Just now, I dreamed that the tribe was about to usher in prosperity, but in the blink of an eye, not only was the dream shattered, but his children were also beheaded, and most of the young people in the tribe were lost! Dian Liang almost fainted in front of him.

Slaughtered a few more guys who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, these Qiang people finally understood that they were already meat on the chopping board of the Han people, and they who were accustomed to succumbing to the strong hurriedly and courteously greeted the Han Dynasty envoys to drink wine and eat meat! Even if a loved one has died, you can only hide your hatred in your heart! In order to pray that these people will spare them a way to survive after enjoying themselves.

In an enemy camp, you can't drink too much alcohol! But the meat can be eaten freely! Biting into the golden roasted mutton, Li You continued to ponder how to cross the Yellow River and continue to travel west.

I just went around this Qiang tribe, but I didn't find a boat, and I didn't find enough thick wood to make a raft! As for the axe, don't even think about it! Those who came to rob Oh, no, there were many Qiang warriors who came to send them to death, and many of them were armed with wooden bows and arrows, but all metal weapons were valuable assets in the clan, and it would be good to have a few scimitars, how could there be extra copper and iron to make axes.

It's really poor enough! Li You looked at all the property of this tribe, the low tent made of fine wood and wool felt, more than a hundred old and weak women and children, and Qing Zhuang was killed by them more than half just now! There are also a few herds of cattle and horses, oh, and some sheep, which don't taste good without spices!

Well? Sheep? Hearing the bleating sound coming from outside the tent, Li You put down the roast mutton in his hand, walked quickly to the outside of the tent, and followed the sound to find it, only to see hundreds of sheep densely packed inside the sheepfold!

"Envoy! But have you finished eating the roasted lamb? I'm going to urge them to bake more! The soldier who followed him asked with a full hiccup; It's been a long time since I've been out of the level and I've eaten so comfortably.

"Hah! Finally came up with a way to cross the river! Li You slammed his fist on the wooden fence of the sheepfold and commanded loudly, "Gather all the Qiang people to come over, I have something to tell them to do!" ”

"Yes!" The soldiers were ordered to leave, and in a short time all the remaining 200 people of the tribe were brought before him, and these people lay on the ground in fear, lest the Han people kill them all after they had eaten and drunk.

"Father, ask them, who will slaughter sheep and skin them? If they will obey our orders to help us cross the river, I will let them live! If not, those heads are their role models! After Li You finished speaking, Tangyi's father repeated it again in words they could understand.

Hearing this, these people cautiously poked their heads out and looked at Li You, completely unable to understand what the relationship between killing sheep and crossing the river was! After a while, a gray-haired old man asked tentatively, "Dare to ask your nobleman, how do you want to slaughter a sheep?" A lowly person may be able to serve a noble person! ”

"Oh? Will you slaughter sheep and skin them? Li You's eyes lit up, and he motioned for his subordinates to take him to his side, pulled out a sheep from the sheepfold and brought it to him, he stretched out his hand and gestured at the neck and limbs of the sheep, "I want you to cut off the head and four legs of the sheep, and then peel off the skin completely!" Note that when peeling, you can't open the belly, you can only empty the flesh and bones in the abdominal cavity from the neck and four legs! If you can do it, I'll let you and your family go!" ”

The old Qiang man was stunned, he slaughtered sheep and cattle for the tribe since he was a child, and he had never encountered such a request, but the desire to survive made him grit his teeth and agree, "A lowly person has never slaughtered a sheep like this, but you can give it a try!" ”

"Give him a knife and pull a few more sheep! Anyone who wants to try it, as long as I can do it, I will let him and his family go! Li You looked at the evil boys who followed him, he knew that among these people there were also people who killed sheep and dogs, "Any of you who is sure can also try, and I will remember your merits!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the Han people walked out of the pawn, and several people who had worked as butchers in Chang'an before, together with the old Qiang man, began to slaughter sheep and skin them according to Li You's request.

"If no one can peel off the sheepskin before sunset today, then no one will have to live!" After waiting for a long time and not seeing the second Qiang person come out, Li You said with a cold face, the amount of work in the next step is not small, and there is absolutely no way to do it in five days with these few people alone.

As soon as they heard that Li You was going to slaughter their tribe, someone stood up in a panic, carefully took the sheep slaughtering knife from the hands of the Han soldiers, and pondered around the sheep! From time to time, several people gathered together and gestured at the sheep, as if to discuss where to cut the skin intact.

"Lord, what are you doing here?" Chen Qingzhi walked to his side and asked curiously, could these sheepskins help them cross the river?

"Exactly!" Li You pointed to a sheep and said to Chen Qingzhi, "Ziyun look, if you can peel off the finished sheepskin, tie its limbs, head and neck firmly, and leave a small hole to blow inward!" Then the sheepskin can be bulging as big as a bag! Connect more than a dozen or even dozens of skins together, put them on the wooden row, and then tie them with small ropes! Isn't it a raft that can be crossed across a river? ”

Li You was talking about the sheepskin raft he had seen when he traveled along the Yellow River in the northwest of China, which was easy to make and had a high load capacity! Dozens of sheepskin airbags put together are enough to carry horses across the river! It was the ancestors of the Han people who lived in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River in ancient times who used the tools to cross the river for thousands of years!

The flow of the Yellow River in front of them is quite stable, and there are not a lot of ice cubes! With no way to cut down large logs, using the sheep to make sheepskin rafts seemed to be their only option.

Chen Qingzhi lives in the south and is familiar with the water nature of boats and boats, and after a little thought, he understands that the method Li You said is indeed feasible, and he can't help but high-five and praise, "The lord's plan is really wonderful!" It's just that the whole sheepskin is not easy to peel, and is it time to order someone to cut down the branches to make a wooden row? ”

"I'm sure they'll come up with a good idea! These people have killed sheep for decades and skinned them for decades, there will always be some use, right? Li You saw that the old Qiang man who stood up first walked quickly on the sheep's body with a knife in his hand, and it seemed that he was not far from peeling off the entire sheepskin!

On the other side, several evil boys from butchers also performed very well, although the first sheepskin peeled off cracked a few times, but Li You could feel that as long as they were given a few more chances, they would definitely be able to do it!

"As for the branches, you really don't have to make that effort!" Li You stretched out his hand and pointed to the tent of the Qiang people, "There is wood there." ”