The Queen of the Prairie and I

Shan Ying walked on the grass, watching the mare's milk and blood flow together, and the pungent smoke lingered around.

She kept wiping her saber with a handkerchief, even though it was already so clean that it didn't look like she had killed several people just now.Although the main camp of the Hutan tribe has been breached, and there are kneeling Hutan tribesmen and Bugude soldiers on horseback looting everywhere, she still can't drive out the anxiety from her heart.

Unlike her elder sister, Shan Ying was surprisingly brave shortly after she came to the battlefield, as if she was fearless.

She saw a large yurt burning not far away, like a huge torch.And Dronatia was standing beside the burning fire, constantly cleaning her slender scimitar.

"Did you find Sister Yisheng?" Shan Ying stepped forward and asked, but Zhuonatia ignored him.

She stepped directly on the horse and took the rein and turned it around a few times.Only then did it realize that Sugi Sakura had asked a question.

Sugi Sakura felt very uneasy, it was the first time she saw Donatia not sober like this. , something bad must have happened.

"Answer me?" She asked more and more anxiously.

"Li Yisheng was pregnant with the enemy's child and betrayed me. I have already beheaded me and burned the big tent, so you don't need to look for her anymore." Shan Ying seemed to throw one after another barbed wire into Shan Ying's heart. "Where is General Hummer?" She called a general and ordered: "Destroy the Hutan main battalion without leaving a blade of grass!"

The depressed scene around suddenly turned into a hell where the cavalry chased and killed the fleeing walkers. The sounds of hacking and screaming could be heard endlessly.At some point in time, what was flowing on the grassland was no longer the overturned buckets of mare's milk, but bright blood that was dazzling.Blood like rain and water, mountains and rivers flowing through, all-pervasive blood.In Shanying's eyes, Dronatia's whole body was splashed with blood, which stained the pure white baby eaglet with scarlet blood.

She stood beside the burning tent until all she could see were corpses falling in all directions, until both the tent and the yurt were burned to ashes.She still stood where she was, with the last few words of Dronatia constantly echoing in her mind.

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When the main force of Bugude's army came to the Baishan tribe's camp, few Baishan soldiers dared to resist.Zhuonatia failed to capture Lord Baishan alive, because most of the nobles in Baishan were killed by a general named Baida and a group of An people.Since then, the Baishan Tribe has lost their minds and suffered repeated defeats. It was only when the camp was captured that Zhuonatia knew that General Baida had fled with his cronies to the Lianhua City of Dalu's frontier vassal King Lu Junwang.

I even saw the altar decorated with wood and silver.Half a year ago, on this altar, Mr. Baishan wanted to saw off my skull to make a medicine primer.At that time, who would have thought that in just over half a year, the mighty Baishan Tribe would die out?

I can't imagine what will happen to the elder sister and the others, maybe they escaped, maybe they didn't.The battlefield is changing rapidly. At first, I was very worried about the safety of those An people, but as time went by, I felt less and less real.I can only hope from the bottom of my heart that they can survive in this troubled world.

"Your Majesty, please look at these." The soldiers untied a lot of heads from the high wooden frame and hung them in nets, and they also wore Bugud's helmets.Jonatia looked at the head of the most fancy head in the helmet stuffed with hay, and sighed: "There are bones that can't be broken by Humvee generals. This shows that there are still ruthless people in the Baishan tribe. It wasn't wiped clean."

She ordered to collect all the heads of the hung Cuckoods, and then ordered many Baishan generals and soldiers who were stubbornly resisting to be pulled to the altar.

Thinking of nothing else, Dronatia ordered the decapitation of the men on the White Mountains' own altar.Crying and shouting rang out for a while, many old people and children begged the White Eagle Queen to let their Patriarch go, but Dronatia, who personally supervised the beheading, turned a deaf ear to it, and waved the order to drag the neat rows of soldiers to the altar to behead one by one .The tragedy surpassed any execution I had seen before. As more and more people were beheaded, blood flowed down the altar, forming a small dark red pool on the grass.Then she ordered the body to be buried, and the altar was burned on the spot, and then she patted me who was kneeling next to her as always, and asked me to help her up.

It's kind of weird, but I did it anyway.

"I'm not your maid." I whispered when I helped her up.I really admire myself. Faced with such a scene where big men have to be scared out of their souls, I dare to say such words to the person who gave the order.

"Just pretend it's just one time." She also whispered.The reason why I dare to say this is also very simple. Although I am afraid, I have a thorough understanding of Jonatia's attitude towards me.Although she is ruthless, she enjoys the time when two people can whisper.

"If you bring the maid's tent here, there won't be so many troubles." Helping her out of the execution ground, the pungent smell finally went away.

