Tibet

It was already the third watch when Li Ye came back. After taking the medicine, he regained his strength and walked back in high spirits. He lay down under a big tree and wrapped himself in a quilt. Unknowingly, he also fell asleep.

Before dawn the next day, everyone got up to clean up, wash up, and after eating simple food, they rode on their horses.

Not long after passing Jingyang County, there was a large melon field at the foot of the mountain ahead, full of winter melons. Li Ye waved his hand, and everyone stopped moving forward and looked at him strangely.

Li Ye took off his bow and arrow. He suddenly opened his bow and nocked an arrow and shot towards a pile of grass dozens of steps away. He only heard 'Ouch! ’ With a loud cry, a majestic wild boar rushed out of the grass. Its right eye was shot by an arrow. It became extremely violent and rushed towards Li Ye desperately.

Li Ye didn't panic, and shot another arrow, hitting the wild boar's left eye. The wild boar was blind in both eyes, but the frantic wild boar continued to charge at Li Ye based on its scent. It wanted to knock down the person who hurt him and bite him to death.

When the wild boar rushed in front of him, Li Ye picked it with the spear of his knife. The wild boar stumbled and fell over on its back. Before it could get up, the tip of the spear had pierced the heart of the wild boar, straight through the back. He let out an earth-shattering roar and died immediately under Li Ye's arms.

Everyone was overjoyed that now there was game meat to improve their food. They stepped forward one after another and gasped. This male wild boar, which weighed at least three hundred kilograms, was actually stabbed to death by the captain.

These two arrows completely confirmed Li Ye's leadership position in the hearts of everyone. A three hundred kilogram wild boar was killed so easily. No one else could have done it.

Although the wild boar was heavy, it was not a problem for everyone. They carried the wild boar to the river, washed and skinned it, cut it into large pieces, paste it with mud, and hung it on several horses.

In the afternoon, everyone lit a bonfire, cut a large piece of wild boar meat, grilled it on skewers with tree branches, and sprinkled it with salt and spices. The aroma was immediately fragrant. Everyone had a hearty meal, and everyone's mouths were full of oil.

The team continued north, splitting the road at Pizhou and taking the Maling River Valley Road, heading north towards Gyeongju.

The team members had to practice martial arts every night, and his subordinates gradually got used to it. They were not surprised, and several soldiers even took the initiative to stand guard for him.

Ten days later, a group of people entered Maling County, Gyeongju. This area is sparsely populated and has only one lonely county town. It is surrounded by vast mountains and the roads are relatively complicated.

In the afternoon, Li Ye led everyone to hunt in the jungle. His men belonged to the Oxtail Team, and they were all the remaining recruits. Not to mention mounted archery, they were not even good at ordinary infantry archery.

Li Ye could only teach along the way. Fortunately, the soldiers were all strong, young and smart. After ten days of practice, the soldiers made rapid progress. They were still a little behind in riding and shooting, but they were all decent in rifle shooting.

Li Ye arranged for everyone to hunt again, which could be regarded as a practical lesson.

They found a small stream deep in the woods. Suddenly, a soldier pointed at the small stream in surprise and whispered: "Come on, there are deer over there!"

Li Ye saw more than a dozen deer drinking water by the stream. Li Ye gestured to Wang Yu and Wu Tai to drive the deer to the west. The two understood and took a detour to the west.

The other soldiers had their bows and arrows ready to shoot at the deer.

At this moment, there was a sudden long scream, it was Wu Tai's voice, everyone looked at each other, wondering what happened?

"follow me!"

Li Ye turned the horse's head and ran in the direction of the scream. From a distance, he saw Wang Yu supporting Wu Tai and limping towards this side, while shouting: "Commander, save us!"

There were pursuers behind. The leading cavalryman drew his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at the back of Wang Yu's neck. At the critical moment, Li Ye took out a flying knife at a very fast speed, 'Crack! ’ The arrow was knocked away by the flying knife.

Li Ye waved his sword, rushed forward on horseback, and intercepted the pursuers behind him.

There were about twenty people on the other side, all wearing Tang Army armor, but all of them looked like foreigners. Li Ye immediately understood that they must be spies from Tongluo Army.

