In the dead of night, He Nang had just put out the candles and was about to go to bed, but was awakened by a series of knocks on the door, long and short.
Hearing these knocks on the door, He Nan jumped up from the bed. He picked up the quilt with his left hand and covered it in front of him. His right hand had already touched the handleless knife on the bedside.
Three long and two short are the secret codes formulated by He Nan and the brothers in "A Big Gang".
But as far as he knew, everyone was far away from the capital. How could there be a code sounding here and now? It was difficult for He to prevent fraud, so he slowly retreated towards the back window - in case someone wanted to harm him, he would have to go in.
If you have a knife in your hand, if you retreat, you can jump out of the window and escape. You can also use a quilt to block the opponent's sight.
"Don't pretend to be shit! I just saw the candles in your room lit!" Someone outside shouted, with a loud voice and a strange accent.
"Uh... no way..." He Nan was shocked after hearing this voice, but he was not sure who it was.
He Nan tiptoed and unlatched the door, glanced at the other side through the crack in the door, and obviously the other side also saw him, and pushed the door open without ceremony.
"Are you dancing?" The visitor looked at He Nan's weird posture and said disdainfully.
But He Nan felt happy from the bottom of his heart, and then asked: "Why are you here?"
The visitor has a broad forehead, thick eyebrows and narrow eyes, single eyelids, high cheekbones, long hair roughly twisted into braids of varying thicknesses, gold and silver jewelry shining in the thick brown hair. His attire is also in line with Sheng
The Chinese are a little different. They are wrapped in cloth under fur and wear leather boots with spurs. Although his appearance cannot be considered handsome, his whole body reveals a rough and arrogant beauty.
Asi'er means "sky" in the Hu tribe language, and his surname is also the extremely prominent "Wule", the surname of the leader of the Yunhu tribe and his descendants in the Sanhu tribe.
It is actually not accurate to say that it is a surname, because there is no concept of surname in the culture of the Hu tribe, but the Hu tribe people will put the name of the tribe before their own name.
The tribes or kingdoms of the Hu people are mostly named after the first-generation leaders, and their names come from many sources, such as the area where their ancestors lived, memorable people or events, birds of prey, beasts of prey, the sun, moon and stars, etc. Uleben
It means cloud. In fact, the real name of the Yunhu tribe among the Shengguo people is "Wule tribe". Because they live between the rolling grasslands and mountains, they are closest to the clouds in the sky, so they have the name "Wulu tribe".
The name "Le" is the same as that of the Shahu tribe, one of the three Hu tribes in the northwest desert. The Hu tribe's language is "Elesu tribe", which means desert. And the only strange Brown Hu tribe among the Sanhu tribes
, originally meant "Gaole tribe", meaning river, but due to the different accents of the two peoples, it was incorrectly translated from "River Hu" to "Brown Hu". In addition to the most powerful Sanhu tribe in the northern part of the Sheng Kingdom,
In addition, there are some small tribes, but the naming methods are similar.
Asir of Wule was the son of Noyan of the Wule tribe. If replaced by Shengguo, he would be the crown prince of the princes. Noyan is the name of the tribe leader by the Hu tribe, and is the same as the "Khan" known to most people.
There is a huge difference between the words.
In the hearts of the Hu tribe, only those who unified the Hu tribe will be called "Khan", which is equivalent to the "emperor" of the Sheng Kingdom. There have been several khans in the history of the Hu tribe, but with these
After the death of the Khan, the Hu tribe tended to split again, and the major tribes regained their independence. After many years of division and merger, it evolved into a stable situation in which the three major Hu tribes stand side by side.
Of course, a stable situation is also achieved through sacrifice, and Asier is the one who made the sacrifice, or in other words, he is the one who was sacrificed.
The Yunhu Tribe was originally a small tribe on the grassland, but because it was the closest to the Han people's land, they had the closest contacts - they had experienced mutual attacks, and there had also been a peaceful honeymoon period. Until the Yunhu Tribe's predecessors
The acting leader encountered a crisis of almost annihilation. In order to keep the flame of the ethnic group alive, he reached an agreement with the emperor of Sheng State - the Yunhu tribe sent Nuoyan's crown prince as a hostage to Sheng State in exchange for money and food to fight against other Hu tribes.
In this way, nearly a hundred years have passed since the contract between Yunhu's hostages, and Asier was one of them. From ancient times to the present, foreign hostages have to be placed in the capital under strict supervision. You can imagine how many looks you have to endure in a foreign land.
You know, although Asi'er is the heir apparent in the Hu tribe, he is a hostage under surveillance everywhere in Baiyu Jing.
