On the morning of the third day after Tuminko's death, Zhang Zhideng, a hundred households in Heishuitai, relayed a message to the Great Khan of Lou Fu Maurer that the more than 6,000 Lou Fu cavalry who had followed Tumingko into the Er Mountains in the northeast of Mizhou had been surrounded and annihilated by the Seventh Cavalry Brigade of the Steppe Legion.

Lou Fu Dahan Maurer hesitated for a moment and asked, "I don't know how many people have been captured?" Those ordinary Lou Fu cavalry were all deceived by Tuminko, and now that Tuminko is dead, I believe that those ordinary Lou Fu cavalry will definitely get lost and join the Broken Army! ”

Zhang Zhideng shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's a pity that the Seventh Cavalry Brigade of the Grassland Legion has no mercy on the more than 6,000 stubborn people at all, and those more than 6,000 people have all been slaughtered, and none of them survived, so they have no chance to join the Broken Army again!" ”

The corners of Lou Fu's mouth twitched slightly, and he said bitterly: "They are also to blame, and they deserve to be wiped out!" ”

"In the recent past, the Great Khan of Maurer had better be vigilant at all times, those nomads on the grassland who are ready to unite may also send people to encourage the Lou Fu clan to rise up, I have stayed in the Lou Fu royal court for a long time, and I have feelings for the Lou Fu clan, I don't want to see the butcher knife of the Broken Army fall on the head of the Lou Fu clan!"

"Zhang Baihu rest assured, with my Maurer here, there will definitely be no accident with the Lou Fu clan!"

Not all the Hu people who returned to the Broken Capture Army were the same as the Lou Fu Great Khan Maurer, and they no longer dared to resist the Broken Army, in a felt bag in the Dangxiang Wang Court of Qizhou, the new Great Khan of the Dangxiang Clan, Teng Ximutu, said in a deep voice to his three sons, Zhuo Yatuge, Gudamai and Hei Haosang: "Today I will branch the Jin people of the guard and bring you over, for the sake of preparing for the formation of a coalition army to defeat the Broken Army, this time the grassland coalition army includes the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Khitan, Xirong, The Wuheng tribe, the Rouran tribe, the Donghu tribe, the Tiele tribe and the Karasuma tribe, with the participation of these nine tribes, almost the entire grassland ethnic group will join this war against the Broken Army! ”

Zhuo Yatuge, the eldest son of the Great Khan Teng Ximutu, exclaimed with a shocked face: "There is such a thing! The Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Khitan tribes formed an alliance to form a coalition army, which has never happened on the grassland, not to mention that there are six tribes such as Xirong, Wuheng, Rouran, Donghu, Tiele and Karasuma, so the scale of this grassland alliance will definitely be very large! ”

Party Xiang Khan Teng Ximutu nodded and said: "According to the results of this Nine Clans Alliance, the scale of this grassland alliance will be at least seven million or more, not counting the number of troops that can be sent by those small clans who depend on the Nine Clans, if the armies of these small clans are also added, eight million, nine million or even ten million are possible!" ”

Simutu's second son, Gudama, said excitedly: "Father Khan, this is a good opportunity for our party's Xiang clan to break away from the control of the Broken Army!" If our party's Xiang clan continues to be controlled by the Broken Army, the three words of the Dang Xiang clan will disappear on the grassland! ”

Dang Xiang Khan Teng Ximutu nodded solemnly and said: "This is also the reason why I brought the three of you here, the series of measures implemented by the Broken Capture Army against our Party's Xiang Clan are tantamount to forcing our Party's Xiang Clan to slowly perish, trying to make our Party's Xiang Clan be assimilated into the Jin people, this time all the tribes in the grassland formed a coalition to crusade against the Broken Army, which should be the best opportunity for our Party's Xiang Clan to break away from the control of the Broken Army!" ”

Tengxi Mutu, who was still the king of Zuoyi of the Dangxiang clan, led more than 200 tribes of the Dangxiang clan to surrender to the Broken Army, although Tengxi Mutu was appointed as the new Great Khan of the Dangxiang Clan, but Tengxi Mutu was only a nominal Great Khan of the Dangxiang Clan. It was distributed to the ordinary herdsmen of the various tribes of the Dangxiang tribe, and even the many slaves who were rescued by the Broken Army from the various tribes of the Dangxiang tribe also received a lot of property.

Through such means, the Broken Army not only got a large number of soldiers from the Dangxiang clan, but also got the support of the low-level herdsmen of the Dangxiang clan, and now the Dangxiang Khan Tengxi Mutu only controls a Wang Ting Guard of 500 people in name, but this Dangxiang Wang Ting Guard, like the Wang Ting Guard of the Lou Fu clan, is almost completely controlled by the Jin people, and a large number of secret agents are arranged by Heishuitai.

