In the grassland in early October, everything has already withered. The church
In the blue sky, a few white clouds moved with the wind. On the vast grassland, they cast patches of coolness.
On the grassland, the withered grass as tall as a person rises and falls with the wind, like the waves of the vast sea. It is very spectacular.
A hundred miles away in the distance, wisps of wolf smoke curled up and dispersed with the wind.
Last night, there should have been an extremely tragic massacre there.
Zhan Xiong lay on the withered grass, holding his head, looking at the swaying withered grass above his head and the palm-sized blue sky. He squinted his eyes comfortably and enjoyed the warm winter sun.
After leaving Dazhou for several months, when he set out, the Dazhou military uniform he was wearing was already in pieces. At this time, except for a pair of shoes that could be easily identified as Dazhou military shoes, the rest of Zhan Xiong's body was dressed in Turkic clothing.
Wearing a sheepskin jacket, a melon-shell hat, and a beard, his face was red from the sun, and his eyes were fierce, he looked more like a Turk than a Turk.
The cold wind whistled in my ears, and the grass made a rustling sound. Occasionally, a blade of grass fell and hit my face. It felt soft and comfortable.
"Boss Zhan, how many radishes are there?" An animal next to him licked his lips, pushed Zhan Xiong with his shoulder, and asked pitifully.
"No more!" Zhan Xiong spit out a grass branch in his mouth with a sigh, looked at the sky intently, and groaned.
"Oh!" The soldier felt a little regretful. After moving back to the original place, he imitated Zhan Xiong's appearance, holding his head, looking at the blue sky, and said longingly: "I don't know when and what month I will be able to eat vegetables and drink.
Let’s have a cup of strong tea!”
"Hey!" In the surrounding grass, the brothers from the Snow Wolf Camp, who were resting on the ground like a pile of dead people, sighed together after hearing the expectant voices of their companions.
Zhan Xiong turned his head, glanced at him, thought for a moment and said, "Can't you pull me off again?"
"Not bad!" The soldier lay on the ground with his head in his arms. After humming, he moved his lips: "It's quite difficult!"
Hearing this, Zhan Xiong frowned, then turned over, secretly took out half a dried radish from his arms, stuck out his tongue and licked it, then reluctantly withdrew his gaze. The latest chapter of the Holy Church then turned around.
He came up and threw it to the soldier as if discarding something he didn't want to see: "That's it, save some food!"
The soldier took it, put it to his mouth and licked it. Then he threw it back to Zhan Xiong.
"Isn't it more difficult for you?" Zhan Xiong was unprepared and was suddenly hit on the nose by the radish that was heavier than a stone. He picked up the radish that fell on him, rubbed his nose, turned around and looked at the soldier, no
Xie asked.
"Difficulties are better than being cut off!" The soldier chuckled, turned around, blinked and said to Zhan Xiong, "Have you been cut off for two days?"
Zhan Xiong turned his head, looked at the soldier, and asked confusedly: "Can we see it?"
"My face is all yellow!"
"day!"
The customs in the Turkic grasslands are completely different from those in the mainland. The people here are tough, brave and bloodthirsty. For example, when a large army is charging, if the brothers in front are injured and fall off their horses, the cavalry behind them will often scream at the hooves of the horses in front.
Their companions looked down upon them, often spurring them on, and the war horses rushed over. As for whether the companions under the horses' hooves were dead or alive, God would bless them. They had no control over them.
This kind of situation would be unbelievable in Dazhou. In Dazhou, if a brother is injured, other brothers will often risk their lives to save their comrade.
The Turks are more like a group of wolves, a group of bloodthirsty and cold wolves. They don't care about their companions at all. They only see the fragrant prey in front of them.
There is also the crazy banditry behavior of the Turks. Zhan Xiong and the others originally thought that the Turks robbed property and robbed women only for the people of the Zhou Dynasty. But in fact, on the grasslands, this type of robbery among various tribes
The behavior is common.
However, when robbing, the weaker party will always predict the opportunity and evacuate the clan's valuables before the opponent's army sweeps away. ("") As a result, many times, large tribes came out in full force, but they were defeated.
And return.
However, occasionally there will be missteps, and those small tribes who are lucky will be blamed.
Property was taken away, and women were punished on the spot by a group of hungry men. The screams, screams, and insults resonated with each other. They floated on the grassland at the beginning of the dawn and lasted forever.
Wow, that scene is really spectacular!
In addition to these, there is another thing, which is the diet of the Turks.
I remember when we first arrived in the grassland, a group of people in Snow Wolf Camp were very fascinated by the barbecue, milk wine and other things on the grassland.
The mouth-watering barbecue is golden and fragrant. Take a bite with the kumiss and your mouth will be full of oil. What a pleasant life.
Therefore, after initially robbing a few Turkic logistics brigades, the brothers were like greedy wolves after seeing blood, frantically grabbing milk, wine and meat jerky. At night, they even found a place where there was no one there.
, light a fire and roast a whole lamb or something.
