Chapter Fifty-Four: Sully's Troubles

White Sandalwood Mountain

Monalo Department

In a big tent, Duan Chen stood in the tent silently without saying anything with his hands behind his back, not knowing what he was thinking, the wound on Duan Chen's chest had been bandaged, and until now, there was still a faint trace of severe pain, but now there were more important things waiting for Duan Chen to deal with, Duan Chen turned around and looked at a merchant dressed as a Hu man standing there quietly.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Duan Chen first said, What is your relationship with Su Li? Can what you say speak for Sully? The Hu merchant smiled slightly, made a big gift, and said, Dear Lord Duan Chen, of course, I can represent, I am the younger brother of the Suli head, and what I said is what the Suli head man said.

When Duan Chen heard this Hu merchant say this, he walked back and forth in the tent for a few steps, and said to the merchant, Okay, you go and inform Su Li, I, Duan Chen, are waiting for his arrival here.

The Hu merchant was a little surprised, and said, Lord Duan Chen, what you said is true?

Duan Chen smiled at that Hu Shang and said, I, Duan Chen, have never been a gentleman, but what does it matter? Could it be that Sully is a gentleman? We don't think we have the same smell. You go and tell Su Li that I, Duan Chen, are waiting for him to come, and I, Duan Chen, are welcome to come.

That Hu Shang is no one else, it is the Wuhuan leader Su Li's younger brother Wushu, since Su Li with his Wuhuan cavalry attacked Chifeng Pass and fled to the grassland, Su Li found that due to the exception of this winter, the small tribes on the grassland scattered tribes do not have much food and grass at all, Su Li with nearly 5,000 cavalry, every day people eat horses and chew is also a large number, Su Li has no way left and right, attacked several border stops, but the harvest is not very big.

It is precisely because of Su Li's defection that it caused a chain reaction, Liu Hong was worried that Su Li would join forces with the original Wuhuan people in the Sai Nei after defection, and even rebelled, so Liu Hong asked the imperial court to send the original Wuhuan tribe people in Youzhou, including Yuyang, Shanggu, Daijun, Jicheng and the original Wuhuan tribesmen, all of them scattered and migrated to the interior, and each county in Qingzhou and Jizhou had to move fifty or sixty families.

Liu Hong's expected response did not happen, perhaps because the Wuhuan people had long been accustomed to life in the border area, and they were particularly positive about the imperial court's edicts, Liu Hong was also surprised, these Wuhuan people were so obedient, but the world is peaceful, and it is always good to have nothing to do, Liu Hong will not think about those things even if he is a famous general.

After the Wuhuan tribesmen evacuated, Su Li's side was miserable, originally most of the men and horses brought by Su Li were instant combat power, and their families were in the border fortress, although the Wuhuan soldiers followed Su Li to the grassland, but thinking that their families were not far from themselves, their hearts were not so empty, there would always be vacancies in the long side plugs, and when the time came, they could also take the time to secretly go back to see their families. Who knew that as soon as the migration order came, all the family members were evacuated at once.

In addition, Su Li took them to swim in the grassland all day long, the big tribes did not dare to fight, and they couldn't fight, but the small tribes could fight, but every time they attacked, some people died, and the harvest was less than 5,000 horses.

Began to have Wuhuan soldiers began to quietly break away from the team, whether it was to surrender to the imperial court, or to defect to other tribes, or to fall into the grass for Kou to become a horse bandit, after all, it was out of the team, because of this, more and more soldiers began to quietly break away from the team, Su Li can't manage it, even if he wants to manage it, he is powerless, one is not careful, and then provokes a mutiny, and when the time comes, his head may become the reward for those soldiers to receive the reward.

Su Li finally found a dilapidated cottage on the mountain, temporarily settled down, and lived a tight life every day, although there were soldiers who quietly slipped away every day, Su Li couldn't manage so much, so he stayed up for more than a month, and finally started spring soon, Su Li looked at his gray vote of people, although he was a little desperate in his heart, but he was not completely dead, and it was finally spring, and this most difficult day was about to pass.

