On the way back, there was no alarm, just chasing and killing a few riders who delivered the news, and it seemed that the remaining men should also know about the destruction of the village. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the evening, they found a camp on the riverbank, and galloped back and forth, but seven or eight horned deer could no longer hold on, and they could not survive.

While the soldiers in the camp were boiling over the horses they had brought back, several scouts dug a pit and buried the exhausted horned deer in it, removing the antlers and inserting them as tombstones. They do not hesitate to slaughter, but they lament and grieve for an animal that cannot speak.

In the camp, several clansmen in charge of the army gathered to discuss the expedition.

"Ji Xia, this time I was too careful, I knew that this was the case, we didn't need to bring so many donkeys and people at all, and it would be enough to wipe out this tribe with less. In that case, even if we don't attack Eyue's tribe, they will ask us if they want to send troops, so that we can ask for more benefits. Maybe you can learn how they burn black pottery. ”

Jian Chen smiled: "The leader is responsible for the entire city. Now after the fight, you think it's easy to win, but I don't dare to lose the slightest bit before I fight. Anticipate the enemy, think of the enemy as strong, and do not pin your victory on the mistakes of others. What if we don't catch the horse? Walking to their village little by little on their legs, those women have run away, and we need to continue to chase behind, at least for more than ten days to make them unable to survive this winter. ”

He didn't expect this battle to be like this, which may be the reason why he has a deep memory of the nomadic cavalry in his previous life, but in this era, the nomadic cavalry is really lackluster.

No stirrups, no saddles, no riding bows, no charging with bidding guns, no integration of tribes into one regime......

The ecology of the grasslands is far more fragile than the cultivated plains, and without enough horses and sheep, a tribe is finished, and what is left of that tribe now is a problem.

It seems that a tribe has been wiped out in a gesture, but these tribes are the same as the weeds on the grassland, wildfires are inexhaustible, spring breezes blow and regenerate, killing is endless, and there is still the next stubble after cutting this stubble.

This expedition was for horses, and on the other hand, to stabilize his position in the city, and only by constantly fighting and winning, so that the various tribes in the city continued to benefit, can he get enough support, from one election a year to three or five years, and finally to a lifelong system.

Now it seemed that both ends had been achieved, but for the sake of the longer term, he called the slave and asked, "Are there any other tribes nearby?" ”

"Yes, but it's far away, and if you go further north, there will be a desert full of stones, and there will be a piece of saltwater nearby, and there is a very powerful tribe nearby, and we have been driven to change the salt we ate and the salt of the nitrate."

Jian Chen frowned and listened, he couldn't go so far after a journey of more than ten days. That settlement controls the salt, and as time goes by, the tribes of the steppe will gradually become unified.

Even if he knew the harm after reunification, he had no choice but to find a way to temporarily make this grassland chaotic.

After a long time of chaos, there may be a male lord like Mao Dun, but time is on his side, as long as there is chaos on the grassland for five or six years, his own cavalry is trained, with chariots, horn bows, crossbows and professional soldiers out of production, I dare not say that I am thousands of miles north, and it is still possible to learn from Huo Jinghuan.

After staring at the bonfire and thinking for a while, he said to the people: "This tribe must be finished, without horses, sheep and women, they will not survive the winter." When I get back to the camp, I'll give you some men and horses, and they're too scared to beat you now. If you chase after you, don't push too hard, they'll take you to other settlements. ”

"Will the rest of the people flee to the great tribe of salt in the north?" ”

"No, they could have merged in before, but now that we have played like this, it won't end well if we merge in. They don't have anything to eat, so they have to rob other tribes, and if they can't bear to kill after robbing, you can follow behind and help kill them, but don't chase them too closely and let them collapse completely. This grassland is a little calm now, and you need to help fan the flames. ”

After speaking, he folded a few sticks of grass from the ground and said: "You guys draw one, whoever grows will go, if it succeeds, after I go back, I will propose to the council to seal him Yangguan, and those slaves who escaped back will also be arranged there for three years." If you do well, you can join the council. ”

As soon as the words fell, several people shouted excitedly, power is a very wonderful thing, when it does not exist, you can never think of the joy in it.

With the communication with the Eyue tribe and the changes within the tribe, concepts such as private property and rights have begun to impact their concepts.

A few years ago, when a woman chose a mate on the top of the mountain, she still looked at who was stronger, but now she has to look at the other party's tribe first, if you are the first to live in the four tribes in the city, it will be very popular, and if you also hold the position of pottery official, wheat official, etc., it is even more irresistible.

These excited people are all trustworthy by Chen Jian, and the soldiers in Yangguan City are under the direct jurisdiction of Sima, but some things on weekdays always have to be dealt with, and it also paves the way for the disintegration of the clan in the future: people who are not from a clan can still live normally under the jurisdiction of the head of the city, and the head of the clan is dispensable.

