Chapter 523: Yan Qing is in action
When Fang La was full of energy in the south of the Yangtze River, on the Mongolian grassland in the north of the Liao Kingdom, a caravan on the shore of Hulun Lake was struggling to move forward on the grassland under the cold storm and snow, and the sudden snowstorm made the caravan too late to set up a tent, and now the wind and snow have blown up, and even the strongest herdsmen cannot set up a tent against the wind and snow.
Fortunately, the guide told them that there was a tribe not far from here, and if they were lucky that the tribe did not move away, then they could take shelter in the tribe.
The grassland people are hospitable, especially the caravans that come from afar, for the grassland people, the caravans not only bring things that are urgently needed, but also bring happiness and hope.
Dozens or hundreds of herdsmen on the grassland form a tribe, everyone chases water and grass to settle, each tribe is a closed society, stay in it for a long time, everyone is familiar with each other, every day except for the opposite person, herds of cattle and sheep, blue sky and green grass in nothing else.
Therefore, everyone is familiar with each other, and it is inevitable that it will be boring after a long time, and the arrival of newcomers is like adding a touch of spice to the ordinary and monotonous life, making life fresh in an instant, so the grassland people are hospitable.
And the newcomer will also bring new news to this closed tribe and closed society, and the changes in the outside world, so that everyone knows what kind of changes are happening in the world outside of them, so that they do not feel that they are abandoned.
Of course, for the current grassland people, in addition to liking all kinds of caravans, they will also envy the prosperity of the south, and they will also fantasize about going to the south to grab a handful when they lack food and drink.
But the people on the steppe rarely robbed caravans, because caravans would bring salt and tea, which were not available in the steppe and were essential, so there was a customary rule on the steppe that you could not rob merchants.
So the caravan entered the tribe very smoothly, and the tribal leader received the group warmly, and everyone unloaded the goods on the horses, drove the horses into the vacant stable, and walked into the warm yurt together, drinking butter tea and chatting about homely things.
The name of this tribe is called Bad Luck Sudden Sudden Yellow, and the leader of the tribe is called Batu Zayan, which means good luck in Chinese, so his full name is Lost Luck Sudden Sudden Bad Luck Bad Luck Sudden Sudden Luck.
When his father gave him this name, the tribe happened to march to a place with abundant water and grass, that is, Hulun Lake, so his Lao Tzu named him Batu Zayan, which means that he brought good luck to the whole clan.
Good luck Batu Zayan has been surrounded by praise since birth, and he has been grazing by Hulun Lake during his growth, and has never lacked water and grass, and his carefree life makes Batu Zayan very cheerful, so he saw that the caravan greeted him very enthusiastically, not only took out the best butter tea, but also roasted a sheep as a gift for entertaining guests.
This caravan was the Mongol exploration team led by Yan Qing, and their main task was to find a powerful and ambitious tribal leader near Hulun Lake to support them as a backup against the Liao and Jurchens.
Yan Qing originally thought that this would be an easy task, but who knew that since she came here in August, she had been looking for several months, and in the end, she had been facing disappointment.
At present, the Mongolian people do not have a sense of nationality at all, and everyone names themselves after the tribes, and they have never regarded the tribes and people around them as their own kindred.
And most of these tribes only have more than a few hundred to a thousand people, and none of them can form a climate at all, so Yan Qing has been walking for so long and still has nothing, this time he came to this tribe that claims to be unlucky and sudden in the wind and snow, and what he sees is still that kind of peace, tranquility and satisfaction.
Yan Qing sometimes couldn't figure it out, these people couldn't eat enough in winter, and what was there to satisfy the tribe that wanted to drive the old man out to fend for himself to maintain the continuation of the tribe? Yan Qing took out the wine bag, and everyone got drunk.
The wind and snow blocked Yan Qing's way, and also quieted Yan Qing's impetuous heart, looking at the world surrounded by snow like this, Yan Qing's eyes gradually recovered from confusion, and he suddenly felt that this was a gift from God to Ryukyu.
If there is no nation, it means that Ryukyu can be easily controlled, and as long as Ryukyu can gain a foothold and establish power here, then it is equivalent to inserting a sword in the back of the enemy, and it can kill the enemy at any time.
And the Ryukyus have precisely such ability and strength to control this nation, and even if it fails, it doesn't matter, if it fails, at least the seeds of resistance are injected into these tribes, and these seeds will definitely take root quickly, and will the Ryukyus fail? The Ryukyus have never lost.
Yan Qing, who felt that he had found a solution, immediately wrote his thoughts as superstition and released three carrier pigeons to carry them separately, there is no way There are still many wild birds of prey in the north, especially this kind of long-distance transmission, a single carrier pigeon is estimated to be easily killed, resulting in the failure of information transmission.
Therefore, the Yanqing who entered the grassland carried six pigeons to deliver the news twice in an emergency, and the pigeons flew all the way to Glue along their own course, where they would be replaced with another carrier pigeon and sent to Ryukyu.
Now Jiaoshui County is the information transit station in the north, Zhang San deliberately found a small island specifically for raising pigeons, and now the carrier pigeon network in the Ryukyus is no longer the time when there were two or three pigeons, after three or four years of development, the carrier pigeon has now developed from the special intelligence to the army to transmit important news will also use carrier pigeons.
There is a Shenxing Taibao in the Water Margin, but Zhang San thinks that he can't compare to hundreds or thousands of pigeons, so the value of this Dai Zong is equal to the pigeon that has always been bigger, and a pigeon can be a hero in Liangshan? This seems to be the only way to do it.
What is it that a pigeon can be a hero in Liangshan, now there is a leader of Baisheng on Liangshan, this guy is even more waste, he can only drink and gamble for money, and he is a hero of Liangshan, when the news of Yanqing was delivered to Zhang San of the Ryukyus, Zhang San was also worried about the form of the north.
The cavalry is not so easy to organize, the island can raise horses, but horses are indeed very difficult to buy, Zhang San wants to train tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of cavalry in three or four years, that is simply a fantasy.
Moreover, the cavalry is not trained on the island, and the cavalry who have not fought in actual combat has no combat effectiveness at all, let alone people, that is, the horse has not seen a battle and has not expected him to perform well? Better than a horse that has been on the battlefield? That's simply not possible.
But there is no enemy on the island, and if you want to put it into actual combat, not to mention how much grain is consumed for transportation, just ask who to fight, this is a big question, fight Liao? I can't do it, I can't fight the Jurchens, I can't fight Goryeo? It seems that the opponent is too weak to achieve the purpose of military training.