In the autumn of the first year of Xingyuan (228 AD), when Cao Wei, Eastern Wu and Han in the Central Plains were once again at war, few people paid attention to a rare vicious battle between the Xiongnu and Xianbei on the Hetao Plain, far from the Central Plains.

Although the scale of this vicious war was grand, and the two sides invested 60,000 troops, according to the consistent style of the nomads, there will be large-scale wars every year, but most of them are confrontations, even if they start a war, they will be reaped when they see a good situation, and there is rarely such a protracted posture that not only does not stop, but intensifies.

According to today's trend, when this battle is over, the vitality of Tuoba Xianbei and the Southern Xiongnu may be greatly damaged, after all, although the grassland is extensive, but there are not many places suitable for human habitation, and the living conditions also limit the number of people in the grassland, so from ancient times to the present, the attitude of the nomads towards the war is to plunder if they can fight, and run if they can't fight, there are few cases where this stalemate has been fighting, but this time, it has appeared.

Judging from the situation of the war, Xianbei has been pressing the Huns to fight, and there is an advantage but it is not the kind of overwhelming, which may also be the reason why the Xianbei people are unwilling to stop the war.

Greed often comes with destruction.

Tuoba Yu, who has been blinded by the current advantage and the bright prospects of the future, can't see things that are too long-term, but as a bystander, whether it is the high-level of the Han Dynasty or the high-level of the Wei Dynasty, he has already seen some clues.

Someone is controlling the losses of both sides behind the scenes, giving Tuoba Yu a feeling that he is only one step away from destroying the opponent, but he restricts the Xianbei people's last force through some means, making Tuoba Yu fall into a feeling of not being up or down, and in such a state of mind, it is easier to go to extremes.

As the two sides of the war, maybe they are just chess pieces in someone's hands, or they should be one family, playing against another force, but the force behind it did not enter the game, but made these two rivals and let them play against each other, while the original opponent jumped out of the chessboard and controlled the two chess players from the outside to fight each other.

I'm afraid I won't be able to fight this battle!

Yecheng, Zhong Xuan, who left the palace, dragged his old body out, thinking back to the court, before the court, the courtiers' eyes were still focused on the battlefield of Nanyang, and they were excited about Cao Shuang's defeat of Wu Ban and the seizure of a batch of materials.

Thinking of this, Zhong Xuan was uncomfortable for a while, everyone only noticed the small victory in the battle of Nanyang at the moment, not to mention whether they could break through Nanyang, such a huge battle in the land of Hetao, but no one paid attention to it.

Whether this battle is won in the end is Xianbei or the Xiongnu, this is destined to be a war without results, the loser will disappear, but the winner will not get the Hetao, the land of the Hetao ultimately belongs, I am afraid that it is still the behind-the-scenes chess players who promote this war, there is no second possibility, because when this battle is fought, Xianbei and the Xiongnu are destined to be just chess pieces on the chessboard, no matter who wins or loses in the end, the fate of the chess pieces is only to return to the chess cup.

The fruit of victory is impossible to belong to the chess pieces, but it is a pity, this Manchu Dynasty civil and military, no one can see through, once the Hetao is mastered by the opponent, then the entire Yunzhong, Bingzhou and even Youzhou will be exposed to the opponent's soldiers, now the main force of the Great Wei is all gathered in Nanyang, if it is really taken by the opponent, and send troops to merge the state and even Youzhou, the next step, the puppet Han's soldiers can directly threaten Yecheng, bad thing, the Great Wei has just experienced a defeat, the national strength is turbulent, and all the soldiers and horses in the DPRK are transferred to Nanyang, It is difficult to return aid in a hurry, and if it really comes to that point, I am afraid that the entire Wei Dynasty will fall into turmoil.

After all, he is already old, according to Zhong Xuan's thoughts, he hopes that someone in the young area can see this, after all, he is now nearly eighty years old, and he does not have much time to protect Dawei, so he hopes that the young talents in the court can have enough overall vision to support the future of Dawei.

It's a pity......

Alas~

sighed quietly, or inform the eldest son of this matter, and the eldest son will mention it in the court tomorrow.

"Taifu go slowly!" Just as Zhong Miao was about to get in the car and go home, he saw a person hurrying from the rear, and regarded it as Jiang Ji, the new central protector.

"Zitong?" Zhong Xuan turned his head, looked at the visitor, and smiled.

"There's something I want to ask Taifu for." Jiang Ji bowed and said.

"Zitong, but it doesn't hurt to say it." Zhong Hui smiled and nodded.

"Now the DPRK and China are waving their flags and shouting for the battle of Nanyang, but the dispute between the two clans of Guan Yu and Hetao has been ignored, and the lower officials think that they should not continue to attack Nanyang now, if the Hetao is obtained by the puppet Han, then our dynasty and the state, Youzhou and even Jizhou will fall under the puppet Han soldiers, the top priority is to recall the Nanyang soldiers and horses as soon as possible, recuperate, or keep the Southern Huns, so that the Hetao does not fall into the hands of the enemy!" Jiang Ji said solemnly.

