Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu said very seriously: "It is very necessary. Horses cannot go out, but camels can go out. It just so happens that we have more than twenty camels here."

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In Yaoluoge's tribal camp, hundreds of tents were destroyed by Baimaofeng last night and buried under thick snow.The remaining half of the tents were rescued and reinforced in the middle of the night, and they were finally saved.

All the people, old and young, are crowded in these tents, shivering and enduring the severe cold.Naturally, no one took care of the livestock in those pens, and [-]% of them were frozen to death.The rest are also dying.

The wind and snow finally stopped, and Papa Banroll got out from a gap in the top of a tent, shaking off the snow all over his body.Seeing the snow-covered fence, he cried, "It's over! It's over!"

Chapter 323

Yao Luoge also got out of the tent under the snow, looking downcastly at everything in front of him.The rest of the tribe also came out one after another, and some people began to cry and howl, all in a gloomy mood.The whole tribe is immersed in despair.

Yao Luoge suddenly yelled: "Don't cry. These are the wills of the gods. We should be thankful that we are still alive, and we still have beef and mutton to eat this winter. Let's talk about the next year!"

Yaoluoge's tribe finally recovered from the grief and panic, and everyone was busy with division of labor.Some people cleared the snow in the camp and dug out the daily utensils scattered in the snow.Some went to the pens to dispose of the carcasses of frozen animals.

It was Yin time in the afternoon, and the whole tribe hadn't eaten yet, they were both hungry and cold.Not long after, the camp smelled of stewed meat.But everyone knew in their hearts that eating meat at this time was delicious, and they would starve intermittently in the next spring.

"Khan! Someone is coming over there!" A person beside Yao Luoge exclaimed.Yao Luoge was startled and said, who would come here in this weather?He quickly looked up, and there were indeed five or six small black spots on the snow in the distance.

Yao Luoge became panicked, and murmured to himself in a low voice: "Could it be that someone is right, the Han people are taking advantage of this snowy day to attack and kill us." The five or six small black dots became bigger and bigger.At last he saw clearly that it was five or six people who came riding on camels through the snow.

"An enemy is coming! Be alert!" Yao Luoge shouted loudly.Now he has concluded that the other party is the Han people on the banks of the Orkhon River.

Immediately, dozens of tribal men followed behind Yaoluoge with all kinds of weapons, one foot shallow and one foot deep, and greeted the five or six camel riders.

Contrary to Yao Luoge's expectation, these camels did not dodge or run away, but greeted them instead.Yao Luoge wondered in his heart: "Could it be that my judgment is wrong, they are not those Han people?"

When the two groups got together, they didn't wait for Yao Luoge to speak.The person headed by the other party spoke first, "This is the camp of the Yuan He people, right?"

Although this person spoke the Xiongnu Altaic dialect commonly used in the grasslands, Yaoluoge knew that he came from the "south".Even if he is not a Han, he is also the Southern Huns who belong to the Han.Yao Luoge immediately became vigilant, and asked, "Who are you! Why are you here!?"

The other party, however, jumped off the camel calmly, bowed his hands to Yaoluoge in a Chinese bowing salute, and said, "I don't know what to call your lord? We are ordered by the Jiedu envoy to send charcoal to the disaster-stricken people of the Yuanhe tribe. "He said as he patted the bulging sacks behind the hump.

The 15-year-old boy next to Yao Luoge shouted: "You are Han Chinese? What Jiedushi? What kind of charcoal? I think you are spies who came to spy on the military situation. Father, order them to be arrested...".Dozens of Yuan He men had also quietly surrounded them, surrounding a few of them.

Yao Luoge made a gesture to stop his son's words, he wanted to see what kind of medicine the other party was selling in the gourd.

The other party said again: "That's right, we are all Han people - people in the territory of Han, and also people from Liang State. Our Jiedu Envoy is Lu Bu, the Jiedu Envoy of the Northern Territory Minister's Mansion. The Jiedu Envoy knows you Wait for the disaster, let me send you this..."

