Hanhou

The warriors of the Qiang tribe walked into the barracks, and when they saw the Yun Zhongqi who was training, their expressions changed suddenly.

After the winter, it snowed several times in a row, and the snow was hard to clear. The cavalry practiced every day, and the snow in the martial arts field was solidified.Wooden stakes and straw figures stand in rows, and the surface is covered with a thick layer of ice, which makes the galloping horses more conspicuous.

Since the drill in the city was over, and the team led the team to ask Wei Yue for orders, Yun Zhongqi abandoned the wooden stick during training and used sharp long blades instead.As with veterans, so with recruits.

Accompanied by the sound of drums, more than a hundred cavalrymen with long knives and only a piece of leather armor tied on their chests lined up on both sides of the martial arts arena, riding their horses towards the wooden posts in front.

The sound of horseshoes went from slow to fast, and finally became one.

The two cavalry were as fast as lightning, and their long swords swung down almost at the same time.

Where the light and shadow passed, the stakes left clear knife marks.

The cavalry who acted as the front arrow swung their swords and left, and the comrades followed closely behind, one after another, making up the sword at the same position until the wooden stake was cut into two pieces.

Behind the stake is the straw man.

The weather was extremely cold, and the straw man and the wooden post were covered with thick ice, as if they were covered with a layer of armor.The cavalry must concentrate and combine strength and speed in order to accurately cut off the target.

In fact, neither the straw man nor the thick ice on the stake was formed naturally, but by man.

During a drill, a team leader found that the frozen target was difficult to cut, and the blade would lose its aim. They got together with several team leaders to discuss, and then they joined hands to meet Wei Yue.

The next day, there were more wooden stakes and straw figures covered in thick ice in the camp.

Several teams led the soldiers to pour water on the stakes, while laughing and looking around, like wolves who found their prey, they seriously interpreted what it means to have "bad intentions".

"If you don't hit it, you should practice more; if you don't hit it, you should practice it more."

The original intention of formulating the rules was good, but in the subsequent training, I was quickly slapped in the face by reality.The thickest part of the watered wooden stake exceeds the thigh of a strong man, and the ice is so hard that Wei Wu can't easily cut it in two, let alone a soldier with normal strength.

After discussion, the officers made changes to the rules, and those who didn't win would still practice more.

The tribe of Qiang warriors nomads in the pastures close to the headquarters, and there are not many opportunities to encounter Yunzhongqi. He has never witnessed how Wei Yue clears the map, and most of his fierceness towards Yunzhongqi is heard from other people.It was quite shocking to see the cavalry training with real swords and guns, cutting down frozen wooden stakes and straw figures at first, but what happened next made him freeze in place, dumbfounded.

After cutting off all the targets, the cavalry did not stop charging, but continued to increase their speed and charged towards the opposite comrade.

The two teams staggered past, and the sound of sword strikes continued one after another.

When they passed by, more than a dozen soldiers saw blood one after another, and some of their arms were stained red with blood, but none of them fell off their horses.

After a fight, the two sides were evenly matched.Under the order of the team leader, the knight reined in at the same time, turned the horse's head, and charged again without any pause.

After five charges, the cavalry slowed down.

Nearly half of the cavalrymen who participated in the training were wounded. After dismounting, the Chinese artisans of the camp immediately stepped forward to clean, apply medicine, and bandage, and their movements were extremely skillful.

Some soldiers impatiently tied cloth strips on their arms, waved their hands at the doctor, shook their arms twice, and finished the job after applying the wound medicine.

For the cavalry who are used to fighting, such a small injury is nothing at all. If the bleeding is stopped, the scab will heal in a blink of an eye.

The only worry is that if you get injured during training, you will be "punished". If others eat a leg of lamb, you can only get half a rib.This is not bad, because there were cavalrymen who fell off their horses during training before, and they had no ribs, so they could only drink soup.

The elite soldiers who were also selected by the captain also cut off the heads of many Huns. As a result, others ate meat and drank soup by themselves. The problem of appetite was not mentioned.

I don't want to be left behind by my colleagues. Day after day, no matter in actual combat or training, everyone is doing their best.

Since hundreds of people died in the previous battle, there were many new recruits in the battalion. He was worried that the new recruits would not adapt and would be seriously injured during training.

Even so, there was still a lot of blood in the martial arts arena, which made the scalps of the Qiang warriors who entered the camp feel numb.

Such a ferocious Han Qi is really the only one I have ever seen in my life.Even the warriors of the King's court of the Huns would not be able to do this without the order of the Great Chanyu.

Swallowing his saliva with difficulty, the warrior of the Qiang tribe seemed to have taken root under his feet, and found it difficult to take a step.

The leader of the Qiang tribe who recommended him coughed, patted him on the shoulder hard, and said in a low voice: "Don't be dazed, the captain of the department promised to see you, this opportunity is rare, don't mess it up!"

Both belong to the Qiang tribe and belong to the Yeli family. In order to keep the tribe strong, they strive for a front position when Wei Yue sends troops. Naturally, the leader of Yeli is willing to help and absorb this tribe.

