Qiang Qin

Updated: 2010-11-14

The spring day is finally coming, the spring in the grassland is extraordinarily bright, and Ye Ke’s heart is like the spring outside the tent, full of joy and vitality.Holding a bow in his hand, he walked out of the big tent, and said to the guards outside: "I'm going to hunt today, I have something to talk about when I come back." Then he jumped on the back of the horse parked outside the tent and beat it away. .In fact, he didn't think there would be anything wrong. Now, many small tribes that he had no relationship with before had sent people to his account to ask for cooperation with him. Now he can say that everything is going well.He was waiting for Daqin in the Central Plains to attack after learning that his envoy had been killed by Maodun, and then he could give Maodun them a knife in the back.Although Maodun and the others should already know about the cooperation between themselves and the Qin people, they must not dare to send troops to their own detriment. After all, the other tribes on the grassland may not know which side they will help.So he was in a good mood when he went hunting. When he rode out, dozens of guards followed him.

When dusk fell, Ye Ke returned to his tent with several prey. As soon as he arrived at the gathering place of the tribe, he shouted loudly: "Come out and get the prey, today's luck is really good." When he said that, it must be when he returned with a full load and a good mood, and then his subordinates would come out happily.But today people came out, but there was no trace of joy on their faces.Ye Ke looked at them strangely and said, "What's the matter?"

One of his confidantes, Vida, came up to him and whispered, "Chief, news came from the east that the two tribes that had joined hands with us were killed by a group of unknown people two days ago. The whole tribe did not leave a single living creature.",

"What?" Hearing this shocking news, Ye Ke hurriedly jumped off his horse and led a group of subordinates into his big tent.After sitting down, he asked: "Is this news credible? Don't just hear it."

Those people nodded, and it was still Navida who said: "Our people have seen this news with their own eyes. The tents of the two tribes were full of corpses, and the cattle and sheep had disappeared. If some scattered herdsmen hadn't left If you want something to eat from them, I’m afraid no one has found it yet.”

Ye Ke stroked his messy beard, and said in a deep voice: "This should be what Maodun sent people to do, but unfortunately we have no evidence that his people did it."

"Our people all know that this is because Mao Dun knew that they had joined hands with us, so he did it, but even if someone doubts it, it can't convince all the tribes on the grassland, and some tribes are pretending to be innocent. Don't supporters, they won't listen to us," said one of them.

There was a murderous look in Ye Ke's eyes, and he really wanted to lead his troops to fight back against Maodun now, but he also knew that his current strength was not enough, so he had to endure it first.After a while, he said: "You quickly send people to the tribes that are allied with us, and let them be careful. We also need to send more people here to guard."

Several people nodded in agreement, and the only thing that can be done now may be this.Ye Ke could only pray that the people in the Central Plains would send troops to deal with Mao Dun as soon as possible, and then he would be able to take action.

But the facts disappointed him. A few days passed, there was no movement in the Central Plains, but people from his own side kept coming to report that some of his friendly tribes were attacked, some were wiped out, and some It also suffered heavy casualties.In just half a month, seven or eight small tribes were raided by a cavalry.

When Ye Ke received the news again, he couldn't sit still any longer, and suddenly drew his long sword and said to the subordinates around him: "It seems that Modun will not give us a chance to grow stronger at all. Let him go on like this, those who originally voted for our side will lose trust in us and choose Mouton again. We can't bear it anymore, starting today, we will fight back, and do what they did to the little ones who were loyal to Mouton Let the tribe start, show him something powerful."

These subordinates had already held their breath. They were all good at fighting but not very fond of using their brains. When they heard what the leader said, they suddenly agreed, and then went to deploy their own troops to fight back against Maodun.

"Presumably that wilderness should be furious by now, right?" Mo Dun looked at Bai Ban who had brought his troops back with a relaxed face and smiled, "I really want to see his picture of how angry he is when he knows that his allies are being killed by me constantly." face."

Bai Ban just smiled and didn't say anything, but Ji Du said: "Da Shanyu should be on guard against him, maybe this wilderness will send people to attack us.",

"I'm still looking forward to him bringing someone here, so that I will have the opportunity to send troops to deal with him justifiably." Mo Dun said indifferently, for him, dealing with Ye Ke's Dadu Department is not so difficult .

