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Chapter 87 The Rite of Winter (1) Codenamed Northern Huns

Kala Lake, a large lake in western Mongolia in later generations, Kala, is Hara, and both mean "black" in Turkic words.

In later Mongolia, Lake Haraus was the second largest freshwater lake after Lake Kusugur. The water surface was rippling with green waves.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, it was a black lake.

At this time, on both sides of Kala Lake, tall poplars, birch, cedars, and firs were densely packed, reflecting the lake near the river bank into a dark and gloomy place, looking like black, hence the name Kala Lake.

Of course, due to soil erosion and excessive logging in later generations, Kala Lake had long lost its "Kala" side, but it still retained a similar name.

To the east of Kala Lake, there are Har Lake and Dele Lake, one of the "Five Great Lakes" in Mongolia. The Hun River originated from the western end of Wudemao Mountain, turning from about ten miles northeast of Har Lake to the northwest, and finally entering Kyrgyz Lake, one of the Five Great Lakes.

To the north of Kyrgyz Lake is Ubud Su Lake under Tanman Mountain (Tannu Mountain).

This is the Great Lakes.

To the west of Lake Kara, the Kobudo River originating from the Sayan Mountains flows into the lake from the west, and to the south, the Bayantu River originating from the Jinshan Mountains (Altai Mountains) flows into the south.

The excellent landform of the Three Lakes and Three Rivers makes this place a rare and superior pasture in the Great Lakes area.

This is where the largest administrative area set up by the Tang Dynasty, Hunhe Prefecture, was located, west of Wude Mountain, and the Geluo Tribe is under the jurisdiction of it.

The place where Kobdo City was located in later generations was the place where the tent of Gelu Dahan Yehu was located!

At present, the distribution of tribes in the Great Lakes area is roughly:

Near Ubud Su Lake is a ranch of the people of the hargas;

Near Kyrgyz Lake is the pasture of the Basimi people who are still in the Great Lakes area;

The remaining areas, about a thousand miles long from east to west and about three hundred miles wide from north to south, are the territory of the Geluo people. During its heyday, it exceeded 100,000 households in Dingkou, occupying the entire area of ​​the Five Great Lakes except Wude Mountain and Ubu Su Lake, as well as the entire northern foothills of Jinshan.

Of course, the world has changed. The current Gelulu people are joining forces with Basimi and Uighurs to defeat the Turkic people. After the death of the last Turkic Khan, the former Iron Triangle became an enemy. First, the Uighurs, and the Gelulu people joined forces to kill the Basimi Khan Ashinashi who was pushed to the position of Turkic Khan by his two divisions. Then the Uighurs raided the Gelulu people in late autumn and early winter.

At that time, the 30,000 Uighur cavalry led by Moyanchu defeated Ye Hu's 50,000 army. This battle caused the Gelulu people to completely lose part of the pasture west of Wude Mountain. The great power of the Uighurs also allowed Chiqi, apart from the Mouluo tribe, to go to a foreign land and cross Jinshan to the Western Regions.

Of course, the Gelulu tribe did not start from this time. It began to migrate during the Tang Dynasty when the Tang army defeated the Turkic Khanate during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, but the large-scale migration began from now on. The migration of the Gelulu people also indirectly caused the result of the Battle of Talas.

There are two migration paths, one of which is naturally going west along the canyon between Jinshan and Sayan Mountains.

The other one is to cross a large gap in the western section of Jinshan to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

Because of Chiqi, the two divisions of strength were moved away. Now the only one left in the Dahu area is the Mouluo tribe where the royal family of the Geluo clan is located. The great knight is named Ye Hu, and his full name is Mouluo Ye Hu and Mouluo, which is Mouluo.

The Mouluo tribe now has more than 20,000 yuan in the account. In winter, they all moved to the vicinity of the three major lakes, and in summer, they moved to the upper reaches of the Kobudo River and the northern foot of the Jinshan Mountain, truly living by pursuing water and grass.

This is because, compared with the three major lakes, the upper reaches of the Kobudo River and the northern foothills of the Kings Mountain, the altitude is generally more than 1,000 meters higher, and is naturally colder in winter, but in summer, it can reduce the disturbance of mosquitoes - on the grassland, the dense mosquitoes are extremely scary, especially in places with abundant water and grass.

After lingering at the intersection of the two tributaries of the Hunhe River for a few days, Hunge Changfeng left. If Sun Xiurong arranged a gift to give him a gift according to the usual situation, he would have to give him a gift. However, for the killing of the Uighur Khanate in the southwest, Sun Xiurong actually sent him dozens of miles to the Grand Secretariat of the Uighur Khanate.

All of this was seen by Feng Ge Changfeng.

When Sun Xiurong gave him, he only brought 300 horses, including Sun Xiaoke, with the ability of Changfeng to use the ability of the five-stone bow to activate. If an attack suddenly occurs, it is not impossible to kill Sun Xiurong in one fell swoop.

But Sun Xiurong still resisted the opposition and sent him for thirty miles!

Before leaving, Sun Xiurong smiled and said, "Brother Changfeng, I can only send it here. In theory, this is your territory, but I just borrow flowers to offer Buddha. There will be a date later."

Feng Ge Changfeng seemed not particularly moved, nodded, bowed his hand and rode away.

Sun Xiurong and others watched them go away and rode their horses back until they disappeared.

After about half an hour, a small sound of horse hooves came from behind him. After hearing this, Sun Xiurong immediately slowed down his horse's speed, with a faint look on his face.

Not long after, a team of about ten riders emerged from the snow dust. Sun Xiurong looked closely and his eyes couldn't help but lit up!

