Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 194 Unless Datang Comes Back

"Dang!" There was a crisp sound, and the cavalry leader looked at Ma Yaozi dumbfounded. He stabbed Ma Yaozi in the chest just now, but there was a clanging sound. Is this man made of iron?
"Do it!" Ma Yaozi grinned grinningly, and suddenly pulled out a horizontal knife from the bottom of the chariot. The blade was shining coldly, and it chopped off the arm of the cavalry leader.

At the same time as the horse kite yelled, the boar also yelled, and like a wild boar, it slammed into the horse of the cavalry around it.

The not-so-big horse hissed miserably, and was knocked down by the wild boar. Before the knight on the horse could get up, the wild boar pierced his neck with a barrier knife.

In an instant, more than a dozen people moved their hands at the same time. With crossbows and long spears, they directly killed the cavalry of more than forty people and howled.

None of them wore armor, or they couldn't put on armor. How could they be the horse kite and their opponents wearing cloth face armor.

Seeing that something was wrong, the leader of the cavalry whose wrist had been cut off endured the severe pain, and wanted to run away with a few trusted cavalrymen.

Seeing this, Ma Yaozi put his hands in his mouth and whistled, and immediately five cavalrymen with long horizontal sabers ran out from behind the mountain bag, which had been arranged long ago.

When the leader of the cavalry saw it, his face immediately turned pale. This is not a merchant. How could a merchant afford to use such tall horses that are easy to attack? These horses looked like military horses in the Saman kingdom of Persia.

The battle ended quickly, because the horses of these cavalrymen were short and sturdy prairie horses that were good for long-distance marches, and they were incomparable with the five tall horses of sweat horse blood that Ma Yaozi's men captured from the west of Suiye City.

In addition, the knights on horseback are all elites of You Yidu, even on the bumpy horseback, they can shoot continuously, and they can't run away from the other side.

"The trial came out. Yusup, the dog slave, is fighting with the heretics in the Burdag Mountain in the north. It is said that Yusup suffered a lot in the past few times, but now he has surrounded the mountain pass leading to the north. Now, we are preparing to search the mountain for a strong attack."

Not long after, Zheng Tong ran over with a blushing face. The word heretics already explained the problem very well.

"There used to be a big city near here, but it has been destroyed by continuous wars now, but the river to the north of the city is still there, leading to the mountains, exactly as the people from the Yang family told me when they came to Shule nine years ago."

"You mean to say that we came at the right time, and the dog slave Yu Supu besieged the castle built by the Yang family and others in the mountains?"

Ma Yaozi was a little hesitant. If Zheng Tong's information was correct, the three families of Zheng, Yang, and Xue were most likely to be besieged in the mountains. Now they only need to rush to the mountains to find them.

But this is also risky. If Zheng Tong's memory is wrong, or if the mountain is not a descendant of the Anxi Army, then their mission can be declared over.

Because Yao Yusupu's army has already blocked the way to enter the mountain, if they want to enter the mountain, they will inevitably expose themselves.

"Let's discuss it with everyone! Should we venture in, or continue searching."

For such a big matter, Ma Yaozi didn't dare to make a decision by himself, but pulled everyone together to discuss it.

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A small piece of multigrain cake and a bowl of bright red wine that seemed to be mixed with some kind of animal blood, this was everyone's lunch.

The multigrain biscuits are hard, rough and hard to swallow, especially when the lips are dry and cracked, they are almost like dirt in your mouth, but if you don't eat them, you can't satisfy your hunger.

Yang Shouli took the multigrain cake and sipped it desperately for a long time, but unfortunately, there was not a drop of saliva.

Xue Shouli, who was next to him, hurriedly brought over the bowl of blood wine. Yang Shouli hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but take the bowl. He was really thirsty.

With all his willpower, Yang Shouli restrained the urge to drink the whole bowl of blood wine.

He took a sip lightly, the faint smell of blood and the sweetness of the wine instantly filled his mouth.

Taking advantage of this juncture, Yang Shouli quickly threw the multigrain cake in his hand into his mouth. If the wine disappeared, he probably wouldn't be able to eat the cake.

The blood wine in an earthenware bowl was passed around in the hands of seven or eight people. After three or four rounds, there was only a little half left, Xue Shouli forced a smile.

"Everyone, don't be too polite, drink a little more for each person, and there is still mutton to eat at night!"

"This is our last sheep, isn't it? After killing the mutton, what shall we do next year?

I heard from me this morning that there is only one urn left in the public warehouse, and we won't even have to drink sheep's blood wine by then, who knows how long we can last? " Zheng Shouli, who grew up with them, seemed a little desperate.

"What are you talking about? At worst, let's rush down later and fetch some water back. We didn't get surrounded by those miscellaneous Husbands once or twice. Which time will we succeed?

If someone has a set of iron armor, he must go to their formation and kill three in and three out! "

Yang Shouli didn't care, but he was not as relaxed as he seemed on the surface.

Every year during the autumn harvest, the miscellaneous beards at the foot of the mountain would come to surround them. From the beginning, they could eat mutton and drink millet wine, and they could also wear iron armor to beat the miscellaneous beards. Even the water supply was cut off.

Everyone can see that even if they can survive this time, they will definitely not be able to survive the next time.

This year, in order to fight against the enemy, all the sheep in the city have been killed, and the rice grain in the public warehouse has been eaten up.

