The Black Forest covers an area of hundreds of miles. Even a Buliuda person, if he is not from the tribe in the forest, would have a hard time walking freely through the forest.
There are more than a dozen tribes from Bu Liuda in the forest. Each has its own territory and they all respect Bu Liuda. However, they usually guard their own territories tightly and are not allowed to enter each other's territory for hunting, otherwise it is likely to cause trouble.
It became a bloody war between tribes.
The selection of the Undead Army is very strict. It does not originate from any tribe. Instead, there are specialized military generals who select healthy children from each tribe in Buliuda and let them enter the exclusive camp of the Undead Army when they are very young.
Carry out training.
The moment they leave their tribe, they will completely lose the traces of their tribe and no longer belong to any tribe, only to the Undead Army.
These children will be sent to extremely secretive training sites for training, and will not be incorporated into the undead army until they officially reach adulthood.
However, from childhood to adulthood, many people will die due to the harsh training conditions, and those who remain are real killing machines.
The tribes and even the parents of these soldiers will be proud that their children have joined the Undead Army, because in the eyes of all Buliuda people, the Undead Army is the protector of the tribe's continued survival. Being able to become an Undead Army is the highest honor.
The Buliuda Army stationed on the eastern front will always have a thousand undead troops stationed there. This is not only to stabilize the morale of the frontline soldiers, but also to intimidate the enemy, because it is known to the world that the undead army is invincible and is a fearless existence.
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Except for the undead army, almost all the other soldiers guarding the front line were recruited from the tribes in the forest.
Although the undead army is powerful, their most terrifying advantage is that they appear as cavalry, and fighting in the forest cannot actually allow the undead army to exert its strongest combat effectiveness.
On the contrary, the warriors of the tribe in the forest are not only familiar with the geographical environment of the forest, but are also extremely agile in their actions in the forest and are very good at fighting in the forest. Therefore, these forest warriors are still the main force on the front line.
In fact, Bu Liuda had always been very cautious in guarding against the Bohai people. Although the front line was commanded by Lieutenant Chileshan, the Zuo Dadu Lieutenant, Donglin Khan spent half of the year on the eastern front line.
However, the situation in the Northeast has changed greatly recently, and Donglin Khan returned to the Khan Court.
Donglin Khan naturally has an extraordinary understanding of the geographical environment of the Black Forest. After entering the Black Forest, he led his team on horseback through the forest with familiar roads.
Qin Xiao walked with the team. It was okay at first. After dark, the surroundings were dark and it was impossible to tell the direction. However, Dong Linhan and his team continued to walk through the forest in an orderly formation without any delay.
Qin Xiao sighed in his heart, knowing that there is only one land and one land for people, and in this dense forest, Buliuda people are indeed the real masters.
When it comes to national strength, Buliuda cannot be compared with the Bohai State at all, and it is even more different from the Tang Dynasty.
But precisely because they have the Black Forest as their territory, whether it is the Bohai Kingdom or the Tang Dynasty, it is really difficult to engulf this tribe.
Bohaiyuan Gaijian wanted to swallow up the Black Forest. To this end, he took advantage of the weakness of the Tang Dynasty and devoted all his country's efforts to attack the Black Forest. However, over the years, although he captured a lot of territory in the Black Forest, he also suffered a lot of losses.
Moreover, after reaching the Xing'an River, they were no longer able to continue their westward advance. They formed a confrontation with the Bu Liuda Army, and they were unable to do anything to the other side.
However, Qin Xiao also understood in his heart that, not to mention the Liaodong Army, if the Long Rui Army under his command were allowed to fight into the black forest, they would probably never return and they would all become dead souls killed by Bu Liudaren's sword.
After walking through the forest for two days, although the team occasionally passed by the residence of the tribes in the forest, Donglin Khan did not rest in the residence of the residents, or even replenish food and drink. Everything needed along the way was set off from the Khan's Court.
time to prepare.
Qin Xiao knew that Donglin Khan might not want the residents in the forest to know his whereabouts, but it was also possible that he really didn't want to disturb the people along the way.
He had never seen the life of the people in the forest before, but this time he had a great experience.
