The sky is vast and the fields are vast, and cattle and sheep are visible in the windblown grass.
There are thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the northern barbarian grassland. The name northern barbarians is actually the collective name for other races in the Zhengyang Empire. It's just that those in the north are called Beiman, and those in the south used to be called Nanman. Later, they were destroyed by the imperial dynasty, and now they have become a subsidiary land of the South China Sea.
However, because of the barren land in the Northern Barbarians, winter takes up half of the year. There are many plains, many hills, and few water veins.
The people of Zhengyang who loved farming did not like this land that was not suitable for planting, so the Northern Barbarians were lucky enough to keep it.
But the Northern Barbarians are also dissatisfied. There is always a restless factor in their bones, and they like to provoke the powerful Zhengyang Empire regardless of life or death.
But in the 149th year of Zhengyang, a great khan named Hatkal really succeeded. The Emperor of Zhengyang that year was stupid and incompetent, and Hatkal conquered the imperial capital. He marched to Nanjing and defeated Nanjing in three days. , captured the then Emperor Luoyang alive.
Finally, the allied forces of King Qin of the Zhengyang court crossed the river and ruled. The Han people in the Zhengyang Empire fled into the South China Sea. Many big families in the north of their ancestral home moved their families. This was also the reason why the big families later gathered in the South China Sea.
In the year 465 of Zhengyang, the Northern Barbarian grasslands were jointly controlled by three major tribes, namely the Niluwen tribe, the Wanggu tribe and the Kelie tribe.
The Qiyan-Bor Zhijin clan in the eastern part of the grassland was in charge of the various tribes of Niruwen. The Qiyan-Bor Zhijin clan was the surname of the Qiyun Shengwu Emperor Bor Jijin Chengji who once unified the Northern Barbarians and half of the Central Plains. He was also the khan who obtained the most land from the Central Plains in the history of the Northern Barbarians. Qiyan was the last name used by the emperor, leaving two bloodlines. It has always been one of the largest tribes in the Northern Barbarians. The Qiyan and Borjijin tribes have always shared a common bond and have no distinction between each other. Together, they control the Niluwen tribes.
The Wanggu tribe in the southern part of the grassland is a large tribe with a long history of Northern Barbarians. Starting a hundred years ago, the Wanggu tribe began to communicate with the Central Plains, and smuggling was close. The Wanggu tribe also began to come into contact with the Central Plains culture. It is the only practice in the Northern Barbarians. Tribes of the Central Plains culture. After a hundred years of development, it became a heresy of the Northern Barbarians, but its threat to the Central Plains far exceeded that of other tribes. It has always been the birthplace of the Northern Barbarians' generals who led troops against the Central Plains.
The Kerei Tribe in the western part of the grassland arose twenty-four years ago. After the death of Hulie Jimeng, the general of the Tian Khan Hulie Jimeng, Keled Dake gathered the former Tian Khan's old tribe and became the Kerei Tribe. When the Kled tribe was first established, it was almost annexed by the Niluwen tribe and the Wanggu tribe. However, they did not expect that the two sons of Kled Dake were so brave and invincible that they actually stood out in their teens. The northern barbarians respected the strong very much, so they Under the control of Keled Dake's two sons, the Keled tribe stabilized at an extremely fast speed and became a powerful tribe. Now it is the strongest tribe with the largest population in the Northern Barbarians.
"Oh Boge (Grandpa)! Oh Boge! Abba asked me to call you to eat!"
A half-grown boy riding a red-maned horse galloped across a pasture, shouting loudly.
There were hundreds of cows and sheep grazing in the pasture. Some cows and sheep chewed the grass and raised their heads curiously to look at the young man whizzing by.
"Amul! Don't ride so fast. This precious colt of your father's is a treasure dedicated to the Fox Prince. Don't dare to hurt the hoof!" A sturdy middle-aged herdsman stood up from the tall grass and looked at The young man who was running around the pasture had a reminder in his words, but his eyes were full of pride. His grandson was the best horseman in the tribe and he would definitely become a member of the Armored Cavalry in the future!
The armored cavalry is the most powerful cavalry among the Niruwen tribes, and is also the most powerful group of warriors in the entire northern barbarian grassland. As long as the armored cavalry is there, no one dares to cross the border and come to the pastures of the Niruwen tribes.
Amul, who returned to the tent, impatiently picked up a cow bone and started chewing on it. Arsleng, who came in later, saw his grandson like this and the smile on his face became even brighter.
"Abba! Let's eat. We will set off after dinner, otherwise we will not be able to make it to Naadam tomorrow." Alsileng's son limped into the tent, holding a large bowl of meat in his hand.
