Volume 11 The Storm in the Western Regions Chapter 7 Giant Treasure
The vast land is a dusky yellow color, and the Gobi is full of desolate weather, in this harsh natural environment, everyone is struggling to survive, although there are also oases with abundant water and grass. But there is a noble enjoyment that only the big tribes have, and more Xue Yantuo's people are chasing the rain that does not know when it will fall on this vast Gobi, they are like a group of ascetics who are struggling to find the avenue in their hearts, everyone with a horse, a felt canopy, and a big dog can wander around this desolate and blue land for a whole year.
Under the oppression of this kind of life, all the people of Xue Yantuo are super soldiers who are proficient in riding and archery, they can fight with wolves on the desert alone, and they can escape under the sandstorm that covers the sky and the sun, these have melted into their bones, and they are definitely not understandable to an agricultural nation like Datang, they are eager to stop but they are like birds chasing the wind, they are destined to be adrift all their lives, and when they land, it is the end of their lives.
Therefore, these people are accustomed to being alone, and one can wander the vast Gobi for another day with nothing to do, just driving his cattle and sheep, and one can calmly attack the most ferocious predators in the wasteland. They longed to have enough food to satisfy their stomachs, they longed for a place where they could stay, but all this was extravagant, their ancestors left them only the herd of cattle and sheep, only the plundering nature buried deep in their bones, because they could not farm, they were accustomed to go close to their people to rob. Therefore, although Xue Yantuo established their regime, he could not rule with a unified king like the Tang Dynasty. Even if Xue Yantuo is the Khan King now, it is only because he has the most people under his command who can fight. His people are the most ruthless, in this Gobi and the steppe. The most effective rule is the bow and arrow, the sword and the spear in the hand.
But now a mighty army is hunting in this vast territory. They are well-equipped, the armor on their bodies is several times stronger than the leather armor worn by Xue Yantuo's warriors, and their swords and guns are sharper than the blades of the most powerful warriors in this country. This army, which comes and goes like the wind, has become one of Xue Yantuo's biggest headaches recently. In this short period of time, countless warriors of Xue Yantuo died at their hands. But Xue Yantuo's side hadn't even figured out who the other party was, and only when they were attacked by the other party did they know that this group of elusive killings had actually come to their side.
On the desolate grassland, the wind blows, the clumps of pasture grass are covered with dark green waves, and the cattle and sheep grazing between the grasses appear and disappear, and the shepherds are driving their own cattle and sheep so as not to mingle with other people's families, and they have lived this life for generations. When the grass here runs out, they will migrate to another pasture, and they will never stop until the grassland is completely deprived of vegetation. Because only when the cattle and sheep grow fat and strong, they can live, unless they can conquer the Tang Xiongguan that stands majestically on the border. Go to that rich land and get enough food to survive the winter, otherwise these cattle and sheep will be their greatest reliance on to survive the long winter. But the most recent robbery of Datang. Several years have passed, and Datang, a powerful neighbor. Gradually become stronger, the border city that was only garrisoned by three or five thousand men and horses, now there are 15,000 people and horses, these Tang soldiers have much stronger equipment than them, and occupy the advantage of the fortified city, if you want to break into the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty again, I am afraid it is not so easy.
Moreover, the Western Turks split out of the Turks also arrived in Xue Yantuo's territory during this time, and this grassland was already tight to feed Xue Yantuo's own people, not to mention the extra Western Turks, which further diluted the grassland area that everyone could obtain. Therefore, the Xue Yantuo and the Turks are not actually monolithic, but the two peoples are wary of each other, and they may engage in skirmishes at any time because of some things fighting for pasture.
Although Xue Yantuo is a country, but there is no city of its own, everyone even the Khan King of Xue Yantuo is chasing water and grass to live, some only belong to their royal tent, is the tent of the tribe to which Xue Yantuo Khan belongs, this tribe occupies the richest grassland on the grassland, has the most cattle and sheep and the most powerful warriors, they have no fixed place, completely by virtue of where there is abundant water and grass, the principle of going there wanders in the territory of Xue Yantuo, this year is the middle of summer, it is the most abundant pasture on the grassland, All the Xue Yantuo people are busy grazing, and there is no autumn season when the grass withers, and they don't worry about how to survive the cold winter, so everything seems to be calm. Only in the tall royal tent, Xue Yantuo's Khan Wang Yinan at this time was sad and gray-haired, in the last half a month, there have been several small tribes attacked by unknown people, all the capable warriors have been slaughtered, a tribe has lost these young and strong, so only the old, weak, sick and disabled tribes are left How to survive on this grassland? Therefore, these tribes, who have lost their ability to protect themselves, gradually move closer to the surrounding tribes and become subordinates of another tribe.
