When Xia Guo's battle report was delivered to Tuoba Tao, he was watching the drills of the three armies in the big school field. Because it was Cui Hao who asked for persuasion, when he rushed into the school field with the battle report, everyone who knew this Cui Taichang was taken aback.

They have never seen such a gaffe Cui Hao, after all, everyone knows that Cui Hao is the most important person, never running in a hurry, always with an indifferent and calm attitude.

Seeing Cui Hao so flustered, Tuoba Tao chuckled in his heart, and had a premonition that something bad had happened. After a while, Cui Hao ran to him, stretched out the letter and handed it to him, saying:

"Your Majesty, there has been a change in the Xia Kingdom, Helian Ding took Di Ziyu and others to take Shangqi, led the cavalry to take over the siege of Anding, and killed Helian Chang......"

When Tuoba Tao heard that this was the case, he was stunned, "This is a good thing, why is Taichang's face so ugly......

He opened the letter, and the short roll of paper was full of things, and it was obvious that the writer was in a mood, and the words had penetrated through the back of the paper, and Tuoba Tao read it hastily, and his face was not very good.

"Helian Ding killed Helian Chang, established himself as the emperor, and moved the capital to Chang'an." Tuoba Tao frowned. This man is really decisive, so courageous."

He killed Helian Chang and should have abandoned the Helian clan, but he established himself as the emperor and re-erected the banner of the Xia Kingdom, and this original rebellion has become a hero-like act.

During the chaotic period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, many times the throne was changed, and it was all by slaughter. Helian Chang lost the country and fled in a panic, he had already lost the hearts of the people, Helian Ding was prestigious, and he had a family feud with Helian Chang, so he was killed at this time, and morality was still on his side.

Cui Hao felt a little uneasy when his plan didn't work, but fortunately, Tuoba Tao didn't show any reproach and disappointment, and Cui Hao kept inquiring about the news in order to figure out what went wrong.

Now it seems that the persuasion should have been successful, after all, Helianding knew that Helianchang had killed his family, and he went to recover Shangtai and Anding, and killed Helianchang.

But what is the point of establishing himself as an emperor and being trapped in a lonely city?

For Tuoba Tao, Helian Ding is even more tricky than Helian Chang, he has a resolute personality and knows how to advance and retreat, but it is more of a headache than Helian Chang, who is brave and unscrupulous.

For a while, Tuoba Tao didn't have the heart to watch any martial arts, so he ordered the courtiers and several generals of the Black Mountain Battalion to go to the military tent to discuss matters, and left the general platform directly.

This kind of national event was originally not Hemulan's turn to participate, but because Tuoba Tao let go of Helian Ding's sister and daughter for her advice, he wanted to dump her on the fact that Helian Dingen would take revenge on her at this time, so he also called her and asked her to listen to the results of his advice.

But others don't know why Tuoba Tao ordered a general Hu Ben, who is neither a nobleman nor a general, to observe, some people think that Tuoba Tao values Mulan and wants to cultivate; Some people think that Tuoba Tao likes young heroes and is willing to carry them, but no matter which one it is, they all think highly of He Mullan in their hearts.

Sometimes it's so easy for the Holy Grace to come.

He Mulan himself didn't know what had called her to join the army, and he was also worried in his heart.

Don't say that He Mulan is Mulan, and he rarely participates in the discussion of any military affairs, which is nothing more than making a trip to.

When she entered the tent, the military tent had already discussed Helian Ding's behavior, probably because "Zhao Ming" was from the Xia Kingdom, Tuoba Tao did not let him serve, and there were only civil and military ministers in the tent. He Mullan consciously found a corner and stood quietly to listen to their discussion.

This is unpleasant, and Hermulan's eyes are about to come out.

Helian set himself up as emperor?

Occupy Chang'an, hold on to it?

Rao is that she knew that Helian Ding was powerful, and she didn't expect him to make such a choice.

In her memory, Helian Ding did seem to have set himself up as emperor later, but that was only a few years later. After he established himself as the emperor, he was still very powerful, all the way to the west to destroy the Western Qin, and then occupied the territory of the Western Qin to restore the country, but unfortunately the end was not very good, crossing the river to attack the Northern Liang when half of the crossing was captured alive by the leader of the neighboring Tuyuhun and sent to the Northern Wei.

