Chapter 022: Returning the Tooth
After saying this, Munata could no longer support the resignation to the ground, and gave birth to a strong sense of frustration, as well as the shame of the betrayer.
But when he thought of Augustus's fat body that couldn't help but come to mind, he seemed to be smiling and groaning towards the dozen or so wives and concubines in his tent, crushing them under him and making a big fuss, he felt that all this was nothing.
Qin Shen breathed a sigh of relief and said bluntly: "It's very simple, you tell me the information, and I will let you live." ”
Munata turned a deaf ear to what he said, and just looked at Dou Yi with pity, and no longer regained his recklessness.
Facing the expectant eyes cast by Munata, Dou Yimu was expressionless.
"You think too highly of yourself, and you have left your people, and you think you are still an eagle soaring in the sky? You're just an antelope driven by people on the steppe, and you think the Lieutenant will put an antelope in his eyes? Qin Shen, who had achieved his goal, made no secret of his disdain for the other party.
After speaking, he was worried that too much excitement would make him break the can, so he replied: "But you don't need to be too depressed, as long as you return to the grassland, who knows if you will become an eagle again?" It all depends on whether you are willing to work hard again, alas, I am waiting for the Han family, maybe in the eyes of you and others are cunning and changeable, but keeping promises, saying nothing is also something that the world can see, what else is suspicious about you? ”
After a slight pause, his face was full of sincerity and continued: "Besides, do you have any other options now?" Rather than sit back and wait for your wife and children to be humiliated, it is better to take a gamble, even if you don't believe me, at least there is a well-known reputation as a guarantee, and the odds of winning are very high. ”
After hearing these words, Munata hesitated, silently recalled in his mind the history of the Han and Hungarians that had been passed down orally on the grassland for hundreds of thousands of years, and suddenly found that without exception, the Central Plains kept their promises, and the Xiongnu broke the contract first, and they were ashamed to believe that the other party was not deceiving themselves, so they sent out the information within the clan one by one.
"Good! Loose! Qin Shen generously asked the soldiers beside him to loosen the ties for him to show his sincerity, and the soldiers got permission after looking at Dou Yi, and picked off the ropes on his body with a sword.
Moving his sore arms, Mu Nata gave birth to a kind of happiness for the rest of his life, after all, he was acquiesced by the supreme commander of the Han army, and he was more sure that the other party had not deceived him, but how would they arrange themselves?
Soon, Qin Shen's words dispelled his last concerns-
"Munata, you have done a good job, you might as well go to the fort to rest for a while, and I will let you go back later."
Receiving this answer, Munata put down his heart and performed a standard steppe etiquette to express his gratitude, and turned to follow the leading soldiers towards the fort.
Dou Yi looked at Munata's distant back and said approvingly: "Ziyi obtained the information without the slightest effort, which really opened my eyes. ”
"It's just a fluke." Qin Shen said humbly, and suddenly "poof" knelt down on one knee to salute, and said solemnly: "Captain Qi, now that he has learned of the dynamics of the Huns, his subordinates are willing to ask themselves to lead the troops to be ashamed, and I hope that the commander will not remember the dereliction of duty of his subordinates and give permission." ”
Dou Yi sighed softly when he heard this, and said softly, "You get up first." ”
"Captain ......"
"Get up and speak." Dou Yi still had that tepid tone, but there was a kind of irresistible magic, and when he got up, he muttered to himself for a moment: "There are almost no young and strong people in the Xiongnu clan, all of them are old and weak, women and children. ”
Listening to these puzzling words, Qin Shen knew that he must have something to say, so he didn't speak and waited to get to the point, but after Dou Yi finished speaking, he fell silent again, just staring straight ahead.
In front of the fort gate, a woman knelt on the ground, holding the deceased people and the soldiers who came to collect the funeral, pulling and weeping......
Dou Yi retracted his gaze, and said with infinite sadness as if he had dissected his heart: "You may not believe it, but I have been stationed in Wuquan for nearly ten years now, and the border wars have continued, and the Huns have repeatedly invaded, but I have never stepped out of Tiantian half a step......
"Why? I can't, I don't want to...... In my opinion, regardless of the Han and Hungarian people, if there is a reduction in one war, it means that countless families can be saved......" said with a bitter self-deprecating smile, "I have this kind of thought, does Ziyi think it is ridiculous?" ”
"The lieutenant is kind-hearted and sympathetic to the people, and his subordinates only have admiration, and there is no disrespect at all." Qin Shen suddenly understood the pain in his heart, and he also felt sympathy for him to have such thoughts in the military camp.
"In the past, I always thought that the various behaviors of the Huns were also a last resort, and what they took was just to survive, but until today, I found out that this is not all the case......" At this point, Dou Yi sighed slightly, and his voice suddenly sank and said: "Qin Shen listens to orders!" ”
Qin Shen, who was still silent, was taken aback by this unexpected order, and hurriedly saluted to receive the order.
"I order you to lead five hundred troops to the Augustus tribe as quickly as possible, or hang or kill, depending on the situation."
"Yui!"
Augustus, who was prostrate on Arjuna's body, suddenly shuddered and raised his fat head and big ears buried deep in his chest, and suddenly gave birth to an ominous premonition.
Why haven't Munata and the others returned?
It's just that even if Munata loses, there will always be someone who can escape and return, how can there be no news?
