St. Petersburg ...... Speaking of which, I've never been to the Western Continent. ”

Xiao Siwen led a few Khitan cavalry to Monan Dragon City, and rested at the foot of a mountain on the way.

What surprised him was that Chu Tian could often travel between the Eastern Continent and the Western Continent, and Chu Tian's influence seemed to have reached the Western Continent.

However, Xiao Siwen didn't care too much about what Chu Tian was doing in St. Petersburg, he wanted to see his daughter Xiao Xuan and ensure Xiao Xuan's safety.

"My lord, the snowstorm on the grassland this year is really bad, and many livestock in our tribe have been frozen to death by the blizzard. I hope that after taking refuge in King Xia, we will encounter such a snowstorm in the future, and we will be able to have a relief anyway. ”

A Khitan cavalryman was in charge of lighting the fire, complaining about the horror of the blizzard.

The resistance of nomadic tribes to natural disasters is so weak that a single snowstorm can cause incalculable losses to nomadic tribes, even making it difficult to survive.

"If you want to get relief, you have to pay a price......

Xiao Siwen shook his head, as a minister, he knew that in politics, equivalent exchange was common.

If the Khitan tribe wants to attach itself to the Xia king of the Han Empire, then they will have to pay a corresponding price, and this price may be conscription.

"My lord, there's a cavalry approaching fast!"

The Khitan cavalry, who were in charge of patrolling the perimeter, spotted a cavalry close to them.

Xiao Siwen immediately got up: "Could it be the cavalry of the Xia King, who came to protect us and went to Monan Dragon City?" ”

Xiao Siwen only thought of this possibility at present, so he rode a war horse and led a few Khitan cavalry, preparing to join the cavalry of King Xia who came to meet him.

On the horizon of the grassland, a black line appeared, and the war horse galloped, sweeping towards Xiao Siwen and the others.

"The number of this cavalry is inevitably too much, no, they are not the cavalry sent by King Xia to meet us!"

Xiao Siwen saw that the number of this cavalry was estimated to be as many as a thousand.

If Chu Tian specially sent someone to pick him up, it would be impossible to mobilize the people so much, otherwise it was very likely that the Khitan tribe would misunderstand that Chu Tian wanted to eliminate the Khitan tribe.

Chu Tian would only send more than a hundred cavalry at most.

In other words, the cavalry in front of him is very likely not to be Chutian's cavalry, but the cavalry of other forces!

……

"What? Xiao Siwen didn't come to Monan Dragon City at the agreed time? ”

Lu Su was used by Chu Tian as a foreign minister, and he came to Monan Dragon City to pick up Xiao Siwen, but Xiao Siwen did not come to Monan Dragon City at the agreed time.

Liu Hu, the lord of Monan, said: "Could it be that the Khitans temporarily regretted it and were unwilling to take refuge in us?" After all, we had a holiday with it, and they were killed by King Xia in the Battle of Mobei, and many Khitan cavalry were killed. ”

Lu Su shook his head: "The Khitans shouldn't be so ignorant, their power is already insignificant, how can they have the idea of playing tricks on us?" If they deliberately provoke and the lord is furious, the Khitan tribe will be wiped out. ”

Lu Su did not believe that the Khitans would go back on their word and specifically provoke.

The Khitan tribe had already suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Liaodong Army, and they would never provoke the Chutian forces again, otherwise the consequences could be imagined.

"You sent a small group of cavalry to the Khitan tribe to ask for Xiao Siwen again and ask him why he didn't arrive on time."

"Yes."

"Wait a minute, I'll go to the Khitan tribe in person, and if I meet Xiao Siwen on the way, I'll pick him up by the way."

Liu Hu soon sent a cavalry squad of thirty people.

Lu Su sensed unusual information from this incident.

If a person of his level can be uneasy, then this matter must be extraordinary.

Therefore, Lu Su personally went to the Khitan tribe to negotiate with the Khitan tribe.

If the Khitan tribe regretted it, Lu Su believed that his eloquence and sincerity would make the Khitan people change their minds.