The enemy that Li Ye and his party encountered unexpectedly was the Tongluo Army spies. This group of about 20 Tongluo Army spies were ordered to go south to investigate the movement of reinforcements from the imperial court. They were also hunting deer. Unexpectedly, they happened to encounter Tang Army scouts.

When the leading centurion saw that Li Ye had destroyed his sure-hit arrow, he became furious and swung his spear to stab Li Ye. Li Ye swung his spear to separate the opponent's spear. The two horses came staggered. Li Ye looked back and slashed, only to see a cold light. It flashed so fast that the centurion couldn't dodge it.

'puff! ’ The head flew away, the headless corpse fell down, and blood spurted out from the neck cavity.

When the Tongluo cavalry behind saw the centurion being killed, their eyes became red, and they rushed forward together. The Tongluo cavalry fought in a systematic way, some were responsible for archery, and some were responsible for fierce fighting.

Li Ye fired three flying knives with him, fast, hard and accurately. Three Tongluo cavalrymen who were responsible for releasing arrows were shot through the head by the sharp flying knives and fell off their horses.

At this time, Li Ye's soldiers rushed up with their spears raised, and the two sides fought fiercely.

Li Ye's sword was so fierce that blood splattered wherever it passed, just like a tiger descending from the mountain. His head was moved, his arm was cut off, and his chest was pierced. He killed seven people in three strikes, and the flying knife killed three people and Centurion and half of the twenty Tongluo Army spies were killed by Li Ye alone.

Li Ye's men also stabbed three of them with their spears. The remaining seven, seeing that the situation was not good, turned around and fled. Li Ye followed closely. His horses were very fast and he quickly caught up with the enemy and killed them continuously. Three people.

The remaining four people were frightened and ran away separately. Li Ye took off his bow and arrows, took out four arrows and bit them in his mouth. puff! ’ The two spies were shot through the back of the neck and fell from their horses.

Li Ye took off two more arrows and aimed them at the other two people. They had already escaped sixty steps away. Just as Li Ye was about to release the arrow, Yu Chiguang caught up behind him and shouted, "Commander, we must capture them alive and ask for confessions!"

Li Ye's arrow deflected, and two wolf-fang arrows shot out, hitting the hind legs of the two cavalry horses. The two horses fell heavily. One soldier was pressed under the horse, and the other twisted his leg. Hobble and run for your life.

Li Ye ordered: "Catch them back!"

Yuchi Guang led five soldiers and rushed forward. Soon he caught up with the fleeing enemy soldier, knocked him down and tied him up. Another soldier was also dragged out and tied up.

Twenty-one Tongluo Army spies were wiped out in just one tea break. Even the most powerful Tang Army scouts could not do it. The powerful force shown by the team leader Li Ye convinced his men.

This battle not only killed twenty-one spies, but also captured a large amount of resources, first of all, thirty war horses, the food and supplies carried by the spies, as well as the spies' armor and three hundred taels of silver.

These three hundred taels of silver were part of the trip south with Detective Luo. According to regulations, the money in the loot was not allowed to be squandered and had to be handed over uniformly. However, there was still an opening. If there was only a small amount of money, soldiers who had performed meritorious services could also be rewarded.

In fact, no one will turn over the scattered property captured on the battlefield, and all will be rewarded to the soldiers.

With this exception, Li Ye naturally distributed the three hundred taels of silver to the soldiers, thirty taels each, as a reward for meritorious service.

Everyone was very happy, and at the same time, they respected the young captain even more. The captain was the real meritorious person, but he took no money and had the air of a famous general.

Each soldier was given another horse and two soft sheepskins. The soldiers also changed their armor and weapons. They were the Oxtail Team. Their armor was all leather armor and their weapons were not very sophisticated. But the other side was different. They were all the same. The Tang army was all in bright armor, with majestic horses and sophisticated weapons.

After disposing of the enemy's corpses, Li Ye immediately divided his troops into two groups and asked Yu Chiguang to take three soldiers to escort the two prisoners of war south to Pizhou. The injured Wu Tai also followed south.

Li Ye continued north to Shuofang with five soldiers and ten horses. The two sides agreed to meet in Anle County, Shuofang.