The Bamboo Horse Dressed as the Emperor

Not long after, the wind and smoke stopped under the city tower, and the always aggressive and provocative Cangmu people fled. King Haona stood in front of the city gate of Qi State with his entourage.

General Liu stood on the tower, both sides opened their mouths at the same time.

General Liu said: "Come in, I'll ask them to open the door for you."

King Haona said: "I won't go in, so as not to trouble you."

When the voice fell to the ground, both of them paused, and finally General Liu said: "Come in, you can only take three people with you, the others will go back, and we will keep the weapons."

King Haona was very straightforward: "Okay."

He immediately turned his head and ordered three people. The Qi State also opened the city gate. Several soldiers stood in front of the gate and took the weapons they brought.

General Liu raised his hand to lead the way: "Your son has been sent for treatment, this way."

King Haona nodded again and again: "Thank you, thank you. I really don't know how to repay you. I borrowed a few bags of rations from you in the winter of the past few years. These years, I managed to get them together to pay you back. Now I am in debt again."

He began to explain what happened just now: "My eldest son went hunting, and the Cangmu people shot him in the foot with an arrow. They recently got a batch of weird things from somewhere. The arrows should be poisoned. The tribe The wizard here has never been cured."

"Then my second son, I don't know where I heard about it. You have a god here, and he insisted on bringing his brother to show you. I disagree, so he called a few people himself, and put him Brother brought it here."

"I chased after him, and I didn't pay attention for a moment, and there were people following behind me." He looked apologetic, "I'm really sorry to cause you trouble again. All these years, Haona has always owed you Qi State a lot, It’s still unclear.”

General Liu smiled: "It doesn't matter, just take it easy in the future."

King Hao Na's expression was slightly gloomy, and he stopped talking.

While talking, the two of them arrived outside a white tent.

Two military doctors treated the eldest prince Haona's wounds inside, and the soldiers came in and out with bloody water, which was very frightening to watch.

Song Jiao and Xie Chen sat outside the tent, bringing the nine-year-old second prince with them.

General Liu said to King Haona: "I'm treating it inside, I'll go in later."

"Okay." King Haona nodded, then waved to the second prince, and said to him in the language of the grassland, "Come here."

The child was holding a plate of toffee that Song Jiao gave him, eating happily, looked up at his father, then stood beside Song Jiao, refusing to move.

General Liu introduced to King Haona with a smile: "This is the grandson of our Majesty, His Highness Song Jiao. This is the little follower of His Highness Song Jiao, Xie Chen."

King Haona folded his hands in front of him and saluted Song Jiao: "It turns out to be a little god."

He nodded to Xie Chen again.

He spoke Chinese, and Song Jiao could understand it, but he didn't quite understand it.

Song Jiao asked puzzledly, "Why...you call me 'Little Heavenly God'?"

"Recently, the little god is planting trees in Pipa Island and teaching the method of raising seedlings. All the tribes on the grassland know about it. My second son has always been disobedient to anyone's discipline. I once ate the shortbread given by the little god, and I am completely devoted to the little god. "

Song Jiao didn't seem to understand, shortbread?What shortbread?

Want Want Snow Cake!

Song Jiao had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly remembered that once he and Xie Chen were planting trees outside, and Xie Chen was planting trees over there, and he was sitting on a rock to rest, eating Wangwang Snow Cake while resting.

Then there was a strange movement on the other side of the hillside, he glanced at it, it seemed to be a child, Song Jiao wanted to call him over, but the child didn't seem to understand what he was talking about, Song Jiao thought for a while, and opened another pack of snow cakes, Wrap it in your own handkerchief and put it on the stone, waiting for the child to come and eat by himself.

It was him.

The charm of Want Want Snow Cake is irresistible.

Song Jiao turned his head and met the eyes of the second prince, who smiled shyly at him.

King Haona continued: "People in our grasslands all want to learn how to grow crops from Xiao Tianshen, but these methods should not be spread to the outside world. By the way, even the Central Plains native Cangmu, he also said that His Highness is Where is the little god?"

"That Central Plains man?"