Hei Haosang, the third son of the Great Khan of the Party Xiang Teng Ximutu, said with a worried face: "Father Khan, we don't have any army in our hands now, and the vast majority of the nobles and generals of the tribes have been eliminated by the Broken Army, even if we want to do something now, we don't have the strength in our hands!" What's more, the Broken Prisoner Army has arranged a large number of eyeliner in the royal court of our Party's Xiang Clan, and if we make any rash move, the butcher's knife of the Broken Prisoner Army will be raised immediately! ”

The eldest son, Zhuo Yatuge, gritted his teeth and said: "This time the formation of a coalition of all the tribes in the grassland to crusade against the captive army is an opportunity for our party's Xiang clan, and our party's Xiang clan must seize it, even if it takes some risks, it is worth it!" ”

At this time, the Great Khan of the Xianbei tribe Tengxi Mutu said in a deep voice: "The envoy sent by Murong Ke, the Great Khan of the Xianbei Tribe, has secretly entered the royal court of the Xiang clan of our party, and the father has met with the envoy of the Xianbei tribe, and the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke promised to his father that he would support our Xiang clan to stand on its own feet from the Broken Army, and the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke hopes that our Party Xiang Clan can take the opportunity to start an incident and light a fire in the backyard of the Broken Army after millions of grassland coalition troops invade the Beiting Protectorateto find a way to contact all the party members who are dissatisfied with the Broken Army. ”

The words of the party khan Teng Ximutu made the eldest son Zhuo Yatuge and the second son Gudamai show excitement on their faces, only the third son Hei Haosang's brows furrowed slightly, but Hei Haosang's small action was not discovered by his father and two brothers.

The second son, Gudama, then said: "Father Khan, although the Broken Prisoner Army almost slaughtered the nobles of our Party's Xiang clan and the generals in the original army, but the families of these nobles and generals have not been affected, and the children of these nobles and generals absolutely hate the Broken Army to death, and they must be willing to follow Father Khan to start an incident!" ”

Party Item Khan Teng Ximutu nodded and said: "Gu Damai's idea coincides with that of his father, these nobles and the sons of generals can completely serve as the backbone of our uprising, and when millions of grassland coalition troops invade the Beiting Protectorate, they will wave their arms high for their father, and those ordinary clansmen will see that the Broken Army will be defeated, and they must not be willing to be the martyrs of the Broken Army." ”

The eldest son, Zhuo Yatug, immediately said: "Father Khan, then our three brothers will immediately contact the children of these nobles and generals. ”

Dang Xiang Khan Teng Ximutu said with a solemn expression: "When the three of you choose the person to contact, you must be cautious and cautious, unreliable people must not be contacted, once this matter is revealed in advance, our family's head will be difficult to protect!" ”

After Hei Haosang, the third son of the Great Khan Teng Ximutu, returned to the felt bag where he lived, his wife saw Hei Haosang's preoccupied appearance, so she asked, "Hei Haosang, do you have anything on your mind?" ”

"Huh? No...... Nothing, don't think about it. ”

"Alas, Hei Haosang, now you have nothing to do in the royal court every day, you can only accompany me and the children every day, and there is no way to go on like this, didn't you talk to the Jin commander of the royal court guard? It's better for you to ask the Jin commander to find an errand for you in the Beiting Protectorate or in the Prairie Army, anyway, the position of the Great Khan of our Xiang clan cannot be your turn, and you can't stay idle. ”

After listening to his wife's words, Hei Haosang frowned, and after a moment of silence, he came to the door of the felt bag, picked up the door curtain with his hand, and saw that only his two sons were playing outside the felt bag, Hei Haosang immediately put down the door curtain, walked to his wife's side, and lowered his voice to tell his wife about his father's plan to betray the army.

After Hei Haosang's wife heard this, her face suddenly changed greatly, "Hei Haosang, although the strength of the alliance of the various tribes in the grassland is very strong this time, the strength of the four great powers in the Western Regions is not strong, plus all the tribes in the grassland are mainly cavalry, and they are not good at attacking cities, I am worried that the alliance of all tribes in the grassland may not really be able to defeat the broken army!" ”

Hei Haosang sighed and said: "I am also worried, whether this matter is revealed in advance, or in the end, the Broken Army defeats the coalition army of all the tribes in the grassland, our party and Xiang clan will suffer a catastrophe!" ”

Hei Haosang's wife suddenly gritted her teeth and said, "Hei Haosang, maybe this is an opportunity for you, it depends on how you choose!" ”

Hei Haosang looked at his wife, and the expression on his face changed several times in a row, "You...... What do you mean...... It's what makes me ......."

