Chapter 4 Zuixiang (4) As soon as the large woolen banner symbolizing Aijin's authority fell, the remaining morale of the Xi tribe disappeared without a trace. All the soldiers turned around and fled, not caring about the people who were wailing and groaning under the enemy's horses.
Companion Su Chuoxil ordered the cavalry to remove the felt pieces tied to the mount's hooves, and led the army to pursue them for more than 40 miles before retreating. After returning, they counted the results of the battle. The statistics came out that made everyone overjoyed.
In this battle, Zhulin's coalition troops raided the enemy's force of 5,000 with 1,500 men. They killed and wounded more than 1,700 of the enemy's troops on the battlefield, captured 1,000 prisoners, and captured more than 2,000 horses, sheep, beef cattle, etc.
The supplies used as military rations amounted to thousands. However, the 1,500 warriors who accompanied Su Chuoxil in the battle only lost more than 120 people, more than 50 people were seriously injured, more than 400 people were slightly injured, and most of the others were killed.
All the men and horses were unscathed
The coalition soldiers cheered thunderously, escorted the prisoners, and carried their baggage, and returned to the Su Chuo tribe in a mighty manner. Several tribes who were unwilling to lead their own warriors to accompany Su Chuo Xier to send troops saw the coalition's victory and returned. Each tribe contributed little and received a share of
The horses, cattle and sheep paid a hundred times as much. I felt great regret in my heart and immediately jumped up like a toad with a bloated belly. I called on everyone to follow and pursue. They must take advantage of the power of victory to completely wipe out Suotou Xibu from Crescent Moon.
Kill them all on the grassland near the lake
Xu Dayan told everyone dozens of times that he should not chase after poor enemies, but the elders refused to listen to his advice. Instead, they used the traditional understanding of war on the grassland, saying that if you hit a snake, you will kill it.
Su Chuoxil and Xu Dayan were pressured by their principles. They said that the elders could not do anything, so they had to agree to let a few elders who clamored to pursue the most happy, and allowed him to lead the young men of his clan to pursue them. As for the plan to disturb the enemy, they had already established
and the more than 2,000 warriors who had killed the enemy, stayed in the tribe and waited to divide the spoils.
"Clan Chief Xier, please send three hundred cavalry, led by capable men to meet the elders on the way. I estimate that Elder Miye will be back in less than five days!" After Miye and several other angry clan leaders,
After leading the troops to set off, Xu Dayan whispered to Su Chuixir
By this time, Su Chuoxier had admired Xu Dayan's wisdom so much that he immediately ordered 300 people from his tribe and handed them over to his younger brother Su Chuifu to lead them. They waited along the Mi Ye early the next morning.
Set out according to the footprints left by people, lest they suffer a big loss
On the afternoon of the fourth day, the captured baggage had just been distributed to the warriors. Before Su Chuoxil had time to count the part of the property that belonged to his own name, Su Chuofuli had already led the dejected Na Miye and other elders back.
The situation on the tribal battlefield developed as Xu Dayan had predicted. Na Miye and others took advantage of the great victory to pursue and kill the remnants of the enemy. In the initial encounter, they won many battles and took in and captured more than 500 stragglers of the Xi tribe.
Just when they thought victory was waving to them, a thousand men and horses left behind by the Xi tribe came to rescue their Aijin. The two sides met on the snow, and the offensive and defensive momentum immediately reversed. Not only were the previously captured prisoners kidnapped by the Xi people, but Na Mi
More than 300 of the more than 700 warriors led by Ye and others were hacked to death, and the whereabouts of more than 200 people are unknown.
When Su Chuoxil fought with the enemy, he was able to achieve a complete victory. On the one hand, it was because Xu Dayan had every plan, and more importantly, because the Xi people had been walking on the snow for more than two days.
The enemy's tired army was defeated, so there was no reason to fail. However, Miye and others pursued and killed the enemy for two days, and happened to make the same mistake as the enemy.
Such a result was what Xu Dayan and Su Chuoxier had expected. They looked at each other and smiled. They did not hold Na Miye and others responsible for defeating the mourning master. Instead, they held a banquet and treated several defeated soldiers.
