Chapter 81: The Lost Hutu
Time flies, in a blink of an eye, it has entered March, the sun finally has some spirit, a little show some enthusiasm, under the illumination of the sun, covered the whole winter of snow turned into trickling water, began to moisten the earth, although the remnant snow has not yet melted, has been drilled out from below some tender green shoots, swaying in the wind with a weak posture, to show everyone the full spring.
Latobe led his horse around the camp, and in an hour or two, he had almost finished all the big tents, and saw his only remaining people, and just half a year ago, even if it was a day's work, he could not have finished his old camp, and most of the more than 100,000 people, who could gather two thousand elite iron horsemen between three horns, had now become a lost dog, with less than two thousand tents left, and he could only form a cavalry of more than four hundred people with all his might.
In an infighting between the Donghu tribes for pastures and territory, the Hutu tribe was defeated, most of the people had become slaves of others, and most of the warriors spilled their blood on the fertile land they had lost. They could only flee all the way to the eyes of the Dayan people, and if it weren't for the words of King Zuihou Donghu, they were afraid that their opponents would kill them all. Even if he is temporarily safe now, but Latobe does not dare to have the slightest carelessness, his opponent will not let himself go so easily, the words of King Donghu work on the surface, but in secret, no one can guarantee whether his opponent will kill him on a dark and windy night in a month, kill himself and his own people, and then die without admitting it, is it possible that King Donghu will offend another powerful tribe for a tribe that no longer exists? The head is just a few scoldings.
In the final analysis, you still have to speak with strength, and if you want Hutubu to survive, you can only increase your strength as soon as possible and lick the bloody wounds as soon as possible.
Although a raid on Dayan last winter took a certain risk, but the harvest was huge, not only a large amount of grain, countless gold and silver wealth, but more importantly, a large number of people, in the past, the tribe launched a raid on the Dayan people, the target of the looting was only strong men, women and children, but last time, as long as it was a person, the Hutu people did not refuse, and the Hutu people now need a large number of slaves in order to be able to gather wealth and population faster. If the enemy attacks, these slaves can fend off some of the tribe's troops.
Sturdy male slaves can resist with rudimentary weapons when the enemy attacks, female slaves can bring more people to the tribe, and those children, in the near future, can become adult slaves.
In Latobe's heart, the enemy is an enemy from within Donghu, as for the Dayan people, it is not within his scope of consideration, just with those people, even if they are seriously injured at the moment, they cannot be their opponents, unless it is Zhang Shouyue of Liaoxi County who comes to commit it in person, but if that happens, the king of Donghu will never sit idly by, it will be a big battle between the Donghu people and the Dayan people, Zhang Shouyue does not have the courage to do so.
The situation is getting better day by day, just after a round in the camp, the cattle, sheep and horses have given birth to a lot of cubs, survived the pain of the last great war, the tribe has finally recovered some vitality, and has regained some prosperity, seeing that the spring grass has been drilled out of the land, and it will not be long before this place will be transformed into a lush pasture, where Hutubu will spread its wings again and soar in the sky.
A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late. Latobe took a long breath, stretched out his hand to pull the wind-blown white hair behind his head, and tied the silk of the hair a little tighter, for half a year, it was still a green hair, but now, it was like winter snow.
There was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in his ears, Latobe raised his head, and a cyan war horse flew from outside the camp gate, running in front of him, the war horse had not stopped, and the knight had already turned over and dismounted neatly, "Patriarch!" The young knight ran over in high spirits.
"What's wrong? Hurry, Nafu, you're a centurion now!" Latobe frowned, dissatisfied, Nafu was a newly mentioned centurion after this great battle, and the experienced old warriors had almost lost everything in order to cover the retreat of the tribe.
"Patriarch, today I was patrolling outside, and I found a large convoy, accompanied by more than 100 people, I followed and observed for a while, these guards are not elite, if you do it, you can eat it safely." Nafu was a little excited, and he also knew that now was the time for the clan to be eager to expand its strength.
Latobe raised his eyebrows, he had just done a big job last winter, and at this time that caravan had such the audacity to dare to set foot on this land again?
"Do you see what their convoy is transporting?" Latobe asked as he tapped his palm lightly with his horsewhip. When something goes wrong, there must be a demon, either there is no fear, or it is a trap. No one is going to be a fool to die.
"Patriarch, I've found it out." Nafu said: "Half of it is salt and tea, and half of it is iron, rough iron, patriarch, these are all things we urgently need, and such a little escort can be easily taken, with these irons, we can make more scimitars, more arrows, and then grab more things, patriarch, I have inquired during this period of time, near our left, there are still many small Huns, as long as we have enough weapons, we can completely swallow them and strengthen our tribe."
Latobe's expression turned cold, and the horsewhip gently knocked Nafu's shoulder, "Nafu, you can think so much for the tribe, it's very good, work hard, you will have a great future, this matter, so be it." Then he turned and led the horse, and he wanted to leave.
