022:Dothraki Western Decisive Battle (2)
"I just got the information that Kaozhuo has returned from the Mount of Our Lady." To the west of the Great Sea of Grass in Dothrak, close to the Kahor Forest, Liu Jian sat casually on a smooth stone, sharpening a light short axe in his hand with a whetstone. in the grind
Under the sharpening of the knife stone, the blade of the axe became more and more bright and sharp.
"Hmm." Putting down the well-polished short-handled axe in his hand, Liu Jian picked up another one from his feet and continued to polish: "So far, how many Cass have taken refuge in us?" ”
"Four, even what we originally had, now we have a total of 10,000 cavalry, but the strength is still insufficient. The first thing he did when he came back was to gather all the Coles of Cass. We've done some damage to his forces, but Drogo's
The tribe still has 40,000 elite cavalry, and if he does his best, there is no doubt that he can still produce no less than 100,000 troops. ”
"Then we're going to get ready for a decisive battle."
Cheng Caiwei sat down next to Liu Jian, helped Liu Jian pack up the short-handled axe that had been polished and put it on the stone, and then sat down beside Liu Jian, and said worriedly: "Husband, do we really have to fight this battle?" Ten thousand against one hundred thousand
, Cai Wei is really not sure of victory. ”
"Where in the world is there an invincible battlefield." Regarding Cheng Caiwei's worries, Liu Jian just smiled, rubbed her soft hair with his big hand, and made a mess of her carefully combed hairstyle while laughing.
"I know he has 100,000 people, so I'm not going to go toe-to-toe with him." Liu Jian smiled and said, "Two thousand people can fight eight thousand people." 10,000 to 100,000? Or 100,000 light cavalry turned into the wind, and I'm not mentally retarded. How could you do this
What a stupid thing. I stationed the tribe here, except because the Kohor Forest has plenty of prey to feed these people. I also want to use this place as a battlefield. ”
"Here?" Cheng Caiwei frowned and looked at the forest, and said after a while: "This place is indeed not conducive to the deployment of the army. If you can take advantage of the terrain here, you can indeed scatter and divide Drogo's army. ”
"If, I mean if, it does get the job done. The light cavalry dashed through and killed Drogo, and it was all over. ”
As for Drogo Kao's notoriously brave fight?
Neither Liu Jian nor Cheng Caiwei mentioned this.
No matter how brave and good Drogo Kao is, can he be even better at fighting than Liu Jian?
After fighting a few battles on the Dothraki Sea, Liu Jian now has absolute confidence in his personal strength.
Unless...... Magic!
If there's anything in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire that worries Liu Jian, it's magic and gods.
The existence of magic and gods in this fantasy world set by Uncle Martin is certain. Among the Starks' children, Bran is the Green Prophet, and Jon and Arya are wolf spirits. Besides. Lazarin's witch, Stannis's Red Bubble Girl, none
Soros, the red-robed monk in the Flag Brotherhood...... In terms of deities, the Seven Gods of Westeros, the Old Gods of the North, the Lahlo, the Lord of Light of Essos, and even the horse god of the Dothraki and the supreme shepherd of the Lazarin. These of the gods
The sacrifices seem to have a certain amount of mana, such as the sacrifice of the horse god Weiss. Doshkarin of Dothraki has the power of prophecy, and the sacrifice of the High Shepherd casts blood magic. Not to mention the red-robed girl and the red-robed monk, the red-robed girl is in the original drama
In love, he used magic many times to help Stannis, and the red-robed monk also asked Berry to do so several times. Dondelion came back from the dead.
But fortunately, at this time, the magic power of these people is still very weak. It can even be said that there is no magic at all.
The real ability of these people to perform magic is after the beginning of the story.
With Daenerys successfully hatching the dragon, with the return of the dragon. The magic that had been disappearing in this world has returned.
At least for now, Liu Jian doesn't need to worry about magic.
There is no magic. Unless it is surrounded by a large army, there is nothing in this world that can threaten Liu Jian.
"But Drogo is not a fool. At least we can't deal with him like a fool. Liu Jian stood up and looked at the foot of the mountain, where his Karasha was stationed.
Completely different from the usual temporary Dothraki camp, many fortifications were built around this large camp.
These fortifications were built by slaves from all over the continent of Essos in Karasa under the guidance of Cheng Caiwei. Although it is rudimentary...... That's ten for the Dothraki and slaves, who almost never built anything like it
It's hard to get a point.
