Xiao Tienu set off later than the plantation disease, and after leaving the site of the Great Wall, before catching up with the seeding disease, he met the envoy sent by the Hongji tribe.

Hongjira was active in the area of the western slope of Daxianbei Mountain, when Xiao Tienu entered the east, they saw that it was difficult to resist and dodge, but as the Han court became more and more powerful, the Mobei tribes stationed in Linhuang Mansion continued to rely on the Han court to expand their influence, and the Hongji tribe felt that they had no way to avoid the Han court.

At this time, the Hongjira Department was divided into seven tribes of different genera, of which the larger ones had one or two thousand young and middle-aged combat strength, and the smaller ones also had several hundred, and if the total amount was calculated, there were nearly 10,000 people. The seven tribes reacted differently to the Han court's expansion, with some advocating resistance and others advocating surrender, and one of the three larger tribes, the chief Rachar, was the most staunch of the Toucheng, who envied the benefits that Topjia and Mu Qin had received after defecting to the Han court, and hoped that he would do the same.

Xiao Tienu knew the intention of Rachar's coming, and neither refused nor agreed. This frightened the envoy of Rachar, who did not know what the idea of this famous Han court general was fighting, and he knelt down, kowtowed, and expressed his loyalty to the Han court on behalf of their patriarch, Rachar.

"I see what you mean." Xiao Tienu said: "But the official position and title of the Han Dynasty are limited. Both Mu Qin and Topjia have done great things for us Han, and they are married to us, so we can trust each other. But what do you have to do with us? ”

Eager to gain the support of the Han court to dominate the entire Hongji tribe, Rachar was disappointed when he heard the envoy's reply. But the elders of his tribe said, "He did not agree, but he did not refuse." I think he meant that we should make merit and marry them. ”

Ratsar felt that it made sense, and sent an envoy to tell Xiao Tienu that they were willing to offer the warriors of the Hongji tribe as the vanguard of the Han army, and the daughter of the Hongji tribe as Xiao Tienu's concubine.

Xiao Tienu agreed, Rachar was overjoyed, and brought people to meet, Xiao Tienu saw that the weather was about to be cold, and decided to find a place to avoid this coldest season. He kept Rachar with him, and sent half of his men of warriors, about 800 men, to the army of the sick with the daughters whom Rachar had offered.

"Congratulations—" The generals who had gone to the disease all said to him, "Before he could fight with Yelu Tiege, the general would first get eight hundred warriors and beauties." ”

He laughed at the sickness, and left the daughter of Rachar and ordered her to dress up as a guard. Soon Xiao Jun came back and recruited him to drink in the account, and during the banquet he noticed that Rachar's daughter was looking at Xiao Jun blankly and refused to move away. When he saw it, he thought, "This girl is tempted." "Look at Xiao Jun, seeing that he has been through the wind and frost as a teenager, and now he has a boyish taste, he decided to be an adult, and gave Xiao Jun a big gift that night.

In the early morning of the second day, the sentinel found out that the Khitan enemy had been wandering on the grassland for several months, and he wanted to be fruitless for a long time, so he immediately sent troops to chase after him, and marched all the way to Kedun City by the tail of this enemy horseman.

The speed of Xiao Tienu's march was far less flexible than that of the disease, because the environment and tasks he faced when he went north this time were completely different from the disease. This time, the Han army went out of the Great Wall no longer to attack, but to pacify Mobei - although the Han army had sharper weapons and strict discipline that the Mobei tribes did not have, and Xiao Tienu could gather more troops than any grassland tribe, Xiao Tienu was still not sure whether he could complete the task. Between the grassland and the desert, there are too many variables.

However, after coming into contact with Hongjirabu, Xiao Tienu heard a very interesting rumor - I don't know when a legend began to circulate in Mobei, this legend was circulated in the form of a steppe pastoral song, and the content was a prophetic story, in which a hero would give the will of heaven (or god) to end the chaos of the prairie.

"Look! It's just to the south! The hero will carry iron and fire, which are used to burn the way of evil; He also has a bag that can hold the whole land, and it is full of jewels and food, which is used to help all the people of the grassland survive every winter! ”

The long pastoral song, which is said to have been circulating for several years, is not known from where it came from, and I don't know who came from it, in short, most of the tribes are singing, because there are so many tribes singing, so some changes will inevitably occur in the process of singing, but the basic story framework has not changed.

"Where did this story come from?" Xiao Tienu thought that his first reaction was the person in the south who liked to be funny: "Could it be the seventh child?" ”

Xiao Tienu felt that this possibility was very high, so he asked Rachar, hoping to find some clues from it, such as the place where this legend appeared, if it is consistent with the place where the Han merchants appeared, then it is very likely that the initiator is Yang Yingqi.

"Well, this rumor, at first, seems to have started from the south." Rachar said.

Xiao Tienu sneered in his heart when he heard this, and thought, "Sure enough! It must be the seventh! ”

"But...... But at that time, people didn't pay much attention to it. "Because we all think it's impossible." ”

Xiao Tienu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Impossible?" Why? ”

"Because the rumor from the south can't be realized on the grassland."

Xiao Tienu asked what was the difference between the rumor from the south and the current pastoral song.

"This ...... It's been a few years, and I don't remember much, but I just have a vague impression. "At that time, it seemed that there was also a rumor that a court would come out of the south to help us survive the winter of the famine year. Well, Xiao Dashuai, you know, the winter of the famine year is not only a disaster for us, but even hell! ”

"Huh?" Xiao Tienu thought to himself: "It sounds like this rumor from the south is very similar to what Lao Qi has always wanted to do. ”

However, Xiao Tienu knew that what Yang Yingqi wanted to do was to establish a political system, or establish an economic model, and transfer surplus grain from the Han land to help the grassland people survive the famine years, so as to ensure that the region would not be overly unstable due to lack of food. Yang Yingqi's idea has been around for a long time, but he hasn't figured out a good way to do it. Yang Yingqi once thought of using commerce to let Han merchants and grassland herdsmen communicate with each other, but to achieve this is not only a problem in transportation, but also an obstacle in people's sentiments - the people on the grassland are not very suitable for commercial exchange, for them, the most direct way is not to use robbery!

And now the content of this pastoral song is not exactly the same as Yang Yingqi's thoughts.

"But," said Rachar, "there came another pastoral song in the west, well, not quite like the old rumor, but everyone liked to hear it, and many believed it. ”

Xiao Tienu was stunned again: "West? How could it be the Westside? ”

"Well, I don't know why, but this madrigal did come from the west." "It is said that there is a high monk in the west who is explaining this pastoral song to everyone. ”

Xiao Tienu was even more strange: "Senior monk? ”

"Well, I heard that he is a very Taoist monk, who can not only exorcise demons, but also cure diseases, and it is through his explanation that everyone believes it." "Last year my youngest son was sick, and I sent someone to visit the monk, hoping that he would come to Hongjirabu as a guest and help my little cub exorcise demons, but I never found him, and it is said that the monk is walking everywhere and does not have a certain place to live. Later, my youngest son's illness was cured, and I couldn't find him, so gradually I didn't care about it. ”

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