Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 223 Lost
In the darkness of night, Guo Wenbin reined in his mount, looking around in a daze, with a flustered expression.

"What's wrong?" Liang Xiao urged his horse to walk to Guo Wenbin, and asked in a low voice, "Lost?"

"It's...it's too dark to see the road clearly." Guo Wenbin raised his arm and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, his voice was also a little hoarse.

Liang Xiao looked around.It was dark all around, and the mountains in the distance were submerged in the night, and there was no shadow at all.On this vast grassland, there are no signposts to refer to.After leaving the Huns herdsmen, they had walked a long road without a road, and they were undoubtedly lost.

"It's okay, just take a break." Liang Xiao stretched out his hand and patted Guo Wenbin's shoulder. "As long as the direction is good, there will be no problem. At dawn tomorrow, we can get back on the right track."

Guo Wenbin nodded, but still a little scared.He could see that the officials had fierce eyes and meant to blame him.

Liang Xiao looked around and sneered: "What's the matter, do you suspect that Wen Bin did it on purpose?"

Xu Yanshou turned his head away, and Li Dingguo lowered his head, rubbing the blood on his hands.

"Wen Bin has worked so hard to return to Yunzhong, and he is about to go to Chang'an to settle down. Instead of being a comfortable young master, he followed you to the grassland to endure hardships, just to amuse you?"

"Hey, if that's the case, he's stupider than me." Pang Shuo laughed twice, and put the iron knife across his hand.

Seeing Xu Yanshou and Li Dingguo, they also smiled awkwardly.They didn't suspect that Guo Wenbin did it on purpose, it's just that the situation is dangerous now, and they feel sullen and have nowhere to vent their anger.After hearing Liang Xiao's words, they realized that Guo Wenbin had taken a much greater risk than they did, and they couldn't help feeling embarrassed.

Liang Xiao listened for a moment, then pointed to the front left. "There's water over there. Let's rest there for midnight and leave at dawn."

When everyone heard the words, they were all delighted.After driving for two days and two nights, not only the horses couldn't bear it, but they were also extremely tired.They walked less than a hundred steps in the direction Liang Xiao pointed, when they heard the sound of rushing water, and after walking another five or sixty steps, a big river appeared in front of them.

"My lord, your realm has improved again. The sound of water can be heard from such a distance." Xu Yanshou said exaggeratedly.

"If I'm not careful, I can live till now?" Liang Xiao said half-truthfully.

Xu Yanshou was about to speak when Guo Wu, who had already walked to the water's edge, suddenly raised his hand, waved it twice, and said in a low voice, "Shut up! There are people ahead."

Liang Xiao listened carefully, and sure enough, he heard the faint neighing of a horse. He roughly estimated that there were at least 300 steps away.He couldn't help wondering, Guo Wu's ears are so good?
"There is something in the water." Guo Wu held up a skin bag.Liang Xiao understood at a glance that this was often used by the Huns to hold water or wine.The lid is opened, but it hasn't sunk yet, so the place where it fell into the water must not be far away.Guo Wu is Xie Guanglong's most trusted subordinate. He often goes out to inquire about news and has rich experience, so he recognized him at a glance.

"You guys wait, I'll go and have a look." After Guo Wu finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.Liang Xiao grabbed him. "Let the cow go with you."

"My lord, it's okay, I can do it. It's important that Niu'er stay and protect you."

"No, everyone is very important now." Liang Xiao said, "Two people take care of each other, don't try to be brave, you know?"

Guo Wu nodded.Liang Xiao pulled out the short knife from his belt, handed it to Tu Niu'er, and gave it a light push.Tu Niu'er took the dagger, followed Guo Wu and disappeared into the night.Liang Xiao and the others squatted down, then used a cloth to rein in the mouth of the prepared horse, and then hugged the horse with their arms to prevent them from screaming and showing their tracks.

They held their breath and waited patiently in the dark night.There are friends and foes, no one knows how many people there are, life and death are uncertain, disasters and fortunes are unpredictable, at this moment, every second is so difficult.

Liang Xiao adjusted his breathing to the thinnest, and listened attentively to the movement around him.He must not only keep an eye on the front, but also the back.Although most of Guluhu's subordinates have been killed by them, who can guarantee that King Hunxie will not chase him at all costs?

I don't know how long it took, maybe just a moment, maybe half an hour, there was a slight sound of footsteps, and Guo Wu and Tu Niu'er sneaked back.Guo Wu walked up to Liang Xiao, but instead of speaking to Liang Xiao, he reached out and grabbed Guo Wenbin.

"Are there any barbarians you know called..." He bit his tongue and made a long sound.Liang Xiao didn't understand, but Guo Wenbin frowned, pondered for a moment, then uttered a similar voice again, and said, "Is it someone with a big beard who looks like he's over 50 years old, with big left eye and right eye?" Little barbarian?"

"Yes, yes." Guo Wu nodded repeatedly. "I seem to have heard them talking about your father, Mr. Guo."

Guo Wenbin smiled. "This old thing is really moved." He turned to Liang Xiao and said, "My lord, there may be a Daxia businessman I know in front of me. I'll go and have a look. If it's really them, maybe I can get some help."

