Chapter 22: The Great Thief is in the Cloud

"Meng Yuanzhi is an idiot!"

Ah Da was still full of anger towards Meng Yuanzhi.

"In the winter, these horses should not travel long distances, and most of them are underage ponies, if they lose fat severely, they will hurt their origins, and in the end they can only become pullers, and they will not be able to go to the battlefield.

It took almost a thousand miles to run back in five days, which was an unforgivable mistake.

The mare was almost weaned, and if she didn't have to be sucked by hemp seeds, the foals would have starved to death. "How about feeding milk?" We still have some of this stuff from time to time. Tie Xinyuan whispered an idea.

Ah Da looked at Tie Xinyuan like a fool and said: "The foal has to drink at least five catties of milk a day, and there are more than six hundred ...... here."

Tie Xinyuan waved his hand and said simply: "You just didn't say it." Mr. Big, we will welcome a large number of caravans in the spring of next year, and I think we need to act now, starting from winter, no longer plundering those merchants, and we need to let all the caravans know that it is safe to pass through our Hami.

What do you think we should do now? ”

Ah Da nodded and said, "Robbery should really stop, and if you continue to rob, this trade route will be abandoned."

The army we send out should focus its main forces on fighting bandits, and not on robbing merchants.

The taxes paid by the merchants will be the source of our wealth, although not too much every year, but it is a good thing for a long time. ”

Tie Xinyuan nodded and said: "That's right, then do it, the ethnic group is now flooding in every day, relying on robbery is indeed drinking to quench thirst, it is better to give up and seek a long-term job for the future."

In addition, after the ice thaw, the Khitan Emperor would tour Xijing, and at this time, according to the custom, all the countries in the Western Regions would send envoys with gifts to participate in the Khitan Bowl Alliance.

Such a meeting is held every three years, do you think we should go there and get the approval of the Khitans. ”

Ah Da once again looked at Tie Xinyuan with that strange gaze for a long time before saying, "Who are you going to send to death?" ”

Tie Xinyuan laughed dryly and said, "Why are you going to die?" I have no grudge against the Khitans, it's just a newly rising tribe......"

"Jerujin would not have thought so, nor would the dead Asalam, for if I had not been mistaken, the Uighur king would have gritted his teeth if he had known that you had opened a mountain in Hami.

You don't really think that no one is aware of what you're doing, do you? This is too much to underestimate the heroes of the world.

I dare say that both the Uighur king and Jerujem must have been contacted by envoys at this time, and they all have a deep question as to who killed Jeregen's three sons, and who made Asalam march into the desert without fear of death.

Even if they didn't know it before, in the spring, it is not difficult to guess who is behind the scenes by looking at who is the biggest beneficiary of these events. When the time comes, you'll have to face two crazy fathers. ”

Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "The Uighur king has to deal with the Qarakhanid, Yelujing heard that he has been sent to the Wugu Enemy Lie Commander Army Division as a deputy general, and while they have not completely sobered up, we need to find a spokesperson in the Khitan Kingdom." ”

Ah laughed and said, "You are the chief of a small tribe, why should you instruct the important ministers in the Khitan country to do things for you?" ”

Tie Xinyuan smiled and said, "At the beginning, we must have helped him do things.

I heard that Yelu Chongyuan, the imperial brother of the Khitan Kingdom, likes to make friends with the world's heroes, and I think I am still a good hero. ”

Ah Da said disdainfully: "Don't say that this kind of thing is as good as looking for a spokesperson." ”

"Shi Jingjiao played badly, and as a result, he was cursed by the historian for so many years, and it is estimated that he will be cursed for thousands of years in the future, my children and grandchildren will still be human beings in the future, and I can't make my reputation stink, I must take precautions."

"The most suitable person is yourself, when it comes to surviving in the cracks, you are the most suitable in Qingxiang Valley, but ah, if you go in the name of Qingxiang Valley, you can't have children and grandchildren."

Tie Xinyuan snapped his mouth and said, "So I asked Li Qiao to take five hundred Tibetan mercenaries and one thousand of our cavalry to exterminate the thieves in the Western Regions. ”

Ah Da was taken aback and said, "A cloud of thieves in the Western Regions? Can Li Qiao beat them? He claims to have 30,000 wolf cubs. ”

Tie Xinyuan laughed and said, "Thirty thousand wolf cubs are not fake, but they refer to more than 100 horse thieves of all sizes who listen to his orders.

His headquarters has less than 3,000 people, and you know, we are already overwhelmed by these 3,000 war horses, and as a robber, he does not have a definite territory, and it is simply impossible to take 30,000 wolf cubs with him at any time.

Every winter, a cloud migrates like a yellow sheep into the Tianshan Mountains to the sunny slope to avoid the cold winds on the Gobi.

