Chapter 1,697 Answer

At the foot of the Mantou Mountain, the fields were full of blood. Magusu was riding on his horse, watching his men drag the Shiwei people to the side of the cart. Any man who was higher than the wheel would be stabbed.

The law of the jungle prevails on the grasslands. Especially this autumn, there is a drought in the northwest grasslands, and there is not enough water and grass, so the competition has become more intense.

As the chief, Magusu must find a way out for the tribe. I heard that the Zubu and Baita tribes are the easiest. They learned the method of storing grass from the Song people. After the Western Expedition, they became more powerful and occupied many beautiful places in the south.

With their pastures, they could also do business with the Song people, exchanging cattle, sheep and horses for grain, silk, and ironware.

Thinking of this, a burst of anger arose in Magusu's chest. Alusagu used the excuse of the severe drought in the northwest to delay the delivery of the 100,000 shi of grain that should be distributed to Zhunbu this year, and demanded that Zhunbu must complete the investigation of Shiwei.

It can only be distributed after people have conquered it.

A fast horse came running behind him: "Awa! The envoy with the gold medal is here!"

Magusu asked: "Haritao Gao, why are the envoys here?"

Haritao Gao is the son of Magusu. His name means "black iron pot". The black iron cauldron of Baotucheng is now famous in Mobei.

Haritao Gao said: "The envoy said that there was an order to recruit the envoy, not to kill the prisoners, but to send them to Ningzhou."

"How to deliver it?!" Magusu was furious: "There is no food, Dayanluo is 700 miles away from Ningzhou, how can we deliver it?!"

"I asked you to ask for food from the beggar. Has this year's food been received?"

Haritao Gao glanced around and whispered: "The envoy said that we must exchange for prisoners."

Magusu became furious: "The grain is owed to us by the petitioner, and the prisoners are what we have won through hard work. Why should we exchange the prisoners for grain?"

Haritao Gao said: "How about my son escort the captives to the southwest, and his adoptive father and uncle Jida will also want them, and they will give them generously, and they can also exchange them for good wine."

"This year is not going to be easy." Magusu suppressed the anger in his heart: "In this case, I will take 3,000 captives to find your adoptive father. This year I can only exchange them for food, but not for wine."

"When you bring five hundred to the envoy, tell them that there is not enough food and grass, we can only raise so much, and if you ask for the annual reward, we will have to sacrifice our lives, so we have to pay for it with our lives!"

Haritaogao nodded: "Then I'll set off right now."

Half a month later, Magusu arrived at a large grassland by the Lququ River. This was the easternmost part of the area controlled by the Bai Ta tribe in the Liao Kingdom. It was a large settlement with only wooden walls.

This place is now a prosperous transit station. Countless Song carts came here pulling cotton, silk, porcelain, iron pots, grain and other items to exchange cattle, horses, felts, and even slaves from the Tatars.

Slaves were expressly prohibited in the laws of the Song Dynasty, but Zubu and Baita Song Dynasty could not control them.

The two tribes sent their tribesmen to Jiuyuan and Hexi to "work", and then compiled these captives into their own tribesmen to fill the gap in the population.

In order to benefit from trade with the Song Dynasty, this year's severe drought in the grasslands has brought good opportunities for the two tribes to continue to expand.

Seeing the extremely prosperous Tallan City, Magusu couldn't help but sigh.

The Zubu and Baita tribes used to be hard-pressed tribes that were "grazed" by the Xixia and Liao people every year.

Both Xixia and Liao had a custom of going into the grasslands every autumn and carrying out planned killings, firstly to train the army, secondly to plunder cattle and sheep, and thirdly to purposefully reduce the number of people on the grasslands to avoid causing chaos.

In this kind of competition between the weak and the strong, Magusu defected to the Liao people and became the most ferocious accomplice of the Liao people, protecting himself and expanding to a certain extent.

The Song Dynasty was benevolent and kind. During the Great White Disaster that covered the entire grassland, the tribes who fled to the Liao Kingdom were massacred on the grounds of leaving their territory without permission. However, the Zubu and Bai Ta who inexplicably fled to the Xixia border were

Received relief and treatment from the Song Dynasty!

Not only that, when the two troops returned, the Song Dynasty also presented cattle, sheep, and food as gifts!

After that, the living methods of the two tribes became different. Law enforcement officers, red monks, craftsmen, and caravans came to the two tribes in an endless stream to teach them to unify laws, learn Buddhism, allocate pasture, grow grass and grain, and raise cattle, sheep, and horses.

