Horse on the World

Chapter 216 Shi Wei
Congling Pass is a dangerous pass that the prairie barbarians rely on to block the barbarians in their eyes, the Shiwei people. The Shiwei people and the prairie barbarians lost hundreds of years ago in the battle for the grassland, and were expelled to this poor mountain. , that tragedy was extremely tragic, the two ethnic groups who fought desperately for the living space suffered heavy casualties, although the Shiwei people fled, but the barbarians were unable to kill them all, so they built a city in Congling to To resist the counterattack of the Shiwei people.

If any of the generals of Dachu saw this dangerous city in the eyes of the Shiwei people, which could not be broken for hundreds of years, he would definitely fall to the ground laughing on the spot, even though the grassland barbarians have been fighting for hundreds of years. It was reinforced, especially in the Bayar period, it was even renovated, but in the eyes of the people of Dachu who are used to seeing the dangerous city and the heroic city, it is still not worth mentioning.

Like the barbarians, the people of Shiwei advocate field battles and decide the outcome immediately, but they are basically laymen when it comes to defending and attacking the city. Relying on these skills of defending the city, they firmly locked the way for the Shiwei people to advance eastward.

The poor mountains and bad water resources where the Shiwei people live are extremely scarce. One side is the vast ocean, the other two sides are the vast desert, and the narrow area in the middle is the territory of the Shiwei people. In the past hundred years, not only have they united to attack the Congling Pass, but they have also carried out the law of the jungle among themselves, killing each other. After hundreds of years of survival of the fittest, Shiwei has only three relatively large tribes left.The Mughal tribe, the Luotan tribe, and the Datan tribe, among the three major tribes, the Mughal tribe is the most powerful, almost surpassing the combined strength of the Luotan and Datan tribes. Like Er, the Shiwei people also had a wise tribal leader in this generation, the old king of the Mughal tribe. After decades of struggle, he unified Shiwei and formed a powerful regime. Bayar was forced to send the Wolf Running Army to Congling Pass to resist the increasingly fierce attack of the Shiwei people.

But it is a pity that this wise old king died suddenly and strangely, and the unresolved throne of the Shiwei regime, which was left behind, became a delicacy in the eyes of his sons. They all want to sit on the throne inlaid with gold and jade.Whoever sits on the seat of Qiyin Mo Duhe (called by the leader of the Shiwei people) of the Mughal tribe will become the king of the entire Shiwei people, and the Qiyin Mo Duhe of the Luotan tribe and the Datan tribe They have made it clear that they will remain neutral in the struggle among several heirs, and they will show respect to whoever takes the position of Mughal begging Mo Tuohe.This exacerbated the battle between several heirs.

When Mingyan and his entourage set foot on this land, the battle was already intensified, and after several weak people withdrew one after another, everyone's eyes fell on the last two contenders. On the bodies of the king's eldest son Zalantu and the fourth son Tie Nige.

When Mingyan saw the living conditions of the Shiwei people, she couldn't help being a little stunned. She was born in the affluent Dachu, and she never thought that such a poor and backward place existed.This is still the most primitive species of people who live on nomads and nomads. Because of the small area they live in, they have also developed some other ways of living to make up for the lack of nomads and nomads. For fishing, the boat is the simplest kind of thing that can be called a fishing boat made by hollowing out the center of a whole tree. Seeing those Shiwei people rowing this kind of boat to go fishing, it is really shocking. Yan was worried that a wave would sink them to the bottom of the sea at any time.There is also some agricultural cultivation, mainly millet and wheat.However, due to the severe lack of iron tools, their cultivation is still in a very primitive stage.Seeing Mingyan in this situation, he couldn't help but feel very worried. Can such an extremely backward nation help the commander in his great cause of pacifying the barbarians in the grassland?

Deng Peng's large ships can't dock here, because Shiwei people don't need to build such a large dock. Every year, some ships will come here to trade with Shiwei people and bring Shiwei people with them. Salt, food, and especially ironware are in great need, in exchange for the fur of some precious animals brought by the Shiwei people, pearls picked up from the sea, and so on.

Whenever a ship arrives, it is always the happiest time for these Shiwei people, because these big ships can bring what they are desperately lacking, and what the other party wants is something they don't need at all. It's something everyone is happy with.

Several small boats were put down on the big ship, and they kept transporting things to the shore. Today, the Shiwei people on the seaside are very disciplined, because their noble prince, the fourth son of the old king, Tienig, descended Qu Gui went to the seaside in person, which made ordinary Shiwei people very strange. In the past, these transactions had never been made by nobles of this level. There were a lot of boxes and fully armed guards, and the person who landed at the end caught their eyes even more. It was a woman dressed gracefully and luxuriously, glamorous and charming.

Seeing this woman, Tienig's eyes lit up, and he walked up quickly, stroked his chest with his left hand, bent down and said, "Honorable guest from the Heavenly Kingdom, Shi Wei Tienig welcomes you here."

