Chapter 17: The Ring of the Eagle Tiger and the Wolf

The background of Haotian Trading Company is complex and has something to do with all factions in the DPRK and China, which Yang Hao has long known, this era when almost all resources are controlled in the hands of the magnates, if you want to make a fortune, make a fortune, and do not interact with the magnates, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, Haotian Trading Company can pass the world and be rich enough to rival the country, and it is strange that there are few powerful backers behind him.

However, being able to be the errand runner of the Thorn Horse Battalion also surprised Yang Hao slightly, the businessman and the powerful are to take advantage of the situation, the Thorn Horse Camp is indeed outstanding, but in this indistinguishable situation, is it really worthy of their loyalty?

"Do I still have value in using it?" Yang Hao's gaze slid over the secret letter and threw himself at Wu Chenglong, with a mocking sneer on the corner of his mouth,

Wu Chenglong smiled indifferently: "Don't be so pessimistic, they use you, and you can also use them, unless you really want to be in this small dirt mountain for the rest of your life." ”

When Yang Hao heard this, he picked up the white silk, and after reading it, he put it on the lamp and candle and lit it, and just halfway through the burn, someone outside the door suddenly exclaimed: "There is a fire." The door was recklessly slammed open by a person, it was a girl with big eyes, she was strong, her face was dark, and her chest was bulging magnificently, she was one of the twenty female slaves brought by Yang Xin, when she chose six people in the inner room, Yang Xin did not choose her,

Yang Hao saw that she was simple and honest in nature, and named her Yang Mu, Yang Mu can make excellent barbecue and vegetable soup, and after going up the mountain, she followed the cook and learned to cook Han family food, Yang Hao and his wife's food were made by her hands, at this moment she saw Yang Hao holding a silk cloth with fire in his hand, and his brain was hot, and he poured a pot of green vegetable soup in his hand towards Yang Hao.

Yang Hao hurriedly dodged, avoided his head and face, but couldn't hide his body, a large piece of oil was wet from the navel down, and the white silk on his hand happened to burn out, he shook his hand again and again, Wu Chenglong's tears of laughter came out, but Yang Mu was stupid with a long mouth, Wu Chenglong sneered, and pointed at Yang Hao's lower body soaked in oil soup with his finger, Yang Mu relieved himself at this time, so he laughed for a while, and actually tore off his skirt to wipe it for Yang Hao, and touched it in that sensitive place again,

Yang Hao opened her arm, she really couldn't cry or laugh for a while, and she wanted to scold her, but suddenly saw that her big eyes were already full of tears, so her heart softened, so she took off her dirty clothes, handed them to her in a ball, waved her hand irritably, and led Wu Chenglong to sit in the wing,

After sitting down, Wu Chenglong only lowered his head to make tea and seemed to have forgotten the topic just now, Yang Hao also lowered his head and teased the tea bowl, neither of them spoke, only heard the sound of sipping water, when a bowl of tea was about to be drunk, Wu Chenglong spoke first: "Kill Wukui Daxiang, let the Khitan people mess up by themselves, you take the opportunity to recruit troops, we will help you dominate the party." ”

Yang Hao asked, "Why me." ”

Wu Chenglong leisurely drank the last sip of tea in the tea bowl and said, "Because you happen to be here." ”

He got up to leave, but Yang Hao opened his mouth behind his back: "I won't do this." ”

Wu Chenglong was stunned for a moment, turned his head, and showed a mysterious smile on his face,

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Wu Kui Daxiang's sixty-fifth birthday is destined to be a tragedy, first the old birthday star at the birthday banquet was inexplicably poisoned, and then the two most powerful sons accused each other, Xiao Demu and He Dong both claimed that there was evidence in their hands to prove that the other party was the culprit of the father's murder, the two people first had a quarrel, and then they moved their hands in front of their father's sickbed, fists and palms, knives and axes, from the tent to the outside of the tent, both of them were injured for a while, and no one was convinced, so they went back to gather the generals and prepare for a big battle.

