Tubro was a real person, and translated what Liu Xin said to himself. The two female gladiators suddenly fell to their knees, knocking their heads towards Liu Xin and talking loudly. what,
Liu Xin didn't know, so she raised her hand and said, "Tell them to get up and talk slowly."
Tuburo's face was already showing a dazed look, and said: "Your Majesty is the prince of justice and righteousness. These two women are actually a pair of sisters. Even the Xiaomin doesn't know that if it were not for your kindness, they would be troubled. To escape the tragedy of fratricide,"
The two female gladiators have risen from the ground, tears are streaming down their faces, and their mouths are still chattering. They are probably still saying something grateful to Liu Xin. It turns out that these two sisters, one is Kleia and the other is Ma Liya, originally the daughter of a city-state lord of Da Qin, because the lord opposed the rule of the Da Qin emperor, the city was broken by the Da Qin army. The two sisters were taken prisoners and sold into slaves.
At this time, the duel between the gladiators or the duel with the wild beasts can no longer attract the interest of the nobles of the Qin Dynasty. I don’t know who had a sudden idea and organized a duel between the female gladiators because they grew up since childhood. In a noble house, I learned horseback riding and fencing, and my body was stronger than ordinary female slaves of the same age, so I was sent to the gladiator school. The two sisters were bought by different masters and separated in duels. After defeating their opponents, they finally came together. If it weren’t for Tuburo’s fancy, the next duel would be between the two of them.
Liu Xin didn't expect that there would be such a story between the two female gladiators, and he was embarrassed, and said: "Take them down to change some girls' clothes, and send them to Chang'an with the jewels and women."
The two female gladiators did not understand Liu Xin's words, and still stood there stupidly, until after being translated by a personal guard who spoke Daqin dialect, they knelt on the ground again involuntarily, and said Liu Xin listened to Liu Xin. If you don’t understand, but this time the guard understood. The two women said that they must stay with their master.
Liu Xin thought for a while, and felt that it would be inappropriate to let them go to Chang'an. After all, these two women are gladiators. They can survive the duels. They must be two dangerous characters. It is better to take them here. By my side, maybe I could take the opportunity to understand Da Qin's situation, and he couldn't help but nodded and said, "Then let them stay."
When the two women heard that they could stay, they couldn't help laughing, and went to the back to change clothes happily.
Because there was no need to drink, today’s luncheon ended much earlier than usual. Sun Ce arranged for a team of soldiers to guard the jewels and twelve female slaves from Tubuluo to Chang’an, while the others continued on the road.
Liya also changed into a strong outfit, rode a chestnut-red tall horse, and appeared in the team. Her mount was originally a good horse from the Western Regions, and she was also very good horse, not inferior to the Dawan horse.
Sister Kleia has taken off the Daqin armor that covers the outside. She is dressed in the costume of a Western Region woman. She has a metal collar around her neck, similar to the material of the armor. A thick chain on the collar is directly tied to the saddle bridge. It’s very strange that they rode prairie horses equipped by the Han army. They have sufficient endurance. Stirrups, horseshoes, and sabers are all available. These two horses were brought from the Han army barracks in Mu Nicheng.
Minni City is an important node on the Silk Road. Security here is very important. Therefore, a Han army barracks was built with 2,000 Han army cavalry permanently stationed.
Liu Xin looked at Liya's mount. The saddle was empty, and she couldn't help but smile. Without the stirrups, she would have to travel eight hundred miles a day, which might be enough for this girl. After about a day, she should quarrel and go home again. Seeing that the two female gladiators actually tied themselves to the saddle bridge without putting their feet in the stirrups, Liu Xin shook his head even more. However, when he wanted to come, the two Daqin women were not good at riding horses. Perhaps they did this to prevent I didn’t say much about the safety measures I took when I fell off the horse. After all, the stirrups are now one of the top secrets in the army. There is no need for the two Great Qin gladiators to learn it.
The team left Minni City all the way west, and arrived at Jingjue that night. To Liu Xin's surprise, sister Kleia was very inelegant because she chained herself to the saddle, but it did not affect their control of the horse. Obviously they are also masters in riding skills, which gave Liu Xin, who had always thought that Daqin people were only good at infantry combat, gained a new understanding of Daqin’s combat power.
As for Liya, as Hani said, her riding skills are quite good. Riding a tall horse without stirrups, she has been following the team closely, not lagging behind, but she didn’t rest on the way, she relied on her legs to clamp the mount. After getting off the horse, the walking posture was obviously changed.
Liu Xin laughed and said, "How about it, your Royal Highness, can you still hold on to it?"
