Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 874 Captive
As the battle continued, the Tang army's cavalry gradually expanded into an encircling formation, and dense arrows drove the Tibetan knights toward the center. The Tubo cavalry began to realize that they encountered more enemies than themselves. Gao Yannian and Chang Wulang finally discovered that these ferocious enemies only had more than a hundred cavalry. They gradually calmed down from the initial panic and began to launch a counterattack.

This Tibetan cavalry was a personal accompaniment of the Qiang and Hu people directly under Qinling, and covered the Tibetan army's retreat to the west of the Yellow River. Although there are not many of them, they are all selected brave knights. At this moment, they realized that they were encountering a powerful enemy, but they were not frightened, nor did they scatter their horses. In order to avoid being surrounded by the Tang people, the Tubo people fought and retreated, forming a formation while continuing to shoot arrows at the enemy. The purpose was to draw the Tang army out of the main group and break it into pieces, so as to teach the Tang people a lesson so that they could get rid of it. And the Tang people did send their cavalry out in all directions to chase them.

"The Tibetan thief has escaped, hurry up and catch up!"

"Kill the Qiang slaves and avenge the murdered brothers!"

"Yes, don't let anyone go!"

The Tang people were inspired by the enemy's retreat and rode their horses to chase the scattered groups of enemies. The war horses ran on the snow, their hooves raising snowflakes like black mud, while the people on the horses rose and fell, as if they were walking in a muddy swamp.

Gao Yannian led more than 20 cavalry to bite the eight Tibetan cavalry and chased them. The last Tibetan suddenly reined in his horse and turned around, shooting an arrow. Gao Yannian bent down subconsciously and felt a gust of cool wind on his right cheek. Then he heard a muffled thought coming from behind him. When he looked back, he saw that the rider behind him had nothing on his neck, and blood spurted out. It made a sizzling sound, but the headless corpse was still sitting upright on the horse's back, continuing to gallop up and down with the horse.

It turns out that the arrow shot by the Tubo knight just now was a specially made arrow, and the arrow was polished to be wide and sharp. The arrow just hit the knight's neck. He actually cut most of his neck open, and his head was flushed with blood and tilted to one side. Gao Yannian was so shocked that he didn't see clearly and thought he was a headless horseman.

When Gao Yannian saw that he was killed by a knight, he was angry and frightened. He shouted loudly and urged his subordinates to catch up, while chasing after him like crazy. They followed the escaping Tibetans up a hill with sparse shrubs. The Tibetans suddenly split into two groups, and the others ran into a nearby forest. The forest stretches up the mountain and gradually ends under the steep rock wall; and falls in the valley where the last two riders run deep into the mountain.

"High School Lieutenant, which one are we chasing?" someone asked.

Gao Yannian looked at the terrain ahead. The group of people who fled into the woods had a dead end in front of them. There was no way to escape when they reached the steep rock wall. Either this group of guys were too confused to flee and did not see the road ahead clearly; or the two knights were of high status and the group wanted to sacrifice themselves to cover the escape of the two knights. Besides, the murderer of the man who just shot me was among them.

"You guys chased those people in the woods!" Gao Yannian casually said among his men: "The rest of you will follow me to get the two cavalry. If you kill our people, you must not let him go." Ran away!"

Everyone responded in unison, so Gao Yannian led a team to chase into the valley, while a Goguryeo knight named Gao Chongli led another team to follow the Tibetans into the woods.

The forest was originally full of branches, but after the heavy snowfall, many branches were broken under the weight of the snow. The moonlight shines through the sparse treetops, casting mottled light, and then reflects off the snow on the ground. In this way, even if you ride your horse into the woods, you can still see the figures moving left and right in front of you. The horse's hooves stepped on the branches on the ground, making a crunching sound.

Gao Chongli ran ahead. That day he was wearing a black robe and riding a castrated yellow gelding. He bit the blue-black war horse in front of him and chased after him. The knight on the horse was wearing a white robe and a fox fur hat, which was particularly conspicuous in the moonlight. Gao Chongli's servant Gao Bin had good riding skills. He held the trembling horse's back between his legs, stood up from the stirrups, his buttocks were suspended in the saddle, raised his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot at the enemy in front. But the Tubo in front actually turned left and right very flexibly, constantly using trees and other obstacles to cover themselves. Gao Bin shot several arrows but failed to hit them.