The Khitan tribe, Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen and others, who stayed behind and guarded the Khitan people, received Lu Su from Monan Dragon City, with a relatively humble attitude, after all, they had decided to attach themselves to the Xia King of the Han Empire. Then they will have to accept the ruling system of Chutian's forces, and Lu Su has followed Chutian for several years, and his status is not low.

"Xiao Siwen has already led the cavalry team to Mo Nan Dragon City to negotiate, how could he not be in Mo Nan Dragon City at this time? Do you not want to accept us and try to deceive us? ”

Yelu couldn't help but doubt the intentions of Chutian's forces.

Xiao Siwen left the Khitan tribe under the farewell of Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xuan, and calculated the itinerary, if there were no accidents on the way, he would have arrived at Monan Dragon City at this time, but Lu Su claimed that he had not seen Xiao Siwen.

The current Khitan tribe is still wary of the Chutian forces, so Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xianzhen have reason to suspect that the Chutian forces forcibly detained Xiao Siwen, and claimed that they did not see Xiao Siwen, and then found an excuse to crusade against the remnants of the Khitan tribe and completely annex the Khitan tribe.

Fortunately, this time it was not an ordinary person who sent an envoy to the Khitan tribe, but Lu Su, who was good at diplomacy.

Combined with the statements of the Khitan generals, he quickly discovered the problem: "Please don't doubt our Xia King's determination to accept you, and I don't have to doubt your sincerity and rhetoric. If all of us are right, then the process in the middle must be out of the pool. ”

Brother Yelu Hugh is also a smart person, and he quickly understood: "You mean, Xiao Siwen had an accident in the middle of the way?" ”

Lu Su and Yelu Xiuge looked at each other, knowing that Yelu Xiuge was an excellent cavalry general: "Recently, the Khitan tribe can make enemies with the surrounding forces?" ”

Yelu Xiuge thought for a moment: "After the death of King Liao, we will no longer cause trouble, and the surrounding tribes should not attack Xiao Siwen's team. But ......"

Yelu Xiuge and Yelu glanced at each other casually, and they quickly realized the problem: "After Xiao Siwen left, Wanyan Aguta sent people to win over our tribe, but our tribe refused, and his envoy was angry and angry, maybe he would attack Xiao Siwen's cavalry to show revenge. ”

Lu Su listened to the words of Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xuan, and thought about it, the situation was already very obvious: "Maybe Wanyan Aguta wants to use such a clumsy means to provoke a fight between us, if I hadn't come to your tribe to find out, maybe I would have fallen into the trap of Wanyan Aguta." The top priority is to find Xiao Siwen, or the place where he disappeared. ”

"If it's really Wanyan Aguta's behavior, he will definitely have to pay the price!"

After listening to Lu Su's speculation, Yelu was even more dissatisfied with Wanyan Aguta.

The military generals of the Liao State and the military generals of the Jin State looked at each other uncomfortably.

After Lu Su made a guess, Yelu Xianzhen personally led a team of Khitan cavalry and went with Lu Su to track down the traces of the disappeared Xiao Siwen.

As for Yelu Huge, he stayed in the Khitan tribe.

……

In the place where Xiao Siwen disappeared, several Khitan cavalry who followed Xiao Siwen were killed, and their bodies were full of arrows, apparently shot by cavalry who were good at horse archery.

With the help of wild wolves, Yelu's cavalry easily found the missing Xiao Siwen's team.

When they found a few Khitan cavalry that Xiao Siwen had taken away, these Khitan cavalry had lost their breath.

"Without Xiao Siwen, he would most likely have been captured."

Yelu counted all the Khitan cavalry killed on the battlefield, and found no trace of Xiao Siwen, which was already a blessing in misfortune.

Lu Su carefully examined the wounds on the dead Khitan cavalry, trying to find clues: "The cavalry that attacked Xiao Siwen didn't even loot their belongings, not to seize the money. ”

"That must be the one who finished beating the bones!"

Yelu Xianzhen, who came with Lu Su, was not a reckless man, and when he heard Lu Su's analysis and the scene of the Khitan cavalry who died in front of him, he changed the target of his suspicion to Wanyan Aguta.

