Chapter 44: Duan Wenpi

It has been five days since the turmoil in the Duanbu Royal Court, and in these five days, Duan Wenpi took the personal guards, and did not dare to relax for a moment, patrolling around, and patrolling until late at night every day before he could fall asleep, not only that, but also mobilized five thousand people, plus the original cavalry, Duan Wenpi's troops in the Duanbu Royal Court exceeded 10,000, all of them were elite Duanbu cavalry, such a powerful deterrent, which made the Duanbu Royal Court seem somewhat depressed and calm in the past few days.

Five days later, on the boundless prairie, Duan Wenpi led his 2,000-strong personal guard cavalry team, fully armored, riding on horses, mixed in a bunch of strong and mighty personal guard warriors, and slowly advanced with a long dragon that was two or three miles long.

After Duan Wenpi stabilized the situation in the royal court, he thought that the first thing to solve was to eliminate the misunderstanding with the king of Yan, so he decided to personally go to meet the envoy of the king of Yan.

Duan Wenpi sent his cousin Duan Da out three days ago to inform the envoy of King Yan that he would come to greet him, estimating that Duan Da and the others should join the envoy of King Yan, and secretly instructed the captain of the guard to send troops to erase the traces on the road overnight, and try to eliminate the traces, so as not to be followed by people with evil intentions.

The boundary monument of Duan Xianbei and the Great Jin Dynasty is in the Luan River, and after the Luan River is the Beiping County of the Great Jin Dynasty, Duan Da has already taken the envoy of the King of Yan to be stationed in Beiping County in advance, Duan Wenpi is about to cross the river, looking at the city in the distance, he understands that he is about to set foot on the land of the Jin people, and he can vaguely see some smoke rising on the other side of the river!

This time, the envoy of King Yan sent Shi Fengxi, the governor of Youzhou, as the leader, because the envoy had the intention of asking the teacher to ask for guilt, and King Yan also specially allocated three hundred elites selected from the Youzhou army.

Duan Wenpi soon met with the people sent by Duan Da, and the two sides handed over in the Luanhe area, Duan Wenpi saw that the guards in the mission sent by King Yan were also all athletic, powerful, far from being comparable to ordinary people, and they should also be elite soldiers and temporary cameos. In diplomacy with strong neighbors in the north, it is necessary to demonstrate strongly, and in comparison, Duan Wenpi, who was physically stronger than ordinary Xianbei people, looked a little thin and thin among these strong men who were like wolves and tigers.

Lu Qin has been in and out of Duan Department many times, and is familiar with Duan She, the king of Youxian, Duan Wenpi as the sister-in-law of King Youxian, the relationship between the two has always been good, and they are also walking side by side along the way, talking and laughing all the way. And the 2,000-strong personal guard cavalry troops, all of them were one person and two horses, riding one horse and bringing one horse, guarding the road on both sides of the team, but looking at the Yan Wang Mission's eyes, there was a chill in the cold, always looking at their prey, not a warm and friendly welcome look.

Many tribes of the Duan clan in Xianbei have to change the pasture every season, and there is no fixed place to live, only like the Duan royal court, and there are a few tribes of the Duan prince who built a city and repaired the village, such as the Duan royal court is in the Lingzhi city, the king's tent is in the earthen city, and there are large and small tents around the outside of the city, there are twenty or thirty thousand tents.

Duan's Xianbei has no family planning on the grassland, and there are no other entertainment activities, generally the only activity after the night is the party meeting, so a tent is often less than four or five, more than a dozen, Duan's Xianbei headquarters alone has a population of 100,000 people, cattle and sheep are millions, and the entire western Liaoning Plain is regarded as Duan's Xianbei's natural grassland.

But the problem comes, no matter how big the Liaoxi Plain is, after all, there are so many good grasslands, and the powerful tribes occupy several camps, as the population of the Duan Xianbei headquarters increases, more and more small tribes are separated, and after a long time, there will gradually be more people and less land, and the territory is not enough, so the powerful tribes will often begin to seize the pastures of other weak tribes, which is the fundamental reason for almost all inter-tribal attacks on the grassland.

For example, after the death of Duan Qizhen Dadan last year, the Duan clan began a major reshuffle, and the Duan royal court headed by Duan Wu Muyu gave good pastures and good tribes to his cronies, such as Duan Chen, who was deprived of his own tribe and scattered and distributed to others, and Duan Wu, who was supposed to inherit his father's tribe, was forced to divide 5,000 households, and was forced to the barren Kuancheng in the north.

With the death of Duan She, Duan Wenpi quickly grasped the situation of the Duan royal court, plus Duan She's own direct tribes in Yangcheng and Lecheng, now Duan Wenpi has nearly 50,000 troops in his hands, and 20,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, which is the strongest person in the Duan Xianbei who is worthy of the name.

Soon, Lu Tan and his entourage arrived at Duan Wenpi's first tribal stronghold, where they had a one-night party, Lu Tan also enjoyed a meal of Duan's wine and meat hospitality, and the fatigue and discomfort of the past few days were swept away, but today, he had to get up early in the morning and follow Duan Wenpi's army on the road together.

In the era of Duan Qizhen, the royal tent of the Xianbei headquarters of the Duan clan was set up on the prairie north of the Luan River to show the right respect, but as soon as Duan Wumu Yu ascended the throne, he set up the royal tent in Lingzhi, which can also be understood as the plains of Liaoxi, and it is much better to live here than in the north, however, this also shows from the side that the Duan Department is gradually approaching the Central Plains, as for what is the purpose of approaching the Central Plains? Only Duan's Xianbei himself knows.

However, in this way, it also saves Lu Tan and others the suffering of crossing the desert, the great desert between today's Inner and Outer Mongolia is an obstacle to the expansion of natural grassland forces to the Central Plains, and Lu Tan and others can directly cross the Luan River from the Western Liaoning Corridor and go directly to the power center of the Duan Xianbei clan after a short walk.

Lu Tan thought a lot on this way, before leaving, he deliberately chatted with his cousin Lu Yuan, Lu Yuan more or less revealed some news to him, Duan is not peaceful now, and it is very likely that the Mona Lou Department that was attached some time ago has become Duan Chen's palm, with Lu Tan's understanding of Duan Chen, Duan Chen was in the Jiuyuan area earlier, there were not many tribes in his hands, and the troops were insufficient, and he dared to go south repeatedly, and today he has mastered a tribe with a population of nearly 10,000 people. It's hard to think about what crazy things this guy Duan Chen will do, is it still like before, grab a few small villages? Engage in some shady smuggling business?

Lu Qin smiled and shook his head, definitely not, Duan Chen is tolerable in difficult times, and when he is ready to make a comeback, how can he be happy in snobbish times? This person is a person who can accomplish things, and he has enough patience for bad things, but he does not keep all good things? Thinking of this, Lu Tan looked up at the sky, several goshawks were flying high in the boundless clear sky, and there was still about half a day away from the Duanbu Wang Tent, what kind of situation would be waiting for him ahead?