Suddenly the Dongren in front turned around. Gao Chongli had sharp eyes and instinctively leaned over the horse's mane. Then a harsh bone whistle was heard, flying past the ears of Gao Chongli's horse. Jati turned around and saw Gao Bin falling off his horse without saying a word. His feet were dragged out by the stirrups, leaving a long trace in the snow.

Another rider was secretly frightened when he saw this. He carefully lifted the reins of his horse, slowed down and fell behind. Only Gao Chongli took out an arrow and held it in his mouth, while beating his mount and continuing to pursue him.

The Tibetan man in front turned around and saw another horse chasing him, and then turned around and raised his bow. Gao Chongli was shocked and hurriedly leaned over. He only heard the sound of strings but no arrows were flying. He suddenly understood that the enemy had just fired an empty string, and suddenly he remembered the sharp sound made by the arrow that killed Gao Bin. It was obviously a liaison weapon, and obviously there were no arrows in the Tibetan Hu Lu. Otherwise, Ming Dy would not have been used.

Thinking of this, Gao Chongli couldn't help but be overjoyed. He hurriedly hit his mount several times, chased closer, put the arrow in his mouth on his bow, and stood up to draw the bow at the enemy. At this moment, he saw the Tubo man in front of him turn around again, and there was an arrow on the bowstring, pointing right at him! Gao Chongli was shocked and instinctively lowered his head, but it was already too late. The Tibetan knight shot an arrow and hit his throat. Gao Chongli immediately fell from his horse.

The Tibetan knight was relieved when he saw Gao Chongli off his horse. He turned his horse's head and came to Gao Chongli's side. He turned over and dismounted, took out all the arrows from his arrow pot and put them into his own Hulu. It turned out that this Tubo knight was very smart. He found that he only had two arrows on his body, and one of them was a dynamite. If he continued to chase like this, he would only die. So he first shot a person with a dynamite, making the enemy behind him mistakenly think that he had no more arrows. He lured him closer and then shot him dead. The tactics were false and real, making it difficult for people to guard against him.

The Tibetan knight took the arrow and touched Gao Chongli's body, and found the lock curtain worn inside. He pulled it open and saw that the armor was as soft as clothes, fine and hard, and the vital parts were protected by steel sheets. The Tubo knight muttered a few words, his eyes glistening with greed, and he quickly reached out to untie Gao Chongli's curtain.

The Tibetan knight used a lot of strength to pull off the curtains on Gao Chongli's body. Before he could put them on himself, he heard the sound of horse hooves stepping on the branches from the forest beside him. There were two faint horses. The horse is approaching. Without thinking, he quickly got on his horse and tried to escape. Hearing only two string sounds, the Tubo knight felt the horse's hooves soften under his crotch, and he fell off the horse.

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Gao Yannian chased him closer and closer. The two knights turned around and shot arrows from time to time. Gao Yannian and the accompanying knights also opened their bows and fired. He shot an arrow in the neck of a Tibetan knight in front. Because he was lightly armed, the Tibetan knight did not have a neck protector, and his neck was injured. Wounded, bleeding for a while, he slipped from the horse. Gao Yannian was pleasantly surprised when he saw his opponent fell. Suddenly, he found that the subordinate's mount in front of him had been hit by an arrow and fell down, blocking his way. He quickly reined in the reins to avoid trampling his companion to death. He then controlled his mount and shot an arrow in front of him. With a "dang" sound, it hit his iron helmet. Fortunately, his helmet was well made and was not penetrated by the arrow. Gao Yannian felt dizzy, and the subordinates around him did not dare to pursue him. The Tibetan knight who bent his bow to shoot at him saw this and took the opportunity to hit his horse and run away.

"Yannian, are you okay?" Changgoro caught up and saw Gao Yannian sitting in a daze on the horse. He was afraid that something might happen to him, so he asked quickly.

"Fortunately!" Gao Yannian pointed to his helmet: "I was shot with an arrow by the Tubo people just now. Fortunately, the helmet is well made, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see you!"

"As long as everything's okay!" Changgoro breathed out: "It's all blessed by Bodhisattvas. I have to fulfill my wish when I get back!"

"That's natural!" Gao Yannian laughed, and he suddenly said angrily: "What about the Tibetan thieves? Why don't you chase them?" "Forget it!" Changgoro smiled and said, "Only one is gone, and you are fine, poor bandit. Don’t chase!”

"No!" Gao Yannian said angrily: "This thief just shot me, and it missed me by a few inches. I'm already dead. I'm going to cut this guy into pieces! Let's go, keep chasing!"