Not long ago, the Khitan tribe rejected Wanyan Aguta's solicitation, and Wanyan Aguta's envoys must have held a grudge and specially ambushed Xiao Siwen to retaliate.

"It's not necessarily the cavalry of Wanyan Aguta, there are still many Xianbei tribes on the Monan grassland."

Lu Su considered the problem more comprehensively, and based on the facts, he did not easily put the charge on the head of Wanyan Agu.

Yelu Xianzhen had a feeling that the Khitan tribe he represented was being played: "No matter which tribe it is, the cavalry that attacks our Khitan must pay the corresponding price!" ”

……

In St. Petersburg, Chutian received the latest information from Lusu, and Xiao Siwen, who was originally going to negotiate with Chutian, lost his trace in the Monan steppe.

"Your father, it seems that something has happened."

Chu Tian faced the situation and informed Xiao Xuan.

Xiao Siwen's disappearance made the Khitan tribe who originally planned to defect to Chutian's forces hesitate, and even doubted whether Xiao Siwen was detained by Chutian, casting a shadow on the negotiations.

"There is no way he will escape, and nine times out of ten he will be captured by someone with other plans. If that's the case, maybe it's a good thing for him, because it means he won't be killed. ”

Xiao Sui still remained calm, calm to the point of being terrifying, thinking that Xiao Siwen was not only not killed, but still alive.

"I have arranged for Liu Hu, Lu Su and others to work with the Khitan tribe to find Xiao Siwen's whereabouts, and once they find Xiao Siwen, they will notify you and me as soon as possible."

Chu Tian calmed Xiao Xuan's emotions a little, although the negotiations with the Khitan tribe were a little twists and turns, as long as the Khitan tribe did not join forces with other nomadic tribes, otherwise it would become a disaster in the future.

"Thank you Lord for taking care of the Khitan tribe."

Xiao Xuan's loyalty to Chu Tian has increased this time.

In this incident, Chu Tian's attitude towards the Khitan tribe was friendly enough to gain Xiao Xuan's favor.

"Who kidnapped Xiao Siwen?"

Chu Tian was also thinking about potential enemies.

Someone kidnapped Xiao Siwen halfway and sabotaged the negotiations between Chutian and the Khitan tribe, they must be unwilling to let Chutian's forces annex the Khitan tribe, or if there are other forces who want to annex the Khitan tribe, they will get in the way.

……

In the Khitan tribe, Yelu took the cavalry to track down Xiao Siwen's whereabouts, and Yelu Xiuge sat in the Khitan tribe.

"Heighten your vigilance."

Sensing something unusual, Yelu Hugo sent Khitan cavalry to patrol around the tribe to prevent any enemy from taking advantage of the opportunity to attack the Khitan tribe.

A few days after Xiao Siwen's disappearance, the Khitan tribe was indeed attacked by dense cavalry!

The first to be attacked were the waiting cavalry deployed by the Khitan tribe on the periphery.

"Enemy attack!"

The Khitan tribe, which had thought it was peaceful, was suddenly attacked and immediately fell into a sea of fire.

The tents of the Khitan tribe were burned with rockets by the prepared enemy, and the camp was filled with wolf smoke and fire. A rain of enemy arrows covers the sky and shoots the Khitan scouts on the periphery!

Sure enough, someone secretly attacked Xiao Siwen's cavalry troops. Damn, Khitan tribesmen, come with me to the war! ”

Yelu Hugo led the Khitan cavalry to attack the incoming enemy.

Two cavalry armies engaged on the outskirts of the Khitan tribal camp.

The rain of arrows in the sky was like locusts falling, and the cavalry on both sides drew their sabers and charged at each other, the horses galloped, and the swords and horses collided!

Although Yelu Huge's cavalry was very good at war, and they were surviving Khitan veterans, they had considerable combat effectiveness, but they still had the upper hand in the face of unknown enemies who were far outnumbered by themselves.

Moreover, Jeruxiugo found that this unknown cavalry was no less effective than the cavalry under his command. Among them, the elite cavalry and marksmen in this unknown cavalry are even more effective than the cavalry commanded by Jeruxiugo himself!