Mingyan slightly bowed his knees and returned the salute, "Honorable Prince Tienig, Mingyan, a woman in distress from the Great Chu, came here to ask for your protection. Please don't refuse the request of a weak woman!"

Tienig stood up straight, with joy shining in his eyes, "This is my duty, Princess Mingyan, Tienig has prepared the best house, the most comfortable bed, and the most delicious meals for you, enough to Allows you to eliminate the fatigue caused by long-distance travel."

Watching the eldest prince Tienig welcome this mysterious woman away with the most honorable etiquette, the Shiwei people by the sea were all amazed, and they all guessed the identity of this mysterious woman, looking at her clothes and the clothes his guards were wearing. Sophisticated armor and well-made waist knives, these things, even the nobles of Shiwei, may not be able to own them, and these things that are status symbols in the eyes of Shiwei people are casually worn here. From the body of the woman's guard, it can be seen that this woman's identity must be extremely precious, and the prince once called him a princess. Could it be the princess of the distant kingdom of Chu?

The identity designed by the Statistical and Investigation Department for Mingyan was a former princess of the Great Chu. Her grandparents were murdered all over the family for attempting to conspire, and she was the only orphan left to escape under the protection of loyal guards. Later, the orphan girl grew up and got the help of a certain important frontier official of Great Chu, so she was able to go west to Shiwei for refuge. Of course, this important frontier official was Li Qing, the commander of Dingzhou.

Tienig certainly knows that Li Qing, who has become famous in the past two years, is a young man not much younger than himself. In less than two years, he has successively defeated the barbarians, the biggest enemy of the Shiwei people. According to the principle that your enemy is your friend, Tienig has preconceived Li Qing as a potential ally. It is a trivial matter to protect this princess. If you can get in touch with Li Qing and get help from there, then For me, it is a big deal, just look at Li Qingneng's use of the water master to send a prisoner here without anyone noticing, you can know his energy, can send people, of course he can send Other things come.Looking at the excellent equipment of the guard of the troubled princess, Tienig felt itchy in his heart.

The location of the Mengwu tribe is a narrow basin between two mountains. The square garden is hundreds of miles away. It is the most fertile land in the territory occupied by the Shiwei people. The agricultural production can basically meet the daily needs of the Mengwu tribe. This is also the fundamental reason why the strength of the Mengwu tribe is far superior to the other two. If you can easily fill your stomach, you will naturally have the energy to do more other things.

The most comfortable house that Tienig called was just a house built with huge stones, with simple furniture and the most primitive decoration. Lutou, Mingyan couldn't help feeling a little nauseous.But those chairs, beds, and the precious animal skins that were sold on the ground showed that Tienig was indeed recruiting the so-called princess with all his heart.

After Mingyan settled down, it took only a short time for Tienig to firmly believe that the troubled princess could bring him great help. Through Deng Peng's navy, Li Qing successively provided Tienig with a series of The weapons, bows and arrows eliminated by Dingzhou played a major role in defeating several competitors for Tienig. When some of his brothers were still using horn bows and bone arrows, Tienig's The guards had been equipped with iron armor, iron bows, and all iron weapons. He easily defeated several competitors, and thus faced his most powerful brother Zalantu head-on.

Zalantu has the strongest strength of the Mengwu tribe, and several competitors who were defeated by Tienig also voted for Zalantu one after another, which made Tienig's life difficult. Now the Mengwu tribe, Zhalantu Lantu has two-thirds of the strength, while Tienig can barely account for one-third.

Several consecutive battles ended in Tienig's failure. Seeing that the overall situation was about to be settled, Luotan and Datan's intention to support Zalantu became increasingly obvious, which made Tienig extremely anxious. Tienig knew that if his brothers surrendered, his elder brother would be taken in, and even if he surrendered, he couldn't let his elder brother let him go. If he couldn't win, he would be dead one.

"Don't worry! Prince Tienig, all we need now is time. Use all you can to delay the time as much as possible. The longer the time, the better for us. I have already sent a request to Marshal Li Qing for support." Please, I think, it won’t be long before you see the elite Chu soldiers crossing Shiwei to the west, and these well-equipped soldiers will gather under your command and wipe out your enemies!” Ming Yanwen She comforted Tie Nige softly. In fact, in Mingyan's heart, she was also very anxious. Through the intelligence system of the Statistics and Investigation Department, she also learned the news that Dingzhou failed in the Baishan Mountaineering. She was not sure. Under such circumstances, can Dingzhou transfer troops westward to Shiwei?

But her doubts dissipated after the New Year. Someone from Dingzhou clearly told Mingyan that the vanguard of Dingzhou would arrive in the area controlled by the Shiwei people in April. Greg was ecstatic.

(End of this chapter)