Of course, it is impossible to provide assistance just because the other party is a Tuyuhun person. This sentence may not be absolutely correct, but in most cases, it is very instructive. Especially now, the Tuyuhun people have been subsumed under the command of the Tatars, and the ontology has been seriously weakened. Who can prove that they did not hurt the Han Chinese under the control of the Tatars? For the average Han Chinese, it is not easy to distinguish between the Tuyuhun and the Tatars. Unless it's a professional like Wang Qinian.

In fact, there is no need to investigate the history of Tuyuhun. Between nations, there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. This sentence can also be applied to the Tuyuhun people. The key now is not what they have done, but what they want to do now and what they can offer the Han people. The kind of Celestial Empire's ** spirit of only giving and no return is absolutely no market here in Xu Xingxia. If you want help, you have to ask yourself what it costs you.

Xu Xingxia said bluntly: "Oyanga, what can I get? ”

Oyanga said without hesitation: "Lord Qianhu, you can get the allegiance of 18,000 people of the entire Oyanga tribe!" No matter when, where, no matter what happens, the men of the Oyanga tribe will never betray you! ”

Xu Xingxia said meaningfully: "How to express it? ”

Ao Yangga raised his right hand, and said with a righteous and righteous face full of expectation: "We can openly swear to the Immortal Heaven and always be loyal to Lord Xu Xingxia Qianhu, if we disobey, we will suffer from the thunder of the sky, and every betrayer will be abandoned by the Immortal Heaven forever!" ”

Xu Xingxia nodded thoughtfully and said slowly: "Very good!" You swear! ”

Oyanga hurriedly put down his right hand, took out a sharp knife, raised his left hand again, and slowly cut a curved pattern like an eye on the arm of his left hand with the knife. As the skin was cut, the blood continued to seep out, dripping to the ground. Oyanga himself couldn't help but frown quietly. Of course, this was caused by the pain, and his knife was indeed too slow to slide.

If it's just a quick sweep, it's naturally fine. However, swear to the Immortal Heaven that it must be slow, rhythmic, and able to endure pain. It is said that only those who can bear the pain the most can really get the favor of the Immortal Heaven. This bloody eye, which appears on the arm, is said to be one of the totems of the Immortal Heaven. Only when this eye is lifelike and soaked in blood, will the immortal heaven come as scheduled.

When a complete eye was outlined by the blade, Oyanga's face was already a little pale. Originally, he looked a little haggard, but now he looks even haggard. Fortunately, he can barely hold on. After completely outlining the eyes, Ao Yanga let go of the knife, put the bloody eye pattern at the sky, and said word by word: "I, the devout disciple of the Immortal Heaven, Ao Yanga, am willing to use my life to serve Lord Xu Xingxia!" I am Lord Xu Xingxia's most faithful servant, and I am willing to give everything I have for him! If I can't do it, I will sink forever after death, and I can't be reincarnated! ”

Xu Xingxia listened quietly, without the slightest reaction, and there was no special look on his face. But in his heart, he has basically accepted this Oyanga. The poisonous oath with Immortal Heaven as the core is indeed believable. In ancient times, the people were credible in most cases when they swore a public oath of poison, especially by their own faith. This is not a matter of rhetoric, it is related to personal prestige. If a person can't even keep his oath, how can others believe him?

Of course, you don't expect that if one day, the enemy's butcher's knife is put on his neck, Oyanga will keep his oath and is really willing to give everything for himself. Any oath that conflicts with life and death is bound to be abandoned. The so-called faith is to be built on the foundation of life. If even the most basic life is gone, where is faith? Except, of course, the most devout of the faithful.

Xu Xingxia believes that in the case of smooth sailing, or in the event of general adversity, the Tuyuhun people will not have problems. Oyanga would not easily betray his oath. Because, once he betrays the oath, he, the leader of the tribe, is estimated to have done it. In fact, he didn't expect the Tuyuhun people to give him much help. The tribe of Oyanga has only more than 10,000 people, and the number of strong men is even smaller, what can they do? What he saw was a beginning, a beginning for the Hu people to ask the Han people for help.

