Chapter 5 Deer Hunting (Part 1) Looking at the snow outside that was beginning to melt day by day, the big Ejinlifu of Suotouxi couldn't help but sigh that spring was coming again, but this spring was a spring of death. Last year
In the winter, my tribe went to sneak attack the Su Chuo tribe, but they were killed and defeated by the opponent. Five thousand of the tribe's strongest herdsmen only came back with more than two thousand, and all of them were frightened.
"The Su Chuan tribe is protected by a silver wolf!" Every redeemed elder said this, as if not mentioning the silver-grey monster was not enough to cover up their shame at being captured by the enemy. But the more this happened, the shepherds
The more courage they could muster to resist the enemy, the more winter passed. There were still more than 800 herdsmen working as cattle and horses in the hands of the enemy. The people in the tribe only redeemed their own sons and nephews to the elders, but refused to redeem the sons and husbands of ordinary people.
They were very dissatisfied with the unfair behavior and often gathered at the entrance of the central tent to protest. But when Lever could not solve their difficulties, the tribe had been greatly weakened when they were expelled by the Turks last autumn. In winter, the fiasco caused them to lose their only possessions.
Cattle and Sheep Reserves The lion of Su Chuanbu opened his mouth. A herdsman asked for ten sheep or two horses to redeem. Where can he get so many cattle, sheep and horses?
"Qi Lifu, didn't Su Chuanbu allow us to pay in batches? There seem to be hundreds of war horses in the public treasury." Wu Yile, the elder who was first released, reminded the old guy stupidly that he was frightened by the enemy.
Knowing that after paying the ransom, most of the people in the Suotou Xi tribe would not be able to survive the next winter, he still insisted on a truce with the Su Chuan tribe.
"Give them the war horses. If they attack, what will we give to our soldiers?" Qi Lifu asked loudly, looking like a defeated rooster. No one understood his difficulties. The herdsmen laughed at his courage.
He was young and did not dare to live and die with his brothers. The elders thought he was stubborn and were reluctant to part with the last few hundred horses in the public treasury. But who would think for him? If he died in the battle that day, Suo Tou Xi would be gone.
, the elders of Maung and Shenli will definitely take advantage of the civil strife to carve up the Suotou Xi tribe. If he redeemed the people with war horses today, when the enemy comes to kill, the warriors will have to fight on foot with the same number of troops on the wide grassland.
Is it possible for infantry to win against someone else's cavalry?
With no choice but to send Wu Yile, a coward, to sue the enemy again and again. This old guy has been humiliated by the people many times, and he has developed a tough face. Ji Lifu doesn't expect the vicious people to let go.
I just hope that the old guy Wuyile can delay the enemy's attack. It only takes one spring. The Ashina family of Turks far away on the Egen River has already received the news. Seeing that the Suotou Xi tribe has been respectful and polite for many years
They promised to send someone to mediate the matter after the snow melted. As the co-leaders of each tribe, they ordered the Zhulin coalition to put down their butcher knives and leave a way for Suotou Xi's tribe to survive.
Wuyil went away for five days. On the morning of the sixth day, he came back with a gray face. He only brought back one sentence, "Su Chuixil said that he would come to collect compensation himself!" and then he passed out.
When Lifu was shocked, he quickly ordered his people to blow the horns, light up the smoke, and ordered all the tribesmen who were grazing outside to return to the camp to prepare for war. However, except for a few elders' families, most of the tribesmen did not obey his orders. The grass by the river had already grown.
Buds, if the livestock are fattened in the spring, they will breed the next generation in the summer. At the end of the next autumn, the herdsmen with a wealthier family can redeem their sons and husbands by themselves. Master Aijin only cares about his own escape, and the elders
He only cares about redeeming his own nephew, so everyone has to find a way for themselves. This is fair. No one should complain about being cruel.
Qi Lifu blew the horn over and over again, lit the smoke again and again, and even personally held the big banner that represented Aijin's dignity and ran all over the pastures within a hundred miles. He swore to the Immortal Sky again and again, knelt down to pray again and again, and promised to the pastor.