However, after a few days of getting along, Chief Yeli was a little disappointed.

The strongest warrior in the tribe?

Seeing cavalry training will make your legs weak, what kind of warriors are you!

The leader of Yeli curled his lips, showing a bit of disdain.I completely forgot that it was the first time I walked into Yunzhongqi's camp, and seeing the cavalry's training methods, their performance was not much better than the opponent's.

Reminded by Chief Yeli, remembering the purpose of this trip, the Qiang warriors immediately cheered up and strode towards Wei Yue's military tent.After walking a few steps, out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the martial arts arena, and found that the wooden stakes and straw figures had been erected again, and another group of Han cavalry were holding long blades and began to charge their horses.

The Qiang warrior looked away, feeling mixed feelings in his heart.There was shock, anxiety, fear, and a hint of joy.

Shocked by the strength and ferocity of the Han cavalry; uneasy about his previous performance; fearing whether the Han Dynasty would be willing to protect his tribe; secretly delighted that such a powerful cavalry, even the elite of the headquarters, may not be able to shake it.If the tribe could get asylum and move to the pastures in the south, they would no longer have to worry about being plundered and killed by the headquarters.

Before coming, he was entertained by the leader of Yeli, and he ate rare delicacies in the grassland, and even drank the fine wine that only the noble species in this part can enjoy.

This made him more determined to stay.

Every winter, life in Biebu becomes difficult.Without the arrival of caravans, there is less and less salt in the tribe, and everything will be handed over to the leaders and priests.Most of the time, only warriors can taste the salt, and other herdsmen can only survive by drinking raw blood.

Cattle and sheep are the reliance of everyone's survival and cannot be slaughtered at will.Including the leader, the whole tribe is hungry and full, and life is extremely difficult.

They wanted to plunder, but the problem was that the strength of other nearby troops was not weak, and some were much stronger.If you really dare to copy the knife, it is not certain who will grab who in the end. If there is trouble, the whole tribe will be wiped out.

There is really no way, the leader and the priest can only organize the migration of the tribe and send the warriors out to hunt at the same time.

Logically speaking, no matter how bad the weather is, there should be sporadic caravans crossing the border.The Han merchants did not, but the Wuhuan and Di people could always meet each other.This year's situation is particularly strange. Since the beginning of winter, there has been no sign of a caravan.All the fur accumulated by the tribe is useless, and it cannot be exchanged for the urgently needed food!

Life is already difficult, but the headquarters has made things worse.

King Zuoxian ordered the collection of cattle and sheep, and a small tribe of 500 people had to hand over a thousand head, and he didn't intend to let other tribes work at all.

What's more terrible is that, whoever dares not to hand over, the soldiers of King Zuo Xian will arrive in a blink of an eye, not to mention the cattle and sheep, and the whole tribe will be slaughtered.Adult men and juveniles were not left alone, and the old man was trampled to death with a horse's hoof. The women and children who were below the wheels were all tied up with ropes, and all became slaves of the headquarters.

Countless other branches encountered tragic disasters one after another, and the camp was in chaos.After the cavalry left, they would be ransacked by wild beasts, and the wounded who survived by luck would have their throats bitten off by wild wolves, and swallow their last breath in the howling north wind.

Zuo Xianwang's attack on Yu Dan was not as ruthless as usual.

The military minister Shan Yu wanted to send away his cavalry and move away five other divisions at the same time. It was obvious that the matter could not be turned around. As a cover, he wantonly robbed other tribes, and slaughtered the five tribes included in the list of the Great Chanyu.

The businessman who escaped from the grassland before was unlucky to meet the Qiang tribe who was xed by Yu Danhua, and what was even more unlucky to act with him. Then he witnessed the Hun cavalry killing and setting fire, and was chased by Pi Xiaowang all the way. The army saved their lives.

The Yeli tribe to which the warrior belongs is average among the Qiang tribes, with only [-] cavalry at its peak, and now less than [-] cavalry capable of fighting, which is not enough compared to the big tribes.

Fortunately, being weak has its advantages, and it was not favored by the military minister Shan Yu, so naturally it was not in Shan Yu's massacre plan.The tribal leaders and priests were vigilant enough to run away before the cavalry recruiting cattle and sheep arrived, and finally saved their lives.

The problem is that if you escape the first day of the first day, you will not be able to escape the fifteenth day. If you continue to stay in Zuo Xianwang's territory, you will be looted one day sooner or later.

The whole tribe is counting up and down, and they really can't survive, so let's just run away.

This time, instead of going west, they ran south, toward the border of the Han people!

Although the news on the prairie is somewhat lagging behind, the news that the three tribes surrendered to the Han and the leader was knighted spread like wildfire, and was known by many tribes.

One of them is also the Yeli family, which made everyone in the tribe think about it.

