2. Alliances
The Yanhuang Dynasty has been in the country for 1,500 years and has more than 40 emperors. The founding ancestor Xuanyuan Taiyi, conquered the Quartet and unified the world. Exterminate the tribe, establish a country, and set the mainstream language, so that the east, west, north and south exchanges are convenient. Repair the road, change the river, open for more than 1,000 years. Conquer the grassland in the north and harvest the great wilderness in the south, so that the Central Plains will not be harmed by the war. It is divided into ten states, set up counties and counties, governs the people's livelihood, rewards and punishments are enlightened, so that the world is returned to the heart, and the barbarians are obedient. Later generations of Ming monarchs, no matter how great their achievements, all took Xuanyuan Taiyi as their lifelong pursuit. However, the reincarnation of heaven has lasted 1,500 years, and the world has returned to troubled times.
The Yan and Huang Dynasty was divided into ten states, which were different according to the topography and ethnic customs. For example, the northerners are generally tall and generous, while the southerners are knowledgeable and courteous, and have a gentle temperament, and so on. In addition, the famous general Wang Meng later subdued the Southern Wilderness, set up two states, and the Northwest Wu clan expanded its territory to the north, setting up three continents, and the entire Yanhuang territory was the largest period, with fifteen states.
At the end of the first year of the Warring States Period, a group of more than 200 cavalry, escorting two carriages, set off from the mansion of the Han King in the Northeast, all the way to the west, out of Yancheng, which borders the Wu clan in the northwest under the jurisdiction of the Han King in the Northeast, and went straight to the west.
In the carriage in front, there were two young people, a man and a woman, and there was a copper stove between the two, the man was about twenty years old, pale, wearing a luxurious purple robe, stretching out his hands to keep warm, and he was looking at the girl opposite with doting eyes. The girl was estimated to be twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a pink cotton robe and two simple ponytails, pouting her buttocks at the moment, squatting on the seat next to the car, lifting the curtain, and sticking her head out to look back: "Brother, why did the second brother go back?" ”
The man who was called his brother replied softly, "Further forward is the jurisdiction of Dahe City, which borders the Northwest Wu clan and my Northern Han, Dahe City and my Yancheng are only fifty or sixty miles away, and the two sides have always had well water not violate the river water, your second brother is the general of Yancheng, when the situation is complicated today, if you bring troops into the country at this time, it is equivalent to an undeclared war, and one of the purposes of my trip is to persuade the Wu clan to ally with my Northern Han Dynasty, and then pacify the world, so I should be cautious" Speaking of this, he remembered another purpose of this trip, and suddenly said coldly: " Xuanyuan Hongluan, how many times have you been talking? When you go out, no more than at home, you should pay more attention to your words and deeds. If you are bumped into by outsiders, you will lose the face of our Han Palace, go to your own carriage! ”
Hearing this, the woman named Xuanyuan Hongluan took her head back, her face was round, and she looked cute. "How boring it is to ride a carriage alone, when I was at home, my father locked me at home every day, let me learn court etiquette when I was young, and then let me learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and now let me learn to teach my husband and children, big brother, do you know? The eldest mother and the second mother took turns to let me learn how to let the future husband spoil me alone! Oh my God, I'm only thirteen years old, is my father trying to marry me off like that? ”
The man on the other side heard him say this, and sighed softly in his heart, as a Yanhuang bloodline, too much sadness and helplessness, I originally wanted to teach this sister who has not grown up well, let her know that the responsibility and responsibility of being in the princely family, but at this moment, I can't open my mouth, my physique is weak, for so many years, there is a Great Wall in the northeast of the empire, and most of the barbarian soldiers point to the northwest, so the Northeast Han King has not seen soldiers for many years, and the blood of the first Han King has gone through three generations, how much is left? It's hard for anyone to say. Moreover, the current generation of Wuhou is the hero, and most of the northern barbarians who have fought dare not go south, and they have detained the Great Wall many times in recent years. Although General Li sat on the Great Wall, the Northern Barbarians returned again and again in vain, but it was also difficult to hurt the Northern Barbarians at all, relying on the Han army defending the city at Xiongguan and the barbarians who dismounted to attack the city, the battle damage was roughly the same? There are Northern Barbarians in the north, Wu in the west, the Central Plains in the south is a group of heroes, and there is only the sea in the east, unconsciously, the situation in the Northern Han Dynasty is so dangerous, thinking of this, the luxurious purple-robed man has a deep sense of powerlessness, and now, he can only look at the attitude of the Wu family, thinking of this, he put his eyes on the woman in the pink robe opposite.
