Horse on the World

Chapter 869

One hundred thousand mountains does not mean that there are really one hundred thousand mountains in this area, but it is just a symbolic name to describe the vastness of this mountain area. In this mountain area, there are dozens of mountains over a kilometer , Counting the surrounding area, the Shiwanda Mountain has a radius of hundreds of square kilometers.The danger is not only that the mountains are high and the roads are rugged and difficult to walk, but what is even more frightening is that there are many places filled with miasma densely in the mountains and forests. People who are not familiar with these mountains will accidentally enter these places by mistake. Ten lives will also be reimbursed.Even the Qiang people dare not go to some places.
The Qiang people who live in this mountain area have formed a country for many years. No matter how the dynasties outside change, the [-] mountains are always as peaceful as ever. For countless years, the ruler who wants to conquer this mountain is not No, but after repeated loss of soldiers and generals, everyone realized that the price to be paid was completely disproportionate to the harvest if they wanted to step down the tribes in this mountain. No ruler would They paid a huge price for what they saw as a barren mountain and hundreds of thousands of rebellious barbarians.

So he admitted the tribal chiefs' rule over the mountain, and even spent money and generous rewards so that these barbarians can stay in the mountain in peace and do not come out to make trouble, so hello everyone.

The previous Qiang chiefs also followed this law, that is, to guard their homeland and not covet the colorful world under the mountain, because once they leave the mountain, the Qiang people will lose their greatest weapon against the enemy - the geographical advantage, until they reach Mata. In the first generation, the huge empire began to decline, and local governments were in charge of politics. The central government’s orders did not leave Luoyang for hundreds of miles, and the empire had no name. Wai knows better than any past chiefs that the chaos outside the mountains made the ambitious Mata determined to go out of the mountains and open up another new world for the Qiang people.

King Ning's timely wooing and Mata hit it off, and he could easily obtain a state, and it was a wealthy Qingzhou. In one fell swoop, he helped King Ning defeat Qiu Zhi's army in Luoyang and occupy Qingzhou.

In Mata's view, the Qiang people are trapped in the mountains, and there is no room for development at all. Only when they come out, can they have a chance to develop. After occupying Qingzhou, the former Qiang soldiers did start to change their guns. They have standard weapons, not like before. They have uniform uniforms and full-body armor that they had never imagined before, all of which make Mata full of confidence, even if the situation on the mainland changes, but Mata strongly believes that as long as With his [-] Qiang soldiers, it is impossible for anyone to take Qingzhou from him. On the contrary, he can take advantage of the current chaos on the mainland to expand his power and take a share of the chaos.

But obviously, although Mata is familiar with history books and is more wise than any Qiang chief in history, compared with these experienced politicians on the mainland, his heart is not dark enough and cruel enough. Because of his unique ruling style, King Ning succeeded in one blow. After killing Mata, the [-] Qiang soldiers of the Qiang tribe immediately fell into chaos. Most of the Qiang soldiers were killed, and the group of people who refused to be subdued were killed. The Qiang generals who came down from the mountain have gained a lot of wealth in the past few years, enjoying things they never thought of before. Luxurious life, the fierceness of the past has long been worn out by luxury, and the Qiang people who have lost these have no longer the vigor of the past.
But the ambitious Mata was already a pile of bones at this time.

Although the Qiang soldiers began to decline, some of their inherent traditions were rooted in their hearts. Even King Ning would not touch this bottom line. At this time, his grandson, his son and Ma Lanhua Qin Ping, his son, became the most important weapon. Mata had no son, only a daughter like Ma Lanhua, and now, Qin Ping became the sole heir of the chieftain's family, and Qin Ping, who was still in his infancy, became the chief In the name of Qin Ping, King Ning subdued most of the elders of the Qiang nationality. The large amount of wealth he brought also gave him sufficient funds to buy most of the elders of the Qiang nationality. The ground stabilized the Qiang people who had become somewhat chaotic because of Mata's death.

36% of the 90.00 Qiang village masters and the [-] cave masters sent envoys to the Taluo Village, which originally belonged to Mata and now belongs to King Ning, to express their submission and loyalty to him.
Tarot Village lives on the Taluo Mountain of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Taluo Mountain is not the highest among the Hundred Thousand Mountains, but it is definitely the most dangerous. There are five smaller peaks around the Tarot Mountain. The five small peaks became the first barrier of the Tarot village, and the sudden uplift of the Tarot mountain made it have no other way except a road to the mountain. On the way up the mountain, according to the mountain The checkpoints built by him can be said to be blocked by one man, and cannot be opened by ten thousand men. Since the construction of Tarot Village, it has never been breached, and his village has never been directly exposed to the front of soldiers.
Now the Tarot Village has become the residence of King Ning, and the [-] elite soldiers of the Southern Army are stationed on the Tarot Village and the other five peaks, and most of the important elders of the Qiang people have also been moved here by King Ning. It was to prevent the Dingzhou Army from entering the mountain and endangering the safety of these elders, so they were asked to move to the Tarot Village for safety.

