The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 72
The caravan traveled south along the route it had come the day before yesterday, and the horses stepped on the snow and made sand, sand, sand sounds.

The cold moonlight shone on the caravan returning from the south, which looked desolate and mysterious. Chai Shao ran at the front of the team on horseback, and six guards on top horses followed closely behind.

The group of horses followed behind the leading horse, and none of them was willing to fall behind.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu followed behind the horses while loudly shouting at the horses, while looking back nervously, for fear of any accidents.

The team was moving faster and faster. Two hours later, the caravan had driven south for nearly [-] miles, and it was getting closer and closer to the Great Wall Pass. At this time, everyone's mood gradually settled down. down.

At this time, the moon was already gradually approaching the western mountain, and the sky gradually turned dark. The huge black mountain shadow reflected the vast snow field, which looked desolate and terrifying.

From time to time, the horses raised their heads and neighed.

Duan Wuji stood at the end of the line and shouted loudly: "Everyone, hurry up, you won't be able to go fast when the moon sets, it will be dark soon.

I am afraid that there is still more than an hour before Tianming. If I walk slowly, I am afraid that Tianming will not be able to enter the gate. "

At this time, the northeast wind blew again, and the snow on the ground was blown up and hit people's faces. It was a burst of pain. Fortunately, they were traveling with the wind, so it didn't affect the itinerary.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the snowflakes flying in the air were like a layer of white mist. The people had no choice but to move forward in this extremely difficult environment. At this time, the team did not dare to stop. To stop is tantamount to suicide.

When it was just dawn, the caravan was only twenty miles away from the pass.

Everyone looked at the huge shadow of the Great Wall, and let out a long sigh of relief.

The people and the horses were exhausted from the rapid march all night, and Chai Shao shouted to the back at this time: "Brothers, work hard, we will enter the pass soon."

Seeing the hope of victory, everyone excitedly rode their horses towards the pass. At this moment, the iron bull said loudly to Duan Wuji: "Brother, it's not good. Listen, it seems that there are pursuers coming from behind."

Duan Wuji listened carefully, there was a rustling sound of horseshoes stepping on ice and snow in the distance.

After hearing this, Duan Wuji shouted loudly to the crowd: "Brothers, it's not good, the Turks are chasing you, everyone hurry to the pass! All the personnel who evacuate to the pass will give the arrows to those who have broken the arrows.

Changchun, Changhao, Changhong, the three of you stay here, Brother Chai, quickly lead the team and run desperately into the pass. "

When everyone heard Duan Wuji's shout, they immediately understood what was going on, and the people who retreated handed over their arrows one after another, and then drove their horses desperately towards the direction of the pass.

Duan Wuji turned around and counted, okay, Chai Shao is really interesting, he actually left twelve queens for himself, and Chai Shao also understands the importance of these queens.

Duan Wuji glanced at several people and said: "You guys are automatically divided into two teams, one team follows me, and the other team follows Tieniu.

Quickly share the arrows in your hands equally among everyone. "

After hearing this, the few people probably split the arrows evenly, and handed Duan Wuji and Tie Niu a dozen arrows.

The two men loaded the arrows, and Tieniu asked anxiously: "Brother, what should we do about this matter? Are we going to fight recklessly or what?"

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "It's definitely not possible to fight recklessly. We have few people and many families. If we fight recklessly, we will definitely suffer a lot."

"Then what do you say?"

Tieniu asked eagerly.

Duan Wuji thought for a while and said: "Look at the strong wind and snow blowing, you can't see people clearly for a hundred feet, they may not have really found us, even if there is a horseshoe mark, it will be blown by the white hair, I'm afraid we won't be able to see anything, so let's follow our horses and retreat into the pass, while being on guard. If the enemy doesn't attack us, we will never take the lead. At the same time, let's see if there is any favorable terrain ahead, everyone What do you think?"

Everyone nodded.

"Okay, let's do that."

Duan Wuduan waved to everyone, and then the twenty people followed the horse herd and quietly retreated to the port in the pass.

After walking another five or six miles, the chasing team got closer and closer.

Seeing that the situation was very critical, Duan Wuji quickly said to everyone: "Everyone, look, there is a high slope not far ahead, we stand on the high slope, just in time to attack the enemy."

Everyone looked up, and sure enough there was a high slope less than a mile away. The side of this slope was fifteen or sixty feet high, and the slope was very gentle. The west side of the slope was just facing the passage leading to the pass.

Standing on the high slope, it happened to guard the passage leading to the pass.Everyone nodded.

"Okay, let's run to Gaopo immediately, without further delay, let's act now."

When Tieniu saw it, he immediately rode his horse and took the lead to run towards the high slope.

When they saw it, they rode their horses and followed up one after another. Duan Wuji rode on the horse and walked at the end. As soon as they stood firm on the hillside, the Turkic personnel arrived.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the wind was getting weaker and weaker. At this time, the personnel of the enemy and us gradually saw each other's faces clearly. Just like this tense confrontation.

Duan Wujiniu turned his head and said to Tieniu: "Brother, guard this pass well, buy more time for Brother Chai and the others, whoever dares to break through this passage, shoot them to death with an arrow."

Tieniu laughed and said, "Brother, don't worry, with me in charge, none of them will even think about passing."

