From Chief to Ball

But as soon as the words were finished, a pair of nocturnal ravens on the nearby tree croaked twice and fell back to their nest on the tall tree.

"You lied to me, how can the old raven bark when it's dark?"

Wolfpi gritted his teeth and looked at the old raven's nest in the distance, wanting to make up a lie, but the young scout didn't ask this again, as if he understood something, his cold hands sank slightly, and a smile appeared on his swollen face Said: "Am I going to the place where my ancestors lived? Last time I hunted, Yuqian'er sister still owed me a can of corn wine. Brother, help me to come back and pour it on my grave. Our ancestors taught us to grow wheat. But I didn’t teach us how to grow corn, so I want to give them a taste. Also, I asked Brother Jian for a horse, and I still want to ride a horse when I get there.”

He said very lightly, as if he was going on a long trip, and Langpi agreed indiscriminately. The child lowered his hands in a daze, only his chest was still rising and falling slightly, and Langpi called his brother's name a few times. , there was no response after all.

After a long time, the last rays of the setting sun fell from the mountains, and the child lying there suddenly shouted: "I don't want to go to my ancestors...I want to go home...I want to go home..."

His hands were scratching around, and the wolf skin hurriedly squatted down and leaned his arms over, and when the hands were about to grab his wrists, the arms finally hung stiffly, just a little bit away.

Wolfpi jumped up like crazy, picked up a wooden stick, and slammed the trunk where the old raven's nest was, startled the pair, gritted their teeth and drew the bow, and pulled the two black The bird shot down, walked over and chopped off his feet fiercely.With red eyes, he slammed his fist on the tree and asked, "How did this happen? What about the white horse? What about those people? What happened?"

Chapter 38 Hate

After listening to these people's narration, Langpi broke out in a cold sweat, knowing that he could not make a decision on this matter.

Returning to Yangguan, settled down these people, threw the captured slaves there, rested overnight, recruited a few horses and hurried back to Xia City with a few people who could still eat.

In the conference hall, the leader and most of Xiacheng's officials gathered there, listening to the stories of the returning people telling the grassland.

"September [-]th, we followed that group of people and burned another settlement. The people in front probably knew that we didn't want to kill them, so they didn't run too fast."

"That night we rested in that settlement, because there were a few shepherds in the team who could understand their words, and we didn't kill them all, leaving a few people to ask."

"The few settlements we burned already belonged to the big tribe with Yanchi in the north. They usually graze separately, but if the leader calls, anyone who can ride a horse and fight must go. Most of the small settlements have small populations and can only be attached to the north. The largest tribe pays tribute to some sheep and horse skins every year. There are also some tribes with a large population who don’t listen to the largest tribe, and they live in peace for the time being. The tribe we hunted down is like that.”

"After asking these things, the white horse asked me to kill these people. As soon as I got out of the tent, the man in front suddenly took out a small knife from his arms. How could he beat me? I snatched it away. Let him kill it. But when I saw the knife, my brother broke his arm and didn't kill him."

"It was an iron knife. I showed it to the white horse, and the white horse was startled. If this group of people had an iron knife, it would be troublesome. Then I brought that man back. He refused at first. It is said that later some shepherds followed their example, cut a few wounds on his body, sprinkled salt on them, stabbed a sword in the shoulder blade, and picked the wound with their fingers."

"The man yelled a few times and asked us to kill him quickly, so I asked him where he got the knife. This time he was honest and said everything."

"As we guessed, the Meteorite tribe came here a few months ago and presented some iron swords to the leader of the tribe in the north. At that time, the leader gave some sheep and horses to the Meteorite tribe. The iron knife is the man he When Dad went to the north to participate in the tribal assembly, the leader rewarded him, and it seemed that he was the best at riding horses and not the best at wrestling."

"I was skeptical at the time. Such a big tribe could easily kill and snatch all the remaining members of the Meteorite tribe. Why would they give them sheep and horses? I asked that person, and he said that the leader of the northern tribe I think iron weapons are very good, but iron weapons are just rams, and how to smelt these weapons is the ewe that can give birth to cubs, so at that tribal meeting, the members of the Meteor tribe officially became part of their tribe and gave them A meadow."

"The white horse asked some more questions, but I didn't quite understand them, so I was killed after asking. At noon the next day, dozens of people caught up with us. We still had more than 100 people at that time. Killing them was like killing them." It’s the same as mowing grass, but those people are not afraid of death at all. After killing them, the shepherd told me that these people are all survivors from the settlements we slaughtered before, and they came for revenge, and the settlement in the north already knew about us and wanted to hunt and kill them. What about us."

"At that time, I said I wanted to go back. Anyway, the grass is basically dry and can be burned. Baima doesn't know what that person said last night. He said that he would do something that would shock the city. He would bring People went to attack the village where the leader of the settlement in the north was located. Because at this time, the settlements were scattered and herding, and the place where they swore to fight and gather was not in the village, but a sacred mountain they believed in."

