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Chapter 345: The Royal Court

It is not a very simple matter in theory for five thousand elite horsemen to level a grassland tribe of the same size. The steppe people were brave, children could ride horses at the age of five, and women could bend bows and arrows, and they seemed to be born knights, and as long as they had horses, almost every one of them was a warrior.

But the elite cavalry of Yanyunzhai did not encounter any strong resistance to this tribe, and the people in the tribe were fantasizing about the brave Xi warriors showing off their might in the picturesque rivers and mountains of the Central Plains, and were looking forward to bringing back a large number of slaves and countless food treasures when the men returned. Who would have thought that the emperor of the Central Plains people was trapped in Yanmen Pass, and the army of the Central Plains people did not save their emperor, but killed them in the grassland?

In recent years, except for the Yanshan horse thief Liu Jizhen's team from time to time into the grassland to plunder, no regular army of the Central Plains Great Sui jumped over the Great Wall.

The steppe people have forgotten the pain of being invaded, and only remember the thrill of aggression.

An unsuspecting tribe, although it has a population of 5,000, although there are nearly 800 warriors who are good at fighting, it is still difficult to escape the fate of annihilation.

Choosing between killing or not killing, Li Xian will never hesitate.

Before the attack, his three-word order already represented everything, this was a war, and it was not an extremely difficult decision for Yanyunzhai to return to the Central Plains for the five thousand elite horsemen. It is true that Ashina Jishi gathered 600,000 troops to go south, but the tribal warriors who stayed on the grassland were still an extremely large force. If one is not careful, the five thousand elite riders of Yanyun Village will be as difficult to extricate themselves as if they are stuck in a quagmire. Killing all the steppe people you meet along the way is a necessary means of self-protection. If the whereabouts of the team were to be mastered by the big tribes on the grassland, then the 5,000 men and horses would be afraid that no one would make it back to the south of the Great Wall alive.

Slaughtered.

When Li Xian said these four words, there was no hypocritical entanglement and uneasiness, only a faint pleasure.

All the rebellious steppe people were beheaded, and about 2,000 or so surrendered. The old herdsmen at the head came out and expressed their willingness to become slaves in exchange for their lives. This is also a reluctant choice, because the slave of the steppe people may not be as good as a cow.

This is the custom of wars between the steppe tribes, and the losing side will all become the slaves of the victor. Usually in this case, the winning side will start cheering.

But Li Xian did not cheer, because he had no intention of accepting surrender. He could not afford to take two thousand slaves on the road, and the light horse could sweep the steppe like the wind, but if he took prisoners, it would be like tying a heavy sandbag to the limbs of a cavalryman's horse. As long as he is a qualified commander, he will not make such a hypocritical decision.

Ye Huaisleeve looked at Li Xian, who was frowning slightly, and asked softly, "Are you hesitating to kill or not?" I have lived on the steppe for a few years, so I have to warn you that if these steppe people, who now look like sheep, are not killed, they will be able to attract a large pack of jackals tomorrow. ”

Li Xian shook his head slowly, and explained very seriously: "I'm not thinking about killing or not killing, but I'm thinking, how can killing be easier and faster?" We can't let my men kill too much, because we still have to hurry. Of course, from a moral point of view, the captives should not be allowed to die too painfully. ”

Ye Huaisleeve was slightly stunned, and then sighed.

"Sometimes your heart is as soft as a piece of tofu, and sometimes it is like a cold hard stone."

Li Xian smiled, remembering that a passage seemed appropriate at this time, so he cleared his throat and said to Ye Huaichong in a recitation-like tone.

"Treat comrades as hot as summer. Treat the enemy as cold as winter. ”

"What do you mean by comrade?"

Ye Huai asked puzzled.

Li Xian sighed, and then explained very seriously and patiently: "There are two kinds of feelings in this world that are often spurned by the eyes of the world, but there is no doubt that these two feelings really exist. It has existed for thousands of years, and it will not disappear for thousands of years, one of them is called comrade, and the other is called lily."