However, Yang Shouli didn't understand that the new Kucha was built so hidden on a high mountain, and they were generally very cautious in dealing with the miscellaneous beards at the foot of the mountain. They always appeared as fishing and hunting tribes in the mountains, so how could they attract the attention of the miscellaneous beards at the foot of the mountain? Woolen cloth?

pagan?It doesn't exist!Let's say Anlakhah, who wouldn't know how to wear a black turban?It didn't make sense to be seen through!
"Second brother, yeah I told you to come over!" When Yang Shouli was puzzled, his younger brother Yang Sili came over and called him.

Yang Shouli got up in no time. Yeye Yang Tongyi is the head of the patriarch, so he must be asked to go because there must be something important.

New Kucha, this is what Yang, Zheng, and Xue called the mountain city they built.

New Kucha was built on the mountainside, with only a small road to the south, a vast alpine pasture to the east, steep hills to the north, and cliffs to the west.

The urban layout of New Kucha is similar to that of the original Kucha. Although it only occupies a few hundred acres of land, it is also divided into four districts in the east, west, and north. where the warehouse is located.

In the Great Hall of Discussion, the elders of the three surnames Yang, Zheng, and Xue are already here. After decades of sharing joys and sorrows, the three surnames are actually about to form one body. This can be seen from the naming rules of the descendants of the three surnames .

The descendants of the three surnames were named according to "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, festival, forgiveness and bravery".

It's just that the word showing seniority is placed at the end, and children of similar ages even have the same word in the middle.

That's why there are naming rules like Yang Shouli, Zheng Shouli and Xue Shouli.

They are all guarded in the middle, which means that they are about the same age, and the ceremony is at the end, which means that they are of the same generation.

So Yang Shouli's Yeye Yang Tongyi also sat beside Xue Tongyi, whose hair was already grey. As for Zheng Tongyi, he had already passed away.

"No water was dug out?" Yang Shouli didn't care about the unfriendly eyes of the elders around him.

"I've said it a long time ago. This new Kucha is not easy to guard. The grass grows well, which can indeed show that there is water in the ground. But now we almost have no iron pots. What do we use to dig?"

Yang Tongyi twitched his cheeks and raised his hands. If it wasn't for the lack of water and lack of energy to walk, he would have rushed down to slap this Nizi.

Xue Tongyi, who was next to him, hurried over to smooth things over, because Yang Shouli was not only the one he watched grow up, but also his son-in-law.

"Shouli! What time is it? You're still trying to get mad at you, you're the most intelligent of our younger generation, quickly think of a way, if this goes on, we're all going to die of thirst."

Yang Shouli sighed, "A few years ago, I said that we must go down and abandon our ancestors and become obedient citizens, what is Allah, what is peace, and we should believe it.

Or unite all ethnic groups in Beishan who don't believe in Tianfang religion, and work together to make a big one.

But you are not willing, you are not willing to abandon your ancestors, you are not willing to integrate the various ethnic groups in Beishan, so what is the best way to do it now?

Later today, I will rush down the mountain with those of the Li family and the Zhi family, and I will bring some water back anyway. If I can survive this year, then I will go to the snow-capped mountains. If I drink blood, I can barely survive. "

Everyone in the conference hall was silent. Five years ago, they still had a few sets of armor, dozens of bows and arrows, and enough food.

At that time, whether it was to go down the mountain to become obedient citizens, or to unite the various tribes in Beishan who did not believe in Tianfang religion to resist, they still had the strength to fight.

But up to now, every year, they are blocked by miscellaneous people from the mountains to fight in the autumn harvest season, and their weapons and armor cannot be replenished, so they have to eat more than enough food every year.

Now the miscellaneous beards are waiting to break the new Kucha and turn them into slaves, and they will no longer be eligible to surrender!

"Don't go fetching water, take out the wine in the public warehouse and let's eat it, you young people, let's go to the snow mountain!"

Yang Tongyi closed his eyes and thought for a moment, a cloudy tear flowed from his eyes.

Abandoning the old and the weak, women and children, leaving a way of life for the young, in his opinion, this is the only choice.

Yang Shouli was also very sad, but he had to scoff at his father's thoughts.

"Your Excellency, you think too much, why do the miscellaneous beards at the foot of the mountain attack every year, isn't it just because we can farm and women can weave?

What they want is not this new Kucha, nor does it want to kill people, but they want us to be their cattle and horses.

This year, three or four thousand soldiers were mobilized to besiege the mountain. How could we, a few hundred young men with wooden guns, escape? "

"It's God's will! It's God's will! Didn't I think that I would become Hu'er's slave for generations to come? Is there nothing I can do?"

Xue Tongyi yelled out. Yang Shouli was right. The miscellaneous Hus who came down the mountain attacked every year, and it was not that they couldn't tolerate them.

Those miscellaneous beards attack every year because compared with the local herdsmen who only know how to herd sheep and milk milk, the descendants of the Anxi army on Xinkucha are really capable.

Men are good at farming, whether it is wheat planting, wine making, or pottery making, they are much better than those miscellaneous beards who only know how to herd sheep.

Not to mention women, Han women are skilled in farming and weaving.

Although people at this time don't know what productivity is, they know that these Tang children on the mountain are the top three in farm work, and if they are caught, they are slaves who can produce a lot of wealth.

Yang Shouli looked up to the sky and sighed, tears flowed straight to his heart, he touched the dagger in his sleeve, it was given to him by his wife Cai Niang.

Cai Niang looks handsome, once she falls into Zahu's hands, she doesn't know what kind of torture she will suffer.

So the husband and wife have already agreed that once the city is broken, Yang Shouli will kill Cai Niang first, and then commit suicide.

"There is no way, there is no way at all, unless the ancestor said that Tang can come back to save us!"

(End of this chapter)