Chapter Ninety-Seven: Trust
Under Yi Tong's explanation, everyone knew that the king was going to have a warrior and warrior competition with Qiang Dahao, and they looked at each other for a while, and Xiang Chao, who was as keen on the competition as his son Xiang Yu, wanted to come forward to help, but was stopped by Yi Tong again - with the ancient method, he could only step forward to collect Xiong Jing's body, or welcome Xiong Jing's victory, otherwise it would be an insult to the warriors.
The Chu people were like this, and the Zhao general Li Qi didn't even look at each other, and shook his head directly, he felt that Xiong Jing would be shot to death by the Qiang people. Of course, this is true in the Central Plains, the gift of the teacher existed in the Spring and Autumn Period, and only a fool would challenge the teacher in the Warring States. But in the Hehuang Valley, for the Qiang people who 'died in battle as auspicious, and died as an unknown illness', it was a shame that the enemy did not dare to fight.
Moreover, the habit of the Qiang people is to 'take strength as the hero', and the Wuyi sword was pushed to the great hao because it was burned and did not die, and his descendants still wanted to be the great heroes of the Qiang people, so they had to deal with the challenges from the chieftains of various tribes and even their own brothers. If they refuse to accept the challenge of others, the legitimacy of the Dahao's rule will be questioned by the tribes.
This was the case before the founding of the Chu people and for a long time after the founding of the country, which was a tribal tradition. However, when Xiong Jing was confident that the Qiang people on the chariot would definitely face the battle, this person spit out a Qiang language, and the Qiang people immediately laughed.
"What do you mean?" Xiong Jing's pupils tightened, he was now only fifty steps away from the Qiang, and even closer to the Qiang people on both sides of the valley, as long as they fired arrows, he would definitely die.
"The king, the king, the king has no need on his face, but ...... It's a woman, too. "The Qiang people around him are the sons of Qiang lice, according to the law of Qiang people's naming, the father and son names must be Solitaire, and the father is called Qiang lice, so he is called lice. Lice Duo also looked at Xiong Jing's face when he spoke, and his expression became a little weird, and he wanted to laugh too.
"Woman?" Men in this era are beautiful with many beards, and Xiong Jing is just a teenager, although he is tall, he has no beard. In the laughter, he unwillingly drew his sword, pointed at the big man on the car, and made a throat-cutting gesture. As he moved, the Qiang laughter immediately disappeared - in the Qiang logic, challenges should be respected regardless of success or failure, but provocations are not. Xiong Jing is provoking.
After a few angry and short Qiang words, a Qiang man with a vicious face next to the car came up immediately. Xiong Jing saw that he was holding a riding bow and immediately took the shield. Xiang Chao, who was very worried about this, also came immediately, in order not to turn the situation into a melee, Xiong Jing immediately turned his head and stopped, but just as he turned his head, the Qiang people who rushed out of the array just fired arrows.
"The Great King......" Everyone was shocked, Xiong Jing's afterglow also saw the Qiang people firing arrows, and it was too late to raise the shield, he could only bet that the Qiang people had superb archery skills, and his body was resting to the side to avoid. With a whoosh, the arrow swept across his cheek, the end of the feather pulling a blood groove on his face. Fortunately, the Qiang people's rate of fire was not as fast as Cheng Kui, and when the second arrow came, he had already raised his shield.
The range of the bow was short, but after shooting three arrows, the Qiang people had already rushed in front of them. His weapon was an ugly bronze sword, Xiong Jing did not have any mercy, and the moment the two staggered, he ducked down to dodge, leaned out and stabbed a sword.
After three years of learning swords, Xiong Jing only learned one action: stabbing. He originally thought that chopping and slashing were the most powerful and commonly used movements, but the swordsmen of Chu and Zhao used examples to make him understand a truth: stabbing is the most powerful sword style, because stabbing is the fastest, most hidden, and most unguardable.
With the support of the stirrups, he calmly dodges and calmly thrusts. After staggering, the Qiang people on the horse ran for more than a dozen steps and shook their bodies several times, and finally fell off their horses and died. can become the minions of Dahao, and he is naturally a warrior among the Qiang people. However, such a warrior was killed by a young man on the other side in a stagger, and the Qiang people were in an uproar.
"Tell them that our army is here just to avoid the wind and snow, and they will leave at the beginning of spring." Xiong Jing took the opportunity to let the lice spread more words.
"I led the army to break into my river valley, how can I believe what I say?" A voice came from behind the car. Xiong Jing thought that the Qiang people did not understand the Central Plains language, but he didn't expect that there were people around Dahao who could speak authentic Yayan.
"It's really helpless to lead the army here, if you don't believe it, you don't want to make a blood alliance." Looking at someone next to the car, Xiong Jing said.
However, his words were not immediately restored, and the people next to the car discussed for a long time, before the voice slowly replied: "Xia people are not credible, Dahao is unwilling to fight with you." ”
The Qiang people were called the Qiang people when they were in business, and they were so powerful that they had to dispatch more than 10,000 people to fight against them. When the Zhou people lived in the Central Plains, the word 'Qiang' no longer appeared, even if the princes surnamed Jiang who were divided into the Central Plains no longer said that they were Qiang. The Zhou people called the Qiang people 'Rong', 'Rong Di jackal, not to be tired; Zhu Xia is intimate, and he can't abandon it', calling himself 'Xia'.
