Chapter 21: The Chief
The sun was setting, and the time had come to the next night.
Although the Xihai tribes are intertwined internally and there are some grievances between each family, in order to gain a foothold in the gap between the northern and southern dynasties, they are quite united externally, and they normally have to fight together and vote together.
After hearing that one of the four major tribes, Wuma Dazhai was attacked by a sneak attack, and the opponent was still a barbarian in the sandbar desert, and all the tribes on the front line of Huangmingshan were all alarmed, and each family sent young people to rush over, and the winter underworld and Xuanhao department in the middle also rushed to many clan elders with good martial arts.
Now it has only been a day and a night since Dazhai was attacked by a sneak attack, and more than 10,000 people have gathered outside the Dazhai of the Wuma Department, most of which are clansmen from the Wuma Department, and the others are from nearly 100 large and small tribes, each of them huddled together to raise a bonfire in the grassland, and there are still people coming from the periphery.
Although the 8,000 elite soldiers of the Shatuo Department had already surrendered before these people arrived, and they did not make any move at all, the friendship of one side and the support of all sides was still in place.
In order to thank you, the Wuma Department directly began to kill chickens and sheep, took out the treasured good wine, and entertained the warriors of each department.
At this time, on the central square of Dazhai, a huge bonfire was raised, and there were many young men and women dancing around, and a big tent was set up in front, and lambs were roasted outside, and the leaders of each department sat in it, pushing each other's cups and changing lamps to chat about the recent situation of each department.
Fan Qinghe is one of the four patriarchs, and she will definitely be present on this occasion, but the Night Terror Hall and the demon girl have never returned, and there is no news until now, where does she have the heart to drink.
At this time, he was still standing on the high cliff above the horse circle, looking out towards the mountains.
The birds were five or six miles away, and they had already seen that the lamb was about to be roasted, and they wanted to fly over to help taste it.
But the safety of the hall is uncertain, and the bird can't help but be righteous and leave Qinghe here alone, and he paced back and forth at his feet at the moment, looking worried.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, Fan Qinghe finally saw a small spot between the mountains; And the bird also raised his head, and then he couldn't wait to fly over:
"Twitter......"
Between the mountain passes, the bright moon is secluded.
Night Terror Hall carried Hua Qingzhi on her back, holding Shui Er who had fallen asleep in her arms, and there were dragon knives, Hehuan swords, Tianzi swords, and wine gourds hanging from her waist.
Hua Qingzhi originally wanted to keep a distance from Night Terror, but Night Terror Hall wanted to hold people, and she couldn't hug her legs, so she could only hold Night Terror's neck with her hands, lying on her back honestly, and looking down at the miserable Xuanji Zhenren.
Shortly after he walked out, the sound of wings flapping came from the sky.
Hua Qingzhi raised her eyes and found that the bird was falling from the sky, so she hurriedly shouted:
"Here!"
"Twitter......"
The bird fell in the air, because there was nowhere to stay, so he stood directly on top of the head of the Night Terror Hall, looking down at the real person who was usually making waves, looking quite worried.
And Fan Qinghe almost followed, and found that the demon girl was injured like this, and she had to be hugged when she walked, so she hurriedly came to her and held Xuanji Zhenren's wrist:
"What's wrong with her? Hurt by whom? ”
Night Terror opened his mouth, and it was hard to say that he had squeezed the water dry, so he said:
"She's a little tired, let's go back first."
"Feeling tired?"
Fan Qinghe is half a divine doctor, and after carefully checking his pulse, he found that Xuanji Zhenren's body was fine, but his essence was vain, and he seemed to be overindulgent......
??
Fan Qinghe's worried look was gone, she was worried outside for a day and a night, but the demon girl was stealing food in the mountains, and in annoyance, she raised her hand to beat this shameless hoove.
"Huh!"
Night Terror hurriedly stopped it and put Shui Er in Qing He's arms:
"She made this to save me, I'll explain it to you later, you take good care of it."
Fan Qinghe saw Miss Hua looking at her, thinking about it, she still didn't settle accounts with the demon girl, helped pick it up, and asked:
"Are you two alright?"
"Originally, there was something, but now it's okay, and I found the Northern Wilderness White Lotus in the cave."
"Really?!"
Seeing this, Hua Qingzhi hurriedly picked up the small package:
"I only took some of it, and the rest was in the cave, and someone had to take care of it."
Night Terror said: "The place where the white lotus is located is top secret, let people seal the entrance of the cave first, and no one is allowed to enter, and wait until we go back to discuss it......"
Between the three of them talking, they soon returned to the Dazhai of the Wuma Department.
