Tuoba Beijin was in the Shengle Palace at that time, retired the attendants, slaves and maids, and said privately to Helan Yannian: "Let's form an alliance with Dingxi and take their own benefits." The pasture outside the Xu River in Dingxi is given to us, which is of course beneficial to us, but it is only a small profit! The real great benefit is Shuofang County. Shuofang County is connected to Longzhou in the west, Guanzhong in the south, and Hebei in the east, and there are big rivers in the west, north and east as obstacles.

"After you arrive in Shuofang, first help Zhang Shao eliminate the main force of the Qin army in Shuofang, and then you will look for an opportunity to seize the Hanoi counties adjacent to our Daibei. As long as these counties can fall into our hands, then Shuofang County will be all ours sooner or later! With the whole county of Shuofang, we can not only occupy a large area of rich grassland, but also take advantage of its geographical advantages, and also break the unfavorable situation in which we are in the north, and go south and eastward, all at my will. This big profit, you must get it for us on behalf of the north! ”

To a certain extent, the topography of Daibei is similar to that of Dingxi.

That is: Daibei, like Dingxi, is located in the corner of the "Huaxia region" in a large area. Dingxi is in the northwest, and Daibei is in the north. Dingxi lacks an "outlet to the sea", that is, a channel for the development of the hinterland of the Central Plains; Daibei also lacks this thing. The north of Daibei is Rouran, the south and east are Murong Xianbei's territory, and the west is Shuofang and Guanzhong.

Before, it didn't matter.

Because there are many Hu tribes in the northern part of the Daibei, the big tribes of Xianbei have Tuoba and Bai, and the big tribes that originated from the Xiongnu have Dugu, Helan and other tribes, in addition, there are some tribes such as Eile in the north, as well as the powerful Wuhuan tribes, the focus of the Tuoba Department has always been to conquer these tribes in order to form a strong tribal alliance, and at the same time stabilize the hegemony of the Tuoba Department in it. To put it simply, just the non-stop conquest is enough for the Tuoba Department to toss, and there is no need to consider the issue of "access to the sea".

But now, first, through the military and political measures of Tuoba Doujin, this powerful tribal alliance has not only been formed and matured, but also the hegemony of the Tuoba Department has been unshakable, in other words, Daibei has been completely under the rule of the Tuoba Ministry; Second, the rise and fall of the various forces outside the Tuoba Department has changed, the great enemy in the north, Rouran, has been in civil strife in recent years, and has been hit by the Murong clan, and it is no longer a big trouble in Daibei, the previous suzerain of the Tuoba Department, the Murong Wei State in the south is now much worse than in the past, and will even face the danger of destroying the country; Third, the continuous reproduction of the people of Daibei, so the "unfavorable situation" in Daibei, whether it is out of the ambition to join the ranks of the Central Plains hegemony, or out of the need to meet the needs of population growth, has become the trouble that Tuoba Beijin is most eager to solve.

If we want to solve this trouble, we have to choose a breakthrough from the north, east, south, and west.

To the north is Rouran, although the area controlled by Rouran is large, but it is all grassland, or desert, the economy is not developed enough, and the Hubu culture under Rouran's rule is backward, the atmosphere is barbaric, it is not easy to fight, it is not easy to fight, it is not easy to govern, even if you try your best to cure it, you can't get too many benefits, therefore, Rouran's side, first of all, is not in the Tuoba double Jin option.

And what about the east side? To the east is the ancestral land of Murong Xianbei, Murong Xianbei has deep roots there, and is close to the area under Rouran's rule, and this place in the east is also economically underdeveloped and culturally backward, so it is not an option to expand the number of catties.

In the south, although Murong Wei is facing the danger of annihilation, Murong Yan led a large number of nobles of the Murong clan and a large number of Tang and Hu people in Jizhou and Zhongzhou, and just migrated north to Youzhou, which borders Daibei.

This leaves only Shuofang County to the west.

Xin Er saw the benefits of laying Shuofang County to Dingxi, and Tuoba Beijin also saw the benefits of laying down this county to Daibei.

Laying Shuofang County has three major benefits for Daibei.

One is that it can alleviate the difficulty of insufficient grassland caused by the proliferation of Daibei people.

One is that Daibei has been given an outlet for outward development.

