As soon as Montenegro returned to Daying City, Sima Li Jie came to report: "General, your apprentice Da Hei Xiong was arrested by the camp order and sent to prison, and he has sent people every day to ask if you have come back in the past few days, what should I do?" ”

When Montenegro heard this, he was taken aback and asked, "What's the matter!" ”

Li Jie told the cause and effect of the incident.

When Montenegro first went to Xianyang, the big black bear was neither registered as a slave nor subject to military law, although Montenegro said that he would accept this disciple as his guest, but he had not yet written a document to report to the general for approval. Therefore, the big black bear became a three-person who lived in the barracks, and his identity was only an apprentice of Montenegro, and he trained and ate with the soldiers every day. and no one is an outsider. One day, the black bear felt that a bowl of wine a day was not enough, and under the coaxing of everyone, he drank all the wine of fifty people! After drinking, he was almost drunk, and he was about to leave the camp with swaying steps, but the soldiers guarding the camp gate couldn't stop this drunken man who was more than 400 pounds tall at two meters. Military Judge Wang Xi had no choice but to send a few people to follow him. Daying City is already very lively due to the migration of many merchants and Zhao people from Yunzhong and Jiuyuan. There is a large line of stalls selling vegetables, rice, clay pots, and farm tools in the market. The drunk black bear walked three times and crashed into more than a dozen stalls such as vegetable stalls, clay pot stalls, and grain stalls! The official city reported to the big camp order, and the big camp order sent a messenger to bind him back to the yamen. The sergeant who followed behind reported back to Sima and the military judge. The two hurriedly ran to the Yamen of the big camp and wanted to pay money to compensate all the vendors for their losses and protect the big black bear. The battalion ordered the transfer of the roster of the light cavalry, but did not find the name of the black bear, and there was no civil registration, so he could only be sentenced to disturb the market first, hit 80 boards, compensate for the losses, and wait for Montenegro to come back to confirm his identity before he was convicted. After some tossing, the black bear wine also woke up, and when he heard that he was going to hit his own big board, he only asked: "Where to fight?" ”

The big camp order said, "Spanking! ”

When the black bear heard this, he just made a hard effort, and the rope on his body broke into several pieces, and as soon as he took off his single pants, he put it on the cold ground, and said, "Do it, be harder." ”

Everyone saw that the buttocks on the ground were large enough for four ordinary people, and the skin was dark and rough, thicker than the skin of a wild boar. The wooden board of the Qin State board is round at the top and wide at the bottom, and a large board will only open the skin and flesh, and will not hurt the bones. The three errand boys who were in charge of playing the board had to take turns to fight with all their strength, and they all felt like hitting on a sandbag, and their hands were numb, and before the fight was over, the big bear fell asleep, and the snoring sound was earth-shattering! After the eighty boards were played, others were already bloody, and he didn't even break his skin. The battalion order had no choice but to take the black bear into custody and wait for Montenegro to come back and determine his identity before convicting him. Now it's hard for the cell boss in charge of the prison again! There were very few people who committed crimes in the Qin State, and they were all sentenced and sent to various places to do hard labor. According to Qin's law, those who have not yet been convicted of a crime cannot be treated as prisoners in prison, and prisoners must be guaranteed to eat two meals a day. The amount of food for black bears can top more than ten of them. The food allocated to the prison by the boss is calculated according to the capitation, and it is not feasible for Qin Fa to ask for more food, and the prisoners who are temporarily detained are guilty when they are hungry, so the cell boss and the prisoners can only pay out of their own pockets to let the black bear have enough to eat. After a few days, he was already stretched, and every day he asked people to ask if Montenegro had returned, and wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible and send this uncle away.

Montenegro laughed when he heard this, and asked Wang Xi, the military judge on the side: "What can I do to save the big bear completely." ”

"If it is a civil nationality, it is a black face, eight years of hard labor. Military status is a major crime of disturbing the people, and it is necessary to take the knighthood and behead it. You just have to say that he is a Hu man who has just entered Daqin, he only needs to suffer eighty boards, compensate the losses of the traders, and then fine 5,000 to 10,000 yuan, and that's it! ”

"So serious? What if there is no money for compensation and fines? What to do? Montenegro asked.

"According to Qin's law, the government will first compensate the merchants, and then the black bear will do hard labor to repay! A year's self-brought food is worth 5,000 yuan, and the government provides food worth 3,000 yuan. While supplies last. Wang Xi replied.

