The lead-gray clouds in the sky were low, as if they were about to press onto the ground, and the pale sunlight shone weakly on the white snow through the thick gaps of the clouds.

The north wind blowing from the northwest plateau whizzed along the river valley, like an invisible long whip whipping in the air, whipping the vast wilderness violently. In the rustling and icy woods, a gray hare occasionally jumped out of the thick snow pile, and three or two jackdaws rose. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace, making the wilderness look even colder and lonely.

A black line appeared on the dark gray hills to the west, and it was moving slowly, gradually emerging into a long team.

The team was very long, walking along the already frozen river. The team was messy, complex, but noisy. The team was full of armed cavalry in front of the team, but their bodies were covered with dust, and the frosty leather robe had blood stains that had just solidified, which appeared purple-black. The elm-wood shield wrapped in cowhide in front of the saddle was also covered with traces of knife-cutting swords. The knights looked tired and severe, and many knights had their saddles.

There were several war horses that had been empty saddles, but the war horses were still there, but the knights had stayed in the rear forever. The middle section of the team was a convoy of countless carriages with tall wheels, with thousands of new and old, forming a long convoy. The carriages were filled with tents, food, fodder, and supplies, and many women and children were squeezed. Next to the team, there were many camels and cattle and horses carrying clear water, clothes, and miscellaneous items followed the team.

A little behind, there is a team of old cattle and young herders. They are surrounded by many big dogs, whipping their whips to drive away the cattle and sheep. These cattle and sheep are the food supplies for the team to marching.

It's like a large tribe transferring pastures, but the team's atmosphere is heavy, and there are not so many people in the ordinary team, and there will be no major transfer in such a cold winter.

They did not have the calmness and laughter of the past when they turned around, and the entire team seemed rushed and anxious as they marched.

A hundred knights covered with wind and frost surrounded a leader riding a white horse and walked in front of the team. Behind the tall leader was a big white horse flag flying high in the wind.

The leader rode a white horse, a bronze helmet with cow horns, a fox fur cloak, and a chain of armor inside. He stood up on the saddle, full of majesty.

He held the horse, and his two sinister and sharp eyes looked forward for a while, then looked up at the dim sky, and glanced at the team moving around him. He frowned, a little unsatisfied with the speed of the team's progress and the exhausted and depressed morale revealed by the entire team. He pulled his horse's head and said to the people around him: "It's too slow. At this speed, the enemy can catch up at any time."

The speaker was Mohefudaho Duluo, the Khitan Hebian tribe. Since the ambush of the Bayegu people and the Pugu people lost the battle, the Khitan tribes began to retreat eastward. Although there has been no large cavalry of Tiele Pugu tribe and the Bayegu tribe, there have always been a small group of Tiele cavalry following them like flies these days, lingering and unable to drive away. Duluo had a very bad premonition that the Bayegu people and the Pugu people must have not given up, and most of their troops were

They must still follow nearby. The Tieler people are like wolves on the grassland. They appear in groups. As long as they target the cattle, they will follow them patiently. When they wait for the prey to relax, they will use a fatal blow. They will pounce on them at the most unexpected moment, break through the prey's queue, drive them to escape, escape, and keep running. When the prey is exhausted, they will start to divide and encircle and take down the prey one by one.

His adviser Xu Deyan also agreed with his intuition, believing that the Tieles must be brewing a new round of fierce attacks.

However, when the elders and young tribes act together, the speed is really unreachable.

"Everyone goes to urge me, don't want to survive anymore? I'll use a whip to make the animals run away." Duluo shouted irritatedly.

After hearing his orders, the personal guards rode their horses and rushed forward and back to the team. After a while, the shouts and whistles in the team became louder and more dense. The huge and messy team immediately became much more neat and compact.

After a while, more than a hundred fast horses came to the team from afar. The fierce knight was Duluo's son Mohui. He jumped close to Duluo, grabbed the horse, and reported to Duluo: "Father, there is a good camp ten miles ahead, leaning against the hillside."

"Thank you for your hard work." Duluo nodded, "Did you see people from other tribes on the way?"

"No, there are no one along the way, there are only traces of ruts and oxen and horses passing by. I probably left after hearing the news that Tieler people came." The news from Mohui made Duluo feel even more uncomfortable.