For the sake of being Ye Lishi, maybe the other party is willing to take me in and help me speak well in front of the Han people.If it is really impossible, it is not impossible to merge the tribes, and the 2000 people of myself will be included in the other party's tribe, and the leader and priest will be minor nobles under the other party's account.

Having made up their minds, the tribe set off overnight, avoiding Zuo Xianwang's cavalry again.On the way, they met another Qiang tribe going south. Both sides were shocked, thinking that their plan had been discovered, and they almost used knives on the spot.

It wasn't until the leader and the priest faced each other and tested each other that they realized it was a misunderstanding.

Since they are all from the Qiang tribe, and they are all planning to go south, they might as well go together so that they can take care of each other.

Just like that, the two Qiang tribes hit it off and drove the only remaining cattle and sheep to the border of the Han Dynasty all the way through the wind and snow.

Out of habitual thinking, the two parties have the ambition to set the destination in Yunzhong County together.When approaching the boundary line drawn by Wei Yue, Hu Bu, who was almost regarded as an intruder by the scouts, blew the horn to lure the cavalry to kill them.

Fortunately, among the visitors were the tribal cavalry who had surrendered before. They recognized that they were also from the Qiang tribe on the opposite side, and shouted a few words to avoid the tragedy of "going south to defect but being wiped out due to misunderstanding".

After all, the two Qiang tribes were newcomers, and they were ordered to stay where they were and not to cross the border until they could not be sure whether they were sincere or false.

Wei Yue received the report, and immediately sent someone to deliver a letter to the city, and got Wei Shang's instructions, and then sent the leader of the Qiang tribe who had surrendered before to send a message that he would meet the visitor in the camp.Whether to allow these two Qiang tribes to stay or not will be discussed after meeting them.

Unfortunately, Liu Rong arrived at the livestock farm just on the day when the Qiang people entered the camp.

This also caused Wei Tong to send the news, but Wei Yue was caught up in the matter and couldn't go there at all.

Third Young Master Wei was not in a good mood, and the smile on his face disappeared without a trace.Wei Wu and others misunderstood it, thinking that it was Wei Yue who wanted to let the Qiang people know how powerful they were, they exchanged glances with each other, and immediately pressed their hands on the hilt of the sword, the whole body was full of murderous aura.

Leader Yeli led the warriors of the Qiang tribe into the tent. Wei Yue's generals all looked over, their gazes were like knives, and the corners of their mouths were pressed down.

Not to mention the warriors of the Qiang tribe, even the leader of Yeli's scalp was numb, and a thought came to his mind: Shouldn't he bring people here, and should he chop him with a knife when he meets him at the border?

Not to mention how strong the Qiang warriors needed to be in front of this scene, Wei Tong knew that Wei Yue couldn't go to the livestock farm immediately, so he could only take the other party's message and gallop home.

At the same time, Zhao Jia had already led Liu Rong around the farm, and even shot a few arrows at the shooting range. There was no way to procrastinate any longer, and it would be a waste of time to find excuses, so he had to invite him in. Wooden house, let Mrs. Sun bring hot soup.At the same time, be prepared, if Liu Rong can't do what he wants, how to say no.

"When Rong was in Linjiang, he summoned the old folks to inquire about Toyota's good ways to increase income." Liu Rong drank half a bowl of hot soup, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "However, the days were too short to achieve anything."

Zhao Jia's heart skipped a beat, he put down the wooden bowl, and waited quietly for Liu Rong to speak.

"Looking back now, what I thought was beneficial to the people is actually superficial, and it is difficult to make an inch of merit."

"Your benevolent government loves the people, Jia has also heard of it in the border areas."

Liu Rong was charged with occupying the land of the Taizong Temple, so he was called into the Chang'an Complaint Book, and later seized the country and abolished him as a commoner.

However, it is an indisputable fact that he is diligent in government and loves the people, pities the people of the feudal country, and is loved by the people.No matter how many complaints there have been before, no one can single out his problem here.

"Lang Jun is too famous." Liu Rong shook his head, then suddenly changed the subject, "Rong really needs Zhao Langjun for this trip."

The other party got straight to the point, but Zhao Jia couldn't pretend to be confused, so he could only correct his expression, and said seriously: "Sir, please tell me."

"Rong guarded the border with his sins. Seeing the great trouble of the Xiongnu, he knew the hardships of the people. Now he is stationed in Woyang under the order of the prefect. He wants to open up wasteland, increase food and enrich the people." At this point, Liu Rong paused, his expression became serious, " The land is the foundation of the people, and the people are the foundation of the country. I am honored to hear that you are a great talent, and I would like to offer ten thousand dollars in silk and silk, and please teach me the strategy of farming and animal husbandry."

While speaking, Liu Rong stood up and bowed his hands to Zhao Jia.

Zhao Jia really couldn't avoid it, so he could only stand up as quickly as possible, and return the salute with a more respectful gesture.

Given that Liu Rong came to guard the border, Zhao Jia had made many assumptions before, but he never thought that the former Linjiang king would learn farming and herding from him.

Should it be said that the turn of history is too sharp, and I really can't keep up?