grassland

At this time, the grassland is very cold, there is no blue sky, white clouds, green grass and sheep, at this moment, the sky is shrouded in thick clouds that cannot be erased, and the wind gradually turns and howls.

A procession was slowly advancing, and in the middle of the procession, a man in a Taoist uniform was protected.

"Coldun, are you coming back so soon?" As they approached the camp, they met a group of patrol cavalry, led by the captain of the ten, who greeted the captain of this group in the language of the steppe.

"Oh, there's no way around it!" Cordun tilted his head: "There are guests from the Central Plains, and they need to be brought to the shaman!"

"The shaman's guest, you can't delay, you can go, we'll do the patrol behind you!" As soon as he heard that it was a shaman's business, he immediately stopped asking.

Coldun smiled, and with his team, continued towards the tent.

Walking on the road, he used the broken Central Plains dialect to talk to the man intermittently.

When they finally arrived at a tent, several men dismounted, and Coldun said, "Guest, you will soon see the shaman, come with me to the tent and wait for a while, I will report to the shaman, and he will see you naturally." ”

The man in the Taoist uniform, who had already dismounted at this time, took off the outer clothes, handed them back to Coldun, nodded and said, "Poor Dao is waiting here."

Then they went into the tent.

This tent is not big, and there are a few Hu soldiers guarding it nearby, and it seems that it is a temporary place for some outsiders to stay after they arrive.

It's warm inside, there are drinks, and there is still hospitality except that you can't go out.

After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps.

The curtain of the tent was lifted from the outside, and a Taoist walked in, who was actually over forty years old, his temples were already frost-colored, his steps were swift, he seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and his whole body was filled with a kind of fresh air.

Although the Taoist uniform is a little half-old, it is very clean, and the texture is even better, it can be seen that the treatment he received here is very good, and the Hu people who led the way also looked in awe of this Taoist on his face.

After this Taoist came in, he smiled slightly: "Are you the apprentice of Senior Brother Depu? Poor Dao is Deyang, this time you came to deliver the letter?"

Speaking of this, the Deyang Daoist didn't even ask the other party's Taoist number, but just smiled and said: "After going back, I only need to tell your master that the grassland is a difficult road, so why bother to go far? The establishment of the master's base is not many, and it is impossible to spread Taoism with some major sects, but if it is just a message, it can still be connected, so why bother to travel and enter the prairie in person?"

"If you go back to your master, it's not that the master refuses to pass on the letter, but if something happens on the way, it's not good, and the master has arrived in Jinling and is preparing for the construction of the Taoist temple. ”

"Oh, your teacher built a Taoist temple in Jinling? Although the two brothers and sisters are their masters, Deyang Daoist still knows the cultivation of the junior brother, and he nodded secretly when he heard it, and finally said: "Bring the letter!"

"Yes!" said the young Taoist, taking out the letter and handing it over.

The letter was opened, and it was the description of the Depu Daoist, although it was said that the grassland also had information but it was not as good as the person concerned, and the letter carefully described the process of seizing the land of Wu, and said that now the king of Chu is rectifying and digesting the surrendered Wu army, with a total establishment of 300,000, which has become the climate.

The letter also faintly persuaded the people of Deyang Dao.

After reading the letter, Deyang Daoren was stunned at first, and then laughed.

"I really don't suffer a loss! I had only persuaded him a few words before, but now I have turned around and sent this message back, well, I already know why he sent you a special letter. "Where is this to send a letter, but to ventilate the message and express a position.

"You rest here for two days before leaving, during this time, try not to move, if something happens, even I will not be able to save your life. After thinking about it, Deyang Daoist added a few more words.

The young Taoist replied respectfully: "The master and nephew will not cause trouble for the uncle"

The Daoist of Deyang also instructed someone to find a place for the young Daoist to rest, rest temporarily, and then go back after resting.

"Lord Suhe?" As soon as they left the tent, the Deyang Dao people saw a newly promoted dignitary, the leader of a newly returned tribe.

Su He is the meaning of the axe, this leader can fight well, but the noble is a thousand households, I saw that this person has dark skin and a rough face, but his eyes are attentive.

"Shaman. Su He also greeted the Deyang Dao people.

Su He didn't know much about the people of Deyang Dao, but he knew that this was a shaman from the Central Plains, and he had been very valued by the side of the fourth prince in the recent past, which was enough for him to choose to befriend.

"Didn't Lord Suhe just return to the tribe?" asked Deyang Daoren a little puzzled as he approached.

The fourth prince summoned him and hurried back. Su He said.

said that they were alive, so they walked towards the main account of the four princes together, and passed many personal soldiers along the way.

After a few conversations with the Deyang Daoist, I found that this shaman from the original from the middle of the book spoke well and was a very interesting person.

There were no words all the way, and when a pillar of incense was held, the two arrived at the main tent of the fourth prince.

"Lord Suhe, Lord Shaman, the fourth prince, please call them over to discuss matters", as soon as he got off the horse, someone had already come over and said to the two.

Hearing this, the two couldn't help but glance at each other, they had just arrived and were summoned, and the fourth prince seemed to have paid attention to the two of them.

