【Chapter 182】Mo Rigen's name
I don't know when it began, when the high-ranking figures of the Central Plains Dynasty visited other people, they would generally send their own name thorns first to show their respect for their masters. If the host accepts the name post, it means that he has been accepted and can come to the door to ask for a meeting. If the name card is returned, it means that the owner is not happy to come to the door, so he can only go home.
Later, as long as there is a little fame, they also like to prepare such a famous post. The Mongols also learned this when they entered the Central Plains to establish the Mongol and Yuan Empire. Later, the Mongols were driven out of the Central Plains by the Han Chinese, and this custom was also preserved. The Tatars were part of the Mongols, and the upper echelons naturally inherited such customs. Mo Yuegen retains this habit.
"Understood." The Tartar commander named Gruso agreed, and rode his horse to arrange it.
Soon, a vigorous Tatar cavalryman, waving a white flag, slowly rode his horse in the direction of the beacon pier. When he arrived at the bottom of the beacon pier, he kept gesticulating, indicating that he had something to give to the people in the beacon pier. Among these Tatar cavalry, few of them seem to understand Chinese, and Xu Xingxia and others basically can't understand the shouts of the Tatar cavalry.
However, it doesn't matter if you don't understand the shouting, as long as you understand what the other person means. Ming Hao lowered a long rope from the top of the beacon pier. At one end of the rope, a heavy iron ball was tied. This big iron ball, in fact, is empty inside, and you can put things. After putting something inside, plug the hole with cork, and the contents will not fall out.
In fact, this big iron ball is usually used by Beacon Pier to check the customs clearance documents of business travelers, and even to collect bribes. Documents or silver and the like were placed in the big iron ball, and after the defenders pulled it up, it was checked to be correct, and the merchant could pass. Otherwise, there will be gravel arrows and the like coming down on it, threatening the life safety of the merchants.
The large round iron ball, which slid down the steep hillside, was naturally quite fast, and soon reached the side of the Tatar cavalryman. After the Tatar cavalry put the name card in the big iron ball and sealed the cork, Ming Hao quickly pulled the big iron ball up. He took the cork away and took out Mo Yuegen's name tag from inside.
"Mo Yuegen?"
"It's actually Mo Yugen who came in person?"
After Xu Xingxia read the famous post, he said with a slight surprise.
Mo Yuegen's famous post uses five languages, including Mongolian, Chinese, and the other three, which Xu Xingxia does not recognize. The Mongolian text was also inferred from the knowledge of later generations. It seems that this guy has been to a lot of places. There are quite a lot of forces that have come into contact with him. Sure enough, it is worthy of being the arrow god of the Tatars, and it is indeed a bit arrogant capital!
There is no Tatar who is unaware of the existence of Mo Yuegen, just as there is no Buddhist who is unaware of the existence of the Buddha. At the beginning, when Xu Xingxia first came into contact with the Tartars, he had already heard them mention the name of the arrow god Mo Yuegen repeatedly. At that time, Xu Xingxia didn't pay special attention. He originally thought that Mo Yuegen was the arrow god of the Tatars, and he would not be easily dispatched. He never imagined that he would inadvertently come to Karon Mountain and meet the famous arrow god of the Tatars. This world still looks a little small!
Then, he felt that he was secretly glad again. If Mo Yuegen succeeds in leading the army to raid Ningxia Town, the losses suffered by Ningxia Town will be unimaginable. With Mo Yuegen's skills, with 5,000 Tatar cavalry, and without advance warning, he was almost more than ninety percent sure of taking Ningxia City. With the strength of Mo Yuegen and the Divine Arrow Team around him, as long as they seize a gate in Ningxia City, the defenders of Ningxia City will have no possibility of counterattacking.
Mo Yuegen is known as the God of Arrows, which sounds very majestic and domineering, but in fact, his looting methods are also extremely bloody. The impression he gave to others was that he was unusually ruthless, unusually ruthless, and he killed people and exterminated the clan at every turn, even refusing to let go of the old, weak, women and children. The tribes within the Tatars, if they did not listen to him, would also suffer from his merciless bloodbath, let alone treat the Han Chinese. If Ningxia City is breached, Mo Yuegen will slaughter the city 100%.
After Ming Hao read the famous post, he was also quite surprised and said: "God, this time it was Mo Yugen who brought people here!" What the hell is this guy going to do? ”
Xu Xingxia said slowly: "What do you think? ”
Minghao shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
Xu Xingxia tilted his head to look at him.
Minghao has now fully felt the pressure from Xu Xingxia. This kind of pressure is not brought about by the difference in status and position, but directly from the difference in strength of all parties. He is a hundred households, and Xu Xingxia is also a hundred households, but the white-clothed army led by Xu Xingxia, in terms of combat effectiveness, does not know which corner to throw his subordinates to. The two sides feel that they are not under the same sky at all, and the gap is indeed too far.