The leader is the song Changfeng!

"Brother Changfeng..."

Feng Ge Changfeng stared at him for a long time, and finally said, "Sun Lang, I shouldn't have come back, but I have been with you these days, like a spring breeze and a mellow wine, and I got drunk without realizing it. People like you are somewhat similar to Li Taibai, without any restrictions, but compared with it, they can quickly get up, and they will live up to the great reputation you have created in the Western Regions and Mobei."

"You have wiped out 20,000 Uighur troops. It is said that it is the enemy of my Uighurs. However, although it is far inferior to you, some things can be distinguished. Defeat the opponent on the battlefield. Although it is tragic, you have to admit defeat. What I admire most is the person who defeats the enemy in the wild with real swords and guns..."

"Dadadada..."

Feng Ge Changfeng urged the war horse forward a little more. Sun Xiaoke and others behind Sun Xiurong saw him and rushed forward to protect him, but Sun Xiurong stopped him.

"Sun Lang"

At this time, looking at Sun Xiurong, I saw that Feng Ge Changfeng's face turned red and white, and it was obvious that it was only after a fierce ideological struggle.

The war horse of Changfeng was only one foot away from Sun Xiurong's Fire Dragon Horse. The two war horses were glaring at the same time. At this time, the sound of Changfeng's words became smaller. He spoke Sogdian, rather than the very popular Tang and Turkic languages ​​nowadays.

These days we met, both sides learned that the other party could speak Sogdian.

"A month ago, a senior official from the Tang Dynasty sent me to come to me, so he naturally instigated me to send troops to attack you. Since he had come here, he probably also went to the Geluo tribe. This person's origin is extraordinary..."

"oh?"

"Do you know the Black Guard?"

"Don't know"

Sun Xiurong said intimately: "I made a gray-clothed guard in my previous life to avoid being similar to the Jinyiwei. I didn't expect that there were black-clothed guards in this Tang Dynasty. What is the origin of this?"

Feng Ge Changfeng continued: "During the Wu Zhou Dynasty, the Li clan members of the Tang Dynasty were killed, exiled, and changed their surnames. They were all dark and dirty names that could not be put on the table. For example, the surname of the saint. After the Holy Emperor came to power, most of the clan members have restored their original titles, and a considerable part of them returned to their original fiefdoms, but some of them remained in their original place..."

Sun Xiurong seemed to understand something, but he still listened quietly.

"You came from the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. When you passed by the great desert in northern Ganliang, you probably passed by Weiyuan Guard and Chat City. The guard and Chat envoy was a man named Wei Qiqiu..."

Sun Xiurong has a slight impression of this person. Isn’t it the one who can refine the salt?

However, his surname is "王", is it...

Sure enough, Feng Ge Changfeng continued: "This person is a descendant of Tan Wang Li Yun. Now it is the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Why does this person still live in the desert with the surname Yu? Naturally, there is an unspeakable purpose here. When I was in Chang'an, I accidentally found out something."

"The current Holy Emperor has taken over the throne through the Hu people and eunuchs. At that time, he was still in the residence and recruited people from all over the world with unique skills. Most of the best were dressed in black and made great contributions to the throne of his rebellion."

"After the Holy Emperor took office, the black-clothed guard will naturally not appear publicly, but it is said that someone has discovered it in Chang'an that this is not a lie. Chang'an imposes a curfew at night. Except for a few people, such as the Jinwu Guard, the Censor, and the Jing'an Department, they are eunuchs who are temporarily in urgent matters in the palace."

"Once, the Censor of the City Inspection Censor encountered a strange thing. Gao Lishi's man was actually defeated by a man in black. The little eunuch knelt on the ground and watched the man in black leave. This made the Censor of the City Inspection Censor very strange, so he continued to investigate."

"Later, the black-clothed guard was slightly exposed, but the city inspector and his subordinates at that time all died inexplicably within a year. After that, no one dared to pay attention to the black-clothed guard."

"Since then, I realized that there is a person like Black Guard."

Sun Xiurong nodded, "Is the Black Guard who came here?"

"Yes, it's the man from Wei Qiqiu. If you guess well, Wei Qiqiu is the leader of the black-clothed guard who is hiding in the desert to control the entire Hexi, northern Mo, and the Western Regions. Of course, it's just a guess."

"The person who came was called Yuchi Yichen, who should be a hero of Lingyan Pavilion. After Yuchi Jingde, the Duke of E, and the other person was called Hou Jingze, but he was a hero of Lingyan Pavilion. After Hou Junji, Duke of Chen, Hou Junji was killed by the whole family for rebellion. However, at that time, he led a large army to conquer Gaochang and took many concubines of the King of Gaochang."

"Of course, he didn't dare to bring these concubines back to Chang'an, nor did he dare to stay in Gaochang, so he was secretly placed in Ganliang area. This is how this person came."

"These two people mixed in the caravan and found me. Okay, please forgive me for not telling the truth, but what Sun Lang needs to know is."

"Not everyone can judge the situation like the Uighurs. Before Yuchi Yichen and Hou Jingze left, I forced him to drink and finally made a statement."

"oh?"

"It is said that there was a big man in the middle of contact, preparing to be unfavorable to Dalang. His actions also had a hidden name, called the "Northern Huns". I thought for a while but had no idea. Dalang was extremely intelligent and could definitely guess what it meant."

“…”

“…”

The two of them talked for a while, and then Feng Ge Changfeng left, and naturally they would not come back again after leaving.

"The Northern Huns?"
Chapter completed!
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