The lead-gray clouds in the sky were low, as if they were about to press down on the ground, and the white sunlight fell weakly through the thick clouds on the white snow.

The wind blowing from the northwestern plateau whined down the valley, like an invisible whip waving and whipping in the air, whipping the endless wilderness fiercely. In the shivering and icy woods, in the thick snowdrifts, occasionally a gray hare jumped out, and three or two jackdaws swept up. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace, making the field even more cold and lonely.

A black line appeared on the dark gray hills to the west, and it kept moving slowly, gradually revealing a long procession.

The procession was long, along the already frozen river. The team was messy, massive, and noisy, with a large group of heavily armed cavalry at the front and at the end, but their bodies were covered in dust, and their frosty leather robes were stained with freshly coagulated blood, which was purple and black. The round elm shield wrapped in cowhide hanging from the saddle was also covered with traces of swords. The knights looked tired and grim one by one, and many knights still had a few horses tied to their saddles, and the horses were still there, but the knights had stayed behind forever. In the middle of the procession, there was a long convoy of thousands of wagons with tall wheels, old and new. The cart was loaded with tents, grain, and baggage, and crowded with many women and children. On the side of the convoy, there were many camels, cattle and horses carrying water, clothing, and sundries.

A little further back is a procession of old cattle and young herdsmen. They were accompanied by a lot of big dogs, whipping and driving herds of cattle and sheep, these herds of cattle and sheep. It is the food supply when the team is marching.

It's like a big tribe moving pastures, but the atmosphere of the team is heavy, and the average team doesn't have so many people, let alone a big shift in such a cold winter.

They did not have the calmness and laughter of the past when they were in transition, and the whole team seemed hurried and restless as they marched.

A hundred or so weather-stained knights walked at the front of the procession with a leader on a white horse, and behind the tall leader was a white horse flag fluttering high in the wind.

The leader rode a white horse. He wears a bronze helmet with horns, a fox fur coat, and a chain of rope armor tied inside. Stand tall in the saddle, full of majesty.

He reined in his horse, and two dark and sharp eyes looked forward for a while, and then looked up at the darkening sky. Glancing at the marching team around him. His brow furrowed. Some were not satisfied with the speed of the march and the exhausted and low morale of the whole team. He turned his horse's head and said to the people around him: "It's too slow, at such a speed, the enemy can catch up at any time." ”

It was the Khitan Men who spoke, Mohefu Dahe Luo, and since the ambush of the Bayegu people was lost in the battle calculated by Bayegu and the servants, the Khitan tribes began to retreat to the east. Although the cavalry of the Tiele Servant Bone Division and the Baye Gu Division have not been found, there are always small groups of Tiele Rangers following them like flies these days, lingering and not leaving. Darla had a very bad premonition. The Bayegu and the Servant Men certainly didn't give up, and most of their men must still be following nearby. The Tiele people are like wolves on the steppe. They come out in groups, and as long as they are eyeing the herd, they will follow them with great patience, waiting for the prey to relax before they can strike a fatal blow. They will pounce on them at the most unexpected moments, break through the queue of their prey, drive them away, run away, run away, and run away, and when the prey is exhausted, they will begin to outflank and take down their prey one by one.

His advisor, Xu Deyan, also agreed with his intuition, believing that the Tiele people must be brewing a new round of fierce attacks.

But with the old and young of the tribe acting together, this speed is really not up to mention.

"All of them are urging and don't want to live? The disobedient gave me a whip and made the animals run. Elo shouted irritably.

The guards obeyed his orders, and they all rode their horses and rushed to the front and back of the procession. After a while, the shouts and whistlings in the ranks became louder and more intense. The large, messy team was immediately much more neat and compact.

After a while, more than 100 horsemen galloped to meet the team from afar, and the fierce knight who was in charge was none other than the son of Ra. He galloped close to Tarla, reined in his horse, and reported to Tarla, "Father, there is a nice campsite ten miles ahead, with a small hill in the lee. ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Elo nodded, "Did you see anyone from other tribes on the road?" ”

"No, there was not a single figure along the way, only some traces of rutted cattle and horses, I guess they all left after hearing the news of the Tiele people coming." The news of the meeting made Oro feel more and more unhappy.

