When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 44

Is the Ji family (surname Qi, the predecessor of Ji Kingdom) a traveler?
As Xin Qu walked, he wondered why the Ji family in the south suddenly came to see the Xin family.

"How many people came from the other side? How many were armed?"

Xin Qu asked the man who came to inform him.

Tu thought for a while and said: "Sixteen people came, bringing three cows and sixteen horses, and their weapons were relatively normal pedestrian configurations."

"Call the clan members, remember, only bring the older ones, and then ask them to blacken their faces, or simply wear masks, and have all their weapons ready, and don't let them talk."

Tu looked at Xinqu in confusion: "Why?"

"Because I came at the wrong time." Xin Qu's face was solemn.

After all, I am a pedestrian, and I also know that in addition to doing business, pedestrians also undertake the work of serving customers.

The Ji clan has a total population of tens of thousands, but in the entire Haihe River Basin, it is second only to the Guzhu clan and the Wuzhong clan. The Xin clan, as a tribe that migrated north from the Central Plains, would have been eliminated long ago if it had not been for the support of Dayi merchants. These tribes divided it up.

At the moment, Xinqu is still arranging people to investigate the drought situation outside the mountain, but the news that the Xin family sent troops to follow the Dayi merchant nobles to fight the Guzhu family must have spread outside the mountain.

The Ji family and the Youxin family are not closely related, nor do they have much overlap.

At this time, you came to see Mrs. Xin and told me to do business?

Who believes it!
Therefore, it is better to be careful than to do anything casually.

"Wait a minute." Xinqu grabbed Tu Tu, who was about to make arrangements, "Send another boy to the northwest, ask the burning Shi Wu and Bing Jia to throw wet wood into the bonfire, and put out the smoke as soon as possible. "

"So fast?"

"It must be put up, the bigger the better!"

Xin Qu explained carefully, then watched the clan members get busy, and then waited for the boys in the clan to put on their masks.

"Qu, what happened?"

Xinqu was still standing near the altar when he suddenly heard his brother's voice.

Turning his head, he saw a boy whose face was blackened with pot ash, and he was asking himself curiously.

"Are you the only ones left?"

"Otherwise? All the young people in the clan have gone to the northwest to burn wasteland."

Ax glanced around and saw that they were the only ones there.

"okay, I get it."

Xinqu turned around and continued to look at the altar, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Qu, is there a problem? I heard from Tu that someone from the Ji family is here?"

"Well, someone is here." Xin Qu sighed, "Don't say anything, don't ask anything, just follow my orders. I will reward them later, but the premise is, don't mess around. ”

"Oh, okay." Ax consciously went down to help Xinqu talk to his friends, and the boys were immediately excited and had a straight face.

"Qu, I recruited some from the naturalized people." Tu quickly brought a few young men, and they all saluted Xin Qu when they saw him.

"Everyone, get up. Thank you for your hard work." Xinqu helped one of them, and the rest gave a little support.

Everyone looked at Xin Qu's smile. It didn't look like he was cheating or disgusted. They were even more happy: "Clan leader, are you trying to rob Ji's things?"

"It depends on the situation. Please pay attention to the Ji clan and don't let them roam around in the clan."

"it is good."

The naturalized people nodded.

After doing this, Xin Qu came out with 30 people, full of evil spirits.

On the river beach, in the Ji family's caravan, several young people looked restlessly at a man wearing deerskin in the distance: "Shan, I heard that Shang Xiaoyi's vanguard was defeated, and all the strong men of the Xin family were forcibly taken away. Now we can go in and see what’s going on, there’s no need to stay here all the time!”

"Yes! If the Xin family really fails, then maybe we can destroy them!"

"What a drought it is outside! I took a look around the Xin family. There is a lot of food. Together, we can survive the whole winter." The young people stared at the millet on the plains. They were heavy and about to mature. .

"Youxin's family is not so easy to snatch." The young man wearing deerskin turned his head, with dead fish eyes lifeless, "Youxin's soldiers helped Shang Xiaoyi stabilize the situation as soon as they entered the battlefield.

