Chapter 1020: Under the Night
The night is reckless, like a layer of black fog, which can never be seen clearly, never fathomable.
Lin Yinqin also wondered why the Han people finally decided to release him with his clansmen, this matter was really a bit incredible to him.
“…… Brother, you say......" Lin Yinqin threw a small piece of wood guarding the side into the campfire, and then said, "...... What does the Han people mean by this? Is it really going to ...... What do you want to draw that? ”
"Draw something?" Alan Yi was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Lin Yinqin said, "That's not painting anything, according to the words of the Han people, it is called turning war into jade silk, that is to say, put down the sword and gun, truce and truce......"
"Oh......" Lin Yinqin nodded as if he didn't understand.
Anyway, that's right.
Compared with the force on the battlefield, Lin Yinqin is stronger than Alan Yi, but for the written thing, Alan Yi is a little stronger.
Do you want to negotiate peace, it shows some sincerity, so logically speaking, there is no big problem in being released by the Han people, so when the Han people said that they want to release them, although Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi also have some doubts in their hearts, they don't know what the problem is.
Lin Yinqin was silent for a while and asked, "...... Han...... It seems to have some advantages, so why a truce? Don't they want Yin Shan anymore? ”
Alan Yi wasn't sure about this, so he thought for a while before he said, "...... Didn't I hear that the Han people were also at war with each other...... It is said that their capital, like our royal court, is now being contested...... Maybe this is also to compete for the royal court of the Han people, and this side of Yinshan ...... Maybe it's a little more minor...... Of course, there may be something else, such as running out of food and grass, or something we don't know about......"
Lin Yinqin nodded, and used a branch to stir the bonfire a little brighter.
These are naturally all speculations, and no one knows how it should be.
“…… However, to be able to come back," Lin Yinqin said with a somewhat gloomy expression, "It's finally a good thing......
"A good thing?" Alan Yi repeated softly, then shook his head, revealing a wry smile, "...... I used to think it was good, but now it'...... But it may not be ......"
Lin Yinqin's hand stopped, turned his head and asked, "Brother, ......what do you mean by this?"
Alan Yi stretched out his hand and pointed outward, and said, "...... It's been a long time since I met the patrolling scouts, but there is still no reply...... A team of scouts sent out a lot of ...... And then there may be a lot of eyes around us as well...... It's not necessarily a good thing for us to come back and think about it now......"
Although Alan Yi didn't say it very clearly, but the meaning Lin Yinqin also understood, and couldn't help but angrily throw the small branch in his hand and said, "These Xianbei dogs! I still suspect that we can't! What that coward Nakri really did before, we haven't even bothered with them to settle accounts, how can they still have the face to doubt us! If we really had any deal with the Han Chinese, how could we come back here? Can't they even understand that? ”
"Understood? What do you want to understand? Accounts? What is the account? Alan Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Who are you and me?" And who's over there? And then there's that Kerry thing...... Yes, it was he who left us and didn't save us, otherwise we wouldn't have been surrounded by the Han people, but...... If that Kerry really denies it, do you think Tuoba Xiaowang believes that Kerry really has more, or will he believe us more? ”
"......" Lin Yinqin gritted his teeth and gurgled, but soon he softened like a punctured water bladder and let out a long sigh.
After all, their own clansmen are still on the side of the Xianbei Royal Court, which is equivalent to being hostages, so unless they have to, Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi are as much as possible not to oppose the Xianbei people, so even if Na Kerry really makes such an action that makes the two of them resentful, to a certain extent, they can only suffer a dumb loss and endure it.
What if you can't bear it?
You can't set up troops to kill the Krizin tribe, and before you get there, you will be suppressed by other Xianbei tribes......
"Aren't the Han people's letters also very clear?" Lin Yinqin also knew this, so he could only hide his resentment against Na Kerry in his heart, and said sullenly for a long time, "...... And we are still so far away from the big camp, not to say that we have no agreement with the Han people, and we will not attack Xiao Wang's camp, we are just a messenger...... Is this also wrong? ”
The two of them had discussed it when they were on the way back before, worried that Tuoba Xiaowang would have any misunderstanding, so they set up camp at a distance away from the Xianbei camp, as a way to show their innocence, as a sign of no hostility.
But now it seems that Tuoba Guoluo may not think so.
"It's precisely because we didn't rush directly to the camp that we can still ...... here," said Alanyi, "If we had just gone straight to the camp, I'm afraid that if not swords and guns, would have greeted us now, if not swords and guns, but ropes......"
“…… Brother, I said......" Lin Yinqin's voice was a little dry, "...... If, I say, what if, in case of that...... What are we going to do......
Alan Yi looked at the flickering bonfire, and was silent for a while before saying, "...... I've thought about it too, but it shouldn't be like that normally...... After all, we don't have many people, so it's better to send some people to take care of us...... When we fight or make peace with the Han people, we will have nothing to do......"
Lin Yinqin nodded slowly, but after a pause, his voice became deeper and lower: "...... It's not that I'm discouraged, I'm ...... If only ...... Will we ...... Do you want to ......?"
Alan Yi turned his gaze to the night sky, looking at the stars in the sky, and the dark night covering the four fields, and replied in a low voice, "...... I don't know...... Brother, I don't know...... Maybe we shouldn't have come back, maybe we shouldn't have ...... Maybe everything we do is wrong...... Wrong ......"
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The night seems to envelop everything, including people's hearts.
A dozen or so leaders gathered from all around the camp and arrived in the big tent of Tuoba Guoluo.
These dozen or so leaders not only have Tuoba Guoluo's direct henchmen, but also close tribes like Tuyuhun, and of course some are the leaders of other tribes, including Na Kerryzhen......
At this time, everyone is on their minds.
