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The Ordos Plateau, known as Shuofang in ancient times, is a relatively independent geographical unit since ancient times because it is surrounded by rivers on three sides. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On the west and north sides of the plateau, there are three plain belts with abundant water resources and flat terrain.

It is said that the Ordos Plateau, which is surrounded by the Yellow River, should be very qualified to become an inherent area of agricultural civilization.

But somehow, none of the Chinese princes seem to have attempted to emigrate to the region.

It is precisely because of the isolation of the Ordos Plateau that the Hetao Plain has long been turned into a 'sub-enclave' - the Central Plains will be occupied by nomads at the slightest turmoil.

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the farming people, the 'water-deficient' Ordos Plateau belongs to the 'barren land'.

But Wei Shuo knows very well that even if the modern natural environment is very harsh, isn't Ordos also inhabited?

Therefore, in his opinion, the Ordos Plateau must be in his hands, so that he can control the entire Hetao Plain.

At present, most of Shuofang is controlled by Liu Weichen, and the Qiantao Plain has just been occupied by Tuoba Jue.

At the beginning, in order to compete for the pasture of the Helan Department in the west of the Hetao Plain, Tuoba Jue also had a conflict with Liu Weichen.

At that time, the Helan Tribe, which had just been severely damaged by the Northern Wei Dynasty, was suddenly attacked by the Tiefu Division.

Tuoba Jue saw that Liu Weichen wanted to pick up the bargain, and he was furious.

Immediately led the iron cavalry to attack, defeated Liu Zhili in the Jiuyuan area, and thwarted the iron Buddha's intention to get involved in the front cover.

This conflict added another grievance between the Xiongnu and the Xianbei people.

Speaking of Tiefubu and Tuoba Xianbei, most of the grievances between the two sides were caused by Liu Weichen, and he was too good at tossing.

From 359 A.D., Liu Xibeqi died, Liu Weichen killed Liu Xibeqi's son, and established himself as the leader of the Tiefu Tribe.

Until 394 AD, Liu Weichen was defeated and killed.

During the period of thirty-five years, Liu Weichen successively rebelled between the former Qin and the dynasty (later the Northern Wei).

Especially in the year 365 AD, Liu Weichen gave full play to the ability to see the wind and make the rudder.

In the first month, Liu Weichen betrayed the country first, and crossed the Yellow River on behalf of the king Tuoba Shiyiqian to the east and easily defeated Liu Weichen.

Then, Liu Weichen had no choice but to return to Qianqin.

In July, after Shuofang stabilized, Liu Weichen betrayed Former Qin again.

This betrayal greatly annoyed Fu Jian, so he sent the Jianjie general Deng Qiang to crusade against Liu Weichen.

In August, Deng Qiang captured Liu Weichen at Mugen Mountain.

At this point, Liu Weichen was honest, realized that Qianqin was strong, and honestly followed Fu Jian.

If this is the case, presumably Tuoba Jue in history will not kill the Liu family after defeating Liu Weichen.

What made Tuoba Jue hate Liu Weichen the most was because Liu Weichen was one of the culprits in the destruction of the country.

He didn't want to seek revenge on Liu Weichen all the time, but he never looked for a suitable opportunity.

When the former Qin fell, Liu Weichen took the opportunity to occupy the entire Shuofang, and his strength skyrocketed.

At the beginning of the founding of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was not only weak in strength, but also unstable internally.

Tuoba has been busy quelling the civil strife, and he can't spare the energy to deal with Liu Weichen at all.

It was not until this year that he and Houyan subjugated the Helan, Suturin, Suxi and other tribes, and initially completed the internal integration.

The relationship between the Tiefu Department and the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was originally peaceful, suddenly became tense, and there was a great tendency to break out.

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At this time, Shi Wei was ordered to cross the Yellow River east to the Tiefu Department to meet Liu Weichen.

The purpose of this trip was to test whether Liu Weichen had the intention of going to war against the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Yuebai City (now Balasu Town, located in Yulin West 40 kilometers), also known as Dailai City, is the royal city of Tiefubu.

The city is rectangular as a whole, and the city wall is rammed with white clay, and it is about four zhang high.

When passing through the city gate, Shi Wei also found a horse road in the corner of the wall, which was specially used for cavalry to gallop up the city to kill the enemy.

"Meet Da Danyu."

Liu Weichen stared at a pair of cunning eyes, looking Shi Wei up and down, full of curiosity about this Hexi envoy.

Don't look at the proximity of the two sides, but he rarely pays attention to Hexi.

I only heard that an infighting broke out in Hexi at the beginning of the year, and even Lu Guang fell.