"Patriarch, patriarch!" Seeing that Latobe meant to give up, Nafu couldn't help but be anxious, "I only need a hundred horses, and I can take this convoy without losing a single person."
Latobe turned around with a smile, "Nafu, there are many things you don't know, can the person who can transport so much iron, salt, and tea out of the Great Yan Border and send it here can be a simple person?" We can't grab these things, and if we do, Hutubu will really be on the verge of a dead end, so let's just don't see it!"
“weishenme?” Nafo asked curiously.
"Because this batch of goods was sold to the king of Donghu." Latobe decided to nod the young man, "Nafu, we were able to escape this time and save this bloodline, not because of our luck in the Hutu tribe, but because the king of Donghu wants to leave an enemy like us for our opponent as their containment, but if we take something that we shouldn't take, in the blink of an eye, the Hutu tribe will disappear from this land, and no one will stay, do you understand?"
Nafu nodded, "Patriarch, now I understand, these people are trading with our king, and they are very big people, and we can't afford to mess with them."
"Yes, we can't afford to mess with it!" Latobe sighed, got on his horse, and ran towards his big tent, which he had lost in the battle last year.
The plucked phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and the tiger who goes down the mountain is bullied by dogs, and in the past, he was able to speak in front of the king of Donghu, but now, I am afraid that I am not even qualified to enter the camp of the king of Donghu.
Latobe, who sighed all the way back to his big tent, never expected that in the evening of this day, the convoy he didn't dare to move actually sent someone to find his camp, staring at the rich middle-aged man in front of him, Latobe frowned, for a while, he really couldn't think of this person named Huo Zhu, weishenme wanted to give himself so many gifts for no reason.
"Mr. Huo, we have never had a friendship, courtesy, we must ask for something, we Donghu people don't like to go around in circles, straight to the point, what do you want to do? If I can do it, I'll accept these gifts, and if I can't, I'm sorry." Latobe said slowly.
Huo Zhu looked at the old Hu man in front of him, and he was a little surprised in his heart, he had already found out the details of the Hu Tu Department from Linghu Tan in Liaoxi County, this tribe was currently in internal and external difficulties, and the things he gave him could be said to be what they urgently needed, and the good things sent to the door, this person could still bear his temperament, but it should not be underestimated.
After taking a sip of milk tea, which was a little unaccustomed to, Huo Zhu smiled, "Patriarch Latobe said well, courtesy to others, there must be something to ask for, presumably the patriarch also knows who I am trading with, and I can trust it if I want to, right?"
"Of course, you are our guests of King Donghu, and when you come to me, you are naturally also guests."
"Well said!" Huo Zhu smiled and said, "I'm here to ask the Latobe Patriarch to kill a few people and break a city!"
Latobe's eyelids jumped, "Kill a few people and break a city?"
"Yes, what I got today is only a part of the deposit, if the matter is lived, the income from the destruction of the city will go to you, the patriarch, and those few heads will bring you a reward several times the gift in front of you." Huo Zhu said leisurely.
"Break that city? Do you want the heads of those people?" Latoobe's heart pounded.
"Break Fufeng City, get the heads of Cao Gaoyuan, the guard of Curie Guan, Wu Kai, the commander of Fufeng County, and Lu Hong, the captain of Fufeng County." Huo Zhu said lightly.
"You want me to break the Curie Pass?" Latube was surprised: "And Fufeng City?" He shook his head again and again, "Mr. Huo, since you are a guest of King Donghu, then my current situation must be clear, not to mention Fufeng City, it is Curie Pass, I can't beat it, the Gao Yuan you said is now guarding Curie Pass, I still have a lot of information about Curie Pass, this Gao Yuan is not an ordinary person, Curie Pass has changed a lot now, with this little man in my hand, even if I defeat Curie Pass, I will inevitably lose a lot, and the gains outweigh the losses."
"Why did the patriarch go to storm Curie Pass, just take Fufeng City, with a lofty temperament, he will inevitably lead the army back to help, they are out of the pass, is it possible that you are still afraid of them?"
"I can't beat Curie Pass, how can I beat a stronger Fufeng City?" Latobe shook her head repeatedly.
"Because I am here, you will naturally take down Fuwang City without much effort!" Huo Zhu smiled.
"Who the hell are you?"
"My name is Huo Zhu, and I am the current superintendent of Fufeng City!"
Latobejo was shocked, "Since you are the post supervisor of Fufeng City, why did you instigate me to take Fufeng City?"
"There's nothing to hide from this, because these people I said have offended a great nobleman of our Dayan, and this person wants their lives, as for the other details, the patriarch doesn't need to know, right?" Huo Zhu looked at Latobe and raised the milk tea in his hand: "Patriarch, this is a profitable business, after this village, there is no such shop, when I go to the king of Donghu, I must be able to invite other tribes, then there will be nothing to do with the patriarch!"