Mo Xiaobao was still a little young and vigorous, while Mu Huali looked a little old and serious, so just when the two were about to collide, Ye Qing and Temujin both stood up together, ignoring the screams in the bonfire, and when the whole attention was focused on Mu Huali and Mo Xiaobao, Mu Huali finally gently pulled the reins in his hand at the moment when the two of them were about to collide, and then passed by Mo Xiaobao.

Looking back at Mo Xiaobao picking up the four-hoofed sheep in the air, Mu Hualile stopped the horse, with a hint of appreciation and admiration in his eyes, and said in Tatar language: "Congratulations, you won, I lost." ”

Mo Xiaobao had been wandering in the grassland for many years, but the simple language of the Tatars still couldn't bother him, he looked at the sheep that was still struggling in the air with his neck in his hand, and said with a smile: "This beast is too cunning, it wants the two of us to collide, and then take the opportunity to escape." ”

Although Ye Qing and Temujin couldn't hear what the two of them were talking about, although in the end Mu Huali gave in and Mo Xiaobao won, in Ye Qing and Temujin's eyes, such a victory was far less important than the safety of the two of them, and victory or defeat was not so important to them.

Seeing that the two of them were safe and sound, Ye Qing and Temujin both breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at each other, their faces full of dangerous expressions.

Su Dao on the other side had a cold face at the moment, staring coldly at the fire, the Xia soldiers who had been pulled out and burned did not look like people, ghosts and ghosts, and the screams were particularly poignant and gloomy under the fire-lit night sky.

With all the flames on Xia Ren's body being extinguished, the whole person was already in a dying state at this time, and the original terrible screams had now turned into a burning pain in his body because he couldn't stand it, and a helpless moan of pain after exhaustion.

"I conceded Lord Su." Ye Qing's tone was calm, but it was extremely harsh in Su Dao's ears, full of smugness and ridicule.

"If they do their best, they will lose their hospitality as their masters." The corners of Su Dao's mouth twitched, and he forced himself to argue.

"So, we're not going to win?" Ye Qing smiled and continued to ask reluctantly.

Around the bonfire, as the Xia people were carried down, another round of carnival began, and as for the Xia people who were burned by the fire and only had one breath left, no one wanted to care about his fate, or rather, people chose to ignore it, after all, in front of everyone's eyes, they lost the face of the Xia people again, and I am afraid that the Xia people who were pinned on high hopes will not end up much better.

"It's good that Lord Ye knows." Su Dao was still a dead duck and said stiffly.

And Ye Qing also seemed to accept it if he didn't want to see it, and he was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and after taking a sip of the wine glass with satisfaction, he said lightly: "If Master Su is not convinced, why not try again?" It doesn't matter, I, Ye Qing, really want to see if the fierce Xia people are as tough as Lord Su's mouth! ”

Ye Qing's ruthless words, in exchange for Su Dao's angry eyes, and Ye Qing also looked at Su Dao without giving in, without waiting for Su Dao to speak, Ye Qing said coldly: "I will admire you Su Dao is a man, but if you use this kind of indiscriminate means for me again, Su Dao, don't blame me Ye Qing is not welcome!" ”

"Lord Ye, as the host, Su treats guests with courtesy, I don't know where I neglected Lord Ye? What's more, Lord Ye won the competition today, Lord Ye shouldn't be so aggressive, not polite at all, right? Su Dao was stunned, he didn't expect Ye Qing to become so tough in an instant.

"As soon as I entered the city, what happened to the challenge of blocking the road in the summer? What happened to the big Wanliang horse that Mo Xiaobao and Mu Huali rode just now? Lao Tzu's people are won by their ability, not by your hospitality. Although there is a shortage of war horses in my Great Song Dynasty, it doesn't mean that the soldiers of my Great Song Dynasty and my Ye Qing are stupid, and I can't see that the war horse has not been completely tamed! This kind of indiscriminate means ....... Ye Qing stretched out his index finger and pointed at Su Dao next to him, his eyes were sharp, and his tone was cold: "If you play this kind of indiscriminate trick in front of Lao Tzu, I will chop you now!" ”

As soon as Ye Qing's words fell, he saw Ye Qing shake his hand, and then there was a "bang" on the desk in front of Su Dao, and the field knife that was originally in Ye Qing's hand had already pierced into the table in front of Su Dao.

"Ye Qing, you are deceiving people too much, three good horses ......." Su Dao began to become a little weak-hearted, thinking that Ye Qing and the others couldn't see these problems at all, and they didn't expect that Ye Qing and the others had already seen their small means clearly from the beginning.

