The Qihu people's attitude towards the Dafeng people can almost be called as enemies.
No Dafeng people can escape from the territory of the Qihu tribe alive.
But now Li Yi, an emperor from the Gale Dynasty, was going to spend the night in the territory of the Qihu tribe.
Isn't this crazy?
If the Qihu people knew that he was the emperor of the Gale Dynasty, it would probably not take more than a minute before he would be torn in half by the Qihu people.
Huwei Hou Lu Xiangsheng, who had never been very talkative, was shocked and stopped him, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not allowed, absolutely not allowed, it is really too dangerous!"
But Li Yi was unmoved at all and said, "Since it was the ancestor's fault, what if I should repay it?"
But it was hard to disobey the holy will. Cao Qingyan was unwilling in every possible way and did not dare to stop him, but he also secretly made up his mind to rescue Li Yi even if he died.
They immediately rushed to the camp of the Qihu tribe. Although the Qihu tribe was also a nomadic tribe, they were different from the grassland tribes in that they always lived in villages, not in felt tents like the grassland tribes.
But when he arrived at the outskirts of the Qihu tribe's camp, Li Yi suddenly felt something was wrong. He looked at the camp carefully and asked in a low voice, "How many Qihu tribesmen are there in this camp?"
Cao Qingyan took a look and said, "I guess there are about a hundred households. What's wrong?"
Li Yi shook his head, "That's even more wrong."
"Your Majesty, what did you see?" Cao Qingyan was surprised.
Shang Wanning also asked curiously: "Yes, why don't I see anything wrong?"
"Look at the village head."
Li Yi said slowly and logically: "The horse hoof prints and footsteps at the end of the village don't look like hundreds of households, but more like the traces of thousands of people walking."
"There is still smoke from cooking. Who among the ordinary herdsmen would cook at this time? And is it possible for all the herdsmen to light the fire and cook at the same time? Is it possible that they stipulate a unified time for cooking?"
“If it’s not ordinary people cooking, who will it be?”
"Think about it?"
Yes, who would be the person who cooks at the same time?
The face of Huweihou Lu Xiangsheng, who had been silent all this time, changed, "It's the army!"
"Only the military can cook and eat at the same time, and let so many households cook at the same time."
Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but admire Li Yi. Even he didn't notice these details. On the contrary, His Majesty, an emperor who lived deep in the palace, noticed it first.
As Li Yi said, this tribe of Qihu people is unusual.
"Your Majesty, do you suspect that there is an army hidden in this Qihu tribe?"
Li Yi nodded, "It's very possible."
"But whose army will be stationed here?" Shang Wanning asked with a puzzled look.
"Who else can there be? It must be the army of the grassland tribes." Lu Xiangsheng blurted out. As the strongest leading general under the late emperor, he saw the problem at a glance.
Li Yi said calmly: "I have always been worried that the vassal kings from all over the country will be restless and covet the land of Dafeng, but I don't know that the same is true for foreign enemies."
"Don't the grassland tribes covet the colorful world and splendid mountains and rivers of the Gale Dynasty? They dream of recreating the glory of the past. The grassland tribes are absolutely capable of hiding the army in this border area. There is no doubt that they already know I’ve heard about the matter between me and Prince Xiaoliang, and I’m going to take advantage of the chaos to take a bite.”
Cao Qingyan snorted angrily, "When these prairie wolves are not honest at all, don't expect them to be grateful!"
"Your Majesty, do you have any plans to use troops against the grassland tribes?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.
Li Yi shook his head. The Dafeng Dynasty is now in poverty and the central government has lost power. It is very difficult to maintain the current regime, let alone using troops on the grassland.
Lu Xiangsheng suddenly said: "It seems that the grassland tribes will take this opportunity to use troops against the Central Plains?"
Li Yi nodded, "Nine times out of ten, I have met King Tuo Lei, the Right Khan of the grassland tribe. This man is cunning and cunning. He is a full-fledged hero. This time he also wants to take the opportunity to invite Miss Shang to the grassland. His ambition is definitely not People who live in a corner."
After pondering for a moment, he immediately said: "Old Cao, come with me to find out."
"No, your majesty has a rich body, how can he put himself in danger, not to mention there are grassland soldiers, so your majesty allows the old minister to go."
"No need!"
Li Yi picked up the short crossbow, pulled out the long knife from his waist, lowered his body and rushed out, "I want to go and check in person. You guys are waiting for my signal."
Li Yi and Cao Qingyan cautiously approached the Qihu tribe's camp. The camp had a strong windy flavor and was incompatible with the grassland tribes. The surrounding buildings were extremely solid, which was also one of the doubts.
