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Chapter 191 After Li Ling

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    Xiao's generous help was recognized by the old man. While everyone was chatting happily, the sound of sheep bleating suddenly sounded outside the yurt, as well as the unique cry of the grassland boy, which sounded like a howling wolf.  The little milk baby immediately screamed and rushed out, and the old man stood up happily and said: "Thanks to God Kunlun, my children are back safe and sound"

    The children the old man mentioned were indeed a group of children. Looking around, there were about a hundred sheep coming here, driven by more than a dozen children. The children only had a few old horses to ride on, and the rest were on the ground like wild horses.  Running like wolves, everyone held weapons in their hands, including horse sticks, wooden forks, and whips. Only the oldest child held a scimitar in his hand, and he was only fourteen or fifteen years old.  It¡¯s just appearance, the rest are little carrot heads in their early ten years, but they have already taken on the important task of herding horses and sheep, and these tasks should only be undertaken by the strongest men in the tribe.

    Seeing strangers coming to their yurt, the children were a little nervous and picked up their weapons one after another. It was obvious that they had been living in fear all year round. Fortunately, the old man came forward to resolve these problems, and the suddenly acquired goods in the car,  It made them even more delighted!

    "Old man, are these all your clan members?" Looking at these ragged children grazing, Xiao Yi knew without thinking that the strong men in the tribe must have gone to the battlefield and then turned into piles of  Dry bones, using their own flesh and blood to nourish this grassland.

    "No, this is just part of it. There are also some girls who went to dig wild vegetables by the river!" He sighed, and the old man's eyes were full of sorrow. These children were his last concern. The sky is ruthless, but people are affectionate!

    "Fat Liu, set up the pot and make porridge!" Following Xiao Yi's brief order, the fire-headed soldier Fat Liu immediately took his army-suppressing treasure¡ª¡ªthe big black pot, a five-foot-wide iron pot from the car.  It can cook meals for dozens of people at a time, and the polished rice brought from the Central Plains is a rare delicacy on the grasslands.

    When a dozen little girls with the same sallow complexion came back with mud all over their bodies and some wild vegetables, the rice porridge was almost ready. As the old man said hello, the children who had been hungry for a long time rushed over like little wolves.  , you eat a bowl, I eat a bowl non-stop, it seems that they have not had a full meal for a long time.

    The herdsmen seem to have many cattle and sheep, but there are very few that can actually be eaten, because they must maintain a certain base to allow the sheep to multiply. In addition, there are constant disasters on the grassland, such as black disasters, white disasters, droughts, and wolves.  Disasters, and the looting of other tribes, any one of them may leave them with nothing overnight!

    Therefore, ordinary herdsmen usually feed on wild vegetables and milk, and can only eat a little meat when they occasionally hunt prey. Just like farmers in the Central Plains, they work hard for a year to farm and collect food, but in the end their family has to  Eating chaffy vegetables often leaves you hungry, and the grain and rice grown will be looted by the upper class nobles!

    ¡®The salt seller drinks weak soup, and the mat weaver sleeps on a bare bed!  ¡¯ This is true both inside and outside the Great Wall!

    "Ah! When we were grazing outside today, we found strange hoof prints around our pasture. There may be people from other tribes peeking at our sheep!" The oldest little boy came over.  , as the old man reported today's findings, his eyes full of worry.

    Tribes on the grassland often rob and steal from each other. People are not ashamed of this. It is just for survival needs. Many herdsmen graze honestly during the day and are extremely kind. At night, they become  Robbers, killing people and setting fires everywhere, can easily switch between the two professions. This has become their living habit.

    "Young man, thank you for your generous gift. Unfortunately, something is going to happen tonight, so I won't let you stay. It's better to leave here before it gets too late and find a safe place to camp!" The old man got on the crutches with a cane.  Beforehand, he advised Xiao Yi and others to leave early, for fear that the dispute on the grassland would affect them.

    "Where can we stay in the vast grassland? Please ask the old man to stay with us for one night!" Xiao Yi didn't seem to understand the old man's advice and insisted on staying here. He even picked up the youngest baby and started teasing him.  He has always liked it, not to mention that he also found that although these children were also dressed in the grassland, they did not look like the Huns. The Huns were generally short and stout. Although they were also yellow, they had flat faces.  The eyes are small and very different from those of the Han people in the Central Plains.

    But he had carefully inspected these little milk babies. They all had broad frames, and they would not be too short when they grow up. They also had high noses and big eyes. Although they had some characteristics of the grasslands, they still looked more like people from the Central Plains.  More, Xiao Yi can be sure that there are Han people in these children.?Bloodline, he must protect his fellow tribesmen.

