Volume 4 East and West Chapter 26 The Mysterious Assassin
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Yinbo is not humble or arrogant to respond: "Although the country of Yue is a remote place, but under the governance of the king and the sages, it has now become the first good district of the Han Dynasty, and the handsome people from all over the country are like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, gathering in Zhuya and Funan two colleges, although Wei has Xuanwu College, Shu has Chengdu College, and Wu has Yuzhang College, but the number of talents is not the same as Yue. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 I heard that the king has a parable, saying that a country is like a person, when the body is strong and the spirit is civilized, the person is a healthy person, and the country is a healthy country. There is also a metaphor for the balanced development of the limbs, Fang is a healthy person, the balanced development of the four kings, the Fang is a healthy man, I don't know if it should be or not, dare to ask the king to axe. ”
After Yinbo finished speaking, he bowed respectfully, making a look of listening. When Sun Shao saw it, he couldn't help laughing, and nodded again and again: "There are talented people in Qingzhou, and there are talented people in Qingzhou." "But there is some regret in my heart, why haven't such talents heard Qingzhou Mu Sun Guan mention, it seems that Sun Guan is a martial artist in the end, and the excavation of talents is still not in place.
Since Yin Fan has thorned Sun Shao to collect talents from all walks of life, it is not appropriate to dig up the corners of the other three kingdoms, Sun Shao is not good to discuss with him about Xiahou Rong, of course, although Cao Rui has a poor overall view, but he is certainly not stupid, he named Xiahou Yuan as a general, but unfortunately Xiahou Yuan's life is thin and he can't bear it, Cao Rui has to let Cao Zhi garrison Guanzhong with the respect of a general for the stability of Western Xinjiang, in order to eliminate the suspicions of other kings, but he will definitely not let a handsome Xiahou clan stay idle, as the most outstanding talent among Xiahou Yuan's sons, Xiahou Rong was promoted to the general of Zhenbei in a few years, which is undoubtedly an important weight left by Cao Rui to balance Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi, theoretically Cao Rui will not let go.
It's just a pity, Sun Shao sighed secretly.
…… Kirby can sit opposite each other with Budugen and Chugui Mud, holding a semi-cold leg of lamb in one hand and a thick wooden bowl in the other, the bowl is steaming coarse tea, just because there are fewer and fewer tea leaves left, and this tea has to be saved.
After being defeated by Cao Zhang six years ago, Xiahou Rong commanded the army to sweep the grassland for several years, so that they had no place to stand at all, neither could they go south to rob, but also had to guard against the attack of the Han people. What's worse is that it is still behind, Xiahou Rong issued an order to the Huns, now there is a shortage of food, you are my Han vassal country, we have the responsibility to help you get through the difficulties, but you must not forget your obligations, now the Xianbei people have run away, you go to chase it, a Xianbei people's hair for ten days of rations, otherwise, except for children under the age of ten, the elderly and women over sixty years old, all starve to death, and the Han will not relieve a single grain.
This order forced the Huns to become hunters, they were originally nomads, and they had weapons equipped by the Han people, and of course they had the upper hand to deal with the Xianbei people who had fallen into trouble, not to mention that their hatred with the Xianbei people was not a day or two, and this time they would naturally not leave behind when they seized the opportunity.
Soon, the Wuhuan people, like the Huns, joined the pursuit.
The Xianbei people became rats that everyone shouted at on the grassland, and they didn't even have a place to hide, and they starved to death for several winters. The Xianbei people do not have any respect for the elderly like the Han people, once the food is insufficient, the survival of the soldiers must be ensured first, and the elderly, children and women can only starve to death, and when necessary, they must become rations. In the face of life and death, many Xianbei people were unwilling to flee with the kings, they chose to surrender to the Han people, and would rather be slaves than change a bite of food.
In the past six years, there are only more than 10,000 people left in Budugen and Gui Ni, and Kirby can escape quickly because of that time, his strength is well preserved, and some small tribes have been collected in recent years, but his people have increased, there are a total of 30,000 people, Bu Du Gen and Gui Ni can't survive, so they have to bow their heads to Kirby Neng in turn, regard him as the king of Xianbei, and listen to his orders.
