My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 145 The remnants of Emperor Yan, the chaos in the snowy plains

The bonfire swayed in the tent, and the rising sparks followed the heat flow toward the hole in the tent roof and floated in the night sky.

The blazing fire illuminated several slave women, wearing simple leather jackets. To the rhythm of animal skin drums, their feet stepped on the ground powerfully, waving their arms, and roared fiercely like hunting.

All around were the leaders of sixteen tribes in the snowfield, drinking strong wine, carving mutton, talking and watching this hunting dance of strength and ferocity.

As the leader of the prison beggar, he was tall and tall, with rough and dark skin and a thick beard. At this time, he was inserting the sharp knife in his hand into the chopping board for cutting mutton.

In the language of a raw slave, he asked Na Yanduo.

"What do you mean, the emperor of the Yan Kingdom is no longer in charge, but the general who is less than twenty years old? He asked you to come with so many gifts because he wanted us slaves to stop caring about what happened before. Return to the snowfield?”

Yan Duo tightened his fur coat tightly, fearing that the flames would curl the fur. This was a new coat he bought in Yanjing, and it was expensive.

"Big Chief, the previous emperor of the imperial court has died. The general's intention is to hope that the Yan Kingdom and Shengnu can be the same as before."

"Hmph, then why did he reject my messenger?" Qi Qi's fierce voice made the surrounding people laugh and laugh. The meat-eating slave leaders turned their heads, and someone raised his hand and waved, telling the dancing women to get down.

It became quiet inside the huge felt tent.

Na Yan Duo, who was looked at by the leaders, was also a little scared, "This general has not told Na Yan Duo. Before leaving Yanjing, the general said that he would personally come to the snowfield to visit the leaders of various tribes, hoping that Befriend us.”

"Ah."

Because his daughter was killed by a captain of the Yan State, Qiuqi summoned all the tribes to resist the Yan State. Later, he sent an envoy to join forces with the other party to send troops. If he won, as an ally, he could get greater benefits from it, and even Ask for the snow-capped mountains and snow forests to the east. Since Yan people rarely go there anyway, it is not impossible to give them to slaves.

If the troops failed, the worst he could do was to retreat to the snowy plains, and the emperor of Yan would be unable to do anything to him.

It was a pity that his proposal was directly rejected by the other party, so the prisoner Qi suppressed the soldiers and did not move, just to see how the other party would be wiped out by the imperial court's 15 troops after talking so shamelessly.

However, unexpectedly, the young general defeated the terrifying army of the imperial court again.

The swaying campfire made a crackling sound, and the prison beggar cut off a piece of mutton and inserted it into his mouth, "What if I lead an army to create a slave tribe and don't want to have a good relationship with him?"

"Chief...it's better not to offend that general!" Na Yan Duo said quickly: "This general's army is more terrifying than what I have seen. The Xirong Yelang tribe is more terrifying than the several tribes on the snowy field combined. They were even bigger, but they were defeated by the other side in one day. However, the general said that he came with good intentions, and I hope the leader will not regard his good intentions as weakness!"

Being able to defeat the imperial court's huge army and a Xirong tribe with a population of 3 twice in a row, the Xueyuan leaders present here naturally understand the terrifying deterrent power contained in this.

There was silence for a while, and then Qingqi asked: "Where is your sincerity?"

"Then Yan Duo can come here, which is the greatest sincerity."

Na Yan Duo pointed at himself, and then pointed in the direction facing the Yan Kingdom: "The general personally summoned Anuhu and I into the magnificent palace, and asked Na Yan Duo to come as an envoy to express his sincerity to the chief. .”

Hearing this, the tribal leaders in the tent also nodded. This approach really respected them.

At this moment, someone stood up and knocked over the small table with a bang. He stared at Yan Duo and said, "This person can no longer be regarded as a slave of Xueyuan. He sold his soul to the people of Yan State and wants to use Yan Duo to do so." The gift from the countrymen corrupted us! The big leader killed him and continued the rebellion. The birth slaves have lived on the snowy plains for long enough. We can also go to the warm south and let our people multiply!"

"Tiannu!" Qiuqi frowned, "We rebelled against the Emperor of Yan before, but now that the Emperor is gone, there is no reason for us to continue to make trouble!"

"So what?! The emperor is not here, but the Yan Kingdom is still there. They just finished the war and they have no strength to start a war with us!" The man named Tiannu only wore an open leather jacket, revealing his strong chest and thighs , "The snowfield is ours. If they dare to come, we will defeat them here, then fight outside and occupy their city!"

"Tiannu, your idea is very dangerous. What can we do to occupy the Yan people's city? Have you ever fought a siege?" Another tribal leader put down his sword and said, "The Yan general you accepted before, I I am against it, look at what you look like now!"

"Did I make a mistake?" Tian Nu raised a smile, "It's just that you are too timid!"

"What did you say?!"

Just now, the guard behind the leader came out with his sword drawn, and behind Tiannu, an unusually tall man also came out. He rushed over with a bang, pinched the warrior, and broke his neck.

"Tiannu, what are your people doing!"

The prison beggar stood up immediately, and the guards outside the tent also drew their swords one by one and blocked the entrance to the tent.There was no look of fear on Tian Nu's face, and he still had a smile on his face, "You have been the leader for too long and you have no ambition. I think you should give up your position."

Beside him, the leaders of five tribes also stood up: "We support Tiannu as the big leader, he can lead us out of the snowfield!"

"you……"

Prisoner Beggar grabbed a big ax on the weapon rack behind him, knocked over the low table with his strong body, and rushed towards Tiannu with a bang. Before the big ax could be struck, he was grabbed by the tall slave man. He grabbed the ax and knocked the prisoner beggar to the ground with a backhand blow.