In Ningxia Town, as long as a hundred households like Xu Xingxia can calmly face the arrival of the Tartar army. Because, he has enough strength to deal with the Tartars. As soon as he made a move, he had already caused the Tartars to lose hundreds of people. Even if the Tartars continue to fight, it is still the Tartars who continue to suffer losses. And Xu Xingxia and his white-clothed army will not even shed a hair for this. At most, I choked on the smell of gunpowder and coughed a few times. With such an ability, in Ming Hao's impression, there can be no one else in Ningxia Town except Xu Xingxia.
Ming Hao took a breath lightly and said slowly: "I estimate that Mo Yuegen came directly to Ningxia City. With his status, only Ningxia City could arouse his interest. Directly entering from the Kalong Mountain Fortress, you can rush to the front of Ningxia City as quickly as possible. ”
Xu Xingxia nodded approvingly, and said with a serious expression: "Yes, Tartar's appetite this time is indeed not small. Caught off guard, Ningxia City does have the possibility of being quickly breached. Ningxia City is finished, and the entire Ningxia Town is also finished. ”
Seriously speaking, the only place that Ningxia Town is really valuable is Ningxia City. Everything else, strictly speaking, is negligible. In Ningxia City, there are Ningxia Governor's Yamen, Ningxia General Military Officer's Yamen, Qingwangfu, and many large merchants. All the riches added up, when converted into silver, will not be less than ten million taels. Such wealth, for the Tartars, is definitely a big deal.
At the same time, in Ningxia City, there are a large number of military supplies. Ningxia City is the seat of Ningxia Town, and there is a large number of ordnance warehouses under its jurisdiction, and all kinds of military materials are dazzling and huge. In fact, what the Tartars lacked most was not gold or silver, but practical military supplies. For example, the Ming army's hoarding of grain, forage, scimitars, spears, curved bows, arrows, armor, clothing, iron tools, medicinal materials, etc., were all very needed by the Tartars. These things can be directly transformed into combat effectiveness.
What's more, Ningxia City has enough population to be taken captive by the Tatars at one time. Every time the Tartars went south to plunder, in addition to plundering wealth, more than that, they plundered the population back to be slaves. For the Tartars, population is also a very important asset. Not to mention the major tribes of the Tartars for the time being, even small tribes like Hellergin are estimated to have tens of thousands of Han slaves. All the dirty, tiring, and dangerous work within the Tartar tribe are all borne by them. Their position on the side of the Tartars is not even as good as a dog.
Ming Hao took Mo Yuegen's name card and said a little uneasily: "What should we do?" ”
Originally, his mood had just calmed down, and he was not so nervous. However, when he saw Mo Yuegen's famous post, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, under the prestige of Mo Yuegen's famous arrow god, Ming Hao did feel a heavy pressure. Ordinary Tartars can't afford to provoke, let alone the arrow god of Tartars?
If it weren't for Xu Xingxia controlling the beacon pier, his choice would probably be to let Mo Yuegen pass smoothly. Anyway, the task of the beacon pier is to call the police. Now this task has been completed a long time ago, and there is no need for him to make trouble for himself again. In case he provokes Mo Yuegen's anger and thus buries his own life, it's not worth it!
Xu Xingxia didn't have the slightest feeling for Mo Yuegen's name as the arrow god. His own archery skills have reached the point of perversion. Mo Yuegen's archery skills, no matter how magical they are, how magical can they be? The ability of the human body is always limited, and Xu Xingxia didn't believe that Mo Yuegen's arrows would be more powerful than Yueyue's guns. With the help of Yue Yue in the battle, there was no need for him to be afraid of this Mo Yuegen. Seeing that Ming Hao was a little nervous, Xu Xingxia said calmly: "No matter what he is here for, we have to stop him here." ”
Ming Hao said with a little hesitation: "Are you so sure?" ”
Xu Xingxia nodded with glittering eyes and said affirmatively: "Of course there is!" ”
Ming Hao looked at the name card in his hand, and then looked at the dense Tartar cavalry outside, as if he was looking for Mo Yuegen's location. Mo Yuegen's location is still easy to find. As the arrow god of the Tatars, he has too many retinues around him, and a three-hundred-man arrow team, which is particularly eye-catching in the ranks of the Tatar cavalry.
In the end, Ming Hao glanced at Mo Yuegen from a distance, and swallowed his saliva hard, as if he was trying to suppress the uneasiness in his heart. After being silent for a while, Ming Hao frowned and said, "What does Mo Yugen mean when he sent a famous post?" What shall we do? ”
Xu Xingxia said casually: "Leave him alone." No matter what the Tartars do, we will not say anything, and we will not respond to anything. The more the Tartars can't figure out the details of us, the more they dare not let go of the attack. The more you don't dare to let go of the attack, the more time you will lose. The longer we drag the Tartars here, the more time the castles in Ningxia Town will have to prepare. ”
(To be continued)