After finishing speaking, he and the rest of his companions unloaded several sacks from the camel on the snowy ground. The opening of the sack was opened, revealing black charcoal.

Yao Luoge sneered and said, "I am Yao Luoge from Yuan He's tribe. Your Jiedu Envoy has fought against us. What's the purpose of sending these bags of charcoal? Do you want to buy us to make money if you want to use a few bags of charcoal? Your servants?"

The visitor laughed and replied: "These charcoals are just a gift from our Jiedushi. But what I mean by sending charcoal in the snow is... our Jiedushi knows that your cattle and sheep are frozen to death, and wants to exchange food for yours." Frozen beef and mutton. The exchange ratio is based on the price in the daily horse market."

After hearing this, the people around Yaoluoge showed joy. If the frozen cattle and sheep can be exchanged for food, then the tribe will be saved.

Yao Luoge said with a cold expression: "Then your leader... what is the condition of the Jiedushi? But you want us all to be his slaves? If that is the case, this deal will be forgotten. Our tribe has suffered a disaster, but Not to the point of selling yourself into slavery!"

"The only condition is... that you need to go to Beiming City to make the transaction in person, and talk to our Jiedushi by the way. There are no other conditions."

Yao Luoge pondered for a moment, then replied to the other party: "Okay, go back and tell your Jiedu envoy that when the weather clears, I will take beef and mutton to that city and deliver them to you."

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Two days later, the sky has completely cleared.Yao Luoge took hundreds of men from the tribe, and used the remaining horses to drag dozens of carts of beef and mutton to Beiming City.

Before leaving, his wife and son tried their best to stop him, for fear that he would never return once he left.Yao Luoge also thought that this trip was dangerous, but for the sake of his tribe, it was worth betting his life, and he still insisted on going to Beiming City to meet Lu Bu.

These frozen beef and mutton taste far worse than fresh beef and mutton, and the price is less than [-]% of the latter.And even so, no one usually buys frozen cattle and sheep.Therefore, the other party must have a plan for being willing to charge these cattle and sheep at a high price.For the past few days, Yao Luoge has been thinking about what the other party is planning.

In the warm shack, Yao Luoge met Lu Bu.He also imitated the manner of the Han people and said to Lu Bu: "Jiedu, I have brought you my beef and mutton. If you have anything to say, just say it." He took a sip from the wine bowl, which was distilled spirits that he had never drunk before.

Lu Bu laughed and said, "Then I said straight to the point that I hope that your tribe will submit to the jurisdiction of my Northern Territory Chief's Mansion."

Yaoluoge put down his wine bowl with a bang and said, "Then you still want me to be your servant?"

"It's not a slave, it's subject to the jurisdiction of the Northern Territory Minister's Mansion. This is very different. You don't have to pay taxes, do labor, and you don't have to pay the population to be slaves. You can easily trade with the mainland. If you encounter Such snow disasters and other disasters will also be assisted by our Liang State government. The only obligation you have to fulfill is that the men must obey the dispatch and take their horses to serve in the military. However, all kinds of spoils obtained in the war will also be in accordance with the rules of the grassland Distributed according to military exploits."

Yao Luoge was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "What if I don't agree? Could it be that this deal can't be done."

Lu Bu smiled slightly and said, "Our King Liang values ​​faith and righteousness. I also follow his example. If you don't agree, it won't affect this deal. But when the snow melts in the coming year, you have to go out of the residence of the Chief of the Northern Territory. The scope of jurisdiction is enough. I will give you enough time. If you don’t leave, I will only destroy you and others, and everything is done according to the rules of the grassland.”

He stood up again and pointed to a huge map behind him and said, "However, the jurisdiction of my Northern Territory Minister's Mansion may span thousands of miles in the future, and you may need to move far away."

Yao Luoge was silent for a while, and finally, with the etiquette of the grassland people, he put his hands on his chest, bowed and knelt down on one knee and said to Lu Bu: "God is above, I, Yao Luoge, hereby swear that my Yuanhe tribe is willing to belong to the Northern Territory." The Minister's Mansion, King Liang is our eternal Khan, and our troops will always be loyal to King Liang."

