"Lord Huyan, it has been more than ten days and we still haven't captured Fengcheng. What should we do?" A Beiyi general walked into the tent, looking very impatient. He threw his helmet heavily on the ground, grunting. The ground rolled to Hu Yanlan's feet.
Hu Yanlan looked at the general and sighed as she recognized him as a general from Tibanuo's tent. There is a saying in the Central Plains, "Birds of a feather flock together, and people divide into groups." This reckless man's account is also full of reckless men.
"How is the situation in the east?" Hu Yanlan frowned and endured the general's rudeness, and asked in a deep voice.
The military general sat down on a square stool on the side and shouted: "You mean that boy from Mimu Ma? Hey, he lives a more comfortable life than anyone else! There he has nothing to worry about eating and drinking, and he doesn't do anything. Why don't you talk about it? I’m so lucky, I’m following Mr. Qi Guokuoxie!”
Hu Yanlan looked at the general intently, listened to his complaints, and said: "Kuo Zuoyi, a few months ago you led your army to invade the Northland, and you were teased by a small group of Northland troops. Didn't you do that? Forgot?"
"Remember! What's wrong?" Kuo Zuoyi's eyes widened and he said angrily.
"It's good to remember. I also remember that it was the two leading boys who killed your cavalry to a rout. Now, those two boys are in Fengcheng!" Hu Yanlan said calmly.
Kuo Zuoyi looked sideways at Hu Yanlan: "Sir Hu Yan, within a few months, the two boys have disappeared. What's more, you don't even know who those two boys are, how dare you make a conclusion? In this Fengcheng?"
Hu Yanlan was not in a hurry to defend, and said: "You also know that the troops and horses of the three northern kings are replaced every three months. They were in the north at that time, aren't they in Fengcheng now? The Great Khan asked us to remember their You won’t forget the garrison rotation time, right?”
"Of course I haven't forgotten it. How could I forget it?" Kuo Zuoyi became a little embarrassed when he heard Hu Yanlan mention Dahan, and said with a slight guilt.
"Now our army of 140,000 is besieging Fengcheng, and other cities in Anxi have sent reinforcements to support us. If the two of them rotate to Anxi, can they not be in Fengcheng?"
Without waiting for Kuo Zuoyi to defend himself, Hu Yanlan continued: "General Kuo Zuoyi really has a good memory. He not only remembers the defeat a few months ago, but also remembers which city the opponent is in, but...it seems that there is still nothing we can do against him. …”
Kuo Zuoyi stood up with a groan: "Lord Huyan, you look down on others! When I go back now, I will let you see how powerful we and the Fan tribe are!" As he said that, he strode out of the tent. Before he got halfway, he turned back, picked up the helmet on the ground, and walked away angrily.
Kuo Zuoyi opened the tent, and one person was about to enter. The two collided, and the person outside was knocked back several steps.
Kuo Zuoyi looked intently and curled his lips: "Look at the road, you blind thing!"
It wasn't until Kuo Zuoyi left that the man outside got up and entered the tent.
Hu Yanlan raised her head and asked, "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." The person who came was a thin man, also wearing armor, but he was too thin, and the armor looked loose and awkward on him.
Hu Yanlan tugged at her short beard, nuzzled at the stool beside her and said, "Sit down. Are you here for your elder brother's business?"
The visitor was not an outsider to Hu Yanlan, but one of the few close people among the Northern Yi, Hu Yanluo. The old leader of the Huyan tribe had countless children and grandchildren, but only three of them were actually born to his first wife.
The eldest daughter Huyancai, the eldest son Huyantuo and this son Huyanluo.
Hu Yancai and Hu Yantuo were both tall and round-waisted. At first glance, the strong physique of the Beiyi people could be seen at a glance. Only this son, Hu Yanluo, was born thin, short, and weak, so he was not liked by the old man. His brothers and sisters also bullied him a lot. Although he was born into the powerful Huyan tribe, he did not live a good life. He was timid and unpopular with others.
Hu Yanlan, this cheap brother-in-law, unexpectedly got along well with him and had a quite harmonious relationship with him. Both of them are low-status people, and they have to act based on people's faces all day long. It wasn't until Huyanlan was conferred the title of Four Mastiffs by the Great Khan that she had a place in the Huyan tribe. Hu Yanluo's life has also gotten better, and this time he went on an expedition with a set of armor.
"Sister... Lord Huyan, my eldest brother's head has been hanging on the city wall for a long time. It has dried and fallen off. I think... I want to lead troops to snatch my eldest brother's head back." Hu Yanluo said what was in his heart and took the initiative to ask for a fight. .
Hu Yanlan looked at her thin brother-in-law and said, "He treated you the way he used to, and you still want to snatch his head back?"
"He is also the eldest brother after all..." Hu Yanluo muttered.
Hu Yanlan chuckled and said, "Don't worry, didn't General Kuo Zuoyi just grab it?"
Hu Yanluo glanced at Zhou Zhou and saw that there were no outsiders in the big tent, only his uncle and uncle, and then said: "Brother-in-law... General Kuo Zuoyi will not snatch my elder brother's head..."
