Chapter 648: Prairie Fox
The Hetao area has long been under the Qianghu world, and for a long time, the imperial court's jurisdiction over the Hetao has been virtually non-existent. The Eastern Han court nominally governed the Hetao, and Qianghu was the actual owner of that land. After the withdrawal of the imperial court, Qianghu's control over the Hetao reached its peak.
The Han people who remained in this land were alone and had to endure the oppression and plundering of the Qianghu at all times. Due to the huge gap in strength, no player has ever dared to fight with Qianghu.
That was before.
The dragon cavalry chased wildly for three days and two nights, spanning 800 miles, killing the cavalry of the Zhehan tribe in fear, and quickly caused an uproar among the Qianghu tribe in Hetao. A small township-level Han territory actually pursued and killed the Qianghu people unscrupulously, and calmly retreated after the incident, which brought an extremely violent impact on the Qianghu tribes, making the Qianghu people generally feel shocked, angry and humiliated.
The actions of the dragon cavalry, why do the Qianghu people have such a violent emotional experience?
For example, it is like a sheep chasing a wolf, and the wolf is so frightened that it is incredibly unbelievable. The sheep didn't just go home, but chased hundreds of miles murderously, went into the wolf's den alone, and crushed the unlucky wolf under the wolf pack!
What's even more exaggerated is that the wolf was actually beaten to death by a sheep......
Surprised?
Not surprised?
The occurrence of this strange incident directly made the Qianghu tribes dumbfounded, which is really ridiculous!
More than a dozen Qianghu tribes witnessed the hunting and killing of the Hun cavalry of the Zhehan Division, and people rushed to tell each other and show more details of the pursuit in front of everyone. The tragic situation of the Zhehan cavalry being hung and beaten by the dragon cavalry was disclosed one by one, and then sublimated, after the necessary artistic processing, such as fabricating some virtual plots, the Zhehan cavalry was hanged and beaten by the Han cavalry all the way, all kinds of embarrassment, all kinds of panic, all kinds of helplessness......
The identity of the other party was soon revealed.
The Han cavalry who chased and killed the Zhehan tribe came from the dragon leader!
When this news came out, many Qianghu people actually had feelings such as "It turned out to be a dragon leader" and "It seems reasonable that the Zhehan tribe was hunted down". The deeds of the dragon collar have been circulating on the grassland for several months, and those who don't know the legend of the dragon are embarrassed to greet everyone when they go out. The Han cavalry is certainly vulnerable, but if it is a dragon-led cavalry, it seems that it is not difficult to understand that they dare to pursue and kill the Qianghu cavalry so arrogantly.
The popularity of the legend of the dragon made the Qianghu people generally retain a sense of awe for the dragon leader.
But awe to awe, the dragon cavalry's pursuit of the Zhehan tribe was enough to make the Qianghu people angry.
This is a humiliation to all the Qianghu tribes!
It's too much!
The Zhehan tribe was very sad, more than 5,000 tribal warriors were killed in battle, which greatly damaged the vitality of the originally powerful Zhehan tribe, and the person in charge of the operation was the eldest son of Xi Shuai and the leader of the Zhehan tribe, and the strong competitor was killed. The most powerful Xiongnu tribe in the south of the Hetao was destined to decline, and the unexpected death of the heir sowed the seeds of internal struggle.
However, the scheming Xi Shuai has a high authority in the tribe, and the successor who has been painstakingly cultivated has been killed, Xi Shuai will definitely not give up, and the internal power struggle of the Zhehan Department must first wash away the tribal shame.
The dragon cavalry pursued and killed for an unprecedented eight hundred miles, which made countless Qianghu people feel angry. If it weren't for the dragon cavalry to retreat in time and the speed was fast enough, I am afraid that it would fall into the siege of the Qianghu cavalry.
A storm is brewing.
The captives and the Beiping cavalry rushed back to the dragon collar.