In that case, Wang Xi, you can bring the money and go with me to bring him back!" The big black bear will be the fierce general of our light cavalry army in the future. The leader went well, and the verdict of the big camp order was a fine of 8,000 yuan. Montenegro immediately paid the money! The black bear was released, and when he saw Black Mountain, he was overjoyed: "Master, you are finally back, I am locked up here, suffocated to death!" Take me to the blacksmith to get my weapons. "It turned out that he had come out drunk that day, and he was going to the ironworks to get the weapons made for him.

"You have a cheap deal and opinions, and if you are locked up for a few more days, the cell boss and the prison will have to drink the northwest wind!" Montenegro said angrily.

Montenegro asked Wang Xi to return to the camp first, and he walked towards the ironworks with the big bear.

Seeing the arrival of the two Black Mountain, the engineer hurriedly greeted him and said, "The fine iron rod has already been made, and it weighs one hundred and eight catties." I asked people to carry you to the barracks to find you, but one of you was not there, and one of you was locked up, so I had to carry it back again. ”

Montenegro looked at the fine iron stick, which was two meters long, thicker than his arm, and each end had a two-foot-long button, which could increase the lethality, and the middle was full of paper patterns, which could be non-slip, and the workmanship was very exquisite. Montenegro said to the black bear: "You take it to the outside for an interview, how do you feel!" ”

The black bear didn't say a word, held the iron rod with one hand, lifted it gently, walked to the courtyard, and danced the stick method taught by the Black Mountain.

"How does it feel?" Montenegro asked.

"Hmm!" The big black bear Huaxia didn't speak well, and nodded vigorously.

"General, I also made a pair of fine iron plate armor according to his figure, and in the future, when I go to the battlefield, this hero will be invincible if he wears the armor and fine iron rod I played." The ironsmith said, asking the apprentice to bring a pair of fine iron armor. The outer layer of the iron armor is made of thick iron plates, and the inside is lined with a layer of thick cowhide, which only protects the chest and back, and is no longer afraid of the damage of swords, guns and arrows, and weighs sixty pounds.

Montenegro was overjoyed, and immediately let the big bear put it on and try it on, and sure enough, the size was just right. "He hasn't joined the army yet, how much does this armor and iron rod cost? I paid out of my own pocket. Bought it! ”

"The general put on the armor I made, use the weapons I made, kill the Huns more, and avenge my family, and I will be satisfied!" The engineer said.

"You also have a blood feud with the Huns?" Montenegro asked.

"My surname is Feng, my name is Sledgehammer, I am from Yan Kingdom, and I have been a blacksmith for generations. The Xiongnu came to my hometown to plunder, killed my mother and wife, captured me and my son to build weapons for them, and then our father and son were separated in the Xiongnu, so I fled here, specially for Qin to build weapons to kill the enemy to avenge, they all called me Feng Bo. The engineer replied.

"Okay, Uncle Feng, in that case, when this iron rod makes a great contribution, I will also give you a credit." After speaking, Montenegro took advantage of Feng Bo's inattention and put ten taels of gold into his pocket. The first class of the Qin State is more than 1,400 yuan, and the iron armor of the big black bear can top the ordinary top 3, and the big iron rod is 8,000 yuan. An ironsmith earns only 8,000 yuan a year. Ten taels of gold is worth eight thousand and a half taels of Qin.

Since the big black bear was equipped with iron armor and iron rods, he practiced more than a dozen stick techniques taught by Montenegro day and night, and even slept with the big iron rods when he slept. After a few days, he was already very proficient. Once riding on a horse, a stick sweep

Break more than a dozen Huns' scimitars, and their power amazes everyone! Montenegro also asked the three strongest horses to be rationed to the big black bear from the more than 10,000 war horses captured, and renamed the big black bear Nobita, sent a document to the General's Mansion, and was trying to accept Nobita as a guest.

More than 10,000 horses and horses in Montenegro have all arrived, Montenegro is strengthening training while preparing to attack, with the living map of black slaves and the map sent by Li Mu, plus the war horses equipped with horseshoes, they are like fish in water, and they can be dressed as Hun cavalry to launch a surprise attack on the larger Hun tribes in the depths of the grassland.

On a sunny morning, it is estimated that the southern state of Chu is already warm in spring, and the northern grasslands are still icy and snowy. Montenegro took more than 1,000 veterans of his old department and Bai Tao, as well as 1,000 elites pulled over by Meng Tian, plus 3,000 recruits who performed better during training, a total of more than 6,000 people and 8,000 war horses, all equipped with Huns' cowhide armor and scimitars, and set off to the northwest!

