Bianjun faces the desert and is eroded by wind and sand, so you can rarely see the sky from standing on the city wall. The houses in the territory are low and low, and when you look at the four fields here, you can see all the khaki. There are rare green plants along the way, and only a few trees with crooked neck can be seen after a few miles. The grass in the Gobi is uneven in layers, like a bald master in the hall who is over fifty years old.
Xiao Chiye's helmet was covered with layers of ash. He took off his helmet, turned his back to the setting sun, and looked at the Bianjun city wall floating in the sand waves ahead.
"It's really poor here." Hai Rigu jumped off the horse, and the accessories around his neck made a "crashing" sound. He unscrewed the water bag, raised his head and poured water on his face, closed his eyes and said, "Scorpions don't come here at all."
There are no fields in Bianjun, and the land underfoot is too barren, and it has already exposed signs of cracking in the hot June. Xiao Chiye removed his military boots and looked at the insects crawling between the cracks in the loess.
"The grassland in the east of Suotianguan that Amur had obtained with great effort was invaded by yellow sand and turned into a barren land in the first year of Xiande. Therefore, the Green Mouse Department abandoned it and returned to the east of Bianjun." Hai Rigu raised his wet hair. , "Fu Jun asked me to talk to You Xiong Bu, but he didn't give me bait. This business needs brains, I don't have it."
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Hai Rigu is dishonest, he knows how to negotiate, just like he talked to Yan Heru, this black scorpion knows the rules. Shen Zechuan didn't give him a clear bait, which means that no matter how much he negotiates the business, the reward is up to Shen Zechuan, but he wants to get a bargaining opportunity from Xiao Chiye.
Xiao Chiye didn't look at Hai Rigu and said, "You better have it."
Hai Rigu touched the back of his neck a few times, a little embarrassed. The water he poured on his body quickly disappeared, and the skin exposed in the sweltering heat was bronze. Hai Rigu screwed up the water bladder and continued to work hard, saying, "I will give the bears food for the winter, and they can stay in the territory if they have enough food."
"If you can only do this," Xiao Chiye followed the shadow's movement, set his eyes on the city gate of Bianjun, and said, "then anyone can talk about this business."
Hai Rigu hit the wall continuously, rubbed his clogged nose, and said, "Okay, I'll give them a new choice."
The city gate of Bianjun was opening, Qi Zhuyin hung a knife on his waist and stood in front of the hanging city gate with his arms folded. She was exploring the road at night last night, and she came back at the end of the day. She only slept for two hours. She looked sleepy, and she was not so happy to see Xiao Chiye.
"Yo," Qi Zhuyin said, "here I come."
Xiao Chiye threw his waist card to Qi Zhuyin, Qi Zhuyin took it and didn't look at it, handed the waist card to Qi Wei, and took Xiao Chiye and turned into the city.
"I came here in the fourth year of Xiande, and Lu Guangbai said he wanted to plant trees." Xiao Chiye's heavy armor was hot in the afterglow, and he said, "Why is Bianjun so desolate?"
"He thinks beautifully," Qi Zhuyin slept with a sore neck, and shook her head slightly, watching the lights in the market gradually light up, "In the sixth year of Xiande, there was a severe storm, and he saved money to buy a batch of seedlings from Hezhou. , while the spring is planted on the border, before the end of the month, let the cavalry step on it."
"Hassen was stationed in the Qingshu Department at that time?" Xiao Chiye went up the steps, put his helmet on the side, and sat here with Qi Zhuyin, watching the iron horse enter the city.
"It's Hassan." Qi Zhuyin didn't sit down, she leaned against the door, her chin dipped in the sunset, and said, "You let Zhaohui's letter arrive long ago, and there will be a tough battle in June, but the premise is that Hassan will really turn around and head south. Raid Duanzhou. If he doesn't come, the second battalion of Shahe will bear the consequences for your deployment of troops this time."
"Amur is united with the Hulu clan, and he is still persuading the Xiong clan to submit to him. Hasn's grain is running out," Xiao Chiye said. "He must go to Duanzhou to get the grain."
"You brought a scorpion," Qi Zhuyin said, "What does Shen Zechuan want to do?"
"Hassen attacked Duanzhou. The reinforcements will stop at Gedal on the other side of the Chashi River. Only the Bears can intercept me in the southeast," Xiao Chiye stretched his legs. "Lanzhou wants to talk to Youxiong."
"Then he has to show enough sincerity," Qi Zhuyin stood up straight and raised his arms to point to the far-away snow peaks in the south, "Bears used to have pastures in the south, and Shen Zechuan's granary couldn't feed them, and you can't imagine their greed. ."
Qi Zhuyin, no, since Qi Shiyu, Qidong tried to negotiate with the Youxiong clan, hoping that they could join Dazhou like the Huiyan clan in the north, but it was too difficult. Completely different, they believe that their machetes and bear horses can grab better land, so they don't even buy Amur's account.
"Lan Zhou is willing to give them the territory of the Serpent Department," Xiao Chiye said, "they wandered around after leaving Suotianguan. This is what they want the most."
Qi Zhuyin squatted down and said to Xiao Chiye, "Yes, you guys are too smart, the Bears really want territory, but are you Da Mo Dajun? Shen Zechuan played tricks with Dazhou people in Zhongbo, and it's useless here. , bears don't eat painted cakes. I deal with them, and they are far more cunning than Serpents."
