novelraw Chapter 854 188: Drawing the Thorn! (Part 5)
Chapter 854 188: Drawing the Thorn! (Part 5)
"At worst, we can share a portion of the spoils with that Earl of North Border from the Yan people at Xuehai Pass. We can't just watch our own tribesmen starve and freeze to death."
The Barbarians look down on the wild people, and this is a very real chain of contempt.
Even though the wild people have ravaged the Jin land, the Barbarians still consider them insignificant.
"Brother Dong, when we reach Xuehai Pass, avoid rash actions with the warriors within the tribe, or there will be major problems."
"Father, I understand what worries you. We are willing to serve the Yan people, but the Yan people's condition is that they cannot let us starve!"
"No matter what, you need to change your temper. Since our tribe is migrating, we must be extremely cautious in everything we do."
"I understand, Father. I won't provoke the Yan people on my own."
Over the past century, the Desert Barbarians have harbored a fear of the Yan people due to the Earl of North Border's influence and the northern military presence.
"Woo woo woo woo!!!!!!!!!!"
At that moment,
a loud sound of horns suddenly rang out.
Immediately after, the two squads of Lord Jingnan's cavalry, originally escorting the Keyan Division, suddenly sprang into action and began to accelerate.
This unforeseen change plunged the Keyan Division into chaos,
and Keyan Dongge instinctively felt that the Yan people were about to attack. He immediately wanted to raise the horn from his body to gather the warriors around him for battle.
"Put it down!"
Ke Yan Mu whipped his son, knocking the horn out of his hand.
"If the Yan people wanted to attack us, would they need to wait until now?"
At the same time,
from the east, group after group of Yan cavalry charged out, the Yan cavalrymen holding the Black Dragon banner boldly rode through the marching ranks of the Keyan Division.
"Father, what's going on?"
Keyan Dongge could now see that the Yan people's intentions were not to fight.
Ke Yan Mu threw his wine pouch to the ground, straightened his clothes, put on his hat, and slowly said:
"When we passed through Ying Capital City, we mentioned wanting to pay respects to the Yan person's Southern Marquis, who is as famous as Lord North. But it turns out, he's not in Ying Capital City; he's in Fengxin City, east of Wang River.
Now that we've passed Wang River, who do you think the esteemed member of the Yan State is ahead of us?"
With that,
Ke Yan Mu gestured to the excited riders of Lord Jingnan surrounding them,
"Besides that Yan person, the Southern Marquis, who else could make these Yan soldiers so excited?"
The Keyan Division poses a thorn in the Barbarian King's side, and its leader, Ke Yan Mu, is no simple man. Seeing the excitement on the faces of these Yan soldiers, he understood how highly esteemed the Yan person's Southern Marquis is in the Yan army.
As a tribe leader, he might command at best two or three thousand loyal troops, but this Yan person's Southern Marquis could inspire such heartfelt admiration from his soldiers, merely seeing him is treated by these soldiers as a great fortune.
Such prestige...
Ke Yan Mu squinted slightly,
At this moment,
The thought that flashed through this Keyan Division leader's mind was,
If this Yan person's Southern Marquis intended to rebel, and our tribe followed him, could we have the chance to return to the desert if he succeeded?
One can't blame Ke Yan Mu for thinking this way because ever since leaving the desert, he has been burdened day and night by the pain of being away from home, and returning home has become his obsession.
"The King's Carriage of Prince Jingnan arrives, all kneel to welcome the King!"
"The King's Carriage of Prince Jingnan arrives, all kneel to welcome the King!"
"The King's Carriage of Prince Jingnan arrives, all kneel to welcome the King!"
The authoritative shout came from the mouths of the Jingnan cavalrymen.
Though the court's edict had long arrived, stripping Prince Jingnan of his princely title, reducing him to a marquis,
the Jingnan soldiers would not change their terms of address. Once a Prince, always a Prince in their eyes. Does the court have control over what they call him?
To change his address from Prince,
it can only be changed to Your Majesty!
"Brother Dong, gather the elders of the tribe, let us go to pay respects to the Yan person's Southern Marquis."
The response from the Keyan Division was very compliant. Not only did the tribesmen immediately kneel upon seeing the royal banner, but the noble elders of the tribe, led by their leader Ke Yan Mu, also disarmed themselves, got off their warhorses, and respectfully approached the temporarily set up military tent.
Outside the tent, twenty thousand Jingnan cavalry stood poised for action, while more than ten thousand riders patrolled the perimeter.
The war to expel the wild people and Chu people by the Eastern Conquest Army had just concluded not long ago. Though the Yan army suffered significant losses, the great victories forged a morale and confidence in these troops that was palpable!
After the war, Lord Jingnan spared the troops of Li Bao and Li Fusheng of the Three Jin, which originally belonged to the northern military, but restructured the other forces, integrating them into the Jingnan army.
Thus, while the Yan army might not have fully recovered from the losses of the last major battle, the Jingnan army had unquestionably grown stronger.
Gazing at the disciplined military formation,
Ke Yan Mu took a deep breath, and before even entering the military encampment, he knelt right outside the fence.
"Ke Yan Mu of the Keyan Division, with his tribesmen, pays respects to Prince Jingnan, long live the Prince!"
With the leader kneeling, Keyan Dongge and the elders and nobles behind him also knelt down.
Keyan Dongge, close to his father, whispered after kneeling: