Along with the noise, there were bursts of crisp hoofbeats, faintly accompanied by the melodious bell ringing. Looking around, it was a caravan coming from a distance. Several tall horses were galloping, with big bamboo baskets and wooden boxes on their backs, filled with cloth, tea, salt and other things. The backs of the horses were crushed. Bend down.
In the horse team, there were black-eyed and yellow-skinned big Chinese, but there were also a few foreigners who were taller than ordinary big Chinese, with straight nose bridges and light blue eyes.
"Sure enough, they are Hu people," Gao Chief excitedly said, "These Hu thieves are so courageous, seeing my Dahua million-strong army marching into Xingqing Mansion, they still dare to swagger past us, it's too embarrassing! Brother Lin, I'm going to take them down now, and we've won the first battle, hehe."
The caravan passed in front of the army, their expressions were as usual, and there was no panic, which was indeed a bit strange.
Hu Bugui smiled and said, "Brother Gao, don't be reckless. These are civilian caravans traveling to and from the desert. They cannot be attacked. The people at the frontier pass barter with the Turks with silk tea to obtain the horses and grassland specialties of the Hu people." , This kind of business exchange has a history of a hundred years in Xingqing Mansion, and the founder of the country has already approved it. Even when the war was the most violent, the private transactions between the people of the two places have never stopped."
Where there is demand, there is trade. Even the flames of war cannot block this most primitive need. Lin Wanrong nodded and said: "Brother Hu is right. Wars are for national interests, and trade exchanges are for people's livelihood needs. The two are not the same. Contradictions. We are on the border with Turkic, and cultural and economic exchanges and mutual integration are inevitable."
Hu Bugui gave a thumbs up and sighed: "The Hu people have been at war with us for many years. Countless Dahua women have been abducted, and there are also Hu women who admire the Dahua culture and marry the husband of the Hua family. Intermarriage has been going on for many years. They have multiplied and multiplied, giving birth to a lot of mixed-race children, which is also common in Xingqing Mansion and Helan Mountain."
Wherever ethnic groups live together, there will be integration. This is an unbreakable truth. Lin Wanrong nodded slightly, and said seriously: "Intermarriage and trade are the needs of the people's livelihood. There is nothing wrong with it. It's just that when the war between the two countries is about to start, how can it be effective?" Preventing barbarians from spying on information is the most important thing. It’s like this caravan coming and going. No one can be sure which of them is a barbarian spy.”
Among them, except for Hu Bugui, it was the first time for the others to go to the border. I still don't understand many of the rules. Hu Bugui smiled and said: "It is necessary to exclude spies. Any Hu people who come to Dahua to do business must be guaranteed by a Dahua gentry. All caravans must be opened and inspected one by one when they pass through the border. Guanwen can pass through. In fact, we are not the only ones who are worried, the Hu people are more worried than us. The number of Chinese who pass through Turkic to do business in various places is ten times or a hundred times more than the Turkic people who go to Dahua to do business. The Hu people have more headaches than us. If we really catch spies, the barbarians might catch more spies than their cavalry."
The few people who said a word laughed. Although Hu Bugui's words were a bit exaggerated, Dahua people's business acumen is world-renowned, and Hu people certainly dare not underestimate them.
"On the matter of trade between the two places, we had negotiations with the Hu people. Unless it was a last resort, neither side should attack the caravan. There was also a document written in black and white. I, Dahua, have always kept my word and kept my word. I realized that in the past few decades, we have never robbed each other's caravan. It's just that the Turkic man pissed on milk and talked like farting. He could do half of it out of ten times, and the rest of the time he was It's okay to grab it, grandma—" Hu Bugui snorted angrily, extremely annoyed that he didn't believe what the Hu people said.
While the few people were talking, the caravan was approaching. The Dahua merchants in the team were chatting loudly with the soldiers. From time to time, the happy laughter of the fellow villagers passed by. Those barbarians were careful about Li Yi's walking, fearing that his footsteps would be too heavy, which would frighten the Dahua soldiers and cause them to be killed.
"Ding Dang," Ding Dang, the clear ringing of the bell wafted past my ears, several carriages of the caravan slowly passed by, the curtains of the carriages were shaking, and the situation inside could not be seen clearly.
