Chapter 487: The First Step of Decapitation
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Their circus shows a limited variety of programs and a small number of people, but other circuses are about the same size.
The real big circus, with hundreds of people at every turn, as well as lions, tigers, bears and other animals, they will not work hard to make some hard money with the army, they only move between the major cities, and even the smaller cities will not go, because the income there is not enough to feed them. In this way, the various performance groups cruising in the barracks are small groups with relatively simple functions and limited numbers.
Guo Jia instructed Wei Yan to come forward and organize these small groups of performances together.
The method they used was neither to win over nor to annex, both of which were quite difficult for them, and besides, if he really co-opted or annexed other performance groups, he would not be able to raise such a huge troupe. He used a model that Westerners were accustomed to: guilds!
The existence of this guild is only responsible for the coordination of the various performing groups of the army during this period. The cost of performing a large circus here is too great, and the audience is mainly soldiers who don't have much money, and if they can't guarantee attendance, they will lose money, so the big circus doesn't come here. The temporary guild led by Wei Yan and negotiated with other performance groups is to communicate and coordinate various circuses, and occasionally organize a joint large-scale performance.
Here, there is no guarantee of enough attendance for a large circus performance every day, but once a week, the soldiers can still afford to spend it, so they usually disperse with the barracks, perform their own performances, and get together every week to jointly hold a large performance under the name of the Snow Lotus Circus, which quickly became famous.
"Snow Lotus" has become a place that many people must visit every week. Later, in Agorda, a frontier town in the southwesternmost corner of Warat's territory, defended by the Wuzhu tribe, an incident occurred.
In late spring and March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the grass principle in the Western Regions is another scene.
The spring of the Central Plains comes very gently, the spring breeze is beautiful, the spring rain moistens things silently, unconsciously, you will find that a touch of new green appears on the branches, looking at it from afar, tender yellow like smoke. And here, spring comes as suddenly as the cold wind of winter, yesterday the river was frozen, thousands of miles of snow, suddenly overnight, the river thawed, and the grass and trees thrived.
Then comes its wind, the spring breeze here is not gentle, it is warm, but it is difficult to make people feel relaxed, because the wind is too strong, the newly revived grass and trees are difficult to cover the entire ground, the wind comes together, there is dust, blowing people's faces, really annoying.
Today's weather is very good, a rare sunny day, the wind is not strong, the clear sky is thousands of miles, like transparent crystal, the white clouds float under it, as if there are thousands of miles away from the distant sky, but less than 100 meters away from the grass below, it seems that a bow and arrow can shoot into the clouds.
Green grassland, no head in front, no tail in the back, more than ten miles wide is the rolling mountain range, the green mountains on the left are verdant, the higher place is still snow-capped, the mountain on the right is composed of jet-black stones, not an inch of grass grows, the geography is very peculiar.
The sound of hooves rumbled, and the earthquake trembled.
The leader of the Wuzhu tribe, Tuotuoha, with more than 100 brave warriors, was galloping on this narrow grassland.
On a horse beside Tuotuoha was a teenager, although his face was a teenager, and he still had an unfading childishness, but he was born tall and tall, and he was not inferior to many adults.
While riding his horse, Tuo Tuha talked to the young man: "There are more than 100 miles to the tribe of Polo, and the tribe of Polo is the closest to Beshbali and Aksu, and is mainly engaged in business, so his tribe is very wealthy. His youngest daughter, Saren, is a famous little beauty that you will definitely love. ”
"Uncle Tuoha, I don't care what she looks like!"
The young man smiled, and there was a kind of calmness on his face that was not commensurate with his age: "Even if she is extremely ugly, I will still marry her." Once married, Grandpa's tribe will be able to get the help of the Polo tribe, and our position in the Warat tribes will be more stable, we can buy more weapons, armor, and support more powerful forces, and one day we will ......"
The young man didn't continue, but looked into the distance and said softly: "One day, what we have will be more than just this grassland!"
"Okay! Lao Tzu is a hero! This is the material for doing great things!"