Alslen couldn't help but cast his eyes on his son's legs again. His son was once a powerful warrior and a member of the armored cavalry of the Niruven tribes.
However, he fell off his horse and injured his leg during the battle with the Kelei tribe. Although he can still ride a horse, he can no longer be used as a cavalryman. This is a regret in his life, and as a result, his expectations for his grandson have greatly increased.
"Abba, I won't go to Naadam this year. You can take Amul with you."
"Why, is there anything more important than Naadam?"
The Naadam Conference is an important festival in the northern barbarian grassland. On this day, men from the Niruwen tribes will bring their strongest sons to the Niruwen headquarters to participate in wrestling, horse racing, archery and other competitions.
The winner will receive the blessing of the Fox Prince and be qualified to ride on the Iron Cavalry in advance. As long as he reaches adulthood, he can enter the Iron Cavalry and become a true warrior.
Alsileng's son looked at Amul with a smile and said: "Go to the Wangu tribe with Chagan Bala. Our skins can always be exchanged for a lot of things in the Wangu tribe. The tribe does not have much salt."
Hearing that his son was going to do business with the Wanggu tribe, Alslen snorted coldly: "Sooner or later, when the Wanggu tribe does business with the Han people, something will happen. The friction between the Kele tribe and the Han people is so frequent. I heard that the Han people have already sent troops to the frontier. If this continues, don’t start another war.”
Alsileng's son waved his hand and said: "No, I heard from Chagan Bala that it is because of the tense border situation that we have to send the skins to the Wanggu tribe to let them make friends with the Han people. The situation has been bad in recent years, and in winter It’s especially long, so it’s better not to start a war if possible.”
Alsileng sighed. An old herdsman like him who had experienced countless battles was actually very interested in fighting, but he could no longer ride a horse and galloped wildly to kill the enemy with his sword. And if he chooses to let his grandson do such a thing, he is reluctant to do so. How can I take risks with my good grandson? This is my only grandson.
After dinner, Alsileng and Amul set off in a hurry. The sky on the grassland was gloomy, and it might rain heavily at any time. Then it would be difficult to rush on the road. Soon after they set off, Alsleng's son, another strong man, and five or six herdsmen drove away with more than twenty horses carrying many skins on their backs.
Alsileng and Amul were lucky. Although the sky had been gloomy and there was a little wind, it didn't rain. When night fell, Alslen set up a simple tent with the oilcloth he brought with him, and the grandfather and grandson slept back to back.
In the middle of the night, Alsileng suddenly turned over, and Amul, who was awakened, also rubbed his eyes and sat up.
"Oh Bogo, what's wrong?"
Alsileng's face was gloomy. He leaned down and listened carefully with his ear to the ground. Then he stood up suddenly, took Amul's hand and got out of the tent.
Their horses are not far away. In addition to their horses, the red-maned horse is also there. This is Alsleng preparing for his grandson to get good results in the Naadam Conference. After being received by the Fox Prince , a gift to the Fox Prince.
Originally, he had re-trimmed the hoofs of the red-maned horse and would not let Amul ride the horse again, but now Alslen pushed his grandson and supported him on the red-maned horse.
"There are armored cavalry, which is an army. There are no less than a thousand people. No matter whether the cavalry coming at this time is an enemy or a friend, it will be trouble. If it is an enemy coming later, you don't need to worry about me. Just run westward and don't stop. !”
Alslen got on his horse, held the reins tightly, and looked east.
"Oh Bogo, is this going to be a war?" Amul asked in a low voice.
"I don't know. This is the hinterland of the Niluwen tribe. If the enemy is not invading, then Prince Fox mobilizes his troops and dispatches thousands of cavalry at once. There may really be a war."
When Amul heard what his grandfather said, instead of being afraid, he was actually a little eager to try.
After waiting for a long time, Alsleng did not see any cavalry coming from the east. He took a long breath, then turned over and dismounted, and once again leaned to the ground and listened for a while. After slowly getting up, he sighed and said: "No. Come to us and go south, it seems that there is really a war!"
"Oh Bogo, are we still going to the Naadam Conference?" "No, if we go now we might be drafted into the army. Let's go back!"
"why not..."
"Shut up! When you turn sixteen, whether you want to join the army or become a horse thief, I won't care about you. Come back with me now!"
In Niluwen's headquarters, the fifty-year-old fox prince, Bo'er Zimaqi, was sitting in a large tent, with more than a dozen generals wearing armor below. Next to Prince Fox, there is a giant man over two meters tall. He is the new prince of the Qiyan Department, Qiyan Aguda.
"Prince Hu, Temur, Batu, Harbala, and Wuenqi have led their cavalry to several camps in Hetao to prevent Tuoba Yunhan's army from entering our Niruwen tribe from the east!"
