Chapter 557: Hu Ren gets stirrups
Helan Mountain, like the body of a dragon lying across the reckless plain, resists the yellow sand and cold currents from the west.
To the west of Helan Mountain, there is a rolling yellow sand and a lonely desert.
To the east of Helan Mountain, there is a fertile and fertile green grassland, with green grass and endless grass.
This is the Yinchuan Plain, which is nurtured by Helan Mountain and the Yellow River, and is often called "Saishang Jiangnan" by later generations.
Therefore, in the past, the Huns crossed the Yellow River to the south and occupied this place to graze cattle and sheep.
After the Xiongnu were attacked head-on by the Qin army in Daidi, the Yueshi people from the west saw the opportunity to advance eastward and occupy this land, making it the pasture of the Guishan Yue.
It's just that in the past, there were herds of cattle and sheep, and the Helan grassland, which was full of laughter and joy, today it is particularly depressed and depressed, and there are faint cries sounding, echoing leisurely on the grassland.
In the far reaches of the grassland, from time to time embarrassed rangers return on tired war horses.
"The Shuangmi tribe was defeated by the Qin people, and the Shuangmi Marquis and many nobles were captured by the Qin army."
"The Guishan Department attacked the Qin army's vehicle formation and suffered heavy casualties. Encountering the Qin cavalry's reinforcements, the two armies faced each other, and the Kushan cavalry was broken by the Qin people and fled in all directions. ”
"The whereabouts of the Marquis of Guishuang are unknown, and he is suspected of being captured by the Qin people."
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One bad news after another came back to the Helan grassland, making the old and weak women and children of the Guishan Department who stayed here tremble one by one.
It wasn't until Su Jiasha, the noble daughter of the Kushan Department, returned to the Helan Grassland with more than 10,000 Kushan cavalry and more than 20,000 cavalry of the Marquis of Humi that the mood of these old and weak people was temporarily stabilized.
"I didn't expect the cavalry of the Qin people to be so powerful, and even the warriors of the Kushan Department were defeated head-on by them. This is thanks to the noble girl's reminder, if there is no noble girl to report the news, I am afraid that by the time my Xiumi Department reacts, it has already been hit by the cavalry of the Qin people. ”
The Marquis of Hugh Mi was about forty years old, and he was a bearded man, and he was thanking Sugasa with a pleasant face.
At that time, the two Yue clans of Guishuang and Xiumi besieged the Qin army's chariot array, and Xiu Mi Xihou was more restrained, and after suffering the loss of the Qin army's chariot array, he did not keep sending people to attack like Guishuang Xihou, but slowly tried to find the flaws in the Qin army's chariot array.
Therefore, the number of casualties in the Humi Department was only about 2,000, and most of them were at the beginning, when they accidentally fell into the Qin people's trick of luring the enemy and were shot by the Qin army's crossbow array.
The Marquis of Xiu Mi felt that the Qin army's chariot array was difficult to gnaw, and it was not as simple as the plan of the Marquis of Guishuang, and he had already given birth to the intention of retreating.
At that time, Su Jiasha, the daughter of the Marquis of Guishan, sent someone to inform that the main force of the Qin army had returned to help, and that both the Shuangmi and Guishan tribes had been defeated, so that the Xiumi tribe should not face the enemy and lead the troops to retreat.
The Marquis of Hugh Mi had already thought of retreating, so he led people to withdraw on the spot.
On the way back, he heard about the terrifying combat power of the Qin army one after another, and after knowing that the cavalry of the Guishan Department was broken by the Qin people head-on, he was frightened in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel grateful to Su Jiasha.
If this woman hadn't sent someone to inform him, I'm afraid that the Hughmi Department would have to fall into the footsteps of the other two departments and be severely damaged by the Qin army.
Thinking of this, the Marquis of Humi looked at Su Jiasha's eyes a little different, and felt that this woman with the style of the Dawan people was particularly attractive.
Su Jiasha's face was calm, and she shook her head and said, "You don't have to thank the Marquis of Xi, let's think about what to do next." ”
The Marquis of Xiu Mi frowned, although he was a Marquis, he actually didn't have any opinions, and he had always looked at the Marquis of Guishuang as the horse.
Whether it was to attack the Xiongnu and seize Henan before, or to join forces with the Guishan Department to attack the Qin army's grain team, it was a plan set by the Marquis of Guishan, and he only needed to follow it and implement it.
Facing Su Jiasha's words, the Marquis of Humi said in a deep voice: "Otherwise, it is better to wait for the Marquis of Guishuang to come back, he has the protection of his personal guards, it should be no big problem, we will send someone to meet him outside, and we will discuss it when he comes back." ”
Su Jiasha shook her head and said: "I'm afraid my father won't be able to come back, some people say that when they were fleeing, they saw the cavalry of the Qin people chasing their father, and even most of the guards were killed in battle, and the Qin people were chasing very urgently, so they should be helpless." ”
Xiu Mi Xihou's face darkened, and he roared: "I dare to see that Xi Hou was chased and not rescued, he should be killed." ”
"Already tied to the back of the horse and dragged to death."