"Fuck off!" Ye Qing raised his eyebrows and said in a cold voice: "Don't be a fool when everyone else, only you Su Dao is a smart person!" From now on, it doesn't matter whether you Su Dao is happy or not, but before you come back from the Liao Kingdom, if you Su Dao dare to play this kind of indiscriminate means again and engage in internal strife between the four of us, I, Ye Qing, will not be the first to spare you! ”

When the begging gods and slaves, even including Temujin, heard this, they suddenly understood why Ye Qing, who had always been smiling and calm, suddenly became so angry and fierce after they won this competition.

It turned out that what he cared about was not what happened in Xiping Mansion today, but the alliance between the four of them after they set off for Liao tomorrow.

Now that they have not joined forces to defend against the enemy, they have begun to gradually start internal strife because of grievances, so just imagine, once the four of them lead their respective 5,000 armies to fight against the Khorezmians, if someone is like Su Dao today, and they are doing three indiscriminate means behind their backs to frame others, then it will be easy on the battlefield.

Su Dao's face turned a little red, but fortunately, because of the bonfire in the distance, it was impossible for people to detect his weakness and embarrassment at the moment, his lips squirmed for a long time, and his momentum weakened by three points at the beginning: "I, Su Daofei, am a person who doesn't care about the overall situation, and I hope that Lord Ye will not spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!" ”

Ye Qing got up and walked to Su Dao, bent down and slowly grabbed the handle of the field knife, looked at Su Dao and said coldly: "I hope so." Remember what you say. Thank you to Master Su for the reception dinner today, Ye was tired, so he went back to the camp to rest first. ”

The field knife in his hand was put away by Ye Qing, and then he led Mo Xiaobao and the others to stride through the open space next to the bonfire and walk in the direction of his battalion commander.

Su Dao, who was sitting motionless in front of the desk behind him, at this moment, in addition to Ye Qing's tall back, there was a bonfire in the distance, burning in his eyes, and the sneer at the corner of his mouth gradually became more and more gloomy, even with a killing intent.

With the departure of Ye Qing and the others, and then Temujin, Qishilie Zhushen Nu and others also left one after another, and the entire bonfire dinner suddenly became much more deserted, and even in Su Dao's eyes, it became more and more funny.

Today's everything, just like Ye Qing raised his palm and slapped him one after another, making his face hot and painful.

As the huge bonfire gradually weakened, the late night with a bone-chilling feeling also quietly spread in the Xiping Mansion on the border of the Xia Kingdom, whether it was the Tatar people in Xiping Mansion, or the Jin people, the Song people, and even the Xia people, after they returned to the camp, they all strengthened the vigilance of the camp, and the soldiers patrolling were twice as many as these days.

Ye Qing in the camp opened the map and looked at it carefully, and the person sitting next to him was Yelu Yixue of the Liao State, who was also the most powerful general under Yelu Yue, but he didn't know when he appeared in Ye Qing's camp tent.

"Don't worry, no one has noticed me, and by the orders of Her Royal Highness the Princess, the last general has been waiting here for three days." Yelu Yixue looked at Ye Qing and said.

"From here to your royal city, it will take at least seven days or more than ten days, can you camp in Kedun City tomorrow?" Ye Qing raised his head and asked.

After starting from Xiping Mansion tomorrow, they will enter the desert desert, continue westward along the edge of the desert, pass through the border of the Liao State of Kedun City, which is also their defensive fortress for the Xiping Mansion of the Liao State, and then pass through Yizhishui, Ye Mili, Dashisui and other places in turn, before they can reach the capital of the Liao State.

Kedun City can be said to be the birthplace of the Western Liao people today, when under the onslaught of the Jin people, Yelu Dashi, as the founding emperor of the Western Liao, fled all the way to the west, and finally gained a firm foothold in the city of Kedun, defeated the Jin people and finally called the emperor here after the internal struggle, and single-handedly built the current Liao Empire.

After Yelu Dashi became emperor, he did not initially think about continuing to expand westward and stabilize his imperial power, but he was unwilling to choose to secretly unite with the Xia people, the Song people, and even the White Tatars to join forces to attack gold.

Whether it is the Tatars or the Xia people, or the more cowardly Song people, they have been beaten by the Jin people like a turtle, leaving only the share of begging for mercy again and again, and they have no mind or courage to unite to fight against the Jin people.