Liang Xiao was also very happy and asked Guo Wu and Tu Niuer to protect Guo Wenbin.Not long after, Guo Wu came back with a smile on his face.Liang Xiao smiled when he saw it.He looked at the other people who hadn't figured out the situation and still looked nervous.

"It seems that we are lucky. We can meet friends even if we get lost."

After hearing this, everyone let out a long breath and couldn't help laughing out loud.

They got up immediately, followed Guo Wu, walked nearly [-] steps along the river, and saw a group of Hu merchants.The leader was a big bearded man with a beard so big that he couldn't even see his mouth.Two eyes, the left eye is big, the right eye is small, it always looks like a grimace, a natural smile.

He and Guo Wenbin were chatting happily. When he saw Liang Xiao and the others, he just glanced at them, opened his arms, and walked towards Liang Xiao. He stood two steps in front of Liang Xiao, put his hands together, and bowed to salute. , said in half-baked Chinese: "The great archer of the Han Dynasty, Ashebius from Daxia sends his greetings to you."

Liang Xiao listened and glanced at Guo Wenbin.Guo Wenbin smiled and nodded calmly.Liang Xiao understood and returned the gift to Ashebius.Ashebius invited them to the tent, set up the copper pot on the bonfire again, and roasted the sheep.A beautiful bearded woman came over and invited Liang Xiao to take a seat.

Liang Xiao waved his hand, helped Xie Guanglong to Ashebius, and said earnestly: "My partner is injured, can I borrow your tent to let him rest?"

Ashebius fully agreed, and asked Hu Nu to support Xie Guanglong to rest in the tent.Xie Guanglong, who had just fallen on Hu Nu's shoulders and was sluggish as if he had only one breath left, immediately regained his energy, grinning and laughing.It's just that the wound on the face is bloody and dirty, and the smile is really not very good-looking.

Liang Xiao sat down, washed his face and hands in the basin handed over by Hu Nu, took off his armor and put it aside, and then chatted with Ashebius.Ashebius knew limited Chinese, and in addition to greetings, most of them had to be translated by Guo Wenbin.

From the chat, Liang Xiao learned a situation.More than ten years ago, the Yuezhi people began to attack Daxia and occupied the area north of the Wuxusi River. The Daxia people were driven to Henan and continued to resist.The two sides are still at a stalemate.However, there are more and more Yuezhi people recently, and Daxia can't resist anymore.King Heliocris of Bactria is about to give up all the land of Bactria and retreat to the south of the Hindu Kush Mountains.

"In the future, when doing business, there will be one more checkpoint, and one more tax will be paid." Ashebius shook his head again and again, full of emotion.

"No." Liang Xiao said with a smile: "It won't take long for us big men to repel the Huns. At that time, the trade routes on the grassland will be unimpeded, and there will be no horse thieves."

"Hahaha, I hope I still have a chance to see this day." Ashebius obviously didn't believe Liang Xiao's words, so he laughed.

"However, you'd better be careful now, the Huns are chasing us, and they may run into you head-on."

Ashebius believed in this sentence very much, and nodded repeatedly.Guo Wenbin had already told him the general situation, and he also felt very lucky for his unexpected encounter with Guo Wenbin.If he continues to move forward tomorrow, he is likely to meet King Hunxie head-on.The Huns were barbaric, and King Hunxie was in the pain of losing his son. Who knew what crazy things he would do.

Liang Xiao chatted with Ashebius for a long time and learned a lot about it.Ashebius warmly entertained them to drink, and asked them to boil water to bathe them and help them treat their wounds.When the dancers were dancing to entertain the guests, he saw a few rough guys staring at the dancers' waists and hips and couldn't move their eyes, so he arranged for a few dancers to accompany them in the middle of the night.

In the early morning of the next day, Liang Xiao pulled the group of guys out of Hu Nu's white and slender arms, stepped on the horse again, and waved goodbye to Ashebius.Ashebius didn't dare to neglect, and set off early to avoid the evil spirit King Hunxie.

Although it was just a night of romance, these rough guys recovered a lot and were full of energy. Even Xie Guanglong, who was the most injured, was talking and laughing, as if he had regained his life.Liang Xiao had to admit that these guys really didn't have any big pursuits. If they had meat to eat, wine to drink, and women to sleep with them, they thought it was heaven, and all their troubles could be left behind, even if there was a dead end ahead. , They can also face it with a smile.

But Liang Xiao was not so relaxed.

Through the middle of the night chatting with Asherbius, he realized that his task was more difficult than he imagined.Although the Guo family's father and son's information was timely, it was not accurate.Although the Yuezhi were bruised and swollen by the Huns, they were somewhat invincible in Central Asia. Their main force easily captured the Daxia Kingdom and gained a firm foothold.Will you still be willing to go back to the east of Congling, and fight the Huns and Wusun people to death?
It was three or forty years ago that the head of King Yuezhi was cut off by the Huns to serve as a wine vessel, and it was too late for the Han people to know the news.

Could it be that my arrival at Yuezhi ten years earlier than Zhang Qian could not change the course of history, and in the end, the big man could only face the Xiongnu alone, pouring all the power of the whole country into a big gamble? ——
(End of this chapter)