Several Tuyuhun tribal leaders who were invited, such as Hule, Kucha, Banji, and Bojin, arrived one after another.

Fuyang ordered people to bring them wine and meat, and summoned a few women to dance a song and dance, so that the leaders were in a happy mood.

Seeing that the time had come, Fuyang waved the dancers to stand down and told the other attendants in the room to leave, leaving only a few of their leaders.

Fuyang said to the leaders, "Ladies and gentlemen, you must already know the purpose of my invitation! ”

Hu Le said: "The leader of Fuyang, please also make it clear, we really don't want to guess and worry!" ”

"That's good!" Fuyang looked at the other leaders and said, "If we want to live, we can only give Mu Liyan's head to the Dangxiang, otherwise when they break through the city wall and kill them, maybe those clansmen will not die, they will be treated as slaves by the Dangxiang, but all of us will die, I think you should know this very well!" ”

The leaders looked at each other, and the leader Banji said: "Fuyang, although what you said is good, it is not easy to kill Mu Liyan, there are many warriors around him, it is not easy to kill!" ”

Bo Jin said: "Fuyang, are you too alarmist, we have more than 100,000 people, the total number of soldiers and horses is 40,000, and the party is only 30,000, you say that the party will definitely break the city, I don't believe it, and I think Chili is right, the party is provoking our internal contradictions, forcing us to kill each other!" If we really go to kill Mullyan, wouldn't it be a trick of the party members? ”

Fuyang asked rhetorically: "We have more than 100,000 people, how long can we eat the food in the city?" In the past, there were only more than 10,000 people living here, but now it has suddenly increased to more than 100,000, how long can the stored food last? I dare say, it won't last more than a month! ”

"We still have hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep!" Bokin reminded Fuyang.

"Hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep? Is there forage in the city? The stored forage has been almost eaten by these hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and they will soon starve to death one by one, and the dead beef and mutton will only spoil after eating it for three or five days at most, and not only can it not be eaten at that time, but how to bury it is a big problem, and if it is not good, everyone in the plague city will be finished! ”

"We can kill all the cattle and sheep and marinate the meat······"

"Do you have that much salt?"

Burkin, speechless.

Fuyang looked at the leaders and said, "Actually, the party members don't need to siege the city, they only need to besiege the city for a month, and we will all be finished!" ”

One by one, the chiefs were speechless.

Eventually, one of the chiefs said, "I agree that we should unite and find a way to get rid of Mulleyen, and give his head to the party members, but I am not convinced that they will keep their promises, and we cannot put our lives on the extravagant hope of mercy and mercy for the party members!" ”

Everyone fell into deep thought, and to put it mildly, everyone still didn't believe in the party members, but there was no other way to do it if they didn't believe in the party members.

At this time, Hu Le said: "I have a way!" ”

"Tell me about it!" Others said in unison.

Hu Le said: "Now the party is not unified, they have no king, no leader who can suppress other tribes, but the Tuoba tribe is the most powerful among the party members, I think we can send someone to quietly meet the leader of the Tuoba tribe, Tuoba Siqi, we promise to submit to him, submit to him, help him unify the party tribes, ascend to the throne of the party people, and he will promise to protect us!" I think it's a huge benefit for us and for him, what do you think of the idea? ”

Fuyang and several other leaders looked at each other, and Fuyang immediately agreed: "I think this is a good idea!" ”

"I agree!"

Several leaders quickly unified their minds and decided to find a way to send people out of the city to contact the party Tuoba department.

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Qianjing.

After Hua Mulan and her four children went south, Zhao Junsheng felt a lot more relaxed at first, and the third, fourth, and fifth children also began to grow up, and they could take care of their own lives, plus they had palace maids and eunuchs to serve, so he didn't need to worry too much.

But after a long time, Zhao Junsheng began to miss them, and even if the sons who stayed behind came to see him every day, they couldn't get rid of this kind of longing.

In desperation, Zhao Junsheng can only deal with state affairs to relieve this feeling of longing, fortunately, Hua Mulan, the crown prince Zhao Dong, and the princess Zhao Linger will have a letter sent every few days, which is also thanks to the developed post system of Qianguo, and it only takes half a month to receive the letter sent from Chang'an.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng received a letter from his daughter Zhao Ling'er, saying that she was separated from her mother Hua Mulan in Yecheng, and later she went to Qizhou, Jeju, Suiyang, and went to his and her mother's hometown to have a look.

"Your Majesty, Gao Xiu asks to see you!" As soon as he finished reading the letter, a eunuch walked in to report it.

Zhao Junsheng put away the letter, "Xuan! ”

"Yes!"

Gao Xiu quickly walked into the imperial study, bowed down and clenched his fists to report: "Your Majesty, I received a military report from Xihai!" ”

"Oh? What does it say in the military newspapers? Zhao Jun said a word, picked up the teacup and drank it.

"Wei and Chang Kun successively captured Longqi City and Xiping, and now converge in Fuqi City, killing more than 12,000 enemies, capturing more than 7,000 people, and capturing more than 1 million cattle, sheep and horses. Mu Liyan, the king of Tuyuhun, did not fight with our army, but first sent people to escort the people to Bailan, and he himself rushed to Shudun City with 20,000 horses to join the 10,000 Tuyuhun army there, and they fought with the Dangxiang army that came later, and both were defeated! ”

"Mu Liyan realized that he could not defeat the Dangxiang army, so he led his troops to Bailan overnight!"

