Chapter 95 Chaos

A cold wind blew across the slightly yellowed grass on the grassland, foreshadowing the coming of the cold season on the grassland.

Kutu stood in front of the tent, on a high platform made of skulls in front of him, a wolf-head-shaped flag fluttered in the wind.

In the customs of the Beidi people, wolves are sacred.

They believe that wolves are messengers of the gods, they are strong, fierce, and protect the grassland.

At the same time, they can learn the way of war from the reconnaissance, attack, breakout, and retreat of the wolf pack in the process of hunting prey.

Therefore, the flags of the Beidi people in all dynasties have used wolves as totems.

Crossing the high platform, Kutu's eyes fell on the nine Dasong soldiers kneeling on the ground.

Before the autumn hunt begins, it is customary to perform a blood sacrifice and pray to the gods with the blood of the enemy.

"Let's start." Kutu raised his hand.

As his voice fell, the low sound of the horn "woooo" sounded.

The bare-chested swordsman came behind the Dasong soldiers.

"Beidi dog, wait, my brothers will avenge us..."

A Dasong soldier glared and cursed loudly.

Before he finished speaking, a flash of knife light flashed, and the soldier's head rolled to the ground.

His eyes were full of anger and unwillingness.

The axemen picked up the heads and placed them on the high platform one by one.

Each head on the high platform represents a living life of the Dasong people.

"Chaerha, you lead 5,000 cavalry to Shanggu County, Guangning County, and Dai County"

"Tam, you lead 5,000 cavalry to Ping County and Liao County."

"Muto, you follow me to lead 20,000 cavalry to Yan County. If you take Yan County, you will go to Fanyang."

The eight people in front of Kutu knelt on one knee and called out the names of three people.

He said to the rest, "The rest of you guard the king's tent."

"Yes, king." Everyone responded.

They stood up, the three people who were named stayed, and the others dispersed.

They were all wolf records under the king's tent, and each wolf record commanded 10,000 soldiers.

"My king, let me go to Yan County. I will definitely offer the head of King Yan to you." The most burly man among the three asked Kutu.

His name is Chaerha.

He is the elder brother of Tuoba Lie's wife. This time Tuoba Lie was scolded, and he was ashamed. He had been planning to avenge his brother-in-law in the autumn hunt.

"Chaerha, this is the king's decision. You should take care of your hunting ground. If you can't bring back enough spoils, be careful of the king's whip." The man with a goatee laughed.

He is Mutuo, who followed Kutu this time.

"Hehe, Chaerha, do you want to exchange hunting grounds? You have three counties, and I only have two counties." The person who spoke had a red face. He was Tam.

The seven counties of Yanzhou are like a C shape, with the ocean in the middle of the C shape.

It is roughly divided into four counties in the north and three counties in the south.

In the north are Shanggu County, Yan County, Ping County and Liao County, and in the south are Guangning County, Dai County and Fanyang County.

Fanyang County is located in the southeast corner like a moon surrounded by stars, with other counties as a barrier, so the loss suffered in each autumn hunt is the smallest.

Moreover, Fanyang is the location of the Yuan family, and it is often heavily garrisoned, so it is difficult to get benefits.

Therefore, the autumn hunt often attempts to attack at the end.

"Dream on, Tam, giving you two counties is redundant, and you will definitely be the worst one this year." Chaerha showed a contemptuous look.

Kutu has long been accustomed to the quarrels of the three. He looked to the south and said: "You two should finish the hunting as soon as possible and meet me in Yan County. The King of Yan is the biggest prey of this autumn hunt. This time I will present the head of Prince Dasong to the great Khan."

"Yes, King." Chaerha and Tam bowed their heads and answered.

Kutu's eyes flashed wild light.

Tuoba Lie said that there are beauties in Yancheng, and the Yanwang Mansion has mountains of gold, silver, jewelry and full warehouses of grain.

It won't be long before all of this will be his.

Because the autumn hunt will surely return with a full load.

...

Yancheng.

The frequent mobilization of the royal army made the people in the city feel a little unusual.

And the sharp merchants inquired from all sides and soon learned the news that the Northern Di was about to go hunting in autumn.

After this news spread among the merchants, merchants from other places left Yancheng one after another.

For them, Yanzhou was about to become the most dangerous place in Dasong.

They didn't want their wealth and lives to be taken away by the Northern Di cavalry.

The escape of a large number of merchants made Yancheng, which had just begun to prosper, deserted again.

It was hard to see the scene of people flowing like a river on the streets.

Even the women in Tianxiang Tower had no business, and they stood on the gatehouse all day long and ate melon seeds out of boredom.

"Get out, get out!"

It was noon when Feng'er's scolding suddenly came from the palace.

Then a group of merchants rushed out of the palace in disgrace and scattered.

"Cut, what's the big deal, the Northern Di people are coming soon, let's see how long your Yan Palace can be proud." A merchant said viciously.

"That's right, he's really stubborn."

"..."

As they were talking, they turned around and saw Liu Fu standing in front of them, followed by some officials from the palace.

Staring at these merchants, Liu Fu smiled and said, "Although it is said that a gentleman fights with his hands instead of his mouth, I will fight..."

After saying that, he punched the merchant in the eye.

Other officials saw that Liu Fu was not vague in his actions, and they rushed up one by one, beating these merchants to death.

Until these merchants had to flee one by one, he went to the palace.

Xu Lie watched the whole fight at the door, and when Liu Fu entered the door, he gave a thumbs up.

These merchants really deserved to be beaten.

After learning that the Northern Di were about to go on an autumn hunt, several groups of merchants came to the palace and actually bought winemaking techniques and secret medicine formulas from the palace.

According to them, the palace might not survive this autumn hunt, so it would be better to sell the skills to them.

With this money, they planned a way out.

Of course, the King of Yan told these merchants to "get out".

He also ordered that merchants should not do business with them in the future.

But perhaps because of the interests, merchants continued to come.

"Where is your highness?" Liu Fu asked.

"Just came back from the Armory, in the study." Xu Lie said.

Liu Fu nodded and led the officials to the study.

At the door of the study, Liu Fu said: "Your Highness, the county magistrates of the seven counties are here."

"Come in." Zhao Xu said, he was studying the map of Yan County.

Hearing this, Liu Fu led the county magistrates into the study.

"Your Highness, these merchants are really hateful. They say that they will kick someone when he is down, but they are already kicking someone before he is down. I just ran into a few people who were saying bad things, and I beat them up."

"That was too light."

"I will beat them up again next time I see them."

"..."

The seven county magistrates said one after another.

"Merchants are profit-seeking, and that is their nature. But they should be beaten, and it is a good beating." Zhao Xu said.

The Beidi people have not come yet, but now the monsters and demons in Yancheng have emerged.

When the Beidi people really come, it is unknown how many guides will emerge.

However, this also made him realize a problem.

A big factor in the poverty of Yanjun, and even Yanzhou, is that merchants have no confidence in this place.

Even the people are the same. A large number of people have left Yanzhou over the years.

So, he can only build people's confidence in Yanjun by winning this battle.