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Chapter 222 Fighting Tigers in the Forest
Looking at a group of Fan people who claimed to be officers and soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, this was normal in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Both dynasties had a tradition of using Fan Jun extensively.Especially in the northern border counties, the proportion of Fanjun is even higher.

These Liaoxi mohes came to Liaoxi County from thousands of miles away from millet and have lived here for more than ten years. They have accepted Han culture, planted millet, wheat, and millet crops, raised pigs and horses, and made wine from rice.In fact, it has become a relative of the Han people. If the future generations give birth to Jurchen, they will be called mature Jurchen.It is not wrong to call this Mohe in western Liaoning.Among Sumo Mohe, except for those who came to the west of Liaoning, most of the rest who stayed in their old places have now descended to Goguryeo and become their subordinates.

In addition, Mohe is not equal to Jurchen. The Jurchen who ravaged the Central Plains twice in history, the Manchus are the northernmost Heishui Mohe among the seven tribes of Mohe. In the history of Mohe at the end of Sumo, the most famous one is Da Zuorong who established the Bohai Kingdom in the Middle Tang Dynasty .

So Li Chongjiu was not surprised to see this semi-Sinicized Liaoxi Mohe, and they didn't care much about the forehead support.Li Chongjiu vaguely remembered that now Luo Yi was in Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Beiping counties.Since Liaoxi Mohe is in Liaoxi, he should be attached to Luo Yicai.

So Li Chongjiu said tentatively in Turkic language: "So it's under the tent of Marquis Jingbian!"

When the other party heard Jingbianhou's expression, his face was slightly surprised, and he said: "We, the officers and soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, are not Jingbianhou's people."

Just one sentence is to test out the relationship between the two sides. Hearing that Luo Yi has not yet won Liaoxi Mohe, Li Chongjiu was overjoyed at the moment, and immediately rode his horse forward and said directly in Chinese: "Fortunate to meet, I dare to ask Fuyuhou Are you okay?"

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, the hostility in the opponent's eyes was greatly reduced, and his hand was farther away from the knife on the saddle. He nodded and said in Chinese: "So you are Han, are you familiar with Ama?"

It turned out that the other party was Tudiji's son. Li Chongjiu smiled reservedly and said, "When I rescued you at Yanmen Pass, I fought side by side with Lord Hou!" He led the Mohe cavalry to help in the battle, but at that time Li Chongjiu was humble and light-hearted, how could Tudiji know him.

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, this person was relieved at the moment, laughed and said: "So it is, my friend." When he said this, the other party's expression darkened, and he said: "Oh, but I don't know, it will not be in the future."

"Oh, so what do you say?"

The man laughed, and said: "Speaking so much, my name is Ugunai, come, fetch two deer and give it to this friend!"

After speaking, a bald man took two deer from hunting and handed them over directly.Li Chongjiu took a look. The wounds of the two deer were above the necks, and they were shot through the throats with arrows. This does not mean that the opponent's archery skills are good, but that they can peel off a complete deer skin.

Li Chongjiu cupped his fists and said, "I don't know where Fuyu Hou's tent is? I want to visit in person!"

Wu Gunai didn't expect that Li Chongjiu wanted to go there in person, and a person beside him said a few words in his own language.Wu Gu Nai didn't take it seriously, and even yelled a few words, obviously very unhappy, so he said directly to Li Chongjiu: "Ama's big tent is in the place where the sun rises, two horses away, it's not too far, just follow I go."

Of course Li Chongjiu agreed.After all, Ugunai stopped hunting, and hundreds of people gathered together.The other party took Li Chongjiu all the way to the southeast, but except for Wu Gunai, the rest of the people held a lot of doubts about Li Chongjiu, Er Tuo and his party.

Walking south all the way out of Mulan Paddock, there is another scene.The terrain is gradually getting higher and we are moving through the high mountains, but everywhere we can see towering trees with sore necks, and dead trees and grass branches on the ground, half a person can be trapped in it if we are not careful.

Grouse and hares in twos and threes are scurrying around in the forest.This is another scene different from the grassland. Li Chongjiu almost thought that he had come to Daxing’an Mountains, but in fact, in the Sui Dynasty, the Liaodong County in western Liaoning was just established. There have been no Han people here for a hundred years, so what he saw was nothing. A scene of untouched virgin forest.

After walking for half a day, seeing that it was almost dusk, a long roar of a tiger suddenly sounded from the forest, followed by a second beep, it turned out that there was still a tiger.Wu Gu Nai was overjoyed when he heard this, and rushed forward, followed by Li Chongjiu, only to see two big tigers roaring and fighting with a dozen big men in deerskin.

Li Chongjiu felt good when he saw it, this tiger is definitely different from the zoo, it has become a lazy big cat after eating and sleeping all day long.These two big tigers grew so tall and mighty for some reason, they had to eat a lot of food to be so big, obviously they had already killed many creatures.Seeing the ferocity of the tiger, these big men are not afraid, they are all wearing deerskin, holding iron forks, and jumping vertically to fight the fierce tiger.

"Get out of the way." Ugunai yelled loudly, and the rest of them all got out of the way when they saw it, obviously they were all from the Mohe clan.

