Chapter 29: The Eastern Hu Khanate
The vast grassland has no end in sight, and the wind, whistling, blows the dense weeds on the grassland to bend their waists, and blows the horses galloping on the grassland with their manes swaying.
"Rack~~"
Suddenly, a loud sound of horses spread through the grassland, and the sound was full of majesty and a hint of urgency.
"Pilot~~"
Then, I saw a big man riding a horse up a small grassy slope, then stopped the horse and pulled out a map from the backpack behind him, the big man looked at the map and looked around, and said: "The tent of the king of Donghu should not be far away!" ”
I saw a big man dressed in general armor, wearing a black gold helmet, holding a rattan whip in his hand, and riding a red sweaty horse under his crotch.
I saw that the general was dusty, with a tired face, and the red sweat and blood horse under the step was also screaming violently, obviously coming after a long journey.
The person who came was none other than General Gudebai, who had been secretly ordered by the prince of Muguo to come to Donghu Khan to borrow troops.
Goodbay only brought twenty people with him to Donghu this time, and because of the urgency of time, it was not advisable to delay, and the small number of people was conducive to a rapid march.
Donghu, an ancient nomadic people located in the northeastern part of the Central Plains. The Eastern Hu Khanate was a tribal confederation of tribes of the same clan but with different names. The Donghu Khanate has always been a powerful tribal alliance that extorted and extorted money from the Xiongnu.
The range of activities of the Donghu people extends from the upper reaches of the Daling River Basin to the lower reaches of the Xilamulun River Basin. It is the middle and upper reaches of the Luan River, the Xilamulun River and the Laoha River basin in the upper reaches of the Liao River, north of Miyun County in present-day Beijing, including the western part of today's Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and most of eastern Inner Mongolia.
Donghu people advocate nature, worship the sun, moon, stars, water, fire and other natural things, with bears, tigers, deer, wolves and other animals as totems.
The Donghu people are mainly nomadic people, and the life of hunting and herding makes the Donghu people fierce, advocating force and war, and often plundering wealth and slaves through war.
Therefore, the Donghu people often rode high-headed horses, brandished long swords, and hung short bows at their waists, attacking the Central Plains countries such as Muguo, Zuoguo, and Guangguo.
"General, the Donghu King Tent should be coming soon, right?"
One of the relatives riding beside Gudebai looked at the vast grassland around him and asked.
Goodbay picked up the map, carefully compared the surroundings, then looked at the rising sun, pointed to the north, and said, "It's not far away, there is still half a day's journey to get there." ”
The grassland is boundless, with only weeds and countless mosquitoes, as well as the occasional herd of wild horses galloping by.
Within a thousand miles, only Goodbay and his twenty followers marched in the grassland.
"I wonder how Lin'an Mansion is now? Will it be captured by the million-dollar army led by Liu Deqing? ”
Another of his relatives spoke of a big question that had always hung on his mind, and he had always had a sense of foreboding in his heart, as if the sky was going to fall at any moment.
"A few days ago, I received a letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's Flying Eagle, which carefully wrote about the incident of coming to the outside of the city of Anfu in the past half month."
As he spoke, Goodbay took out a small note from the backpack behind him, and then spread out the small note, only to see that it was densely covered with small characters.
Goodbay handed the small note in his hand to the entourage who asked about the situation in Lin'an Mansion and said, "Read it to the brothers." ”
"Yes." The man replied.
The other relatives were as silent as portraits for an instant, pricking up their ears to listen carefully to the current situation in Lin'an Mansion, because the survival of Lin'an Mansion now is related to their future path and everything about them.
I saw that the attendant took the small note handed to him by Goodbye, cleared his somewhat hoarse throat, and read aloud:
"General Goodbai, the imperial city is temporarily unharmed, Liu Deqing has been camping since he led the army to the imperial city, and the army has been stationed for more than half a month, and the camp has not been closed.
However, in the past two days, there have been signs of frequent deployment of troops in the military camp, and Liu Deqing should be preparing to attack the imperial city.
General Wanggu Debai completed his mission as soon as possible and moved back to the rescue army to help the imperial city.
The Book of Prince Zhao Qichen"
As soon as the Prince of Muguo's Flying Eagle Biography was read, he immediately asked the doubts in his heart.
"General, there is something unknown to his subordinates, since Liu Deqing has led a million troops to attack the imperial city, even when he arrives in the imperial city, he does not attack but the garrison does not move, and it will be more than half a month to tie up, is it really strange?"
I saw Gudebai look up at the sky, as if he was stuck in a memory, and after a long time, he spoke:
"If I guessed correctly, the reason why Liu Deqing didn't immediately lead the army to attack the imperial city is Her Royal Highness Zhao Yurou, the seventh princess."
"Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess?"
The attendant asked everyone's common concerns.
"Yes, Your Highness the Seventh Princess."
Goodbay replied in the affirmative.
"Could it be that Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess can influence the ending of the Imperial City and even the ending of the Mu Kingdom?"
A thoughtful person inferred incredibly.
"Yes, Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess, she can influence the ending of the current imperial city, and she can also influence the future outcome of the Mu Kingdom, and she can even influence the ending of the Central Plains countries, it is no exaggeration to say that Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess can influence the general trend of the world."
The wind of the steppe blew mercilessly in gusts of air, making the armor of Goodbai and his followers squirm, and the fat and dense weeds staggering.
