Three Kingdoms

Xu Huang looked at the corpses sorted out and remained silent.

On the battlefield, life and death often occur in an instant, either killing the opponent or being killed by the opponent. Even if the horse-leather corpse is wrapped in horse leather, he feels at ease and does not have too many feelings. However, Xu Huang's team is not here to fight against the opponent, but to provide support. Hu agreed, so when he saw this scene in front of him, Xu Huang's heart was still churning.

What if we set out half a day early?

What if we drove an extra twenty miles on the way?

What if you immediately ignored the horse's endurance and used all your speed when you received the message from the scout?

if……

It's a pity that everything is just a hypothesis, and reality never tolerates even half an if.

The body of the horse thief was unceremoniously thrown directly to the side of the cliff by Xu Huang's soldiers, but the corpses of Bai Que and others were placed flat and neatly, as if they were lying on the top of the mountain and asleep together.

"Report!"

A scout ran up from the bottom of the mountain and reported: "Reporting to the general, a man with colored eyes has been found. His whereabouts are strange. He has been captured and taken to the bottom of the mountain. Please make a decision, general!"

"Sex-eyed man?" Xu Huang frowned, "Bring him up."

Marcus was pushed up by the soldiers, twisting his tied arms restlessly and shouting in a low voice: "Oh no Si Huaileng... No Si Huaileng... Oh Zazan Kijama-kun..." "

"Kneel down!" Xu Huang's men didn't quite understand, so they simply ignored him and directly escorted Marcus in front of Xu Huang, shouting that he wanted Marcus to kneel down.

Marcus didn't understand. He squirmed and shouted, "Oh, it's Yichi, Yichi..."

Xu Huang's heart moved, he waved his hand to stop the soldiers' actions, and said with gestures: "Do you mean, with these people or those people?"

Marcus wanted to point with his hands, but found that his arms were tied and could not be stretched out at all, so he twisted his body and pointed in the direction of Bai Que and others with an awkward posture.

"Oh? So, where is the evidence?" Xu Huang said slowly, "How to prove that you are indeed with these people?"

"Ni Si Can Xijian-kun?" Marcus asked.

"What? Oh, I'm not General Zhengxi, oh... Bah, I'm Xu Huang and Xu Gongming, a subordinate of General Zhengxi..." Xu Huang said, "Can you tell me who you are now?"

"Oh, just like him..." Marcus twisted his butt, stretched out his hand from behind to point to Bai Que, then pointed to the flag above Xu Huang's head, and said, "The four or three colors he has Mr. Jian’s cold..."

Xu Huang couldn't help but look up at the three-color Zhengxi battle flag flying above his head. He was silent for a moment, waved his hand and said: "... Untie him, give him some water... Speak slowly, tell him what you know, Say it all..."

Marcus took the water bag and drank half of it before he regained his breath. He recounted everything that happened to Bai Que before, including the incident when Bai Que asked him to escape by himself. However, Marcus But I don’t know if I forgot or if I was careful, I didn’t escape the little cloth bag that Bai Que gave me...

"Go, take him forward and identify Captain Bai..." Xu Huang listened to the ins and outs and generally believed half a dozen points. As for those doubts, there was no answer for the time being, so he could only press it aside for the time being. Let Marcus go forward and recognize the person first.

Marcus walked in front of the corpses of Bai Que and others lying side by side, and soon stood in front of Bai Que. He was silent for a moment, half-kneeling in front of Bai Que's body, and put one hand on his chest, as if praying. What? He murmured something in a low voice, then stood up and said to Xu Huang: "He...he has four numbers..."

Xu Huang stepped forward, squatted down, opened Bai Que's collar, found the nameplate tied to Bai Que's neck, cut the thick hemp rope with his knife, and took it in his hand. When he looked at it, he was stunned. on the spot.

"..." Xu Huang was silent, clenching the nameplate in his hand, and after a moment he turned to Marcus and asked, "Do you know the names of the other people?"

"Some lead this way, some don't..." Marcus said.

"It doesn't matter, tell me everything you know." Xu Huangchao waved to the side and called a guard, "... take notes... write down everything he can remember..."

The guard didn't understand why Xu Huang did this, but he didn't ask any more questions and followed Marcus after the order.

Xu Huang watched silently, then let go of his hand and looked down, speechless for a while.

It’s almost forgotten that Bai Que and others are not serious military conquests in the West...

Although these people have nameplates to identify themselves, they are not engraved, which means there are no names on the nameplates. It doesn't mean that these people don't have names, but it means that these people are guilty and have to wait until their crimes are cleared before they can get the right to have their names carved.