"Hopefully, these fortifications will anger the proud barbarian and make him lose his mind...... If he had his senses. ”
"Husband, many Dothraki are unhappy with the construction of fortifications, especially the new ones." Although she knows that her husband doesn't like to hear these things very much, Cheng Caiwei knows better that she must remind herself of these things
Be careful with your husband: "Many of them say...... This is the act of a coward. ”
"Oh, Dothraki ~~~" Liu Jian patted his forehead helplessly: "How much time do they have to spend to learn to think with their brains instead of using their muscles, I'm really fed up with them." Can't they be smarter, huh?
Afraid of a little? Oh, I forgot, it's not about them, it's Martin's premise. ”
After the Battle of the Bloody River, Liu Jian's reputation in the western part of Dothraki was completely loud. Not only did the governors of the Free Trade Federation hear that a new Kao is beginning to rise with his Karasa on the Dothraki Sea,
Rumors of Liu Jian's accuracy or inaccuracy are also circulating among the Dothraki people. In the mouths of the Dothraki, Liu Jian and gods and monsters include but are not limited to Titans, giants, witches, Valyrians, horse gods, demons and the like
is involved.
Being involved with these gods and ghosts has a lot of benefits for Liu Jian.
One of the biggest benefits is that I originally lived in the western part of Dothraki. But many of the clans Kas and Karatha, who did not belong to Drogo Kao, chose to take refuge under Liu Jian's wing for his reputation.
The Dothraki are basically professional bandits who work part-time as herdsmen. The economy of the Dothraki people was largely supported by the plundering of neighboring countries and peoples.
But even if they are also robbers, there are strong and weak bandits. Powerful robbers eat and drink spicy. And the weak robbers can only eat a little bit of the leftovers that the strong eat and live coldly.
If that's all it takes, if you don't have to sacrifice too much, if you can bring great benefits, the powerful bandits don't mind robbing their peers. While it can obtain a lot of benefits, it also cuts out a lot of competitors.
In the steppes northwestern of Dothraki, Drogokao's Karasa was undoubtedly the most powerful and powerful bandit. Like this act of robbing his peers, robbing and cutting off his competitors, Drogo's Carrasa has never been
It's a lot of work.
Although these people are too weak compared to Drogo's Karasa, they are actually quite numerous.
To paraphrase a phrase that often appears in history books: 'The world has suffered for a long time. ’
In the past. There is not a single person in the northwestern part of Dothraki who can stand up to Drogo, and there is no force that can stand up to Drogo's Karatha. The weaker tribes, though they hated the oppression and plunder of Drogo's Karatha, were one
On the one hand, they are powerless to resist, and on the other hand, they do not dare to resist.
And at this time, Liu Jian appeared. Just like when the Qin Dynasty was in turmoil, Chen Sheng and Wu Guangze Township roared angrily, and then the world followed.
However, there are still differences.
It's like when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, Qin Shi Huang was still alive......
Although his power. His power, his resourcefulness. It can only be compared to a little finger of Qin Shi Huang......
But after all, he is the little finger of Qin Shi Huang, and he is still higher than Qin II Hu Hailai, and I don't know where he went.
Drogo's intimidation of the entire western part of the Great Grass Sea of Dothraki was not comparable to that of the teasing Qin II, who was in the minds of many small tribes in the northwest of Dothraki. Even if it can't reach the point where Qin Shihuang has no two people in the world, he is the overlord of Western Chu
Xiang Yu is not much different.
So, the appearance of Liu Jian. It did shake Drogo's Calassa's rule over the northwestern part of Dothraki, and it was true that some small tribes chose to take refuge under Liu Jian after they could not bear Drogo's Calassa's bullying and plundering again and again.
However, it did not cause the scene of beacon fires everywhere at the end of the Qin Dynasty.
The vast majority of people still choose to wait and see.
For almost three months. There are a total of eleven teams that have taken refuge in Liu Jian's Calatha, including two teams that originally belonged to Drogo's Cass. Now Liu Jian's Karasa has nearly 10,000 Dothraki Roaring warriors...... Of course, it's just a name. These are small
The warriors who have taken refuge in the tribe cannot be compared with the elite under Drogo's command in terms of their own combat strength or weapons and equipment.
Even so, Liu Jian's Karasa was already a powerful force second only to Drogo in the western part of the Dothraki steppe, and now if Liu Jian moved towards the free trade city-state in the west, he could get the governor there, no matter which city he was heading to
They were terrified and offered him gold and slaves to bribe.
But this also caused more trouble.
Unlike the Dothraki who joined him after being defeated and conquered by Liu Jian on the battlefield, these guys were even less obedient than they were.
