Xiaoqi

Trading horses for horses, risking life for life, both sides are ruthless characters!

After the blood mist dissipated, on the battlefield before the formation, among the four people who had just fought fiercely, only Xu Ding was still sitting on his horse with a knife in his hand, while the other three were all fighting on the ground, and their feet were covered with hot plasma .

However, the standing postures of the three people on the ground are different.Xu Chu stood holding the knife with slightly flushed cheeks, and a smear of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. The black chain mail armor on his body was already loose, twisted and hung obliquely on his right shoulder.But He Yi, who was fighting with Xu Ding, was completely defeated, with bright red blood stains hanging from the corners of her mouth on both sides, kneeling on one knee, looking very embarrassed.Looking at He Man whose left leg was slashed by Xu Chu, his cheeks were dark red and blue, the armor on his body was already scattered on the ground, and blood was flowing from the knife edge on his left thigh, but he turned a blind eye to it, and there was no sign of pain on his face.He put the iron rod on the ground, held the iron rod tightly with both hands, stood upright, and stared at Xu Chu who was more than ten steps away with his eyes wide open.

At this point in the war, although it is a situation where both sides suffer, the victory and defeat have already been divided.

The Xu brothers were superior in skill, Xu Ding defeated He Yi completely, and although Xu Chu was tied with He Man, from the eyes of those who didn't know that He Man's left leg was injured, Xu Chu was indeed slightly better.Comparing the two, the Xu Brothers were clearly the victors in this battle, while the He Brothers were narrowly defeated. Both brothers were injured.

"The victory and defeat have been decided, do you want to continue fighting with my brothers?"

After a while, Xu Chu opened his mouth to break the silence. While talking, he shook his shoulders and his upper body bones creaked.Apparently, although he received a blow from He Man in the back on his left side, he was not seriously injured.However, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly as he shook his shoulders, but this movement was covered by his voice and was not noticed by the He brothers.

Seeing that none of the Xu brothers were injured, He Yi stood up straight with a spear in her hand, raised her hand to wipe off the blood from the corner of her mouth, and said in a gloomy voice: "Our brothers lost this battle, and you won. I would like to bet Admit defeat, according to the pre-war agreement, you have no food on the farm, and you are willing to use ten cattle to pay for the grain, so bring out the cattle now! As long as you fulfill your promise, I will never make things difficult for you, and within three months I will The Yellow Turban Army will no longer harass Xujiazhuang!"

Hearing this, Xu Chu immediately answered, "Okay, leader He Yi speaks quickly, which Xu admires!"

"Wait a minute!" Before Xu Chu finished speaking, He Man suddenly said, "Xu Manzi, I have no objection to exchanging a thousand shi of grain for ten cattle. However, you still have to pay me a high-quality war horse, otherwise,,, ,,,"

"Shut up!" Before He Man could finish speaking, Xu Chu immediately shouted angrily: "He Man, you are obviously pushing your limits and messing around! Yes, your mount was killed by someone Xu, but you were also killed What about my mount?"

Chapter 401

What was supposed to be a matter of course, but because of He Man's request for a mount, a side issue arose, causing the already tense atmosphere between the two parties to suddenly become tense.

In the eyes of the Xu brothers, He Man's move was reneging on what he promised. How could they agree to such an act?

As soon as this example is opened, won't the Gepi yellow scarf thieves become more and more unscrupulous in the future, and every time they will open their mouths, they will be greedy!

If this is the case, then sooner or later these yellow scarf thieves will plunder the little money and food left in Xujiazhuang, and there will be no way for the nearly ten thousand people in the village to survive.

Therefore, Xu Chu didn't allow He Man to finish his sentence at all, so he immediately sternly refused, categorically rejecting He Man's unreasonable request for a war horse.