King Ning, who is used to living in luxurious palaces, is not very used to moving to Tarot Village. The climate and everything here are very different from those at the bottom of the mountain. King Ning, who has been hit hard, is already weak. After going up the mountain, The body is even weaker, and fortunately they have prepared long enough, at least in terms of diet, it is temporarily guaranteed that there is not much difference from the mountain, but with the blockade of the Dingzhou Army, such days must not be too much. long.

Although his physical condition is getting worse day by day, King Ning still has to support his sick body, at least in front of those Qiang elders, he must not show the slightest weakness. In terms of the overall situation, King Ning was extremely annoyed when dealing with Malanhua. If Malanhua had been killed at that time, why would she become a hidden danger that King Ning is worried about now?

In his letter, Shang Haibo stated with certainty that the matter of Malanhua had nothing to do with Luoyang. According to his estimation, Malanhua must have fallen into the hands of Dingzhou. If this is the case, King Ning can conclude that Li Qing must have Will not let this opportunity go, Ma Lanhua must have sneaked into the Hundred Thousand Mountains by now, watching her covetously in the dark, accumulating strength secretly, hoping to give herself a fatal blow.
If those elders of the Qiang nationality who seem to be sincerely convinced by him usually know that Malanhua is still alive, how many of them will be loyal to him and follow him all the time?King Ning has no idea in his heart, and King Ning, who is well aware of his body, is determined to remove all possible obstacles for his son before he dies, so that his son can stand firmly on the top of the Hundred Thousand Mountains in the future. In the middle, control the Qiang people, and plan to fight out of the mountains one day.
It was already very late at night, and King Ning was still standing in front of the sand table, thinking of countermeasures.The house he lived in was entirely made of stone, wide and tall, and the torches in the house were burning loudly, illuminating the house brightly, but compared to the special bright candles in the previous Prince Ning's Mansion, of course it couldn't On the other hand, more than a dozen torches of this kind were lit in the house, and the smoke was relatively heavy. Although it had been a long time since he went up the mountain, King Ning was still not used to it, and his eyes were often red from the smoke.

"Your Highness!" Zhong Ziqi stepped into the door.

"Ziqi, you're back!" King Ning raised his head and rubbed his eyes, "How's Ma Hong doing?"

Ma Hong is an elder with real power among the Qiang people, and he is also one of the twelve Qiang village masters. The Niujiao village under his control is the first village leading from the Shiwan Dashan to the outside of the mountain. If the Dingzhou army is determined to enter the mountain, then Niujiaozhai must be the first.

"It has been deployed, Your Highness. In addition to Ma Hong's own soldiers, we have also deployed our own [-] elites in Niujiaozhai. With Niujiaozhai as the center, we have set up three defensive points, which are absolutely safe." Zhong Zi Period Road.
"Is Ma Hong still obedient?" King Ning raised his head and asked.
Zhong Ziqi said: "Being obedient is obedient, but he is too greedy. He wants money from us, weapons, armor, and even women. He wants everything."

"Give it to him!" King Ning said directly without thinking, "These things are nothing, as long as he firmly holds the first line of defense, I will give him whatever he wants, Ziqi, here, you also want to Be careful and take control of Niujiao Village slowly, so that it will be completely controlled by us in the end, and we will use this as our base when we send troops outside the mountain in the future."
"His Royal Highness, I have already started to arrange the defense!" Zhong Ziqi nodded.

"Well, Ziqi, come and take a look. Shang Haibo promised to give us weapons and supplies, but there are too few passages from Bazhou to Shiwanda Mountain, and they have to be transported to Tarot Village, which is too far away. It's not an easy task!"

"Yes, Your Highness, but no matter how difficult it is, we can't give up. Even if we can only bring very few things each time, we must work hard for this, because this is not just a matter of weapons and supplies, but also involves a Morale issue, let our soldiers see, let those Qiang people see that we are not alone, and our foreign aid will do their best to provide support for us."
"You can see clearly!" King Ning nodded and said, "That's exactly the case. I have asked Tai'er to set up a special department to deal with the materials brought in. Let him control these materials, and it is also for the convenience of him and these Qiang elders. With more contact, presumably those greedy elders will run to Taier more frequently for these things."

"Your Highness is far-sighted!" Zhong Ziqi said.
King Ning sighed, "I'm only worried about one thing now, and that's Malanhua. If this girl doesn't die, we won't be able to stand firm among the [-] mountains."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will find her and kill her." Zhong Ziqi said fiercely.
(End of this chapter)