"Oh?" When Zhong Xuan heard this, his eyes lit up, and there were still far-sighted people in the court, so he nodded at the moment and said to Jiang Ji: "Zitong can go back to the house with me and talk about this matter in detail." ”

Jiang Ji nodded when he heard this, and asked Zhong Miao to get into the carriage, while he rode his horse with him, all the way to the Taifu Mansion.

……

Thousands of miles away, in the Hetao, in order to better control the latest trends, Liu Yi has secretly moved his governance office into the Hetao.

Dark clouds cover the moon, the autumn wind is bleak, and in the farm that is not too conspicuous, more than a dozen newly transferred Xiongnu herdsmen quietly approach a house, the house is not inconspicuous, if the biggest feature is to say, it may just be big.

A herdsman suddenly kicked on the door of the house, showing the blade in his hand, but the embarrassing thing is that the door was not kicked open as imagined, but the herdsman who kicked the door was shocked and fell backwards, and at the same time, more than a dozen crossbowmen suddenly appeared around, shooting at this group of herdsmen, so cold that the arrows tore the air, and with a scream, it sank into the bodies of those unprepared herdsmen, and the smell of blood permeated the surroundings.

Unable to even resist, the herdsmen fell in pools of blood.

Deng Ai appeared faintly, waved his hand, and since someone stepped forward to clean up the body, Deng Ai came straight to the door, knocked on the door and said, "Uncle, the thieves have been eliminated." ”

In the middle of the night, the sound of the machine turning sounded, and Mi Zhu's chubby head poked out of the door, beckoned to Deng Ai, and took Deng Ai into the room.

Liu Yi groped his chin and looked at the sand table in front of him, since the war between the two tribes, Liu Yi had begun to introduce a large number of Han people into the Hetao to enrich the proportion of Han people in this farm, but in this short period of less than a month, Liu Yi has suffered at least a dozen assassinations.

"Then Liu Bao also has some ability, and he has seen the key to solving this battle." Mi Zhu came to Liu Yi's side and said with a wry smile: "If Bo Yuan can be assassinated, then the Hetao can be peaceful, Bo Yuan should go back to Lian County at this moment and continue to stay here, it is too dangerous, but in this month, thirteen farms have launched a riot." ”

"I can't go." Liu Yi shook his head: "Chaos is inevitable, but now I'm thinking, that Liu Bao's people were sent so easily, was it Liu Bao's intention, or did Tuoba Yu do it on purpose?" ”

"Bo Yuan is ......" Mi Zhu heard this, his eyes flashed, and he looked at Liu Yi in surprise.

"After all, the leader of the clan may have begun to get carried away by the victory, but now he should have calmed down." Liu Yi nodded and said: "It's just that on the battlefield now, he can't help but fight, whether it is the Xiongnu or Xianbei, the biggest problem is that the power is not concentrated enough, even if the leaders of both sides have the intention of reconciliation, but their subordinates are unwilling to give up this huge profit." ”

The current war is no longer the final word between Tuoba Yu and Liu Bao, when it will stop, it depends on when Liu Yi will no longer collect people.

Mi Zhu frowned and said: "Right now, including Liu Hu and even several tribes directly under Liu Bao, have reached a deal with us, so if you want to stop the war, the key is not the two of you, but Bo Yuan?" ”

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded and said with a smile: "This place has been exposed, change the farm to live, but this chess piece has its own ideas, it is not good after all, and now there is still strength to calculate me, it seems that this war is not fierce enough!" ”

"What does Bo Yuan mean...... More weapons? Mi Zhu looked at Liu Yi and said.

"That's not going to work, I don't want to see my enemies kill me with the weapons I have made." Liu Yi shook his head and said: "Besides, we have enough weapons, no matter how many, it will not be of much use to them, tell that Tuoba Yu that I have written to His Majesty and named him Xianbei Shan Yu, as long as Tuoba Xianbei can win, not only Hetao, even if the entire grassland, is his fief, when necessary, my Han can give military support and let him be the second Tanshi Huai." ”

Tanshi Huai, is a figure who unified the entire grassland, established a huge Xianbei enemy country, and the territory occupied can stretch from the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions to Liaodong, and is a Tianjiao figure.

"Tuoba Yu's personality is violent and irritable, but now the Huns have also begun to sell Xianbei slaves to us, so Tuoba Yu has been dissatisfied with the rejection of important people before, I'm afraid he may not believe it." Deng Ai bowed.

"Provide him with some information about the Xiongnu tribes who are unwilling to cooperate with us, I think, this sincerity should be enough, no matter how much there is, believe it or not, this move is not for him." Liu Yi said with a smile: "In addition, Mi Wei's department can also participate in the war, but let Mi Wei find a chance to get out." ”

"But isn't that even more suspicious?" Mi Zhu looked at Liu Yi and was puzzled.

"No, this battle is almost over by this point, I think...... Liu Hu is more suitable to be the leader of the Huns than Liu Bao, what does Brother Zizhong think? Liu Yi smiled: "Thinking chess pieces...... Not too easy to control! ”

"Understood." Mi Zhu smiled and nodded, now the control of the Xiongnu is extremely deep, and there are already many large tribes willing to join the clan, and it is indeed time to pick the fruit at this time.

"Let Ling Ming prepare over there." Liu Yi nodded and smiled.

"Whoa!"