Now, Xu Huang believes that these people are qualified to have their names branded on the nameplates, and then they are also qualified to hang on the wooden stakes in front of the Pingyang Heroes Altar and take a bite of incense...

"General!" A soldier came to report, "The burial tomb has been dug..." According to the practice of the Western Expedition, those who traveled within three days could directly return with the corpses of soldiers who died in the battle. For those who were within a day's journey, they would look for the sunny hillside at the battlefield where the soldiers died, dig a burial mound, erect a monument for burial, and then go back with the nameplate.

"Bring a certain shirt and a cloak!" Xu Huang was silent for a moment, then turned around and ordered, "Put it on Captain Bai! Take his clothes and put them away! Take them back to Guanzhong!" Normally speaking, if buried outside like this Those who are buried in a burial mound usually build another burial mound after returning to the soldier's hometown. However, Xu Huang knew that people like Bai Que might not have any clothes or utensils left to replace him, whether in Pingyang or Guanzhong. Come and set up a tomb.

There was nothing Xu Huang could do about the others, but for Bai Que, Xu Huang felt it was necessary to take all his clothes back...

At least, it proves that these people have fought hard and fought hard, and have washed away their previous crimes with blood. They should enjoy the same treatment as normal soldiers in the Western Conquest.

After a while, the guards packed up the blood-stained Baique clothes and other items and presented them to Xu Huang.

Xu Huang stepped forward, placed the nameplate in his hand on these clothes, and then said: "Put it away and take it back... The rest will be buried in the ground..."

The last handful of soil fell, and the bark was peeled off from the felled tree trunk, which served as a tombstone and was erected in front of the burial mound. Xu Huang looked at the large ink characters on the tombstone: "Baiqiao, the captain of Shangjun under the command of General Zhengxi of the Han Dynasty..." was silent for a long time, lowered his head slightly, and bowed forward.

Everyone behind Xu Huang also saluted, and suddenly they heard the sound of sparkling iron armor clashing on the hillside...

"Let's go!" Xu Huang raised his head, glanced at the tombstone for the last time, then turned around and shouted, "Brother, follow me home!"

"Brother! Go home with me!" Xu Huang's soldiers shouted in unison.

"Brother! Go home with someone..."

"Go home..."

Between the sky and the earth, the wind and clouds were rolling, and there was a faint echo, as if Baique and others were responding...

Xu Huang mounted his horse and ordered in a deep voice: "Send someone to pass the order to the surrounding Qiang tribes! Within three days, I want to know which group of horse thieves dared to do such a thing! Then, use these hairs again Use the blood of thieves to recast the monument of the White Brothers!"

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"Bai Que died?"

When Fei Qian heard the news, he couldn't help but be speechless for a while. Fei Qian never expected that Bai Que would almost arrive at Longyou and something like this would happen.

Because the shoulder was injured and has not recovered yet, basically speaking, it does not take much strength to do it. It is really inconvenient to read bamboo slips and wooden slips and approve things with only one hand, so now most of them Pang Tong would check and read the writing on his behalf. When Fei Qian's approval was needed, Fei Qian would do it.

"Who did it?" Fei Qian's eyes turned slightly cold. Although Baique and others are Black Mountain bandits, since they are going to the Western Region to seek seeds for themselves, they are equivalent to their subordinates. Naturally, they want to know who did such a thing.

Pang Tong said: "Wen He's writing refers to a new group of horse thieves appearing outside Hexi..."

"Horse thieves?" Fei Qian frowned and said, "So rampant?"

Pang Tong said: "There has been no Han Dynasty Protectorate in the Western Region for a long time, so bandits are naturally rampant... But they dare to offend us... Hum, Wen He has already mobilized his troops and is preparing to go to the purge..."

"Good!" Fei Qian nodded and said, "That's how it should be."

Fei Qian was silent for a moment and couldn't help but sigh, feeling somewhat disappointed in his heart. Originally, Fei Qian thought that even if Baique came and did not bring any seeds, he could talk about the situation in the Western Regions. For the big man who had been cut off from the Western Regions for a long time, this was no less than a chance to reopen the world. Looking to the west, I never thought that Bai Que would die on the Hexi Corridor.

Could it be God's will?

Fei Qian frowned.

Everything seems to be going wrong lately. First he was assassinated, and now Bai Que is dead. Is there anything else going to happen next?

Is it possible that if species or technologies want to implement some technological leaps in advance, some Gaia consciousness will come to hinder them?