"Could it be that this is the cavalry commanded by Wanyan Aguta himself?"

Yelu Xiuge speculated that if this was Wanyan Aguta's forces attacking the Khitan tribe, then it must be the cavalry personally commanded by Wanyan Agu, who could show a higher bonus to the cavalry troops than he Yelu Xiuge.

Among the other Jin generals, few can surpass Yelu Huge, after all, Yelu Huge is a first-class cavalry hero of the Khitan tribe, and ordinary Jurchen generals are not Yelu Huge's opponents, even if they are excellent Jurchen generals, most of them are only on an equal footing with Yelu Huge.

"No, Wanyan Aguta should be in a tug of war with the Liaodong Army at this time, and it is impossible to attack our Khitan tribe deep into Monan. Moreover, the envoys of the Jin State had only been to the Khitan tribe for a few days, and it was impossible for Wanyan Aguta to come to the Khitan tribe in person and launch an attack in just a few days. Could it be that some other nomadic tribe is attacking us? ”

When Jeruxiu thought of this possibility, and this possibility was not small, his face couldn't help but change.

If it is really other nomadic tribes, then the consequences may be extremely tragic, and the Khitan tribe may be completely wiped out in this battle and will be removed from the list.

"I am responsible for the break, you lead the clansmen to retreat in the direction of Monan Dragon City, and inform them of the news that an unknown cavalry has attacked our tribe!"

Seeing the huge number of enemies attacking, at least tens of thousands of cavalry, Yelu Xiuge knew that the Khitan tribe was in danger again, so he asked several other Khitan generals to lead the tribesmen to migrate to the west of Monan Dragon City.

The Khitan tribe has declined many times, and if it is hit hard, it may disappear forever.

When Jeruhuko was not sure of defeating the other side, he had to think about keeping the tribe's people, and the tribe could not be destroyed in his hands.

"Defeat the Khitan tribe, capture all the Khitan population, and use it for us!"

On the periphery of the Khitan tribe, a cavalry leader commanded tens of thousands of cavalry to encircle and suppress the Khitan tribe where Yelu Xiuge was located.

Xiao Siwen, who disappeared, became a prisoner of this cavalry leader and was forced to follow the cavalry leader.

His face turned pale, for he already knew the origin of this cavalry. This cavalry leader is not very human, and his cavalry bonus is no less than that of Yelu Abaoji, nor inferior to Wanyan Aguta.

Even if it is Jeruxiugo, there is a good chance that he will not be his opponent.

The cavalry leader looked at the Khitan tribe camp that had been reduced to a sea of fire, and was not moved, but turned his head to Xiao Siwen and said: "Xiao Siwen, you and your Khitan tribe should serve me, and I will make you king." All you need to do is join my legions and help me defeat powerful opponents, expand my territory, and build a great empire. ”

"Impossible, you don't know the strength of the Xia King of the Han Empire. If an enemy as strong as Temujin is defeated by him, you will face the same defeat as Temujin. ”

"Then I really want to have a good look at the Xia King of the Han Empire, how much strength he has. This prairie should belong to us, not the pasture of the Xia King. ”

"The prairie is where the powerful live. Today you have captured me, and the king of Xia and my daughter will avenge me. ”

"You're threatening me?"

The eyes of the cavalry leader were fierce.

Xiao Siwen didn't answer.

He knew that this cavalry leader was specifically looking for trouble with the Chutian forces, and sooner or later he would clash with the Chutian forces. That is, sooner or later his daughter will avenge him.

The unknown number of cavalry was at least tens of thousands, and they surrounded the Khitan tribe from all sides, arrows rained down, fire spread in the Khitan tribe, and the Khitan tribe was in an unprecedented crisis.

Yelu Hugo led the last cavalry of the Khitan tribe to delay this powerful enemy and buy time for the Khitan tribe to transfer

Yelu Hugo is also worthy of the legendary hero of the Khitan tribe, and the Khitan cavalry, under his leadership, fought bravely and fought the enemy.

The enemy burned down their new camp, infuriating this group of Khitan cavalry!