Before, people shouted horse neighing, and the Hu people were relatively loose, and there was no so-called sense of secrecy, so most people knew the news of the Huns' return.
Some people couldn't help but look at the Clezhen, and most of them looked a little strange.
At this time, it was already close to night, normally speaking, if it weren't for this news, most of the people would have rested, at most, they would have explained some patrols and arranged to feed the horses at night, and the whole person relaxed, lying down on the straw mat to stretch the bones of the body that had been tired for a day, but now, they had to get up all the time, and came to Tuoba Guoluo's big tent.
Of course, even if they are slightly unhappy in their hearts, most people dare not complain.
When there is nothing to do, talk about gossip, Xiao Wang has a good temper, and most of the time he listens to it is a smile, no one will take it seriously, but at the moment it is a major military situation, whoever breaks his mouth and says a few more words is purely his own death, if Xiao Wang is really angry, he marches up, and cuts off his own head with a knife, and there is no place to cry.
Therefore, although everyone held back their questions and thoughts, they all just explored each other with their eyes, and no one took the initiative to speak.
Clejan, on the other hand, bent over, wished to hide his form in the shadowy corners of the tent, for he had no guilt at all but resentment.
Damn the Huns, why the hell are they back?
How can I come back?
How can it!
Na Kerry gritted his teeth, and the muscles on his cheeks jumped and jumped, if this was poked out by the Huns for their performance in front of the Han people......
The people on the grassland are all respectful and brave men, although even if they know, no one will want to support the Huns and vent their evil anger or something, but after all, it is not good, and their reputation or something is completely smashed, so won't they be able to look up and see people from now on?
For a moment, thousands of thoughts swirled in Nakril's mind......
When the people were all together, Tuoba Guoluo still didn't speak immediately, but after a while, he slowly said: "The Huns are back, interesting...... Na Kerry...... Hey, so where is Kerry? ”
The leader sitting next to the Crechen hurriedly stepped back, revealing the Crezhen's figure.
Nakri really stiffened, stiffly pulled out a little smile, bowed his head and said, "Here, I'm here, respected little Wang......"
"Well," Tuoba Guoluo glanced at Nakri Zhen, and then said unhurriedly, his voice slower as if nothing had happened, "...... I remember, you said before, you found that the situation was not right, and when you arrived at the battlefield, the Han people had already surrounded the Huns...... Then you led the troops to rescue you several times, but they were all stopped by the Han people, and you couldn't save them successfully...... Then I saw that the oxtail of Lin Yinqin and Alan Yi also fell...... And then you see that there is really nothing you can do...... Then you had to withdraw back...... Well, right? Still is...... Am I mistaken? ”
Tuoba Guo fell a few times and then came down, although the tone was calm, it was night, and the temperature was low, but a thin bead of sweat oozed from Nakrizhen's forehead, which glistened in the light of the fire in the tent.
A few Xianbei people put their heads together and muttered in a low voice:
"Look at this guy's dog-like appearance, eighty percent of them are not telling the truth......"
"What eighty percent, I guess it must be!"
"Damn, I already saw that this guy was a coward, but I didn't expect him to be a guy with a long tongue and a lie!"
"What's polite, if I had already asked someone to tie him up and whip him first......"
For a while, there was a constant buzz in the big tent, some seemed to be making a scene, some were gloating, although their attitudes were different, but they were all staring at the Clezhen, depending on how he would answer.
“…… This...... This...... Dear little Wang, I ......," said Nakri with his head bowed, "...... What I said was the truth, and I didn't dare to deceive Xiao Wang in the slightest......"
"Oh?" Tuoba Guoluo said with a smile, "That's a little strange...... Not only did the Huns not die under the encirclement of the Han, but they also returned...... You know, the oxtail is down...... Gee...... Do you say that these Xiongnu have a big life, or do you say that the hands of the Han people are too soft...... So tell me, what do you think? ”
"This ......," said Kerry, who was a little stunned for a moment.
Everyone knows that every tribe on the grassland has an oxtail that represents its own tribe, and this oxtail is the core of the entire army like the handsome flag of the Han people......
And now that the oxtail of the Huns that Krizin had seen had arrived, and in the blink of an eye the Huns had returned, it was quite interesting.
The sweat on Kerry's forehead ran down his cheeks, and he didn't dare to reach out to rub it, as if there were thousands of ants crawling over his face......
People are like this, when they tell a lie, they often blurt it out, but in order to make up for it, they have to spend more actions and words.
Everyone hates mistakes, and they hate to show their mistakes in front of others, and Kerry is no exception, in order to maintain his own image in front of the Xianbei leaders, he gritted his teeth and said stubbornly: "...... Returning to the esteemed Xiao Wang, this ...... I don't know...... When I arrived with my people, the Huns were indeed at war with the Han Chinese...... And those Huns can no longer hold on...... I did see that they couldn't be saved, so I came back with my people...... These are all truths, if Xiao Wang doesn't believe it, you can ask my people! ”
Na Clezhen was still talking slowly at first, and there was some lag at the beginning, but in the back it became more and more smooth, and finally he even patted his chest, groaning, and his tone gradually became affirmative, but Na Kerry still hid some things......
Because the things that Na Clezhen said were all certain truths, so what Na Clezhen said was also a spit splash, and he looked categorical, which made Tuoba Guoluo hesitate a little about his previous assertion.
Maybe there's something hidden in it that Kerry really doesn't know?
Tuoba Guoluo stared at Nakri Zhen for a while, noncommittal, neither nodding nor shaking his head, but lowered his head and looked at the letter in hand......
Han people want to negotiate peace?
A delaying tactic?
Or is there something else going on?
What exactly do Han people mean and what do they want to do?