Today, the three of them got together to discuss a major decision: whether to continue to stay in the west of Xianbei and entangle with the Han people, or move the clan to the west, leave the Han people's soldiers, and find another place to live. Kirby was able to advocate westward expansion, his reason was that the strength of the Han people was not as strong as before, and although they looked fierce now, they could only rely on the Huns and Wuhuan to pursue the Xianbei people on the grassland, but they could not penetrate deep into the grassland, because their cavalry was insufficient to go on expeditions. If they go far west, they can only sigh with admiration, and without the support of the Han people, the Huns and Wuhuan people will not chase after them. Budugen and Gui Ni were very hesitant, they felt that it might not be beneficial to go west, the future was uncertain, who knew what kind of enemy there was in the west? The Xianbei people are now at the end of their rope, and they are not the opponents of the Han people on their own grassland, let alone on other people's territory.
The three disagreed and argued. Kirby can sip the tea that has no taste, glance at the restless Budugen and the mud, he is very contemptuous, he knows what these two people are thinking, they have been frightened by the Han people, and they want to stay, not to continue to fight with the Han people, but to find an opportunity to surrender to the Han people, to be the dog of the Han people, just like the current Huns and Wuhuan people, for a few stones of food, wave the sword to their own people.
"Westward expansion, although there are unknown dangers, but at the same time there is hope." Kirby could patiently say, "You should know about the Otsuki clan, right?" ”
"Know a little, it is said that he was beaten away by the Huns before." Budugen said with a humming voice.
"Then did you know that they established a great empire west of the Green Ridge, called Guishan?" Kirby was able to put down the wooden bowl and gestured with a very rendering gesture: "I heard that the Kushan Empire has been established for as long as the country of the Han people, and it is still there, and they have been fighting all the way south to Tianzhu, do you know Tianzhu?" It was the place where the king of Yue couldn't eat, and it used to be a slave of the Kushan people. Wasn't the Kushan people worse off than we were at the beginning? Their kings were all cut off by the Huns as drowning weapons, and only one woman fled to the west with thousands of remnants of the defeated army, and she was able to build such a powerful country, why can't we Xianbei people? ”
Budugen and Gui Ni looked at each other, they had heard of Guishuang, but they didn't know Budugen in such detail, and after doing it for a long time, the Guishan people were actually Yue's people? After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "Then you can't go." When the Yueshi people arrived in the west, there were no powerful tribes in the west, but now there are clearly powerful Guishan, can we, tens of thousands of people, be their opponents? ”
Kirby was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that the richness of Guishuang just now would bring such an effect. He thought about it for a while, shook his head and smiled again: "You don't know, the Kushan people have been established for too long, and they are now as fat as pigs, and they can even run a few steps and pant for breath, where can they still fight." To the west of them, a new Sassanid kingdom emerged, and the Sassanids often harassed the Kushan's borders, and the Kushan, in order to deal with the Sassanids, transferred most of their forces to the western front, and the eastern front was very empty, and we could take the opportunity to attack his back, and he could not fight on two fronts, so he could only turn his head and make peace with us, and we could easily get a large piece of pasture, which was much better than eating and drinking snow here now. ”
Budugen held the bowl and hesitated, Kirby could say it very temptingly, but what things were like, only Kirby himself could know, maybe he was lying. If you think about it, it's better to turn back and surrender to the Han people, at least you can have a pasture like the Huns and live a stable life, as for being a dog or not being a dog, it doesn't matter, when you have the strength to rebel again.
"You want to surrender?" Kirby continued, "I advise you not to count on it. Why did the Han people raise the Huns and Wuhuan people? It is because they want the Huns and Wuhuan people to help them kill our Xianbei people. If we Xianbei people also surrender, then who will we kill? Either we will continue to kill each other, or we will all be killed, and we will not really let us live a good life anyway. Don't forget, the current Han people are not the Han people of the past, they used to look down on us who didn't understand etiquette and were barbarians, but now they see us as inferior people, in their eyes, only they Han people are people, in fact, they are all animals, and the closer they get to the Han people, the closer they are to people. Think about it, among the Huns and Wuhuan people who are now following us, who is the most powerful? Hu cavalry lieutenants Adi and Amei . Why, because their old lady is Han! Does your lady have Han Chinese ancestry? ”
Budugen and Guigui are red-faced, but after thinking about it, they also feel reasonable, as if the people who are chasing them the most closely are closely related to the Han people, this Adi and A Mei Gui brothers are the two most prominent, it is said that their old lady is a talented Han woman, who was robbed back, and was later redeemed by Cao Ying with money, and now these two brothers follow the old lady to be officials in Wei State.
