The king of Hulai did not immediately agree to Ren Hong's proposal, but only said that he would consider it, and he would not besiege Haitou City anymore, and led his people to gallop towards the lakeside grassland in the east.However, in Haitou City's view, it was really Ren Hong who persuaded Wuqiang to break the siege after he went out.So when Ren Hong entered the city, thousands of people in the city were cheering for him, the vineyard owner offered a jar of wine, the cook said that he would bake the best Hu cakes for him, and even the unrestrained Loulan girl leaned on the city wall and beckoned the young Han envoy to go to his house tonight to talk.Ren Hong didn't have the time to spare, no matter whether the Wuqiang people agreed to this deal or not, he had to leave with Ding Zhuang from Haitou City and go to Loulan.But the city lord Kungeye kept an eye on it, and only sent fifty people to Ren Hong on the grounds that he was afraid that the Qiang people would go and return, although he personally led the team, but the children and grandchildren stayed in the city, and even the aftermath was explained, as if he expected that this trip was not so simple.In the early morning of the next day, when the group was marching north on the west bank of Lop Nur, the sound of horses' hooves was heard behind them again.The people of Loulan were shocked, and the reunion was like a great enemy, Kungeye looked at his old opponent like this, and went to Hulai Wang Tang Mi to come to him on a horse, but he only glanced at him, and then saluted Ren Hong."
Little Han envoy, Wu Qiang, promise your conditions!"
Kungeye was a little surprised, and turned around and asked Ren Hong, "What are the conditions?"
”Ren Hong said with a smile: "Han, Loulan, and Wuqiang will garrison Loulan together and fight against the Huns." ”Loulan is likely to face the intervention of the Xiongnu, and the support of the Han army will not arrive until at least ten days later, and they must do everything possible to delay the attack of the Xiongnu, and these Wuqiang people can take advantage of it.Tang Mi shook his head: "Little Han envoy, let's say it first, we just go with you to run around Loulan for a few days, and Wuqiang will never fight with the Huns!"
”"It's nature."
What Ren Hong thought in his heart was: "At that time, can I still stand you?"
”Riding with the Qiang people is an unforgettable experience.Ren Hong only heard in the past that the Qiang people lived in impermanence and depended on water and grass.The land is less than five grains, with animal husbandry as the industry, the primitive living environment and customs make the Qiang people strong, the Han people say that they are strong and brave, hard-working and hard-working, and their brave and ruthless nature is like a wild beast.Not only that, because the Qiang people pursued the creed of the supremacy of strength and worshiped powerful warriors, they regarded death in battle as an auspicious thing, and the atmosphere of not fearing death cultivated many excellent warriors, and they were extremely unfriendly to outsiders.But the Qiang, the tribe that had moved west from the land of the Qiang people to the corner of the map, was a little more easy-going than their kind.During the evening rest, two bonfires were lit on the grassland on the west bank of Lop Nur, one of which was a cautious Loulan people.The other group is the arrogant Qiang people, and people are constantly vying to come over and invite Ren Hong to share food with them in the past, because Ren Hong's move of riding out of the city to negotiate today is considered a warrior."
Try the cheese!"
Pieces of dry hard cheese were handed over, pinched in his hands and cold and hard.This is the staple food of the Qiang people when they can't grab the grain, the Qiang people eat very unrestrainedly, dipping the butter that is very similar to the ghee in the Tibetan area in later generations and putting it in the mouth, Ren Hong saw that there were a lot of wool and other sundries in the butter, but Tang Mi actually ate it together, and he also had a heartbeat."
Man can only live according to the will of God, since the gods have given us these miscellaneous things, there is no reason not to accept them, a good Qiang herdsman has to eat three handfuls of wool in a month, and the farmers of the Loulan and Han people have to eat so much soil from the cultivated land every month?"
What kind of crooked reasoning is this, Ren Hong is too lazy to argue, he ate some cheese out of politeness, he only felt that he could lose his teeth, and it smelled a little stinky, mixed with the smell of ghee that he didn't like very much, it would be good to swallow it.The rest of the people almost all feel this way, but Zhao Han'er and Guiyi Qiang Najia can still adapt.There were also hot things, and the sour sour mare's milk wine was heated in a simple earthen mustache, and it was first filled with Tang Mi, and then it was the turn of several officials, who regarded them as honored guests.Tang Mi had already put up the wooden bowl, if he didn't drink it, he wouldn't give face, according to the Qiang people's style, this transaction might be because of a bowl of wine, Ren Hong had to raise the lamp, but he didn't forget to whisper to the other people: "Don't drink too much." ”But as soon as Han dared to encounter wine, he forgot Ren Hong's words, as long as he got used to the taste, the sweet and sour was very delicious, and the degree was not high, the more he drank, the more he wanted to drink, and even fought with Tang Mi's son, a Qiang warrior named "Tang Dong Haowu", and finally won!
