Chapter Seven: Who Heroes Through the Ages
In the Suqing Canyon, the floating and golden Suye water is revealing a strange dark red, surging to the west.
In the face of the calm and efficient Tang army and the raging Qarluq cavalry, the Turgish cavalry lost the last courage.
The exit of the canyon has been blocked, and when you turn to the west, there are crossbows and crossbows of the Tang army. The heavy cavalry of the Tang army had already completed the formation again at the exit of the gorge, ready to carve a new bloody path in the ranks of the Turgish.
The dense Qarluq cavalry archers hid in the distance, constantly pulling the strings, pulling the strings, pulling the strings, and the endless rain of arrows poured down, and the Turks had no way to dodge and no way to avoid it.
The rain of arrows suddenly stopped, and someone shouted in Turkic: "Lay down your weapons, but spare your life!" Then all the Don troops and Qarluqs shouted: "Lay down your arms!" Drop your weapon! The shouts echoed through the valley, rejoicing the Turgish from their slain slaying.
The Turgish hesitated for a moment, and the survivors were all looking at their companions, hoping that someone would make a choice for them at this moment. Most people understand that although their team is vulnerable to the attack of the Tang army, it is already the last elite of the Turgish people, and the young men and women in the team are also the last hope of the Turgish people.
But the Tang army did not give the Turgish people more time to think, and after a moment of silence, the squeak of the Qarluq people stretching the bowstring sounded again, and countless cold and shining crossbow arrows were once again on the string.
With a bang, an immature turkey cavalry threw the spear in his hand on the ground, then turned over and dismounted, stepped over the layers of corpses on the ground, and walked towards the Tang army array. While throwing away his scimitar and quiver, he shouted: "Don't kill me, I surrender, I surrender!" ”
Surrender is like a big flu that can spread quickly once one person takes the first step. Countless pale Trolls who were frightened by the rain of arrows also threw down their spears and scimitars, untied their quivers and bows and arrows, and walked towards the Tang army. The Qarluq cavalry maintained the action of preparing to shoot, and did not trigger.
"Dismount quickly! Queue up! Someone shouted again in Turkic.
Seeing that the Tang army was willing to accept surrender, he had no intention of continuing to kill. The Turgish couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it was better to survive than to die here.
Hundreds of Tang cavalry galloped into the ranks of the Turks, carefully identifying each face, apparently searching for someone.
"The Don army is looking for the Khan." Someone muttered quietly, and countless people suddenly realized. Some looked pained, while others had an eager glint in their eyes and began to search in the queue. "I don't seem to see the Khan when I charged!" Many people began to recall the scene after leaving the city, and suddenly realized that it seemed that they had not seen the Khan for a long time.
Suye water gathers a trickle formed by the melting glaciers of the Tianshan Mountains, and winds its way from east to west through deserts and high mountains. Suye water out of the Suqing Canyon, the terrain gradually opened, the water potential also calmed down, precipitated, and moistened this fertile land.
In the lower reaches of the Suqing Gorge, the most elite 1,000 guards of the Turgish people were scattered around the ferry, holding their bows, like wolves on hunting, vigilantly staring at the wind and grass around them.
Several large carts were surrounded in the middle, and dozens of guards took out wooden planks and sheepskin bags from the carts, and were quickly assembling sheepskin rafts for crossing the river.
The Khan stood by the river, staring at the water that was slowly turning red, a look of pain faintly appeared on his calm face. Standing behind the Khan, Aitengana didn't notice anything unusual in the water, just excitedly looking at the Suye Water and the grove on the south bank of the Suye Water in the night, a pair of big eyes purring, not knowing what she was thinking. Kudulu noticed his father's gaze, looked at the pale red river in confusion, and clenched the bow in his hand even more.
