Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 5 Lanti Golden Terrace (3)

"The people in front are those who meet us." Jian Cheng said in a deep voice, but even the war horse under his crotch snorted uncomfortably.Zhao Xingde stared at the shadowy line of enemy cavalry, saw the flag of Xuande army in Xijing Dao, Liao Kingdom, and frowned.

"They have a secret signal from the Military Intelligence Department." Jian Cheng also had a suspicious expression on his face. The internal order of the Chengying Army is "you have to solve everything by yourself", and you are alone in the enemy's rear, even if it is a letter from the General's Mansion Don't trust me either.

More than [-] riders on the opposite side got closer and closer, "This is clearly the Liao army." Wang Tongdeng said in a deep voice, clamping the horse's belly, and took off the long lance with his right hand, "Be alert!" With an order, the cavalry raised their long spears one after another, controlling the horses to form a neat battle line.

The army on the opposite side was still advancing slowly, and stopped [-] steps away as if oppressed. Three horsemen rushed out from the formation and stood between the two armies.The leader in the middle has a red forehead and no iron helmet. He has a bright armor on his chest, a thick leather belt on his back, and a gray wolf fur cloak. A bow and arrow are hung on the back of the saddle. .Two soldiers in full armor surrounded him, holding big guns in their hands, and looked towards Cheng Yingjun vigilantly.

"Is this the Liao army? It's clearly the Song army." Jian Cheng was surprised. Liao people and Song people are easy to distinguish in terms of appearance and temperament.The formation of the Liao army is also more sparse.

"No, this is the Han army." Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice, "The Han army fighting for the Liao Kingdom." He kicked the horse's belly, and the horse ran lightly and came to the center of the battlefield.It is not surprising that the Military Intelligence Division was able to contact a Han army from the Liao Kingdom to act as an internal response for them. What is strange is that such a large scale was dispatched.

"This general is Liu Qutong, the Jiedu envoy of the Xuande Army. I heard that you are going to Yangcheng?" The general had a short beard on his face and a burly figure. With a hint of arrogance.

Yangcheng is the distribution center of the Liao Kingdom's commerce and trade. Gold and silver, silk cloth, beeswax and medicinal materials from deep mountains come from Liaodong, as well as clams, green rats, martens and jellyfish from Tieli, Mohe and Yujue. Animal hides, cattle, alpacas, camels and horses, scorpions, etc. are gathered here, and many Xia and Song merchants also brought a large number of goods from the Central Plains to Yangcheng for trading through smuggling.

"Exactly, I hope the general will make it easier for me." Zhao Xingde clasped his hands, scolding the people in the military intelligence department in his heart, just find a guide at will, why did he find such a guy.He looked at the cavalry on the opposite side. Although they were sparse, their demeanor was fierce and their horses were well controlled.

Liu Qutong waved his horsewhip and said, "Follow us, don't cause trouble on the way." But his tone seemed to owe him [-] guan silver, he turned his horse's head, his two guards gave Zhao Xingde a hard look, Following the general, more than [-] riders meandered towards the northeast, and Zhao Xingde's team of [-] riders was mixed in, but there was no trace of them.

The horse team walked for about half an hour before arriving at a camp. There were actually a large number of people and food trucks and other goods in the camp. There were only 800 guards left in the camp. Liu Qutong pointed to a vacant place for Zhao Xingde to set up camp. The fortress was guarded by his own troops on three sides.

"General Zhao, these bastards are not doing human trafficking, right?" Jian Cheng went around the camp, he rode around by himself, and Liu Qutong's subordinates didn't care too much.There was also a general who seemed to want to sell favors, and secretly told Jian Cheng that if he wanted to vent his anger, let him go to the women's camp and choose whatever he liked. "I think there are at least two to three thousand women in this battalion, his grandma's." Jian Cheng said angrily, he had never encountered such a thing in the mainland of Xia.

"He is able to take great risks to coerce us into the Liao territory, so what's so special about selling some people?" Wang Tongdeng said disapprovingly, then changed his voice, and said in a deep voice, "I'm just surprised that many grassland tribes even raise their own people." If they don’t live, they don’t need to buy so many women. They can’t afford to support idlers.” He said while wiping the horizontal knife he carried with him.

Centurion Tang Qiyong sighed: "Since this Liu Qu is committed to me, why didn't the Military Intelligence Department recruit him completely, instead forcing them to do some dirty things."

Wang Tongdeng sneered and said, "Even if I try my best to help, they may not stop doing bad things."

Several centurions talked to each other, while Zhao Xingde and Jin Changtai spread out the marching map.The current situation, the Military Intelligence Department did not make it clear in advance, if everything goes well, Chengying [-]th Battalion passed Yangcheng smoothly, avoiding the lush Jinlianchuan grassland, marching northeast and entering the sparsely populated Da Xianbei Mountain.If the situation is not harmonious, then they will fight northward desperately. Although this group of Han troops is large in number, most of them only have one horse, and most of them have no more than two horses, and they are carrying so much baggage.As long as Chengyingying keeps heading north, it will be a sparsely populated place, and even enter the sphere of influence of the Anbei Military Division.