In fact, not only him, but the entire Tiefu Department was very curious about the intentions of the people of Hexi.

"The envoy doesn't have to be polite, please take a seat next to you."

"Thank you, Da Danyu." After thanking him, Shi Wei was not polite, and walked to the side and sat down.

At this time, he received a signal from his father, and Liu You, the eldest son of the official prime minister, suddenly asked Shi Wei.

"I wonder why the envoy is here?"

Shi Wei first observed left and right, and found that everyone was looking at him quietly, and then said loudly: "It's for the sake of forming allies." ”

"Alliance? Why do you and I have an alliance? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, Shuofang is close to the border of Hexi, and it is morally close to each other, so it should be harmonious and friendly."

"Since ancient times, those who have a country and a family cannot be of one heart and one mind without taking an oath, and they will certainly not be able to be friendly for a long time."

"Hexi is willing to communicate with your ministry and form an alliance forever."

Hexi's bold alliance was certainly suspicious of his intentions, but it was not a good thing for the Tiefu tribe.

Recently, the Tiefu Department has known that Da Danyu intends to raid Shengle, but the Northern Wei Dynasty is strong, and everyone has scruples.

If it forms an alliance with Hexi, it is equivalent to adding more allies, which will greatly improve the morale of the tribe and help stabilize the rear.

When everyone was expecting Liu Weichen to agree, they saw him snort coldly and sneered at the alliance proposal.

"Make a covenant? Hmph, does the covenant work? ”

"Dynasties have made many covenants, but what has been the result? Doesn't it mean betrayal and betrayal? ”

For Liu Weichen, who has always regarded the covenant as a waste of paper, the so-called covenant is the least trustworthy.

Otherwise, how could he tear up the covenant repeatedly and rebel against the former Qin and Daiguo before?

Before coming, Shi Wei had expected this situation.

He knew that Liu Weichen was cunning and abnormal, and he would neither abide by the covenant himself, nor did he believe that the opponent would keep the contract.

"The big order is different from this, and today's contract is different from the past."

"Oh? What's the difference? Liu Weichen was noncommittal, with a faint mockery on his face.

"This covenant does not involve politics or military, but only for mutual exchange and trade."

"Now Hexi is booming in industry and commerce, and all kinds of materials are urgently needed."

"And your department produces cattle, sheep and livestock, and even all kinds of animal skins, which can be sold at a good price when they are transported to Hexi."

"The salt, tea, ironware, etc., which your ministry urgently needs, can be purchased from Hexi."

"In this way, Hexi and Shuo will take what they need from each other, so neither will easily betray the alliance, because it is not only the other party that loses."

I have to say that Shi Wei's suggestion made Liu Weichen very moved.

If he really wants to reach an alliance with Hexi, it will be of great benefit to the Tiefu Department, and if it is profitable, he will definitely not tear up the alliance.

Now that he is about to start a war against the Northern Wei Dynasty, he urgently needs to raise materials, and he can no longer meet the requirements by trading with Hou Qin alone.

"I don't know what Hexi specifically suggests? I would like to invite the Special Envoy to introduce one or two of this list. ”

Seeing that Liu Weichen's attitude had finally loosened, Shi Wei's spirit was shocked, so he got up and talked eloquently.

"Tiefu has two cities bordering Hexi in the west, one of which is the city of drinking sweat (now Yinchuan) on the east side of Helan Mountain; The second is the fruit city on the east bank of the Yellow River (now Lingwu). ”

"As long as Da Dan is willing to sign a trade covenant, Hexi is willing to set up a field in the two cities to open and close the mutual market."

"At that time, the tea, salt, ironware and other materials urgently needed by your ministry can be obtained through the field."

"And when trading, the Tiefu Ministry does not have to pay for all good horses, cattle, sheep, ploughing horses, and even wool and leather can be used for trading."

"Huh?"

As soon as Shi Wei said this, Liu Weichen was not only happy, but even a little surprised.

He couldn't understand why Hexi would give such good conditions, could it be that there was fraud in it?

But Liu Weichen couldn't think of anything wrong with it, no matter how he looked at it, the Tiefu Department took a big advantage.

Thinking that it would be a fool not to take advantage of it, he finally agreed to trade with Hexi.

How did Liu Weichen know that Hexi's move was encouraging him to actively wage war against the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Only in this way can Hexi have a chance to enter Shuofang.

Sure enough, with Hexi's strong support, Liu Weichen accelerated his combat preparations.

At the same time, there were frequent exchanges between Hexi and Shuofang, and a large number of scouts took the opportunity to sneak into Shuofang, while inquiring about the military situation, while drawing maps.