And just as the emperor was touring the southeast, there was also a team protected by the Great Qin Forbidden Army who was running in the opposite direction, driving horses and horses through the vast desert and grassland, enduring bumps and extreme cold all the way to find the location of the Yue Clan's royal court.

From the beginning of January to the beginning of March, it was nearly two months, and the team led by Li Shun had not yet found their purpose in the vast barren and bitter cold land.

Set out on the 10th day of January and cross the river into Yueshi territory in early February, but because there were no maps and familiar guides, the team trekked through the snow and desert for nearly 20 days, fortunately carrying enough dry food and robbing some small Yueshi tribes along the way, so that they could hold on.

In the face of Daqin's small envoy team, the nomads who had just survived the cold winter were full of fear, and some of these tribes even attacked, but in front of the three hundred heavily armed Daqin iron cavalry, the gathering area of thousands of people was simply vulnerable, and after several consecutive massacres, the soldiers and horses of this team were hung with a string of human heads behind their buttocks.

Although there were also Great Qin soldiers injured during the period, almost all of them were minor arrow wounds and skin trauma, two layers of leather armor plus some armor made of fine iron protection, Yue's not sharp bone arrows and blades could not cause much damage to the escorted forbidden army, and the accompanying doctors and nurses were basically fine with simple bandaging, from the mouths of the captured prisoners, this team finally slowly inquired about the location of the Yue's royal court, plus the temperature warmed up after entering the March Clan, and the flowers and plants began to flourish in the grassland desert, without ice and snow blocking the road, The march of the team was also much faster.

On the edge of the desert is a meadow full of flowers and plants, countless cattle, sheep and horses grazing on the grassland, occasionally you can hear the song of the shepherd girl in the distance, between the rolling low hills there is a lake like a flat mirror, covering an area of hundreds of acres, the lake is surrounded by several streams and rivers, and the snow melted in spring turns into a clear and cold stream flowing into the lake.

Between the lake and the small river stream, there are countless yurts and tents of all sizes, scattered and radiating more than ten miles around the lake.

This is where the Moon Clan's court is located.

In the center of a neat circular yurt house in the south of the lake, there is a tallest tent, about six zhang high, covering an area of three or four acres, all of which are made of trees and cowhides, which are not only embedded with gems of various colors, but also painted with different pigments with various patterns of the sun, moon, stars and monsters, a huge altar made of a pile of stones, about ten zhang wide, on which stands a wolf skin Da 纛 (dào), drawing a strange totem that looks like two horse heads, plus where the big 纛 is, This extravagant tent stands out from the crowd.

The whole Yueshi royal court station is very lively, countless herdsmen have taken off their thick leather winter clothes, put on short jackets and leather coats are busy back and forth, there are old people delivering cattle, sheep and horses, women are milking goats and horses, there are burly men riding horses, and children are taking care of young animals, but both men and women are in a good mood, and the shouts and shouts of one after another are connected, resounding through this grassland land for hundreds of miles.

Near the big tent, there were thousands of warriors of the Yue clan who were sturdy and carrying bows and arrows, all with strange patterns tattooed on their faces, and each of them was holding a tall horse in their hands, some of which had been equipped with Takahashi saddles and stirrups that Daqin had already equipped.

It has been almost three years since Chen Xu officially implemented the saddle and stirrups in Daqin, plus after the two Hun and Hu wars, many escaped Xiongnu ran to the Yueshi for refuge, and naturally spread the equipment of Daqin, which can make the rider sit on horseback as stable as Mount Tai, so this kind of equipment has also begun to appear in the Western Regions, and the Yueshi is the largest tribe in the Western Regions, and Daqin is also the closest, as long as you have the heart to get it, you will always find a method and craftsman who can make stirrups and saddles, It's just that the level of craftsmanship can't be compared with the overlord of the Central Plains with a strong industrial base like Daqin.

According to the cat and the tiger, there is always a little similarity.

It's like a woman, turn off the light and cover her face, and the black light has nothing to do with beauty and ugliness, the key is to be able to use it.

In the king's tent where the stars held the moon, there was a thick sheepskin carpet on the ground, and an old man wearing a sedging sheepskin robe, with long hair and a dignified face, was sitting cross-legged in the center, and on the rough low table in front of him were placed horn cups and large pieces of stewed beef and mutton, and on both sides were also sitting more than a dozen leaders of the Yue tribe in different costumes, most of them were middle-aged, and there were also a few handsome young men, with red, yellow and black hair, but all of them were disheveled, and there were almost the same items on the low table in front of them.

There are several bronze long swords and long ges hanging on the tent wall behind the old man, and a red dazzling two-horse totem in the center, above the totem hangs a row of skulls of wild beasts and cattle and sheep, the color is pale and full of a thick evil aura, and at the same time it has a strong nomadic rough and barbaric style.

