The military newspaper was sent by a military official under Gao Yancao and Zhao Rangan's respective accounts.

Along with these two military officers came a man with braided hair.

This Hu man was about thirty years old, dressed in a pleated hakama, and wore long black leather boots, which should be for the convenience of long-distance horseback riding, and the materials of the clothes and shoes he wore were not luxurious, they were all made of sheepskin, but on his head, he wore a gold crown in the shape of antlers, and at his waist, a gold belt was tied, and the head of the gold belt was in the shape of a long hoof, and on it was tattooed a mythical beast like a horse, with wings, horns at the end of the nose, and the horse's head to the right, and the gold belt was inlaid with a plaque made of gold on four sides, which was divided into the left and right sides of the head, and two sides on each side. There are also cumbersome and beautiful ornaments on the gold medal, this gold crown, gold belt, and gold medal are brilliant, extremely rich and gorgeous, and at a glance you will know that this person's identity must be unusual.

Zhang Shao, Zhang Gui and others didn't know him.

Zhang Shao looked at his golden crown, leader, and gold medal, especially after looking at the horse-shaped ornament on his head, his heart moved, and a thought that even he couldn't believe came to mind, thinking: "Mo, isn't it? ”

The military official under Zhao Ran's tent looked happy, and happily introduced Zhang Shao, Zhang Gui and others: "Report to the general, join the army, this is the servant of Tuoba Darui, the master of Tuoba Department. ”

When the generals around Zhang Shao heard this, they were all shocked.

Someone even subconsciously said: "Tuoba Department? ”

Zhang Shaoxin said: "Sure enough! ”

But the horse-shaped beast on the belt of the Hu people, is the sacred beast worshiped by the Xianbei people, "its shape resembles a horse, its sound is like a cow", it is said that the Xianbei people from the ancestral source, the Gaxian Cave in the depths of the Great Xing'an Mountains walked out, in the process of constantly moving south to the grassland, had trekked in a swamp, fell into a predicament, could not find a way out, faced the danger of the extinction of the entire tribe, and finally it was this divine beast that appeared, led them, and spent a whole year, out of the swamp, arrived at the hometown of the Xiongnu, and then there was the rise of Xianbei later.

Although Zhang Shao has been in the Western Regions for a long time, but the Tang and Hu in Longdi live together, there are many Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people's worship of this sacred beast is familiar to him, such as the bald Boye and other Xianbei soldiers under the Xin Er tent, they often wear belts painted with this pattern, gold medals and other clothing, so when he saw this image, he guessed the clan of this Hu people. It's just that this thing came too suddenly, and he couldn't believe it all of a sudden, and then after listening to the introduction of the military official under Zhao Ran's tent, he determined that this Hu person was really a Xianbei person, and Zhang Shao was overjoyed.

In addition to the joy, Zhang Shao's brain teaser turned, and he also roughly guessed why he was wearing the banner of Wen Shilan, but the reason why the Hu cavalry who came was a Xianbei person, but whether he guessed it right or not had to be determined.

He stepped forward quickly, grabbed Tuoba Kangni's hand, and said, "I heard that it was the Northern Captives who came out of the desert, and I hesitated, where is your army?" It turns out that this is a ploy by adults and Lord Helan to confuse the enemy! But it's just that the adults and Helan didn't inform our army in advance,...... "Gu looked at Zhang Gu and said, "It scared me!" Twisting his face back, he laughed a few times at Tuoba Kangni, "Haha, haha." ”

Tuoba Kangni seemed to be unaccustomed to Zhang Shao's enthusiasm, took half a step back, withdrew his hand, wiped the corners of his clothes twice, and said in Tang dialect: "Lord Helan and I are also improvised. The time is too tight, and there is no time to inform the general in advance, so please don't blame the general. ”

Zhang Shao smiled: "Don't blame, don't blame!" He looked to the south, muttered for a moment, and said his guess, and asked, "May I ask my lord, what about Wen Shilan's military flag?" …… Did you really encounter Wen Shilan in the desert? ”

Tuoba Kang Ni simply told Zhang Shao, Zhang Gui and others the ins and outs of the matter.

Before talking about the ins and outs of this matter, we must first mention the covenant between Xin Er and Tuoba Beijin.