The fox prince nodded and looked at the express message in his hand with a gloomy expression. It was sent from the Klei tribe and the Wanggu tribe next to it. The news is the same, that is, the Zhengyang Dynasty has sent troops to attack the Beiman Grassland.
"Those bastards in the Kelie tribe are so full that they provoke the Han people! The snow has been very heavy in recent years, there is not enough fodder for cattle and sheep, the fertility rate of war horses is not high, and there is not enough food. What should we do in this situation? Han people fight!" Qiyan Aguda's voice was as huge as his body, and it still had an echo-like effect even in the tent.
The Fox Prince fumbled with the parchment paper and coughed slightly. Qiyan Aguda then snorted angrily and stopped talking.
"The two sons of Kled Dake, one is as brave as a tiger and the other is as smart as a wolf. The conflict between the Kled tribe and us is too deep. Bravery alone cannot withstand the two tribes joining forces at the same time. So they thought of If you use this trick, in the words of the Han people, you will divert trouble from the east!"
In the western part of the Northern Barbarians, heavy snow was pouring down. It didn't feel like it was snowing, but more like it was pouring.
Amidst the heavy snow, three riders appeared on a high slope. A Mongolian Khan, who was covered in fur coats, said to his two sons: "Zeren, if we do this, we can really defeat the Wanggu tribe and the Will Niruwen drag his troops into the water and fight with us against the Han attack?"
This Great Khan is obviously the leader of the Kled Tribe, the Iron Prince - Kled Dake.
The two people beside him were his two sons, Klie Zeren and Klie Yiqi, one was twenty-six years old and the other was twenty-nine years old. But they already have a great reputation among the Northern Barbarians, and the real controllers of the entire Kled tribe are also these two young men.
Kled is already old. Not only his body has deteriorated, but his courage has also deteriorated. Now he just wants to live longer. But his youngest son Kelie Zeren almost killed Tuoba Yunhan, the second-ranking general of the Zhengyang Dynasty.
If Klie Zeren could really kill Tuoba Yunhan in that valley, it would undoubtedly be of great benefit to Klie's tribe. Tuoba Yunhan killed too many Northern Barbarians. It was he who accompanied the current emperor and killed the previous Northern Mantian Khan Hulie Jimeng.
It can be said that Tuoba Yunhan is one of the most hated people in the entire Northern Barbarians. Being able to kill him is a great achievement. His Kelie tribe can take the opportunity to launch attacks on the other two tribes, getting twice the result with half the effort!
But in the end, Tuoba Yunhan failed to be killed in that valley. A young man named Shangguan Ba led tens of thousands of horses to attack over a long distance. Even in a head-to-head confrontation with his brave eldest son Kled Yiqi, he did not fall behind.
They failed to kill Tuoba Yunhan and angered the Han people. Now the Han people's 200,000 soldiers and horses have moved north from the three passes from west to east: Jiayuguan, Dingbeiguan and Zijingguan, completely targeting his Kelie tribe.
Even if the Klei tribe can block the Han attack, it will be in its weakest state for a long time. Once winter is over, the Wangu tribe and Niluwen tribe will definitely launch the strongest offensive against them.
When he thought of this, Kled Dake felt a dull pain in his heart.
The young Kleizeren did not answer his father's question, but looked at the heavy snow in the sky quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Three months later, General Shangguan Ba of the Zhengyang Dynasty led 10,000 cavalry from Jiayuguan and went straight into Klie's headquarters. During this period, he did not receive any decent sniper attacks. The Iron Prince Klie was forced to have no choice but to start fleeing to the east.
His two sons respectively led 150,000 cavalry from the Ke Lie tribe to block Dingbei Pass and Zijin Pass, leaving the troops of Zhengyang Dynasty generals Zhu Guangxiao and Tuoba Yunhan to guard the two great passes.
Kled Dake brought 30,000 cavalry all the way to the Wangu tribe's territory, but what awaited him was the combined army of the Wangu tribe and the Niluwen tribe. In the end, during the fight, Qiyan Aguda beheaded Kled Dake, and from then on, the title of Iron Prince became his.
The Wangu Tribe and the Niluwen Tribe took the Choiba Mountains and the Kerulen River area that belonged to the Kele Tribe as their own.
Shangguan Ba's soldiers and horses circled the territory of Ke Lie's tribe and brought back 50,000 heads.
Ke Lie Zeren wrote a letter of apology to Zhu Guangxiao, and also offered the head of his father Ke Lie Dake, which calmed the anger of Zhengyang Dynasty, and Zhu Guangxiao withdrew his troops.
