and the pursuers will soon be surrounded and killed die.

The Tibetans persisted for a long time. They believed that the enemy's cavalry had limited arrows, and they only needed to persist until the enemy finished shooting arrows.But Acton set off with six pack horses, and besides the fodder, there were twelve sacks of feathered arrows.When finally the Tubo people couldn't bear it anymore, they began to retreat slowly to the camp. At first they could maintain a circular formation, but under the harassment of the Tang army, they finally couldn't stand it anymore, and some people began to leave behind. Wounded companions and shields, fled towards the camp.Just like the first piece of soil that the dam collapsed, more and more people fled soon, and finally dispersed in a crowd. Acton's cavalry followed, killing one enemy after another with ease, until the remaining The enemy below fled back to the camp.

"The Tubo people have lost their nerve!" Acton said with a smile: "Everyone, step back and take a rest!"

"Why do you have to step back? Aren't you afraid that the Tubo people will escape?" Tuyan Mang Jiebo asked carefully. The other party played and killed the Tubo people who had just destroyed their village like sheep. Dun's attitude has changed a lot, from unconvinced to awed.

"The Tibetans have many wounded and so many captives, and we are cavalry, so they can't escape!" Acton said with a smile, "I'm afraid they will take advantage of the darkness and send a few daredevils to attack us at night! Both men and horses should have a good rest, and we will deal with them again at noon tomorrow!"

In the remaining half of the night, no one in the Tubo camp closed their eyes. The Tubo soldiers kept their eyes wide open vigilantly, guarding against possible attacks; Chance, until the first ray of dawn came to dispel the darkness the next day, they discovered that the group of mysterious attackers had already disappeared, leaving only horseshoe prints and corpses all over the ground.

There was only one road before Tenzin. He ordered his own corpses to be burned, leaving behind the wounded who could not walk and all the luggage that could be discarded, and then escorted the captives on the road.With a gloomy face, he looked back from time to time, holding the handle of the knife tightly, guarding against the group of mysterious attackers last night.

It was not easy for the Tubo people to retreat. On the way, captives kept breaking free and fled into the weeds beside the road. If it was normal, Tenzin would order his subordinates to chase after them, capture them back and torture them to death in front of other captives. .But this time was different. He had a premonition in his heart—the attackers last night would never give up so easily, and they would come again.

A sharp chirping sound confirmed Tenzeng's guess. Having fought against the Tuyuhun people, he knew very well that this was a kind of feathered arrow that nomads liked to use—the tip of this kind of feathered arrow was a hollow piece of wood. , when the feather arrow is shot, the air passes through the hole at high speed, and it will make a special sharp sound, which is often used by herdsmen to deliver messages.Since there are many cityside cavalry of Turkic and other ethnic groups in the Tang army, the Tang army also often uses them.He looked around following the sound, and saw a shadow of a rider on the hill in front of him, obviously the knight shot out the mingba.

"The enemy from last night is catching up!"

Every Tibetan in the line felt another chill in their vests, and some even stopped and looked behind them, as if there were evil spirits following them.

"Don't stop, don't stop!" Dan Zeng shouted loudly, waving the whip over the soldiers' heads. He knew that this would aggravate the panic of the soldiers, but he had no choice but to do so. For the Tubo people who are almost all infantry, it is even more unfavorable than last night's situation. Only by finding a high place as soon as possible can we set up a defensive camp.

While the Tubo people were rushing on their way desperately, the blare of dysprosium and the sound of horns kept coming, as if two people were answering each other.Riding shadows also appeared more and more frequently, it was as if an invisible whip was whipping the backs of the Tubo people, and the Tubo soldiers were marching as fast as they could without the urging of Tenzin.In order to avoid being dragged back by the captives, they even threw aside the captives who had worked so hard to escort them here, and finally occupied the hill where the enemy who shot Ming Di was before the enemy cavalry arrived.

