Chapter 33: The Bandits Attack
"I've been talking for a long time, and I haven't asked the old man for his name? Who is the current 'right school king'? Also, how many descendants of the Han army were there back then? Hearing the old man's statement, Xiao Yi's thoughts flew in his heart, a bold plan was brewing, if this plan was successful, it would be tantamount to a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle for the Huns!
"The old man Li Yu is a side branch of the Li family, and the current 'Right Colonel King' is the seventeenth generation grandson of Li Ling's ancestor, named Li Yun, and also the leader of our Li family, who is similar in age to the old man, and is also riddled with old illness; With a long sigh, thinking of the current situation of the clan, the old man's heart was really hurt!
The way the people of the steppe calculate the population is not according to the head, but according to the 'account', a household is a 'account', the number of personnel varies, as little as three or four, as many as seven or eight, there is no unified standard, whenever there is a war, when the Xiongnu royal court summons a large army, each account must have at least one cavalry to participate in the battle, and equipment, weapons are prepared; Therefore, the concept of 2,000 tents is that the Li clan has about 2,000 young and strong cavalry, as well as more than 10,000 old and weak women and children.
Three thousand Han army soldiers, after hundreds of years of business multiplication, there are only more than 10,000 descendants, and young and middle-aged men are less than 2,000 people, the Li tribe in the Xiongnu situation can also be seen, the grassland for many years of melee, every time the Hun court will inevitably recruit a large number of cavalry of the Li clan to participate in the war, when they attack they hit the vanguard to die, when they retreat they break off the enemy, every time there are heavy casualties, but when the spoils are distributed, the Li clan is still far away.
Years of conquest, so that a large number of young and middle-aged people among the descendants of these Han soldiers died on the battlefield, and their strength has not been able to grow, and they have to be bullied by other tribes, the pastures have been occupied, cattle and sheep have been robbed, and the Xiongnu royal court has repeatedly come to collect property, which is really miserable; If it weren't for the fact that these descendants of the Han army have always been more united, and the ancestral archery skills of the Li family are really powerful, it is estimated that this tribe would have been swallowed and digested by others long ago.
"Most of the young and middle-aged people in the clan are buried in the battlefield, only some of the old, weak, sick and disabled are left to survive, I really don't know how many widow tears have been shed, how many parents have been broken," the old man had tears in his eyes, obviously his relatives were mostly the same fate, otherwise there would not be only a little grandson Li Hu left to rely on him for his life.
"If there is a war, there will be orphans and widows, and women can say that as long as they are healthy and can have children, they can always barely find a home, but these orphans are miserable, there is a lack of food on the grassland, and they can't eat enough, who wants to feed these children who can never be filled! Therefore, the fate of war orphans is either to die of starvation, or to be taken away by other tribes and become slaves, and they will be miserable all their lives! In desperation, the old man had to try his best to gather them together, form a small tribe, and barely struggle to survive. ”
"The old man is noble, he loves the old and the old, the young and the young, showing the benevolence and righteousness of my Han family!" In the face of such a compassionate old man, everyone admired and came forward to pay homage with the etiquette of the younger generations of the Han family!
"Didn't the old man's clan think about leaving this place of right and wrong, or ......, and moving south?" Seeing the old man's sad face, Xiao Yi asked tentatively, moving south, the Hetao Plain is already close to the border of the Great Wall, where else can I go further? It could only be a return to the Han land, but Xiao Yi didn't dare to ask too bluntly, after all, it was a major matter related to the survival of the clan, so he cleverly used the word 'southward migration', but the meaning couldn't be clearer.
"Moving south, how easy is it! …… Come, please drink, this Han wine has not been drunk for many years, it is really sweet! Closing his eyes slightly, the old man Li Yu's face was neither happy nor sad, and he couldn't see what he was thinking in his heart at all, and the topic of moving south was just a flash, but he praised the wine of the Han land.
"Huh! If the old man likes it, please drink a few more glasses, the wine of this hometown is naturally refreshing and has an endless aftertaste! Xiao Yi has always been alert, so he naturally heard the meaning of the old man's words, the wine of Handi, hehe! If you like it, it's good!
So as soon as the conversation changed, the topic of the two talked about fine wine, Xiao Yi naturally needless to say, it was raw ** wine, and it was invincible in large quantities, and the Xuanjia army was beaten by him with his fists up and down, and then drunk with fine wine; I didn't expect the old man to be a master of the wine country, although he is old, but the amount of alcohol is still amazing, raise a glass of booze, and he can not fall into the wind of Xiao Yi, which shows how heroic he should be when he is young!
