Chapter 42: News
In the next few days, Batagan followed Chen Mo's side, closer than Dian Wei's personal guard, but although this person couldn't understand what he said, he was quite diligent in his work, which can be said to be hard-working, no matter who asked him to do things in the team, he worked very hard, even if occasionally someone scolded him for doing something wrong, he just showed a simple smile, which made people a little helpless and funny.
"Hey, Batagan, where the hell are you from?" On this day, Dian Wei sat on the ground with Wang Biao, Zheng Tu and Chen Mo to eat, looking at Batagan who was holding the dough and laughing while nibbling, and couldn't help but ask again.
"Monchidoune." Batakan replied.
"Huh?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo, what did this thing say?
"Mengqi Doune, is a subject country of Great Qin, I have seen in a historical book, in the twelfth year of Yonghe, Mengqi Doune once came to Luoyang to pay tribute, and at that time Emperor He had guarded the golden seal purple ribbon." Chen Mo smiled.
"Boss, can you understand what he says?" Dian Wei was surprised.
"I can only understand some." Chen Mo nodded, communicating with Batakan these days, it is true that Batakan does not understand Hanjia, Chen Mo relies on guessing most of the time, so he doesn't learn much, but it has been a long time since he has studied things so hard, Chen Mo feels very interesting.
"I'm ...... Scholars! Seeing Dian Wei looking at him, Batagan patted his chest and said, in Monchidoune, he is a nobleman, and if he is placed on the side of the Han, he is not a scholar.
"Just like you? It's like a mud pit fished out, and it's still a scholar? Dian Wei pursed his lips disdainfully, then turned his head to look at him with wide eyes: "Chengjing!" ”
"You think I'm a white sect these days?" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei with a smile, and then looked at Batagan with some confusion and said, "It's just that for some reason, Batagan has been trying to learn Xianbei language from me these days." ”
"What's the use of learning that? You're not the owner, so it's good to be able to speak good Chinese. Hearing this, Dian Wei glared at Batagan angrily, and didn't learn Chinese well, but ran to learn some bullshit.
Batagan looked at Chen Mo blankly, he had only studied Chinese for a few days, Dian Wei still spoke with a local accent, and it was okay to speak slower, Dian Wei said so fast, how could he understand.
"I can't tell, he seems to have something to do." Chen Mo shook his head and said, "He doesn't have much to say now, he can only have a simple exchange." ”
"This is ...... Odd Dou ...... Where, exactly? Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo and asked.
"Xibianer, don't talk about me, he doesn't know himself, he came here from his hometown and has been gone for more than three years." Chen Mo shook his head, Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions for more than ten years, but there were many twists and turns, and now it seems that Batagan is similar, just here in Xianbei, he has been a slave for half a year.
But in any case, the distance between is too long, and it is difficult to estimate how far it is, and it may not be more than 10,000 miles.
"Tsk~" Dian Wei glanced at Batagan sympathetically: "Can he find his way back?" ”
"It's hard." Chen Mo shook his head and said.
"It's not easy." Dian Wei couldn't help but touch Batakan's smooth head, although it was not very polite, Batakan didn't seem to care about it.
"Boss, now that we have gone deep into Hudi, where will we go next?" Wang Biao looked at Chen Mo, who was taking the bamboo slips to record, and asked.
"Let's find more people to walk with first, and then to the north, there are fewer and fewer cities, and there are fewer Han people, I don't know if these Xianbei people will still be so well-behaved! More people, more courage. Chen Mo said casually.
"It's not...... Host...... Boss, why do you want to go if you're afraid? Dian Wei didn't understand.
"There are some things, you can't be afraid and don't do it, there are Xiongnu first, and then Xianbei, this Hu plague has plagued my Central Plains for hundreds of years or even longer, and someone has to solve it." Chen Mo tightened the cloak on his shoulders, looked ahead and said, "To defeat your enemy, you must first understand him. ”
"What's the use of just understanding? It's like someone else wants to beat me, what do they do? Dian Wei shook his head, a little incomprehensible, what no one could solve for hundreds of years, how could Chen Mo solve it?
"It's very simple, it's not difficult to lie to you, poisoning, trapping, group beatings, there are many ways to kill a person, but if you and I are hostile, I won't deliberately target you." Chen Mo glanced at Dian Wei and said, "In terms of military strategy, you actually don't play a big role. ”
Dian Wei's face suddenly darkened: "Can't you be upright?" ”
"I know I can't beat it...... Attacking the enemy's strengths with his own shortcomings, such a person generally does not live long. Chen Mo was probably afraid of hurting Dian Wei's self-esteem, and thought for a while: "Of course, if I want to capture or kill the enemy general, it is still a headache to have a fierce general like you by my side, so those previous methods are useful." ”
Poisoning, trapping, group beating......
Dian Wei suddenly felt that his safety seemed to be lacking in security, thought about it, looked at Chen Mo and said, "Dongjia, I think that the strategy of King Yue to defeat King Wu that you told me some time ago ......"
"Beauty tricks?" Chen Mo looked at Dian Weidao.