"That's wrong." An unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded outside the tent, Kirby was stunned for a moment, then threw away the leg of mutton and the wooden bowl in his hand, and stood up, his body had not yet stood up straight, and the war knife at his waist had been unsheathed and pointed directly at the tent door. Budugen and Qiguini were a little slower, but as soon as the voice fell, they were already prepared, looking out of the tent door with blazing eyes, and pressing their hands on the war knife at their waists. In the past few years, the bitter days have not been without any benefits, at least their vigilance is very high, and their physical condition has been maintained well. But because of this, they felt even more surprised, during the war, the Huns and Wuhuan people could rush out at any time, and the protection work was not bad, and it was ridiculous that strangers came to the tent.
There was a man standing at the door of the tent, his age was not discerning, he looked like he was thirty years old, and he looked like he was twenty years old, but he was tall, and even among the Xianbei people who were of ordinary stature, he was not inferior to the Xianbei people, but he was not as stout as the Xianbei people. He was dressed in a sheepskin robe of a humble soldier, but it was a little short and ill-fitting, and it should have been snatched from someone else. This situation is not uncommon among the Xianbei people, these years are bitter, no bit of wealth will not be wasted, and it is normal to wear the clothes of the dead.
But in this person, it seems a little weird, because he doesn't look like a Xianbei person, but a bit like a Han person.
"You're a man?" Kirby Neng's eyes tightened, he glanced at the young man up and down, the war knife in his hand was held tighter, he flipped his wrist, the blade was upward, and the tip of the knife was withdrawn, it seemed that he had relaxed his guard, but in fact, it was hidden that there was an opportunity to fight back at any time, as long as the Han man acted rashly, as long as he turned his wrist, the war knife would come out.
"Handsome and good eyesight, I'm a Han." The man smiled slightly, raised his hand and took off the dogskin hat from his head, revealing long black hair instead of the bearded head of a Xianbei person. He opened his arms and smiled easily: "Several handsome people are all people who lick blood on their heads, and they won't worry about me as an unarmed Han, right?" ”
Kirby twitched without smiling, slowly retracted the knife and returned the sheath, but his right hand was always held on the hilt, maintaining the posture of pulling it out at any time, and stretched out his left hand: "Those who come are all guests, since you can come here, of course you have some skills, if you have anything to say, you might as well sit down and talk." ”
"I have heard for a long time that Kirby can be handsome and has the amount of the sea, and now I see it, it is really true." The man walked a few steps to the fire in the middle of the tent, and put his hands on the fire that was about to be extinguished. His fingers were white and slender, with well-proportioned joints, but they didn't look like the hands of a warrior at least. As soon as he saw these hands, not only Bu Dugen and Qi Gui Ni retracted the knife with confidence, but even Kirby Neng breathed a sigh of relief, and his right hand left the hilt. They are all people who have been fighting for many years, and of course they can't tell if a pair of hands is a hand that often holds a knife.
The pair in front of me is obviously not.
"It's hard to be cold." The man smiled, raised his head and looked at the layout in the tent, and finally looked at the face of Kirbineng who was sneering: "The marshal just said that he wanted to go west and follow the example of the Yue's people to establish the Guishan Empire, the marshal must have heard that the Yue's people went to the west of the Green Ridge, and first established Great Xia, which was established as five departments, led by the five Xihou respectively, and Guishan was only one of them, and later the Guishan Xihou killed the other four Xihou and called himself the King of Guishan." Dashuai said that he wanted to emulate the Yue people, I don't know if he wanted to build five tribes like them, or follow the example of the Marquis of Guishuang Xi to kill four of them and establish himself as the king? ”
As soon as he said half of his words, Bu Dugen and Gui Gui Ni's faces changed, Kirby could really deceive them, Guishan still has such a story?