"But I'm afraid that he will follow our example and send troops to attack other tribes. They are not the opponents of Datu tribe." Ji Du said without worry.

Bai Ban chuckled and said, "Don't worry about this, Mr. Ji. When I came back, I had already left a lot of people with some of our people who were close to the Datu Department. It should be enough to protect them."

Ji Du glanced at him with some admiration: "General Bai is really brave and resourceful, and he has thought of this so quickly." But then he said to Mao Dun, "Great Chanyu, only General Bai stays there. The small number of men and horses sent down can't really deal with the attack of the Dadu tribe, so I would like to ask Da Shanyu to send troops to those small tribes near the Dadu tribe, maybe there will be unexpected gains."

Mao Dun was always obedient to Ji Du, and this time was no exception. He nodded and said, "Okay, then I will take Wu Tu there. Is 5000 people enough?"

Ji Du said: "Enough is enough. I don't think the Dadu Department will send all the horses in his department to attack those tribes."

So not long after, thousands of people walked out from Shanyu's big tent, and they went all the way west without any delay.

In order to hit Mao Dun as soon as possible, they vent their anger on themselves, and because they have enough confidence in their own troops, the people sent by Ye Ke this time were divided into three groups by him, each with less than 2000 people. Three groups of people raided three small tribes near their own tribe at the same time, and they were all people who had always flirted with Maodun.

The three groups of people set off from their camps under the cover of night. They thought that the enemy would panic when they arrived, and they would have no power to fight back. They could start killing themselves, and after they were done, they could take away women, belongings, and cows. All the sheep were brought back to their own tribe, so when they went, they were full of murderous spirit and full of confidence.

Unexpectedly, when they each arrived at a tribe, they were not greeted by panicked crowds and scattered herdsmen, but teams of warriors who were ready.The bows and arrows in their hands were fully drawn, and when they saw the people from the Dadu Department appear, they used feathered arrows all over the sky to express their "welcome" to them, and then hundreds of cavalry rushed out from behind, shouting The killing started behind them.

These Datu warriors who originally wanted to attack others were suddenly attacked by the opponent, and they lost their positions. In the panic, nearly half of the troops were killed by the enemy on the spot, and the rest of the troops also completely lost the courage to fight. The dismounted horse ran towards the direction he came from.And the men under Mao Dunbu who had been prepared for a long time and the warriors of these small tribes followed closely behind, constantly shooting down the Datu warriors who fell behind with bows and arrows.When they hurried back to their camp, there were less than 500 people left.

After Ye Ke sent the three groups of people out, he went back to his camp and went to sleep with one of his concubines in his arms.Just as he was sleeping soundly, he suddenly heard the voices of people outside, waking him up.He also slept so hard that he didn't know the time, he only thought that his people had returned from a big victory, so he walked out of his tent to see what happened.

But the scene that appeared in front of his eyes made him feel like he was still in a dream, only to see that those warriors who were mighty when they went there are now out of their wits, each of them is more or less wounded, and the number of them is also reduced by half .He was shocked and asked: "What's going on? What about the others?"

When the soldiers saw their leader, their faces were miserable, and one of the leaders said: "Boss, those tribes are actually prepared. We were caught by surprise when we got there, and everyone else died in battle." Now, if the three of us hadn’t run into each other on the way here, I’m afraid we would have been wiped out by the pursuers behind us.” As he spoke, he yelled at the enemies who set up an ambush, and the others did the same.

When Ye Ke heard this, he almost fell head over heels. He didn't expect that not only could he not teach Mao Dun some lessons and revenge, but also lost thousands of troops, how could he swallow this breath.He drew out his knife and slashed at the ground, and chopped it on a horse not far from him. The horse screamed and fell to the ground, and died in a short while.The anger in Ye Ke's eyes became more and more intense, and finally he waved his hand suddenly and said: "You all go down and rest, go and call all the people who support me tomorrow, I will send troops to deal with Mao Dun, and I will fight with you in an upright manner. Let him fight to wash away the shame he gave me today!" He walked back to his tent without looking back, and after a while the people outside heard the woman's painful groans and wild screams coming from inside. But that stout gasp.

On the third day, those tribal leaders who had joined hands with the Datu tribe came to the Datu tribe's resident one after another. Some of them had already vaguely guessed the purpose of Ye Ke calling him to come this time. A storm was just around the corner It's starting to appear on the prairie this spring.