Back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty to be the emperor

Chapter 421 Absolute Strength (1)

The spring in the prairie is beautiful, as beautiful as a fairyland. The new leaves of grass sway gently in the wind, the greenery is about to drip, and the flowers are blooming everywhere, colorful. Cows and sheep walk on the endless prairie. Amidst the sound of Qiang flute, groups of children are running and jumping for joy. , the sound of laughter is as light and crisp as a bell, and it is a beautiful picture of spring, which makes people linger and forget to return. But the eyes are full of deep worry, and the haze between the brows is faintly visible.

"Second brother, what's wrong with you?"

Perhaps because he was too involved in his thinking, Tuoba Shanye had no intention of controlling the horse, and under the belief that the horse was reining, he accidentally squeezed into the horse of Tuoba Shanxiong, the leader of the black party who was slamming Fang Qiu in front. It was very important, but it aroused the surprise of his elder brother Tuoba Shanxiong.

"Ah, it's nothing, I lost my mind."

Hearing the sound, Tuoba Shanye woke up from the fugue, saw his brother's face full of concern, Tuoba Shanye smiled embarrassedly, and responded casually.

"Second brother, do you have something on your mind? Hehe, is there anything else on the prairie that can beat my eagle?"

As soon as Tuoba Shanxiong saw the shy smile on his younger brother's face, he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart. He joked with a smile, and his voice was full of love - three brothers in the Tuoba family lost their father since childhood , all depended on the efforts of Tuoba Shanxiong, who was under 16 years old, to maintain the survival of the tribe. In the following ten years, Tuoba Shanye rose and was famous for his military strategy. After 20 years of operation, he annexed large and small party tribes Dozens, now it is one of the largest large tribes in Hexi, with more than [-] tribes, most of them depend on the ability of Tuoba Shanye, but Tuoba Shanye never takes credit for pride, serving brothers like fathers, loving and respecting brothers, three With everyone working together, the Hei Dang Xiang has gradually become the weathervane of the various tribes in Hexi, and among them, Tuoba Shanye, the most capable, has won a good reputation, known as the "Eagle of Hexi".

"Brother laughed, younger brother is just a little worried, I hope this trip can go smoothly to the bank of Huangshui River."

Facing his brother's ridicule, Tuoba Shanye obviously hesitated for a moment, but he still expressed the hidden worry in his heart.

"Well, what is the meaning of the second brother's words, I am a little confused when I hear it."

Although Tuoba Shanxiong is the leader of the tribe, he is far inferior to Tuoba Shanye in terms of military and political affairs. Even though Tuoba Shanye has pointed out that there may be changes in this trip, Tuoba Shanxiong can't understand the problem Where will it come from? I have no choice but to press and ask.

"It's nothing, maybe my little brother is worrying too much. Well, brother, do you still remember the 'Hezhou Racecourse' mentioned in the rumors a few days ago?" come out.

"'Hezhou Horse Farm'? That's just a thing made by the Han people. What does it have to do with me? It may not be for me. If you have anything to say, just say it. It's really a brother. I can't see anything wrong here."

Tuoba Shanxiong scratched the back of his head in doubt. After thinking for a while, he still couldn't figure out what was wrong with the "Hezhou Racecourse", so he could only push the question back to his younger brother.

"Brother, what do you think of King Ying?"

Tuoba Shanye didn't rush to answer his brother's question, but changed the topic.

"This... well, this man's overlord is probably not inferior to the Khan of the sky. The second brother asked this, is it because he is worried that the King of England will embarrass us?"

After all, Tuoba Shanxiong is a person who has been a person for many years. Although he is not as talented as his younger brother, he is not a fool after all. At this moment, he finally understands his younger brother's worries.

"Brother said it is very true. Heroic and heroic talents are certainly a blessing in the Tang Dynasty, but I am afraid it may not be so for the various ethnic groups in Hexi. Last year's battle..."

Tuoba Shanye sighed, and spoke half of the words full of worry.

