Chapter 444: You want to sleep with me? Why?
Ying Chengjiao played with his mother for three days, both to relax and to prepare for the future, and also to fulfill his filial piety.
During this period, he sent out the former general Ying Jianglu and the left general Liu Bang, each leading a battalion, and like other battalion commanders, led the Huns back to Gaoque.
The Central General Mi Sui, the Right General Meng Wu, and the Rear General Wei Zhuang stayed in Gaoque to maintain order. These three were veterans and did not need to go out for training.
Day 4.
The autumn in the northwest is very cool, unlike Qi in the far east, which is close to the sea and can’t be that cold.
Ying Chengjiao was wearing only a single piece of clothing. He reached out his hand to feel the autumn wind that was somewhat cold to ordinary people, and caught in his hand a few strands of fine grass debris that were barely visible to the naked eye.
"What on earth are you going to do?!"
With his arms below his knees, Mi Sui, who had stayed in Gaoque for three days, could not help himself. This sentence contained the distress he had been feeling for three days.
The interception three days ago made him very happy, and he blamed himself for having doubted Taotie.
How could a fool like him, who watched his two younger brothers die, understand Taotie, who had been acting differently from ordinary people since he was young and whose advice was earth-shaking and had been praised, commended and questioned by the king and other elders?
When everyone was saying that troops should not be sent out in autumn, criticizing those who went to the battlefield with their mothers, and saying that advancing alone into the deep would be a dead end.
Taotie ignored the opposition and left Yanmen Pass. He traveled quickly for three days and covered a distance of 2,000 miles. He intercepted the next Khan of the Xiongnu, Maodun, and the princes of the large tribes such as Lan, Tuge, and Qiulin.
Whether it is taking these people back to Yanmen or bringing their heads back to Yanmen, it is enough to shut up those bad-mouthing people!
A bunch of mediocre people!
Alternatively, they could capture these Huns alive, kill them with weapons unique to the Yuezhi Kingdom, dump their bodies into the Xiling River under the Purple Mountain, and pin the blame on the Yuezhi.
After a series of battles between the Xiongnu and the Yuezhi, he took advantage of the situation and reaped the benefits.
With such a group of the top second-generation nobles of the Xiongnu at his disposal, Mi could come up with seven or eight strategies at a stroke. This was not because of his intelligence, but the huge advantage created by Taotie.
While waiting for Dun Ruo to defeat him, Mi Sui had already begun to envision his future development in the Xiongnu land. The noble phoenix was reborn from the ashes in the desert, and bright red fireworks burned across the wilderness!
Before the smile on his face faded, Taotie released these Hun nobles.
Taotie, who had been greedy and had a big appetite since childhood, let go of this piece of fat meat and spread out his 50,000 armored Taotie troops in the form of camps to chase after the most humble Huns who were not cared about by the Hun leaders and intentionally placed on the periphery.
These small tribes composed of lowly Huns were a natural barrier used to detect the movements of the Qin army, and they used their lives to report news to the noble large tribes.
What's the point of capturing such a small tribe? Ten small tribes are not worth half a Maodun!
Three days.
Mi Sui stayed in Gaoque City and watched small tribes being driven in one after another.
The lowest-ranking Huns wore dirty clothes and reeked of animal excrement, as if they had never taken a bath since birth.
Born as the most noble of the noble Chu people, Mi Sui really didn't understand why this Taotie, who was born in the most noble Qin State, would associate with these Xiongnu people.
"Brother Sui, do you believe me?"
Ying Chengjiao looked at Mi Sui who was covering his nose.
"Without you, I would be the King of Chu. Now only one of me and Ying Zheng can survive. Do you believe it?"
The biggest defeat that the First Emperor had encountered since he took the throne was the burial of 200,000 Qin soldiers in Chu. The people who caused this defeat were Changping Jun and Changwen Jun, both of whom were Mi Sui's younger brothers, brothers with the same blood.
"I believe it."
Ying Chengjiao said without hesitation.
Although the name Mi Sui did not appear in history books, there were only Changping Jun and Changwen Jun, but Ying Chengjiao had no doubt about Mi Sui's influence.
Maybe there was a Mi Sui in the previous life, but he died in an assassination or illness... Ying Chengjiao smiled, feeling a little unreal.
Patting Mi Sui's shoulder, the actual contact dispelled the illusion in his mind.
"Then trust me again, okay?
"The phoenix will surely be reborn in this land. Don't forget, I also have Chu blood in my veins.
"The land of the Xiongnu is mine, yours, and Little Taotie's, but in the end it still belongs to Little Taotie."
But you have always looked down on the nobles, and you do not have the pride of the Chu people.