"Man, don't stir things up." Kirby laughed disappreciatively: "We Xianbei people were driven away by you Han people to flee for their lives, how can we kill each other at this time?" Of course, we fought all the enemies as one. ”
"You're wrong." The man shook his head again, picked up the wooden bowl that Kirby Neng had just thrown, poured the tea inside, poured some from the copper kettle, and took a sip: "You said that the Han people chased and killed you, then I want to ask, this tea was transported by the Han people?" The sword in your hand is also Han, and the belt around your waist is also Han, it seems that it should still be a relatively expensive belt, and the hook on it is not something that ordinary people can afford. So what do you give to the Han people? Robbery every winter? I also want to ask, after so many years, is it because you Xianbei people have entered the Han people's places more often, or have the Han people entered your places more often? ”
"Humph! Don't talk about it here, you Han people occupy the fertile land, and we Xianbei people are eagles favored by God, but we can only starve, of course we have to go to your Han land to get something for the winter. Besides, so many of you Han people fled to our grassland, are they all captured by us? It was forced by those officials of your Han people. You say that we Xianbei people kill you Han people, but we Xianbei people kill far less Han people than you Han people kill themselves. In the past, there was a general Huangfu, who killed hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans, and later there was a Wei King Cao Ying, who also killed the water backwards, compared with them, we Xianbei only killed a few people. ”
The man smiled and pondered for a moment: "I admit that what you said is true, but why don't you tell me about the current situation?" We Han people no longer kill each other, but help each other, in order to help the Wei State in the north to tide over the difficulties, we have to transport a large amount of grain from the Yue State and the Wu State every year. Which of the weapons and food that Wei has used to fight with you in the past few years has not been supported by other countries? We Han people don't kill our own people now, we only kill the enemy. He looked at Bu Dugen and Chu Gui Ni, and said calmly: "Therefore, as long as you don't become the enemy of the Han people, you will not be hunted down and killed, not only that, but you can also get the help of the Han people, no longer have to drink such a light tea, no longer have to live such a bitter life." Look at the Wuhuan and Xiongnu people, as well as the Goguryi people and the Buyeo people, they are friends with us Han people, aren't they living very well now? ”
Budugen unconsciously wiped his big mouth, and he was a little moved.
"Be friends?" Kirby Neng felt a little angry in his heart, and couldn't help but aggravate his tone: "I don't know what you said about the Fuyu people and the Gaoguryi people, but I know the Huns, the powerful among the Huns, which one is not related to you Han people?" When did you treat the real Huns as friends? ”
"That's not right." The man sank his face and said unhappily, "Are you as good to your own brother as you are to someone else's brother?" Isn't it natural to be kind to your loved ones? Isn't it reasonable to be nice to your friends than to your enemies? Is the handsome the same for everyone? Then why don't these two handsome people eat and drink as well as you? Aren't they Xianbei people? ”
Kirby can be speechless, although his words are also bitter, but it is much better than starting Dugen and returning to the mud, he wants to kill Budugen They are still possible, how can they be funded to live the same life as themselves. But if you can't say this in front of Bu Dugen and others, doesn't that show that you are the same as the Han people, and what you just said is a lie?
"What a sharp mouth, it looks like you're here to be a lobbyist." Kirby sneered, and gestured with his eyes to the captain of the guard who was nervously gathered around the tent. Soon after this Han man entered the tent, the captain of the guard stood outside the tent, although it was freezing outside, but the forehead of the captain of the guard was full of sweat, he wanted to rush in several times to take down this Han man who came out of nowhere, but he was stopped by Kirby, and now Kirby can feel that he may not be the opponent of this Han man in words, and he is ready to use force.
The captain of the guard understood, shouted, rushed to the back of the Han man, and raised his hand with a knife. The moment the tent door was lifted, a cold wind poured in, and the atmosphere in the big tent suddenly became tense, and the murderous aura burst out at the same time as the cold wind poured in. The captain of the guard is a person who broke through the sea of corpses and blood, and his sword skills are not a trace of fancy, accurate and powerful, and he leaves no room for a single sword. In the blink of an eye, the blade of the blade lit up the back of the Han man's neck, and the strong wind blew the fur on his sheepskin jacket to the side.
Life and death are on the line, and as soon as the captain of the guard makes a move, he locks all the retreats of the Han people.
However, to everyone's surprise, the Han man suddenly fell backwards, the blade swept past the tip of his nose, reflecting his clear eyes, and then his whole person flew upside down like an eagle, head down, legs up, lightly flew over the head of the captain of the guard, holding the neck of the captain of the guard with both hands, and flicked it slightly, only to hear a "click", the captain of the guard, who was as fierce as a tiger, suddenly froze there, and even the posture of waving the knife suddenly stopped, His neck was twisted at a very large angle, and his round eyes were full of fear and incredulity.
It was as if time had suddenly stopped flowing, and everyone froze there, and the guards who had followed the captain of the guard had no idea that the captain's inevitable sword would fail, and that the captain of the guard with great martial arts would be killed in a single move, or rather, they didn't realize what the captain's posture meant.
"Da Shuai just said that he was a guest, and in a blink of an eye, he let people do black hands behind his back, and he is really a ruthless hero, no wonder others have been so miserable in the past few years, but your strength is getting bigger and bigger." The man clapped his hands, turned around from behind the motionless captain of the guard, and said with a smile: "The king is really a master of saying one thing and doing another." ”
Gui Gui Ni involuntarily took a step back, Bu Dugen hesitated, also took a step back, stood with Ji Gui Ni, and looked at Kirby Neng's eyes obviously became vigilant, they had reason to believe that these elite guards standing outside the tent now were probably to deal with them, the reason was obvious, Kirby Neng did not estimate the appearance of this Han man at all.