I saw her sitting dignified, facing her brother who was pretending to be angry, she didn't speak, her expression was delicate, and she said softly, "Okay, Brother Xuanyuan Cheng, Brother Xuanyuan Cheng is so fierce, I'm scared to death of my sister." He bowed his head shyly, his fingers played with a ponytail, and he bit his lips with affection. If it weren't for the fact that she suddenly reached out and grabbed her ass backwards, she could really be called infinitely feminine.
Seeing this, the man on the other side had an even more ugly expression, and his voice was low, "Xuanyuan Hongluan, who did you learn to be so vulgar and pretentious?" Where did you learn it? ”
Because he is an elder brother who has loved him very much since he was a child, Xuanyuan Hongluan did not feel the slightest wrong, "When I went to Yancheng yesterday, the second brother said that he would take me to see the world and see a lot of beautiful sisters,,,"
Hearing this, the purple-robed man's anger could no longer be hidden, and no matter how dull the person was, he felt the coldness of the entire carriage falling suddenly, looking at the eldest brother with a face full of anger and clenched fists, he no longer dared to hang his son, "No, no one, what do you say, big brother, I, I have never been to any drunken red mansion,,,,"
Suddenly, the guards outside the car only heard a "bang", and a copper furnace that was originally placed in the carriage was thrown out of the car, and a horse quickly ran to the side of the car: "Childe, county lord"
The angry male voice "Get out!"
The delicate and crisp female voice said, "Commander Wang, help pick up the copper furnace back, thank you, our family is not rich now." ”
Ruler of the King: ,,,,,
In the car, a white-faced man in a luxurious purple robe, clenched his fists, the corners of his eyes twitched, as if he was trying his best to restrain his anger, looking at the little girl in the pink brocade robe who was sitting precariously, thinking of Yancheng who had just passed by the border with the Northwest Wu Clan, and thinking of the second brother, there was a sense of powerlessness in his heart, and he could only hope for the result of this trip. couldn't help but say: "Hongluan, you remember, no matter when, you are the daughter of the dignified Han King, if you are bullied one day, don't be afraid, you have your eldest brother and second brother behind you, there are 200,000 Northern Han soldiers, and you have the blood of our Xuanyuan clan in your body." ”
The sudden words made Xuanyuan Hongluan a little overwhelmed, she didn't know why her brother, who had always loved her, wanted to say these words to herself, what was the difference between saying this and not saying it? No one can change the fact that I am the daughter of the King of Han and the bloodline of Xuanyuan, oh, the eldest brother may be confused. Well, reading is stupid, thinking of this, she got up and stretched out her hand to put it on Xuanyuan's forehead, "Big brother? Who am I? ”
Xuanyuan Cheng smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his tone was gentle: "Hongluan, please go back to your carriage."
"Okay" put his hand away, bent down, opened the door, jumped out, the movement was smooth, crisp and neat. Nonsense, it's not that she doesn't know the golden light on the eldest brother's hand, the Yanyang mental method that the Xuanyuan clan does not pass on, and it is estimated that her Yanhuang Zhong will not be able to stop it with one punch.