The houses of the tribes in the forest are naturally made of wood, but they select suitable large trees and build them on the trees. They are quite far from the ground. They usually hang on the trees, and there are no stairs built. They use
Rope ladder.
Qin Xiao learned from Donglin Khan that this was also to prevent wild beasts from attacking.
There are many ferocious beasts in the forest. Although the tribes in the forest make a living by hunting, they must also beware of attacks by ferocious beasts. Those ferocious beasts are not only necessary for survival, but also the biggest threat to the people in the forest.
Especially after nightfall, when the activities of wild beasts in the forest are most rampant, many people in the forest die in the mouths of wild beasts every year.
Therefore, building wooden houses on trees is also a tradition of the tribes in the forest.
They will cut off all the branches under the trees and set up mechanisms. Some beasts can climb the trees. Once they climb along the trunk and touch the mechanism, they can be noticed immediately.
It is actually very convenient for people to get up and down in the tree house. There is a rope ladder in the tree house. Young people and children can actually go up and down freely as long as they throw down a thick rope. Older people will use the rope ladder.
Hongye and the two people beside her were obviously new to all this, and were very interested along the way.
After entering the black forest, there is obviously a road leading to the front line. This road is not only passable by horseback in the dense jungle, but also unobstructed. Qin Xiao knows that this is the road he is taking now. Donglin Khan did not hide it
, leading Qin Xiao along this road, although he was being honest with Qin Xiao, but Qin Xiao also knew that Donglin Khan had calculated that Qin Xiao would not be able to remember the road.
This road is at least two hundred miles long. For people who are not familiar with the forest environment, there are trees all around. The environment seems to be repeating all the time, not to mention hundreds of miles, even dozens of miles. Qin Xiao
It is impossible to remember this path.
The journey took more than one day and took two more days. At dusk that day, Donglin Khan finally slowed down his horse. Qin Xiao soon saw that a camp appeared not far ahead, and the surrounding trees were covered with trees.
After clear felling, a piece of land was cleared and a camp was built.
High wooden walls were built around the camp, and arrow towers were built at regular intervals. Guards were guarding the arrow towers.
Donglin Khan arrived at the camp gate, and the camp gate was immediately opened, and a group of people entered the camp directly.
Qin Xiao entered the camp and looked around, only to find that the camp was much larger than what he had seen before, with many buildings built and many soldiers patrolling it.
The accompanying soldiers left alone. They were very familiar with this place and knew where they should go.
"Tuma, you have worked hard all the way. I will ask someone to arrange for you to stay first." Donglin Khan was very polite to Hongye, "Where are the medicinal materials you need, I can send a guide to lead the way and search with you."
Hongye nodded and said, "Thank you!"
Donglin Khan summoned someone and asked him to arrange a place for Hongye and others to live. After Hongye left, he saw several figures coming quickly not far away. The first person was a tiger with a heavy back. Donglin Khan didn't wait for that person to approach, and had already moved toward Qin.
Xiaodao: "General, that is Xu Buyan, the great householder of Zuo!"
Qin Xiao nodded, Xu Buyan led the people over quickly, and when he got close, he already crossed his arms and bowed in salute: "I've seen Donglin Khan!"
Donglin Khan didn't waste any time and said, "Come into the tent and talk!" Paima took Qin Xiao to a felt tent in the camp and dismounted. Someone had already come over to help lead the two horses away, and Donglin Khan took them with him.
Qin Xiao entered the tent, which was already lit with lights.
Donglin Khan walked over, picked up the teapot, poured two bowls of hot milk tea, handed one to Qin Xiao, and said, "Sit down and drink tea first, and rest for a while."
Qin Xiao was not polite, he took off his mask and drank half the bowl in one gulp. He had been traveling in the wind and snow for the past few days, and this bowl of hot milk tea was really comforting.
Xu Buyan quickly entered the tent, followed by several generals. After visiting him again, he was surprised to see Qin Xiao dressed like an immortal cavalry, but with a face from the Tang Dynasty.
"General, these are all my trusted generals." Donglin Khan said: "They can all be trusted." Then he raised his hand and said, "Come here and talk. This is Qin Xiao, the general of Long Rui Army.