Because of the matter of helping to defend against the enemy, the entire Wuma Department treated the Night Terror Hall as the King of Tianlang, and the patriarch Yao Cishan directly gave up his residence to entertain the Night Terror Hall.
After the Night Terror Hall came to the house located at the back of Dazhai, he called the long-awaited green beads and sent the tired water back to the room to rest.
Although Hua Qingzhi was also tossed lightly, she was worried about Sister Lu's safety, so she didn't have the heart to sleep, so she stayed directly in front of her.
The night terror hall was tossed by the black lotus seeds, and he also wanted to lie down and sleep well, but when he saw so many people from various tribes outside, he couldn't show his face.
For this reason, after changing his clothes, Night Terror Hall and Qinghe came to the periphery of Dazhai together.
After the Night Terror Hall appeared, the news had already been received inside and outside Dazhai, and all the young and strong people outside had gone to the periphery of Dazhai to take a look.
And the clansmen singing and dancing inside Dazhai also stopped, waiting for the night terror hall to come, and even Yao Cishan, who was entertaining, walked out of the big tent with the leaders of various departments and waited around the bonfire.
Fan Qinghe walked next to the Night Terror Hall, and was still listening to the Night Terror Hall talk about the things in the cave, but when he found that it was suddenly quiet outside, he quickly raised his head and chest, put on a dignified posture that a high priest should have, and reminded:
"All the tribes of the West Sea are in awe of the strong, and they show their unruly appearance in the past......"
“?”
Night Terror felt that this adjective was a bit strange, but as she walked forward, the smile on her face returned to coldness, and the sound of footsteps appeared in the night:
Step ~ Step ......
The footsteps were not light or heavy, as if they were strolling leisurely, but they struck the hearts of the people in Dazhai, and the tribesmen who were still talking in whispers immediately quieted down and looked at the shadows behind Dazhai.
Soon, the night terror hall dressed in a black robe walked under the firelight.
When I was in Jingjie City, the main characters of each department had actually seen the Night Terror Hall, and at that time, I just thought that the Night Terror Hall was quite the legacy of the King of Tianlang, but today, this impression has become - this is the King of Tianlang, this is the King of Hell.
Yao Cishan had already thrown himself to the ground last night, so he naturally didn't have to say anything at this time, so he directly took the clan elder forward, raised his hand and bowed at 90 degrees:
"Old decay Yao Cishan, meet the son."
Gongzi is the Northwest Royal Court follows the ancient etiquette, the honorific title of the prince, and the Night Terror Hall has not officially taken over the name of King Tianlang, and it is not appropriate to call King Tianlang directly in public, so Yao Cishan is called so.
The young man of the Wuma tribe watched the Night Terror Hall educate Huang Liansheng last night, and now he just wants to become the personal soldier of King Tianlang, so he hurriedly followed and saluted.
And the leaders of the other tribes, although they have their own ideas, still recognize the identity of the orphan of the Tianlang King of the Night Terror Hall, and they also stepped forward to salute at the moment:
"Meet Childe!"
"Excuse me."
Standing in front of the bonfire, the Night Terror Hall looked at the Xihai people inside and outside, groaned slightly, and said:
"No matter what the glory of the Northwest Royal Court was, it has been destroyed for twenty years, and I am not here to ask the ministries to recognize my identity and help me ascend to the position of King Tianlang through the name of my ancestors."
“……?”
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden noise in Dazhai.
Yao Cishan was also stunned, but immediately reacted again, thinking that the Night Terror Hall was going to have a 'three resignations and three invitations', and wanted to step forward to say something about the hardships of the Xihai Ministry.
But Night Terror Hall raised his hand, stopped Yao Cishan's words, and continued to speak:
"You've all heard of the name of my Night Terror Hall. In the past, I became an orphan in exile, rescued by the rangers, and grew up in the dart chief of the Liangzhou border pass, and when my father-in-law died, he only left me a knife.
"When I was most depressed, it was in April last year, I only had two taels of silver left in my arms, only a knife and a bird by my side, and the whole world had no relatives and no reason, so I could only rent a broken house with ventilation on all sides in a broken alley that no one cared about.
"But what happened later, you should also know that I started from the splash of collecting tribute money on the street, went south and north, and cut all the way to the Eight Great Kui, whether it was the Xuanyuan Dynasty or Hua Ling, they were not my generals, and the martial saints such as Zuo Xian Wang and Zhongsun Jin were nothing more than that.
"I was able to climb so fast, I did have a lot of adventures, and I was helped by many people.
"But even if I am the enemy of the world and do not have any help, I can still get to where I am today, and the difference is nothing more than a year or two later than now. Do you say yes or no? ”
The clan elders near the bonfire have no doubts about this, after all, at the age of forty or fifty, they have entered the martial saint, and you can say that people have shit luck and have all kinds of adventures to have today's status.
