Genghis Khan led the Mongols to rise, but also changed the Mongols forever.
Before Genghis Khan, Mongolians lived on the grasslands for generations. They grazed, hunted, fought against natural disasters, and survived like weeds. The stars flow and the years change, but everything remains the same forever, and people remain the same from generation to generation, with simple and unsophisticated thoughts.
But after Genghis Khan gathered them into a unified army and political power, and launched large-scale conquests and plunders, the Mongols, at least the Mongolians with high enough status, understood the bigness of the world and what wealth and glory are. of true happiness.
Their lives are very different from their ancestors, so people become more and more shrewd and cunning. Their loyalty faltered when Genghis Khan failed to bring consistent victory and wealth.
This is the reason why Genghis Khan immediately launched a large-scale western expedition when he could not gain benefits from the war in the Central Plains.
Because without the Western Expedition, the appetites of the Mongolian people would not be satisfied. Without the Western Expedition, the interests of the grasslands would not be able to accommodate the Mongolian people who have opened their eyes to the world.
However, after the main force of the Mongols marches westward, will those who remain behind be safe?
The Mongolian people once felt warm when they were covered with smelly wool, and they once felt delicious when they drank milk mixed with animal feces. Everyone was a beast who only knew how to fight. But now they want silk, tea, medicine, and some even have a sweet tooth. Previously, these demands were fulfilled by Yeligasi, so his status in various Mongolian ministries has increased significantly. Now that Belgutai wants to take over the trade with the Central Plains, is it possible to have a stalemate with Zhao Xuan?
He pondered for a long time and whispered: "Seven people in your caravan died and two people are missing. I will give you enough heads as compensation, and then arrange for capable people to search around and find your two companions. Come!"
Zhao Xuan nodded. Belgutai's intention was to hand over a few lowly Mongolians at random, but Zhao Xuan really didn't mind this. Because the two companions were the only ones he cared about from beginning to end.
"We need to look for the two missing people carefully! They are the children of wealthy businessmen in Zhongdu. They want to see their bodies alive and their bodies dead!"
"Can!"
Belgutai didn't want to discuss it any more. He puffed up his chest and stood up again in an imposing posture. He took a few steps towards his horse, stepped on the stirrup, and then turned back: "From now on, I will be in charge of this salt field and the reservoir area... I will count the heads now and find someone for you! But You can no longer deal with other Yan Yan without my permission!"
Zhao Xuan nodded again: "This is of course. Don't worry!"
Immediately leave on Belgutai. Most of the knights who came with him also left, and the remaining people galloped towards the surrounding areas of the Kurdistan Region.
On the outskirts of the reservoir area, there are some traces of old battlefields, as well as some abandoned piers and villages left by the Jin army. In the past two years, Yeligasi has recruited many people to live here, and has also captured many tribal people as slaves. Among them, those with higher status worked as laborers for merchants, while those with lower status worked as coolies in making salt.
In the eyes of the businessmen, after the management of the Kurdistan Region changed hands, these people were naturally taken over by Belgutai, who just seamlessly connected business matters. However, the Golden Family maintains its rule by force, and must always frighten disobedient people. Their ideas are obviously different from Han'er's.
At this moment, the village was filled with fire and thick smoke, and people hiding inside were also searched out. They were driven to the beach in groups and inspected one by one. After confirming that they were not members of the fleeing caravan, the men were dragged out and beheaded. Only the women and some children survived.
The Mongols' methods of searching for missing persons were not so explosive, and what Zhao Xuan was most concerned about was not the seven people who died in the caravan. Belgutai casually cut off seven heads and handed them over, and the matter passed. However, he never thought that Belgutai would feel aggrieved after all, and he would vent his anger when he got the chance. He was afraid that he would not be able to give away three or four hundred heads.
The Mongols kill people in much the same way as they kill livestock. The movements are very skillful and effortless. You can just press the person you want to kill on the ground and stab the person in the neck with a meat-cutting knife.
The blade easily penetrated into the muscle and cut off the major blood vessels. When it was pulled out, blood poured out like a fountain. The person who was stabbed would first convulse violently, soon suffocate, and finally freeze to death. There were a lot of people being held on the beach, and they didn't resist. They just watched indifferently. They were driven forward in a line and killed, and their heads fell into the white salt field.
Zhao Xuan watched them squeezing forward and used the firelight to identify their faces. After confirming that they were not Lu Shu or A Duo, he nodded slightly. After that, the Mongols immediately killed people. Some people were not from the Han area at first glance. The Mongols didn't bother to wait for Zhao Xuan's confirmation and killed them directly.
This operation was repeated continuously, and Zhao Xuan stared at him for half the night.
He suddenly felt that the many tribes on the grassland were not one. In the eyes of the Han people, it seemed that all the grassland people were tigers and wolves running rampant in the Central Plains. In fact, there were many poor people among them, and they were just raised to eat meat. Just cattle and sheep.
It was not until daybreak that the smell of blood on the beach filled our nostrils, almost overwhelming the smoke from burning warehouses in the reservoir area. The corpses were lined up on the beach for more than a hundred steps. Zhao Xuan inspected them one by one, his eyes ached with pain.
Several merchants boldly went out, and when they saw this situation, they suddenly gasped.
Zhao Xuan glanced at them and said calmly: "They killed our people, and they have to use these heads to pay for it."
"But... isn't this too much killing?" the merchants trembled.
Zhao Xuan shook his head and said nothing more.