This year, he also came. ”

Ah Da shook his head and said, "The task of selecting the warriors from the 30,000 bandits, Li Qiao's only 1,000 people, is too difficult for him. ”

Tie Xinyuan turned his head to look at the depths of the Tianshan Mountains and said, "No matter how many people there are, no matter how fierce the warriors are, they can't withstand the ruthlessness of fire and water.

The most powerful thing in this world is never man, but the force of nature, and if it is well guided, it is not difficult to destroy the world. ”

"Fierce fire oil?"

"Light oil! And gunpowder, and a little phosphorous fire! ”

Ah Da also sighed softly, and whispered: "Water and fire are ruthless, and using them too much will hurt the harmony of the heavens and the future, which is not good for your longevity." ”

Tie Xinyuan said with a smile: "You can't be deceived, the theory of ghosts and gods is too ethereal, I have seen more magical things, so I dare to face these taboos."

A cloud has been crisscrossing the Western Regions for 20 years, and countless lives have been stained on his hands, if he is eliminated, it will attract the punishment of God, and this God is not worthy of our fear. ”

Adao: "A cloud is no less intimidating than an ordinary king, and even the Uighurs are afraid of this tributary.

If Li Qiao can succeed this time, our strength will have a qualitative leap.

If you go to Yelu Chongyuan, you will also have a name, and in the name of a cloud, you will have a chance of succeeding at least fifty percent.

It's just that you need at least the face of a Western Regions. ”

Tie Xinyuan took out a hideous mask from his arms and put it on his face and said with a smile: "In the past, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, wore this mask to cross the field, and Di Qing also wore a mask because he was too handsome.

What about one more cloud? ”

Ah Da just glanced at the mask on Tie Xinyuan's face and smiled: "Yu Chilei's craftsmanship is good, this grimace mask has both the style of Tubo and the Western Regions, and it can be regarded as some effort." ”

"If you see through it, you will say it, not for the son of man!"

Seeing that Tie Xinyuan already had a big plan, Ah Da continued to take care of the poor mares with hemp seeds.

Just south of the Tien Shan Mountains, there is a very deep valley, this valley is overgrown with cedars, and on weekdays it is the nest of fierce beasts such as snow leopards and bears.

Now, after a cavalry rushed into the valley with great hatred, small beasts such as snow chickens and snow hare jumped out of the bushes in groups, and ran out of the valley without looking back, but they did not run far before they were shot down by a branch of arrows.

The knight on the horse did not dismount, and with a flick of the whip in his hand, he gathered his prey from the snow.

Only the snow leopard jumped from tree to tree with agility, relying on its deceptive fur, and climbed over the top of the mountain to the other side of the mountain.

"Tuk, tuk, tuk" Three short spears pierced a dead tree from three directions, and a terrible howl came from the huge tree hole, and a bear's head came out of the tree hole, but the body was nailed to death in the tree hole by the three short spears.

A bald man spewed white gas from his mouth and nose, laughed and slapped the head of a bear with a long knife in his hand that was bleeding from his mouth and nose.

The knights seemed to be very familiar with the valley, and the horses ran swiftly along the narrow paths without the slightest hesitation.

By the time the previous cavalry had traversed the valley, an even larger contingent appeared in the pass.

The first to enter the valley were a group of unkempt slaves, who dragged heavy plows, which were piled with various supplies.

As soon as they entered the valley, the slaves began to busily clear the clearings of grass and shrubs, and cut down the cedars that were in the way, under the whips of the samurai.

After clearing the clearing, the slaves smashed the soft ground with rammers, and the valley was warm with only a thin layer of frozen earth, which was shattered by the rammers, and in a short time the ground became very smooth.

Countless huge tents soon stood in the clearing, and large bonfires were already burning.

The slaves struggled to peel off the sheepskin and guts it with knives in their mouths, and the whole fat sheep was thrown into the boiling cauldron.

One after another, the cavalry entered the valley, and they all rode on their horses and did not dismount, until the huge camels of the four peaks carried a warm sedan into the valley, and the cavalrymen jumped off their horses, and some cavalrymen in iron armor surrounded the warm sedan chair and entered the huge tent.

On the side of the sedan chair is a giant wolf roaring in the sky.

After Rahman saw this pattern, he couldn't help but clench his fists, Tie 300's big hand covered Rahman's back, patted him gently, and said, "Now is not the time, after the snow stops and the moon comes out, it will be a good opportunity for us to do it." ”

Rahman's eyes turned red and his teeth creaked, and it took a long time for Iron Three Hundred to calm him down.

A sentry cavalryman seemed to sense Rahman's anger and turned his head to look this way.

Rahman and Tetsu 300 buried their faces in the snowdrifts...... (To be continued.) )