Chapter Thirty-Seven: Wits with the Air
"Flying Eagle Qu Ao, this time he attacked the convoy of the Turkic Chamber of Commerce again, and robbed five hundred horses of fine silk?"
"Not only that, but he also killed the three disciples of 'Wild Thunder' Hezhe!"
"Qu Ao's strength has entered the realm so far? What an eventful time! ”
Except for Yanagishita Hui who fell in, the others looking for Huang Shang will not be the top priority in life after all.
For example, Hu Luguang, as the actual ruler of Jinyang, he is very busy every day.
What's more, it has been very unpeaceful outside the border recently.
It's all because of the thief Qu Ao.
The previous Qu Ao, although he had a reputation in Jinyang, but the team of horse thieves with dozens of people under his command was actually just a small fight.
But recently, Qu Ao has changed.
Not only has the team of horse thieves under his command expanded to hundreds of people, but also greatly improved his strength, tearing several Turkic masters apart.
The kind that is torn in half.
Just a few days ago, he robbed the Turkic Chamber of Commerce again and killed the personal disciple of the Turkic National Teacher!
The Turkic Chamber of Commerce, the official organization of the Turkic Empire, has always been the organization with the strongest foodie ability in Jinyang.
Whether it is silk, pottery, or pearls that are currently very popular with the Turkic aristocracy, they can be bought in large quantities.
Basically, in the Jinyang market, it is the strongest predator.
As for the forces in the rivers and lakes, they must stand aside.
In the original plot of the Tang Dynasty, the most popular in the north is the Beiba Gang, the big dragon leader "overlord" Duchen has connections on both sides of the Great Wall, and the Khitan, Turkic, and Goguryeo will give him face and monopolize the business of exporting from Shanhaiguan to Zhuyi outside the Saiwai.
But in this day and age, there can be no such gangs.
Because the world has not yet been in turmoil to the extent of the division of princes at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Turks are also a complete khanate, which is in the midst of strength.
From the west of the Liaohai Sea in the east, to the West Sea in the west, from the north of the desert in the south, to the North Sea in the north, five or six thousand miles belong to Yan.
In the above place names, it goes without saying that the Liaohai Sea, the West Sea is the Caspian Sea, the desert should be the Taklamakan Desert, and the North Sea refers to Lake Baikal.
Imagine how big it is.
Of course, whether a country is strong or not is not just based on its area.
It is simple and large, and the interior is vast and sparsely populated, which is useless.
Northern Qi is the smallest among the major countries today, but it is the most wealthy, if it is not for the Gao royal family is an undercover agent sent by the enemy, it really has to develop well, and it really has the qualifications to unify the world, just like Cao Wei back then.
Although the Turkic Empire covers a large area, is close to all the people, and its comprehensive national strength is almost the peak of the historical period, it was still defeated by the Northern Qi more than ten years ago, and it is not invincible.
However, after all, it is strong, and the defeat of a war does not affect too much, and now the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi are facing each other, and the general diplomatic strategy is to compete with the Turks to marry well, lose money and goods for help, and use them to deter the other party.
The Central Plains Dynasty has always been like this to the Turks, first marrying and using it perfunctorily, and when it is strong, it will fight, and the Turks are not stupid, they will accept the benefits, and they will invade when they have the opportunity.
That's exactly what I said
If it's a brother, come and cut me!
Since everyone is a superficial brother, they have to take care of it on the surface, and when the goods of the Turkic Chamber of Commerce were robbed repeatedly, they found Hu Luguang.
This seems ridiculous, the goods were lost outside the customs, what happened to Guan Jinyang?
However, the Turkic Chamber of Commerce has always acted in a domineering style, and it is even more determined that Qu Ao has colluded with the Northern Qi forces, and wants to arrest the behind-the-scenes forces that support him.
Hu Luguang is such a person, he didn't pay attention to it at all, and directly blasted the people of the Chamber of Commerce away.
