Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Qingli Lake.

The originally orderly and gorgeous large tents have become distorted, damaged, full of broken and burned marks, unsightly, and the cattle and sheep raised in wooden pens have also become scorched wrecks.The majestic soldiers who were singing and riding horses now had numb eyes and just stood there silently, as if they hadn't woken up from a nightmare, making the lively garrison silent.

The king's tent decorated with a golden roof was covered with black and ash smoke, several pieces of wood used to support the tent were broken, and a pair of golden sculptures made of gold used for decoration at the door were missing. Only wings, a head that had been cut off with jewels, which made Wang Zhang lose its due dignity, leaving only embarrassment and funny.

The situation of the rebellion led by Xue Jin half a month ago was more severe than anyone had guessed. Not only the Northern Man tribe was seriously injured, but even the entire Northern Man country was severely affected, because the Northern Man country’s Commander, Beiman Khan fell down due to serious injuries.

In the depths of the king's tent, there is nothing but a middle-aged man lying on the soft and comfortable felt, covered with a thick Persian blanket. His pillow is made of silk from the Jing Dynasty, and the stitches on it All represent the ultimate embroidery skills of the top embroiderers in Suzhou and Hangzhou.But the extravagant expenses can't cover up the heavy sickness on his face. Anyone who sees his pale and bloodless face, even if he doesn't know any medical skills, can tell that there is something wrong with the profuse sweating. How bad.

Several blond-haired and blue-eyed female slaves captured from the Western Regions gathered around the felt to take care of the seriously ill Khan, feeding him water, wiping his sweat, and kept busy, but there was no way to cover up the emptiness and silence in the king's tent.Except for these female slaves who took care of the master, there were no other people in the entire king's tent, not even the guards who were supposed to guard here and the tribal leaders who asked for advice on political affairs, so indifferent and desolate.

Not long ago, this Great Khan was served by all the people in the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, and there were people in the king's tent who flattered him and flattered him anytime, anywhere, in order to win his trust and gain more benefits , even the tribal leaders of the northern barbarians were willing to lead the horses and bow down for him.

But now he is seriously injured, and the tribe he leads has also been attacked by the rebellious Xue Jin's army, and his power has been greatly reduced for a while, so these northern barbarians who don't know what loyalty is has long since disappeared. How could he be here to visit him, a loser?

Lying flat there, staring blankly at the roof with a big hole leaking, Bei Man sweated and gritted his teeth fiercely, his heart was filled with anger.How much he trusted the northern barbarians!That guy from Abernajiang just made a few random remarks, because of his words, he ignored Xue Jin, who had made great contributions to the northern barbarian country, and even expelled his tribe to the desert with poor water and grass, incidentally, ruthlessly Bullying other leaders who were also from the Jing Dynasty, he has always favored the northern barbarians, and forced the descendants of the Jing people to die.

He gave all the most fertile pastures to the tribes who were also the northern barbarians, and for this he ignored the complaints of other national leaders against him.Even ignoring the principle of fairness and justice of the Shepherd's Conference, they deliberately operated secretly to suppress the forces of other tribes, just for the northern barbarians to achieve better results.

He thought he had done everything a great sweat should do, and even surpassed a lot.He treats his clan and people well, and sacrifices his reputation for them, but is this how his clan treats him?As soon as he saw his decline, and as soon as he saw that his tribe suffered heavy casualties, he immediately abandoned him? !These bastards!

Da Khan struggled hard, trying to get up, but the huge wound on his chest was too serious, making him unable to move.That night, Xue Jin cut his left shoulder to his right waist with a chopping knife, almost cutting him in two.If it weren't for his fate, he would have died by this time.With such a serious injury, of course he couldn't get up.

While profusely sweating on the felt, the curtain of the king's tent was suddenly pulled open.Several dark-skinned, short men with machetes came in from the outside. From the clothes and appearance, it could be seen at a glance that these uninvited guys were all from the northern barbarians.

"What are you doing here?" A female slave from the Western Regions hurriedly stood up and shouted loudly, hoping to scare off these uninvited guests.Although the Beiman Kingdom does not pay as much attention to etiquette and law as Dajing next to it, but it has been influenced by them for decades, and it is necessary to report before receiving money. This is the most basic rule of the Beiman Kingdom.

The northern barbarian men who broke in obviously didn't pay attention to this rule. They casually looked at the sweat lying on the felt, and their eyes were full of contempt.At first, a person casually threw a round thing in his hand to the ground, allowing it to roll all the way to the slave girl's feet.

"Ah!" The female slave from the Western Regions wanted to see what was rolling over, but when she saw clearly, she screamed out of fright and trembled all over.That thing turned out to be the head of a young man!And it looked like it had just been chopped off, with bright red blood on it!As the head rolled, the blood that flowed down wet the snow-white felt on the ground, leaving a red trace, bringing a chilling smell of blood.