Everyone has heard of the famous name."
The generals were even more horrified and didn't know what was happening for a moment.
"The tribal epidemic spread, and it was the general who helped us solve the crisis with the antidote." Donglin Khan said simply, "The general and Ta have become brothers and are our true friends in Buliuda."
Although the generals didn't know what happened, since Donglin Khan said that Qin Xiao had become brothers with Tatu, it was definitely true. They all bowed to Qin Xiao and saluted: "Meet the general!"
Qin Xiao immediately stood up and returned the courtesy to the generals.
"Subyan, you can explain clearly what is going on now." Donglin Khan looked solemn and said, "I heard that they captured four people?"
"Yes!" Xu Buyan said respectfully: "In addition to Captain Zuo and Bu Liudajian, there were also two guards accompanying Captain Zuo. In addition, six guards accompanying Captain Zuo were killed at the scene.
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Donglin Khan frowned and said, "When the Bohai people attacked, didn't anyone hear it?"
"No!" Xu Buyan looked solemn and said: "Captain Zuo took people to patrol the front checkpoint that night. He left here after dark after dinner and was trapped a few miles away from that checkpoint.
The enemy attacked. The location chosen by the enemy was right between the two checkpoints at the front and rear. If a loud arrow was released to signal, the people at the front and rear checkpoints would hear it immediately and get reinforcements quickly. However, when the enemy attacked, the captain and his party did not release the signal.
Signal."
Donglin Khan frowned and said: "When patrolling, you must carry a rattling arrow with you. This is a military regulation. Chile Mountain acts cautiously. It is impossible to go out on patrol without carrying a rattling arrow!"
"We have checked and found that all the accompanying guards carried rattling arrows." Xu Buyan said solemnly: "But there is not a single arrow missing in their arrow boxes. It can be concluded from the scene that after the enemy launched the attack, the one who was killed was
The six people were killed without any chance to release the resounding arrows."
Qin Xiao suddenly asked: "Where is the body?"
"It has been brought back and is in the camp!"
Qin Xiao nodded and said to Donglin Khan: "Donglin Khan, can you go and see the body first?"
Donglin Khan placed all his hopes for the rescue plan on Qin Xiao, and he naturally responded to Qin Xiao's requests.
He did things neatly and immediately ordered Xu Buyan to take him to inspect the body.
Qin Xiao put on the mask, and Donglin Khan immediately realized it and whispered: "The general's trip is secret. You are not allowed to reveal a word to the public, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"
All the generals bowed and said yes.
After leaving the big tent, Xu Buyan led the way to a tent in the corner of the big camp. There were guards all around the outside. Donglin Khan only asked Xu Buyan to accompany him and he accompanied Qin Xiao into the tent.
, lamps were also lit inside, and six corpses lined up on the ground were covered with animal skins.
Qin Xiao ordered: "Bring a torch over here!"
Xu Buyan immediately went out to get a torch and came in. When he saw Qin Xiao squatting next to a corpse and lifting the animal skin, he immediately approached it with a torch.
Qin Xiao pulled open the clothes of a corpse to reveal the chest. When he saw that the heart was dented, it was obvious that he had been punched by someone, he frowned and his face became serious.
"General, among the six people, two were killed by hidden weapons, two were beaten to death, and only two were killed by swords." Xu Buyan whispered.
Qin Xiao then checked several other corpses. As Xu Buyan said, two of them had their throats pierced by flying knives, two of them were chopped in the neck, and one had his throat directly strangled. Although he died by
It was different, but all six of them were killed by one blow.
Qin Xiao stood up slowly, and Donglin Khan asked in a low voice: "General, have you seen the clues?"
"It's more dangerous than I thought." Qin Xiao looked solemn and whispered: "The arrest of your son may be a coincidence, but the capture of the captain is definitely not a coincidence, but a careful design by the Bohai people. Those who captured them are not ordinary people.
Detective, they have sent many experts this time. Some of them are good at using hidden weapons, and some have deep internal power and can kill people with one punch. Even those who use knives are extremely fast and do not wait for your reaction.
Come here and take the life with the knife."