Chapter 324

Mobei is already an extremely cold and frozen world thousands of miles away, but "Nanyang" eight thousand miles away is still scorching summer.Lin Tao and the more than 180 sailors have been in Malajia for more than a month.

They're not here just for recuperation.During this period, Lin Tao asked Dusang's people to send a letter to Zhuge Liang in Shawadi to inform them of what happened in the Malajia Strait.It further consolidated the rule over Langyaxiu.At this time, Du Sang, who has become the king of Langyaxiu, is obedient to Lin Tao and obeys his advice.

Lin Tao played in the sea for a while, and then rested in the coconut grove on the shore. The Mon maidservant next to him brought him a bowl of fresh coconut juice.Du Sang didn't know when, but he was already waiting at the side.He received a notice from Lin Tao early in the morning in Langyaxiu, and immediately took a sea boat to come to discuss the matter.

Lin Tao squinted and looked across the strait.Although it is impossible to see the mountains on the other side here, Lin Tao still pointed to the other side as if he had seen it and said: "Our next step is to surrender Gandhari on the other side. The country will fall on the wind."

Du Sang was not as surprised by this as he was when he first heard Lin Tao say that he wanted to conquer Gandhari, but he still said with uneasiness:

"All the soldiers of Dusang and Langyaxiu listened to the general's orders. It's just that there are seven large and small cities in Gantori, and they control countless tribes on Sumatra Island. Plan to conquer Gandhari?"

Lin Tao smiled calmly and said, "Although this Gandari has a large land and a large population, like this Langyaxiu, as long as they control all their royal families, their kingdom will naturally fall into the hands of our Liang Kingdom."

After hearing this, Du Sang thought that Lin Tao was going to capture Gandhari with the method of conspiring to seize Langyaxiu, so he shook his head again and again to persuade him:

"General, Dusang has a word of advice. The situation of Gantori is quite different from that of Langyaxiu. Gantori not only has a vast territory and a large population. Moreover, among its population, there are a large number of immigrants from our body. The local countries of Shendu are closely connected. Brahmanism has also spread among the Marayu people for a long time, which makes Brahman's rule in Gandhari quite stable. You can't control the royal family by getting rid of the royal family like Langyaxiu. Global."

Lin Tao laughed loudly after hearing this, and said, "I never thought of dealing with Gandhari like I did with Langyaxiu. As you said, there are many difficulties in conquering Gandhari. Especially Brahmanism is already doing it. This is deeply ingrained in the territory of Toli, and it is difficult for outsiders to surrender it without relying on absolute military power. But it has a fatal weakness, but its current royal family is a foreign conqueror from the previous two years, a Shadi from Chula General Lee."

Du Sang suddenly realized: "General, you mean to use..."

"That's right, I'm here to ask you to find a way to find Gandhari's former royal family, the Misula family. As long as Missoura is willing to cooperate with us, it will be easy to occupy Palembang and even the entire Gandhari."

"Don't worry, general, this matter is on Dusang's shoulders. Unless Namisula is no longer on the southeast islands and peninsula, Dusang will be able to find him!"

Lin Tao praised: "It's a great achievement for you to complete this matter." After finishing speaking, he raised his neck and gulped down the bowl of coconut juice in one gulp.

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Along the coastline of Sumatra Island on the other side of Malajia, 350 miles to the southeast is Palembang, the largest port on the island, and even the entire southeastern archipelago.At the same time, it is also the royal city of Gandhari.

The Gandhari Palace, which is completely made of stone, is located in the middle of the two main streets of Palembang. At the entrance of the palace, there are huge stone statues of Shiva and war elephants carved in rocks, which are magnificent.

The current owner of the palace is Sarol Sharma, who belongs to the Kshatriya family of Sharma, along with Rahal and Dikal who invaded the Bashu Han territory earlier.

Three years ago, King Karikala, who had unified the poisoned south, was determined to expand to the southeast sea area and continue to consolidate the maritime hegemony of the Chula Empire.Then the third fleet was sent to carry part of the fourth largest corps and headed towards Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan and other southeastern islands.

