848 Friend or Foe

"Woo ......" The huge horn sounded, and the deep voice spread throughout the entire Yumen. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info whether it was building a city or resting, all pricked up their ears and listened carefully to the sound of the horn. In the Gobi Desert, it is really not possible to use gongs and drums, and there is no way to express complex meanings with flags, only the horn is the best and easiest tool to convey messages.

Ever since Su Ren heard about the horn in Mayi, he was very fascinated by the horn. The powerful penetrating power is ideal for use in such a place where there are no people for hundreds of miles. In addition, the horn can also explain the situation according to the urgency and length of the tone, and can also determine the direction and distance of the other party according to the direction from which the sound is coming.

Hawking was the first to rush out of his cabin, his armor half-pierced, but he was carrying a halberd in his hand. Shi Bao, Zhang Tong, and Wu Pu went out one after another. They were the only armed forces in Yumen, and judging from the sound of the horn just now, a large group of people came from the southeast, and they were mainly cavalry, which was very noteworthy.

"What's going on?" Hawking grabbed a soldier running past him and asked sharply.

The soldier panicked: "The people sent have not come back yet, and they don't know what happened, what should we do now, general?" ”

"Tell the big guy, all dressed neatly, wait for the master's order!"

"No!" The soldier agreed, and hurriedly ran to inform the team.

A group of dark shadows appeared on the horizon. At the front, of course, were the fastest cavalrymen, and they were wrapped in animal skins and carried weapons with them. They didn't mean to stop, and rushed straight towards Yumen City.

Hawking shouted: "Archers on the walls, cavalry in formation, ready to meet the enemy!" ”

The fierce black wind kept scraping the ground. It is said that what kind of people raise what kind of livestock. Like Hawking, this black wind yearns for war, and as long as he sees neatly dressed soldiers, his wildness is also closed. Stephen Hawking took the lead, followed by Zhang Tong. Shi Bao and Wu Pu, one is in charge of archers and the other is in charge of the infantry army. Neither of them had many men, but they never doubted that they would be able to defeat the enemy!

Fifteen miles of road fell in an instant. The people who came were indeed very strange, one by one they wrapped themselves very tightly in their clothes, and not only had long weapons in their hands, but also short swords with palms in their waists. What was even more amazing was that there were more women, children, and livestock at the back of this team, and the number was unparalleled, and the black pressure almost filled all the ground in front of them.

The herald quickly left the group, and the single horse rushed to the large piece of black, without hesitation, without the slightest hesitation. What happened outside the city finally alarmed the people in the city, and almost everyone threw down their belongings and stood at the top of the city in a daze, hoping to see whether these people were enemies or friends.

Su Ren was also among them, and when he saw the group of people outside the city, he was also taken aback, and suddenly so many people appeared, whether there were many women and children or not, it was a worrying thing. The Jade Gate City is still under construction, and the city walls are not properly built, so even if these people can easily attack it with their feet.

King Hugh Tu said: "Why is there no flag? Where did they come from? ”

Su Ren shook his head: "It's not clear, but if they stop outside the city, it means that this group of people may not have come to attack us." ”

"There are so many people, it should be a big tribe, the southeast direction is all Qiang people, the tribe of the Qiang people is not very large, there are definitely not so many people!"

Han Qing frowned: "The Qiang land has been in war for many years, maybe they are really Qiang people." ”

The heralds rode alone on the Gobi Desert, going back and forth several times, and the two sides did not know what to say. Hawking, this kid, didn't even send someone to report, Su Ren didn't think it was worth sending Huang 13 to ask.

There was not much time, and Huang Shisan ran back sweating profusely: "Sir, it's a Qiang person!" ”

"Qiang? What are they doing here when they don't come here in their own place? ”

Huang 13 shook his head: "This Hawking didn't say it, he said that it was that Erma who was the leader." ”

"It's them!"

After several rounds of back and forth, this time a few horses from the opposite Qiang team finally followed the herald. When they arrived in front of the Hawking Array, someone immediately confiscated all their weapons, and then took them into Jade Gate City. So Su Ren met Erma and them at the head of the city. King Hutu guessed correctly, the people outside the city were all Qiang, and they were Qiang people from dozens of tribes.

The war in the Qiang region has changed rapidly in the past year, and the grasslands where the Qiang people have lived for generations have been involved in the war, and even if you don't want to go to war, someone will attack you. The red-eyed fellows who had already fought had neither soldiers nor cattle or sheep in their hands, so in order to be able to continue the war, they chose these tribes on the border of the Qiang land, and killed their people and took their livestock and warriors.

Erma's tribe is relatively close to Ganliang Road, and it can be said that there are ordinary territories that are not within the Qiang land, and even such tribes have been attacked dozens of times. In the past, it could barely cope with it, but with the increase in the frequency of attacks, the already small tribe has reached the verge of destruction. Therefore, these tribes, who were unwilling to fight, made a big decision, which was to leave the Qiang land.

