Chapter Seventy-Five: The Barbarians
Since returning to the barbarians, Chu Ye has often had a dream in which a child stands in the middle of a ruin, holding a broken sword in his hand, roaring in the sky. Blood had soaked the sky, and the earth was full of bones, some barbarians and some of the Great Yan. Not far away, a huge white wolf was gnawing on something, Chu Ye wanted to see what was under the wolf's mouth, but before this time, the huge white wolf would suddenly stare at Chu Ye, and then open its bloody mouth and pounce, and the dream would end at this moment.
The Golden Vulture has returned to the Bear Clan, and he is seriously injured, and he is still unable to get out of bed. And the other two young elites of the bear clan have never appeared in public.
On the third day of their return, the Great Yan Imperial Court issued a commendation for Bai Jin, the third highness who stayed in Lanzhou. The reason for the commendation is very brief, "Bai Jin has made meritorious contributions to defending the border, beheaded the enemy chieftains who crossed the border, granted the right to take a leave of absence, participated in the political affairs of Lanzhou, and transferred 100,000 Xuanjia troops into Lanzhou, which was controlled by the camp left behind." ”
Because of this decree, the situation in the north has undergone subtle changes, Bai Jin's strength has grown again, compared with the 100,000 Xuanjia army, some of the originally neutral forces can only be regarded as icing on the cake.
The Lanzhou palace was still in civil strife, and the second uncle, Changsun Wuxing, even arranged his son Changsun Wei into the Flying Snow Dragoon, obviously wanting to take away the military power of this powerful army in the world from Changsun Liang.
The barbarians unexpectedly remained silent, neither sending envoys nor sending troops to levy, and even the trade between the two sides did not decrease at all, as if it was not the barbarian giant like the patriarch of the bear clan who died, but an old dog in a certain village.
Just when Bai Jin was laughing at the barbarians in the camp. The barbarian monarch was in his golden tent, listening carefully to the words of a young man with great fire.
At this time, in the barbarian golden tent, Chu Ye was standing on the main hall and standing with the monarch in the distance. He didn't expect that after he had just recovered from his injuries, he would be summoned here by the Maharaja. Chu Ye looked at the strange and mysterious figure of the man in front of him, and he could no longer coincide with the Lu Lie he had seen at the beginning.
Seeing Chu Ye standing at the foot of the steps, his body still wrapped around the scars left after the battle a few days ago, Dajun frowned, and said slowly in a very heavy voice, "Chu Ye, Jin Kui, he... What did you say before leaving?"
Hearing the familiar voice of the Great Monarch, Chu Ye couldn't help but feel a trance in his heart, gritted his teeth, and said, "Although I was far away at that time, I heard Patriarch Jin finally roar, 'Even if I die, it will only make the barbarians stronger, and Zhenxue Pass will one day be swallowed up by the anger of our barbarians!' ”
The Maharaja shuddered suddenly, and muttered, "Does he finally understand?" ”
"Chu Ye, can you listen to me say something. ”
Chu Ye looked at the Great Monarch who seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, his heart moved slightly, and he nodded seriously.
The Great Monarch seemed to have unloaded a thousand catties of burden, and gratefully bowed his head to Chu Ye slightly, and said, "Da Yan calls us barbarians, we don't mind." For the men of our Great Snow Mountain, 'brute' is courage. Our warriors rode wolves and horses with strength and determination. Da Yan's soldiers and horses are in the field, and when they see our cavalry, they can only flee, their swords and armor are better than ours, but it is always us barbarians who win battles. ”
"Actually, the Daisetsuzan is a bitterly cold place, and there are very few places where you can farm. I heard that rice grows in Yongzhou in the East, and it can be ripened for three seasons a year, but our best land only produces one season in the best year. If you don't have enough food to eat, you have to hunt, and if you don't have enough prey, you have to starve. If a person is hungry, he will rob others, and then he will have to fight, and those who lose will not be qualified to live. ”
"So from generation to generation, only the strongest warriors of the barbarians survived. Strong fathers beget strong sons, strong sons beget strong grandchildren, and every generation of barbarians is proud of 'barbarians' and proud of 'courage'!"
"Still, such courage. The Maharaja let out a long sigh, was silent for a long time, and continued, "There is no way. ”
"Great Yan came out of the Emperor of the Apocalypse 1,200 years ago and unified the five states. In the north, the town snow pass was built. That Xiongguan completely isolated the barbarian and the world of Great Yan. Until now, there are many women of the tribe in the depths of the Great Snow Mountain, and they are only allowed to eat one full meal a day. ”
"Do you know why the barbarians have been able to prosper to such an extent after I succeeded to the throne?" the Great Monarch's eyes suddenly brightened, staring at Chu Ye and asking.
