The migration of such a large tribe cannot be completely concealed, unless there are no old, weak, women and children in the tribe, but only young and strong warriors who can ride horses and bend bows. The latter can be formed by looting and killing people along the way and moving at a high speed. Self-concealment, and the former is basically impossible if you bring a family with you.
At the same time, various nearby savage tribes also sent their own warriors and began to come out for surveillance, and more and more of these warriors gathered. You have two or three thousand, and others have four or five thousand. Soon, on the tribe's migration journey, a total of nearly 20,000 savage warriors from various tribes began to eye them.
Messages began to be passed quickly between various ministries, and at the same time, new warriors began to enter from the periphery.
Snowfield has always had its own survival and development model. To use a blind man's saying, the lower the productivity, the clearer the survival rules are.
The entire snowfield is a huge Gu breeding ground.
A few years ago, a Savage King was raised. After the Savage King was defeated by the Yan people, the black dragon flag on the Snow Customs became a nightmare for many tribes in the Snowfield.
Fortunately, this nightmare has no intention of entering the snowfield on a large scale for the time being. Therefore, although everyone does not dare to jump like the Naiman tribe, it is certain to continue to maintain the annexation, absorption and development of the tribe.
This new migrating tribe is like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. The warriors sent by the surrounding tribes are intended to divide the meat.
Soon, some knowledgeable tribal elders made guesses from some of the characteristics of this migrating tribe, thinking that this tribe was probably from the far north.
The snowfield is huge, but there are not many places suitable for living and breeding. The far north is considered a restricted area for the wild people in the snowfield themselves.
But this does not mean that there are no tribes living there. In fact, there are some, but the tribes there are generally weak and extremely scattered.
Because, for any powerful tribe, people would have come out from the far north to grab a pasture in other parts of the snowfield.
And the leaders of these tribes wandering around the periphery also saw that these tribes seemed to be together, but in fact, they should be spliced together.
It is common for the savage tribes in the snowfield to move from one pasture to another to achieve the purpose of resting grazing. This is a treatment only available to large tribes;
Small and medium-sized Due to environmental changes and changes in water and grass, the tribe had to migrate as a whole. This is the normal situation in the snowfield;
So, the snowfield tribe basically has the experience of migration and has rich experience.
Whenever they move, the tribe’s livestock, old, weak, women and children will be arranged in specific positions. The warriors within the tribe will be integrated and a main force will be divided into one to serve as a fist to march in front. Some of them cruise around the tribe.
The former shows off their military power to other tribes who dare to change their minds, while the latter,It is to prevent some people from taking advantage of the situation and causing chaos.
As for the current migrating tribe, although the warriors among them are extremely poorly equipped and rarely see armor, their number is actually quite large. There are very few old people in the team, which means that There are very few burdens. After all, in that place in the far north, those who can survive have been cruelly selected by nature.
But their young and strong men were all distributed in various parts of the team and did not gather together at all. Especially when they discovered the external tribal troops with malicious intentions, they almost instinctively divided into one after another. group.
The law of survival in the snowfield is that when you face a pack of wolves, you should aim your last arrow at one wolf, so that the entire wolf pack will be afraid of you.
But this team obviously failed to do it.
Several large tribes that have sent troops have begun to blow their horns and raise their own flags. The previous wait was firstly to wait for warriors from all walks of life to gather, and secondly to discuss the relocation of the 30,000 people in front of them. How should the team share the food? This is a feast that belongs to everyone.
At the front of the migration team, a gray-haired old man with a string of human skulls hanging around his neck squinted and looked around.
Beside him, there are nearly a thousand warriors protecting him.
He is Sang Hu, who was once a great general under the Savage King. He originally had a grudge against the Star Sacrifice, but was placed by the Savage King in the position of the Great Elder of the Star Envoy.
When Wangjiang was defeated, he and the Savage King were separated. After a lot of hardships, he finally returned to the snowfield.
As the most loyal subordinate to the Savage King, he went to find the 800 loyal warriors who had been left behind by the Savage King when he entered the pass. This was the last resort.
Leading these more than 800 warriors, Sang Hu went to the far north, where he gathered a large number of scattered small tribes and finally became a little more peaceful again.
He is waiting, waiting for the king's return;
Even if there are rumors that the king has been killed by the Yan people or captured in Yanjing, he is still waiting.