Many Khitan cavalry just wanted to graze well, but they were targeted by the enemy, and the enemy in front of them wanted to conquer and enslave the Khitan tribe, so the Khitan cavalry had to fight to the death!

Because of the heroic resistance of Yelu Huge and the Khitan cavalry, the enemies who attacked the Khitan tribe did not achieve much benefit, and thousands of people were killed on both sides!

The camp of the Khitan tribe stained red with blood, and the sea of fire reflected each other.

"General Yelu, we are waiting for you in Monan Dragon City!"

The eyes of the Khitan generals who had been transferred ahead of time were red, and Yelu Hugo bought them time and might die under the attack of unknown cavalry.

This unknown cavalry is too many, and its elite level is even higher than that of the cavalry led by Jerecius.

The ability of the enemy has surpassed Yelu Hugo, reaching the level of Yelu Abaoji and Wanyan Aguta.

"If I were alive, I would join you. There is no time to hesitate, you leave quickly. ”

Jeruxiugo drew his sword and engaged the unknown cavalry in pursuit.

The population of the Khitan tribe was able to have time to transfer because of the desperate battle of Yelu Hugo and the Khitan cavalry, but under the interception of the other party, there were still many people of the Khitan tribe who were plundered, just like the Liaodong Army swept the Horqin grassland, and the Khitan tribe lost a group of people again.

"Capturing this Khitan general, his bravery is worth leaving him to spare his life and serve me!"

The leader of the cavalry found that Jerehugo fought bravely, and that Jerehugo's cavalry also had strong combat capabilities, so he fell in love with his talents and wanted to include Jerexiugo in his account.

More and more cavalry surrounded Yelu Huge, a Khitan cavalry, and one by one his companions died from the other party's arrow rain, Yelu Xiuge was a little hysterical, but whether it was the strength of the troops or the bonus to the cavalry, he was at a disadvantage, and he was not an opponent of the enemy at all.

There are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky!

The enemy's goal seems to be to capture Jerehugo, so he didn't shoot him, otherwise Jeluhugo would probably have been shot by the opponent's marksman, who is good at mounted archery.

A cavalryman came at Jeruxiugo, but Jelusius blocked the spear with his sword, and then Jelusius killed the opposing cavalry!

However, the number of cavalry on the other side was too much, and an enemy who looked like a military general of the other side, wielding a ring-headed sword, confronted Yelu Huge, and the huge impact made Yelu Huge's tiger mouth numb.

When Jerushuge was in pain, several horsemen besieged him and stabbed him with spears. After more than a dozen rounds, the enemy's generals finally succeeded in capturing Jeruxiugo.

At this time, the entire Khitan tribe had been reduced to a sea of fire, and the enemy's cavalry ransacked the entire tribe, captured tens of thousands of people, and transported the spoils back to their own tribes. Yelu Hugo became a prisoner, and could only watch unwillingly as the enemy ransacked the camp of the Khitan tribe, but he could not do anything about it, because his own life could not be saved.

"Master Shan Yu, according to your orders, successfully captured this person."

"Right Xian King, your credit will increase the population of 1,000 households for you."

The cavalry leader seemed to be pleased with the results.

"Xiao Siwen, I didn't expect you to fall into their hands. I should have thought that this was not the cavalry of Wanyan Agu, but the cavalry of the Huns! ”

When Jeruhhuge heard what they were called, and the clothing of the enemy, he quickly understood that this group was not a Jurchen, but a Huns. The difference between the Jurchens and the Huns is not small.

"That's right, this grassland in the north of the desert and the grassland in the south of the desert should belong to the pastures of our Huns. Temujin, along with the Han Empire, snatched this land. Soon, I will use my strength to reconquer this steppe and regain the land that originally belonged to our Huns. ”

The cavalry leader was ambitious, and in his opinion, this land was a pasture given by heaven to the Huns, not a battlefield for the Han Empire to compete with Temujin.

"I don't know who you are among the Huns, but there is still a Xia King in the Han Empire, and he is not easy to mess with. You destroy our Khitan tribe for your ambitions, and I will not serve you. ”

Yelu Xiuge had a deep sense of identity with the Khitan tribe, and the Xiongnu Shan Yu's behavior of sacking the Khitan tribe angered Yelu Xiuge, so Yelu Xiuge had a grudge against the Xiongnu Shan Yu.