The elders expressed their comfort, and then Su Chufuli took advantage of the situation and put forward the suggestion that soldiers from all ministries should be unified under Xi Xier's dispatch in the future.
The defeated elders no longer had many men to rely on. The fallen tribesmen were still waiting for Xu Dayan and Su Chuoxil to find a way to rescue them, so they had no choice but to agree to come down and Su Chuoxil saw them.
After ordering no one to support him, he brought in a captured elder of the Xi tribe, and first ordered him to swear an oath to the Changsheng Heaven that he would not lead troops to invade again, and then he was released, for the sake of Lin and Xi Liang.
The clan discussed the exchange of prisoners, corpses of war dead and war compensation issues
There were far more prisoners and enemy corpses in the hands of the Zhulin coalition than those obtained by the Suotou Xi tribe in the final counterattack. Therefore, Xu Dayan offered a sky-high price and asked the elder named Wu Yile to bring a message to
After the two sides exchanged prisoners and corpses on a one-to-one basis, if the Xi people were willing to give 10,000 sheep to redeem all the remaining prisoners of war, the Zhuxin coalition was willing to use the corpses of the Xi people's dead in the war as a supplement.
Return it to the Xi tribe for burial. If the Xi tribe cannot come up with so many sheep to ransom people, the value of a captured soldier is ten sheep, and the value of a corpse is three sheep. The general's ransom will increase according to the number of troops he leads.
Elder’s net worth increased five times
"Our Xi tribe can't afford so many sheep!" Elder Wu Yile turned pale with anger and protested loudly. If the Xi people had enough sheep to support the tribe's survival, they would not brave the wind and snow to attack Zhu Fei.
Moreover, the Xi tribe is not entirely responsible for this war. The tribes of the Xi tribe are refining their troops every day, so they may not be tempted to attack the Xi people in Suotou.
"If you can't get it out, you can gather it in batches and set the deadline before the grass turns yellow next autumn. After this deadline, all the captives will be slaves here forever!" Su Chuixil said deliberately pretending to be fierce and evil.
Before proposing this sky-high price, he, Xu Dayan and others had already estimated Suotou Xiren's strength after this battle, and had long expected that the other party would not be able to pay the full ransom.
The reason why he offered a sky-high price was because Xu Dayan told him that the Zhulin coalition still needed time to train. In terms of personal bravery and force, the coalition warriors were unparalleled in terms of tactical cooperation and battlefield coordination. The coalition soldiers were no match for a regular army.
"The Immortal God will curse you evil-hearted profiteers!" Wu Yile cursed, turned around and walked out of the tent, and took the dried meat and mare's milk "sent" to him by Suchuixil amidst the sneers of the tribal warriors.
Riding on an old and thin horse that had lost its hair, he stumbled out of the camp.
When Miye and the others saw the other party's embarrassed look, they thought that if Su Chuofuli hadn't been there to pick him up on the way, he would be the one leaving Suotou Xibu like a bereaved dog at this moment. They were even more convinced of Xu Dayan in their hearts, and looked towards
The eyes of brother Su Chuixil also became a little more friendly.
Thinking of Su Chufu Li, the elders suddenly remembered another young man from the Han family named Fu Li. Ever since he returned to the camp after winning the battle that day, this young man had disappeared in front of everyone. If we talk about his merits in detail, I am afraid that this person's merits are not.
Under Xu Da's eyes, especially for the injuries of various tribes on the battlefield, without the support of the legend that the Holy Wolf once blessed the boy, they would not have been able to survive such serious injuries.
Li Xu didn't know that the entire tribe was grateful for his benefits. After the victory in the camp robbery, he quietly returned to his tent. He was depressed and had no way to vent. Even the celebration banquet held by the Su Chuan tribe that night was excused with the excuse of a headache.
Not gone yet
After finding a deserted corner to hide and get drunk, Li Xu suddenly became obsessed. Every morning before dawn, he would get up on horseback and dance with swords. After the sun came up, he would casually go to Aslan's house to grab some food.
After filling his stomach, he stopped by Duer's house to visit his unconscious companion, and then began to practice riding and shooting.
"If my martial arts were half, or even a quarter, of Brother Maogong's, I wouldn't be able to let Bashimi get hacked to death in such a state of disgrace, and I wouldn't be able to let Duer lose an arm for me!" said the young man.