But before Zhang Shao and others sent troops, Xin Er once again sent Bald Boye to Shengle in Daibei, this time, without the constraints of foreign enemies and political enemies in the DPRK and China, after showing his true sincerity, Bald Boye on behalf of Dingxi, successfully made an alliance with Tuoba Beijin, and made an appointment to take Shuo Fang together. The two sides agreed that after the Shuofang was laid, the abundant areas of water and grass in the north of the Hetao, which was more than 600 miles long from east to west and hundreds of miles wide from north to south, would be given to the Tuoba Department, and the Shuofang counties within the Hetao would be assigned to the west. And it was agreed that if Rouran and Pu Qin launched an attack on either of them, the other side would go all out to help and support.

On the one hand, after taking Shuofang, it will be able to echo with Qinzhou in the north, and jointly oppress the hinterland of Guanzhong of Puqin, which can win more initiative for Dingxi in the future war against Qin.

On the other hand, Tuoba Beijin, the fundamental reason why he coveted Shuofang was that the Daibei region was too narrow and no longer enough to feed the many Hu tribes whose population was gradually increasing, so he coveted Shuofang, mainly coveting the water and grass areas on both sides of the Yellow River, and he actually did not have much interest in the counties in Shuofang County. With these counties in his hands, could it be that he could still set up officials and townships like the Tang people, so that the Hu people under his rule changed from nomadism to settlement? Obviously, it can't. Therefore, he doesn't want Shuofang counties.

The covenant of Xin Er and Tuoba Beijin's "dividing formula" can be said to take what they need.

Tang Ai considered that Rouran might come to the aid of Shuofang, so he offered a strategy, suggesting that the Tuoba Department should not cross the river from the north bank of the Yellow River and the corner of the "several" shape in the east,—— both of which are next to Rouran's control area, if Rouran really sent troops to aid Shuofang, then if he crossed the river in these two positions, it was very likely that he would be discovered by Rouran's cavalry, so that before he entered the battle, his whereabouts would be exposed, which would be unfavorable for the subsequent battle, and it was best to quietly enter Shuofang from the southern section of the eastern boundary of Shuofang County.

When making an alliance with Tuoba Beijin, the bald Boye told Tuoba Beijin about Tang Ai's suggestion. Tuoba Beijin thought that this strategy was good, and greatly appreciated it, that is, he adopted it.

Therefore, at the same time that Zhang Shao led his troops to Shuofang from the west of the Yellow River, under the order of Tuoba Beijin, Helan Yannian and Tuoba Kangni, who participated in the battle, led 5,000 cavalry, went south along the river, and also infiltrated into Shuofang from the east of the river.

Unexpectedly, Tang Ai's strategy coincided with Wen Shilan's strategy.

This is where the "ins and outs" of Tuoba Kangni begins.

The Tuoba cavalry of Helan Yannian and Tuoba Kangni actually ran head-on with the Rouran cavalry of Wenshilan in the desert.

Helan Yannian is the number one general of the Tuoba Department, Wen Shilan is the number one general of Rouran, to put it mildly, both of them are outstanding, but this "head-on encounter" is an encounter, the resourcefulness of the two is useless, it is a real knife and a real gun, and a vicious battle was launched in the desert. Wen Shi Lan's soldiers are less than Helan Yannian's department, but at the beginning of the battle, relying on Wen Shilan's courage and invincibility and command deployment, it is not to fall behind, originally won and defeated, it is not yet known, and when the battle is in the middle of the place, the wind rises on the desert, Wen Shilan is unlucky, located in the direction of the wind, affected by the sand and dust raised by the wind, people and horses have a clear vision, so it is a big defeat.

After the victory, just like Tuoba Kangni said, Helan Yannian had a temporary idea, so he had the scene of replacing the captured Wen Shilan military flag and pretending to be the Rouran cavalry from the desert.

After listening to Tuoba's narration, Zhang Shao's guess was confirmed, he no longer had any doubts, stretched out his thumb, and said: "I have heard for a long time that Lord Helan is both wise and brave, and the famous general of Daibei is also, and now we meet on a narrow road and defeat Wen Shilan, and the prestige of Lord Helan will definitely become more and more prosperous in the future!" Said with a smile, "The Rouran woman sings, marry Wen Shilan when you marry, this ballad, I'm afraid it will have to be changed, haha." He praised, "The plan of the Lord and Lord Helan to exchange the Wen Shilan banner is indeed wonderful, and it is true that he deceived Gao Gao out of the city!" ”

Now that he has figured out why he is flying the banner of Wen Shilan, but the soldiers and horses are the cavalry of the Tuoba Department, and Zhang Shao is not a mediocre person, he naturally understands the real reason why Helan Yannian and Tuoba Kangni did not inform him of this matter in advance.

