The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 279 Brother 0279 Four Tribal Alliance ([-])

Yizhihua was awakened by several of her companions.When I opened my eyes, what I saw was already a sky full of stars.

Although he has woken up, his head is still groggy, but he still remembered why he fell to this point.

This goddamn wintersweet flower, why didn't it show any sympathy, and poured so much wine in its life, this is to pour people to death.

Hmph, good intentions will not be rewarded well, okay, you will be cruel, this account, my old lady will write it down for you.

He finally woke up. If he just lay down like this at night, nine times out of ten, he would really be eaten by wolves.

"My master, what shall we do?"

"Go back, find Chief Min, and tell him to deal with that slut Lameihua severely. Don't you like men? If you are arrested then, I will ask all the men in the Fubingtuan to give you to... Forget it, let's go, Let’s find an Obo to rest and find something to eat, I’m starving to death.”

Looking at the stars in the sky and roughly identifying the direction, the four of them started walking eastward.

It is not far from the three-eye well of Huimeng, and you can still faintly see the lights not far away.

Perhaps it is because it is relatively close to Three Eyes Well, where there are lights and popularity, that the wolves that usually come out at night did not approach here.

Otherwise, a few drunks lying on the grassland would have been eaten by wolves long ago.

Even so, after walking for half an hour, they still heard howling wolves not far away.

Fortunately, they have been bandits for many years, and they often see wild beasts on Wendula Mountain, but they are not too afraid.

After walking for more than an hour, I was far away from the Three Eyes Well, knowing that Wintersweet Blossom and the others would not come after me, so I felt a little more relaxed.

The horse I rode was thrown into the three-eye well, and I didn't dare to go back to look for it, so I had to keep going.After walking for nearly an hour, I found an obo.

Aobao is an artificial building that is often seen on the grassland.On the Wendura grassland, it is generally made of stones and soil, and a small part is also made of wood and branches.

Aobao was first built as a marker of roads and boundaries.Its function is to guide the way, identify the direction and demarcate the boundary.Later, it evolved into a building similar to an altar.It is used to worship gods such as mountain gods and road gods, and pray for peace and happiness.

According to the tradition on the Wendula grassland, when pedestrians pass by Obo, they must dismount and worship to show their respect.

The reason why I was looking for Aobao was not only to identify the direction, but also to find something to eat here.When I arrived at Sanyanjing, before I had anything to eat, I was stuffed with a lot of wine by wintersweet flowers, and I was already dizzy from hunger.

Every year in May, every tribe holds a ceremony to worship Obo, so Yizhihua hopes to find some offerings here.

Near some Obos, there will be a small grass shed, in which some water and food will be placed for those who pass by without food.This custom is also a tradition on the Wendura grasslands, and it has been passed down for many years.

There were no offerings on the Obo, but food was found in a nearby hut.There is water, cheese and fried yellow rice.

The few people devoured their fill, and their spirits were completely relaxed.However, I still dare not be careless, and there are still wolves howling outside from time to time.

However, they were near Obo, and there was another thatched shed. After all, the few people had some support, so they cursed the wintersweet countless times while waiting for the dawn.

Although there were many small mosquito bites at night, it was May and the mosquitoes hadn't bitten people yet.If after two months, when the mosquitoes open their mouths to bite people, at night on the grassy grassland, the mosquitoes can bite people to death.

In summer, it is bright and early, and the sun has just come out from the end of the grassland at the beginning of Yinshi.Afraid that Lameihua would find out, they ate something and hurried on their way.

I met an obo on the road, but this time I was unlucky and couldn't find anything to eat.At noon, I dug some grass roots and ate them.After walking for more than an hour, we came across a small lake.

There are a lot of fish in the lake, and they are very stupid. You can pick up fish with a wooden stick.I forked more than 20 sticks, lit a fire and roasted more than a dozen sticks and ate them, roasted the rest and took them with me on the road.

At Haishi in the evening, they finally arrived at Bing No. 12 Guanzhuang, which was controlled by Bu Kui. After explaining the situation, Guanzhuang provided them with food, and they lived in Guanzhuang at night.

Early the next morning, I borrowed a few horses from Bing No. 12 Guanzhuang, hurried back to Bukui at noon.

As soon as he saw Jia Min, Yizhihua knelt down and wailed loudly. After a while, he finally explained the ins and outs of the matter clearly.

Jia Min told Yizhihua and others to go back and have a good rest, and then summoned Feng Ziying, Zhao Dahai and others for a meeting to study strategies for dealing with wintersweet flowers.

Lameihua's actions angered Jia Min.Let him realize that for these tribes, it is not enough to rely on gentleness alone, and when necessary, they have to be taught a lesson.Otherwise, they don't take you seriously.

