My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 559 A bloody mouth

Snow Mountain, Yelan Country.

The morning sun in early winter stretches along the foothills to the east and rises into the sky.

The lush oasis and the desert with flying yellow sand meet each other under the golden morning sun. Occasionally, camel bells jingle from a distance. The traveling caravan passed through the official road and sent camels and carriages. , he dusted himself off and walked into a teahouse beside the road with his companions to rest.

After drinking a bowl of matcha tea from Yelan Kingdom, and taking a bite of the big naan mixed with mutton foam, we talked about recent events in the Western Regions.

"...It goes by so fast. In the blink of an eye, that group of Western barbarians have been beheaded for nearly a month."

"I just recently came over from the Luotang tribe over the Xirong Grassland. Can you tell me how ferocious those Western barbarians are? I heard about it at Tiele, but I'm not sure."

"... We know nothing, what we have seen with our own eyes has turned into excrement in the barbarians' stomachs!"

In the teahouse far away from the city, those who stopped and chatted included business travelers from the Xia Kingdom in the east, as well as Hu merchants from the Western Regions Middle Road and South Road. They were all people who traveled north and south, so they could naturally understand the conversations on both sides.

"Anyway, just kill them, but it's a pity for those who are eaten. The seventy-two countries in the Western Regions have experienced a great change that is rare in a century. They are all governed by the Xia Kingdom. Seeing that good times are coming, it turns out that such a situation has emerged. Help the Western barbarians, attack the city, and actually use people as food! "

"Who dares?!" The Xia merchants slapped the table fiercely and stood up. The porters and waiters accompanying them also drew their weapons, "We Xia people are not only soldiers who can kill people, I am a businessman. From the Liang Kingdom to the foot of the snow-capped mountains, do you think it’s made of mud?”

Speaking of excitement, no matter whether it was a business traveler from the Xia Kingdom or a local merchant from the Western Regions, they would inevitably yell at the group of Jinsa barbarians from the west!

"Say less! Shut up, those over there!" The shopkeeper of the tea shop and his waiters came over to persuade them. The rest of the Hu businessmen were worried about being implicated, so they hurriedly left the table and hid. Someone pointed at the bearded Westerners. He shouted: "They seem to be from Ugoli. Ugoli was destroyed by the Xia Kingdom's cavalry. He must be holding a grudge and is here to sow discord!"

Of course there are different voices.

"You people from the Western Regions should be open-minded!" A few businessmen from the Xia Kingdom in the east laughed loudly, and the guys squatting outside drinking tea and eating naan also laughed with the minced meat in their mouths.

Those bearded Hu merchants from the Western Regions couldn't hold back their words for a long time when the Xia businessman said this.

"Are there really so many kings coming?"

The two accompanying guards clenched the hilts of their knives, with fierce expressions on their faces: "Drive away these Xia merchants!"

Several men from the Western Regions wearing sheepskin coats and white strips of cloth on their heads stood up. Their faces were covered with calluses blown by the wind, and they had green eyes and beards. They looked at the laughing Xia people with rather fierce eyes.

"Your kings in the Western Regions are incompetent. A group of Western barbarians destroyed several countries and ate hundreds of thousands of people in a month. What are you doing with such a king? If you were in the Xia Kingdom, if you didn't say that the emperor wanted to chop off their heads, The people have to rise up.

A merchant from the Xia Kingdom snorted: "But come over? Our Majesty's Tang Army is in the Yelan Kingdom, and there are several cavalry groups there. But come over, the cavalry will go to his house."

"Do you need to hear about it? Now the entire Western Region knows that the Emperor of Xia Kingdom is going to receive an audience from the kings of the Western Regions in Yelan Kingdom. Many kings have come over. If there is any business in such a grand occasion, let's first watch the excitement. Let’s go again.”

"Haha, it's true. We can't beat him anyway. If Mie and Frank pay homage to the Emperor of Shangbang early, it might be a good thing." Hu Shang, who was sitting at the table next to him, took a sip of matcha tea and spoke in a rather friendly voice. : "As long as the weather is good and there is no war, the people can have enough to eat and have clothes to wear, and we can make money, it doesn't matter who is in charge of the Western Regions."

It's okay now. The barbarians have been beaten away. You guys are starting to get tough again. Why don't you draw your swords and fight with the western barbarians? Do we still need to send troops from Daxia? ! "

The wind and sand were blowing, and the climate in the North Road of the Western Region was getting colder and colder at this time. The businessman wearing a fur coat and fur hat took a breath and rubbed his hands: "A smart person will definitely choose to come here to meet me now."

"Meeting with the Western barbarians, don't let them stay in Yelan Kingdom, disgusting!"

"These sons of bitches don't even know if there is nothing to eat in the west, so they use people as food!"

Some even reached out to hold the small scimitars worn at their waists.

"The Emperor of Xia has great righteousness in rescuing the Western Regions, but he refuses to leave and asks all the kings to visit him. What is he doing?! You Xia people should not come to the Western Regions to do business!"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about those headless ghosts. Now, I heard that the Emperor of Xia Kingdom is in Yelan Kingdom?"