The last and most important one, with the exit of Daibei, Tuoba Beijin's choice to march south, correspondingly increased, he can sit here calmly and watch the battle of Pu Mao, He Hun Evil, and Murong Yan, and wait until they are about to divide the victory or defeat, or at the moment when they are about to divide the victory or defeat, either join forces with Pu Mao and He Hun Evil, and the two roads will go together, all the way from Daibei to the south, all the way from Shuofang to the east, and capture the merger and secluded; Either support the Murong clan and go south from Shuofang to plot against Guanzhong.

In addition to the three benefits, there is also a small benefit.

That is to be able to completely isolate Dingxi, a small but daring corner force, from the team competing for dominance in the north.

Helan Yannian, as Tuoba Beijin's henchman, is very clear about Tuoba Beijin's thoughts.

At that time, he responded: "Please rest assured, I will not give this big profit to Zhang Shao empty-handed!" ”

Tuoba Beijin spoke in a distant tone, and then said: "Mr. Sun recently explained to me a picture in the "Jingshi Fu", which depicts a stone at the water's edge, and the sun rises on the water; The prophecy next to it reads, 'A stone by the river, the king of the world'. Yannian, what do you mean by this picture and this proverb? ”

Helan Yannian was stunned for a moment and said, "Isn't it saying that the person who can get this stone by the river can be called Wang Hainei?" ”

"What kind of stone is this stone by the river?"

"This ......, I don't know, I think it must be a divine stone blessed by the gods, right?"

Tuoba Beijin touched his beard, showed a mysterious smile, and said: "Yannian, how to write the word 'tuo' in my Tuoba Department in Tang Wen?" ”

There are not many Tang characters in Helan Yan's annual meeting, only a thousand or so, but of course he knows how to write the word "extension", and replied: "A hand on the left, a stone on the right." At this, he was taken aback and said, "Shan Yu? What does the book mean? ”

"Not bad! That's how Mr. Sun explained it to me. 'Stone', I rub the word of the stone, 'lift', non-hand can not lift, I rub the word of the hand! This proverb is about my Tuoba clan! ”

“…… But what does 'riverside' mean? ”

"Yannian, you are confused! Where are we in Shengle? Isn't it just by the river? ”

Helan Yannian was surprised and delighted, and said: "This, this ......, it turns out that our Tuoba Department is also in the book?" In this way, in this Central Plains world, our Tuoba Department can also compete? ”

Tuoba Beijin got up from the Hu sitting, pressed the sword in the simple hall, greeted the brilliant sunlight from outside the hall, although there were only him and Helan Yannian in the hall at this time, but there seemed to be a million iron riding in front of him, he stood proudly, looked at the heroic, and said: "Wuhu order, there is my Xianbei, now Murong has lost the will of heaven, I Tuoba clan obeys the mandate of heaven, after Murong, how can I not be the king of the world!" ”

"Five Hu Order", "Order" refers to the order of inheriting the Mandate of Heaven and founding the country as the emperor in accordance with the theory of the end of the five virtues, "Five Hu", there are two sayings, one is the name of the "Five Hu Races", and the other is the name of the "Five Hu People". These are all things that are said in some popular proverbs of the moment. Tuoba Beijin here, on the point of "Wuhu", obviously adopts the former statement.

However, it is now unified in the north, and the Tuoba Department is known as controlling 100,000 strings, and its strength is unprecedentedly strong, and the Murong clan is declining, and the three parties are fighting in the north, and Tuoba is doujin under the instigation of Sun Mianzhi, the number one strategist under his account, and finally officially has the heart of winning the Central Plains.

"And if you want to be the king of the world, Shuo Fang is the top priority at the moment!"

Recalling that day, on the middle hall of the palace, Tuoba was full of pride in the sun, and the last sentence he said to himself, driving the horse to gallop on the river under the moon Helan Yannian, unconsciously showing his current hope.