Zhu Luo's army was like a broken bamboo along the way, and all the countries along the route surrendered and surrendered.Only Gandhari refused to bow his head and surrender. As a result, the Chula army broke through seven cities in a row and occupied the entire territory of Gandhari.Almost all members of the former royal family of Gandhari were killed, only the brothers and sisters were missing.Kalikala, the king of Chula, canonized Sarol as the new king of Gandali.

At this time, a routine court meeting was going on in the palace of Gandhari.Sarol, sitting on the throne, frowns.He had already heard about Liang Guo's fleet entering the strait earlier, and he had just learned about Lin Tao outwitting Langyaxiu.

The chief minister under the throne, Qiupi Peng, saw it, stepped forward and asked, "Is His Majesty the King worried about the Liang Kingdom fleet?"

Sarol said disapprovingly: "Yes, but not."The simple and inexplicable sentence made the ministers puzzled.It seems that Chupi Peng understood what he said, and replied: "Your Majesty said that he is not worried about Liang Guo's fleet, but he is worried about that person...?"

Sarol glanced at the resourceful Chupipeng with admiration, and replied: "The Prime Minister is right, don't look at this Liang army's fierceness, it can defeat the first and second largest legions of the Zhuluo Empire in a row, embezzling the flood Sawati. But I am not afraid of them. Because even if Liang Guo sent more than ten thousand troops, even if Palembang was captured, it would be difficult to occupy the entire territory of our country. We are the people of Lord Shiva, and we will never accept They are ruled by pagan outsiders. In this hot and humid Sumatran jungle, they will never be able to cope with the harassment of hundreds of thousands of my subjects working together. We will eat them up like a group of ants eating snakes! But..."

When Sarol said this, he stopped talking, but his eyes swept over the faces of the ministers one by one, and he continued after confirming that there were no survivors from the previous dynasty:

"However, if the other party unites with the remnants of the previous dynasty, it will be hard to say. You know, we only accepted Gandarina as a vassal state of Chola a few years ago. There are still quite a few people among the hundreds of thousands of subjects. Go forward to the royal family. Once they play the banner of restoring the country and unite with the Liang army to attack, it will be a disaster for us!"

Chupi Peng suddenly smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry too much about this. A few days ago, I sent people to investigate the whereabouts of those remnants of the previous dynasty. It should not be difficult to find them. Back then we just thought that they were no longer a threat, so I didn’t look for them, I just let them fend for themselves on a certain deserted island. If there is no mistake in my prediction, there should be some news in the near future.”

Sarol said coldly: "This is the best. If we really find their whereabouts, we will immediately send elite troops to kill them in time. In addition, although we don't care about the Liang army's attack, we must also be prepared for battle. Especially in Palembang , From today onwards, the city defense and vigilance must be stepped up!"

All the ministers agreed in unison and then withdrew from the palace hall.

Chapter 325 The Decadent Man

The blue sea and blue sky, there are actually a few houses on the endless sea.It was a house on stilts built on the sea with bamboo and wood.On the coast adjacent to it is a settlement with dozens of houses.

Several children played and climbed in the house on stilts, climbed to the highest point, then jumped into the sea and splashed huge waves, and then climbed to the house on stilts again, and so on.

A middle-aged woman waded over from the beach in a panic and yelled at the children: "Get down, the master is resting here, and you are not allowed to play here. Otherwise, today I will punish you to starve a meal."

Only then did the children grimace, and reluctantly left the house on stilts.

By the time the sun was almost at sea level, the tide had receded.Houses on stilts are back on land again.At this time a young man appeared on the terrace of the house on stilts.His eyelids were swollen from sleep, and he sat on the floor with his body bent, his feet hanging in the air,

While looking listlessly at the blood-red sun in the distance, he touched around with his hands, and finally found a metal pot.He raised his neck and was about to drink the wine in the metal jug, but found that the wine in the jug was empty.