On the vast grassland, an old horse that has lost its rein is stumbling along alone.A dozen or so Mierbo people followed the old horse at a distance.Their sheepskin jackets were covered with the simplest armor, and each of them led several pack horses with ropes behind their saddles.Apart from a few sundries and water bladders, only large, empty leather bladders hung behind the saddles of the pack horses.

"Timer," Miegu asked cautiously, "does this method work?" He 'licked' his chapped lips, sweating profusely saying that he would be able to find the treasures buried by his ancestors in this way, but following him so aimlessly After running around behind the old mare for four or five days, the hope of finding the treasure has become increasingly slim.Although Bo Shenghuo Khan had a small box indicating the direction, Miegu was still very worried about getting lost.

Timur's face changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Longevity is blessed. The method passed down from the ancestors will naturally work." He seemed to have nothing to say, but looked ahead cautiously, riding alone The sweaty face in front of him was as ugly as a dead person.Tamerlane is a confidant who has followed Kaidu Khan for more than ten years. He buried the secrets of the Mierbo patriarch in his heart that many other generals did not know. He would rather let him rot in it than say it out.

Miegu said in a deep voice: "If we can't find the treasure, we will rob them of the Han people." He squeezed the tattered felt blanket wrapped around the back of the saddle, and inside was the hard scabbard.While speaking, Miegu felt a little worried. Most of the wealthy Han families in the south lived in the city, and the slaves outside the city were even poorer than the Mierbo people. They were thin and dirty, similar to unraised livestock.If they insisted on attacking the tribe or the city, the Mierbo tribe would have to kill or injure many soldiers.

Bo Shenghuo had a gloomy face, staring straight at the old horse in front of him, with endless expectations and greed in his eyes.

The Mierbo people still have tens of thousands of cavalry, and the tribes on the grasslands are still full of fear of them, and more tribal leaders who are dissatisfied with the shady household system of the Xia family also tipped off the Mierbo people.However, the biggest threat to Bo Shenghuo did not come from the Xia Kingdom, but the Khitan people who were regarded as allies by most of the tribe.

The Khitan Emperor Yelu Dashi actually betrothed his only princess to Tachi. After learning that Bo Shenghuo was still in trouble with the Xia people on the grassland, he generously appointed him as the envoy of the Northwest and allowed him to marry the mandarin ducks in the hinterland of the Liao Kingdom. Set up a big account at Park.However, the two guys, Tachi and Urgon, have been completely lost their minds by Yelu Dashi's "obsessed" soul soup. Chi even wrote a letter to Bo Shenghuo, saying that the Song Kingdom in the south was rich in products and rich in treasures, and that was the place where Mierbo warriors used their weapons.

"This little white-eyed wolf," Bo Shenghuo muttered in a low voice, "is about to be raised as a dog by that old fox in Yelu Dashi. Where is Song State? There are 80 forbidden troops, all of whom have iron armor, light cavalry There are tens of thousands, and even the mighty Xia Kingdom can’t swallow them.” He paused for a moment, then murmured, “When did this little wolf learn to write? This Yelu Dashi is really a character." Bo Shenghuo took a deep breath of the fresh air on the grassland, "The Mierbo people were born to herd horses and sheep on the grassland. If the grassland is lost, what kind of heroes are they? More importantly, the Mierbo people are wolves on the grassland, and they cannot always cling to the shelter of the Liao Kingdom like dogs.

He has said these words many times among the generals, but the tens of thousands of Mierbo people can't keep running around like horse thieves. The troops want women and wealth.These people still yearn for Tachi and Urgon, and some even discuss in private that instead of gnawing sand on the grassland, it is better to fight for the Khitan people, who have everything they need, including women and wealth.

Suddenly, Bo Shenghuo's eyes lit up, and the old horse stopped on a piece of lush green grass, but it didn't lower its head to graze, but lingered, and began to look up to the sky and feel compassionate. "This is the place," he suppressed the excitement in his heart, observed carefully for a moment, and was finally completely sure. After he was relieved, a strong sense of shame and anxiety surged in his heart.

"Big Khan, is this the place?" Miegu rushed over and asked.

"That's right." Bo Sheng's face was gloomy, and he turned his head to look. Miegu, Timur and others did not doubt his words at all. Pickaxes are uncommon tools on the grasslands.

"Wait a minute." Bo Shenghuo raised his hand to stop his subordinates from acting rashly. He asked the people under his command to erect eight tall spears, and then hung the white horse meat that had just been slaughtered on the spear tip, and then threw it on the ground. cereals.Bo Shenghuo crouched among the spears, threw himself onto the ground three times, knelt on the ground with his eyes closed and muttered, his voice was so small that the people behind him couldn't hear clearly.

"What's going on? Aren't we here for treasure?" Mie Gu asked in a low voice, his face changed slightly.

"Here is this," Timur's face was cloudy, "the place where the patriarchs and wealth of the Merbo people are buried." He stared at the front, Bo Shenghuo was still kneeling on the ground, his back was full of sadness He Juejue continued to pray for the forgiveness of Changshengtian and ancestors.