Perhaps, something else is delaying? Augustus put aside some worries, focused his energy on Arjuna under his body, and said with a smile in his eyes: "Arjuna, today I have done my best to avenge your dead Diul, how can you repay me?" ”
Arjuna, who had been closing her eyes tightly and expressionless, suddenly heard the name of her late husband, and the two lines of tears could no longer help but gradually slip into the corners of her eyes.
"Humph!" Augustus let out a cold snort with great dissatisfaction, and rubbed the snow white humiliation fiercely in a cruel smile: "Arjuna's body is still unstoppable, but at this moment, she wants to pretend to be tall under me?" ”
Hearing this, Arjuna shed tears of shame and humiliation, secretly hating why she couldn't even control the only body she had, could she really be as the other party said, born to be a?
Looking at Arjuna, whose teary eyes were becoming more and more pitiful, Augustus aroused a stronger desire to conquer, and he suddenly became interested again, he desperately needed the other party's true surrender under him......
As for the war, just wait until the evening, and everything will have its own results!
The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the grassland, like a layer of holy light veil, five hundred light horsemen climbed a small slope under the guidance of Munata, and the Hun settlement in the distance suddenly came into view.
The sunset faded into the sky, the birds soared freely, and the cattle and sheep leisurely and comfortably nibbled on the grass and slowly walked back to the fence.
Qin Shen stood upright, looked at the smoke-filled yurt and smiled lightly: "Munata, maybe your beloved wife and children are cooking delicious meals for you, looking forward to your return." ”
Mu Nata's eyes showed a strong warmth that he had not seen for a long time, and he thanked him from the bottom of his heart: "Mu Nata can still enjoy his family today, thanks to Qin Dubo's grace of not killing." ”
"You earned it all yourself." Qin Shen smiled even more, and ordered: "When you return to the camp later, you don't need to come out with your family to hide in the tent, so as not to be injured by mistake, and when everything is over, I will let you leave and start a new life, and I hope you will cherish it well, don't lose this hard-won happiness." ”
Munata nodded solemnly, and the eagerness to return home was written all over his face.
"Go ahead! Lead the way in front of the head. Qin Shen smiled at him understandingly, and shook his hand to signal that he could leave.
Munata looked at it gratefully, saluted in thanks, and whipped his horse down the slope toward the nest that he felt so warm at the thought of it.
Feeling Munata's expectation of home and enjoying the peace and tranquility around him, Cao Jin said uncertainly: "Dubo, do we really want to slaughter the camp?" ”
"What? You can't bear it? Qin Shen asked rhetorically as he took his bow and pinched the arrow, squinting his eyes and shooting forward.
Halfway up the slope, the defenseless Munata fell off his horse, rolled a few laps and then curled up on the ground, looking back in disbelief with convulsions, his eyes full of anger, unwillingness, and deep despair.
Cao Jin was surprised by the sudden change and stammered: "Dubo! You...... You ......"
"Blood debt! It must be paid in blood! Isn't it? Qin Shen looked at each other lightly, raised his hand, and two hundred-man teams left the team to bypass the gradually despondent Munata and outflank the camp from the left and right to prevent the Huns from escaping, and the other three hundred horsemen trampled on the corpses and plunged directly into the hinterland of the tribe.
Seeing this situation, the corners of Qu Han's eyes jumped slightly and said calmly: "From what I know about Brother Qin, Brother Qin doesn't seem to be a person who doesn't believe in his words. ”
"People change." Qin Shen retracted the bow and said lightly.
The war ended in a one-sided situation, and the lights were on.
When the five hundred horsemen rushed down the slope with great momentum, the Hun women and children who had returned from grazing stood on the edge of the tent and put up a pergola to look at this side, and the innocent young children who were ignorant of the world let out a burst of excited cheers, shouting and jumping out to meet their triumphant relatives.
Obviously, the Xiongnu people, who have not been cared for by the Han army for tens of hundreds of years, have long forgotten the pain caused by Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others, and they are more looking forward to what fun toys and exquisite cloths their relatives brought back for themselves this time, and then when they find that what they see in their eyes does not match their imagination, it is too late.
However, even if it is detected in time, what help will it be for the elderly, weak, sick and disabled who have few elites?
Qin Shen didn't participate in the whole process, accompanied by Qu Han, he just drove his horse to the center of the camp unhurriedly, and watched expressionlessly as the herds of Hun women and children were driven out of various tents and every corner by the soldiers like lambs to be slaughtered, concentrated in the open grassland.
"Duber, Augustus is dead." Cao Jin rode his horse close to him from a distance and whispered.
He's dead? Qin Shen frowned, slightly surprised.
Before the war, he had instructed his subordinates to keep Augustus alive, because he really wanted to see this fool on the steppe, and ask what caused the other party to be so mad, but now it seems that all this is no longer possible, and he, suddenly, also lost interest in understanding, and only subconsciously asked: "What's the matter?" ”
When Cao Jin heard this, his face showed a mixture of shame, anger, and emotion, and other complex and strange expressions, as if he was ashamed to speak, and he didn't answer for a while.
Seeing his reaction, Qin Shen was aroused with a trace of curiosity in his heart, and without waiting for Cao Jin to answer, he lightly clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and said lightly: "Let's go, go and see." ”