Seeing the Xu brothers' tough attitude, He Yi's face immediately darkened, and an imperceptible murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

In fact, according to He Yi's ruthless approach, he had long wanted to razed Xujiazhuang to the ground and use it as the base camp of the Gepi Yellow Turban Army, and the tens of thousands of people in Xujiazhuang were his slaves.It's a pity that He Man has always disagreed with this, and insisted on making an agreement with the Xu brothers to wager every three months, so it has been delayed for nearly two years.

The current situation is exactly what He Yi has longed for. As long as Xu Chu angers his cousin He Man, then he can take advantage of this to attack and directly capture Xujiazhuang with his troops.

It is not difficult to see from this that his cousin He Man holds a very heavy weight in He Yi's heart.

And so it is.The reason why He Yi was able to become the leader of the five leaders of the Yellow Turban Army in Yuzhou was all due to his cousin He Man's dedicated assistance and his tyrannical deterrent force.Without He Man's support, how could Runan Liu Pi, Gong Du, Huaiyin Huang Shao and others tolerate the Gepi Yellow Turban Army growing stronger day by day.Therefore, He Yi had always relied heavily on his cousin He Man, and was even a little afraid of He Man, for fear that he would go crazy and no one would be able to restrain him.

Just when He Yi was thinking secretly.Before the battle, the little principal ran up quickly to bandage He Man's wound, but He Man stared at Xu Chu with wide-eyed eyes.

A moment later, He Man did not get angry as He Yi expected, but instead sighed, and said to Xu Chu in a deep voice: "Oh, that's fine! Although a certain family is a warrior, they also know the principle of fighting on the battlefield since ancient times, and life and death are in harmony with each other's destiny." .Today, both you and I lost our mounts, and no one took advantage. Compensating for the war horses is indeed a difficult task. Let’s let this matter go, as if I didn’t say anything.

Xu Manzi, you are a hero with high martial arts skills and you keep your word.I, He Man, was born to be seldom convincing.But I have great admiration for your martial arts and personality.It's a pity that I invited you to join the Gepi Yellow Turban Army several times before, but you insisted on refusing to do so.That's why we fought so often.Mutual enmity.

Today I want to invite you to join the Yellow Turban Army again. As long as you nod your head, I am willing to take the initiative to give up the position of leader to you.From then on, among the Yellow Turban Army of Gepi, you are one man under ten thousand, commanding tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army.Stretch your muscles.If the thousands of young men in your Xujiazhuang are willing to join our army, then our Gepi Yellow Turban Army will unify the Yuzhou Yellow Turban Army just around the corner, and we will even be able to occupy the entire Yuzhou soon.What He said came from the bottom of his heart, not to deceive you.Please think about it. "

Xu Chu could see that He Man's words were true, and that he was indeed sincerely inviting, and he was not disgusted with He Man, on the contrary, he felt a little sympathetic to each other.However, he disdains He Yi, the leader of the Yellow Turban Bandits in Gepi, and is unwilling to be with him at all.What's more, Xu's family is also a well-known and wealthy family in Peiguo and even Yuzhou. How can the children of the family join forces with grassroots bandits and become robbers and bandits who are not ashamed by the world.

"Don't think about it, different ways don't conspire with each other! But Xu still wants to thank Brother He for his kindness, but everyone has their own ambitions, and you and I are not the same way after all." After a little thought, Xu Chu said loudly with a determined expression.

He Man knew that Xu Chu would answer in this way, so after being rejected, he was neither angry nor overly disappointed.Immediately, without looking at He Yi's expression beside him, he said casually, "In that case, please brother Xu fulfill his promise. I will hurry back to the cottage before dark."

Brothers Xu Chu and Xu Ding immediately bowed their hands to He Man slightly after hearing the words, then turned their heads and left.

Seeing the backs of the Xu brothers leaving, He Yi looked at his cousin He Man very annoyedly, secretly thinking that it was a pity, but there was nothing he could do.Although He Man didn't ask him for instructions from the beginning to the end, the words to make the Xu brothers fulfill their promises were what he said before.Therefore, even though he wanted to reprimand his cousin, he didn't know how to say it; he could only sulk alone, watching helplessly that the great opportunity to capture Xujiazhuang was missed, but there was nothing he could do.

