In Lumen Pass, the various units of the coalition forces were relatively independent. They were resting and dealing with various chores, and there were already teams planning their return trip.
Hu Jingye is thinking about how to take advantage of the opportunity to bring Chenzhou into his sphere of influence.
Now most of Dong Lushan's rebels have been recruited by him, and there are more than 100,000 people.
After breaking up these people and reorganizing them, several new armies can be formed. Therefore, although he did not make much in terms of reputation during this trip, he made a lot of money in terms of benefits.
At this time, an emergency report suddenly came, saying that the Liang army was spotted nearby and heading south towards Lumen Pass.
At this moment, the coalition forces who were about to retreat suddenly...
Get excited.
If in the past, when I heard that the two men were heading south, all parties would have been nervously preparing for war and preparing to fend off the enemy.
But this time is different. The coalition troops and the recruited rebel troops, more than 200,000 people are in Chenzhou.
On weekdays, it would be impossible for Deji to gather so many people because they simply cannot afford to support them.
It’s actually a bit unaffordable now, but if I insist on it for ten days and a half, it’s still no problem.
The battle between the Central Plains people and the Liang people has been going on since ancient times.
When all the troops heard that the Liang people were invading, they all wanted to see the strength of the Liang people.
I heard that the reason why they did not invade the border in the past few years was because of civil strife. Could it be that now that the civil strife in Liangren is over, they can't wait?
Hu Jingye was even more excited when he heard that the Liang people were invading.
If he can achieve meritorious service in defeating foreigners, he will definitely be remembered in history.
While the coalition forces were preparing for war, the Liang people's vanguard army was about to arrive at Lumen Pass.
"We must break through Lumen Pass this time and make up for our losses on Nanmanzi's territory."
Pioneer officer Abatu was riding on his horse, looking at the pass in front of him, his expression filled with greed.
Adjutant Aba Yin was his younger brother and it was his first time on the battlefield. He asked nervously:
"Aha (brother), I heard that the Nanmanzi have very powerful weapons and a lot of armor. Can we defeat them?"
"Du (brother), you are too cowardly. Let me tell you, the Southern Barbarians are all cowards. When we get there, as long as we shout a few times and shoot a few arrows, they will be so scared that they will hide behind the city wall and look at everything. Don't dare to look at us.
I brought you out this time just to let you kill a few more Nanmanzi.
Remember, those southern barbarians who are afraid of death can be kept and brought back to do all kinds of hard work.
Nanmanzi’s women are also very good-looking, and I can give you a few more. "
“Okay, Aha, I’ll try my best.
If...I mean just in case...
We didn’t get enough this time, will everyone starve to death..."
"Don't talk nonsense, the great God of Heaven will bless us."
"But if the God of Heaven is really blessing us, he should punish those evil wolves that cursed the grassland, and that..."
Hearing what his brother said, Abatu's expression changed and he slapped Aba Yin on the head.
"Don't talk nonsense about these things. We just have to do our own thing well. After we make contributions, the Khans will reward us."
"A few Khans... They fought for so long without a winner. Now that they couldn't survive, they reluctantly stopped and came to snatch the Nanmanzi.
Tell me, if we grab enough things, will they start fighting again? "
"Du, you talk too much. Now, immediately go with Tuo Tuomu's cavalry team outside Nanmanzi's city to scare them. Let me see your courage as a citizen of Tian Lai Shen!"
After hearing this, Aba Yin had no choice but to ride a horse and follow Tuo Tuomu's team forward.
What Tuotuomu was best at was scaring the Nanmanzi. It is said that before there was chaos on the grassland, Tuotuomu would often lead people around to snatch things from the Nanmanzi. He was very powerful and was a hero in everyone's eyes.
This time, Aba Yin followed Tuo Tuomu and felt a lot more confident.
Tuotuomu rode up to Aba Yin and said to him:
"Anda (brother), don't be afraid, just follow me and prepare your pockets for Nanmanzi's things.
Over there, there are as many good things as the stars in the sky and the stones on the ground, but they are afraid that your pockets are too small to hold them. "
Hearing Tuo Tuomu say this, Aba Yin also began to feel that Nanmanzi was easy to deal with.
Tuotuomu led the people directly towards Lumen Pass. This guy was always very courageous, and this time he led the team to less than three miles away from the city gate.
"Everyone roar, scare the Southern Barbarians!"
Tuotuomu roared loudly, and his brothers also danced their swords and shouted loudly.
Just shouting was not enough for Tuo Tuomu, so he stood directly on the horse, unbuttoned his pants, and peed in the direction of Lumenguan, cursing while urinating.
When the Liang people around him saw this, they all admired him and felt that Tuo Tuomu was indeed a brave warrior.
Tuo Tuomu also enjoys the adoring looks of people around him.
But he is not stupid, he knows that such an important pass as Lumen Pass is not something they can touch.
The main purpose of coming here this time is to see Nanmanzi's situation, and to know whether Nanmanzi is in the stage of courage or lack of courage.
Because the Nanmanzi are very strange, and sometimes they are so powerful that they can attack the grasslands in large numbers and drive the people under the protection of the God of Heaven to run everywhere.
When they were weak, even if they burned, killed and looted openly in front of those officers and soldiers, those timid officers and soldiers did not dare to interfere.
While Tuo Tuomu was testing the area, he suddenly saw the small door on the side in the direction of Lumen Pass opening, and a small group of cavalry came out of it and came directly towards them.
Aba Yin was immediately frightened when he saw Nanmanzi like this.
Because he heard that once the Nanmanzi dared to take the initiative to leave the city, it meant that they were in a very courageous stage.
Usually at this time, smart prairie warriors will choose to hide so that the other party cannot find them.
Wait until the opponent has no courage in the future, and then attack and plunder.