At some point, a young girl in Tsing Yi had already boarded the stilted building, she snatched the wine pot from him and said, "Brother, you are so decadent, how can you be worthy of your parents?"

The young man sneered and said, "So what if we are not decadent? Our parents, brothers and sisters are all dead, and our family is also finished. We are already bereaved. You and I can only live our lives on this Temasek Island. "

The girl in Tsing Yi said coldly: "Our Paramesura family will not just decline like this. You should know the meaning of Paramesura in Sanskrit. We are not just as simple as Brahmins."

The full name of the surname Missoula is Paramisura.This surname comes from Sanskrit ????????, meaning "supreme monarch".The reason why their family uses this surname is that the legend is that their ancestor was King Alexander of Macedon.When Alexander conquered the Indus Valley, he was respected as the supreme monarch by the Brahmins.

On the eve of the disintegration of the Mauryan Dynasty, their ancestors took a troop into the sea from the Ganges River, sailed to Sumatra, conquered the local Malayu indigenous people, and established the Gandari Kingdom.

Of course, this is just a legend. Whether Alexander is really his ancestor, only God knows.In short, their family is very proud of their family and surname, which is probably the reason why they were unwilling to bow down when Zhu Luo's army attacked.

At this time, the young Missoula obviously disapproved of this surname, and said to his sister Shirley in a cold voice: "Is this name very noble? If our parents were not so stubborn and proud back then, how could we have fallen to this point? Years later, when we die, this name will be buried together. Our descendants will be the same as these Malayu natives, without a fixed surname."

Shirley's cheeks were flushed by Missoula's indifferent words, and she scolded: "Shut up, how can you blame your parents for not bowing their knees and surrendering back then... You are not worthy of mentioning how much you are like us in Baili Missoula. Our parents...".

After finishing speaking, she stomped her feet and turned around to leave. After walking a few steps, she suddenly realized that she hadn’t said anything serious about coming to Missoula, so she turned back and said to Missoula:

"Well, I'm here to invite you to dinner. There is another important thing. Recently, some important new news came from outside. Hang Tuah has also returned. I think we have encountered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to restore the country. So I Come to you and Hang Tuah to have a good discussion." After saying this, Shirley strode away in real strides.

Hang Tuah is their chief guard.When the Gandhari kingdom was broken, he was entrusted by the old king of Missoula, with more than a hundred court guards, to escort the two brothers and sisters of Missoula to break out of the siege, and came to this corner of Temasek Island to live in seclusion.

Missoula stared blankly at the sea for a long time, and then threw the metal wine jug in her hand violently, and it fell on the distant sea surface, splashing a few waves.He softly spit out two words: "Fuguo..."

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The dinner is very sumptuous. The meat dishes include grilled grouper, lobster, water antelope hunted in the jungle, and the vegetarian dishes are tropical fruits such as mango and dragon fruit.The amazing thing is that there is also a can of wine that Hang Tuah brought back.Temasek and even the islands in the southeastern archipelago do not produce grapes, let alone wine.

When Missoula came, Shirley at the side had already ate her own share.Hang Tuah and the rest of the guard leaders sat cross-legged on the seats and waited for Missoula to arrive.

Missoula sat at the head of the table and didn't ask Hang Tuah what news he brought back from outside. Instead, he glanced at the jar of wine and asked, "Hang Tuah, where did you get the wine?"

Hang Tuah said respectfully: "To my master, this is a long story. Allow me to start from the beginning..."

Next, Hang Tuah told the Missoula brothers and sisters what he saw and heard during the time he was out.

Only then did Misula know that there was an army named Liang Guo from the depths of the northeast land that defeated the Zhuluo army in Hongshawadi and completely occupied the port of Sawadi. From this, the connection between the southeastern islands and Zhuluo was cut off.And Sawady Port was opened as a treaty port.Hang Tuah's jar of wine was brought from Port Sawady.