The Khitan used to have eight ancient tribes, and now there are ten tribes, but whether it is the original ancient eight tribes or the current ten, they are actually divided into two alliances. Both of these alliances were Khitan, but one was under the banner of the White Horse and the other was the Banner of the Green Ox. Khitan customs, the same clan does not marry, has always been the white horse totem of several tribes and the green cow totem of several tribes to implement marriage, the same totem of the tribe is not married. Just like now, the five tribes of the Kui Ben tribe and the other four tribes living in the western part of the weak Luoshui all use the white horse as a totem, while the five tribes in the eastern part of the weak Luoshui all use the green ox as a totem, and they carry out large-scale blind dates every year, and the two major tribal groups intermarry with each other. The five divisions of the white horse have Oga as the common surname, while the five departments of the green cow have the common surname of the Shenmi clan. This is somewhat similar to the pre-Qin era in China, where the surname represented the same race, and the clan was a branch of the surname. The Dahe clan and the Xianmi clan implemented the system of not marrying with the same surname, which was the same as that of China in the pre-Qin era. Under the two common surnames, each has its own clan name.

The last time they clashed with Goguryeo, it was the clan of the Qingniu Shenmi clan, and this time it was their Daga clan of the White Horse Department who suffered a big loss at the hands of the Tiele people.

"It is estimated that the people of the Qingniu Department have gone east to attach to Sui, Liao, and Xiyingzhou, or to the south to the border between Khitan and Xi." Among the Khitans with left hair, Xu Deyan, who wore a lacquered gauze crown and a right shirt, felt a little outstanding, he said Chinese, "It's not a way for us to run like this all the time, I think, we should send more people to investigate the movements of the Tiele people on the one hand, and send people to find the Qingniu Department on the one hand, and also to contact the Xi Department, and it is best to send people to Yingzhou and Huaihuang for help." ”

"I'm afraid that far water can't quench the thirst of the near." Araja sighed. "The Xi people probably can't count on it, Tong Luo is tens of thousands of people riding into the Xi realm, I'm afraid that they will not be able to protect themselves now."

"It's too far to go to Yingzhou, and it's almost the same to go to Huaihuang." Mo Hui said.

"I'll go in person, although A'wan hasn't heard from me for so long, I'm also a little worried. I happened to go in person, if Yi Feng was really Yuan Hao, I would have to move him to lead the troops to rescue. Xu Deyan said.

"It's fine." Luo nodded, he glanced at the team, then looked back at his son Mo Hui, and said to Xu Deyan, "Let Mo Hui take a hundred warriors to escort Mr. south, and take Mrs. with him when he leaves, so as not to worry about it." If you can move the rescuers, it is naturally the best, if not, you can also listen to fate. "With this arrangement, he is already a little prepared to not be able to move the rescuers. If there is no rescuer, this time the vitality of the Gang Department will be greatly damaged, and maybe even the entire White Horse Five Department will be greatly damaged. But that's the worst of all, the battle between the tribes, unless the Tiele people invade the tribe, they can defeat the Khitan, but it is impossible to destroy the Khitan. After these robbers have grabbed their fill, they will naturally leave. But in that case, the development of the Ministry of Convenience over the years will be in vain. From now on, I am afraid that I will become the target of bullying by the Turkic Tiele people.

"Good!" Xu Deyan heard the kindness of Lu Luo's arrangement, which was to tell him that if he couldn't find reinforcements, he wouldn't have to come back, and he and his wife would stay in the south, which could be regarded as their love for ten years of acquaintance. "I'll definitely bring back reinforcements."

Luo laughed, "As long as we can escape this catastrophe this time, it will be the blessing of the Heavenly God Ancestor to us." At that time, the Turks, the Tiele people, these wolf cubs who should be killed have done to us today, we Khitan will ask them to repay the blood debt, tooth for tooth, blood for blood! After he finished saying this, he looked up at the sky again, and said to Xu Deyan and his son: "Let's go, leave immediately, it seems that the sky is going to change again, and it is estimated that there will be a snowstorm soon." We're going to get to the camp right away and settle the group. With that, they said goodbye to each other.

Xu Deyan and Du Luo high-fived each other, and soon the lady had already brought a few Khitan maids over, and the baggage she carried was already hanging on the horse.

"There will be a date later!" Xu Deyan knocked his legs, took the lead in patting the horse away, and the motorcycle would make a whistle, and the hundred cavalry under him immediately turned their horses' heads and followed him to gallop forward with Xu Deyan.

Du Luo sat on the horse and watched Xu Deyan and his son ride farther and farther away, gradually disappearing into the distance.

"Can Mr. Xu really move in to rescue the soldiers?" One of the leaders asked.

"Mr. Xu said that Yi Feng, the governor of Wuzhou, was Yuan Hao in our tribe back then, if this is the case, I believe that no matter what, he will definitely bring troops to help." Oga Drado. said so, but in fact, Du Luo did not have any hope for this at all, as his son said, first, it is difficult to quench the thirst of the near water, and secondly, the 10,000 cavalry of Tongluo have entered the Xi realm, and they are blocking between Huaihuang and Khitan, even if Yi Feng leads his troops to rescue, I am afraid that he will not be able to break through the tens of thousands of Tongluo cavalry. (To be continued......)