But this time, when the new news came, Hu Luguang couldn't help but change his face.
It was not the five hundred silks that were killed, but the disciples of the Great Grandmaster.
"Wild Thunder" Hezhe is a man of his word in the steppe, and his authority is not under the Khan of the wooden pole, and he is known as the person closest to the sky.
The Turks believed in the "firmament", or the so-called immortal heaven, and the worship of Hezhe can be imagined, almost as a demigod.
Now the disciple of the demigod has been slaughtered by a thief.
The face snapped.
I am afraid that this matter will trigger the Turks to take advantage of the opportunity to attack, and if it is not handled well, a war may even break out.
Therefore, this time, Hu Luguang no longer dared to stand idly by, and immediately sent the elite guard Ming Yuewei to track down Qu Ao's whereabouts.
In less than ten days, the guards reported: "Tai Lieutenant, Qu Ao comes and goes like the wind, there are five hundred horse thieves under his command, two groups of rotations, it is suspected that they have several fixed strongholds and supply sources, but their people are very vigilant, we dare not startle the snakes, and we did not approach." ”
Hu Luguang asked: "How far is the approximate location from Yanmen Pass?" ”
The guards judged: "Not more than a hundred miles." ”
Hu Luguang's face sank, and he had a guess in his heart: "Could it be that the Northern Zhou is supporting Qu Ao behind the scenes, and wants to provoke a big war between my Great Qi and the Turks, so as to reap the benefits?" ”
After the guards retreated, his staff raised similar doubts.
I can't help them guess like this, after all, the Northern Qi and the Turkic war, the biggest benefit is the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which is opposite to the east and west.
The Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yong was eloquent, bent on unifying the north, and he was full of troops and horses, but he was only afraid of his ability to command the army, so he did not kill him.
If the Turks sent troops to invade the south, the first to bear the brunt would be the Northern Qi, and then the Northern Zhou would be able to reap the benefits.
One of the advisors suggested: "We must catch the great thief Qu Ao, and at the worst we must force him out of the Yanmen Pass, as long as he does not get the support of the Northern Zhou, it is none of his business to wreak havoc in the Turkic territory after penetrating into the steppe." ”
The others echoed one after another, but Hu Luguang sighed: "I'm afraid that the Turks won't give us time!" ”
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Sure enough, a few days later, the Turkic Chamber of Commerce visited again.
Menacing.
The leader was not good-looking, but he was a handicapped, with a long scar on his narrow face, an empty left arm, and a long knife hanging on his left and right waists, but the whole grassland was terrified.
This person is the strongest disciple of the Turkic national teacher "Crazy Thunder" Hezhe, "Crazy Knife" Yili.
Don't ask where Mengniu is, the name Yili is not a strange name in the Turks at this time, it means "vitality of life" in Turkic.
His experience does fit the name, because the scar on his face and the mutilation of his left arm are all due to his current master, Hezhe.
It is said that Yili has challenged Hezhe three times, the first battle left his arm was cut off, the second battle left a scar on his face, the third battle even Hezhe showed his love for talent, proposed to accept him as an apprentice, and he was actually willing, and since then he has become the great disciple of Hezhe Weizhen Grassland.
Challenging the Grand Master three times without dying, this is really energetic.
At this time, Yili appeared and did not say a word, everyone felt the pressure of the behemoth, and the head of the Turkic Chamber of Commerce finally dared to straighten his waist and speak in front of Hu Luguang.
"The supporters behind Qu Ao have absolutely nothing to do with my Northern Qi, based on the friendship between my Great Qi and the Khanate, Qu Ao and my Great Qi will help you take it, please go back and wait for the news!"
Although Hu Luguang was worried about the bad behavior of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he did not give in to the Turks.
He had dealt with the hungry Turkic wolf too many times, and knew that only toughness was the only way to make the other party fearful, and a little weakness would be coveted and attacked.
It doesn't matter if you take advantage of it or not, no matter who you come from, I won't let you go directly, but you have to go back and wait.