There were eight ancient tribes in the Khitan, and now there are ten tribes, but whether it was the eight ancient tribes in the past or the ten tribes in the present, they were actually divided into two alliances. These two alliances were both Khitan tribes, but one used the white horse as the flag and the other used the green bull as the flag. The Khitan customs that the same tribes did not marry. Several tribes with the white horse totem have always been engaged in marriage with several tribes with the green bull totem, and the tribes with the same totem are not married. Just like now, the Hebian tribe and the other four five tribes living in the western part of Ruoluo Shui all use the white horse as the diagram.

Teng, and the five tribes in the eastern part of Ruoluo River all use Qingniu as the totem. They engage in large-scale blind dates every year, and the two major tribes intermarried each other. The five white horse tribes use Dahe as the common surname, while the five green niu tribes use Shenmi as the common surname. This is somewhat similar to the pre-Qin era in China. The surnames represent the same race, and the clan is a branch of the surname. The Dahe and the Shenmi clan implement a system of not marrying the same surname, just like the pre-Qin era in China. Under the two common surnames, each with their own tribes as their clans.

The last time the conflict with Goguryeo was the Qingniu Shenmi tribe, and the one who suffered a great loss this time was their White Horse tribe.

"I guess the people of the Qingniu tribe have been dependent on the Xiyingzhou of Sui and Liao in the east or retreating to the border between Khitan and Xi in the south." Among the Khitans with hair and left-breasted hair, Xu Deyan, wearing lacquered gauze crowns and right-breasted clothes, was a bit out of the crowd. He spoke Chinese, "It is not a solution for us to run like this. I think more people should be sent to investigate the movements of Tiel people, while sending people to find the Qingniu tribe, and also contact the Xi tribe. It is best to send people to Yingzhou and Huaihuang for help."

"I'm afraid that the distance water cannot quench the near thirst." Duluo sighed. "I guess the Xi people can't count on it anymore. Tongluo has tens of thousands of cavalry entering the Xi realm, but they are afraid that they will not be able to protect themselves now."

"It's too far to go to Yingzhou, and it's almost the same as going to Huaihuang." Mo Hui said.

"I'll go there myself. Although Ah Wu hasn't been back for so long, I'm a little worried. I happened to go there myself. If Yi Feng is really Yuan Hao, I would have to bring him to rescue him." Xu Deyan said.

"Okay." Duluo nodded. He glanced at the team, then looked back at his son Mohui, and said to Xu Deyan, "Let Mohui take a hundred warriors to escort the gentleman south. When the gentleman leaves, he will take his wife with him to avoid worrying. If he can move rescue soldiers, it is better. If he cannot, he will let the will of fate." Duluo's arrangement has already been made to not be able to move rescue soldiers. If there is no rescue, the Uighur Bin tribe will be greatly damaged, and even the entire Five White Horse tribes will be greatly damaged. But the worst is that. The battle between tribes, unless the Tieler invades the tribes, they can defeat the Khitan, but they will never destroy the Khitan. After these robbers robbed the full amount, they will naturally leave. However, in that case, the development of the Hebian tribe over the years will be wasted. From then on, they will become the target of the Turkic Tieler people bullying.

"Okay!" Xu Deyan heard the kindness of Duluo's arrangement. He told him that if he couldn't find reinforcements, he would not have to come back. He would stay in the south with his wife, which was also considered as their friendship for ten years. "I will definitely bring back reinforcements."

Duro laughed, "As long as you can escape this disaster this time, it will be the blessing of our ancestors of the gods. By then, the Turks, Tiel people, and the wolf cubs who should be killed, we Khitan will ask them for blood debts to repay them, for tooth and for blood!" After saying this, he looked up at the sky again, and said to Xu Deyan and his son: "Let's go, set off soon. It seems that the sky will change again, and there will be a blizzard soon. We must also go to the campsite immediately and settle the team." As he said that, they said goodbye to each other.

Xu Deyan and Duluo high-highs, and soon the wife had already brought several Khitan maids, and the bags she had with her were already hanging on the horse.

"There will be a time later!" Xu Deyan kowtowed his legs and took the lead in slapping the horse. Mo Hui whistled. The hundred cavalry under him immediately pulled their heads and followed him to follow Xu Deyan forward.

Duluo sat on the horse and kept watching Xu Deyan and his son ride farther and gradually disappear into the distance.

"Can Mr. Xu really bring in reinforcements?" asked a leader.
Chapter completed!