"Everyone, put up your shields and get your slings ready. If the bandit's cavalry approach, give them a good look!" Dan said loudly.

The Tubo people responded in unison. For these Tubo soldiers, using the sling was almost a bone marrow skill.When they were grazing young, they always had a stick in one hand and a sling in the other hand. Whether it was driving cattle and sheep or driving away wolves and other harmful animals, they were inseparable. Being able to be beaten passively, now that the sky is clear, it will be shameful.

When Acton arrived, the Tubo people had already formed a circular formation on the top of the hill. Although the mound was not high, only about 20 meters above the ground, it was still a commanding height. There are still 80 to [-] people, fighting with their backs, their morale cannot be underestimated.

"Rush forward and shoot these Tubo dogs!" Tuyan Mang Jiebo shouted excitedly, she saw the embarrassment of the Tubo people last night and just now, and her previous suspicion of Acton had long since turned into suspicion of the strong respect.

"People are condescending, and they are good at using slings. Rushing over like this is looking for death!" Acton had seen the power of slings when he was in Dinglin Temple. He knew that although it was difficult to use, it would break bones even if he was wearing armor. Folding, he looked around, and suddenly pointed to the grass not far away: "Who are there? Catch them here!"

With a whistle, five or six cavalrymen circled over, and rushed back a dozen or so unkempt men, who were still more than ten steps away, shouted cheers, jumped off their horses and rushed over, hugging those people. Crying and laughing, dancing in a ball.After a while, the Qiang girl came back and said to Acton: "These are people from my tribe. The Tubo people ran away just now, and they took the opportunity to escape!"

"Oh? This is the best!" Acton looked at the terrain on the left and right, measured the wind direction, and suddenly said with a smile: "Tuyanmangjiebo, you call the people in the same village, listen to my order, and give these Let the Tibetans show some color!"

Tenzin stood on the mound, observing the movement of the enemy. To his surprise, the number of the enemy was much smaller than he imagined, only about twenty riders. He wanted to lead the troops to kill them, but he was afraid This is a trap.While hesitating, he saw dozens of captives who had fled before gather around and cut the grass. What are they doing?Is it to feed the horses?
"Master Tenzeng, do you want to kill them and show these Qiang dogs some color?" Someone asked.

"Get out? How do you know it's not a trap?" Tenzin sneered.

"There are only twenty riders in total, what is there to be afraid of?"

"What you saw were twenty horsemen, what didn't you see?" Tenzin asked, "Be more thoughtful, that thing on your neck is not just for eating!"

Under Tenzin's scolding, the Tubo people guarded the mound strictly, and only sent a dozen rangers to throw stones at the Qiang people who were mowing the grass, but the distance was too far, and there was only a symbolic threat.After a while, the Tibetans found that mowing the grass did not seem to pose any threat to them, so they simply ignored it.After about two hours like this, the Qiang people mowed a lot of grass, and the first grass that was cut had been dried under the scorching sun on the plateau.

"Akton, why do you want us to cut so much grass? To feed the horses?" Tuyan Mangjiebo asked.

"No!" Acton shook his head: "Have you ever taken wild honey?"

"Wild honey? What do you mean?" Tu Yanmang asked in confusion.

"There are many wild bees in the woods of my hometown. There are not only honey, but also a lot of bee pupae in the hive. It is very delicious. When it is roasted with fire, it will be rich in oil, not to mention how fragrant it is. But the wild bee eggs are also poisonous. Very soon, it will swell a lot after being stung, and if it is stung seven or eight times, even a man of middle age may die! So if you want to eat wild honey, you must find a way!"

Tu Yanmang Jiebo was confused: "What does this wild honey have to do with mowing the grass?"

"Hehehehe!" Acton laughed: "You will know later!"

On the mound, Tenzeng was taking a nap. He hadn't closed his eyes much since he tossed about last night. Even a tough guy couldn't stand it anymore.

Today is finally back to normal. This is the case with amateur codewords. I can only squeeze time. It is too difficult!