"The Qiang people of the Burndang tribe robbed King Luha's tribe half a month ago, not only robbed hundreds of cattle, sheep and horses, but also robbed King Luha's wife and daughter and hundreds of people, King Ruba was also seriously injured and died, today this king summoned you to come, is to prepare to attack the Burndang tribe, let the Qiang people know that our Yue clan is not a weak tribe that can be bullied at will......"

"King, what are you waiting for, I have long seen that those Qiang people are not pleasing to the eye, every year in the beginning of spring, these Qiang people will come down to rob, we must teach them a hard lesson, let them know that our Yue people are powerful!" A burly man with a red beard stood up patting the desk.

"Yes, since we occupied this land of abundant water and grass, the Qiang people have come to harass us every year, and those who can only mate with wild wolves must be beaten severely!"

"To deal with the Burning Dang tribe, why do you need the prince to automatically use the personal guards of the royal tent, my Nantu tribe can beat them to the ground!" A dark-haired middle-aged man with a gloomy face stood up.

"King Nantu, don't be careless, those Qiang people are faster than sand foxes, and they like to hide in the mountains, and they haven't fought with them in previous years, and we can't catch up with them in the mountains......"

"King Guga, don't grow up others to destroy their prestige, my Nantu tribe is now also equipped with hundreds of Great Qin saddles and stirrups, riders can sit on horseback and shoot arrows calmly, those Qiang barbarians can only run on horseback to escape for their lives, don't you forget how the Xiongnu were defeated by Daqin, with stirrups and saddles, in a few years, our Yueshi will definitely be able to form an army of tens of thousands equipped with stirrups and saddles, and when the time comes, they will unite to attack Hedong and defeat Daqin......"

"Attack Great Qin? Does the King of Nantu want me to exterminate the Yue Clan? An old man with a red beard sitting under the left hand of the Yue Clan King sharply interrupted the black-haired middle-aged man's words.

"What King Zuoping said is, King Nantu don't want to talk nonsense, my Yue tribe is scattered, the bow and arrow weapons are not as sharp as Daqin, and the horse harness and armor are not as complete as Daqin, once this word reaches Daqin, if the Emperor of Daqin sends a large army to attack, my Yueshi is in danger! Another middle-aged man wearing a robe with a forehead guard on his head also chimed in.

"Hmph, my Yue clan is neither a group of barbarians like the Huns, nor a group of short-sighted people like Donghu, even if Daqin is powerful, but there are big rivers and mountains and deserts to block it, they will definitely not dare to attack my Yue clan's royal court......"

"Hmph, I'm afraid you haven't seen the strength of the Great Qin army, listening to the Huns who fled and fled, the Great Qin armor is strong, the bow and arrow can't be shot through at all, and the weapons are excellent and sharp, even the bronze sword is broken with one blow, and the barbaric Huns are vulnerable in front of the Great Qin army!"

"Yes, I also learned from the Huns that the Qin army is as fierce as a tiger and wolf, not only with excellent horse harness and sharp weapons, but also fierce and not afraid of death, and the attack also pays attention to the art of war, which is far stronger than us, so it is better not to fight Daqin."

"Daqin occupies the rich Central Plains, with a population of tens of millions, and a mountain of grain, which was originally my common property in China, but it was robbed by the Zhou people, and it will inevitably invade Daqin in a lifetime to snatch the Central Plains back......"

"Enough~~"

Listening to more than a dozen tribal leaders arguing loudly with each other, the king of the Yue clan finally couldn't help it, and after suppressing the noisy voice with a loud roar, he said with a gloomy face: "With Daqin as an enemy, my Yue clan can't do it at the moment, but my Yue clan has now defeated the Qiang people and occupied the abundant power of this piece of water and grass, plus I am familiar with the production of stirrups and saddles, and I will definitely be able to gather strength to compete with Daqin in ten years, but now is not the time, today is talking about attacking the Qiang people's burning tribe to avenge King Luha......"

The Yue Clan's fierce eyes swept over the entire tent, and all the leaders sat down again, although many people were unwilling, but the Yue Clan King was now the most powerful and powerful, and no one dared to offend him head-on.

Then there was another commotion in the big tent, and after the result, the king of the Yue clan also began to give orders for these leaders to return to their respective camps to gather men and horses to prepare to attack the Qiang tribe, but at this moment, in the distance, more than a dozen horses suddenly galloped in the southeast, and the riders on the horseback were all wearing hair and pale faces, and while whipping the horses under their crotch fiercely, they couldn't help but look back, and their faces were frightened, as if they had seen something very terrible.

"Newspaper~~"

More than a dozen horses rushed to the vicinity of the Great Lake, and then shouted loudly all the way to the wolf's skin and the king's tent.

"Report, the king is not good, the Qin people are here!"

Before the horses could stop, the riders jumped off their horses nimbly, and one of them dropped the reins and went straight into the tent.