Just when Chang'an City gradually came out of martial law and returned to its former prosperity and leisure, Shenhepi, far in the north, had just begun to impose full martial law.

Shenhepi is located in the seven counties of Modong Hanhai County, the terrain is extremely steep, quite a husband is the pass, belongs to the military town.

When it comes to Shenhepi, it is inevitable to think of the famous Battle of Shenhepi in history, which was a huge civil war that broke out between many rogue forces who rebelled against the former Qin in order to compete for the world left by the former Qin after the fall of the former Qin. In that battle, the weak Northern Wei Tuoba Jue defeated the strong Houyan Murong Trai, and taught Murong Trai to be a man with his strength, and the Northern Wei Dynasty obtained the qualification to inherit the power of the former Qin through this battle, and quickly became the new world overlord after the former Qin.

It can be said that the reason why the pattern of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was divided into Wei and Song dynasties instead of Yan and Song was largely because the Northern Wei Dynasty won the battle of Shenhepi. The victory of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Battle of Shenhepi was certainly based on Tuoba Jue's unparalleled strategy and treacherous wisdom, but it also did not rely on the advantage of the dangerous terrain of Shenhepi.

In this life, the cloud of war still looms over Shenhepi, even more than ten years earlier than the battle of Shenhepi in the previous life. It's just that the nature of the war changed from the internal strife between the two tributaries of Wei and Yan to the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Qin Dynasty to suppress the bandits and quell the rebellion. Tuoba Jue did not appear in Shenhepi in person, but ordered Hua Mulan, a famous female general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, to go to Shenhepi to guard it.

After patrolling around the dangerous city passes, looking at the endless camp tents of officers and soldiers outside the city, and then at the rebel soldiers in uneven armor around her, Hua Mulan, who was dressed in military uniform, couldn't help but sigh worriedly. It's not that she's worried about the loss of Shenhepi, she is very confident in the terrain of Shenhepi and her own ability, confident that even if Zhang Shuai comes to attack, she won't lose in a short time, what she is worried about is the future of their group of thieves. Hua Mulan is not optimistic about herself and the future of the entire Northern Wei Dynasty, she does not think that a group of rebels are really capable of overthrowing the Great Qin court, if it were not for her father Hua Chenglai, she would not have rebelled with Tuoba Jue if she was not killed.

A strong man with a yellow scarf on his head and fat waist was standing next to Mulan, and when he saw Mulan sighing, he couldn't help asking: "The terrain of Shenhepi is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the brothers are guarding the city according to the pass, and the government can't help us, why is the flower master sighing?" ”

The rebels lacked equipment, and the strong man in the yellow turban was wearing a loose suit of armor, clearly a general.

Although Tuoba claimed to be the "King of Northern Wei" of the Great Qin Dynasty, and pretended to be on the ground to ask for the title of the court, the court did not admit it, and the rebels called Tuoba Jue as the lord, the king, the great boss, the khan, and so on. Even Tuoba Jue did not have a unified title, and the titles of the generals under his command were even more confusing. Hua Mulan is said to be the "general" of the "King of the Northern Wei Dynasty", but her subordinates still like to call the leader, the owner of the village, and the head of the house. To put it bluntly, they were originally a group of anti-thieves, and of course they all liked to use the popular title among thieves. Unless it does replace the imperial court someday in the future, it will be difficult to formalize the title.

Hua Mulan glanced at the strong man, and said faintly: "At present, you can resist the imperial court, have you thought of a long-term plan?" As long as the Great Qin Imperial Court is still there, we will be bandits and thieves every day, and the people in the north are now intimidated by our force, but they will not really attach themselves to us. Although the imperial court cannot conquer us for a while, it has great righteousness in hand, and can mobilize the resources of the whole world to encircle and suppress us. Over time, we will inevitably be unable to support it. ”

The strong man in the yellow scarf touched his head, his movements were very honest, and he said: "Don't worry about the flower master, there is a big boss when the sky falls, let's just guard this for the big boss." ”

The big boss in the mouth of the strong man is naturally Tuoba.

Hua Mulan inexplicably felt that what this strong man said was very reasonable, after all, she was willing or unwilling, but after all, it was the opposite. There is no other way, but to follow Tuoba Jue to the dark, as for the difficult situation, that is a problem that Tuoba Jue should consider, just find a way to guard this Shenhepi by himself.

"What's your name?" Hua Mulan asked the strong man in the yellow turban with great interest.

