Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Chapter 227

Ding Tian said with a little embarrassment: "When I was young, I was ignorant, playing with fireworks, and letting them go to the horse pen..."

Whether it's the previous life or the present life, Ding Tian when he was a child was more or less like a child, besides, who didn't do some interesting and silly naughty things when he was young!

Wang Zuo couldn't laugh or cry: "You...you are really...!"

Wang Zuo, who has been very well-behaved and sensible since he was a child, couldn't understand such a move.

"Hey hey..." Ding Tian smirked.

The others were stunned for a moment, and then roared with laughter. This battle was thought to be a fierce battle, and they were even prepared to wipe out the entire army. Even the county magistrate Xu was wearing armor and holding a sword, and was going to defend the city desperately.

Who knew that Ding Tian didn't take the usual path, and used fireworks to kill half of the opponent's troops!

In this cold weather, the other party still has nothing. How many days can he survive on the windy prairie?

The whole army was still on guard, and the horses were rejected again. On the battlefield, the corpses of people and horses were restrained, because they were all their own people, so of course they were not under the control of this side.

Ding Tian also saw for the first time how "barbaric" the barbarians were. They were different from the hospitable grassland people he was used to in later generations. The corpses of the horses were all skinned and they ate the meat. The horse hides wrapped the corpses of their companions and threw them into a big hole that was blown out. It's the same place, and no one cares about it after that.

Neither burning incense nor offering sacrifices, just screaming "Wahha".

The sky is bright and white, even if the black clouds overwhelm the top and the wind and snow are blowing, it is much clearer than at night.

Ding Tian felt goosebumps when he saw it: "Is that how they ended up?"

"What do you think?" Wang Zuo patted his head: "These people are uncivilized tribes, don't look at them like dogs, the things they do are not as good, they are for the rights in the king's tent, A father can kill a threatening son, and so can a son

Killed his father to inherit everything from him, including his wives and concubines. The leader you see today may not necessarily be the master of the house tomorrow

"

Ding Tian swallowed: "No wonder my father and the others would rather die in battle than these guys cross Niujiao County and enter the hinterland..."

In the past, I just looked at historical materials and felt that history was written by the victors. Minorities have no historical records, only word of mouth, but there are not many good things to say about them in the history books of the Han people.

As for the ethnic minorities in the later generations, they are well cared for. The family planning has not been planned for them. Children are born casually, and they are bilingual education in school. The language and writing of their own nationality, as well as the language and writing of the Han nationality... and Ethnic minorities even maintain their traditions very well, but... maybe the traditions have evolved?Absolutely no such tradition!

Maybe it's because of poverty, or maybe it's because they haven't received a good education. They are not at all the same as the hospitable people in Ding Tian's impression.

On the other hand, in the original owner, those ferocious enemies don't look like humans, but like wild beasts.

"That's why we have to stick to this first line of defense." Wang Zuo said: "You have done a good job. I have decided that this first achievement must belong to you."

"Let's not talk about the meritorious deeds. At least we have to beat them back. We have too few people here, and they are many, and they are cavalry.

"Ding Tian doesn't care too much about credit. The battle is not over yet. It's still uncertain who will win and who will lose. He is really not in the mood to think about it now.

"A lot, half of them are gone, and the rest are killing themselves."

"Murder yourself?"

"They don't have military doctors, and they don't know how to see a doctor. They waste food on the wounded. Once injured, minor injuries can only heal on their own. Serious injuries, or moderate injuries, are directly buried or killed. Horses and clothes, to the useful...."

Ding Tian was speechless!

He remembered that when he went on a trip to the grassland, he encountered a change in the weather and the car got stuck in the mud. It was a passing herdsman who pulled the car out of the mud with hundreds of horses and pulled the rope... .

He still remembers everyone's mood at that time, it was so happy.

Some people gave money, some people gave things, and the herdsmen took them with a smile. Before leaving, they left some dried meat and other things for themselves to take with everyone on the road... He was very impressed.

But the ancient ethnic minorities were ignorant and barbaric.

"Don't look at it." Wang Zuo put his hands on his shoulders and turned him around so that he could not see the situation on the other side.

: "Go back, it's dawn now, and you haven't slept all night, go and have a rest."

"Hmm..." Ding Tian was a little sullen.

Going back to sleep was also a little uneasy, Wang Zuo and the others also rested, and a new group of troops prepared for the battle. Their side was guarding, so naturally they had room to rest, but the opposite side was different.

Bamu and Sestu had already quarreled so violently that they both drew their knives and were about to cut at each other.

Being hugged and stopped by each other's subordinates, and still keeping their mouths shut through the wall of people, it's really ugly to scold each other!

"You are the stupidest wild boar on the prairie!" Bamu yelled: "You are self-righteous, go, go, go! You know how to go! Go out with 10 people, come back with [-], you are happy! You are proud!"

"I am proud? I am proud!" Sestu cursed back, not to be outdone: "You died 2 people, I died [-]! I am [-] more than you!"

"So what?" Bamu was very irritable: "2 people! That's not [-] old, weak, sick and disabled, but [-] young and strong!"

On the grassland, only with cattle, sheep and horses can there be food and drink, and only with youth and strength can there be enough empty-stringed people to ensure that one's tribe will not be annexed by others.

