Life on the steppe is so hard, especially for a slave.Since Pujie's grandfather left in the spring with Da Dan Yu and Youxian Wang, there was only one male left in the family, Milanda, who had to get up early every day and be greedy for darkness, and his work was more than just watching the cattle and sheep: grazing, milking, cheesemaking, shearing, tanning, felt-making, taking care of newborn animals, treating sick animals, he only refused to castrate and slaughter the old and sick livestock, these things came from Pujie's old grandmother, she was a fierce woman, the knife in her hand was as fast as her mouth, and she could easily cut the throats of the animals and make them less painful, Then he stared at Xiao Shamen with his hands folded and chanted the scriptures and sneered."
It's a shame that you're so tall, but you don't even dare to kill a sheep."
In the autumn, King Youxian sent someone to escort back a group of captives of the Hou Kingdom of Pu, and told the people that the Xiongnu had won a great victory in Beiting, and then they would take revenge on Wusun and take back the cattle and sheep herds of the Wusun people.And looking at those Pu people who looked sad and were about to suffer the same fate as herself, Milanta showed sympathy, and then she was whipped by the old grandmother."
Do things quickly, do you still have time to pity others?"
In the autumn, the main labor of the slaves became the collection of animal manure for fuel, the repair of felt tents and barns, and the hoarding of grass for the animals to eat after the winter."
If the animals are cut off from grass, so will the people be cut off from food."
But to the surprise of all the Huns, the weather has changed this year, the snow came earlier than usual, and it fell very much, the howling cold wind has been raging for many days, the snowflakes are flying outside, and the whole world has become a white expanse."
If you quarrel too much, you will become enemies, and when the snow falls, you will become a white plague."
Dried cow dung was burned in the felt tent to keep warm, and Pujie's old grandmother was cold, and she had been sick and fiddling, and the invited Hu Wu did not come to the door, only wrapped in a stinky sheepskin and muttered to herself, saying that this was also the biggest snow she had ever seen in her decades of life.There was a crackling sound overhead, and outside the felt tent, Miranto wrapped himself tightly, and wore a heavy and hard fur, and swept all the snow off the top of the felt tent with a wooden stick against the heavy snow, and he had to come out every once in a while, and if he didn't care, the snow would sooner or later crush the felt tent and bury everyone alive.The corral should also pay attention to the fact that it is almost dark after all the work, Pujie opens the felt tent and lets Milantuo go in to roast the fire, in this kind of weather, even if people wear thick clothes, they may freeze to death if they stay outside for a night.Milanda shivered, his lips were purple from the cold, although he was forced to be a slave, but Pujie's kindness to him made him hope to do his best to save the family's life, only hoping that the heavy snow would stop the next day.But the heavy snow fell slowly for another three days before it showed signs of getting smaller.The snow was so thick that in some places it could even reach his knees, and all the killing and warmth on the grassland was covered, and Milanda carried Pujie on his back, opened the corral, and did what little Pujie commanded."
My grandfather once said that when there is a white plague, the horses will be let go of the snow first, and then the cattle and sheep will be herded."
However, after the herd had walked outside for a while, it was useless, and several of the horses were scratched by the ice shell, and they were unable to step away from the snow.When the cattle and sheep came outside, they were very dazed, and the grass that had not yet withered in autumn was weighed down by the snow, and they could not eat it in their mouths at all.The winter grass is not ready yet, and the hay that has been hoarded before will not last long, so we can only wait for the weather to improve.But for half a month, the snow did not melt, and during the day it melted a little in direct sunlight, and then froze back at night, and the herd had begun to starve, and cattle and sheep were constantly dying, and the cold made them extremely weak.My grandmother's illness also worsened, and they decided to move to pastures with shallow snow, sand nests or woodlands where the snow melted quickly.It took two days for Milanda and Pujie to pack up the felt tents, with the horses and cattle leading the way, and the sheep slowly following behind, who had been hungry for days, bleating all the time.In this state, it is difficult to migrate too far, and their tribe also encountered another group of Huns on the way, but it came from the purpose, bringing bad news."