He has no children and no worries. People like this are actually the most loyal.
Finally,
he received a letter from the king.
So, he immediately led this patchwork tribe and began to move south.
At this time, he faced the surrounding soldiers and horses of the savage tribe, without any fear in his eyes, but silently let his men fly the royal flag of the savage king!
The royal flag of the Savage King is made of snow wolf leather, and shines silver in the sunlight.
The former Wang Banner was lost on the battlefield and was brought back to Yanjing as a trophy by the Yan people. This side was remade by Sang Hu himself when he hunted the snow wolf.
When the banner of the Savage King appeared again,
the tribal troops staring around here immediately became quite panicked.
The Savage King was once the pride of the snowfield. Like a proud lone wolf, he almost led the savages in the snowfield to create a new world.A miracle was created. Although it failed in the end, it was the most shocking time for the savages in hundreds of years, and it was also the closest to their homeland.
But soon,
under the comfort of the leaders, the emotions of the warriors of each tribe immediately calmed down.
The prestige of the Savage King is indeed still hovering above the snowfield, but his people are no longer there after all.
What is there to fear about a person who does not exist?
Sang Hu silently drew out his sword.
In his eyes,
the many tribes soldiers and horses around him were not from the same tribe, but real people. of enemies.
In fact,
The current situation on the snowfield is tantamount to a reshuffle after the era of the Savage King.
The tribes that believed in and were willing to follow the Savage King at the beginning all sent their elites to follow the Savage King into the pass, while those big tribes that thought highly of themselves continued to sit back and watch;
And when After the news of the defeat of the Savage King came, these big clans immediately began to annex the tribes of the Savage King's followers.
The Naiman tribe is one of the best examples.
The tribe that originally contributed warriors and even leaders to follow the Savage King lost its youth and strength, and was severely weakened. Faced with the annexation of other tribes, it no longer had the ability to resist.
The noble line was slaughtered, and the tribe's population became low-level slaves who annexed the tribe.
Sang Hu remembered that the Savage King once told them all that the real reason for the decline of the Holy Clan lay with himself.
Because of the bad nature of the saints, although they all accept the guidance of the stars, the starry sky above each tribe is actually completely different.
The Savage King taught them that they should know how to allow those short-sighted comrades to exist, and wait until their great cause is successful before leading them and pulling them to their side.
But what about them?
How did they do it?
When Grimm led his army to attack Snow Customs to open up a retreat for the army to return to the snowfield, behind the Snow Customs, the tribes chose to stand still.
If they had also sent troops to attack at that time, Xuehaiguan, which was attacked from both sides, might not be able to hold on.
They chose to sit back and watch the demise of their own people, while at the same time, they ate up those people's tribes.
Sang Hu’s anger towards these savage tribes has exceeded his anger towards the Yan people.
In fact, there is really nothing to hate against the Yan people. After all, the Yan people are indeed powerful. They defeated them directly. They lost, and they were convinced.
But this kind of savagery of the same kind can often inspire the deepest disgust and hatred in people's hearts;
Outside, what the enemy stabs into your chest is sharp steel. When the knife is pulled out, it will bring with it your own hot blood. The pain is only temporary, and death means death. In your heart, at least there is still a part belonging to the star.Chen's favor;
But when you are stabbed by your own people, they use weapons stained with livestock excrement. Even after you die, the dirty things will continue to stain your body.
The Savage King once said to Uncle Zheng,
He said that the generation of the Savages is over, and even the next generation, and the next generation after that, are also over.
Because he gathered a group of people with vision, courage and courage among the three generations of savages. After making a desperate move, he failed, and the failure was too complete.
When a person dies, he can be reborn, but when his soul is gone, no matter how many lives he is given, he is just a piece of pig.
Uncle Zheng can understand this lament of the Savage King. The rise of a nation requires various opportunities. It just happens that in an era, the elites join forces to break out, so that this nation can open up a new world. .
If this group of elites loses themselves, then this nation will go astray and collapse. And if the true elite of this nation is completely wiped out, then it will be completely hopeless.
Sang Hu’s sword showed a cold light in the sun. He knew that it would be difficult for the patchwork tribe behind him to muster any fighting power, and if he continued to develop on the edge of the Far North, , maybe ten years later, twenty years later, he will be able to create a tribe of his own, branded with the clan emblem of his choice;
But he still chose to follow the guidance of that letter, and in In the letter, the Savage King told him straightforwardly that he was tired and wanted to live for himself.