The barbarians in front of him couldn't be caught, Gao Chief could only stare at them fiercely, and refused to let them go one by one. When the caravan's carriage passed by, he poked his head out for a few glances, and suddenly exclaimed: "Woman! Turkic woman!"
His voice was not too loud, so that everyone around him could hear it.
Turkic woman! This sound exploded everyone's eardrums like thunder. Tens of thousands of soldiers marched for thousands of miles, and women were extremely rare, let alone Turkic women!
Lin Wanrong was also startled by Gao Chief's sound, and hurriedly scanned the surroundings, looking around, not to mention Turkic women, not even a female fly produced by Dahua.
The old boy thought women were going crazy, he patted Lao Gao on the shoulder helplessly, and said with a smile: "Brother Gao, why are you so anxious? Forget it, I will let you take half a day off when you enter the city later, and you can find it yourself." Find a place to solve it, so as not to see a monkey's ass being regarded as a woman's face!"
"It's true," Gao Chief stared straight ahead and murmured, "In the car curtain—look, the Turkic woman—***, there is no reason for it, how can Turkic grow such a beauty? !"
Lin Wanrong followed Gao Chief's gaze, and saw that on a carriage in the middle, the curtain was lifted slightly, revealing a woman's figure faintly.
The woman looked young, about ten years old, wearing a tulle skirt with a blue background and pink edges, the long skirt floated around like a cloud, a gold silk felt on her head, her face The top is covered with a transparent light-colored veil, and the outline of the cheek can be vaguely seen. The bridge of the nose is slightly raised, the white teeth are half exposed, and the red lips are slightly upturned, forming a pretty arc of a smile, like a crescent moon rising from the sky.
Her cloud-like hair fell down like a rushing black waterfall, her skin was as crystal clear as jade in Tianchi Lake, her beautiful pupils moved slightly, and she was looking around. Those eyes are like autumn waves, with a touch of almost invisible faint blue in the dark water, deep and clear, like the Namtso Lake in the depths of the grassland, crystal clear and clean.
The wives of Duolin Wanrong's family are all beautiful. He already has a very high immunity to beauty, but the Turkic girl with a strong exotic style, even her face is not completely clear. , still made him feel an indescribable feeling of astonishment. It's not because of her face, but because of her pair of eyes as deep as autumn water, with faintly hidden light blue eyes hidden in the pitch black, which are as deep as the distant mountains and daisy, arousing infinite fantasies.
Not only Lin Wanrong, but even veterans like Hu Bugui and Du Xiuyuan, who had experienced many battles, were dumbfounded when faced with the sudden appearance of the Turkic woman.
The Turkic girl looked around with beautiful eyes, and suddenly smiled sweetly, her clear eyes shone brightly, her thin eyebrows were slightly bent, like a faint crescent moon in the sky.
"Yueyaer!" Lin Wanrong sighed softly, and for some reason, he read it in his heart, as if this was the name of the Turkic girl.
The curtains of the carriage were drawn down, and the carriage gradually moved away. This girl was like a gust of wind, coming and going quickly. It wasn't until the crisp ringtone faded away that the small one could hardly be heard, and everyone woke up like a dream. Hu Bugui shook his head in disbelief and said: "My old Hu has fought with Hu people all his life in the desert grassland, but I have never seen such a watery Turkic woman. Where can Turkic people have such green mountains and green waters that can raise children?" Such a beautiful woman?"
Chief Gao let out a sigh of relief, and said, "Beauty, whether it's Turkic or Dahua, it's the same when you take off your clothes and turn off the lights? It's just that the eyes of this little beauty are so f*ckingly captivating." , Even if it takes my life, it’s worth it! Sigh, my old Gao has learned a lot today.”
In the desert outside the Great Wall, to meet such a Turkic beauty, although it is only a glimpse, it is also a pleasant scenery. Lin Wanrong laughed out loud. He patted Gao Chief on the shoulder and said: "Beauty is hard to come by, it's a blessing to catch a glimpse, how can you expect too much?"
Gao Chief heheed a few times, and suddenly remembered something. Turning his eyes, he grabbed Hu Bugui and said, "Brother Hu, you just said that I, Dahua, have kept my promise and have never attacked a Hu caravan for more than ten years, but that Turkic man has kept his promise and has robbed many times." Looting my Dahua caravan, is there such a thing?!"