He quietly approached a house at the front and put his long knife close to the door. There was someone vaguely speaking inside, and what he said was actually the words of Dafeng Man, which he could understand.
In the house, an old man and a young man were cooking, and the young man was slaughtering an old sheep. He was full of curses, but his voice was deliberately lowered.
"Why, these are our sheep, why should we let these animals eat them? Give them the cattle and sheep, and give them the women. Are we, the Chihu people, born slaves?"
"Shut up and keep your voice down, are you tired of living?"
"Look at your uncle next door. Just because he resisted, he was killed by them. Even his children were cooked and eaten." The old Qihu man looked desperate.
Even so, their voices were deliberately kept low for fear of being heard.
Li Yi vaguely guessed something, and pushed the door open quietly. He put the long knife in his hand close to the ground, quickly raised it, and pressed it against the young man's neck, "Shh, don't make any sound!"
When the old man saw Li Yi, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He quickly knelt down and kowtowed, but his voice for begging for mercy was very low.
"Shh!"
Li Yi put away the long knife and indicated that he would not kill anyone.
"Daleman, are you a Gale soldier?"
The old man looked at the armor on Li Yi, and a hint of surprise flashed through his cloudy eyes.
"yes!"
Li Yi sighed, Cao Qingyan had already closed the door and walked in.
"Uncle, the soldiers of the Gale Dynasty will never harm you, but I hope you will put down your guard."
The old man nodded heavily and looked at Li Yi with tears in his eyes.
Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "Is there an army from the prairie tribe in this village?"
The old man hesitated to speak, but the young man ignored him and knelt directly in front of Li Yi, kowtowing and said: "General, yes, there are troops from the grassland tribes in the village. General, please save us, save us Qihu people, please?" "
Li Yi hurriedly helped him up and said in a deep voice: "The Dafeng Dynasty is looking forward to your return to the embrace of the motherland day and night. Today, we will issue an edict to apologize to all the Qihu people for what happened back then. As for you, For your settlement, Your Majesty has decided to give you the grassland outside the Great Wall."
The young man was so moved that he burst into tears.
But the old man looked absolutely determined, shook his head and said: "General, please leave quickly, you will kill our family, and our entire village will be retaliated against."
Li Yi did not help him up, but said calmly: "Are you willing to watch your descendants forever be slaves of the grassland tribes, never being able to hold their heads up as human beings?"
The old man hesitated to speak, but the young man did plead: "Grandpa, I don't want to, I don't want to be a slave to the grassland tribe anymore, I want to be a human being, a human being!"
"But..." the old man still hesitated to speak, Li Yi stretched out his hand to help him up, "Anyway, he will die. Tell me, maybe I can save you."
"Alas!" The old man sighed and thought for a while, "Okay, I promise you, and I also ask the general to keep his promise and save us Qihu people."
"Okay!" Li Yi said decisively.
"What on earth is going on in this village?"
The old man glanced at the side room. The door of the side room was ajar. His eyes were full of hatred and anger.
Li Yi took a look and asked, "How many prairie tribe troops are hidden under the wing?"
The old man shook his head, "Let's go quickly, it's still too late to leave now!"
"there's a few?"
Li Yi asked.
The young man couldn't help but said: "Sixty-three people, every household in the village is about the same. The patriarch's family has the largest number, with more than 200 people."
Li Yi took a breath of cold air. This ordinary village actually hid nearly 10,000 prairie tribesmen soldiers. If the nearby Qihu tribe villages were included, there might be hundreds of thousands of troops nearby!
What on earth is this bastard Tuo Lei going to do? He has ambushed so many people here. Is he really going to attack the Gale Dynasty?
At present, the frontier of the Gale Dynasty is almost undefended. Even the troops of the Great Liang Palace have been transferred away. This is equivalent to losing a piece of fat in front of the evil wolf. Do you think he can bear it?
Li Yi glanced at the side room, then looked at the young man, "Do you want to eat meat every day, do you want to marry a wife and have children, do you want to be granted a title of marquis, prime minister, and become a general of the Gale Dynasty?"
The young man plopped down and knelt down in front of Li Yi, kowtowing continuously, and shed tears all over the floor.
Li Yi helped him up, "I'll take you home, back to Dafeng's home!"
The old man was relatively calm and pointed to the wing, "What will they do?"
Li Yi smiled calmly, "Kill!"
"What?" The old man and the young man were both shocked.
And when Li Yi said this, it was as simple as eating with someone, not like killing someone at all.
But the key is the more than sixty grassland tribal soldiers?
But Li Yi's next words directly frightened the old and young of the Qihu people crazy.