Guzhu was blocked for a moment and couldn't move.We can't move around until they have completely decided the winner, otherwise we will be slapping Shang Xiaoyi in the face.

If the rear is robbed, do you think Shang Xiaoyi can let our Ji family go? "

Ji Shan sighed: "The Xin family has never been a problem, the problem is Dayi merchants.

Therefore, I am here to investigate the situation and take a look at what the clan leader who takes over the Xin clan is like.

If it's a stupid guy, then after the fall, look at the situation.

I heard that most of the Guzhu clan is already gathering and will launch a general offensive after autumn.

Now that the swamps have dried up and turned into grasslands, the road southward for the Guzhu clan is no longer blocked.

Once Xin's soldiers are defeated on the front line, then it will be our chance to take action. "

When Ji Shan was talking, a strange color suddenly flashed through his dead eyes because he saw Xin Qu coming.

Came with a group of men.

Some are big and some are small, but there is no voice, only seriousness and evil spirit.

"Pedestrians of the Ji family?" Xinqu came to the river beach and took a look at this group of people. They were indeed dressed in ordinary clothes as Tu said, "Want to trade?"

"Yes. Trade." The deerskin young man Ji Shan jumped down, "Are you a traveler with the Xin family?"

"Yes, traveler." Xin Qu nodded, "What did you bring? Salt? Grain? Bronze?"

"Both." Ji Shan smiled slightly, "But you have the Xin family's pedestrian pomp, and they actually brought so many people."

"Well, our tribe went to the northwest to dig earthworks, and we men are the only ones left for the time being." Xinqu continued as if he accidentally let it slip: "We need food, salt, and bronze. Can we give you shells?" Do you want to exchange coins, linen, gebu, and animal skins?"

"..."

Ji Shan looked at Xin Qu strangely: "Didn't your man follow Shang Xiaoyi to fight against the Guzhu clan?"

"They beat theirs, and we beat ours. Not all men are on the battlefield." Xinqu saw this dead-eyed young man, "Do you want to change?"

Ji Shan speculated in his mind, and Dead Fish's eyes were full of doubts.

According to the intelligence, the Xin clan should have a population of just over 3000, and there were [-] soldiers on the battlefield, which was a quarter of the population.

Even if there are still soldiers left, there will be no more than 100 at most.

And Xinqu actually said that they want men to go to the Northeast to dig earthwork?

real or fake?

"Qu...it's on fire! It's on fire!"

Just when Shi Yuyan Jishan was confused, Tu Fang, who was placed at the back of the team by Xin Qu, exclaimed: "What a big smoke! Tu Fang must have killed a lot of people! I don't know how many people have to be cremated!"

The young people of the Ji family looked up one after another. To the northwest, thick smoke was billowing, at least a few kilometers away.

Smoke can still be seen from such a long distance. In addition to burning wasteland, it may really be a large-scale incineration of corpses.

But what season is it now?Autumn is almost here, and the harvest is just around the corner. Who would be idle and burning wasteland?
If you want to burn wasteland, you have to wait until the grain has been harvested before starting to burn, or start burning before it snows, because at this time, insects and snakes are hibernating and it is very dry. Clear the isolation zone and start the fire to save time and effort.

Therefore, the young people of the Ji clan looked nervous and solemn. They communicated in the clan language and lowered their voices. From time to time, they discussed the authenticity of this smoke.

Xin Qu took a panoramic view and secretly sighed in his heart that this group of people really came with bad intentions, and then his tone changed to arrogance: "It's just a few earthly barbarians, what a fuss. I really thought that I had the Xin family's young men to go to war, and I didn't have any other subordinates. And reinforcements?
At the beginning of the year, I made an alliance with the tribes in the mountains on behalf of our Xin family. You Xin family still has many allies. "

"Qu is right." Tu smacked his lips and cooperated with the acting.

"Okay, let's take a look at the goods."

(End of this chapter)