The journey to Chen County is really a bit far from Wei to Xia, and the army brought out by He Mulan and Di Yefei this time is full of 10,000, and the marching speed is naturally slower than before, according to Tuoba Tao's estimate, even if they travel day and night, it will take at least twenty days to reach the vicinity of Luoyang.

When a large army is dispatched, it must be grain and grass first. Di Yefei is Cui Hao's disciple, so he doesn't have to worry about logistics at all, he has Hanchen in charge of deployment, and He Mulan is even a little jealous of Gao Che Huben's baggage team.

With so many men and carriages driving southward, although the number of people who could really fight was only 10,000, but with the addition of baggage and other non-combatants, Tuoba Tao actually shamelessly claimed an army of 50,000, which really made He Mulan, who had always been realistic, embarrassed and tightened.

Who called this era so backward, and no one really knew whether there were 50,000 people, and they fainted with fear when they saw the heads rolling.

In particular, the Xianbei people are all two-horse to three-horse configurations......

At this time, Wei's foreign war had come to an end, and suddenly such a large army went south, which suddenly alarmed the Quartet to investigate.

All countries have spies in Pingcheng and Wei, and Pingcheng is inhabited by envoys from many countries, so Tuoba Tao's most relied on young general He Mulan claimed to have left Pingcheng with an army of 50,000.

Among them, the one who is most worried about the movement of the Tiger Ben Army is naturally Liu Song across the river.

Emperor Liu Yilong of the Song Dynasty was frail and sickly, although he was very capable of governing the country, he had no choice but to recuperate for half a year, and the state affairs were all controlled by his brother Liu Yikang.

Liu Yilong is a business-oriented monarch, in his hands, the withered people's livelihood of the Eastern Jin Dynasty began to recover, all industries were revived, trade routes were unimpeded, and the treasury was becoming more and more abundant year by year, and he also had the ambition of "restoring the Central Plains", but he believed that before restoring the Central Plains, he must first manage the southern land, otherwise once the Northern Expedition failed, the destruction of the country was in sight.

Liu Yikang, on the other hand, was the core figure of the aggressive faction, believing that the Hu people could move south at any time, and that they should first actively unite the states and prepare for cold arms, so that the Wei state could not develop with the momentum of encirclement.

The land of Wei is barren, the population is sparse, and all kinds of contradictions are gradually deepening, and the use of diplomacy and force can constantly weaken the national strength of Wei, even if we can't see any results now, once the contradictions accumulate day by day, there will be ills. Once the ills develop, there is a good chance that this rising country will be dismantled from within.

In this way, the timing of the Northern Expedition can be found.

Emperor Song is orthodox and talented, and he will burp at any time, and because Liu Song Quanchen, Xie Hui from the Xie family once killed the emperor before Liu Yilong, Liu Yilong's brother Liu Yifu, so Liu Yilong, who succeeded to the throne, was beheaded and Jiankang in the name of "killing the lord", causing the Shi clan to shock.

Xie Hui's rebellion was just a few years ago, Xie Hui died, and it also dragged down a large number of Xie family children, and the Xie family's children were greatly injured because of this, and their attitude towards them changed.

On the other hand, Liu Yikang does not occupy a name, but he is trusted by Emperor Liu Yilong of the Song Dynasty, and he is in the prime of life, and he has also won the support of the generals in the army.

Liu Yilong originally had no suspicion of his brother, but as his health became worse and worse, Liu Yikang moved more and more in various countries, and no matter how much trust he had, cracks began to appear.

In particular, a letter from the Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao pointed directly at Beiliang and Rouran, and the Huxia states only knew that there was "Liu Yikang" but did not know that there was "Liu Yilong", and condemned Liu Yilong for ignoring the previous covenant and bribing the countries and tribes with huge sums of money to make them accept Liu Yikang's orders.