"Although this He Man is a yellow-turban reckless idiot, he is a man of honest character, which is truly commendable!"

On the hillside a hundred steps away from the Ximen battlefield, Li Li said thoughtfully after hearing the conversation between He Man and Xu Chu.

Huan Fei pays special attention to He Man now, and when he heard the lord praise He Man, he couldn't help but said softly with a smile on his face: "He Man is really a good kid, at least he's much better than his cousin He Yi He Yi looks a bit insidious, and seems unwilling to let the Xu family brothers go, and is quite intent on taking advantage of the fire."

Li Li nodded slightly, and said with a light smile: "This is also a reasonable thing. He Yi may be a cruel and merciless person, even very insidious, but these are the necessary means for him to survive until now. In the past, Zhang Jiao founded the Yellow Turban Army, from the uprising to its collapse, it took only eight months before and after, which can be described as a flash in the pan.

However, ten years later, there are still a large number of Yellow Turbans in various states and counties. These Yellow Turban leaders who can lead the Yellow Turbans to escape the encirclement and suppression of the officers and soldiers can be regarded as somewhat unbearable characters.Just like the He Yi in front of him, if he didn't have some scheming and a city where emotions and anger are not displayed, he would definitely not be able to live to this day, let alone become the leader of the tens of thousands of Gepi Yellow Turban Army. "

Huan Fei nodded thoughtfully, obviously agreeing with Li Li's remarks, after all, he was also the leader of the Pegasus Bandits who commanded tens of thousands of thieves before.

At this time, Ma Yunluo, who had been standing quietly behind Li Li without saying a word, suddenly said: "These people have made an agreement before the battle, and they should be willing to admit defeat after the battle, but why did He Man ask Xu Chu for a mount? After all, he is also the leader of the yellow scarf who commands tens of thousands of horses, but he is too stingy for a war horse!"

"Hehehe!" Li Li laughed happily when he heard the words, turned his head to look at Ma Yunluo's pretty face, smiled without saying a word, and then nodded slightly to Chen Dao beside him.

After receiving the instruction, Chen Dao said in a low voice: "General Yunluo doesn't know something. Among the Han states, there are actually not many places that are rich in war horses, and they can be counted on the fingers. As long as the war horses come from the northern border states and the Western Regions, The best war horses in the world are indeed from the Western Regions and Xiliang. In addition, Youzhou and Bingzhou also have war horses, but the number of war horses in the two places and the quality of the horses are not as good as the Western Regions and Xiliang.

As far as the general knew, in the prefectures and counties of Xiliang, there were almost one or two nauseous horses in the homes of ordinary people, which could be used not only as cattle, but also as legs.Therefore, almost all young and strong people in Xiliang area have been in contact with horses, and many of them can ride horses since they were young. Therefore, Xiliang cavalry is the best in the world; .

However, apart from the counties in the northern border and Xiliang, the counties in the Central Plains and all parts of the south of the Yangtze River did not have high-quality war horses. Even if there were horses, they were only rough horses and pony horses, which could not be used as war horses required by cavalry.Therefore, most of the existing war horses in the Central Plains were purchased from the northern counties and Xiliang.Now that the world is in turmoil, princes from all walks of life are recruiting troops and buying horses one after another. The number of war horses needed is huge, and the supply in all parts of the Central Plains exceeds demand, so the price of war horses is extremely expensive.Often, the price of a high-quality war horse is as high as tens of gold, or even a hundred gold, while the western domain horse and the thousand-mile horse are even more expensive, and it is hard to find a thousand gold.

The Yuzhou where we are now is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. There are a lot of cattle, but horses are rare. Except for the army of the state capital, you can see high-quality war horses, which can be said to be rare in other places.Not afraid of the general's jokes, the last general wanted to buy a good horse before, but he searched for a long time, and finally spent [-] yuan to buy a medium-sized war horse.