Perhaps, people, like this weed, are helpless, swayed by the invisible wind.
"Why can Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess influence the general trend of the world?"
The entourage was all extremely shocked, a weak woman can control the general trend of the world, if this is not from the mouth of their general Gudebai, but from the mouth of others, I am afraid that they will laugh off their big teeth.
"Because, the lover of Her Royal Highness the Seventh Princess is the commander who led the army of millions of tigers and wolves to attack the Mu Kingdom, and Liu Deqing, the general of the country."
Goodbay didn't want to say it, how could he say it well, but the facts are the facts, he can't change the fact whether he says it or not, and he also has his own pride, so it's better to face it calmly.
Ten years ago, a piece of waste, the beloved people were captured and powerless, and now he can lead millions of troops as a coach.
Ten years ago, a waste was crippled, and a loved one was captured, and now it can be killed by a million lions.
Ten years ago, a waste was able to become a great general of a big country in just ten years.
Ten years ago, a waste was crippled, and his beloved was even crippled, but he was able to recover in just ten years, and he became a general of a country, leading millions of troops to be the commander, just for his beloved to run and kill.
"Rack~~"
"Hurry, speed up, there is still half a day's journey to the Donghu King's Tent."
I saw Goodbay shouting, and said loudly to the entourage behind him, and then immediately quickened the speed of his horse, and galloped away with a peerless horse.
Inside the tent of King Donghu Khan
At this time, in the tent of the king of Donghu Khan, Donghu Khan almonds were drinking mare's milk wine, eating roasted whole sheep, looking at the young and beautiful Central Plains women who had plundered from the Central Plains, dancing on the animal blanket in the middle of the king's tent, and the evil light in his eyes appeared from time to time, and he unconsciously drooled all over the ground.
The almonds of the Donghu Khan are so lustful that they are not like words, and the entire Donghu Khanate is well known.
Donghu Khan Almond once slaughtered a whole small tribe of Donghu in order to get a woman from the Central Plains, just because the leader of the small tribe burned and looted in the left country of the Central Plains, and also robbed the youngest daughter of the county commander of the city and county, and the daughter of the county commander was looked at by the almonds who were playing outside, but the leader of the small tribe was unwilling to hand over people, and the almonds were angry and sent troops to kill all the people of the small tribe.
Ordinary Donghu women are not in the eyes of Donghu Khan almonds, especially those Hu women with rough skin, fierce and strange feelings, and buzzing speech, in the eyes of Donghu Khan almonds, they are more grandfathers than gentlemen.
Donghu Khan almonds especially like the women of the Central Plains, the women of the Central Plains have a gentle temperament, speak softly and are easy to be shy, especially those young women who are good-looking and fair-skinned are the favorite of Donghu Khan almonds.
In order to get these women, Donghu Khan almonds spent a lot of effort every year to loot and loot various towns in the Central Plains countries, and by the way, they wantonly plundered the money of the Central Plains countries.
The borders of the Central Plains were threatened by the Donghu people, and the people fled their homeland and moved to the interior, and the once prosperous villages are now desolate and uninhabited.
Suddenly, the sound of the guards outside the king's tent sounded with the sound of the guards.
"Tell the Khan, the Central Plains Wood Kingdom has sent envoys to meet you!" The guard outside the door.
"Let him in!"
Donghu Khan Almond was stunned, what did the good Central Plains Wood State send people to do, the relationship between the Central Plains and Donghu has not been very good, what is the purpose of the Central Plains Wood State sending envoys to Donghu at this time?
After a short time, he saw Gudebai walking slowly into the king's tent alone, and bowed to the almonds of Donghu Khan: "I have seen the Khan." ”
"I don't know what General Gu is doing when he comes to my Donghu?"
Donghu Khan Almond took the mare's milk wine on the table and drank it all, and asked with a puzzled expression.
"I can't hide it, I came to Donghu this time to borrow troops from the Khan."
Goodbay said straight to the point.
"Borrowed soldiers? What is the current situation in your Central Plains, especially how is the battle between your Mu Kingdom and Youguo doing? ”
Donghu Khan Almond asked knowingly.
Every country has a large number of intelligence officers stationed abroad, and they are well aware of every major event that happens in every country every day.
Goodbay also knew that Donghu Khan was knowingly asking, but he still briefly explained the matter.
"Hmm~~"
Donghu Khan Almond was quietly pondering after hearing this, but his eyes kept flickering.
For some reason, looking at Donghu Khan at this time, Gudebai suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
After a while, Donghu Khan almond showed a greedy light in his eyes and spoke:
"Okay, since your Mu Kingdom needs reinforcements, how about Ben Khan personally lead the men and horses to help your Mu Kingdom?"
"What?"
Goodbay was stunned when he heard this, and asked again in confusion: "The Khan wants to lead the troops himself?" So what about Donghu? Who will sit in Donghu. ”
"General Gu, don't worry, I have my own arrangements, General, you have worked hard all the way, go and rest first, just wait for the good news."
Donghu Khan Ba Almond laughed, and said to a guard outside the tent: "Take the envoy group of Mu Guo to rest, and you must serve well." ”
Then he said to another guard outside the tent, "Quickly gather the left and right chiefs, the kings of the valley, and all the chiefs of the tribe to come to the king's tent to discuss the matter." ”