When Wu Ti, the second sister-in-law of Da Tanci, heard this, he immediately stood up and expressed his strong opposition, "Father Khan, how can we leave without a fight?" Won't that damage your prestige? ”

When Da Tan heard it, he felt that the words of this second son were also good, his khan position was not right, otherwise most of the ministers of the Rouran Khanate were his brothers and nephews? It was in order to consolidate his rule that he appointed his own brothers, uncles, sons, and nephews as high-ranking officials and magnates, who were either important ministers of the royal court or commanders of the army.

Da Tan looked at his brother Wu Hulu again: "Brother, what do you think about this matter?" Fight or go? ”

Wuhulu pondered for a moment and stroked his chest and said: "Khan, with 3,000 men and horses and more than 30,000 iron horsemen, a head-to-head victory is not big, but what Wu Ti said is not bad, and leaving like this will indeed damage the Khan's prestige······"

When the others heard Wu Hulu say this, they all scolded this old fox for being cunning in their hearts, doesn't this mean that you didn't say anything?

Da Tan couldn't help but feel speechless, he also knew that his brother's nature didn't like to offend people, Wu Ti and Qi Liegui always had a future to inherit his throne, and it was not good to offend either side.

His eyes noticed the niece sitting next to his brother - Princess Tuzhen, this title was given by him, this niece is resourceful, and has fought against Wei many times, and has always won more and lost less, so he asked with a smile: "Tuzhen, you have always had ideas, and you are good at using soldiers, uncle wants to hear your thoughts!" ”

Princess Tuzhen groaned, got up and walked out to stroke her chest and said: "Khan, my niece has fought with the Wei army several times in recent years, and their combat power is not inferior to my Rouran son, my father is indeed a little vague, with 3,000 against 30,000, in the eyes of my niece, it is not that the chance of winning is not great, but that there is no chance of winning!" In fact, Wu Ti and Qi Liegui have a point! In my niece's opinion, we have to fight if we can't win, how can we fight? It's not a hard hit, it's a lure to the enemy to go deeper! ”

Da Tan's curiosity was jumped up by Princess Tuzhen: "How to lure the enemy deep, you talk about it carefully!" ”

Princess Tuzhen immediately said: "With our current strength, we will definitely be invincible against Tuoba Tao, we need time to gather troops, so we must choose a temporary retreat.

They came through the desert, and certainly did not carry much food and grass, so we threw some cattle, sheep, and belongings along the way, so as to delay their pursuit, and also buy us time to gather our troops! ”

"More importantly, it will allow them to let their guard down and wait until we have concentrated our forces before ······."

After hearing this, Da Tan had a smile on his face, and his mood was greatly overcome, this niece really did not disappoint him, but he couldn't make a decision yet, he had to ask the State Affairs Law to predict the good luck of this battle.

"National teacher, Ben Khan wants to ask the national teacher to communicate with the Buddha and ask about the good luck of this battle, I don't know if the national teacher can do it?"

"Amitabha! The poor monk added to the national teacher of the Rouran Khanate, and he should share his worries as the khan! Fa Chan agreed.

Da Tan immediately ordered: "Come on, go and prepare the corresponding magic weapons for the national teacher and build the altar!" ”

Wu Ti was a little unhappy, but he still stood up and agreed: "Obey the will of Father Khan!" ”

Under the command and order of Wu Ti, a Dharma altar was quickly erected, and many ropes were held around the altar, and the ropes were hung with white, yellow, red, green, and blue wind flags, and the wind flags were densely written with scriptures.

The national teacher Fa Chan held a Zen staff in his left hand and a Buddhist bead in his right hand to ascend the altar, and a row of more than a dozen monks came over and stood in a circle around the altar, and then sat cross-legged on the ground facing the altar.

The sound of striking the bowl came out, and the monks began to twist the beads and close their eyes and read the scriptures.

Fa Chan was sitting cross-legged on the altar at this time, with his eyes closed, his Zen staff at his side, his left hand on his chest, his right hand rhythmically tapping the wooden fish, and his mouth reciting the scriptures quickly and powerfully.

Just now there was a lot of wind, the wind and horse flags were blown whirring, and the sky was a little gloomy, and at this time suddenly the wind stopped, and the cloudy sky soon became clear, and a round sun hung in the sky, and the sun shone on the earth, shining on people's faces warmly.

Including Da Tan, everyone's faces showed a look of awe, and they all folded their hands in a pious gesture.

After a long time, the sound of the wooden fish stopped, and the sound of chanting also listened, and Fa Chan opened his eyes, and his face showed a golden light.

Da Tan immediately stepped forward and asked, "National Teacher, how is it?" ”

Fa Chan slowly spoke: "If you fight, you will lose!" The east, south and north are all murderous places, and only the west is an auspicious place! ”

Da Tan's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he immediately ordered: "Withdraw!" ”

With just one word, everyone began to prepare for retreat, but everything that was not easy to move was discarded in its place, and even the khan's dome was set on fire by himself, and a raging fire was kindled.

According to Princess Tuzhen's suggestion, she left some cattle and sheep in the same place, and left some cattle and sheep at every passing distance, and also discarded the killed cattle and sheep in the water source to pollute the water source.

After retreating for half a day, Wu Ti, the second son of Datan, said to him: "Father Khan, in another month it will be my mother's birthday, and my uncle Pi Lixian, who is stationed in the eastern grassland, must have been on his way to the royal court to congratulate his mother on her birthday, should you send someone to inform him to continue going to the royal court, or let him go back?" ”

The northern barbarians have a bad habit, after the death of their father and uncle, the son can marry the wife and concubine of his father and uncle, which is considered taboo in the Central Plains Dynasty, but it is normal in the barbarians, and this Da Tan Khan did just that, his uncle Hu Lu was a Rouran Khan back then.

