This year is destined to be a troubled year for the State of Zhao. In the past, the king Zhao Xu suffered a defeat, and later there was drought and severe cold. Under the rule of the State of Zhao, the people were in dire straits, and domestic chaos occurred frequently. But in the palace of the capital, Zhao Xu was still planning a war against Jin.
If he wanted to deal with Utu, he had to go through the Jin State. Since he had fallen out with the Jin State now, he might as well conquer the Jin State directly. Many ministers in the court did not agree with his approach, but Zhao Xu was crazy and determined to attack Jin. Now he simply cannot allow others to disobey him, especially after losing a battle, and he wants to win a battle immediately to wash away his humiliation.
But no matter what he wanted to do, it never went smoothly. As soon as he proposed to attack Jin, many people stood up and advised him: "Please think again, king! Now there are civil unrest in Lanqiao and Heyang, and there are many other places." I don’t know how many people died of starvation and freezing due to the disaster. How can there be another war at this time?”
"Yes, what's more, not long ago, our Zhao State was in alliance with the Jin State. Now we turn around and attack the Jin State. It will inevitably appear to be cold and repetitive, and it will also damage the reputation of our Zhao State!"
Zhao Xu only wanted to get rid of his own crisis, and how could he care about the disaster-stricken people and their reputation far away. All voices of disapproval were silenced by him. In order to achieve his goal, he spent so long, at least on the surface, no one dared to dissent from him.
No one knows Zhao Xu’s anxiety and depression. The only greening system that knows what he is thinking has completely abandoned him. It is disconnected every day and I don’t know if it crashed. Anyway, it is of no use. The data is always wrong. Zhao Xu simply Leave it alone.
He is now focused on mobilizing troops and generals, arranging troops and formations, and is determined to defeat the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible. The Jin State had suffered heavy losses before, even greater losses than the Zhao State. It was a time when their vitality was severely damaged, and it was said that the country was not stable. If we attack at this time, it would of course be the best time. It was not that Zhao Xu was unaware of the various problems in Zhao's country, but he was unwilling to let go of such a good opportunity and decided to make a dangerous move.
He has such determination and the ruthless means to match it. In order to find an honest reason to send troops, Zhao Xu sacrificed the princess that Jin had sent for marriage.
The woman was pretty good-looking. Zhao Xu had doted on her for a few days. Now that she needed to be sacrificed, he did not hesitate to put the pregnant woman to death. Externally, it was said that the woman tried to murder him and ended up like this. end. Since the princess sent by Jin State wanted to 'murder' him, it was because Jin State had bad intentions, so he had a defensible reason to attack Jin State.
-If there is a war, it is easy to find a reason, and this is not the only one, but Zhao Xu chose to do so without hesitation. There was no other reason, he just thought it was the easiest.
With the death of an innocent woman, the two countries went to war. It was the coldest winter day of the year. It was extremely cold. If the iron armor on the body was stained with water and stuck to the skin, it could tear a strip of flesh alive when it was taken off. The lower-level soldiers, who had no armor or even cotton-padded clothes to protect themselves from the cold, froze to death in the camp. Every day when the camp was cleaned, several corpses turned pale from the cold could be brought out.
This winter is destined to be the most difficult winter for Zhao and Jin.
Far under the snow-capped mountains of the grassland, before the first snow arrives, the Utu tribe has set up camp. The traces of last year are still there, and the sentry posts and low walls they built with big rocks quarried from the snow-capped mountains are still there, but they need a little repair.
The snow-capped mountains that were far away before are now so close that you can't even see them. They just feel majestic. Yin Ruxu has never seen such snow-capped mountains. She often sits there wrapped in thick fur and looks up at the snow-capped mountains. She can spend the entire afternoon watching them.
When other people in the tribe saw it, they all smiled strangely for some reason. Yin Ruxu also felt strange. When she went back to ask Wotu, Wotu smiled and told her: "Because the wolf god comes from the snow mountain, and the snow mountain is the hometown of the wolf god. I The 'Son of the Wolf God' is a child blessed by this snowy mountain, so everyone thinks you are expressing your love for me. "
Yin Ruxu: "Is there really a wolf god? Will it protect you?"
Wotu held her in his arms and looked at the vast snow-capped mountains with her. His hearty and mellow voice sounded in the wind: "If there really is a wolf god, I hope it can protect you."
Yin Rushu's heart moved. She didn't know why she was finally able to break away from the repeated reincarnation, but now she wanted to believe that something was really helping her.
She thought, if there really is a wolf god, please let all love and hate stop at the end of this life.
The winter settlements of the Utu tribe are different from those in summer. Many places in the winter settlements have fences and low stone walls. This is because there are many animals here in winter, including wolves and large beasts like bears. Occasionally, snow leopards will come down from the snow peaks to look for food. In order to prevent wild beasts from easily breaking into the settlement, these things are set up.
When people set up tents, they also cover them with thicker skins to block wind and snow and keep the tent warm. In order to survive, everyone is busy most of the year, especially in winter.
Wurizhuamu and the others prepared a lot of cashmere early on. After various kinds of cooking, washing and drying, the cashmere was spun into threads, or ground into sheets, and captured into small velvet, which was used to make clothing, hats and various felt blankets.
There is a big tent in the tribe, which is very warm in winter with a cow dung and sheep dung stove. It is full of women and children. The women make things together there, talking and laughing, and it is very lively. The most common ones are sewing leather and making sheep. For felt blankets, if we make them together, those who don’t know will learn from them, and those who know will compete with each other to see who can do it better.
