The two came down from the mountain together, and Zhao Junsheng asked, "Why haven't you seen Ling Zun in the past few days?" He is an important minister of the court, and it is not good for His Majesty to be without him, there are many things here and outside that he has to make up his mind! ”

Baba sighed: "It's not because of the death of the first emperor, after all, the monarch and the minister, the first emperor said to leave, and there was no warning in advance, the old man was a little depressed these days, and he hid in the camp alone and didn't come out, and he ate a little bit of food every time he was brought in, and he looked anxious!" ”

Zhao Junsheng comforted: "Brother Baba, don't worry, this person, sooner or later he has to compromise with reality, I believe that Ling Zun will be relieved in a few days, you go back and persuade him, the new emperor still needs him to serve, he can't always be sluggish!" ”

"Thank you Brother Zhao for your concern, I will!"

Zhao Junsheng was gossiping: "This time, Your Majesty is a great hero, your father and son are crowned kings and marquises, they are really full of ministers, and they envy others!" ”

Babakang smiled and said, "You still envy my father and son? My father and son are just icing on the cake, you and General Hua are a send-off in the snow! Your husband and wife are concentric, crisscrossing the field, and both are marquises with the dragon's merits, which can be described as a good story for the ages, only envy the mandarin duck and not the immortal! ”

Zhao Junsheng laughed in surprise: "Hey, you Xianbei barbarian is still a mouthful, it's really impressive!" ”

Ba Ba Kang was not annoyed that Zhao Junsheng said that he was a Xianbei barbarian, and said with a smile: "I was forced by my father to read a few books on weekdays, and I laughed and laughed!" Don't talk about it, brother, I still have to go to the decree, go first! ”

Zhao Junsheng saw from a distance that Babakang had led the Xiaocai general Yanpu, the Yangwu general Wan Dugui, the Pingxi general Yuanhe and others up the mountain, and was about to turn around when he saw Wan Yutong and a group of female medical officers unloading their baggage from the carriage, so he walked over and greeted: "Miss Wan! ”

Wan Yutong turned around and said, "General Zhao, congratulations on becoming a general!" ”

"You're pretty well informed! What's the matter, after marching for more than ten days in a row, can your body still stand up? "Zhao Junsheng.

Wan Yutong turned around and walked outside the camp, saying as he walked: "It's okay, it's just that the sun in this desert north is too strong, and our sisters are tanned!" When I first entered Mobei, I couldn't see the end at a glance, I only felt that the heaven and the earth were connected, and all the green mountains and green grasses were everywhere, and the sheep were like clouds in the sky, the scenery was picturesque, it was very novel, but after a while, I felt bored! ”

Zhao Junsheng couldn't help laughing and said: "This is also normal, the novelty will naturally feel boring in the past!" ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Wan Yutong, feeling that she had not only tanned a lot, but also lost a lot of weight, along with the female medical officers who were with her, but I was afraid that their nutrition would not be able to keep up these days, after all, meat and refined food were given priority to the generals, while the auxiliary and logistics troops could only eat coarse grains.

"I see that you are not only tanned, but also lost a lot of weight, is it not good to eat these days?"

Wan Yutong shook his head helplessly: "Our sisters have been ordered to return to vulgarity, it would be good to be able to pick up a life, where do you dare to be picky eaters?" Okay, you have a lot of things to do, go and get busy with you, I also have to go up the mountain to worship the first emperor! ”

Zhao Junsheng also understands Wan Yutong's mood, after all, she and Tuoba Tao grew up together, childhood sweethearts, even if she has no love for him between men and women, but there is still a friendship between the two little guesses, and Tuoba Tao is also quite respectful to her, no use is strong, if it is changed to other emperors, it is not easy to say.

As a general in charge of the logistics of tens of thousands of troops, Zhao Junsheng does have a lot of things, all aspects have to be taken care of, and he was busy for three days, Hua Mulan led more than 4,000 soldiers and horses in the right wing to return after receiving the order, and then other people and horses also returned one after another, and for a time the camp around Huangyan Mountain was like a chessboard, and the stars were dense, surrounding the entire Huangyan Mountain in the middle.

After a few days, Su Xijing, Tuoba Fan, He Duoluo, Da Xi Guangliang and Qiu Mu Lingshou all accepted the reality and went up the mountain together to meet the new emperor and swore allegiance.

"Mulan, nothing happened these days, is it going well?" Zhao Junsheng took off the cloak on Mulan's shoulders and asked.

Hua Mulan untied her sword and handed it to Zhao Junsheng, poured herself a cup of tea and drank it, "Do you know who led the Rouran Army that raided the camp and besieged Huangyan Mountain last time?" ”

"Who is it, is it our old acquaintance?"

"Exactly, it's Princess Rouran Tuzhen!"

Zhao Junsheng was stunned, "It turned out to be her!" I'll just say that there is no one else among the Rouran people who can come up with such a plan, and I am afraid that there is no one else but her! ”

Hua Mulan remembered the battle and had palpitations, and sighed: "The defeat of Princess Tuzhen is a crime of non-war, if the general Rouran who besieged the first emperor and the Yulin army that day was not too close to the inner circle of the encirclement, I would not have been able to kill him in front of him and behead him, and we could not break out of the encirclement, I am afraid that we would have become a ghost under the knife of the Rouran people long ago; Later, when you led the army to kill suddenly, Princess Tuzhen relaxed her vigilance, if she sent more detective guards around, you would not be so easy to kill suddenly so that she would not have time to react. In addition to these, her luck is really bad, this time she was about to lead the army to raid us again, but she suddenly encountered us, and in the end only escaped with a few hundred people! ”

Zhao Junsheng walked to the opposite side of Mulan and sat down, "Princess Tuzhen, this woman should not be underestimated, with what we know about her, I am afraid that she will not admit defeat so easily!" ”

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Zhuo Evil Mountain, located south of Difu Pond.