Before the pursuit, Qu Chen left a team of 100 people, and the Panshi battalion arrived in the afternoon of the same day, bringing back the spoils and population in the valley to the dragon territory and placing them properly. The infantry brought back the loot and population, and the cavalry was nowhere to be seen, which puzzled the free players gathered around the Dragon Territory, and the number of bored players rushing to the Dragon Territory had increased significantly in recent days. When the cavalry returned to their stronghold a few days later, they were surrounded by a large number of players.
Qu Chen was quite experienced in dealing with this situation, so he first found a sergeant of similar stature to exchange clothes and armor, and mixed in the ordinary cavalry team to return to the stronghold.
Zhao Yun was unprepared.
On the way back, he learned from Qu Chen that there were players near the dragon leader, and Zhao Yun's department was assigned by Gongsun Zan to help the dragon leader fight against the Qianghu cavalry. Although it is also necessary to avoid the leakage of his identity, so as not to be reminiscent of the Flying Fish Collar, Zhao Yun is a newcomer to the Beiping Army and does not need to worry about being recognized, so Zhao Yun thinks that he does not need to disguise, and calmly leads the Beiping cavalry into the Dragon Collar.
He underestimated the player's judgment and underestimated his own influence.
- Of course, for Zhao Yun, he was just a newcomer who had just joined the Beiping Army, and he was sent to Hetao after a few days.
The first time I arrived at the dragon collar and galloped to the aid of the captives, it was all at night.
The return of this expedition was the first time Zhao Yun appeared in the Dragon Territory in broad daylight.
The player was stunned to see that there was an extra young general in the dragon cavalry unit, heroic and magnificent, and he knew at first sight that he was not an ordinary NPC character. Seeing the white-robed silver spear again, commanding the cavalry troops, it suddenly made many players think of a familiar name.
Zhao Yun?!
"The dragon leader cavalry general has appeared, suspected of Changshan Zhao Zilong!"
"White robe and silver spear, heroic spirit is about to come out, who is this?"
It's no wonder that players are too sensitive, it's really because Zhao Yun's popularity is too high, and few players who have read the Three Kingdoms don't like Zhao Yun, and his physical characteristics have long been known to everyone. On the other hand, Odin has been focusing on Three Kingdoms games for many years, and the image design of the game characters is the same, even if there are some changes in different versions, but the basic characteristics are that they will not change randomly, especially popular idols.
When it comes to Guan Yu, there must be a green-robed glaive knife and a beautiful beard; Speaking of Zhang Fei, it must be a black-faced snake spear with a violent temper; When Brother Pig appears, a goose feather fan is indispensable; Diao Chan appeared, all kinds of beautiful and charming drooling, digression......
Zhao Yun is not a so-called popular idol.
He is a super popular idol who has long occupied the top three on the popularity list of the Three Kingdoms.
It is precisely because his image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that he appears in his true colors, which suddenly reminds the players present of a certain person.
Although it was still just a guess, Zhao Yun was suspected of appearing in the Dragon Territory, which made the entire player world boil, and the sensation caused by the news was not inferior to the outbreak of the two national battles. The dragon collar, which is already known for its mystery, has once again become the object of attention of countless players, and countless Yun Ge's fan brothers and sisters have rushed over, camping outside the dragon collar, eager to see Zilong's demeanor.
This situation caused Yu Buzhi a headache.
If he had gone out with the army, he would definitely have been able to foresee the sensational effect that Zhao Yun might bring and make appropriate arrangements in advance. It's a pity that Zhao Yun set off again the night after arriving at the dragon leader, and only returned to the dragon leader seven days later, Yu Buzhi didn't have a chance to let Zhao Yun know, he was as radiant as a light bulb in the dark.
The fish is unwise and sighs helplessly, providence makes people!
Originally, I hoped that players would slowly forget about the dragon collar, but unexpectedly, there was a suspicious Zhao Yun, and the dream of making a fortune in a muffled voice was gradually drifting away, and which special territory was so ostentatious? The original flying fish collar was like this, and now the dragon collar is like this, and it is difficult to be a quiet beautiful man......