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Li Xiong caught the four-legged snake under the eaves. He knelt on the smooth wooden board, held the four-legged snake's tail, and said to Ding Tao, "Roast it, it's delicious."
Ding Tao crossed her legs and held a pen to write and draw. She glanced at the four-legged snake and said in disgust, "Ouch."
Li Xiong shook the four-legged snake lightly and said, "This is Gedal's snake."
Ding Tao hadn't heard Li Xiong mention Gedal and Lei Jingzhe for a long time. He put Ben aside and looked at the four-legged snake: "Isn't this the same length as the four-legged snake in Cizhou?"
Li Xiong sniffed in the air and said, "It's different, this one has a smell, the smell of a desert, yellow sand!"
"It all ran out of Gedal," Ding Tao held her chin and pretended to be deep, "It must be that Gedal's life is not easy, but staying here is the most comfortable."
Li Xiong said: "No, it likes to stay in..."
Fei Sheng stood there calling Ding Tao, and Ding Tao got up quickly. Before he could finish listening to Li Xiong, he ran over, and the candy in his knees fell to the ground.
"...Stay in the old place," Li Xiong looked at Ding Tao, reached out to pick up all the candy, stuffed it all into his mouth, and said vaguely, "I also like to stay in the old place."
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The current leader of the bear clan is called Dalantai, he is not a relative of Suheba, but a personal soldier of Suheba. After Suheba died in the battle of Gedal, Dalandai fled to the rear of the Green Mouse Division with the remaining elites from the Bear Division and stayed there for many years.
Dalantai sat in front of the tent, took out the potatoes from the bonfire, broke them apart, and ate them with sun-dried horse meat. He had a bushy beard and looked comical when he chewed. He's not as majestic as the Sukhba, he's small, so small that he doesn't look like a man with a bear.
"Wise man walking in the desert, you rode a horse to my tent and brought the eagle's advice," Dalantai swallowed the hot potato and looked at Bayin by the bonfire, "but the eagle's It's too much to ask for."
"The bear leader under Xuefeng," said Bayin, sitting in a seated manner and saluting at Dalantai, "I bring the most sincere greetings from the eagle. All requests are negotiable. The eagle treats you as friends."
Ha Sen is the eagle of the Serpent Department. He sent the wise Bayin long before Xiao Chiye left.
Dalantai distributed the other half of the potatoes to Bayin and said, "The wolf cub from the north is young and strong. I heard that he killed Hu Helu and Achi, and defeated the proud eagle in Chashi Tiankeng. Scorpion. I'm too old to ride a horse, and I'm afraid I won't be able to fight a young man like this again."
Bayin took the potatoes with both hands, and after hesitating for a few moments, he said: "You are the bear of the 'Tiger' Suheba beast, leading the bear clan to stand in the southeast of the desert, even the snake clan dare not provoke it easily The strong man, Eagle firmly believes that you are strong. The wolf cub of Li Bei is too young, he is far less scary than the wolf king."
"If that's the case," Dalandai wiped his beard, "then why didn't the eagle that cut off the wolf king's head kill the wolf so long?"
Dalantai didn't lie, he was indeed very old, his hair was not gray, and his hands had become unable to hold a knife for long. Although he doesn't have the spirit of Suheba beast, he can carry the bear through the blizzard and maintain the dignity of the strong in the desert. He is not like Hu and Lu, he is more like a wise man than Bayin.
"That's why the eagle sent me to come to you," said Bayin. "Our strong cavalry has not broken through the defense line of the Libei Cavalry. It is not that they are not strong enough, but that they have no food. The wolf king is dead, respectful and full of Wisdom Dalantai, you have also seen the future of the desert. We are about to enter a new territory, where all the tribes will no longer starve. This is the wish of the Great Russia, the Soviet Union and the Sun, and it is also the wish of the eagle. We need your help."
The potatoes buried in the bonfire smelled fragrant, and Dalantai plucked them with a tree branch, but was not impressed by Bayin's respect, saying: "A few years ago, Gegenhas from the Hulu Department used dark methods in Gedal. Killed my monarch and offered the head of the 'Tiger' to Amur, and Amur did not refuse." He picked up a potato again, but did not break it, but wiped away the dust on it with his rough fingers. "Amur is a greedy vulture, he is not our brother."
At the other end, Kumabe warrior stood up, this is the meaning of seeing off.
Bayin didn't move, he faced Dalantai and said, "Dear Dalantai, those were all our stupid mistakes in the past, and now we have a common enemy..."
"Who forced this enemy to wake up?" Dalantai looked at Bayin with his eyes like a line, "Amur intends to conquer all the corners where the sun shines, so he used such a shameless method to coerce us to leave our homeland. You stupid The next kid, who even called that murder a stupid mistake."
Bayin said: "I apologize for my words, Dharamtai..."
The surrounding light was blocked by the "bear", they stood around, looking at Bayin as if looking at an antelope.
"Hassen wants our help, he should beg for our forgiveness," Dalantai peeled the potato, "if Hassen is willing to kill his wife and make the Hulu bastard pay the price, we will agree to send troops for him. county."
"Don't be like this," Bayin has been dragged up, he raised his voice, "Gegenhaas is dead, Doerlan is an innocent girl."
Dalantai looked at Bayin and swallowed the potato.