To ordinary people, this ferocious nation that regards themselves as beasts and the lives of others as nothing but grass is almost like a nightmare.
At that time, the northern border trench defense line collapsed, and the Mongolian army entered the Central Plains, killing and destroying wherever they went. Their ferocity was far greater than when the Khitans took over Youyun, and their desire to conquer was far greater than when the Jurchens took over the Central Plains, so it was almost All the Han'er felt that it would be another conquest of the Han'er by the barbarian people, and no one could stop it.
Unfortunately, the situation is different now. This kind of killing scene is not enough to deter Zhao Xuan. Even the ferocity of the Mongols itself is actually just that.
Among the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Xuan was not considered to have great military exploits. However, both marshals Luo Monk and Qiu Huiluo valued him highly because he had been responsible for military logistics for a long time. After Guo Ning established the military household shadow house system, he was very keen on the implementation and improvement of the system.
In Zhao Xuan's view, the reason why the Mongolian army is strong is because every Mongolian has been herding and hunting since childhood. It is equivalent to practicing fighting since birth, and it took more than ten years to create himself into a natural warrior. But there are only a few skills in the fighting field, and this is not an insurmountable gap. A Han soldier who has been working hard for two or three years after being out of work is just about the same. What's more, they also have a huge advantage in equipment, and there is no shortage of horses.
At this time, the main force of the Mongolian army was not in the grassland. If Zhou wanted to massacre, he could send his army north to kill people at any time. These Mongol slaves who were killed in front of them might not be qualified to fight with the Zhou army, and they would be directly recruited as military and civilian servants.
In this case, how could the Mongols scare Zhao Xuan by killing these people to relieve their anger?
He watched the whole process, just worried that the Mongols would be slow to kill and kill Lu Shu and A Duo who were mixed in the crowd. At this moment, seeing that there were no living people on the beach, and that the surrounding ruins and grass that could hide people had been cleared by the Mongols, he felt more and more anxious, but he could not show it in any way.
Under Belgutai's command, the Mongolian knight with a scar on his face stepped over the corpse, glanced indifferently at the women who were cowering and kneeling at the edge of the beach, and said to Zhao Xuan indifferently: "You should be compensated. I have already compensated you. I have also looked for the person you are looking for, but I haven’t seen it.”
Zhao Xuan took a long breath and waved his hand: "Forget it."
The Mongolian knight was really suspicious before, thinking that the two missing people were important characters. He looked at Zhao Xuan for a long time, and when he saw that Zhao Xuan was speechless and a little frustrated, he got on his horse and left.
However, in the final analysis, the Mongolians are still careless in doing things.
They did not notice that more than 20 people and many horses were missing from Zhao Xuan's caravan. These people are nominally hired bodyguards of the caravan. If they were around, Zhao Xuan would be more confident against the large cavalry of the Mongolian Golden Family, but they no longer appeared since yesterday evening. Including several elite players around Zhao Xuan himself, they have long since disappeared.
When the sky was dimming, Lu Wusi led more than 20 cavalrymen and walked slowly among the meadows. When Lu Wusi stopped, the cavalrymen also saw the Tatar camp.
The camp is located deep in a remote wilderness, with clear rivers meandering nearby and white clouds drifting across the sky from time to time. The wind is strong, and it makes people feel comfortable when it blows on them.
When the wind blew and the grass fell, the cavalry also noticed that there were no sheep in the camp. The camp was very small and there seemed to be no women or children. There were only a hundred or so people in the entire camp, very lazy... This was simply above their own heads. There are four words written on it: "The origin is not right".
"It was them who robbed people!" Lu Wusi said with certainty: "They took people away from the salt marsh and walked two sections along the muddy lake, so after we saw the footprints in the swamp, we lost track of them. Fortunately, they have arranged to pick up the cavalry at Maowunaoer, east of Gouluo, so they can’t hide this from me!”
Speaking of this, Lu Wusi's face turned a little dark and became more and more gloomy.
He came from a humble background and felt that he was as worthless as grass. After he killed a thousand Mongolians out of anger, Zhao Xuan and Ge Qingshu said they would promote him, but he still didn't know the value of this promotion. After a few years passed, he saw more and realized what kind of glory and wealth it represented.
Such wealth was all due to Da Zhou, but Da Zhou's noble relatives disappeared under his nose!
Different from Zhao Xuan's anxiety, this situation made Lu Wusi feel extremely humiliated.
This feeling of being humiliated made him very unhappy, so when he stared at the Tatar camp, he felt a strong sense of violence. This is something that only people who have lived under great pressure for a long time and often kill people can have. breath.
It sounds a bit mysterious, but the soldiers around me are familiar with it. Because the masters who kill without batting an eye in the army more or less have this kind of aura, but it's just not as intense as Lu Wusi showed.
Several of the guards around Zhao Xuan had once fought with Monk Luo. I thought that when it came to finding traces, there was no one better than Monk Luo in the world, but I never thought that someone like Lu Wusi could track down dozens of people for hundreds of miles in one go by relying on the moonlight late at night.
At that moment, someone asked in awe: "Then what should we do next?"
"You go and kill anyone with two legs on sight. Just bring back Lu Shu and A Duo..."
Some people still have some doubts about Lu Wusi's tracking ability: "What if Lu Shu and A Duo are not here?"
"Even if we are not here, we still have nothing to do with them."
Lu Wusi pulled out two knives from behind and scratched each other with the blades, making a dull and harsh sound. He said seriously: "If you can't find anyone, bring their leader and I will interrogate them."
(End of chapter)
