"Dürr, why are you here? Hurry up, let's talk in the hall! When Wang An saw the old man who had been waiting in the mansion for a long time, he immediately said with a look of surprise, but seeing the way Dur knelt down and begged as soon as he saw him, it was estimated that their tribe must have encountered some difficulties again.

When Wang An was still a madman in Taiyuan, only this grassland Hu man respected Wang An very much, because Wang An had instructed him and let their tribe avoid several catastrophes, so no matter how many people scolded Wang An for being a madman, but in the eyes of Dur's father, Mr. Wang was a rare wise man in the world.

Compared with the last time Dur took hundreds of young people from the tribe to Taiyuan to sell slaves, this time Dur's father only brought two or three people to Dengzhou, asked around about Wang An's residence, and then came to visit, and Mrs. Wang had also seen Dur a few times, so she let them live in the mansion to entertain them, and they didn't wait until today until Wang An came back.

After Dur stood up and sat down in the hall with Wang An, he hesitated for a moment and begged again: "Mr. Wang, we have more than 8,500 people in the Luoyun Division, and this time we ask Mr. Wang to save the lives of our clan!" ”

Wang An didn't show too much surprise after hearing this, but looked at Duer and said: "Duer, when we last met, I asked you to really attach yourself to Datang, don't have any more repetitive intentions, and now it seems that you didn't do what I said?" ”

When Dur heard this, his face also showed shame, and Mr. Wang gave him two suggestions, one is to let the entire tribe really attach the Tang Dynasty, if the leader is not allowed, Wang An will let Dur escape to Taiyuan with his family. Then register a household registration and truly become a Tang person. In this way, even if the tribe is in trouble, their family can be saved. Unfortunately, neither of these proposals came to fruition.

"Mr. Wang, when you made our tribe really attached, there were originally many people who supported it, but at that time we had just destroyed the most powerful Izumo tribe, so the head and some young people were ambitious and didn't want to be vassals of the Tang Dynasty at all, so in the end, this matter was delayed, as for me, ......" Dur said here. There was a look of reluctance on his face.

Wang An saw the change in the expression on Duer's face, shook his head and continued: "Alas, I should have guessed a long time ago, Duer, you are loyal, and even more loyal to your tribe, and you will never abandon your tribe and escape alone, now you tell me the situation of your tribe in detail, if you can help me, you will not refuse." ”

"Yes~Yes! Mr. Wang, you will definitely be able to help us! When Dur heard Wang Anken's help, he immediately said with great joy. Although he is a Hu man on the grassland. But he has also heard of the name of King Qi of the Tang Dynasty, and now Mr. Wang is the teacher of King Qi, as long as he is willing to help his clan, then he will definitely be able to help. Come to think of it. Dur explained the predicament faced by his tribe to Wang An.

The grassland tribe where Dur is located is called Luoyunbu, and it is a medium-strength tribe in the northern grasslands, because it is not very far from Taiyuan. There are no too powerful tribes around, so the life of the Falling Cloud Department has always been very comfortable. Relying on trade with Taiyuan, even in a famine year. Their tribe also rarely dies. Especially two years ago, under the guidance of Wang An, the Luoyun tribe united with another tribe called Dongshan to annex the most powerful Izumo tribe in the local area, which is also the old enemy of the Luoyun tribe, and the strength of the Luoyun tribe appeared a skyrocketing period, and Ichigo became the most powerful tribe in the local area.

Originally, this was a good thing, after the strength of the Luoyun tribe was strong, the surrounding tribes no longer dared to provoke them, and there were also merchants from the Tang Dynasty who took the initiative to trade with them, and the life in the tribe was getting better and better. It's a pity that it shouldn't be, the people in their tribe were blinded by this kind of power, and refused to listen to Wang An's suggestion, and really became a member of the Tang Dynasty, but this kind of carefree life in the Luoyun Department didn't last long, and the Tang Dynasty finally showed its fangs to the grassland.

The fangs of the Tang Dynasty began from the construction of roads, the invention of cement, not only made the Tang Dynasty everywhere into a thoroughfare, and after the completion of the construction of several major arteries in the country, Li Shiji and his subordinates turned their eyes to the grassland, the northern grassland has always been the henchman of the Central Plains Dynasty, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the threat of the grassland to the Central Plains has not been interrupted, fortunately, the Central Plains Dynasty is not easy to provoke, there were strong men to attack the Huns, and later the Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks, after Li Shimin destroyed the Eastern Turks, There is no unified regime on the grassland that can compete with the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Shimin is not at ease about this situation, after all, although the Turks are gone, there are still Tiele, Hui Hui, Xue Yantuo, etc., these nomads are like weeds on the grassland, killing them inexhaustibly, slaughtering them endlessly, no one dares to guarantee that there will be another Turk in a few decades?

