It is still a valley leading to the Yan Kingdom, but at this time it is no longer the scene when Tuoba Yao went to the Yan Kingdom. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The gloom between late autumn and early winter brought a scene of decay, and there were no birds and beasts in the valley, but it ushered in the convoy of Hou Yan to envoy the Northern Wei Dynasty.

At this time, it had been half a month since Tuoba Yao sent Hou Yan, and after Tuoba Yao was imprisoned, Murong Chui sent envoys to Shengle.

Yan envoys stood in the main hall of the palace of the Northern Wei Dynasty and declared in front of the civil and military officials of the Wei State that they demanded that the Wei State present 30,000 war horses to the Great Yan as a gift of reparation.

And the envoy also threatened: "If your country does not agree to this condition, not only will the brothers of the king of Wei never return to Wei, but Yan will also break off diplomatic relations with Wei and send troops to punish you." ”

As soon as these words came out, the Northern Wei government and the opposition were shocked, and Tuoba Jue was expressionless, not knowing what he was thinking.

Hearing this, Zhang Gon frowned slightly.

Before, King Wei and he had long expected that Murong Chui would not let go of Wei easily, but they didn't expect to break off diplomatic relations.

Seeing that the surrounding Northern Wei Dynasty was looking at each other, the envoys of the Yan State deliberately sighed and began to be sarcastic.

"Oh, this person's heart is like the scenery of the four seasons, changing all the time."

"Who would have thought that Wei and Yan were still close brothers before, and today they will be on the same footing?"

was sarcastically humiliated by the Houyan envoys in public, and Tuoba Jue was furious.

He stared at Yan Envoy with gloomy eyes, and was about to get up and ask the guards to drag him down to take heavy responsibility, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yan, the right chief, stepped forward first.

Zhang Gon signaled Tuoba Jue not to act rashly with his eyes, and then glanced at Yan Envoy lightly.

"Emperor Yan and King Wei are originally a family, and they should live in harmony, how can they hurt their harmony for some trivial things?"

"Envoy, you said yes, right?"

"As for paying tribute to the Yan Kingdom, it's not impossible!"

"It's just that 30,000 horses are offered at once, and the number is too much, and I can't take it out for a while."

"Ask Emperor Yan when the envoy goes back, see if you can see if you can reduce your past friendship?"

"In addition, it will take time to raise so many war horses, even if my Wei Kingdom can't raise them for a while."

Hearing this, the Yan Envoy, who was still aggressive just now, immediately fell silent, and only spoke after a while.

"Then, according to the meaning of the long history, how long will it take for the Yan Kingdom to raise enough war horses?"

"Hmm...... Let's think about it, at least we will get the spring of next year. ”

"What? Spring next year? That's too long, right? ”

"The envoy doesn't know, now most of the domestic pastures in the Great Wei are in the Monan grassland hundreds of miles away, and they can't go back and forth for half a month?"

"Combined with the time spent collecting horses, how could it be possible to raise 30,000 horses in a few months? Unless your country is willing to have less. ”

"This ...... All right! ”

Yan had no choice but to go back and ask Murong for instructions.

As soon as the Yan envoy left, the entire Northern Wei Dynasty suddenly exploded.

Countless people criticized Zhang Yankou, and some people even took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and expanded the scope of the attack to the entire Han Wenchen group.

Wei Wei Wang Tuoba Jue's expression was natural, he knew Zhang Yan very well, and he knew that the other party must have a reason for doing this.

Sure enough, I saw that Zhang Yan ignored the shouts of the others, and bowed his hand to Tuoba Jue and said: "King Yu, now that Murong Chui is begging Wei for horses, in addition to taking the opportunity to attack, he must be going to fight a big war." ”

"Large-scale war? Could it be that Murong Chui really wants to go to war with the widow? Tuoba Jue said with an ugly face.

"No, no, no, Murong Chui is not so stupid, now Xiyan only has half a life left, if he doesn't take this opportunity to destroy it, it is rare to keep Murong Yong to make a comeback?"

"And Murong Chui has always aimed to restore the hegemony of Qianyan, and before recovering Qianyan's homeland, I am afraid he will not have a bad relationship with the king."

"In this case, why did you just promise to send a horse to Hou Yan?"

"The minister did this just to paralyze Murong Trai and delay time, not really to give the war horse to Houyan."

"If you have this time as a buffer, the king can send an envoy to Hexi."

"As long as an alliance is reached with Hexi, Houyan will immediately use the pretext of detaining our envoys to sever diplomatic relations with him."

"At that time, it will no longer be Murong Chui to conquer my Great Wei, but we will join Hexi and Xiyan to send troops to Houyan."

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In the study room of the Metropolitan Protectorate, there are documents as high as a hill stacked on the table, and the surroundings are quiet, only the pages of paper click, as if a figure is shaking, it turns out that Wei Shuo is sitting at the desk to deal with official business.

