Rouran, Qionglongling
In Rouran, everything related to Qionglu, Qionglong, and Qiongzi is a place for people with high cars. Or where the tall car people once lived.
Qionglongling used to be a place where people from high carts exchanged goods. There was a wide dome, so it was named so. Most of the mountains outside the Great Wall are endless mountain ranges. Qionglong Ridge is in the center of the three water veins, backed by the Tianshan Mountains.
Of course, a place where water plants flourish like this is absolutely impossible to be a place with tall people.
Here, Rouran people must go through when they are grazing. Although it is not a spring day, there are still many Rouran old and young to spend the winter here.
To the north is where Rouran's royal court is located.
Di Yefei and a group of Gaoche buddies set out for Jinshan with the young men of Di Zhuzhen's tribe, bringing a total of more than 200 people. This is a small number in the Gaoche tribe, but the Gaoche people have the habit of exchanging goods everywhere, so Di Yefei and a group of people drove the Gaoche, carrying some not too valuable but practical goods, from Chunqing Zhuang Zhuang rushed to Jinshan, which is very suitable for the "barter" team of Gaoche people.
Such teams are very popular in the grasslands, where people can exchange for salt, sugar, silk, and iron. But if you encounter unreasonable crawling cavalry, things will be robbed. Therefore, the high-vehicle teams that came out to "barter" generally used the banner of their own affiliated tribes.
The Di Zhuzhen clan, who came to join the Great Wei, originally belonged to the territory of Wu Ti, the son of the Rouran Great Tan Khan, so they used the emblems and flags attached to Wu Ti when they traveled.
Prince Wu Ti had the best chance of winning among the heirs of the Khan Kings, followed by Prince Wu Ti's uncle Lu Pi, so the Crimson people were polite to Di Yefei and the others when they saw the emblems on the high carriage.
Is this emblem useful? Wu Ti probably doesn't remember how many high-vehicle vassals he has. He is a prince of Rouran. He was born with a small country given by his mother and his father. The tribes looted in the small country are his children. Every year, the population is counted and property is collected. Generally calculated clearly.
Di Yefei was wrapped in a thick fur coat, only showing half of his face outside. The north is even colder than the Montenegro camp. When I go to the toilet in the middle of the night, I can't untie my belt for a long time, which shows how cold it is. Di Yefei's fur coat was provided by a few family members. It didn't look conspicuous on the outside, but the inside was extremely warm. Even so, it was freezing enough.
The group of them slowly set off towards Jinshan along the place where the Gaoche people would nomadic go, but they encountered a wind and snow on the way.
They should have set off immediately after the wind and snow was over, but the Gaoche painter who was sent to draw the map in the army tent wanted to stay for a few more days to clearly draw the position under the Tianshan Mountains and the land of water and grass, so the group took the guise of Someone fell ill, and it was delayed here for a few more days.
Fortunately, they brought a lot of fur when they set out. When they got here, they exchanged fur, salt, and squirming herdsmen for food and paid for the accommodation. Otherwise, they would have been driven out long ago.
It all went smoothly until one day, a strange guy appeared in the wriggling.
Di Yefei was wrapped in leather and leaning against the pillar to bask in the sun, and a shadow appeared in front of him in an instant. He raised his eyelids, and saw the ill-fated face in front of him again, and really wanted to say hello.
Ahhh!
Why can't this kind of thing be avoided when it comes to Rouran
"As soon as I see you, my heart begins to sing happily." The bearded man squatted in front of Di Yefei. "Why is that? It must be because I like you so much."
"I'm a man..." Di Yefei explained for the nth time.
The shepherd claimed to be the hunter of the tribe, and when he saw him, he was astonished. Obviously he rarely goes out of the tent, but he just persevered and came up to talk to him.
He has already told the painter that he must leave tomorrow, and then stay, he is afraid that he will kill the hunter.
"I know you're a man." The bearded man sat down. "I just like your face. Even if I know you're a man, I want to take a second look."
"whatever."