"Uh, my name is Changsun Fei." The strong man replied.

Hua Mulan looked at his waist circumference and said solemnly: "It's really fat." ”

Hua Mulan reached out of the city tower again, touched the outer wall of the city wall, and withdrew her hand after feeling the wetness. Looking at the muddy and slippery grease stained on his hands, he couldn't help frowning and said: "The grease on the city wall is too thin, come on, pour a little more." ”

Soon a rebel soldier carried buckets of grease to the castle tower and poured it on the outer walls of the city wall.

These oils are naturally used to guard against the old marshal Zhang Oyster who is outside the army.

After all, everyone knows that this old handsome man is powerful, and he doesn't need the help of ladders and other means, and he doesn't need to climb, he can walk directly on the vertical city wall. If you don't fill the city with more grease and make the city wall slippery, maybe Zhang Oyster will rush directly to the city pass to cut people. (It may sound unbelievable, it may seem mysterious, but this is the real history, and Zhang Oyster is really good enough to walk on the city walls.) "Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 100": Oysters are powerful and swift, but they can drag cattle but walk; No city is high, but it can be surpassed. ）

Hua Mulan sighed again in her heart, if she didn't smear the oil, she was worried that Zhang Shuai would rush directly to the city wall, smear the oil, not to mention the consumption of resources, and always have to prepare a large amount of clear water on the city gate to prevent the fire attack of the officers and soldiers. Confronting characters like Zhang Shuai is really miserable. When I thought that in addition to Zhang Shuai in the Great Qin Dynasty, there was also a Deng Shuai whose prestige was not inferior to Zhang Shuai, and I felt that Tuoba Jue's rebellion had no hope of success.

At this time, I saw a rebel soldier rushing up to the city pass and said to Mulan: "Report the flowers, Yongyao Woman has arrived at Shenhepi." ”

"Oh." Mulan's eyes lit up, and this was the only good news she heard today.

After carefully observing the officers and soldiers outside the city, he estimated that the officers and soldiers should not attack the city today, so he waved his hand and said: "Where is the Yongyao Woman now, wait for me to greet it in person, and order to go down to set up a banquet, I will entertain the Yongyao Woman tonight!" ”

This Yongyao woman is a well-known hero. It is said that he was born beautiful and strong in martial arts, and traveled around the world with two retinues, acting chivalrous and righteous. Her two entourage, one named Ah Su and the other named Anu, are also strong martial artists. As we all know, the people in the rivers and lakes have always been unaccustomed to the government, and after the Tuoba Jue uprising, there were often people in the rivers and lakes or horse bandits and bandits who came to the north in groups to defect to the rebels of the Northern Wei Dynasty. If you are famous, you will be a general, and if you are not famous, you will be a soldier, which is also the most important source of troops in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Otherwise, just with the tens of thousands of elite Dugu troops under Dugu Kuren's hands, how could they hold such a vast territory as the seven counties outside the Saiwai.

In Mulan's opinion, Yongyao Heroine rushed to join the alliance at this time, obviously planning to defect to the rebels. Considering that Yongyao Heroine is not small, Hua Mulan decided to greet and entertain her in person.

"By the way, the eldest grandson is fat, you can come along. From this day onwards, you will be my personal guard. Halfway through, Mulan suddenly turned around and beckoned to the yellow scarf strong man's eldest grandson. She felt that this eldest grandson was fat and strong, honest and honest, without any scheming, and was suitable for being a personal guard.

"Good flower master!" The eldest grandson Fei naturally knew that this was the flower master promoting him, and immediately followed up.

Shenhepi is a pass-type town, controlling the mountains on the left and right, and the space in the city is not large, but it is deliberately arranged in a winding way, which is just in case, so that the defenders can continue to fight in the streets after the city is broken to delay time.

Hua Mulan and his party went down the city tower, detoured along the winding roads in the city for a long time, and finally met Yongyao Woman in a small square.

The Yongyao Woman stood with her hands in her hands, she was dressed in a gray white dress, carrying a long sword, she had a good figure and good looks, her long hair floating behind her head, and her two male retinues were also dressed as well. It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that the dress of Yongyao Heroine has always been white-clothed and snowy, with a long sword like a rainbow, and the country and the city are captivated. In Mulan's opinion, except for the color of the white clothes, there are several other items that match.

