Winter has arrived and the weather is getting colder day by day.

At the northwest of Ruoluo River, the camp of the Khitan Hebian tribe is located here. The weather is getting colder and the first snow of this winter has fallen. If it were in the past, the herdsmen of the Hebian tribe had already left this place and turned to the winter pasture beside the Ruoluo River to make the winter. However, this year, the Hebian tribe is not in a hurry to make a transition. They still have a lot of things to do. The Hebian tribe is busy killing cattle and sheep, cutting meat and peeling skins, and horns to get cramps. The camp is very lively, with piles of cattle and sheep skin piled up like mountains, and countless fresh meats are being divided and dried. Buckets of fresh milk that have just been squeezed out are also pulled over and pushed into large tents to store.

The Hebian tribe is the most powerful of the ten Khitan tribes. It is led by the most powerful Dahe clan in the tribe. The tribe has a total of more than 13,000 tents, with nearly 80,000 people. The brave Hebian warriors can summon more than 3,000 troops at any time. In the camp of the tribe leader Dahe Duluo, there is a personal guard Tama tribe with as many as 500 people, which is a permanent military force. Since the fourth year of Kaihuang, the Dahe Duluo, the Dahe Duluo, went to Chang'an to pay homage to the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty in the Central Plains, and the Khitan was also considered a

A strong backer was found. After getting rid of the exploits of the Turks and Goguryeo over the years, the tribes also developed rapidly. Not only the Hebian tribes, but the other nine tribes also developed rapidly. Each tribe had more than 3,000 soldiers and fewer than 1,000 soldiers, and the ten tribes had a total of more than 10,000 soldiers. If the two auxiliary soldiers equipped by each main army were included, then the ten Khitan tribes had a military force of more than 40,000 soldiers. If all the troops were all in their strength, it would be possible that this number could double again.

The Khitan has always survived in the cracks between the east and west sides, and was bullied by Rouran, Xianbei, Goryeo and others. Later, after finally waiting for the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Central Plains and the Rouran in the grassland to weaken, the Khitan seized the opportunity. At that time, the Ancient Eight Alliance sent troops to attack Rouran first, and then sent troops to the Northern Wei Dynasty. As a result, shortly after the Northern Wei Dynasty was destroyed, the newly established Northern Qi Qi was still strong. Emperor Xuan of Northern Qi Gao Yang led his army to personally conquer the Khitan. In that battle, the Khitan suffered heavy losses, and was killed in battle and captured tens of thousands of animals and lost hundreds of thousands of miscellaneous animals.

Then the Turks on the grassland also destroyed the Rouran people. The Turks, who became the new owner of the grassland, continued to invade the Khitan eastward. The Khitan tribes retreated step by step, and were finally divided into three, relying on the Northern Qi, Rouran and Goju. It was not until the establishment of the Great Sui Dynasty that the Khitan people found a backer, and received the support of the Sui Dynasty, and the tribes returned to the old land. Nearly twenty years later, the original eight tribes of the ancient eight tribes had long become the new ten Khitan tribes, and the Dahe tribe was once the Dahe tribe. A brand new Hebian tribe was also established.

In the big tent, the Dahe family Duluo was in the prime of his life. He could eat a whole leg of lamb every day, drink half a bag of horse milk and wine, and even control several women at night. He was less than 40 years old, just as powerful as the Hebian tribe. Perhaps because he had been to the capital of the Central Plains dynasty and had seen the prosperity of the Central Plains Sui. Therefore, over the years, Duluo has always insisted on following the Dasui, loyal to the Dasui, and paid tribute. In the face of the encirclement or threats of the Turks and the Goguryeo people, he has never wavered his position.

"The things in the Central Plains are good. I wish I was born as a Chinese." Duluo asked a female slave of Goryeo to beat his legs and hold a Huaihuang Business News in his hand. He looked at the newspaper a month and a half ago that had been brought back by the merchants. Looking at the contents on it, he said in his heart.

Duluo was literate. In the fourth year of Kaihuang, he went to Daxing to pay homage to the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. He lived in the prosperous Daxing City for more than half a year. When he came back, he began to learn Chinese characters. After that, he went to the Central Plains to pay homage to the Emperor of the Han family several times. In the ninth year of the Great Sui Dynasty, when he returned from Guanzhong, he saved a Han scholar who fell ill on the way. After the Han scholar recovered from illness, he was very grateful. With his sincere invitation, he agreed to be his husband, teach him Han culture, and follow him to return to the Khitan. In a blink of an eye, the Han family had been in the Khitan for nine years. After learning Han culture for so many years with the Han teachers, he could not only speak authentic Chinese, but also write a beautiful Weibei font.

A few days ago, a group of Han merchants came to his camp and brought many Han merchants, including exquisite silk, gorgeous Yue porcelain, even strong aromatic spirits, sweet and beautiful rock candy, snow-white white paper, excellent printing and binding of saints, famous poems and essays, etc. Duluo bought all the goods in the hands of the merchants. A while ago, the caravan sent another batch of goods. Before leaving, they also signed an order.

