The night is very quiet and the stars are very cold.
Luo Tao was walking on a grassland astride his horse. He looked around and saw that the grass waves were as turbulent as ocean waves. He stood in the middle of the grass waves, bathing in the starlight. The sound of the waves reached his ears along the saddle: "I haven't seen this for a long time.
The sea has reached the sea, so let’s go east and walk towards the seaside.”
This was the eighteenth day that he had been walking alone. Bai Buchou and Bai Yan had settled in Kunlun Mountain and lived a life of retired gods. Gu Foying and Tai'a also decided to live in seclusion in Kunlun Mountain, and Fang Yingnan,
He still refused to give up and went to Dadan to find Xiang'er, and the good friends and brothers were separated like this.
Luo Tao felt a little regretful in his heart, but he also knew that there was no such thing as a feast that lasted forever. In fact, it was not bad to travel alone, except that it was really boring on the road and there was no one to talk to.
Suddenly, a burst of singing came from the distance. The singing was high-pitched and clear, with an exotic style. Luo Ao didn't know what they were singing, but the melody made him feel a little excited. He looked at the top of his head.
The starlight, the cold stars and the moon turned the turbulent grass waves into a blue wave.
Luo Ao walked towards the place where the singing was coming. He didn't know how long he had walked before a bonfire appeared in the endless grassland. The red dot, reflecting the starlight and the color of the grass, was like a ruby in the blue waves, which made people feel...
I can't help but want to get close.
"Fight~" Luo Ao urged his horse to rush towards your bonfire.
Beside the campfire, there were sounds of joy and laughter.
A dozen Qiang girls were holding hands and singing around the bonfire. Their clothes could not be said to be bright, and were completely black from top to bottom. Only their foreheads, cuffs, and waists were decorated with colorful ropes, showing a hint of feminine charm.
Lively and bright. Their dance is very simple, just exchanging kicks to the left and right in time with the singing. Their legs are very slender. A woman in the middle is wearing a whole body of silver ornaments. When she dances, she jingles like a smiling wind chime.
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Luo Tao was stunned to see Luo Tao riding a white horse. The group of Qiang girls also saw Luo Tao on a white horse and purple clothes, and they all gathered around him, chuckling. Luo Tao heard Gu Foying say that there are many tribes near the Kunlun Mountains.
They are different from the Kyushu people, each with their own customs, but compared to the philistine and cunning of the Kyushu people, the people in these tribes are more innocent, simple, and cheerful.
The Qiang girl, covered in silver ornaments, said crisply: "Who are you?"
Luo Tao replied: "I am a passerby. I came to take a look when I heard your singing."
"I'm asking for your name?" The Qiang girl didn't speak Kyushu fluently, and her words still had a foreign flavor to them.
Luo Ao responded: "Oh, my name is Luo Tao."
"My name is Anikezi, which means the leader among young women in our Qiang language. My name is Achu in Jiuzhou." The Qiang girl smiled: "Luo Tao, what does your name mean? Tao is
Waves? I see you are so thin, you can’t stand the waves."
Luo Tao smiled and said, "I guess so."
Achu said: "You are so stupid, how about dancing with us? We have mutton, butter tea and highland barley wine here." As she said this, a group of Qiang men walked out of the tent next to the bonfire. Although they were not tall,
But he was extremely strong, wearing a white robe with long sleeves, and various silver hair accessories on his hair. Some tied their hair into two braids, and some tied their hair behind their heads like twists.
Their eyes were slender and they stared at Luo Tao, with both caution and suspicion in their eyes.
One of the elders asked: "Who are you and why are you here in Bortala?" Bortala means silver grassland in the Qiang language. The temperature difference between day and night in Bortala is huge, and the dew in the evening changes after one night.
It will turn into white frost, and in the morning the sun will shine silvery light all over the place, which is really beautiful.
Luo Tao said: "My name is Luo Tao. I am a tourist passing by here."
"Where are you from? Do you know anyone here?"
Luo Tao was stunned for a moment, thinking about the simplicity of these Qiang people, and simply said bluntly: "I know Gu Foying. I left him and was going back to Kyushu and passed by here."
Upon hearing the name "Gu Foying", the elder's slender eyes narrowed, showing kindness: "Oh, friend, friend, please come in quickly, we have wine and meat here, it's very cold in Bortala at night.
, you'll be freezing if you walk like this, spend the night here, and I'll give you a fast horse tomorrow. Walk southeast for seven days and you'll reach Houhan. Oh, that's the territory of Baiyun Kingdom now."
