Chapter 33 The Temptation Outside the Side Wall
More than a hundred miles north of Hulun Lake, outside a dilapidated earthen wall, the spring breeze blows through, swaying the weeds on the earthen wall. Some dry and cracked outer walls cannot withstand the wind, and the outermost wall skin is peeled off and turns into countless tiny sand and gravel, slowly dissipating among the green grass.
Perhaps after several years of evolution, this wall representing human civilization will completely disappear from this almost wild grassland. No one knows that a country once built a side wall on this wasteland.
Ulutus led 800 cavalry to pass by the collapsed gap on the wall, and couldn't help but feel infinite emotion at the once powerful Jin Kingdom.
This is a border wall built by the Jin Dynasty when its national strength was strong. It started from the south bank of the Hulunbuir Menggen River in the later Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the east, extended west to the south bank of the Erguna River, and passed through Russia to the north of Manzhouli City, and then reached west into Mongolia.
Looking down from the sky, you will find that the entire side wall passes between the Uleji River and the Kruren River, until the southern foot of the Kent Mountains, with a total length of about 700 kilometers. The construction time was still the first year of the Dayan Tianjuan in the last century, that is, 1138.
At that time, the entire border wall was a combination of the fort and the border wall, which was an important military facility for the Jin Dynasty to penetrate into the Eastern Mongolian grasslands. However, the power of time was powerful. With the decline of the Jin Dynasty, this long border wall had been disrepair for a long time. Many places even collapsed completely and disappeared completely between the fragrant grass and the sky.
At this time, Ulutus and the cavalry regiment stood outside the wall like an indestructible sculpture. As the spring breeze blows, they look into the distance, as if they are waiting for something.
In order to show the momentum of the Ulutus tribe as much as possible, all the cavalry traveling this time wore a uniform gray leather windbreaker with a quiver on the back. Not only were they filled with commonly used bows and arrows, but also with strong crossbows and fire thunders with small output in the workshop.
In addition, the fire tube is also a standard configuration for some cavalry. Finally, it is equipped with a long sword so that when fighting in close combat, the enemy can be cut off from the horse.
The so-called "whoever comes is not good, and the good one does not come!
Ulutus knew that his "good brother" would never watch him annex the three thousand people of the Ministry of Revenue in Yegu. After all, he was just a lowly Han slave, so why did he annex such a large tribe and be on par with them?
Moreover, from the herdsmen who rushed back to report the news, Ulutus also learned that there were quite a few cavalrymen coming this time. If it were just a simple visit, would it be necessary to bring so many people?
In this quiet waiting, the ground under his feet suddenly trembled slightly. The horse's reaction was quick, and it began to flutter its tail uneasily and sniffled.
Then the trembling sound became louder and louder, and a moving cloud slowly appeared on the horizon in the distance. When we got closer, we could see clearly that it was a moving cavalry.
Ulutus and the soldiers below pulled the reins and comforted the somewhat uneasy war horses. They also asked the cavalry to prepare. With the sound of a whip, the eight hundred cavalry accelerated towards the opposite cavalry regiment like Li Xuan's arrows.
So on the grassland, two clouds composed entirely of cavalry quickly narrowed the distance, and when they approached an unknown river, they slowed down and stopped tacitly.
"Huhu---" The wind seemed to be much louder, but strangely, no cavalry's stimulation or noise were heard.
At this time, a road was suddenly made in the tight cavalry array opposite. A man sitting on the back of a horse, with slender eyes and a little similar to Yegu, slowly walked out. He was wearing a traditional Mongolian robe, but it seemed like he hadn't washed for a long time, full of oil and stains, and it was difficult to see the original color.
But he didn't feel anything at all, staring at the cavalry on the other side of the river with a arrogant expression. He soon set his sight on Ulutus.
"Ulutus!" The other party slowly approached the river bank, and Ulutus was not timid and followed him to meet him.
