Chapter 83 eighty two

Twelve Secret Alliance There was no wind at all, and the fields under the Yinshan Mountains were all withered and yellow.Xieli walked in the camp with a whip in his hand, his expression was solemn, and he seemed much older than a few months ago.In the summer of this year, a severe drought that had not happened in a hundred years hit the territory under his rule. There was no rain for half a year. After autumn, the grassland was already lingering like a dying patient. Not far from Jieli, a woman was struggling to squeeze the udder of a cow, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't squeeze a drop of milk.The woman's husband came over and said, "Stop squeezing. Look at the grassland. How dry is it? The animals can't eat grass, can they be milked?" Jieli looked at the sky, the sun was like a ball of burning fire The scorching light made him feel a little dizzy.At this time, Botie came over and reported: "Khan, the leaders of all the ministries are here and waiting for you in the big tent." Jieli moved his eyes away from the sun, took steps, and walked forward with a heavy heart. go.

The Khan's tent was full of leaders from various ministries, they were called by Jieli to discuss emergency measures.This severe drought has caused all tribes to face extinction. The river bottomed out, and the tears of the women were also dried up. Cattle and sheep are becoming less and less together with the pastures, which will inevitably lead to a decrease in population. The leaders and nobles above were all panicking.However, although they were all affected by the disaster, the severity of the disaster was different, so the degree of anxiety was also different. Chu Luo, the leader of Xue Yantuo's tribe, was the first to complain loudly, saying that his tribe had slaughtered 20,000 sheep, otherwise the animals would starve to death!A leader immediately exposes his old background, what are 20,000 sheep to you?Who doesn't know that you have a strong foundation, women in the tribe can give birth to children, ewes can give birth to lambs, and now you Xue Yantuo is the only one on this grassland besides the yurt of the sweat!People in Rome argued that most of the people in my place were children, and most of the sheep were lambs. They were all money-losing goods.Another person sighed, "At the moment, Tiele's life is easier, guarding the source of the river, and finally kept a pasture. The cattle and sheep are all fat and strong, which makes the big guys look hot.What Qibiheli is most afraid of is that other people will miss the source of his river, and he hastily cried poorly, saying that a puddle of water the size of a cow's hoof print can feed a few grasses, and the sheep will have no cattle to eat...

Everyone was chattering, when Xieli came in, everyone fell silent, Xieli sat down behind a table in the middle, and the leaders all bowed their hands and saluted: "See Dahan!" Xieli waved his hand and said : "Sit down. Leaders, I have invited you here today to discuss how to deal with the drought. These days I have traveled around on horseback, and the life of each tribe is very difficult. Especially those from the Bayegu tribe The pastures are almost dead, and Xue Yantuo's department has to slaughter thousands of animals every day, you are suffering, I feel uncomfortable."

Everyone nodded frequently, and someone yelled: "Khan, it seems that this winter will be difficult to survive." Jie Li said: "If you sit and wait to die, of course no one can survive this winter. Right now we just have to There is only one way to survive—to ask Li Shimin for food and drink! The training of the tribes will not stop for a day, and all the treasures that can be taken out will be used to make ordnance. We must make our iron cavalry the most powerful cavalry in the world for a hundred years. .After the Yellow River freezes, we will move south to the Central Plains.”

Everyone chatted for a while, and someone asked, what happened before the Yellow River froze?You can't just watch the animals die, can you?Jieli glanced at the man and saw that it was Misua, the leader of the Baye Ancient Tribe, so he replied: "When things have come to this point, everyone should work together to tide over the difficulties. I will take the lead first and clear the pastures around Moon Lake. Give it to the Ba Ye Gu Department." Misua stood up gratefully after hearing the words: "Khan, that pasture was left to you by Khan first, how dare I occupy it?" Jieli put on a magnanimous look: "I will not abandon the heavens, hold the position of Khan, and guard the Moon Lake where the ancestor's tomb is buried. The first Khan has a last word, unless it is absolutely necessary, the pastures fifty miles around the ancestor's tomb cannot be grazed. Now is the time of last resort, I can't just watch you run out of water! Tomorrow, your tribe will drive all the cattle and sheep over there." Misua was so excited that tears filled her eyes, she knelt down and kowtowed continuously: "Daddy Khan, I, the 40,000 patriarchs of Ba Ye Gu Bu, thank you!"