He made the Northern Wei suffer a lot, and he knew how to make a detour, and the officials of the Wei State did not agree to him alive, and he was finally executed.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that the whole person is really ill-fated, which is really sighing.

"I don't agree with Choi Taichang's statement. If he wants to surrender, after killing Helianchang, he can return to Shun with his men and horses, so why should he occupy Chang'an?"

Taishi Ling Xu Wei vetoed Cui Hao's opinion with a strong attitude: "We just listened to Cui Taichang's meaning and sent Di Ziyu to persuade him to surrender, but what happened?" persuaded another Xia Emperor to come! "

Cui Hao knew that Xu Wei liked to talk about the mistakes of his opponents, and he did not deny the incompleteness of his strategy, he looked at Tuoba Tao and said seriously: "If Helian Ding has no intention of belonging, he will not solve the chaos of stability. General Xi Jin was already out of food and grass at that time, and Helian Ding only had to wait for a while to kill two birds with one stone, so there was no need to take this risk."

"Moreover, he also returned General Di Ziyu's men and horses, and he didn't enter the city along the way to recover the border of the Xia Kingdom, but just went straight to Chang'an, if he said that he wanted to restore the country, it was really not like."

Cui Hao has always admired Helian Ding since the Battle of Shuozhou, and his words are mostly praised: "A veteran like this is not a young and unwise young man, his character has already been set, he will do this, there must be a reason for him."

"What the hell is that?"

Gu Bi snorted coldly: "Doesn't he know that the longer he resists, the easier it is to be disgusted by our Great Wei?"

Tuoba Tao has a talent, that is, he is good at finding solutions to problems in the discussions of his ministers. Whenever he has a major event, he will convene a court meeting and leave it to the hundred officials. [,！ Quarrel underneath and turn the world upside down, and when you are arguing, you will suddenly have a flash of inspiration in your mind and tell who is right.

Cui Hao brought the Taoist priest Kou Qianzhi said that this is the ability of the "Son of Heaven", with the power to distinguish between right and wrong, only the "Mandate of Heaven" has it, Tuoba Tao did not say a word about this, but there is some belief in his heart that this ability is indeed God-granted.

At this time, too, a group of ministers were making noise, and Gu Bi blurted out the words "He is at the end of his rope, what is there to survive" suddenly woke him up.

Tuoba Tao began to substitute himself for Helianding, imagining what he would do if he reached such a situation.

In a sense, Helian Ding and Tuoba Tao are the same kind of people, they don't admit defeat, and they have stubborn personalities, Tuoba Tao only thought about it for a while, and then suddenly realized.

"I see! I see! "

Tuoba Tao slapped his thigh and stood up.

"Helian Ding wants to surrender, but he wants to surrender with dignity, he is waiting for me to invite him to Wei as a general!"

It was not the first time that Tuoba Tao had convulsions during the court discussion, Tuoba Tao jumped up and shouted, and Gu Bi's displeasure immediately shifted from Cui Hao to Tuoba Tao.

"Your Majesty, you have to do whatever you want! He is now just a royal family of a dead country, how can he be invited by you personally! "

This is what the vast majority of people think, after all, if the king is defeated or defeated, no matter how powerful Helian Ding is, he can't be compared with Tuoba Tao at all.

But Tuoba Tao doesn't think so.

"Don't say that, I want to lie down and taste the courage back then, three thousand Yuejia can swallow Wu, if I am Helianding, I really want to be desperate, and I don't want others to treat me as a loser dog and despise me wantonly. I'm Helian Ding, and I'll show where I'm available, and then sell myself for a good price. He is the pillar of the Xia Kingdom, and now he is the only emperor, and he deserves to be treated properly."

Tuoba Tao admired this plain prince from the bottom of his heart, and his face also showed a trace of emotion.

"I think that his whole family died unexpectedly, the country does not become a country, the family does not become a family, and he has the hope of the only remaining people in the Xia country, how can he make some appearances, so as not to be laughed at for the Xia country is a bad seed. Helian is determined, very good, I want to see him! "

Tuoba Tao was only in his early twenties at this time, and his blood was surging, so he couldn't wait to immediately prepare his carriage and horses and drive thousands of miles to Chang'an to meet Helianding.