Di Yefei reluctantly covered most of his face with a leather jacket and continued to bask in the sun.
Anyway, if you look at it, there will be no less meat.
"Why do you come out to barter? It's very dangerous to travel at this time." The bearded man asked him curiously: "The grasslands are full of wolves until winter nights, and the water and grass are not abundant in winter, so the shepherds go further south. What are you doing going north?"
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"We didn't go north, we were rescued here by the wind and snow!" Di Yefei couldn't bear it any longer. "We'll be leaving in two days!"
"Oh, where are you going?"
"Back to the tribe!"
Di Yefei really disliked him for being long-winded, so he stood up and ran into the tent.
"Beauty! Beauty, don't run away!"
The bearded man chased after a few steps, and suddenly his face changed greatly.
"What happened to the dust head over there?"
Di Yefei's footsteps also stopped.
He has been in the Montenegro camp for so long, and he has long been accustomed to seeing such dusty heads.
That is the dust head of the cavalry.
The Crimson and Gaoche people stationed in Qionglongling moved quickly, and some people from the tribe who were good at riding and archery immediately went out to inquire. The bearded man climbed up a long pole in three or two steps and looked in the direction of Chentou.
If it was a friend, the cavalry would not be so galloping, this is obviously a sign that a charge is about to be launched!
The territory of Rouran is not very peaceful, and his own people are also fighting. In winter, if food is scarce, it will either go south to sack Wei and Liang, or loot the small countries and affiliated tribes in the country for the winter.
But now it's early spring, the coldest winter has long passed, and the lambs have all been born. Who would attack at this time
The Creepy people seemed to be used to such attacks. After the horn made of horns kept ringing, the tents were quickly put away, the cattle and sheep were driven to one place, and the young men stepped on their horses one after another. Pick up something that can be used as a weapon.
The Gaoche youths who came out with Di Yefei were all men capable of fighting, plus dozens of Gaoche elite cavalry from the Montenegro camp, they found Di Yefei, quickly assembled, and threw their things into the Gaocha. in the person's car.
"What's the situation? Who attacked the tribe under Qionglong Ridge?"
"I don't know." Di Yefei stepped onto the war horse, because they were posing as a "barter" team. They didn't bring any long weapons, most of them were sabers and short blades, and most of them were bows and arrows.
"Shall we withdraw first?"
Gaoche painter glanced coldly at the creepy camp that began to move suddenly. "We still have a heavy responsibility, and there is no reason to live and die with these people."
"What if it's not the enemy?"
"It's not the enemy, it's probably us..." A Gaoche soldier immediately lowered his voice in a low voice: "It shouldn't be one of us, right? How could your majesty go so quickly."
They have been traveling for a month, and they have only just arrived at Qionglong Ridge. If the Montenegro camp is marching, even if there is no obstruction, it will take more than a month to get here. After all, it is impossible to throw away all the food, grass and luggage. If you follow the food and grass, you will not get anywhere.
After a while, the few herdsmen who were inquiring about the news rode back to the camp and shouted.
"It's not from our King Khan! It's from Wei! The people from Tuoba Xianbei are here!"
When these words came out, everyone was shocked.
Including real Wei people.
"how can that be?"
"It must be impossible!"
"Which general is so brave?"
Wriggling and Xianbei have long since become feuds, just like wriggling thinking about going south to capture Wei State all day long, the common herdsmen of wriggling also have the fear that "one day Tuoba Xianbei will come".
The clothes and armor of the crawly people are quite different from those of the people in the south. The hair of the war horses of the crawling is also thicker than that of the people in the south, so the sharp-eyed herdsmen can tell whether it is the crawling or the tall man at a glance.
Knowing that the Wei people had arrived, the men from the entire Qionglong Mountain began to gather and go to the front to meet the enemy. The old and weak women and children began to retreat to the rear with the important supplies of the clan, but after a while, they saw the enemy's army. shadow.
Di Yefei and others originally wanted to wait for a while to see what was going on, but as soon as the figures of the thousands of cavalrymen appeared, everyone almost vomited three liters of blood.