Li Chongjiu nodded secretly, thinking that these Mohe people dare to fight against tigers, they are really brave, and they are definitely an elite army if they are gathered like this.Ugu Nai immediately threw away his clothes and went up with an iron fork in his hand, intending to fight the tiger alone.The rest of the Mohe people really didn't come forward to help, and they all meant to let the two sides meet fairly.

I saw that Wu Gu Nai was really very brave, one iron fork and two fierce tigers fought.Ugu Nai stabbed one fork to the left and one to the right, and greeted the two tigers with one fork after another.A ferocious tiger got several forks in its body, aroused its ferocity even more, bared its white teeth, and jumped at the man.Ugu Nai turned sideways to avoid it, and with a bang, the iron fork pierced the tiger's head and neck, and lifted his hands up, the tiger let out a miserable howl and fell to the ground.

Seeing that Wu Gunai had killed a tiger, everyone on the left and right cheered in unison, but seeing his companion killed, the injured tiger roared and tried to escape.Seeing it, people on the left and right drew their arrows and shot at it, but they were blocked by forest leaves or tree trunks and did not fall behind the tiger.

Just when everyone thought that the tiger was about to flee into the forest, suddenly an arrow pierced through the air, pierced through a big tree pole with a puff, and directly stuck on the tiger's forehead.The fierce tiger let out a mournful roar, struggled on its back, and then fell to the ground.

All the mohes were startled, and hurried forward, seeing that the tiger was already dead, it was actually brain-dead.Everyone knows how hard the big trees here are, but after the arrow penetrates the tree trunk, it actually penetrates the tiger's forehead, which is harder than fine iron.
Wu Gunai was surprised when he saw it, and regardless of the tiger he had killed with his bare hands, he stepped forward and twisted the tiger that was shot dead by the arrow with one hand, and came to Li Chongjiu's horse, then stared at the bow in his hand, looked left and right have a look.

It was Li Chongjiu who smiled and said, "What's wrong?"

Wu Gunai compared his thumbs and said to Li Chongjiu, "Hero! Hero! Archery, number one in the world! Number one in the world!"

Li Chongjiu laughed, cupped his fists and said, "Each, each other."

Ugunai said: "You hunted this tiger, it belongs to you!"

Li Chongjiu waved his hand and said, "For you!" After saying that, Li Chongjiu pointed to the two deer that Ugunai gave him before, indicating that it is appropriate for friends to exchange gifts with each other.

Ugunai didn't hesitate when he saw it, he directly stretched out his hand and said, "Well, good friend! Good brother!"

"Good friend! Good brother!" Li Chongjiu laughed and stretched out his hand.
The two held out their hands, and they couldn't help feeling sorry for each other. Everyone also changed their expressions of neglect towards Li Chongjiu, and everyone was in awe at the moment.And Ertuo and the others have followed Li Chongjiu for a long time, and they have long been familiar with Li Chongjiu's shooting skills, but seeing these two attitudes before and after, they felt very relieved.

That night, everyone sat down in the forest and skinned the tiger meat, and then prepared to roast it to eat.But before roasting it, the Mohe people respectfully gave Li Chongjiu a jar of tiger blood.

Li Chongjiu knew that this was a good intention, so he directly drank the can of tiger blood in front of everyone.When the Mohe people saw Li Chongjiu like this, they all clapped their hands and laughed.And Li Chongjiu's subordinates also received excellent hospitality from the Mohe people. Ertuo said to Li Chongjiu from the side: "Khan, no matter whether we are in the grassland or in the forest, people admire the hero most. Khan, your archery skills are unparalleled and powerful. Subdue these Mohe people and accept them for your own use."

Li Chongjiu smiled, but didn't answer.

The next day, everyone set off again. This walk went deeper into the mountains. The snow-melt streams and rivers trickled down. Obviously, it is much closer to the place where there are people.In the evening, Li Chongjiu saw thousands of tents densely packed under the southern mountain, and knew that he had finally reached the end of the land.Wu Gu Nai was very happy to see him, and all the big men also cheered together.

When we arrived at the Mohe camp, we saw a fire was lit in front of each yurt, surrounded by women, mending animal skins and marinating animal meat.Wu Gu Nai brought Li Chongjiu directly to the big tent in the center and picked it up to enter.

Inside the tent, there were more than a dozen shirtless men drinking wine. When they saw Ugunai, several of them rushed forward together, cheering and laughing.And Wu Gunai smiled and raised his wine glass and drank a pot, then pointed at Li Chongjiu with his finger, and talked about it for a while.

Wu Gu Nai's words were very simple, but every time he said a sentence, everyone looked at Li Chongjiu with a different look.At the end, everyone raised their jugs and swarmed up. They all raised their thumbs and praised them loudly in Chinese: "Hero! Hero!"

Wu Gunai introduced to Li Chongjiu that these people were his own brothers. It turned out that Tudiji actually gave birth to nineteen sons, and his father just happened to go to Liucheng.Many of these people can also speak Chinese that is not authentic or fluent, and Li Chongjiu can barely understand it.And Mohe people are very hospitable, although I have not seen whether Li Chongjiu is a hero or not, but because he is a good friend of Wu Gunai, everyone is extremely enthusiastic about him.

(End of this chapter)