The other northern barbarians who came in also randomly threw the heads in their hands on the ground, each of them dropped one or two, as if what they threw were not human heads, but something that Jing people like to play with. Cuju is the same.

The man in front was getting closer and closer, his expressionless expression made the screaming female slave from the Western Regions back away again and again, almost tripped and sat on the ground.The man ignored her, but casually stepped on the head of the person he had just thrown, and looked down from top to bottom at Beiman Khan, who was looked up to by everyone.

Khan forced himself to turn his head to look at him, and when he saw his face clearly, his throat surged, and a mouthful of blood spewed out and sprinkled on his feet. "Ah... Bernajiang! It's you?!"

"It's me." Abonajiang raised his leather boots, kicked the head at his feet casually, and kicked it directly in front of Da Khan.Wiping the blood on the soles of his shoes with felt, he swept away the respect, and the disdain in his eyes was not concealed at all, and was directly exposed in front of everyone in the tent.

There was an extra bloodstain on his face, running from left cheek to right cheek, and even scratched his nose.This mark was left by Xue Jin's scimitar, and he fainted from the pain on the spot.Fortunately, he passed out. In the chaos, Xue Jin thought he was dead when he saw him collapsed, and left before he had time to check. Otherwise, how would he have the opportunity to stand here and talk?

"Khan, I heard that you don't like your son and think he is too cowardly to be a barbarian, so I will help you deal with him very wisely... Send him underground to accompany your wife Now, what do you think of this treatment? Are you very happy and satisfied?" Abona Jiang said with a smile, the smile was full of sternness, and the red bloodstain became distorted with his smile, It looks so vicious.

Da Khan hurriedly looked at the head next to him, and sure enough, the face of that head belonged to his only son!That bastard Abonajiang actually killed his only son!

"You!" Da Khan was about to say something, but strands of blood had already flowed out of his mouth. The blood with pink foam stained his clothes, and made him cough heartbreakingly. .

"Haha, you don't have to thank me too much. Serving you is what I should do as a subordinate. Of course, in order to prevent him from being lonely underground, I also sent him a few good friends. Let me think about it." ...Oh, I probably sent all the males in the entire royal family to accompany him, I believe they will have a good time underground." Abonajiang stomped on the prince's head quite arrogantly After a pause, he kicked it hard to the side of the tent, looking at the dying sweat with a sneer on his lips.

"You...you! You traitor! You...little, little man!" Da Khan wanted to express the anger in his heart with words, and also wanted to express his grief at this moment, but the serious injury on his body limited him. His actions made him unable to utter even a single word, he could only breathe with difficulty and cough up blood.

Yes, he used to be dissatisfied with his only son, because his son actually advised him not to treat the descendants of the Jing people too much, and let him treat other ethnic groups other than the Northern Man kindly.This practice was regarded by him as a sign of weakness and pedantry, so he had a big fight with his son and didn't even speak for several months.

But now he understood that his son was right. He was thinking too simply. He was blinded by his own pride and the flattery of his subordinates, making him forget the precious experience left by his ancestors.

More than 100 years ago, his ancestors unified the entire northern barbarian with powerful force, and his family has become the Great Khan of the northern barbarian country for the fourth generation.Relying on the force in his hands, his family had once defeated the Jing Dynasty, defeated the countries of the Western Regions, and has been in command of the entire Northern Barbarian Kingdom, and even designated more and more nomads as subordinates, letting them drive them.

After so many years, they have been aloof and self-righteous, so arrogant that they have completely forgotten the traditions of the northern barbarians...

It wasn't until this time that he fully realized that the temperament of the northern barbarians from ancient times to the present has always respected the strong and was unwilling to succumb to the weak.It would be fine if he was always strong, but his tribe's power has been greatly reduced now. How could the other northern barbarians miss such a good chance to reach the top?They have been waiting for today, and they will never let him and his relatives go!They want to fight for Khan from his hands!

It was only at this time that Beiman Khan realized his mistake. He actually believed a group of cunning and vicious wolves just because of a few words of advocacy and flattery!

Although the descendants of the Jing people represented by Xue Jin and other foreign races cannot be completely trusted, the people of the northern barbarians cannot be easily trusted either.When the time comes to a crisis, Jingren will still take into account loyalty and other people's opinions, but this group of people of the same blood as him will only swallow him bone by bone, and will never show him any kindness.

Abernajiang has already killed his son and all the men in his family, so isn't he the only one left?It seems that his life cannot be saved today...