Along with the letter is Liu Yuanjing's confession. Liu Yuanjing was born in a big family, he was a talented man who was personally □□ by Liu Yilong, and he was ready to stay in the court, but now he has become the envoy of the Song State to secretly envoy to various countries, and even became a prisoner of the Wei State, Liu Yilong, who was angry at that time, almost vomited blood.

What frightened Liu Yilong the most was naturally Liu Yikang's ambition and the intention of not being subordinate in the letter.

The envoys of the two countries came to submit their credentials, and non-monarchs could not send envoys without giving them a scepter, because the envoys represented the will of the country and the monarch, even if Liu Yikang was the emperor's brother and regent, he could not sign any treaty on behalf of the Song State in his name.

Liu Yilong ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, and when he ascended the throne, he was about the same age as Tuoba Tao, but Tuoba Tao ran all over the world, but he was not allowed to leave the palace every day because of his frailty.

It doesn't matter if this investigation occurs, Liu Yikang actually sent out all the humeral talents he had cultivated with great concentration as envoys! Some of these envoys were captured by the Wei State, some were sent to the Wei State because the countries did not dare to offend the Wei State, and some simply died on the way!

At this time, Liu Yilong was only twenty-three years old, and the court and the central government were all old ministers, and he was faced with the same problem as Tuoba Tao who needed to promote young officials and generals.

At this moment, Liu Song's talents in the next twenty years were suddenly lost by more than half, these people were all the children selected by Liu Yilong from various scholars and high families, and they could even be promoted to the position of the head of the family to assist him in the future, but because of Liu Yikang's instigation, Liu Yilong had the heart to kill him.

Liu Yikang himself does not have much property, so much bribing the property of various countries is naturally not from his house, waiting for another investigation, Liu Yilong ascended the throne at the age of seventeen and has painstakingly accumulated most of the inner treasury, this is not the treasury, but the emperor's private treasury, who dares to embezzle!

Liu Yikang was so bold that Liu Yilong did not act again. [,！ That's the saint's temper.

It's just that Liu Yilong is an extremely stoic character, the more he wants to get rid of someone, the better he will be to someone, Xie Hui will die at the beginning, and it is also the result of being killed.

Liu Yilong was suspicious of Liu Yi□□long, not only did he not reprimand him, asking him why he had committed such an arrogant behavior, but repeatedly rewarded him, thanking him for his dedication to national affairs, which caused Liu Yikang to be grateful, and personally went to his brother to serve the decoction, and never faked the hands of others in everything.

The two of them are brothers, friends, and brothers, but secretly they are on guard. Liu Yilong sent envoys to order the Song general Tan Daoji to pay attention to Liu Yikang's actions and always be on guard against his rebellion; And Liu Yikang frequently spies on the inner palace, wanting to know what is the reason for the recent change in his brother's attitude.

Just when the two men looked like they were incomparably close, Mullan's army headed south, and it came in a mighty way south.

If Tuoba Tao knew that his move of sending He Mulan to attack the Yuan family's Wubi would make the two Liu brothers immediately put aside all their suspicions, I am afraid that he would not have let He Mulan go to Chen County so early.

Liu Yilong's asthma attacks every time the season changes, and now it is the time for winter and spring communication, so Liu Yilong is so forbearing, he only dares to act secretly, the Tiger Ben Army of the Northern Wei Dynasty, known as the 50,000 army, went south, and the first thing the two thought of was not Tuoba Tao to be safe, but Tuoba Tao wanted to attack the Song State.

Liu Yikang himself did so many actions, and the envoys sent out came back with fewer missing or dead, and he had long known that he couldn't hide it from the eyes and ears of Wei, in fact, he acted like this in order to find a reason to tear up the covenant and take the opportunity to recover Henan.

As soon as he knew that Wei had breached the contract and went south, Liu Yikang immediately asked for his life, wanting to persuade Beiliang in the name of "treachery", Tuyuhun and Beiyan jointly sent troops to take the opportunity to recover Henan.

