Chapter 5: Deer Hunting (Part 8)

That night, the people of the Su Si tribe entertained Ashina Choyu and his entourage with the gift of welcoming distinguished guests, and held a carnival, and the bonfire was lit from the central tent to the outside of the camp. During the banquet, Su Si repeatedly asked Li Xu to return the war horse to the guests, but Ashina Choyu resigned on the grounds that he was willing to gamble and lose. When he was drunk, Elder Eto asked about the guests' intentions, and Ashina Choyu did not hide it, and made the mission of the trip one by one.

It turned out that more than a dozen families of Suotou Xi tribe herdsmen fled to the Turkic royal court and cried to the Qimin Khan about the pain of being exterminated by the Susi tribe. Qimin Khan was "compassionate" and did not want to see his people killing each other, so he specially sent Ashina Choyu to the east to understand the beginning and end of the war.

"What to understand the beginning and end of the war is clearly to ask for benefits. If you want to mediate, what were the Turks busy with last winter? Tao Kuo took advantage of the pouring of wine, leaned over and said in Li Xu's ear.

"The Turks are powerful, let's see how Elder Eto answers!" Li Xu replied in a low voice in Chinese. The two of you and I have a strong affection, and after saying a few words, they pulled the topic elsewhere. As for how Elder Eto complained to the Turkic envoy about the suffering of being attacked and plundered by the Suotouxi tribe, nine out of ten sentences did not listen to the truth.

"If it weren't for the alertness of Attachment and Aslan, it would be our Su Si Department who cried to the Great Khan this year!" Elder Eto recounted the crimes of the Suotou Xi tribe in violating pastures, plundering cattle and sheep, and killing shepherds, and finally turned the conversation to the causes of the war.

"At that time, there were only six people attached to them, and Suo Touxi actually sent twenty-eight scouts to chase and kill, in order not to leak the news, so that the descendants of the white swan could be slaughtered in one fell swoop that night!" You must know that the minister Na Miye added oil and vinegar to the side. Nowadays, the various tribes of the Fei tribe on the shore of the Crescent Lake have been united and branched, and there is gradually a trend of unity. After helping Su Si to deal with the immediate troubles, after the merger of the various ministries in the future, thinking of today's merits, he will naturally have a seat as an elder.

"Yes, yes......" Several elders of the big tribe chimed in, and told how the six young men of the Xi tribe fought against twenty-eight well-trained scouts, and how they fought each other in the ice and snow for several hours, and finally ensured that the news was transmitted back to the tribe in time. Let's talk about how the various departments rushed to meet the battle, how they fought hard to protect their own old and weak women and children, and defeated thousands of cavalry ...... the other side with more than 1,000 herdsmen. When it came to helplessness, one by one burst into tears.

"You mean, the scout leader who was attached a hundred and fifty paces away and shot and wounded the other side?" After listening carefully to every word said by the elders, Ashina asked in a low voice.

The so-called understanding of the beginning and end of the war is originally a formality. The Turkic royal court has always implemented a policy of restraint against the Xi, Xi, Khitan, and Murwei tribes, and no matter who defeats whom, as long as the victorious side maintains its allegiance to the Turks, it will not send a large army to conquer. The rise of the Su Si tribe is no longer a matter of one or two days, and the Ashina family now needs to decide whether to support Su Si Si Si R to replace the original Da Er of the Xi tribe, or to suppress Su Si Si Xi and continue to maintain the authority of Su Si Xi'er. As for the crying of a few suo tou ridicule people, just draw a small piece of small grassland enough for twenty families to make a living for them, and they can clean their ears.

"It was the attachment that disrupted the opponent's deployment, and Xu Xian planned to tempt the scouts to divide the troops. Then the six of them fought more with less and killed half of the other party's centaurs......" Shetuo Shage admired the two Han teenagers very much, and reported to Ashina Choyu with a thumbs up.

"At that time, Attachment had just started to learn martial arts, and he couldn't even use a scimitar! If it weren't for the Holy Wolf to bless us......." Elder Namiye added from the side.

"Good archery, good strategy, you have such a warrior in the Su Si Department, no wonder Suo Tou Xi people want to lose!" After listening to Elder Sha Ge's narration, Ashina was amazed. Looking at his expression, he has completely sided with Su Sibu, and he no longer wants to uphold justice for Suo Tou Xi.

"Thanks to the blessing of the Great Khan, my Su Sibu boy is stronger than the other!" Su Sili had the intention of currying favor with the Turks and responded with a smile.