This war that started inexplicably and ended suddenly gave Shangguan Ba a lot of military glory. Let Kliezeren lose a father who has no fighting spirit and hinders his great cause. Let Wang Gubu and Zhengyang Chao's smuggling business officially begin.
After the war, in order to appease Tuoba Yunhan's anger, some officials from the Zhengyang court jointly submitted a letter requesting His Majesty the Emperor to confer the title of Tuoba Yunhan, because Shangguanba was under his command, and half of Shangguanba's military merits belonged to Tuoba Yunhan.
So Tuoba Yunhan became the Duke of Qin, and was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army.
Prince Niluwenbuhu, who was equivalent to sitting on the wall and watching all this, stayed in his tent for ten days, thinking hard. He always felt that there was a big problem in this matter.
It wasn't until the Naadam Conference was reconvened that he saw the red-maned horse and heard the story of the herdsman family.
According to the cry of the old herdsman who presented the BMW, his son met a man on the way to deliver the skins to Wangu tribe. He not only coaxed all the skins away, but also let his son secretly return to the tribe and use unknown means to The method abducted his grandson who was an expert in riding, superb archery and martial arts. The old herdsman hopes that Prince Fox can send an army to retrieve his grandson. His grandson is a good youngster who can become a steel cavalryman.
Alsileng stood beside the Fox Prince with his head bowed respectfully, but the Fox Prince was thinking there. After a long time, he left his immersed thoughts and asked: "You said that person who coaxed your son and kidnapped your grandson. what is it call?"
Alslen said the two words of that name as clearly as possible: "Ha...Chi!"
"I seem to have heard this name somewhere, but it's been a long time ago and I can't remember it. Aguda! Where's Aguda? Let him in!" Prince Fox shouted outside the tent. The name Hachi made him feel inexplicably. Not happy, and even a little afraid, which is very unusual.
Not long after, the two-meter-tall new Iron Prince A Gu broke into the Fox Prince's tent. His status was now equal to that of his uncle. But the moment he saw the Fox Prince, the Iron Prince's body couldn't help but A little rickety.
"Ahem." In order to cover up the trace of fear, the Iron Prince coughed twice and said, "What did uncle call me for?"
"Hachi, do you have any impression of this name?"
"Little Hachi? Isn't he Uncle Jimeng's son?"
The Fox Prince's expression changed. Although the Iron Prince Aguda was a simple and honest man, he had one thing that was beyond ordinary people, and that was his memory.
But the fox prince understood that the reason why he remembered the name Buhachi was not because of memory problems, but because he refused from the bottom of his heart to remember another name related to Hachi - Hulie Jimeng!
Khan of the previous generation!
Once his leader!
After Hu Liejimeng died in the battle, the Northern Barbarians were immediately divided up. Among them, he was the fastest to move, so he was able to obtain the land in the eastern part of the Northern Barbarians that did not border the Zhengyang Empire for self-cultivation.
Haji's full name should be Hulie Haji, the prince of Sky Khan, the noblest red-blooded prince among the princes!
He waved his hand to let Alsileng leave the tent, and was then taken away. From then on, there was no old herdsman named Alsileng on the grasslands of the Northern Barbarians.
"Uncle, why did you kill that old herdsman?" Prince Iron asked puzzledly.
Prince Fox sat down slowly, poured a large pot of kumiss into his stomach, and then let out a long breath and said:
"We can't let this news spread in advance, and we must block it as much as possible! Aguda! The son of Tian Khan is back, and he must be here for revenge!"
When Aguda heard that Haji was coming for revenge, a cold murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes. He and Haji had been playing together since childhood, and Haji had always been his little follower. It was not until later that Tian Khan died in battle and Haji also disappeared. I didn't expect that he was still alive, and he wanted to take revenge according to his uncle's wishes. Who does he seek revenge from? Could it be his Aguda?
Aguda, who has a straightforward temperament, can be honest and honest, but he is definitely not kind or weak.
"Even if Haji wants revenge, he should go to the Kled tribe. His father's golden cavalry is all in the Kled tribe! If he doesn't have the foresight to come to us for revenge, I will use my mace to send him to fight with his old man. Father reunited!”
"Aguda, send your most loyal cavalry to sweep all the territories of my Niluwen tribes and clear out all foreign cavalry. Remember! As long as the horses are armored and the men are armed, they are considered foreign cavalry! Not herdsmen! Another order Except for the warriors in the army, all tribes in Niluwen are not allowed to hide weapons without authorization, and the sabers used by themselves must not be longer than five inches!"
Aguda nodded and went out to make arrangements.
The Fox Prince stared blankly outside the tent. Suddenly, a strong wind blew open the curtain and rolled up the Fox Prince's long hair.
"The Northern Barbarians really don't need a khan!"
