The Nameless of the Common Clans

In the next few days, Batagan stayed with Chen Mo, even closer than Dian Wei, the personal bodyguard. However, although this man could not understand what he said, he was quite diligent in his work and could be said to be hard-working and uncomplaining. No matter who in the team He works very hard when asked to do something. Even if someone occasionally scolds him for doing something wrong, he just shows a naive smile, which makes people feel helpless and funny.

"Hey, Batagan, where did you come from?" That day, Dian Wei, Wang Biao, Zheng Tu, and Chen Mo were sitting on the ground eating together, looking at Batagan who was holding a piece of dough and munching on it while laughing. , couldn't help but ask again.

"Mengqidoune." Batagan replied.

"Ah?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo, what did this guy say?

"Mengqi Douna is a vassal state of the Qin Dynasty. I have read in a historical book that in the 12th year of Yonghe, Mengqi Douna came to Luoyang to pay tribute. At that time, Emperor He used to guard the golden seal and purple ribbon." Chen Mo said with a smile. .

"My boss, can you understand what he said?" Dian Wei said in surprise.

"I can only understand a little bit." Chen Mo nodded. When communicating with Batagan these days, it turns out that Batagan doesn't understand Chinese. Chen Mo relied on guessing most of the time, so he didn't learn much. But it's been a long time since he learned Chinese. Chen Mo found it quite interesting to learn something so strenuously.

"I am... a scholar!" Batagan saw Dianwei looking at him, patted his chest and said, in Mengqidoune, he is a noble, but for the big man, he is not a scholar.

"Is that what you look like? Just like someone fished out of a mud pit, a scholar?" Dian Wei curled his lips disdainfully, then turned to look at him with wide eyes: "You've become a spirit!"

"Do you think I am taught by Bai these days?" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei amusedly, and then looked at Batagan with some confusion and said: "I just don't know why, Batagan has been trying to learn Xianbei's language from me these days. "

"What's the use of learning that stuff? You're not the boss. It's good if you can speak good Chinese." Hearing this, Dian Wei glared at Bata Gan angrily. Instead of learning Chinese, he went to learn some bullshit. Xianbei dialect.

Batagan looked at Chen Mo blankly. He had only learned Chinese for a few days. Dian Wei still spoke with a local accent. It would be okay if he spoke slower. Dian Wei spoke so fast, how could he understand him.

"I can't tell, he seems to have something to do." Chen Mo shook his head and said: "He doesn't know much to say now, he can only communicate briefly."

"Where is this Meng...Qidou...Na?" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo and asked.

"Xibian'er, don't talk about me specifically, he doesn't even know. He came here from his hometown and walked here for more than three years." Chen Mo shook his head. Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions as an envoy for more than ten years, but among them There were a lot of twists and turns. Now it seems that Batagan is about the same. He has been a slave for half a year among the Xianbei people.

But no matter what, the distance in between is too long, and it is difficult to estimate how far it is. It may be more than ten thousand miles.

"Tsk, tsk~" Dian Wei glanced at Batagan sympathetically: "Can he find his way back?"

"It's difficult." Chen Mo shook his head.

"It's not easy either." Dian Wei couldn't help but touched Batagan's bare head. Although it was not very polite, Batagan didn't seem to care about it.

"Boss, now we are deep into Hu Di, where should we go next?" Wang Biao looked at Chen Mo who was taking notes on bamboo slips and asked.

"First find more comrades to go with us. Further north, there are fewer and fewer cities and fewer Han people. I wonder if these Xianbei people will still be so disciplined! The more people there are, the more courage they will have." Chen Mo said casually.

"No...Master...Master, if you are afraid, why do you still go?" Dian Wei said incomprehensively.

"There are some things that you can't just do if you're afraid. First there were the Xiongnu and then there was the Xianbei. This evil has been bothering me in the Central Plains for hundreds of years or even longer. Someone has to solve it." Chen Mo tightened the cloak on his shoulders and looked at Front said: "To defeat your enemy, you must first understand him."

"What's the use of just understanding? Just like others who want to defeat me, what are they capable of?" Dian Wei shook his head, a little confused. How could Chen Mo solve something that no one has been able to solve for hundreds of years?

"It's very simple. It's not difficult to lie to you. There are many ways to kill someone, including poisoning, traps, and group fights. But if you and I are enemies, I won't deliberately target you." Chen Mo glanced at Dian Wei and said: " In matters of military strategy, you actually can’t play a big role.”

Dian Wei's face suddenly darkened: "Can't you be upright?"

"Knowing that you can't defeat, you still fight...using your own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths. Such people usually don't live long." Chen Mo was probably afraid of hurting Dian Wei's self-esteem, so he thought for a while and said, "Of course, if I want to capture him alive or Killing the enemy general is still a headache with a strong general like you by his side. In this case, the previous methods will be effective. "

Poisoning, traps, group fights...

Dian Wei suddenly felt that his safety was not guaranteed. After thinking about it, he looked at Chen Mo and said, "My boss, I think that the strategy of the King of Yue to defeat the King of Wu that you told me some time ago..."

"Beauty trap?" Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei and said.

"Yeah!" Dian Wei nodded repeatedly: "This is good!"