Regarding such a wicked joke as Li Xian, Ye Huaisleeve naturally didn't bother to pay attention to it after he understood it.

She rode on the red and brown horse, looking at the captives who were separated in the distance, a team of about five hundred people, who were led by Yanyunzhai's elite cavalry to the southeast, northwest, and four directions. The distance between each team was more than three miles, and in the vast grassland, the captives could see the backs of their companions when they looked back, but they could not see their faces clearly, and they were ordered to sit on the ground, and then the slaughter began.

When the mournful shout sounded from a distance, Li Xian turned the big black horse to the side. Choosing a clean meadow, Li Xian jumped down, and then lay on his back on the grass and looked at the blue sky.

Qing Kite and Huang Luan had adapted to their new roles, so the two of them stood five or six meters away from Li Xian on the left and right. The iron spear is still intact, but the big black umbrella on the back of the green kite has been broken. Li Xian turned his head to look at the broken black umbrella and was stunned, suddenly smiled, and then called the green kite to his side.

He casually threw the ancient sword Juque wrapped in felt cloth to her, and then said softly: "Carrying a broken iron umbrella is really not beautiful, it doesn't match your figure very well, so I still carry this." ”

The green kite subconsciously caught the giant sword, and asked a little incredulously, "I'll take it?" ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "The umbrella has been broken, if you are not willing to stay, stay and make a thought." The sword was too heavy, I was lazy, and I always felt like I would look silly with a sword and a knife in my hand. ”

Qing Kite looked at the giant sword in his hand and was stunned, and after a while, he shook his head and said: "It's better that you are in charge personally, this is the world's first-class divine weapon, and it may be sharper and stronger than your black knife." ”

Li Xian smiled and said, "You take it for the time being, this is a priceless ancient sword." But in my hands, I'm always wondering when I'm going to melt it and turn it into a knife. ”

Qing Kite still wanted to refuse again, Ye Huaisleeve walked to Li Xian's side and sat down and whispered to her: "The general asks you to take it, he just wants to tell you something." ”

Ye Huaisleeve said seriously: "When you can't put it down, even if you two don't have a sword, an iron gun, or a big black umbrella, you still can't put it down." When you let go, even if it's all on you, you still let go. ”

Qing Kite and Huang Luan were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then fell into deep thought.

"I'll just say, sometimes you're as soft-hearted as a piece of tofu."

Ye Huaisleeve looked at Li Xian and smiled.

Li Xian lay on the grass again, did not answer Ye Huaisleeve's words, but looked at the sky and asked: "The grassland people believe in immortality, and now I am lying on the grass and looking at the sky, is the sky also looking at me?" If I kill his people under the gaze of the Immortal Heaven, will he be angry? ”

Ye Huaisleeve thought for a while and said: "The sky will not be angry, and the sky will not have seven emotions and six desires." ”

Li Xian smiled and asked seriously, "You mean, no matter how many grassland people I kill, I won't be punished by heaven?" ”

Ye Huaisleeve said: "The sky of the grassland and the sky of the Central Plains are a complete piece, there are no cracks, so the sky is the same, since it is the same, then the grassland people will not be punished by heaven when they kill people in the Central Plains, why do you have to be punished by heaven if you kill people in the grassland?" ”

Li Xian hummed and said, "I'm much more comfortable when you say this, after all, this is the first time I've ordered so many prisoners to be killed." I'm not as hard-hearted as you think, and I'm not as cruel and ruthless as you think. ”

Ye Huaisleeve smiled and asked, "Do you feel guilty in your heart?" ”

Li Xian pouted and said, "Guilty fart, I'm not afraid of being thundered by the sky?" But looking at the cloudless and clear sky, it seems that Changshengtian doesn't mind. ”

Ye Huai was stunned, and then smiled: "Then you are still worried about a fart?" ”

When Li Xian heard this, he turned his head to look at Ye Huaisleeve and said seriously: "You have learned badly."

