"Jiejun Envoy, I let lard cover my heart and eyes, and I followed Mo Tudunli's instigation to offend Shuozhou. At this time, my intestines have already regretted, but is there anything I can do to make Wuchi Hu atone for his great sin and still be able to do it? Please give orders from Marquis Jiejun..."
Wu Chihu, the patriarch of the Wuchi tribe (clan), is over sixty years old. His thin old face looks like poplars that have been dried for thousands of years on the Gobi Desert, but his figure is unusually tall. Even though he is sitting on the mud floor of the war shed in Dongzha Village, he still looks like a tall man. Standing there like half of an iron tower, a man with tears streaming down his face complained to Jiezhong.
Wuchizhai is close to Shuozhou and Langu. Walking the gorge road for 20 miles and leaving Xishan via Houerwu, you will reach the Huihe River Valley that stretches for more than 200 miles from east to west. Going south for more than 30 miles, you will reach the gorge road. Guangwu Village is the most important border village in Langu County, Lanzhou. To the left and right of Guangwu Village is the Caocheng River that stretches for tens of miles between Guanlui Mountain and Xishan Mountain.
There are side walls built on the left and right sides of Guangwu Village. The rammed earth-covered stone side walls, which are only six or seven feet high, run eastward along the hills at the northern foot of Guanxun Mountain and directly connect with Yangkou Village at the northeastern foot of Guanxun Mountain; to the northwest , then extends to Piantou Pass, the most important frontier fortress in the north of Fuzhou - Piantou Pass is also known as one of the three fortresses along with Ningwu and Yanmen.
The Western Front mutual trade sites designated by Yue and Yan were one in Yanmen and the other in Ningwu.
Over the past 100 years or so, the commercial goods that the two countries have officially agreed to trade with each other have mainly been traded in these two places. However, there are too many restrictions in the official trading market. The two countries of Yan and Yue have always strictly controlled the supply of goods that are in short supply in the other country. The export of commercial goods will inevitably lead to the formation of smuggling channels.
In the west wing, there is no better smuggling channel than Wuchi Village. Wuchi Village does not even need to be directly involved in smuggling. With its favorable terrain, it can reap the benefits.
Of course, the prerequisite is to bribe the garrisons of Yan and Yue in Langu and Shuozhou.
Therefore, even though they belong to two countries, it does not prevent local snake-like figures such as Wu Chihu and Jie Zhong from getting to know each other a long time ago.
After Wu Chi expressed his true feelings, Jian Zhong, Xu Huai, Xu Wu Qi and others sat in silence for a long time. They took out three kits from their greasy fur clothes and handed two kits to Jie Zhong respectively. , before Xu Huai’s case, he picked up another kit in his hand and winked and said:
"We really let the lard fool us this time. We thought that Commander Lang had gone to Lanzhou to enjoy the glory and wealth, and would not pay attention to the bitter and cold land here. It is indeed our own fault that we ended up like this. This is our Wuqi clan's fault. Sincerity has indeed been offended in the past. This bag of pearls needs to be handed over to Commander Wolf by two military envoys!"
"Commander Wolf? Do you mean Cao Shixiong or Cao Shili?"
Xu Huai sat behind the long desk, opened the kit in front of him and took a look, but there were dozens of thumb-sized pearls inside, and he couldn't help but want to laugh.
A local snake-like figure like Wu Chihu must have relied on his intelligence all his life, but Xu Huai did not expect that two thousand members of the Wuchi clan had been besieged by them for a month and a half, and Wu Chihu actually thought that with these broken beads You can bribe him.
What's even more ridiculous is that at this time, Wu Chihu actually thought that Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili, who had never shown up, were the ones who could truly determine the survival of their clan.
Xu Huai stood up from behind the case, looked at Wu Chihu who was sitting on the dirt in front of the case, looking at him expectantly. He closed the kit and hit Wu Chihu's face mercilessly. , Chao Jiezhong smiled helplessly and said:
"This bitch, he worshiped the wrong god even when he was about to die. No wonder he was so stupid that he dared to attack Shuozhou repeatedly, which made me a little embarrassed to slaughter these idiots completely..."
Xie Zhong also smiled bitterly. In his impression, Wu Chihu was a very shrewd person, but maybe he became more confused as he got older, or maybe they didn't really have a vision beyond Guan Chuan Mountain and Xishan Mountain. In a small area, I thought I had read all the people in the world, and even if new and different people broke into my field of vision, I refused to get to know them.
Of course they cannot understand the situation clearly.
Wu Chi's face was hurt by the brocade bag full of pearls, but it was not difficult to get angry. He said with a flattering smile: "If you have any dissatisfaction, Commander Xu, please tell me. If Wu Chi can do anything, should you obey it?"
"You bitch, you think you can use these broken beads to bribe me so that the two thousand people of your Wuchi clan can survive? Old dog! Is there anything in Wuchi Village that doesn't belong to me at this time? I don't have long hands myself, so I need you. Offer it?"