On the dazzling banner, there are obviously two words!
Di Yefei was illiterate, so he couldn't recognize what those two words were, but he knew that the flag of the army in their army was not like this!
"Let's go!" Di Yefei, the leader of the team, made an immediate decision. "Let's get out of here!"
The Gaoche people immediately drove the Gaoche, and the group set off towards the west. The troops were in chaos, and some things were not taken care of. Almost everyone retreated north or rushed west.
Di Yefei's horse hadn't even run a few steps, and the bearded man immediately led a group of people to catch up with the horse, blocking their retreat.
"Don't go! We need your tall cars to stop the other's charge!"
"This is our freight car, why should I take it for you!" a high-car soldier shouted, "The enemy is here! Get out of the way!"
"This tribe saved you, gave you food, gave you drinks, and let them recuperate. When something went wrong, you ran away immediately? Your high car must be lent to us, and we will give it back double!"
"Where are we going to find you..."
"Take all the food and whatever you can carry and give them our tall cart."
Di Yefei interrupted him and asked all his own people to jump out of the car.
Di Yefei didn't feel bad about what was inside, the important thing now is that they must all be alive.
They also have to go to the foot of Jinshan to join the Chile League, and let Gaoche, old, young, women and children all move south. Li Canjun said that once the Xia Kingdom is captured, they can go straight to the border of the Xia Kingdom from the foot of the Jinshan Mountain, and enter from the Xia Kingdom. Wei State, there is no need to bypass the soft and vast grasslands.
Now there is an unknown army chasing behind them, and the tall car has become a burden to them. They were originally cavalry soldiers. They could survive on the grasslands as long as they brought dry food, water and important supplies and found places with water and grass along the way.
"Beauty, I knew you were righteous!" The bearded man blew a whistle and ordered the others behind him. "Others continue to look for the car, and immediately line up to block!"
There were dozens of people behind the bearded man, and when they heard his order, they immediately dispersed.
"Damn it, it really is Helian, I thought I was wrong!"
The iron cavalry in the distance appeared in front of the people. Although the soldiers and armor were just like they were, they all looked like they were in the dust. They should have been traveling in the grassland for a long time.
The cavalry without baggage and supplies is the most terrifying. Except for looting the tribe to obtain food and supplies, they have absolutely no chance to survive in the prairie. This cavalry has about three or four thousand people, and the armor, weapons and horses are better than the Rouran army. It is no wonder that the Rouran people who went to inquire in front of them shouted, "Wei people are here, Tuoba Xianbei is here. already."
Di Yefei's comrades packed everything up and were about to flee westward on their horses. Di Yefei was about to leave when he turned around abruptly when he heard the voice of the beard.
"What did you say? Helian?"
There are some differences between Rouran's words and Gaoche's words, but the pronunciation of "Helian" can still be heard immediately.
"Do you understand Chinese characters?"
Di Yefei didn't understand what the two seal characters on the flag were written on.
Beard carefully looked at the dust head in front, and all the herdsmen in Qionglongling had already started to build a "Great Wall" in front of him with carriages and horses according to his requirements.
Hearing Di Yefei's question, he turned his head and laughed.
"Hahaha, are you starting to admire me? Worship me? I do understand Chinese characters, and I can also speak your words. Otherwise, if you stay and help me, I will teach you..."
"goodbye."
Di Yefei simply pulled the reins of his horse and followed his companions away.
Di Yefei and his party were mentally prepared to meet various dangers before setting off, but this did not include meeting Xia's army in the territory of the Rouran people and being hunted down.
damned! Their Wei army was knocking down Xia, but the people of Xia came to Rouran
What does it mean? Xia Guo's site is not good, come and change with Rouran
What can thousands of people do
They walked among the gravel and withered grass, and the Rouran people who passed by along the way shot them angry eyes. They rescued them who were about to freeze to death in the vast grassland, and now they have encountered unknown enemies who want to plunder their cattle, sheep and everything, but this mostly young team wants to abandon them.
