warring states careerist

Chapter 421 Heroes
On the grassland, the stars are shining brightly, and the dust and smoke are glowing.

The company that was going to meet Solucan camped here to rest. The carts formed a semicircle near a small river, and a bonfire was lit inside.

Every time you choose a location for camping, you need to book in advance, and the scouts will report back the form of the nearby mountains and rivers, so you must be prepared for any eventuality at the beginning of camping.

Beside the largest bonfire, two large pots were boiling, the water was about to boil, and several people were waiting beside with a jar, which contained some tea leaves brought from far away Haiyang.

There is a group of people around the bonfire, listening to the innermost person reading a copy of "Mu Tianzi Biography". Everyone listens with great interest, showing different emotions according to the emotions of the characters in the book.

Beside a nearby bonfire, a person took an iron sword and hooked the wood that had been burned outside, pointed to the flying grass ash, and said to the person next to him: "That is to say, hot air is lighter than cold air, so it can fly." Get up. It’s like oil floating on water, but not quite the same.”

"Thousands of years before I came here in Pei County, the township school made a big cloth bag with a fire under it and a rattan basket. Sitting alone in it, it really flew. I reckoned, I had to fly a hundred steps high, and flew dozens of miles along the wind..."

The people listening next to the lecture looked up at the floating grass ash one by one, imagining such a scene.

None of them had been to Sishang, but in the army, such lectures were a daily occurrence.Sometimes they teach literacy, sometimes they teach mountains and rivers geography, and sometimes they teach natural history, all of which are very simple.

But it is these simple contents that allow these people who are confined within hundreds of miles to know the scenery and people in other parts of the world, and also know that Sishang, which these Mohists have been mentioning, sounds like this mysterious.

They have never seen Mount Tai, but they know that Mozi once drank several cups with Qin Huali on the top of the mountain, lamented the chaos in the world, and taught him the art of defending the city.

They have never seen Surabaya, but they know that there are ships passing by, transporting grain, ironware and cloth, and whether there is traffic.

They have never seen a hot air balloon flying into the sky, but if one day they see it, they will not exclaim that it is a miracle, but will smile and say to others: "Look, this is because the heat is lighter, so it will It's like oil floating on water..."

The "Mu Tianzi Biography" told by the bonfire next to it as a story let them know where Suo Lucan and others went, and also knew that the ancestors of the land called "Zhao State" under their feet were just a Driving for Zhou Tianzi.

This is a very ordinary night, and the lives of these young people will not be greatly changed just because they go to pick up Solucan.

The concubine Mi was sitting there, holding a clay pot in her hand, waiting for the water to boil, listening to these people talking about the fantasy of the future, she also joined in a few words.

"If you want me to say, when our grandchildren are not sure, many people in this world will have the kind of hot air bags that fly into the sky. When the north wind blows, we will sit here and ride the wind. We will be able to visit Sishang in a month. When the south wind blows tomorrow, we will fly back..."

They used their imaginations to fantasize about their lives after a long, long time, but these words were not ridiculous at this time, and instead attracted the approval of many people.

The concubine Mi thought to herself, maybe it is really possible, if it is really like that in the future, it will be much more convenient to go home this way.No matter how big the world is at that time, as long as you know the direction of the wind, wouldn't you be able to go wherever you want?
While thinking about it, someone patted him on the shoulder and said, "The tea is ready."

The concubine Mi stretched out the clay pot, and after the rattling sound, the heavy clay pot became even heavier. A few drops of hot water splashed on his hand, and he subconsciously shook it, almost spilling it out.

The yellow-green tea has no color at night, and can only smell a faint smell like grass leaves.Very cheap tea, thick and stemmed, did not prevent it from becoming popular in the army in just a few years, and became a luxury when camping at night.

He took out a small piece of candy from his trouser pocket, broke it apart vigorously, gave half of it to the person next to him, threw it into the clay pot, picked up a straw stick from the ground and stirred it.

Sugar is a luxury, especially north of Gaoliu, but the army distributes a little every month.

The person next to him was the "barbarian" who was stabbed in the leg and still killed the enemy. There is no such saying in the army. This person's name is very common, called horse milk.Because there is still a mother in the family, he will save the candy every time he distributes it and go back to his mother to eat.

Ma Nai was a little embarrassed to eat the concubine's candy, so she smiled to express her gratitude. She sat next to the concubine and asked, "You came from Sishang. What does Sishang look like? They say there is better than this , is the paradise, what kind of place is that?"