He ordered a lot of silk, cloth, as well as porcelain, tea, jade, gold and silver jewelry, pen, ink and books, etc. from the Han caravan.

The Han people did not charge him too high prices. They just needed Duluo to exchange for cows, horses, furs, etc., and even air-dried jerky.

Duluo heard that this caravan was a Sui people on the border of the Sui Dynasty. After several rounds of exchanges, the two companies now have more and more transactions and trust each other very much. For example, now, the Central Plains merchants use the iron materials, tea and cloth they need most to exchange for their cows, horses, jerky, skins and other goods, and the prices are very fair.

"The first snow has fallen. We slaughtered the last batch of cattle and sheep. After doing this business with our Han friends, we have to move to the Ruoluo Water for the winter. This winter, we can have a good New Year." Duluo said with satisfaction.

Although the cattle and sheep in his tribe were slaughtered more than originally expected, basically all bulls and rams were slaughtered almost the same, and they did not leave much meat. However, Duluo was not worried about the food this winter. The Han goods were good but cheap. The key was that in this area, they only traded with him. Duluo bought a large number of Han goods, but he would not keep them all for himself. He left part of them for his tribe, and a large part of them. Duluo only needed to sell them to other tribes to exchange them for a large number of cattle and sheep that were very cheap at this time.

"Where is Mohui?" Duluo asked. He had not seen the eldest son's figure for the whole day.

"The young clan leader accompanied Miss Chen to see the hunting at the foot of the mountain." The maid replied.

Duluo asked in Chinese, and the Goryeo maid also replied in Chinese. In fact, Duluo has been speaking Chinese after bringing Mr. Xu back, and even the maids and guards around him are asked by him. Therefore, now in Dahe Duluo's tent, he often hears Chinese answers.

Hearing this answer, Dahe Duluo shook his head helplessly. Mohui was his eldest son, in his early twenties, but he was already a famous warrior in the tribe. At the age of 18, he even went into the mountain alone at the coming-of-age ceremony. One person hunted a huge brown bear weighing more than a thousand pounds back and became the most brave young man in the Dahe family and the entire Hebian tribe. Duluo was satisfied with his son everywhere and chose to make him the heir to take over him in the future to command the Dahe family. He even secretly hoped that his son would be able to command the entire Ten Khitan Alliance in the future. But there was a place here that made him very dissatisfied and he was still unable to rest assured. His son, who was in his twenties, had not yet married yet.

My son is actually pretty good, very good as he was when he was young, tall and mighty. Many young girls in the tribe like their sons. But this bastard ignored those girls and instead pestered Mr. Xu's daughter, Mrs. Chen, all day long.

Mr. Xu has been with him in the Khitan since the ninth year of Kaihuang, and it has been almost ten years in the blink of an eye. When he came here, he did not come alone, but brought his wife and a pair of children. However, it is strange that Mr. Xu's children have different surnames from his daughter. His daughter and his wife's surname are Chen. The son does not have any surnames from the couple, but Yuan. However, Mr. Xu is extremely elegant and scholar. His wife is also very beautiful.

Gentle, knowledgeable and knowledgeable, full of the temperament of a lady from the Central Plains. Yuan Dalang is a very sensible child. Chen Xiaoniang is two years younger than Yuan Dalang, but he is a natural beauty. He is already beautiful and generous at a young age. His son Mohui is very close to these two children. Mohui, who is a few years older than Yuan Dalang, is like his elder brother. There were several times when a young man in the tribe bullied the two, and Mohui immediately helped them stand out after hearing this.

When he thought of Yuan Dalang, Duluo couldn't help but sigh. In fact, he also liked Mr. Xu's family very much. Especially for those two children, it was the same as he did for himself. He had originally intended to talk to Mr. Xu and wanted to make a reservation with Chen Xiaoniang for his son, but it turned out that Mr. Xu had already discussed with Xu Chen and gave Chen Xiaoniang to Yuan Dalang. It was also from that time that Duluo realized that Yuan Dalang was not Mr. Xu's son, and even Mr. Chen's daughter was not Mr. Xu and Xu Chen's daughter. He had asked about their relationship with the two children, but Xu Deyan only said that the two children were orphans he took in. However, he would not believe this answer. The two children were a pair of golden boys and jade girls, and the weather was noble, so it was impossible for him to be the orphans he took in. However, Mr. Xu didn't say much, so he didn't ask much.

But he still told his son that the result was, but he knew that his son liked Chen Xiaoniang. Although he told his son that there was no need for a real man, the boy's mind was as hard as a knot and he couldn't listen at all.