From these people, Liu Jian really felt what is called a pie falling from the sky, there must be something wrong.
Savage, indulgent, rambling...... Their arrival has brought too many problems to Liu Jian's Karatha, and even made Liu Jian's Karatha show some signs of bandit groups on the hills. At this critical moment, Liu Jian is not as good as before
Straighten out these bastards who never knew what discipline was like with an iron fist.
"But this is also something that cannot be helped, these Dothraki people are used to being free and loose, and they don't know what military discipline and military rules are. I want to make these Dothraki people like a ...... in a short period of time" Cheng Caiwei also behaved towards the Dothraki people
It's helpless, although the Dothraki are indeed strong, although the Dothraki are indeed brave, although the Dothraki are indeed fierce and not afraid of death when they fight.
None of these advantages can hide the disadvantages of the Dothraki accustomed to a free-spirited life.
"It's the concubine's incompetence that makes the husband bother."
"Don't say that kind of thing, Caiwei, you know I don't like it." Liu Jian patted Cheng Caiwei on the shoulder. "Sometimes I can't help but think that I really had my brain pumping and wanted to conquer this bullshit world. I ended up getting this for myself
What a hassle. ”
After a few words of complaining, Liu Jian stopped. He's not really upset with these things, either. Liu Jian had already guessed the negative effects of many things at the first time of making a decision, and he was also ready to bear these effects. only
When talking to people close to me, I can't help but habitually complain.
So after saying a few words, Liu Jian decisively stopped and shifted the topic to another thing that he was concerned about: "By the way, how are those children, have they all been settled?" ”
"It's all settled." Cheng Caiwei also believes that compared to the Dothraki people, these children who have been trained by Liu Jian since childhood are the strength they can really rely on with confidence: "I placed them close to Kohor. If you go to war
It's unlikely to affect them. And now, they also have a certain amount of self-preservation. ”
Speaking of children, this is about the only thing that Liu Jian feels satisfied with during this time.
His boy scouts had expanded to 2,000 men during this period with the continuous incorporation of Karatha, and the progress of the training was basically satisfactory to Liu Jian. Because Liu Jian let them all live near his big tent, completely separated from himself
Parents and families, they are not too affected by the bad habits of the Dothraki, and even if they do, they are strongly corrected by the collective forces.
All in all, their performance was basically satisfactory to Liu Jian.
Until now, though. The only ones who have a certain amount of combat power are the two hundred castrated young castrated slaves.
Among them, the fastest entry has even reached the level of second-rate masters in the world of Xiaoao Jianghu. Again, because they are generally young.
I have to say that the advantages of the evil sword technique in terms of quick completion are indeed incomparable, even if it is the Nine Yin True Scripture or the Dragon Elephant Prajna Gong, Liu Jian has made quick improvements. But even after Liu Jian's improvement, the cultivation speed of the evil warding sword spectrum has improved
It's still one day at a time.
The castrated teenagers are progressing very quickly. Liu Jian also got a lot of information from them. Through the inspection of the internal strength characteristics and practice routes of these two hundred eunuchs, Liu Jian also felt a little bit of the swordsmanship of warding off evil spirits.
The biggest difference between the internal power and the general internal power of the sword method is that when it is performed, the internal force needs to pass through the lower yin. It was supposed to be the location of the testicles.
The two most important functions of the testicles are to produce sperm. The other is the secretion of male hormones.
For these two reasons, Liu Jian couldn't figure out which one was the root cause of the evil sword technique to be from the palace. But according to common sense. Considering that everyone has practiced the evil sword technique and the Sunflower Treasure Book, there will inevitably be a bias towards femininity
Psychological ...... Liu Jian still thinks that the key to the evil sword technique from the palace is more likely to be related to male hormones.
If there is a chance in the future, Liu Jian will try a test to see if there will be a situation where men can practice without cutting and women can practice without injecting male hormones.
While Liu Jian and Cheng Caiwei were talking, Kali, who had recently been appointed by Liu Jian as Kou, rode over.
"Carrie, what's the matter?"
"Dear Titankao, the merchant of Pantos, Anronkorn is back."
When Cheng Caiwei heard this, she couldn't help but widen her eyes: "He still dares to come?" ”
Last time, Liu Jian let go of An Long Cohen and asked him to take away three hundred war horses of the divine horse.
But just as Liu Jian and Cheng Caiwei guessed, as soon as An Long Cohen left, it was as if he had disappeared, and in the past three months, Liu Jian has never heard the slightest message about him.