Two days later, while the army was camping, Montenegro held a military conference. Montenegro pointed to the copied large map and said: "Two days later, we will arrive at the Xiongnu's Shanrong Department (located about the north of the current Wuhai City), the Shanrong Department has a population of 40,000, and the army is 15,000 Ding Zhuang, which is the main force to plunder more than 30 countries in the Western Regions, according to the scout's secret report, the leader of the Shanrong has led more than 10,000 cavalry to the east to meet Shan Yuting and Da Shan Yu, leaving only 4,000 Ding Zhuang in the tribe. The Huns' barracks only have wooden fences, no castles, and we have to launch a surprise attack, defeat them in a battle, and take them all back. It must be fast, accurate, and ruthless. In a word, we are not here to fight, but to rob, and we have to run back after stealing something! ”

When the generals heard this, they all laughed!

Two days later, the army came to a halt thirty miles east of the Shanjung tribe.

"That's not really, explore the road ahead, other people's jerky with mare's milk wine, cold food, and rest horses." Montenegro commanded. Zhang Jin had been promoted to the rank of 500 men in Montenegro, and immediately sent people to deliver the order.

Montenegro had just finished gnawing two pieces of dry and hard jerky and drank half a pot of mare's milk wine, so he sent someone to report: "The Huns set up camp on their backs, and they are not at all guarded, and they can attack from three sides." ”

Montenegro summoned the generals and ordered: "Baturu led 2,000 men to attack from the west to the east, Bai Tao led 2,000 men to attack from the south to the north, and I will lead the rest of the men to attack from the east to the west. Remember, except in self-defense, it is forbidden to kill a slave, a woman or a child. ”

"What about the old man, kill or not?" Bai Tao asked.

"There will be no old people in the Hun camp except for wizards and leaders." Baturu replied, "As long as the Huns are old, they will be expelled to a specific place, given some food and water, and left to fend for themselves. The cruelty of the Huns was not only to others, but also to their relatives. ”

Baturu's words made Bai Tao speechless in surprise!

Baturu set off first, and an hour later, Bai Tao also set off. After another half an hour, Montenegro led the remaining 2,000 people to move forward slowly, and came to a place where the Huns could be seen clearly, so that everyone could prepare to attack! It had been more than ten years since the Shanjung people had taken refuge in Toumandanyu that no one dared to attack their camp, and their lives were so comfortable that even the five-mile sentries had withdrawn, and only a few dozen Hun soldiers wandered listlessly in the wooden fence. Unaware of the impending danger.

"Nobita, you rush to the front, Zhang Jin, leave fifty light soldiers by my side, and you take the rest with you. Remember, just charge, don't shout to kill before entering the barracks! Montenegro pulled out the steel knife sent by Li Mu, and waved it forward, and all the soldiers immediately galloped on horseback!

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and the sentries of the Huns, seeing the black and oppressive fierce slave cavalry galloping in the distance, immediately reported to the little leader. The little leader impatiently got off a stripped female slave and went out to watch while getting dressed, wondering if the big boss had returned? Or when other tribes passed by, how to report to the little leader, I saw that a big man as strong as an ox had come to the door of the wooden fence of the camp, the big strong man did not say a word, with a wave of the fine iron rod in his hand, the wooden door spread outward, a thick wooden bowl just flew towards him, the enemy just did not shout his head and died! His hands were still holding his pants with no belts attached. The soldiers rushed into the broken wooden door, and immediately rushed to kill on the left and right, and the Hun soldiers reacted at this time and shouted loudly: "Blow the trumpet, the enemy is attacking." "There was chaos in the east, and many people were chopped to death in the head before they could draw their swords! Nobita's long iron rod swept towards the pile, touched the knife, the knife broke, and the person who touched it either had his head shattered or was smashed and vomited blood to death. At this time, Baturu in the west and Bai Tao in the south also came in from Liangye! The carpenter took dozens of people and specially shot the Hun officers, and the Hun camp was soon drowned out by cries! The air is full of blood! Montenegro also drew his sword, rushed to kill and cut off two heads, and stood in the middle of the camp to direct the massacre. There are fifty short soldiers around him, protected by regiments, and they will not leave an inch. The Huns did not organize a decent resistance, and after half an hour passed, and after most of the casualties, the Huns, who claimed to be invincible on horseback, laid down their arms and surrendered on the ground! These killer demon kings are also afraid of death! The killing on the battlefield gradually stopped, and only the wounded soldiers were wailing!

"Baturu and the black slaves went to free the slaves and told them that the Great Qin army came to rescue them, and from now on they were the people of Great Qin, not slaves! The men are responsible for loading the grain and grass into the trucks, and the women are cooking. Shi Fatzi took the recruits to clean up the head, Bai Tao, you commanded your people to guard the Hun captives, and tied their right hands, ten people in a string. Veterinarian, bandage the wounded, count the casualties. "Ordered, and immediately went their separate ways.