So in desperation, Yelu Dashi had to look further west, and began to lead the large and small tribes that were gradually encircled and conquered by him, through the vast desert, and even through the Tianshan Mountains to start a huge battle of the west, which also created the strength of Western Liao that year.

But also because of Yelu Dashi's endless westward expansion at the beginning, coupled with the mobility characteristics of the herdsmen, he could only expand his territory in a vague way, so as to maintain his authority and influence as the emperor of Liao, so once he slacked off, those large and small countries and tribes that he conquered at the beginning began to become no longer in peace, ready to move, and from time to time wanted to challenge the authority of the royal family.

The rebellion of the Liao State was no less than that of the Great Song Dynasty, but it was precisely because of their strong and barbaric methods that they were able to effectively suppress the rebellions of some tribes and small countries again and again, and after suppression or conquest, they often lacked effective means of moderate rule, so this also made it easy for a regime like the Liao State to become strong and prosperous, and it was also easy to decline from within.

Even if it is deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains, but in comparison, the ruling class of the Liao people is completely qualitatively different from the ruling class of the Jin people, and the reason why Wan Yanyong can be named "Xiao Yao Shun" is completely because he has borrowed more and more useful Central Plains system, so he can manage most of the Central Plains in an orderly manner, not always in the wind and rain, in the end it still stabilizes the foundation of society and provides a good foundation for the prosperity of the Jin State.

And the Liao people seem to be also sinicizing, and they are also learning the system of the Central Plains regime, but they obviously haven't learned the essence, they are just painting the tiger according to the cat.

So every time after conquering and suppressing a tribe, the only means of ruling is to give you a silver waist card, and then it's fine, you and your tribe are the officials and people of Daliao, everyone will listen to me in the future, just give me taxes, of course, let us rob if we don't pay taxes.

Under such an inferior and unspeakable rule, the Liao State was able to leave its own history and legends in the history of the vast northwest, and it has to be said that the saying that the fist is the last word is definitely an absolute truth that has been tested.

The city of Kedun is not large, but it has natural advantages, the south is the vast desert, which is enough to form a natural barrier to the Liao people, and the north is a huge fertile grassland, which can provide effective resources for their lives.

And there are 20,000 cavalry stationed here by the Great Liao, it is said that in today's Liao State, no matter how unstable the war in the west is, but the 20,000 cavalry can not move at any time, and must always be guarded in the city of Kedun, guarding the eastern gateway for the Great Liao to prevent foreign invasion.

And this foreign enemy is naturally none other than the Xia Kingdom, which is closely adjacent to them, which is why Yeluyue will send an envoy to the Xia Kingdom, hoping to take this opportunity to ease the relationship with the Xia Kingdom, and be able to more or less mobilize the 20,000 troops of Kedun City.

The war in the west is tight, the troops are not enough, the tribal leaders with silver waist cards, etc., and they have to look at the eyes of the king of the southern courtyard, Xiao Lili, and now the princess of the northern courtyard, Yeluyue, so when they are in a dilemma, it is obviously impossible for them to send troops to defend against the enemy all year round.

These tribes of different sizes, each with their own little Jiujiu in their hearts, similarly, they also wish that the royal family of Liao Kingdom would become more and more chaotic, after all, only in this way can they have a chance to get ahead, or replace them.

Kedun City is the same as every city left over from the Central Plains regime when Ye Qing passed through the Xia Kingdom, most of the original city walls were not very high, and they have already been destroyed, except for some of the houses and buildings that remained, they were regarded by them as either reserved for livestock for winter, or used to store some grain and grass materials, in short, people would not live in that house, in their traditional impression, these angular houses and buildings were far less convenient than their tents to live in.

However, it is precisely because of the appearance of these houses and buildings that they have been given the vast grassland to create one base after another, and every time in the harsh winter and when the snow is full of snowflakes, there will always be people driving livestock over to spend the winter, so that their property can be preserved to the greatest extent.

The original loess rammed road under the feet, faintly able to see two parallel rut marks, the rest of the place has been covered by knee-high weeds, 20,000 Liao troops at least from the appearance, but also looks quite majestic and mighty, although even the minimum armor on the body is not very unified, all kinds of things, but fortunately can protect the most important parts of the body, it can be regarded as a façade of the Liao military power in the east.

When Su Dao and Qishilie Divine Slaves followed Ye Qing, Temujin and the others into Kedun City, the doubts in their hearts were still not reduced in the slightest, after all, Ye Qing should have arrived at such a place to the west for the first time, but how could it give them a feeling of being familiar with the road, as if they were more familiar with this place than them.