,harvesting wool...

The Song people purchased everything, and within a few years, Bai Ta and Zu Bu continued to absorb and annex the tribes large and small that surrendered to them, becoming a large tribe that controlled six thousand miles of grassland in the western part of the Liao Kingdom.

Last year, the two ministries sent elites, personally led by the chief minister, to join the Song Dynasty in the western expedition to the Kara Khanate, and the income was even more generous.

In addition to Jinbao, there are countless fair-skinned and golden-haired beauties, and the most precious ones are the weapons provided by the Song Dynasty!

The city gate in front opened, and a group of majestic cavalry ran out of the city. The horses were wearing leather armor, and the men were wearing silver armor. They had spears, hammers, and cavalry swords hanging on their sides. In addition, there were two bows and a crossbow.

Quiver, there are two quivers hanging behind the horse's butt, a total of one hundred and fifty arrows!

There were five hundred people in this cavalry. At the head was a big man in brocade robes, riding a horse as colored as ocher satin and with a mane as golden as silk. He ran towards Magusu with a big smile and pulled out a strange weapon.

The scimitar struck at Magusu!

Magusu laughed, pulled out the long knife from his waist and flicked it, deflecting the man's attack: "Brother, this is your meeting gift... eh?"

The man's horse was a full foot taller than Magusu's mount, but when it saw its master attacking, the horse raised its front hooves and kicked Magusu.

"What a beast!" Magusu was really unprepared this time, and it was impossible to really hurt the opponent's horse, so he had to remove the stirrup from the saddle, hide on the other side of the horse, and avoid the kick.

The man on the horse laughed loudly, threw away the strange knife, abandoned his horse and pounced on Magusu's mount, knocking him and his mount down together. The two of them rolled down into the grass and began to wrestle.

After a while, the two men's armors were skewed, their brocade robes were torn, and they were punched several times by each other on their faces and bodies. Finally, they were tied, stopped fighting, laughed, and hugged each other affectionately.

Magusu said: "Brother, with your strength, I won't be able to fight you in a few years."

The White Tartar man was Menggentulak, and he said with a smile: "My dear Anda, I heard that you are doing great things in the east, conquering the east and west, and even the Liao Khan has to share grain with you every year.

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Magusu shook his head: "Living under someone else's roof is incomparable to how prosperous my brother's place is."

Menggentulak smiled and said: "If Anda hadn't taken care of us back then, Bai Ta would have been gone long ago. How could we be like this? Come on, go to my tent. Let's have a drink together today!"

Magusu lowered his head: "Wait, where is my knife?"

The two guards quickly handed over the sword. Magusu looked at his steel sword and saw that there was a big gap in it. He couldn't help being shocked: "Brother, where did you get this sword? My sword can't be used anymore."

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Menggentulak handed over his sword: "This was obtained during the conquest of the Black Khanate. The Huagang sword produced there is unrivaled in sharpness. The child's grandmother said that Big Reltu presented it to the Song Dynasty.

The flower steel swords in the palace are all good."

Magusu took the knife and found that the knife had an ivory gold handle, inlaid with gems, a long and curved blade, and the body was covered with cloud-like patterns, with gold-chiselled heavenly characters on it.

I just cut with my own knife once, but there was no damage on the blade. I couldn't help but exclaimed: "What a great instrument!"

Seeing that his adopted brother liked the knife, Menggentulak took off the scabbard and tied it to Magusu's waist: "If my brother likes it, I will give this knife to you."

"How can this be done?" Magusu quickly declined: "Brother dare not accept this gift from his brother."

"You're welcome." Menggentulak inserted the scimitar into the gold-embedded scabbard at Magusu's waist, and held Magusu's arm: "Brothers have several swords like this, let's go and drink first!

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Menggentulak's tent was luxurious and luxurious. When Magusu entered the tent, he felt something was wrong with the soles of his feet. When he lowered his head, he saw that the carpet under his feet was an inch thick and had extremely exquisite patterns and patterns.

The tent was as warm as spring. Beautiful women of various skin colors were wearing light clothes. They were sitting or lying in the tent. They were all adorned with gold and gemstones. Magusu could hardly miss them.

There was a screen in one corner of the big tent, and there was a small office area there that seemed incompatible with the big tent. When Magusu entered the tent, he shouted: "Master Qu! Master Qu is a distinguished guest!"

An elderly Han man came out from behind the screen and said, "The minister's friends and distinguished guests have been coming here a lot recently. What kind of business is this time?"
Chapter completed!