As long as the tribe survives this crisis, he will definitely empty the public treasury to redeem the captured herdsmen.
At noon on the third day, Zhilifu finally gathered 4,000 herdsmen who could mount their horses and fight. More than 1,000 of them were old people and children, who were not strong enough to fully draw the horn bows. Inside the camp, more than 5,000 women were also gathered.
At critical moments, they could also rush forward to block knives and arrows for their tribesmen. The scouts sent out also sent back information one after another. The Zhulin coalition marched slowly, almost marching with their sheep and herdsmen while grazing every day.
The forward speed does not exceed fifty miles, and it takes half a day to walk and half a day to rest.
Qi Lifu breathed a sigh of relief. If he marched at this speed, it would take the enemy three days to approach his camp. He would also have the opportunity to call back more shepherds through family ties and raise more bows and arrows and horses.
In the evening, the scouts sent a completely opposite report. The more than 3,000 people in the Zhulin coalition suddenly accelerated their pace and marched more than 100 miles that day. According to the current way of walking, they could break into Suotou Xi's camp in just half a day.
When Lifu suddenly panicked again, he quickly ordered all the participants to be on guard. Last time, the enemy took advantage of his negligence at night and tied a felt under the horse's hooves to rob the camp. This time, the same tragedy must not be allowed to happen again.
Everyone stayed up all night, but the next morning they received information that the Zhulin coalition forces stopped at Taladianzi, about fifty miles away from the tribe yesterday.
What are the people headed by you going to do? If they want to fight to the death with Suotou Xi, quick cover and quick contact are the most effective tactics. This kind of stop-and-go marching method is not for the opponent to prepare for it?
Qi Lifu, who was puzzled, had no choice but to order the herdsmen to go into their tents and rest. Just after the order was passed, the alarm horn sounded again on the grassland. A group of exhausted scouts hurriedly came to report. The Allied Forces broke out of camp again and rushed as quickly as possible.
come over
"Blow the horn, blow the horn!" Qi Lifu ordered loudly, and he heard panic in his own voice. This was something that had never happened to him in his life. Even when he encountered a pack of wolves while walking alone on the grassland, he was not frightened by this kind of panic.
Of course, that incident happened when he was sixteen, and now he is close to fifty.
The shepherds who just lay down yelled and got up again. Everyone was exhausted. Everyone hoped that the war would happen soon. It would be too torturous to fight like this. It would be life or death. It would be better to kill them with a knife.
The evil Pei people stopped again three miles away from the Suotou Xibu camp. Nearly a thousand slaves with cowhide ropes on their feet were escorted out from behind the horse team carrying wooden stakes.
Under the whip of the overseer, he began to build a camp for his old enemy.
The Xiren warriors dismounted one after another, ignoring the cries and hateful eyes in the distance, and drank and rested leisurely. Then, they asked the prisoners to send a message, asking the Suotouxi people to either pay all the war compensation in one lump sum, or leave the Crescent Lake.
, otherwise, the horses of the Shang warriors will trample this camp.
Cries and curses resounded throughout the Suotouxi tribe. Most of the elders' nephews were redeemed. Those who fell into the hands of the enemy were all children of ordinary shepherds. Their parents and brothers were holding weapons at the moment.
Guarding the camp for Da Aijin, he saw them suffering under the enemy's whip but was unable to save them. If the two armies fought, the evil people of Xi would definitely use the prisoners as a shield.
"They said they must get an accurate answer before noon tomorrow the day after tomorrow!" The tribesman who was sent back gasped. He had suffered a lot during the more than four months of being a herdsman slave to the enemy. Under the multiple tortures of cold, hunger and fear,
The whole person has become out of shape
"Gather the tribesmen, we will collect compensation immediately!" Qi Lifu said helplessly. He saw the lineup of the other party who was camping. It was not the nearly three thousand well-trained warriors that the scarred Suotou Xi people could resist. Six
More than a thousand war horses, as well as countless ordinary shepherds following the team to escort supplies, the grassland was already shaking under this force, and the Suotou Xi tribe had to kneel before the devil.
