Chapter 54: The Northern State

"Whoosh", the stone under his feet flew up, drew a long arc, and fell into the creek.

Liu Dafang, who was following on the side, didn't dare to breathe.

Lu Ning glared at him, and the elephants behind him seemed to be able to sense the irritable mood in Lu Ning's heart, and they raised their trunks and hissed, which frightened Liu Dafang's face for a while, and he hurriedly walked away a few steps, afraid that these psychic-like giant beasts tamed by the Holy Son of Heaven would come and trample him to death.

In the end, Lu Ning still couldn't go to Qunu City.

When talking about preparing to go to Qunu City, the people around him obviously disagreed, but no one dared to persuade him, but Liu Dafang hurriedly leaked the news to Jing Si, who came to see him in a hurry, knelt down and couldn't get up, and begged the Son of Heaven not to take risks lightly.

Lu Ning could only sigh in his heart, it was no longer the time when he led more than 100 of them to kill in the territory of the Liaoren.

However, the matter of going to Qunu City had to be stopped, so as not to disrupt Jing Hei's plan.

Jing Si said that it would take more than ten days for a shipload of gunpowder and projectiles to come from Longmen Island, and then he could attack Qunu City, and wait for the counterattack of the Ghaznavids in Qunu City, so as to wait for work and defeat the main force of the Ghaznavids.

I don't go to Qunu City, but it's really boring to stay in Yunlu City, so Lu Ning went north and walked around the Southern Regions Province's sphere of influence.

Speaking of which, it is said that it is an overseas province of the Southern Regions, but in fact, except for the banks of the Ganges River, the rest of the vast territory of Daqi is only the nominal right to rule, in the final analysis, it is still the original Indian manor owners, temple monks, slave owners, etc. to manage local affairs, and even how much land and population these princes and nobles own has not been verified, only relying on their own records and statistics, everything, have to take their time.

Lu Ning's goal to the north was to rob the area of the Luo Va.

Legend is that it is the homeland of Sakyamuni, one of the sixteen ancient kingdoms of India after BC, but now it is a matter of people, the Indian subcontinent is endless, the means between the tribes are cruel, and the Shakyamuni family has long been wiped out.

In the "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" written by Sanzang, it is recorded here, "The empty and barren are far away, the people are scarce, there is no great monarch, and the city has its own lord." The land is fertile? Crops are sown at the right time. Qi order without sorrow? The customs are harmonious. ”

Is the so-called "city to city" the reality of most countries in the Indian subcontinent today? Basically? It is the Chola Empire, the most powerful country in the south, and it is also the nominal ruler of large and small lords, monks and nobles, etc.? More akin to a union of city-states.

The Southern Regions Province is okay, after all, it really controls the most fertile land on both sides of the Ganges River basin.

The lords of the city-states that robbed the big and small cities that were blocked by the Rava? Should taxes be paid to Yunlu City? And now is the time of the summer harvest, and it is time to pay the first field tax after the reign of the Great Qi.

The southern province is really suitable for growing crops, and if it is well matched, it can even grow three crops a year, and of course, in most cases, it is still sowing crops that are two crops a year.

But? Despite such good geographical conditions? Most of the natives of the Southern Regions used to be in a state of hunger all year round, which is also a special phenomenon in the local area since ancient times, and it will continue to be in the future.

Lu Ning came to rob Biluova and block it, and he also stopped by to see the payment of Tian Fu.

At the same time, see how you can get the untouchable class to have more rations than before? It is always under the rule of Daqi, which is a bit new.

Here? Brought a dozen elephants as mounts? At the same time, it is also a tool for carrying baggage.

These elephants, from the Falcon Regiment? Now the 100 Central Plains soldiers of the Falcon Regiment? Plus nine hundred slave samurai? There were 200 elephants.

In India, the frequency of war elephants is not low, and even after the Ghaznavids invaded India in history, they quickly recruited hundreds of elephants to accompany their army.

However, in the past, in addition to transporting military funds, Indian war elephants were mainly used to drive and impact the opponent's formation, and they were still very few mounted on archers and other mounts.

But the two hundred war elephants of the Falcon Regiment were subdued by Lu Ning.

In the past few months, Lu Ning has nothing to do in Yunlu City, and going to compete with elephants every day is one of the entertainment activities to solve boredom.

These war elephants have already been trained, not to mention seeing Lu Ning, they are the hundreds of Great Qi pawns, wearing the helmets of the flying falcon pawns, they can ride and command them, which is also deliberately trained by Lu Ning.

And with Lu Ning here, they obediently obeyed orders.

followed Lu Ning to the north, in addition to Liu Dafang and Dou Shenbao, Duan Yuyan, a translator who is becoming more and more proficient in the local language, and the tenth class of Qing'ewei, who is on duty as an internal guard, all rode in the bamboo basket of the elephant and walked forward slowly.

As for the Bactrian camel, the mount of the Qing'e guards, in this humid and rainy place, they try to stay in a cool place, they are not afraid of heat or cold, but they don't like humid climate, so they try to exercise less.

But when you go west to the Deccan Plateau of Ghaznavid, in the desert land, those camels are artifacts.

Seeing the outline of the manor faintly in front of him, Lu Ning jumped down from the elephant and kicked a small stone away.

The group of elephants hissed, and Liu Dafang, who hurriedly climbed down, was immediately frightened.

A beautiful shadow landed gently in a graceful posture, and a few steps behind Lu Ning, her posture was beautiful, her figure was graceful, her red skirt was fluttering, and she had a double sword on her back, and she was heroic and had an unearthly atmosphere.

Qing'e Wei's tenth class, all of them are sword dance masters, and at the same time, there are several characters who can be called heroines, and the red-line girl is one of them, Lu Ning has seen her two-handed wooden swords and more than a dozen wooden knife men put them together, and poked them all over in a light and agile position, if it weren't for the protective gear on each throat, I am afraid that the wooden sword can hurt people.

Big beads and small beads look beautiful and cute, but they are not good stubble.

There are small rivers that flow into the Ganges, and the farmland is mostly planted with rice, and now many busy figures are harvesting, and in the middle of nowhere, clusters of golden autumn harvest colors.

A few children noticed the group of uninvited guests, and stood in the field and watched curiously.

Suddenly, Lu Ning frowned slightly, looked at the manor in the distance, and said, "It seems that something has happened, and there are bandits who have come to loot." ”

When the red-line girl heard this, she immediately raised her hand and made a few gestures, and the rest of the Qing'e Wei took out the firearm from the hitchhiker on the elephant's belly, and quickly filled the paper-wrapped gunpowder and projectiles.

Dou Shenbao quickly connected the scimitar on his waist with the long pole on his back, after all, he has few people, if he wants to scare people, a few shots from the Qing'e guards are enough, and he still has to use the Pu knife to fight the enemy.

Liu Dafang also took out a hand-held firearm and loaded ammunition.

After listening for a while, Lu Ning's brows furrowed even tighter, "It's the mud Borneo people who came?" ”

Nepal is now ruled by the Lichawi of the Indians who were driven from the Ganges, and although there is no legal border with North India, its sphere of influence is four or five hundred miles away.

I heard that the Polo Kingdom had overturned, and Nibra wanted to take the opportunity to invade south, but it was too far.