Ma Chao was stunned and asked in a deep voice: "Why?"
Liu Xin's subordinates are not allowed to have private soldiers regardless of whether they are civil or military. Not only that, the wealthy families are not allowed to have private soldiers. However, the wealthy families can have servants to protect them, but they are not allowed to have bows, arrows, spears and other weapons, and are only allowed to be equipped with sticks.
, waist knives and the like, and ordinary waist knives, like those standard weapons equipped by the Han army, are absolutely not allowed to be owned by private individuals.
Although his subordinates are not allowed to raise private soldiers, Liu Xin is not stingy in equipping them with corresponding soldiers according to their official ranks. Since these soldiers are uniformly deployed by the Ministry of War, they can be rotated at any time, and their salaries are also allocated by the Ministry of War, so there is no need to worry.
They are regarded as their "private property" by those civil and military officials.
However, the soldier next to Ma Chao is a little different. His name is Lin San. He has been following Ma Teng when he was in Xiliang. He is Ma Teng's confidant. Ma Teng was assigned by Liu Xin to serve in the Ministry of War.
It is not difficult for Lin San to arrange for Ma Chao to be a personal soldier. However, Ma Teng came to Liu Xin as a surrendered general, so he was naturally cautious in everything he did. However, it was Liu Xin who arranged for Lin San to be a personal soldier.
Agree. Liu Xin also knew that although Ma Chao became a school captain, he was still a seventeen-year-old boy. It was normal for parents to be worried. Even though he agreed to Ma Teng's request, he specifically approved Lin San to become Ma Chao's son.
Personal soldiers.
Ma Teng arranged for Lin San to serve as Ma Chao's personal soldier, not just to take care of Ma Chao's life. Lin San was able to become Ma Teng's confidant, which was extraordinary. Ma Teng arranged for him to be with Ma Chao, and also kept him at all times.
Mention something about Ma Chao.
When Lin San saw Ma Chao looking displeased, he quickly raised his hands and said, "General, this is the royal tent of the Huns. General..."
Seeing Lin San's hesitant look, Ma Chao immediately understood what he meant. He couldn't help laughing and said: "So what about the Huns' royal tent? Their Shanyu is gone, so what kind of royal tent is there! Don't you think of him as a king?"
The king's tent is just a larger tent. If you can't live in such a big tent, why don't you squeeze into a small tent? Don't worry, my lord is wise and powerful, not a petty person."
Lin San wanted to persuade him again, but Ma Chao had already thrown off his arms, lifted the curtain and strode in. Lin San could only sigh, shook his head and followed in.
On the snowy field, the Hun cavalry released by Zhao Yun were returning to their respective tribes in dejection. The largest group among them was the young men of the Yuvluo tribe. Those who were not injured and those who only suffered some minor injuries were enough.
There are more than 3,000 people, which is not much worse than the average medium-sized tribe.
Kemaian's leg was cut off, which was a very serious injury. He should have stayed in the Han army's camp to continue treatment, but he was the leader of this group of cavalry, and now he and everyone chose to surrender to the Han army.
, he had to go back and give Hufro an explanation, so he insisted on returning to his tribe, and Zhao Yun let him go.
Among this group of released prisoners, although Kemaian was disabled, he was still their leader, and his words were even more effective than before, because this leader was appointed by Zhao Yun, and no one was willing to go against the Han army anymore, so naturally it was more effective.
They didn't dare to disobey Zhao Yun's orders, so no one dared to have any contempt for Kemaian, a cripple.
Kemaian was lying on a stretcher, and several strong Hun men took turns carrying him. Anyway, the horses couldn't move fast in the snow, so he didn't have to worry about slowing down everyone else. He was very satisfied now. He was originally like With such a disability, he will neither be reused by the tribal leaders nor treated well by the tribesmen in the future. Although he was once a close confidant of Yuvrou, it won't be long before his family will be bullied by others. Now that he is the tribe leader personally appointed by Zhao Yun, he can ignore Yu Fuluo. He has made up his mind to be a loyal and obedient man for the rest of his life.
Suddenly, a Hun cavalry came from behind and said loudly on horseback: "Oh no, there seems to be a wolf behind us."
Although Zhao Yun equipped them with horses and dry food, he only equipped them with a few pairs of bows and arrows. Even their scimitars were withheld. Most of them only had meat-cutting knives and no other means of self-defense. Weapons. The wolves on the grassland are very ferocious, but in the snowy fields, their horses can't run fast at all. They are all exhausted, and their proud bows and arrows are gone. At this time, I heard that a wolf pack was coming. , everyone changes color upon hearing it.
Kemaian forced himself to calm down and shouted in a deep voice: "Why are you panicking! Did you see clearly, how many wolves are there?"
The cavalryman looked embarrassed and murmured: "It's too far away, and I can only vaguely see a black dot. It should be the wolves exploring the road ahead."
Kemeian hesitated for a moment. They couldn't outrun the wild wolves on this snowy field, but there were so many of them, so they didn't need to be overly afraid of the wolves, so he said, "Let everyone stop and prepare their bows and arrows."
