Different from the royal families in the Central Plains who have adhered to the system of primogeniture for thousands of years, the tradition of the grassland people is "the youngest son guards the stove". When the older children grow up, they will move away with a portion of the property, and finally the youngest child will inherit the family business and support his parents.
According to this logic, the youngest son of Balkhatai should be his rightful successor.
But the so-called "youngest son guarding the stove" also refers to the "youngest" among the legitimate sons. Balhetai's wife was from another large tribe on the grassland, and was not the Han female mother as the letter writer said.
As far as language proficiency is concerned, this prince who grew up on the grassland is truly gifted. This letter of request for alliance is quite touching.
The conditions in the alliance letter are also concise and clear at a glance.
The Beiding Army helped him unify the grassland.
After the success, he helped General Xie to restore the previous dynasty.
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It seems that this prince of the grassland not only has beautiful handwriting and has learned the Central Plains dialect well, but also has a good understanding of Central Plains historical materials.
Chu Lu did not shy away when he opened the letter. The personal soldiers beside him had not yet retreated and saw it clearly, but this man did not even move his eyes, as if he did not see the four treasonous words "Restore the previous dynasty".
When Chu Lu stood up and walked out, he even asked, "General, do we agree?"
Chu Lu glanced at him, but did not answer. Instead, he said briefly, "Call the soldiers to rescue them."
Not to mention that he had no interest in the proposal of "restoring the previous dynasty".
This is the condition proposed by the little prince...
One side sent troops and made contributions, while the other side made empty promises.
This is not called "seeking alliance", this is called "getting something for nothing".
Chai Duo felt that he had been having a very unlucky year.
You have to go to the temple to exorcise evil spirits.
At first, he happily grabbed the job of heading north, preparing to move up to a higher level, maybe becoming a high-ranking official and leaving his name in history. But in the end, he found out that he was not heading for a bright future at all, but a living den of dragons and tigers.
He managed to escape danger and save his life with the alertness and sharpness he had developed from mediating in the court over the years. But when he was preparing to start a new life with confidence, he suffered a heavy blow.
——Hu people!!
Those Tartars!
It is hard for the people of Chang, who still remember the siege of the capital ten years ago, not to feel fear.
The place where the dragon energy of Dachang is located and the foundation of the country was now under siege.
The fortress that was originally thought to be indestructible turned out to be able to be breached in less than ten days.
How long does it take to ride a horse from the northern border to Beijing?
The so-called pass and barrier seemed to be made of paper and could not even block the enemy for a moment.
The nobles of the capital, who were immersed in the warmth of the curtains and the music of the flutes, were forced to wake up from their false dreams of prosperity and peace. They faced the cold arrows and blood-stained weapons... The reality tore apart the forcibly whitewashed picture of prosperity, revealing the dilapidated interior...
But no one is willing to accept it, and no one dares to admit it.
So when the Hu Lu suddenly withdrew their troops for unknown reasons, they retreated southwards as quickly as possible, shouting self-deceiving excuses such as "We are blessed by the dragon's spirit" and "The Hu people are subdued by the might of Dachang".
Even the noble families who were originally most opposed to moving the capital shut up.
——Compared to accumulating family property, life is of course more important.
Thus, the prosperous scene of the capital city in the past was reproduced in the southern capital, and the decadent atmosphere was even worse than before.
There were many wealthy guests who spent millions of dollars in Zuiyin Tower, and the wine worth thousands of gold was casually poured on the ground. Gold was used as plates and jade was used as chopsticks, and Lantian was used as the ground surface. The nobles who were almost driven away from their homeland were eager to show off their former glory in this way.
They seem to have succeeded...
No one remembered the embarrassment of fleeing in a panic back then, and Chai Duo also felt that those old things had long been gone with the wind and completely buried in the dust of the past.
But when he met these barbarians again, whose hairstyles were very different from those in the Central Plains and whose clothes were very different from those in the Central Plains, and who carried longbows and swords and daggers, the trembling from the bottom of his heart almost made him fall to the ground.