It seems that he was the man in the car in the Cangmu camp during the war a few days ago.

It turned out that he was really a native of the Central Plains.

Song Jiao asked, "Who is he?"

King Haona shook his head: "Cang Mu protected him very well, for fear that we might steal those tools from us, where can we see them?"

"That's right." Song Jiao thought for a while, then asked, "Then when did he come?"

"Probably... last year? The grassland is very vast, and we don't always get news from each other."

Song Jiao nodded thoughtfully, at this moment, a painful wail came from the tent.

Hao Na's eldest prince woke up, and when he woke up, he saw two military doctors gouging out the carrion on his leg, and he couldn't help shouting.

The people outside rushed into the tent, and King Haona pressed the eldest prince and said to him in tribal dialect: "Sangsang, it's okay, the Han people are treating your illness."

The second prince also went forward, held his brother's hand, and called "brother" in tribal dialect.

The two military doctors worked hard for a long time, and it was not until the afternoon that they healed the injury on the eldest prince's leg.

It is difficult to move for the time being, so let him stay in the city to recuperate.

King Haona accompanied him, and Song Jiao took the second prince out for lunch.

Song Jiao asked him: "My name is Song Jiao, what's your name?"

King Haona said: "Your Highness, he still doesn't understand Chinese. His name is Gege, and his brother's name is Sangsang."

The system couldn't hold back, and laughed "Puchi" in Song Jiao's ear: "Maomao, the king will give his son a name."

Song Jiao stretched out his hand to pat him, only to get a cloud of air: "You can't laugh at other people's names."

There was a small battle this morning, and the horseshoe trampled and broke the saplings just planted at the mouth of the valley.

After lunch, Song Jiao took a few veterans to check on the condition of the saplings.

In order to express his apology, Hao Na also sent someone to help.

Song Jiao couldn't speak the language of the grassland, so he asked the veteran to communicate with them, and found a seat on the side to sit down.

Not long after, Xie Chen also sat down beside him.

Two people sat huddled together on a rock.

Song Jiao pushed him: "You're going to push me down."

Xie Chen didn't change his face, and continued to squeeze with him, Song Jiao competed with him, and confronted him.

Then Xie Chen shouted in his ear: "Little God."

Song Jiao's whole body is not well. Just now in front of Hao, he has already corrected this weird address. Why is Xie Chen shouting again?

He frowned: "Don't shout."

Xie Chen snickered, and was about to speak again, but Song Jiao pinched his mouth.

He paused every word: "Don't shout."

Song Jiao didn't let go until Xie Chen raised his right hand to promise.

The two of them talked one after another.

Song Jiao shook his feet and said, "The situation on the grassland is quite complicated."

"Yeah." Xie Chen said, "They fight among themselves, and sometimes they even involve Qi Guo."

Song Jiao turned to look at him: "Hasn't Qi Guo thought about ending the chaos on the grassland?"

"Grandpa thought about it, but he didn't know which tribe to support, and he was afraid of raising tigers, so it's better to let them fight like this."

"What do you think of Hona?"

"Just because they call you 'Little Angel'?"

"Of course not." Song Jiao said, "I just think, at least don't fight like this anymore."

Xie Chen asked, "Even if this scuffle ends, a bigger war is needed?"

Song Jiao looked into his eyes and said an unmistakable answer: "Maybe."

The more he looked into Xie Chen's eyes, the more he felt that Xie Chen's eyes were dark and firm.

Bewitched by such eyes, it seemed that Xie Chen should be the general leading the battle, so Song Jiao changed his words: "Yes."

If ending this melee requires a bigger war, then people today will pay all the price to bring peace to future generations.

If a general is needed, then Song Jiao hopes that this person is Xie Chen.

Xie Chen nodded: "I see."

Then, the arrival of General Liu interrupted the conversation between them.

"Your Highness."

Song Jiao turned around: "General Liu, how are you doing?"

"It's all right, I just came out to take a look." General Liu stood beside them, and shouted to the second prince Gege over there in grassland dialect, "Your brother is all right."

Grid quickly ran back to Stone City.