The large altar that the Baishan tribe was proud of was burned down.Their vast farmland and those barns, known as the Central Plains Beyond the Great Wall, were also burned to ashes.On the same day, Zhuonatia personally supervised and burned the large ancestral scroll library of the Baishan tribe, executed all the wise men of Baishan, and smashed all the stone tablets and inscriptions.Zhuonatia interrogated the prisoners of war and learned that there were nearly 8000 Baishan troops led by General Baida who had fled to Lianhua City, including nearly a hundred Anzu troops.

"Keep these things, and the Baishan tribe will be resurrected at any time. If these things are destroyed, those 8000 people will be just rogues." Facing doubts, Zhuonatia said as it should.

"That is to fight Lianhua City, why should we mess with the Central Plains people?" The minister was still uneasy about this.

"It's true that the Central Plains is vast and abundant, but Bugude is becoming stronger and stronger, and it will be a matter of time before Dalu Bingfeng is attracted. He said that retreating troops will not commit crimes, and that's all lying to us."

Perhaps because of the long-term exposure to education in the Central Plains, Mr. Li, Mr. Yang and Mr. Yisheng let Zhuonatia know Dalu very well, this behemoth in the south.

In the blink of an eye, it was already midnight, and Zhuonatia rarely stayed in her yurt in the original Baishan camp.But she didn't take off her armor or even her saber, she just took off her helmet and sat there drinking tea.

Could it be that she started to warn me?

Think wildly like this for a while, then get it out of my head right away.Although I have seen many cruel stories that are rarely seen on the battlefield today, I feel bored when I think that I still have nothing to do.

"Can I get out of this?" I asked.Although I changed it every day, I really hated this dancer-like costume, which made me look cumbersome and eye-catching in this military camp where everyone didn't have an extra inch of pendant.

"I want normal clothes like yours, a normal robe, and my own boots and belt." Logically speaking, I can't wear boots, but the white boots Shan Ying threw to me that day did not take back. Go, she acquiesced, but I still don't think it looks like a normal person to me.

"If I want to run, the problem with my boots can't stop me, and I'm human, I will keep my promise, even if An Xiche is blind, I will not break my promise." I can see her expression when mentioning An Xiche His expression turned ugly.But that's all for now.After all, pushing the nose on the face is to proceed step by step.

"is it?"

She replied lightly, as if she didn't hear what I was saying.She is just avoiding it.

"Are you afraid that I will disappear suddenly like Li Yisheng?"

"Watch your mouth."

After saying this, she immediately warned me without a pause, and at that moment it could almost be said that she showed her fierce face.It surprised me more than it scared me.Because it was the first time I saw Jonatia expressing her anger unreservedly on her face.

"You killed Li Yisheng, right?" I went to the small table and knelt down beside her. "Do you want to kill me too? Li Yisheng and Li Ningsheng, two Central Plains women, one was abandoned by his father, the other was forcibly captured by the Bode people, but in the end both died in the hands of the people he cherished, dead worthless , because both sides are in pain."

When I said bad things about Li Yisheng, she didn't react like someone disappointed in her.

Although it was only for a moment, the reaction was no different from Fuko's.Li Yisheng and Zhuonatia are equivalent to Li Yisheng and Fukou.

And this remark did not anger Dronatia.Dronatia is also a person of flesh and blood, and she must avenge all grievances, and she will not suppress her emotions except for Sugi Sakura.At least An Xichul sacrificed right away because of Jonatia's jealousy, which made me understand who she was in the first place.

She will be jealous of An Xiche, she will protect me, and she even has some pathological desire for monopoly.It was not because of Li Yisheng that she prevented me from escaping. Li Yisheng was arrested and had nothing to do with escaping.She was just purely afraid that I would run away.

"Shan Ying told me everything, but I don't think it's the truth. Whether it's Shan Ying lying or because she didn't believe what she saw, what she said is definitely not the truth."

Dronatia said nothing.She just looked at me, then immediately avoided eye contact.

"I wouldn't call you White Chick either, I know that would make you uncomfortable, no matter what happened at the time. That's not the name of the White Eagle Queen I know, I only know the name Dronatia."

You can tell by the expression.They are all the same, the sisters are very similar, and they cannot stand such a temptation.

"...." Dronatia finally put down the tea bowl and paused for a long time before speaking.

"Call me Tia," she said, "just like I call you Sheng'er and Tia, is that okay?"

I don't know why, when she said these words, I couldn't bear to say any more.I can empathize with her commanding and begging tone and the complicated mood in her heart that turns into a single sentence.

"..." I didn't speak, I don't know the reason, this time I stopped.

Ten years of tent slave life seemed as long as several lifetimes.I didn't learn much, so I couldn't support myself on the grassland. I could only be raised like a parasite, and I exchanged my life for freedom.But the only thing I have learned in this life is to observe people's hearts.

Everyone is a slave.Everyone is pulled, controlled by something.

Gold coins, power, armies, beauties, drinks, dreams, freedom, love, everyone has things they long for, and things they pursue throughout their lives.No matter how powerful the conqueror, the noble monarch, or the ruthless executioner, as long as they face this kind of temptation, they will gradually lose their burden and abandon everything on their own initiative.