This time, it is very important to say that the alliance is very important to your grandfather's great cause, and it should have been your father himself, but unfortunately he is fighting in the east, so I have to do it as an uncle, your father is my answer, you are like my own nephew, I will definitely do this thing successfully. ”
The young man smiled disapprerovingly, put his hand on the canopy and looked into the distance, and suddenly asked: "Uncle Tuoha, why don't we bring more soldiers and horses when we go to Polo for hundreds of miles?"
Tuo Tuo Ha said with a smile: "Don't worry, this is our Warat territory, and it is where my main headquarters has been stationed for many years, who dares to touch your Uncle Tuo Ha's tiger whiskers? Especially now that Timur's army is about to fight with the Yuan clan, Timur's army will not challenge our Wara at this time, and the Xiliang army has retreated to Pingliang Pass, what else is there to worry about." ”
"So ......"
The young man pointed his whip forward and asked in a deep voice, "Is the powerful force of men and horses in front of you sent by the Polo tribe to meet us?"
"Huh?"
Tuo Tu Ha raised his head when he heard the sound, and at the end of the undulating grassy slope, there was not a single person or a horse, but at a glance, his face still changed.
Today's weather is very good, the visibility is very high, although there is not a man or horse in sight ahead, but the dust and smoke in the distance in the air clearly indicate that a large number of cavalry is rapidly approaching.
It could only be a cavalry, and this was already a place where people frequented, and there were no large herds of wild horses and bison, and if it was grazing, it would not be possible to run so wildly in a straight line, if it was a caravan...... , they are even less likely to rush at this speed.
At this time, the dust in the farthest part was already extremely high, and at the same time spread, like a dragon head with a wide mouth. And the dragon's tail had just left the ground and was about to soar into the air, but since he leaned up and continued to look, the dragon's tail seemed to be just the dragon's body that had just left the ground, because under it, there was a cloud of smoke and dust that was about to rise, which was a cloud of dust that had just been raised by the cavalry.
There is wind today, although it is not strong, but it can still blow away the dust, this long dragon-like dust does not disperse, there is only one explanation, that is, the other party is running extremely fast, the wind has not had time to blow away the long dragon formed by the dust, they have reached the distance, how fast is this?
Tuo Tuha's face changed, and he immediately ordered the guards to be on guard.
The most rational way to do this, of course, is to turn the horse and flee as soon as the dust is raised, in that case, the other party may not be able to catch up. However, who is the other party? Is it because of him? These things have not been clarified at all, and Tuo Tu Ha is also the lord of one side, and he doesn't even know who the person is and what he wants to do, so he turns his horse and flees, isn't it a big joke?
The people on the grassland respect the hero the most, if he does this, even his subordinates look down on him, and besides, the king's own grandson is next to him, if he tells this joke to his grandfather, his face will be thrown to the edge of the sky, so he made an order to guard the place, first find out the identity of the other party, the purpose of hurrying away.
Behind him, in fact, there was an enemy army in ambush, and if they turned back and fled, it was to be stopped, and this group had already dropped out of the tribe by the time they left the tribe. It's just that their numbers are small, only half of the troops of Tutuoha, if Tutuoha makes a quick decision and turns around and leaves, they will have to pay a lot of sacrifices to delay the time for Tutuoha to escape, and the act of Tutuoha being on guard in place makes them greatly relieved that they are far behind.
"Something is wrong! Uncle Tuoha, we should run away immediately!"
The young man's eyes were extremely sharp, and when he found that there was also a faint dust and gray mist in the distant walls on the left and right, he finally realized that the other party's purpose must be in his own team, but at this time it was already too late, and the people and horses who were hurrying in front of him were like a spring breeze outside the plug, and suddenly rolled up in front of him. The dust was still two miles away, and a row of war horses had appeared on a grassy slope ahead, as if a flood had crossed the hillside, surging forward.
Laiqi formed a horizontal formation more than two miles wide, and surrounded them in a big way.
"Shoot the arrows!"
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing was deafening, and many of the war horses in the team of Tutuoha turned uneasily, Tutuoha pulled out his waist knife, and while ordering people to release arrows to defend against the enemy, while observing the surrounding situation, he pointed to the west and shouted: "While the enemy is not yet encircled, let's open a gap from here and rush out!"