"Second brother, don't worry too much. We didn't send troops in the last year's battle. Even if the King of England wanted to punish him, he might not be able to win us over."

Thinking of the great battle last year, Tuoba Shanxiong couldn't help feeling a burst of remorse—at the time when Tubo Prime Minister Gar Qinling came with hundreds of thousands of troops, all the tribes in Hexi thought that the Tang army would be irresistible. The fall of Hexi was imminent, so everyone rushed to make secret arrangements with Tubo, intending to gain some benefits from this battle, but they never expected that Li Xianyi would be able to block the Tubo army's attack with a weak army. The tribes didn't even have time to react, and the Tubo army was already defeated. Although most of the tribes in Hexi had never rebelled, their separation from the Tang Dynasty was obvious. Tuoba Shanye tried his best to oppose the conspiracy with Tubo, but Tuoba Shanxiong refused to listen, and stubbornly believed that the Tang Dynasty would be defeated. Although the matter was done in a concealed manner, it could not be hidden from Tang Jun's eyes and ears. Tuoba Shanxiong couldn't help worrying about the revenge from Datang.

"I hope, alas, if my Black Party Xiang clan is a small tribe, maybe it will be fine, but..."

Tuoba Shanye's thoughts are obviously far more profound than his brother's, but when it comes to countermeasures, he is also very at a loss, because the initiative to make moves is in the hands of the King of England, if he wants to see It is by no means an easy task to recruit and dismantle. Facing a lord like Li Xian, Tuoba Shanye really does not have much confidence and certainty.

"Big Brother, Second Brother, it's not good, there's trouble ahead!"

Before Tuoba Shanye finished speaking, he saw a dozen riders rushing back from the front of the team like a whirlwind. The first young man about 25 or [-] years old was Tuoba Shanzhong, the third child of the Tuoba family. He rushed to the front like a flying horse and shouted loudly.

"What are you panicking about? Tell me something!"

Seeing that Tuoba Shanzhong was so flustered, Tuoba Shanxiong's heart sank involuntarily, but when he saw that the tribes around him were all frightened, his face drooped immediately, and he reprimanded him with a straight face.

"Ah, yes, brother, that dog thief in Ning Gusdu claimed to be ordered by the Hexi Governor's Mansion to dominate the Hezhou Ranch, and led the tribal soldiers to block the way of all the tribes outside the Black Mountain Pass. The , Qiyan, and Buba tribes have all been blocked, and the front led by the younger brother has also been blocked. It is said that the entire Hezhou has been requisitioned by the Governor's Mansion of the Great Governor, and all tribes are not allowed to enter the pasture. Now there is a quarrel ahead The sky is turned upside down, elder brother, second elder brother, what do you think we should do." Seeing his elder brother getting angry, Tuoba Shanzhong didn't dare to be negligent, he took a few deep breaths, and hurriedly reported the news he got out.

"What, this old dog Ning Gusdu is really a jerk, let's go and have a look!"

Tuoba Shanxiong and Ning Gusi are old rivals, and the relationship between them has always been at odds. In previous years, there were many conflicts over ranch matters. In the past, it was the gangster Xiang who returned with a big victory. At this time, Ning Gusi Even dared to do the thing of dominating the pasture, Tuoba Shanxiong immediately became angry, with a black face, he shouted loudly, pulled his horse and led his troops to rush forward.

"Wait a minute, brother!"

Seeing that his elder brother was going to act against his anger, Tuoba Shanye became anxious immediately, he stretched out his hand in haste, grabbed Tuoba Shanxiong's rein, and hurriedly spoke to stop him.

"Second brother let go, without the ranch, how can my tribe survive? I want to see what the old bastard Ning Gusdu is capable of, how dare he do such a rebellious thing!"

Tuoba Shanxiong's anger was obviously extremely high, he flicked the rein of the horse, and wanted to get rid of Tuoba Shanye's obstruction, he cursed away angrily.

"Brother, beware of fraud, don't act on your will."