"What, is there anyone in your Su Si Department who is more skilled than Attachment?" Ashina Choyu continued to ask.

On the grassland, the principle of respecting the strong is pursued, and hiding his strength in front of Ashina Choyu at this time will only bring greater disasters to the Zhuxia Alliance. Patriarch Susisir nodded, acquiescing to the guest's questioning. Then he called his younger brother Su Si to leave, and ordered him to go to the open space not far from the bonfire to erect a torch.

A moment later, Su Si returned to his life. The chief of the Sil clan ordered a bow and fifteen arrows to be fetched, and he stood up and asked the warriors who were drinking in front of another fire, "There are thirteen torches a hundred paces away, can anyone shoot them all with fifteen arrows?" ”

"Why use fifteen arrows!" Without waiting for the other samurai to agree, Su Si left and stood beside his brother first. He stretched out his hand and snatched his bow, and flew on his horse. After running forward a dozen paces, he flicked the horse's head sideways, "Whoosh! Sou! Sou! "Count the arrows one after the other, and a torch will be extinguished at each arrow. Suddenly, there was darkness in the distance, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard from afar, Su Sili jumped off the horse and held the remaining two arrows and horned bows in front of his brother.

"It's a good horse archery skill, but I'm willing to drink a bowl with a strong man!" Ashina Choyu picked up the copper bowl in front of him and praised loudly. In the evening, he was drinking with Li Xu, and he was already half drunk. At this time, his body was swaying, but his speech and demeanor were arrogant.

"Su Si is attached to the distinguished guest!" The elder brother of the Sil clan was attached to the bronze bowl, and he was full of spirit.

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone shouting from the other campfire, "Wait for me, let's drink together!" ”。 With the shout, a strong man with a height of nearly nine feet stood up, it was none other than the heroic brother Sana of the Shetuo Department. He pulled out a burning stick from the campfire and flew on his horse. In the blink of an eye, the thirteen torches that had been extinguished were lit again. Then he rode his horse back, dropped the stick, bent his bow and arrows, and the men and horses swam around quickly, easily completing the same action as Su Si's detachment.

"Drink together, drink together!" Ashina was secretly surprised in her heart, but the smile on her face became thicker and thicker. A small tribal alliance of less than 10,000 people actually produced three archers. The true strength of this force must not be measured by numbers. Suo Tou Xi people still dare to take the initiative to provoke on other people's grasslands, it seems that they are really innocent.

"Slow down, slow down, wait for me to know Hou Quli!" Another strong man jumped up from the fire and rode his horse to light the torch. In the blink of an eye, the torch was extinguished again, and Hou Quli dropped the horned bow and swayed towards Ashina Choyu.

Shooting out a dancing flame in the dark is far more difficult than shooting a target in broad daylight. The heaviest hero on the grassland, watched three magical shots in a row, and the atmosphere of the banquet was suddenly pushed to **. Ashina Choyu took the lead in applauding, raising the wine bowl and drinking with the strong man. Before his lips touched the edge of the bowl, he heard someone shouting, "Wait a little longer, Su Si Ah Lan hasn't performed yet!" ”

"Aslan! Ah Silan," countless girls clapped their hands and shouted. Su Si Ah Lan flew on his horse, assumed a cavalry assault posture, and ran through the night with a burning wooden stick. The fire dragon rose and fell in the dark night, and more than ten stars were lit up in the distance at once.

"That's thirteen torches!" Aslan turned around and shouted at the crowd with a bit of alcohol. He untied his quiver from behind the saddle, counted out twelve feathered arrows, and let the others see them clearly by the light of the fire, and then threw the rest of the arrows to the ground.

"Twelve arrows, he will shoot thirteen torches with twelve arrows!" Several girls clapped their hands and shouted, and as they called, they looked enviously at Paddy, who was sitting by the campfire to recuperate. Aslan's wife, Pa Dai, smiled happily back, as if she had long been accustomed to her husband being so admired.

Ah Silan turned the horse's head and shot the first arrow at the moment when the war horse started. "Whoosh!" One torch in the distance rang out, leaving only twelve torches to cower in the night.

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" Ah Silan rushed forward on the war horse, turned sideways, ran sideways, and shot out the feather arrows one by one in a few moments diagonally, no matter how the war horse moved, his movements did not stop.

This is already more than one step higher than everyone else, and when you shoot an arrow immediately, the movement of the man and the pace of the horse must be in harmony. Ordinary people shoot arrows, and they never dare to loosen the strings when the war horse changes direction. The cheers were suppressed at once, and everyone held their breath as they watched the torches in the distance fall into the darkness one by one.