General Liu lowered his head and said to Song Jiao: "Your Highness wants to win Hao Na?"

Song Jiao nodded without concealing it.

"But King Haona will not agree. He knows in his heart that every benefit given by Qi State will be taken back in the future. We have helped him a lot in the past, but he will definitely repay it all. He doesn't want to be a vassal state of Qi, so he always cares about what he takes from us, and it must be what they can afford. So the eldest prince was injured, and he refused to send people over for us to save, because he knew, Once saved, they will not be able to pay back."

Xie Chen said: "But the country of Qi has been saved, and they can't afford it anymore."

"Yes, so, if we pursue the victory, they may not agree..."

Before General Liu finished speaking, Song Jiao stood up: "How about being an ally instead of being a vassal?"

General Liu said: "But they haven't established a country yet."

"The situation in the grassland is getting more and more tense. If they don't establish a country, they will be wiped out." Xie Chen said, "King Haona is old, and his two sons are still young, so they will understand this truth."

Xie Chen folded his arms and stood on the hill, looking down at Hao who was mixed with Qi veterans: "General Liu, you send a few people to spread the news, just say—the emperor of Qi sent a small The gods came here to spread the law of farming to the grassland tribes. However, Qi State wants to choose a tribe on the grassland to form an alliance. Only the allies can get the law of farming. Qi State will also send the strongest elite to help them calm the grassland. Go to the place where the eldest prince Hao Na is recuperating and talk about it, if they don’t respond, it will spread to the entire grassland, and some tribes will send people.”

General Liu nodded: "Yes, it makes sense." He paused: "But, the little god is His Highness, and who is the strongest elite?"

Xie Chen raised his chin.

The strongest elite, confident and flamboyant.

It is not a trivial matter to win over a grassland tribe. General Liu wrote a note to the court, and the court's approval was——

Play cheap.

Of course, General Liu understood that His Majesty and Prime Minister Song definitely did not let him do things cheaply, but let Song Jiao do things cheaply and give him free play. His Majesty and Prime Minister Song just trusted him and gave him Pipazhou to exercise.

But there is also Xie Chen, His Majesty and Prime Minister Song should also have the intention of letting him do things cheaply.

But Xie Chen came to the barracks to conceal his identity.

So General Liu couldn't figure it out, how could His Majesty and Prime Minister Song let a small corporal act cheaply?

On one side, he suppressed his doubts in his heart, and on the other side, he didn't delay the business.

He immediately followed Xie Chen's wishes, found a few veterans who knew the grassland language, and spread the news that Qi State wanted to find a tribe to form an alliance and provide various assistance.

Song Jiao's most attractive trait is kindness, sometimes he can't think of a cruel way, so Xie Chen has to take over.

Xie Chen is used to being generous, as long as he can achieve his goal, he can think of any weird means.

General Liu suddenly felt that these two people were a perfect match.

Three days later, a few soldiers who "couldn't keep their mouth shut" leaked the secret outside the tent where the eldest prince Hao Na was recuperating.

Seeing that King Haona did not respond, five days later, the news that Qi was waiting for the allies quickly spread throughout the grassland.

In just a few days, five or six tribes on the grassland sent people here, and the envoys entered the city respectfully with ox carts and horse-drawn carts loaded with sincere gifts.

It was almost summer at this time, and when they saw the verdant crops in the fields, the envoys of each tribe were firm in their determination to form an alliance with Qi.

The fight between the tribes is about the fields and water sources on the grassland, and it is a matter of human life, and it will never stop.

In comparison, the conflict between Qi and them was not as sharp.

Therefore, the struggle between the tribes quickly turned into a struggle for the position of the allies of Qi.Whoever can get the secret method of farming will get the life; whoever can get the help of the elite of Qi State will get more territory.

In such a situation, Hao finally couldn't sit still.

This afternoon, when Song Jiao was wearing a straw hat and recording the growth of saplings under the tree, Haona's second prince Gege ran to Song Jiao's side and tugged at his sleeve.

"Master Azsuna."

This is a prairie dialect, and Song Jiao can understand it.