Sang Hu felt that this was right. Rather than having a tribe of his own, he hoped to see the Savage King again in his lifetime.
Just like when the Savage King naughtily pushed him, the executioner with his hands stained with the blood of the Star Sacrifice, to the position of the Great Elder of the Star Sacrifice.
Sang Hu asked him why he did this.
The Savage King said that he was happy;
Sang Hu was also very happy now.
In his eyes, he had already locked the flag of a tribe in front of him. The flag was a black wolf. There were three thousand warriors in that tribe, and the leader was wearing extremely fancy armor.
Sang Hu felt that the thousand warriors under his command should be able to help him create an opportunity for him to kill the leader of the Black Wolf clan opposite him.
He is not afraid of death. He can numbly choose the way of death and the glory before death.
On the periphery, as the horns sounded more and more intensively, the troops and horses of various tribes began to prepare themselves for a charge.
And this migrating team began to divide into groups more clearly, waiting to be defeated one by one.
However,
At this moment,
the warriors on the periphery who were preparing to charge suddenly had a huge commotion, and this commotion even affected their formations. The nobles and leaders among them cannot be healed in a short time.
The battlefield that was originally ready to go suddenly came to a standstill.
Because,
In the south, a cavalry team in black armor appeared, flying the black dragon flag and the "Zheng" flag.
They were not many in number, only more than 300 riders, but when they appeared, they instantly became the focus of the audience.
At the beginning, the Naiman tribe shot and killed a group of Jin fugitives relatively close to Xue Customs, which angered the uncle of Xue Customs and led to the genocide.
Now, not to mention the entire snowfield, at least the entire eastern snowfield area knows that no matter what, they must pay enough respect to the person at the snow customs.
Jin Shuke silently took off the bearskin gloves in his hands.
The summer in the snowy field will not be too hot, but it will never be necessary to wear gloves.
The hands that can take off the gloves of Jinshu are already mature.
But he likes it,
because it is a gift given to him by his uncle alone.
Moreover,
He is obsessed with the feeling of folding two gloves together and flicking them on the back of his hand to make a "pop" sound after taking off the gloves;
< p>This is also an action I learned from Uncle Zheng.Jin Shu doesn’t know the word “handsome”, but he instinctively feels that this action is very good-looking.
"Give me an order to those savage tribes. If anyone dares to act rashly, I will destroy that tribe first."
"Yes, General."
"Yes, General."
A group of messengers left the team.
At this time, a deputy general next to Jin Shuke asked:
"General, do you need to send an order to the rear to mobilize troops now?"
Jin Shuke Ke shook his head and said:
"Don't worry, people are coming from the north, and guests are coming from the south. I guess it's not our turn to take action."
"Then What a pity." The deputy general was a little disappointed.
"That person who once served as our uncle must give him some respect. Besides, you should thank that person for coming, otherwise our uncle probably wouldn't have planned it." Fighting this battle.
There are so many savage tribes. Haha, I have suggested to my uncle a long time ago to carve out a pasture for ourselves in the north of our Snow Pass.
The savages know how to graze, but we barbarians can’t?
Although the weather here is bitterly cold, after the winter, the pasture is really fertile."
Said. At this point,
Jin Shu seemed to have remembered something,
and then ordered again:
“Go down and prepare dry food for the expedition.”< /p>
"Yes, General."
"Hey, wait a minute."
Jin Shuke hesitated for a moment, but still said:
"Forget it, there's no need to prepare in advance, just wait for Uncle Zheng's formal order."
......
Uncle Zheng has indeed received news from the north.
Although in the past due to limited military strength and other reasons,, so Xuehaiguan here has no plans to open up the snowfield for the time being, but thanks to the efforts of a group of magic sticks represented by Kong Yuan and Liao Fan, some small tribes near Xuehaiguan have secretly defected to them.
When the migration team appeared, they immediately rushed to report to Snow Customs.
Uncle Zheng’s first reaction was that the Savage King’s back-up force had arrived, and he immediately sent the blind man to take charge of the matter, but he himself could not get away.
Because,
Li Fusheng is here.
Li Fusheng was not wearing armor and was wearing casual clothes. He looked like an old farmer. When he came, he was riding his beast and had only seven or eight personal guards around him.