The cavalry and the Beiping cavalry pursued Qianghu for many days, and the Beiping cavalry was already sleepy and tired, and the Beiping cavalry was even more hard, from Beiping all the way south to Longling, and was ordered to go out for a short while, and the physical and psychological exhaustion of the soldiers had reached the limit. After returning to the dragon collar for meals, he simply reported the battle to Xu Shu, and then returned to the barracks and fell asleep.
Yu Buzhi finally saw Zhao Yun and peeped from afar.
Zhao Yun came to Hetao on the order of Gongsun Zhan, only knowing that the dragon collar and the flying fish collar are one family, and Gongsun Chan still doesn't know the relationship between the deer collar and the flying fish collar, and Zhao Yun can't even know. Before finding a relatively suitable disguised identity, Yu Buzhi was not suitable to appear in front of Zhao Yun, so he only dared to hide behind the scenes and watch from afar.
On his own turf, he was still hiding for fear of being discovered, and the fish was unwise and couldn't cry or laugh.
The cavalry returned to the camp to rest, but Xu Shu and Yu Buzhi could not be idle.
More and more information has been collected from various channels, and the dragon collar is loose on the outside and tight on the inside, as if facing a great enemy. Zhai Jian hurriedly walked into the mayor's office and reported the results of the surprise interrogation of the prisoners of the Zhehan Department brought back by the cavalry troops.
The Zhehan tribe is the largest Xiongnu tribe in the south of the Hetao, and there are more than 10,000 people who control the strings, you must know that the overall strength of the Xiongnu people in the Hetao is inferior to the Qiang and Xianbei people, and the Xiongnu tribe is very rare like the Zhehan tribe, and there are few Xiongnu tribes that can compete with the Zhehan tribe in the entire Hetao area.
The Zhehan tribe was originally a small tribe, and it has grown to its current size, and the biggest reason is that it is Xishuai.
The grassland people obey the law of the jungle and value force, so the tribal leaders are mostly warriors who can fight well, but Xishuai is an outlier, his personal force is not very prominent, but he is scheming. After becoming the leader of the tribe, Xi Shuai co-opted, divided, and annexed weak tribes in various ways, and the Zhehan tribe gradually grew into a large tribe of great importance, and Xi Shuai also won the title of "Fox of the Grassland".
The expansion of the Zhehan tribe has also attracted more and more attention and vigilance from the Qianghu tribe.
Intrigues and tricks have been used too much, and other tribes will be extra careful when dealing with the Zhehan Tribe, "anti-thief, anti-wolf, anti-Xishuai", which has spread among some tribes, so the effect of Xishuai's best at sowing discord has been greatly reduced. With the current strength of the Zhehan Tribe, it is not difficult to forcibly annex small tribes, but the seemingly chaotic Hetao grassland has its own set of conventions and rules, and the large tribes have to find an excuse to annex the small tribes, and use their strength to mess around, which is bound to cause all forces to attack it, and in the end it often ends miserably.
On the other hand, the reality that the Xiongnu were relatively weak in the Hetao also hindered the continued expansion of the Zhehan tribe. One is that there is relatively little fresh blood that can be absorbed, and the other is that they will face the pressure of the Qiang and Xianbei tribes, the two most powerful races, do not want to see a Xiongnu tribe that can threaten their status appear, and there are various restrictions in the open and in the dark, and it is becoming more and more difficult for the Zhehan tribe to continue to expand to the current scale.
Recently, another large Xiongnu tribe has risen in the middle of the Hetao.
The rise of the new Xiongnu tribe had its inevitability.
First of all, because Xishuai was a typical non-mainstream leader, many of the practices in the rise of the Zhehan tribe were despised by the Qianghu tribe who advocated bravery and acted directly.