In his original plan, Mo said that it was Helian Ding, that is, Helian Chang, if he was surrendered or captured, he would also treat him like an emperor. Tuoba Tao didn't have any shelf, so let him personally go to meet a subordinate, and he really did it.

Anyway, it's the first time, and let the emperors of all countries see that even if my Wei country destroys your country, I won't treat the royal family like a pig and a dog......

Tuoba Tao suddenly wanted to drive to Chang'an like a convulsion, and the people in the whole tent were going crazy. Even Cui Hao, who was most sure of Helianding, begged repeatedly:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, although you value Helian Ding, it's enough to send a clan relative. If you feel that the status of the clan is not high enough, you can also write a letter to Helian Ding. Now Montenegro is thousands of miles away from Chang'an, don't you think about the long distance, you always have to think about the Northern Expedition this year, right? All the soldiers are busy for the Northern Expedition, and at this time you are leaving, what do you want to let the soldiers of Montenegro and Peace City, and the ministers of civil and military affairs?"

"No, you don't understand, Helian Ding didn't have to set himself up as an emperor, he ascended the throne because he wanted to have the same identity as me, so that I wouldn't snub him and his subordinates. He wouldn't have surrendered if I hadn't gone."

Tuoba Tao's heart is also like a kitten scratching his heart, and he can't wait to fly over.

"Then let him wait!" Gu Bi Shi said this sentence in shock." Anyway, he was going to surrender sooner or later, and he couldn't hold on, so His Majesty wrote a letter to him, informing him that you were now far away in the north and could not go to meet him in person. You send an envoy and give you something to appease you for a while."

Gu Bi is not worried about the loss of Xia at all, only Chang'an and Shangtai are two places, and they can't set off any storms at all. Tongwan City is guarded by Tuoba Su, Xi Jin is now out of trouble, and the army can besiege the city at any time, rather than letting Tuoba Tao mess up at this time, it is better to pacify both sides.

"If Helian really wants to surrender, he can wait. If he didn't mean to surrender, but had other intentions, there would have been a reckless move within this year, and then he would have led a large army to overwhelm the border."

Although Gu Bi is a civil servant, he is a Xianbei person after all, and his ideas and methods are simple and rude, and he is quite aggressive.

But what he said is indeed reasonable, now Xia Guo is light, soft and heavy, Tuoba Tao himself is clamoring for the Northern Expedition to Rouran, and the entire Black Mountain camp is messing around with him, if he really wants to go to Chang'an, don't say whether Helian Ding has any strange thoughts, that is, the weight of grain and grass and safety are big problems.

He Mulan stood in the corner, watching the game between the emperor and the ministers finally end in Gu Bi's victory, and the heart that he had brought up also fell back to its original place.

After all, the person who advised at that time was herself, and if Helian decided to support the army this time and turn against him, then Tuoba Tao would definitely regard her as the sinner when he thought of this in the future.

But now all the ministers are sure that Helian Ding has no malicious intentions, but just elevates his identity to treat him with respect, and everyone has a higher opinion of Helian Ding.

Of course, if he really did something unfavorable to Da Wei later, then he could really only be described as a "scoundrel".

It's just that Hemulan's heart hasn't completely fallen, Tuoba Tao's gaze swept over him, as if he suddenly remembered something, pointed at Hemulan and laughed:

"Mulan, thanks to your timely advice that day. If I really got angry last time and forcibly accepted Helian Mingzhu, and put Helian under house arrest, I think Helian would not have relieved the siege of Anding, but broken the city of Anding.".

[,！ As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone in the tent looked at He Mulan in the corner, and He Mulan was drenched in cold sweat behind him, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to make a sound.

Cui Hao and Gu Bi had a good impression of Mulan, so they just glanced at it with their eyes and nodded approvingly, and the eyes of the others were much more complicated, especially the generals of the Black Mountain faction.

He Mulan really scolded this unreasonable Majesty to death in her heart, but she still had to make a look of being praised on her face, for fear that others would say that she was frivolous.

The matter of Helian Ding was decided, and the next time was to discuss how to write the letter to Helian Ding, how to reply, what to reward, and which people would be better used by the ministers.