"This will test your wisdom." Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei and said with a smile, "Just think, if a woman who is as beautiful as a fairy, has a gentle, considerate and versatile personality suddenly approaches you, she must have some intention."

"What if someone likes this~" Dian Wei said unconvinced.

"Oh~ I hope so too." Chen Mo nodded and continued to move forward.

Wang Biaoce immediately stepped forward, looked at Dian Wei and said with a smile: "You are as beautiful as an immortal, and you have a gentle personality?"

Zheng Tu said in a low voice: "Considerate and versatile? Haha~"

Hao Zhao walked forward and looked at Dian Wei, whose face was dark. Dian Wei glared and said: "What are you looking at? You kid also want to humiliate me?"

"No, General Dian, the King of Yue used the beauty trap on the King of Wu." Hao Zhao shook his head quickly and rode away.

Dian Wei's face became darker, and he turned his head to look at Bata Gan. Bata Gan didn't understand and grinned at him.

"What are you laughing at, you ugly guy!" Dian Wei snorted and rode a few steps faster, leaving Bata Gan looking at Dian Wei's back in confusion.

"Brother Chen!" As everyone laughed and made noises along the way, they saw the merchant who had promised to help Chen Mo to make connections before riding his horse towards them.

"Brother Zhu, what's wrong?" Chen Mo rode forward and smiled at the other party.

"Found it. This is a big deal." The other party smiled and said, "Have you heard of the Tuoba tribe?"

"Aren't they in the north?" Chen Mo asked curiously. The Tuoba tribe is a big tribe in this area. Kuitou also respects Tuoba Qu, the leader of the Tuoba tribe. According to historical records, the ancestors of the Tuoba Xianbei can be traced back to the Emperor Wu period. They originated in the Liaodong area and were also called the other Xianbei. Over the years, they have experienced the Xiongnu from weakness to strength and then to the current situation of division. They have gradually become one of the big Xianbei tribes. There are tens of thousands of people directly under the tribe, and there are even more tribes under their control. They have a strong influence in this area today, not much weaker than the Chanyu.

"Those big tribes trade directly with wealthy merchants. How can we contact them? But this time we met a tribe of a thousand people under the Tuoba tribe. There are more than two thousand people in the tribe. It can be regarded as a big tribe in Yunzhong. If you can contact them, you will not have to worry about the sales of your silk and porcelain every year in the future." The merchant smiled.

"Oh?" Chen Mo smiled and said, "What tribe is it?"

"Dugu."

"It's a big tribe." Chen Mo smiled.

"How do you explain it?"

"The Dugu tribe has a deep connection with our Han Dynasty. It was founded by Liu Jinbo, the great-grandson of Emperor Guangwu. At that time, he was General Du Liao. He was defeated and captured when attacking the Xiongnu. He was imprisoned under Dushan and could not return to the Central Plains for the rest of his life. Later, he married and had children in Dushan. The Shili Chanyu at that time was the King of Guli. You should have heard of this, right? Since then, it has been called the Dugu tribe." At the end, Chen Mo couldn't help but sigh. Although the cultures of the two states are different, this bloodline has been entangled with each other since the time of Emperor Gaozu. Not only the Dugu tribe, but many nobles of the Xiongnu and Xianbei actually have Han blood. The bloodline of the Han royal family is really all over the world.

"Brother Chen knows a lot. What are the two books you read back then?" Old Zhu asked curiously. Chen Mo told him that he had only read two volumes of books, but what are these two volumes? It seems to be all-encompassing, with everything included.

"There are some miscellaneous stories in the Records of the Grand Historian." Chen Mo touched his nose and smiled.

"Miscellaneous stories are not accurate, but you are lucky. The Dugu tribe is currently selecting a bride, so Brother Dian can go and try." Old Zhu smiled.

"Oh?" Dian Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Chen Mo with an attentive face.

Chen Mo nodded and looked at Bata Gan beside him in confusion. He seemed to be a little excited. Thinking of Bata Gan's desire to learn Xianbei language from Chen Mo before, could it be related to the Dugu tribe?

"It's just right. It would be nice if we could establish contact with the Dugu tribe." Chen Mo smiled and looked at Dian Wei and said, "How far is it from here?"

"It's about fifty miles east of here, in the Huanggan River area." Lao Zhu smiled and said, "Brother Chen, we have agreed that the profit from this trip..."

"Don't worry." Chen Mo smiled and said, "Although I am young, I will keep my word. 30% and 10% will not be bad!"

"Yes, I know that Brother Chen is a man who can do big things! He will definitely have a bright future in the future!" Lao Zhu smiled.

"Thank you for your good words." Chen Mo smiled and did not comment. He led everyone to hurry up and headed east along the Huanggan River. Along the way, Batagan became taciturn, and even when Chen Mo talked to him, he became absent-minded.

"Do you know the Dugu tribe?" Chen Mo looked at Batagan and asked suddenly.

Batagan was startled when he heard the words, looked at Chen Mo, and then nodded, with a bit of missing in his eyes.

"Is there someone you care about there?" Chen Mo asked again.

Bata looked at Chen Mo, suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Mo.

"No need to do that. I will help you if I can, but I won't interfere with what I can't help. But I won't risk our lives to help you."

"Thank...thank you!" Bata said with difficulty.