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Liu Ce walked back and forth in the tent of the Black Wind Clan, listening to the sound of fighting coming from outside the tent, with a cold face, he casually picked up a wooden bowl with a broken corner on the low table and glanced at it, threw it aside in disgust, and said to the two black shadows cowering in the corner. Vertex Says X 23 U OM

"Two girls, you don't have to be afraid, now that the black clan has been wiped out by my Jingwei camp, you will be able to go home soon."

In the corner, there are two black shadows shaking, and due to the light, it is impossible to detect the existence of people without looking closely.

"Home? Where do we still have a home? Hu Nu has ruined the innocence of our sisters a long time ago, do we still have a home to go back to? Even if you go back, it's a dead end,......" one of the women choked up when she heard Liu Ce's words.

Liu Ce picked up a broken tiger skin on the ground and walked slowly towards them, and the two women were so frightened that they hurriedly shrank behind them when they saw Liu Ce approaching.

"It's cold, your clothes are thin, cover them to drive away the cold." Saying that, Liu Ce closed his eyes and threw the tiger skin in front of them, "I can understand your feelings, but it's not your fault, living is more important than anything else, I hope there will always be!" ”

A woman pulled the tiger skin on the ground and draped it on her body and said to Liu Ce: "Thank you for the comfort, general, if it weren't for the sake of surviving, our sisters would have committed suicide to seek relief......

Liu Ce nodded, sat down in the patriarch's position, and said confidently to the black shadow in the corner: "The darkness is about to pass, I promise that you will be able to walk in the sun in the future, at least under my rule, no one will say anything irresponsible to you!" ”

When the two women heard this, they stopped sobbing, as if they were rendered by Liu Ce's words, and felt a burst of warmth flowing in their blood.

At this moment, the curtain was opened by Xu Wenjing, and as soon as he came in, he said, "General, you entrust me ......" He closed his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth, because he found two disheveled and beautiful young women in the corner.

Seeing Xu Wenjing hesitating, Liu Ce said loudly: "But it's okay to say it......"

Xu Wenjing stared at the two sisters coldly for a while, then entered the tent and lowered the curtain, and the two shadows were hidden in the darkness again.

Xu Wenjing came to Liu Ce and said, "General, my subordinates have come to pay you a ......."

Liu Ce asked, "How are things handled?" ”

Xu Wenjing said gloomily: "The Hu men are all taller than the wheels, and they have all been killed, and now there are only two hundred and forty Hu women left waiting for the general to fall." ”

Liu Ce glanced at Xu Wenjing and said jokingly: "Don't take it as an example." ”

Xu Wenjing saw that Liu Ce was not angry, as if he had expected it a long time ago, and couldn't help but feel more determined in his heart, and said: "Thank you, general, it's time to go to the herdsmen and the clan department to walk around." ”

Liu Ce stretched his waist: "There are more than 3,000 people from the Mufeng tribe of the herdsmen twenty miles away from here, and they are the ones who are sheltered by the people of Jizhou, and they can't be dealt with by the way of dealing with the black tribe, remember to salute first and then soldier, just go, I'll go to the herdsmen side in person......"

Xu Wenjing nodded and said: "My subordinates know that there are more than 40,000 people in the herdsmen's mouth, and there are many people in Jizhou under their rule......

Liu Ce nodded and said, "Pass the order, bury the pot and make rice, and after an hour, march to the herdsmen and the clan respectively." ”

"Yes." Xu Wenjing retreated outside the tent when she heard this, and just as she was about to leave, she glanced at the two women in the corner, pondered a little in her heart, and strode out......

Seeing Xu Wenjing go out, Liu Ce got up and added some firewood to the brazier in the tent, turned his back to the two women and said, "Did you hear the conversation just now?" Now you know I'm right, right? ”

There was no sound coming from the corner, but vaguely Liu Ce felt that the black shadow seemed to nod vigorously......

The soldiers of the Jingwei battalion unceremoniously entered the tents of these Hu people, poured water on the iron pot rack brought by Koukou on the firewood pile, and then poured in the grain scavenged in the village, sprinkled a little fine salt and began to boil.

One of the soldiers of the Jingwei Battalion sat around a bonfire waiting for the food in the pot to be cooked, and kept reaching for his hand to bake on the fire, and one of them looked back at the Hu woman who was cowering in the corner, and couldn't help but sneer.

"They have today? Why didn't the general kill them all together? Aren't you afraid of wasting food while you keep it? ”

Another soldier opened his carry-on wine bag, took a sip of his wine and said, "Who knows? Does the general want to use them as military prostitutes?"

When the soldiers sitting on the opposite side heard this, they immediately retorted: "You are still a veteran in the army, don't you know the general's temperament?" With such integrity, do you think he would do such a thing? If this word is going to get out, you're afraid that your boy will be beaten to death with a stick. ”

"That's ......," another soldier on the side sneered, "Even if you really use these bearded girls as military prostitutes, do you have the heart to do it?" ”

"Hahaha......" Everyone immediately laughed when they heard this, they are all family people, and they have long had a love affair with fish and water, coupled with military discipline like a mountain, they naturally have a very firm ability to resist the opposite sex, not to mention that these bearded girls in front of them are not to their liking.

When those Hu girls saw this, there was no panic in their eyes, and they didn't even see any excitement when their men were killed, because they were like a group of moving goods in the eyes of the men of different races, and they could be taken out at any time to trade and trade.

When they saw those Jingwei Battalion take out the extremely precious salt and iron pot among the Hu people, their eyes couldn't help but light up, and they secretly thought in their hearts that maybe it would not be a good thing to be captured by Jingwei Battalion.

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Twenty miles away, in the pastoral tribe, the patriarch Mu Feng, who had just returned from hunting in the mountains, walked into his own village surrounded by the Hu people and the people of Jizhou.