The Khan suddenly said, "Kudulu, do you understand? Kudulu hesitated for a long time before he replied: "Father Khan, it seems that many people have died upstream." Why did they die? ”
"Silly boy!" Yibal Khan sighed softly and rubbed his son's immature shoulder with his rough palm, "There are many people who died because of us, there are many people who die for us, and there will be many, many people who will die because of us in the future." Son, haven't you always wanted to be a hero who stands up to the sky, so you tell Abba, how can you become a world-famous hero? ”
"How do I become a big hero?" Kudulu frowned, then puffed up his chest and said, "If you want to become a hero, you should practice your sword well, practice your arrows well, and protect the entire tribe with the knife and arrows in your hand, so that you can become a hero of the tribe." ”
The Khan burst out laughing, tears streaming from his eyes. "Silly son, war horses are let you ride every day, cattle and sheep are eaten by you every day, do you think they are heroes?"
"Of course, horses, cattle and sheep are not heroes, how can there be heroes who are ridden and eaten! If you choose a hero among the animals, it should be a blue wolf, a black bear or a leopard. They are very brave, and the other animals are afraid of them and fear them. ”
"That's right, if you want to be a hero, you have to be as fierce as a wolf, as greedy as a bear, and as flexible as a leopard. You must use the scimitar in your hand to defeat all those who stand in your way, you must hold all the good things in your hands, and when it is time to give up decisively, you must also have the courage of a strong man to break his wrist. In this world, if you want to be a hero, you must wield a sword and kill people, either killing your enemies or killing your own people, there is no hero who does not kill. The reason why Tian Khan is high above and can dominate the fate of hundreds of millions of people is because his heart is ruthless enough and he has killed enough people. If one day the Khan does not dare to kill and does not want to kill, then he can only be replaced by others. ”
"A strong man with a broken wrist?" Kudulu didn't understand the meaning of the word for a while.
"I know that a strong man's broken wrist is a Tang idiom, which says that when a warrior's wrist was bitten by a pit viper, he immediately cut off his wrist with a knife and saved his life." Aitenga found that her brother did not understand the "broken wrist of a strong man", and immediately began to show off her knowledge.
"What a smart boy, but it's a pity why aren't you a boy!" The Khan picked up Aitengna and sighed slightly. "My little moon, have you seen it, the blood is flowing like a river, and the corpses are all over the field, just so that we can leave here now, this is the real strong man with a broken wrist!"
"There is the sound of horses' hooves in the south, about two or three hundred horsemen! There is still a distance of more than 100 zhang from the ferry," shouted an alert detached guard, lying on the ground with his ears on his empty quiver.
The Khan was slightly taken aback, and his face showed bitterness, "Have you actually been recognized?" ”
"Father Khan, what should we do?" Kudulu was very nervous, and his body seemed to be unable to withstand the fierce night wind, and he trembled violently.
"Silly son, what are you panicking about!" The Khan scolded softly: "The other party is only two or three hundred horses, what are you afraid of!" ”
Yiba gently hugged Kudulu, patted his son's back with his big rough hand, and whispered in his ear: "Kudulu, a good son of so-and-so, pull out your scimitar and prepare for battle!" Remember, as long as the enemy hasn't attacked Aitengna, you don't need to take action, just protect your sister. ”
"And what if the enemy starts attacking my sister?"
"Then you turn around and run away, and don't worry about Aitengna. At that time, the sheepskin raft should have been ready. The Khan said in a low voice.
Kudulu was shocked, his face was dazed, he didn't understand why his father gave priority to letting him escape, and for a moment he thought that he had heard it wrong.
"Silly son, so-and-so has always been very strict with you, that's because you are the only heir of so-and-so! No matter how smart your sister is, she can't change her daughter's body! At the moment of life and death, you have to have the courage to break your wrist and sacrifice everything, understand? ”
Kudulu was stunned for a moment, and then nodded heavily, "Father Khan, I understand what it means for a strong man to break his wrist!" ”
"Aidengana, come, stand behind my brother!" Kuduru pulled Aitengana, whose eyes were wandering, and walked towards the sheepskin raft that was being assembled.