Da Khan looked coldly at Abernajiang, who had always attached great importance to promotion in the past few years and regarded him as a confidant. If the hatred in his eyes could be turned into a real sharp weapon, he would have cut Abernajiang into pieces long ago. Duan, "It's useless even if you kill me, Abernajiang, Khan will not belong to you! Do you think you can make the entire Beiman Kingdom surrender with just a few people under your command? They will never Will get you to the top!"

"Hahahaha..." Abernajiang couldn't stop laughing as if he had heard some extremely nice joke, and it took him a long time to stop, "Who said I would make the entire Beiman Kingdom surrender? Are you here?" Are you kidding me?"

He looked coldly at the profusely sweating blood in front of him, and said: "Northern barbarians will succumb to the strong, and they are only willing to succumb to the strong. Many of my tribe's troops were killed by that traitor Xue Jin. If you don't want to be completely To be destroyed is to obey the orders of the strong. Hmph, I am no longer your big boss, and you are no longer a big sweat from the Northern Man Kingdom. Now you are just a dying ant, and I, It is to support Zuo Xianwang to become the Great Khan of the Northern Man, a hero from the dragon!"

"King Zuoxian?!" Da Khan was taken aback, he wanted to ask something else, but Abonajiang no longer wanted to listen to him.His scimitar had been drawn out of its sheath, and with one slash he chopped off the head of the powerless Khan.

"Boss!" The other northern barbarians who followed Abernajiang into the king's tent surrounded them. They killed all the female slaves in the tent, and did not care about the other heads left behind. They only took the heads of the prince and the sweat. Picking it up, he dug out from the tent a seal made of gold representing the identity of the Great Khan of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom.

"Let's go!" Abernajiang led everyone out of the king's tent. They had to hurry up, because the northern barbarians were in a mess now, and if they stayed here, they might encounter other people who wanted to snatch the seal. People, when the time comes, we will have to fight to the death to solve the problem.

The tribe of the Great Khan suffered heavy losses due to Xue Jin's rebellion, and could no longer deter the other northern barbarian tribes. Therefore, during this period of time, several powerful forces have sprung up among the northern barbarian tribes.They belonged to King Zuoxian, King Youxian and several big households respectively.

The strength of several big households is the same thing, there is nothing to fear at all, they are just unwilling to surrender completely, they are still negotiating the conditions for taking refuge, only the forces of Zuoxian King and Youxian King are the most powerful.

Originally, King Zuoxian was the most powerful among the northern barbarians, second only to the tribes led by the Great Khan.According to the rules of the northern barbarians, the status of the Great Khan is the most noble, the second is not the prince of the Great Khan, but the Zuo Xianwang, and the third is the Right Xianwang.In the case of the Great Khan without a son, King Zuo Xian is the legitimate next generation of Great Khan.Even if the Great Khan has a son, if the succeeding prince is too young, King Zuoxian should assist the government.At this moment, it is most justifiable for Zuo Xianwang to replace the position of Great Khan.

But also because of Xue Jin's chaos, the forces controlled by King Zuoxian were damaged a lot overnight, and King Youxian, who was able to completely suppress him, jumped up now.The power in the hands of King Youxian was almost the same as that of King Zuoxian. How could he be able to subdue the northern barbarians who looked like raging fire with just one word?

At such a time, the right virtuous king is of course unwilling to submit to the left virtuous king. Both he and the Zuo virtuous king are wooing other northern barbarian tribes, but they stand on their own hills in just a few days, refusing to give in to each other.Neither of the two sides is willing to convince the other, and they are ridiculed and even conflicted with each other. If it weren't for the fact that their strength is between them, they would probably have already started fighting.

In this chaotic situation, everyone seemed to have made an agreement, and all forgot the original profuse sweat.

That's right, the Khan's power has been wiped out, and he doesn't even have soldiers in his hands. Who would take him seriously?

However, Abonajiang, who visited Jingchao, remembered an idiom often spoken by Jingchao people-"the name is right and the words are right".Although Zuo Xianwang is very powerful and supported by many people, but what is more justifiable and deterrent than getting the seal of the Great Khan?That's why he hurriedly brought his men down to the king's account, just to snatch the Great Khan's seal before anyone else remembered it.

The reason why he did this was also to flatter his new master.Now that he had no choice but to serve King Zuo Xian, he was of course unwilling to be thrown into a corner by King Zuo Xian and ignored him.When he was used to the Khan's confidant, he couldn't stand the days when no one flattered and surrounded him. He had to gain the trust of Zuo Xianwang, so that he could return to the comfortable life in the past.

Abonajiang's current tribal power has been greatly reduced, and he also knows, how could Xue Jin let him go?That night in the Fire Bull Formation, his tribe was almost slaughtered by Xue Jin and his men.The power under him can't bring more power to King Zuo Xian, and it is inevitable that he will be ignored by King Zuo Xian in this kind of competition for the throne, so he can only find some sideways ways to get King Zuo Xian to pay attention Take a look at him, don't ignore it too thoroughly.