"Drive them away!"

The bearded Hu merchants from the Western Regions who were said to have turned red were immediately angry. The merchants from the Xia Kingdom on the opposite side drew their swords one after another, and the merchants from other small countries around them were also furious and swarmed forward.

For a moment, chopsticks and wooden forks flew around, copper spoons hit people on the forehead, lacquer bowls, stools... bang bang bang bang bang to greet the bearded Hu merchants from the Western Regions.

"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!" The tea shop owner clapped his hands and stamped his feet. Then he was hit in the eye by a flying bowl and squatted on the ground with a cry of pain.

There was chaos in the tea shop.

The three groups of people fought together, which affected other diners and caused even greater chaos.

The chaos continued on the side of the road, and the sky gradually rose.

Since the Emperor of Xia Kingdom summoned the remaining kings of the Western Regions to Yelan Kingdom to pay their respects, more than a dozen kings of small countries in the Middle Road and South Road have arrived from various places.

Even if some people are unwilling to accept it, the situation is stronger than people now, and the Xia army is stationed in Yelan. Anyone who is not stupid will understand that things in the Western Region are about to change.

However, for the people of the Western Regions, they first experienced the Xia Kingdom's troops wreaking havoc on the South Road of the Middle Road, and then experienced the horrific acts of the Western Barbarians. At the moment, they only care about the peaceful Western Regions where there will be no more wars. The land continues to thrive.

In November of the seventh year of Yuanxing, the defense of Yelan Kingdom was taken over by the Tang Army in the hands of Emperor Xia. Teams set out to guard the key roads of Yelan City. Courtiers and soldiers from Wugeli and Jukan also They gathered together, took off their armor and official robes, the two countries were reduced to states, and the city was merged into Yelan Kingdom.

at the same time.

Guiche, Changqi, Gupo, Zhanmi, Tiele, Changkang...the only twenty-four remaining kingdoms. At this time, the kings of the kingdoms gathered outside Yelan City to wait for the Emperor of Xia to summon them, and entered the city together.

A specially built annex outside the city.

The walls of the building are all made of rammed earth and are simple. The roof is made of flat stone slabs with some embellishments and nothing else.

But those who can live here are all noble people. They are delicate and rich, but no one dares to say that this place is not good at all.

Yinongham accompanied King Tiele and King Liu Geng as they walked in the other courtyard, looking at the bare ground and thinking about the audience they would have shortly afterwards.

"You have met the Emperor of Xia. What kind of person do you think he is?"

King Liu Geng was one of the first small countries in the Western Regions to seek refuge with the Xia Kingdom, but he had never had any dealings with the Xia Kingdom's emperor. He would only send letters of credence from the Xia Kingdom and express a few words of condolence during holidays.

However, those letters of credence were basically written by Zhongshu Sheng, and were not written and sent by the emperor himself.

Naturally, you can't tell what kind of person the other person is between the lines. "He is a very powerful person."

Yinongham didn't dare to talk nonsense. You must know that this place is already controlled by Xia Kingdom's soldiers and horses, and it is said that the Emperor of Xia Kingdom has a secret agent in his hands. It is impossible to say that his words and deeds are already under the surveillance of the other party.

In the cold wind, King Liu Geng, with gray hair on his temples, stood under a poplar tree in the courtyard with his hands folded. He was a little angry when he heard Yinongham's perfunctory words, but he had nothing to do.

Soon, someone came in from the outside. She was a female official from the Yelan Kingdom. The person came with the decree from the Emperor of Xia Kingdom, notifying all the kings of the Western Regions here to enter the city and palace to pay homage to the Emperor of Shangbang.

Almost at the same time, on the long street, teams came out of the official residences in the city and gathered towards a certain mansion in the city.

"This country of Yelan is really petty. The streets are so narrow. How can they walk comfortably?"

Only three horses can ride abreast on the streets in the city. In addition, Xia's generals and their mounts are relatively tall. As a result, only two horses can ride abreast. Cheng Yaojin could only hang behind, complaining endlessly along the way: "This place needs to be repaired in the future." , What a misfortune! The same goes for the bed, when you stretch out your legs, the soles are hanging out..."

Qin Qiong looked straight ahead and didn't even turn her head when she heard the muttered words behind her.

"Old Qin, I've been talking to you for so long, why don't you turn around and respond!"

The corners of Qin Qiong's mouth twitched and her eyes flashed across the corners of her eyes.

"Stop talking, I'm stiff."

On both sides, Yu Chigong and Li Xuanba suddenly laughed at the top of their lungs. Their heroic voices made the people of Yelan Country who stopped to watch on both sides of the street turn pale with fright.

Soon after, the marching team stopped at the largest mansion in the city.

Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huo Qubing and others welcomed them in.

