General Zhang Man was sitting in the renovated barracks with a headache. Opposite him sat the barbarian Shanyu Tuzhi.
When Li Chengdao attacked Yanmen Pass, he killed the soldiers guarding the pass and burned the military camp at Yanmen Pass.
Fortunately, when Yanmen Pass was built, more bricks and stones were used and not much wood was used, so it was rebuilt quickly.
"This is already the fifth time. If this continues, I can't make my brothers restrain themselves."
Zhang Man tried his best to keep his tone calm.
Tuzhi has grown a full beard, and the wind and sun on the grassland have made his face look older, and he is no longer the young man in the mountains.
"I am also trying my best to persuade them not to usurp the things belonging to the Central Plains people."
Tu Zhi sighed deeply helplessly.
After receiving Long Chen's letter, Tu Zhi convened various tribes for discussion, and then led almost 500,000 herdsmen southward to enter the pass.
They went south to enter the customs, on the one hand because of Long Chen's letter, and on the other hand because of the coming winter.
When heavy snow falls in winter, cattle and sheep have no grass to eat, so it is better to migrate south.
Originally, the barbarians liked to invade the border in late autumn.
After entering Yanmen Pass, Long Chen made a plan to disperse their people, with some of them going to the original Xixia area and some staying near Yanmen Pass, trying not to get together to avoid conflicts.
But the problem still happened, and more than once.
Those who stayed near Yanmen Pass were all elite barbarians. This arrangement was to allow them to follow the Long family army to deal with the ghost tribe.
However, these people are very restless and often occupy the local people's things and even rob, beat and kill people.
Another incident happened yesterday. Three barbarians robbed someone else's wife and beat the husband to death.
The three barbarians have been captured, and according to past practice, they will be killed for their lives.
But this time, the barbarians started to make trouble and Zhang Man was not allowed to be executed.
The Zhou army and the barbarians were in confrontation, and the situation on both sides was very tense.
The people resented Zhou for letting the barbarians enter the pass, and the barbarians resented Tuzhi for being weak and incompetent.
"The Holy Emperor and King Wu will arrive in two days. If this matter continues, you should know the consequences." >
Zhang Man was not threatening, but Tu Zhi understood the meaning.
Zhang Man was very restrained, but Long Chen was different. If he arrived, he would definitely kill until the barbarians knelt down and begged for mercy.
When Tu Zhi heard Long Chen's name, his scalp went numb.
Back then, Long Chen led his army north to Yanmen Pass and killed Chanyu Yeluhong with his own hands. He killed the barbarians to the point of fear, and finally supported him as Chanyu.
A few years later, Long Chen became even more terrifying, annihilating Xixia and Nanliang, and became King Wu.
If such a person arrives.
Tuzhi felt his hands were shaking a little.
"Don't worry, I will take care of it, don't worry."
Tu Zhi got up and left the barracks. When he went outside, two guards were waiting.
The Zhou soldiers guarding the door looked unhappy, and the two guards also looked unhappy.
Tu Zhi sighed secretly in his heart and quickly left the yard.
"Chanyu, what did Zhang Man say?"
A burly and beardless guard asked.
This guard was Tuzhi's confidant and commanded the Guards. His name was Ugu.
Tuzhi said nothing and rode out.
After leaving Yanmen Pass, there were more than fifty elite barbarian soldiers waiting on the road. When they saw Tu Zhi, they immediately followed them.
Wu Gu asked again: "Shan Yu, what are we going to do with the three brothers? They are still in Zhang Man's hands."
After the incident, Zhang Man sent people to arrest the three barbarians and put them in a cell.
Tu Zhi went to Yanmen Pass this time because he was under pressure from his tribe and wanted to get the person back and bring him back to the barbarians to deal with it themselves.
Of course Zhang Man couldn't let him go, otherwise he would be led by the barbarians. How could he explain to the officers and people of Zhou Dynasty?
Tu Zhi said coldly: "They killed people and robbed women, how do you want me to deal with them!"
