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In the spring of the nineteenth year of the Marquis of Jin (493 B.C.), the grassland at the northern foot of Guanshui Mountain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The whip sounded loudly, the chariots and horses were resounding, and a rather large team of chariots and horses came to the south. Oxen and horses were drawn in wagons, bundled with goods, and on each cart sat a king, with guards walking beside them, and a few riders without saddles and stirrups.

When Yu Xi came to the northern frontier outside the sentence note for the first time, he couldn't help but be a little curious and looked around.

The northern foot of Guanshui Mountain is the season of spring flowers, even the sky in this season is extraordinarily high and refreshing, the grass is like a tree, shaking like waves under the long wind, and the white clouds like sheep flow on the grass slope, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

"In the Jin Kingdom and Lu Kingdom, it is difficult to find such a vast grassland, and if you can gallop here, it is also a great joy in life......"

Just as he was thinking, Yu Xi suddenly caught a glimpse of small felt tents dotted here and there on the grassy slope, which was the first tribe he had seen, and a few Di people on horseback galloped towards the convoy, and one of them even pulled the bowstring!

"Enemy attack!"

Before the words fell, I saw a jet-black feather arrow fall more than ten feet away in front of the convoy, half of it was submerged in the ground, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling slightly......

Out of the instinct of the cavalry, Yu Xi subconsciously wanted to take the bow and arrow behind his back to return the color,

The horsemen who came with him also drew their swords and prepared to defend themselves against the enemy, but they were stopped by Yidun shouting behind them.

"It's the building that is annoying, they are firing arrows in front of us, asking us whether we are friends or foes."

Yidun got out of the car and stepped forward, entered the range of the two Lou Fu knights, bent down and picked up the arrow, held it high, and said something loudly in Lou Fu Rong.

A businessman next to him explained to Yu Xi: "Lou's annoying rules, if you lift the arrow, you are a friend, and if you break the arrow, you are an enemy......"

Yu Xi nodded, but did not relax his vigilance, but saw that after the two annoying people said a word or two to each other, they went back to the felt tent to report the news. The other dismounted, walked over with a smile, and threw the leather pouch pinned to his waist, not knowing whether it was water or wine.

Yidun looked very familiar with the annoying rules of the building, and he was not too dirty, so he took a big sip with his skin in his hand, stretched out his thumb and shouted hello! The annoying person in the building relaxed his vigilance, laughed, as if he had seen his own brother, and gave Yidun a big bear hug......

After Yidun came back, facing Yu Xi's puzzled eyes, he wiped the suspicious white liquid from the corner of his mouth and explained: "Lou Fu has no conflict with the Jin people, these tribal people on the grassland are very hospitable, as long as they drink their wine and eat their salt, they are friends of the tribe. When you arrive at the big tent of this tribe in a while, if you are offered wine, you must drink a little, if you refuse, you will be regarded as humiliated by the Lou annoyance, maybe you will draw your sword on the spot......"

"Isn't it just a sip of wine?" Yu Xi was also a man in the army, and he didn't take this matter to heart at all, until he vomited and diarrhea for several days after drinking the same wine in the annoying tent of Lou Annoying, which emitted a strong smell of cow dung, and couldn't even ride a horse, so he could only lie on the cart and follow the team north in shame, and then he knew the benefits of this thing.

Yidun explained to him: "From the elder down to the king, they all eat the meat of livestock as their staple food, occasionally eat corn and wild vegetables, of course, it is not grain that is used to make wine, but the milk of sheep and horses, which they call buttermilk. Chinese people are really uncomfortable at first. ”

Yu Xi couldn't do it weakly, glared at the lively profiteer in front of him and said angrily: "Why are you okay? “

Yidun said proudly: "If you want to get the trust of Lou Annoying, let them give away or sell cattle and sheep, of course, you have to behave like them to eat and drink." I've been walking here for a few years, and now I can treat it as a leopard fetus Qiong Yao in the face of meat and cheese syrup, and I can even taste a different flavor......"

Yu Xi naturally couldn't stand it in a short time, but the military order was like a mountain, so he could only force himself to accept it, but fortunately, on the fifth day of going north, he had slowly adapted to the food of the grassland, even if he couldn't be willing to accept it, he could reluctantly accept it.

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During this period, they had been walking north along the river, and along the way, Yu Xi found that some of the tribes in Lou were rich and some were poor, and there was also an inequality of wealth in the same tribe. In some tribes, the tents are already in tatters, and most of the people are old and weak, women and children, and many of the young and middle-aged people are still disabled, and their eyes are disgruntled.

"What happened to them?"

"It's not just the annoyance of the building, the Rongdi custom on the grassland, when there is no war, is free to nomadize, shooting birds and animals as a profession; When the situation is urgent, everyone practices offensive skills in order to invade and plunder, which is their nature. ”

Pointing to the grassland that is becoming more and more vast the further north, Yi Dun said to Yu Xi: "Don't look at the grassland is so vast, if there are very few places that are really suitable for farming, besides, the terrain here is flat, and the strength of the spring and summer storms is unprecedented in the life of Chinese people. Therefore, most of them can only live in groups in a tribal way to ensure that there are enough cattle and sheep, and they move to wherever the water and grass are fertile, and several major tribes often fight to the death for a good grassland. Over the centuries, some were annexed, some were enslaved, and some grew stronger, amassing wealth, and even building large cities with a circumference of several miles......"