Speaking of the hot yang method, I want to say that Xuanyuan Tai traveled the world when he was young, and obtained it on the shore of the East China Sea. But only Xuanyuan's descendants can cultivate, otherwise not only will it not benefit the body and mind, but it will also make the cultivator's gains outweigh the losses
At this time, about twenty or thirty miles in front of the carriage, there was a small hill, the small hill was about ten miles away from the northwest Dahe City, it was the middle of winter, maybe when it would snow, the heavy snow in the northwest was not more than the powder in the south, but in clumps, coupled with the cold north wind, hit the face, it was really painful like a knife. Although it has not snowed yet, the sky is full of dark clouds, and it may start to snow vigorously at any time. At the foot of the hill there was a group of cavalry, all black-armored and black-armed, about two hundred people, standing in five rows, the formation was strict and unmoving. And on the front hill side by side two horses, one of them is tall and mighty, imposing, wearing a black cotton robe, holding a horse whip, it is the head of the Northwest Wu family, the contemporary Wuhou, Wu Hong, at this time is talking to the white scholar who is riding next to him, the two look relaxed, only to hear Wu Hong said: "The matter of the King of Han sending his son to my northwest has been arranged, everything is carried out according to the plan in advance, just listen to what Mr. said, although the Central Plains is splendid, the south of the Yangtze River is more delicate, but it is really a place to kill the fighting spirit and heroism of men, I don't know if Long'er is going, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing. ”
The scholar is the first mastermind of Wuhou at the moment, Wang Xiao. At this time, I thought about it for a while, "the lord, the Wu clan is based on martial arts, and it is also based on martial arts, if there is only one prince, one overlord, it is naturally more than enough, plus since the reform, the streamlining of officials, rewarding cultivation and warfare, its potential is great, and it is invincible in the four seas." However, what the Wu clan will do in the future is not only to defeat the princes, fight for hegemony in the world, and unify the world, but also to continue to expand the territory, north of the Northern Barbarians, south of the Southern Wilderness, we also want to educate the world, however, to educate the world, it is impossible to rely on force alone, immediately win the world, and rule the world under the horse, the eternal truth, in this matter, the lord must not think too much. Besides, Long Gongzi studied with me and fought with the lord, if it weren't for the identity of the son, how could he be a Zhonglang general by virtue of military merits alone, could it be that the Central Plains Jiangnan could ruin his mind? ”
Wu Hong's heart shook, "Yes, my Wu clan's goal, the Wu clan's world, must not just be in a corner, yes, a good one to educate the world, a good Wang Xiao." laughed a few times, "Did Long'er complain in front of you again?" ”
Wang Xiao smiled lightly, but did not answer, raised his head and looked east. In the distance, there were three horsemen coming, walking to the bottom of the mountain, suddenly stopped, the leader turned over and dismounted, trotted towards the two, about ten steps away, knelt on one knee, arched his hand and said: "The envoy of the king of Han has arrived ten miles!" After speaking, he stood up and stood aside.
Wu Hong nodded lightly, looking at this person, his face was cold and young, thick eyebrows and big eyes, resolute and sunny, at this time he was wearing a black leather helmet on his head, wearing black leather armor, and his body was straight, facing his gaze at the moment, he was not afraid at all, he was thrown into the barracks by me at the age of thirteen, and he went out with me at the age of fourteen, and now he is eighteen years old.
This person is the eldest son of the Wu family and the only son of Wu Hong, Wu Long.
Wu Hong looked at this satisfied son, and said with a smile: "Long'er, wait and go with your father to see this Han prince."
Hearing this, the two people present were a little surprised, Wu Long was because his father had never called his name in the army, and at this time he was just an ordinary member of the 200,000 border cavalry in the northwest, so his identity was exposed, and the dress was not suitable for this occasion. Besides, outsiders have always said that I am a tiger wolf in the northwest, and I don't know etiquette, and I don't know why my father behaves like this. But after many years of military career, he still replied without thinking: "Command? ”
The accident of another white-faced scholar was because in the previous plan, Wu Long was allowed to travel south directly, and did not mention the matter of participating in the alliance of the Northern Han Dynasty
"Compare your son with King Han?" This unrealistic idea disappeared in a flash, and he remembered that Wu Hou seemed to have mentioned a certain little girl who liked to wear pink clothes before, and the corners of his mouth smiled slightly, and everything was clear to him. But all of this depends on the thoughts of this kid Wulong, who is serious in front of the Hou Ye, how is it in private, and Wang Xiao, the teacher of the industry, is clear.