He was full of praise and thought to himself, "What's the 'time is too tight to tell me in advance'?" Helan Yannian and Tuoba Kangni obviously want to scare Lao Tzu with this! That's it, the covenant with Tuoba was made by Duke Xin, Helan Yannian and Tuoba Kangni are all nobles of the Tuoba Department, I can't quarrel with them, and this battle also has to rely on them, I just pretend not to know about it. ”

Tuoba Kangni's father, Tuoba Be, is Tuoba Beijin's younger brother. When Tuoba Da rate, that is, Tuoba Beijin's eldest brother died of illness, Tuoba Beijin was a hostage, far away in Ye County, the capital of Wei State. Tuoba Beijin ranked second among his brothers, and his brother's will asked the tribe to welcome him back and succeed to the position of Da Yuan, but the adults of Tuoba Department, for the sake of power, were unwilling to set up Tuoba Bei Jin, so they first killed the "fierce and changeable" Tuoba Bei Jin's third brother, and then tried to support Tuoba Bei to succeed Da Yuan. As a result, Tuoba did not insist on refusing, and went to Ye County in person to welcome Tuoba Beijin back to the north to succeed to the throne, and asked himself to stay in Wei as a hostage, and the lord of Wei at that time appreciated his righteousness and agreed to his request. Tuoba returned to Shengle, and after succeeding to the throne, in order to thank Tuoba Be, he gave him the northern part.

The so-called "north" is divided into two divisions, the south and the north, according to the region. This is the same method of governing the people as Rouran, which divided the country into two parts, the east and the west.

Tuoba Be's death is now dead, although after his death, Tuoba Kangni has not been able to inherit the position of the northern lord, but whether it is bloodline or his father's former prestige, he is one of the top nobles of the Tuoba tribe.

Needless to say, Helan Yannian, the Helan Department of the Helan Clan's Xiongnu, also known as Helai, comes from its family name, that is, Helan Mountain at the junction of Shuofang and Dingxi. It was the grazing land of their ancestors. After the decline of the Xiongnu, they became an important constituent tribe of Tuoba Xianbei. Helan Yannian knows that the soldiers are good at fighting, and has fought with Tuoba Beijin in the south and the north, fighting against the rebellion internally, and attacking the nomadic land bordering Daibei and other departments, and has made great contributions to the prosperity of the Tuoba Department today, and has won the trust and love of Tuoba Beijin, although its bloodline is not Xianbei, but the status of the Tuoba Department is now much higher than that of Tuoba Kangni.

"This battle also depends on their efforts", not to mention anything else, just from the perspective of stabilizing the alliance relationship just established with Tuoba Beijin, Zhang Shao proceeded from the overall situation, and it was indeed not good to have contradictions with Helan Yannian and Tuoba Kangni.

Zhang Gui also guessed the reason why Helan Yannian and Tuoba Kangni did not inform the Dingxi Army of this matter in advance.

He blinked his one eye, observed Tuoba's arrogant demeanor, and said in his heart: "I heard Boye say that when he made an alliance with Tuoba Beijin, there were quite a few adults in the Tuoba Department who were unwilling to give me all the counties of Shuofang Dingxi, and there were many objections. This Helan Yannian, Tuoba Kangni or one of the dissatisfied, because they will be silent, waving the banner of Wen Shilan, suddenly out of the desert,...... Hmph, it's obviously giving our army a dismount! It's really rude! ”

Zhang Gu is not as deep as Zhang Shao's city, and he doesn't have Zhang Shao's kung fu to pretend to be confused, so he wanted to question right away, but considering the importance of the war, he could only endure this breath.

At this time when they were talking, the An Chong array under the city had already engaged the Qin soldiers and iron cavalry led by Gao Qin.

Zhang Shao looked down from afar, and saw that An Chong's array seemed to be invincible, and the Li Liang array in the east was besieged by several times the enemy's army, although it was still able to hold on, it also showed a slight decline, and the battle situation was tense, so he didn't talk nonsense, and said to Tuoba Kangni: "Please ask your army and the cavalry at my chariot formation to join together, and attack the Qin captives out of the south of the city from the west and east of the city, and I will wave the foot soldiers of my main formation to advance from the north!" The odds were already in his hands, he stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "Let's work together on three sides, and we'll be as high as a turtle in an urn!" Guangmu has something for us! ”