It is precisely with this kind of vigilance mentality, in the case of strong national strength and sufficient finances, and the sharp weapon of cement in hand, so the people of insight in the court wrote to Li Shimin, requesting to build roads and fortresses on the grassland, where the cement road is repaired, where the fortress is built, and with the fortress as the center, there are many Guanzhong nobles to divide the grassland, they open livestock farms on the grassland, beef and mutton are still second, mainly to harvest wool, after all, with the development of the wool industry, wool has become in demand.

The construction of cement roads and fortresses made the Han people advance step by step on the grassland, and the powerful Tang Empire stood behind them, and the nomads on the grassland did not dare to provoke at all, and they could not afford to provoke, and if they were not careful, they might be wiped out. In the face of the aggressive Han people, many tribes began to sincerely attach themselves, entered the grassland between the fortress and the fortress, and truly became a member of the Tang Dynasty, after all, in the grassland surrounded by the fortress, their every move was under the surveillance of the Datang, and it seemed to be free, but in fact, the entire tribe had entered the cage created for them by the Tang Dynasty, and it was difficult to become a climate again.

This is the situation on the steppe now, and more and more tribes are beginning to live between the fortresses. The Duer tribe was originally very close to Taiyuan, and several cement roads built from Taiyuan just enclosed them in it, and the Datang officials also contacted them and took the initiative to win them over, asking them to really attach themselves and set an example for the surrounding tribes.

However, it is a pity that many people in the Luoyun tribe are immersed in the illusion of being 'powerful', and they refused to listen to Wang An's words before, and now they naturally will not agree to the pull of the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning, Datang repeatedly sent people to contact them, trying to persuade the other party with this bloodless method, but in the eyes of the Luoyun tribe, they thought it was a sign of Datang's weakness, not only was his words very tough, but he even dared to take the initiative to provoke the majesty of Datang.

The various actions of the Luoyun tribe finally angered the Tang Dynasty and sent a large army to conquer the Luoyun tribe, but this time the Luoyun tribe finally recognized its strength, and lost thousands of soldiers in the first battle, and the total population fell from more than 10,000 to more than 8,000, and had to flee north, until it reached the grassland border controlled by Xue Yantuo before stopping.

Originally, the Luoyun Department thought that the Tang Dynasty would not catch up again, but what they didn't expect was that with the construction of the cement road and the fortress, the Tang Dynasty advanced layer by layer, and soon reached the grassland where the Luoyun Department was located. Therefore, the Luoyun Department is sandwiched between the two major forces of the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo, and it will be crushed to pieces by the advancing Tang Warring States at any time.

In the face of this desperate situation, the people of the Luoyun tribe finally regretted it, and once again thought of Wang An, who had repeatedly helped them escape from their predicament and helped them become stronger, so the head of the tribe cheekily begged Dur and begged him to go to Mr. Wang again and ask him to show the tribe a way to survive. After all, in the transaction with Tang Shang, they had already learned that Mr. Wang had become the prince of the Tang Dynasty Qi King, and with his current status and power, if he was willing to intercede with the Tang Dynasty on their behalf, he would probably be forgiven by the Tang Dynasty, and they were willing to pay any price for it.

After Wang An listened to Duer's story, his brows furrowed tightly, the situation that the Luoyun tribe is facing now is no longer something that can be solved by a strategy, the only way is to find a way to seek the understanding of the Tang Dynasty, but this is not an easy task, although he is the palace of the Qi Palace, but the influence is only limited to the palace, and the influence on the Tang Dynasty is not great, unless it ......

Wang An's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought of a way to kill two birds with one stone, so he turned his head to Dur and asked, "Dur, there are still more than 8,000 people in your tribe, so let me ask you, how many more warriors can you send at most?" ”

Dur was also stunned after hearing this, he didn't expect Mr. Wang to ask himself such a question, but he thought about it and immediately answered honestly: "Mr. Qiqi Wang, our tribe fought with the Tang Dynasty last time, lost thousands of soldiers, plus fled all the way, and many people died, but most of the survivors were young people, if they were all organized, it was estimated that nearly four thousand soldiers could be dispatched." ”

"Four thousand? It's a little little! After hearing this, Wang An said to himself, although the body of the grassland Hu people is strong, but the combat power is not as good as the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, and the strength of 4,000 people is really not worth mentioning.

Duer's ears were sharp, and when he heard that Wang An was too little, his eyes immediately lit up and said: "Sir, if you want more warriors, it is very simple, there are still many tribes like us that have been driven out by the Tang Dynasty, if Mr. can help us, then the sum of our tribe and the warriors of those tribes is probably not a small number!" ”

"Great!" After hearing this, Wang An took the case, "Duer, you prepare, after I have dealt with the affairs of Dengzhou in the past two days, you and I will go to Sixuan to meet His Royal Highness the King of Qi, only he can save your tribe!" (To be continued.) )