Chapter Twenty-Five: Bad Habits

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou participated in a celebration in the Wuhu tribe, but encountered the tragedy of cooking babies. The two sides blamed each other and drew their swords against each other. Seeing that Wuba and E Huan had already started fighting, everyone also drew their swords and fought together. Guan Suo, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and 10 guards all carry waist knives, this standard broadsword is most suitable for close combat, they are all generals or elites in the army, martial arts are strong, a big knife in the barbarian crowd left and right slashing back and forth.

Because they came to the banquet, they didn't bring cumbersome muskets that were cumbersome, but the Thunderbolts still brought a few each, but they wouldn't use these weapons lightly until the time came.

If you want to talk about muskets, only Liu Houyou has it, his giant revolver never leaves his body, and even if he sleeps, he will put it at the head of the bed. In addition to this revolver, he also wore a sword. If you want to kill the enemy in the army, of course, the best thing to use is a knife, but as a nobleman, it is naturally a sword that can show the chic meaning of a son. Baume & Mercier loved swords, most of which served as decorations, and their function as weapons had long been diluted.

But Liu Hou's sword is much more than just a decoration. This is a carefully crafted sword made by Puyuan, which is made of high-quality steel, which represents the highest achievement of the Smelting Research Institute in recent years, and then folded many times to make a real hundred steel. There is also a core made of unknown material sandwiched in the middle of the sword, which makes this sword both rigid and soft, both sharp and tough, elastic and not easy to break.

The body of this sword has a cloud pattern flow, it looks dazzling, it is a special optical phenomenon formed after multiple layers of folding, Liu Hou named this sword "Fengyun", after testing, its performance indicators have surpassed the Qingyu sword that Zhao Yun snatched in Changban Slope.

Liu Hou drank a lot of wine tonight, and he was stimulated by such a tragedy, and he also lost his mind a little. Seeing that everyone was already fighting together, he ignored the patriarch's call of "stop fighting, don't fight", kicked away the low table full of food in front of him, pulled out the "Fengyun" sword, and jumped into the field to join the battle group.

Liu Hou has the guidance of a famous teacher, and his martial arts are also at the level of a second-rate general, plus he has the advantage of a divine soldier, only to see that he is in the crowd, one sword can break people's weapons, and two swords can break people's limbs. Originally, the sword was at a great loss when it met the sword, especially the thick back knife with great strength, and it was easy to cut off the thin sword.

But Liu Hou's "Fengyun" is a sword that sharpens iron like mud and breaks when it is blown, a palm wide, a finger thick thick back knife and his sword cut each other, and it is a knife that is broken, and his blade is not rolled.

At that time, after the "Fengyun" sword was cast, Pu Yuan once used it to test the sword for Liu Hou, and this sword could effortlessly split six copper plates stacked together into two pieces, and the blade of the sword was not rolled. Now it is natural to cut off the crude mountain knives made by the barbarians.

These Wuhu barbarians are indeed very fierce, one by one they are not afraid of death, they fight fiercely, often take the trick of fighting for their lives, Rao is Liu Hou's side is all strong in martial arts, and there are constantly casualties.

Everyone at the scene was already red-eyed, the scene was out of control, and there was no way to stop, Liu Hou's head was also blank, and he only knew that he was constantly waving his sword, cutting off and destroying all the people and things in front of him. Obviously, he used a sword, but looking at his playing style, he mostly used a knife to slash, and fortunately, he used a peerless sword to withstand his toss like this.

One side is full of people and is not afraid of death, and the other side has strong martial arts, and has been in battle for a long time, and the two sides have fought fiercely until the east is exposed to the white belly of the fish, and the battle is finally over. In such an irrational melee, the battle can only end in the form of the total destruction of one side.

By this time, the bonfire had been extinguished, and the breeze blew a cloud of soot, and by the light from the eastern sky, you could see the severed limbs and dead bodies, and the blood seeped into the mud and soaked the soil softly. Most of the men in the clan who could hold knives were lying in this small square.