Liu Yilong hated him for being reckless, and on the other hand, he hoped to use his ability and prestige to defend against foreign enemies, so he could only order him to observe the movements of the Wei army at the border first, and then dispatch troops and envoys according to the situation.

"The sect masters of Yuzhou can be of great use!" Liu Yikang knelt in front of his brother's couch, "As long as Your Majesty is willing to give you the land and title in Jiangnan, they will definitely be willing to drag this group of people and horses and wipe them out in Yuzhou!" With the protection of the Yuan family, they can cross the river to come to me Liu Song! "

The Yuan family shelters a fart! Liu Yuanjing fell into the hands of Wei State, where did he not know that the Yuan family had a rebellion! I'm afraid that the clans in the entire Yuzhou that have changed their minds have been feared by Tuoba Tao.

And him, he actually enveloped assassins and rangers, what did he entrap these people for!

Who does he want these outlaws to assassinate!

Liu Yilong already hated Liu Yikang very much in his heart, but he had to squeeze out a kind expression on his face:

"Oh, they're willing to send armor? After several generations of operation, these suzerain's Wu Forts have long been powerful and prosperous, and they are really willing to abandon them?"

"It is easy to give them good land, but shall we receive all their tenants? If they can't contain it, then they have land and no people, how can they preserve their strength? If we take in so many people, wouldn't the original Shi clan gate lords in Jiangnan have to fight against the overseas Chinese and cause civil strife in the country?"

Liu Yilong looked at his younger brother and asked a long list of questions.

Liu Yikang was stunned by Liu Yilong's question, and after a while, he spoke: "I...... I didn't think about it so much. Always have to try, these sect masters are rich and strong, if they are sandwiched by the two sides, don't say 50,000, even 150,000 will be lost by the water, and that Fu Jian has a fate! "

"You think it's just too simple!" Liu Yilong was angry and suddenly slapped the case, "You are a fool when you are a clan, and you will be driven by you because of your few words?" They are loyal to you in every way on your side, like eagle dogs, and they are also to Wei over there! Each of them has milk and is a mother, and they can't wait for some benefits on both sides! Except for the Yuan family, which sect master doesn't want the two countries to fight, so as to take the opportunity to collect a large number of people into shade households! "

"Then go and talk about the Yuan family, and then let the Yuan family persuade other families!" Liu Yikang held his brother's palm. The Yuan family has been swaying from side to side for too long, at least let the Yuan family make a statement! The Yuan family is now the largest clan in Chen County, if he is willing to join him, he will definitely be like the clothes that crossed to the south back then, so that the scholars will join the south one after another! "

Hmph, you want to find a helper as soon as possible.

Those old foxes in the country are completely unwilling to mix in the struggle for imperial power, you want to replace it, in addition to the need for the army, you also need people and money, the Yuan family is rich and well-connected, this is hitting the head of the Yuan family?

Liu Yilong was disheartened, and let Liu Yikang grasp his palm, which seemed to loosen somewhat.

"Your Majesty, you have to give it a try! Even if it doesn't work, it's better than never doing anything. Helian Ding is now attached to the Wei State, and the Wei State has even won the Western Qin, and when the north is really unified by the Buddha, we have no allies to rely on, and now it is important to weaken the strength of the Wei State! "

Liu Yilong opened his eyes and looked at Long Zhang Fengzi's younger brother with an anxious face, and couldn't help but sigh: "That's it, now that I'm sick again, where do you have the heart to arrange these, since you have the heart, go and try it." It's just that don't put all your hopes on the north side of the river, and the border soldiers need to patrol at all times to prevent the army from crossing the south......"

"Yes, the younger brother must have done it properly!"

Liu Yikang excitedly kowtowed again and again, and waited for Liu Yilong to shake his hand tiredly, and then strode out of the inner hall.

Looking at Liu Yikang's back as he left excitedly, the corners of Liu Yilong's mouth raised a disdainful chuckle.