Just like these yellow turban thieves in front of them, it is difficult for them to buy high-quality war horses even if they have money.One is that they have been hiding in the mountains all year round, and they have no news about it. Occasionally, someone sells war horses, and they don't know about it.The second is that they are bandits and have no faith. The caravans selling in the surrounding area dare not trade with them at all, and there is no need for them, because war horses can be sold at a good price in all parts of the Central Plains.If the horses are transported to the south of the Yangtze River, they will be more valuable, so who will make a deal with the Yellow Turban Thieves! "

"Oh, that's how it is!" After listening to Chen Dao's detailed explanation, Ma Yunluo finally understood what was going on, and said pleasantly: "In this way, we Xiliang people are actually not poor! Many people's families They all have horses, and as long as there are young and strong families in the family, they will usually buy war horses that can go to the battlefield, so that when the government recruits soldiers, it will be convenient for the children of the family to go to the battlefield at any time."

Ma Yunluo's words completely amused Li Li, and he couldn't help laughing and said: "The families you mentioned that bring their own horses should be army families! Ordinary people generally don't buy war horses, because they don't want to buy horses. I like to fight, and I don’t want my son and husband to go to the battlefield. After all, fighting will kill people. However, our people in Xiliang are tough and martial arts are popular. Generally, young people who have not studied but have ambitions will choose martial arts and martial arts. Riding skills, to gain fame. Because of this, in the pre-Qin period, Xiliang states and counties could "draw one out of five" to join the army and fight on the battlefield. Such a harsh method of recruiting soldiers, except for Xiliang, other states It can’t be done to that extent.”

Just when Li Li finished speaking, he inadvertently noticed that the west gate of Xujiazhuang at the foot of the mountain was opened again, and ten strong men came out slowly leading the cattle.

Chapter 402 Bandits Are Not Easy

Just when Li Li finished speaking, he accidentally saw the west gate of Xujiazhuang at the foot of the mountain opened again, and ten strong men came out slowly leading the cattle.

"Okay, everyone, get ready, we are going down the mountain!"

Seeing the situation at the bottom of the mountain, Li Li immediately restrained his smile and whispered to everyone to get ready.Then he turned his head and said to Li Zhi: "The rear team led by Duan Yan should also arrive, you go and meet them. Let them not have to go up the mountain, but line up directly at the intersection, and be ready for battle at any time."

"My lord, are we still going to fight today, who are we going to fight, the Yellow Turban Army or the Xujiazhuang?" Huan Fei asked in a startled voice after hearing the words.

Hearing this, Li Li looked at the situation at the foot of the mountain and said meaningfully: "Right now we must compete with the Yellow Turban Army, otherwise how will you accept apprentices. As for the future, it's hard to say, maybe we will have to compete with the Xu family brothers; if so If you don't speculate, it will be a fierce battle!"

Huan Fei's expression changed slightly, and he asked in a low voice: "Oh? The implication of the lord's words is..."

Li Li shook his head and said, "I don't mean anything. What I said just now is just a kind of intuition. This Xujiazhuang is not simple. A mere few thousand strong men can fight with tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans for two years. Do you think this is normal?" Can the village do it? Since this village is extremely extraordinary, it may not be easy for us to achieve our goal. It’s never wrong to plan before doing anything, and to be prepared.”

"Well, what my lord said is very true, and the general knows what to do." Although Huan Fei spoke freely, he was a smart man, and he served under Li Li's command for several years.It is not difficult for him to know the elegant meaning after hearing Xiange, as long as Li Li explains a little, he can understand it.

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"Brother, they are here."

Outside Xujiazhuang.He Man mounted his horse again, and whispered to He Yi beside him.

Looking at the cattle brought out by the ten strong men, He Yi said in a sullen voice, "I hope they break the appointment, so that we don't come here again and again, only to return in vain every time!"