Chapter 1306: Carrying on the Past and Opening up the Future (One Hundred and Ninety-Six) Fortune and Misfortune Are Unpredictable
After reaching the most basic agreement with Wang Jian, Niu Ben didn't delay at all, and set off for Alma-Ata the next day, where the Huyan tribe of the Huns who had narrowly escaped the pursuit of the Qin people crossed the desert. A place of settlement.
The person who led the way for Niu Ben was a former ordinary soldier of the Qin Army. The reason why he was once an ordinary soldier was because he was now also a manor owner with hundreds of slaves. He was the owner of hundreds of slaves. In his own manor, Here, he has an armed force of fifty people, which are naturally composed of his slaves. In normal times, these people usually help him manage the manor. If the general is called, he will take this fifty-man force with him. Small troops join large armies and go to war.
These fifty slave soldiers are fairly well-equipped. They are all equipped with leather armor, helmets, swords and spears. The squad leader also wears a suit of iron armor, and they march in a decent manner. *Pig*Pig*Island* is small *It is said that ww.huzu can be regarded as an elite force. In Niu Ben's view, the Qin army also applied their military training methods to these slaves.
"Yu Jiang, your soldiers and equipment are pretty good!" Niu Ben smiled and said to the young slave owner beside him.
"It's pretty good for this land." Yu Jiang smiled, "When we first came to this land, although the people in power here had a lot of money, they refused to take it. Come and arm their soldiers. Few of the soldiers fighting us are wearing armor, and their weapons are diverse. How can they be our opponents? Now that we are in charge, we will naturally not make the same mistakes as them."
"You're right. Only when you are willing to invest can you gain big gains." Niu Ben nodded repeatedly. "Yu Jiang, do you miss home?"
Yu Jiang was stunned for a while, and then realized that the home Niu Ben mentioned should be his hometown in the distant Daqin. He pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "No!"
"You don't even miss your relatives? Look at your age. You should still have relatives in your hometown, right?" Niu Ben looked at the young man in surprise.
There was some sadness on Yu Jiang's face that was not consistent with his age, "General Niu, my hometown is in Yunzhong County of Daqin. There are three brothers in the family. I am the eldest. When I came out, I was only ten When I was six years old, I had no choice but to go out to serve as a soldier because my family could no longer support me. In my memory, all I could remember from my hometown was hunger and the officials who came to force me to pay. When we walked into the desert, I never thought that I would survive. If my relatives back home were still alive, they would have thought that I was already dead. Now I am living a good life with the general. Well, I got a wife, gave birth to a son this year, and am living a good life. For me, there are only painful memories of my hometown. I naturally miss my relatives in my hometown, but I can't help them. If one day there is no more war. I will go back to find them, pick them up, and let them enjoy their happiness. But now, I can’t miss them, so I can only force myself not to miss them.”
Niu Ben nodded. "Yes, one day there will be no more wars.
You can go back to your relatives openly. "
Yu Jiang suddenly smiled bitterly: "General Niu, you will definitely go to fight against Da Qin soon. My two brothers are eighteen and sixteen this year. If there is a big war, they will definitely be recruited. Military, if possible, save their lives if you encounter them."
Niu Ben sighed: "Although I really want to promise you, I don't want to hide it from you. I am not a general leading troops. Even if I were, I wouldn't be able to do this."
Yu Jiang's face darkened, "Yes, in troubled times, people's lives are like dogs. Who can save whom? I hope they can survive."
"Tell us about that big man in black. I see your general is very worried?" Niu Ben changed the topic.
"No one from near Shule was recruited in that battle, but I heard something from the brothers who came back later." A worried look appeared on Yu Jiang's face, "They are very powerful and they fight very hard. It's a pity that our original 30,000 There are only a few thousand brothers left, otherwise we might not lose to them, but now..." He pointed at his slave soldiers in the team, "They are still far behind. In that battle, we We have a good location and people to fight with, but we still have to deal with some defeated soldiers, but the losses are huge. I heard that the general is also very sad, and the old brothers have suffered a lot. "
"Don't worry, you will defeat them, because we big men will help you." Niu Ben said with a smile.
"But we can be considered enemies!" Yu Jiang said dubiously: "Although I don't hate you from the bottom of my heart, speaking of it, it's because you guys defeated us and we escaped here that I am now life, if we had won the war and returned to Qin, or I would still be my soldier, I would be a sentry commander, with a pitiful military salary, let alone a wife, just feed myself That’s right, so speaking of it, everything I have now is still thanks to you.”