Hu Lu was taken the throne by his cousin Bulu Zhen and the minister Shu Li, and was kidnapped by Shu Li to Beiyan, and the lord of Beiyan sent someone to send him back to Rouran, and was killed by the Northern Yan general Wanling on the way.

After Hu Lu died, his wife and children were afraid of being killed by Bu Lu Zhen, so they took refuge in Da Tan's nephew, and Da Tan took advantage of the situation to accept all his uncle's wives and concubines as his own women, one of which was accepted as Ke He Dun.

In Rouran, the main chamber of the Khan is called Kehedun, also called Kedun, which is equivalent to the queen and princess of the Central Plains Dynasty, Khan and Khordun, Kedun These titles were first used by the Xianbei people, and then Rouran, Turkic, Khitan, Mongolia, etc. have all used these titles. And before these nomads, the Huns, the leader was called Shan Yu, and Shan Yu was called Que.

Pi Li Xian is the son of Hu Lu, Da Tan and he are cousins, after Da Tan married his mother, the two kissed each other, and then Pi Li Xian's mother gave birth to a son Wu Ti to Da Tan, so Wu Ti and Pi Li Xian are both uncles and nephews, but also half-brothers.

In short, the relatives of the northern barbarians are very chaotic.

At this time, Princess Tuzhen said to Da Tan and Wu Ti: "Khan, Brother Wu Ti, I thought that we should still send someone to tell Pi Li Xian, let him lead the army to continue to the royal court, and when we fight with the Wei army, it is just right for Pi Li Xian to lead the army to kill from behind, and we will flank the Wei army!" ”

Da Tan was overjoyed when he heard this, "Very good, Wu Ti, you immediately send a fast horse to tell Pi Lixian!" ”

"Yes, Father Khan!"

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Mobei, on the south bank of the Gonglushui River (now the Krulun River in Mongolia).

A huge military camp is located by the river, and the banner of the Wei army is planted in the barracks, which is the camp of the king of Yongchang of the Eastern Route Army.

In the camp, groups of soldiers sat on the ground chatting and fartizing, and some people walked slowly in the camp.

After a month of conquest and marching, the Eastern Route Army came to the bank of Gonglu River under the command of Tuoba Jian, the king of Yongchang, and eliminated dozens of Rouran tribes along the way, and won countless victories.

Most of the battles were fought by the Right Guard, the Xiao Cavalry, the Fertile Field Army and the Huaishuo Army, and the baggage battalion only fought three small tribes and captured not much.

However, Zhao Junsheng is very satisfied, fighting a big battle is not necessarily good, although he has captured a lot of victories, but the loss of soldiers and horses must also be large, he only has more than 3,000 cavalry in his hands, and he can't afford to lose, although he has not captured many small tribes, but he can train soldiers, and he has fought these three battles, he commanded the cavalry to use all the cavalry tactics that have been drilled, not only do they have actual command experience in command, but the soldiers have also experienced the baptism of blood and fire, and the tactical use of cavalry has also matured.

Zhao Junsheng sat on a stone by the river, listening to the gurgling water, reading Mulan's letter, receiving a letter from a beloved woman is extremely joyful for a man, and it is the happiest and beautiful thing for a person to hide and read the letter secretly.

In the letter, Mulan said that they had crossed the desert and wiped out more than a dozen Rouran tribes in the upper reaches of Sushui, but more Rouran tribes fled, and the grassland was littered with cattle, sheep and belongings that the Rouran people had not had time to take with them when they fled.

Moreover, the reconnaissance and cavalry detective post sent by Tuoba Tao seems to have discovered the traces of Rouran Khan Da Tan, and Da Tan is fleeing to the royal court with some soldiers and horses, and Tuoba Tao is closely pursuing Da Tan with a large army at this time.

In addition to telling him some things in the process of marching and conquest, Hua Mulan also vaguely expressed her longing at the end, girl, you have to be reserved, and let him protect himself and not be strong in everything.

Zhao Junsheng's heart was full of happiness, he put away the letter and hid it closely, and then the entourage Guo Yi came over and asked with a smile: "Dutong, what did the young lady say in the letter?" You're smiling! ”

"Go, go, what do children know, should you worry about what is written in the letter between the young lady and Pontus? Really! Zhao Junsheng waved his hand to chase flies away.

Guo Yi hurriedly smiled: "Yes, yes, villains shouldn't talk too much!" By the way, the king of Yongchang sent someone to say that the scouts have caught a messenger from Rouran twenty miles to the southwest, and told you to go to the big tent to discuss matters! ”

"Well, let's go!"

Zhao Junsheng came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and at this time, the main and deputy commanders of the various armies, Sima and others had all arrived, and they were waiting for him alone.

When Tuoba Jian saw that everyone had arrived, he said, "I think you all know that our scouts just now caught a Rouran messenger twenty miles to the southwest!" According to the interrogation, this Rouran messenger confessed that Da Tan sent him to report to Pi Li Xian, telling Pi Li Xian that our Wei army had invaded the desert, and asked Pi Li Xian to lead the army to speed up and rush to the royal court to flank His Majesty's army with Da Tan's Rouran army! According to the Messenger, Pirisian and his men are not far away, so what should we do now? ”