The afterglow of the setting sun fell on the starry tent outside Liucheng, where 30,000 Xianbei soldiers were encamped, and the barracks exuded an eerie murderous aura, which made people tremble.

In the tent of the Xianbei camp, a meeting is underway about the death of Su Li and how the army plundered the Han state.

"Mika, I have sent you as a pioneer, will you lose my face like this?" Tanshi Huai's face was cloudy, and the good mood brought by entering the realm of no one all the way suddenly disappeared because of the vanguard's frustration, and he suppressed the anger in his heart and questioned Mika.

"My lord, Mika doesn't dare, it's just that the Han people are very cunning and have played a conspiracy to ambush Su Li to death. After that, I repeatedly sent troops outside Liucheng to fight, but the Han dog just shrank into the city and turned a blind eye, and I had no choice but to wait for the adults to come. Miga explained aggrievedly.

Tanshi Huai pondered after hearing this, and his anger gradually subsided, indeed, this fault is not all on Mika, the Han people do not go out of the city to fight, only with the remaining more than 2,700 horsemen in Mika's hands, it is obvious that there is more than enough field battles in the battle, and the siege is insufficient.

At this time, Mr. Li came out and said: "My lord, although Liucheng is a small city, there are tens of thousands of people, and it is not easy for Mega to attack the city with only soldiers and horses in his hands, so he is not to blame, and it should be forgiven." ”

"Since Mr. Li has said that there are other reasons why you don't avenge Su Li, I will not cure your sin for the time being, and I will talk about it later." After hearing this, Tanshi Huai nodded and said, let Micah go.

Micah was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly grateful: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." Then he walked into the other Xianbei tribal leaders, and his eyes deliberately swept towards Mr. Li, his eyes full of gratitude. At this time, he was really grateful to this Mr. Li, and even when Mr. Li said the Han crepe words that he usually hated the most, it was also very good to him, if it wasn't for the Han people who relied on by Tanshi Huai to help him speak, he couldn't say that something else would happen to him.

Seeing that one thing was over, Tanshi Huai was ready to start the discussion of the next thing. Although he is the lord of Xianbei, Xianbei at this time is also a big alliance in the final analysis, even if he has the right to speak in many things, he rarely really uses it, and mostly makes decisions after consulting with the leaders.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Han people killed Suli, how should I deal with Xianbei?" Tanshi Huai asked.

A tall and thin middle-aged man immediately stepped forward and replied: "Lord Hui, I think that the Han people's move is provoking Xianbei's prestige, our army should not turn a blind eye, Su Li's head is hanging on the city gate, if I can't get his head back, then what face does my Xianbei have to return to the grassland tribe?" ”

At this time, Su Li was ambushed by the Han people, and Micah was reprimanded, which was a loss of face for the Xianbei of Liaoxi, and of course he wanted to advocate the capture of Liucheng and restore the reputation of the Eastern Xianbei in the Great Xianbei Alliance.

Tan Shihuai nodded and said: "This also makes some sense, the 30,000 army went out on the expedition and lost an adult, but they didn't take revenge, and it was indeed a loss of face when it was passed out." ”

At this time, another tall and thin middle-aged man stood up and said, "My lord, when the two armies are fighting, how can there be any reason for immortals?" I Xianbei set up a large army out of Youzhou this time, in order to loot grain and goods, and I have prepared for the cold winter, how can I delay here? What's more, Liucheng is just a small city, and even if it is breached, it won't be too much. It is better for our army to give up and make a detour south to Liaoxi County, and go to the surrounding counties of Liaoxi to plunder, which must have gained more than attacking Liucheng. ”

It is the lord of the Xianbei tribe in the west, named Zhi Luoluo, one of the commanders of the Tanshi Huai Department, they led the Sui Tanshi Huai to come thousands of miles to the east, just to be able to go south to Youzhou to plunder, how could they besiege the city for the sake of the small city of Liucheng? After all, no matter whether they win or not, they will definitely die a lot, even if they win and share the spoils with other Xianbei tribes, they will not get much, it is better to lead their troops to loot around, and the things they will loot will definitely be more than around Liucheng.

Two people, each put forward an opinion, these two opinions are also equivalent to the opinions of all the people in the tent, among which there are many who tend to attack the city, after all, the head of Fuquan Hanging Suli is on the city gate, it is a matter of Xianbei's face, but how many of them want to enter Liucheng to make meritorious contributions to the division of the Suli tribe after the war is not known. But there are also sober people who think that the siege will not gain much, but will lose too many troops, so it is better to give up, take a detour and divide the troops into the hinterland of Youzhou to plunder along the way.

Of course, there is one last possibility, that is, to withdraw the army, undoubtedly for the Xianbei people who have won more and lost less since the war with the Han, just arrived here, and it is impossible to order the withdrawal of the army when they hear that their side is defeated, especially if the other party is still Han.

Tanshi Huai hesitated, the two suggestions had a certain amount of truth, and then asked Mr. Li beside him: "I don't know if Mr. has a good plan to teach me?" ”

Mr. Li was also a choice at this time, and in his heart he was also inclined to take a detour and divide his troops directly into the hinterland of Youzhou, so that the plundering would definitely recover a lot, but he didn't dare to mention it. Because there were too many Xianbei adults in the tent who were willing to attack Liucheng, if he proposed a detour, he would undoubtedly offend them, which would be a disaster for him, a Han who wanted to be recognized by more Xianbei people. Since he took refuge in Xianbei, he clearly knew that if he didn't have Tanshi Huai as his backing, these Xianbei adults would simply look down on outsiders like him, especially when Han and Xianbei were still at war, it would be good to be able to give him a straight eye.

After weighing the pros and cons, Mr. Li stepped forward and saluted: "My lord, Liucheng is a small city, there are not many soldiers and horses, it is easy to break, my lord has 30,000 elite soldiers of my big Xianbei, what are you afraid of?" It takes three days for the soldiers of Liaoxi County to come at the earliest, and the adults are all Xianbei male soldiers, and the city will be broken within a day or two, and then go south to loot after breaking Liucheng, why not? Even if the soldiers of Liaoxi County arrived, they could only be out of reach, so not only to avenge Lord Suli, but also to gain, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

After hearing this, Tan Shihuai nodded again and again, and after making a decision, he agreed with Mr. Li's proposal to completely take care of both parties. In this way, he can not only take care of Xianbei's face, but also rob, and after a while, he said solemnly: "Pass my order, the army will rest tonight, and let the Han craftsmen build engineering equipment, and tomorrow morning, attack Liucheng." ”

"No." The Xianbei lords in the tent said in unison.

The next day, the weather was cool, and under the cloudless sky, the Xianbei army of 30,000 soldiers was outside Liucheng. At the rear of the army, five simple siege ladders were slowly pushed forward, and there were more than 100 Xianbei soldiers behind, and two people followed with an ordinary ladder.

Tan Shihuai saw that the ordnance was in place, and then nodded to Que Ji, who got the order to order a hundred cavalry to follow him to the front of Liucheng City. I saw Que Ji stop about a hundred paces away from the city, and shouted: "Listen to the Han people in the city, my great Xianbei 30,000 iron horsemen are going south, if you want to live, you should immediately open the city gate and hand over the murderer of Lord Suli." Otherwise, after the city is broken, the chickens and dogs will not stay! ”