Section 1058 The Qiang People's Choice (2)
The witch of the prison sister Qiang set up her camp behind a small hill.
Hundreds of warriors from prison sister Qiang firmly protected it.
Around this hill, it is densely covered with the tribe of prison sisters and Qiang.
Under the guidance of a good prison sister, Chief Qianghao, Sheyang was able to enter the camp after several searches.
This camp is not much different from other Qiang camps.
A dome of sheepskin, made of wood, stood in the camp.
Inside the camp, the samurai with weapons looked at the figure of the sheep with malicious eyes.
She ignored these people and followed his friend into a vault.
As soon as you enter the dome, a strong smell of burning animal fat comes to your nose.
In the middle of the vault, a thin old woman sat there, as if she was closing her eyes.
It's just that her appearance is really scary!
A face full of wrinkles, with several shriveled sarcomas, looks like a monster, and what is even more memorable is that the nostrils in the middle of her face are empty - this is the characteristic of all prison sister Qiang's witches, every prison sister Qiang's witch will choose to take the initiative to cut off their noses in order to get closer to the mother goddess they worship!
The old woman opened her eyes slightly and asked, "Tiger cub, why did you come to the territory of the Great Mother Goddess?" ”
She Yang stepped forward, bowed his head and saluted, "I am here to be guided by the tiger!" ”
"Just like the ancestral god and the mother goddess at the beginning, under the guidance of the tiger, they escaped the pursuit of the pursuers......"
"Humph!" The witch snorted disdainfully: "Don't say that you don't have these!" ”
"Mother God taught us not to trust men!"
In the myth of the prison sister Qiang, after a lot of hardships, the Wuge sword that fled from the Central Plains, after gaining a firm foothold in the Qiang land, ascended to the position of the leader, liked the new and hated the old, and was confused by the woman who raised Qiang and Xian Lingqiang, and actually made an act of abandoning the mother goddess!
The mother goddess was sad, so she led the crowd out and established a cottage of Sister Qiang.
Since then until now, Sister Qiang has been matrilineal for countless years.
Men, in prison sister Qiang, have only two roles - breeding and working.
Not to mention, all the Qiang chiefs know that for the Qiang people, the best relationship with each other is that it doesn't matter!
Because, once you get into a relationship, for better or worse, the end result is likely to be a big battle!
She Yang listened, and did not have half an opinion, because this is the consensus of all Qiang people for countless years - alliance? Join your sister! Between the different species of Qiang people, there are barriers thicker than high mountains.
Like Sister Qiang and Xian Lingqiang, in addition to being called Qiang people, culture, beliefs, customs and structures are completely different things.
Under normal circumstances, when a prison sister Qiang and a feudal Qiang meet in the wild, it must be a situation where the white knife enters and the red knife comes out, and you live and die.
It is only under special circumstances such as today that one can barely breathe the same air under one sky.
Therefore, he also got up directly and said with a smile: "It's still a witch who is refreshing, then I'll make a long story short......"
"I am here, on behalf of the great son of the tiger......" Sheyang straightened his waist, extremely serious, and said with a holy face: "To the descendants of the great mother goddess, pass on a message ......"
"Say!" The shrine maiden looked up and looked at the sheep.
"The emperor of the Han Dynasty, more than two months ago, once gave an order to the second division general of the Han Dynasty......" She Yang said slowly, repeating what he knew.
When the witch and all the shamans and chieftains of the prison sisters in the tent heard this, all of them immediately turned their heads to each other.
The long siege of the city left almost all the Qiang tribes exhausted and suffered heavy losses.
Thousands of people died under the high walls of Ling Jusai alone.
In addition, the lack of food also made them anxious.
It's not that there is no way to retreat, Sister Qiang has already withdrawn her troops!
Most of the Qiang people have already run away.
The Qiang people had never fought such a strong and resilient city in their history, and they had a feeling of powerlessness and even despair in the face of the fortress of Lingju.
Now, the news brought by the sheep has shocked them!
"Do the Han people really have such an order?" The shrine maiden asked incredulously.
"Really!" Sheyang bowed his head and said, "I just don't know, the Han people in Lingju will admit it......
As soon as he said this, the Hao chieftains of Sister Qiang suddenly began to be anxious again.
She Yang hurriedly comforted them and said, "Don't worry, I have already sent a few Wuge and brought a few fire slaves to Ling Ju ......."
