Author: Middle-aged paper tiger

Chengde Mansion, Yulin Garden, this place was called Mulan Paddock in later generations. It was a place where the Manchu emperor and a group of Mongolian princes gathered for hunting.

And in this era, it naturally became the place where I, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhang Shengren, and the leaders of the tribes in Moxi, Monan, Mobei and Songmo held local shooting ceremonies and hunts.

But today, there will definitely be no hunting, because the ancients were very particular about hunting seasons.

April is a good time for animals to gain weight. Due to the winter, most animals were very thin and had very little meat on their bodies.

More importantly, most of the animals at this time had dead babies in their bellies. Hunting pregnant animals was considered by the ancients to be very against the laws of nature. Even in later generations, few people would do such a thing.

However, although hunting has been cancelled, it is more traditional in Han Dynasty. It is also a local shooting gift that Zhang Yan really wants to spread to the grassland. It can be a perfect substitute for hunting.

Guiyi Bobian, also known as General Paozi of Mulan Paddock in later generations, has silver white, ocher yellow and red tents, with a huge silver palace tent as the core, extending in all directions.

In the middle of the silver-white emperor's tent, in addition to the silver-white gold sun and moon flags symbolizing the emperor and the silver-white border Sanchen flags symbolizing the Great Zhou Dynasty, there is also a six-legged clan flag with gold swastikas on a silver-white background.

Riluge was riding on a tall horse that obviously had the blood of Hexi Longma, and was wearing a robe made of Khotan fine silk cloth that he had never thought of before.

He also deliberately lowered the collar of his robe so that others could see the chainmail he was wearing under his robe.

The Yefu tribe has become quite prosperous in the past few months because they were the first tribe to be received by the Supreme Heaven.

After the Beizhu Bu people and the Eight Tribes of Enemy Lie were severely attacked, the Supreme Heaven naturally wanted to promote a group of confidants.

So when they saw the banner of the Liufa Sect, the Yefu tribe took the initiative to join them, and the Xizubu people who were put to sleep by Lu Sanlang and Lu Zhen immediately climbed to the top of the Yanran Mountain tribes.

Loud laughter came from behind, and Riruge looked back to see the young men from Yefu's tribe riding dragon horses, chasing a team of Merle beggars who passed by them, running around.

Of course, the dried mutton and pancakes left behind by the beggars became the trophies of the young men.

This is the pure law of the grassland. Although everyone now believes in the Supreme God and will elect the Supreme God to become the Khan of Heaven, this does not prevent the strong from bullying the weak.

Everyone thinks this is normal. When did a weak yellow sheep dare to pass by a pack of wolves?

There were only dozens of Miler beggars who were driven out and robbed. Not only were they small in number, but each one of them looked like they had not eaten for many days.

This place is at least two days away from Chengde Mansion, and it is doubtful whether they can persist until then.

Tuoheida gripped the reins so tightly with his right hand that his fingers turned white. He glanced at the angry and angry tribesmen around him and said in a deep voice.

"Everyone, please be careful. Let's avoid a few people. This is the disaster brought about by this fool, Hulu Balshu.

If we can’t get to Chengde this time to worship the Supreme God, our tribesmen on the Beihai coast will have no chance of survival.”

Tuoheida is the new chief of Merqi. This powerful ethnic group, which was originally quite powerful and made the Zudivians somewhat wary, has suffered extremely painful blows in the past few months.

The powerful Central Plains cavalry, led by the Menggu and Tuzala people, launched three large-scale raids on the Merqi people.

At least thousands of Merqi soldiers were killed in these raids, and countless cattle, sheep, horses, and women were kidnapped.

This heavy loss forced the Meer beggars to abandon their original rich pastures on both sides of the Serenge River (Selenge River) and flee to the even more bitter and cold North Sea.

Tuoheida is a very knowledgeable person, because not only has he been to the territory of the Menggu people, the Zulu people, and the Dilie people, but he has also communicated with traders from various tribes. He even mingled with the Dilie people and went to Khitan

People go to Beijing to Linhuang Mansion.

