Chapter 475 Chapter Two Thousand Miles Tracking

More than a hundred riders galloped up at full speed. The knights all tied their hair into a string and tied it tightly with green scarves. They wore samurai uniforms with slanted collars and left lapels, with rolled sleeves and exposed arms, waist rings and armor belts. They wore knives, swords and other things. Palladium deer leather boots, a dagger inserted obliquely, and a toga on the outside. When the horse is galloping, the toga flies backwards like a cloud. Compared with the tight belted clothes, the movements and movements are particularly clear and beautiful. Chic. The leader has a silver crown on his head, shaped like a lotus flower, and instead of a toga, he wears a vest made of iron armor. He is about thirty years old, with a husky body, and his eyes are shining, showing a kind of majesty without anger.

Ba Fenghan blew his whistle, and the three horses rushed back from the lake and gathered behind the three of them. For the first time, Kou Cui experienced the astonishing power of a large number of knights on the prairie. He thought that it would be very difficult for the opponent to shoot arrows with a bow. It must not be ignored lightly, murmured: "What do they want to do?" Ba Fenghan was the most calm, and said with a smile: "Looking at the attire, I can be sure that they are the most elite Harrier Army of Khitan Chief Abaojia. The officer's questioning number, he will express his intentions outside the arrow range, you must give him a satisfactory answer, otherwise you may have to fight to the death, and there is no room for reincarnation."

Before the words were finished, the leader of the Khitan Harrier army held hands on their chests. Ba Fenghan said indifferently: "This is a salute, if you greet each other with your hands clasped together, it will be considered polite and knowledgeable." The Harrier Army suddenly shouted at the same time and tightened their horses' heads. More than a hundred war horses stopped and neighed, and the momentum was terrifying. The Yinkou Harrier waited for the horses to touch the ground, and continued to run towards them with their hooves. Kou Zhong smiled wryly: "If we know our true identities, greetings will become difficult."

Ba Fenghan shook his head and said: "Not necessarily! There are more than a hundred chieftains in the Khitan tribe, Abaojia is just one of them, and Huyanjin is a horse thief. Based on your relationship with Tuli, Abaojia is not willing to be like you, Kou Zhong. Forge a beam with your powerful enemy." At this time, the Silver Crowned Harrier would gallop to a stop thirty paces away from them, and the horse would still be stamping on the spot, making the Silver Crown on the horse's back even more murderous and majestic.He yelled out a bunch of words in a way that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling couldn't understand.

Seeing that Ba Fenghan didn't respond to prompts, Kou Zhong, with the feeling that an ugly woman must see her husband eventually, yelled back in Turkic dialect that he had just learned a little bit: "Brother Wuna Khitan, do you understand Turkic?" The silver crown general responded in Turkic dialect: "So you are Han barbarians, what are you doing in our place?" Feeling relieved, Kou Zhong begged himself that at least he could understand these few sentences, that he had lived up to Ren Jun and Ba Fenghan's careful teaching, and that he knew that this group of brave Khitan Harriers were not coming for them, otherwise the first sentence You should ask them if they are Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.With great energy, he let out an ear-splitting long laugh, and then said with gleaming eyes: "I call you Khitan brother, but you call me a Han barbarian. We are not friends, let alone answer you." if."

Ba Fenghan nodded secretly when he heard this, and praised Kou Zhongruzi for teaching.Because the martial arts of the tribes outside the Great Wall are extremely strong, courage is the most important thing, and only courageous heroes are valued. Reputation and face are the top priority. If Kou Zhongke is polite and allows others to insult you, the other party will only look down on you even more. Yinguan's eyes were fierce, and he looked at the three of them with scorching eyes. He didn't respond to Kou Zhong's words, and finally stared at Ba Fenghan, and shouted: "Are you a Turkic?"

Ba Fenghan's gaze became as sharp as an arrow, met the gaze of Silver Crown General, and said coldly in Turkic dialect: "I only talk to my friends." Yin Guanjiang's expression changed slightly, he stared closely at Ba Fenghan's mount behind the three of them, and said, "Is that Taklamah?" Both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were greatly honored, it can be seen that Ba Fenghan's reputation outside the Great Wall was great, the Khitan generals actually recognized Ba Fenghan's identity from his horse. Ba Fenghan said with a long smile, "For you have a bit of eyesight, Ba Fenghan is me, my two brothers are Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling. Whether it's an enemy or a friend, we can decide with one word, don't waste your words."