Song Jiao turned around: "What's wrong?"

Grid stammered a sentence in Chinese: "My brother, please go over."

Song Jiao stood up and exchanged glances with Xie Chen.

It's coming, Hao Na couldn't hold back anymore.

The two followed the second prince to the tent of the eldest prince.

Haona's eldest prince, Sangsang, is about twenty years old, tall and tall, with a tough face. Several months of recuperation have allowed him to recover from the pain in his leg.

Sitting on the bed, he saw Song Jiao and Xie Chen coming, so he raised his hand and saluted them.

He can understand and speak Chinese.

Song Jiao asked, "Is it better?"

"Much better, thank you Your Highness for your concern." Sangsang nodded lightly, Ge Ge sat down next to him, but her eyes were still looking at Song Jiao.

People on the grassland always go straight and don't beat around the bush, so Sangsang asked directly, "I heard that the Qi State wants to choose a tribe on the grassland to form an alliance?"

Song Jiao nodded: "Yes."

Sangsang said: "The allies can get..."

Xie Chen quickly interrupted him: "The agreement between Qi and the allies is a secret, and it is inconvenient for His Highness to disclose it."

Sangsang was a little anxious, he sat up and looked at Song Jiao: "His Royal Highness, these days, Haona has already become one with the people of Qi, I think many tribes on the grassland have already agreed that Qi's allies are... ..."

Xie Chen said: "Several tribes are eager to win, and they will not give up until the Qi State officially announces."

Sangsang supported the bed, stood up, endured the pain in her leg, knelt down on one knee, and put one hand on her chest: "Haona wishes to be good with Qi Guoyong."

Song Jiao asked, "Where is your father?"

"That's what he meant too."

"Okay." Song Jiao thought for a while, "Get up first."

Song Jiao thought for a while, then looked at Xie Chen: "What about now? Other tribes have given money and gifts these days. They know that we chose Haona in the end, will they be dissatisfied?"

Xie Chen said: "No matter which tribe you choose as an ally, there will always be dissatisfaction from other tribes."

"That……"

"Now a war is needed to calm this matter."

Xie Chen raised the corners of his lips slightly, as if he had a winning ticket.

Within a few days, Qi State announced an alliance with Haona, and several tribes who had shown favor to Qi State were quite dissatisfied, thinking that Qi State was playing with them.

And after Qi Guo returned the money they had sent these days, they were still quite critical.

It was also at this time that Haona, who has always been gentle, had a conflict with Cangmu, the most aggressive tribe on the grassland, because of the grazing land.

Such an abnormal event attracted the attention of all the tribes, no one complained about Qi, they all stretched their necks to see which tribe won.

Is it Haona who has become an ally of Qi State and has received the support and promise of Qi State, or Cang Mu who has always been brave.

The eldest prince Haona, who had recovered from his leg injury, personally led his troops to fight against Cangmu.

For a time, gunpowder was everywhere, the war was raging, and the two sides were at a stalemate.

On the third day of the war, Xie Chen and Song Jiao were sitting and talking on the stone outside the stone city, with the flames rising into the sky behind them, and the sound of drums beating and killing.

Xie Chen asked: "Are you really going back?"

Song Jiao nodded: "Well, I've been out for too long. I came out to provide disaster relief, but the summer is almost over. The Taixue is about to take an exam, and I have to go back to take the exam."

"You haven't studied much these days, what if you fail the exam?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I read books every day, at most I won't be the first in the exam, let Wen Zhi or Chu Heng take the first exam, and I will definitely pass."

"Really?"

"Really." Song Jiao raised her chin confidently.He thought for a while, and then said, "I have already taught them the method of scientific recording, and the farmers and craftsmen I brought will stay here. You can help me take care of the crops and saplings in Pipazhou."

"understood."

"Be careful yourself, fighting is very dangerous."

"What are you afraid of? After tonight's game, the grassland will be peaceful for at least a few decades."

"Really?" Song Jiao suppressed a smile and said intentionally, "Brother Shen can use resourcefulness."

