Under the clear blue sky, there is a vast desert, between heaven and earth in addition to the deep and desolate blue, that is the simple and dignified yellow, in the afterglow of the sunset, this vast desert presents a group of gold, countless sand and stone surging folds like solidified waves, extending to the distant golden horizon.

There was not a trace of green, and there was no water source in sight, a fiery red horse stopped on a dry river, the knight on the horse was a young man, with the sharp eyes of a falcon, and the lines and contours of his face were extremely textured, like an axe and a chisel sharpening, he looked at the river that had dried up under his feet, and muttered helplessly and anxiously: "Even this place has been killed, and it is too difficult to find a water source." ”

If there was a Han man next to him at this moment, he would not be able to understand what he was saying, because this young man was speaking Xianbei, which was a jerky and difficult language to the ears of the Han people.

This humble young man was named Bald Tree Function, and he had just taken over the position of Grand Leader from his grandfather, Bald Longevity.

The names of the Xianbei people are not as particular as the Han people, even their surnames are very casual, the father of the bald Shou Khotan is the Xianbei chief Pi Gu, one of his wives on the way from Saibei to Hexi, actually gave birth to a child in the quilt, Pi Gu called the child Bald Shou Khotan, bald hair is not the meaning of baldness, in the Xianbei language, bald hair refers to the quilt, which shows the arbitrariness of the Xianbei people's surname.

In the first year of Cao Wei and Huang Chu, Tuoba Jufen passed away, and the second son Tuoba Liwei was the leader of the leader because his mother was a "heavenly girl", that is, the Yuan Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Tuoba Pigu was the eldest son and could not succeed to the throne. Tuoba Pigu was resentful because of this. He led some tribesmen to flee from the area of Yinshan and Hetao in Saibei, along the eastern foothills of the Yellow River and Shunhelan Mountains, to the north of Hexi and Longxi. When Pi Gu was alive, the scale of Hexi Xianbei was not too large, only a few thousand. But when the bald Khotan was the leader, Hexi Xianbei continued to conquer and expanded its sphere of influence to the Liangzhou area, with hundreds of thousands of people, and became the largest Hu clan in Hexi.

But since the beginning of this year, there has been a severe drought in Hexi, and there has been no rain for several months, and the Xianbei people, as a nomadic people, choose water and grass to live, and this sudden drought has almost dried up the pasture grass in the entire Hexi region. This made the Xianbei people, who were mainly animal husbandry, almost on the verge of survival, and the bald tree function had just taken over the position of the big leader, and they encountered such a problem.

When it came to the survival of the tribe, the bald tree was able to go out to find water in search of water to solve his urgent needs, but to his disappointment, he found the riverbed that had dried up after several days of running. If you can't find a water source. Their entire clan will have a hard time surviving this winter.

"Grand Chief, what shall we do now?" The cronies around him asked worriedly.

The bald tree function also became extremely cold. Although he was only in his twenties, he had already fought on the battlefield in his teens, and the brutal fighting had cultivated his tenacity, how could such a little difficulty make him succumb, and the survival of the entire clan was now on his shoulders, and he had to find a way to survive no matter what.

"Great Chief. Yao Keli, the chief of the Qiang tribe, sent an envoy to ask to see the big leader. "The subordinates came to report.

"Yao Keli? Isn't he the younger brother of Yao Kehui, the king of Xiqiang, what did he send people to do? "The bald tree function is a little puzzled.

In the Hexi region, the old enemies of the Xianbei people, in addition to the Huns, are the Qiang people. In order to fight for territory, the Xianbei and the Xiongnu and the Qiang people continued to attack, and both sides have formed a huge grudge for more than ten years, this kind of grudge is almost a mortal enemy, the kind of mortal feud that can only be solved by the extinction of the dead race, and the bald tree function heard the messenger sent by the Qiang people, and felt deeply inexplicable.

To tell the truth, the bald tree function is envious and jealous of the Qiang people, and the Qiang people have two fertile lands in Xiping County, which makes the bald tree function salivate. During the reign of the bald Shou Khotan, this had several wars with Yao Kehui for the Great and Small Elm Valleys, but each time the Xianbei people returned with a feather. Now the Hexi region is facing a great drought, there is no grass, the life of the Xianbei people is extremely difficult, but the Qiang people are still living a very moist life in the big and small elm valleys, which almost makes the Xianbei people crazy with jealousy.

"Back to camp!" With a wave of his hand, several of his close soldiers jumped on horseback and followed him back to the camp.

"See the Great Chief. The small one was ordered by Yao Keli's big head to come to meet the big leader, and he was only polite, not a respect, and he hoped that the big boss could laugh and accept it. The envoy had been waiting in the big tent for a long time, and when he saw the bald tree function returning, he greeted him with a smile on his face and handed over the gift list.

The bald tree didn't even glance at the gift list, and sneered: "The weasel gives the chicken a New Year's greeting, what do you have in mind?" Since the two sides have been fighting each other, the bald tree function does not think that the other party will have any good intentions, and as soon as he enters, he asks with words.

The envoy sneered: "Don't misunderstand, big boss, Lord Yao Keli sent the little one this time just to give up his old suspicions with the big leader and shake hands." ”

The bald tree function sneered: "Don't engage in that kind of Han people's flowery intestines, in the eyes of our Xianbei people, but we can't rub half a grain of sand, let's say, Yao Keli sent you, what do you want?" ”

The envoy said: "At present, the king of Xiqiang is seriously ill, I am afraid that he will die soon, Lord Yao Keli has assisted the king of Xiqiang for many years, and he has worked hard and made great achievements, and he is worthy of inheriting the throne, but I am afraid that the second son of the king of Xiqiang, Yao Yi'an and Yao Yikang, will not be convinced, so he begged the big leader to send troops to help." ”

The bald tree function smiled and said: "It turns out that Yao Keli wants to seek power and usurp the throne, but he said it so magnificently, and this cheeky is thick enough." ”

Lai's face was also slightly red, and he said: "Who doesn't ask for power, Lord Yao Keli has been a cow and a horse for King Xiqiang for decades, and now that he has the opportunity to sit on the throne, he is naturally unwilling to give up." Yao Yi'an is easy to deal with, but Yao Yikang led 30,000 troops to throw in the account of Liu Yin of Shu Han, if he returns to the army or even moves to the rescue of Shu Han, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with, so the big head hopes that the big leader can send troops to help, and there will be heavy thanks after the deed. ”

The bald tree function laughed and said: "I don't bother to care about the bad things of your Qiang people, let's say, what conditions can you offer, as long as you can satisfy the leader, everything is easy to say." ”

"After the matter is completed, Lord Yao Keli is willing to cut the small elm valley to the big leader."

"Okay, it's a deal!" A smile finally appeared on the bald tree's grim face. (To be continued.) )