Soon the two sides came into contact, and Ye Feng struck with a sword from the upper right. The cavalry on the opposite side tried to block it with a copper sword, but Ye Feng's steel sword directly broke the copper sword and cut off the opponent's head. The sword fell cleanly with his hand.
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Most of the other people were fighting with weapons, and the two sides were divided at the first touch. Because the opponent had the advantage due to the larger number of people, three of Ye Feng and the others were injured. One of the opponents was killed and one was injured, and one person's weapon was knocked off.
After separating for a certain distance, the two sides circled their horses back, continued to face each other and charged towards each other. They also strolled forward at first, and after reaching a certain distance, they tacitly accelerated and charged.
After several rounds of this, two of Ye Feng and his companions fell down on foot, and two on horseback fell. Three were dead and one was seriously injured. Everyone except Ye Feng was defeated. Five of the opponents were killed and one was seriously injured.
Ye Feng saw that although there was a chance to defeat the opponent if things continued like this, he would not be able to survive with only a few people on his side.
Ye Feng changed his mind and looked at Zhamuhe's position. Then he changed positions with the others. This time Ye Feng planned to capture the thief first. As long as he could kill Zhamuhe, these Loulan soldiers would scatter like birds and beasts.
Ye Feng rushed forward and continued to use simple and crude moves with the sharpness of his steel sword, slashing at Zhamuhe with his big sword.
Zhamuhe had already paid attention to Ye Feng and found that his sword was strong and sharp, and Ye Feng seemed to be extremely powerful.
Therefore, he did not dare to lift it up, so Zhamuhe blocked the bronze sword horizontally with the side of the sword. At the same time, he lifted the bronze sword upwards with his left and right hands, and leaned back to catch Ye Feng's sword.
Seeing this, Ye Feng continued to add some strength and struck hard. He saw that the copper sword quickly bent after contact with the broadsword. The broadsword continued to exert downward pressure, and the copper sword was bending towards Zhamuhe. After bending to a certain extent, it could no longer bear it.
Broken due to pressure.
Ye Feng's broadsword struck Zhamuhe's chest unstoppably. There was only a clang sound, but the steel knife did not cut through Zhamuhe's chest.
It turned out that Zhamuhe's leather armor actually had a copper armor inside. Although the copper armor blocked Ye Feng's knife attack, the force of the blow had penetrated into Zhamuhe's chest. Zhamuhe felt a sweetness in his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
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Seeing that the situation was not good, other Loulan cavalrymen immediately protected Zhamuhe and fled.
Ye Feng and the others were unable to pursue them and could only watch them escape. Ye Feng and the others rescued the seriously injured people, and the others also treated each other's wounds.
The seriously injured person was not treated because he bled too much. Ye Feng, an injured soldier from Loulan, was also briefly treated.
Ye Feng and the others rested for a while, then led the surrounding horses. This time there were more horses than people. Ye Feng and the others rode away all the horses, leaving the injured Loulan soldiers where they were.
For three days in a row, Ye Feng and the others did not see any trace of the Loulan soldiers following them. So Ye Feng and the others slowed down and walked for another five days, half recuperating and half touring.
At this time, the guard who knew the road said: "We have almost entered the territory of Daqin now. We can reach Didao City in half a day on horseback." Everyone cheered.
The guard who knew the road was called Zhao Mengchun, because he was born in Meng Chunshi.
There were no twenty-four solar terms in this period, but there were similar seasonal seasons. The earliest record of imparting phenological knowledge is "The Book of Songs. Bin Feng. July".
Binfeng is a folk song of the Huaxia people in Bindi during the pre-Qin Dynasty. Bintongyi, the name of the ancient capital city, is located in Bin County, Xunyi, Shaanxi today, and is the birthplace of the Zhou tribe.
"The Book of Songs. Bin Feng. July" is called "the earliest poem about phenology" by some scholars.
In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were significant developments. For example, the phenology of each month recorded in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period. Twelve Chronicles" and "Book of Rites. Monthly Orders" was combined with the seasons to guide agricultural activities.
