Chapter 67: The Sand Thief
As the route shifted more and more to the northwest, the trees gradually decreased, and by the border between Dayan and Deha provinces, it was already sparsely populated. After a short rest, the large army decided to enter the borders of Daqi the next day.
King Zhennan said: "When we enter the borders of the Great Qi Kingdom, we have to be careful, there are many sand thieves in the Great Qi Kingdom, all of whom are allowed by the emperor, although it is not really necessary to attack foreign envoys, but everything is careful."
After hearing this, Yunyan wondered Nangong Han: "A country would actually allow the existence of thieves?" Why? ”
"The Great Qi Kingdom is more complicated, although it is a country, but in fact, there are many tribes, the current royal family, is only the strongest tribe, thieves, in fact, is another tribe that is unwilling to obey orders, as long as one day a tribe can overthrow the royal tribe, that tribe is the next generation of royal family." Nangong Han explained, not to mention, he also checked a lot of information about the Great Qi Kingdom along the way.
It's barbaric. As a modern person, Yun Yan is still very disgusted with this kind of policy, but I have to say that sometimes barbarism is not necessarily a good thing, seeing that the literati of Dayan occupy 90% of the imperial court, and in the end, they can't even fight a border pass and ask other "barbarian" countries to help, which is really ironic. By the way, he complained about a wave of brainless emperors.
This is the most marginal area of Haozhou, and there are still hundreds of high-quality camels and thousands of miscellaneous camels in the place where there are still people, and the team of relatives has to be reduced to most of the people at once, except for the noble envoys and the eldest princess, only a few hundred guards and retinues are brought with them.
Although this wronged the eldest princess, but the Wenchen who is called Dayan all thinks that they know the world without going out, how can you know what the world is like if you don't go out? You've seen the desert countless times in calligraphy and painting, how do you know what it looks like if you don't come for yourself? Do you really think that a few hundred envoys and five thousand guards are a good thing? It's hard to see if there are still a few thousand guards who can only walk in the desert or if they are inexperienced.
Not only Yunyan, but even Nangong Han was saddened by this too conservative country. Dayan is rich, there are good fields and beautiful ponds in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are vast plains in the north of the Yangtze River, so the men raised are basically scholars who are powerless, and the generation of the first emperor is even more heavy on literature and light on martial arts to the outrageous realm, it can be said that it does not leave a way for the generals to live, a court should have been a Manchu Dynasty civil and military, but to be honest, the former dynasty could lead troops to fight only Su Guogong and Wang Shan. Even the generals are scholars who can only talk on paper, and it was only in the current dynasty that the general Yunde who won a hundred battles came out, which is really sad.
It would take a week to walk from Deha Province to Sand City, let alone if something went wrong, such as sandstorms and sand thieves.
And, something even more unfortunate is coming. A group of black dots appeared in front of them, and they were riding towards them, looking at the dust raised by the galloping horses, the corners of Yun Yan's mouth twitched, she didn't believe that such a flamboyant attitude would be an official envoy of a country.
"It won't be so unlucky, will it?" A drop of cold sweat flowed down Yunyan's cheeks, "Which of us set up the flag?" ”
Nangong Han touched his nose, did he understand what Yunyan was saying, but now he didn't have time to ask in detail, so he could only pray that this group of people had come to welcome them. But looking at it like this, it's obviously not like it. Thinking about it, he pulled Yunyan's camel behind his own.
The sand and dust kicked up by the horses cleared, and the group of people also stopped, less than ten meters away from the king of Zhennan at the forefront. At this time, everyone also saw their appearance clearly. All of them wore white cloths on their heads, and those who knew knew that the white cloth could reflect the sun's rays and make them more adaptable to the harsh environment of the desert, and those who didn't know thought they were mourning. The man at the head had a terrible scar on his face, tall and with exotic brown skin, and Yun Yan seriously suspected that he was tanned.
Both men and women wear very loose clothes, and they can only be judged by the softness of their facial lines. They all hold a kind of scimitar similar to * in their hands, and they are very ornately decorated.
"Who's coming?" King Zhennan's heart is not good, if he can fool the past, he can fool the past, and he can't start fighting easily, so he took the lead in asking.
The scar man at the head shouted: "Big Yan people! What are you doing in the land of my Great Qi? ”
The Seventh Prince arched his hand and said loudly: "We are members of the royal family of Dayan Kingdom, and we are ordered by the emperor to send the eldest princess Zhaoyi to the royal family of Daqi. He dared to say this, because he expected that the other party knew that they were foreign royals, and he should not dare to do anything to them.
Unexpectedly, the scar man frowned and shouted angrily: "The big Qi royal family of fart!" That's not the shameless elders of the Dugu family, the Great Qi Emperor is mine! You brought your credentials, right? It just so happens that although I have a son who has reached the age of one, he is not old enough to marry, so it is better to give me the eldest princess! ”
King Zhennan frowned and said, "The marriage between the two countries is a state affair, do you want to be an enemy of your own country and the Great Yan Kingdom?" Although they had known that Daqi was a tribal system and the strong were respected, they didn't expect it to be so tricky, which made their gentle temperament born in these rich lands a little uncomfortable. It's a foreign land, so it's not a good place to deal with the local people.
A fairly beautiful woman next to the scar man said, "Big brother, what are you doing with them talking so much nonsense!" Since he came to make peace, with the customs of Dayan Kingdom, he must have brought a lot of dowry! Let's just grab it directly, where are those sick Dayan people who are our opponents! As soon as he finished speaking, he was recognized by everyone.
"Yes, boss! We are afraid that those sick Dayan people will not succeed! ”
"That's it!"
"Enough, shut up!" The scar man roared like this, and everyone was quiet all of a sudden, and he said to King Zhennan, "You still have to leave half of your things and leave quickly!" The throne of Great Qi is about to change masters! ”
The king of Zhennan endured it again and again, and everyone knew that this was someone else's territory, so they had to endure it: "Your Excellency, if the national letter is here, it is equivalent to the emperor's order again, and this king will not dare to disobey!"
The scar man narrowed his eyes and said, "So you don't listen to me?" Before King Zhennan could speak, the scar man continued: "Since you don't choose the way to live, then, brothers, go up!"
For a moment, "Kill! The sound of the sound and the sound of horses' hooves filled the ears, and the king of Zhennan didn't expect this to be the case, and shouted: "Dayan guards! Formation! ”
Those Dayan guards with swords rushed forward and put on an offensive formation, "Protect the eldest princess and the prince!" "Don't let those barbarians get their way!" "Kill!"
For a time, the sound of fighting was endless.