Ugu understood what Tuzhi meant and said displeased: "We will compensate
Cattle and sheep are enough, why should we kill our brothers again!"
The other guards were furious and clamored to rob someone.
Tu Zhi stopped, sighed slightly, and asked, "Have you seen King Wu?"
Ugu and the guards stopped. Many people here had seen them.
Back then, Long Chen led the cavalry into the grassland and fought against Yeluhong. Some of them had experienced it personally, and some were still young, so they all remembered what happened to Long Chen.
"He's coming soon." .??.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Tuzhi said in a low voice.
Wu Gu is not a fool, he knows how terrifying Long Chen is.
"Chanyu, we can go back."
Ugu expressed the thoughts of many barbarians. They felt that they could leave at any time and return to the grassland to live a happy life.
Tu Zhi said: "King Wu said that the ghost tribe is about to invade. We will die if we go back. Who can deal with the ghost tribe?"
Wugu said dissatisfiedly: "Chanyu, why do you believe whatever King Wu says? We have been in the grassland for so many years and we have never seen any ghost tribe."
"I don't believe what King Wu said. He is lying. I want to go back."
The other guards followed suit, clamoring to leave Yanmen Pass and return to the barbarian grasslands.
Tu Zhi has never met the ghost clan, but he believes that Long Chen will not cheat because there is no need.
"Chanyu, what exactly are you planning?"
Ugu was aggressive and his tone was bad.
Although Tu Zhi is the son of Lao Shanyu, he is an authentic descendant of the wolf clan.
However, he lived in the Dazhou Mountains when he was a child, and ascending to the throne of Shanyu was not based on his own ability, but with the support of Long Chen.
There are always people within the barbarian tribe who are dissatisfied with Long Chen and Tuzhi, and Wu Gu is their representative.
Even this Chanyu Guards listened more to Wu Gu than to Tuzhi, the Chanyu.
Wu Gu seemed to have become a powerful official within the barbarian tribe, threatening Tuzhi's throne.
“Wugu, we’ll know what’s going on in two days. Already."
It’s hard to say much about Tu Zhi. Wu Gu is not a person, but represents the thoughts of many people in the barbarian tribe.
"Hmph, Chanyu is Zhou's puppet."
Ugu taunted angrily.
Tu Zhi frowned and said angrily: "Wugu, I am the Shanyu of the Wolf Clan, how dare you talk to me like this!"
Wu Gu sneered: "Are you the king of the wolf clan? You are just Long Chen's dog."
After saying that, Ugu led his guards back to the camp first, leaving Tuzhi alone on the road.
Looking at the leaving Guards, Tuzhi felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
Tu Zhi also felt ashamed of relying on Long Chen to rise to power.
He wants to become a chanyu by virtue of his own abilities instead of being said to be a puppet.
However, he has no foundation in the grassland. If Long Chen hadn't become stronger and stronger and the barbarians were afraid of Long Chen, the barbarians would have made a coup long ago.
"You are looking for death."
Tu Zhi shook his head helplessly and sighed.
For this group of people, Tuzhi tolerated and gave in again and again.
He thought about asking Long Chen for help and destroying this group of people, but he didn't do that because he didn't want to kill his own people.
But now, they are seeking death, and Tuzhi has no choice.
The sins committed by God can be forgiven, but the sins committed by oneself cannot be lived.
Ugu returned to the barbarian camp with his guards, where two sturdy middle-aged men stood at the intersection.
"Ugu, how's it going?"
asked a man wearing a wolfskin hat.
This man's name was Tuo Deli, a hawk within the barbarians who had always been dissatisfied with Zhou's control over the barbarians.
Another man named Tie Li is also a hawk within the barbarian tribe.
Wu Gu stopped and sneered: "Tuzhi is Da Zhou's dog. He said that Long Chen was coming soon and told us not to cause trouble."
When they heard Long Chen's name, Tuodeli and Tie Li suddenly changed their expressions.
They had experienced the war back then, and Long Chen's ferocity and terror were deeply rooted in their bones.