He worked until dark, and then finished the baggage army, which was a full five hundred carts. Montenegro simply asked everyone to spend the night in the Hun camp and retreat early tomorrow morning. Since dozens of people in the Montenegrin army were slaves who had been captured by the Xiongnu, and they were also people from various countries in the Western Regions, they came forward to do the work of slaves and explain how Great Qin treated them, and the effect was very good! The Xiongnu people were originally a people who were constantly migrating, there were many horses, cattle, sheep and carriages in the camp, horses and cattle could be driven, but more than 100,000 sheep were embarrassed, and it was impossible for the army to drive the sheep for more than 2,000 miles. In the end, Montenegro ordered: "Kill the adult fat sheep and bring it back, anyway, the weather is cold and it won't be bad." Pregnant ewes and lambs are released in the new land! Spring is coming, most of the ewes are pregnant, and although there are not many adult fat sheep, they are also filled with more than 100 carts.

Early the next morning, the slaves who could ride horses were responsible for driving the horses and carts, and all the women and children were in the carriages, and more than a thousand captives were tied to their horses and walked back along the road they came. The morale was high along the way, and only more than 20 people were killed in this battle, more than 200 were wounded, but there were more than 3,000 beheadings, and each soldier could worship at least a first-class knight.

The army escorted the baggage and slowly moved southeast, less than two hundred miles a day. Ten days later, the carpenter was walking thirty miles in front of the army with a hundred scouts, when a sentry came to report: "General, there are five fast horses in front, coming head-on, I don't know if they are enemies or friends?" What to do? ”

The carpenter waved his hand, and forty horsemen on the left and right immediately separated and galloped, and he took twenty horsemen to stand by, and all bows and strings were lined up in a row to meet them, and the five horsemen saw that there were cavalry coming, and turned their horses' heads in a hurry, and fled to the southwest. The carpenter coldly ordered: all tied up and sent to General Montenegro. Immediately ten people went up, tied their hands behind their backs, and brought them to Montenegro. The brigade is eating dried meat to feed the horses! Montenegro saw that these people were all strong, all of them were wearing leather armor inside and fur coats outside, and they were dressed as merchants.

"Do you all understand the Chinese language?" Montenegro asked. The five of them all shook their heads, then suddenly woke up and hurriedly nodded. Montenegro smiled and ordered: "That's not very good, black slaves, leave it to you, and try them separately one by one, and if you tell the truth, cut off your feet first and then ask." ”

Several people were so frightened that their faces were like earth, and they kowtowed to the ground, saying that they didn't dare to hide it, and they just begged for mercy!

"You stay behind, and the others will be guarded separately!" Montenegro finished. One claimed to be the head, and the rest were taken down. Montenegro handed him a bag of wine bags and asked, "Say it!" Who are you and where are you going? Where to stay? Don't test my patience! ”

The man took a sip of wine, calmed down, and began to say: "We are Loufu merchants, my name is Totobu, usually in addition to doing trade in the border city, but also for the leader of Loufu to listen to the news, in Jiuyuan City, after Zhao gave up Jiuyuan, moved into the Beidi County of Qin, a month ago, the leader of Loufu sent someone to ask us to inquire about the situation of the soldiers and horses of the Qin army in Shangjun and Beidi County. We have the experience of Qin doing business, and we have walked a few border cities, and we are trying to go back to Lou to report to the big boss. ”

"What's the news you've found?" Montenegro asked again.

"The northern side of the Qin State has increased its troops by more than 300,000, and it is necessary to fight to the death with the Xiongnu Dadan!" Takeoff said.

Montenegro called the other four people and asked them one by one, and the situation was about the same, proving that they did not panic.

"Black slaves, do you know how many people, soldiers and horses there are in the Loufu Department?" Montenegro asked the black slaves.

The black slave said: "The Lou Fu tribe has long settled at the bend of the great river from south to north to west to east, and this place is rich in water and grass and fertile land. Lou Nuren learned to grow wheat and millet from the Central Plains, and settled down in this place, not migrating. There is a simple castle. There were more than 100,000 people, and 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers. Because they settled in the middle of the steppe and intermarried with the Xiongnu all the year round, when the Xiongnu were weak, they became an independent tribe, and when the Xiongnu were strong, they depended on the Xiongnu. This time, the Xiongnu went south, and they were probably calculating which side could win, and the Xiongnu were strong to plunder with the Xiongnu in the south, and Qin Guoqiang was watching the tiger fight from the mountains. The black slave analyzed. In this era, the Yellow River is called the big river, the water of the Yellow River is still clear, both banks are beautiful forests and grasslands, Lou Fu settled in the area of hundreds of miles north of Ningxia, there is a mountain range in the west and north to block the cold wind, it is a beautiful piece of the south of the Yangtze River.