For most of China's history, it was the Han dynasty of the Central Plains that was strong. In this context, most of the nomadic people actually depended on the Han dynasty to survive. The Han dynasty's assistance to them played a vital role in their survival. Otherwise, even a strong nation like the Turks was eventually defeated by the powerful Tang Dynasty and soon annihilated in the long river of history.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the power of the Mengyuan Empire was still relatively strong. Because of their existence, the national policy of the Ming Dynasty has always been soft. Especially after the Tumubao Incident, the influence of the Ming Dynasty on the various ethnic groups in the grassland is almost negligible. Under such circumstances, all the grassland tribes almost did not feel the need to ask for help from the Ming Dynasty. More often than not, they preferred to join forces and launch raids on the Ming dynasty.

In fact, even if it was a request for help, the Ming Dynasty might not agree. After all, aid requires money and food, and it requires the dispatch of troops. The tribes of the grassland are not stupid, and they have also spied on the weakness of the Ming court. The Ming court apparently did not have the ability to assist from a distance. Only a local warlord like Li Chengliang can do it. However, when it comes to the sensitive topic of local warlords, the intensity of the controversy is much more intense than the aid.

After pondering for a while, Xu Xingxia said, "Tell me, what difficulties have you encountered?" ”

Oyanga immediately began to vomit bitterness. Now he really regards Xu Xingxia as his own master. When the servant encountered difficulties, of course he did not hesitate to ask his master for help, and as a result, his grievances were the same as those of Balabala, which continued to flow and gush. Relieved, he was like a chattering old lady, eager to tell Xu Xingxia in detail about the hardships he had suffered for decades.

Fortunately, Xu Xingxia's patience today is indeed very good. It is estimated that it is because of Tessna's special service that he feels refreshed and relaxed, even if this Oyanga nags again, he can barely endure it, pretending to listen very carefully. This made Oyanga feel even more excited, and he really wanted to repay him with death. After hitting the wall countless times, he was already in deep despair, he didn't expect that this time he would actually meet a great benefactor, and the tribe had a hope of survival, could he not be grateful?

As mentioned before, the tribe of Oyanga has only more than 18,000 people. Such a tribe, in the savannah, is simply the existence of mud on the soles of their feet. According to a rough calculation, a tribe of this level, if not a thousand, has eight hundred. Even, many people don't recognize them as a tribe of reading power at all. In fact, they did depend on other large tribes for survival. Coincidentally, the tribe to which Oyanga depended was the Tatar tribe of Eyudun.

This time, the Eryudun tribe was fooled by Helgein and went south to fight Xu Xingxia, trying to strengthen their strength by looting. As a result, I didn't expect that stealing chickens and rice did not lead to erosion, but was beaten by the white-clothed army and lost its armor, and it was defeated, losing a full 3,000-man team. After returning home, Eyudun himself fell ill and could barely serve as a director. The Edun tribe, which had been somewhat nourished, fell all of a sudden.

Due to the military strength of the Eyudun tribe, it has been severely weakened, and there is little control over a small tribe like Oyanga. On the prairie, the law of the jungle is everywhere. If you don't have great military strength, you can't control others, that's for sure. As a result, Oyanga immediately found an opportunity to break free from the Tatar control and tried to get closer to the Han Chinese in order to have a better chance of survival.

However, Oyanga's mind was not meticulous enough. His thoughts were soon known to the other Tatar tribes. At this time, the other Tatar tribes did not do anything. You're eating inside and out! Want to make eye to eye with Han Chinese? You can take refuge in anyone, but you can't take refuge in the Han people! Paralyzed, do you still think we exist? As a result, several nearby Tatar tribes united and came to trouble the Oyanga tribe.