"Go on." Hu Yanlan knew that his little brother-in-law usually had a lot of ideas and quick thinking. He also wanted to see how many meanings this kid could guess this time.
Hu Yanluo received encouragement from his brother-in-law, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "General Kuo Zuoyi was very aggressive when he came out of his tent just now. My brother-in-law must have provoked him again. The walls of Fengcheng are tall and strong, and General Kuo Zuoyi must have gone there." He will return home defeated. At that time, my brother-in-law can do whatever he wants, whether he wants to be punished on the spot or blackmailed with the crime."
Hu Yanlan smiled and said: "Haha, each of Tibano's men is more capable than the last. It would be a good thing if you can subdue one or two of them for your own use."
Hu Yanluo shook his head and said: "Brother-in-law, Master Tibanuo's men are all brave but without plans, and they are useless..."
"Although our Huyan tribe has a large number of people, we have few brave generals. Now Huyantuo is dead again. If we don't find some people to be the pillars as soon as possible, it will be a matter of time for the Huyan tribe to be annexed." Huyanlan frowned when she thought of the current situation of the tribe. .
Hu Yanluo didn't know what to say. It was a shocking thing for his brother-in-law to get rid of his eldest brother. But he knew that his brother-in-law was not doing this for any selfish reasons, but for the entire Huyan tribe.
Huyantuo is his eldest brother. If nothing else happens, the next leader of the Huyan tribe will be Huyantuo. There is absolutely no reason to let Huyanlan, a married man, take charge of the Huyan tribe.
Now that the eldest brother Huyantuo is dead, according to the order, he will be the leader of the Huyan tribe. At that time, as long as I give up the chieftainship to my brother-in-law, the Huyan tribe will be saved.
There is no way, if Huyantuo becomes the tribal leader, how can he compare with other tribes? I'm afraid that the Huyan tribe, which was powerful for a while, will be annexed by other tribes soon. This is something no one wants to see.
Hu Yanlan looked at Hu Yanluo's appearance and asked with a smile: "You are the second son of the Huyan tribe, but here you are conspiring with an outsider to give away the position of leader of the Huyan tribe, ha..."
"How can my brother-in-law be an outsider? The Beiyi tribe is not monolithic. If there is no expert like my brother-in-law to take charge of the Huyan tribe, it will fall apart sooner or later." Hu Yanluo said as if he was thinking about himself.
"By the way, didn't you just say that you wanted to take back your eldest brother Hu Yantuo's head? Do you really want to go?" Hu Yanlan asked aloud, remembering what happened just now.
Hu Yanluo nodded vigorously: "Yes, please ask brother-in-law for approval!"
"Your courage is commendable, but you are still a bit younger after all. There is one more thing you didn't mention." Hu Yanlan said pretending to be mysterious.
Hu Yanluo looked at his brother-in-law and said, "Please give me some advice."
Hu Yanlan narrowed her triangular eyes and said: "There are many people in Beiyi. Although we are all members of the Four Mastiffs, the two tribes of Hefan and Chongling are getting stronger and stronger now, and the Huyan tribe does not want to change anymore. , sooner or later it will become the prey of other families."
"So I don't want you to go because I want you to preserve the strength of our Huyan tribe. And I originally planned to let him die in this battle. The matter of Huyantuo will be discussed later." Huyanlan didn't want to deal with this reckless man. Talk more about you.
Hu Yanluo frowned, stood up and saluted Hu Yanlan and said, "Brother-in-law, please take care of the Huyan tribe..."
"One family does not speak the same language as the other!" Hu Yanlan waved her hand, signaling Hu Yanluo to step back.
Hu Yanluo left the door, Hu Yanlan stood up and walked out, looking at the towering city wall, frowning.
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"General Xu, there seems to be someone in front!" A group of soldiers were patrolling the border between Beidi and Anxi. A sharp-eyed soldier saw a person lying in the grass in front of him.
The person who was called "General Xu" was Xu Mo who moved from Dingliao to the north. In the past few years, he had been moving back and forth in the north, which made him a little tired. The little thoughts in his heart had long been gone. It was wiped clean.
Xu Mo heard the soldiers calling and walked slowly over. Sure enough, there was a man lying in the grass in front of him. Xu Mo stretched out his hand to signal the soldiers around him to lift him up and return to the rescue for treatment.
This place is not too far from the military camp, but the road is difficult. After a while, the unconscious man was shaken awake by waves of bumps: "Where is this?"
"General Xu, that man is awake." The soldiers around him quickly reported loudly.
Xu Mo rode back leisurely: "Who are you? Why are you unconscious here?"
"I...I am a passing merchant..." the man gasped.
Xu Mo looked up and down and said with a smile: "Traveling merchant? Hahahaha, others don't recognize you, but I do. Right? Duan Tong!"
Duan Tong was shocked, he didn't expect his identity to be discovered so easily!
Duan Tong looked at Xu Mo coldly and tensed up: "I wonder how the general recognized me?"
Xu Mo smiled and said: "It's a long story..."