Hu Bugui nodded: "It's true. The Hu people were interested, and they thought of this treaty, and lost their interest. They wantonly plundered my caravan. It's really hateful."
"It's really hateful." Gao Chief smiled, and suddenly turned to Lin Wanrong. With a smile all over his face, he said, "Brother Lin, how do you feel about that Turkic beauty just now?!"
"That's right!" Lin Wanrong nodded, and suddenly saw Gao Chief's wretched eyes, and was startled: "Brother Gao, what are you going to do?!"
"Since Brother Lin thinks this Turkic beauty is not bad, it's easy to handle." Old Gao Yin said with a smile: "The barbarian has become a villain, why should we be gentlemen! I'll call some brothers. Cover your face Robbed the caravan, then snatched this Turkic woman back, and warmed your bed for Brother Lin. If she dares not follow, I have a lot of good medicine here, Brother Lin, you also know—hehe, this is called, Grab Turkic women and win glory for Dahua!"
What a "grabbing Turkic women and winning glory for Dahua". Lao Gao, you bastard, you think I'm the king of the mountain? ! Lin Wanrong was sweating profusely, neither crying nor laughing, Du Xiuyuan and Hu Bugui looked at each other even more.
Seeing that he didn't speak, the high chief became even more excited: "Oh, what's there to be embarrassed about, isn't it just a Turkic woman, just throw it away after you use it up! When the news spreads, our army will definitely be motivated , invincible—"
Can this news get out? Ning'er and the others cast a curse on me! General Lin was horrified, wiped off his cold sweat hastily, grabbed Gao Chief and said, "Brother Gao, you also know that I have always had a lofty heart, and I am not that interested in beauty, and there are only less than ten wives in my family. Rob Turkic Minnie, it is really detrimental to my grand demeanor, we still have to convince people with virtue, and conquer people with virtue!"
Du Xiuyuan also said: "Brother Gao, you must not be reckless. If the matter of robbing the caravan reaches the ears of the general and military division Xu, we will be punished by the military."
Several people tried to persuade Gao Chief to comfort him. Lao Gao sighed: "Brother Lin, I also know that it is disgraceful to rob civilian women. But I, Dahua, have been weak for a long time. If you can take this opportunity to conquer this Turkic beauty, it will greatly improve the morale of our army." It is beneficial! Besides, this is also your strength!"
What strengths, you treat me as a stallion! I'm here to fight, not to pick up girls. Master Lin snorted angrily, but unconsciously remembered that "crescent moon".
When all the army entered the city, it was already the time when the lights were on. The Xingqing Mansion guards the western section of the Great Wall, is next to Helan Mountain, and overlooks Yulin and Wuyuan counties outside the pass. This place will also be the center of the anti-Hu army, and Li Tai's camp will be stationed here.
After many years of wars, the people of Xingqing Mansion have been displaced, and it is only at the beginning of night that there are very few people on the street, and the few shops have also closed their doors.
Standing on the Great Wall at Sanguankou, looking at the dark night of Xingqing Mansion, and the dilapidated courtyards everywhere, Li Tai's gray hair was flying in the wind in the wild sand of the desert. He sighed and regretted: "The former fortified Jiangnan, today's ruins ! Generals, how do you feel?!"
Standing behind the general were the commanding generals of the various armies. All of their faces were covered with dust, but no one wiped it off.
He had just entered the city, and before he even drank his saliva, he was summoned by Li Tai to watch the night view at the third pass. Lin Wanrong was lazily leaning against the crenels of the Great Wall, with the whistling dust whistling in his ears. The deserted wind and sand outside the Great Wall rolled up the dark clouds all over the sky, like a giant fang with its mouth open, surging towards the city wall.
In the groggy night, the iron guns of the soldiers shone coldly, and under the ancient city wall, the moonlight reflected the light of the desert.
The sand in the desert is like snow, and the moon in Yanshan is like a hook! Lin Wanrong murmured, facing the grand desert, cold moon and wind and sand, no matter how great a person is, they become as insignificant as sand. Faced with this situation, there is only one word to describe his state of mind at this time - desolation! Incomparably desolate!