Yin Guanjiang was shaken all over, suddenly turned his horse's head and left, the voice came back from a distance: "I am A Baojia, the right winger will go straight to Kun, everyone will meet later." Watching the Harrier army go away like a whirlwind, Kou Zhong laughed and said: "It seems that our three names add up to a lot of money, and we can scare away more than a hundred Khitan people without using our hands." Ba Fenghan said: "The good show is yet to come. Huang Zhikun is only willing to retreat because he has important business and doesn't want to cause trouble. In this plain place, once we do something, we have to deal with them. We are afraid that we will pay a heavy price cost."

The three of them sat down by the lake in a comfortable and freehand manner, and the horses leisurely feasted on the fertile green grassland, spending the beautiful and spectacular dusk of the prairie together.Xu Ziling said: "Why did Huang Zhikun recognize you as a Turk? You are wearing a Han costume now, and there is no obvious difference from us." Ba Fenghan explained: "Some habits cannot be changed, such as the treatment of my hair mane, so he saw right away that I am a Turkic; the Shiwei people are the most recognizable because their hair is loose; the Korean people like to wear white clothes. , Muslims love tattoos, and every ethnic group has their own customs.”

When Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling thought of Fu Junchuo's white clothes, they felt a wave of emotion in their hearts.Kou Zhongdao: "The other day you questioned Xu Kaishan about his horse training methods, what conclusion did you draw?" Ba Fenghan said: "It's hard to say, I guess he is from Mengwu Shiwei. The clans in the prairie call them Meng people. This clan is the most brave among the Shiwei people. They hold wrestling festivals and horse races every year." Festival. It attracts many people to participate. Some people say that they are the most likely to rule the prairie in the future.”

