Chapter 57: A Harmonious Team
"Why did the entire Zhongqiang people be plundered?"
Le Sister Qiang's big-headed Tuduo stood up from the tiger skin chair in shock.
"Yes, the combined forces of the Donghu and the Han attacked the winter nest of the Zhongqiang people. By the time we found out, the Zhongqiang had already surrendered. Now that most of the Zhongqiang people were taken in the direction of Zhangye, I saw that Yongxi's sister and the Qiang king were taken away by the Han Chinese, accompanied by more than a thousand of the strongest warriors. ”
"The combined forces of the Han and the Donghu people, how many of them are there. As far as I know, the Zhongqiang tribe has tens of thousands of brave warriors. ”
Tudo asked, confused.
"The Donghu and Han people together are about four or five thousand people, and it is strange that the Zhongqiang people seem to have surrendered without much resistance. I've looked at the places where the battle was fighting, and there were only three or four hundred corpses. There is not a single corpse of the Donghu and Han Chinese. ”
The Cangjia brothers have always been in charge of killing and buriing, and the Donghu people have the same temper as these two brothers. Therefore, the corpses of those who were shot and killed by the Qiang people became three things, and the wilderness of violent corpses was inevitable.
"Chief, there's something strange in this. It is also reasonable that the bodies of Han Chinese or Donghu people were taken away for burial. However, it seems a bit unreasonable to kill three or four hundred people to make the Zhongqiang people, who have tens of thousands of people, surrender. ”
A tall woman sitting under Tudo said with some confusion.
"Aunt Leran, what do you mean......" Tudo looked inquiringly at Aunt Leran.
"The Zhongqiang people have a covenant with us, and we should help them according to the ancient customs. But there's something strange about it, don't you think it's strange that three or four thousand men can defeat the warlike Doga? And this time, none of the Zhongqiang people escaped. Do you think that with just three or four thousand troops, you can surround that winter nest?
You are the leader, and your decisions can affect the future of your tribe. In my opinion, let's go to the camp of the Zhongqiang people first and then make plans. ”
"Well, Grandma Le Ran is right. It's really weird here, and it's safe, Chief, to take a look. ”
"Yes, Chief."
"I agree."
The elders of the clan unanimously agreed with Le Ran's words, and the big leader thought for a while and said, "Since everyone agrees, then let's go and have a look." Since that fellow is in trouble, we are obligated by the covenant to help them. Let all the people in the village gather, and let's go to the camp of the Zhongqiang people first. ”
The camp of the Zhongqiang people was relatively intact and did not suffer much damage. But there are no more cattle or sheep in the valley. Only some poultry hounds and hounds that were too late to take away were randomly discarded in the camp. In addition to a few hundred corpses. The people here seem to have evaporated from the world.
"It seems that the Zhongqiang people surrendered without resistance."
The leader looked at the ruins of the Zhongqiang people and said with some doubts.
"No, they are deceived by illusions. You see the black stuff on the east and west mountains, if I'm right, it's the remains of torches. So many torches were lit at night. The Doga must have thought there was an ambush there.
And the dense horseshoe prints on the southern slopes suggest. The Donghu and Han attacks were launched from there. What would you do if you were a Doga? ”
Aunt Le Ran looked at the scene in the valley. After thinking for a while, he said.
"I will lead my people to fight those who attack." The leader said without hesitation.
"Doga is what you think, that's why there are hundreds of corpses. You don't see them all with arrow wounds. In such a chaotic situation, Doga chose to lead his people up the mountain. Le Ran pointed to the hill to the north with his horsewhip.
"Don't doubt. If you send someone up to see it. You will definitely see that the snow on the top of the mountain has been flattened, and the north side of the mountain is a big snow nest. The snow blown away by the north wind fell there, and if the Zhongqiang people fell into it, they would definitely die.
As long as the Han and Donghu people blocked several roads down the mountain with bows and arrows, the Zhongqiang people would be trapped in the mountain. On such a cold day, staying in the upper mountain at night has no other way to go than surrender. This is why the Zhongqiang people did not resist.
Such a method could not have been thought up by the Donghu people, but could only be the idea of the Han people. These Han people have always been good at trickery, but I don't know when the Donghu people colluded with the Han people. In the future, we will have to suffer. ”
Le Ran looked at this winter nest with some concern, only those houses could prove that there was once a large tribe here.
"Aunt Le Ran, I heard that more than a month ago, the head of the strong bar once attacked a Han army with his men. However, those Han people were very powerful, and they killed thousands of Qiang's men. Could this matter be related to the attack on the Han people by the strong bar head? ”
"It is very likely that in the eyes of the Han people, the Jingqiang led by Qiang Bar is no different from us. They can't find a strong bar, so they can only find a Qiang person to vent their anger. The Zhongqiang people are just unlucky. ”
"Aunt Leran, what should we do then?"