"What a hidden master." Kirby sneered, drew his knife out of its sheath, and shouted at the same time: "Come on, take him down!" As he shouted, he turned around and slashed open the tent behind him, shrinking his body and rushing out. The guards were so drunk by him that they rushed into the tent shouting and slashing with their swords.
The man's figure flashed, and the splitter snatched the war knife from the hand of the captain of the guard who was still frozen there, and rushed behind Kirby Neng like a whirlwind, Kirby Neng had long expected this possibility, his footsteps were still rushing outward, but his upper body twisted in mid-air, and the war knife stabbed straight into the man's abdomen from a very hidden angle. The man sneered, his body shape remained unchanged, but his waist and abdomen twisted strangely, just letting go of Kirbineng's war knife, and at the same time stretched out his left hand, tightly holding Kirbineng's right wrist, and the knife ring in his right hand was fiercely built on the back of Kirbineng's neck, and then swept back, swinging away the three war knives that came from the split, and reversed the situation, splitting a guard who rushed to the front in half from the chin to the top of his head.
Kirby Neng's eyes were dark, and he planted it softly, and the war knife in his hand fell, the man stood on one foot, and his right leg kicked the head of the war knife with an extremely beautiful flying kick, and the war knife seemed to be held by an invisible hand, and suddenly changed direction, and stabbed into the chest of another guard like lightning, the force on the knife was very large, not only the entire knife pierced his body, but also took him backwards and fell, and several guards who followed him couldn't hold back their footsteps, and stepped on it one after another, and the tent suddenly became a mess, The captain of the guard, who was originally standing there, was touched by someone, and his thick body fell to the ground with a bang, and he was pounced on the fire that had been extinguished, and suddenly stirred up a burst of ashes, choking everyone subconsciously covered the door.
There was a burst of screams one after another, endlessly, and the roots of the steps and the mud were broken, and they didn't care too much, while waving their swords to protect themselves, while pushing down the tent and seizing the way.
When the ashes were gone, Bu Dugen was surprised to find that the man had not left, he was holding a knife in one hand and Kirbineng in the other, standing among the dozen or so guards who were screaming and wailing, each of whom was rolling on the ground with his wrist or foot and neck, but there was no trace of blood.
The man gently threw down the knife, dusted off the ashes on his body, looked at the frightened Budugen, grinned, and showed a mouthful of snow-white teeth: "Dashuai, go and surrender to Captain Hu Cai, otherwise, I will come to you." After speaking, he carried Kirby Neng to the side of Budugen's war horse, threw Kirby Neng onto Budugen's war horse, flew on the muddy war horse himself, and shouted: "Borrow a horse, please go to Captain Hu's army to pick it up." After saying that, he kicked the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed with its head high, and carried them away.
Hearing the news, Kirbineng's subordinates shouted loudly, and got on their horses to prepare to catch up, but Bu Dugen suddenly felt blessed, grabbed the horse of the leading general, and shouted: "Do you want to kill your commander?" ”
The generals were taken aback, only then did they know that Kirby could be captured alive, they looked at each other, and their bodies were cold, what kind of assassin could actually capture the main general alive surrounded by an army of 30,000, and then leave the barracks unscathed? Such a person is only possible if he is possessed by a god, and he is just an ordinary person, how can he fight with a person possessed by a god?
"Dashuai, what should I do now?" Several tribal leaders of the six gods and no masters surrounded one after another, asking Budugen for advice.
"Will you listen to me?" Budugen suddenly became a little excited, the Xianbei people believe that the strong are kings, Kirby can live and die uncertainly, his powerful tribe has actually collapsed, now as long as he nods, he can at least gather half of the people, he can naturally replace Kirby to become the most powerful Xianbei tribe.
At this moment, he tugged at his sleeve: "Uncle, do you want to follow in Kirby's footsteps?" ”
Bu Dugen's blood suddenly cooled, and he thought of the man's words when he left, since he could capture Kirby Neng alive in the army, of course, he could easily kill him Bu Dugen. This is not an opportunity, but a scourge, of course, if he can lead these 30,000 people to surrender to Captain Hu Cavalry Adigui, it will be another matter.
(To be continued)