Chapter 150: The Last Wolf Tooth
"Three acres of land, a cow, a hot kang head for wife and children!" This is the perfect way of life pursued by ordinary Han people, simple, simple, with land and cattle, the common people can live and work in peace and contentment, the government can receive enough money and grain to pay taxes, and the country will be peaceful, if the nomads live on horseback, then agricultural civilization is built on the back of oxen!
"Moo! Moo! ...... "Outside the city of Shanyang County, the dust is flying, the cows roar to the sky, and at a glance, there are moving cattle everywhere in the mountains and fields, like a torrent of steel is slowly advancing, and there are fierce Hun warriors holding horse poles to drive around and adjust the direction of progress.
"The herd of livestock sent by Zhao Lang has arrived, good, great!" At the head of Shanyang City, looking at the herds of cattle, sheep, horses, camels and ...... that continue to emerge from afar, Xiao Yi looked up to the sky and laughed, now that the winter snow is melting, the weather is getting warmer, and the earth is about to return to spring, with so many livestock, the next spring ploughing will not be a problem!
"Order, the whole army of Xuanjia Iron Cavalry will be dispatched to welcome the arrival of our distant friends!"
In the customs of the nomads, if the big chiefs visit each other, then it is not the flowers and maidens who come to greet them, but the iron hooves and scimitars, lined up in the field, the knives welcome the guests, and use their strength to show their enthusiasm, this is the way of communication between the steppe wolf kings.
"Woohoo! ...... "With the continuous horns, the five thousand 'Xuanjia Iron Cavalry' in the camp poured out, long knives like snow, spears like forests, forming a military array like iron, under the leadership of Xiao Yi to meet it, this is also a kind of due prevention, if you are here to give gifts, that is a friend, if you are here to rob, then use the steel knife in your hand to speak!"
"The Han army wins!"
"The Han army wins!"
Roar...... Roar...... Roar......
Hearing the cheers of the Xuanjia army, the Hun soldiers who were driving the cattle and sheep also let out a wolf howl, and at the same time shook the weapons in their hands to cheer on the momentum, but compared with the sophisticated weapons of the Han army, theirs was much simpler, and there were very few iron weapons, and even the bronze blades that had fallen behind could not be made into one person's hands, and many people still held primitive weapons such as wooden forks, horse sticks, and horse poles.
"The Great Huns - under the command of the second king, the left army of ten thousand households 'blind wolf', pay homage to General Xiao! May your divine power increase day by day, and may your iron rider be invincible! Zhao Lang's messenger trotted all the way to Xiao Yi, knelt down on his knees, lay on the ground, and made a five-body bow!
This kind of etiquette, only ordinary herdsmen will be used when they see the Huns Da Dan Yu, but the 'blind wolf' is willing, and he does not dare to get up for a long time, a big battle in Yanmen Pass, the Huns who killed are all broken, even Da Dan Yu was shot by Xiao Yi with an arrow, he also collected tens of thousands of Xiongnu dead soldiers to build a Beijing Temple, Yongzhen Jiuyou, from the Yanmen Pass, 'blind wolf' took a special look, scared him for several nightmares in a row, the Huns have always had a tradition of succumbing to the strong, to such a peerless ' Killing the gods' bow down, and there is no shame!
"Get up, how is your master Zhao Lang?" Throwing a flower in the air with a horsewhip, Xiao Yat expressed his acceptance of the other party's respect; That's the case with these steppe wolves, the more you kill, the more respectful they will be to you, and if you show weakness a little, it's their turn to bare their teeth!
"Back to the general's words, my master is now stationed in Zhao Xincheng, and tens of thousands of troops have gathered, and they are working hard to restore the glory of their ancestors in the past, this is a gift list, please accept it with a smile!" As he spoke, the blind wolf took out a piece of cooked cowhide from his arms and gave it with both hands!
"Four thousand oxen, twenty thousand sheep, one thousand camels, three thousand fine horses, ten thousand cowhides, and fifty thousand sheepskins......
"It's worthy of Zhao Lang, what a big hand!" Xiao Yi was also slightly surprised when he looked at the gift list, this was more than double what he expected, and the strong ox could be used for spring plowing after training; There are also those horses, the Xuanjia Army is still a single horse, and Xiao Yi has always hoped to equip each soldier with two horses, or even three horses, and they can take turns to ride when marching, and when the time comes, it will not be a problem to run three hundred miles a day, and the power of the cavalry can be brought into full play!
That night, Xiao Yi set up a feast in the camp to entertain these Huns who came to send cattle and sheep, fine wine, white rice, refined salt, dried vegetables, dried fruits, and winter fish, everything that is not available on the grassland, can not be eaten, this time all are enough, and when they are full, they can also be packed and taken away, and a group of Hun soldiers are happy to the sky.
God can see mercy, in addition to beef and mutton on the grassland is cheese, many people are eating such exquisite food for the first time, especially dried fruits and vegetables, for those of them who are tired of eating greasy people are simply delicious, some Huns even secretly asked the Xuanjia soldiers whether they can stay in the interior of the Central Plains, even if they change their Chinese names and Han surnames~~
For example, they really don't want to eat beef and mutton for the rest of their lives!