"Fortunately, they are separated, since the Han people have Duoga and Yongxi's girl, then I will rescue Duoga and Yongxi. Then they went together to attack the Donghu people and rescue the Zhongqiang people. ”
"What Le Ran's aunt said makes sense, the Han people took away the most courageous warriors of the Zhongqiang people."
"But the strong bar mobilized more than 10,000 people and failed to deal with those Han people, we only have more than 5,000 people. This ......"
The big leader was a little hesitant, and the disparity in strength made her hesitate.
"Men have two weaknesses, one is greedy for money and the other is lustful. Since the Han people can make plans, then so can we. That's how we ......."
Yongxi had a rope around his neck, and a hand was tied to each end of the rope. This is the masterpiece of Canghu, and fifty Qiang girls were singled out to cook for these Qiang people. Yongxi is the leader of these girls, one girl accidentally untied the rope that bound the Qiang people while cooking.
So the girl's hands hung on Yongxi's neck, and as long as the girls looked at Yongxi, they no longer dared to untie the ropes on the men's bodies. Because Canghu said it, he didn't mind hanging another pair of hands around Yongxi's neck, even if he hung fifty more pairs, he didn't care. I just don't know if Yongxi's neck can stand it.
The girl whose hands were chopped off died the next day, and her surplus value was used by Gong Along's two hounds. They were well fed and were now lying on their stomachs in the wagon. Two red eyes stared at the girls, hoping for the next good meal.
Yun Xiao had a talk with King Qiang, and the results of the talks were good. Yun Xiao assured them that their lives were sacrosanct, and the Qiang king also respected the dominance of the Han Chinese. So Yun Xiao promised that as long as they didn't make trouble, there would be no killing. King Qiang also promised that he would never look for trouble.
Harmony, harmony is all harmony. It turns out that harmony is as simple as this, the strong side ruthlessly ravages the weak side. Under the sharp saber, dignity must be laid down in order to guarantee fragile lives. This is the basic meaning of harmony.
The harmonious procession walked slowly, although the Qiang people were strong. But after all, although there were many carriages on foot, most of them were fully loaded. It is impossible to put everyone in the carriage, and now it is only the girls who are treated like this.
The only thing that made King Qiang happy was that no Han Chinese violated these girls. In the face of what they thought was a beautiful girl, the Han soldiers didn't even look at them. Just give them some food when they are resting. It's not enough to feed everyone, but it's not enough to make people hungry.
There are still about three days to go from Wuwei, while the sun has not yet set. Yun Xiao set up camp in the place chosen by the scouts, and Yongxi took a dozen girls out to look for firewood. They didn't have a Han horse-drawn carriage, and they couldn't drive the carriage to the woods to cut down trees like the Han soldiers. All they had was a pair of hands, and several of them piled up the firewood in a heap and bundled it up and dragged it back together. This is the way that the smart Yongxi thought, although there will be a lot of drops on the road. But it eliminates the time to go back and forth.
The hands on his neck were very obstructive, but Yongxi didn't dare to take them off. The male-faced Han man said that if she dared to take it off, he would hang two heads tomorrow. Yongxi believed that what he said was true, because the life of the Qiang people was not life in his eyes, and perhaps the Qiang people were not human beings in his eyes.
A person suddenly came out of the bushes, startling Yongxi.
"Bardo, is that you?" Yongxi's eyes widened, and although there were no Han soldiers to follow, she still looked around with a weak heart.
"Sister Yongxi, don't be afraid. I saw that there were no Han people following. ”
Bado rushed to Yongxi's side like an elf, and when he saw the two hands on Yongxi's chest, he suddenly screamed out with an "ah".
"You're crazy, what are you doing here. What if the Han people are arrested, you go quickly. ”
Yongxi's enthusiasm was suddenly awakened by Bado's scream, and immediately pushed Bado away.
"Sister Yongxi, don't be afraid. I was sent by the great chief, and she let me blend in with the Han camp. Together, we should work together to rescue the Doga and them, and then catch up with the Donghu people and rescue your people. ”
"No, it's too dangerous, those Han people are very vicious. Moreover, the Tagatou people's pipa bones were tethered, and they could not fight at all. ”
Yongxi still pushed Bado hard, she really didn't want her sisters to risk their lives to save themselves.
"It's okay, Sister Yongxi. I have this, and after saying that, Bardo pulled out a small plier from his bosom. "In the backward Qiang tribe, this is a rarity. I believe that Le Sister Qiang's tribe must have used a lot of cattle and sheep in exchange for this little thing.
Bardo beckoned behind him, and seven or eight more girls emerged from the woods.
"They were responsible for setting the fire, and I was responsible for rescuing the Dogati. They are responsible for setting the fire, and tonight we should work together to kill these Han people. ”
Yongxi looked at the elf-like Bado, and although he was a little worried, he still nodded. After all, they can get rid of the clutches of the Han people, and these days they are going further and further east. I'm worried that I'll never be able to go home again. (To be continued......)