Suddenly, many random thoughts arose in Fei Qian's mind.

"...Xu Gongming has obtained Captain Bai Du's clothes and crown, and has sent them to him together with the document... He specially requested to erect a tomb for his clothes and crown at Pingyang Heroes' Tomb..." Pang Tong continued to read the text, nodded and said, "...Although Bai Du Wei was originally from Montenegro, but now that he has died in battle, his crime can be avoided... What is your wish, my lord?"

"What?" Fei Qian came back to his senses and asked.

Pang Tong said it again.

"Clothes? Captain Bai gets the robes?!" Fei Qian's heart jumped suddenly and he said, "Where is it located?"

Pang Tong didn't know what was going on, but since Fei Qian asked, he turned around and said, "Come here! Get the clothes of Captain Bai sent by the right Fufeng Jia envoy!"

Not long after, the guard brought out a wooden box. Inside the wooden box was the blood-stained white bird's clothes. Because it had been several days, the originally bright red blood stains had dried up and turned into patches of black and purple.

Fei Qian gently removed the clothes from the wooden box and unfolded them on the table. Hanging with one hand and using only the other hand to do such a thing seems simple, but it is not easy.

Pang Tong didn't know what Fei Qian wanted to do, so he stood up curiously and walked to Fei Qian's side. However, when he stood closer, he still felt that the smell of his clothes was a bit unpleasant, so he subconsciously covered it with his sleeves. Mouth and nose.

At this time, Fei Qian did not dislike the various blood stains, sweat stains and mud on the clothes, nor did he care about the smell emanating from the clothes. He just carefully inspected the clothes...

Suddenly, a cloth bag sewn on his belt caught Fei Qian's attention. He pinched it and it seemed to be something hard. However, he couldn't open the bag with one hand, so he turned to Pang Tong and said, "Help." I'll take it apart!"

Pang Tong got the knife and helped Fei Qian open the bag to reveal the contents...

"This..." Fei Qian hesitantly looked at the dark inside of the cloth bag, which looked like moldy small dried fruits, with some yellow-gray fluff, light and weightless.

Is this a seed?

Is it really just peach blossoms, no, cotton seeds?

Isn't it already moldy or broken?

Fei Qian couldn't be sure, but he called Zao Zhi and asked Zao Zhi to come and take a look.

"...This..." Zao Zi had never seen anything like this before. He held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. He even smelled it and almost licked it. "Uh... why does it smell so bloody? …”

"This is what I found in Captain Zibai's clothes..." Fei Qian explained, "If he really found a species, it would probably be this thing... It just looks like... I don't know if it can be planted..."

When Zao Zhi heard this, his expression suddenly became serious. He counted them one by one seriously, then frowned and said, "There are only a dozen...I don't know what the character of this species is and whether it can be stored..." If it is true, There is no need for Fei Qian to say anything about millet and wheat. Zaozhi naturally knows how to handle it. From storage to seedlings to planting to topdressing, one-stop service, there is no problem at all, but when faced with brand-new species , Zaozhi really doesn’t know how to deal with it...

Plant half and leave half?

The advantage of this is that you can have a second chance to remedy the problem. If there is any problem with the first batch of seeds, you can learn from it. But the question is, can these seeds be stored? How to store it? If the planting time is missed, and the seeds dry up and cannot germinate, wouldn't half of the seeds be wasted?

If they are all planted, if there is a problem such as too much water, too much sun, or the arrival of some insects, where will they be remedied?

And there are only about a dozen seeds. No matter how you do it, there seems to be some problems and it is not very appropriate. Faced with such a problem, Zao Zhi was naturally hesitant and hesitant, as if he didn't dare to take action.

"Grow them! Plant them all! No need to worry about anything!" Fei Qian finally made up his mind and said, "Captain Bai sacrificed his life to find such species, how can we live up to his ambition? Plant them all, one pot at a time, and separate them. The seeds... I don’t know how deep to bury them, so I test both depth and depth. I don’t know how much water to add, but I also test them. I don’t know how to like yin and yang, so I put them in many places and try them... For thousands of years, the ancestors of China have followed this step by step. Try to get today’s Zhuanghe? If you don’t succeed today, try again tomorrow! If you don’t succeed this time, you will send it out again! Vicious beasts are rampant, and they drink blood from their hair, but they have not stopped the pace of our ancestors! How can we be timid today? We have lost the true intention of our ancestors to make progress!”

The sky and the earth are vast and the eternity is long. They have always been sung by perseverance and enterprising people!