"The grassland has become a pot of porridge, in order to compete for the throne of Da Shan Yu, the 'Zuo Xian King' Liu Bao and the 'Right Xian Wang' Hu Chuquan have been fighting endlessly, many big tribes have disappeared in the war, and the old fox Li Yun, the 'Right School King', has grown a lot, and the Great Hun Court has faintly separated the three families......
Although the king of my family has returned to his ancestral home 'Zhao Xincheng', his strength is still a little insufficient, and he does not dare to easily lead his troops westward to fight for hegemony, and the Karasuma people are also ready to move recently, which makes people very worried! ”
Although it was a few words, Xiao Yi still analyzed a lot of information, the upper echelons of the Xiongnu were infighting, and the strength was greatly lost, and it seemed that they could not afford to invade the Han land in the south in a short time; There is also the old fox 'Right School King' Li Yun, who persuaded him to return to Han as soon as possible, and he also swore that he agreed, but now the strength of the Right School King Department is rapidly growing, and it is estimated that the matter of 'returning to Han' will be postponed indefinitely......
There is also Zhao Lang, it can be seen that he is also eyeing the 'Hun Royal Court', but because his own strength is not enough, he temporarily forbears, and when the three families are exhausted, it is strange that he is not the first to pounce, as for the Karasuma people, he has not paid attention to it before, as a new grassland people, he has to guard against it!
"By the way, there is another gift here, which is specially ordered by my family's 'Yanran County Lord' to bring it to the general!" As he spoke, the 'blind wolf' took out a burden from his pocket and offered it with both hands!
"Oh! Is it a gift from Zhao Yanran? Xiao Yi opened the burden and looked, it turned out to be a warm jacket made of lambskin, white and flawless, the leather is loose and warm, it feels excellent to the touch, the material is really good, there is nothing to say, but this handwork, it is really a little worse, not to mention the loose mess of the needle's eye, the placket is not symmetrical, one side is big, the other is small, and even the two sleeves are of different lengths, such a strange craftsmanship, it is really enough.
"This is the first time my lord has sewed clothes, for it, but I have been staying up for more than half a month, and my hands are full of blood blisters pricked by needles!" The blind wolf also knew how miserable his county lord's craftsmanship was, but he still tried his best to explain a few words, so that the 'little she-wolf's like the county lord of Yanran would make clothes for a man, and there would be no second one in the world except for 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang'!
"Haha! She used it for more than half a month to sew the clothes that others sewed in one day, and it was really difficult for her to get the embroidery needle with the hand of the sword! Saying that, Xiao Yi shook his warm jacket and draped it on himself, although it was not beautiful, but it fit very well, "Go back and tell Yanran that I accepted the gift, I like it very much!" ”
"Your king is so generous, and General Ben is not a stingy person, here is a return gift for him!" As he spoke, Xiao Yi waved his hand, and the soldiers under his tent began to carry out a large number of things, a full set of armor, weapons made of fine iron, food, and cloth......
"Here are 1,000 pairs of fine armor, 1,000 long knives, 3,000 rods, 500 pairs of bows, 30,000 arrows, 20,000 catties of refined salt, 5,000 stone ...... of corn, all of which are my return gifts to your master, with these things, Zhao Lang's position as the second king can be more stable, if he is a little luckier, it is not hopeless that he will be the seat of the Hun Da Dan Yu in the future!"
"Is the general willing to help my king enter the Hun royal court?" Compared with these gifts, the 'blind wolf' still cares more about Xiao Yi's promise, if he can get the full support of the 'ghost-faced Xiao Lang', Zhao Lang may sweep the grassland in just a few years and become the next Hun Dadanyu, "If this is really the case, my master is willing to canonize the general with the position of 'self-second king', and then draw a big grassland as a fief!" ”
"Huh! Zhao Lang still wants me to obey his orders? Holding the hilt of the sword, Xiao Yi's eyes showed boundless murderous aura, and he was so shocked that the 'blind wolf' was covered in sweat and hair, and he couldn't even hold the wine bowl in his hand!
"Don't dare! Can't! The king of my family has only respect for the general, and he will never dare to override him! "The blind wolf hurriedly waved his hand, before he came, Zhao Lang had secretly explained to him that if Xiao Yi was willing to come over, he would be named the 'second king', or the 'one-word shoulder-to-shoulder king';
"Go back and tell Zhao Lang that it is better to ask for others than for yourself, the wolf kings on the grassland are all killed by themselves, but at the critical moment, I will still reach out to help him; I only hope that he can abide by his duty in the future and not harass my Han territory, otherwise this general will meet him with swords and soldiers, and he will never die! ”
"No, the little one must bring the words!" Wiping the cold sweat from his head, the blind wolf didn't dare to mention anything about solicitation anymore.
"As for Lord Yanran!" Xiao Yi pondered for a moment, then reached out and took the last wolf tooth from his neck, "Give this thing to her, and say: When the time comes, I will fulfill my original promise!" ”