In order to raise reparations for the defeat, the Dajin court opened up reclamation areas in Rouran inside and outside, allowing the Han people to go to the pastoral areas of Rouran to reclaim, and the silver paid by the Han people for cultivating the fields was returned as the debt owed by the prince of Rouran to the imperial court, and was directly handed over to the imperial court, and the herdsmen did not benefit. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On the contrary, the pastures they grazed were occupied by outsiders, and the land that once belonged to them became the property of others. What's more, the Han people leased these lands for farming, which was also a taboo for the Rouran people, who believed that the land could not be turned at will. As the Han people's crops reaped a bumper harvest, the seeds of hatred were borne.

Tao Ke Taohai was born in a fourth-class Taiji family, because the family had no money to spare, this kind of person was called poor Taiji, and he had no territory or inheritance, and he had to count on herding for his life. When he found that he could no longer survive by normal grazing, he could only ride a horse and carry the musket handed down by his ancestors, hoping to make a living. He had excellent equestrian marksmanship and a high reputation among the herdsmen, and was a very powerful figure among the horse bandits from all walks of life, both inside and outside.

On the grassland, black plumes of smoke soared into the sky, and fires burned to ruins houses owned by Han Chinese who had come to the Rouran pastoral area to reclaim their fields. Once they wanted to sow hope and reap happiness in a foreign land, now they have lost everything about themselves. The belongings and food that had belonged to them had become the spoils of the attackers, and the excited Rouran herdsmen cheered and praised their hero, Tauk Tauhai.

A team of horses galloped back and forth, and the knights performed a variety of equestrian tricks on their horses, and whistled excitedly from their mouths. In the eyes of the herdsmen, these horse bandits are the heroes of their own tribe, the heroes who lead the tribe against the evil government, and they will prepare hot hand-handled mutton, fragrant mar wine, beautiful girls, and will also give them white hata.

More than a dozen bandit leaders from the grassland surrounded Tao Ke Taohai, and the stars were like arches, worshipping him as their leader. These Han settlers were all poor ghosts, and they had nothing to gain by looting them. This time, more than a dozen forces have joined forces, and the number of troops has exceeded 10,000 people.

Nearly forty years old, he was a man of modest stature, but a man of great strength, wearing a black robe, a high hat, and two pistols pinned to his waist. It was a gift from Colonel Alcho of Tieler, and a symbol of his friendship with the Tielers.

These horse thieves lack advanced weapons and weapons, and rely on the Tiele people to provide them, and whoever can get Tieler's support will have a high reputation in the forces, which is also a very normal thing. As he walked, he said:

"This time Colonel Archo has provided us with a thousand quick guns, and two hundred thousand taels of silver. Let's think about it, such a large amount of money is enough for our team to live a good life, so that our tribe can live a good life. In addition to these, they will also give us machines, and if we have machines, we can build our own guns, and sooner or later, we will be as powerful as those Tiele people. At that time, we will not have to look at the faces of the Jurchens to live. ”

His friend and the leader of another rebel group, Bai Yin Daben, said: "Two hundred thousand taels of silver? This is not a small amount, and with this money we can add thousands of good guns to the team, and we can also buy a few cannons. When the time comes, even if it is a Jurchen officer and soldier, we don't have to be afraid, those princes can't help us. It's just, my Tauk Tau Hai An, where are these things? I saw that Colonel Alcho, who was only circling around our girl, but I couldn't see him holding something. ”

Tao Ke Taohai smiled: "Baiyin Daben An, this is what the Tiele people look like, and we are not dealing with him on the first day. In short, it doesn't matter if one or two girls play with him, what we need now is to expand our strength. As long as there is strength, there is everything. The guns, the silver, the grain, the salt, the Tiele people were ready, but they didn't bring them with them. They stored those things in Taonan, Jing'an, Tongyu, and Baicheng, waiting for us to pick them up. Everyone, get on your horses, take up arms, get those things back, and this winter, no one in our tribe will die of cold and hunger. ”

Bai Yin Daben and the others all had excited smiles on their faces, everything on the grassland had to be prepared in advance, although it was summer, but it was also the right time to prepare supplies for winter. In the past, when they harassed outside the customs every year, they mostly attacked the village and rarely attacked the city, and the Tiele people would also control their range of movement to prevent them from making too much trouble. This time, they got permission to attack the county seat, and what they saw was those rich Han merchants, baskets of silver, warehouses of grain, and those beautiful and weak women.