Xu Dayan and Su Chuoxier stood side by side directly in front of the coalition. The wooden fence outside the camp was almost completed. Under the supervision of whips and scimitars, the Xi tribe prisoners were busy digging graves for their own people and passed by a
The warriors who had rested for a long time had adjusted their physical strength to the best condition, and the horses, which had rearranged their saddles, stirrups, and reins, were snoring anxiously, waiting for the last moment to come.
The hastily erected fence was only two feet high. Although it was neat, it could not stop the horse from leaping. The cruel overseer and the scarred herder slaves attracted all the attention of the other party. Almost all the Xi people were busy raising supplies to buy back their families.
No one thought that Su Chuobu's wooden fence was just to confuse their judgment.
Li Xu, who was following Xu Dayan, couldn't bear to look at the camp in the distance. After half of the incense around him burned out, it would become the target of the cavalry attack. Xu Dayan was a born conspirator, and he deliberately set the deadline for delivery.
At noon tomorrow, most people in the camp opposite are destined not to see the sun tomorrow morning.
"They killed Bahxi Mi and Calyx Taitai!" Li Xu felt his hand holding the knife tremble. This was the first time he took the initiative to attack others. In addition to a little excitement, Li Xu felt a sensation from his hair to the flesh and skin of his feet.
He was extremely tense, but Xu Dayan in front of him was calm and composed, as if he was playing an interesting game.
"Follow me!" Xu Dayan heard Li Xu's breathing, turned around and smiled at him, showing his neat white teeth. Then, he raised his left hand and placed it on Su Chuixil's back.
Patted gently
Su Chuixil suddenly raised the woolen cloth in his hand and pointed it diagonally forward.
"Boom!" As if the Tianhe River was resolved in an instant, the warriors of the Xi tribe, who had regained their energy, jumped on their horses, and under the leadership of their respective brigade commanders (Sui Zhi, Centurion), they rode over the camp fence and the heads of the stunned herdsmen.
, the wind swept toward the camp of the Xi tribe (Note 1) Xu Dayan finally saw the results of four months of hard work. A team of more than 20 hundred people formed three sharp swords while running at high speed.
Towards the center of the Xibu camp, one chops to the left and the other chops to the right.
There was no shouting, no sound of trumpets, only the strong wind blowing in the face, mixed with the rumble of horse hooves and strong murderous intent, swept into the Xi tribe's camp
"Enemy attack!" A Xi man who was counting the cattle and sheep he had collected raised his head and let out a terrified scream. Then, his scream was drowned by the heartbreaking sound of the horn.
Qi Lifu was cautious and did not let all the shepherds collect cattle and sheep. He placed a thousand of the most elite soldiers behind the stronghold wall, and placed one man with a horn every two hundred steps.
the scouts
It's a pity that he didn't calculate how long it would take for the horse to cross the distance of three miles. Is that enough time for him to make the right decision after receiving the news of the enemy's attack?
Facts give the most correct answer. When the third alarm horn had not yet finished sounding, the warriors of the Sing tribe who were charging forward had already loosened their bows. More than 2,700 feather arrows shot through the air like hail.
After hitting the wall of the village, whether it was the Xi soldiers pulling their horses in panic or the old and weak shepherds praying for God's mercy in fear, they were all covered by this wave of feather arrows.
The "pop" and "pop" sounds of arrows entering the body, the sound of blood spurting out, the cries of people, and the whining of horses were all intertwined. Li Xu, who was riding his horse forward, saw Aslan raising his hand.
Place the second arrow on the bowstring
"Squeak!" The whistled arrow landed behind the wall of the village, followed closely by a black whirlwind rising from the cavalry, following the arrow's trajectory and shooting to the same place, where the Xi tribe's warriors were most densely populated.