In the middle of the moon, the wine was half-drunk, everyone was talking about sex, and the children who were full of food also fell asleep, but the few watchdogs outside the yurt suddenly barked wildly, and then the sheep outside were also in chaos, and the sound of people shouting and neighing came faintly, obviously an uninvited guest came.
The children on the prairie were very alert, perhaps because of their long-term insecurity, and the children in the yurt all woke up at once, and their faces were pale, obviously knowing that there were robbers outside, but no one screamed in panic, but quickly gathered together and formed a group, and the older children all took up rudimentary weapons, although they were young, but their desire to defend their homeland was stronger than that of the adults, because this was their last piece of paradise.
Such a child, with a little training, will grow up to be the best cavalry warrior!
"A few thieves dare to defeat my wine!" was suddenly interrupted halfway through drinking, which made Xiao Yi very unhappy, unhappy to kill the gods, the consequences were very serious, touched his nose, Xiao Yi's whole temperament immediately changed, the clothes were still the same clothes, the face was still the same face, and even the sitting posture had not changed, but everyone could feel that this Xiao Yi was definitely not Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi just now was a gentle and elegant Han boy, full of love and compassion; And Xiao Yi, who was angry, was as cold as frost all over his body, which was daunting.
"The elderly, please sit upright, a little bit of thieves, let the younger generation deal with it! …… Fat Liu, Cao Fatzi, Yanran, the three of you also stay, guard the yurt, and take care of the children! After drinking the liquor in the cup in one gulp, Xiao Yi stood up, although he was not wearing armor, but the style of commanding the three armies would be heartbroken if anyone saw it, "Da Niu, Xiao Bin, go out with me to have a look!" ”
"Young man, bring the bow and arrows, you use this bow!" As he spoke, the old man handed over his bow and arrows, and he believed that in Xiao Yi's hands, he would never bury this treasure bow.
"Thank you for the elders, this bow will be full of human blood tonight!" Xiao Yi took the bow with both hands and tried his strength, although it was not as powerful as his own 'Peerless Treasure Carving Bow', but it was also a rare strong bow;
There was already a mess outside the yurt, dozens of black shadows were scurrying around, some rushed into the sheepfold and were desperately driving there, causing the sheep to panic and scream, while others were starting at the truck brought by Xiao Yi and others, cutting the ropes and carrying the goods.
The robbers didn't notice the appearance of Xiao Yi and the three of them at all, first, they showed a lot of people, and they didn't take this small tribe to heart at all, they observed it clearly during the day, there was only a lame old man with a group of children who had not grown up, and they didn't pose any threat to them at all; In addition, the goods on the car are too tempting, I just wanted to grab some cattle and sheep, but I didn't expect that there are not only polished rice from the Central Plains, but also iron riding and salt, which is really overjoyed; It wasn't until the falling human heads and pungent blood woke them up......
"Kill!" With a wave of the greedy wolf's sword, the heads of the two robbers were cut off by Xiao Yi, clean and neat, like cutting vegetables, and then Xiao Yi's ghostly figure swam around, as long as the cold light flashed, someone would fall to the ground, and his hands would not be alive; On the other side, the big bull danced the mace, Xiao Bin waved the spear, and it was also a big killing, although there were only three people, but the robbers who killed them had no power to fight back, and thought that they had encountered some ghosts, after being killed, the robbers shouted helplessly and fled one after another!
'Either you don't kill anyone, but if you want to kill, you will kill them completely!' This is one of Xiao Yi's principles, let the big cow stay at the tent door, Xiao Yi whistled 'cabbage', and then turned over on the horse, and chased out with Xiao Bin, with the two of them with their amazing archery skills, it was only a matter of time before they killed all these robbers.
"Xiaobin, tonight the moon and stars are scarce, it is the time to test the archery skills, you and I compete to see who hunts more robbers?" With the bow in hand, Xiao Yi looked high-spirited.
"No! …… Obey your orders! ”
"Good, kill! ……”
So there was this scene under the moonlight of the grassland, dozens of robbers fled in confusion in front, and two young riders followed closely behind, with quick arrows in their hands, and with every blow, one of the robbers would fall off their horses, like a vicious wolf chasing a frightened flock of sheep......
At the door of the yurt, the old man Li Yu saw the process of Xiao Yi and others killing the thief very clearly, it really made him unimaginable, the young man who looked so sunny and warm on the outside, but he was angry when he killed people, like a demon god, "Hey! The child is a good child, but unfortunately, the murderous aura is too heavy, and I am afraid that there will be a river of blood everywhere I go in the future......"