Chai Duo felt that even if someone else came - anyone who had experienced the crisis that the capital was in back then - would not perform better than him.
It was not until he was defeated and captured that he came to his senses from his frozen state.
...survived...?!
He is not dead?!
Chai Duo let out a trembling breath, feeling the surprise of surviving the disaster.
Thanks to the experience of facing General Xie a few days ago, which greatly strengthened his psychological endurance, he quickly recovered his thinking ability.
This group of people came with great force, but it seemed like they were trying to capture someone alive?
Need prisoners? Are you negotiating terms?
Chai Duo's keen sense of survival made him quickly aware of the current situation. He quickly realized that the other party needed hostages. In other words, as long as they cooperated sufficiently and were sensible enough, their lives would not be in danger.
"Knowing the current affairs" has always been Lord Chai's advantage, and he quickly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, before he could finish his words, he almost lost his temper.
"You coward @￥#, if you have the guts, kill me!"
"... you bastard... wait for me..."
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Chai Duo:! ! !
Unbearable to the ears! Unbearable to the ears!!
——He was not the only one who was caught, and the others obviously did not have the "awareness" of Lord Chai.
It would be fine if he just started yelling and cursing like this, after all, there is a language barrier. Although those Hu people could tell from the tone that it was not a nice thing to say, they could not understand the content of the words.
Just when a hot-tempered Hu man couldn't help but slap him, the man who was cursing bit the man's palm, obviously using all his strength, and blood oozed out from between his teeth. After he broke free, half of the Hu man's palm was covered in blood, and the little finger hung at an extremely unnatural angle.
The man who bit the man spat a mouthful of blood to the side. He was clearly hit on the head several times when he was struggling to break free, and his feet were a little dizzy and unstable, but he laughed out loud without caring, revealing a mouthful of bloody teeth.
Chai Duo only felt fear.
He was naturally afraid of the Hu people, but at this moment, he was also afraid of the people of Beiding who should have belonged to the same side.
...That is the human instinct of self-protection when faced with the baring fangs of wild beasts.
It turns out that although we are both from Chang, we have this side of ourselves.
But after seeing the Hu man with a wounded hand draw his sword, Chai Duo's face suddenly turned pale, and he even imagined the scene of blood splattering three feet away in an instant.
But the expected scene did not happen, and the Hu man was stopped by someone holding his hands.
Chai Duo could not understand the language of these Hu people, but he could judge from their expressions. After a conversation of unknown content, the Hu man with half of his palm covered in blood retracted his knife with reluctance and was pushed to the front.
The Hu people who blocked his way turned around and warned him in a stiff Central Plains dialect, "Be honest!"
Naturally, no one paid any attention to him, and the man from the Beiding army who had just bitten someone even spat to the side.
...No one took any action.
This situation was so unexpected that Chai Duo even suspected that he was hallucinating.
But it is indeed the case.
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Gradually, Chai Duo slowly realized a possibility that seemed almost absurd to him.
——These people, these Hu people...are they actually afraid of the Beiding Army? !
This guess was so shocking that he subconsciously considered it as a possibility when he thought about it, but other than that, he could not analyze any other reason.
Apart from fear, what else could make these Hu people not dare to kill any of them even though they hold so many hostages?
They were afraid, afraid that this action would anger the Beiding Army and cause consequences they could not bear.
The barbarians who besieged the capital ten years ago and forced the entire Dachang Dynasty to migrate south would actually be afraid?
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And before he went north, how was this army evaluated in the court?
Just a bunch of ragtag people who are not to be feared.
Even the title was given to him as if it were a gift, and he even dreamed that he could just send an imperial envoy to take it into his hands.
Chai Duo felt that the current situation was so absurd that it was almost ridiculous.
They treated the wolves as domestic dogs and even tried to make them recognize their masters.