"There are two more, and there is still an arrow in Aslan's hand!" A young girl screamed in fear.

In an instant, there was silence, only the sound of the horse's hooves, which were as small as drums, came from near and far, and suddenly, the sound of the horses' hooves stagnated, followed by the farthest torch, which was crooked horizontally and extinguished. A cold star burst out the moment the torch went out, smashing straight into the center of the other torch.

"Bang!" The last torch was torn apart by the scorching tip of the arrow, and a few sparks jumped up like meteors and slowly disappeared into the darkness.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" The chirping of several autumn insects came from afar, and a song with an epilogue specially arranged for the falling meteor.

"Good!" The applause of the landslide roared, and the hosts, guests, and strong men of different nationalities slapped their hands desperately, and did not hesitate to give the highest praise to the performers who returned from riding horses.

"Shoot this bowl for that!" Ashina Choyu proposed loudly. Everyone responded in unison, raised the wine bowl, and drank it all. After drinking, Ashina Choyu poured himself another bowl of wine, held it up in front of Asilan, and said loudly: "Zhuangshi, today my subordinates shocked your wife, and I use this wine to make amends to you!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, you're a distinguished guest of Su Sibu, besides, Pa Dai, Pa Dai didn't suffer any injuries!" Ah Silan dared to dodge sideways, refusing to accept the guest's apology.

"Your subordinates don't know that Padel is pregnant, and besides, hasn't the eagle been taken down by the detachment?" Su Si left with a smile and played a round for the two sides. It is not easy to train a black eagle that can be used for marching and fighting, and the alien attachment shot someone's treasure to death, which has greatly offended the Turkic royal court. Now that people are no longer pursuing it, Su Sibu should know to be grateful. If you don't forget the fact that the black eagle frightened Padet again, you don't know what to do.

"In this way, even if we reveal it, no one will be allowed to remember it in the future!" Ashina smiled and said.

"Exposed, exposed, just a misunderstanding." Brother Shetosha's eyes rolled, and he agreed with a smile. At the moment of lifting the bowl, the corner of his eye saw Qingqing, I and Tao Kuo, and I couldn't help but let out a light sigh in my heart, and a faint cloud appeared in the corner of my eye.

"Is your wife about to give birth to a boy or a girl?" Ashina took a sip of wine and asked.

"It should be someone who can pull a bow into battle, Elder Eto specially showed it!" Ah Silan replied very happily. The people speculate that the fetus is male and female, and there is a way to do it. Elder Eto treats people for ten times and five deaths, and looks at fetuses for men and women, but he can see eight or nine out of ten. This child was conceived on the day he came from the holy wolf, and he will definitely be blessed by the holy wolf in the future.

"My wife is also pregnant, and she will probably give me a daughter!" Ashina Choyu was a little drunk, and said by pulling Ah Silan's shoulder.

"Congratulations to Lord Qiyu!" The elders stood up together and raised their bowls to congratulate the guests.

Ashina Choyu circled the wine bowl conscriptively, smiled, and refused to drink first. Instead, he continued to say to Aslan: "If you give birth to a daughter, how about marrying your son?" ”

The wine bowl in Ah Silan's hand shook, and his whole body was drunk. Marriage with the Turkic royal family, no one in the Xia tribe has been so blessed in the past hundred years. He looked at the wisest elder in the tribe with a pleading look, but saw Elder Eto's hands trembling, and half a bowl of wine drained down the brocade robe.

"What, can't Yu and you be good brothers?" But Yu saw that Ah Silan didn't answer for a while, and asked pretending to be angry.

"Of course, of course. It's just, it's just, Ah Silan some, some ......" Ah Silan searched for the right words. He can be regarded as an upper-class figure in the Susi Division, but he is far less noble than the blood of the Sil Patriarch. If you marry Ashina Choyu, you will ...... in the future

Ashina is such a sophisticated person, and after a little groaning, he already knows the key to the problem. patted A Silan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "My name is Qiyu, and your name is A Silan." You are a hero, and my son will definitely protect my daughter in the future. My wife is a famous flower among the Turks, and the daughter she gives birth to will not disgrace your son. The marriage between the two of us has nothing to do with the Ashina family and the Su Si Ministry! ”

"So, thank you Brother Qiyu for your love!" Ah Silan smiled and lifted the wine bowl, slamming it heavily on the wine bowl in Qiyu's hand.

"!" But Yu shouted proudly, raised his neck, and drank the mare's milk wine in the bowl.