Liya really likes to ride horses, but she usually gallops for an hour at most. Whenever she rushes like this for nearly three hours, if her two legs get closer, she will feel a tingling. It is estimated that the skin on the inner thigh has been worn out, but the little girl is very stubborn, gritted her teeth, and said, "It's okay,"
Jingjue is a small country and the city is very small. Liu Xin declined the kindness of King Jingjue. The brigade did not enter the city and only set up camp outside the city.
The most central location of the camp is Liu Xin’s big tent. Except that the tent is slightly larger and has a few more cases. Compared with ordinary soldiers, there is nothing special about it. This is what Liu Xin has always emphasized. Sharing the ups and downs is also an important measure to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.
Like other soldiers, Liu Xin’s camp had no beds, only a sleeping bag. Liu Xin just wanted to lie down and rest, and there was a dispute outside the tent. Liu Xin frowned and asked, “What’s the noise?”
A guard walked in and folded his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the two Da Qin women insist on entering the account, and the brothers dare not move their swords. They can't stop them anymore,"
These flying tiger guards were all elites in battle, and they couldn't stop the two women without using their weapons. Liu Xin also paid attention to the strength of these two female gladiators. After pondering for a moment, he nodded. , Said: "Let them in,"
In fact, Feihu's guards are not really unable to stop them, but because the other party is a woman, these young boys don't know where to stop. Fortunately, sister Kleia still wears a collar on her neck, and the collar is still dragging. With a long iron chain, the guards had to pull the iron chain to hold the sisters, otherwise they would have rushed in.
The quarrel outside the camp just now must have been a lot of action. The two female gladiators were both messy clothes, and their chains were dragged by their guards. They still twisted their bodies desperately, trying to break free, showing a fierce look until they saw Liu Xin. , And then it calms down,
As long as it wasn't for a charge, Liu Xin was very confident in his martial arts, but he was not afraid of these two Daqin women. He waved his hand and asked the guards to loosen the chains.
The two female gladiators were free and immediately crawled in front of Liu Xin, because they were on all fours, crawling on the ground like dogs, and then tied their chains to a few cases and squatted beside the sleeping bag.
Liu Xin suddenly understood that when they tied themselves to the saddle with an iron chain along the way, they were not afraid that they would fall, but to show that their surrender to Liu Xin and their servility had already penetrated into the bones of the two sisters, and they didn’t know. What kind of cruel training is needed to turn a woman into what she is now, I am afraid that no matter what Liu Xin asks them to do now, they will do it correctly.
In fact, if there are two female slaves with good skills who are obliged to follow them from the ground, it is not a bad thing for Liu Xin, who is marching long distances, but Liu Xin comes from later generations, and his concept is quite different from that of people in this era. Not to mention Daqin from a foreign land, he would rather have two more women than two female slaves.
Liu Xin sighed, walked over to untie the chains, pulled them up from the ground, and threw them together with the collars around their necks to the guards outside. It was at this time that Liu Xin noticed that the two sisters are actually both good-looking. , Probably because of regular exercise, the figure is extremely hot,
Seeing Liu Xin unbuttoning their collars, Sisters Kleia immediately smiled and murmured a big call. Liu Xin couldn’t understand it anyway, but no matter what Liu Xin said or gestures, they just didn’t. When he was willing to leave this big account, Liu Xin was helpless, so he had to ask the guards to bring two sleeping bags and demonstrate to them. The sisters were also clever, and they understood after only reading them. He picked up the sleeping bags and walked to the camp. One corner, blushing, got in,
Sun Ce learned that the two female gladiators were staying in Liu Xin’s account. He was shocked and did not dare to neglect. He dispatched several guards to guard in the account in turn, just in case. Although Liu Xin felt it was unnecessary, it was. Sun Ce’s responsibilities are only up to him.
There was no words for a night. The next morning, the team continued to set off. Liya's movements on mounting her horse were obviously a lot awkward. Yesterday she felt a little pain. She thought it would be better after a sleep, but if she wakes up this morning, the pain is worse. But she is very strong, gritted her teeth and said nothing,
Although Sister Kleia did not use stirrups, their situation was obviously better. After all, the training and life of gladiators were much harder, and the duel field was life and death. This difficulty was not worth mentioning in their eyes.
But today’s itinerary was very tight. They had to arrive in Wuji City that night without any stop. It was a great test for the physical strength of people and horses. Fortunately, the Han army built many military depots along the way. Water and food can be replenished in time, and the horses can also get enough fodder. Although the team was a little chaotic when they arrived in Wuji City, no one was left behind, but the situation of the three women was not optimistic.