Practice your shooting skills hard while blaming yourself
When everyone went hunting that day, he was the first to raise his head and run to the Crescent Lake, also to create a chance for him to wash away his shame. Young Li Xu had never experienced any big storms, and suddenly he saw his companions fighting one by one.
Dying in front of his eyes, he easily put the responsibility on his shoulders. Xu Dayan tried to persuade him many times but to no avail, so he had to let him slowly realize it.
Xu Dayan believed that Li Xu could free himself, but the young girl Tao Kuo was anxious to see Li Xu's demented appearance.
I brought fresh goat milk to quench his thirst. I saw that Li Xu’s fingers had blood blisters from drawing the bow all day long, so I specially asked for his father’s jade finger cots and gave them to Li Xu to protect his hands.
Li Xu refused to accept such an expensive gift. He politely declined Tao Kuo Tuosi's kindness on the pretext that he used finger cots to affect the flexibility of his fingers. Tao Kuo Tuosi looked distressed at his bloody hands and reminded him to always remind him.
Hearing this, Li Xu thanked him loudly and put away his treasure. Then he went to the public treasury and borrowed five hard bows commonly used by the people of the Xi tribe for riding and archery, and practiced hard day and night.
"Silly Fu Li, you keep cumming, no one will care if you're exhausted!" Tao Kuo Tuo's eyes turned red with anger as he stomped away and walked far away, but then he secretly turned around and faced that silly boy.
sad
"The ideas of the Han people are different from those of us Lin people. You might as well ask Aunt Qing what to do specifically!" Seeing that her sister was sad, Eru quietly gave her advice. The Han people all have exquisite hearts, like Xu
Brother Xu used traps to defeat the enemy's army, and quietly used the enemy's hands to wipe out his father's opponents. I searched the entire grassland and probably couldn't find another one to attach him to him. Although he looked more honest and honest than Brother Xu,
Who can be sure that his wisdom is shallower than Yueya Lake? Instead of trying to guess their thoughts, it is better to find a more attentive Han to help think of a solution. Besides, Aunt Qing and her sisters have a very close relationship, so she should do this small favor.
won't refuse
After Tao Kuotaosi listened to his sister's suggestion, the clouds on his face cleared away. He happily took a brush and went into Aunt Qing's tent with the excuse of asking for advice on painting skills. Two women, one large and one small, were muttering in the tent.
Gu talked for most of an hour, and finally Aunt Qing gave her daughter a very pertinent suggestion as a person who had experienced it: "Men, there are always some obstacles that he needs to go through on his own. Instead of feeling sorry for him and crying for him, it is better to push him back."
Once he has passed this hurdle, no matter how stupid his heart is, your shadow will still be left behind!"
The girl blinked her big watery eyes and thought for a long time. She seemed to understand the details of how to leave her shadow in the other person's heart. She couldn't care less about how to help Li Xu overcome his own problems, but the girl
immediate priorities
"Aunt Qing, he, he doesn't tell others what's in his heart!" The girl pouted her mouth in grievance, with tears in her eyes. Although Aunt Qing's suggestion was good, why did Li Xu become stupid?
I don't understand how I can try to help him solve the problem
"Stupid girl, don't you have elder eyes? When did he start to be stupid and why? What does he want? Didn't you see or hear at all?" Aunt Qing stretched out her finger and tapped Tao Kuotuo.
Thinking of his forehead, he said lovingly
This is the advantage of being a daughter of the Lin clan. She can love and hate, unlike when she was in Jiangnan, she had many things to say but did not dare to say them to anyone. The family's rules constrained all actions. Even if she was thinking in her heart, she could only hold on tight.
Hide it tightly until all memories have turned yellow
"Him?" Tao Kuotaosi finally got some insights. After summarizing the causes and consequences of the Battle of Crescent Lake, he came to the conclusion that Fu Li was resentful of his own poor swordsmanship, inaccurate bow and arrow, and painstaking efforts. But the girl's own
His sword skills are even worse. His archery skills were originally better than Fu Li's, but now they're probably not as good as Fu Li's. There's really only a limit to what he can do to help him.