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With the previous shock as a foundation, when night fell, the people who were traveling with him broke free from the ropes, released the guards, and even took the opportunity to set a fire in the Hu camp, Chai Duo even felt that it was natural. He hid in the dark, watching the "colleagues" who should have been captured quietly knock down several people, skillfully stripped off their clothes and changed their braids, and successfully mixed into the Hu camp that had become a mess.
The whole process seemed to have been rehearsed millions of times, it was smooth and natural. He even saw the other party exchange a few words with the Hu people in a calm manner, without any trace of the violent and provocative look he had when he was first captured.
Chai Duo:? ? ?
!!!
"They can speak barbarian language?!"
He was so surprised that he couldn't help but ask out loud.
The only guard who stayed by his side pushed his head down without any courtesy and warned in a low voice: "Keep your voice down!"
Chai Duo: "..."
He felt that the other party's warning was much louder than the sound of the question he had accidentally asked just now.
Naturally, Chai Duo was unable to blend in with the Hu people with those military officers.
According to those military officers, he couldn't pretend to be good even if he changed his clothes, and he would be exposed as soon as he sneaked in.
Lord Chai, who was despised from head to toe, was finally not completely abandoned. After a conversation that Chai Duo did not understand at all, someone was left to look after him.
Although he didn't quite understand the internal communication between the few people, Master Chai knew that he was being dumped as a burden: "..."
But Lord Chai is always good at judging the situation, so even if he had any ideas, he kept them to himself under the current circumstances.
——He is still counting on someone to protect his life.
But perhaps because this group of people were so calm from beginning to end, even though they were trapped in the enemy camp, Chai Duo didn't feel any sense of crisis at the moment of life and death. If anything, he was even calmer than when he was first captured.
It was also because he was in a relaxed mood that he had the mind to think about all sorts of things. The confusion and curiosity on his face could not be suppressed at all.
Perhaps it was because Chai Duo's knowledge of the situation reassured people that the guard finally gave him a look that said, "You're making a fuss about nothing," and said casually, "No... a few words to deal with the situation are enough."
Chai Duo: "..."
He recalled the back-and-forth conversation he had just witnessed and felt that this was more than just "dealing with the situation."
But seeing the guard's impatient look, he knew not to stop and shut up.
It must be said that this series of actions by this group of people once again broke Chai Duo's cognition——
Not to mention the smooth and natural escape of this group of people just now, even when they were captured, even he, a veteran who had been immersed in the court for many years, did not notice the "rude and reckless" behavior...
There are indeed many hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the Beiding Army...
Lord Chai looked at these soldiers, whom he originally regarded as "guards", with a new kind of awe.
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The garrison had originally been in a small-scale commotion because of the initial fire, but as the firefighting progressed, more and more places were filled with flames, the fire rose to the sky, and the commotion in the camp became worse. Chai Duo didn't need to think too much to know that this was done by the Beiding people who were mixed in with the Hu people.
After lying in the bushes for quite a while, Chai Duo's lower body was actually numb. Seeing that the big brother squatting with him had no intention of moving, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Sun, when shall we leave?"
This question attracted a look from the person next to him, "Let's go?"
Chai Duo:? ?
Aren't they setting fire to the camp just to create chaos and escape?
The "Brother Sun" looked at him for a while, then suddenly grinned. His white teeth were particularly dazzling in the night. In the light of the fire, Chai Duo could even see blood stains between his teeth that had not yet been cleaned.
"Run away, my mother?! These little bastards finally managed to stick their heads out, if I don't chop them off, they'll be gone..." He raised his hand and touched the back of his head, "I didn't take these blows in vain. If I don't make them cry and scream and go back to their hometown, I'll change my surname to that of those bastards..."
Chai Duo:? !
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#Please look at the comparison of the number of people#
#I am just an official who is powerless, why should I suffer such human suffering? #
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#This place is too dangerous, I want to go back to Nandu#
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