Outside Yanmen Pass, Yang Que and Xie Ai, two rookies who had just entered the battlefield, were saying goodbye to each other.

Xie Ai and Yang Que are both rising stars in the military, and they are highly valued by Wei Shuo, although they appreciate each other, but secretly no one is willing to be behind, and there is also fierce competition.

When Xie Ai emerged in the martial arts academy, many people secretly sighed that Da Sima was really good at recognizing people, and none of the people he valued were mediocre, they were all amazing talents.

At the beginning of the war, Yang Ju and Xie Ai were sent by Wei Shuo to Liu Yao and Shao Yuniang respectively for training.

To be honest, Yang Que really didn't expect him to meet an opponent so soon, he has always vaguely regarded himself as a leader of the younger generation, and only one Huangfu is really regarded as his biggest competitor.

However, since Xie Ai entered the Martial Arts Academy for further study, the military talent he showed shocked the entire Martial Arts Academy, and it took less than two years to break the various records set by Yang Hu when he was in school.

The last time he went west to Yongqin, because Xie Ai was still studying, Yang Hu had no chance to compete with him. But this time, Xie Ai graduated from the academy early with excellent grades, and was sent by Wei Shuo to Shao Yuniang to listen to him, while he went to serve Liu Yao, the governor of Shuozhou.

The two finally had the opportunity to compete head-on, and Yang Yu looked at Xie Ai, who was full of elegance, and arched his hand and said: "Shijie, the soldiers on the battlefield are fierce and dangerous, so be more careful!" ”

"Brother Shiqiu, rest assured, the younger brother will definitely keep in mind his brother's entrustment."

"Good! In this case, you and I will say goodbye here, and I wish the virtuous brother a victory in Guangning! Take care! ”

"Brother Shiqiu, take care!"

No one knew that the two young people who were still inconspicuous at the moment would rise rapidly in this war and become the military leaders of the younger generation in Liaodong.

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The Xianbei people were originally a weak tribe under the rule of the Xiongnu, and it was not until the Han army defeated the Xiongnu that the Xianbei gradually prospered. In the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Xianbei forces spread all over the northern line, from the Hexi Corridor to the deep mountains and old forests of Liaodong, and there were Xianbei people's footprints everywhere.

Among them, especially Tuoba Xianbei and Liaodong three Xianbei are the most, but since the first year of Jianxing, with the rise of Weishuo in Liaodong, Xianbei forces have been hit hard. First of all, the three Xianbei tribes of Liaodong were completely expelled from the Great Wall, except for Murong Hao, who fled to the Monan grassland with the remnants of Murong, the rest of the Xianbei people were all forcibly naturalized and reorganized.

After Liaodong Xianbei was defeated, Wei Shuo set his sights on Tuoba Xianbei again, and under Mo Han's successive calculations, a generation of male lord Da Dan Yu Tuoba Yilu was killed by his son Tuoba Liuxiu, which made Tuoba Xianbei's strength sharply reduced.

By the time Tuoba Yulu succeeded Dadanyu, the Tuoba tribe not only lost the territory east of Shanbei and Daizhi Guanshui Mountain and north of Hengshan Mountain, but even Shuofang Zhuhu, south of the Yellow River, which had been subjugated, was also subdued by Liaodong.

In the end, Tuoba Xianbei only shrank in the narrow area at the foot of the southern grassland and the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain.

Tuoba Yulu knew that the strength of the tribe was far inferior to that of Liaodong, and immediately after he ascended the throne, he sent an envoy to Liaodong to express his submission, and had to promise Wei Shuo to pay him more than 10,000 cattle, sheep and livestock every year.

I thought that after paying such a big price, I would be able to get a chance to recuperate. Who knew that only a few years later, the people of Liaodong couldn't wait to go north to Yinshan.

Obviously, the Liaodong people led by Wei Shuo absorbed the erroneous grassland ethnic policy of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it was impossible to allow the Xianbei people to recover their strength under their noses.

Tuoba Yulu soon realized that this was a battle for the survival of the tribe. He immediately ordered the conscription of all the warriors who could fight in the tribe, and issued an assembly order to the Mo Nan Zhuhu tribe, asking all the tribes to take up arms and prepare for war against Liaodong.

With the news of the Liaodong Army's large-scale northward march, Shengle City was heavily guarded, and the six city gates would be closed early every day, and there were Hu cavalry patrolling back and forth on the street.

And at night, if there is no document signed by Tuoba Yulu himself, those who go to the street without permission will be immediately killed as spies as soon as they are discovered.

In the royal tent of Shengle City, Dadan Yu Tuoba Yulu was gathering the tribal elders, leaders, and warriors to discuss countermeasures, he sat on the top, looked at the people in front of him without saying a word, and couldn't help but hesitate in his heart.

