Chapter 16: The White Deer
It is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world.
In troubled times, people are not as good as dogs.
Zhou Cheng set off from Qingyang Mountain and went all the way south, sometimes walking for a day, and he couldn't see a place where people gathered. Once-bustling towns are in ruins, and only weeds still grow in villages where chickens and dogs smell each other. The farmland has become a place for foxes and rabbits to compete, and the Central Plains seems to have become a hunting ground for the Hu people.
At this time, the population of the Hu people in the heart of China has been growing rapidly, while the number of Han people has been decreasing. A large number of Han people either fled to the south, or began to hide in the mountains and forests one by one, building forts for themselves. If an agrarian nation is forced into the mountains and forests, it is conceivable that if there is no reversal in the future, what will happen to the fate of the northern Chinese people!
The Han people will become barbarians, and they will become a minority or even an extinction on this land. Non-ethnic groups are not only Han Chinese, but also Hu people. When the two ethnic groups contend, one side will lose its dominant power or even disappear into the long river of history. This is also the fundamental reason why the two generations of emperors of the Hu Dynasty worked tirelessly to increase the population of the Hu people and reduce the number of Han people! Once the Han people were overpowered by the Hu people, the Hu people would naturally occupy the magpie's nest and become the masters of this land.
From another point of view, Shile Shihu's uncle and nephew are indeed national heroes, but they are only heroes of Qianhu. It is not allowed that those traitors in later generations who sit crookedly and forget their roots are praised as heroes.
In this world of great controversy, the Huaxia clan is actually standing on the edge of the precipice of extinction. Once the Hu people succeed in their reversal, Hermes-Epitek will never have a better day.
When the Hu people in the north are unified, they will have the benefits of bowing horses in the north, and once the horses go south, the Eastern Jin Dynasty may not be able to be safe. At that time, whether it is the beauty of the uniform or the greatness of the etiquette, I am afraid that it will be lost in the long river of history, leaving only one or two exclamations in the archaeological excavations thousands of years later.
The sun is shining today. The clouds are clear and the wind is clear. It is really a good weather for literati and to travel together, and to hunt the four wildernesses.
On this day, the gate of the barracks near Licheng in Henan Province was opened early, the horn of the army sounded, and a group of cavalry galloped out and chased towards the distant wilderness.
Hunting in the army is a common thing, whether it is the Qin and Han dynasties or the pre-Qin period, hunting is not only the entertainment of the emperor and generals, but also the means of familiarizing themselves with the battle formation and training soldiers. It's just that later, under the ulterior motives of a bunch of corrupt people, it was regarded as a symbol of the king's immorality.
The sound of trumpets, the hooves of horses, the panic of all kinds of animals in the wilderness, wolves and dolphins. Among the hunting teams, one team stands out.
Of course, it is not only because their team has the most people and more complete armor, but also because of the banners such as "Shi" and "Li" played in this team.
I think this cavalry team is the team where Ran Min, Li Nong and others are.
Zhou Cheng stood on the clouds and pondered for a long time, then took out a piece of rune paper, and casually took the shape of a fawn, and then blew lightly, and a lively and cute little white deer appeared next to Zhou Cheng.
"General, what do you think is that?" Today's Ran Min and Li Nong are quite high, while talking to his companion Li Nong, he generally watches his subordinates hunting. There aren't many prey left in mind. Seeing that it was getting late, and when they were about to collect their troops and return to the camp, a group of soldiers seemed to have seen something terrible, and suddenly shouted and pointed ahead with great excitement.
"Bailu?" Ran Min and Li Nong looked at the same time as they were pointing at the soldiers. Suddenly, they were so excited that they almost got up from their horses.
"Qin lost his deer, and the world chased it" Taishi Gong said lightly, and put on a sacred coat for I. What's more, snow-white animals are always auspicious, and a white elk is even more significant!
"Could it be that God will help me, and I will get it?" Ran Min and Li Nong were ecstatic, looking at the white deer in the distance and eager to try, but it was difficult to determine who the white deer belonged to.
Ran Min has Hou Zhao's army in his hands, and Li Nongliu has a large number of Han troops in his hands. The two forces are between them, they are allies, and they have no priority. Therefore, who belongs to Bailu is also an invisible division between up and down.
"No, the two of us will chase it together, whoever gets the white deer belongs to whom, how?" Ran Min and Li Nong are not good at making the first move, after all, in the face of the representative meaning behind the white deer, no one will be happy if they hurt the harmony. So Ran Min thought for a moment and said.
"Yes!" Li Nong tightened the reins.
"Ride!" the two finished speaking, and almost at the same time, they stepped out of their horses, and ran towards the white deer with bows and arrows in hand.
The sound of horses' hooves made Bailu immediately alert, and after realizing that something was wrong, he immediately fled in a panic into the distance. Ran Min and Li Nong would give up so easily, and closely followed Bailu all the way to catch up.
This white deer is also very strange, no matter how fast Ran Min and Li Nong are, they have never pulled a little distance, just within the sight of Ran Min and Li Nong, but they just can't catch up.
"No, how about the two of us outflanking each other?" Ran Min and Li Nong saw that they couldn't catch up, and it was not too early, so they suddenly understood that they couldn't catch up with the hard pursuit, and as soon as it was dark, Bailu Baozhun slipped away from his eyelids. Immediately suggested.
"Okay!" Li Nong nodded after thinking about it, and then one to the left and one to the right, and each commander was outflanked. Unexpectedly, the little white deer was very clever, as if it knew what they were going to do, and immediately got up with four hooves and began to run wildly into the distance.
After Ran Min and Li Nong separated, they didn't see Li Nong's figure, but Bailu's figure never disappeared, as if he was deliberately teasing them. It wasn't until the sky darkened that Ran Min completely lost the trace of Bailu.
"Let's go back to the camp!" Ran Min was reluctant, and he had to reply. It was fate, and he had no chance with this white deer, so he returned with his subordinates.
The night was dark, there were not many people near Li Cheng, and the group was tired and hungry, and then they looked around, and found that they were lost.
You must know that this is the place where Ran Min's military camp is stationed, and the nearby terrain has long been familiar, but now it seems that it is completely in a strange place, and the surrounding scenery is familiar, but I can't think about it at all.
The group of people and horses gradually couldn't even distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, how could they not be surprised.
Just as Ran Min and the others were looking around, a guard suddenly pointed to the distance and said, "Hey, how can there be a mountain around here, there seem to be lights on the mountain!"
"Let's go, let's take a look!" Ran Min was overjoyed when he heard this, and he didn't think too much about it. After all, as long as there are people, they can always ask for directions, and there is some water to enjoy, and immediately an order was given, and the group of people and horses galloped towards the lights.