Xie Chen explained to him seriously: "The people of the prairie are like this, whoever is forced to obey, as long as tonight, defeat the Cangmu, kill chickens and monkeys, and don't worry about the remaining dozen or so tribes being disobedient."

"Then you have to be careful later, it should be your first time on the battlefield, right?"

"Don't be afraid, just wait here. I will definitely come back within three minutes."

Song Jiao looked up at the sky, stood up, and picked up Xie Chen's long knife stuck on the ground: "Are you leaving?"

"Not yet." Xie Chen took the long knife from his hand, drew the knife out of its sheath, but asked, "When will you come again?"

"Probably...will wait until next year."

Taking advantage of the flames of battle behind him, Xie Chen held a long knife and wrote on the sandy ground of Pipa Island.

Song Jiao frowned: "Why did you write my birthday horoscope?"

"Gengtie." Xie Chen said, and started a new line, writing his birthday horoscope, "I won't see you for a long time in the future, I don't worry, I will write our Gengtie first, and exchange."

He turned his head to look at Song Jiao: "From now on, we have made a decision."

Xie Chen finished writing the Geng post, put the knife into its sheath, and held Song Jiao's hand.

The flames of war turned the sky into red tents, and the beating of drums and shouts of killing turned into the sound of ritual and music.

This is the best bridal chamber candle that Xie Chen, who is at war, can come up with.

Song Jiao also shook his hand, and soon, General Liu came out from the city gate with a group of cavalry.

General Liu shouted, "Brother Shen, let's go."

"Okay." Xie Chen responded, and then in the darkness, he stretched out his arms to hug Song Jiao.

"Go back and wait."

Song Jiao heard him say this when leaning on his armor that was as cold as dew.

Xie Chen put on his armor, stepped on his long sword, and mounted his horse. Together with General Liu, they rode fast horses and rushed to the battlefield.

Song Jiao looked at him for a while, until he could no longer see him, then turned and went back to the city.

The war between Haona and Cangmu has lasted for three days, and both sides are exhausted.

When the Qi army arrived, it was magnificent, and the horseshoes raised dust, as if the heavenly soldiers had descended.

Soon, the Qi army joined the war, and the morale of the Haona people recovered, and the Cangmu people retreated steadily.

The Cangmu people saw that the situation was not good, and they urgently retreated back to their positions. They saw a white horse, as white as frost and snow.

Xie Chen rode on a horse, brandishing a long halberd, and drove straight in like this. Before everyone could react, he went straight into the Cangmu people's camp.

General Liu was taken aback, and shouted from behind: "Brother Shen! Come back!"

And Xie Chen had already rushed out of the encirclement, blood that did not belong to him splashed on the armor, staining the cold moonlight with a dark red.Xie Chen rode his horse and headed towards the biggest tent in the camp.

That is the leader of the Cangmu people.

The moment the tent curtains were pushed aside by Xie Chen with a long halberd, bloody moonlight shone into the tent. Xie Chen raised his horse's front hooves and let out a long hiss, like a silhouette.

The leader Cangmu stood up and subconsciously reached for the long knife hanging on the side.Before his fingers touched the scabbard, Xie Chen pulled the rein with one hand and the halberd with the other, and sent it forward.

The halberd pierced his chest, killing him instantly.

Then Xie Chen retracted his hand, pulled out the halberd, and with a wave of his hand, he knocked down the other Cangmu people behind him who were trying to sneak attack.

This is the elite Qi promised to the allies.

Xie Chen drove his horse into the tent and picked up the head of the enemy leader with the halberd. The head was hung on the halberd like this. Xie Chen held the halberd and went out the door.

The moonlight was bright again, shining on Xie Chen's face splattered with blood.

He is like a general who has won many battles, but he is obviously only on the battlefield for the first time.

This is the elite Qi promised to the allies.

Xie Chen became famous in the first battle, and all the tribes on the grassland began to deify this battle.

No tribe can be stronger than Qi State, no one can be more brave than Xie Shen, what they can do is to belong to Haona who has already belonged to Qi State.

Xie Chen became famous on the grassland with just one battle.