"I thought it was impossible at the time. The white horse said that if you want to get a tiger skin, you have to risk being eaten by the tiger; rabbits can't eat people, but rabbit skins are everywhere in the city, and no one will treat a rabbit. Pi was surprised."

"Ji Xia, before you left, you told us to listen to the white horse. Since he wanted to do this, we listened. In addition, many people wanted to make meritorious deeds after returning to the city. Just killing women and burning houses counted. If there is no meritorious service, everyone agrees."

"He allocated seventy people to me, and asked me to go down the river to continue to harass the settlements. He took the rest of the people and set off overnight. I took people and continued to harass. Those villages are on guard, I know? Make it a little messy, and it may not be easy for the white horse to succeed. Although I objected before, but Ji Xia, you said that since it is settled, it will be done, and things like punishment and opposition will wait until the end of the battle. I think about it He led people to storm a settlement, and let a few people go on purpose."

"It was the end of September after the burning of the village. I remember very clearly that there was no moon at night, and it was dark. The grass was dry at that time, and there was a wind that night, so I set fire on the grass outside the village and burned it. I stayed there all night, and I could see the flames in the distance all night, and when I left the next day, the sky was full of dust."

"I don't know what happened to the white horse, but I thought it was time to go back, so I took people back. As a result, we were chased by people at noon on the third day, and there were about three or four hundred people."

"Although there are many people, I'm not afraid at all. Our bows are longer than theirs, and we have enough arrows. If we stick to it, they won't be able to defeat them. At that time, I asked everyone to stop and set up camp along a small river. I followed Jixia I have fought three battles, and I know very well that moving at this time will reveal a flaw, as long as we stick to it here, maybe the white horse will succeed, and they will retreat."

"The moon hung in the west early that night. It was bent like a sickle, and it was red, and it was a shadow on the opposite side. We lit several piles of fire along the outside. They rushed chaotically, and we shot many people to death. , but there were more people the next day.”

"After two days, they should not be from the same village. They tried to beat them a few times, but none of them wanted to die. They were driven back by us, but we couldn't leave. Like hedgehogs, when they huddled up, The wolf cub can't speak, but if he walks, he will show his feet."

"But on the third day, another group of people came from the opposite side. I saw the falling star, and I would never admit my mistake. During the battle in the valley, I rushed past Song. That person hacked several of us to death, and I almost Hacked to death, so I remember it well."

"After he came, he didn't lead people to rush immediately, but took people upstream to dig the river. There was only a small river where he camped, and the water was cut off. If he wanted to drink water, he had to move the camp. But everyone knows that once If you move, you will be seized by others."

"Luoxing's method is very powerful. He knew that many people would die if he directly hit our army formation, so he forced us to move. I don't know what happened to the White Horse side. If he succeeds, these people will retreat, but if If we don’t, we’ll die of thirst.”

"It didn't rain in those two days, the moon became rounder and brighter, and people harassed me every night. After two days, I knew I couldn't wait any longer. The horse urine was gone. I discussed with everyone, How long is it to draw grass? Thirty people run, and forty people support behind. If they all run, none of them will be able to run, and they will definitely be caught up."

"No one wants to die, but isn't that what war is like? Whoever dies in his turn will die. If it's his turn to die, the tribe will be finished, and the city will be finished. The last one I smoked, smoked A short grass can live."

"Seventy people, 68 pieces of grass, two [-]-year-old children were not allowed to smoke. If they insisted on smoking, they slapped them twice and cried there with their faces covered. In fact, the slaps didn't hurt. Grass."

"It was weird that night. Maybe those people were tired and didn't bother us. My brother picked up a long grass and didn't say anything. He took off the pendant around his neck and asked me to take it back to the city. He wanted to hang it On the windmill, I looked at the city every day. Those people followed his example and took off the pendant, and if there was no one, they cut off a section of hair and asked me to bring it back."

"At that time, I thought, if the white horse succeeds, I admire him, but I hate him. In the future, I will go to the grassland to find that river, dig their bones and bury them in the city. If it doesn't work, I will stab the white horse to death. Even if the city kills people to death."

"Seventy of us sat on the ground and sang songs in the middle of the night. Our throats were dry for a few days. After we sang, our throats were sore and salty. My brother said he couldn't sing anymore. The blood had to bleed on others and he ate it himself. What's the matter. He punched me before leaving, because I had a fight with him once when I was a child, and he still remembers it."

"We put out the fire, and all forty of them rushed out. The other side didn't know, and thought we were going to run away. Thirty of us rushed to the other side when they were in chaos. One of the two fourteen children died, and the other Someone shot an arrow in the eye. After running for two days, when I finally saw the woods, there were only thirteen people left. I lay down by the creek, and as soon as I drank, I stood upright and spit out the water."