Bamu's Bayan tribe has experienced too many dangers, so their family has summed up an experience, that is, no matter when, their tribe must ensure that there are 1 empty strings to defend their tribe, and this time he He came out and brought [-], and there were only [-] horses left in the family. He had to be afraid!

With a loss of 4, the tribe has only [-] horses left. This has already reduced their tribe's strength, and he dare not take any more risks

In the winter, there is a lack of clothing and food. Once the tribe loses its combat effectiveness, it is easy to be targeted.

"I also lost 3 horses!" Sestu was still depressed: "Why are you angry with me? Am I willing? Do I want to? I swear to Changshengtian, I just want to hit some grass valleys!"

Dacaogu is a common word in the Liao Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Liao Dynasty, when the army set out on an expedition, "the men and horses were not given food and grass, and every day they sent out to raid the grass and valleys to plunder and plunder them for supply" ("Liao History? Bing Wei Zhi [-]

》).

This method of looting food, grass, and property from the people without special logistical support, relying on soldiers to raise their own supplies, is called "grass hunting" by the Liao people.

valley".

Then it was handed down on the grassland, and foreigners called the act of robbing the border of the Han family "grass-grazing valley".

They just wanted to fight Grass Valley once, and go back to survive this winter. Besides, they have inquired about it, and the caravan on the grassland also said that now the war has been pacified for four or five years, and even the military supplies on the border have decreased. army?

They thought that the frontier army was downsizing, or that their equipment was not complete, so they came to fight Caogu in the wind and snow. Who knew that just as soon as they started fighting... before they even got to the top, they were beaten up with fireworks. !

Who should I ask to reason with this matter?

The two scolded each other for a long time, almost toppled the whole big tent, and finally sat down angrily, and had a simple meal clearly.

Everyone frowned, one of them couldn't hold back, and asked the two of them, "Should we fight or go back?"

"Go back?" Sestu looked at the man gloomyly: "If you want to go back, go back by yourself. I'll see if you guys can go back to your hometown!"

"I... Aren't I in a hurry!" The man sat down awkwardly, not daring to raise his head again.

"Sestu, those people's methods rely on those... those things. It's troublesome for our war horses to be frightened, and those fireworks are too dazzling in the dark. How about charging in the daytime?" Bamu suggested: "What do you think? Woolen cloth?"

He just made a proposal, but never made a decision. This is where he is careful. If he wins, everyone will say that his proposal is good; he himself.

"Assault during the day, and now we have lost the battle, and the number has been reduced by half. They may increase their troops at any time..." Sestu was actually a little moved. He was the initiator of the attack on Grass Valley, and he was disgraced at the moment. Defeated, especially humiliating, and for him, retreating with such a loss of soldiers and generals, his prestige on the grassland will be somewhat damaged.

At that time, if other tribes took action against his tribe... it would not be impossible.

The battle seven years ago was initiated by Erming Khan, who was jointly recommended by the Edu Department, the Emin Department, and the Eshuo Department. Although the army of 40 to [-] was huge, in fact, there was no gate Going in, he was firmly resisted outside the city in a small county town in Niujiao County. He failed to win the battle after breaking the city, and was beaten up by the reinforcements, and finally chased back to the grass like a rabbit.

Original.

The three big tribes, or the relationship between the alliance, the result?

After returning to the grassland, their forehead Khan was killed by the leaders of the three tribes to sacrifice to heaven, and his forehead tribe was divided among the three tribes. , Divide up these three tribes!

The reason is that they all sent troops to follow, but they failed to bring back their wealth, but they all suffered losses, and the three tribes used it to make up for their losses.

On the prairie, the transfer of power is very fast. Whoever has big fists can be popular and drink spicy food, and become a khan.

In the entire grassland, there are countless khans, big and small. As long as there is an independent tribe, there is a khan in charge.

The two of them can be regarded as little khans, but now they are so depressed that they are dying. Why didn't their own tribe leave earlier?

"Why didn't your family leave earlier?" The two were aggrieved for a long time before Sestu asked Bamu: "In the past, your family was always the first to leave.

"

"I was delayed by something. The person who should give the news didn't come. I waited for half a month, but there was no sign. When I finally left, I found that other people's homes had gone, and business was good this year. Many caravans came to the grassland. , buy cattle and sheep... in autumn, the cattle and sheep are fat, and they can be sold at a high price...." The large tribes must be more forward-looking, and the storage of cattle, sheep, horses, salt and tea is indispensable.

"Me too. The caravan that was promised didn't come in autumn, and I didn't sell what I ordered... When I left, I gave it to another caravan at a lower price, a total of [-] beef cattle!" Sestu said depressedly: "The caravan is cheap, they used one hundred catties of tea and five hundred catties of salt for my cattle!"

On the grassland, this is the lowest price.

"I'm better than you..." The two talked about their sadness, and finally the atmosphere became more harmonious, and they finally agreed to charge in the daytime.

"I just hope that tomorrow night, I can lie down on the kang in the barracks..."

The two of them had a good idea, and Ding Tian had already started to go to the county seat again. When he saw the county magistrate Xu, Ding Tian laughed out loud: "Hahaha...! Mr. Xu, your contribution is definitely a big one. Yes!"

"Where, thanks to your wonderful idea." County magistrate Xu wiped his sweat: "Do you think these are enough?"

"No, where did you get so many fireworks and firecrackers?" Ding Tian looked at the various fireworks and firecrackers in the dozens of carriages behind him, and was a little puzzled: "I pulled a batch of them away..."