This act of insulting the envoy, even feeding the envoy to the wolves, exceeded the bottom line of endurance.They must be made to pay for it.

Although the vast southern and northern Wendura grasslands are nominally the territory of the Dade Dynasty, for more than 100 years, the imperial court has never exercised effective control and rule over the Wendura grasslands like it did in the interior.

There are mainly two reasons for this situation.

One is the tradition that imperial power does not go to the countryside.In addition, this is a remote area, so the imperial power has never penetrated deeply into the grassland society.

Second, huge administrative costs and cultural differences have also brought great difficulties to effectively control grasslands.

Therefore, for more than 100 years, it has basically belonged to an administrative structure authorized by the imperial court and ruled by the tribal leaders of the grassland.

However, this pattern is only legal.Many times, those tribal leaders don't think so.

In their conception, the grassland is the place where they have grown up for generations, and other forces have no control over them.

Submitting to the imperial power was also a choice they had to make when their own strength was insufficient.Unless the imperial soldiers suppress the border, otherwise, they don't have much awareness of the imperial court.

On the surface, on the vast Wendula grassland, there is an idyllic style everywhere.However, more often than not, this is just a superficial phenomenon.

All kinds of fierce and cruel fights and killings have never stopped on the grassland.

This kind of contention generally manifests itself in three forms.

The first is the competition within the tribe.The minor ones are the struggles between families and clans, and the more advanced and intense ones are the struggles for tribal inheritance rights.

Such things are happening to varying degrees in almost every tribe.

The second type is competition among tribes and tribal mergers.

There are various forms of competition, but in essence, they are all competitions for living space.What is still in contention is resources.

These resources include natural resources such as grasslands, water sources, forests, and rivers, as well as property resources such as livestock and various means of production, and human resources such as commercial routes and trade monopoly.

Another kind of contention is the plunder of population.

In the plundering of the population, there are several groups that are more favored by them.

One is artisans, who can bring them technology and processing capabilities.

The second is women, who can reproduce offspring for them.

The third is children, because they are young and have no ability to resist, and it is easy to carry out enslavement education since childhood.

The fate of the plundered population is basically very tragic, and most of them are slaves for them.

The third kind of contention is to directly compete with Bu Kui's court forces.

Most of the time, they dare not confront the court head-on.However, when the imperial court was weak, they didn't care about taking advantage of the fire.

The most typical one was 50 years ago.

At that time, the Tatar tribal alliance in the North Wendura Grassland came in from the Wendura Mountain Pass, swept across the South Wendura Grassland, and finally fought all the way to Bukui.

After destroying Bu Kui's garrison and looting Bu Kui, a fire burned Bu Kui to ashes.

The current Bukui City was established only after that fire.

When Bu Kui was weak, the four major tribes on the southern Wendura grasslands also frequently harassed and plundered Bu Kui.

They didn't dare to compete with Bu Kui for the territory.However, from time to time, things like robbing some livestock, property, and robbing goods from merchants will still happen.

As for the smuggling of strategic materials and the taking of exiled criminals as slaves, it is a common occurrence.

Lameihua's challenge to Bu Kui this time was not the result of her impulsiveness, but a decision made after careful consideration.Even if Yizhihua didn't go on a mission this time, she would take such an action.

First of all, there are threats from outside the Wendura grassland.It mainly refers to the pressure of the Tatar Tribal Alliance Alliance on the North Wendura Grassland.

The Tatar Tribal Alliance has been coveting the South Wendura Grassland for a long time. In recent years, it has continuously crossed the Wendura Pass and penetrated into the South Windura Grassland.

The Luosun tribe closest to them has already started flirting with the Tatars.

If the Tatars entered the South Vendura Grassland, the Tiefo tribe's status as the largest tribe would be lost. At that time, they would have to look at the Tatars' winks.

Therefore, she must establish her absolute authority among the four tribes to prevent the division of the four tribes, so that she can deal with the Tatars.

In order to establish one's own prestige, in addition to needing performance support, creating external threats and uniting internally has become the simplest choice.

He chose this threat on Bu Kui.

The reason why she chose Bu Kui instead of Tatar was because she thought she could take advantage of Bu Kui.

At present, Jia Min has just arrived in Bukui, and his foothold is not stable.Bu Kui could not get support from Ning Guta, and he was alone, so this was a good time to attack Bu Kui.

Jia Min cleared Zhong Ding, who provided them with pig iron, and possibly asked them to hand over the fugitives, which caused damage to their interests.

On this point, the interests of the four major tribes are aligned.

As for asking the children of the four major tribes to go to school in Bukui, taking them as hostages and poisoning them with alcohol, these are just excuses.

(End of this chapter)