Every day, the brothers gathered around the fire, drank wine, sang songs, and lived a happy life.
After this kind of life like heaven and earth lasted for a month, Zhan Xiong and the others finally discovered tragically that after eating beef and mutton for a month, their physical problems became the biggest problem at present.
That means eating too much meat and not being able to poop.
Listening to the shouts of his brothers in the grass every day, Zhan Xiong felt very regretful for not listening to the military advisor.
In the days that followed, Zhan Xiong and the others felt like vomiting when they saw meat. In order to prevent themselves from suffocating from eating meat and to prevent their brothers from being laughed at when they returned, Zhan Xiong led the team and began to search for vegetables and tea leaves.
arduous journey.
However, after several raids and battles, they were disappointed to find that there were not even any vegetables. After asking those damn Turks, Zhan Xiong and the others found out that the vegetables that were cheap in Dazhou were not available here.
Scarce things. It is difficult for ordinary people to eat them once. As for tea, there is no need to think about it. I heard that except for the Turkic princes, no one else can see it.
Oh, what a bad fate!
However, God rewards those who work hard. In the process of Zhan Xiong and the others who persevered in robbing homes and houses, they finally robbed a caravan delivering goods to the Turkic Royal Court a month ago, less than 500 miles away from the Turkic Royal Court.
After rummaging through all the goods, Zhan Xiong, who was sweating profusely, finally found a small bucket of tea in a corner. He opened it and smelled it. Well, it seemed to be Longjing from the south of the Yangtze River.
Later, the brothers found some dried vegetables from other cars in the caravan.
It was only then that the internal crisis faced by everyone in Snow Wolf Camp was resolved.
However, after this incident, the Turkic royal court felt that the majesty of the Turkic people had been damaged and was very angry. In the next few months, the Turkic Khan sent a large army to begin to encircle and suppress the great Zhou Dynasty that haunted the hearts of the Turks like a devil.
force.
In order to avoid the mad dog-like Turks, Zhan Xiong led her Snow Wolf Camp in the vast desert and started a hide-and-seek game with tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry.
Now, two months have passed. The Turks, who had lost their patience, had already returned to the royal court. The Snow Wolf Camp, which was struggling to survive in the cracks, also breathed a sigh of relief.
However, after two days passed, these guys couldn't stay idle anymore.
The sand and barbecue on the grassland not only strengthened the bodies of these guys, but also gradually tempered them into a group of bloodthirsty devils.
So, last night, taking advantage of a tribe's lax defenses, Zhan Xiong led more than a hundred people and took advantage of the darkness to sneak in.
In just a few hours, thousands of people in this tribe died violently.
After evacuating Baili Land overnight, Zhan Xiong and his brothers took a rest on this hillock covered with weeds.
"A Ding, how is the map drawing?" Zhan Xiong turned over, turned his head, and looked at a soldier not far away who was handsome and slightly thin.
A Ding is from the south, and he seems to be from some ethnic group. He studied for several years when he was a child and was literate. Later, when his family suffered a disaster and had no food to eat, A Ding decided to join the army. However, the soldiers of the Snow Wolf Camp
When talking about A Ding's past, they would all sneer at A Ding's generosity when he talked about joining the army. After listening carefully, everyone laughed and teased A Ding: "You are just afraid of starving to death."
, this is how you become a soldier. Why do you serve your country and your family? It’s all bullshit!”
A Ding is thin and weak, and his individual soldier skills and tactics are somewhat lacking. Originally, with his quality, he would not be able to enter the Snow Wolf Camp. But by chance, Zhan Xiong discovered that this sour scholar was identifying blueprints and planning maps.
He has attainments and talents that others cannot match.
Often when he walks through a place, Adin can always draw everything in that place on the drawing in a very short time. And the distance and proportion are not bad at all.
Having Aden by your side is equivalent to having an all-weather, high-precision living map.
As a result, Zhan Xiong showed mercy and directly recruited A Ding into the Snow Wolf Camp.
Along the way, if it hadn't been for A Ding, a group of people from Snow Wolf Camp would have gone somewhere long ago.
Therefore, although Ading did not participate in direct battles, he was closely protected by everyone in the Snow Wolf Camp.
Along the way, Zhanxiong gave Ading the task of writing down the terrain of the places he passed and the precise locations of all the Turkic tribes he encountered, and forming a complete marching map.
For three months, Zhan Xiong ignored him. Until today, Zhan Xiong took advantage of this free time to ask.
Counting the days, when I left Baoding, the time for the Zhou Dynasty counterattack that the master told me should be almost there. It was time to send this map.
With the unpredictable tactics of the military adviser and this map, the imperial army will be able to fight on the grassland when it enters the grassland. It will be even more powerful and unstoppable.
When A Ding heard Zhan Boss's culture, he nodded and smiled, then took out a thick parchment roll from his arms and threw it to Zhan Xiong.
"It's just out of the oven and it's still hot!" After living in the north for many years, A Ding has also learned the unique speaking habits of northerners. He speaks an authentic northern dialect.