He clenched the hilt of his saber and thought to himself: "After listening to Mr. Sun's explanation of the prophecy, Shan Yu specially summoned all the witches in the clan to sacrifice to the heavens and ask the gods about their intentions, and if it is the gods who intend to be in my Tuoba Department!" The Central Plains and Hebei are rich and fertile, and I don't know how much stronger than Daibei! Treat me with deep kindness and righteousness, not only for the great cause of Shan Yu, but also for me to be able to live in the Central Plains on behalf of the Northern Tribes, I must give up my life and forget my death, and do my best! ”

He also remembered that in the battle with Wen Shilan in the desert, the sudden strong wind and sand at the critical moment helped him defeat Wen Shilan, and Helan Yannian strengthened his confidence in Heaven's will.

led his subordinates to march all night, and when it was dawn, the scouts behind him came to report that there were no Dingxi soldiers and horses chasing after him, Helan Yannian breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the whole army to rest on the spot. After resting for half a day, we set off to continue eastward. In the middle of the night of the next day, they arrived outside Shuofang County.

The generals asked Helan Yannian about the siege strategy.

Helan Yannian said with a smile: "Gao Gao was captured, the main force of the Shuofang Qin army was overthrown, and the guards of Shuofang County were only three or two hundred, and there were no reinforcements outside, so why use any siege strategy?" And wait for dawn, attack from both sides, and you can go down with one drum! ”

The generals thought so, so they returned to their headquarters and arranged for the soldiers to rest in order to nourish their spirits and conquer the city tomorrow.

But when it was almost dawn, the bell rang in the city.

At dawn, there was silence from afar, and the sound of the bell was far away to the camp of the Tuoba soldiers, and it was quite clear.

When Helan Yannian heard this, he summoned the scouts who were on guard near the city and asked, "Why is the bell ringing in the city?" ”

Where would the scout know the reason, and guessed and replied, "Maybe the monks in the city get up early to recite the scriptures?" ”

Helan Yannian heard this answer, but remembered something, and said in his heart: "I have heard for a long time that Zhu Yuanrong Buddhism is profound, and his magical powers are vast, and the people of Shuofang call him a Bodhisattva. Before I led my troops to Shuofang, Shan Yu specifically instructed me to take him back to Daibei. I heard that he was in Shuofang County. Today, when the city is attacked, I have to order all the tribes that after the city is broken, when I see the monks, I am not allowed to kill them indiscriminately. ”

But it is the name of Zhu Yuanrong, and it has been passed to Daibei.

The various units of the Tuoba cavalry had eaten, and some of the cavalry changed to walking, carrying simple ladders made overnight, and the rest still rode on horses, and with the sound of drums and horns of the Chinese army in Helan Yannian, they gathered one after another.

Helan Yannian observed the garrison at the head of the city in the distance, and saw that although there were soldiers in the city, the number was not many, and they were sparse.

A military official near the left said admiringly: "My lord expects the enemy to be like a god, Shuofang County Zhongguo is a sparse guard, and our army can take it in a battle!" ”

Helan Yannian smiled slightly.

When the hour came, he personally led the whole army, divided into two parts, one from the east of the city and the other from the south of the city, ready to begin the siege.

At this moment, I saw the city from afara, revealing the bald head of a monk.

About twenty or thirty monks, laypeople, etc., followed by this monk, appeared one after another.

Helan Yannian was suspicious, so he ordered the troops not to attack for the time being, and sent a messenger who could speak Tang to the city and asked who the monk in the city was.

After some answers, the envoy came back and reported: "The monk claimed to be Zhu Yuanrong and asked us what our army meant by coming here." ”

Helan Yannian changed his suspicions to joy, hurriedly called the messenger to go to the city again, and ordered: "You go and tell Zhu Yuanrong, just say that we are helping Dingxi to take Shuofang County; And tell him that his name has long been heard by our Shan Yu. Just respecting his Dharma and Taoism, I hope that he can go to our Daibei to preach Buddhism, and if he wishes, his glory and wealth are indispensable! ”

The messenger went away as commanded, and returned in a short time.

Helan Yannian asked, "What do you say?" ”

The messenger replied: "Zhu Yuanrong said: He is an outsider, he does not admire wealth and wealth, and his thoughts are only in the common people. He paused, hesitated.

"What else did he say?"

"He also said: He has calculated that our army is not here to take Shuofang County for Dingxi, so please withdraw your army immediately."

Seeing that the envoy still seemed to be unfinished, Helan Yannian asked again, "What else did he say?" ”

The monk also said, "If you don't withdraw your troops, within two days, you will be, you will, you will,...... Died in Shuofang County. ”

When Helan Yannian heard these threatening words, he didn't get angry, but laughed instead, and said, "In this way, he refuses to go back to Daibei with me!" ”

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