    "Okay! Young Master is interested. Since you insist on this, then you and the old man will stay together tonight! There are many things I can talk to you about!" The old man looked at Xiao Yi and then glanced at the big man.  Niu and Xiaobin finally nodded. Apparently he could see that these people were not ordinary people. With them here, they would be more confident in dealing with the robbers!

    The autumn days on the grassland are very short. When the last ray of the setting sun rolls down the horizon, darkness envelopes the place. Since the grassland at night is different from that during the day, the day is a sea of ??joy for herdsmen, while the night is a paradise for bandits!

    Xiao Yi and others did not set up another tent, but stayed in three yurts respectively. Xiao Yi, Danniu, and Xiaobin each took charge of one, while Fat Liu was preparing supper for the children, who had never had a snack at night.  They were waiting happily by the pot, as food was always the most attractive thing to them, while some older ones were standing close to the corners of the yurt, never putting down their weapons for a moment.

    During the long night, it was time to chat over wine and talk about the world. With a pot of wine and some game smoked yesterday, Xiao Yi and the lame old man began their communication.

    "Young man, are you curious about the origins of us people, and why these children don't look like Huns, but like you Hans?" The old man's eyes were very wise, and he directly asked Xiao Yi's doubts.

    "That's it. I'm really surprised to see the blood of my Han family in this place deep in the grassland! Could it be that all your people came here from the Han area? But" Xiao Yi  I am really confused. These people are so strange. They have the blood of the Han family, but their living habits are like pure prairie people. This cannot be developed in a day or two. Obviously they have lived here for a long time.  Even for several generations, they are like some seeds of the Han family that were accidentally scattered on the grassland. As a result, they took root and sprouted, and these strange flowers bloomed.

    "Haha! That boy is my grandson, his name is Li Hu!" The old man pointed to the oldest child and said. Indeed, the child named Li Hu has some similarities with the old man in his eyebrows, "I  His surname is also Li. There are many children here with the surname Li, and the rest are also descendants of the Han family"

    "My surname is Li? Han people, but they live in the Huns?" Xiao Yi seemed to have thought of something as his eyebrows moved.

    "Young man, have you ever heard of the old story of Han Li Ling?"

    "Hiss!Li Ling's old story!" Xiao Yi naturally knew this story, not because of how knowledgeable he was, but because this incident was so famous that people still mentioned it often hundreds of years later.  .

    Li Ling, Han nationality, is the grandson of Li Guang, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty. He is good at riding and shooting, and loves his soldiers, so he has a good reputation.  In the second year of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered an expedition against the Huns. He led 5,000 infantrymen deep into the grasslands and fought a battle with 80,000 elite Xiongnu cavalry at Junji Mountain. Li Ling built a camp surrounded by chariots and led his soldiers in bloody battles, killing thousands of Xiongnu soldiers and horses.  In the end, due to being outnumbered, they had no arrows to support them on the way back, and were betrayed by traitors. In desperation, they led the remaining 3,000 troops to temporarily surrender to the Huns.

    After Li Ling was forced to surrender, he originally planned to wait for an opportunity to return to the Han Dynasty. However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty mistakenly believed the rumors that Li Ling was training troops for the Huns.  On the grassland, the Xiongnu Chanyu admired Li Ling's bravery very much, so he married his daughter to him and named him the "King of the Right School". He was honored and favored endlessly. This is the famous old story of Li Ling!

    Whenever future generations mentioned this incident, they all sighed. Some people sympathized with Li Ling's experience and thought that he had tried his best under the circumstances. Unfortunately, God's will played a trick on people and he ended up becoming a tragic figure. Others scolded Li Ling for having no integrity and treason and surrender to the enemy.  Is it so difficult to die immediately?  This kind of debate started from the moment Li Ling surrendered to the Huns. It has never stopped for hundreds of years, and it is estimated that it will continue to be debated for thousands of more years

    "Yes, I and others are the descendants of General Li Ling who left on the grassland!" The old man sighed and finally told his life experience. After Li Ling surrendered with three thousand remnants, he married Hu Nu on the grassland.  The wives took root and sprouted, forming a special group. They are the descendants of the Han people and have always retained the Han surname, but they also have the blood of the Huns and live the nomadic life of the grassland people.

    It can be said that they were a group of pitiful people. The Han people regarded them as traitors and traitors, and they cursed them in history books and never forgave them. The Huns regarded them as prisoners and outsiders, and oppressed them everywhere.  In this way, they struggled to survive in the cracks between the two major groups, and they endured for hundreds of years!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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