Someone reacted, "Leader Tauktauhai, don't you mean that you want us to fetch these things ourselves?" This kind of favor, they are also embarrassed? Even without them, we ourselves can get these possessions, so why thank them? ”

"Because, they do have these things in the warehouse, otherwise, we would have pounced on them, and we might just be empty. Besides, without the intelligence and support provided by the Tiele people, how could we possibly know where there is treasure and where there is only firewood and grass. Not only these county seats, but when we get supplies in the county seat, the Tiele people will lead the way for us and seize the warehouses of the Fuso people. In the warehouse, they stored countless munitions, clothes, medicines and food. When that time comes, our young men will all use foreign guns, and all the princes will not be our opponents. ”

Bai Yin Daben said: "If that's the case, then it's the best. As long as we can defeat those princes and burn down the reclamation bureau, the court will not let the Han people take our land, and this great land given to us by the great immortal heaven is still owned by the descendants of the golden family, and there will never be Han people to blaspheme our gods and turn our fields at will. ”

Tauk Taohai said: "According to Archo's information, the Chaoyong King of Wairouran has sent his great butler to drive a large number of good horses to Taonan. We can't let King Chaoyong and the imperial court join forces to deal with us, so these cities must be taken. I have commanded Nashun Batu, Hada, and Naidan Zab to lead an army into the city first to do our internal response. When the time comes, the inside and the outside should be combined, and several county towns will be owned by us. In addition to this, the Tielers will send a Cossack cavalry division to help us in the battle. Let's think about it, the Cossack brothers of a division, who else can stand in front of us! ”

The leaders of all walks of life were all in excitement, they cheered, and held a grand celebration and departure ceremony on the grassland. The people on the steppe believe that their good days are coming soon, and the dream of building their own country and no longer being dependent on Daikin will finally come true.

In the night-shrouded grassland, several campfires provided light, and the weary soldiers fell asleep early, with only a dozen sentinels on guard.

Looking at the boundless darkness in all directions, the sentinels gradually relaxed a little, making routine rounds.

Suddenly, there was a slight noise in the grass, not loud, but it could not be hidden from the ears of the hunter-turned-soldier. He looked at the voice alertly, and there was nothing. But his heart was instantly lifted because there was nothing. His companions should have been sentry in that position, how could there be no one?

He subconsciously opened his mouth, ready to call out his companion's name, but at this moment, a large hand had stretched out from behind him like an iron tong, grabbed his throat, and blocked back the words he was about to shout. Before the soldier could struggle, a dagger had pierced into his lung, and when the dagger was pulled out, air entered through the wound and instantly took the warrior's life.

A dozen sentinels, dealt with by more experienced and combat-experienced attackers, and in the light of the fire, one figure after another appeared in the camp. They opened their tents and went in, and after a while, they left them again, as if they were just going in to visit the deceased, but on the ground of those tents, blood flowed, and the living became dead.

Eventually, gunshots were heard in some of the tents, followed by explosions, and the silence of the night turned lively. The people in the tent began to resist, but the intruders were prepared for it and pressed with more force. The platoon of guns, bayonets, and bullets left in hand to disturb the horses tied to the side and let out a long neigh. It wasn't until twenty minutes later that everything returned to calm, and on the steppe, everything returned to normal.

The more than 150 people camping here can be organized into a cavalry battalion according to the establishment of the Rouran rebels, and all of them have been wiped out, and not a single one remains. After several similar battles, Liu Jun, who was getting bolder and bolder, and was getting closer and closer to Gao Sheng, excitedly pushed a female captive in front of Zhao Guanhou, and said with a flattering smile:

"My lord, this is the daughter of the president of the Tongyu Chamber of Commerce, and she is very tender. Being taken by the bandit camp as a private pet is a bandit, and she can let you enjoy it, which is her creation. Slut, serve your lord well, otherwise, I'll send you to the tent of those Qiu Ba, just like you, I'm afraid you won't be able to deal with a few people and you'll be out of gas. ”