Meng Chun corresponds to the twenty-four solar terms, which are the beginning of spring and the rain. According to the "Book of Rites. Monthly Orders", agricultural activities pray to God for the emperor, and the emperor borrows farming orders. All agricultural affairs are repaired, and the scriptures are reviewed. Do not gather in public, Don't build a city wall.
The God here is not the Western God. In the Duzunjia classics, another title equivalent to Tianxian is God, or Emperor, Emperor of Heaven.
The name of Huangtian God comes from "Shangshu Zhaogao": "Huangtian God changed the order of Yuanzi, the great country of Yin." "Shangshu Shun Dian": "Four kinds of gods, greedy for the six sects, looking at the mountains and rivers, everywhere Gods." Wait.
Zhao Mengchun was originally from the Jin State and a ranger who liked to travel around. Later, he injured a Chu clan member in a fight, and his family framed Zhao Mengchun. Zhao Mengchun met Shen Xi when he was arrested by Chu soldiers.
After Shen Xi learned about the situation, he used clan relations to resolve the matter. From then on, Zhao Mengchun followed Shen Xi in doing business everywhere.
Most people in the caravan have received favors from Shen Xi to one degree or another. Except for Zhao Mengchun, Lao Wutou and Da Zhuang have all received favors from Shen Xi.
Old Wu Tou is a member of the Wu and Yue generation. When he was young, he fled to Chu State because he could not stand the oppression of his employer, and was taken in by Shen Xi's father. Old Wu Tou liked to practice martial arts, so he learned some kung fu from some nursing schools of the Shen family. Later, he went to Chu State Start a family and start a business.
Da Zhuang was a slave in the Chu State. He was often beaten and scolded by his slave owners since he was a child. Therefore, although he was tall and strong, he was timid and fearful at heart. However, he was loyal, but if something happened to the caravan, although he was scared inside, he would still have the courage to rush forward. in front of.
The other two were the sons of Shen Xi's tenants. They were strong and clever, and were assigned by Shen Xi to be guards in the caravan. Although the risks of being guards were higher, they could earn more than farming. This was still a lot of people. Something you want to rush to do.
This is also the reason why these people did not abandon Ye Feng and run away at the critical moment, but fought alongside him.
A group of six people chatted while walking, talking about how they got to know Mr. Shen, how Mr. Shen was a righteous man, etc.
Suddenly, they heard yelling and the cries of women and children on the other side of the nearby hillside. Everyone couldn't help but stop and silence, listening to the source of the sound and identifying the content.
Ye Feng winked at Zhao Mengchun and raised his head. After spending a long time together, Ye Feng and several people had developed a tacit understanding.
Zhao Mengchun understood, dismounted, and trotted all the way up the hillside. After Zhao Mengchun took a look, he immediately gestured for Ye Feng to come up. Ye Feng took Lao Wutou and ran up the hillside, letting Da Zhuang and the remaining two watch the horses.
Ye Feng looked in the direction pointed by Zhao Mengchun and saw at least eight or nine hundred cavalrymen from the Qu Kingdom escorting a thousand Daqin people to the northwest. Most of the people being escorted were young men, women and children over ten years old.
Zhao Mengchun cursed in a low voice: "These Yiqu people often harass our border with the Zhou Dynasty. They not only plunder grain and livestock, but also plunder young men and bring them back to be slaves."
Zhao Mengchun's family is located in the north of Jin State, where you can often hear things about Yiqu people and some Rongdi people.
Ye Feng remembered that he had read a book called "A Brief History of the Huns" written by Shuimusen before.
It is mentioned in it that what threatened the Great Zhou Dynasty during this period was the affairs of the Yiqu Kingdom and some of the Rongdi tribes that had been broken into pieces.
Strictly speaking, these Rongdi and the Xiongnu are distant relatives. However, the Huns who everyone misses are still herding sheep in the desert at this time.
It was not until King Wuling of Zhao led the Zhao army that they drove away the Linhu, Loufan and other tribes, expanded their territory in the north, and established Daijun, Yunzhong, and Yanmen counties before they came into contact with the Xiongnu as everyone understands them.
In fact, the real Huns were not as scary as those shown in movies and TV shows. From King Zhao Wuling of the Zhao Kingdom to the Qin Dynasty, and then to the Han Dynasty during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in the four wars with the Huns, the Huns were defeated three times and only won one small victory.