"In another hour or two, you will almost be able to know the attitude of the Han people!"
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Lingjusai.
Not too tall under the city walls, corpses are everywhere.
The crows in the mountains, clattering from the sky, landed on the battlefield, and soon fought for carrion and detritus.
The ground was littered with broken wooden shields and broken armor, as well as a large number of arrows digging deep into the soil.
In the distance, you can also see that more than a dozen shield carts built by the Yueshi people with wood to attack the city are scattered on the ground.
The huge crossbow arrows directly pierced the fragile front edge of the wooden structures of these shield carts, and after the powerful kinetic energy tore them apart, the castration continued unabated, directly penetrating several Yueshi people who were pushing the shield carts forward.
In the distance, you can vaguely see the big flags and flags scattered on the field.
Several wounded and undead horses lay on their backs in a low-lying area, dying and struggling.
A few Qiang people walked tremblingly in this battlefield.
They looked at the world before them, and their eyes were full of horror and horror.
A month's siege of the city gave these people their first taste of what modern warfare is? What is the war of the Han Chinese?
In everyone's eyes, they can't help but recall what they have seen and heard in the past few days.
At the head of the city, the Han crossbowmen squatted in rows, and under the command of the commander, they kept shooting.
The dense rain of arrows came one after another, and the unlucky people were constantly hit by the arrows, wailing and falling, and weeping.
But these people are lucky.
The most miserable people are those who push the instruments of merit.
At the head of the city of Lingju, the head of the city like the devil, the heavy ballistas of the Han people were set aside one by one.
Dozens of people pulled the winch apart, and then mounted a heavy arrow several feet long and weighing several pounds on the ballista, and then under the command of the officer, the quadruple noose was completely opened, and the huge bowstring creaked and creaked.
And then, bam!
The huge winch was released, the powerful kinetic energy was released instantly, and the heavy arrows flew out of the city with a roar, stringing together rows of people, and penetrating the Qiang people and Yueshi people one by one.
And the target of their attack is those who push shield carts, rush carts, carry wooden ladders, and hold shields.
These crowds are large, easy to hit, and very threatening!
The heavy crossbows of the Han people were specifically aimed at these crowds to attack.
The attacking troops, finally braving the rain of arrows, dodged the attack of the heavy crossbows, and walked to the Lingju City Fortress.
They filled the moat of the reiju with corpses, sand, and wood, and then rushed to the city walls with shouts and howls.
They thought they would be victorious and at least climb to the top of the city.
But in fact, the real purgatory has only just begun.
At the head of the city, hot oil poured down like raindrops.
Like ants, the crowd that climbed upwards with various tools and even with their hands immediately screamed and fell down one after another.
And between the hot oil, there are stones that fall from above.
Then, there are round sassal trees.
The first group of siege troops were killed and wounded in an instant.
But the disaster is far from over!
Almost at the same time as the wood fell, thousands of archers walked to the head of the Han city, and they took excellent bows and arrows, aiming at their enemies one by one, shooting point by point.
Even so, there are still people who have escaped this disaster and climbed to the top of the city.
But he was greeted not by victory, but by a sharp-handled ring-headed sword..............................
In the end, the siege troops could no longer sustain, so they had to roll with each other, and under the rain of arrows of the Han people, they retreated with rolling and crawling, leaving corpses all over the ground.
Some Yue nobles once privately estimated that for every hundred people killed by the coalition army, only three or five of the Han people died.
Just thinking of this, the fear in the eyes of these Qiang people is even higher.
But they can only bite the bullet and move forward.
Because that's the only way to live.
That devilish city is their last hope!
Otherwise, they will starve to death and freeze to death in this field.
The corpse becomes food for crows, vultures, and even the residue of the stomach of a companion!
And that's not the worst of all!
The worst outcome is to retreat from this wilderness to the West Sea Plateau, on the vast frozen soil, to snatch food from children and grandchildren, and to snatch food from the mouths of those children and women who stay in the cottage!
Therefore, they had to cheer each other on, encourage each other, and approach the terrifying Ling Jusai step by step.
As they advanced, the soldiers on the Ling Sei naturally spotted them immediately.
"Captain, there are a few Qiang sneaky people coming to us......" Someone immediately asked the officer on duty: "Do you want to shoot them?" ”
The officer on duty poked his head out, observed for a while, shook his head and said, "Wait a minute, see what they want to do?" ”
So, under the watchful eyes of the defenders, these people approached step by step and arrived under Lingjusai.