"Hmm!" Dian Wei nodded again and again: "This is good!" ”
"This will test your wit." Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei and said with a smile: "Do you think, a woman who looks like a fairy, has a gentle and empathetic personality and is versatile, suddenly approaches you, you have to have a plan." ”
"In case someone is good about this~" Dian Wei was unconvinced.
"Alas~ I also hope to have it." Chen Mo nodded, and rode his horse forward.
Wang Biaoce stepped forward immediately, looked at Dian Wei and said with a smile: "Looks like a fairy, and has a gentle personality?" ”
Zheng Tu said hesitantly: "Empathetic and versatile? Haha~"
Hao Zhao stepped forward and looked at Dian Wei, who was dark, and Dian Wei glared, "What are you looking at?" You kid want to humiliate me too? ”
"No, General Dian, King Yue made the beauty trick for King Wu." Hao Zhao hurriedly shook his head, dropped a sentence and ran away.
Dian Wei's face darkened, and he turned his head to look at Batakan, who didn't know why, and grinned at him.
"Laughing fart, you ugly ghost!" Dian Wei snorted, and rode a few steps faster, leaving Batakan to look at Dian Wei's back inexplicably.
"Brother Chen!" Everyone laughed all the way, but saw the vendor who had promised to help Chen Mo pull the strings to meet him.
"Brother Zhu, what's wrong?" Chen Moce immediately stepped forward, looked at the other party and smiled.
"Found it, this is a big deal." The other party smiled and said, "Have you heard of the Tuoba Department?" ”
"Aren't they in the north?" According to historical records, the ancestors of Tuoba Xianbei can be traced back to the period of Emperor Wu, starting in the area of Liaodong, also known as Xianbei of other departments, these years have experienced the situation of the Xiongnu from weak to strong and then to today's division, and gradually become one of the Xianbei tribes, there are tens of thousands of people directly under the tribe, and there are more subordinate tribes, and there are more tribes attached to it, and it has a strong influence in this area today, not much weaker than Shanyu.
"That kind of big tribe is trading directly with wealthy merchants, how can we have a way to contact people? However, this time I saw a tribe of 1,000 people under the command of the Tuoba Department, and there were more than 2,000 people in the tribe, which can be regarded as a big tribe in this Yunzhong area. The merchant laughed.
"Oh?" Chen Mo smiled when he heard this: "What tribe? ”
"Dugu."
"It's still a big tribe." Chen Mo smiled.
"How?"
"This Dugu Department is counted as having a deep relationship with my Han Dynasty, it is created by Liu Jinbo, the great-grandson of Emperor Guangwu, who was the general of Du Liao at the time, was defeated and captured when attacking the Huns, imprisoned under Dushan, and failed to return to the Central Plains for the rest of his life. Since then, it has been called the Dugu Department. In the end, Chen Mo couldn't help but sigh, although the cultures of the two states are different, but this bloodline has been entangled with each other since the Gaozu period, not only the Dugu Department, but also many nobles of the Xiongnu and Xianbei actually have Han blood, and the blood of the Han clan is really all over the world.
"Brother Chen knows a lot, what were the two books you read back then?" Lao Zhu was curious, Chen Mo told him that he had only read two volumes, but what are these two volumes? It seems to be all-encompassing, and it has everything.
"There are still some miscellaneous stories in the historical records." Chen Mo touched his nose and smiled.
"It's not accurate to say this, but you're lucky, the Dugu Department is now choosing a parent, and Brother Dian can just try it." Lao Zhu said with a smile.
"Oh?" Dian Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Chen Mo with a courteous face.
Chen Mo nodded, and glanced at Batagan on the side suspiciously, it seemed that he was also a little excited, thinking that Batakan had always wanted to learn Xianbei language from Chen Mo before, could it be related to this Dugu Division?
"It's just right, it's good if you can use this to establish contact with the Dugu Department." Chen Mo glanced at Dian Wei with a smile and said, "How far is it from here?" ”
"It's about 50 miles east of here, in the area of Huangganshui." Lao Zhu said with a smile: "Brother Chen, it's okay, the profits from this trip ...... sold."
"Don't worry." Chen Mo smiled: "Although I am young, I will do what I say, and it will not be bad if I am thirty percent of it!" ”
"Yes, I know that Brother Chen is a person who does great things! The future will be promising! Lao Zhu said with a smile.
"Promise your good words." Chen Mo smiled, noncommittal, and immediately led everyone to hurry, along the barren sweet water all the way to the east, along the way, Batagan became silent, even Chen Mo chatted with him, and also became absent-minded.
"Do you know the Dugu Division?" Chen Mo looked at Batagan and suddenly asked.
Batagan was stunned when he heard this, looked at Chen Mo, and then nodded, with a bit of longing in his eyes.
"Is there someone you care about?" Chen Mo asked again.
Batagan looked at Chen Mo, suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Mo.
"It doesn't have to be like this, if I can help you, I will help, but if I can't, I won't interfere, but I won't risk our lives to help you."
"Thank you...... Thank! "Batakan said hard.