Tuoba Yulu is also a generation of masters, in history, his aunt Weishi was afraid of her too much tribal popularity, fearing that her son would not have the opportunity to inherit the position of Da Dan Yu in the future, so she had to secretly kill Tuoba Yulu.

But even so, the Tuoba tribe later became strong and powerful under the leadership of Tuoba Shiyiqian, the second son of Tuoba Yulu, and dominated the north, and the Northern Wei Dynasty established by his great-grandson Tuoba became the first regime to unify northern China after the Wei and Jin dynasties.

However, all of this was completely changed by the arrival of Wei Shuo, who did not know what kind of foundation his descendants had created, and now he was worried about the survival of the tribe.

The Liaodong Army went north, which made him feel great pressure, and even if he won Murong Xianbei's help, Tuoba Yulu did not have much confidence to defeat the Liaodong Army.

Tuoba Yulu raised his eyes and swept down, and found that the leaders and soldiers were all decadent and languishing, and because they had no chance to go south into the Central Plains of Kou in recent years, the Xianbei people had completely lost their previous fierceness and ruthlessness.

Since the rise of the Liaodong Army, the Xianbei people have never crossed the Great Wall again, not because they have changed their sex, but because they have been beaten by the Liaodong Army. At the beginning, there were still a small group of Hu people who wantonly crossed the Great Wall into Liaodong despite Liaodong's warnings, and were brutally retaliated against by Liaodong every time.

As long as Hu Lu went south, even if there were no casualties among the Jin people, the Liaodong army would still go north and kill the heads of thousands of Xianbei to warn. If you accidentally hurt Jin Min, then what follows is simply a bloody storm. The Liaodong army will slaughter the culprits and their in-laws with their tribes and livestock to avenge the Jin people.

In the past five years, under the strong deterrence of the Liaodong Army, the Xianbei people, including the Mo Nan Zhuhu, did not dare to cross the Great Wall even a step. Without killing to boost morale, the Xianbei warriors have long since lost their sharpness.

Tuoba Yulu has always been careful to maintain relations with Liaodong, but no one expected that since the beginning of spring this year, the Liaodong Army has been dispatched and sworn to go north without achieving its goal.

Is there still a chance to turn the tide? Tuoba Yulu was really not sure in his heart, and he said with a gloomy face: "Everyone, this battle is not trivial, it is related to the life and death of the tribe, I hope you will deal with it carefully." ”

"According to the scout's report, the Liaodong Jin army is divided into three routes, among which the big Sima Weishuo personally sits in the middle of the road and the soldiers are pointing directly at Shengle, and the left and right roads are divided into two ways, and the leading generals are Liu Yao, Wei Xiong, Shao Yuniang and other famous generals in Liaodong."

"The offensive of the Liaodong Army is quite fierce, although the number of cavalry of our tribe is large, but the affiliated tribes see that the situation is critical, and it is inevitable that they will belong to both ends.

"Da Dan Yu, Shengle Jian City has been expanded and operated by the tribe for several years, not only the city is tall, but also the grain and grass reserves are sufficient, so it is better to shrink the army to hold Shengle to avoid the enemy's edge. When Liaodong is exhausted, our army will attack it again, and it will definitely be broken in one fell swoop. ”

Listening to Tuoba Hong's suggestion, Tuoba Yulu hesitated, he frowned and said: "If it is against the general Jin army, this strategy may be feasible, but this time the opponent is the Liaodong Army, which has always been famous for its sharp weapons, and the power of the ballista is unstoppable, can you rely on Sheng Le to stop the Liaodong Army like a wolf and a tiger?" ”

"Then how to deal with it in the opinion of Da Danyu?"

"I intend to leave only some of the elites to stick to Shengle, and the rest of the main force will be personally led by this single Yu to converge with the Monan Zhuhu tribe, give full play to the advantages of the tribal cavalry, and seek opportunities to fight to the death with the Liaodong army in the field."

"What?! Da Dan Yu wants to fight a decisive battle with the Liaodong Army in the field? Tuoba Hong's face was full of shock, and he looked at Da Shan Yu in disbelief.

"That's right, I thought about it and found that there was no other way out for the Tuoba Department except to fight to the death in the field."

Tuoba Yulu chose to fight with the Liaodong Army as a last resort, he did not report any hope for guarding the city, and under the attack of the Liaodong Army, the Xianbei people who were not good at defending the city were even more vulnerable.

Although it is extremely risky to go out of the city to fight in the field, the Xianbei people are originally good at riding battles, and they may have a chance to survive if they fight hard.

After making up their minds, the entire Tuoba tribe immediately took action.

In the first month of the second year of Taixing, Tuoba Yulu officially announced that he would cut off the tribute to Liaodong on the grounds of avenging Tuoba Yilu.

In February of the second year of Taixing, Tuoba Yulu swore in Shengle and decided to personally lead the army south, and the prelude to the war finally began. (To be continued.) )