As soon as he saw Su Ren's blind medicine, he consciously acted as a lubricant for the negotiation between the two sides, and first saluted Su Ren, and then began to speak: "Dear Mr. Su, it really makes us happy to see you again, you and we are best friends, so we have traveled thousands of miles to visit our friends, for which we have prepared two hundred war horses and five hundred cattle, hoping to borrow them from here and continue to travel west!" ”

"Oh? Westbound? Is your steppe bad? Can this desert and the Gobi grow grass for you to graze? ”

Erma glared: "You don't have to worry about whether you can graze or not, you have also seen it, my warriors are numerous, if you don't want to, then you can only use strength!" ”

Su Ren sneered: "Are you threatening me? ”

Blind Medicine hurriedly smiled: "No, no, no, Mr. Su is a god in the hearts of our people, he saved many people last year, and Mr. Su's deeds are still being sung on the grassland, we are just asking, asking Mr. Su to let us go." ”

"Huh." Su Ren looked at the blind medicine and smiled: "Or do you know how to speak, so many people went to the Western Regions together, could it be that something happened on the grassland?" ”

Blind Medicine sighed: "Hey! To tell the truth, Mr. Su should know that there has been a war on the grassland, originally the war was only limited to the lower part of the plateau, who would have thought that the grassland would be swept in for a year, and those hateful tribes fought for the sake of fighting, and we didn't want to fight, so we could only leave the grassland and find another place to settle down. ”

"Oh, I see! I wonder where you're going? ”

Blind Medicine sighed again: "I haven't thought about it yet, take one step at a time, right?" Let's leave first. ”

Su Ren smiled, and smiled very sincerely: "Since that's the case, why don't you stay here?" ”

When Erma heard this, he immediately became vigilant, he had not been dealing with this Han man for a long time, but this Han man was different from the Han people he had seen before. As far as he knew, the cause of the war on the grassland was because of the young Han people in front of him, and now this Han people want to keep them, is it ......

Erma's thoughts did not represent the intentions of the other tribal leaders, and several of them looked happy. Su Ren was overjoyed when he saw it, and then said: "You have also seen it, this city is under construction, and it will not be long before it will become the most majestic city in Ganliang Dao and even in the entire Western Regions, as long as you are willing to stay, I promise to treat everyone well!" ”

"Of course, it's not forced, you can think about it more, it's not too late to think about it, and I won't stop anyone who wants to leave, but I want to tell you, look at the posture outside the city, this time the population plus cattle, sheep and livestock is no less than 100,000, such a large force has entered the Western Regions, even if you don't want to provoke anyone, the countries of the Western Regions will not let you go."

"What is the Western Regions? There aren't many pastures here for you to graze freely, and there are horse thieves everywhere, so once you enter the Western Regions, you must always think about your own safety, not only against those horse thieves, but also against threats from other countries! There are so many livestock, and no one can pretend not to see them. Pulling King Hutu over, Su Ren pointed at King Hutu and continued: "This is King Hun Hutu, look at his eyes?" To tell you this, as long as you leave Yumen, I am afraid that it will not take more than a month, the iron cavalry of the Huns will appear on your way, they will not take in those old and weak, they are more interested in livestock! ”

Everyone's eyes looked at King Hugh Tu, who rolled his eyes with a dark face, coughed, broke free from Su Ren's hand, and left. Su Ren said with a smile: "Look, I said that I was right, now it depends on how you choose, okay, you can go, I hope I can hear your correct choice before the sun rises tomorrow." ”

King Hutu is gone, and the Qiang people are gone, but the vigilance inside and outside the city has not been relaxed. These Qiang people have reached the point of desperation, and it is possible to do anything, so Su Ren deliberately asked Hawking to be vigilant, so as not to be unable to deal with it when the time comes.

The Qiang people camped outside the city, and the lights in the camp were not extinguished all night, and the scouts sent out came back to report that there had been a whole night of quarrel in the Qiang tent, and that those who wanted to stay and those who wanted to leave quarreled fiercely.

The lights in Su Ren's room were also not turned off all night, Su Ren was waiting, he hoped that these Qiang people would stay. Yumen City has just been established, and there is no way for the army of the Han to come here, and it is not realistic to find people from the Han. The status of the Jade Gate is very special, and the manpower in Su Ren's hands alone cannot cope with it, and the reason why King Hutu agreed to Su Ren to build a city here is that everyone understands his thoughts about replacing him.

The sudden appearance of the Qiang people gave Su Ren a good opportunity, tens of thousands of Qiang people entered the Jade Gate, even if King Hutu wanted to do it, he had to think about it, this was good news.