At this time, in the official residence, the servants transferred from the palace were busy in the mansion. Several male servants walked quickly under the eaves carrying warm water. Then, under the gaze of two huge figures, they turned and entered. in the open room,

Su Chen, who was wearing imperial robes over there, was served by Wu Zixun and only said: "Put it aside." After that, the male servants went out tremblingly. Before leaving, they looked at Xia Guo in the room with envy. Man, with such masculinity.

"Your Majesty, wash your face!"

After putting on the emperor's robe, Su Chen took the handed towel and wiped it off. He glanced at Wu Zixun reflected in the glass mirror and asked casually how he was recovering from his old injuries in the past few days.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am recovering well."

"You and I have known each other for a long time. There is no need to be so reserved when there are no outsiders!"

Su Chen handed the towel back to him, leaned down to face the face in the glass mirror, straightened his temples, and then turned around and opened the door and walked out.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu were dressed in iron armor, carrying halberds and tiger-headed knives. They took the soldiers from the Huwei camp and followed the emperor out of the backyard.

Arriving at the front yard of the official residence, Qin Qiong, Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others, as well as the Shenji camp of Huo Qubing, Ma Chao and Liu Sheng, were waiting for a long time.

"Your Majesty, get in the car!" After the generals came over and exchanged a few words, they all held their hands and invited Su Chen to get on the ancestral hearse.

Immediately, they each led their own soldiers to guard the imperial chariot, and escorted the Emperor of Xia to King Yelan's palace.

Two rows of 20 rows of soldiers from the Huwei battalion took the lead to clear the way, their steps vibrating the armor plates on their bodies, making a metallic collision sound.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion were walking at the back, carrying crossbows and sky-penetrating cannons. The huge imperial chariot in front of them was driving slowly, with the dull rolling sound of the shafts rolling on the street, and it was slowly driving out.

The ferocious dragon flag of the Xia Kingdom was flying in the air. Along the way, the people of the Yelan Kingdom looked at the flag and knelt down one after another, kowtowing respectfully to the figure in the car.

In the royal palace, twenty-four kings of the Western Regions entered the royal palace in an orderly manner.

As they passed through the corridors and under the palace walls, they saw Xia soldiers in full armor. Countless eyes swept over them, as if they were looking for a place to strike.

Chilling.

After entering the palace, unlike the once luxurious hall, after the Emperor of Xia came here, he abandoned some luxurious furnishings and instead erected two bronze tripods. Perhaps considering the coldness of winter, the palace was lit early. bonfire.

Twenty kings walked into the main hall and stood on both sides waiting. At the same time, Bainani accompanied Queen Itas of Yelan Kingdom and walked in from the side hall. She greeted the kings one by one and did not go back to the royal steps. , but came to the first place on the left and stood still.

Seeing this scene, many kings began to feel mentally prepared.

Soon, the dragon flag entered the palace, and the guards outside hurried over to report: "The Xia Kingdom's emperor's guard of honor has arrived."

Everyone turned back to look at the palace door, and what they saw were flags flying in the sky like blocking out the sun. A moment later, there was a series of neat footsteps, with a roaring sound, walking up the white stone steps outside the palace. .

Su Chen wore a crown on his head, an imperial robe with white dragon pattern on black bottom, and a pair of black straight boots at his feet. The skylight fell on him, and reflected Su Chen's shadow diagonally on the ground. As he walked, his long boots stepped on the heavy ground. The voice came straight towards the main hall.

Behind him were the generals in the army, their armor leaves and weapons colliding with each other and making a clanging sound.

The two groups of soldiers from the Tiger Guard camp stood still and separated on the left and right outside the palace door. Su Chen lifted the hem of his robe and walked into the hall.

"Start translating my words!"

As soon as he entered the main hall, Su Chen's majestic voice echoed in the main hall. Amid the dragon and tiger steps, he continued: "As the sovereign state, I have accepted you as my vassals, so I have the responsibility to help in times of crisis. Therefore, It is my duty to relieve the siege of the Western Region, so please don’t overthink it and thank you very much!”

Just like in his own court, Su Chen stepped onto the wool carpet paved on the imperial steps without stopping, walked to the golden throne, threw the Great Summer Dragon Bird to Dian Wei, pressed the handrails on both sides, and opened the two Legs, Da Ma Jin Dao sat down.

"I can't stand it when the Western barbarians bully you. Only by teaching them a lesson can they know that there is a powerful country behind you, Daxia."

Su Chen's eyes scanned the furry faces below, waiting for Bai Nani to finish conveying the previous sentence before he continued to speak.

"But this matter is not over yet. Since the Western barbarians have come once, they will definitely come a second time... You are too weak, and you will make the same mistakes again. In addition to the Western Region Protectorate that I proposed before, there will be another one, you guys. Incompetence will prevent the people of the Western Region from suffering. I will personally create a new Western Region."

Taking advantage of the Western barbarians, the giant dragon from the East finally opened its bloody mouth at this moment.

In the royal palace, the kings of the small countries in the Western Regions fell silent.

(End of this chapter)