When Zhao Ziliang was having a good time in Broken Leaf City, countless herdsmen and livestock froze to death in the territory of Mohe Dagan in the north, and the weather this year was too cold, even worse than last year.

Moon Bow City, Moheda Dry Tooth Tent.

It is said that it is a city, but in fact, there is no city wall at all, just like the dragon court of the Huns, it is the gathering place of the Turgish tribe, and Mohedagan set up his tooth tent here.

Moon Bow City is in the northwest of Ili in the later generations, in the southwest of Sailimu Lake, an endless steppe, the Ili River flows from east to west, and it is also an important town on the northern line of the Silk Road.

Inside the tent, Mohe Dagan listened to the reports of his ministers on the number of people and livestock who had frozen to death due to the severe cold, and his face was very ugly.

"Dagan, there are not many people who have frozen to death, the key is that we have frozen to death more than 20,000 cattle, sheep and horses, and by the beginning of spring next year, we are afraid that there will be no meat to eat and no milk to drink!" The other minister continued.

Mo Heda rubbed his temples and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

The minister said: "Dagan, now we have three choices: first, sit and wait, wait for some people to starve to death, the population is small, and the consumption will naturally be less." Second, attack the other four, on the one hand, consume the surplus population, and on the other hand, plunder their cattle, sheep and horses. Third, plunder the merchants on the Silk Road! In Xiaochen's opinion, the third method is the best, not only do you not need to use swords, but also rob enough goods, sell the goods and then go to other tribes to buy food, and directly use the goods to find other tribes in exchange for food! ”

In addition, the minister stood up and said: "But the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion seems to have joined forces with other tribes to protect the safety of the merchants on the Silk Road, if we plunder the merchants, will Zhao Ziliang of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion send troops to attack us?" ”

A commander of a thousand stood up and stroked Mo Heda's chest and said, "Hmph, he can only draw a maximum of 3,000 people on his hands, and this amount of troops wants to attack us?" Are all the warriors of my Turdash made of straw? ”

The minister just now glanced at him disdainfully, and said coldly: "The Han people often say, 'There are not many soldiers, not many', and you have 100,000 people." But all of them are wine bags and rice bags, can such an army win the battle? ”

When the commander heard this, he drew his sword and glared angrily: "Do you dare to say that I and my sons are both wine bags and rice bags?" ”

Seeing this, Mohe Dagan couldn't help but have a headache, he was already extremely troubled by the news that countless cattle, sheep and horses had frozen to death, and now his generals and ministers were still arguing for no reason, how could he stand it? I was very irritable and said, "Enough, what's the noise?" Are you all full? ”

When several people in the tent saw Mohe Dagan delivering the goods, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to say anything.

Mo He Dagan closed his eyes for a while, then opened his eyes and said, "Although our current strength is not afraid of Zhao Ziliang, behind him stands Gai Jiayun, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate and the entire Tang Dynasty. We can't afford to provoke it for the time being, but this Zhao Ziliang actually joined forces with the crossbow to occupy the Silk Road, so that we can't get any oil and water, and I don't know how determined they are to unite to maintain the safety of the Silk Road. ”

The minister hesitated for a moment and asked, "Dagan, should we test how strong their alliance is?" ”

Mo Heda's eyes froze, and he said in a deep voice: "How to tempt? ”

The minister said softly: "Da Xi Ministry! ”

Mohe Dagan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded: "It's been a while since the Daxi Department took refuge in Bendagan. It's also time for them to show their loyalty to Bendagan, and since they've only recently migrated, they shouldn't know the agreement between the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion and the Crossbow Lost Five, so it's best for them to plunder the safety of the Silk Road! Come. Go and convey that Murong Changge, the patriarch of the Xi tribe, came to see me."

"Yes, Dagan!"

・・・・・・

On the northern shore of Atami, it is already hundreds of miles away from Moon Bow City, far beyond the territory of Mohedagan. A large caravan from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty came to the north shore of Atami to camp and rest, preparing to make a fire and cook.

It has snowed heavily for several days, and due to the cold weather, a thick layer of ice has formed on the surface of the pond. However, due to the severe slippage on the ice, the caravan did not dare to cross the Daqing Pond to Shattered Leaf City, so they could only go west along the north shore of the Daqing Pond, and only set up camp to make a fire and cook every day when it was dark.

By the time the camp was set up, it was already dark, but it was still possible to see the snow on the ground and on the nearby hills.

After inspecting the camp, the caravan shopkeeper Luo Jiaren and the dart head Sun Sihai shook the snowflakes on their cloaks and walked into the tent, Luo Jiaren shook the snowflakes while rubbing his hands on the fire in the tent to keep warm, and couldn't help but curse in his mouth: "This damn ghost weather, it has snowed heavily for five days in a row, and I have only walked one hundred and fifty miles in these five days!" ”

There is also a reason for Luo Jiaren to complain, the worse the weather conditions, the slower the caravan will travel, and there is a possibility that someone will get sick, which will greatly increase the cost of this trip, and the longer this situation drags on, the greater the cost of being a shopkeeper.

