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Chi Le Chuan,
Under the Yin Mountains.
The sky is like a dome,
Covering the whole area.
The sky is vast, the wilderness is boundless;
The wind blows the grass low and you can see cattle and sheep.
Looking at the vast grassland scenery, Yu Keming, an assistant military official, was inspired to write poetry and recited this Chi-Le folk song sung by Hulu Jin of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
This folk song has concise and simple language, majestic tone, bright and bold style, and natural majesty. It uses the Yinshan Mountains towering into the sky to set off the majesty of the grassland, and depicts a panoramic picture of the grassland where the sky and the field meet, it is extremely magnificent, with abundant water and grass, and fat cattle and sheep.
There are stillness and movement, images and colors. The whole folk song can be said to be an eternal masterpiece describing the grassland scenery.
Yu Keming sang it once, but still felt that he had not fully expressed his feelings, so he continued to sing it again. Niu Machuan, who was standing next to him, laughed and said, "Yu Chenshi, I have never heard of this poem before. Can you sing a new one?"
Yu Keming replied disapprovingly: "In this situation, what other poem can be more appropriate than this one? You don't understand. Some great things are eternal and worth savoring again and again."
"Bullshit, I, Old Cow, think that no one can be called great except the King of Qin, don't you agree?"
"yes!"
"of course."
The soldiers around him immediately rushed to answer. Yu Keming pointed at Niu Wanchuan angrily and said, "You really should have the surname Niu. What I am saying to you is like talking to a cow. Tell me, what does this have to do with the King of Qin? These are two different things..."
"Hahaha, Yu Chenshi, this shows that you don't have the King of Qin in your heart. If you did, you wouldn't say that."
"You... Niu Wanchuan, please explain clearly who doesn't have the King of Qin in their heart. If you don't explain clearly, this official..."
With a loud crash, there was a burst of ghostly howling laughter all around, drowning out Yu Keming's shouting.
Before the Qin soldiers had finished laughing, several riders in front of them galloped away and reported to Aobai: "Report, General Guarjia, 30 miles ahead, we have spotted 2,000 enemy troops, led by Arushi, one of Qitate's men."
Before Aobai could say anything, Niu Wanchuan shouted, "Two thousand, only two thousand. General Guaerjia, leave it to me to deal with."
Aobai looked at the new rifles carried by his 500 men and thought it would be a good idea to try out the power of the rifles, so he agreed to Niu Wanchuan's request to fight.
"Mr. Yu, let's continue playing the piano later. I, Old Niu, am leaving now!" Before leaving, Niu Wanchuan did not forget to tease Yu Keming. After saying that, he led 500 Qin soldiers out to the sea like a flying dragon, and roared away.
Aobai said to the seven military commanders: "You should send some people as well."
The leaders of each tribe were somewhat confused, but they still sent a hundred men each to chase after them.
When Arushi heard that the Qin army had only 500 vanguards, he immediately decided to give the "Eight-Tribe Coalition" a warning, so that they would know that the current Qitate Khan was not someone to be trifled with.
His two thousand men and horses did not hide or evade, but rushed towards Niu Wanchuan, thousands of horses swept across the plain, whistling like flying clouds. The iron hooves hit the ground, and the vast grassland shook, the momentum was so great that it was breathtaking.
After running four or five miles, he saw Niu Wanchuan's five hundred men. Alushi knew that Aobai's ten thousand troops were only twenty or thirty miles away, so he had to fight quickly.
Under his leadership, the two thousand strong army rushed towards Niu Wanchuan without stopping. The sharp sabers reflected the autumn sun, dazzling and cold. The dust raised by them was like a rolling yellow dragon, unstoppable.
Arushi suddenly saw that the hundreds of Qin soldiers on the opposite side stopped, "Hahaha... they are looking for death!" Arushi was overjoyed. Cavalry against cavalry, the Qin army might still have the strength to fight, but with hundreds of muskets, they would be crushed into meat patties before they could even fire a shot under the attack from three sides.
The opposing Qin army dismounted and quickly stood in several rows. Arushi's horn sounded different and two hundred men were sent out from each wing to encircle the Qin army. He was extremely excited, as if he had already seen the Qin army being crushed into pieces.
But before he could get excited for long, the Qin army on the opposite side opened fire.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Rows of flames burst out. The Qin army seemed to be frightened by the long distance they were shooting at. Arushi couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha... Kill!"
"ah!"
Suddenly, screams came from all around him, and his soldiers fell off their horses one by one. This made Arushi's laughter stop abruptly, "How is this possible? How is this possible? How can the Qin army's muskets shoot so far..."