Such eyes made some tall people feel irritable.
"Damn it! If I am really a Gaoche tribe, I must..."
"What nonsense are you talking about! Look at these real Gaoche tribes, which one shows what they've left behind? Here, you rob me, I rob you, and these Gaoche people have also been robbed, and there is no way to feel compassion. Heart to stay and help." Gao Che's soldiers, who were about 30 years old, persuaded: "We have given them fur and salt, and even left the car for them, enough to repay the grace of saving lives."
More than 200 people rushed to the higher ground and saw that no cavalry was chasing after them, so they slowed down the pace of the horses and turned around to see what was going on.
"My God! Who is that bearded man? He really did it..." The painter who joined the army tent widened his eyes. "Where did those cavalry come from?"
Behind the beard, behind the obstacles blocked by tall cars and various chariots and horses, a team of about a thousand people appeared. They all had bows and arrows in their hands, and aimed them at the oncoming cavalry.
"That bearded man is probably a gentleman of Rouran who went out on patrol. He understands Chinese characters, and he can see that Helian is written on the flag."
Di Yefei looked at the distance with a grim expression, the horseshoe kicked the gravel, and the stone rolled down the slope. Di Yefei's eyes were as focused as he was looking at a lover.
"I don't know why there are people from Xia appearing in Rouran. Although there are not many people, it is too strange. We need someone to go back and report the news."
"Xiamen?"
"Helian? Could it be which clan of the Xia kingdom?"
"He's crazy for playing a banner in Rouran's place?"
"He must be very conceited about his abilities."
Di Yefei watched Helian's cavalry stop their horses alive after seeing the "Great Wall of Chariots and Horses", and countless people fell off their horses.
He saw the bearded herdsmen and cavalry who commanded bows and arrows shoot long arrows, and arrows made of bones and various simple things shot into the front cavalry line like rain.
In just an instant, there were dozens of soldiers and horses missing from the surprise soldiers who came to attack the camp. One of the main generals waved the flag, and the cavalry separated towards the two wings, bypassing the obstacles and rushing towards the middle.
Although this cavalry is full of dust, it still maintains the establishment of one person and two to three horses, leaving hundreds of people behind to look after the horses. It is obviously a regular army, not an ordinary horse thief.
"Let's go around from behind!"
Di Yefei watched for a while, and suddenly said this to his colleagues.
"Let's go and kill the Xia people who are watching the horses and take their horses away."
"Di Yefei, are you crazy?"
"I'm not crazy. These people from Xia don't know why they appeared in the Rouran territory. The direction is to the southwest, which is the direction of returning to Xia. They came from the east and must have traveled a long way. If we take their The horses are snatched away, and they will have to rest before they can run far. We will send a person back to report the news, and let Montenegro send people to block it in the southwest direction, and we will definitely be able to catch these Xia people..."
Di Yefei's eyes flashed with crazy light.
"This is the clan of the Xia Kingdom, maybe it is an important enemy general! Although we contact Gao Cheren in Rouran territory, it does not mean that we cannot make contributions!"
"Let's go back to Montenegro."
A few cavalrymen dropped a few bags of food behind the horses, brought enough water for twenty days, each pulled out three replacement horses, and without hesitation, began to descend straight to the south.
They were all scouts, only because they knew Gaoche dialect and Rouran dialect, they were sent in in case of emergency.
The group of Di Yefei brought high carts and luggage, stopped and went, and walked for a month before they came here.
But if you keep changing horses and heading south, you can drive back to Montenegro in about ten days.
As long as this group of Xia people returned to the Xia Kingdom, they would definitely go south from the ancient county of Xihai in the west of Woye.
"Walk!"
Di Yefei clenched the long knife in his hand and turned the horse's head.
"Now I hope that Rouran can drag this group of Xia soldiers for a little longer."
He stood in the stirrups, his black cloak rattling in the wind.
"All the team! We are the iron cavalry of the Wei Kingdom who killed the Xia Jun and the Rouran people who were terrified!"