At this time, there was a minister who built yì, is it better to let Helian Ding's own sister go over to appease. First, women are weak, which can arouse Helian Ding's sympathy and love, and secondly, compared to Helian Zhishui, Helian Mingzhu's identity is not so important, even if there is anything in case, it will not be too pity.

After thinking about it, Tuoba Tao allowed Helian Mingzhu to also be an envoy.

The latter thing made He Mulan drowsy, probably like you were just a middle-level cadre in later generations, but you rashly participated in the meeting of the senior leaders, and as a result, you couldn't say a word, and the things they talked about had nothing to do with you.

In this way, he stayed in a daze until noon, and when He Mulan saw that people were coming out of the account one after another, he was relieved and went out.

History seems to have changed, but whether the direction of change is good or bad, Hermulan is completely uncertain.

Whether the Great Wei has more Helian Ding variable will be beneficial or disadvantageous to the Great Wei depends on how the situation develops later.

But the most important thing at the moment is the Northern Expedition.

There is no clue about killing ghosts, Helian Ding seems to have no problems, Xia has entered the territory of Wei except for Chang'an and Shangtai, Liu Song and Great Wei have maintained friendship on the surface, Beiliang and Northern Yan have been attached to Wei and become subject countries, and now the biggest enemy is Rouran.

The right army and the left army are only separated by a camp wall, the former left army's town army general was dismissed because of the camp roar, Tuoba Tao only now sealed Yuan Poqiang as the town army general of the left army, commanding the left army, this person is probably the new officer in office three fires, even through the wooden camp wall, you can always hear the sound of drills from the left army from time to time.

The new general of the Left Army probably has a strict personality, and he can often hear the sound of reprimand over there, the Left Army has not had a commander for a while, and the General Fu of the Left Army has been beaten by the barbarians so that he can't get out of bed now, so he is naturally a little slack. Yuan Poqiang can also be regarded as a person who can recruit and fight, and at first he took over such a lazy army, and he longed to whip them twenty-four hours a day.

After a long time, even He Mullan was somewhat sympathetic to the plight of the left army.

She trained the Tiger Army strictly, but she could often see the school field on the left side of the army lit up in the middle of the night, and it was obvious that she had to practice even at night.

This person went from the prince of the dead country to the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, he should have been full of energy and wanted to do a big job.

Speaking of which, Tuoba Tao really has everyone under his command.

In the harem, too, there are beauties from all countries and races.

The situation in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms is too complicated, there is a country in the place of the projectile, you conquer me and I conquer you, resulting in the royal family of the dead country everywhere, and the country that survives like a big wave of sand, the survival is getting stronger and stronger, the royal family of the dead country, if it is lucky, it can start again, if it is unfortunate, it will be punished.

The so-called three fires of the new official took office, which could not be burned on He Mulan's body, but he could not die, this Yuan Poqiang wanted to see the gap and strength of the left and right armies, and actually proposed to General Xia Hong that the two armies should face each other for actual combat training.

On the one hand, Xia Hong also wanted to see how strong the right army was now, and secondly, Yuan Poqiang had just become the general of the left army, so he couldn't help but give him this face, so he responded to his request and ordered several generals of the right army to go to the school to fight.

The other party dispatched the Xiao cavalry army at the beginning, obviously wanting to see what the difference was between the elites on the two sides, Xia Hong ordered He Mulan to lead the Tiger Ben army into battle.

Xiao Cavalry is a cavalry that even wears horse armor, and is called "equipped cavalry" by the surrounding countries, and is talked about for its strong defense.

On the battlefield, when Rou Ran saw this cavalry armed to the teeth, he often turned around and ran, not because he was afraid, but that such cavalry would never attack alone, but only as an army that protected the marksman.

The horses of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion are all high-headed horses, which can bear weights and have good endurance, but their mobility is not as good as that of the Tiger Army, and the number of people is not as large as that of the Tiger Army.

But the number of people must be equal when performing martial arts, otherwise it will not be fair, this Tiger Ben's rangers will face the heavy armored cavalry, and the number will be equal, and the Tiger Ben army will immediately fall behind.

The commanders of the two sides stood on their own side of the general's platform, ordering the flag officer to keep giving orders, He Mulan looked at the cavalry on the opposite side of the horse with armor, and suddenly scolded in his heart "foul", and looked at the main general's platform of the left army viciously.