"Totamu Anda, something doesn't seem to be right. Let's go first."
"No, none of the warriors on the grassland will escape without a fight, and not many of them will come out. Come on, follow me and kill them all!"
Tuo Tuomu is indeed brave, but some things are actually changing.
Due to civil strife, the Liang people had not really fought against the Central Plains people for several years.
In just a few years, it seems like nothing, but they don't know that in these few years, the iron smelting technology of the Central Plains people has reached a new level.
As the teams from both sides fought, Tuo Tuomu, who originally thought he could easily kill these southern barbarians, suddenly realized something was wrong.
The weapons in the hands of these southern barbarians have become so sharp, much sharper than when he fought a few years ago.
As soon as the men and horses from both sides rushed, the scimitar in the hand of a warrior on one's own side was cut out.
Tuotuomu realized that something was wrong, but it was too late to regret it. The two sides fought, and with just one charge, many warriors around him were cut down.
It was the first time that Aba Yin fought with the Central Plains people. He did not dare to take the initiative to swing his sword and blocked it. Instead, he was lucky enough to save his life.
But soon, the Central Plains people came back to kill again.
They can only bite the bullet and fight.
This time, even Tuotuomu, who was extremely brave in Aba's silver eyes, was chopped down, fell off his horse, and went to serve the God of Heaven.
The only good thing was that these people did not intend to kill them all, but instead captured a few alive, including Aba Yin, and took them to the city as tall as a mountain.
Aba Yin has seen many mountains and rivers, and also seen the golden tent of the Great Khan.
However, no matter what kind of golden tent it is, it can't compare with the majesty of the city in front of it.
Aba Yin even forgot that he was captured. How could someone who could build such a majestic city be a coward?
The clansmen were indeed lying to themselves. They got nothing from this trip and were caught. The Southern Barbarians were really difficult to deal with.
Although Aba Yin was timid, he considered himself to be a man of backbone. He was tied up in a very nice-looking house. There were many Nanmans in the house looking at him.
Looking at the clothes on those Nanmanzi, and then looking at the clothes on his own body, Aba Yin was a little doubtful for a moment, who was the barbarian.
The Nanmanzi pushed them down and knelt on the ground, and the Nanmanzi sitting in the middle began to ask questions, all about secrets of the march that could not be told.
Aba Yin believed that he was also a strong-willed man, so he would not betray his tribe or the Great Khan.
But when the group of southern barbarians took out a leg-clamping object and clamped his legs, the severe pain made Aba Yin realize that he was not a real man.
He became the first of all the prisoners to confess.
Nanmanzi, who was sitting across from him in the middle, seemed very satisfied with his first explanation, and even asked people to loosen the rope.
At this time, Aba Yin had the urge to rush up and sneak attack and kill the man.
But the impulse only lasted a moment. In fact, Ababa Yin gave a very clean explanation, basically shaking off everything he knew.
Those who judged them were naturally a group of leaders from the coalition forces.
Seeing Aba Yin's straightforward explanation, they all thought that Liang Ren was sensible.
Ye Ming and others also hid above the general's mansion, listening to Aba Yin's explanation.
It turned out that the Liang people's civil strife was not over, but everyone really couldn't survive, so they had to make a temporary truce. The five Khans jointly sent troops, gathering a total of 60,000 people to go south to plunder.
For a nomadic people like the Liang people, gathering 60,000 people at a time was really considered a national war.
As for the reason why they can't survive, there are two points.
One, the curse of the wolf demon.
It is said that since twenty years ago, the wolf demons on the grassland have developed the most vicious curse. This curse will make the water and grass become barren and the earth will lose its vitality.
Over the years, the water grass on the grassland has been shrinking, and a large number of cattle and sheep have died in droves.
This is undoubtedly a huge disaster for the people on the grassland.
The second is Bailu Xuannv's "eating vegetarian order".
White Deer Xuannv is a goddess in the hearts of the grassland people. She has been protecting the grassland for many years.
Of course, he actually spends most of his time in retreat.
Until he came out of seclusion more than 20 years ago, he ordered that no meat was allowed to be eaten in the entire grassland.
Regardless of humans, wolves, or other things, no one is allowed to eat meat anymore, and all beings must be vegetarian.
Since then, the number of cattle, sheep and horses on the grasslands has increased dramatically, and cattle and sheep can be seen everywhere.
It was also from that time that the curse of the wolf demon began to appear...
Some people say that it was actually revenge caused by Bailu Xuannv’s "vegetarian order".
But no one dared to really question her, and they all attributed everything to the wolf demon.
For this reason, all the grassland tribes that always liked to be named after "Sirian Wolf Tribe", "Wild Wolf Tribe" and "Cang Lang Tribe" changed their names.
Change it to something like "sheep department", "yak department", etc.
According to Aba Yin, in fact, the major tribes no longer eat meat openly, but secretly they still need to eat and drink, as long as they are not hit by White Deer Xuannv’s men. During the implementation of the "Vegetarian Order" In the early days, everyone's life was actually very good.
On the other hand, those wolves, whether they were wolf demons or wild wolves, were all stared at to death and could not even eat any meat.
There are basically not many wolves on the grassland now, and most of them have died of starvation.
Similarly, the curse of the wolf demon is also terrifying. Now the environment on the grassland has become extremely harsh. The lush water plants he remembered when he was a child are now gone.
The key point is that those wolf monsters won't let go. Even if Master Xuannu interrogates them personally, they will never admit that they are responsible for the curse. Instead, they will scold Master Xuannu, which is very rude.
Without a solution to the curse, the grassland's problems worsened.
In fact, their civil strife in recent years was also caused by internal resource allocation.
After hearing what Aba Yin said, Hu Jingye was overjoyed and immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for war, intending to fight the Liang army openly.
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