The concubine Mi didn't know how to describe her hometown, should it be a cotton field?Or those golden rape blossoms?If you talk about rapeseed, how would you describe what it looks like?

Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Ma Nai scratched her head and smiled, "In the future, my mother will die and I will retire, so I want to go there to see. Or, if I have made some great achievements, I can go there as a hero..."

A hero, like a comrade in the Mohist school, is a word with a different meaning from the original meaning in the context of the Mohist school, at least different from the mainstream hero in the world at this time.

It's not easy to be a hero who can go around Sishang.

The concubine Mi bowed her head and took a sip of the slightly sweet tea in the pot, chewed a tea stalk a few times and spit it out, then said to the mare's milk: "I heard that in the future, some people will be selected from among the non-commissioned officers. , go back and continue to study. Commanding a company and Sima is completely different from commanding more people. You have to learn. But first you need to recognize a lot of characters..."

Speaking of this, Ma Nai said in a joyful tone: "I know it, I know it. It has been several years, and I have learned five hundred characters... It is your name, and I will write two characters. The common people, the common people, Captured prisoner... that Mi, I haven't learned it yet."

The concubine Mi waved her hands and smiled, "If it wasn't for my name, I wouldn't know that broken character. It's rarely used, but it actually means the cry of a sheep. The cry of a cow is moo, and the cry of a sheep is baa. This sheep It’s called Baa, it’s Mie of my name.”

The mare suddenly realized that she let out the sound of a sheep bleating, swiped her fingers in the air a few times, and said with joy, "I can write that word. One mouth, one sheep. Adding sheep to the mouth makes the cry of a sheep..."

He learned a few more sheep calls vividly, and a joking voice came from behind him: "Well, are you hungry to eat roast lamb tonight?"

The concubine Mie and Ma Nai hurriedly got up, the man was the general who led the team this time, waved to them to sit down, and said: "At this speed, we will arrive at Beihai the day after tomorrow."

"People in the tribe don't know how to count. To exchange with them, you may need an iron pot to exchange one person, so you can get back. Our main force should stay far away."

"We also discussed it a few days ago. When the time comes, you two will take people to exchange. We can't get too close to them."

"Maybe some people from the tribe will want to compete with us. You two are good at horsemanship, so you should be more arrogant when the time comes, as long as you don't kill people."

"Remember one sentence, in case of any accident, you must try your best to protect those who have returned from thousands of miles away."

The two agreed in unison, and after the man had left, Ma Nai asked, "Have you seen Solushen since you came from Sishang?"

The concubine Mi shook her head and said: "No. He is an old Mohist. I was not born when I joined the Mohism. I just heard his story, but he must be a very powerful person. He has been away for ten years, and the number of journeys Wanli...my horse is a descendant of the steed he sent back back then..."

Ma Nai nodded and said, "He is a hero."

Shu Pu Mi nodded in agreement, and then said solemnly: "It is indeed."

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Three days later, in a grassland by the North Sea, riders were galloping, and dust and smoke billowed.

It was the first time for Shu Pu Mi to see so many nomads and light and strong riders. Bai Xing under his crotch was a little uneasy, pawing the dirt on the ground restlessly from time to time.

The mare was beside him, riding a gray horse, and there were seven or eight people behind him, all armed.

The convoy formed a few hundred paces behind, and these people were escorting the convoy to negotiate with the tribes. These Hu tribes were demonstrating their riding skills in front of them in order to demonstrate their force.

The nomads who learned to ride sheep since they were young and grew up on horseback are very good at riding. If they don't have stirrups, in fact, the farming people can't compare with these nomads in terms of riding.

It seems that the various tribes on the opposite side regard this transaction as a grand event.

Beside the leaders of the Hu people stood a few strong men holding longbows.

Ma Nai whispered to the concubine beside him, "Those people should be eagle shooters. They can even shoot down eagles in the air...I'm afraid there is no one in our army who can shoot like this."

There is a saying: Qingdiao holds dogs and sheep, but eats deer.

Hu people who can bend their bows and shoot eagles must be fierce and can be called warriors.Few of the Gaoliu army used bows, and even if they did, they really did not have such shooting skills.This kind of archery has been cultivated since childhood, and perhaps those full-time nobles in the Central Plains can have such a level.

The concubine Mi glanced at the eagle shooters for a while, and she was quite disdainful, and said with a smile: "In terms of shooting range, are they better than our bronze cannons?"