Sugartha replied calmly.
What he was thinking about was that the people who reported it said that he saw the Marquis of Guishan being chased by the Qin army in the direction where the 10,000 Guishan cavalry were, and it may be that the Marquis of Guishan saw the collapse of the army under his command, so he wanted to mobilize 10,000 soldiers and horses in the other direction to escort them.
It's just that the 10,000 horses have been taken away by Su Jiasha before this, and the Marquis of Guishuang will probably pounce on it.
"The Qin army is strong, we can't win, I'm just preserving the strength of the tribe. Only by preserving these 10,000 horses can I protect the women and children of the clan back to Hexi, so that my Guishan will not become extinct here. ”
Sugartha whispered in her heart.
The reason why she preemptively left with these 10,000 people was because she saw that the Marquis of Guishan seemed to have lost his mind at that time, like a gambler in a desperate situation, wanting to turn over the book and pursue victory at all costs.
If the Marquis of Guishan really went crazy and sent these 10,000 people to fight with the Qin army, once he lost, the entire Guishan Department would be finished.
The tens of thousands of old and weak women and children left behind in Helan Mountain will become unguarded fat, and sooner or later they will become slaves of other tribes.
Therefore, Sujiasha would rather turn his back on his father and return to Helan with these 10,000 people to save the torch of Kushan.
She raised her head, looked at the Marquis of Xiumi in front of her, and said solemnly: "The Qin people have an army of 200,000 on the grassland, which is more than the people of our two tribes combined. Their cavalry is strong enough to defeat our warriors, their grain corps is guarded by strong chariot walls and strong bows and crossbows, we are no match for them, and fighting the Qin people will only make the blood of our Yue people dry up on the grassland, so let's leave. ”
"Xihou, the two of us will return to Hexi, return to our original land, and give this place to the Qin people, Helan does not belong to our Yue clan in the first place."
The Marquis of Humi was silent.
In his mind, he thought of the horror of the Qin army's chariot base and crossbow array, and thought that even the most powerful Kushan tribe had been broken by the Qin people, coupled with the fiasco of the Shuangmi tribe, he really didn't have the confidence to compete with the powerful Qin army.
He nodded and said, "Okay, then we'll retreat." ”
Su Jiasha stretched her brows and smiled at the Marquis of Humi, the delicate and exotic taste made the Marquis of Humi's eyes light up.
He couldn't help but praise: "I heard that the noble girl's mother is from the royal family of Dawan, and if she is really noble, she can be called the pearl of the grassland." ”
Sugartha smiled.
The reason why she reminded the Humi tribe to retreat was precisely because she took a fancy to the character of the Marquis of Humi and felt that she was sure to turn him into an ally.
If it was the sinister and cunning old pervert of Shuang Mi Xihou, she wouldn't have reminded her, and she couldn't wait for the other party to be hit hard by the Qin army.
Only an honest person like the Marquis of Humi can become her ally, and under her guidance, she escorted the battered Guishan Yue clan back to Hexi, and the two joined forces to recuperate and recover from this catastrophe.
It's just that Sugarsha still has a big worry, and that is a big hidden danger.
She is not the Marquis of the Guishan Ministry, nor is she the heir.
By the end of the night, Sugartha's fears had come true.
Just when the Kushan tribe and the Xiumi tribe were gathering their tribesmen and preparing to migrate and retreat to Hexi.
The eldest son of the Marquis of Guishan, Lajiagu, returned, and he returned to Helan with the 10,000 cavalry he had gathered along the way.
"Back to Hexi? What to say! ”
After knowing that Sugarsha wanted to take his men back to Hexi, Raja scolded on the spot, pointed to the two items on the back of his war horse, and spoke excitedly.
"You see what I got from the cavalry of the Qin people. That's it, the Qin people rely on these equipment to defeat our Yue Clan's warriors on the battlefield! ”
Raja said saliva splashed.
It was only after he had paid dozens of casualties that he had stolen the saddles and stirrups from a patrolling Qin cavalry squad.
He had already imitated the appearance of the cavalry of the Qin army, and had experimented with these two things on his war horse, and he was very clear about the role of the two treasures.
"The high saddle can be made of leather and wood, and the thing that hangs on the side of the war horse for stepping on can also be made of wood and leather."
"The warriors of my Yue clan put their feet inside, not only can it make it easier to get on the horse, but they can also free their hands on the horse, gallop and shoot like the Qin people, and they can charge with weapons in both hands!"
"We can create a large number of these two things, so that all the warriors are equipped on the war horses, and with them, we can defeat the cavalry of the Qin people!"
"There are only more than 10,000 cavalry left in the Qin army, and the sum of our two divisions still has more than 50,000 cavalry. As long as the cavalry of the Qin army can be eaten, the victory still belongs to us, what is there to be afraid of! ”
Raja was full of confidence, just like his father.
The artifact of the two horse battles made many people's eyes shine and regain their confidence.
Sugarsha looked at this scene, looking at her brother's radiant and confident appearance, and her face was cold.
In the beautiful eyes, there was a wisp of murderous intent.
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