As he said that, the elder shook his head and said: "The people of Baiyun country are not good. The world of you Kyushu people is in chaos."
Hearing the words "Baiyun Country", Luo Tao suddenly felt a sense of sadness in his heart, but before he could express his sadness, the hospitable Qiang men took Luo Tao into the tent. Amidst the laughter and laughter, Luo Tao came again.
Unfortunately, the atmosphere was gone, so I could only sing and dance with the Qiang men and have fun all night long.
When Luo Tao opened his eyes again, it was already bright. He was covered with a sheepskin quilt, and there was a steaming pot of butter tea beside the bed. For a moment, Luo Tao had the urge to stay here.
How clean the people are, and only by seeing this purity can we know how dirty and ugly the people outside are.
Luo Ao poured himself a bowl of butter tea, which was slightly salty and had a strong milk aroma. After drinking a bowl, the meridians all over his body warmed up.
Suddenly, a burst of rapid horse hoofbeats broke the tranquility, and the men and women in the tribe began to shout loudly, as if they had encountered a very urgent matter.
Luo Tao couldn't understand what they were saying, so he had to rush out of the tent to check the situation. He saw a chaos outside the tent. The women in the tribe ran into a tent, while the men held scimitars and mounted their horses to hit the women.
Surrounded by tents.
"Hand over all the gold, silver, wine, meat and food in your tribe. If you don't hand over, I will kill you all and take away all the women!"
It’s Kyushu dialect!
Luo Tao was stunned for a moment, and looked up. That group of men and horses was the tribe that robbed the Qiang people under the banner of Baiyun Kingdom. Behind their horse team were carts carrying cart after cart of gold, silver, and grain.
The elder straddled his horse, put his scimitar on his hip, and said with a cold face: "Our tribe has handed over all the women's silver jewelry to you, and only left a little food for the winter. Cattle and sheep are the hope of our tribe and cannot be given to you."
You guys, our tribe really has nothing to give you."
The leading general pointed to the cart behind him and said: "I passed seven tribes, and they all said they had no food. In the end, I found these things. You Qiang people are not honest anymore.
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"The Qiang people are a pure tribe. They are dirty because you bad guys have defiled our tribe!" The old man pulled out the scimitar from his hip and said, "If you continue to rob our food, you will kill us. We Borta
I will fight with you!"
The general of Baiyun Kingdom also drew the sword in his hand and said fiercely: "Damn it, I have found a hard nut. Brother, come to me. Kill them all and take away all the women from their tribe. Let all the men feel happy!" He said
All the soldiers under his command also drew their swords and said with a lewd smile: "The women in Voltara just now were too old. I hope the women here can be younger."
"Come on!"
"Kill!"
The soldiers of the Baiyun Kingdom and the Qiang people immediately fought together. The Qiang people were fierce and fierce, holding scimitars to kill the soldiers of the Baiyun Kingdom. They were extremely brave, but the soldiers of the Baiyun Kingdom were not afraid at all. They looked at the Qiang people's scimitars coldly
He smiled coldly, as if he was waiting for the scimitar to hit him.
I saw that the scimitar struck the Baiyun Soldier's armor with a "dang" sound, but it did not hurt the Baiyun Soldier at all. The Baiyun Soldier knocked the Qiang man off his horse with a backhand sword.
The old Qiang man frowned. He knew that the armor of the Kyushu people was indestructible, and their scimitars could not hurt them at all. The iron smelting technology between Kyushu and Qiang was very different, and the ordinary soldiers of the Baiyun Kingdom were equipped with Baiyunjingjing.
Armor made of steel, while Qiang warriors still use weapons made of thick iron. Therefore, when fighting against Kyushu people, it usually takes seven or eight Qiang people to defeat one Kyushu person.
"Heaven will destroy me Bortala!" The old man's eyes showed sadness. He drew his scimitar and rushed up with the young men in the tribe. Just as he was riding his horse, a man dressed in purple came from behind.
He suddenly rushed out from his side, and with a clear sword cry, the head of the Baiyun Kingdom general fell to the ground.
"Your general is dead, hurry up and capture him!" The one who used the sword was none other than Luo Tao. He cut off one of the general's men, kicked his body under the horse, and stood on the saddle, arrogantly looking down on all the Baiyun Kingdom's men.