Sun Sihai, the head of the escort and protection team along the way, comforted: "The shopkeeper, it is inevitable to encounter this kind of weather, according to past experience, at most in two days, the weather will be better, and then we will speed up and rush to Broken Leaf City, and when we get there, the road will be much easier and safer." It's just that this section is not within the jurisdiction of the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion, and if we are robbed, I'm afraid ・・・・・・・ if the shopkeeper listened to me at the beginning, he would have gone to Qiuzi Town, and then went south to Shule Town, and then went to Broken Leaf Town through Tuoyun Fort."

Luo Jiaren said: "Sun Darttou, what you said, how could my old Luo not know? It's just that the road is much farther, and it's half the way to take this road, but your worries are not unreasonable, but I have been prepared for a long time, I went to buy a guarantee ticket for the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion when I was in Yanqi Town, if we go wrong with this northernmost route, the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion will be responsible for compensation! ”

Sun Sihai, as a guide and escort who walks between Chang'an and the countries of the Western Regions all the year round, of course knows that the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion has recently issued a kind of guarantee ticket, no matter who buys such a guarantee ticket, as long as it is looted on the Silk Road in the Anxi region and the surrounding areas, the Broken Leaf Governor's Mansion will be responsible for compensating for all the losses and the compensation amount will greatly exceed the losses.

Sun Sihai couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Shopkeeper, you don't want to think about it, if we are really robbed, will the looted people and horses let us have a way to live, in case they kill us after the robbery, what role can the ticket play?" ”

Luo Jiaren didn't care, smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, if I really encounter robbers, as long as Sun Darthead protects me and escapes to Broken Leaf City!" ”

Sun Sihai's face turned blue when he heard this, and he scolded wildly in his heart: "Dare to love you, this old boy, this is the idea?" Don't take the lives of our bodyguards seriously! ”

Just when the two of them were thinking about each other, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing, and the two looked at each other after hearing it, and then their faces changed drastically, and they shouted at the same time: "Someone has robbed the camp!" ”

After shouting, the two immediately ran out of the tent, and through the light of the fire in the middle of the camp, they saw the figure of heavy cavalry galloping a few hundred meters to the north.

At this time, the caravan guys and dart masters who had just finished dinner immediately woke up, and the guys hid in the middle of the camp, and dozens of dart masters drew their waist knives to protect the caravan guys and goods in the middle.

Seeing the size and number of enemies, the caravan shopkeeper Luo Jiaren was so frightened that he hurriedly grabbed the dart head Sun Sihai and hid behind the tent and whispered: "Sun Darthead, what are you going to do?" Don't you see that it was the tribal cavalry of the steppe who came to raid this time? With this number and the horsemen's riding skills, it is definitely a trained tribal cavalry, aren't you looking for death when you go out? ”

Sun Sihai said angrily: "Lao Tzu's brothers are all outside to defend against the enemy, you let Lao Tzu hide?" Lao Tzu watched them being killed and hid aside, is Lao Tzu still human? ”

Saying that, Sun Sihai was about to rush out again, Luo Jiaren grabbed Sun and persuaded him bitterly: "Sun Darthead, you are stupid, you can only go out now, others may not die, but you and I, as darts and shopkeepers, will definitely die!" As the saying goes, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, think about our wives and children who stay in Chang'an! ”

Sun Sihai was stunned, and no longer struggled, obviously Luo Jiaren's words hit the softest part of his heart, Luo Jiaren saw this and immediately said: "Quick, while the enemy has just rushed over, and has not yet discovered us, you and I each found a horse, rode and secretly fled in the direction of Broken Leaf City, as long as you escape to the westernmost part of Daqing Pond, it will be safe, as long as you protect me and flee to Broken Leaf City, not only do you not have to compensate for the lost goods, I Luo someone will also give you enough money to let you care for those dead brothers and families, three hundred times, how about it?" Three hundred guan ・・・・・・ good, five hundred guan, no more, what are you rubbing, let's go! ”

"Hey!" Sun Sihai sighed, "You said, five hundred times!" ”

Luo Jiaren hurriedly said: "I, Luo, am also a person who speaks!" ”

The two negotiated the conditions at the most critical moment, sneaked to the back of several tents and found two horses, and the two rode on the horses and ran wildly towards the west along the Daqing Pond.

The movement of the two of them fleeing to make it alarmed the attacking enemy, and a barbarian man in his forties immediately shouted: "Go to ten people, you must catch up with them, kill them, retrieve their heads, and kill all the rest here!" Pull the goods away with the car".

"Yes, Patriarch!" A brave man agreed, and with a shout, ten horsemen followed him.

Murong Changge rode on horseback and watched expressionlessly as his knights slaughtered the caravan men and dart masters in the camp, as if the disappearance of the lives that had been killed had nothing to do with him. (To be continued.) )