The mare shakes her head.

"There are more than a thousand people in a tribe, but there are only seven or eight such warriors. If you fight in formation, can you defeat a salvo of muskets?"

Ma Nai shook her head again.

Mi, the concubine, spread her hands and laughed, "What's the use of that? In the Battle of Lushui, the Yue people challenged the division, and the guns were fired, and the warriors couldn't stop the lead bullets."

While speaking, a big eagle flew by, screaming in the air, spreading its wings and circling.

Among the Hu people, an eagle shooter drew his bow and shot furiously. The long arrow with carved feathers hit the big eagle, screaming silently, and fell rapidly.

There were bursts of shouts from the Hu tribe, full of provocative pride.

The eagle shooter roared, and a horse without saddle and stirrup galloped from a distance, but the eagle shooter didn't wait for the horse to stop, grabbed the horse's tail and ran a few steps, turned over and sat on the horse's back, Turning around again on horseback, there are many Hu tribes cheering and worshiping.

The eagle shooter went to look for the big eagle that had landed on the ground. Diaoyu is the best material for making feather arrows, and carving feathers are needed for shooting sculptures.

After getting close, the eagle shooter jumped off the horse's back without waiting for the horse to stop, and grabbed the horse's tail with one hand, while the other hand actually copied the eagle weighing more than ten catties in his hand, the barbarians shouted loudly for peace. Powerful, the eagle archer rode his horse to come within a hundred steps of the concubine Mi and the others, turned around and withdrew.

The concubine Mi and the others acted as if they couldn't see it, and moved forward slowly, but did not retreat, with no fear on their faces.

In the Hu people's formation, several tribal leaders laughed, quite proudly.

At this time, the Hu people have not yet unified, and the tribes do not belong to each other. Only when encountering robbery and killing, they will temporarily cooperate.

In this large-scale transaction, a total of seven or eight tribes gathered here, only two tribes were local, and had transactions and conflicts with the defenders in Gaoliu.

The leaders of the two local tribes couldn't laugh because they knew how scary these people were. They might not have the ability to shoot eagles bravely, but when there was a real conflict, these people would kill without blinking an eye.

The year before last, there was a tribe of more than a thousand people. Xu wanted to plunder something and aimed at a small village with only more than 300 households.

There is a simple fortress built in the village. After the tribe of more than a thousand people approached, the bell rang, and the people retreated into the fortress and could not defend themselves.

If you can't break through the fortress, you can get what you want, so more than a thousand people besieged it, but they couldn't attack it no matter what.

Because the tribe is still using bones and stones, and the simple fortress built by the people of the village community with iron tools, combined with the musket defense inside, cannot be attacked at all.

In just a few days, the cavalry from the nearby fort quickly came to support them. A great battle killed and wounded the tribe. The leader was hanged after trial, denouncing his crimes.

Under normal circumstances, people in Gaoliu seldom take the initiative to attack, they just focus on farming and training soldiers, but once they are attacked, they will immediately start to retaliate.

And this kind of revenge is unbearable for every tribal leader.Identify the warriors, sages, priests, and leaders in the tribe, put all the crimes on these people's heads, and hang them all.

But for the tribe members, they were taught that they were bullied by the leader, and sometimes there were even situations where tribe members shot at the leader who was hanging on the tree.

In the tribe, there is no fairness anymore. It is no longer a primitive tribe, but a tribe that has been converted to slavery or even serfdom. Classes have long appeared.

Where there are classes, there is hatred, and especially when the productive forces are extremely underdeveloped, this hatred will become deeper.

The tribes that came from afar didn't know how terrible these people were.These two tribes who knew the depths couldn't help feeling nervous.

If it is a normal transaction, those people in Gaoliu are very trustworthy. Although the things are expensive, they are clearly marked on the price, and they like to buy it or not.

But as long as the transaction is made, those people will not regret it.

What these two leaders were afraid of was that those few original tribes didn't know the depth at all. If they provoked these people and got greedy, it would be a disaster.

These people are few, maybe they can kill all the captives and take away their property and weapons, but the army at Gaoliu will not forgive them.

The two leaders were sweating and tried to persuade them, but they were laughed at by the rest of the tribe, saying that they should wear rabbit ears and fox tails.The hero in their eyes should be a brave figure like the eagle shooter, and those who are worried about the enemy are cowards and need to be despised.

　Sorry, just one chapter.Get ill.uncomfortable.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)