When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Onon River.

A nomadic tribe was struggling to move forward in the wind and snow.

The chief's name is Alqi, which means "warrior of the earth" in the language of their tribe.

Alqi looked back at the tribesmen behind him worriedly. Many of them were trembling, and some even had excessively flushed faces.

These are all symptoms of a high fever.

"Hold on a little longer, we will soon reach the riverside. There must be many tribes stationed there. We can then exchange our cattle and sheep for their herbs.

Invite their witch doctor to treat our family.

everything will get better. "

Alqi cheered his subordinates on, but he actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.

It snowed heavily this winter, and he had seen many tribesmen frozen to death on the road.

If it wasn't for the purpose of allowing more people to survive, he would never choose to migrate.

I just hope that the tribes living along the Onon River are not affected.

Otherwise, they really would have no way to survive.

The tribesmen below did not say a word, but just followed numbly, walking against the wind and snow, in temperatures dozens of degrees below zero.

If they don't leave, they will be trapped and die where they are. If they don't leave, they will die due to the lack of support.

Soon, they saw the address of another tribe.

Alqi ordered his tribesmen to wait and went over with a dozen men to exchange some supplies with them.

But when I got closer, I found that no one showed up.

In today's weather, no matter how cold it is, there should be people acting as scouts to guard against the enemy invading.

Why is there no one here now?
Thinking of this, Alqi's face became more serious: "Go and ask two people to go into the tent and take a look."

Soon a few people passed by, and soon shouts were heard from inside.

Alqi quickly rode over, but his face darkened at the first sight.

All dead.

Everyone in this tribe, from cattle and sheep to human slaves, froze to death.

"They have run out of fuel, and I checked and found that the dead are all old and weak. The ratio of young and strong is obviously wrong."

Duo Huanxun, a think tank under Alqi, said: "At least two-thirds of the young and strong people in the normal tribe are missing.

Or the young and strong people in this tribe were transferred to the larger tribe.

Either there was internal strife within the tribe, and some of the young and strong were expelled.

But no matter which one it was, without the young and strong, they couldn’t gather enough fuel, and they froze to death.”

"It was the sudden increase in cold wind." Another man came over, dragging a thick sheepskin blanket. "There are heavy traces of frost and snow on it. It is estimated that on the night when they lost their fire, a huge snowstorm came in and directly destroyed their vitality. If all the strong men were still together, they would definitely take turns to watch the fire at night instead of all freezing to death here."

Alqi sighed and said, "Take away everything that can be taken away from here. Pile the bodies together and refine the fat inside to use as lamp oil."

Everyone nodded.

I don't think there is any problem.

So everyone started to act, and at the same time piled together all the nearby things that could not be taken away, as long as they could be burned.

Then a fire was started, which also brought warmth to those who arrived later.

Make the best use of everything, that's it.

After resting for two days, Alqi saw that the wind and snow had finally subsided, but he couldn't smile.

Behind me, I heard many tribesmen crying.

Their loved ones still didn't make it.

After a hasty funeral, they buried the earth and built an altar, noting the location of the whole place so that they could come and pay tribute to it when they passed by in the future.

After stumbling along for another three days, they finally saw the numerous camps dotted around at the foot of the slope.

"It's one third less than in previous years." Duo Huan took a quick look and said, "Over there, it seems to be the group of people from the Deer Tribe. They actually crossed the mountains to spend the winter here."

The Deer Herding Tribe is a group of people who harness and domesticate elks.

It is mainly distributed in the area east of Greater Khingan Range and south of Greater Khingan Range.

That is, the predecessor of the later Solon people and Daur people.

The geographical environment and local animals have enabled the deer tribe to develop much faster than the nomadic tribes of the grassland.

Nowadays, the appearance of these deer tribesmen does make Duohuan confused.

Logically speaking, with the protection of the Greater Khingan Range and the Greater Khingan Range, both the wintering conditions and the climate conditions in the Northeast are much better than those along the Onon River.

Why are there so many tribes of the Deer Hermit Tribe coming this time?

"Let's go down and take a look." Alqi knew that there was no point in saying more, so he hurried down the slope.

Soon, they found a place to camp downstream of the river.

Next door was a tribe with which Alzi once traded.

When the other party saw Alqi, he just exchanged a few words of greeting.

As if he noticed that Alqi was hesitant to speak and wanted to make a deal, he coughed and said, "If you want to save your family, you can go and trade supplies with the Wuzhong clan.

They had quite a few herbs.

But their conditions are very harsh. They want you to contribute your tribe and follow them south to rob a force called Yan State. "

"Wuzhong clan...?" Alqi asked doubtfully, "What kind of force is this?"

"They came from the south and called themselves Wuzhong clan, but actually our ancestors called them Dadashuhu Eleuth, which means people who grow beans in the mountains."

The person who knew him said: "They were defeated by the forces of some Yan State from the south.

The State of Yan was said to be very powerful, but also very rich.

Over there is a world of jade, rice and wheat, with abundant food, herds of cattle and sheep, and a large population.

All that we lose now, we can gain by robbing them.”

"Since they were driven out, now they want us to go back to help. Isn't this asking us to die?" Alqi was puzzled and even more confused.

"I did ask that, but they said that Yan's territory is vast, so the defenses in many places are weak. As long as we cooperate well, we can launch a comprehensive attack. Even if we only capture one of Yan's garrisons, we can capture a granary that can feed more than a hundred people for a year."

"So many!" Alqi was excited.

"That's right. Wuzhong has invited the Deer Tribe to come. Not only that, the Dog Tribe from the north is also approaching. Wuzhong wants to win them over to act together.

This winter has already been like this, but in order to reduce the death rate in the early spring of next year, we must go south.

We must plunder, otherwise there will be no way to survive!"

Seeing his hesitant expression, the man sighed and said, "I have asked my eldest son to take part of the tribe to give it a try. No matter what the result is, even if they can't bring back food, they can still grab some and escape with it, then survive and restore our tribe."

"So those tribal ruins with all the young and strong men scattered that I encountered on the road were all tribes that had chosen to go south to plunder?"

"I guess so." After the man finished speaking, he suddenly saw a group of cavalry approaching, and hurriedly said, "That is the squad leader of the Wuzhong clan. He should be here to register and preach. If you have any questions, just ask them."

Alqi saw him say goodbye and leave, and it was difficult to stop him.

After a while, the cavalry steadied themselves. The leading knight had a weathered look on his face, but he was still arrogant. After carefully looking at Alqi, he said with more disdain: "Tell us the name of your tribe, the number of people, the number of cattle and sheep, and the number of weapons. Also, are you willing to follow us on the southern expedition?

If you are willing, contribute warriors. If you are not willing, contribute cattle and sheep. If you are not willing to do either, take your tribe and leave immediately.

Otherwise, you will bear the wrath of our alliance!

Directly treat it as genocide!" (End of this chapter)