So he clearly knew how powerful the Khitans were.

Correspondingly, the people of the Central Plains who were able to wipe out the Khitans, the legendary Emperor Zhongtian Khan, must be so powerful, let alone that.

So before the tribe even retreated to the "safe house" by the North Sea, Tuoheida launched a mutiny.

He led the angry Merqi warriors to kill his uncle, the chief Hulu Balshu, and then selected a hundred warriors who were the strongest to go south with the heads of Hulu Balshu to plead guilty to the Supreme Heaven.

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However, this journey was far more difficult than Tuoheida imagined. It took them a month and a half to walk more than a hundred miles away from Chengde Mansion. Only a few horses were dead and only a hundred warriors were left.

More than forty people.

Just when a group of Mier beggars were about to continue on their way, the thundering sound of horse hooves sounded. Tuoheida screamed and led the remaining dozens of warriors to abandon their horses and hid in the mountains in the distance.

Their horses were already extremely thin, and the sound of the horses' hooves indicated that there were at least several hundred elite riders. It was impossible for them to escape with the help of their horse power, so they had to run up the mountain.

Tuohei hoped that if the other party took their skinny horse, they would let them go and not search the mountain. As for how to get to Chengde Mansion without the horse and the little food left, it was no longer a matter of consideration now.

But contrary to expectations, the horses that came this time were Hexi Pegasus horses that were even better than the Yehufu tribe that had just chased them. Before Tuoheida and others could escape to the foot of the mountain, they were surrounded by more than a hundred horses.

A very strong man, wearing a silver-white armor that he had never seen before, easily knocked them over and formed a defensive formation.

The thick riding crop in the strong man's hand was swung mercilessly, like beating a disobedient animal, beating Tuoheida and the Miliqi warriors around him. Everyone was desperate and humiliated, but there was nothing they could do.

"Hahaha, my son is indeed brave. When I see the saint this time, I will help you get a real bloody horse. By then, you can become the strongest warrior in the world like the King of Liaoyang!

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Lu Sanlang laughed loudly and said that he only felt that he was very appetizing about the rough and heroic behavior of the heir who was originally named Bactu and was now renamed Luktu.

If it was hard work for Zhe De to stay on the grassland and guard it, Lu Sanlang would enjoy it.

He even suspected that he might have been a grassland man, because everything here, whether it was ethics or survival laws, was so in line with Lu Sanlang's soul.

As the first grassland tribe to take refuge, the Xizubu people also served as key guides for several times when Zhang and Zhou's army went out of the fortress. Of course, it was also because Lu Sanlang became the leader of the Xizubu people.

This large tribe, which originally belonged to the Zubu people, rose rapidly in status after the Grassland War.

The population has increased from more than 4,000 to 6,000. Not to mention, they also have an army of elite cavalry wearing iron armor, wielding hard bows, and riding Hexi horses, numbering as many as 600.

Lu Sanlang looked at Tuhei Da, who was like a bereaved dog. He pointed his hand in high spirits, ready to let Lu Ketu deal with this man who seemed to be the leader, and then merge the remaining warriors into his own team.

After all, he was trained by Gulam. His combat ability is hard to say, but his ability to judge people is very accurate.

Although these people in front of me are thin, their bones are very well-proportioned. Regardless of whether they are tall or short, as long as they grow more flesh, they will be good warriors.

However, to Lu Sanlang's surprise, after these people saw the killing intent in Lu Sanlang's eyes, not only did they not disperse, but they gathered around Tuoheida and covered Tuoheida with their bodies. Although there was fear in their eyes

, but more of a determination.

Lu Sanlang immediately made a stop gesture. On the grassland, there are not no loyal ministers and righteous men, but very, very few.

In the harsh natural environment of the grassland, people's choices are more similar to those of wild beasts, and the living space for loyal ministers and righteous men is not large at all.

"Which tribe are you from? There are only a few dozen people who want to pay homage to Tian Khan?" Lu Sanlang rode forward and asked in Turkic dialect.