"I heard that your tribe has made a lot of strange things recently. My Kedun likes the sweaters made by your tribe." Takehu, as if he was a family man, then said, "Since you like to make more money like a businessman, there is no reason why you don't support you as a brother. In the future, my tribe and your caravan can come and go freely."
Wulutus didn't expect that the opening remarks with Tuohu would be like this. Zheng was stunned for a while before he replied politely: "It is Xiaojiu's blessing for the second brother to support Xiaojiu. Here, Xiaojiu thanked the second brother."
"Haha, you and I are brothers, so you don't have to be so polite." Baohu pretended to be very proud and said: "It's just that last winter, many muslims were frozen to death in my tribe. Now Brother Gu is a new mourning, so his muslims must have no place to go. He and I are brothers from the same father and mother, and now we are here to help him with the funeral."
"Of course, you also helped my elder brother for a while ago, and you should also have the rewards you should have. It's better to choose 300 households from my elder brother's tribe and leave, so that we two families can live in harmony in the future." As he spoke, Tuo pointed to the cavalry behind him and said, "The wolf cubs under me are used to being wild. If you lose your constraints, it's easy to do something bold and courageous. I don't think Jiudi wants to see them lose their constraints!"
After hearing this, Ulutus already knew what Tuohu was planning.
When he was a child, through the memory of Yuanwulutus, he knew that his second brother was not like his eldest brother, and he always wrote everything on his face. So he always called his younger brother in front of others, but afterwards, he had only dislike and disgust.
Wulutus had no favors for such a person. At this moment, facing the danger of being neither soft nor hard, he replied without fear: "I'm sorry, my second brother has to worry. However, I'm impatient. If Xiaojiu didn't take over the tent of the king, the bandits would have to trample him. Moreover, Xiaojiu was kind since childhood, and his sister-in-law Erjitana was suffering from widowhood and had married him. Now he is not the leader of the New Wulutus tribe."
Hearing this, Tuohu's face was already as deep as the bottom of the pot.
But Ulutus did not intend to let him go easily, and then said, "Xiao Jiu is not talented and has a lot of experience in controlling his subordinates. If the second brother's subordinates are so wild and difficult to tame, it is better to leave them to Xiao Jiu for training. No matter how fierce the wolf on the grassland is, he will become a dog that can only bark in his hands."
"Hmph! Since Jiu Di is so sure of his skills of defending his subordinates, I'll bother you. I just hope you don't get yourself in at that time." Tuohu finished speaking coldly and quickly returned to the cavalry array.
Wulutus replied loudly: "The second brother's words of care really make me so grateful to me!"
Then the cavalry array of Tuohu was all retreating a hundred steps back, and some of the outer robes were stripped naked, and ordinary people wearing only short clothes were driven to the forefront of the cavalry.
"Prince, that seems to be our subordinates and caravans." Abatu looked at it for a while, and explained to Ulutus with a very ugly expression.
At this time, a cavalry rushed out from the opposite side and came to the river and shouted loudly: "Our prince said that when we came, we just happened to meet your shepherd slave and got lost. Now we will send it back to you."
After saying that, the cavalry turned back to the queue.
Ulutus knew that the other party was not so kind, but he didn't know what the other party was selling, so he just looked at the other party's movements with an ugly expression.
Just as these herdsmen were driven away like cattle and sheep, and then some cavalry said something to them, they suddenly ran towards the river in a mad manner.
After about half of the run, there was a sound of whizzing through the air behind the herds, and they saw the running herds being shot down like they were harvested wheat. In the blink of an eye, there were only a few of them standing there.
"Cross the river!" Ulutus could not watch the other party slaughtering his herdsmen and loudly ordered to cross the river. Unfortunately, the enemy's second wave of arrow rain had arrived, and there were only two herd slaves standing there.
To be precise, it was a father and son.
The child was wrapped in a cloth on his chest and was always carefully protected. He might have been a trainee in the past, and he was very agile. Whenever an arrow hit, he always avoided it very skillfully.
But at the moment, only their father and son were left on the field, so all the arrows were aimed at him!
Chapter completed!