The leaders of the party were some rich people in the countryside, and the Qianguo was so large and powerful that the arrival of an envoy made them uneasy.

Far away, you can see the colorful flags that cover the sky and the sun, and there are drums in the ranks of the envoys, blowing and beating along the way, making it very high, and the rich people of the party feel a little ashamed when they see it.

"Hurry up, go and bring out the carpet and spread it on the ground, from outside the city all the way to the city lord's mansion inside the city," Tuoba Siqi immediately commanded loudly.

Another tribal leader shouted: "Go and move all the trombones, and when the envoys of the Qianguo Kingdom arrive, they will listen to my orders to blow the trombone!" ”

Tuoba Siqi beckoned to Tuoba Yannu: "You have been to Qianguo and dealt with the people of Qianguo, you have to remind us more in terms of reception etiquette later, so as not to make jokes and make the people of the Celestial Empire laugh, understand?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

When the envoys approached, a party leader asked, "Tuoba Yannu, they are about to arrive, what are we going to do?" ”

Tuoba Yannu said: "Our largest tribe here is only 10,000 or 20,000 people, and at most there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses, and in Qianguo, the population of a county is about the same as our largest tribe, and the governor of one of their counties is the county commander, which means that the status of your leaders is equivalent to that of a county commander in Qianguo!" This Qianguo envoy is called Li Ji, he is the Qianguo Honglu Temple, and his official rank is three levels higher than the county order, so according to the rules, the leaders should lower their posture and take the initiative to come forward to greet and greet them, and meet them with our own etiquette! ”

Li Ji had just stopped here, and jumped off his horse with the support of his entourage, and dozens of party leaders from various departments came in groups.

"Welcome to Shudun City!" The rich landowners of the countryside came to pay their respects.

Li Ji crossed his hands and shrunk in his big sleeves in front of his lower abdomen, he looked at the leaders of these twenty or thirty tribes with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "All the leaders are polite, please be exempt!" ”

The leaders straightened up.

Tuoba Siqi, the leader of the Tuoba tribe, said: "The angels have been tired all the way, but they can go to the city to rest and relieve their fatigue with some wine and mutton!" ”

Tuoba Yannu introduced: "This is Tuoba Siqi, the leader of my Tuoba Tribe!" ”

Li Ji looked at Shudun City behind them, and raised his hand: "Thank you for the kindness of the Tuoba leader, but this official sees that this Shudun City is not big, and the city is already inhabited by soldiers and generals from various party departments, and if this official and his entourage and guards enter the city, I am afraid that it will be very crowded!" ”

Li Ji turned his head to look at it as he spoke, pointed to the open space next to the city and said, "Therefore, it is convenient for this official to order someone to set up a camp in this open space!" ”

The rich landowners of the country looked at each other, and Tuoba Siqi said, "It is good that we will have someone to help the angels to build a camp, and it will be completed soon." Later, we will send someone to bring the angel wine and meat for the angel and the accompanying guards to enjoy! ”

"So······ On behalf of these accompanying guards, the official thanked the Tuoba leader and other leaders, this time the official brought some special wine and food from Qianjing, and tonight the official set up a banquet in the camp, and invited the Tuoba leader and the leaders to enjoy the light! ”

After hearing this, the rich people didn't know what to do for a while, they were guests, how could they let the guests have a banquet?

I saw Tuoba Yannu say to Tuoba Siqi: "Chief, quickly agree, otherwise it will be very rude!" ”

Tuoba Siqi hurriedly said: "Since the sky is warm, we reckless people in the countryside will not shirk, and we will definitely come to disturb the angels when the time comes!" ”

"Then this official is waiting for you in the camp!"

With the help of the party members, the cadres and guards brought by Li Ji quickly set up all the tents in the camp.

The entourage began to make all kinds of preparations, some went to the river to fetch water, others went to collect dry firewood and livestock manure.

Soon, smoke rose from the camp.

At dusk, the leaders of the various tribes of the party were invited to come out of the city and enter Li Ji's camp together.

Li Ji's tent was large enough to put more than 20 low tables, each of which was covered with cushions, on which fragrant and delicious food and wine were placed.

Li Ji sat on the top, he smiled and picked up the wine cup and said to the rich landowners in the countryside on both sides: "These beef and mutton are all sent by the leaders, and the official ordered people to burn them, which can be regarded as borrowing flowers to offer Buddha; There are also these meat buns are the food of our Qianguo, this wine is the imperial wine given by His Majesty the Emperor of our dynasty, this time my big cadres and the party clans jointly sent troops to attack Tuyuhun, it is an unprecedented event, please drink this cup! ”

The chiefs took up the cups and drank them all, and when they drank it into their mouths, they felt that the wine was unusual, and as soon as it entered their throats, it was like a fire, and when they went down to their stomachs, they felt a fierce fire burn from their stomachs, and they rushed to the top door, and everyone's faces were instantly flushed.

"Good wine!"

"It's a good wine, an absolute good wine!"

"Why do I feel dizzy after just one drink?"