Yongyao Woman's eyes turned, glanced at Hua Mulan and the others, and found that most of everyone's eyes were focused on her clothes, and she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed: "Since the Great Wall was out of the jam, the roads leading to Shenhepi have been blocked by officers and soldiers, and our master and servant have to come all the way over the mountains and mountains. It was covered with dust, but it made all the heroes laugh. ”

As soon as this explanation was given, everyone understood. But no, the roads were blocked by officers and soldiers, and the three of them climbed over the mountains and mountains with no roads, and it was not normal for the clothes to be dirty. Hua Mulan even praised: "I have heard for a long time that Yongyao Heroine is not only good at poetry and writing, but also strong in martial arts. The terrain is steep, with only a few roads connecting it, and the surrounding mountains are all majestic and dangerous, and even well-trained elite foot soldiers are difficult to climb. You came over the mountain, but your clothes were only slightly stained with dust, and you deserved to be a Yongyao woman. ”

Yongyao Woman just smiled, not complacent because of Mulan's praise, but asked reservedly: "This is the flower general, right?" ”

"Haha, it's Mulan down there." Hua Mulan laughed, she was in a very good mood, after all, it was rare to meet such a person who called her a general by the rules. Although she is just a thief, she still likes to be called a general, which is probably a kind of vanity.

"The heroine came from afar, and she worked hard all the way, I don't know what to look for?" Although I could imagine it when I used my brain, the people in the rivers and lakes who came to join Hepi at this time basically came to join the rebels, but Hua Mulan still asked politely.

Sure enough, Yongyao Woman said very uprightly: "The government always regards the children of our generation as underworld forces, and there are always court eagles and dogs who want to sweep away us, which is really too deceitful!" I heard that the king of the Northern Wei Dynasty had an incident in Yunzhong County, and the sound was mighty, and the seven counties outside the Saiwai all listened to the orders of the king of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Yongyao is not talented, but also rude in civil and military affairs, and now he is here with two guards, wanting to join the righteous army and jointly fight the government! ”

"The two of us are willing to join the rebel army with my young lady!"

The two entourages behind Yongyao Heroine also said at the same time at this time, one of these two people is called Ah Su, and the other is called Anu, who has been following Yongyao Woman all the year round, and they are also well-known masters in the rivers and lakes.

Yongyao Woman's words made Mulan happy, thinking that this Yongyao Heroine is really a cultural person, she can really speak, this righteous army sounds much better than the thief! It is even better to have these three masters in Shenhepi.

"Very good, very good, now the government army is outside the Shenhepi, I am guarding this city pass, and I am lacking heroes to help. The woman is here, which can be said to solve my urgent need. Come, come, I will also prepare a banquet, and the heroine will come with me to the table, and our sisters will have a good talk. ”

(The following does not count in this chapter: Although Mulan is a folk apocryphal figure, many scholars still believe that she is indeed a person, and that she is indeed a general of the Northern Wei Dynasty.) As for which era of the Northern Wei Dynasty in which Mulan was active, there are many theories. Some people think that she was active in the era of Emperor Taiwu Tuoba Tao or Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong, but I think she is more likely to be active in the reign of Emperor Daowu Tuoba Jue, that is, after the defeat of the former Qin Dynasty and the founding of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The reason is very simple, because there are two sentences in "Mulan Ci" successively, "I saw the army post last night, and the Khan ordered troops" and "I returned to see the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven sat in Mingtang", that is to say, in the early days of Mulan's army, the ruler of the Northern Wei Dynasty was the "Khan", and after Hua Mulan returned from the war, the ruler of the Northern Wei Dynasty became the "Son of Heaven". Then as we all know, in April 386 A.D., Tuoba Jue was called the king of Wei and established the Northern Wei Dynasty; In July 398, Tuoba was officially proclaimed emperor. It corresponds to the change of title from "Khan" to "Son of Heaven". In addition, Tuoba Jue did have a record of Rouran's use of troops, which is in line with the record of the Wei army's expedition to Rouran in "Mulan Ci". In October 391 AD, Tuoba Jue crusaded against Rouran, assuming that Mulan was in this battle with the army, then according to the saying "the general died in a hundred battles, and the strong man returned in ten years", in 391 when Mulan went on the expedition, Tuoba Jue was still equivalent to the "Khan" King of Wei, ten years later in 401, Tuoba Jue had been the emperor for many years, and what Hua Mulan saw when she returned was indeed the "Son of Heaven", which can also reflect the previous inference. Since the era is the end of Qin and the beginning of Wei, before the complete demise of the former Qin, as a normal person, it is reasonable for Mulan to position herself as an "anti-thief". ）

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