The ninth and fifty-fifth chapters are divided into two
Five or six wolf cavalry rode their horses to the caravan. Someone from the caravan had already gone to greet them. They did not leave the circle, but they just crossed their arms on their chests, showing the usual riding salute.
Qin Xiao knew that this person was called Sun Kun, who was Ximen Hao's confidant and the leader of this caravan.
Ximen Hao came to the grassland in person this time just for Qin Xiao's sake. Sun Kun was responsible for the business in Modong Grassland before. Although the caravan knew that his boss was personally involved this time, almost all matters along the way were handled by Sun Kun.
Sun Kun will handle it.
Now that the Wolf Cavalry appeared, Sun Kun naturally would not let his boss join the battle and took the lead in standing up.
"Hey, is that you?" The wolf cavalryman looked at Sun Kun and said in surprise: "Are you Mr. Sun?"
As soon as he said this, Qin Xiao and Ximen Hao looked at each other, a little surprised.
Seeing that the other party recognized him, Sun Kun looked at the other party by the firelight. He seemed to have thought of something. He made a fist with his right hand and looked at his forehead. He suddenly smiled and said: "Are you Centurion Shuhe? Haha, it turns out to be an old friend, Shuhe."
Centurion He, how are you always?"
"As expected, you still remember me." The cavalry centurion laughed, dismounted, came closer and said, "Mr. Sun, we haven't seen each other for two years, and I have never repaid your kindness to me."
"Where." Sun Kun said with a smile: "Has the centurion's disease been cured?"
Shu He nodded and said: "Thankfully I met you at that time and you gave me the medicinal materials. After I took them, I recovered in less than a month."
"That's good." Sun Kun said: "I came to the grassland this time and brought some medicinal materials. If Centurion doesn't mind, I can give you some medicinal materials. You can also choose some of the goods here, consider them as gifts from me.
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Qin Xiao thought to himself that this was really a coincidence. From the conversation between the two, it could be heard that Sun Kun, the leader of the caravan, seemed to be kind to Shu He. The two had known each other for a long time.
Shu He smiled and said: "Mr. Sun, you are too polite. You Tang people are very generous, but we prairie people will not ask for other people's things in vain. Mr. Sun, it is winter now. You rarely go to the grassland to do business in winter. This time there is something wrong."
Same."
"There are a lot of goods stored in the warehouse, and I can hardly put them down. I have nothing to do anyway, so I led the team out to sell the goods in the warehouse as soon as possible and free up the warehouse to stock up on new goods." Naturally, Sun Kun
There have been excuses for dealing with it for a long time.
Shu He swept the pile of goods in the circle and said with a smile: "You have been kind to me, and I can repay you this time. Mr. Sun, you don't have to leave anymore. Take your caravan and follow me now. I
Make sure your goods can be sold at a good price.”
Ximen Hao's face changed slightly when he heard this, and Qin Xiao also frowned.
"Where is the Centurion taking me?"
Shu He smiled and said: "Don't worry, after the spring, Taiyang Khan's Tagg will get married. That is Taiyang Khan's favorite Tagg. Naturally, the wedding will be held in a glorious manner and will require a lot of goods. Come with me to meet him.
Commander, he will definitely buy all the goods you have here, and then donate them to Taiyang Khan for Tage's marriage. Don't worry, our good commander will be generous and will not let you suffer.
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"Centurion wants to take us to Monan?" Sun Kun was a little confused: "I'm afraid this is not very convenient, right?"
Sun Kun didn't know Qin Xiao's true identity, let alone Xi
Men Hao wanted to arrange for Qin Xiao to meet Zhen Yuhan, but before entering the grassland, Ximen Hao had already told his destination, which was to go to the Zhen Yu tribe. If he followed Shu He to Monan now, the direction would be exactly the opposite.
He was able to manage the trade in the Modong grassland for the Ximen family, so he was naturally an extremely shrewd person. He knew that if he agreed to go to Monan, he would definitely ruin his employer's affairs.
"Don't worry, this place is hundreds of miles away from Taiyang Khan's court, so it won't be so hard for you." Shu He was also a straight man, and explained: "Just walk a few dozen miles to the northwest, and it will be a long journey."
The barracks are over there. As long as you bring your goods to the barracks, the captain can accept your goods. You don't have to go to the Khan Court in person." Without waiting for Sun Kun to speak, he ordered everyone in the caravan: "You all get ready and pack up.
Pack up, load the goods into the carriage, and follow me."
Sun Kun couldn't help but look over at Ximen Hao. Shu He naturally didn't expect that the caravan had another destination. He just thought that his arrangement would definitely make Sun Kun happy. He smiled at Sun Kun and said, "Mr. Sun, please clean up as soon as possible."
I went back and got on my horse, and rode it to the company headquarters camp.
Sun Kun came over anxiously and whispered: "My boss, they want to purchase goods, what should we do?"
"If you refuse, you will not only offend them, but also easily arouse their suspicion." Ximen Hao said softly: "In grassland trade, if you meet a generous noble, he will raise his hand to buy all the goods. For most caravans,
This is a dream come true. In this way, there is no need to run around in various parts of the grassland, otherwise it will consume time and energy, and ordinary shepherds are not able to trade many valuable goods. It is not easy for a captain to purchase this batch of goods.
It’s difficult, if we refuse, it will look very abnormal and we will definitely be suspected by them.”