The Qin army responded to Arushi with row after row of bullets. The sound of gunfire continued, row after row, even the troops from the two wings were not spared.
The seven armies that had just arrived from a distance watched the battle from two miles away, but saw that Arushi's armies were being cut down row by row like wheat at a distance of three hundred steps, and blood rained out. For a moment, people and horses fell to the ground, screaming like waves. The war horses fell to the ground with a thud and rolled violently on the ground.
It felt as if the Qin army was using an invisible force to tear Alushi's troops apart from a distance, destroying them beyond recognition... Before they had advanced two hundred steps, Alushi's troops were already dead and wounded everywhere, and almost no one in the front was spared. The corpses of men and horses piled up on the ground, blocking the way for the charge. The horses that kept falling would drag down the horses behind them, causing them to fall into a heap with a loud bang.
The bloody scene made the faces of the people from the seven tribes pale. They had never seen such a tragic situation. It was a naked massacre. Arushi's troops were crushed by the heavy casualties before they rushed forward two hundred steps. No one dared to rush forward again. It seemed that there were countless ferocious death gods in front of them devouring lives.
The people of the seven tribes looked at this scene, the corpses scattered all over the ground, and the enemy troops fleeing in terror, and they actually forgot to pursue them. While everyone was horrified, they were also secretly glad that they were not the ones being shot, and that they were not the enemy of the Qin Dynasty... ...
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Bang!
Qin Mu fired a shot, and a sheep fell down. Meng Guqing cheered and rode his horse forward.
When she reached the edge, she realized that she couldn't lift the prey, so she shouted, "King Qin, catching a sheep is nothing, why don't you catch a rabbit and see."
"Well, in comparison, I still think it's more skillful to hunt sheep. After all, sheep are more ferocious than rabbits."
Dayuer didn't expect him to say such a thing, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
In order to facilitate horse riding, she changed into a tight outfit. The towering mountains and soft grasslands revealed in front of Qin Mu a vast grassland scenery with lush grass and water.
This is the imperial farm of Daming. In the past, there were some preys raised here, but now there is no one to manage it, so there are nothing but sheep and rabbits. Qin Mu felt bored and said to Meng Guqing, "Forget it, we won't fight anymore. Meng Guqing, you are responsible for dragging the sheep back and roasting them. You will be responsible for my lunch."
"Me?" Mengguqing pointed at the tip of his nose in the distance.
"Nonsense, can't I roast it for you?"
Qin Mu finished speaking and rode away. Han Zanzhou heard that Qin Mu was going to "autumn hunting" and hurriedly asked someone to sweep the house in the imperial farm. Although it was a bit simple, it was swept clean.
Qin Mu had been staying in the Forbidden City these days, dealing with endless government affairs, and was really feeling a bit suffocated. He suddenly decided to come out for some fresh air, but he didn't expect that there were only sheep and rabbits to hunt in the imperial farm.
The octagonal pavilion was built by the water. Dazhe had laid out tiger skins in the pavilion. Qin Mu entered the pavilion and lay down on the tiger skin cushion. He held Dazhe in his arms and looked at the maple trees outside the pavilion, the white clouds reflected in the pool, and the high sky. The depressed feeling that he had accumulated after staying in the Forbidden City for a long time gradually faded away.
Dazhe, who was hugged by her, didn't dare to move. Qin Mu found it a little funny. This Qing princess was too timid.
Dayu'er, on the other hand, never missed any opportunity to get close to Qin Mu. After he entered the pavilion, she turned her eyes and said softly, "If the King of Qin is tired, I will help you."
"Let me help you." Qin Mu laughed and pulled her down. He "massaged" her all over and even took care of Dazhe who was standing next to her.
This pair of completely different cousins, one is lush and plump, ready to be ridden by anyone, and the other is in bud, extremely tender. Qin Mu looked at the two with their clothes in disarray and their faces flushed, and his blood boiled.
Before he could think much, he saw Mengguqing dragging the sheep back, panting, with beads of sweat on her cute and chubby little face.
Dayuer sat up after hearing the noise and could hardly believe her eyes. Was this her niece? Did she grow up on the Horqin grassland
"Mengguqing, you... why are you dragging it by yourself?"
Meng Guqing replied angrily: "He asked me to drag it, how could I dare not to do so?"
"I mean, why did you keep the rope? Don't you know how to tie the sheep to the saddle and drag it back?"
"Oh! I forgot..."
"Ha ha ha ha... ... .."
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