It was all covered in snow, and for three days, there was snow everywhere."
Since the capture of Beiting by the Han army, a large number of Xiongnu have migrated to the east of the Jinshan Altai Mountains, making it even more crowded, full of anxious herders looking for suitable pastures, and even fighting over a small piece of shallow snow.They had to re-pitch their felt tents behind a leeward hill, and the old grandmother could no longer walk.When she was dying, she only muttered that when she was a child, her tribe had disappeared without a trace because of a white plague, and that robbers had even appeared outside recently, plundering what little property they had left."
The real warrior of Qilian God should go to the warm south to rob the Han people."
After listening to Pujie and Milanda say in frustration that their last few sheep had been snatched away by a fierce herdsman, the old grandmother cursed.And one night when Pujie was asleep, Milanda found that the old grandmother, who was already too weak to work, suddenly turned over and struggled out of the felt tent.Milanta followed, and the old grandmother saw him, but she didn't say anything, only twitched her mouth, and said, "I should have died a long time ago." ”The Xiongnu are a cruel people, vulgar and old, once encountering natural disasters, the old people will take the initiative to leave the felt tent, leaving the chance of survival to the strong men, and the strong ones are also all armor horses, following the leader and the right virtuous king, Da Dan Yu to the warm south to plunder."
The cheese is almost gone, and the sheep are dying, so you can either try to fight or kill Pujie in the future, and don't let her suffer."
The old grandmother shoved only the knife left by her grandfather into the hands of Miranda, and stumbled through the snow with the last of her life, and the snow made her stagger.It looked like a monster on a piggyback, and after walking about a few dozen steps, it fell headlong into the snow and never got up again.Milanda heard that people who freeze to death will feel very warm, as if they had fallen into hot milk.Pujie woke up the next day, and took her brother to the grave of the old grandmother who had been piled up by Milanda, and the surroundings were so white that she could no longer find a small yellow flower on it."
Milanda, can my grandmother be reborn into the Heavenly Dao in the next life, and will she be happy and worry-free?"
Obviously not, Milanda knew that although Pujie's grandmother had never killed anyone, she spoke viciously.But looking at Milanda's expectant gaze, he sighed: "She may be reborn as a human in the next life, and I hope she will be a good person." ”"I want her to be reincarnated as a Han Chinese."
Milanda blurted out."
Why?"
This surprised Milantuo a little, and he thought that the Huns and the Han hated each other.Pu Jie looked at the south and looked longingly: "My grandfather said that the Han land is warm all year round, and endless food grows in the field, and the long wall blocks the cold north wind. ”She didn't know that the poor among the Han people were also imagining that the herdsmen on the grassland had endless meat to eat all year round when they were hungry.With three or four out of ten livestock dead, people like Pujie no longer knew how to survive the winter, the old people sacrificed themselves one after another, and the herdsmen began to slaughter the sick sheep.Pujie is very sensible, and the only cheese and milk left in the family are given to Milantuo to eat, and she eats hard meat.Even if the snow melts, the grass underneath is already dead, and the number of livestock that has almost been halved will make the coming year extremely difficult.They only hoped that Da Danyu, who was said to have won a great battle in front of him, would return with countless food and wealth.But when Da Dan Yu and the right Xian King returned, it was a remnant of the army that was far less than the number of soldiers when they set out, they were not defeated by the hands of the Han army, but lost to this bad weather, the Huns were all depressed, either frozen off their ears or frozen fingers, some people could not open the bow, some people could not hold the sword, most of the horses were killed, many people walked back, and their feet were already purple.In this team, Pujie did not find her grandfather at all, he just went to the west to herd sheep for Da Shan Yu's army and watch the herd.It was easy to find a tribesman whose lips were cracked by the cold, and when he asked about his grandfather, the man thought for a moment and said, "He died in the west, and when he passed by the Pu Sea, he suddenly collapsed and could not wake up again." ”Pujie fainted with tears, and Milanda carried her on her back silently, while her brother hung around his neck and led the two children in the direction of home, and there were only three sheep and a thin old horse left in the sheepfold, although the fuel was exhausted.And along the way, like them, the Huns who waited for a month with anticipation, but waited for the news of the death or disappearance of their loved ones, all knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, how should this winter be lived?