Soldier. He originally wanted to use this move to capture the thief first and capture the king, and control the situation, but he never thought that the group of Baiyun soldiers would not be disturbed at all.
A school lieutenant said loudly: "The general is dead, and I am the general now. Brothers, follow me and kill this man. When we go back, we can all be promoted to one level so that we can receive rewards."
Luo Tao was stunned, he didn't expect Baiyun Country to have such an arrangement now.
Speaking of which, we have to thank the late Baiyun Kingdom General Gu Zhiyuan for this. It was he who maintained military discipline and built the Baiyun Kingdom's army into a war machine capable of conquering and fighting.
Luo Tao turned his sword again in his hand and shouted to the Qiang people behind him: "To deal with them, you have to use blunt weapons, wooden sticks, hammers, and axes to hit them." As soon as he finished speaking, the sword pierced another person, and he saw
He had killed five Baiyun soldiers one after another. After listening to Luo Tao's words, the Qiang men were able to fight back with blunt weapons, and for a while they actually contained the offensive of the Baiyun soldiers.
Baiyun's captain said: "Retreat quickly, retreat quickly, go back and call for people, and then kill them! Good boy, I tell you, one drop of Baiyun's blood can cost ten heads in the world, we are not playing with this!"
After hearing the order, a group of Baiyun soldiers ignored the looted gold, silver and grain and fled in anger, while the group of Qiang men shouted excitedly. They surrounded Luo Tao like stars surrounding the moon.
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Among all the happy faces, only the old Qiang man still looked worried. He knew that these Baiyun soldiers would not give up, and the young man in front of him could save them for a while, but he could not save them forever.
"Men of Bortala, pack up your tents, drive up your cattle and sheep, and let's go quickly," the old man shouted.
"Elder, why, we have defeated them, why do we have to escape?"
The old man shook his head and said: "We have defeated them now, but sooner or later they will bring more troops to strangle us. We are no match for them."
When all the Qiang men heard this, they all lowered their heads and said nothing. They knew that the elder was right, they were indeed no match for those soldiers.
"What about the gold, silver and grain they looted?"
The old man looked at the cart of gold and silver grain and grass, hesitating for a moment in his eyes, and then ordered: "Take what belongs to our tribe from it, and leave the rest to them. I hope they will stop after seeing these things.
"He said this and closed his eyes, as if he was praying for something.
A group of Qiang men had no choice but to follow the elder's instructions, pack up their tents, cattle and sheep, and move to other places.
Luo Tao looked at the lost figures of this group of Qiang people and wondered why these Qiang people were so kind and yet were robbed by others. He walked up to the old man and said with some guilt on his face: "I'm sorry.
You're in trouble."
The old man didn't have any expression on his face. He just patted Luo Tao on the shoulder: "You are a good boy. It's not you who caused us trouble. We want to thank you." After saying that, he sighed and turned to the tent.
When he left, he also had to pack his own things.
Not far away, Anikezi stood at the entrance of the tent. She stared at Zhongluo Tao, her cheeks were as red as red clouds, and her eyes were as soft as spring water. She just watched quietly like this. Suddenly, her face drooped, tears streaming down her face.
It actually fell to the ground with a clatter.
Luo Tao also saw Anikezi. He knew that this passionate woman had fallen in love with him at this moment, and was also sad because of the upcoming separation. But he could not do anything. The old man knew clearly that he also
Clearly, he turned his head away and stopped looking at Anikezi.
The stern bridge of his nose looked a little ruthless.
But after all, he was not a heartless person. He sighed, walked into the old man's tent, and said, "Where are you planning to escape to?"
The old man was stunned and said: "Follow the water, as long as there is water there will be grassland, and we can live with grassland."
"Then what if you keep chasing? One drop of Baiyun's blood, ten heads in Jianghu, they won't give up."
"But what can we do? Our tribe is not their opponent. If we don't run away and stay here, we are just waiting to die." The old man lowered his head, with tears welling up in his wrinkled eyes, "This is our fate, we are born
That's it, the weak cannot decide their own destiny."
"In this grassland, how many tribes are oppressed by the Baiyun Kingdom do you know?" Luo Tao asked, "What if we gather them all together? The Baiyun Kingdom is seven days away from here. With these seven days, we can
Unite other tribes, and as long as there are more people, the people of Baiyun Kingdom will not dare to bully you."
A light flashed across the old man's eyebrows, but the light was fleeting: "Young man, you don't know, our situation here is very complicated, and these tribes will not unite together!"