Chu Ye pondered for a moment, lowered his head deeply, and replied in a strange tone, "The Great Monarch is gifted, his cultivation is profound, and his gestures are full of heroic energy. For martial arts can be powerful, for politics can make people follow with all their hearts, for planning... You can also borrow a knife to kill someone. ”
Dajun was obviously stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect you to not only compliment your kung fu well, but also make people have nothing to say when you sarcastically provoke people." ”
Gradually retracting his smile, the Great Monarch looked out with some melancholy, temporarily ignored Chu Ye's words, and said, "The most important reason why the barbarians can prosper at present is a big battle twenty-five years ago. ”
"As I said, barbarians have limited resources, and once there are more people, there will be wars. War kills people, and after the dead people can balance resources. Such a cycle occurs once in more than ten years in the history of barbarians. ”
"But thirty-five years ago, my father and my uncle provoked a great war for the throne of the Maharaja. The war developed very quickly because of the intervention of external forces. Many tribes that would not have been involved in it were inexplicably involved, and in just five years, half of the young adults of the barbarians died. ”
"Although my father eventually won the throne of the Maharaja, he also died a few years later because he was left with too many injuries. The only thing the barbarians got was because there were too many dead people, and the living no longer needed to worry about resources for the time being. ”
Dajun's smile gradually turned into self-deprecation, and he slowly walked to Chu Ye's side, put his big hand on the latter's shoulder, and asked coldly, "Chu Ye, if I give you two babies, one is from the Great Yan and the other is from the barbarian." Can you tell who they are?"
Chu Ye was a little hard to breathe by the topic of the Great Monarch, under the monstrous power, behind this barbarian Great Monarch was so depressed and helpless.
After combing his thoughts, Chu Ye exhaled deeply, stared at the eyes of the Great Monarch without fear, and said, "Tie Mugan Great Monarch, I can't tell the identity of two babies, I just want to ask you, is everything you have done is to start a war with Great Yan?"
After listening to Chu Ye's words, the Great Monarch was unexpectedly calm, and said lightly, "Yes, all this is to start a war with Great Yan and open up more territory for the barbarian people." ”
Chu Ye's eyes suddenly darkened, and he removed his gaze from staring at Dajun's eyes, and fell silent.
The Great Monarch watched Chu Ye go down, gently patted the latter's shoulder, walked forward to the door, and said resolutely, "I tried to merge the two clans, but it turned out that it was just my wishful thinking. I don't want you to understand me and support me. I only hope that you don't tell the truth, and don't let Jin Kui die with a stigma. ”
Chu Ye turned his back to the Great Monarch, looked at the throne that symbolized the highest power of the barbarian clan not far away, smiled a little sadly, and said, "Is this the greatest mercy of the Great Monarch to the Bear Clan, whether it is leniency or hypocrisy, I'm afraid you in power, you in power, you yourself will soon be unable to tell the difference." ”
After that, Chu Ye turned around and left, and when he passed by the Maharaja, he said lightly, "Please arrange for me and Wei Yu to enter the 'altar' as soon as possible." After that I'll leave the barbarians. ”
The Maharaja silently watched Chu Ye go away, closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and said to himself, "It's hypocrisy." Rather than being a maharaja, I really prefer to be Lu Lie. Boy, when you face hatred in the future, will you compromise with fate..."
At the same time, the remaining six elders of the bear clan were facing off against two young men in a dark secret room.
Behind the elder of the bear clan, there is a golden sledgehammer in the shape of a bear head, which is the war hammer guarded by the strongest of the bear clan in the past generations, the ancestral bear war hammer.
I saw several elders of the bear clan with different figures, all of them showing disgruntled expressions at this time, looking at the two young people in front of them with quite unkind eyes, but they seemed to be concerned about something, and they were patient.
The two young men, one tall and thin and the other stout, were none other than the Feng brothers. Fengyun Fei, Fengyun Peng.
Feng Yunpeng obviously didn't have the patience of Feng Yunfei, and seeing that several elders of the bear clan were still hesitating, he shouted, "Do you move or not!
When several elders saw that Feng Yunpeng and a junior were so rude, they couldn't hold back any longer, and they were about to have a seizure. But he was stopped by one of the elders with scars on his face stretching out his hand, and this person slowly looked up at the Feng brothers, and said coldly, "The Great Monarch asked us to move the clan to Heavenly Wolf City, just to shake the foundation of the Bear Clan. After entering the Sky Wolf City, the bear clan will inevitably be fused and disintegrated. The Maharaja no longer has a strong opponent in the barbarians. ”
Feng Yunpeng was about to refute, but was stopped by Feng Yunfei. I saw Feng Yunfei arch his hand, smiled at the elder in front of him and said, "Elder Jin Roar is worthy of being the strongest person in the bear clan, and his eyes are also the most vicious. ”
Seeing that Feng Yunfei did not avoid it at all, and directly admitted that the elder known as Jin Roar suddenly laughed, and the scar on his face became more hideous with laughter, just when Feng Yunpeng thought that Jin Roar was going to make a move in anger, Jin Roar's laughter stopped abruptly, and said with some loss, "The patriarch of the bear clan colluded with outsiders, and the king did not exterminate the bear clan with the crime of treason. But after all, it is an old camp where my ancestors have lived for generations, so I have one condition, and if I can agree to this condition, I guarantee that no one in the bear clan will have any objections to the migration. ”
Speaking of this, Jin Roar also glanced at the other five elders intentionally or unintentionally. The other five people only felt a chill in their hearts, this Jin Roar, as the strongest person in the bear clan, was even more powerful than Jin Kui, and the reason why he failed to become the patriarch was because he was brave and ruthless when he was young, and his methods were too vicious and unpopular.
Feng Yunfei pondered for a moment, and asked softly, "Please also ask Elder Jin Roar to make it clear." ”
Jin Roar nodded, and said word by word, "I want to enter the 'altar' again." ”