Sun Kun nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
Qin Xiaowei pondered for a moment and then said softly: "Since I can't refuse, I can only follow them."
Ximen Hao said in surprise: "Go with them? Then...?"
"Mr. Ximen, we have a total of fifteen carts of goods." Qin Xiao said: "I will tell the centurion later that the two carts of goods were ordered by someone before. Prairie people pay attention to integrity, and we also need to do business.
To be honest, we can sell the other thirteen loads to the captain, but we must deliver these two loads to the customer as promised."
Ximen Hao frowned and said with a smile: "Yes, it is indeed a good idea. They value the promise, so naturally they will not let us break our promise." He said to Sun Kun: "Sun Kun, just follow this and go to the man named Shu He.
The centurion discussed it and said that he would allocate some manpower to deliver the two carts of goods to the previously booked guests, and the other goods could be sold to the centurion."
Sun Kun understood the meaning, and immediately went over to call on the caravan to pack the goods, while he went over to discuss with Shu He.
Ximen Hao and Qin Xiao walked to a quiet place and then lowered their voices and said: "General, it seems that Tiehan is going to send troops to attack other tribes again. I have also heard about the Shihun tribe, which is relatively powerful among the Tusun tribes.
The whole tribe has more than 100,000 people, living in the middle of the desert. At the earliest, the strength of the Shihun tribe was not inferior to that of the Du'er Hu tribe. Now the Du'er Hu tribe gathers soldiers and horses from various tribes to fight against Shihun. If
After being beaten down by him and taking over hundreds of thousands of tribesmen under his command, I am afraid that no tribe in the entire desert will be able to compete with Duer's tribe."
Qin Xiao's expression was also solemn, knowing that every increase in Tie Han's strength would pose an additional threat to Datang. If this guy was ambitious,
The eagle's wings are fully full, and it will also pose a huge threat to the Tang Dynasty, which is already surrounded by powerful enemies.
He was a little anxious, thinking that the one hundred thousand troops from the four northern towns were stationed on the northern front line of the empire. Taishi Cunxu, the general of the northern town, would naturally be very clear about the situation on the grassland.
The Du'er Hu tribe summoned soldiers and horses to attack the Shihun tribe. Under such circumstances, the four northern towns naturally could not sit back and watch the fight between the tigers. The wisest choice was of course to take advantage of Tiehan's attack on the Shihun tribe to the north.
, sending troops to harass Shi Hun from behind. In this way, Tie Han would not be able to devote all his strength to attack Shi Hun unscrupulously, thus reducing the pressure on Shi Hun.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Although Shi Hun is also from the Tusun tribe, he can make Tie Han draw his sword against him. The two sides are naturally like fire and water. If Shi Hun continues to exist, he will also be an important force restraining Tie Han on the grassland.
Qin Xiao had no way of knowing Taishi Cunxu's current plan, but if Taishi Cunxu still stood still, it would be a major strategic mistake.
"Is it okay if Sun Kun takes the caravan and goes with them?" Qin Xiaowei pondered and asked softly.
Ximen Hao shook his head and said: "Although the Tusun people are ferocious, they rarely massacre caravans from other countries. This is harmful to them but not beneficial. They are not so stupid."
"That's good." Qin Xiao said in a low voice: "Then Mr. Lao will take a few people, including the six of me, to the True Feather Grassland."
Ximen Haodao: "That's what I mean too."
Not long after Sun Kun passed by, he returned quickly and reported: "My boss, Shuhe has agreed to free up two trucks of goods and let us send people to deliver them to the customer. After the other trucks are packed, we will go with them.
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"Sun Kun, take the caravan with them." Ximen Hao whispered: "Leave a few horsemen driving the carriage to follow me, and take care of the others."
Sun Kun knew that the matter had come to this, and the caravan could only be divided into two groups. After thinking for a while, he asked: "Master, where should we meet?"
"You don't have to wait for us." Qin Xiao said: "After you deliver the goods, the caravan will return to Pingcheng. Just wait for us in Pingcheng." After a pause, he glanced into the distance and saw those wolf cavalry who didn't pay attention.
Here, Chu Lianqi was still talking about something, and then he whispered to Ximen Hao: "Tie Han is going to gather all the troops to attack Shihun. Logically speaking, General Taishi should get the news, but just to be safe,
Sir, can you please arrange for someone to send a message to General Taishi? You are businessmen doing business in the grassland. You noticed the changes in the grassland, collected some information, and then reported it to the general. It makes sense both emotionally and logically."
Ximen Hao nodded and smiled and said: "If you didn't tell me, I would arrange it this way. In fact, when we were trading on the grassland these years, we would also pay attention to the movements of the grassland tribes, and the intelligence we collected would also be provided to the border troops." He turned to Sun Kun.
He ordered: "Sun Kun, you can arrange this later."
After the caravan packed up the goods, Ximen Hao went over and had the two trucks driven aside. Many of them were specially prepared for Zhenyu Tutun Chiluoge. After all, Qin Xiao wanted to see Zhenyu Khan.
A recommendation from Chirogg is required.
Although the news of Zhen Yu Khan's death has begun to spread, the caravan has not received the news yet, and Qin Xiao does not know that Zhen Yu Khan, whom he wanted to see, has just passed away, and the Zhen Yu tribe is now leaderless.