The leader of the Chamber of Commerce faced the god-like Hu Luguang and did not dare to speak, but at this moment, Yili's hand slowly fell on the hilt of the short knife.
With this one action, everyone in the lobby felt the temperature plummet.
Sen Han's murderous aura permeated the audience.
"Presumptuous!"
Hu Luguang was furious.
This is Jinyang, no matter what kind of great grandmaster's disciple you are, you can't be presumptuous when you come to his territory!
As soon as his body moved, he stepped forward.
However, at this moment, an invisible sword qi surged, like thousands of sharp blades cutting through the skin, making it impossible for him to take a step beyond the thunder pool.
Yili's narrow eyes flashed, his coat was windless and automatic, fluttering, and his might was even more powerful than Hu Lvguang.
He's also a grandmaster!
And he is a stronger grandmaster than Hu Luguang!
One is a battlefield commander who wins all battles!
A person has been crisscrossing the grassland for decades, and there is only a peerless mad knife that has been defeated three times!
The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.
But it couldn't be fought after all.
After all, even the belligerent Yili knew that it was impossible for him to really draw his sword against Hu Luguang, which would not only represent a complete declaration of war by the Turks against Northern Qi, but also that they would not be able to get out of Jinyang alive.
It's just that he showed his desperation this time with his actions.
Hu Luguang also understood this truth, but he was unwilling to be left behind, looked at the group of people in the Chamber of Commerce, fell on two of them, suddenly moved his eyes, and ordered extremely domineeringly: "Take down these two thieves!" ”
"Yes!"
The guards suddenly rushed in.
"Isn't it? World consciousness is also too targeted? ”
After Hu Luguang pointed out, everyone found that in addition to Yili's indescribable appearance, there were two very prominent existences in the team of the Chamber of Commerce.
A tall and thin figure, almost a bamboo pole, much like a fat head of Lu Ding Ji, dressed in black, with a black blindfold on his right eye.
The other one is talking and complaining, and his whole body is white, his hair is white, and his eyebrows are white, but he doesn't know if other places are white.
These two stand together, although they are not wearing the hat of "impermanence hooks the soul, and the ghost asks for life", but they have a proper sense of black and white impermanence.
There is no doubt that they are the reincarnators who descended on the Turks.
They weren't happy about it at first, but they soon found out that it was really fragrant.
After all, the scene of the arrival of the first batch of reincarnators is too big, the gods are so special that the red crown star splits the sky, and the twelve demon stars come into the world, if it weren't for the unpredictable means of the reincarnators and the small number of people, they would have been hunted down by the plot forces a long time ago.
Compared with the Central Plains Dynasty, which regarded the demon star as a bad omen, although the grassland people are also superstitious about immortality, they pay more attention to ability, and the census is a mess, so it is easier to get to the top here.
Now that they obviously have a place in the Turkic Empire, they will come with Yili, but they didn't expect that they would be angry with the characters in the plot when they were watching the play?
"You dare!"
Fortunately, Yili spoke, and the two sides confronted each other again.
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Meanwhile.
After looking at the Taiwei Mansion for three months, Hui Yanagishita, who could even recite the flowers and plants inside, found the traces of the reincarnation for the first time.
"The reincarnation of the Turkic camp?"
"This time the Turks coerced Jinyang, it must be Shi Zhixuan behind the scenes!"
"He wants to use this conflict to draw us out and lose both sides with the other side!"
Megumi Yanagishita's eyes lit up, as bright as a light bulb.
The little princess was so excited by that look that she didn't dare to scold him.
Can't afford to mess with it! Can't afford to mess with it!
"Shi Zhixuan is finally coming out!"
Yanagishita Hui regained his previous vigor, and held up his Tuojin wire glasses with his middle finger, and saw a greasy hair falling on them, and he bounced away without care: "The hard work pays off, we are ready to make a move, in the name of Pei Ju's attendant!" ”