They were stunned by the first wave of feather arrows and didn't know how to deal with it. They held knives and pulled their horses in a mess.
Li Xu saw the blood splashing from the opponent's body, like the fire in a coppersmith's furnace, so red. Then, he saw a pair of unwilling eyes. Then, his war horse followed the brigade, starting from Aslan.
The others forced their way through the village gate and rushed in, stepping on Xi Ren's body and rushing towards the center of the camp.
"Split up and move forward!" Li Xu saw Su Chuoxil waving a signal flag made of Sichuan brocade. It was the signal flag he brought to Su Chuobu for business. It was bright in color and was the favorite clothing material of the women of the Xi tribe last year.
The few pieces of Sichuan brocade he purchased were revealed. Li Xu clearly remembered that for the sake of Elder Etuo being kind to him, he gave the old man a 10% discount.
The signal flag of Shu Brocade was neither hanging down nor rolled up, and was bright in color. The messengers in each team who had been staring at the central banner could see it clearly. They took out their horns and sang the familiar commands after more than four months of training in the form of a long song.
After the tune was released and the order was heard, the team that rushed into the Xibu camp suddenly separated. One team followed Xu Dayan and Su Chuixir straight to the opponent's central tent, while the other team adjusted its direction and swept along the fence of the camp in panic.
Regardless of whether the opponent has a weapon or not, wherever the scimitar passes, all that is left is a bloody mess.
Another team did not enter the camp, but followed the outside of the fence to the back of the Xi camp. Their mission was to break through from the flanks and try to disperse the Xi people's resistance. There were constant panicked herdsmen jumping over the fence of the camp in an attempt to escape.
, the warriors of the Xi tribe who were advancing like a whirlwind outside the camp chased after them with scimitars and feather arrows, without any mercy in their hearts.
Moment before the enemy army approached his central tent, Lifu finally organized a resistance team with less than 200 people. Most of the Xi soldiers did not have time to mount their horses. They held their scimitars high and used their flesh and blood to delay them.
The few warriors on the enemy's war horses raised their bows, trying to create a little chaos when the opponent rushed forward, but the guards around Su Chuixil were shot with bows and arrows by the big tent, and they had no time to shoot the arrows in their hands.
When Lifu knew that Suotouxi had finished, and the moment the opponent's war horse broke through the wooden fence of the camp, he knew that from now on there would no longer be a Suotouxi tribe on the earth. The wailing sounds of the tribesmen made him muster up his last courage. This time he
Instead of escaping, he rode his war horse and led the last dozen or so warriors towards Su Chuoxil and others like moths to a flame.
The distance between the two sides was very close, and the feather arrow was too late to shoot a second time. Su Chuoxil handed the command flag to the tribesmen around him, drew his scimitar and faced Qi Lifu. Ai Jin, both of the same tribe, asked to die in battle. According to the rules on the grassland,
According to the rules, I should give him this honor
The moment the two horses crossed each other, Qi Lifu suddenly changed direction, bypassed Su Chuoxil, and roared towards the group behind Su Chuoxil. He saw the legendary wolf, and also saw the wolf beside him.
That restless young man
It was that boy who brought misfortune to the Suotou Xi tribe. Without him, the scouts would not have spread rumors that the Holy Wolf had given power to a foreign boy. Without him, the Suotou Xi tribe would not have been unable to resist in the face of a powerful enemy.
I feel that this young man is the main culprit who destroyed the Suotou Xi people. Although Lifu can die, he must be buried for him.
The instant change left many people with no time to react. Xu Dayan held a spear to intercept, but another Xi warrior who was following Qi Lifu used his body to block the war horse. The guard assigned to Li Xu moved forward with a knife.
The last few red-eyed Xi warriors rushed away.
Zhi Lifu rushed to Li Xu's horse at the fastest speed. He saw the panic on the young man's face and the nervousness when he raised the knife. With his combat experience, he could definitely cut the young man on the horse with just one knife.
The scimitar threw out a bolt of lightning under the setting sun and went straight to the young man's eyebrows.
