[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 254 [English]

Chapter 243: Fight for

The border county faces the desert and is eroded by wind and sand. Standing on the city wall, you can rarely see the sky.The houses within the territory are low, and when you look out at the surrounding fields from here, everything you see is earthy yellow.There are few green plants along the way, and you can only see a few crooked-neck diseased trees after riding for several miles.The grass in the desert is unevenly layered, like a gentleman who is over fifty and about to go bald.

Xiao Chiye’s helmet was covered with a layer of dust. He took off his helmet, turned his back to the setting sun, and looked at the border city wall floating in the sand waves in front of him.

“It’s really poor here.” Hai Rigu jumped off the horse, the accessories around his neck clattering.He unscrewed the water bag, raised his head and poured water on his face. He closed his eyes and said, “Scorpions don’t come here at all.”

There is no farmland in the border counties, and the land underfoot is so barren that it is already showing signs of collapse in the hot June.Xiao Chiye took off his military boots and looked at the insects crawling in the gaps in the loess.

“The grassland east of Suotian Pass that Amul had worked hard to get was invaded by yellow sand and turned into a barren land in the first year of Hamde. The Qingshu tribe therefore abandoned it and retreated to the east of the border county.” Hai Rigu lifted up his hair and said, “The master wanted me to talk to the Youxiong tribe, but he didn’t give me a bait. This business requires brains, which I don’t have.”

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Hai Rigu is dishonest, he knows how to negotiate, just like he talked to Yan Heru, this black scorpion knows the rules very well.Shen Zechuan did not give him a clear bait, which meant that no matter how good the deal was, Shen Zechuan had the final say on the rewards, but he wanted a bargaining opportunity from Xiao Chiye.

Xiao Chiye didn’t look at Hai Rigu and said, “You’d better have it.”

Hai Rigu touched the back of his neck a few times, a bit flirtatious.The water poured on his body quickly disappeared, and the skin exposed in the sultry heat was bronzed.Hai Rigu screwed up the water bag, kept up his efforts, and said: “I will give the bears food for the winter. If they have enough food, they can stay in the territory.”

“If you can only do this,” Xiao Chiye followed the movement of the shadow and turned his attention to the gate of the border county and said, “then anyone can negotiate this business.”

Hai Rigu hit the wall one after another, rubbed his blocked nose, and said, “Okay, I will give them new choices.”

The city gate of the border county was opening. Qi Zhuyin hung a knife on his waist and stood in front of the hanging city gate with his arms folded.She went out at night to explore the road last night and came back at the end of the day. She only slept for two hours and looked sleepy. She was not so happy to see Xiao Chiye.

“Hey,” Qi Zhuyin said, “here he comes.”

Xiao Chiye threw his waist card to Qi Zhuyin. Qi Zhuyin took it without looking at it. He handed the waist card to Qi Wei and turned around to enter the city with Xiao Chiye.

“When I came here in the fourth year of Xiande, Lu Guangbai said he wanted to plant trees,” Xiao Chiye said, his heavy armor burning hot in the afterglow, “Why is the border county still so barren?”

“What a beautiful idea,” Qi Zhuyin said, her neck aching from her sleep. She shook her head slightly and looked at the gradually brightening lights in the market. “It was very windy and sandy in the sixth year of Xiande. He saved money and bought a batch of seedlings from Hezhou. He planted them on the border in the spring. Before they survived the end of the month, they were trampled by the cavalry.”

“Hassen was stationed in the Qing Mouse Department at that time?” Xiao Chiye climbed up the steps, put his helmet on the side, and sat here with Qi Zhuyin, watching the cavalry enter the city.

“It’s Ha Sen.” Qi Zhuyin didn’t sit down. She leaned against the door, her chin soaked in the afterglow, and said, “The letter you asked Zhaohui to deliver has arrived a long time ago. There will be a tough battle in June, but the premise is that Ha Sen will really turn around and go south to raid Duanzhou. If he doesn’t come, Sha Second Battalion will bear the consequences because of your troop transfer this time.”

“Amul has united with the Hulu tribe and is still trying to persuade the Xiong tribe to submit. Hasen has very little food left,” Xiao Chiye said, “he must go to Duanzhou to get food.”

“You brought a scorpion,” Qi Zhuyin said, “What does Shen Zechuan want to do?”

“Hasen is attacking Duanzhou, and the reinforcements will be stationed at Gedal on the other side of the Chashi River. Only the Xiong tribe can intercept me in the southeast,” Xiao Chiye stretched out his legs, “Lan Zhou wants to talk to the Xiong tribe.”

“Then you have to show enough sincerity,” Qi Zhuyin stood up straight and raised his arms to point to the distant snow peaks in the south. “The bears have pastures in the south. Shen Zechuan’s granary cannot feed them. You can’t even imagine their greed.”

Qi Zhuyin, no, starting from Qi Shiyu, Qidong has been trying to negotiate with the Youxiong tribe, hoping that they can join the Zhou Dynasty like the Huiyan tribe in the north, but it is too difficult.

“Lanzhou is willing to give them the territory of the Fierce Snake Tribe,” Xiao Chiye said. “They have been wandering around since they left Suotian Pass. This is what they want most.”

Qi Zhuyin squatted down and said to Xiao Chiye: “Yes, you are too smart. The Bears do want territory, but are you the desert king? The tricks Shen Zechuan played with the Zhou people in Zhongbo are of no use here. Bears don’t eat painted cakes. I deal with them, and they are far more cunning than the Vipers.”