Mi Sui wanted to say this, but in the end he just patted Ying Chengjiao on the shoulder.
"I believe you can tell me what you want to do."
Mi Sui smiled.
"I will bring all the witches and shamans in my family here for your honor at your command."
Ying Chengjiao sighed lightly.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you. What I hate most is hiding things. I hate the words misunderstanding and missed. But I don't want to tell you this time. Even if I tell you, you won't understand. You will only doubt me."
Mi Sui opened his mouth to speak, he wanted to say, how do you know I don’t understand if you don’t tell me?
Ying Chengjiao didn't give him any chance to continue, he faced him directly and emphasized his words slightly.
"Wax Festival."
Mi Sui shut up again.
Just two words, and he understood everything.
To this day, he still couldn't understand what Taotie was doing when he was standing on the high platform.
He patted Ying Chengjiao's shoulder again, wanting to express his support for Taotie in this way.
But he didn't notice that, because he was thinking about the absurdity of the wax festival, he instinctively doubted Ying Chengjiao's silence and this expedition. This caused him to be absent-minded, and his palm fell lightly, as if it didn't hit the ground.
"Brother Sui, go see if Little Taotie has come back. When he comes back, tell him to come find me. He doesn't need to go out anymore."
It was the fourth night since the Taotie army arrived in Gaoque City.
Ying Jianglu, the third prince of Qin, issued new laws.
[1. All military actions shall be subject to the command of Chang'an Jun Ying Chengjiao. Military orders are as heavy as a mountain and we shall obey his command.]
[2. Establish Gaoque tribe. There are no Xiongnu people in Gaoque City. The difference between them and Qin people is that they are all the people of the tribal leader Ying Jianglu, and they have the same rights.]
[3. Do not beat, scold, rape, or humiliate others. Violators will be punished by military law.]
【……】
Gaoque City was rebuilt very quickly, no, it should be said that it was restored.
This city, which originally belonged to the Huns, was just a particularly large village in the eyes of the Qin people - without city walls or moats, what kind of city is this?
From the beginning to the end, Ying Chengjiao never thought of building a Central Plains city here with city walls and moats around it. He just wanted to restore Gaoque City to its original appearance.
This big gap in the Yinshan Mountains is shrinking day by day due to the unremitting searching and driving of the Taotie army organized in battalions, and it seems that it will be filled up soon.
The number of domes was increasing every moment, and the newly arrived small tribe of Huns, under the guidance of the main text committee, nervously placed their new homes in the place that had already been planned.
The number of cattle, sheep and horses is increasing day by day. In this cool autumn season, they passively graze on the wild grass that is no longer fresh. Fortunately, the water of the river not far from Gaoque City is still sweet.
The battle a few months ago had dyed the river red, making it hard to tell whether it was blood or water flowing in it. But now, the river is still clear, and there is no trace of blood in the mouth.
Nomadic people live near water and grass, or you can say they live near water.
It is next to a big river with abundant water and enough wild grass for livestock to eat.
Gaoque is such a good place, otherwise the Huns would not have built a city here.
The environment around the Qilian Mountains, Yanzhi Mountains and Langjuxu Mountains deep in the desert is better than that of Gaoque, but that is in the deepest part of the desert, and those who live there are the real large tribes of the Huns.
For these small tribes, their original land was much poorer than Gaoque's - within a radius of three thousand miles, there was no land more fertile than Gaoque.
If they had moved from inferior land to good land in the past, they would have sung and danced and killed a few sheep to celebrate.
But now, they are not happy and are treading on thin ice.
Although they knew that the Third Prince of Qin had issued many laws that were beneficial to them, was that true? They didn't believe it.
Whether it was the brutality inflicted on them by the black-armored Qin soldiers when they first came, or the bullying they suffered secretly after arriving in Gaoque City, they all realized that it was nothing but empty words.
The Xiongnu and the Qin people were very different in appearance and living habits, so how could they be treated equally? Moreover, the Qin general Meng Tian had killed too many Xiongnu people.
Just by saying the name, even the most restless baby can stop crying.
With his own efforts, Meng Tian made the word "Qin people" become synonymous with cruelty, evil, power and terror in the eyes of the Huns.
The number of Huns in Gaoque City increased and soon exceeded 100,000, more than twice the number of the Taotie army.
But the atmosphere here has not improved at all, and has even become more and more depressing, like the dark clouds before the rain.
As time passed, the clouds gathered more and more, and sporadic lightning began to appear - the conflict between the Huns and the Qin people became more and more intense.
When this dark cloud can no longer hold on, what will come down will not be a long-awaited downpour, but a world-destroying flood.