The prisoner and beggar guard at the entrance of the tent rushed in with an "Ah!", but was swept out of the tent with a swing of the big ax by the slave-born man.

"Jin Gu, don't be so cruel."

Tian Nu waved to the raw slave man holding the axe, and then smiled at the ten tribal leaders opposite: "You'd better agree!"

At the same time as the words fell, the begging tribe outside the tent suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. The ten leaders looked outside, and a cavalry of more than a thousand people rushed into the tribe, slashing down each of the slaves with spears and blades. .In a moment, a general with several cavalry guards came to the outside of the big tent, turned over and dismounted, and Tiannu came to meet him. The ten leaders in the tent recognized that this was the general of Yan who Tiannu had taken into the tribe. One of them was defeated by the rebels and fled. The surrendered general here seems to be named Gu Zhaowu.

"My general, what are they going to do?"

Tian Nu led people in and pointed at the ten leaders here and the trembling Na Yan Duo, "Just kill them all."

"Chief Tiannu, these people still need to be retained to order their tribes. As for this person..." Gu Zhaowu stared at Yan Duo in the corner and narrowed his eyes: "Since he represents the general, we Why don't you give him a gift?"

He said with this calm face that he was the commander of the Yanshan cavalry. After the defeat, he took the remaining thousands of cavalry and fled north to the snowy fields. He suppressed the disgust in his heart and took refuge with one of the promising barbarians to help him train his troops and unite. Other tribes, at this moment, can finally complete the unification of this tribe.

As long as they have enough strength, it is not impossible to unite with the Xirong people in the grasslands to the west and counterattack Yanjing from north to south.

And the general wanted to come in person. He knew that the current situation in Yanjing was not enough to support him with a large number of troops, so killing the opponent on the snowy field might be the best chance now.

"Big leader, let's keep quiet and let the general come to the tribe as a guest!"

Gu Zhaowu pulled Na Yan Duo over, threw him in front of a table, and thrust his long sword in front of him: "Now, write a letter to tell the general that you and the leaders welcome him. With the arrival, there is already a willingness to reach reconciliation!”

"well!"

Na Yan Duo nodded repeatedly. When someone came over with a pen and ink, he held it in his hand, hesitated, and raised his face: "I can't write Yanwen..."

"Then write it in your raw slave language."

With the cold sword edge pressed against her neck, Yan Duo had no choice but to follow the opponent's wishes, awkwardly using the brush to draw simple communication patterns for slaves.

After finishing writing, Tiannu took a look at it, nodded at Gu Zhaowu, and then handed it over to a confidant, asking him to pretend to be a prisoner and beggar, and send it to Yanjing to be handed over to the general.

……

The dark night gradually passed, and out of this snowfield, there were lush fields, hills, and undulating roads. Occasionally, one or two trading carts could be seen, carrying fur goods and herbs back to Yanzhou.

Further south, a team of nearly 2 people was divided into left and right groups and walked through the wilderness.

There are few people.

Seeing such a huge army, the vendors selling goods stayed away from each other. When they met the scouts who came forward, they breathed a sigh of relief when they knew they were soldiers from the imperial court.

However, he also answered all questions and explained clearly the places he had visited, not daring to hide anything.

In the long dragon-like Youyan Army Formation, Su Chen was riding a horse and looked at the figure in silver armor and white robes under the flying banner of the front formation, and couldn't help but turn his head to ask the general named Zhang Yi.

"General Zhao, I have been here for a while, but I rarely see his smile. General Zhang, do you know why?"

Zhang Yi and Dian Wei were guarding the formation. When he heard the inquiry, he thought for a moment: "General Zhao has always been like this. Except with His Majesty, Generals Guan and Zhang, and the Prime Minister, he rarely showed joy to others, even to the last general. , and rarely joke."

He paused for a moment and then said: "Actually, after having been a deputy general with General Zhao for many years, I feel that General Zhao is different from others. Others care about the Han Dynasty or have a famous name in history, but General Zhao... I think he is more for the people." , live for the righteousness in your heart."

"Oh?"

It was the first time Su Chen heard this kind of opinion, "Can you tell me about it?"

"General Zhao first followed Yuan Shao and then Gongsun Zan. In the end, he abandoned them and joined Uncle Liu Huang until now. General Zhao has been with General Zhao for many years. He thought in his mind that Yuan Benchu ​​had a false reputation. Although Gongsun Zan fought against foreigners, He was violent and did not care about the people, and there was another Liu Yu who did not vote for him. He might have thought that he was friendly with a foreigner and was not happy about it. But Uncle Liu Huang was different. He was benevolent and traveled all over the world. Even though he did some wrong things after entering Shu, But he can also be dissuaded by General Zhao’s remonstrance.”

Su Chen nodded: "What you said is quite good."

While he was talking, a scout rushed over from the front. After reining in the war horse in front, he handed over a letter.

"General, this is a letter sent by the messenger from the Snowfield."

Su Chen unfolded the paper and looked at the crooked figures on it, "What the hell are these."

Thinking that maybe Yan Duo didn't know the Chinese characters of Yan, he was relieved, so he sent someone to call Anuhu. Not long after, Anuhu, the general of the slave slaves, came galloping over on horseback. He took the paper from the order rider and looked at it carefully. Finished, with a smile on his face.

"Na Yanduo said that the tribal leaders are very enthusiastic and have reached a willingness to reconcile. The general can go there with peace of mind."

"I know, you go back to the military formation first."

Su Chen stroked the black horse under him, looked ahead and threw the letter to the ground, and said softly: "It's very enthusiastic...why do they think I believe this nonsense."

The surrounding generals, such as Zhang Yi, Ma Dai, Dian Wei and others, grinned.

　Are there any aspects of the recent plot that feel unsatisfactory?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)