"If you don't work for me, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"

"The big husband has something to do and something not to do."

"You are as stubborn as Xiao Siwen, but sooner or later you will surrender to me, because soon I will defeat the Xia King of the Han Empire and reoccupy this vast pasture. Come on, withdraw the troops! ”

After the Xiongnu Shan Yu attacked the Khitan tribe, he knew that the troops deployed by Chutian in the Monan steppe were likely to encircle and suppress them, so he carefully avoided the troops of Chutian's forces, and he still needed time to accumulate strength before he dared to take the initiative to launch a full-scale attack.

The power of the Xiongnu tribes gradually formed.

Fortunately, the person named Lu Su was not in the tribe at this time.

Yelu Xiuge thought that Lu Su was still outside, and breathed a sigh of relief, Lu Su and Yelu went diagonally to find Xiao Siwen who had disappeared. As long as they did not fall into the hands of the Huns, they might soon find reinforcements to rescue the captured Khitan tribes.

If the Khitan tribe was all plundered by the Huns, the strength of the Huns would increase greatly, which was really not a good thing for the Han Empire.

"Burn everything here completely, leaving nothing behind."

Before the Xiongnu left, the Xiongnu cavalry carried out the final plundering of the Khitan tribe and completely razed the camp of the Khitan tribe to the ground.

Soon after the Hun cavalry left, Lu Su and Yelu led the cavalry back to the Khitan tribe, and saw thick smoke billowing over the tribal camp from a distance.

"Not good, the enemy attacked the Khitan tribe!"

Lu Su suddenly understood.

Now that Lu Su has basically confirmed that an unknown cavalry has attacked Xiao Siwen's cavalry squad, and now more cavalry have attacked the Khitan tribe, and their purpose is most likely to annex the populations of other tribes, just as they annexed the surrounding tribes.

According to this logic, the nomadic civilization that attacked the Khitan tribe is likely to be the Hun cavalry from Mobei.

Because according to the report of Prince Yan, who manages Mobei, and Di Qing, there is a powerful Hun cavalry gathering in the area of Langjuxu Mountain in Mobei, and the number of this Hun cavalry may have accumulated to the scale of 100,000 people, which is extremely terrifying. Di Qing fought against him, and he may not get any benefit from it. It can be seen that its leader is not a person to be messed with.

Based on the connection, Lu Su quickly guessed that it was the Huns who were secretly active. The Huns were once the masters of this grassland, which gave the Han Empire a headache for hundreds of years, and since the Warring States period to the Western Jin Dynasty, the Hun cavalry was active in the northern grasslands. They were the earliest steppe overlords, so they should not be underestimated.

Thinking about the connection, Lu Su immediately sent someone to inform Liu Hu and the cities in Monan, reminding the lords to be careful of being attacked by the Hun cavalry. The Hun cavalry was clearly amassing their forces and intending to expand their territory.

For the Huns, the loss of the steppe is an eternal pain in their hearts.

Equally important was the Dragon City, which was a holy place for the Huns, so it was possible that they would attack these places. They must be guarded against just in case.

"No matter what the Huns are attacking our tribe, they dare to provoke our Khitan tribe, there is only one way to die!"

Yelu Xian led the cavalry back to the Khitan tribe, and found that the population of the tribe had been scattered, and many of them had died in the war or had been captured by the Xiongnu, which made Yelu Xian angry and ashamed.

In both the east and the west, the lords were suffering from the headaches of the Huns, and this group of steppe overlords and their descendants still crisscrossed the country, attacking cities everywhere and becoming a threat.

Lu Su and Yelu went to Monan Dragon City, at this time the two sides did not have the idea of negotiation, but prepared for the Hun cavalry, Lu Su went to St. Petersburg in person to ask Chutian for instructions.

"Let Li Mu return to Mo Nan."

Chutian transferred back Li Mu, who was attacking the Baikal area, and stationed in the more important Monan.