More than 5,000 people were slaughtered, and most of the elite cavalry of Yanyunzhai were born in the soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, and they did not have the slightest resistance to killing the grassland barbarians, let alone feel that slaughtering a tribe was a hurtful thing, on the contrary, they were far more happy to kill these foreign enemies than in the civil war, and Li Xian's next order was even more pleasant.

Dine!

This clan is not small, there are thousands of horses, there are tens of thousands of sheep, horses must be taken away, the more the merrier. As for the sheep, they must be eaten, and they can eat as much as they can.

Having a full meal after killing an enemy is definitely a pleasure.

It's just that when the smell of roast sheep fills a radius of several miles, the scout suddenly flies in.

"Report!"

The scout jumped down from his war horse, hugged his fists and said: "General, there is a group of men and horses coming from the southeast, all of them are cavalry, there are thousands of horses, black armor and red cloaks, it seems that it is the Turkic wolf horseman, and it is coming this way." ”

Li Xian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart.

How could the Turkic wolf rider suddenly appear in the meadow of the taunting people? The Turkic royal court is not less than a thousand miles away from here, and the appearance of such a scale of Turkic wolf cavalry is not to take the opportunity to annex the territory of the Xi people?

"How far from that?"

"Less than twenty miles."

"Array!"

Li Xian waved his hand and ordered: "Pei Xingyan, you bring a thousand cavalry in front." Cheng Zhijie, you bring a thousand cavalry for the left wing, Pei Renji, you bring a thousand cavalry for the rear team! ”

The generals received the order, and it didn't take long for five thousand elite horsemen to mount one after another.

After a while, I saw a yellow dust and smoke sweeping in the southeast direction, and the sound of rumbling war horses stepping on the ground was like muffled thunder. Soon, a wave of black and red rushed over. The team was coming very fast, and there were scouts who had already discovered the men and horses of Yanyun Village before, so they slowly slowed down and stopped two miles away from Li Xian's military formation.

Li Xian stood on the high slope and stared at the red cloud-like team opposite, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Report!"

The scout returned again, and said in an uncertain tone, "Coming, it doesn't seem like a Turkic wolf ride. The subordinates were not far away from the scouts of that army, and after careful observation, although the scouts of the other party were dressed as Turkic wolf riders, they used horizontal swords. ”

Li Xian hummed and ordered: "Pei Xingyan, take someone over to have a look!" ”

Pei Xing got the order and ran towards the opposite side with more than 100 horses. Seeing that someone was out of the battle here, the team two miles away also divided into a team of men and horses and ran over. Li Xian saw Pei Xingyan and the general on the opposite side approaching from a distance, and then Pei Xingyan returned quickly with the men and horses, and the enemy general also followed Pei Xingyan to the side of Yanyunzhai people.

Before he could get closer, Li Xian had already seen who that person was.

He laughed and hurried his horse over.

"Ann! You've made me chase so hard! ”

Luo Shixin said with a laugh.

Li Xian smiled: "Your father is actually willing to let you out?" ”

"Alas, it's too late, and you've already slaughtered a tribe first."

Luo Shixin gnawed on the leg of mutton and said with some disappointment.

He glanced at Li Xian and asked seriously, "Do you have a specific idea?" Or is it just wandering around this steppe and encountering a tribe that slaughters a tribe? ”

"How can a small fight be done?"

Li Xian took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "If you want to do it, you will naturally do something that makes Ashina Jishi's flesh hurt." ”

He pointed to the northwest and said, "Do you have the courage to go to the Turkic court with me?" ”

Luo Shixin laughed and said, "I guessed that if you entered the grassland, you would definitely not give up and go back easily, so I asked my cavalry to dress up as Turkic wolf riders." However, aren't you afraid of falling in and not being able to get out? ”

Li Xian shook his head and said, "It depends on how you fight." ”

"Tell me!"

Luo Shixin was immediately interested.

Li Xian whispered a few words to Luo Shixin, and four of them were the essence of this method.

Give the dummy.