Many people looked in the direction of the Qilian God and asked why the gods brought all this to the Xiongnu?"
It's karma."
Milantuo lowered his eyes, as if he saw through the reason why the Xiongnu suffered all this, just like the story he told to Pujie, the soldiers and maids of the Liuli King encountered a violent storm and were all flooded.It was time for Milanda to tell the Huns that this white plague, and all the disasters in the steppe, was not for nothing.It was the karmic retribution suffered by the Xiongnu who invaded Han and killed innocents, slaughtered the Pu Houguo and the Wusun people!"
The dead will be reincarnated in the Animal Path and the Hungry Ghost Path, and the Great Shan Yu and Youxian King who will take them to do all this."
Milantuo turned his head and looked at the banner of Da Shan Yu and Youxian Wang who were safe and sound, thinking that these people were the culprits who brought disaster to the Xiongnu."
They will be like King Liuli, and they will go to hell after death!"
At the same time, after the heavy snowfall, he changed his mind, personally rode three thousand out of the fortress, and followed Da Danyu far away, but deliberately did not approach, Ren Duhu and his party, and finally pursued to the vicinity of Pu Shihai.Ren Duhu wanted to take advantage of the Huns' illness to kill them, but although Da Shan Yu and Youxian Wang were seriously hit by the snow disaster, they still arranged a rear team to guard against the attack of the Han army, and the men and horses of the Han army were not insulated, and there were casualties under the wind and snow, so they hung far away, not easy to confront the Huns, and they left far away and did not chase deeply, after all, if they chased it again, the horses of the Han army would also be killed, and the cavalry changed to walking."
Besides, if the wolf can eat the dead corpse, why should it get too close and be beaten by its trapped beasts?"
There are dead Huns everywhere near Pu Shihai, many of them are old people and half-grown children who take care of livestock behind the army, the Huns are afraid that they will break their muscles and bones this time, and the Xiongnu are white disasters, and Yu Han is Ruixue!
Ren Du asked the soldiers to drag the Huns they saw along the way out of the snow, naturally not to help them settle into the earth, but to make the performance for the imperial court look good."
The spirit of Lai Gao Temple, the wisdom of His Majesty, the judgment of the general, the snow falling from the sky, more than one day deep, Shan Yu escaped, the minister Hong out of more than 3,000 horses, chased it for the three roads, and beheaded thousands of people in Pu Zhize.""
Duhu, this" Feng Fengshi stopped writing, a little embarrassed, isn't this a lie?"
It is true that thousands of captives have been beheaded, and the military judges have counted them as evidence."
Ren Hong didn't care, although not all the guards killed directly, but the money they picked up was also money, they took advantage of God, and it was completely different from killing good and risking merit!
In order to confirm this matter, let it completely change from fake to true, into a great victory publicized by the imperial court, Ren Hong, who is quite proficient in the art of propaganda, also added a few strokes to the song, and then said with a smile: "When the spring of next year comes, a new poem can be added to the wall of the hanging spring!"
”And at the end of winter and November, the city of Chang'an is also sparsely snowflaked.The shadow brought by the drought has passed, the emperor's wedding will be held as scheduled, and Liu Xun, the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty who is smiling in front of the people and feeling a little resentful in the back, has also received this good news from the Western Regions, as well as Ren Duhu's new work: "The moon black geese fly high, and they flee at night."
If you want to chase away the light horsemen, the snow is full of bows and knives!
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