"There are only thirteen of the seventy people left. I want to cry, but my tears don't flow out. I just said that I have to live. Those forty people can't die in vain. I have to bring these thirteen people back." , I can’t cry, my eyes can’t see the way when I cry.”

"At that time, the child with the arrow in the eye couldn't do it anymore, so I lied to him that Jixia, you can heal the disease. This kind of injury is fine. I don't have to worry about losing one of my eyes. Women want some. You have to go back to the city. Before you go to the battle, you said Yuqianer still owes you a can of wine. Go back and buy me a drink. If you don’t go back, I’ll ask for it. How can Yuqianer give it to me... We just carried him and walked around in the woods. We didn’t know where he was. South. In the end, I met a few people. It was because of anger that we killed five of the six people and arrested one. When I asked him, he said that their tribe exchanged slaves with Yangguan. When I thought about it, five of them had been killed. To avoid trouble, I will kill him after asking the way, and only then will I know the way back."

After he finished telling the 30-day story, he took out 41 pendants and hair from his arms, solemnly placed them on the stone in the conference hall, and then took out his own bronze sword.

"I'll wait for the white horse to come back. If it's done, I hate him but I won't kill him. If I lose, I'll stab him to death. Si Kou Jisong is not here, and I don't need him. I will explain to the city's rules myself."

Chapter 39 Regards

The sword was placed on the stone. This was not a whetstone that could sharpen the copper sword. The copper sword was already blunt, but it couldn't hide the anger inside.

The owner of the sword did not put the sword back into its sheath, just sat like this, listening to the people in the council, and vaguely heard something like sending more troops to Yangguan, but he forgot in his heart, and did not remember at all. Don't know what these people said.

His heart was peaceful, and the singing of that night echoed in his ears, until a sound of horseshoes came, and he clenched the hilt of his sword suddenly, because he recognized that the voice belonged to his partner who followed the white horse.

Maybe it was just a coincidence, when he saw the wolf skin, the people led by the white horse were actually not far away from them; when they had a rest overnight and went to Xia City, the white horse also sent an envoy to Xia City first.

The story before September [-]th was the same, but the difference began on September [-]th.

"The moon was very round that night, and it rose early. The white horse came out from the man who was sprinkled with salt. Now every settlement on the grassland hates us to the bone. There are not many people left in the big village of the northern tribe. It is a good chance."

"I remember Baima said that there are so many stars in the sky, just like there are as many people in the city, but when the moon comes out, people always look up and see the moon first. People have to be the moon and not the stars when they are alive. As soon as he said I think it makes sense, who doesn't want to make some contributions in war nowadays, there are so many people in the city, who would recognize you in ordinary times?"

"The eighty people brought some food and walked away from the river bank for six or seven days. They came across a big village. There was not much food left, and the horses were tired."

"It was very dark that night, and the moon rose late, and the village was on fire. At that time, I threw away the little mutton left over from the night before, thinking that I would have a good meal tonight."

"Burning and killing, half of the men in the village were conscripted, and there was no resistance at all. I arrested a man and asked, and he said that the leader sent an order saying that the group of murderers and arsonists on the grassland went to the east. Baima heard I was happy, and said that those people must have burned a few more villages, and if it really works, they will have half of the credit for going back."

"There are two or three hundred women in that village, and there are more than 400 slaves. After they are full, they will follow Jixia's example and let these slaves kill women. They will choose more than 200 who can ride horses and follow us."

"Those slaves can't fight. The white horse said that they don't need them to line up. As long as they can ride horses and dare to kill people, those slaves are also miserable. Don't talk about their work. They will be arrested and sacrificed at every turn. What kind of war spirit do those people believe in? I want to smash their skulls to drink blood. When we let them kill people, they all dare not at first. When I go up, I will teach them how to scalp, and tell those shepherds that he will cut yours, and you will cut theirs too. After cutting a few, those shepherds became jealous and killed them all over."

"At that time, I was worried that there would be too many people walking slowly. The white horse said that we would arrive in three days. Even if there was a report at this time, they would not be able to come back. Besides, no one thought that we could travel so far."

"The scouts saw a few villages on the way, but the white horse didn't move. He said that he would kill it when he came back, so as not to starve when he came back. Otherwise, Ji Xia told us to listen to him. If it was me, I would never have thought of coming back. thing."

"When we arrived at the village, the village was really big. It was estimated that there were at least 800 people. They didn't farm the land. If it was bigger, there would be not enough pasture. Half of the men left, and there were not many people left. "

"At that time, Baima said that when Jixia left the city, he had to keep someone in prison. This big village is the same. If the leader is not around, he must keep someone. If this person can be caught, it will be no ordinary credit. If we fight against Echeng and capture Shujiu..."