The five sets of bows and arrows assigned to them by Zhao Yun were for self-defense in the snowy fields. Of course, they could not defend themselves against attacks from other tribes, and could only defend against a small number of wild beasts. There were not too many wild beasts in the snowy plains, but once wild beasts appeared, they would all be hungry. Those who were anxious became more ferocious. Although the black spot moved very slowly because the team stopped, it finally got closer and closer. However, from a distance, it was still unclear whether it was a wolf or something else.
Kemeian listened for a long time, but did not hear the howling of the wolves to convey news between the packs. He couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's probably a hungry lone wolf. Shoot it to death."
If it were a pack of wolves, he would not give the order so hastily, because if he shoots the first wolf to death, it will attract endless revenge from the wolves. The wolves have strong resilience when hunting and will kill the wolf. They dragged them to death.
The number of bows and arrows is limited, and those who can be allocated bows and arrows are the sharpshooters among this group of people. After hearing Kemaian's order, someone has already raised the bow, pulled it like a full moon, and shot an arrow with a "whoosh". Seeing that the black spot that was moving very slowly suddenly stopped on the snow, it was obvious that an arrow had hit it.
Although wolf skin is not as valuable as other furs, it has excellent thermal insulation properties. Especially in such a cold winter, there is nothing better than wearing a wolf skin jacket to protect against wind and snow. The sharp archer saw that he had shot an arrow , jumped up a long time ago, and ran towards that direction with one foot deep and one foot shallow. According to the rules on the grassland, this prey originally belonged to him.
The sharp archer was getting closer and closer to the black spot, but he saw that the black spot moved, and seemed to stretch out his front paws. No, it was clearly a hand. It was not a lone wolf, it was clearly a people.
The man's hand stretched forward desperately, as if asking for help, but also as if he was unwilling to do so. Finally, it was weak and hung down, and there was no more movement.
The magic archer ran up to him, helped the man up and took a closer look. He was shocked to find that it was none other than Liu Bao, the Xian King of Zuo! The arrow he just shot was so powerful that it penetrated Liu Bao's forehead and came out straight through the back of his head. , he should have died a long time ago, and I don’t know where he got the strength to stretch his hand so far.
It was not easy for Liu Bao to escape here. He had no horses, no dry food, no bow and arrows, and even his only scimitar was abandoned halfway.
For the past two days, the group of crows had been hovering above his head, waiting for the moment he fell. Finally, Liu Bao couldn't hold on anymore. He was hungry and sleepy, and his eyes closed involuntarily.
A crow swooped down, landed in front of Liu Bao, and suddenly pecked him hard on the face. Liu Bao was awakened by the severe pain, almost instinctively grabbed the crow, and bit him in one bite , a salty liquid flowed into his mouth, and his whole body was immediately filled with strength. The crow flapped its wings desperately for a while, and then stopped moving. Liu Bao sat up from the snowy field and started biting hard. The crow was swallowed whole with its hair covered in blood and its internal organs.
The rest of the crows were probably frightened by this "cruel" human. They hovered in the sky for a while and finally flew away. After eating a crow, Liu Bao regained some strength and walked forward desperately. However, , the energy replenished by a crow could not last long, and he fell into the snow again.
At this time, Liu Bao longed for another crow to fly down, but he couldn't see even a bird in the sky. However, Liu Bao didn't want to die. He still had many grand goals to complete. He wanted to ride on the Huns. Chanyu's throne, he would lead the entire Xiongnu to take over the colorful world of the Central Plains. He climbed up from the snow, took steps with difficulty, and walked in the direction of his tribe. Later, he could no longer walk, so he stood in the snow. He rolled and crawled on the ground, and then he could only crawl on the snow using all four limbs, moving forward bit by bit.
With a strong desire to survive, Liu Bao actually caught up with Kemaian and the others, which gave him hope of survival. He was speechless and could only desperately stretch his hand forward, only to be greeted by a branch. Wolffang Arrow.
Liu Bao died, and his tenacious life finally came to an end. When the sharp archer dragged Liu Bao's body to Kemaian with great effort, the eyes of the surrounding Huns cavalry burst out with blazing anger.
If Liu Bao hadn't come to give Yu Fulo advice, they wouldn't have braved the heavy snow to go out, and there wouldn't have been such a big defeat. All of this was caused by Liu Bao. How could they not hate Liu Bao? ?
Some people spat at Liu Bao's body, and some people kicked Liu Bao's body with their feet. Suddenly, Kemaian raised his body half up on the stretcher and said in a deep voice: "Stop it!"
The still angry Huns cavalry were confused and said in unison: "Let him die like this, it is too easy for him!"
Kemaian waved his hand and said: "Have you all forgotten? That Zhao Yun has been searching for Liu Bao's whereabouts. Obviously he already knew that Liu Bao was the one who started this incident, so he wanted to catch him no matter what. It is precisely because of this that General Zhao will let us go."
After a pause, Kemaian continued: "With God's blessing, Liu Bao fell into our hands. We must dedicate him to the Han people to show our loyalty!"