And people who have come to this point at the age of eighteen or nineteen, it is not something that can be explained by chance, pure talent monster, there may not be one in a few hundred years, and no adventure may be a year or two slower, but it is impossible to be stuck in the grandmaster and Wu Kui.
After a pause, the night terror hall saw that the leaders of the various departments were all nodding, and continued:
"I came here this time, and it stands to reason that I should be the orphan of King Tianlang, ask for good words, make many promises, and ask all ministries to contribute and respect me as the king to seek the great cause of the world.
"But I fought from the bottom to the martial saint in the Night Terror Hall, and I didn't borrow my father-in-law's name; If you want to be the king in the world, why do you need to take advantage of the 'orphan of King Tianlang'.
"I came here for only one purpose - King Tianlang is my parents in blood, and thousands of clansmen from the Qichi tribe also died in battle to escort me in my infancy; Even if I haven't seen these people, or even remember these things, the facts are in front of me, I still have to destroy Beiliang and avenge this blood vengeance.
"I came to the West Sea to see you, just to fight simply, there are countless clansmen in various tribes who died in the hands of Beiliang, we should share the same hatred.
"If you are willing to take revenge with me, I will not treat the tribes badly, as I said yesterday, as long as I am in the night terror for a day, the tribes of the West Sea do not have to kneel to anyone.
"And you guys are not happy, I actually don't care, just like I walked to my current position with a single knife, even if I don't have the help of the West Sea, I can also destroy Beiliang, the difference is nothing more than a year or two at night!"
“……”
Yao Cishan, including the elders of the tribes, was silent directly when they heard this, but they didn't expect Night Terror to come over to be a father, and they were so strong, they even refused to coax their sons, and they directly had an inappropriate attitude.
However, the people present did not question that the Night Terror Hall could destroy Beiliang without relying on the various departments of the West Sea.
After all, the hole card of the Night Terror Hall is the Southern Dynasty, and with the support of various departments in the West Sea, it can occupy a big advantage, but if it really doesn't, with the unparalleled personal ability and national strength of the Southern Dynasty, it is indeed impossible to destroy the Northern Liang.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Night Terror continued:
"Even if I want to be the king, I am also the new king of this world, and you are serving my night terrors, not the flag handed down by the Qi Chi Ministry; It is the rules I have established, not the old laws of the royal court.
"Now that the city of Beiliang has not been lowered, I can't afford to be a 'king', if you have the heart to follow me to avenge your father's generation, you can call me a 'leader', I will give you armor and horses, food and grass, how much merit can be established in the future, it depends on your own ability.
"If you can't see the general trend clearly and hesitate, I won't embarrass you either, you can go home and live a stable life, continue to pay tribute to Beiliang for peace, and even send troops to help Beiliang take the lead, I won't treat you as enemies, I just hope that when the Japanese soldiers come to the city to save you from the sea of suffering, you will think about the clansmen and don't be too stubborn."
After the Night Terror Hall finished speaking, he glanced at the elders of the many tribes, waiting for everyone to reply.
Yao Cishan listened to it for a long time, but he understood the meaning - I am here to rescue you, not to beg you; I will abolish the old royal court system and follow your own rules, follow what you want, and get out if you don't.
This question is quite big, after all, the old system of the royal court included the 'alliance of five clans', that is, the general framework of 'one king and four princes'.
If the Night Terror Hall rebuilds the Northwest Royal Court as a descendant of King Tianlang, then it will have to continue to fulfill the alliance of the five clans and treat the four major tribes as an alliance, although it is supreme, but its control over the alliance army is not strong.
After the Northwest King's court was weak, the King of Tianlang quickly lost control of the place, and could only fight with his descendants and horses, because the King of Tianlang could not directly command the troops and people of the four major departments.
And the Night Terror Hall abolished the old system and raised troops here in his personal capacity, that is, he was preparing to engage in centralization like the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
The allies of the four major ministries were reduced from equals to vassals similar to those of King Zuoxian and King Liang.
Although the power of the vassal king is also very large, it is as strong as King Zuoxian, and he is only a feudal official on behalf of the herdsmen of the Son of Heaven, and the power is given by the imperial court, not by himself, which cannot be compared with the four major tribal chiefs who 'can decide everything within the clan'.
For example, if the chiefs of the tribes find that the situation is not right, they can choose to break away from the protection of the royal court and no longer fulfill their alliance obligations, although this move will be revived, but it is not a fault.
And King Zuo Xian or King Liang found that the situation was wrong and chose to leave the court alone, that is, the rebellion of the Eight Classics, which does not make sense at all.