The translator who knew Turkic ran over and said to Duan Wuji: "Brother Wuji, do you want me to shout at them?"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Don't worry, this kind of confrontation is definitely beneficial to us, we can buy more time for our horses to enter the pass, now here is only fourteen or five miles away from the pass, if everything If all goes well, they will probably enter and close soon.”

The Turkic interpreter listened and nodded.

"Well, what you said makes sense."

Duan Wuji stood on a high place and counted carefully. There are only 24 or [-] Turkic people in total. This group of people circled the slope continuously, but they dare not attack upwards. They also know the difficulty of the next attack. , they are not enough to form an overwhelming advantage over the group of people above.

The two sides confronted each other for a long time, and the Turkic finally couldn't bear it anymore, and began to attack Tupo with howls.

Duan Wuji saw it and said with a smile: "Hey, buddy, what are these boys shouting?"

The interpreter smiled wryly after hearing this and said, "They said they wanted to kill us all, and even hung our heads upside down on the tree branches."

Duan Wuji sneered and said, "Let's see who kills who.

Hey, Brother Tieniu, now you don't have to stare at that intersection, let's shoot these bastards. "

Tieniu looked at the situation and knew that a big battle was imminent.Tie Niu immediately drew his bow and set his arrows, and said loudly to the others: "You all stand back, without the order of the two of us, don't shoot your arrows casually, we don't have many arrows!"

Everyone listened and nodded.

"Don't worry, it's okay for us to follow the command!"

At this time, after discussing, the Turkic man divided the attacking team into six columns, and launched an attack on the slope from the north and the northeast, screaming strangely.

Duan Wuji said to Tieniu: "You keep an eye on the three teams in the northeast, I keep an eye on the three teams in the north, and the others stand guard."

The Turkic man was getting closer and closer, Duan Wuji said to Duan Changhao and Duan Changhong: "Changhong, Changhao, you two give us arrows, let's see how we shoot them."

Seeing this, the others thought: Are these two boys crazy enough? How many people can you shoot and kill just by the two of you?
When the team rushed down the slope, everyone became nervous. Duan Wuji saw that the shooting range was enough, and immediately shot an arrow. With a "pop", a Turkic fell off his horse immediately.

Duan Wuji took the arrow that Duan Changhong handed over and shot another one, and another Turkic fell from his horse.Tie Niu over there also shot his arrows in vain. The six teams were shot and killed eight people by two people before they could even reach the slope.

The rest of the Turkic people retreated in fright. Looking at the eight corpses on the slope, these Turkic people felt chills in their hearts.

The people at the back of the line could see clearly that only two people were shooting arrows just now, and the others didn't even move.

The Turkic people were startled when they saw it, and knew that it would be impossible to win today, because the number of people on their side was reduced to sixteen or seventeen people.

Duan Wuji said to the person who knew Turkic: "Tell them, just return it now, if not, we will rush down and kill them all."

The person who knew Turkic yelled at the Turkic people.

The Turkic also responded with a groan.

Not too much time.

Duan Wuji asked Fan Ze who knew Turkic, "What did they say?"

"They said we invaded their grasslands, they said we were an act of aggression."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji said coldly: "Tell them, just say that we are a caravan. What they are doing is robbing the caravan. It is an act of robbery. If conflicts arise, they will be fully responsible."

Duan Wuji drew his bow quietly, and the Turkic man closest to Tupo shot another arrow. The Turkic man thought he was standing outside the shooting range, but the arrow hit the man's throat, and the man fell to the ground. The war horse immediately ran away.

Tie Niu laughed when he saw it.

"Brother, you can shoot from such a distance, you are so powerful! I will shoot another one when they get close. Let them know how powerful we are."

The Turkic man saw that another one died while he was talking, and knew that there would be no good results if he continued to consume, so he immediately led the horse to a place far away from the slope to discuss.

Duan Wuji saw him and said loudly: "Brothers, their number is about the same as ours now, why should they surround us to fight? Let's rush down the slope and kill them all, the bloody two armies will face each other, and the brave one will win. Brothers, get ready, I believe that everyone is an elite who can fight selected by Brother Chai, brothers, follow me!"

Saying that, Duan Wuji and Tieniu led the crowd to rush down the slope, and rushed towards the group of Turkic people.

It's really a raging army, a raging nest!Seeing Duan Wuji and Tie Niu rushing down the slope, everyone rode their horses and rushed down the slope.

Duan Wuji rushed down quickly, while drawing the bow and nodding the arrow, "Pa, pa."

Arrows with carved feathers shot at the Turkic people. As soon as the group of Turkic people reacted, another six or seven Turkic people died under the arrows.

Now the Turkic people panicked completely, and finally realized the horror of this team, and immediately fled to the north on horseback.

Duan Wuji and Tieniu led the men in hot pursuit. During the pursuit, Duan Wuji and Tieniu each killed two more Turks.

The group of Turkic people who were chasing directly had no way to go to heaven and nowhere to go to earth.In the end, only four or five Turkic people fled, and the rest were killed by the gang.

Duan Wuji saw that it was almost done, so he shouted loudly: "Brothers, don't chase after the poor, brothers, let's retreat quickly."

Seeing that they could no longer catch up, they turned their horses and galloped towards Guan Nei.

After passing the Great Wall pass, everyone let out a long breath.

(End of this chapter)