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Li Xiong caught a four-legged snake under the eaves. He knelt on the smooth wooden board, holding the tail of the four-legged snake, and said to Ding Tao: “Bake it, it’s delicious.”

Ding Tao crossed her legs, holding a pen to write and draw. When she had time, she glanced at the four-legged snake and said with disgust: “Ugh.”

Li Xiong flicked the four-legged snake and said, “This is Gedal’s snake.”

Ding Tao hadn’t heard Li Xiong mention Gedal and Lei Jingzhe for a long time. He held Ben aside and looked at the four-legged snake: “Isn’t this the same as the four-legged snake in Cizhou?”

Li Xiong sniffed the air and said, “It’s different. This one has a smell, the smell of the desert, yellow sand!”

“It has all escaped from Gedal,” Ding Tao held his chin, pretending to be serious, “It must be that life in Gedal is difficult, and it is most comfortable to stay here.”

Li Xiong said: “No, it likes to stay…”

Fei Sheng stood at the other end and called Ding Tao. Ding Tao jumped up and ran over without hearing Li Xiong’s words. The candy in his lap fell to the floor.

“…Stay in the same place,” Li Xiong looked at Ding Tao, reached out to pick up all the candies, stuffed them all into his mouth, and said vaguely, “I also like to stay in the same place.”

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The current leader of the Bear Tribe is called Dalantai. He is not a relative of Sukhbamon, but a personal soldier of Sukhbamon.After Sukhba Beast killed Gedal in battle, Dalantai took the remaining elites of the Bear Division and fled to the rear of the Blue Rat Division, where he stayed for many years.

Dalantai sat in front of the tent, took out the potatoes from the campfire, broke them open, and ate them with the dried horse meat.He has a thick beard and looks funny when chewing.He is not as majestic as Sukhbamon. He is very short, so short that he does not look like a person with bear parts.

“Wise man walking in the desert, you rode a horse to my tent and brought the eagle’s advice.” Dalantai swallowed the hot potatoes and looked at Bayin by the campfire, “but the eagle’s request was too much.”

“The bear leader under the snow peak,” Bayin sat cross-legged and saluted to Dalantai, “I bring the most sincere greetings from the eagle. All requests are negotiable. The eagle treats you as friends.”

Hasen is the eagle of the Viper Division, and he sent the wise man Bayin long before Xiao Chiye set off.

Dalantai gave the other half of the potatoes to Bayin and said: “The wolf cubs from the north are young and strong. I heard that he killed Hu Helu and Achi, and defeated the eagle and the proud scorpion in the tea stone sinkhole. I am already old and can’t ride a horse. I’m afraid I can’t fight with such young people anymore.”

Bayin took the potato with both hands and hesitated for only a few moments before saying: “You are the bear of the ‘Tiger’ Sukhba beast. You lead the bear tribe to stand in the southeast of the desert. You are a strong man that even the snake tribe dare not easily provoke. The eagle firmly believes in your power. The wolf cub in Libei is too young, and he is not as scary as the wolf king.”

“If this is really the case,” Dalantai wiped his beard, “then why has the eagle that chopped off the wolf king’s head not killed this wolf so long?”

Dalantai did not lie, he was indeed very old, his hair had not yet turned gray, and his hands could no longer hold a knife for a long time.Although he does not have the spirit of Sukhbamon, he can lead the bear tribe through the snowstorm and maintain the dignity of a strong tribe in the desert.He is not a person like Hu Helu, he is more like a wise man than Bayin.

“This is why the Eagle sent me to find you,” Bayin said. “Our powerful cavalry has not yet broken through the defense line of the Libei Iron Cavalry. It is not that they are not strong enough, but that they are out of food. The Wolf King is dead. Respected and wise Dalantai, you have also seen the future of the desert. We are about to enter a new territory, where all tribes will no longer starve. This is the wish of the Great Russian Soviet Union and the wish of the Eagle. We need your explanation.”

The potatoes buried in the bonfire were fragrant. Dalantai poked them with twigs, but was not moved by Bayin’s respect and said: “A few years ago, Gegenhas of the Hulu tribe killed my monarch in Gedal by unscrupulous means and presented the head of the ‘tiger’ to Amul. Amul did not refuse.” heHe picked up a potato again, but did not break it open, but wiped the dust off with his rough fingertips, “Amul is a greedy vulture, he is not our brother.”

A bear soldier sitting at the other end stood up as a sign of farewell.

Bayin did not move. He faced Dalantai and said, “Dear Dalantai, those were all our stupid mistakes in the past. Now we have a common enemy…”

“Who forced this enemy to wake up?” Dalantai looked at Bayin with straight eyes, “Amul intends to conquer all corners where the sun shines, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to use such shameless methods to force us to leave our homeland. You stupid and despicable boy actually called the murder a stupid mistake.”

Bayin said: “I apologize for my words, Dalantai…”

The surrounding light was blocked by “bears”, and they stood around, looking at Bayin as if they were looking at an antelope.

“Hassen wants our help, so he should beg for our forgiveness,” Dalantai peeled off the potatoes. “If Hassen is willing to kill his wife and make the Hulu bastard pay the price, we will agree to send troops to the border county for him.”

“Don’t be like this,” Bayin had already been dragged up, he raised his voice, “Gergenhaas is dead, Duoerlan is an innocent girl.”

Dalantai looked at Bayin and ate the potatoes.