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Chapter 45 Crossing the River (5000

"The newly cut wood is too heavy! So what are these things that have been dry long ago?" Li You is not a person who repays grievances with kindness. Since these Qiang people are the first to attack him, then these are the punishments they deserve! It would be better if they didn't kill them all! But now that they have killed all the sheep in their tribe, they will inevitably have to take away some horses! If they dismantle their tents, they probably won't have a good winter?

The Han people seemed to have been leaving the Hexi Corridor for too long! It was so long that this tribe with only more than a hundred young and strong dared to attack them on their own initiative. This time, even if it was a lesson for them! Leave some old, weak, sick and disabled, and let them tell the nearby tribes about the bravery and good fighting of the Han people! Let them know the terror of the Han people!

Chen Qingzhi had been fighting in the enemy territory for a long time, so he was naturally not a pedantic person. Pan Feng was used to fighting and would not object to it! Tang Yifu knew that the Huns were even more cruel to deal with the enemy, and the evil young men in Chang'an who followed Li You did not learn how to write the word "religion and forgiveness"! Of course, they just came to dissuade them, so the fate of these Qiang people was decided like this!

No one stood up to oppose it, and even the Qiang people dared not complain. In their concept, it is natural for the strong to dominate the weak! If the Han people defeated them not only not to kill them, but also gave various benefits, they either thought the Han people were badly brained or thought that the Han people were weak and bullied! Li You did not slaughter their entire clan on the spot, which made them feel grateful! How could they still care about the losses of these cattle, sheep and tents?

After slaughtering three sheep in a row, he didn't care about his heartache. The old Qiang man started to attack the fourth sheep again! After exploring the first three sheep, he had already understood the technical keys of skinning!

He carefully went in from the sheep's neck and took out the bones, lamb and internal organs in the sheep's chest little by little! Finally, a complete piece of sheepskin was peeled off.

"Negotiable, do you think this is OK?" He knelt on the ground, holding the sheepskin in both hands, walked to Li You's knees, held it high, and asked with trepidation that this small sheepskin would determine the life and death of him and his family!

"Find some ropes and cowhide sticks! Tighten your limbs and neck, leave a hole to blow in it! If this sheepskin can bulge, your life and your family will be saved!" Li You waved his hand and said.

Immediately someone sent a rope and a strip of cowhide, tied the limbs of the sheepskin tightly. The old Qiang man blew the hole in the blood, and soon his face turned red! Despite this, he did not dare to stop for a moment and blew desperately into it! He was afraid that Li You would be chopped off his head if he was not satisfied with it.

"It's bulging!" Pan Feng, who was standing beside him, opened his mouth wide and bigger, looking at the sheepskin that was getting bigger and bigger, and he couldn't understand what his lord was doing for this thing.

"See, noble man!" The sheepskin blew up, and the old Qiang man dared not rest, so he tightened his mouth and handed the skin to Li You.

I don’t know if the newly peeled sheepskin can be used directly? Or will it have to be processed? Li You didn’t know the specific details of the sheepskin raft! But he only planned to use these as disposable items and could throw them away after crossing the Yellow River! He didn’t care about so much at the moment! “Well, pick out your family! Their lives are saved!”

"Thank you, nobleman! Thank you!" The old Qiang man kowtowed repeatedly and picked his family out of the captive group.

"Teaching you to other people's method of peeling you, and then teaching you and your family to enjoy the wine and meat!" He was not enough alone, Li You continued to order.

With the help of this old Qiang man, the other Qiang people and the evil young men in Chang'an who had been butchers also learned the technique of peeling off sheepskin intact. There were fewer and fewer sheeps in the sheep pen, and more and more sheepskin skins were piled up around!

Li You divided the people into two batches, one batch went to rest first, and the other group continued to supervise these Qiang people to kill sheep and peel them! Four hours later, the shifts will be changed! By the next morning, all the sheep accumulated in this small tribe had been killed! The mutton was piled up like a mountain, and the sheepskin skin was piled up even higher.

"Women and children all go to rub the ropes, men go to remove the tents, and put the wooden sticks out and put them together!" After a night of rest, these tents are useless! It's time to start making sheepskin rafts!

The Qiang people did not dare to object, and under the threat of swords and guns, they began to dismantle these tents that they had lived in for many years! Straight and dry wooden sticks were removed.

All the skilled Han people in the group were summoned by Li You. They tied the sticks into wooden rafts with ropes according to his orders, and then tied the sheepskin sacks under the wooden raft! Sixty sheepskin sacks made into a sheepskin raft! At noon, after eating the fresh roasted lamb, the first raft was finally ready!

"Lord, I'll take a few people with good water quality to go on a try!" Chen Qingzhi took the initiative to ask for his order. When he was attacking Erzhu Rong, he encountered a mountain torrent. The army crossing the river was swallowed up by the flood. He was only exempted from it, which shows how good water quality was.

Therefore, Li You was also more at ease with him. He selected five or six soldiers with good water quality, threw a large pile of ropes on the sheepskin raft, tied one end of the rope to the big rock by the river, and watched them hold up the long pole and drive carefully the first sheepskin raft in China's history towards the opposite side of the Yellow River.

"Lord! You can hold on!" Chen Qingzhi shouted loudly when he arrived at the center of the river. Until this time, the sheepskin raft still did not appear strange. There were three or five such rafts that could transport all the soldiers and horses across the river.

"Okay!" Li You praised the high-high, and then immediately ordered the Qiang people and soldiers to speed up the production of new sheepskin rafts! He planned to cross the river today! He could cross the river one day earlier than he could ask the Bank of China to pursue the pursuit.

Chen Qingzhi led six soldiers to the opposite side, took the rope from the sheepskin raft and straightened it and tied it tightly on another stone across the river. Now when they go back, they can rely on pulling the rope to drive the sheepskin raft forward, which is much faster and more convenient than using long poles! Because supporting poles is a technical job, it is not easy to find a few people from the group who know this skill.

Chen Qingzhi and his soldiers kept moving back and forth on the Yellow River, transporting ropes and some supplies to the opposite side of the river; while the rest were busy unpacking tents, rubbing ropes, and creating new sheepskin rafts!

By sunset, the other five sheepskin rafts have been made, and more than ten long ropes are added to the Yellow River! All preparations have been completed, and now they can start crossing the river!

But there is another problem that needs to be solved before crossing the river, that is, what should be done with these more than a hundred Qiang people! Li You didn’t want to cross the river and these Qiang people started attacking the people they left here halfway!
Chapter completed!
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