Li Ji looked at the demeanor of these party leaders, and he said with a smile: "If you leaders like it, this official will give each leader two altars later, this is the imperial wine that my Emperor and His Majesty will reward to the meritorious ministers, if there is no merit, even the emperor's relatives will not be able to drink it!" ”

When the rich landlords in the countryside heard that the wine was of a very high grade, they thanked Li Ji happily one by one.

Li Ji put down the wine cup and asked, "On the way here, I heard that the leaders had a battle with Mu Liyan two days ago, so it must have been Mu Liyan who was beaten and fled, right?" ”

Immediately, the leader of the party put gold on his face, "That is, as long as our party members form an alliance and send troops, why are they afraid of the Tuyuhun people?" In the battle the day before yesterday, we killed 15,000 people in Tuyuhun, and Mu Liyan was afraid and fled with his troops overnight! ”

"Oh? I don't know how much the leaders have lost? ”

The party leaders looked at each other, and one coughed twice and said, "More than 5,000 people have been lost!" ”

Li Ji exclaimed: "I never thought that the party warriors would have such combat power, it is really gratifying!" Come on, come on, this official will toast you again! ”

The rich landowners in the countryside hurriedly replied, and a few glasses of strong wine were in their stomachs, and soon there were people with poor alcohol levels who couldn't tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest.

Putting down the wine glass, Li Ji said to the leaders: "Don't hide it from the leaders, my big cadres and soldiers have bowed to Xiping and Longqi City, and they have already ambushed the city before this official comes, and they must have been stationed at this time!" ”

The leaders couldn't help but be a little surprised when they heard this, the advance speed of the cadre army was so fast? It seems that they must speed up their advance to the north, otherwise the territory will be robbed by the cadre army, how can the territory they have seized so far be enough for so many of their leaders to divide up?

Tuoba Siqi remembered something at this time and asked, "The angel is here on the order of His Majesty Emperor Daqian this time, not just to bring us some wine, right?" Do angels have other errands? ”

Li Ji smiled and arched his hand: "As the leader of Tuoba said, before Li Ji left, His Majesty the Emperor has a word for the official to tell the leaders!" ”

The leaders hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I'll listen to you!" ”

"Your Majesty said, if the leaders of the party departments can obtain the head of Mu Liyan and send it to our Daqian capital to be presented to Your Majesty, whoever can inherit everything left by Tuyuhun on the plateau, and be canonized by our dynasty as the king of the party and command all the party tribes!"

The temptation to inherit everything of the Tuyuhun people on the plateau and be crowned the king of the party is too great, and no one among all the party leaders present can resist it, which is a great benefit and unparalleled power!

Someone immediately asked, "Is this true for the angel?" ”

Li Jizheng said: "This official is an envoy ordered by His Majesty the Great Emperor Qian, how can he talk nonsense? In order to kill Muliyan and eliminate the Tuyuhun people as soon as possible, our army will join forces with the soldiers and horses of the leaders to flank the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses. I wonder where Muliyan fled with the remnants of the defeated army now? ”

Tuoba Siqi said: "According to the report from the sentry cavalry, the direction in which Mu Liyan and his soldiers and horses are evacuated should be Bailan! ”

"Then our two armies will advance together in the direction of Bailan and flank Mu Liyan, how about it?" Li Ji asked.

Ye Likang, the leader of the Yeli tribe, who is second only to the Tuoba Tribe, waved his hand and said: "Mu Liyan has been frightened by us, and now he has fled from the wilderness, there is no need to worry, there is no need for the big cadres to take action, our party warriors are enough to clean him up, and please return to Fu Qi City and wait for our good news with the big cadres, we will definitely send Mu Liyan's head, and when the time comes, please introduce us to His Majesty the Emperor of your country, and we can't go back on what we promised!" ”

Li Ji picked up his wine glass: "Our Central Plains pays attention to the gentleman's words, and it is difficult to chase the horse, not to mention that His Majesty the Emperor is the current emperor, the Son of Heaven has always been a golden mouth, and what he has said cannot be changed or taken back!" Since you leaders don't need the help of my big cadres and soldiers, and you have the confidence to kill Mu Liyan by yourself, then this official will return to Fu Qi City tomorrow and wait for your good news!" Come, I wish you all a victorious start and a triumphant return! ”

The chiefs raised their glasses and drank them all.

Li Ji did not stay in Shudun City for long, he led the team to leave and return to Fuqi City the next morning.

After he was gone, the leaders of the various party departments reunited to discuss the march on Bailan.

In the hall of the City Lord's Mansion in Shudun City, these leaders gathered together, and none of them were absent.

Among these people, there are many shrewd people, they see the conspiracy of the Qianguo, and the Qianguo wants to inherit everything of the Tuyuhun people and the great interests of the king of the party to drive them to destroy Muliyan and Tuyuhun, and the price is clearly marked! None of them could refuse, but it was only driven by superficial interests, even if they killed Mu Liyan, then would it be okay next?

Obviously not, the will of the Emperor of Qianguo is to send the head to the capital of Qianguo after killing Mu Liyan, and the person who killed Mu Liyan is not necessarily the person who sent the head to the capital, there are too many variables in this, and other leaders will see this great benefit being taken away by others?

When the time comes, a battle for the head of Muliyan will definitely start between the party members!