The forty-year-old patriarch Mu Feng looks burly, but he is not as hateful as other Hu people of different races, but has a special masculinity. He shouted in front of the tribesmen and the people of Jizhou, pointed to the prey behind him and said loudly: "Peel these two deer and stew them into soup, and then roast these wild boars, and everyone will have a good meal today." ”

With the cheers of the people of Jizhou and Jizhou, Mu Feng smiled and entered his big tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, a local woman in Jizhou, who was about thirty years old, stepped forward to untie her scarf and cloak for him, Mu Feng turned back to the woman and showed a very rare tenderness among men of different races, held her hand and said: "Madam, I have been absent for the past few days, and the affairs of the clan have worked hard for you." ”

Mrs. Mu shook her head, leaned over the clay pot from the fire, poured him a glass of water, and said, "Husband, you have been working really hard for the clan these days, and I have only done my duty. ”

Mu Feng raised his eyes to look at her, and then said guiltily: "You must still be resentful of me for taking you captive back then and forcing you to marry a Hu man like me, but I ......"

Mrs. Mu hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Husband, didn't you say yes? Don't talk about it again! How do you feel when Mu Qin and Mu Yue hear it? What's more, after so many years, I naturally understand your affection for me, and you and your people are different from other Hu people......"

After listening to his wife's words, Mu Feng took a sip of water, and then sat on the side and suddenly asked, "By the way, what about Mu Qin and Mu Yue?" ”

Mrs. Mu sat down on a cotton blanket and said while sewing and mending clothes: "Those two girls, I don't know where they are crazy." ”

Mu nodded, put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "This Muqin is already sixteen, according to your Central Plains etiquette should also be married at the age of the ceremony, find a time to do this ceremony, by the way, find a suitable man inside and outside the clan to set the marriage in advance, it will be held according to your Central Plains etiquette." ”

Mrs. Mu said lightly when she heard this: "Mu Qin, this girl dances with knives and guns all day long, and she doesn't know how to be restrained when she is such an adult, and she is spicy and rude, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find Ruyi Langjun......"

"Hahaha......" Mu Feng smiled, "This may be my Mu Feng's daughter, there is my blood in her body!" ”

However, Mu Feng smiled and smiled, his expression also dimmed, and he began to bow his head and remain silent in an instant.

Seeing this, Mrs. Mu immediately put down her work, came to him, snuggled up to his shoulder and said, "Are you still worried about what the Hulan people want next year?"

Mu Feng said in a daze: "Three thousand sheep, one thousand cattle, five thousand catties of refined salt!" Where am I going to get all this stuff? ”

Mrs. Mu said: "It's better to let the people of Jizhou also help, and think of a way." ”

Mu Feng shook his head: "Do you and I still don't know what happens to those people who are attached to me?" If you ask them again, I guess they will really have no way to live, and even if they do, they won't be able to scrape together so much of what they need......"

Mrs. Mu leaned closely to Mu Feng's side: "There will be a way, I have survived so many years, and this time I will also get through it safely." ”

Mu Feng's heart trembled, hugged Mrs. Mu and said: "This time is different, the Hulan people who attacked Yuanzhou suffered a defeat and almost all the troops were wiped out and injured, and the Khan Dong Li, in order to restore the vitality of the Luojin Department as soon as possible, issued a death order to the subordinates of Jizhou who were attached to the rule of the Hulan people. ”

When Mrs. Mu heard this, her body trembled, and she knew the cruelty of the Hulan people, once she could not hand in the prescribed things in the spring of next year, there would be only a dead end......

Mu Feng felt the nervousness coming from his wife, patted her on the shoulder, tried to calm her down, and then said: "It's okay, in a few days, the wind and snow will be lighter, I will go to my second brother Mu Kuo's place, hoping that he can lend me some cattle and sheep to reduce the burden......"

Mrs. Mu pushed him away and said, "The second uncle is not having a good time in the place, and the things that the Hulan people let him hand over are no less than those of our Mufeng Department." ”

Mu Feng sighed, and then asked, "Madam, how many cattle and sheep do I have under my rule now?"

The shepherd thought for a moment and said, "Five hundred sheep, eighty ploughing cattle, and ...... salt."

Mu Feng saw that she wanted to speak and stopped, and held her hand: "Say it." ”

Mrs. Mu took out a bag from the belt behind her, opened it and said to Mu Feng with a sad face: "Husband, all the fine salt in the clan is here......

Mu Feng looked at it, and saw that the fine salt in the belt had almost sunk to the bottom of the bag, and it looked like it was less than a catty, and his face was also gloomy. Not to mention the delivery to the Hulan people, even if their own tribe is equivalent to cutting off salt, in this cold winter, lack of salt, it is quite terrible, Mu Feng can conclude that this winter because of the lack of salt will nearly half of the tribe people die.

"Fortunately, there are still more than 100 catties of astringent salt, and the clan can barely support it for half a month, but after half a month, it will ......" Mrs. Mu said this, no longer speaking.

Mu Feng's eyes were closed, and he tried to think about countermeasures, and after a long time, he opened his eyes and said, "There is no way, I can only go and rob the clan department." ”

Mrs. Mu was taken aback: "Husband thinks twice, there are more than 1,000 people in the clan, and they are on par with my herdsman, once the war starts, it will ......."

Mu Feng stopped him and continued: "This is also a way that has no choice, do you want me to attack the people of Jizhou?" ”

Mrs. Mu could only keep silent when she heard this, and only listened to Mu Feng continue: "The things stipulated by the Hulan people must be handed over next year, and the people inside and outside the clan must also survive. ”

At this moment, an exclamation suddenly came from outside the tent: "Patriarch, it's not good!" Come out and have a look! ”

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