Changgoro knew Gao Yannian's temper, and thought to himself that the guy had probably run far away now. If he could catch up with him, he would at most run for a short distance, and then give up if he couldn't find him. Thinking of this, he followed Gao Yannian's temper and went together. Chased him. I thought I couldn't catch up, but I didn't want to run out for two or three hundred steps, but I bumped into a knight head-on. It was the Tubo knight who had just shot Gao Yannian's helmet with an arrow. It turned out that the Tubo knight had just panicked and ran into a dead end. , they could only turn around and find another way, but Gao Yannian and the others happened to bump into them.

"Dog thief!" The enemy was extremely jealous when they met, and Gao Yannian shouted: "I will definitely skin you today!" Although the Tubo knight could not understand what Gao Yannian was scolding, he could guess a thing or two, and hurriedly adjusted it. The horse ran away. But that night, the moonlight was shining brightly, and the snow in the mountains was white. The Tubo knight had nowhere to escape, so he had to abandon his horse and climb up a rock several feet high with his bare hands, standing high. Everyone saw that the terrain was dangerous and the enemy had outstanding archery skills, so no one dared to go up and take him.

Gao Yannian said loudly: "No one can go back without taking the heads of these thieves!"

The Tibetan knight squatted on the top of the rock and looked down. He saw that the group of Tang people had taken their horses away and hid in a sheltered place not far away to rest.

Without his horse, he couldn't escape far even if he got off the rock. He could only grit his teeth and wait, hoping to see a turn of events after dawn.

As time goes by and as morning approaches, the weather becomes colder and the cold wind in the mountains blows and howls the snow. The Tang people hid in the lee of the wind, lit a bonfire to keep out the cold, killed the Tibetan knight's horse, and roasted the ribs over the fire to eat. The Tibetan people on the rocks endured the cold north wind and wailed in despair from time to time. Near dawn, Gao Yannian and Chang Wulang climbed up the stone. The Tibetan knight was so cold that his face was bruised and he could no longer breathe.

"Bitch thief, the cold wind last night didn't freeze you to death!" Gao Yannian spat, and was about to kill the guy when he was pulled back by Changgoro: "Don't be impatient first, search yourself and see if you can I can’t find out this guy’s identity!”

"Yeah!" Gao Yannian replied somewhat unconvinced: "Bitch, your fortune is good!"

Changwulang had the Tibetan man's body searched, and the talisman on his body confirmed his identity as a Tubo noble. He also called the captives for questioning, and found out that the guy who was half-frozen to death was named Gan Doujiu, and he was from the Gar family. A branch of Qin Ling's cousin, he was the commander of this Tibetan scout.

"We caught a big fish this time!" Changgoro said with a smile.

"Humph!" Gao Yannian looked unhappy: "Changgoro, you are really troublesome. If you weren't here, I would have chopped this guy up long ago!"

"I know you hate him for shooting you!" Changgoro said with a smile: "Forget it, didn't he shoot you nothing? This is a relative of Qin Ling, and sending him back will be of great use."

"Forget it, I don't care! It's up to you!"

"I'll take care of it!" Changgoro shouted with a smile: "Get some hot water and pour it into this guy, and save him first!"

The accompanying Tang Dynasty knight hurriedly gave Gan Doujiu a few sips from the accompanying wine bag. The man's face finally showed some human color. Chogoro asked someone to rub his limbs and heart vigorously. After a while, Gan Doujiu He spat out a few mouthfuls of thick phlegm and opened his eyes slightly.

"Just wake up, wrap him up first, and then we retreat!" Changgoro said loudly.

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Lanzhou, Xingyuan.

"What, your people captured Qin Ling's nephew?" Pei Xingjian's eyes widened.

"It's just a cousin!" Hu Liang said with a smile: "The people below have checked and found out that this man's grandfather is Lu Dongzan's brother and Qinling's uncle. This time he was leading a scout and happened to bump into one of my men. When the team returned, the two sides started fighting. Fortunately, our side won and brought this guy back as a prisoner! "

"That's very close!" Pei Xingjian nodded: "I heard that the children of Tubo brothers grew up together without distinction. In Qinling's view, cousins ​​and nephews are actually the same person. What’s going on!”

"Pei Gong is indeed knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he knows the true and false of the captives well!" Hu Liang flattered him: "But this guy is very tough. He doesn't say anything, he just curses and looks like he is begging for death. For a moment, I I don’t know how to deal with it!”

"This is what the Tubo people are like!" Pei Xingjian said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, just imprison them for a while first."