In a few moments, the two of them came to the tent.

Walking into the big tent, the eyes of the people of the Daoist of Virtue and Shame were roughly swept, and on the main seat of the big tent, it was Hu Erbo who was sitting. A group of people that Hu Erbo usually trusts, there are a few people, and when he and Su Yi walked into the tent, their eyes turned over.

Several of them had contempt and malice in their eyes.

The people of Deyang Dao have long known that although his identity has been recognized by Kuerbo, because of ethnic reasons, some grassland people are not friendly to him.

It's just that because the Great Khan accepted him and was Huerbo again, no one made a fuss for a while, but in secret, they all stared at him all the time, trying to pull out the tail of his "Han spy".

Deyang Daoren and Su He saluted.

"Su He, real person, you have worked hard!" Hu Erbo said lightly and began to deliberate.

"How many households does our army have now?"

"Ten thousand households, now there are always thirteen thousand five hundred and forty households in our department, and thirty-one thousand cavalry can be dispatched. Someone said with a proclamation.

Thirty-one thousand, that is, the suitable men that the tribe can go into battle now, at this time the grassland is still father and son, brother soldiers, all go into battle together.

Deyang Daoist listened to it, 30,000 horses were already a very terrifying force.

"Where's the weapon?"

"Through multiple channels, we have purchased iron tools and weapons from the Central Plains to accumulate iron arrows, and in this regard, Daguan Temple has sent 10,000 catties of refined iron at one time. ”

Hearing this, the Deyang Daoists were even more vigilant, in fact, the monks were even deeper involved than the Daomen, and they contacted it very early on, supporting the Hu people by buying weapons through believers.

Deyang Dao was even more certain in his hearts that if he wanted to maintain his position, he had to work harder, and in fact, Beiming Dao had already mobilized to infiltrate the government and smuggle weapons and fine iron to support the Hu people.

"Very good, this year's cultivation, you must be ready, the autumn is the time to use the army. Khurbo said.

All in the account should be.

After the discussion was over, everyone else left, and the Deyang Dao people stayed, and it seemed that Huerbo was also waiting for him.

"Your Highness, this is a letter from Jinling. According to the name of the Central Plains, the people of Deyang Dao called Kuerbo and began to report one by one, and when he reported the matter to Kuerbo alone, Huerbo did not show surprise.

When Hu Erbo listened to the report of the Deyang Daoist, his expression was serious and very serious, and he carefully asked about the current situation in Jinling, and after the Deyang Daoist said it carefully, Hu Erbo couldn't help but be silent.

After listening quietly, Kuerbo pondered for a long time and said, "You are a person with a heart, very good, and you will come up with a specific piece of information and submit it later." ”

Then, the voice of emotion echoed in the big tent.

"Wang Hongyi, I have not only heard of it, but also have a great enmity with him, in the past, when I passed through Shuzhong, I don't know why, this person found out the traces, deployed troops to kill me in the middle of the night, forced me to jump into the river, and even Tak Khan Ba died. ”

Tak Khan was originally an enemy of the Great Khan, but after the defeat, he surrendered, first served as the commander of the Ten Commanders, repeatedly achieved success, sealed a thousand households early, and had the hope of becoming the most powerful general of Khurbo, but he died if he didn't want to.

"I traveled all the way back for six whole months before I returned to the grassland, and I almost missed the decisive battle, and I was reprimanded by the Great Khan, and I was eager to eat his flesh and drink his blood. ”

"But when the news came, I didn't expect him to be so good that he could pacify Shuchu and Wu in just a few years, so that the south of the Han people has been controlled by him, and now he has three thousand troops and a population of tens of millions!"

"I have to say, although he is my enemy, this is a great Han hero" pacing inside the big tent, Khurbo said this, and fell into deep thought again.

If it weren't for the great changes in the south, the offensive would have had to wait another year or two, and the grassland would have been peaceful for decades, and the population and cattle and sheep of the grassland tribes would have suffered serious losses, and they needed to be cultivated.

But now, the development of the south has created a sense of crisis in both the Great Khan and Khurbo.

If I wait any longer, I am afraid that the Han people will be unified, and every unified Han empire is a behemoth that poses a serious threat to the grasslands.

Therefore, Khurbo proposed to the Great Khan to attack in advance, and the Great Khan, after careful consideration, also agreed.

Thinking of these at this time, Hu Erbo pondered for a long time, sighed lightly, and said: "Wang Hongyi is not only my great enemy, but also the great enemy of the Great Khan."

Deyang Daoist responded, not daring to speak more at this time, just said: "The Han people are weak by nature, just like lambs, as long as His Highness leads tens of thousands of iron horsemen, he can be invincible, and no one can stop him." ”

When Hu Erbo heard this, he laughed without haha, thinking in his heart: "The people of the new annex army are like this, if there are many such people, I really don't have to worry about it." ”

In his mouth, he praised: "Yes, you do a good job, me and the Great Khan will not be stingy with meritorious people." ”

"Yes!" Deyang Daoist responded respectfully. (To be continued.)