Jieli helped him up, then glanced at the leaders of the various tribes and said: "Other tribes also want to help the fat and the thin, and the strong to help the weak, so that all the humans and animals that can survive can survive. Qibi Heli, The source of the river is in your pasture, your loss is the least, and Chu Luo's life is not easy, I think let him move into your pasture first, let him take a breather." Qi Biheli got up anxiously and said: " Sweating profusely! The meadow at the source of the river is not big enough for two tribes to squeeze in!" Jieli's face changed, and he reprimanded: "It's come to this point, how can you still distinguish it so clearly?" Misua chimed in and said, "I'm talking about Qibiheli, why is your heart smaller than the eye of a needle? Khan can give up all the pastures around the ancestral mausoleum, why can't you help?" There was a lot of discussion in the tent, and everyone was blaming Qibi for what he could do.Tuli saw it, kept calm, but was very anxious in his heart, he had already seen that Jie was using a trick, and he was really worried that Chuluo and Qibiheli would be fooled, and if that happened, he would be alone .

After returning to the grassland in the ninth year of Wude with the remnants of the city of Chang'an, Jieli has been trying to replace the leaders of the eighteen tribes who disobeyed him. After several years, his efforts have achieved great results. The tribal leader has been replaced by someone who is loyal to him, and there are only the three most difficult bones in front of him: Tuli, Qibiheli and Chuluo.This time, he threw out the pasture of Moon Lake and put on a hypocritical appearance. His real purpose was to draw out the subsequent loss and lure Chu Luo and Qi Bi to fight each other.

Chu Luo is actually a scheming person. As soon as the discussion was over, he secretly came to Qibiheli's tribe, and directly exposed Xieli's intentions to Qibiheli.Chu Luo said: "Qi Bi He Li, this guy is really sinister and vicious. He wants to lure us into fighting with each other, so he can reap the benefits!" Qi Bi He Li slapped his thigh and said angrily, "Oh, Damn! I knew he wouldn’t let us go, but I didn’t expect him to borrow a knife to kill people.” Chu Luo said with emotion: “Brother, don’t worry, all the humans and animals in my Xue Yantuo department are dead, and I won’t go to the source of the river. Take a step forward." Qibi Heli was very moved when he heard the words, and cupped his hands and said: "Brother Chuluo, you are benevolent and righteous, my tribe has accumulated some forage for the winter, I will give you half of it, and you can send someone to pick it up tomorrow! "Chu Luo said gratefully: "Thank you very much, but these years, Xieli has replaced fifteen of the eighteen tribal chiefs with his own people, leaving you, me, and Tuli, the strongest three. This tribe, such a thorn in the flesh, he will try to get rid of it sooner or later, and you and my brothers can only escape this disaster if we hug each other." Qibiheli said excitedly: "If the elder brother doesn't dislike it, I would like to work with you Eldest brother became a brother with different surnames!" The two immediately made a blood alliance and agreed to deal with Xieli together.

After the secret meeting, when Chu Luo was going back to the tribe, Qibi Heli sent his general Ku Ge to escort him.Brother Ku led dozens of riders to send Chuluo to the border of the Tiele tribe.Before leaving, he took a cloth bag from the saddle and said to Chu Luo: "Boss, this is our chief's favorite thing in his life. He asked me to give it to you." He untied the cloth bag and revealed a sword .While thanking, Chu Luo stretched out his hand to catch the sword, unexpectedly Brother Ku flipped his wrist, and the sword went straight to stab at Chu Luo's chest, Chu Luo couldn't dodge it in time, the sword edge sank into his chest in an instant, he suffered a burst of pain, his body After shaking a few times, he fell off the horse.Thanks to the quick reaction of the soldiers under him, they hurriedly waved their knives to block it, preventing Brother Ku from making a second sword strike.