Xu Ziling said in amazement, "Aren't you Turks?" Ba Fenghan sighed: "The truth will only be known in the future. I just want to explain that Mengwu Shiwei is the family with the greatest potential in Shiwei. There are many masters. Among them are the two brothers Belegunatei and Bugunatai. , rule the roost of Zhun Erguna River. It is said that I have never met a general who can walk ten times under their hands." Kou Zhong said with a smile: "Old Ba, you shouldn't let them go." Ba Fenghan smiled and said: "They are all the people my younger brother likes, and they will meet one day." Kou Zhongdao: "Speaking of which, according to your guess, is the Wolf Bandit related to Xu Kaishan and Du Xing?" Ba Fenghan shook his head and said, "I'm really not sure. I hope that Maggie can provide us with an answer when we go to Yanyuanji next to Yuerhai tomorrow." Yanyuan Collection cannot be called a city, county or village. It is just a collection of nomadic peoples trading around the east coast of the Great Lakes. It is centered on a vast open space surrounded by nearly a hundred irregular villages. The distributed camp tents are of various colors and colorful, which is a spectacle. When the three of them arrived, the open space was full of people, noisy and lively. Judging from their costumes, they were mainly from the Khitan, Mo, Turkic, and Hui groups. There were men and women, and they were all dressed deliberately, which was quite festive. The three of them rode on a small hill and looked into the distance, Ba Fenghan said: "We are a bit lucky, when we meet with them for a deal, this situation will last for more than ten days, and people keep coming and leaving. This is an important moment for many people. Not only can they be exchanged for goods and goods that they lack, but they can even be exchanged for women." Kou Zhong was watching a group of ox carts entering the periphery of Yanyuan Collection, followed by a group of magnificent sheep with hundreds of sheep, shouting endlessly, he was startled when he heard this, and said, "What? How could there be such a barbaric thing ?” Ba Fenghan shrugged his shoulders and said, "For you Han people, Beyond the Great Wall is a barren land. Not only tribes live in trees, but also hide in caves, or mix soil with blood of cattle and sheep to build houses. Some of these customs are familiar to you. It would be unimaginable, and you would even regard it as having good ethics, such as brothers sharing a wife. Or treating guests with a wife. The younger brother has picked out some of the things that are more acceptable to you, and some of them are so absurd that you will not believe it." The two were dumbfounded. Ba Fenghan said: "Under normal circumstances, women's transactions are limited to within the same clan, but when there are slaves brought back from the war, they will be brought here to exchange horses, pigs, sheep, minks and other more useful things. Now you two should understand why my younger brother traveled thousands of miles to the Central Plains because he admired your culture. During the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty, the royal families and tribal chiefs of the countries outside the Great Wall all learned your language." Kou Zhong really wanted to ask if Bader taught him Chinese, but finally resisted asking, nodded and said: "It is absolutely safe to trade the stolen goods here." Ba Fenghan said: "Maggie has a rule. If you want to discuss business with him, you must come here. As for his own base area, no one has ever known it. According to my guess, it should be scattered all over the place. He has a large number of people under him. Craftsman, you can process the stolen goods, even if you sell them back to the customs and buy them for the owner, you will not be able to recognize the goods as your own." Xu Ziling sighed: "No wonder his business of picking up stolen goods is so big." Ba Fenghan said: "He has to do this, because horse thieves are the public enemy of grassland tribes. The reason why everyone gives me some face wherever I go is because I am the nemesis of horse thieves." Kou Zhong said with a smile: "You really know how to choose people to kill. You can not only eliminate evil, but also practice swords. You really kill two birds with one stone." Ba Fenghan said happily: "It should kill four birds with one stone. Every time I go to a place, I will provide the service of killing horse thieves to the tribes in that place, and they will pay with the most valuable local specialties to maintain my little brother's livelihood. The most important thing is that they provide the most detailed information on horse thieves. Generally, horse thieves commit crimes across tribes, so it is difficult for the victim tribe to pursue revenge. Instead, I ride alone without any scruples. So I can not only win reputation, but also find people Trying the sword. At the same time, you get rewards and all kinds of unexpected information." Xu Ziling said in a deep voice: "Should we kill Ma Ji and cut off the horse thief's shortcut to get rid of the dirt?" Ba Fenghan replied: "When a rooster dies and a rooster crows, it doesn't make much sense to kill Ma Ji. When we meet Ma Ji later, let's play hard and soft. When he feels his life is threatened, he may be willing to betray the wolf thief. He just Another kind of thieves." He galloped down the hill, laughed and said, "You should be prepared in your heart. It's easy to get in and hard to get out! Brothers!" Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling led the horse.Being in the market center at the center of Yanyuan Collection, you can feel the customs of the grassland people outside the Great Wall.Regardless of men and women, everyone carries a bow and knife, and sitting on horseback is as peaceful and comfortable as sitting in a chair.Different ethnic groups have different dialects, clothing, and attire, which are dazzling to see and confusing to hear. There are not only ordinary herdsmen, but also chiefs, local tyrants, and bullies who come here to do business, but everyone follows the rules and bargains, and there is no bullying. There are no other Han people in Xuji, which makes the two of them extraordinarily attractive, except that they haven't been questioned yet. The goods traded are everything, in addition to all kinds of livestock, cowhide, sheepskin, deerskin, local wine, utensils, etc., there are also silk, ceramics, etc. from the sergeant. Kou Zhong avoided an unfriendly look, leaned into Xu Ziling's ear and said, "The real big deal should be done in the accounts, do you think Cui Wang will be in one of the accounts? Hey! What are you thinking, have you sensed Shi Zhixuan?" ?” Xu Ziling smiled wryly, "I lost Shi Zhixuan, and I don't feel anything anymore." Kou Zhong was about to speak, when suddenly someone shouted loudly in front of him, the two of them jumped up in fright, and followed the sound. The speaker is a tall man on a horse, with long hair and shawl, wearing a round cap made of wolfskin, a jacket with cowhide elbows, no beard, short sleeves, a copper belt around his waist, leggings and boots, and he is wearing a steel bell. His eyes scrutinized the two of them. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling exchanged glances, they knew he was from Shiwei, but they didn't know which clan he came from.According to Ba Fenghan's advice, people in Shiwei always take off their hats when they meet friends or want to show their friendship.The gentleman in front of him doesn't take off his hat, and his eyes are fierce, so it can't be a good way to come. The surrounding area was crowded with people and noisy, so even though the big man Shi Wei drank like thunder, he didn't attract attention. The big man Shi Wei pointed at their horses and yelled in full force, only regretting that the two of them could not understand a word of Shi Wei's words. Kou Zhong nudged Xu Ziling lightly with his elbow and said with a smile: "Have you ever seen a person who wants to buy a horse so fierce? If a tiger doesn't show its power, it will be regarded as a sick cat." Then he shouted in Turkic dialect: "Don't sell it! Get out of here .” Turkic dialect is indeed a popular language outside the Great Wall, the big man Shi Wei understood it immediately, his eyes became fiercer, unexpectedly, he drew his waist knife like that, rode his horse forward, and slashed at Kou Zhong in the face. The wind of the knife is whistling, full of power. Frightened everywhere, everyone scrambled to avoid it. Kou Zhong thought to himself that if buying a horse is not successful, you will be able to sell a knife, this is the reason. The saber movement was as fast as lightning, but it fell very slowly in his eyes, so he pinched his fingers as a saber, lifted it to his left shoulder and slashed out, hitting the blade's edge. Shi Wei Dahan—groaned, and even the man and the horse were shaken away by him, with an unbelievable look in his eyes, the knife was hanging on the side of the horse's belly, and the two of them were sure that his right hand holding the knife was sore and numb that he couldn't lift it up, this was Kou Zhong Show mercy. The big man Shi Wei continued to retreat, his eyes shot out flames of hatred, he glared at the two of them angrily, then turned around and disappeared into the crowd with a rein. The two looked at each other. Xu Ziling exhaled and said, "It seems a bit inappropriate." At this time Ba Fenghan heard the sound and came over, saw that the expressions of the two were different, after asking what happened, he didn't take it to heart, and said: "Follow me!" The three got on their horses, left the marketplace, and galloped towards a group of tents by the Yuer Sea. Looking in from the height of the hill before entering the collection, the tents of various ethnic groups seem to be crowded together. When you are in it, you know that the tents are actually distributed according to their respective divisions.Keep an unmistakable distance between each group of tents. The real big deal was going on inside the tent, outside the tent were gathered guards from all ethnic groups who were responsible for protecting the important people inside the tent, when the two passed by, they were alerted, and they all paid attention to the three of them. Ba Fenghan said in a low voice: "Don't look at them, lest you get into trouble." Kou Zhongqi asked, "Will a glance cause disputes?" Ba Fenghan said: "Who told you that you and Yang Guang are both Han people? The years when Lao Yang sat in the dragon court made the relationship between the Han people and the grassland tribes extremely bad. If you didn't see that you two looked like two people, there would be someone Get in the way." Xu Ziling said with a smile: "They must be looking at you as a Turk, so they dare not act rashly!" The three of them rushed to the camp of Majina's group, and more than a dozen armed Turkic men rushed out from between the tents, blocking the way, and one of them shouted in Turkic dialect, "Who is that coming?" Ba Fenghan got off his horse calmly, and the two followed. The former smiled and said, "My two Han friends are big guests from the middle of the earth. I want to talk about a big business with Ma Ji. Please let me know." The big Turkic man looked at the two of them with shining eyes, and saw that the three of them were relaxed, dignified, and composed.Knowing that he is not just someone waiting for nothing, he restrained his arrogance a little, and said: "Master Ma has no time to see guests today. If you want to see him, come tomorrow morning." Ba Feng smiled coldly and said: "You still don't seem to know what happened? We are willing to follow the etiquette to ask for a meeting, to give Ma Ji face, go see Ma Ji quickly, and say that I, Ba Fenghan, have come." As soon as the word "Ba Fenghan" comes out, it really hits everyone's ears like thunder, and all the Turkic people change their expressions.From the nearest group of camps, more than 20 armed men of another race poured out, seeming to be competing to watch the excitement, and also seemed to support Maji's side. Ba Fenghan's eyes became as sharp as a knife's edge, and he shouted: "Maji! Do you want me to force Ba Fenghan to come in, or come to see you peacefully." The sound spread far away, and people rushed out of the five camps on Maji's side at the same time, and joined the Turkic fighters blocking the way, and the number quickly increased to more than 50 people. Warriors of different races. A soft voice came from the main tent and said: "It turns out that Brother Ba is here, and the other two should be Young Marshal and Brother Xu Ziling. It is Ma Ji's honor to come so far. Please enter the account." It is Chinese with a correct accent. Although the three of them were not afraid, they still whispered that something was wrong. Ma Ji didn't need to leave the account, as he knew that Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were accompanying him, so he got the news early and was waiting for him. Ba Fenghan laughed, led the horse and walked towards the main tent. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling exchanged glances, and at the same time remembered Ba Fenghan's words "It's easy to get into the collection, but hard to get out".