Xiao Demu has six battalions, 2,000 cavalry, and Dong has four battalions, 1,500 cavalry, this is the main force of the Wukui Department, except for the eighteen battalions of cavalry directly led by the leader Wu Kui Daxiang, anyone is their opponent, even if Wu Kui Daxiang's guards are not absolutely advantageous, although the old leader has twelve battalions, known as 10,000 people, but in fact there are only 5,000 people, although they are all veterans of a hundred battles, but most of them have passed the golden years of their lives, and are speeding down the downhill road,

The troop transfer talisman of the twelfth battalion is now on the middle finger of Wu Kui Daxiang, which is a wrench made of gold and red jade, and the side is carved with eagles, tigers, and wolves, which is a symbol of the highest power of the Wu Kui Department, and its use and inheritance have strict regulations.

The eight elders of the Wukui tribe quickly gathered together, covering the door of the tent and discussing inside, Xiao Demu and Hedong waited outside the tent with their respective subordinates, and the two waited anxiously for the final result, but the result was delayed, and the grumpy Xiao Demu first walked around anxiously, then scolded, and finally almost thundered,

The atmosphere outside the camp tent was tense to the extreme, Yang Xin's nervous palms were sweating, she approached Yang Hao, and asked pitifully, "What should I do?" Yang Hao hugged her and comforted: "The elders will come up with a good way." ”

Dongfang Lan leaned over to his brother Dongfang Qing and muttered, "It looks a little bad, what should I do, let's withdraw." Dongfang Qing said: "The owner of the village didn't give an order, how to withdraw, you don't want to die." After a pause, he explained, "Prepare the horses and the oil." Dongfang Lan asked puzzledly: "What to do with the cooking oil." Dongfang Qing sneered: "Surrounded on all sides, if you don't set a fire, how can you get out." ”

When the final result was not discussed in the camp tent, Xiao Demu fought with He Dong because of a trivial matter, things have become out of control, more people are involved in the fight between the two parties, Yang Xin covered her face and cried in fright, she is now powerless to stop all this,

She lamented Yang Hao to rescue her father Xiao Demu, Yang Hao smiled helplessly and said: "It's too late, it's like two bulls fighting now, and people can't persuade them." Yang Xin cried like a tearful person, Yang Hao proposed to escort the unconscious Wukui Daxiang, the eight elders of the Wukui Department, Xiao Demu's mother and wife to leave here first, after all, this chaotic situation, no one can talk about safety, Yang Xin was already in a state of confusion, and hurriedly agreed to take Yang Hao to see her mother and grandmother, the two ladies were obviously stunned by all this in front of them, so they also agreed to Yang Hao's proposal,

As for the unconscious Wukui Daxiang and the Eight Elders, Yang Hao didn't give them more time to think about it, half persuasion, half coercion, and in the chaos created by the Dongfang brothers according to the prior plan, they took people out of the camp.

Once out of the battlefield, everyone asked to be stationed temporarily, especially the two ladies, they were both flustered and distressed by this tragedy of fratricidal brotherhood, and refused to leave a step, to stay and wait for the situation to calm down, which obviously made Yang Hao feel unhappy, but he also didn't want to use strong means, so he instructed the Dongfang brothers to create a tense atmosphere, and then used Yang Xin's filial piety and innocence to multiply this tension and pass it on to the two ladies, and the two ladies finally relented and agreed to take refuge in Mt. Kokura first,

This road is not smooth, Xiao Demu soon learned that his wife and mother were taken by Yang Hao to Xiaocang Mountain, although he could not judge Yang Hao's intentions for a while, but instinctively realized that this would be unfavorable to himself, so he sent his most trusted guard general Kali to lead a battalion of men and horses to intercept, Yang Hao had already had a countermeasure, the patrol battalion commander Zheng Huatai and the deputy commander of the internal guard battalion Mu Hong each led a suspicious soldier to wait on the halfway, Zheng Huatai's team pretended to be bandits, and harassed the pursuers, as long as there was a slight delay in time, Mu Hong, who pretended to be Yang Hao, could safely retreat into the hill southwest of Kokura Mountain.

