Chapter 57: Hot Yams
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Qin Dong saw Mo Duo in a room, a middle-aged man with a thin face and prominent cheekbones, a short black beard, not tall, but very strong, wearing a sheepskin sewn dress and a sheepskin felt hat with a ruby inlaid on the hat.
Qin Dong walked in and saluted: "Meet General Modo, I am Centurion Qin Dong, I have come to Saidika under your command under the order of Da Dan, please assign the garrison location and grazing area to the general!" ”
"Qin Dong? Why is the name so weird? You're not a Huns? Modo wondered.
"Yes, General, my father is a Han from the East, and I was born in Constantinople!" Qin Dong explained.
Mo Duo seemed to be very interested in Qin Dong being a descendant of the Han people, pulled Qin Dong to sit down and talk, the two chatted for more than two hours, and finally Qin Dong asked Batu to offer a few barrels of wine brought from Belgrade, and said: "General, the villain brought some wine when he passed through Belgrade, and by the way, I will send you a few barrels, this is the villain's heart, please don't shirk the general, and ask the general to take care of it in the future!" ”
"Hahaha" Mo Duo laughed and said: "Okay, although you are suspected of bribery for sending these wines, but I like your straightforward character, you can say what you want to do, unlike some people who are embarrassed to twist and pinch, I will accept this wine!" Come! ”
A guard walked in: "What does the general command?" ”
"Bring me the map!"
"Yes, General!"
A map of the Thracian province was quickly brought over, and Modo spread the map on the table, then searched for it with his fingers, and finally stopped in one place and said, "Qin Dong, what do you think of here?" Now there are no Huns stationed here, the grassland is very large, there is a lot of forage, it is very suitable for grazing, there are lakes and water sources nearby, but this area is not very calm, you see, here, here, and here there are Goths, Alans, Vandals, and Franks who refuse to belong to our Great Huns, and they are mixed together, and they are guarding these mountains, and the general has also sent several hundred-man teams to enter here, but they have all been attacked by them, and no one has come back, I heard that you are Da Shan Yu's henchman guard, and the force is extraordinary, I wonder if you have the confidence to take this place? If you can gain a foothold here, this is your territory, and if the Huns are willing to join you and reach a thousand households, I will promote you to a thousand commanders, what do you think? ”
Qin Dong looked at Modo, he didn't feel that Modo was not making a bad heart, but as if he wanted to test his ability, this location was in the southeast of Saidika, located in the southwest of present-day Bulgaria, surrounded by mountains on three sides in the west, south and north, only there were no mountains in the east, the Balkan Mountains across Bulgaria in the north, and the Rhodope Mountains in the south, and the Rila Mountains in the west, which was the Pazardzhik region of Bulgaria in later generations, and those barbarians lived in the area of Dupnica, Prague and Sandansky in the southwest of the Rila Mountains. He was just a centurion, but Modo gave him such a large area, Qin Dong thought about it and asked, "General, I don't know how many Germanic barbarians in this area refuse to be annexed?" ”
"No less than 20,000 people! But they don't live in this area, they live on the back of these mountains, and the walls on the top of the mountains are occupied by them, so if you choose this place, you have to guard against them taking advantage of the condescending terrain to attack you," Modo explained.
The territory designated by Modo for him is large enough, and the grazing resources are indeed very rich, even if he has 10,000 people under his command, it will not seem that the territory is small, and it will not seem that the grazing resources are insufficient, but there is a high risk in it, and there is also a great opportunity, those Germanic barbarians occupy the geographical advantage, and the Huns have no infantry that will attack the city, so there is no way to take those Germanic barbarians on the mountain, and those barbarians can use cavalry to raid the camp set up here by the Huns, This area is clearly a hot yam. If this barbarian of no less than 20,000 people can draw out 5,000 people to deal with him, he will definitely not choose here, but he knows that these barbarians are not monolithic, they are not people of the same nation, as long as there is a gap between these people, he has the opportunity to divide and disintegrate them, this territory is too big, the Huns and these barbarians dare not camp here, because there is no danger to defend here, and they are worried about the other party's cavalry raid.
Qin Dong promised: "Okay, general, I'll choose here!" ”
The matter was thus finalized, Qin Dong came out of his office after saying goodbye to Modo, and as soon as he came down from the second floor, he heard a voice behind him: "Is this centurion just coming from the royal court to garrison?" ”
The helmet on Qin Dong's helmet is black, which is the sign of the centurion, and the people who come are separated from the helmet of Qin Dong's official position, and the Huns have regulations for the officer's helmet, the helmet of the ten-captain is red, the centurion rank is black, the helmet of the thousand-captain is white, and the helmet of the captain is purple.
Stopped and turned his head to look, only to see a dark-faced, wearing a long linen robe and walking over with a smile, this person is in his forties, and this dress is the standard clothes of the Skir officials, it seems that this person should be an official, but how could the officials of the Skir people appear in the church occupied by the Hun general Modo?
Qin Dong was puzzled: "Your Excellency?" ”
The man saluted: "Master Centurion, my name is Solka, I am a Schill official of Saidika, and I came here just now to bring military rations to General Modo, I don't know what to call my lord?"
"My name is Qin Dong, how does Lord Solka know that I came from the royal court to garrison?" Qin Dong was puzzled, this person looked flattering, but in his bones he didn't look like he was really groveling, this person made him vigilant.
Salka said with a smile: "Lord Qin Dong, I have been here for Saidika for several years, and I basically know all the officers above the centurion level under General Modo, but I have never seen an adult, and all I guess that the adult is from the royal court!" ”
Qin Dong was shocked in his heart, and secretly said that this person is so powerful, there are at least a hundred centurions under Mo Duo, I didn't expect this person to know all of them, it was really amazing! He immediately nodded and said, "Admire, it seems that Lord Solka is very good at Saidika!" ”
"Adults are overrated, and adults appreciate their faces!" Salka smiled, although his posture was very low, but there was a smug look in his eyes, and then he said: "Oh, by the way, my lord, the villain is the official in charge of business and logistics, if the adult has any materials to buy, you can come to me, I will give the adult a very cheap price, if the adult has something to sell, you can also come to me, I will definitely give the adult a satisfactory price!" ”
On the contrary, Qin Dong has to hand over materials to the top every year, and the amount of materials handed over must be calculated according to the size of the territory and the population under its jurisdiction, because the Huns have no writing, there is no form of records and documents at all, so how much to hand over depends on the meaning of the top.
"Okay!" Qin Dong said yes and left.
Next, Qin Dong left St. George's Church, he was going to take his men to the station to confirm the location of the camp first, and then take the time to visit his direct superior, the commander of the thousand soldiers, Vatur, in a few days, this person is very important to Qin Dong, if Vatur is looking for trouble with him all day long, he will be blind, so he must have a good relationship with Vatour.