This change is obviously a bit too big, if the first king of Tianlang of the Qi Chi Department dares to say this to the four major ministries, the four major ministries will definitely let the Qi Chi Department stay where it is cool, and it will be impossible for the Northwest Royal Court to establish a country.
But the situation today is obviously different from a hundred years ago.
After the Northern Liang annexed the West Sea, they vigorously weakened the strength of the various tribes, and now except for the Gouchen Tribe, it is a big problem for other tribes to eat.
The three generations of Tianlang kings left too deep an impression on the various departments of the West Sea, and after being annexed by the Northern Liang and exploited in various ways, the people of the entire West Sea did not miss the era of the Tianlang king.
As a descendant of King Tianlang, Night Terror Hall has great personal influence, and the people of Xihai are not rejected at all under the inertia of the rule of three generations of King Tianlang, as long as they raise their arms and shout, no matter what the patriarch thinks, there must be many people in each department to follow.
Secondly, the Night Terror Hall did not come alone, the empress of the Southern Dynasty pressed on the border pass of Liangzhou with tens of thousands of troops, saying that it was to assist the King of Liang to fight the Xihai Capital Protectorate, but it was obviously to suppress the Night Terror Hall.
The various departments of the West Sea refuse to obey the Night Terror Hall, can the empress ignore the back and run to fight the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate?
If the outsider King of Liang came to coerce and lure, the people of Xihai would not recognize it at all, and they would be able to resist the pressure of the Southern Dynasty by relying on the steep terrain to hold on.
But the Night Terror Hall is different, the tribesmen do not reject him as the king, and there are also the descendants of the Winter Hades Department, and this iron plate has been torn open a lot.
Night Terror Hall is now the equivalent of putting a gun at the girl's portal and asking you if you will marry.
If you marry, that is, the media is marrying, and you have a good reputation.
Say you don't get married, people force it in, what can you do?
The first one to the door is the big house, and the one who was forced to bow by the overlord before accepting her fate is a girl, and she has to be honest and obedient if she has no reputation.
Although Yao Cishan hesitated in his heart, after the battle last night, the clansmen were basically grateful to Night Terror, and he also understood the current situation.
For this reason, after a moment of silence, Yao Cishan still stepped forward and saluted respectfully:
"Yao Cishan of the Wuma Division, meet the leader!"
Fan Qinghe, as the king of the Winter Hades and the aunt of the Night Terror Hall, naturally also came to the front to take the lead:
"Winter Hades Fan Qinghe, meet the leader!"
The various tribes of the West Sea can't eat enough to pay tribute every year, and they have been suffering from Beiliang for a long time, seeing that the patriarchs of the two major tribes have taken the lead, and the remaining small tribes are naturally bowing and saluting, and suddenly the mountains and seas are set off in the big village.
Night Terror Hall is not good at power tricks, these things are all Yuhu and the court strategists behind the scenes.
At this time, after saying what should be said, the reactions of the various departments of the West Sea were also in line with expectations, and Night Terror Hall nodded, raised his hand to suppress the noise, and said:
"Grain, grass, armor and ordnance have been sent to the banks of the Heihe River, and those who are skilled in bows and horses in all departments can go to Patriarch Yao to sign up, and go south with me to burn the plain in three days.
"In the past, the fathers of the royal court swept the north and south with 30,000 'Tianlang horses', which was regarded as a nightmare by the two dynasties, and the soldiers of all countries were terrified when they heard the wind.
"Now we are waiting to raise the Tianlang flag again, vowing to destroy the Northern Liang to avenge the destruction of the country for our fathers, I only hope that I and you can regain the glory of the past, don't let the ancestors see the joke on the shore of Tianlang Lake, and lose the face of the three words 'Tianlang ride'."
Countless young people inside and outside Dazhai were obviously reminded by this sentence of the bloody memories of the two dynasties with 30,000 iron horses in front of Jiazi, and they all raised their swords and shouted loudly.
After scanning the night terror hall, he looked at Yao Cishan again:
"No one from the Gou Chen Department came?"
Yao Cishan stepped forward and said: "Someone from the Gou Chen Department also came, but the distance is relatively far, and it has not yet arrived." The old man will bring them the words, the Gou Chen tribe is not brainless, as long as the leader can ignore the past suspicions, the Sima family wants to be a traitor to the Xihai tribes, and the Gou Chen tribesmen will not agree. ”
"In the past, the fault lies with Sima Yue, and it has nothing to do with the Gou Chen tribesmen, Sima Yue has already apologized with death, how can I hold on to it."
After Night Terror finished speaking, he glanced at the tribesmen outside again, and turned back to the rear......
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(End of chapter)