However, since the contract between Yunhu and Sheng Guo has been for more than eighty years, Asir's treatment can be said to be quite good. He has his own residence, carriages, horses and servants, and is relatively free in food, clothing, housing and transportation. His daily life is just to look around.
The magnificent scenery of the capital, tasting various snacks, admiring the beauties from the south of the Yangtze River... It can be said that apart from leaving the capital and having private meetings with officials, he did whatever he liked.
It was in the capital that Asier and He Nan got acquainted. They were both teenagers at that time, and Asier was a domineering foreign hostage who wandered the streets all day long with his Yunhu servants who were similar in age to him.
, He Nan was still a primary school boy at Shanhe Academy, but he had already become entangled with a group of young people who had similar interests.
Until one day, He Nan's little brother had a quarrel with Asier's men, and the two sides arranged for a fight, and He Nan beat Asier up on West Shibatiao Street in the capital.
It may sound magical to say, but He Nan was very thin, and Asier was tall and strong, so why did He Nan beat Asier? Because the day before the appointment, He Nan brought a few people to the unsuspecting people.
The heart-broken Azir was put in a sack. From that day on, the two groups began to dislike each other for a year.
However, the youth's hatred was easy to resolve, and they were not acquainted without fighting. Later, they shook hands and made peace because of their shared lofty ideals, and He Nan and Asir became the best brothers.
"Why are you dressed like this?" He Nan glanced at Asier and asked strangely.
Since the age of eight, Asir, the third son of the leader of the Yunhu Tribe, has been sent to Bai Yujing, the capital of the Sheng Kingdom. During his twenty-two years of life, the influence of the Sheng Kingdom on him was even greater than his own.
Nationality, he usually imitates the dress of Sheng people, and only wears Hu's attire on formal occasions.
"Ule sent a letter from Yin, saying that I, Abu, was ill, so he called me back to take a look." In the Hu language, "Abu" means father. Ule's Nuoyan was in ill health and might not die soon, so he called me
It was reasonable for the son to return home, but the contract was still there, so he sent another son to replace Asir. "You wanted to say that you were in debt to Shuishuihan County, so I stopped by to see you and brought us to you.
Wu Le is a good horse."
Every time Yunhu's envoys visited the Sheng Kingdom, they would bring some good horses as gifts to pay tribute to the Sheng Kingdom's emperor. This time was no exception. However, Asir thought that he wanted to visit his brothers on the way, so he left these horses behind.
The best of the horses. Since He Nan and Ni Tu have been communicating with each other, it is not surprising that Asir knows his whereabouts.
"You're here, why don't you bring any gifts?" He Nanjia said politely, and then asked: "Then if you go back this time, will you come back?"
Asier was silent for a long time, then hesitantly said: "I'm afraid, I will return to Shengguo without debt."
"Abu is very ill. He called me back to announce the heir to Noyan's position." At this point, Asir's mood was obviously a little low: "My eldest brother and my second brother were not born from the same Eji. If it was
If they become Noyan, it will definitely be difficult for our team."
"Only by becoming Noyan can I save Eji's life." The traditions of the Hu tribe are rude and barbaric. When a new tribal leader comes to power, most of them will brutally purge their half-brothers. This
This is also one of the reasons why there are always divisions in the Hu tribe.
But even so, the Hu people did not modify this bloody tradition, because they believed that only in this way can the blood of the strong be continued, the strongest warriors be cultivated, the greatest khans be born, and leaders
They unified all Hu tribes.
"Hey..." He Nan patted Asier on the shoulder. Although he had known that Asier was from the Hu tribe for a long time, he only found out the true identity of the prince after knowing him for many years. He thought that this guy
I will stay in the capital all my life, but I didn’t expect that one day I would be able to leave and have to face such a big thing. “Do you need me to give you some advice?”
"Okay!" Asir thought that the congratulations were a joke, so he joked: "You can help me plan the retreat. When I become Noyan, I will make you the auspicious person."
"Taiji... what is it? King of Side by Side?" Azir usually spoke in a mixture of Chinese and Chinese, and He Nan didn't know what the unpopular word Taiji meant.
Azier smiled: "Taiji is Nuoyan's inheritance, and he is almost like a prince."
"Your uncle, you still want me to be your son?" He Nanxiao scolded. "By the way, how did you choose Nuoyan?"
"Generally speaking, we select Nuoyan through a competition, but if you lay down a lot of land for Wu Le, you are also qualified to become Nuoyan." Asir said in a clear and precise manner. "My Aha (
My brothers have been following Abu to fight with Ersu and Gaole, and they are all stronger and better at fighting than me." The envoy who came to Shengguo and was responsible for picking up Asir was of course from his mother's tribe.
Then he explained the serious situation to Asier in detail.