Looking at it these days, Yu Xi already knows that life on the grassland is not easy, and he said with some disbelief: "Is there really a big city on the grassland?" ”

Yi Dun smiled: "Yes, the largest city is called Hezong City, which is at the source of the great river, in a set formed by many lakes and swamps. The land is fertile, and it is not only used for grazing livestock, but also for farming to feed many people. Legend has it that Mu Tianzi once went north to the north and stayed in the country of the Hezong clan and sacrificed to Hebo. I heard that there are precious white fox raccoon dogs there, and there are also fine jade traded from further west, and if you go all the way west, you can even reach the legendary ruins of Kunlun......"

Yu Xi remembered that he had heard the lord tell them the story of King Mu of Zhou and Zhao Zaofu's journey to the west a long time ago, so he had some yearning for the "Hezong City" and the "Ruins of Kunlun" where the Queen Mother of the West was located. But their destination this time was not that, the convoy reached the place where the river bent to the west, like a jade belt, and at the edge of the forest after trading and replenishing with a hunting tribe who called themselves "the people of the woods", and Yidun collectively called them "Linhu", then turned east and headed in the direction of Daiguo.

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Yu Xi observed carefully and found that the convoy was walking in the north of a northeast-southwest trending mountain range at this time, this mountain was still lush and verdant, covering the four fields, but looking to the northwest, through the endless grassland, you could also see that there was a huge mountain range with peaks like clusters and snow-capped dozens of miles away......

Ten days after hanging outside the territory, the relationship between Yu Xi and Yidun was closer, and the knowledgeable and bold shown by this profiteer made Yu Xi admire, and Yidun did not miss the opportunity to show his knowledge.

He pointed to the two mountain ranges and said, "The southeast one, the Chinese people call it Zhongshan Mountain, the local Dihu pronunciation is 'barbarian', and the north one is called Yin Mountain." From Yinshan to Yanguo, more than 1,000 miles from east to west, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields, the grass and trees are luxuriant, there are many birds and beasts, it is the best place to trade cattle and sheep! ”

"I have been to a small tribe of more than 1,000 people at the foot of Yin Mountain, called the Xiongnu. The kings of the Xiongnu tribe wore long hair with gold rings and oblique furs, and their customs valued the able-bodied and despised the old and weak, and the strong people ate fatty food, while the old people ate leftovers. Therefore, when the Xiongnu women saw strong passers-by, they would be happy to take off their leather skirts and spread their legs for them, just to give birth to strong offspring, and their family husbands were even happy to see this, and they would blow their beards outside the tent to cheer up......"

Yu Xi was dumbfounded, although the wild style of China is still the same, but it has not reached this level of carelessness, these Rongdi tribes are indeed more wild and rude than they imagined.

Yi Dun joked: "A sturdy man like you who is skilled in bowing and horses, the Hun woman loves it the most." ”

Yu Xi had no interest in the Rongdi woman who could smell a smell of sheep from afar, and avoided it, thinking about the wives and concubines who had just moved to Yecheng.

In this way, they walked eastward along the steppe between the mountain ranges, until they turned south at the mouth of a mountain range, and Yu Xi learned that he had entered the land of a vassal tribe called Tu He in the north of the Dai Kingdom.

However, as soon as they entered, they encountered a sudden raid......

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Early in the morning, shortly after setting out from the camp stream, a rider dressed as a merchant noticed something unusual.

"There are five or six horsemen in the northeast, and they have been hanging far behind the convoy......

Yidun and Yu Xi looked at each other, and Yu Xi took a look after beating his horse to the team, and sure enough, there were five or six Di people wearing felt clothes and straddle horses.

"The other party doesn't report the way to come, I'm afraid that the comer is not good......" With Zhao Wuxian's support, the number of Yidun caravans was nearly 100, all of them were young and strong men, and the blades were hidden in the car.

Today, however, the five or six men who had been in front of them were not afraid, but were nearer, and they neighed at their horses, and their mouths made loud whistles and laughter, and they were actually provocative.

Yu Xi was furious and wanted to chase after him, but Yidun stopped him again: "Don't! These people are so bold, there must be something behind them! ”

Sure enough, after a short time, behind the five or six horsemen, there was a team of horses of different levels, everyone riding horses and carrying bows, and a rough count showed that there were as many as two or three hundred horses!

Unlike the small tribes he saw along the way without banners, Yu Xi also saw that among those knights, one of them was holding a small flag, and a long linen cloth fluttered in the wind, and a yellow thing was drawn on it with a dye of unknown material......

"That's Huang Zhen......" Yi Dun, who has always been bold and can laugh and scold everyone in the caravan in the event of a small crisis, sank his face, and his face was a little solemn.

"On the other side is the Donghu people!" (To be continued.) )