At this time, the topography of Zhuo Evil Mountain is not at all like that of later generations, it is a Gobi and bare mountains, at this time, Zhuo Evil Mountain is green and verdant, with tall trees all over the mountains, the south and north slopes are large grasslands and coniferous forests, dozens of lakes of various sizes are around, and there are underground rivers passing through.

In a valley in the mountains, there were tents all over the place, and a large number of Rouran people gathered here, and there was a huge dome in the middle.

In the open space outside the tall dome, many sad Rouran people gathered, and some monks recited sutras and knocked wooden fish to do rituals in the dome.

There is a person lying in the middle of the dome, he is the Rouran Khan Da Tan, but he is already dead, he died late last night, in the morning Princess Tuzhen returned with hundreds of remnants of the defeated general defeat, Da Tan was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and fainted, and did not wake up until late at night.

Da Tan, who woke up, immediately gave the first order, imprisoning Princess Tuzhen and executing her at a later date; Then a second order was given to announce that his second son Wu Ti would succeed him as khan, after which he fell into a coma again, but never woke up, and when the maid fetched water to wash him this morning, he found that he was stiff and had long since lost his breath.

Wu Ti immediately accepted the kneeling and proclamation of the Rouran ministers to become the new Rouran Khan, calling himself the Elian Khan, and immediately ordered the funeral of Da Tan to be organized.

The national master Fa Zan in the vault took his monks and apprentices to do rituals for Da Tan, and there were shamans and wizards outside the vault who were dancing wizard dances.

After a whole day's excesses, Wu Ti took the ministers, generals, soldiers and Rouran people to carry Datan to the mountain for burial.

During the night, Wu Ti and his ministers discussed the next state affairs of the Rouran Khanate in the vault.

Some ministers thought that it was necessary to immediately gather all the military forces of the Rouran Khanate to fight to the death with the Xianbei people, and some people thought that the Xianbei people were now in full swing and could not fight with the Xianbei and should avoid their edge.

A cadre of ministers and generals quarreled until midnight without any result, Wu Ti waved his hand in annoyance and announced the dissolution of the meeting, and discussed it another day.

Just outside a dome not far from here, a middle-aged Rouran man walked over, and two Rouran soldiers at the door immediately stopped him: "The first Khan has an order, Princess Tuzhen has made my Rouran army defeat in the hands of Xianbei again and again, there is a big crime, no one is allowed to approach!" ”

"The first khan is dead, and now the Rouran Khanate is in charge of the Erlian Khan! Here are two pieces of gold, divide them, let me go in and meet the princess!" The middle-aged Rouran man took out two pieces of gold from his bosom and handed them over.

The two Rouran soldiers looked at each other, one of them grabbed the gold, handed it to the other, and the two stepped aside.

The middle-aged Rouran man immediately walked over, lifted the curtain and walked in, and came to the middle of the dome to salute Princess Tuzhen, who was sitting with her eyes closed: "My subordinates have seen the princess!" ”

Princess Tuzhen slowly opened her eyes: "What's the matter?" ”

"Princess, the spies have come to report that the emperor of the Xianbei people, Tuoba Tao, is dead!"

This news made Princess Tuzhen's eyes widen suddenly, and a light burst out of her eyes, Huo Ran got up: "When did this happen?" ”

"Back to the princess, I don't know what day it is, but it's been at least ten days, and now the Xianbei people have a new emperor, which is the original Yongchang King Tuoba Jian!"

When Princess Tuzhen heard this, the light in her eyes dimmed again, sat down slowly, sighed and said: "They must have blocked the news, we got the news too late, if Tuoba Tao just died when he got the news, we can spread the news, the Xianbei people's military spirit will be in turmoil, and then our army will be able to win a big victory!" It's a pity, it's a pity, the luck is not in me! ”

The middle-aged Rouran was silent for a moment and said: "Princess, although Tuoba Jian succeeded to the throne, after all, it has only been a few days, his throne is not stable, some Xianbei generals must not be convinced by him, they can't use their strength in one place, we still have a good chance of winning at this time!" ”

Princess Tuzhen shook her head: "It's useless, no matter how infighting the Xianbei people are, but in the face of the attack of our Rouran Khanate, they will be with the enemy, now is the season of grazing, the soldiers and horses of the tribes in various places cannot be concentrated, we can't gather a large number of troops to counterattack!" There is one thing that puzzles me, why did Tuoba Tao die suddenly? Did he die of a hidden disease, or was he killed and died during the infighting of the Xianbei people? ”

"Back to the princess, it should be infighting and death!"

"How so?" Princess Tuzhen asked.

"According to the tongue we caught the Xianbei people, Tuoba Tao was assassinated! But we didn't send the Assassins, they did it themselves! The subordinates suspect that it was someone from the Tuoba Jian faction who did it, because he is the one who benefits the most! ”

Princess Tuzhen suddenly had a smile on her face, "This is interesting! ”

The middle-aged Rouran asked, "Princess, don't we do anything?" ”

Princess Tuzhen thought for a moment and said coldly: "Of course not!" We don't have the strength to defeat Tuoba Jian right now, but we can make some trouble for him. Passing on the order of Princess Ben, the news of Tuoba Tao's assassination and Tuoba Jian's ascension to the throne as emperor spread throughout the territory of Wei, and those princes and ministers in Pingcheng are afraid that they will not be willing to let Tuoba Jian sit on the throne, right? This prince mainly wants to let the Xianbei people mess with themselves, let them fight internally, and consume their national strength! ”

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