All this is actually a very common thing on the grassland, because although Xue Yantuo is said to be a country, there are all kinds of contradictions between various tribes, the most important thing is to compete for grassland, so it is common to attack each other, but such a slaughter has never appeared, and it has appeared one after another, it seems extraordinary, something must have happened, and it is definitely not a good thing for Xue Yantuo. But who are these people? Where do they come from? Xue Yantuo's Han Wang Yinan looked at a rough map in front of him, and the red crosses on it were particularly conspicuous, and these marked red crosses were the locations of the tribes that had been attacked. But there is nothing to be seen in the east and west. Could it be a sand pirate?
"It's definitely not going to be sand thieves, these people only kill people. They don't rob cattle and sheep, and they don't even kill the old and weak. It's not like a sand pirate at all, it's even like an army! Yi Nan denied his own inference. All this was obviously the work of a well-disciplined army, and it was moving as fast as the wind, and in this short period of time, it actually blossomed in all directions within the territory of Xue Yantuo. This kind of mobility is definitely not something that a simple army can have.
"Datang, or Turkic? At the beginning, our Xue Yantuo was a subordinate of the Turks, but now that the Turks have been defeated by the Tang Dynasty, they have to compromise on everything, it is entirely possible for them to do such a thing! But it is also possible for Datang, they are now strong. At the beginning, I, Xue Yantuo, also went to Datang to rob, and Datang also had the motive to do it! "Yi Nan felt for the first time that it was a headache to be a ruler without a fixed regime, during this time not only medium-sized tribes were attacked, but also several large tribes began to move, they wanted to be the king of Khan but never concealed their thoughts, but they have been pressed by the strong force of their own tribe, this time they have an excuse to attack themselves, and they will definitely not let go. Yi Nan felt that his rule was not so secure. But until this elusive army was captured and destroyed by him, he was only in this passive state. Now his desire to consolidate his rule was stronger than finding this army and destroying them.
"Great Khan...... Good news...... Great news! "A rugged man with a sheepish smell. rushed in like the wind, laughed and said to Yi Nan.
"What's the good thing, is it that your ewes have given birth to lambs?" Yi Nan looked at his right-hand man, who was nearly a foot tall. With a beard on his face, a pair of big eyes are like the eyes of a jackal on the grassland, shining with a faint green light. He is the number one general under the leader of Xue Yantuo, Yi Nan - Dadushe. The body is as strong as a wall, and the arms are three times thicker than ordinary thighs. He is the first warrior of Xue Yantuo. At this time, the most powerful man on the grassland had an excited face, as if he had won the grand prize of five million.
"Great Khan. This is a much bigger event than a ewe giving birth! With this thing in the Great Khan, your reign will shine like the red sun in the sky, shining on the entire steppe, so bright that it is impossible to look at it directly! Dadu set up his mouth and shouted, as if he saw Yi Nan completely let all the tribes on the grassland return to their hearts, and then formed an invincible army, completely defeated the Xiongcheng of the Tang Border Pass, they drove straight into the city of Chang'an, and seized countless grains and countless beautiful women along the way, thinking about this, the whole person couldn't help but shed Hadazi in his mouth.
"What the hell is the news, don't patronize and drool!" Yi Nan was worried about several big tribes on the grassland, at this time he heard Dadu's words, he couldn't help but cheer up, he knew very well that his henchman was not a person who liked to exaggerate, what he said was what he said, even if the two of them went to another tribe together, and as a result, they collided with the leader of that tribe, and the two were chased all the way and fled for hundreds of miles, and this man did not say a word of regret.
"Great Khan, this time we blocked a Hu merchant from the Western Regions, Great Khan, guess what we have seized?" Dadu said mysteriously.
"Those Hu people from the Western Regions, the kind with blond hair and blue eyes?" Yi Nan was a little unimpressed, what did these people from the Western Regions count, they all fell into the eyes of money, thinking that Datang was full of gold, and they all sharpened their heads and risked their lives all the way from distant Europa to Datang to sell goods. It's simply unreasonable, what does Datang have? Strange things like you blonde and blue-eyed bearded barbarians? In Yi Nan's heart, the Tang Dynasty must also be a rich land, all the people have enough food, and they can eat precious vegetables, the kind of green vegetables, which are much more delicious than beef and mutton, and there is no smell of beef and sheep.
"Great Khan, we have captured a great treasure! This is the best time for the Great Khan to dominate the entire Mobei and become the only king of this land! "Dadu set up the next package from behind him, this package is not big, but the weight is obviously not light, Dadu set this strong bear-like person, actually held his hands are a little trembling.; (To be continued......)