This source is broken, and it is clear that he wants to use the right army to brush up his prestige and improve the morale of the left army!

It's just that whether he can get this experience point depends on whether she agrees or not!

He Mulan stood on the podium and asked the flag officer to order the Tiger Army to disperse the ranks, advance in a roundabout way, and harass them with bows and arrows. All arrows are stripped of arrows and wrapped in dye-stained cloth towels, and when shot, only one idea of various colors falls on the opponent's armor.

Don't say that this arrow doesn't have an arrow, even if it does, it doesn't necessarily shoot through the opponent's armor.

He Mulan was not impatient, he kept ordering to change the phalanx left and right, and attack around the side or behind, the disadvantage of the cavalry battalion was that the mobility was not strong enough, and there was always a flaw when the formation changed suddenly. [,！ Apparently, he was shot indiscriminately by Hermulan's men and horses, and soon there were some "casualties".

The other party is also powerful, seeing that He Mulan is flying kites and them, he immediately ordered to form a formation on the spot, put up his spear, and prepared to charge.

Hermulan had a descendant army, the first 1,000 men, who were trained by Hermulan to be good at mounted archery and strong mobility, and later became a wonder soldier of Hermulan - a team specially used to break the charge.

Idan Zhiqi and Tuluo Daman and other men and horses who are good at using long weapons, commanding their subordinates to take out extra-long spears from the gun bag and assemble them, the Przewalski's brothers and Na Luohun and others led the archers to shoot arrows with bows behind the spear array, and the other party was half frightened to death when they saw such a long spear, and this spear team seemed to be afraid of death and actually charged at them from a distance, and they were even more frightened.

Heavy cavalry is not the same as light cavalry, if you are knocked off your horse, you will not die or be disabled!

The charging cavalry battalion began to have flaws, because some people hesitated, the speed of the horses was fast and slow, and the main army of the Tiger Ben army clamped the fast horse from the two wings, surrounded them, and directly cut off the connection with the rear army.

At this time, the spear array was about to collide, but instead of continuing to charge, Mullan's team threw the spears in their hands, and then quickly withdrew to the friendly forces on both flanks. After the archers had finished firing a round of arrows, they changed their front formations to the rear formations, and soon picked up the men and horses that had been surrounded and cut apart.

At this time, the men and horses charging in the back row of the Xiao cavalry battalion were knocked off their horses by the thrown spears, and the Huben cavalry outflanked on both wings also eliminated the Xiao cavalry in front, and turned around and began to rush towards the cavalry of the Xiao cavalry battalion in the back row. At this time, there were almost no major "casualties" of the Tiger Cavalry Army, but the defeat of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion was decided, but in a moment's effort, the 3,000 Xiao Cavalry Battalion was completely defeated by the Tiger Ben Army.

It's just that the other side is not an independent army after all, and the strongest in the left army is the cavalry archers known as the "Shooting Battalion", which often fights together with the Xiao Cavalry Battalion.

Although the right army was numerous, for well-known reasons, it could not afford to raise so many professional cavalrymen who were proficient in archery or armed to the teeth, and often relied on martial arts and experience to win.

He Mullan knows these skills because he has the experience of his predecessors, but when it comes to the big war, not all of them can be as easy as this.

Not to mention, the heavy cavalry needs a local charge, the position of this large school field is not enough, and they are seen in the endless steppes in the north, and they are enemies, and He Mullan can only run first, and then think of a roundabout solution.

But for these officers and men of the Left Army, who think highly of themselves and have suppressed the Right Army for countless years, such a result has slapped them in the face.

The opponent won too easily and dismissively, highlighting their incompetence even more.

He Mulan returned to the main platform after the big victory, Xia Hong smiled and said "hard work", and praised her beautiful formation.

He probably said it to Yuan Poqiang, who was sitting on the side, but the main general, was named and asked to challenge, even if he agreed, he was a little unhappy in his heart.

The new general of the right army, Yuan Poqiang, is only a twenty-five-year-old young general, and the leaders of the left army are all veterans, and the heavy burden and hardship on him can be imagined. He Mulan originally thought that he would be a little unhappy when he heard Xia Hong's praise for her, but he just smiled, stood up, walked to the left army formation, and scolded them all.