Donglin Khan said in shock: "In this case, don't the people of Bohai already know the identity of the captain?"
"They may not know the identity of your son, but they already knew the identity of the captain when they acted." Qin Xiao sighed: "I am only worried that the captain and your son have been sent to the Bohai Kingdom. If so, we
It’s hard to catch up even with wings now.”
Dong Linhan's body was shaken, his expression was gloomy, his hands were already clenched, and his veins were bulging.
"Don't worry, Donglin Khan." Qin Xiao could certainly understand Donglin Khan's current mood and said with relief: "I'm just making a random guess that they may not be sent away. The Bohai people will definitely negotiate with Bu Liuda next, maybe they will
I guess if you want to meet someone, the captain may still be in the enemy camp." Then he asked Subyan: "Dadanghu, can the Bohai people send someone to negotiate?"
Xu Buyan shook his head and said: "We have strengthened our vigilance in the past few days, and we also speculated that they might send people over, but so far, there has been no movement over there."
Qin Xiao nodded and said: "They have prisoners in their hands. They know that they will send people to negotiate without them taking any action first."
Donglin Khan nodded slightly and asked Xu Buyan: "How did you discover them later?"
"When they withdrew, they were discovered by the people at the checkpoint on the river." Xu Buyan whispered: "The soldiers didn't know that they had captured the captain, but seeing that a group of them suddenly withdrew, they knew that there must be something fishy.
, so Hu Tulu Qijin led people to chase after him, and someone came out to meet him. The two sides fought on the river, each with casualties. They couldn't kill each other, so they had to withdraw." Xu Buyan explained: "
When his subordinates rushed to the scene, Hutulu Qijin had already withdrawn with his men, and we soon discovered the six guards who had been attacked. Afterwards, I checked and found out that the captain led nine people to inspect the scene.
In addition to the captain, Bu Liudajian and the other two accompanying guards were nowhere to be found. I sent people to search everywhere secretly, but could not find any trace of them, so I confirmed that they were captured by the Bohai people."
Donglin Khan asked: "The news hasn't leaked, right?"
"Don't worry, Donglin Khan. Except for a few of us, no one else knows about this matter." Xu Buyan said: "We have strengthened our security. After this happened, we immediately sent people to the sweat tent to report it. Before you arrived, we did not act rashly."
Donglin Khan said "hmm", then looked at Qin Xiao and asked for advice: "General, what do you think we should do next?"
"The situation is clear." Qin Xiao said: "If I'm not wrong, the Bohai people knew about the great epidemic in Modong, so they took advantage of it, but they knew that the defense here was tight, and if they attacked by force, they would definitely take advantage of it.
They couldn't get any cheap, so they planned this kidnapping. Their purpose was very clear. They knew that Buliuda was currently suffering from an epidemic and had great internal worries, so they kidnapped people, and then they could make various demands to Buliuda while they were in danger.
.They must feel that Bu Liuda is in trouble now, and if they threaten Bu Liuda at this time, they will definitely force Bu Liuda to submit."
Xu Buyan clenched his fist and said: "Donglin Khan, the Bohai people bully others too much, we... why don't we kill him for a while?"
"To kill them now is to seek death." Qin Xiao said calmly: "Their defenses must be much tighter now than before. If they attack them with willpower, they will only lose troops and generals, and it is impossible to defeat the captain." Weiyi pondered.
, then asked: "Donglin Khan, what are you going to do to send someone over to negotiate?"
Donglin Khan was startled, hesitated, and then said: "The Great Chanyu did give instructions. If Bohai does not send an envoy, we can send someone to negotiate. We are willing to pay to redeem people, but if they want to cede land in Buliuda
, that is absolutely unacceptable."
"Since the Great Chanyu has given instructions, Donglin Khan can select his men now and send people over to negotiate as soon as possible." Qin Xiao said: "If the two countries are at war and don't kill the envoys, no matter how shameless the Bohai people are, they will not be in trouble.
Mission." After a pause, he said: "After arranging the mission, I will go with the mission to explore the situation there."
Xu Buyan's face changed slightly and she said in surprise: "General, you...are you going to the opposite side?"