"Have you ever thought about...bringing your family to live in Shengguo?" He Nan couldn't help but ask after hearing Asir's difficulties.
"That's fine!" Asier suddenly became excited and flatly refused: "Only a coward would leave Chaoyuan because he is afraid of shit. A true warrior of Wu Le will pay shit to Chaoyuan even if he is shit!"
Originally these impassioned and powerful words sounded awkward when spoken in Asier's weird accent.
"Hey... Then besides Wule, Olesu and Gaole, are there any other small tribes on your grassland?" He Nan touched his chin and said while thinking: "Don't be so accepting of death! Since you think
They are no match for them in war, so we can absorb those small tribes in other ways!"
"But the warriors on the grassland only support men who bleed on the battlefield. If I can't conquer them with force, even a small tribe will not surrender to me." Asir retorted.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War has it that the first step is to attack the enemy with the enemy, the second step is to attack the enemy, the third step is to attack the army, and the third step is to attack the city." He Nan said slowly: "War is not the only way to solve problems. You have to use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. War, not
It should be the purpose, but the means to peace. If you can unify the grassland and prevent all the subjects from bleeding and sacrificing, they will naturally surrender to you, and the means to rule those small tribes are also very simple. You have to show
Your strength will let them see the benefits of following you. If they have wider land and more cattle and sheep after you become Noyan, then why don't they follow you?"
"But I am not as strong as the Aha, nor do I have that much land! How can I convince the Nuoyan of these small tribes to follow me?" Asir is worthy of being tricked by He Nan.
A man who exudes simplicity from the inside out.
"Huabing, Huabing!" In order to teach Asier, He Nan really took great pains: "If these small tribes are willing to follow you, wouldn't you have the strength to compete with your brothers? For example, you can say to A
Both B and C have expressed their willingness to follow you, then tell B that A and C have followed you, and finally tell C that A and B..."
"You want me to kill the emperor?" Azir's words were shocking. Of course, both of them knew what he meant, but He Nan was still frightened by this sensitive word.
"Means, this is a means." He Nan was speechless for a while, and he patted Asier on the shoulder, "Well, just stay with me for a few more days, tell me the details of your tribe, and I'll give it to you.
Write down some clever tips for you to take back."
In this way, Asir stayed in Shuihan County for a while longer, and asked the envoy who took him back to tell He Nan the details. At first, the envoy was afraid that He Nan would leak the secrets of the tribe and was unwilling to do so.
He opened his mouth, and was not willing to say anything until Asir repeatedly ordered him and added He Nan's words: "If you don't say it, you will be dead before I reveal the secrets of your tribe."
"Brother, take care." He Nan sent Asier and his party out of the city for dozens of miles, and did not stop until they were about to leave the county. "What I wrote is just an idea on paper. In fact, it depends on how hard you work. If you really
Your life is in danger, and you don’t want to be a coward who leaves the grassland. At that time, just write to me and I will definitely rush to you."
"He Nan, my Anda, it would be great if you could follow me back to Wule now and help me become Noyan." As parting was about to begin, Asir sighed sincerely.
He Nan smiled and raised the nanny manual in his hand: "It's the same with this. I also have my own things to do now, and they are no less important than your Nuoyan throne."
Asier took the thick book from He Nan's hand, dismounted and gave He Nan a bear hug: "My Anda, thank you for writing the summary for me. If I really become Noyan, I will definitely share it with you.
Big land!"
He Nan laughed twice: "You won't use all the tricks I taught you on me, will you?" Of course he was referring to the first night when Asier visited him, and he taught Asier how to do it.
The thing about people drawing cakes.
"No, no." Asier shook his head, "We men on horseback pay great attention to promises. If you come to Wule, then I will let you run for ten days, and the land you pass will belong to you.
"
I don’t know if he said four or ten, but He Nan just listened to it as ten!
"Since you men on horseback value promises the most, then you must promise me not to die!" He Nan stared at Asier's brown eyes and said, "When you become Noyan, I will definitely
I will meet you on the grassland."
"Okay, I promise you."
Azir was not a mother-in-law. He asked someone to bring out the best horse, put the horse's reins into He Nan's hand, and then bowed to He Nan with the etiquette of a prosperous country.
A series of rustling horse hooves gradually faded away. It was the sound of Ulenuoyan's son Asier and his guards returning to the grassland, carrying the chapter of victory that He Nanwei had described for him.
The style of the Hu tribe is far more sturdier, more barbaric, and more ferocious than the army of the Sheng Kingdom. His path forward is filled with bloody scimitars and sharp arrows, neighing horses and bright red grasslands.
The man on horseback promised a thousand pieces of gold, but Asier's promise was far more valuable than a thousand pieces of gold. This promise would completely change this continent in the distant future.