When Hang Tuah finished speaking, Missoula was swallowing half of the lobster and taking a sip of wine.He put down the wine bowl, and teasingly said to Shirley:

"Sister, this is the chance to restore the country you said? Do you think that Sarol has lost contact with Chola, and we can defeat him and restore the country? Not to mention all the Gandhari troops he has mastered, not to mention Palembang How can we be against the thousands of guards in China, and his palace guard alone has [-] elite warriors? We found ships that can sail long distances, continued to sail southeast, found some unclaimed land, and conquered the local uncivilized people Indigenous people, restoring the country there is more realistic than this."

But Shirley responded coldly: "Brother, don't worry, you haven't heard all the news yet. Hang Tuah just told what he saw and heard, but today, our people got a message from the red beard. The latest news is that the country called Liang sent a fleet into the strait, and captured Langyaxiu in one fell swoop. Now they stop at a fishing village called Malajia. Like the place where Red Beard is, there is also a pirate Wozi, the leader is a man named Du Sang, but by now he should have belonged to Liang Guo."

Only then did Missoula's expression become serious, she looked at Shirley, and said indifferently: "You mean we borrow troops from the Liang country to restore the country? It's worth a try!"

Suddenly, Missoula's eyes froze again and she said, "However, we have to change places immediately, we can't stay here for long."

Chapter 326 Temasek Situation

Shirley and Hang Tuah asked in unison, "Why?".Just as Misula was about to answer them, she saw a guard covered in blood staggering towards them, shouting loudly: "Go... hurry, there are enemies coming!".The guard still had a few arrows stuck in his body.

Misula was startled and said: "As expected, what I said was true. This must be the person sent by Sarol to chase and kill us. Withdraw quickly!".As soon as he finished speaking, Hang Tuah and a group of guards understood and jumped up one after another, picking up their weapons.

Missoula pulled Shirley who was still in a daze, and under the escort of all the guards, she went to the jungle deep in the island.at this time,

The sea area near the fishing village was full of boats from Gandhari, as many as twenty.The torches on the ship are dotted like stars, illuminating this sea area red.The sound of fighting, screams, wailing and children's crying came from the fishing village.Soldiers from Gandhari ravaged the village.

Most of the Gandhari soldiers waded to the shore, but a small boat washed up on the beach, and two or three people got off the boat.One of them respectfully said to the other old man: "It's a trivial matter, why do you need the Prime Minister to come in person?"

This old man is Gandhari First Chupipon.He waved his hand and said to General Gandhari beside him: "This matter is of great importance, not a small matter. If you can complete this errand well, it will be a great credit. His Majesty Sarol will definitely give you You are rewarded."

After hearing this, everyone was overjoyed.One of them said excitedly: "Prime Minister, don't worry, as long as the two people His Majesty is looking for are really on this island, we will be able to catch them."

Several generals escorted Chupi Peng to a thatched pergola by the sea and sat down, waiting patiently for the results of the search for the soldiers in the fishing village.After a while, soldiers shouted and brought dozens of villagers to the seaside open space,

Another soldier came to Chupi Peng and said, "To the Prime Minister, we searched the whole village, but we didn't find the two people we were looking for. But when we entered the village, we encountered fierce resistance."

A Gandhari general asked with some doubts: "My lord, the information from the pirates is not wrong, is it?"

Chupi Peng's face darkened and he said: "The news was provided by the spy personally deployed by the old man inside the pirates. How could it be wrong? According to the information, a man and a woman brought a group of soldiers and some of their families to settle on this island a few years ago. If not Missoula, brother and sister, who else could it be?"

Hearing Qiupi Peng's sullen tone, the general was too frightened to speak.Another general quickly dismissed the conversation, and said to Chupipeng respectfully: "This man is my brother, he can't speak, so don't blame the Prime Minister. I just think that if these two people just happen to go out..."

Chupi Peng said with a sinister smile, "It's easy to prove this, we just need to ask these people." He pointed to the villagers in those fishing villages as he spoke.A considerable number of these people were the families of those Missoula guards.

Several Gandhari generals immediately understood what he meant, and ordered the soldiers to torture the villagers severely to find out the whereabouts of the Misula brothers and sisters.The clearing by the sea was suddenly filled with blood and rain, and the sound of crying and screaming mixed together.