Tibet

Chapter 236
This Persian cavalry is indeed from the infantry city. They are not Persian cavalry. They should be called the Great Food Cavalry. Because they came from the former Persian area, merchants misrepresented them and called them Persian cavalry.

This Dashi Cavalry belongs to the Tocharian Army under the Khorasan Governor's Mansion. They are all Tocharians, but they are Tocharians under the rule of Dashi in black. Regular cavalry cavalry.

The entire Tocharian Legion has a total of more than [-] people, all of whom were sent out as outposts to prepare for the expansion of the Black Clothes Feast, such as collecting intelligence, understanding people's sentiments, developing believers, coercing the government, establishing a root base, and so on.

Out of the need to win the hearts of the people, they did not exploit ordinary people in Tocharo or the Hezhong area, but they also needed military expenditures, and soldiers had to support their families, and the money allocated to them by the Governor's Office was far from enough. So he got the idea of ​​​​a businessman and profited from exploiting the businessman.

There were a hundred cavalrymen in total, and they compressed the huge caravan into a ten-mile-long area, with fifty cavalry blocking the north and fifty cavalry blocking the south.

The Dashi Cavalry has been active in the Tocharian region since the fourth year of Tianbao. They really understand the sheep nature of Tocharian merchants. Let alone fifty cavalry, even if there are only ten cavalry, these merchants dare not resist. Will honestly pay the money and leave.

The timing Li Ye chose was undoubtedly the most favorable. The two sides had already negotiated a price, the merchants began to give money and leave, and the cavalrymen relaxed their vigilance.

Li Ye hid behind the crowd and observed each other. The valley was full of torches, and it was shining like daylight. Several cavalrymen were in charge of collecting money, and one person would be released after a sum of money was collected. They only collected money by head, no matter how many camels the merchant had, Women and children can pass directly, but if it is a young and beautiful woman, it will not be so easy to pass, and they will definitely be dragged into the dark by the soldiers.

Except for the three money-collecting soldiers, the rest of the cavalry stood in line on both sides, holding spears and sabers, and looked at the fat sheep coldly. Their captain was sitting on a high rock, squinting his eyes, looking for hidden The young woman in the search line.

Li Ye made a gesture to his subordinates, he was in charge of the leader, and the rest of the soldiers were in charge of one soldier each.

Li Ye took out a flying knife, weighed it, and threw it out instantly. The flying knife was as fast as a beam of light. With a flash of cold light, it pierced into the forehead of the cavalry leader. The leader suddenly widened his eyes and fell backwards.

The other [-] soldiers raised their crossbows and shot together, and there was a scream, and the [-] Dashi soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and fell down from their horses.

At this time, Li Ye galloped on his horse, rushing forward like the wind, three cold lights flashed, 'Puff!puff!puff! 'Three heads flew up, and the three Dashi soldiers who collected the money were beheaded, and the three cavalrymen of the Tang Army followed Li Ye and rushed out dozens of steps, and then reined in their horses and turned around, cutting off the opponent's escape route.

Seventeen cavalrymen from the Tang army rushed out, and charged towards the thirty cavalrymen on both sides.
The merchants were in a panic, screaming and running back dozens of steps away. The large group of merchants watched the fierce battle ahead in horror. At this time, Li Ye took off his bow and arrows and shot them dozens of steps away. , with every arrow, one Dashi soldier fell from the horse. In just a short moment, thirteen Dashi soldiers were shot and killed by him. Li Ye put away his bow. After a while, the fierce battle between the two sides was over.

Without any suspense, all the Dashi cavalry were killed, and only one Tang Jun was slightly injured.

The soldiers of the Tang army moved the corpses of the food army to both sides of the canyon. Li Ye shouted in Sogdian: "All the Persian cavalrymen have been killed, everyone can pass!"

Although the merchants are fat sheep, they are not stupid at all, and they all know it well. They burst into cheers and rushed to set off.

More than half of the merchants walked, there was a rush of horseshoes in the darkness, and fifty cavalry cavalry from the south came rushing, and they also found out that something was wrong, the merchant team walked too fast, how to collect money like this?

But they never dreamed that there were Tang cavalry in the team, let alone that all their companions had been killed.