Tuoba Shanye was already suspicious about the Hexi Racecourse, and combined with Ning Gusdu's domineering actions, he concluded that the matter was not that simple. However, the ranch is related to the life and death of the tribe, and there is no way to back down on this matter. Even so, he cautiously advised his elder brother.

"Got it, let's go!"

Tuoba Shanxiong was in a fit of anger, he didn't have the heart to think about the strangeness behind this matter, he waved his hand, flicked his brother's hand holding the horse's rein, shouted loudly, and led a group of tribal guards to gallop forward Seeing this, Tuoba Shanye could only shake his head with a wry smile. He sped up his horse and chased after him... The Black Mountain Pass is one of the main roads from the Hexi Corridor to Qinghai. However, because it is located in the Tang Dynasty In the territory, there was originally only a small pass city with a thousand soldiers as guards, but since the Battle of Hezhou last year, this small pass city has begun to expand, after a autumn and winter purge , now it is a Xiongguan, completely strangling the roads for the tribes of several states in the northwest of Hezhou to enter the spring and summer pastures of Hezhou. Now, more than [-] tribal troops led by Ning Gusdu have camped one mile in front of the pass On the plain, the migration of large and small tribes was forcibly blocked. The two sides have been confronting each other for several days, and as many as [-] tribes have arrived one after another. In the past, there were nearly one hundred thousand people from all tribes. The huge Guanqian Plain was full of camps of various colors. It was the estrus period of domestic animals, and the noise of cattle, sheep and horses was extremely noisy. The clans and Ning Gusdu's tribe continued to scold and fight day and night, and the entire Guanqian plain was full of noise.

"Old Murong, old man Qiyan, what are you all making a fuss about here?"

As the largest tribe in Hexi, the prestige of the Heidangxiang is not for fun. As soon as its brigade of tribes arrived, many tribes that were fighting with Ning Gusdu's tribe immediately quieted down. The leaders of each tribe He even hurriedly turned around to meet the three Tuoba brothers, but Tuoba Shanxiong had no intention of chatting and talking nonsense with these big and small people, and the horse under his crotch had not completely stopped, and Tuoba Shanxiong was already shouting with a dark face With a single sound, Murong Wenbo, the leader of the Murong tribe, and Qiyan Zhiyan, the leader of the Uighur Qiyan tribe, did not save any face.

"Haha, I just talked about old brother Tuoba, but you're here, this time it's alright, you're here again, I'm afraid this matter can be resolved."

Murong Wenbo was a man with a smiling face, he wasn't angry at all because of Tuoba Shanxiong's blunt attitude, he just laughed and laughed, as if he was extremely pleased with the arrival of the three Tuoba brothers.

"Hey, let me tell you who is here. With such a great prestige, I dare say that Boss Tuoba is here. Hehe, whether I can enter Hezhou this time depends on you."

Qiyan Naohiko thought to himself that there was a Turkic backer behind him, and he never took the gangsters seriously, and they fought fiercely with each other over the matter of the ranch. When he saw Tuoba Shanxiong, he put on the airs of the boss, Since he was full of annoyance, he spit out some sour words sinisterly.

"Hmph, old man begging for Yan..."

Tuoba Shanxiong had defeated the Qiyan tribe several times, and he looked down upon them in his heart, but when he heard Qiyan Zhiyan's harsh words, his anger became even stronger, and he wanted to scold his mother when he opened his mouth.

"Brother, let's see what Ning Gusi is up to."

Seeing that his elder brother was about to lose his temper, Tuoba Shanye became a little anxious, fearing that there would be trouble in his own camp before the big event was settled, so he hurriedly interjected.

"Humph!"

Tuoba Shanxiong is not a person who doesn't know what to do, when he heard his younger brother open his mouth, he didn't want to get angry again, so he glared at Qi Yan Zhiyan, snorted coldly, shook the horse's reins, and rode his horse to lead the crowd towards him Walked slowly before the formation.

(End of this chapter)