The flames of war burned in this way, and the Oyanga tribe was besieged by several Tatar tribes, and the fighting had been going on for more than a month. Fortunately, the strength of these Tatar tribes is not very strong, and the number is about the same as that of the Oyanga tribe. Those big Tatar tribes have no interest in the existence of mud on the soles of their feet! A few children play at home, will adults be interested in participating? Of course not!

If it is a one-on-one heads-up, it is estimated that the Oyanga tribe will not be at a disadvantage. But, this time, the enemy is a coalition of several Tatar tribes! The numerical advantage is still obvious. In terms of the area of operation, it also happened to surround the Oyanga tribe in the middle, so that the army of the Oyanga tribe was often in a state of exhaustion and could not cope. After all, the Oyanga tribe is outnumbered, and the disparity in strength is huge, and they can't defeat so many Tatars together. There was no way, Oyanga had to really come to the Han people for help.

The closest to the Oyanga tribe is, of course, Ningxia Town. Oyanga believed that as long as the Ming cavalry in Ningxia Town was dispatched to give his tribe a little help, his tribe would be able to defeat the other Tatars and continue to survive. However, he soon hit a wall everywhere. The bigwigs in Ningxia Town are too lazy to care about his affairs. Inside themselves, there is still an old demon Xu tossing! They're all tossed to death!

Besides, even if they want to manage it, they don't have the ability to manage it! Sending troops deep into the prairie to fight is no joke. When the Han army entered the depths of the prairie, it was originally an opportunity to suffer a joint siege from all the tribes of the steppe. If the Ming cavalry goes less, it will not be able to guarantee its own safety. If you go too much, it will be a heavy burden in terms of logistics and supply. With the current strength of the Ningxia Zhenming Army, where can it withstand it?

Fortunately, there is no endless road to heaven, and God is destined that the Oyanga tribe will not perish easily. When he ran into walls everywhere in Oyanga and hung his head, some well-wishers showed him a clear way. In the town of Ningxia, there is not no one who can come to the aid of the Oyanga tribe. However, the identity of this person is a bit special. You have to ask this person for help in person to have hope. If you rely on the orders from above to mobilize this person, there is absolutely no hope.

This person is Xu Xingxia, nicknamed Xu Laomo. With the combat effectiveness of the white-clothed army under his command, it is absolutely no problem to provide a little assistance to the Oyanga tribe. Think about it, what kind of combat power can Xu Lao Mo snatch the Tatar priestess Tesna back from the Blue Star Gorge? What is the point of sending thousands of troops to protect the Oyanga tribe? Tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry have been beaten to the ground, as long as it is not against the three major tribes of the Tatars, other Tatar tribes, who dares to easily offend the dignity of Xu Laomo?

At the same time, those well-wishers also pointed out a longer way out for Oyanga. You are a small Tuyuhun tribe, surrounded by so many Tatar tribes in the middle, and you are congenitally deficient! Even with the assistance of the white-clothed army, it is estimated that it will not last long. After all, Old Demon Xu is not your family's personal bodyguard, isn't it, can't he send someone to protect you all the time? If you want to have a better chance of survival and development, you must move to a safe place.

If it was before, it would have been difficult to find such a place. Those places with abundant water and grass and development potential have long been occupied by others, and it is not easy for you to grab food from other people's mouths? Many times, even if you have enough strength, you have to pay a huge price to get a good pasture. During this period, repeated struggles, repeated deaths, are inevitable. Which of the vacant pastures of the three major Tatar tribes was not finally acquired after repeated battles?

But now, there was a golden opportunity in front of the Oyanga tribe, and with a little effort, he could catch it: the Kylekin tribe had been defeated, and the Bayannur steppe it occupied was vacant. With Old Demon Xu's surname, he will definitely not let go of the Helkin tribe. The collective collapse of the Hellerkin tribe is only a matter of time. What does this mean? This means that the Bayannur grassland needs a new group of owners.

(To be continued)