There are more than 200 corpses all over this square, this race is really a terrible race, all the men are battle maniacs, they don't care whether they are opponents of the other side, and they don't care how many casualties they have, they have no concept of escape, no concept of surrender. All he wants is to rush up and destroy the enemy until the last man fights.

Liu Hou and others were lying or sitting or kneeling among the corpses. 8 of the 10 guards died, 2 were seriously injured, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were seriously injured, Guan Suo and E Huan were also covered with scars, and even Liu Hou was stabbed several times, but he was not seriously injured with the protection of internal armor.

These people who have come and gone in thousands of armies and horses have been injured like this, which shows how strong the combat effectiveness of the Wuhu people has been in the past two hundred years.

The women and children of the tribe were hiding in the house and shivering, afraid to come out, and the men were basically gone, except for a few swaddling babies and old men who were toothless, and who could not hold knives and could not come up to fight, and thus survived. The tribe could basically be declared extinct.

The sound of "sonorous and sonorous" came, and a group of soldiers ran quickly into the stockade and took control of the place. They were stunned when they saw the scene in front of them, what a terrible battle had been experienced here?

Liu Hou and the others did not return overnight, and Zhao Yun and others, who stayed in the camp, were very worried, so they sent men and horses to look for them. When Liu Hou saw his troops arrive, he also woke up from the state of being in a demon.

He ordered the soldiers to immediately treat their wounded, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao were already lying on the ground, and they were immediately bandaged with simple hemostasis and carried back to the camp on a stretcher for treatment by military doctors. The problem of Ehuan and Guansuo is not a big one, and the soldiers on the scene can ride back on their own after bandaging them.

While Liu Hou asked people to bandage himself, he gave an order, and he asked the soldiers to search the entire stockade at once, take everyone away, and return to the camp for interrogation. He felt that this matter was very strange and inexplicable, a good celebration, the two sides were originally in good faith, how could they suddenly draw their swords against each other, and even lead a tribe to exterminate the clan?

After returning to the barracks and being treated by the military doctor, Liu Hou did not rest even though he was tired from fighting all night, and directly began to interrogate and investigate the incident. He could not understand the local dialect of the women in the stockade, but fortunately the patriarch and the guide who had taken him were not dead, and it was up to them to tell the story and translate.

In order to further find out the truth of the matter, he ordered people to find local governors, pavilion chiefs and other grass-roots management personnel, and also found some local old people, including Wuhu people, Han people, and barbarians of other ethnic groups. After a day of interrogation and investigation, Liu Hou gradually understood the truth of the matter. But the truth is really not so happy.

It turns out that the Wuhu people were formerly known as the Ba people in Sichuan, because they were wiped out by Chuzi, and some of the tribesmen, unwilling to live in a position of being ruled and exploited, moved to Hunan's Xiong, Heng, Xi, Fu, and Zhan Wuxi, that is, the so-called Wuxi Man.

Later, Wuxi Man was invaded by the Later Han Fubo general Ma Yuan, and some of the tribesmen moved south to Yulin County, gradually forming the Wuhu people. Liu Hou learned from the local chronicles: In the third year of Emperor Ling's Jianning (170 years), Yulin Taishou Guyong recruited more than 100,000 Wuhu people with a letter of grace, all of whom were crowned and opened seven counties.

This is the origin of the Wuhu people, however, the Wuhu ethnic group has its own unique cultural elements, although they have been attached to the Han Dynasty, they have begun to gradually sinicize, but after all, the time is still short, and they still retain a lot of their characteristic customs and culture.

One of the most deadly customs is cannibalism. The country of daring built by the Wuhu people in the "Later Han Book Nanban Biography" is said to be the first to give birth to the first son to eat it. Wei Ken bequeathed his king, and rewarded his father with joy.