"Ah ha ha ha, here comes the wine, here comes the wine, little Zhengzi, brother, I have been craving for your wine for a long time! Also, it’s delicious and delicious, hurry up, serve, serve, I But I came all the way here after being hungry all day long.”
Uncle Zheng’s life is not luxurious, but it is definitely the most exquisite.
Before Zheng Fan came over, Xiao Yibo had already ordered the kitchen to prepare the dishes.
When Zheng Fan walked into the hall, Li Fusheng had already poured himself a large amount of wine.
"Come on, come on, sit around, let me have a drink with my brother, haha. I am here to enjoy the autumn breeze. Do you think it's strange or not? It's obvious that your snowy customs area is nothing. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most miserable and poor place in terms of population, but when you look over, you can see that you are actually living a prosperous life here.
In my opinion, it is really unfair to leave you here in the snow customs. It’s appropriate to let Yingdu go. The money and food for the second half of the year from Yingdu have just been shipped, and it’s actually less than the first half of the year. If I hadn’t known that there was going to be a war, there would be other batches of money and food soon. Come here, I have to send someone to Yingdu to talk to the officials."
"These civil servants are not reliable in their work."
Uncle Zheng. Ye helped and scolded me together.
I didn’t blush at all, because the reductions in Li Fusheng’s department were actually made up for on his shoulders.
After the money and food were shipped in the second half of the year, it was twice as much as the previous normal quota. This is based on the normal quota. If compared with other garrison generals, they can only get more than 60%. If you do the math, it can be said that Uncle Zheng got three times what a normal person would get this time.
There are people in the court who are easy to be officials, and there are people in the local government who support them, which makes it even more comfortable.
Li Fusheng picked up the wine bowl and said: "I came here with the military order of King Jingnan."
Uncle Zheng didn't get up to take the order. They were all members of his own family, and they were still In this case, too much formality would be too formal.
"Seeing that a war is about to begin, the prince ordered me to lead my own army of 40,000 troops, plus two Jin camps of 30,000 troops, for a total of 70,000 troops and horses, to come to your place to fight the autumn wind. The troops and horses are behind, probably When we arrive tomorrow morning, I’ll come over for a bite to eat and drink, haha.”
When you hit the autumn wind, you definitely don’t eat the snow customs, you definitely eat the snowy fields.
In fact, before going to Yanjing, Tian Wujing told Zheng Fan that he would send troops and horse gangsZheng Fan tidied up the snowy field, but didn't it happen that Emperor Yan was about to start a war with Chu. Uncle Zheng originally thought that there would be no chance, but who would have thought that Tian Wujing really hadn't forgotten the herds of wild people in the snowy field.
Zheng Fan smiled and said:
"What a coincidence, isn't it? Just before, I just received a military report. There were tens of thousands of people dozens of miles north of our Xuehai Customs. The savage soldiers and horses gathered."
"Pfft!"
Li Fusheng spit out the wine he just drank. He has this instinct. In battle, Can't drink alcohol.
At the same time,
Li Fusheng’s eyes immediately started to turn red. It was obvious that he had relapsed into his old habit, and he impatiently called his bodyguard:
" Quick, send the order to them to speed up their march. The vanguard must come to me before midnight! If I miss this opportunity, I will skin those brats!"
Instruction completed! ,
Li Fusheng grabbed Zheng Fan's arms fiercely again,
excitedly said:
"Brother, give it to me, you must give it to me, give it to brother Me! Brother, I really can’t hold it back!”
Outside the hall,
< p>Liu Ruqing, who came in with a plate of pastries, accidentally broke the plate.When a close guest comes to the house, it is etiquette for the female family members to show up.
The fourth lady was working in the signing room and could not get out for the time being. The princess had a title in the Yan Kingdom, so Li Fusheng had to salute her when visiting guests, which was inconvenient.
So, Liu Ruqing, half of the concubine, can only come to see the guests.
Seeing that Liu Ruqing was about to squat down to pick up the broken plates,
Zheng Fan immediately came over and pulled her up,
“Just ask the servants to clean it up, don’t cut it. My hand is broken."
Liu Ruqing looked up at Uncle Zheng and said timidly;
"Yes, I know."
Yes,
Why is her gaze so weird?
Your face is still a little pale?
Actually,
What Liu Ruqing was thinking was:
No wonder he has never wanted me and only likes me to call him uncle. It turns out that he... …