If the Yuan family was willing to go south, he would have withdrawn long ago when Emperor Ming Yuan of Wei attacked Yuzhou, how could he be shaken now for some small profits promised by Liu Yikang.

Pity his stupid brother, thinking that everyone thinks about "recovering Zhongxing and driving out Hulu", but forgets the year. [,！ Why do you have so many Hanchen assistants around you?

Since he attaches so much importance to the Yuan family, then the Yuan family's abandoned son, don't do it.

The journey to Yuzhou is too boring, on the one hand, in order not to let the morale of the soldiers in the army plummet, on the other hand, in order to let the Tiger Army and the Gaoche Tiger Army quickly get familiar with each other, He Mullan can be said to rack his brains to come up with a variety of "amateur activities", "outward bound training", sometimes than horseback, sometimes than hunting, that is, the two armies want to be familiar with each other's warriors, can quickly know the strength of each other and their own people in the battle.

Today, they are stationed in a vast meadow. This is the private land of a large Xianbei clan, which is most suitable for grazing and resting horses, and the army of Hemulan was arranged here by the local Xianbei officials, and the Xianbei nobles here also respected Hemulan very much, not only sent many slaves to help take care of their food, but also sent a lot of rare seasonal vegetables and fruits in winter to reward the generals.

Vegetables and fruits are not uncommon in the territory of Henan, but they are simply rare things for the high-chariot people of the high-chariot tiger army, as well as the Montenegrin army stationed in the bitter cold of Montenegro for a long time.

Those oranges, apples and pears He Mullan didn't want to eat when the unit was giving benefits in previous years, and every time he ate a few here, he burst into tears, thinking that the soldiers in the army might not be able to eat these fruits all year round, He Mullan simply thought of another idea, and pulled the whole army to wrestle at night, and if you fall particularly well, you can get these fruits as a reward.

Fortunately, the fruits sent by this Xianbei nobleman are all baskets and baskets, if there are only a few baskets, 10,000 people will not be able to eat their heads.

It is an honor for nobles and generals to reward fruits, especially when they can show their might, and one by one the tiger soldiers can be said to be gearing up, using all their strengths, just for the children of later generations may not be too tired to eat apples and pears that they are too lazy to nibble on.

That night, He Mulan took Na Luohun and Di Yefei to "inspect" in the campfires of each battalion, and the miscellaneous servants behind him carried those "precious" fruits, which caused countless soldiers to drool.

He Mulan was happy, and the soldiers fell happily, perhaps because He Mulan was really kind, and a group of good Xianbei people and high-speed car people suddenly wanted to drag He Mulan into the water.

"General Hua, I heard that you fought in Meiyuan, and the prince of the Beiliang Kingdom who fell to the top of the group will not be able to take care of himself from now on, let the brothers see your ability!"

"Yes, yes, General Hua, our General Di's wrestling skills are also very good, let's see who is stronger!"

"That is, let us know what the gap is between us and the general!"

'What? Do you want to wrestle with the General?'

Chen Jie, who was waiting on the side, was suddenly so shocked that his face wrinkled.

Wrestling is to take off the shirt and fight, what hugging the thighs, hugging the waist, grabbing the chest, changing the neck, can be said to abound, accustomed to it......

I didn't think it before, but now when I think of Huo Chang wanting to hold others in his arms or be held in my arms, Chen Jie's brain is boiling, and he immediately shakes his hands and head like rattles.

"No, no, no!"

"No way!"

Hey? Did he hear twice?

Brute Gu looked up inexplicably.

Chen Jie looked at Di Yefei, and Di Yefei looked at Chen Jie, both with a calm face, as if they were angry with someone.

Over there, He Mulan, who was challenged by everyone, rolled up his sleeves eagerly.

"Oh? Want to see the gap between you and me?" She laughed and shook her finger, "I'm afraid you don't even have the ability to make me take off my clothes!" "

Chen Jie: ...... (⊙o⊙)

Di Yefei: (ーー ゙)