What Su Li didn't expect was that the next news he received made him like a thunderbolt from the sky, Lei's outside was scorched and the inside was tender, in the past two months, the entire Youzhou, no, the entire Liaoxi, including Liaodong, was the sphere of influence of the King of Yan, the Duan Department was attached to the Yan King, the Murong Ministry expressed its obedience to the arrangement of the imperial court, and the Yuwen Department was also actively marrying with the Duan Department, and the rest of the medium-sized tribes such as Fusu, Qilan, Yanqing and other tribes held the thighs of the three Xianbei tribes and did not let go.

Su Li found a serious fact, that is, the huge Liaoxi, Liaodong has no room for him to live, unless he quickly defeats some small and medium-sized tribes of 10,000 people in a short period of time and occupies a grassland, he will occupy a good environment for survival and development in the beginning of spring, otherwise, he can only be a horse bandit.

Thinking that his main business in the future was to rob merchants and a small tribe of thirty or fifty people, Su Li felt a chill in his heart, and his current situation was simply an out-and-out joke compared to the ambition he had made up his mind to attack Chifeng Pass two months ago.

Su Li looked at his three melons and two dates, and his mood became a little depressed, but at this time, he came to tell him, Brother! We can go to other tribes! Let's get out of the current predicament first! When the time comes, when we recuperate, we will make a comeback!

Su Li looked at the Wushu and shook his head with a wry smile, and said, Wushu! Now that the entire Liaoxi and Liaodong are the world of the Jin people, where can we go? Unless we move far westward and move to the Hetao, but if you look at our current situation and migrate again, I'm afraid we will really be alone.

Wushu saw that Su Li was a little discouraged, so he encouraged Su Li and said, Brother, I have learned a lot of news these days when I go outside and pretend to be a guest, and now in the land of Liaoxi and Liaodong, there is a man named Mona Loubu, we can go to them!

Su Li glanced at the vultures and asked, "What Monalou?"

Wushu hurriedly and simply told Su Li the news of the Mona Lou Department that he had explored these days, Su Li listened to it, and his originally gloomy eyes gradually lit up, when Su Li heard that Mo Na Lou was now under control by a surnamed Duan, and was replenishing the population everywhere, and looked like he was eager to try, he hurriedly put on the shoulder of Wu Shu and asked, is what you said true? Is Monarobu the one with the surname Duan in control?

Wushu didn't know why his brother reacted so much, and hurriedly said, yes, the Mona Lou Department is said to have taken in a group surnamed Duan, and later, somehow, the princess of the Mona Lou Department married one of them, and later, the Mona Lou Department was in civil strife, Duan Chen and those people took Mo Nalou to take refuge in King Yan, and now they are entrenched in the area of Baitan Mountain, building a city, accumulating grain and grass, and capturing strong men, with a rhythm of doing big things!

When Su Li heard Wushu say this, he was more sure of the judgment in his mind, in this way, it is indeed very likely that Duan Chen, when he was under Liu Hong, he did several mysterious transactions of guards, at that time, it was said that he was trading with Duan's Xianbei, but the things traded were weapons and horses and food, which were very important, at that time, he was still very surprised, how could Liu Hong, as a general of the imperial court, have a dirty affair with the hostile Duan Xianbei?

Later, I found out that it was just some big families in Youzhou, with the help of Liu Hong's name to use their smuggling transactions as a cover, Su Li could pay attention to this guy named Duan Chen at that time, at that time it was said that he was the eldest son of Duan's Xianbei, but he was extremely unfavored, so he was sent far away, and then later, it was Duan Chen who raised troops to kill back to the Duan royal court, and then it was the news that Duan Chen was appointed as the king of Youxian, and then it was the news that he was executed for conspiracy to rebel.

Su Li thinks about it, this person can be regarded as a romantic person, but what can he do? Su Li and Duan Chen had a feeling of sympathy, although they felt a little regretful, but everyone was dead, and it was really difficult for him to say anything, plus he was also under the fence at that time, so he gradually stopped paying attention, so when Wushu brought back the news, Su Li remembered some things from before.

Now, the news brought by Wushu has rekindled Su Li's hope, he decided to let Wushu go to the bottom first, if he can, he doesn't mind cooperating with someone like Duan Chen, if not, it's a big deal to continue to wander, no matter how great it is, if the westward migration is not good, there is still a huge desert north! You'll always find your way out!

At this time, Su Li was taking his subordinates like horse bandits, waiting for the good news brought by Wushu on the dilapidated cottage!