Xu Huai walked out from behind the case and kicked Wu Chihu to the ground. Seeing that his old eyes flashed with ferocity, he raised his foot and stepped on his shoulders, pressing his old face into the mud. He stood up and cursed,
"I ran here after all my hard work. I thought you, an old dog, had seen the situation clearly. I didn't expect to hear all your bullshit. Wu Zhihu, I have no interest in beating around the bush with you now. Please listen to me clearly. I will give you one night to think it over carefully. Tomorrow morning I will personally lead people into Wuchi Village to see that all the men of the Wuchi clan tied their hands with hemp ropes from behind and knelt on the ground to surrender. But one man did not. Kneeling with hands tied on back, no man taller than a riding crop will be spared alive! This is also the rule on your grassland. I will follow the rules on the grassland and give a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye. You old dog must be You won’t blame me for being ruthless. I don’t know any of those bullshit handsome wolves and dog generals. If you, an old dog, expect that there will be some bullshit handsome wolf and dog generals who can protect your Wuchi clan at this time. Also, Don't try to escape again. I have now completely surrounded Wuchi Village. If anyone tries to escape, even a man taller than a riding crop will be spared alive. Mo Tudunli's old dog runs fast, I We didn't catch him this time, but we caught a lot of Motu's other miscellaneous dogs this time. In order to prevent you from being able to persuade the other Wuchi's elm knots to wake up when you go back, I will give them to you. Two Motu family heads were brought back as a meeting gift..."
Xu Huai directly dragged Wu Chi Hu to sit down behind a long table, and ordered the people around him: "Drag the prisoners of the Motu clan up!"
The guards quickly brought up seven Motu disciples who were tied up, held down their shoulders, and made them kneel on the dirt floor of the war tent.
Xu Huai took out the pouch knife from his arms, looked at Wuchihu with a sneer, and said: "Chief Wuchi, when I meet you for the first time, I asked you to give me a pearl. If you don't have a gift, you can pick two heads and cut them off." Take it away!"
"Wu Chi Hu!" Several captive generals didn't know the reason, thinking that after Wu Chi Hu surrendered to Shuozhou, he wanted to kill them to show their loyalty. The next moment a strong man from the Hu tribe roared and shouted at Wu Chi Hu, "You old man Dog, dare to kill me?"
"Niu Er, you come here to show off to the Wuchi clan leader. Cut off this guy's head. It's too noisy!" Xu Huai pointed at the roaring man and waved his hand towards Niu Er calmly.
"Okay!" Niu Er grabbed the roaring general's hair with one hand, pulled out the waist knife with the other hand, put it on his neck and cut it down with force, and saw the roaring general fell to the ground, his leopard eyes glaring.
The head was still being pulled in the cow's hands.
Blood spurted out, and Wuchihu's face was splashed. He sat blankly for a while, and saw Xu Huai, Xu Wuqi, Jie Zhong and many guards in the tent staring at him eagerly. Only at this moment did he really understand.
, the life and death of his two thousand members of the Wuchi clan are completely controlled by the young man sitting in the middle.
Jie Zhong took off the sword from his waist, walked to Wu Chihu's case, put it down, and patted him on the shoulder, telling him to accept his fate.
Wuchi Hu stared at the saber for a long time, and finally picked up the saber in frustration. Not daring to face the leaders of the Motu clan, he went around behind them and cut off two heads. After returning the saber, he held up the two heads.
He knelt down and said, "Thank you to the envoy Xu Jun for this gift. No one in the Wuchi family dares to disobey."
"Have a good go, Chief Wuchi. See you tomorrow - I will execute a group of war prisoners tomorrow. Chief Wuchi will help me select some executioners with sharp hands and feet. That idiot Niu Er cut off a human head and sprayed blood everywhere.
, It’s really unlucky.” Xu Huai waved his hand, indicating that Wu Chihu could leave.
Watching the two guards taking the Wuchi troops away from the tent, Jie Zhong asked Xu Huai hesitantly: "Aren't you going to hand over the captured soldiers?"
Just kill them on the battlefield, and even kill a few more captured soldiers when clearing the battlefield, or even let some go if conditions permit. However, once the battlefield is cleared, what will the enemy do with the captured enemy soldiers?
There are rules in it.
Generally speaking, the prisoners captured by the soldiers of Tongbai Mountain should be escorted to Kelan City for disposal, or Cao Shixiong will send someone to take over, or Cao Shixiong will report to the Imperial Envoy's Mansion, and Lu Si will send someone to take over.
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Jie Zhong saw that Xu Huai not only executed three Tibetan generals directly at this time, but also planned to force the Wuchi clan members to act as executioners and execute a group of captured soldiers tomorrow. He still couldn't figure out Xu Huai's thoughts.
Xu Huai said: "Xishan has not yet surrendered, and these captured soldiers are still useful. Of course, they will not all be escorted to Lanzhou. Mr. Jie, when you take 300 heads and leave, you don't know what these captured soldiers are."
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These captured soldiers fell under the control of Cao Shixiong and Cao Shili. Once they made up their minds to surrender to the Chihu people, they would switch the soldiers in their hands at any time. How could Xu Huai escort thousands of captured soldiers to Lanzhou?
"Then I'm welcome!" Xie Zhong said in thanks with a cupped hand.
The main purpose of Dai Viet was to give merit to the leader. Xie Zhong led 600 soldiers to reinforce Shuozhou. It can be said that it is quite terrifying to be able to get 300 first-level merit.
Even though Dai Viet had very strict control over the promotion of generals, the reward was quite generous.
From this point, it can also be said that the Wuchi Hu were too ignorant just now. They could justly chop off the heads of all the adult men of the Wuchi clan in exchange for a head reward. Why should they take risks to get those dozen pearls?