In the end, the white horse drew the longest grass and stood up and laughed, and several people were envious.

Chen Jian said with a smile: "Don't worry, there are still many things that can establish meritorious deeds." Today, more than 500 horses were snatched back, and more than 80 slaves who could ride horses were brought back. I gave to the white horses a hundred and fifty, and kept three hundred horses, two for each man. ”

"Today is the third day of the eighth month, and the weather is getting colder, and you can catch fire everywhere on the grassland when the grass turns yellow, and it is estimated that the tribe in the north will also react in another month, and you can retreat. Food and horses are taken from the settlements on the steppe, leaving you with most of the food, and I hope that when you return, everyone will be able to ride skillfully, and I hope you will bring back more horses. ”

Finally, he solemnly warned the white horse: "Don't be in a hurry with your mounts, you need them now, just force them to rob other tribes, and you can follow behind to kill people and set fires." Remember, nothing else matters, it's important that you return to Summer City alive. Without horses, as long as there are still you, we can still grab it. What's the use of horses without you? ”

Early the next morning, the selected 150 men, led by scouts and a few escaped slaves, began the chase.

In the remnants of the grassland dozens of miles away, the cry shook the sky, and the remaining 300 people were only a few horses and dried meat carried.

Sheep, horses, women, children, mothers, homes, all the most important things in their lives are gone.

The sun rose as usual, but the only link between them and the radiant, the sun incarnated by the spirit of war, was hatred.

The leader looked at the clansmen, and finally figured out the doubt that had been bothering him.

The tribe on the other side knew where their village was, and the footprints in winter were theirs, not left by people the size of ants.

The tribe with its swarthy sharp weapons was also driven away by these people on the other side!

Thinking through his doubts, looking at the angry and somewhat distrustful people, the leader loudly said these two things, asking why the witch spirit had not received the revelation of the spirit of war? Could it be that he is no longer able to communicate with the Spirit of War? If the tribe on the other side knew where the village was, could it have moved out earlier?

After several questioning, the anger and distrust of the clan shifted from the leader to the witch spirit, and the witch spirit was hacked to death before he could defend himself in the chaos.

The leader took out a small knife made of stone, slashed his cheek, and wept in the direction of the village, letting the blood and tears flow together......

The tribesmen also expressed their condolences to the family members in the village in this way, but after mourning, they knew that this hatred could only be hidden, because they could not defeat that tribe now.

Soon, someone reported that the tribe behind them was chasing after them on horseback, and the original mournful atmosphere suddenly turned into tension and unease, and they were already frightened, as if those who could not ride horses were the distant mountains, which could never collapse.

Mounted on their horses, the remnants of the men began to flee. The people no longer knew what to do, the witch spirit was dead, and no one brought them the revelation of the spirit of war.

Victory is too far away, but the fact that there is less and less food is at hand. Those behind may not be skilled in horseback riding, and they will not be able to catch up with them for the time being.

After a day of running, despair and fear began to spread among the crowd, and if someone told them how to go, even if there was a flame and snow ahead, at least they knew how to endure it. But now all that is in front of me is the endless darkness and the despair that spreads in the darkness.

"Chief, we don't have enough to eat, and we're going to starve to death if we continue like this. As...... Why don't we go north and join that tribe? ”

"Take refuge? We have nothing, take refuge in them, will they give us their sheep? We'll be thrown into the salt water by them to dig for salt, just like the slaves. ”

The leader gritted his teeth and said, "We still have horses and weapons, so if we don't have anything to eat, we will grab them!" Rob those small settlements, they have sheep, and they can't beat us. ”

The clansmen were worried: "But their leader knows about it, and he will come to hunt down our ......."

"That's better than starving, it's already cold, what will happen when it snows like this? Go and rob, grab more, let's migrate in the direction of the rising sun, with women, with sheep, the tribe can still be strong. And the tribe that chases the deer, they have weapons in their hands, we have horses, and we have the same enemies, go to them, they are much weaker than the tribes of the north. ”

Two days later, the white horse and the others finally saw the first settlement, which had been sacked once, and the strong young women had been taken away, leaving only some frightened old men and children, who were burning their people to death according to their custom.

By the time Hakuba and the others left, the settlement was gone, leaving only ashes and sheep that had been slaughtered and could not be eaten.

Those who fled to report the news saw a tribe they knew brandishing butcher knives at them, only to see the entire settlement reduced to ashes when they returned, and not a single one of them was alive.

Autumn has not yet fully arrived, the grassland has not withered yellow, and the flame of the settlement is gradually extinguished, but the flame of hatred and anger is burning on this grassland, and it is burning more and more. (To be continued.) )