"Alas!" Aunt Qing saw the girl worried about gains and losses, and she felt so loving in her heart that she stretched out her hand to hold Tao Kuotoshi in her arms, patted her back and comforted her: "You don't know how to do it yourself, you can ask others to teach her."
As for the machete, you take him to the coppersmith and tell him that I asked him to teach Fu Li martial arts!"
"Thank you Aunt Qing!" Tao Kuotosi happily broke away from his arms and saluted Aunt Qing repeatedly.
The coppersmith surnamed Wang in the tribe has unparalleled wrestling skills. No herdsman half as young as him can defeat him. If he, a Han Chinese, teaches Fu Li, it will definitely be ten times more effective than other people's guidance. If Fu Li treats Xi Lin again.
I learned half of the sincerity of my aunt... The girl's fair skin slowly turned pink, and her eyes were brighter than the stars in the night sky in an instant.
Aunt Qing's words definitely made sense. After listening to the girl's suggestion that he go to Wang Bronzesmith to learn skills, Li Xu really stopped going crazy. The arrow in his hand flew out with a whoosh and hit the bullseye fifty steps away. Then he put it away.
Bow and arrow, he walked towards the group of felt bags belonging to Wang Bronzesmith.
"You're just going like this?" The girl stomped her feet in protest.
"Oh!" Li Xu woke up from his dream, walked back and unhooked a horse assigned to him for his military exploits from the wooden stake, held it in his hand, and headed towards the direction of Wang Bronzesmith's house again.
"The apprenticeship in Zhongyuan is to send the apprenticeship ceremony to Tao Kuo Tuosi. Thank you for reminding me!" Li Xu, who had misunderstood the meaning, said in a smart way as he walked away, completely unable to understand the girl's painstaking treatment of him.
"Get lost!" Tao Kuo scolded Tuosi, with tears in his eyes. Li Xu saw that the girl suddenly turned her back. He was scolded and was stunned in place. He didn't know what he had done wrong, and he had offended this weird woman in the tribe.
get angry
The girl shed tears for a while, but when she saw Li Xu's demented look, she was so angry that she smiled and wiped away her tears. She walked forward, took the other person's hand and said, "I'll go with you in case the coppersmith doesn't recognize you."
!”
Li Xu only felt the coldness and softness in his palms, and an indescribable feeling came to his heart. He instinctively wanted to throw away the girl's hand and said something like "men and women are not intimate," but he felt the girl's tears in his palm for no reason.
After a moment of weakness, he could only gently hold the girl's hand in his palm as if holding a piece of precious jade.
Tao Kuotao thought that Li Xu seemed to have suddenly enlightened and did not throw away his hand. He felt a sweet feeling in his heart. He raised his face and said with a smile: "The coppersmith came to Su Chuobu eighteen years ago.
Aunt Xilin had just turned thirteen at that time..."
The coppersmith's surname is Wang, and almost all the fine knives in Tiexu Chuanbu are made by his hands. Other fine objects, such as copper for decoration on men and women, silver bells, copper mirrors for women to dress, etc.
It is also made by coppersmiths as the top grade. No one knows where the coppersmith comes from in the Central Plains. The story Tao Kuotosi told is the same as the rumors in the tribe. They say that the coppersmith once traveled most of the grassland because he fell in love with it.
Only then did Xilin, the most beautiful woman in the Su Chui tribe, stop wandering.
After listening to Tao Kuo's introduction, Li Xu recalled what Xu Dayan once asked him before Uncle Jiu left: "A person who walks alone across the grassland will stop for the first woman he sees."
Do you believe this story?"
Li Xu remembered his original answer: "Impossible!" When a man is established in the world, he just wants to do something earth-shattering. Almost every man in the Central Plains has been taught this kind of "cultivation of one's morality, harmonization of family, etc."
The education of "governing the country and bringing peace to the world" two "ambitious" young men judged themselves and others and determined that the coppersmith did not stay in the wilderness for a woman.
Then, he must have stayed in Su Chuanbu for other purposes. Xu Dayan’s analysis was for Aunt Qing. Li Xu agreed with his opinion, but reminded his good friends not to pursue other people’s secrets too much.
"Well, you have a good heart!" Xu Da's eyes were cold.