Dark clouds are pressing down on the city, threatening to destroy it.
And Ying Chengjiao was in this black cloud at this time.
He put on a human skin mask, dressed in dirty clothes made of sheepskin and rabbit skin that gave off a fishy smell, and ate cheese that smelled even fishier than the clothes on his body, just like a Hun.
Every day, there were many Huns coming and going in Gaoque City, and no one cared whether there was one more or one less Hun.
He made a tent with animal skins and furs, and used felt as a roof to build a yurt to live in.
This dome was simple and ugly among the thousands of domes, but it was also inconspicuous, just like him, a Hun .
"Damn Qin Gou!"
Sitting outside the yurt he had built with his own hands, Ying Chengjiao cursed angrily in the Xiongnu language and spat fiercely on the ground.
This was the eighth day that he had lived here, and also the twelfth day that the Taotie army had arrived at Gaoque.
Cursing people who share the same hatred with you is one way to empathize.
His voice was very loud, which stood out in this area where there were usually many people but individual voices were not loud. It attracted the attention of two black-armored Qin soldiers who were patrolling in the distance.
Two Qin soldiers walked over here quickly, then kicked Ying Chengjiao to the ground, put their hands on the Qin sword at their waist, with a fiery look in their eyes.
As long as the Hun in front of them dares to resist, they will chop him down with one sword!
You cannot bully, but you can fight back, and this does not violate the law.
As for the kick, since it didn't break any arms or legs, does it count as bullying? Definitely not!
Ying Chengjiao's eyes were fierce, and he looked like he could not endure it any longer and was ready to fight to the death.
"Joe!"
A Hun shouted Ying Chengjiao's pseudonym in the Hun language, pounced on him, and pressed on his shoulders to prevent him from getting up.
It's a woman.
The eyes of the two Qin soldiers lit up.
A Qin soldier took off his shoes, stepped on the woman's buttocks and pressed down hard, looking at the Hun man who was pressed underneath with his eyes burning more and more fiercely.
"Come and chop."
The Qin soldier became more and more excited, making provocative noises and waving his palm at his neck as if it were a knife.
Not many Huns could speak Qin language, just as not many Qin people could speak Huns language. Body language could express things more clearly at this time.
"Me and You"
Ying Chengjiao stood up angrily, and halfway through shouting, the Xiongnu woman who was pressing on her blocked her mouth with her big hand that smelled of all kinds of strange things.
The woman turned her head and said to the two Qin soldiers in not very standard Qin language:
"If you do this again, I will go find the Text Committee!"
Bah!
The Qin soldier who stepped on him spat on the ground, put on his shoes, and left with the other Qin soldier cursing.
"How come these Xiongnu dogs have all learned Qin language recently? They even know how to find the official text committee."
"Who knows? Damn the Text Committee!"
After the two Qin soldiers left, the woman rolled off Ying Chengjiao, lay on her back on the ground, pressed on the saliva that the Qin soldiers had just spit out, and gasped heavily.
"Thank you, Yan, what did you say to them just now?"
Ying Chengjiao was also lying on the ground, and spoke after a moment of silence.
"have no idea."
The woman waved her hands and spoke in Xiongnu language.
"Our leader taught me this. Saying this sentence can make these Qin dogs behave themselves. Hey, it really works. Do you want to learn it?"
The woman turned around, lay on her side and looked at Ying Chengjiao, her eyes sparkling.
"Come to my tent at night and I will teach you."
She was not beautiful, with a sallow complexion, small eyebrows and eyes, but a big mouth.
Her skin is rough due to the erosion of wind and sand.
Because she has to do long hours of physical labor, she has a very strong body.
Most Xiongnu women are like this.
Beauty only exists in the upper class.
No matter how beautiful a woman is, she will lose her beauty after being worn out by the hardships of life.
"You want to sleep with me? Why?"
Ying Chengjiao looked into Yan's eyes.
Yan nodded without any hesitation.
“You are very brave.”
Ying Chengjiao had been here for four days, and this was his second conflict with the Qin army.
Except for Ying Chengjiao, no one dared to curse the word "Qin Gou" so loudly.
In other words, the two Qin soldiers who had just arrived did not understand the Hun language, otherwise what they would have delivered would not have been a kick, but a sword.
"No, it's reckless."
Ying Chengjiao returned to the qionglu with an expressionless face.
"I'll go into your tent to teach you at night!"
Yan was shouting outside.
Ying Chengjiao did not respond. He rubbed his abdomen and thought about the kind and relieved looks from the Huns around him.
This kick should allow me to blend into the Xiongnu...
He thought silently.
Only by understanding the Huns can we rule them.