"Hei Haosang, don't you want to be the Great Khan of the Dangxiang Clan?"

"That'...... That's my father and my own brother! ”

"Hei Haosang, you are willing to live a life of inaction, your previous ambition!"

"Of course I don't want to! But what if the captives are defeated at the hands of the coalition forces of the various tribes of the steppe? ”

"Hei Haosang, there is no such thing as ten out of ten in the world, my children and I are willing to gamble with you once!"

A few days later, a big event happened in the royal court of the Dangxiang clan, the great Khan of the Dangxiang clan Tengxi Mutu, his eldest son Zhuo Yatuge, and the second son Gudamai were assassinated and killed by the Xianbei spies who infiltrated the royal court of the Dangxiang clan, and then several spies of the Xianbei tribe were killed by Hei Haosang, the third son of the great Khan Tengxi Mutu, with the royal court guards.

Next, with the support of the Broken Army, Hei Haosang became the new Great Khan of the Dangxiang clan, and Hei Haosang immediately swore an oath with blood, and the Dangxiang clan will be loyal to Liu Ji and Liu Ji's descendants from generation to generation, and any Dangxiang clan will betray this oath, and will be hunted down by the entire Dangxiang clan, and will not die!

In addition to the Lou Fu clan and the Dang Xiang clan in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, there are also many small clans, and the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke also sent people to these small clans of the Guishun Broken Army, hoping that these small clans can also take the opportunity to cause more trouble to the Broken Army when the grassland coalition army invades the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, but Heishuitai's monitoring of these small clans is no worse than that of the Lou Fu and Dang Xiang clans.

As a result, these people sent by the Xianbei Great Khan Murong Ke were either captured alive or killed in the end, and the Broken Army also took the opportunity to carry out another purge of these small clans, and even this purge was extended to the Lou Fu clan and the Dang Xiang clan, and many hidden dangers of instability in the Beiting Prefecture were eliminated in the cruel purge.

On May 12, 429 of the Great Jin Dynasty, Liu Ji finally arrived outside Qudeng City, the capital of Qizhou, the capital of Beiting, with nearly 1.7 million troops and 300,000 auxiliaries of the Broken Army.

This Qudeng city has just been built not long ago, but there are already nearly 300,000 residents in the city, most of whom are Jin immigrants, and the twenty cavalry brigades and ten infantry brigades of the grassland legion have gathered outside Qudeng City at this time, and Qudeng City is also the only city in the entire Qizhou.

On the evening of May 12, in a huge tent in the camp of the Broken Army outside Qudeng City, Liu Ji said in a deep voice to several Wenchen and dozens of military generals: "Heishuitai has received news that the armies of various Hu ethnic groups on the grassland are gathering on the bank of the Qiyun River where the Wuheng Royal Court is located, according to Heishuitai's conservative estimates, the total strength of the Hu people coalition army has exceeded five million, and this number is still increasing rapidly, maybe this time the Hu people coalition army may really gather eight or nine million, or even tens of millions of cavalry!" ”

Lu Brown, the commander of Liu Jihu's army, said: "My lord, why don't we take advantage of the fact that before the Hu coalition army completes the final assembly, our Broken Capture Army will send the elite to take the initiative to attack and give the Hu coalition army a dismount!" ”

As soon as Lu Bu's words fell, Su Lie, the commander of the Grassland Legion, nodded and said: "Lord, since the Hu people coalition army has gathered five million cavalry in the Wuheng Royal Court, then they would never have imagined that our Broken Army would dare to take the initiative to attack, maybe sending an elite army to raid the Wuheng Royal Court would have unexpected gains!" ”

Liu Ji nodded, then turned his head to Zhang Liang, Fang Xuanling and several other Wenchen and asked, "I also have the intention of taking the initiative, I don't know what you gentlemen think?" ”

This time, the Wenchen who followed Liu Ji to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate were only Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, Fang Xuanling, Li Ru, and Chen Gong, and Du Ruhui, Yao Chong, and Zhang Shuo, who originally assisted Su Lie, the commander of the Grassland Legion, in managing the five prefectures of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, were also here at this time.

Zhang Liang pondered for a while and said: "Our Broken Army sent troops to raid the Wuheng Royal Court at this time, which should be able to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, and the subordinates feel that the best choice for the raid is at night, and in this season of the grassland, the wind at night is not small, and the fire attack should also be a good choice!" ”

Fang Xuanling followed and said: "Although the Hu people coalition army has gathered more than five million cavalry, but it comes from different nationalities and different tribes, if the night attack can be successful, it may not be as simple as a dismount, but it is not easy to let the army quietly approach the Wuheng royal court!" ”