Reading and reading, Wei Shuo suddenly sighed and gently put down the brush.

Unexpectedly, he got together and accidentally knocked down the documents piled high and fell to the ground with a bang.

Frustrated Meng Xun, who was in charge of sorting out the documents next to him, hurriedly stepped forward to clean it up.

Wei Shuo stepped aside, then paced in contemplation, shaking his head and sighing from time to time.

Although he successfully prevented Hou Yan from annexing Western Yan this time and dragged the Northern Wei into the water, Tuoba Jue did not turn his face with Murong for a long time, which made him a little anxious.

Previously, he received a relevant secret report and saw that Tuoba Jue sent his brother to Zhongshan with Tuoba Qian's head to make amends, and he couldn't help but admire King Wei's ruthlessness.

He had to put himself in his shoes that if he were himself, he would not be able to be as decisive and ruthless as Tuoba.

But he had to admit that in this way, it was really possible for the relationship between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Later Yan to ease.

If this is the case, then Hexi's long-planned plan may have to be put on hold, and from then on, it will have to be constrained by the Qin-Wei alliance.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside, interrupting Wei Shuo's contemplation.

He looked up, but saw Song Xuan, Cui Hong, Liu Muzhi, Jiang Ji, Wang Zhenxi, Zhang Zhan, Zong Chang and other important civil and military ministers walking towards him.

"The ministers meet the lord." The crowd bowed their hands.

"Excuse me."

"Is there any new movement over there in the Northern Wei Dynasty?" As soon as they met, Wei Shuo couldn't wait to ask about the new situation.

Liu Muzhi got up and replied: "My lord, according to the report from the scout, Tuoba Yao has arrived in Zhongshan and has been warmly received by Murong Chui, and on the surface, the relationship between the two sides does not seem to be affected by the Xiyan War. ”

"But it is an indisputable fact that Tuoba Yao has been detained in Houyan."

"And Murong Chui has sent someone to send a message to Tuoba Jue, asking the Northern Wei Dynasty to pay tribute to 30,000 war horses, and it is said that Tuoba Jue has agreed."

"What?! No way? This is 30,000 war horses, and Tuoba Jue's brain is in the water? How is it possible to say yes? ”

Knowing that Tuoba Jue had agreed to Murong Chui's request, Wei Shuo was disappointed.

He knew very well that if this continued, Hexi would never be able to break through the blockade of the Qin-Wei alliance, and could only be blockaded by Qin and Wei to the west of the Yellow River and Longshan.

Is it possible to unite Houyan?

"Houyan is not much stronger than the Northern Wei Dynasty, what is Tuoba Jue afraid of?"

"Lord, if what you expect is right, it is not Yan Guo that Tuoba Jue is afraid of, but Murong Trai himself."

"Murong Chui?" Wei Shuo was thoughtful.

"Yes, Murong Chui is a famous general in the world, and he has won many battles since he joined the army, and he has also helped the Northern Wei Dynasty many times, so Tuoba Jue knows that he is powerful."

"Without a complete grasp, I don't think he dared to break off relations with Houyan."

"This can be seen from the fact that he quickly killed Tuoba Qian, and you can see how much Tuoba Jue fears Murong Trai in his heart."

"In this way, Murong is immortal, and Tuoba Jue doesn't dare to betray the alliance?"

Wei Shuo's face was ugly, he didn't expect Tuoba Jue, who was regarded as his biggest competitor, to be so cowardly when he faced Murong Chui.

In fact, this can't be blamed for Tuoba Jue's timidity, it's really that Murong Chui has been too famous recently, all the people of this era, who is not afraid of Murong Chui like a tiger?

"Hehehe, not necessarily!"

Cui Hong suddenly smiled and said, "After all, Tuoba Jue is a generation of heroes, how can he be afraid of others?" All this may not be a delaying tactic of the Northern Wei Dynasty. ”

"Xuan Bogong meant to say that this is Tuoba Jue deliberately paralyzing Murong Chui?"

"Yes!"

"My lord, you must know that before reconciling with Hexi, the Northern Wei Dynasty will definitely not dare to make enemies with Houyan, otherwise it will face the threat of a strong enemy on both the east and west."

"So you might as well be patient and continue to wait, maybe the situation will turn around soon."

"It would be great if things were as Xuan Bo guessed."

"Next, let's think about how to take down the land of Sanjin, which is known as the mountains and rivers on the surface."

"There is Taihang in the east, Luliang in the west, Hengshan in the north, Zhongtiao in the south, and a Fen River running through the north and south in the middle."

"It is adjacent to Guanzhong to the west, and the vast Central Plains is to the east and south."

"Bingzhou overlooks, like a fortress standing on the plain, since ancient times there is a saying that those who have won the three Jin (Shangdang) have won the Central Plains."

"And if you get the Central Plains, you can win the world!"

"As long as the state is successfully won, Guanzhong and the Central Plains will be in Hexi's bag, and it is not far from the lord to dominate the world."