"When I first arrived in the Left Army, I also patrolled the micro-service, and everyone in your private thought that the Left Army, if not the first, was far superior to the strength of the Right Army. Today, I will take you to perform martial arts, just to let you see the gap between the two armies! "

Yuan Poqiang seemed to be able to raise his eyebrows and exhale at last, and said sharply: "Where is the right army not as good as the left army, but the left army can't even touch the right army's sycophancy!"

As soon as he said this, some were ashamed, some were angry, and some were disimpressed.

Only then did Xia Hong and He Mulan know what Yuan Poqiang was going to do at the risk of offending people, so they stopped and watched him teach the elite of the left army.

"The arrogant army will be defeated, and you do not think about your mistakes after losing your master, but indulge yourself even more, and you have already laid the seeds of calamity. Now it's just a school competition, and it has been played by the opponent between applause, if we meet on the battlefield, will the enemy use a bow and arrow with a broken head, and a spear without a spear head?"

Yuan Poqiang waved the order flag in his hand and threw it on the ground.

"General Ben has been divided into your soldiers, it's really a lot of fire!"

The right army was in an uproar, and it seemed that it had seen Yuan Poqiang being torn apart by the soldiers of the left army.

Wouldn't it be a ridicule for such a new general to say such a thing?

But I don't know what happened before, and the soldiers of the left army did not refute it, but their faces were full of unconvinced.

Yuan Poqiang stood in front of the left army, and began to scold from the beginning of the mistake in changing the formation, and scolded the other party after being caught in the end.

Yuan Poqiang is the commander, not the commander, and the commander of the Xiaocai battalion has a face that is the color of pig liver, but he can only listen and can't find a chance to refute.

After a while, Yuan Poqiang finished scolding and teaching, and then returned to the main general's platform and bowed to Xia Hong.

"General Xia, I'm smiling at you. It is true that these little rabbit cubs do not obey the discipline, and sit in the well to watch the sky, I came to ask you to make a bet with them before the competition, if this battle is defeated, from now on you must obey my command, even if they are sent to death without hesitation. Now it seems that there is some benefit, at least to suppress their arrogance."

"General Yuan has good intentions, and the army of the new leader still needs to be run-in, so there is no need to be in such a hurry." Xia Hong is Wen. [,！ And tolerant people, seeing that Yuan Poqiang did not mean to provoke, but for the purpose of training, and looked down on the right army so highly, it was naturally a few words of relief.

"Hua Mulan in Your Excellency's army is also the first to lead the Tiger Army, but she commands properly and the soldiers are single-minded, so it is not because I am a new leader, but because I am not prestige enough."

Yuan Poqiang laughed at himself.

Seeing that he had pulled himself for no reason, He Mulan looked at him in astonishment, and the latter smiled at her with a gesture of goodwill, and actually showed two tiger teeth.

……

I probably know why you can't be convinced.

Don't laugh, General!

Xia Hong came step by step, although he didn't have such troubles, but a person who has an official position and prestige to be able to serve the public is not possible before he has made any great achievements.

Although he didn't know what Tuoba Tao valued about Yuan Poqiang, Xia Hong had no intention of leaving a disagreement with the new general of the Left Army, so he accepted his gratitude.

It's just that I don't know how long this bald prince's face is, and it's also fatally thick, seeing that Xia Hong accepted his overtures, he immediately hit the snake with the stick, smiled and begged:

"The stupid master of the Shicai Xiao Cavalry Battalion was defeated by General Hua, I intend to personally command it once and demonstrate how they can resist General Hua's tactics, I wonder if General Xia can be accommodating again?"

Xia Hong and He Mulan were dumbfounded, the Tiger Ben army had just won a big victory, and they were all excited there, and the general suddenly said that he wanted to do it again?

Does he think he's a Saint Seiya? It is impossible for the same move to work twice on the right army?

"This ...... That's a little unfair, isn't it? You've anticipated Mulan's tactics to ...... known vs. known"

Yuan Poqiang scratched his head in a frustrated manner.

"But now that all my men are demoralized, it would be nerve-wracking if I didn't win once. Two, you don't want to see the left army's unstable heart, isn't it......"

He continued to grin with two tiger teeth.

"Help!"