The hill is not high, but the forest is dense, no matter how many pursuers can only look at the mountain and sigh, this is a good strategy, but unfortunately when Zheng Huatai faced the pursuers, he suddenly panicked, and collapsed before contact, which made Mu Hong, who pretended to be Yang Hao, directly exposed to the field of vision of the pursuers, in order to complete the military order, Mu Hong had to retreat to the mountain, Kali followed him like a shadow, and finally intercepted Mu Hong at the foot of the mountain, when he found that the person he tried his best to intercept was not Yang Hao himself, Suddenly feeling that he had been fooled, he ordered Mu Hong's clothes and armor to be stripped off, and was whipped to death with a horsewhip.

Xiao Demu and Hedong fought fiercely for a day and a night, the Wukui Department was completely divided into two camps, one faction supported Xiao Demu, the other supported Hedong, the twelve battalions of Wukui Daxiang were divided into three factions, one faction became supporters of Hedong, one faction stood on the side of Xiao Demu, and a small part retreated to Xiaocang Mountain, they were loyal supporters of Wukui Daxiang, Xiao Demu was finally defeated, and the remnants fled to the southwest, and Dong immediately led his troops to besiege Xiaocang Mountain,

Wu Kui Daxiang woke up after taking the antidote, but like a stroke patient, his eyes were crooked, and he couldn't speak, but fortunately, his mind was still clear, and when he was discussing with the eight elders, his crooked gaze never left the gold-inlaid eagle, tiger and wolf ring on his finger, and now it has almost become the only pillar to support his life.

He Dong sent people up the mountain to ask for his father and mother to be picked up, as well as the eight elders, Yang Hao said that he would personally go up the mountain to greet him, and He Dong categorically refused, and the trust between father and son was gone, but at this time, no one believed that He Dong would make any unfavorable moves against his father, at least five of the eight elders believed that he was an upright and decent person, but then a series of things sent completely subverted the image of He Dong,

On the afternoon of the second day when Hedong refused to go up the mountain to meet Wukui Daxiang down the mountain, two messengers covered in blood came to Wukui Daxiang and the eight elders, they came to report the death of Xiao Demu, Xiao Demu after the defeat, led the remnants of hundreds of people to retreat to the southwest of the Mi Yu River, and Dong sent the capable general Eagle Fang to lead the army in hot pursuit, and Xiao De Mou was surrounded in the rotten paste gang thirty miles away from the Mi Yu River, in order to save the lives of all his subordinates, Xiao De Mou agreed to surrender,

After Xiao Demu dropped his weapon and surrendered down the mountain, Eagletooth treacherously hanged him, and his subordinates accused Eagletooth of treachery, and Eagletooth argued that he had ordered him to do so, otherwise he would have been executed if he wanted to marry and have children.

Wu Kui Daxiang, who has been unable to speak, heard these complaints, and couldn't help but cry, the attitude of the eight elders towards Hedong has also changed one hundred and eighty degrees, they sympathize with Xiao Demu's suffering, accuse Hedong of being ruthless and vicious, regardless of brotherhood, and Xiao Demu's mother and wife and daughter are crying sadly, which makes the atmosphere heavier, that night, a fire broke out under the mountain, and the fire spread to the cottage by the wind, and the patrol battalion reported that a soldier of unknown origin was found in the back mountain of the cottage, and was trying to get close to the cottage, but was repelled because the road was unfamiliar, They brought the bodies of the two soldiers they had shot to Ukui Daxiang,