When the woman was caught, she was only wearing a small coat, revealing white flesh and two bare feet, and when she heard this, she didn't care about being ashamed, and knelt on the ground and begged Zhao Guanhou to take her, she would definitely serve her well. Zhao Guanhou shook his head and pulled her up, glared at Liu Jun, drove the latter away, and then asked: "You don't have to be afraid, we are officials and soldiers, no one will dare to bully you, otherwise I will use military law to deal with him." Let me ask you, what is the situation with Tongyu? ”

"Tongyu...... It has been occupied by the Rouran bandits. My home is gone, and they ...... They killed my dad and came to spoil me again, I can't help it, I don't want to die. ”

This woman is only sixteen this year, and she has suffered a big change, and her speech is a little upside down, Zhao Guanhou asked for a long time before he roughly knew the situation. According to what she said, Tongyu has all been lost and has become a world of Rouran bandits, and Taonan, Baicheng and other counties are also about the same. The official army has been completely wiped out, and several county towns have been reduced to bandits.

After calming her down a few words and finding her a robe to put on, Zhao Guanhou summoned Sun Meiyao and Zhang Yuting, "The news of this woman is not accurate, if it is really a loss of several counties, then it is unlikely that we will still meet someone who asks for help." However, it is conceivable that the situation of several counties is not very good, and these few who lead troops are too careless. ”

Zhao Guanhou's troops encountered cavalry asking for help on the way, and only then did they know that Taonan was in distress. The Rouran bandits attacked with more than 10,000 strong troops, and it was not very easy to deal with. But the bigger problem is not with these bandits, but with the city.

As a city bordering Rouran, it is usually a mixture of Rouran, Han and Qi, and they are safe with each other. But the problem lies in these Rouran people who enter the city to trade, when the Rouran bandits attack, these Rouran people also attack the city, and they should be coordinated inside and outside, attacking officers and soldiers, warehouses or directly seizing the door.

The officers and soldiers who came to fight were in great chaos, and the county town could not be guarded, and even the inner city was lost. For example, here in Tongyu, Ren Sheng does not know much about the situation outside the fortress, and his precautions are extremely lax, and the situation of one of his battalions is extremely dangerous. Since Zhao Guanhou and his men approached Tongyu, they had already fought several encounters with the Rouran people along the way, such as attacking the Rouran camp tonight, which was just a daily routine these days.

In the past, this was absolutely nothing, but it can be seen that the forces of the Rouran people in this area are already very strong, and they dare to launch attacks on the officers and soldiers who have formed into formations, and maybe, on the contrary, they have the idea of eating them.

Zhang Yuting said: "Feng Linge brought his people, originally to go to Baicheng to do business, Fusang people promised him a lot of benefits, just a good gun to give him 300. He originally wanted to get rid of us and make a fortune, but I think this time he is going to suffer a big loss. If it is true that several county towns have been occupied, then won't our guns, ammunition, food and silver all fall into the hands of the Rouran bandits? ”

"If it falls into their hands, we have to get it back!" Zhao Guanhou snorted, "It's okay for us to rob others, but it's okay for others to rob us, isn't that a joke?" Ordered to go down, everyone stepped up the march to Tongyu, and touched the Rouran people, I want to see what is so great about these Rouran bandits. Tell the brothers that if you want money and guns, you have to fight to Taonan, and you have everything there! ”

From the leader of the Rouran bandits, a diary was actually seized, which was written in the Rouran script, which Zhao Guanhou could not recognize.

Fortunately, the daughter of the president of the chamber of commerce knows how to read, and because of the business with the Rouran people, she also knows Rouran, and she can be a translator. According to the above records, Zhao Guanhou came to the judgment that there was a discrepancy with the information provided by the woman, and that most of Tongyu should have been lost, but the Rouran bandits did not fully occupy the city, and the resistance of the official army continued, but the situation was very difficult.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Zongyun's first battalion of infantry had also arrived, and after joining up with this army, Zhao Guanhou's troops had reached more than 2,500 people, of which his own armed forces were more than 1,000, and the rest were all handmaidens who joined.

At this time, whether it is the silk cloth or the official army, everyone's goal is the same, to solve the Rouran bandits, snatch back the lost money, and rescue the trapped robes! (To be continued.) )