It means that if the eldest son of Wuhu wants to eat it, if it tastes good, he will give it to the chief, and the chief will reward the father when he is happy.

In addition, when the old man dies, the people in the clan have to divide the meat and eat it, the situation is very cruel, often the old man has not yet died, and the clan sharpens their knives to wait, because when they die, the meat will not be fragrant.

Not only Liu Hou, but also the civil and military officials present felt frightened and disgusted when they heard this custom of the Wuhu people. Everyone didn't expect that there would be such a barbaric, bloody, cold-blooded tribe. And this tribe is right in front of you.

At this point, Liu Hou finally understood that Wuba's meaning of taking out the baby to show him was to ask the distinguished guests if they were satisfied with the baby? If you are satisfied, you will kill and eat. They did have good intentions at first, and according to the custom of their people, it was a great honor for them to dedicate their eldest son to the taste of their honored guests.

However, their kindness was ruthlessly treated by Liu Hou and others. E Huan and others kicked over the cauldron and destroyed the ceremony, and E Huan also knocked down Wuba as soon as possible, which of course would be considered a provocation that was extremely faceless. At this time, I have to talk about the second characteristic of the Wuhu people.

The second characteristic of the Wuhu people is that they are brave and ruthless, and they are easy to kill. They usually carry knives with them, and they draw knives to kill people if they don't agree with each other, and their temperament is extremely strong. Therefore, where can we be patient with the provocative behavior of Liu Hou and his entourage, and where will I take into account the noble status of the prince. And so a scuffle inevitably happened.

With a detailed understanding of the culture of the Wuhu people, Liu Hou only knew at this time that yesterday's celebration was to sacrifice to the god of Tian, which was originally one of their customs. They also have a lot of strange customs, such as nose drinking, nesting, etc., but Liu Hou has no interest in these anymore.

He closed his eyes and pondered what to do with the barbarians. In fact, when I conquered those Nanban in Nanzhong before, I may have had similar barbaric and bloody customs, but I didn't understand it. This time, when I got close to these people, I realized that there are such unbelievable customs in this world.

But in any case, as a person from the civilized world, Liu Hou will never allow this kind of thing to happen in front of him. If you don't know, forget it, or if you don't have the ability to change anything, forget it, now that you are the crown prince, a figure at the top of the social class, you are fully capable of changing society and eliminating these barbaric, cold-blooded, and bloody customs.

"Is it still necessary for this barbaric, cold-blooded, and bloody race to exist in this world? I want to eradicate them completely, I want them to disappear into this world. Liu Hou roared, obviously, he was still angry, not very rational yet. The cruel scene of yesterday had stimulated him too much, and he had not been able to recover from it.

"Pass the order down and destroy all these Wuhu barbarians for me." Liu Houdao.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, by all means!" Fei Yi and Guo Yu stopped at the same time. The two glanced at each other, and Guo Youzhi spoke first:

"If we make such a big move here, it is easy for Bu Qiu to know the whereabouts of our army, and it is not worth it to leak our whereabouts and affect our plan for such a trivial matter."

"I don't care, these Wuhu people are too hateful and cruel, I don't care so much, I must destroy them. Besides, Bu Qi and Shi Xie are not stupid, since they planned the rebellion of Yonghong and Meng Huo, can they not always pay attention to the situation in South and China?

Do you believe that they don't have spies in Nanzhong? Maybe they've already known about our troops. Besides, our army of more than 100,000 people can't hide their whereabouts at all. Maybe they would have been waiting for the front for a long time. ”

Guo Youzhi has nothing to say about this, this is a fact, hundreds of thousands of troops have passed through the state and province, and such a big movement has traveled thousands of miles, even if the ancient communication is not developed, and now it has almost come to the door of people's homes, there is no reason why Bu Qi will not notice, if he really doesn't know that Liu Hou's army is coming, he is too hasty. Can a straw bag finally become the prime minister of Soochow?

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