In the Northern Barbarian Royal Court, the carbon fire in the golden tent was vigorous, and there were fourteen or fifteen tribal leaders of all sizes, sitting on the ground around the huge brazier, drinking wine and talking. At the top was a bearded man with a heroic face, tall and weathered, looking with interest at a middle-aged man standing near the door. The man was wearing a heavy sheepskin robe, as if he could not stand the cold winter of the northern steppe, and even if he was wearing such thick clothes, he was still pale from the cold.
The bearded man beckoned to him: "Don't be afraid, sir, go forward, roast the fire, our majestic northern grassland is no weaker than your delicate Central Plains, don't freeze to death"
The man in the sheep robe arched his hand, "Xie Dahan" then walked straight to the brazier, still standing, the heat from the brazier instantly hit his face, and his face was flushed.
The bearded man's face remained unchanged, "Sir, you don't have to be restrained, we don't have so much red tape in the grassland, how can we be comfortable?"
The man in the sheep robe smiled bitterly, hesitated slightly, and sat down directly, regardless of anything else. Facing the fierce and vicious tribal leaders around him, his face did not change, and he laughed at himself in his heart: "I didn't expect that Liu Chengxian, who was in the Central Plains, would also have a day when he sat with this group of barbarians. Thinking of this, he was not restrained, and smiled at the bearded man: "Shayerlu Khan, the grassland scenery, has its own taste"
Yelu Khan smiled: "Mr. Liu, I heard from the guards that you claim that you can solve the catastrophe of my grassland, and you want to help my holy clan go south to the Central Plains?" Speaking of this, the rest of the tribal leaders discussed, "Annihilation? "To the Central Plains in the south?" "This Central Plains person is talking big about it" and so on.
Yelu Khan waved his hand, and although everyone stopped talking and bowed their heads to drink, they still sneered at this Mr. Liu.
Yelu Khan looked at Mr. Liu, "Sir, do you know how we used to treat you Central Plains scholars who were so-called clever and clever and told right and wrong?" Seeing that Mr. Liu did not answer, he continued: "About five or six years ago, when my father was still alive, there was also a so-called scholar who claimed to be in the Central Plains, and told me that my father was in turmoil in the Central Plains, the head of the Wu family in the northwest was newly mourned, and the internal instability was unstable, so let my father lead his troops south, do you know what happened to him?" Speaking of this, Yelu Khan's face became hideous, "I don't know what tricks he used, he cooperated with the Nawu clan, which led to the defeat and death of my father, and let the new head of the Nawu clan sit in his seat, hehe, and then I caught him, I stripped him naked, broke his hands and feet, ordered someone to crucify him, let the eagle peck his face, let the hyena come to eat his feet, let the snakes and insects crawl all over his body, until one day, I got tired of it, let people put him down, you know?" He didn't even die. Hahaha, don't look at this man as he is not strong, not strong, but I didn't expect him to survive, he smiled at me, laughing more ugly than the ugliest hyena, I felt insulted, so I made him break his mouth, pull out his tongue, pull out his teeth one by one, and then I continued to nail him like this, and set him up in front of my big tent, until his eyes were pecked blind, half of his face was pecked off, and the lower half of his body was eaten, and I put him down, ha, you know what? He was not dead, and I felt a great deal of rage, and although his face was completely incapacitated to make expressions, I could still feel that he was laughing at me, so I had him chopped up and the hyenas eat him up, and there were no bones left. Mr. Liu, do you know? The position you are sitting in now is the position he did for the first time. ”
Speaking of this, Yelu Khan stopped, looked at the middle-aged man surnamed Liu who was red and white for a while, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, and some of the other tribal leaders around him had heard of this matter for a long time, and some had heard of it for the first time, but no matter who it was, everyone had strange faces, and there was more fear in their eyes when they looked at Yelu Khan.