If it weren't for an accident, maybe Yuan Dalang and Chen Xiaoniang had children now, and their son might have faced reality and married and had children. Thinking about his son being by Chen Xiaoniang all day, he couldn't help but sigh. A few years ago, the Turks asked them to rely on the Turks, but Duluo refused. Then, not long after, a Turkic army raided the camp of the Hebian tribe. Although the Turks did not take advantage of that battle, they quickly retreated, but Yuan Dalang's child was also missing, and he could not see anyone in his life or die. He sent people to find the Turks and proposed to redeem them, but the Turks said that they had no such person at all. Duluo probably would have either been sold by the Turks or they might have died.

But Mrs. Chen refused to believe it. After several years, Mrs. Chen had reached the age of getting married, but she could not let go of her fiancé and believed that she was still alive. Duluo was sometimes confused. When the child disappeared, Mrs. Chen was only ten years old. Although the two of them had married their parents, what did such a young child know and where did they get their relationship? After so many years, she has really grown up, why did she still care about him?

Although he didn't understand, he believed that the child's feelings were real. His son couldn't understand these things. He had been thinking about marrying her for years. Alas, he didn't expect that his son was still a kind of love.

Or, I should have a good talk with Mr. Xu to see if I can tell Mr. Xu about it and tell Mr. Chen that she will forget Yuan Dalang's child and accept the motorcycle club.

"What is Mr. Xu doing?" Duluo asked.

"Mr. Xu and Mrs. Chen also went hunting, but they were not with Chen Xiaoniang and the young master, but the couple went out alone."

"Ha." Duluo chuckled, "Mr. Xu probably has taken the tiger again!" He wanted to laugh when talking about this. Although Mr. Xu is very elegant, he actually has good sword skills. Not long after coming to the grassland, one day, Mr. Xu and Mrs. Chen went out for a trip, but encountered a beast attack. Mr. Xu was eager to protect his wife, and he killed several tigers by himself. At that time, Duluo realized that although Mr. Xu was gentle, three or five Khitan soldiers could not get close to him. However, after Mr. Xu came back, he insisted that it was a tiger, which was very similar to a tiger. Although Biao was fierce, it was much worse than a tiger. However, Mr. Xu insisted that it was a tiger, and he often took his wife out to hunt tigers in the future. He even had a record of hunting thirty-eight "tigers" in one day.

"I don't know when Mr. Xu will admit that it is a bride rather than a tiger!" Duluo smiled.

At this time, the curtain was lifted, and the guard Tama who was waiting outside the tent was hurried, his face was solemn, his mouth opened and his voice was a little hoarse, "Mo Hefu, there is news coming from the north of the mountain. It is said that the Tielba Yegu people raided the Cun tribe, and had destroyed several tribes in a row, captured thousands of people and countless animals."

"The Tiel people are heading east?" Duluo put away the smile on his face and raised his eyebrows.

Bayegu is the Tielite people, but now these Tielite people in Mobei have almost all joined the Turks, so they can also be called Turks. Compared with the real Turks dominated by Asina and Ashide tribes, these Tielite people are also called Turks in different surnames. Because Asina and Ashide tribes call themselves Blue Turks, these Turks in different surnames who live in the north are also called Black Turks. However, although these Black Turks are lower than Blue Turks in the eyes of Blue Turks, these Black Turks are often in the cold northern part of Mobei, and they often fight. Therefore, although the Tielite people have a large population, they are also very scattered. Over the years, the owners on the grassland have changed from the Xiongnu to Xianbei, the Xianbei to Rouran, and Rouran to Turks, but these Tielite people have never really been hugging each other, so they have always been the thugs of the kings of the grasslands.

These thugs are indeed very fierce.

He still remembered that last year, a group of people from Yegu passed through the border and rushed south. At that time, they were just a thousand cavalrymen.

“How many of them have?”

"It is said that there are three thousand elite cavalry!" the guard replied.

Dahe Duluo's face changed. Three thousand elite cavalry, which was quite a lot. His Hebian tribe's soldiers were only three thousand, and there were only five hundred guards in the camp at any time. Why did the Bayegu suddenly come east? Is it just to plunder, or do they want to go south as last year? Recently, there are rumors from the west that Dulan Khan from the Eastern Turks were preparing to deal with his cousin Tuli Khan. There are also rumors that Dulan Khan was contacting Datou Khan from the Western Regions and was preparing to join forces to attack the Great Sui. At this time, Bayegu came out of the north of the desert. What does it mean? If they really want to attack the Great Sui, they have to notify the court as soon as possible and be prepared for it.

Thinking of this, Dahe Duluo couldn't sit still, "Send someone to invite Mr. Xu back and go right away." Mr. Xu is not only his Chinese teacher, but also has been his military advisor over the years. When encountering such a major event, he has to immediately discuss countermeasures with Mr. Xu.

After getting up and walking in the tent for a few times, Duluo drove the maid out in a irritable state, and then called a guard, "I'm sending a few more light cavalry teams to the north to find out the situation. I want to know what's going on now."
Chapter completed!