"After our army arrived in Fuqi City, there was a large-scale altitude sickness, and was forced to suspend the attack, and rested in Fuqi City for half a month.

Zhao Junsheng took the military newspaper in Gao Xiu's hand and looked at it, nodded and said: "Wei and Chang Kun are still relatively stable, as long as our army adapts to the climate of the plateau area, it will not be a problem to stay for a long time!" By the way, have the newly recruited 20,000 plateau soldiers and horses completed their training? ”

Gao Xiu said: "The whole training has not yet been completed, but at that time, the two armies of Wei and Chang Kun have had a large-scale altitude sickness, Chang Kun was worried that the Tuyuhun people would receive the news and kill the horse pistol, so he ordered the 20,000 plateaus to rush from Longzhi to Fuqi City to converge, and now it should be no problem!" ”

Gao Xiu hesitated for a moment after speaking, but continued to say: "There is one thing that feels very strange, according to the military newspaper, the party and the Tuyuhun people fought in the area outside Shudun City, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, at that time, the Tuyuhun people were waiting for work, and more than 13,000 people were killed in the battle, and the party people were on a long journey, and they responded in a hurry, and more than 8,000 people were killed in the battle, from which it can be seen that the combat effectiveness of the party people will be very strong once the strength of the party people exceeds 10,000 people, but they only have a total of 20,000 people, and the battle is almost half lost, Then they quickly recruited almost all the men who could get on the horse and use weapons from various departments, and a total of more than 30,000 people killed Bai Lan! ”

"The minister doesn't understand very well, our army hasn't moved yet, why did the party members pour the strength of the whole clan to attack Tuyuhun? Do they think that they can defeat Tuyuhun? ”

Zhao Junsheng read the military report, and heard Gao Xiu express his doubts, he also felt incredible, "This matter is indeed very strange, but one thing is certain, although the battle between Mu Liyan and the party members outside Shudun City was a defeat for both sides, but it is obvious that the Tuyuhun people have suffered a big loss, and the loss of troops far exceeds that of the party members, I suspect that Mu Liyan has been frightened by the Tuyuhun people!" If you think about it, the 30,000 horses of the party attacked Tuyuhun City, and also pulled all the men who could hold weapons and step on war horses, and this combat effectiveness must have been greatly reduced; And Mu Liyan can still muster at least 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, but he is surrounded by the party and does not dare to go out of the city to fight, isn't he frightened? ”

Gao Xiu nodded: "Listening to Your Majesty's analysis, it seems that there is only this possibility!" He has an absolute advantage in troops, if it is normal thinking, how can he nest in the city and defend the city? He's all cavalry! ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and sighed: "Mu Liyan is already old, and now he has been scared again, and he will not do anything in the future!" It was surprising to me that the party members had the courage to attack the Tuyuhun people alone, what prompted them to raise the entire army to fight the Tuyuhun people to the death? ”

The two of them thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what the reason was.

After Gao Xiu left, Zhao Junsheng was still thinking about this strange situation.

After dinner, Zhao Junsheng was reading in the imperial study, and the eunuch reported: "Your Majesty, Commander Lu is here, saying that he wants news to report!" ”

"Let him in!"

"Yes!"

Lu Xuanbo walked into the imperial study and saluted Zhao Junsheng: "See Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng raised his head, put down the book, got up, picked up the pu fan, and asked while fanning the wind: "There is urgent news for me to see me so late?" ”

Lu Xuanbo clenched his fists and said, "It's not urgent, it's the minister who thinks His Majesty should know the news!" ”

"The study is a little stuffy, let's go outside and talk about it!"

"Yes!"

The two of them walked out of the imperial study, and after a while they came to the pavilion by the lake, where a eunuch had already illuminated the surroundings and lit incense to drive away mosquitoes.

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the other side of the stone table: "Sit down and say!" ”

Lu Xuanbo waited for Zhao Junsheng to sit down, and he sat down.

The eunuch sent melons and fruits, and Zhao Junsheng picked up a watermelon and handed it over: "This is called a cold melon, last year a Kangguo Hu merchant brought seeds from the Western Regions to pay tribute to me, this spring outside the city Huangzhuang planted an acre of land, and when this cold melon grows ripe, pick it and put it in the cellar to chill, and when you want to eat it, you will take it out and cut it." I just sent it yesterday, you can try it! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Xuanbo took it and took a bite, "Well, yes, it's indeed the best way to relieve the heat!" ”

After eating the watermelon, Lu Xuanbo immediately said: "The black-clothed guard received the news that after the Wei family and Chang Kun's army entered Fuqi City, there was a large-scale altitude sickness one after another, Li Ji was worried that the Tuyuhun people would receive the news and kill back, so he thought of a plan, he made a promise to the party in the name of His Majesty, if anyone took Mu Liyan's head and sent it to the capital to present it to His Majesty, the great cadre would let whoever inherited everything on the plateau of Tuyuhun and canonize him as the king of the party!" ”

After listening to this, Zhao Junsheng suddenly realized: "I understand, it turns out that this is the reason why the party members are desperate to fight with the Tuyuhun people!" ”

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