Niu Ben laughed loudly and patted Yu Jiang's shoulder hard, "Brother, there are no eternal enemies. Don't forget, we are all from the Central Plains, and we are all people who came out of that land. Don't you feel Will you be surprised to see me here?"
"Don't say that I really feel that way!" Yu Jiang also laughed, "I can't understand what the people here say at all. After we got here, the general forced them to learn our language. All the literate people in the general were selected to teach the people here to speak our language. It was stipulated that those who couldn't speak our language would not be qualified to be officials. After two years of hard work, now some people can finally speak some of our language, although it sounds weird."
"That's it. So although we were enemies before, we still have the same roots, speak the same language, and write the same characters. When you encounter enemies outside, we will naturally help you." Niu Ben said generously.
"Speaking of it, it makes sense." Yu Jiang nodded, "A literate brother said that this is called a brother wall..."
"Brothers quarrel with each other in the wall, and defend against external insults!" Niu Ben added.
"Yes, that's what it means. Brothers usually fight to death, but once outsiders bully us, we have to deal with them together. That's what it means!" Yu Jiang said.
"Yes, that's what I mean." Niu Ben laughed loudly. Looking at the guy in front of him, he actually liked him a little. This is a guy who is open-minded and has a few broad minds.
Sometimes the world is really strange. The defeat of Qin State made Qin State go from prosperity to decline, step by step, but for those who participated in it, it is really hard to say whether it is a blessing or a curse. The big loser Wang Jian is now the king of these thousands of square kilometers of land, and the little guy in front of him has changed from a soldier with nothing to a slave owner with hundreds of slaves. Even by the standards of the Central Plains, he is considered a rich man.
It was very pleasant to talk and laugh with this talkative little slave owner all the way. The originally boring journey became interesting. The only boring thing was Helan Jie and his group. They always looked bitter and resentful. Niu Ben also understood them. After all, Wang Jian and his son were the great enemies who slaughtered tens of thousands of their Xiongnu comrades.
"General Niu, Almaty is ahead. We have entered the control area of the Huyan tribe. They are barbarians who burn, kill, rob and do whatever they want. We must be careful." Yu Jiang said to Niu Ben and his group, which immediately attracted the angry glares of Helan Jie and others.
"Don't be afraid. The Xiongnu are your enemies here, but in our Han Dynasty, they are all our brothers." Niu Ben said with a smile, and at the same time looked at Helan Jie and others, suggesting that they should suppress their anger and not ruin the king's big plan. Helan Jie and his group were all panting and their faces flushed, but they could not speak. Before leaving, Helan Xiong repeatedly told them that they must listen to Niu Ben on this trip. Helan Jie and his group were good at fighting, but when it came to these matters, they were helpless.
As soon as Yu Jiang finished speaking, there was a shrill sound of arrows and horses hooves coming towards them at lightning speed. Hearing the familiar shout, Helan Jie and others were all delighted. They all turned their heads and looked at Niu Ben.
Niu Ben waved his hand, "Go ahead, be careful, they don't know whether you are an enemy or a friend now."
With Niu Ben's permission, Helan Jie clamped his legs on the warhorse and ran forward, galloping continuously, shouting loudly on the horse.
"What are they shouting?" Yu Jiang was a little frightened, and the fifty soldiers under his command were also a little panicked. Under the command of the team leader, they hurriedly arranged the formation. A square formation of fifty people was quickly formed, with long spears outside and swords and shields in the middle. Several archers had taken down their bows and put arrows on the strings. It was a standard tactic of using infantry to control cavalry, with a bit of the style of Qin soldiers.
"They speak the Xiongnu language, which I don't understand either." Niu Ben laughed, "The dozen people who just ran over are also Xiongnu people. You have walked such a long way with them, which shows that they are not barbaric and evil, right?"
Yu Jiang's face flushed, "Are they also Xiongnu people?"
"Yes, I told you that you and the Xiongnu are enemies, but in our Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu are brothers with us!" Niu Ben laughed.
In front, the battle that Yu Jiang had anticipated did not break out. The two sides stopped dozens of meters away. He saw the dozen people who came with him from Shule jumped off their horses, opened their arms, and strode towards the people of the Huyan tribe. (To be continued...)