Chapter 45: The Ability to Eat

The cunning Xiongnu and the Marquis of Shan Yu got the news and conspired with Wei Lu: the soldiers attacked in three ways. In the west, King Youxian led his subordinates, and the targets were Jiuquan and Zhangye, while in the middle, Shan Yu led troops to defend it, and in the east, King Zuo Xian sent troops to the east of Juyan. So that they can pick up with each other.

Li Ling galloped back to Zhangye, where he was guarded, arranged his work, and immediately led himself to train and guide 5,000 elite soldiers, and put all the knives, bows, arrows, and crossbow weapons that he had made over the years and accumulated to fight the Huns, and set off immediately.

They braved the cold winds of spring in the north, crossed mountains and mountains, braved the wind and sand, and traveled north along the intermittent road in the desert through Juyan. After trekking through thousands of miles of desert and sleeping in the open air, he arrived at Dongjunji Mountain after more than a month.

Although spring has arrived, the snow and ice on the ground have just been digested, the birds and beasts are gone, and the branches of the trees are still bare and desolate. Li Ling led his troops to march vigilantly on the road with high mountains on both sides.

Suddenly, the sentinels in front of the road found many cavalry of the Huns and hurriedly came back to report. Now it is impossible to retreat, and the infantry cannot outrun the cavalry of the Huns, and they cannot advance. Li Ling discussed with the deputy general Han Yannian, and the only way to deploy them outside the camp was to use grain and baggage trucks as a battalion.

The sergeants in the front were always armed with halberds and shields, and the soldiers in the back were armed with bows and arrows. Prepare for battle. At this time, the marching Hun cavalry outpost also discovered the Han army, and immediately reported it to the general leader - Shan Yu.

This is the Marquis of Shan Yu, who personally led more than 30,000 cavalry about to leave the East Junji Mountain, and was hit by Li Ling's army. The two armies faced each other. Just look at the Han army is much less than others, and they are all the same infantry. Ordered the cavalry to besiege the Han army between the two mountains.

He ordered the guard to come forward and shout. Wei Lu stood in front of the battle and shouted: "The bold small Han army, if you don't hurry up and surrender to us and Marquis Dadanyu, spare you from dying!"

Li Ling heard that it was and Hou Da Danyu said to the deputy next to him: "Brother Yannian, let's not answer his words!"

Li Ling turned around and said to the soldiers: "Let's not fire the first arrow, as long as they open their bows, listen to my drumming, and release the arrows in unison, and stop firing the arrows immediately when they hear the sound of the gong!" (On the ancient battlefield: the drumming is the trumpet, which is the attack; the gong is the trumpet, it is the stop)

Just looking at the other party, I don't think about it, but they are a handful of them, and they are scared when they look at my many mounted shots. He ordered: "Target: Han Army's baggage!

The Hun cavalry in front of them beat their horses and fired arrows and galloped over.

Li Ling beat the drum, and the soldiers in front held shields to block arrows and raised halberds to fight. Thousands of archers in the back shot arrows at the Hun cavalry. For a while, the Huns rode down in response to the arrows, and the people turned over on their backs...... One wave blocks the other, and it cannot show its ability.

Seeing this, Shan Yu had no choice but to command the cavalry to retreat up the mountain, and the Han army took the opportunity to pursue and shoot thousands of cavalry. Shan Yu was shocked, immediately ordered people, and transferred about 80,000 cavalry to attack Li Ling in two days.

And Hou Da Danyu saw that although the Han army was damaged, but its combat effectiveness was extremely strong, he thought that there must be a main force on the right and left. Afraid of deception, he did not dare to attack on a large scale, but only sent a small force to harass while chasing.

Li Ling led his soldiers and baggage to fight and retreat. At that time, there were many wounded, and he ordered the seriously wounded to ride in the car, the lightly wounded to push the cart, and the lightly wounded to participate in the battle. After retreating for two days, the enemy did not dare to make a second attack if he left immediately.

He deliberately slowed down the speed of retreat, and in a close pursuit of the enemy, he concentrated his forces, commanded the formation at one time, and the drums shook the sky, destroying more than 3,000 enemy cavalry.

Although the weather was warm and cold at first, after all, spring had arrived! The earth atmosphere in the Bell Sea rose, and under the warm sun in the sky, the thick ice and snow melted rapidly. Herdsmen hundreds of miles away have gone out to find pastures for grazing.

The place where Su Wu lives has welcomed the herders who came here last year, the two families who took refuge from the snowstorm when the old man Mei Ga and Yu Yi Ba came. All of a sudden, it became lively.

Although the two families did not live under the ridge with Su Wu and the others, their tents were set up on the edge of the small river not far in front of them, and they could be faintly heard on both sides when they shouted loudly.

One afternoon, while Mei Ga was boiling water, little Bartel came to play with Xiao Xiong Sheng'er, and Su Wu and Old Man Yu Yiba took them out. Mei Ga looked at the little guy's disappointed look and handed him a piece of venison: "Come, eat a piece of meat to make up for it!"

He ate meat, looked at Mei Ga, who was dressed as a woman like his mother, and asked, "Uncle, how do you put on women's clothes?"

Mei Ga smiled and pondered for a moment, then replied, "Because I am a shaman who treats people, a shaman can also be a man or a woman. ”

"Why?"

"Shamans are meant to treat men and women!"

"I see!" he thought about "Oh, uncle, let me tell you good news, you can't tell anyone that my grandma is going to beat me." ”

"Say it, I won't tell anyone what you tell me!"

"You have to remember that you can't tell anyone!"

Mei Ga raised his hand and said, "I swear!"

Battle whispered to her, "My grandma has a baby!"

Mei Ga excitedly: "You say it again." ”

"I, my grandma, have a baby!"

"How do you know?" she asked.

"Sleep at night, Grandma told Abba. Abba said that he would not fight Ah

!"

"This is a good thing!" Mei Ga thought, in the past few days, seeing that the food brought was only enough for two days, and there were three horses that also had to eat forage, Brother Su didn't care, he still checked the terrain outside with the old man Yu Yiba.

She wondered if she was acting in the wrong way...... A woman's family and Brother Su want to live here, and there is no corresponding family business, what will they do in the future? Now there is no need to worry, I have the ability to eat.

This is the northern bitter land, with cold winters for six or seven months of the year. Women living here, busy at home and outside, often have excessive cold and dampness, and have difficulty giving birth, so they can use the medical skills they learned from their elder brother to treat their diseases in exchange for food.

In the evening, Su Wu and the old man Yu Yiba returned with a full load, they were so lucky today, they shot a deer and two rabbits and bears to carry them, and the two of them also carried back two large bales of hay, enough for people and livestock to eat for a few days.

Mei Ga cooked a pot of venison, served a bowl of soup and meat to Su Wu and Uncle Yiba, and brought a bowl of soup into the house by herself. Although the newly built stove room is very tight, the soles of the feet are still unbearably cold.

The room was much warmer, she sat on the couch and drank soup, and she didn't go out or do heavy work and didn't feel very hungry.

The moonlight sprinkled like silver on the ground, and the silent Northland night, the small hills, woods, and dark ground that had disappeared from the snow became hazy and mysterious.

Su Wu came out of eating, standing in the moonlight facing south, he calculated the time, it was the beginning of spring and summer in Chang'an.