Xia Ren's untrustworthy words left Xiong Jing speechless. But what they are telling is the truth, and the nations are not trustworthy to each other, let alone to Rongdi? I think that the Qiang people have suffered a lot of losses from the Qin people, and they will become frightened birds.
Trust is hard to build between people, especially when you want to build it. Xiong Jing couldn't help but get irritable, and the mount also felt his irritability, and made two laps in place.
"Single-handed!" When the Qiang people were discussing, the fifteen-pound cannon dragged by six horses hurried up, and the Zhao army's foot soldiers came up together, and they had already lined up in formation.
"Single-handed!" Wu Kong didn't understand what Xiong Jing was going to do, but he still obeyed the order and let one of the cannons come out of the ranks.
"How can you believe? Take the cannon as a letter! Xiong Jing shouted at the slowly emerging artillery. The Qiang people, who were already preparing for war, couldn't help but look at the cannon, which was something they had never seen before.
The gunner's movements became more and more skillful, and after a dazzling movement, the gunner shouted "Ready......
The gun commander looked at the direction where the muzzle was pointed, which was the rear of the Rong people, and shouted: "Release!" ”
"Boom ——!" Flames and smoke burst out, and solid cannonballs flew over the Qiang people's heads, falling heavily behind them. The ice was very strong, and although the shells did not penetrate it, it sank into it.
Xiong Jing did not look at the power of the cannonball, but paid attention to the reaction of the Qiang people, especially the Qiang people. He was satisfied to see that the big man standing on the Rong car was surrounded by people again, these should be his advisers, and the Qiang people in the array unconsciously retreated again and again. The Qiang also revere fire, a weapon that spews flames and makes loud noises.
"Tens of thousands of Qin people fought against me, but I only used artillery, and the corpses of Qin people were all over the field. If you have no faith, why not plunder along the road after entering the water? "Xiong Jing began to build mutual trust with the Qiang people - I could have killed you but I didn't kill you, that's kindness.
Although the Qiang people are semi-civilized, those who can become strong naturally understand this law. It is the many laws, including this one, that make the strong a strong man. As expected, the flag-flying chariot passed through the Qiang array, slowly moving forward under the escort of many knights, and Xiong Jing immediately did not move, waiting for it to come forward.
He saw a Rong man with a thick beard and only facial features standing in the car, which should be Dahao. He looked at Dahao, and Dahao looked at him. When the two sides were only twenty paces apart, Dahao waved back the knights on both sides of the chariot, and only the chariot stepped forward. At this time, Xiong Jing saw the person who said Yayan before, this is a cripple, and his legs have been chopped off.
"Dare to ask the king why I am in Qiangdi?" The slasher wore his hair like the Qiang people, and Xiong Jing could not see his face clearly.
"I am a relative of the Chu people and the Qiang people, so I came to visit my relatives." Xiong Jing smiled and turned his head to signal Yitong behind. Yi Tong was glared at by Xiong Jing and knew that he was going to offer a salute himself. It's a pity that I came in a hurry, and I didn't bring the gifts.
"When I came, I had prepared a thin gift, but my subordinates were derelict in their duties and were going to get it." Xiong Jing sneered.
"The king really came to visit his relatives instead of being forced by the Qin people to enter my Qiang land?" The salute is not a salute, and the stalker does not care. Qiang lice had already conveyed the intention of Xiong Jing and others, and some people had always opposed Dahao taking in Xiong Jing and others.
"It is indeed not forced by the Qin people, but it is cold and snowy, and I can only come to Qiang Land to live temporarily for a few months." Xiong Jing said truthfully.
"The great king lives in my Qiang land, and the Qiang people must give him grain," said the stalker. "However, if this matter is known to the Qin people......"
"The Qin people destroyed the nations and went down in one day, and there was no time to go west into the Qiang land." Xiong Jing interrupted him. "He will unify the Qin people in the world, and he will have to march to the west and north, and he thinks that the Qiang people can be spared?
Today, Yan and Han have been destroyed, and the three kingdoms of Qi, Zhao, and Wei take my Chu State as the leader of the alliance. ”
"Civilized?" The stalker laughed, he couldn't care about the translator anymore.
"What are the customs of the Qiang people, do not interfere. It is not said that civilization and education are technology, let me ask the step: can the Qiang people smelt iron? Can the Qiang people make armor? Will the Qiang people build boats? Xiong Jing asked. The Qiang army is far inferior to the Qin people, and the Qin army is far inferior to the Chu people. ”
Da Ao with a beard on his face seemed to be able to understand some elegant words, and Xiong Jing's last sentence of 'fear of Qin' hurt his self-confidence, and his gaze rose and stared straight at Xiong Jing. Xiong Jing smiled at him and bowed slightly.
"So, the king is here to help my Qiang?" The Qiang people can only smelt copper, not iron, armor, or boats.
"It's just mutual aid." Xiong Jing said frankly. His sword was drawn again, and he threw it in Dahao's vigilance. The five-foot sword snapped and stuck firmly into the river ice. "Copper and iron, iron and greatness, are different from each other. Since you can plan for the Qiang people, you should know the importance of this matter. And what if the Qin people knew? Instead of hoping that the Qin people don't know, it is better to strengthen yourself first to resist the Qin people. ”
Xiong Jing said, waiting for the other party's decision. Dahao, who was standing in the car, suddenly got out of the car and pulled out his five-foot sword, he raised his sword and slashed at the carriage of the car, and the sword broke through the wood, as if it was broken water.