"What do you want, what do you want?" The officer on duty shouted loudly, and at the same time he held the saber at his waist, ready to give the order to attack.
The language he used to shout was pure and incomparably pure Han official dialect, the kind that didn't even have a Hexi accent, even in Chang'an, it was considered a standard!
As for the sneaky Qiang people under the city, can they understand?
What does it have to do with him?
For him, the reason why these people are approached is purely boring and funny.
The shouting and warning is out of education and conscience.
Confucius said: Although it is ruined, it cannot be abandoned!
But at the same time, Confucius and his old man also said: Yidi has a king, and it is not as good as the death of Zhuxia.
The contemporary three views are all Yidi, all of them are beasts walking on two legs.
Therefore, if they don't understand the official language, then there is no need to rescue them - a scum who can't even understand Yayu must be distracted from the Han family and have no Chinese beasts!
Besides, when two armies are at war, there is no such thing as mercy.
Fortunately, among these Qiang people, there are really people who understand.
I saw a man who replied loudly: "Chinese gentleman, Chinese gentleman, please listen to the slave maid, please listen to the slave maid!" ”
He raised an object in his hand, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "The slave maid heard that the Son of Heaven of China has an edict, and those who can kill those who oppose the Han Dynasty will be rewarded regardless of Qianghu or Yue's family!" ”
"The slave has admired China for a long time, and he specially cut the anti-Han lowly race to offer, hoping that the gentleman will be gracious! Mercy! ”
The lieutenant listened, his eyes widened, he didn't expect this result at all.
He looked left and right and asked, "What do you think?" ”
They looked at each other left and right, and they both felt a little headache.
One team leader said: "Captain, the edict of the Son of Heaven, you and I both know it......"
A Sima said: "But the general of the second division has a strict order......
"The general of the second division has never given an order not to surrender......" Another Sima muttered and said, "Besides, we are soldiers of Longxi County, not the commander of the second division......"
"The edict of the Son of Heaven, how dare you and I disobey?"
These people are arguing and arguing, and there is no unified statement.
The lieutenant couldn't help but have a headache, so he had to say, "Look at these people first, I'll go and ask the official!" ”
So he hurriedly went down to the city, came to the temporary military camp under the city, and found Fan Mingyou, the captain of the Qiang Protector and Lingju Ling, who was preparing supplies, and reported: "General Fan, there is a Qiang Hu under the city with a head to offer, how will the general be done?" ”
When Fan Mingyou heard this, he immediately laughed, he knew that the moment he had been waiting for a long time to break the situation had finally come, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty has already had an edict, and since it is an edict, it should be accepted!" ”
"The last general knows!"
So, in full view of everyone, the closed gate of Lingju City opened, and a group of cavalry went out of the city and came to those Qiang people.
These Qiang people immediately lay on the ground, held the head in their hands high, and the leader even held a sheepskin in his hand, kowtowed and bowed: "Slaves and maids are invited to offer, may the heavenly soldiers smile!" ”
The officers of the cavalry jumped off their horses and examined the heads they had brought, and made sure that they were all freshly dead and not dead bodies that had been picked up on the battlefield.
However, the duty of the soldiers made them a good collector of curiosity, and without asking too much, they escorted these people into the city.
Half an hour later, these Qiang people, carrying two large bags of corn, a bag of salt and a dozen catties of iron, came out of the gate of Lingju City tremblingly, and then disappeared into the wilderness.
Two hours later, the men were brought to the sheep, along with the corn, salt, iron, and cloth they had brought back.
Looking at the yellow, orange and orange corn and white salt in front of me.
She sheep burst into tears.
And the others in the room even cried!
They squatted on the ground, hugged their heads and cried!
If you knew it was like this, why should you suffer this sin?
I already knew that the heads of the other Qiang and Yueshi people could be exchanged for grain and even salt, iron, cloth, and officials, so why should they take the risk?
After taking a deep breath, Sheyang stood up and gave a categorical order: "Pass my order, beat the drum and count the troops!" ”
His eyes showed a fierce light, like a vicious wolf, and his green eyes looked at other places, especially the camp of the Qiang and Yue people.
"Fire slave!"
"These!"
"It's time to settle accounts with them!"
The other Hao chiefs raised their heads one after another, looking up to the sky and roaring: "The god of the tiger is above, we will tear them apart!" ”