Tuoheida pushed aside the people in front of him and came out bravely to answer: "We are beggars. We want to go to Chengde Mansion to seek forgiveness from the Supreme Bodhisattva."

"It turns out they are beggars from Miler, yeah, let'er kill them all!" Luktu shouted loudly.

"Yes! Ye Hu, kill these beggars, they are enemies of Buddha!" ​​The surrounding Xizubu warriors also roared angrily.

Tuoheida suddenly lifted the wooden box containing Huluba's missing head high in his hand.

"The enemy of the Buddha is not Mierqiren, but Hulupashu. It is he who has deceived us so that we cannot become believers in the Supreme Heaven. Mierqiren has killed Hulupashu, and we are not the enemies of the Buddha!"

Lu Sanlang waved his hand, and the roaring stopped. The people of Xizubu, including Yulizi and Luktu's mother and son, are now very respectful of Lu Sanlang.

Comes with considerable benefits.

Several Western divination people who had seen Hu Lu Badu rode forward on their horses, opened the box, and after examining the long-dried head for a long time, they nodded at Lu Sanlang.

The head in the box is indeed that of the former chief of Merqi, Hulu Balshu.

After receiving the confirmation, the expression on Lu Sanlang's face suddenly softened. He smiled and nodded, "You are a wolf who knows what is good and what is good. I hope you can be forgiven by the Supreme God."

As he spoke, Lu Sanlang waved his hand to Lu Ketu and said, "Give them fifty horses and leave two days' worth of food."

Tuoheida had already made preparations to be killed, but he was stunned when he heard this. After a while, he thanked Lu Sanlang profusely.

"This Ye Hu, today's generous gift and Mi Erqi's Tuoheida will always be remembered in my heart, and I will definitely repay you tenfold in the future."

Lu Sanlang waved his hand, clamped the horse's belly, and led his tribe southward, his voice drifting from afar.

"If you can be forgiven by the Supreme God, then we will all be brothers from now on. These fifty horses are the meeting gift given by the Xizubu people to the brother tribes."

Tuoheida was so moved that he almost burst into tears. For the first time, he felt the benefits of being a believer in the Supreme God, and he vowed in his heart that he would be forgiven by the Supreme God.

Luktu approached Lu Sanlang with some annoyance, "Yeah, why would you give up your precious war horses and food to some wild dogs?"

Lu Sanlang laughed and said, "My son, you have to understand one thing. Everything on this grassland is a gift from the Supreme God.

Even if he is just a wild dog, as long as the Supreme God is willing to accept him, he can become the noblest wolf king.

On the contrary, if the noblest wolf king disobeys the Supreme Heaven, then he will immediately become the meanest wild dog that everyone calls for beating.

Among the 120,000 households in the Supreme Heaven, there are ten thousand households of Merqi, so no matter how the Merqi people are attacked, they can still become one of the powerful tribes on the grassland. We are just following the will of the Supreme Heaven."

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Fengen Pavilion is located in the northwest of Chengde Prefecture, at the foot of Modouling and beside the Luan River.

Most of the leaders of various tribes who came from the grassland entered Chengde Mansion from here.

Because in the vast grassland, the Luanhe River is the most obvious guide. As long as you follow the river, you will definitely reach Chengde Mansion.

The Feng'en Hall was built to welcome these tribal leaders who came from the grasslands. After they arrived here, they not only had to bathe and purify themselves under the arrangements of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, but also learned various court etiquette.

Zhang Hao deliberately made the etiquette a bit cumbersome, repeatedly testing the patience of these vulgar prairie nobles.

If anyone can't stand such cumbersome etiquette and runs away, then his tribe can be handed over to others.

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In the fourth year of Shaoming Dynasty, on April 18th, at an auspicious time, as the first ray of sunshine in the morning appeared in the distant horizon, a captain in brocade clothes wearing a silver-white flying fish suit climbed up to the high watchtower.
To be continued...