The Qiang people cheered, but Ren Hong only looked at Lao Han with sympathetic eyes, he knew that this tower-like giant man would be finished in the next few days.Sure enough, in less than half an hour, Han Dangdang, who was bragging with the Qiang people through Naga translation, changed his expression from drunken to indescribable.Then he ran out of the camp with his stomach covered, and after a long time back, before he could sit down, there was another earth-shaking sound in his abdomen, and his brows were furrowed, and he ran out again."
Vomiting and diarrhea, at least three days."
Ren Hong shook his head, he really looked like himself who had just gone to Tibet in his previous life, he really thought that he could drink yogurt wine after drinking a few catties of cow and goat milk?
For the Han people, this thing is really your honey and my arsenic.On the contrary, Tang Donghaowu, who lost the competition by drinking milk wine, asked about the recent situation of the Qiang people in the west of the Naga River, and asked him to tell him how the life of the Qiang people in Hexi was under the rule of the Han Dynasty."
We are mixed with the Han people, although there are also different customs, language barriers, and a number of things that are coaxed and oppressed by small officials and profiteers, but compared to Hehuang Zhuqiang, life is much better."
Naga told the Qiang that Guiyi Qiang could trade with the Han civilians in the bazaar, exchanging livestock, cattle and sheep for grain, cloth, and each taking what he needed.The Han Dynasty was ruled by Qiang Hao to return to the Yi Qiang, over the decades, the Qiang people in Hexi became more and more sinicized, and there were not a few bilingual people, and some Qiang people were engaged in the positions of Hexi Zhisui and Fengsui's apprentices, royals, posters, and horsemen, and some even became sifu.When the Wuqiang people first heard it, although they envied the Hexi Guiyi Qiang who could get food at any time, but when he said that the chief of the Guiyi Qiang had to report to the government every year, and if there was a dispute, he had to find the Han officials to solve the dispute, and the Qiang people's name should also be registered. ”He got up and patted his chest, which was red from the sun: "And we are the wild wolves between the snow-capped mountains and the desert, free and easy!"
”The warriors began to howl, Naga blushed, and held back a sentence for a long time: "What's wrong with being a dog for a big man, you and others are going to Loulan with us now, aren't they also greedy bones?"
”"You!"
Tang Dong was annoyed and ashamed, his hand touched the sword, and he pulled it out suddenly, startling Ren Hong, he didn't understand Qiang language, and he didn't understand why the two of them were still pushing the cups and handing over the lamps, why they suddenly started to move.Zhao Han'er immediately unloaded his bow and aimed at Tang Donghaowu, and the people of Loulan not far away also stood up, looking nervous!
A fight is about to break out, and this tripartite alliance that was put together by Ren Hong is about to fall apart because of a quarrel!
At this moment, Tang Dong was kicked from behind by King Hu Lai, Tang Mi was wrapped in antelope skin, and said unhurriedly: "What kind of drunken madness, quickly apologize to the little Han envoy, and then go to sleep!"
”The father's order could not be violated, Tang Dong told me of the crime, and retreated angrily, and the warriors of Wuqiang also saluted the king of Hulai in turn, and each found a soft ground on the grass, wrapped in felt skin and slept horizontally.Beside the bonfire, after Naga whispered in Ren Hong's ear what had happened, Tang Mi sighed and said, "My son is young. ”"He didn't experience the days when twenty years ago, the countries of the Western Regions had to choose one between the Han and the Xiongnu to be their master.The old King Hu Lai touched the yak bone necklace around his neck and said with a smile: "He doesn't understand that a dog who is a big man, full of food and drink, is much better than those wild wolves who starve all day long and are finally shot and skinned!"
”On the afternoon of February 18, when Ren Hong and his team approached Loulan City, they found that the Peacock River Delta, where the population was still quite prosperous, there was no one in the suburbs, and there were even farm tools and straw baskets thrown directly in the field, and the water jug was broken to the ground.This made Ren Hong have an ominous premonition: The Huns arrived so soon?
And just half a moment later, they were met by a group of Huns who were setting fire to a village, numbering only seven or eight horsemen, and it seemed to be a scout.Hu Lu was busy looting, and just found a large group of Qiang cavalry approaching, and hurriedly mounted his horse to escape.Ren Hong hurriedly said: "Chase!"
Can't let the scouts go!
”But there were three hundred horsemen around him, but none of them moved, and everyone looked at King Hulai."
Said that he would only walk his horse and not fight with the Huns."
The old guy smiled, as if everything was under control.So Ren Hong changed his way of saying and asked Naga to shout loudly in Qiang dialect: "If someone obtains a head of the Huns, he can exchange it for 100 stone of grain at the Han envoy!"
”As soon as the words fell, more than 100 horsemen didn't even wait for King Hulai's order, and immediately moved!
PS: The afternoon card was not written, it was late, and the second chapter was at 11:30.