Second, there are all kinds of indications that the new great tribe has risen and won the tacit approval of the Xianbei and Qiang people, and the two most powerful races in the Hetao seem to be aware of the threat of the Zhehan tribe, and the treacherous and slippery Xishuai did not fall behind enough to launch a siege in the process of expansion, so he simply supported another large tribe to counterbalance the Zhehan tribe. The rising big tribe is called the Tulong tribe, and the two women at the head are the Xianbei and the Qiang, which can be called a typical example of the "Qianghu family", and has a good relationship with the Xianbei and Qiang people.
Third, in the process of the rise of the Zhehan Tribe, the annexation of some small Xiongnu tribes was not complete, and the remnants of the annexed tribes hated the Zhehan tribe to the core. Many Huns who hated the Zhehan tribe joined, and the hostility of the Tulong tribe to the Zhehan tribe became more and more high, and it is said that the Tulong tribe was recently preparing to move south from the central part of the Hetao, and once the trip was completed, the two Xiongnu tribes would inevitably meet each other.
The scheming Xi Shuai realized that the crisis was imminent.
He couldn't change the hostility of the Xianbei and Qiang people towards the Zhehan tribe, nor was he powerless to stop the rise of the Tulong tribe, let alone rely on his own strength to arbitrarily annex more small tribes. Xi Shuai knew that the reputation of the Zhehan tribe was not very good, and if he wanted to get out of the crisis and strive for a better living environment for the tribe, he had to find a way to improve the reputation and gradually reverse the bad impression of the other tribes on the Zhehan tribe.
Xi Shuai thought of the dragon leader.
The legend of the dragon leader spread in the grassland, this Han stronghold became a nightmare that the Qianghu tribes did not want to touch, and the repeated attacks of the dragon cavalry on the small tribe of the Qianghu made the Qianghu people both resentful and helpless.
Other tribes didn't dare to provoke the dragon leader out of fear of the dragon, but the treacherous Xishuai didn't believe that there was such a thing. He has studied all the actions of the dragon leader, and the attack on the Qianghu tribe is a recent thing, and the targets he chooses to attack are all small tribes, and the dragon leader cavalry has repeatedly attacked to bring back the population, making it clear that in order to upgrade the territory, if the dragon leader is really so powerful, why not just pick a tribe with a large population?
Just based on the descriptions of more than 200 people, it was determined that the dragon leader was blessed by the divine dragon, and Xi Shuai would not believe it.
Starting a war with the dragon leader is bound to enhance the reputation of the Zhehan Tribe!
This ascension was all-encompassing, not only for the Huns, but also for the Qiang and Xianbei people.
The word of mouth improves, the living environment of the Zhehan tribe will naturally improve, and once the so-called dragon leader myth is successfully broken, the Zhehan tribe will become a hero on the grassland. At that time, the Zhehan tribe may usher in a new round of expansion opportunities, and even other small tribes may take the initiative to join in.
An old fox like Xi Shuai would not take the liberty of directly attacking the dragon leader.
Don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case.
The Prairie Fox's goal is the Dragoon's cavalry.
According to the description of the Qianghu people who had fought with the dragon cavalry, the dragon cavalry was not very strong. The dragon cavalry is the only force that will leave the stronghold, tailing, encircling, and luring foot soldiers to rescue, and destroying the dragon leader's living force in the field, and the Hun cavalry has an absolute advantage.
Even if he finally gave up directly attacking the Dragon Leader, the Zhehan Department would have earned enough.
Low risk, great reward.
This is the reason why the Jehan Ministry has launched a brazen operation.
In charge of this operation is the son of Xi Shuai, Xi Shuai hopes to take this opportunity to establish the authority of the successor, but unfortunately people are not as good as the sky, the Beiping cavalry arrived in time to destroy the foolproof plan, and the Zhehan Department lost troops and suffered heavy losses.
The Han cavalry attacked north for 800 miles to chase and kill the Zhehan tribe, which was tantamount to stabbing a hornet's nest.
Qu Chen and Zhao Yun certainly played the power of the dragon leader, but the dragon leader had to face the strong backlash of Qiang Hu.
Xu Shu made a bold decision.
(There was a power outage last night, so it was inconvenient to send a notice to ask for leave, sorry.) )