In contrast, the middle-aged man surnamed Liu didn't seem to be too moved except for the discomfort at the beginning, and when everyone quieted down, he only heard him say: "Dare to ask the Great Khan, how many cattle and sheep are going to freeze to death in the entire grassland this winter, and how many old people and children are going to starve to death?" ”
The scene is a little weird, the usually grinning tribal leaders suddenly stopped, all of them showed grief and indignation, what this middle-aged man said, is the most embarrassing and helpless pain in the grassland for a long time, this pain is so strong, it pierced the hearts of all the grassland people, and at this moment, being asked directly by a foreigner, it is tantamount to sprinkling salt on this pain. Originally, the Great Khan convened the leaders of the various tribes today, just to inquire about their preparations for winter, and the atmosphere was heavy, but unexpectedly, the Great Khan summoned this middle-aged Han man, and I don't know what the Great Khan's intentions were? There was no sound to be heard from the huge tent except for the occasional crackling of the carbon fire.
"Oh?" Yeroda Khan narrowed his eyes, "What do you mean, sir?" ”
Liu Chengxian was not afraid of the subtle changes in the atmosphere in the tent, "It's the surface meaning." The Great Khan relied on his own strength to integrate the steppe tribes and make all the tribes obey the orders of the royal court, which is indeed powerful. But in my opinion, it is just a ragtag, a rabble, and once the next Great Khan fails to convince the people, the seemingly powerful steppe royal court will fall apart in an instant, because the Great Khan has not solved a fundamental problem. ”
When the leaders heard this, they got up one after another, and some even directly drew their scimitars to hack this disrespectful Han man to death.
Jerod Khan stopped the crowd, leaned forward, and asked, "What is the fundamental problem?" ”
"Survival, men, women and children, survive together"
"Keep talking"
"Food, clothing"
Yelu Khan smiled slightly, "This problem, my steppe clan has been thinking about it for generations, and they are all trying to find a way to solve it, such as going south to fight the autumn wind."
"And now? The barrier in the north of the Central Plains is solid, there is the Great Wall in the east, and there are the three states of the Wu clan in the west, and the world knows that the three states of the Wu clan were snatched from your northern barbarians, look, one east and one west, just like two big hands, stuck the vitality of the entire grassland, this is the catastrophe I said before"
"You mean, you can help me change the status quo?"
"Of course, the Great Khan knows that to the north of the steppe is the boundless ice field, to the east is the wasteland, beyond the wasteland is the sea, to the south is the Wu clan and the Northern Han, does the Great Khan know what the west is?"
"It's the Tianshan Mountains, it's the desert, Mr. has something to say quickly, my patience is limited"
"Don't worry, the Great Khan is in a hurry, the grassland goes directly to the west, and it is a desert to cross the Tianshan Mountains, so what is the king who has thought about crossing the desert."
"What is it?"
"It is the Western Regions, where there are abundant products, there are many iron ores, a city dares to call itself a country, more than a dozen large and small, long years of war, if the king can pass through the desert, grab a piece of land there, and then continue to deliver materials for the grassland, in the future winter, it will not be so sad, this is one of them" Liu Chengxian paused, saw Yelu Khan thinking about it, and then said: "Second, send people to negotiate peace with the Northern Han Dynasty, open up trade routes, accumulate salt and iron for the grassland, and more importantly, do business with the Central Plains tyrants"
"Why not the Wu Clan?"
"The Wu clan is different from the Northern Han Dynasty, the Wu clan's goal is in the north, and the goal of the Northern Han is in the south, so cooperating with the Northern Han is more beneficial to the grassland."
Liu Chengxian continued: "In the end, doing business with the Central Plains tyrants is the top priority, these people are only profitable, they will be desperate, but one by one they want to face fame, with the reputation of the Han King Xuanyuan's orthodoxy, we can justifiably divide and win over them, cultivate their own forces, and cooperate with the Northern Han Dynasty, because the strength of the Northern Han is not enough to dominate the world, maybe they will use the powerful cavalry of the grassland, and when the time comes, it will be effortless to take the Great Wall, and then find an opportunity to dominate the world!" ”
"Hahaha," a series of undisguised ecstasy came from the mouth of Yelu Khan, "what Sir said is the Tao, which makes people listen to it and open their hearts, if everything is as Sir said, then Sir will be my majestic teacher of Yelu from now on, otherwise ,,,,"
"My head, the Great Khan can take it at any time"
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