In this gamble, Liu Jian felt that he had lost. But he didn't really care, anyway, it was only three hundred horses, and betting on a possibility, even if it was a loss, it wouldn't be a big deal.
However, now, Aaron Cohen actually had the courage to appear in front of him again.
This was really unexpected by Liu Jian.
"Interesting." Liu Jian smiled and said to Carly, "Bring him." ”
The chubby Pantos merchant Anronkorn soon arrived in front of Liu Jian under the leadership of Carrie, who was still dressed in silk. He had a lot more jewelry on him than he did when he first met, and it was clear that he had made a fortune during this time. in his
Right hand on. He also held a silk handkerchief.
At his side, he was followed by four retinues. The two attendants each carried a long, richly decorated box. The other two attendants held a heavy-looking box, one left and one right.
"Great TitanKao, it's an honor to meet you again." As soon as Pantos saw Liu Jian, he hurriedly saluted, his fat figure with exaggerated etiquette and the flattering smile on his face, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like one
Joker, with a high comedic effect.
But...... If An Long Cohen thought that Liu Jian couldn't guess what he was doing this for, it was when Liu Jian's head was made of tofu.
"Anronkorn, I thought you were dead." Liu Jian looked at this merchant from Pantos with a smile, the guy who was obviously a Pantos but admired the black goat of the city-state of Kohor, and said in a light tone: "After all, dead people don't have to keep their promises. No
Is it? ”
"You're laughing......" Anronkorn tried to wipe the sweat that had gathered into a stream on his forehead with the handkerchief he was holding in his right hand, but the handkerchief had already been soaked by his hot and wet palms, and it could no longer absorb the greasy sweat on his face.
"I'm not joking, it's true that only the dead in this world don't have to keep their promises, because they are dead, so they can't fulfill their promises." Liu Jian said, raising his eyes to look at Carrie who was standing behind Anronkorn.
The cold look in her eyes suddenly made Carrie understand what she should do.
Without hesitation, she reached out and grabbed Aaron Cohen's hair, and Carrie dragged the fat Aaron Cohen to the ground and dragged him out like a chick.
"Wait, wait...... Listen to me explain. Listen to my explanation...... "An Longcohen's white and chubby fat face turned into the color of pig liver, and he shouted a few times: "Titan, Titan Kao, spare me." I brought what you wanted! ”
"Wait." Raised his hand to stop Carrie's movements.
Liu Jian didn't really want to kill An Long Cohen, because there was no need to kill him at all. The three hundred horses themselves were Liu Jian's gamble, and Liu Jian never placed even the slightest trust in the fat man An Long Cohen. So even if he is betrayed, there is no resentment or anger. The reason why he let Carrie do it. It's just for Carrie to scare the fat man and watch him tremble with fear. I have to say it's quite interesting.
As Carrie's big hand by Aaron Cohen's hair loosened, Aaron Cohen let gravity press him down on the grass as if he had lost his strength, gasping for air.
"An Long Cohen from Pantos, An Long Cohen who believes in Black Goats, An Long Cohen who has a little friendship with the Governor of Kohor's steward. You see, I'm a very kind person and always like to give people a second chance. Liu Jian looked at this fat man who was both bold and timid, and said with a slight smile: "So, you can speak now." This is my second chance for you, take advantage of it. ”
"Yes yes, thank you, generous and merciful Titan Kao, I ......"
"Mmmmmm, don't talk nonsense about Anronkorn, or I'll chop you up and bury you. I believe that next year, the grass here will grow vigorously, because they eat your flesh and drink your blood. ”
intimidated this fat man a few times, and Liu Jian also felt a little bored. Alon Cohen was finally able to tell his purpose.
First, he brought goods for which Liu Jian had already paid for them.
Eight hundred sets of half-body armor, five hundred Braavos Water Dancer swords, three hundred longbows, and five thousand arrows.
Obviously, this manifest is much more than what the two discussed at the beginning.
At the same time, the value of this manifest is greater than that of the three hundred war horses.
After reporting his goods, An Long Cohen stared nervously at Liu Jian's face. He didn't dare to expect any reward or return gift, nor did he dare to expect Liu Jian to give him any good looks. As long as Liu Jian is willing to let him get out of here alive, it will be blessed by the Black Goat God.
As for the rest, he didn't dare to expect anything at all.
Liu Jian closed his eyes and thought quietly for a while, then opened his eyes, his eyes flickering on the three slave servants beside Anronkorn, especially the richly decorated box they were holding.
"Say it." Liu Jian looked at An Long Cohen: "Who asked you to come?" (To be continued.) )