What I want is Dronatia's trust.I want to be dependent on Queen Dronatia.

I still harbor the original hatred for her.

But a sense of guilt overwhelmed me when I saw that what she really wanted was so small.She is a ruthless conqueror, crushing all enemies under her feet.She is the powerful and noble White Eagle Queen, and generals who are as powerful as monsters will be subdued under her skirt.She is also a wise monarch, with a clear reward and punishment, and a stern face. I have seen few disputes in her camp.But behind these tall figures, there is only a young eagle with short wings.With big eyes open, the young white eagle is waiting for the arrival of warmth.

The more I understand this, the more I feel guilty about bullying the weak.It's ridiculous, I am the slave who was captured and raised as a canary, and she is the supreme and admirable queen. Why did it end up like this?

"Report to the queen, five hundred heavy cavalry in the southwest direction have been stopped by our side." The soldier with feathers on his head represented the urgent military situation, and went directly to the door to report.As soon as he looked up, he saw me kneeling beside me, and Dronatia was stunned with the expression of someone crying.

"Ah, yes, yes, yes." Dronatia quickly blinked and wiped her eyes, and answered in a straight voice, "As I expected, bring the horse." She stood up and wanted to walk out yurt.

"Tia!" I yelled, and Dronatia finally stopped.

"Tia, it's okay to call you Tia, but—" When I said no, she turned her head, as if she didn't want to listen.

"But please agree to my request. I want to change my clothes and be a normal person." I said.

Why did I say that, I didn't know myself, so I just went out casually.

Donatia turned around sharply and looked at me with wide eyes, as if she hadn't expected me to say that.

"Of course, that's a great deal." She finally regained her original appearance, smiling peacefully and speaking in a familiar tone.

The moon was shining at night, and Dronatia asked me to sit behind her, and galloped with the cavalry on horseback.The cold air in the night whistled in the ear with the sound of horseshoes, and there was the slender waist under the armor of Donatia in his arms.

Not long after the cavalry galloped, they saw a group of cavalry also holding torches in a lowland.

"It's amazing," I couldn't help but say.

Those cavalrymen wore excellent armor, and every piece of the armor was made of shiny iron pieces.Even the horses are clad in shiny iron armor, down to the horse's legs.The entire cavalry is not so much a person riding a horse, as it is more like a pagoda.

As soon as Dronatia pulled the rein of the horse, she stopped in place, and the Bugud cavalry also stopped.

"The Hexi Army of Lianhua City, one of Dalu's elite frontier troops, looks good." Zhuonatia whispered to me.

It's really beautiful, this is the first time I have seen the Central Plains army in so many years.The fact is still ridiculous. As a native of the Central Plains, I only saw the Central Plains army when I grew up.

I saw a cavalry with a torch in the opponent's cavalry formation coming straight here.

"When the two armies are at war, don't kill the envoy," said the cavalryman.

"It's rude to take off the helmet when you come here." Dronatia shouted loudly.The cavalryman looked at it as if he was overwhelmed by the momentum here, and took off his helmet.

"Are you Queen Dronatia of Cuckood?" asked the cavalryman.As expected of a soldier, compared to the waiters not long ago, he basically didn't speak useless honorifics.

"Who are you?" asked Donatia.

"We are Hexi iron cavalry under King Lu's sect. We are here tonight to clarify King Lu's oral order that Bugude must release my special envoy from Lianhua City tomorrow, and then all withdraw from the old Baishan camp and retreat for [-] miles, otherwise all of your troops will be killed."

"In order to speak clearly? Hahahahahaha." Donatia laughed, and I knew that she didn't really laugh a lot of the time, it was purely a kind of etiquette of her own. "When King Lu sent an important minister here to scare me, I knew his virtues. The courtiers didn't work, so they sent heavy cavalry here in the middle of the night. This trick is good enough to scare the general grassland tribe. It's not enough to scare me. grid."

"It's easy for my five hundred heavy cavalry to enter your camp and take your head." The cavalry continued without being suppressed at all.

"Of course, do you think I don't know?" Dronatia said.As soon as the words fell, there was a sharp whistling sound, and an arrow pierced the cavalryman's head.The cavalryman was bleeding profusely with an arrow stuck in his head, stared straight at this side, and then fell off his horse as if paralyzed, without a sound.

"That's why you asked him to take off his helmet." A heavy cavalryman wrapped like a pagoda was close at hand. If he suddenly wanted to attack, Dronatia and I would be in danger. It would be invulnerable. Can't get in.

"Of course." She whispered.

Not far away, flames were everywhere on the horizon, and with the sound of horseshoes shaking the ground, countless Bugud cavalry appeared there, covering the entire highland.The heavy cavalry of Lianhua City were obviously at a loss when they saw that they were surrounded by thousands of Bugude cavalry in the lowlands, until the rockets flew from all directions, like red raindrops falling one after another.