In the dark, Li Ye was waiting for them!
Twenty soldiers fired arrows at the same time, and the Dashi soldiers fell off their horses one after another. The cavalry behind them turned around and fled in fright, but they met Shashen head-on.

Li Ye waved his armor-piercing spear and slaughtered the Dashi cavalry like chopping melons and vegetables. His subordinates also mercilessly rushed forward and stopped and killed more than a dozen Dashi cavalry who were trying to escape, and killed more than a dozen people in one go. Check the situation. Forty or so cavalry cavalry were all killed.

But there were still several cavalry from the other side who did not come. Li Ye ordered Xu Jian to take ten soldiers to kill them all. He led other soldiers to sweep the battlefield and seized more than 70 horses, as well as armor and tens of thousands of pieces. Gnar gold coins.

At this time, Juan Jialuo came over with a few merchants. These merchants were the merchants of the entire team, and they were also merchants from the Gandhara Kingdom.

The leading businessman saluted Li Ye with palms together, "Thank you general for eradicating the Persian cavalry and giving us a way out."

This is of course against their will. They all negotiated the price with the Dashi Cavalry and spent money to avoid disaster. Now Tang Jun killed the other party. Although fifty dinar gold coins were saved, the other party would retaliate and could not find Tang Jun. I will settle accounts with them.

Seeing the bitterness on their faces, Li Ye smiled and said, "If the other party asks, tell them that we are spies from the Tang army in Anxi, and we came from Bomichuan to collect information in Tucharo."

Several businessmen had no choice but to do so. Li Ye pointed to the horses and armor and weapons and asked, "Does anyone want these things?"

"The general can sell it to the king of the Shinin country. This is a hot commodity. They will pay a high price for war horses and weapons, and they can sell them for a good price."

Several merchants actually didn't want Tang Jun to go with them anymore, Li Ye agreed without hesitation, and they thanked them repeatedly and left.

Juan Jialuo stepped forward to say goodbye again, and Li Ye gave them each a war horse, which made Juan Jialuo dare not accept it again and again.

All the corpses piled up, were burned by the soldiers of the Tang army, and then dug and buried deeply. It was not until the next morning that Li Ye led the team to set off for the country of Shini.

Bahana is the Dawan Kingdom of the Han Dynasty. The pastures here are vast, and it used to be rich in famous horses. It is also a famous breeding ground for fine horses. Bahana does not belong to the nine kingdoms of Sogdia, but a small country in the Atami Valley. Maybe it is Because it is relatively close to Suiye, the country of Rahana is more inclined to the Tang Dynasty. In the Hu army of the Anxi Army, there are hundreds of soldiers from Rahana.

After more than a month's long journey, Li Ye led his men to Kesai City, the capital of Bahana. It has been covered with snow and ice and has become a city of ice and snow. However, the climate in Tang Dynasty was warm and humid, and the snow and ice in the Chu River Basin It seems relatively mild, at least there is still a way to go, and it cannot be compared with the heavy snow on the Mobei grassland.

The Bahan people mainly believed in Zoroastrianism, but there were also many Buddhist believers. Li Ye found out at the gate of the city that Master Rinpoche was indeed in the city, in the A Tuo Temple in the east city.

A Tuo Temple is the largest Buddhist temple in the Chu River area. Li Ye asked his men to go to the inn to rest first. He changed into casual clothes and came to the temple alone. As soon as he walked to the door, a young novice greeted him with palms together and saluted, "Amitabha, the general is here to see you." Master Padmasambhava?"

Li Ye was not surprised at all, he was probably the only Han Chinese in the Tang Dynasty who came to look for Lianhuasheng this season.

Li Ye nodded, and the little novice said, "Please follow me!"

He took Li Ye to the VIP lane, the advantage is that he didn't have to take off his shoes, and came to a side courtyard, "Please! The master is waiting for the general."

Li Ye walked into the courtyard. It was not a Tang Dynasty courtyard, but a courtyard surrounded by stone houses. He saw a tall monk wearing a tall hat and scarlet cassock standing in the courtyard. Li Ye hurriedly clapped his hands together and said : "See Master!"

The monk turned around and smiled slightly at Li Ye: "General Li, don't come here without any problems!"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, "Why are you?"

(End of this chapter)