Back to the camp where King Zuoxian was, there were already several leaders of the northern barbarian tribes standing inside.One of the bearded leaders glanced at Abernajiang, and said with a sneer, "Abernajiang, why did you come so late? Maybe because you are afraid of fighting, you want to be a coward and shrink your head... "

Abonajiang gritted his teeth and swallowed the breath reluctantly.This guy was still wagging his tail to himself half a month ago, hoping that he could say something nice to him in front of Dahan, so that Dahan could look at him more.It's good now, seeing that Abernajiang's tribe has been seriously injured, and the power in his hands is no longer there, so he is not taken seriously at all. The speed of this turnaround is faster than turning over a book!I really don't know how to write loyalty!

Abonajiang threw the heads of the former Great Khan and the prince to the ground with a straight face, and took out the seals belonging to the previous Great Khan from his bosom, and presented them respectfully in front of King Zuo Xian who was sitting on the throne. "Respected Great Khan, the humble servant Abnajan went to get your seal for you, please forgive me for coming back late."

What he said was really too shameless, and he put his own status low enough, that look of begging for mercy was almost comparable to that of a dog wagging its tail, but Zuo Xianwang still accepted his tricks.

Abonajiang's words are enough to break the lower limit, but the meaning of submission in the words is obvious, at least he is more obedient than other tribal leaders.Compared with other leaders who wanted benefits from serving him, Abernajiang was someone who could be used.

Thinking of this, King Zuo Xian took the seal in his hand with a smile, and looked contemptuously at the head on the ground.Abernajiang called someone with a wink, took the two heads away, and hung them on the fence beside the fence of the resident, as a deterrent to other northern barbarian tribes.

Although Zuo Xianwang looked down on the few remaining troops in Abernajiang, he was still very satisfied with his attitude. He had also heard Jingren's saying that a thousand pieces of gold would buy a horse bone. The powerful Abernajiang is better than a horse bone bought by a thousand gold, so naturally someone will send a thousand-mile horse to the door.

Although once this obedient dog becomes powerful, it may become a biting wolf.But compared to other guys who think highly of themselves and are not very obedient, at least Abernajiang is still good now.At least it can satisfy Zuo Xianwang's high-ranking wish...

"Ben Dahan called you here this time to discuss the issue of food." Zuo Xianwang directly called himself a Dahan, and when he spoke, everyone in the tent didn't care whether they were convinced in their hearts or not. He closed his mouth obediently and listened carefully to what he said.

Yes, the first thing they need to solve is the problem of food. As for the matter of King Youxian and the robbing of Khan's throne, we can wait until they solve the urgent task of food first.

"That bastard Xue Jin actually killed all the livestock of the northern barbarians, and even the war horses were much less because of the fire, and he also sent people to burn down more than half of the camps... Now the tribe lacks a lot of tents and felts , not to mention the lack of enough food and livestock, without these things, let alone going to attack the Western Regions to obtain supplies, in another half a month, the clan will be completely unable to support it!"

Hearing Zuo Xianwang's words, all the people present let go of their small thoughts and remembered the issue of food.Indeed, if they can't find a way to obtain food, no matter what their thoughts are, they will not be able to hold on, and they will starve to death sooner or later.

The bearded leader who had satirized Abernajiang just stood up and opened his mouth and said, "Left... big... big sweat."

He originally wanted to call Zuo Xianwang or Dawang directly, but Zuo Xianwang's sharp gaze swept him away, and he changed the title of "Khan" very wisely. "Although we have no livestock, the camp of those alien races has plenty of cattle and sheep. They are just some inferior people with bad blood. They are nothing compared to the noble northern barbarians. Now it's time for them to offer their loyalty to the northern barbarians It's time!"

"What if they refuse to give it?" Zuo Xianwang said coldly.

The foreign race probably realized something was wrong. After that night, they huddled together, gathered the camp together, and moved to the other side of Qingli Lake, completely away from the camp of the northern barbarians.This is not a big deal, they also nailed a fence with thick wood outside the camp, and the protection is solid, just to prevent the northern barbarians from rushing into their camp to snatch cattle and sheep.

"If they don't give it, we'll tell them with knives and horseshoes... who does the entire Northern Man country belong to!" As soon as the bearded man finished speaking, all the tribal leaders in the big tent shouted in unison: "The Northern Man country belongs to you!" They belong to the northern barbarians, since they are the citizens of the northern barbarian country, they must offer everything they have to the northern barbarians!"

"Very good." King Zuoxian nodded in satisfaction, "I have already sent someone to contact Youxian King... In terms of food needs, all of our northern barbarians are the same. I believe that as long as all the northern barbarians unite Together, those alien races can't do it if they don't want to!"