After the inspection of the eight elders, it was confirmed that it was Hedong's subordinates, and the eight elders asserted that Hedong wanted to kill people and exterminate his mouth, with the intention of seizing the supreme power of the Wukui Ministry, and they suggested that Wukui Daxiang immediately go down the mountain from the back mountain and go to the B Department that was reconciled with the Wukui Ministry, Yang Hao did not agree to do this, the reason was very simple, Kokura Mountain was surrounded on all sides, and there was no way down the mountain,

Things came to an impasse, at this time an elder suggested that Yang Hao lead the village soldiers to feint from the south of the mountain, making the illusion of going down the mountain, and he escorted Wu Kui Daxiang from the back mountain to escape, it seems that this is the only feasible way, but the difficulty followed, the village soldiers only have a few hundred people, and they have to escort a huge family to evacuate, the force is not enough, if the force is too small, the feint can not play the purpose of containing and attracting the enemy army, after Wu Kui Daxiang went up the mountain, there were also some followers who followed to Kokura Mountain, which included his five battalions of guards and pro-army, There are also other tribesmen,

Considering that it is difficult to distinguish between friend and foe in the chaotic situation, and the small area of the cottage, Yang Hao did not agree to let them enter the cottage, but let them camp in the ravine outside the cottage, and after the mountain was surrounded by Hedong, some of them surrendered to Hedong, and the other part was still stationed in the ravine, the enemy and the enemy were unknown, an elder proposed to give Yang Hao the eagle, tiger and wolf ring of the power of the Great Khan, and he would go down the mountain to recruit the old department to jointly bear the heavy responsibility of his feint attack and cover,

The Eagle Tiger Wolf Ring is the highest symbol of power of the Wukui Department, its use has strict norms, except for the leader, no one is allowed to wear it without the consent of the eight elders, even if it is worn, it will not have the slightest effect, and receive the most severe punishment for the crime of trespassing, on the contrary, if the consent of the eight elders is obtained, the wearer has the same power as the leader, and even when there is a disagreement with the leader, he has the final decision, although Wu Kui Daxiang can not speak, but his mind is still sober, he naturally knows what it means to lose the Eagle Tiger Wolf Ring, also knew what it meant for Yang Hao to get it, so after the elder made a suggestion, he was like a statue, sitting there without any expression,

Whether he agrees or disagrees, people are nervous, if there is no consent from the leader, the proposal to grant the Eagle Tiger Wolf Ring to others cannot be raised, this is an iron rule, everyone looks nervously at Wu Kui Daxiang, at that distorted, terrifying face, the room is so quiet that almost everyone's heartbeat can be heard,

Yang Xin walked in with a soup bowl, feeling this tense atmosphere, she hesitated slightly, or walked towards Wu Kui Daxiang, knelt down in front of him, put down the soup can, poured out the medicinal soup, blew off the floating skin on the surface, and raised the pill to Wu Kui Daxiang's lips, Wu Kui Daxiang's sluggish eyes moved slightly, staring at Yang Xin, Yang Xin also smiled shallowly, she had learned the news of Xiao Demu's murder, and also cried bitterly, now she is pretending to smile, in order not to stimulate her grandfather who has not recovered from his serious illness,

Wu Kui Daxiang's eyes suddenly became alive, after barely drinking the decoction, he handed a look to the leader of the eight elders, the old partners who have cooperated for many years understood, so everyone officially began to discuss the issue of the eagle, tiger and wolf ring, and the resolution was quickly reached, awarding Yang Hao the eagle, tiger and wolf ring, and asking him to recruit all the departments of the back mountain, and launch an attack on the enemy of the South Mountain after the third watch, and the eight elders will escort Wu Kui Daxiang and the two ladies down the mountain to go to the B room,

Yang Hao received the eagle, tiger and wolf ring that symbolized the highest power without the slightest concession, and when he received the heavy ring from the chief elder's hand, he met Wu Kui Daxiang's eyes, and his heart suddenly tightened: he was full of hostility towards himself,