At first, Yin Ruxu didn't go there. She felt that if she went there hastily, everyone might not be used to it. But when Wotu arrived, he still had a lot to do at the winter garrison, so he couldn't stay with her all the time. Seeing that she was alone in the king's tent with a few maids, silent all day, Wotu took her directly. When he arrived at the big tent, he handed it over to Wu Rizhu Amu and Narisong's wife.
"You take the princess to play with you."
"Okay, it's rare that the princess is willing to come here and squeeze in with the rest of us. We will definitely take good care of her. Patriarch, don't worry!"
A group of married women were more aggressive, laughing and teasing the Wotu patriarch. Before leaving, Wotu saw that Yin Ruxu was still a little unaccustomed, so he stepped forward and put his hand on her head, hugged her, and whispered to her: "I will come back tonight and tell you about what happened in the big tent when I was a child. "
As soon as Wo Tu left, Wu Rizhu Amu pulled Yin Ruxu into the middle and asked everyone to continue talking. At first, many people were indeed embarrassed to make noise in front of the princess, but after a while, everyone relaxed when they saw that the princess listened to them quietly, and she did not mind the noise even though her voice was loud, and she behaved like a little girl. Come down.
"The patriarch held the princess too tightly. She should have come out to play with us a long time ago." Some people with a straightforward personality had already gathered around Yin Rushu in a short while. Everyone is actually very curious about her, but not many people have in-depth contact with her. The only people here who are most familiar with Yin Ru are Wu Rizhu Amu.
With them as matchmakers, Yin quickly integrated into the women in the big tent, which was much faster and easier than she imagined.
"Toya is the best among us at playing the second string. I heard that princess, you can play that piano with so many strings? Really?"
"I haven't heard of it. I heard it sounds good."
"I've heard that the princess played it in the king's tent last time." Urizhu'am said proudly while pulling the wool neatly.
When she said this, the other women made eager voices, and the children also booed. Just when Wu Rizhu's mother wanted everyone to calm down and stop making trouble with the princess, Yin Ruzhi asked someone to bring over the konghou that was kept in the king's tent.
Her harp is specially made, carved with graceful phoenix patterns, with a high, curved neck, lacquered with gold and red, inlaid with gold and jade, and tied with a red silk ribbon.
"This is the phoenix-headed harp." Yin Ruxu placed the harp in front of him and plucked it with both hands.
"Wow! There are really many strings here. How many are there?" "This 'harp' is so beautiful!" A group of women surrounded the princess in the middle. The people behind held the felt blanket and stood on tiptoe to look inside. The children squeezed into the gap, with their heads exposed and their necks stretched out to look at the harp they had never seen before.
"There are thirteen strings in total." Yin Ru said as he passed the thumb and index fingers of both hands across the strings, and suddenly a string of smooth and gorgeous tones flowed down from his fingers.
When she started playing, everyone shut their mouths and listened quietly. Even the children lay on the ground and did not dare to disturb her.
After playing two songs, someone sighed: "It sounds so good... The princess plays the harp so beautifully, no wonder the clan leader likes it."
"I think this is much more interesting than the second string, and I want to learn it too!"
When it got dark, Wotu came back with the wolf riders and his body covered with wind and snow. The sentry saw them from a distance and whistled to let them in. After running outside for a day, they returned to the tribe and smelled the aroma of food. Most of them went directly to the central tent. Most of their women stay in the central tent, and they are used to taking a quick look at them when they come back and taking them home to eat.
Wotu also went to the central tent. He was outside shaking off the snow on his body and head, wondering how the princess was spending her day. Walking in, I saw women and children in the central tent eating together, talking and laughing. The princess was also among the crowd, but she was in the warmest part of the tent, covered with thick and soft leather, sleeping. She was so fragrant that her cheeks were flushed.
Wotu smiled unconsciously: "Is she asleep?"
Wu Rizhu Amu: "I ate a lot and felt sleepy. I fell asleep while listening to us talking. I fell asleep very soundly. Chief, please take me back to the king's tent. Don't wake me up. Come on." , wrap the person up."
Wotu carried the man back with the large piece of soft fur and stuffed him into the bearskin mattress. He himself sat outside the screen, drank the hot soup, and devoured several pieces of cake and two large plates of meat. Running outside in the wind and snow for so long was certainly hard work, and he was already hungry.
But when he was outside, he thought that the princess could be fed, clothed, and happy in the tribe, and he felt comfortable.
As soon as Wotu finished eating, Yin Ruxu sat up wrapped in a bearskin blanket.
"Are you awake? How do you feel in the big tent today? Is it fun?"
"Play the harp to them... Didn't you say you would come back and tell the story of when you were a child in the big tent?"
"Hahaha, okay, tell me!" Wotu stood next to Yin Ruxu and hugged her shoulders, "When I was a child, the old patriarch didn't allow me to enter the king's tent. I don't have my own tent. I can lie down anywhere in the summer. But it’s too cold in winter and I can’t stand sleeping outside. Our tribe has a big tent like this every winter. There are many women and children inside during the day, and the cow dung stove inside will burn all day long, so I stay in the big tent during the day. After sleeping, there was no stove in the big tent at night, and no one was allowed in, so I ran out and went to play in the snowy mountains over there. "
"The big tent is very busy during the day. I find a place to sleep there, and some kind-hearted people will cover me with a felt blanket. I can sleep very comfortably every time."
"You..." Yin Ruxu was surprised: "You are not the 'son of the Wolf God', how could I treat you like this?"
Wo Tu showed his white teeth and said, "Maybe it's because I am the 'Son of the Wolf God' that the old man did this to me. He is afraid of me to death."
"I want to say that sleeping in the big tent is very comfortable. Do you feel this way today? Huh?" Wotu asked with his forehead on her head.
Yin Ruxu lowered his eyes, "It feels more peaceful to sleep next to you."
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