The victory was the siege of Baishan Mountain, because the Chu-Han conflict was depleted of national power, and Liu Bang eradicated a king with a different surname, triggering a rebellion.
The first disastrous defeat was when the Xiongnu sent out 100,000 cavalry from all over the country. They wanted to take advantage of the fierce battle between Zhao and Qin to attack Zhao. However, Zhao Mu lured the enemy into deep siege and annihilated most of them.
The second disastrous defeat was when Meng Tian of the Qin State led an army of 300,000 men and relied on the remaining power of their recent victory over the Six Eastern Kingdoms, the invincible fighting power of the Qin Army and its powerful bows and crossbows to defeat them.
At the same time, the Xiongnu neighbors Lou Fan and Henan Aries King were also maimed. From then on, "the Qin army held the Xiongnu for more than 700 miles, the Hu people did not dare to go south to herd horses, and the soldiers did not dare to bend their bows to complain."
The result of the Huns' disastrous defeat was that they fled farther and farther each time.
First, they fled from the Monan Grassland centered on the Yinshan Mountains and Hetao, and then fled across the 4,000-mile-wide Gobi Desert to the Mobei Grassland. Finally, they were defeated by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and fled to the Far West.
But when such a defeated army arrived in the Far West, it caused the destruction of the Roman Empire that the Far West was proud of.
According to "Historical Records. Biography of the Xiongnu": "The Xiongnu, the descendant of their ancestor Xiahou clan, is called Chunwei." Legend has it that after Shang Tang destroyed Xia, he exiled Xia Jie, the last king of Xia Dynasty, to Nanchao.
Three years later, Xia Jie died. His son Chunwei (called Maohuan in some books) fled to the north with the wives and concubines left by his father and some tribesmen. Relying on the vast grasslands, he made a living as a nomad.
They multiplied and gradually formed the Xiongnu nation.
According to this record, the Huns are actually a member of the Guwa nation, and their ancestors are a remnant of the Xia Dynasty.
In fact, the Xiongnu were not a single ethnic group. They had many branches, such as Shanrong, Xianyun, Hunzhou, etc.
Wang Guowei, a famous master of Chinese studies, believes that the Guifang, Hunyi, and Maohu in the Shang Dynasty, the Xianyun in the Zhou Dynasty, the Rong and Di in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Hu people in the Warring States Period were all the so-called Xiongnu in later generations.
Some people also classify the Guirong, Yiqu, Yanjing, Yuwu, Loufan, Dali and other ethnic groups as the Xiongnu. There is no final conclusion in the historical circles about the branches of the Xiongnu, but everyone agrees that the Xiongnu are descendants of the Xia Dynasty people.
In fact, the emergence of iron smelting technology gave the Guwa people an overwhelming advantage over the surrounding nomadic peoples. As long as the Guwa people unified their political power, hoarded enough food and war horses, and added iron weapons, they could completely suppress the surrounding nomadic peoples.
During the Warring States Period, Zhao State, Qin Dynasty, and Han Dynasty were all able to brutally attack the Huns.
The shortage of iron weapons among ethnic minorities continued until the Ci Dynasty. Some insulting officials colluded with unscrupulous businessmen to smuggle iron weapons to the nomads, so the nomads got enough iron weapons. The advantages of the ancient Wa people no longer existed, and they even began to show disadvantages.
This is also why the Qu Dynasty established by the nomads can kill all directions.
Many people think that the Guwa people are often invaded by surrounding ethnic minorities. In fact, this situation only happens to relatively mediocre rulers.
In fact, the initial territory of the Guwa people was very small, and many territories were occupied by external expansion.
The Guwa people would build a city every time they expanded into an area, which also resulted in a situation where the Guwa people lived together with many ethnic minorities.
The Guwa people have been a fusion of many ethnic groups since ancient times. During the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period, they were a union of different ethnic tribes. During the Zhou Dynasty, the places where the Guwa people lived were not connected together. There were many ethnic minorities who were ruled by the Zhou Dynasty.
The most obvious one is the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period. The State of Zhao itself was composed of many ethnic minorities, and Hufu riding and shooting was influenced by people from these ethnic groups.