Chapter 218: The Great Tent Conspiracy
The white tent stood out on the grassland outside Shengle City, not only because the tent was several times larger than the usual tent, but also because of the group of fierce warriors who stood silently outside the tent. These Xianbei soldiers are all wearing light armor, if you just look at the costumes, some people may think that they are a group of Jin soldiers.
Because these Xianbei people are all dressed as sergeants, they all wrap scarves around the bottom of their faces, one is to prevent wind and sand, the other is to shade the sun, and perhaps for the purpose of hiding their identity. Just by looking at the appearance, you can know that this group of soldiers is definitely the elite of the Xianbei soldiers.
All the soldiers stood with their backs to the tent, and a wall of iron-blooded men formed about ten zhang away from the tent, giving the impression that even a small bird could not cross them and peep inside the tent. They have no intention of knowing what is happening in the tent, because their duty is to guard, and if they hear too much, they will lose their ears, and if they see too much, they will lose their eyes.
A small dung beetle carefully emerged from the ground, went around the back of the warriors, and ran wildly to the outside of the big tent, where the dung beetle carefully lifted the big tent and climbed in. Before it could see what was going on inside the tent, a cold light flashed and stabbed his poor small head.
A cold voice said, "I hate these powerless little bugs the most." Since you are so weak, don't run around, and obediently obey the powerful forces. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll give you a stick of incense to convince me. If you can't give me a reasonable reason, then you can go with this little bug. β
A muscular, white-faced, bearded man sat across from the speaker. At the age of thirty, he was covered with wind and dust, wearing a bright armor on his body, and carrying a horizontal knife from the Central Plains at his waist. At this time, the white-faced and blue-faced Hu man didn't care about the threat of the young man opposite, and saw him picking up a hot goat's milk tea and tasting it.
The bonfire burned in the center of the big tent, and the whole big tent was baked, and the white-eyed Hu man reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and slowly said a sentence, "Le came to your place on the order of the Great Khan this time to discuss with the young master of Tuoba Six Cultivators. β
That's right, this person is Shi Le, the general under Liu Yuan, who followed Liu Yuan to retreat to the state together. Subsequently, with the help of Liu Yuan. Shi Le returned to his hometown and rectified the local Hu people, and obtained a total of 50,000 elite people. With the help of these Qi soldiers, Shi Le's power expanded dramatically, and he soon became the number one general under Liu Yuan.
This time, Liu Yuan wanted to break the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy. He sent Shile north to Shengle to prepare to persuade Tuoba Yilu to side with the Huns. However, the reality cruelly told Shile that this was nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of the Huns. The southern part of Tuoba is different from the Xianbei of Hexi. Tuoba Yilu is not the same as Bald Hair Pill, he is not tempted by Shi Le at all, and always adheres to the strategy of Lianjin to suppress the Xiongnu.
The rest of the mission had lost confidence and was ready to leave. But Shi Le is Shi Le after all, and he found a trace of anomaly in the daily speech of the Xianbei people. Especially after learning that the contradiction between Tuoba Biyan and Tuoba Liuxiu brothers had already reached the point of tension, Shi Le keenly discovered the opportunity of the Huns.
In this case, Shi Le resolutely put the object of lobbying on Tuoba Liuxiu. Sure enough, after some conversation, Shi Le quickly sensed that Tuoba Liuxiu had a deep hatred for Da Shan Yu and his younger brother hidden deep in his heart.
"General Shi, if you have something, you can pick up the important ones and say, I don't have extra time to chat and fart with you here." Tuoba Liuxiu replied in a cold voice opposite Shile that Tuoba Liuxiu had a hard time recently, and his father Tuoba Yilu not only deposed his mother, but even made him kneel to his younger brother Tuoba Biyan in public, which undoubtedly increased his resentment towards his father.
"Young Master Tuoba has a good reputation among the tribe, and has such a strong subordinate, does he still have to live so poorly, haven't he thought about setting himself up as a king? If Your Excellency becomes the true master of the Tuoba tribe, who would dare to bully the young master like this? β
"General Shi, this time, for the sake of you being the envoy of the Huns, I will not pursue it anymore, if you still talk nonsense next, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people. Isn't it because you Huns are attacked on both sides, but you want to provoke civil strife among my Tuoba tribes, and then stabilize the environment in the northern part of the state, so that you can concentrate on dealing with the threat of the Jin Dynasty? Hum! This trick was made as early as more than ten years ago, and our Tuoba tribe suffered losses in this regard. "Tuoba Liuxiu is still the same cold look.
"Hehe, the young master of Tuoba is right, but it should be the Jin people who brought harm to the Tuoba tribe that time, right? Originally, outsiders shouldn't have commented much on the affairs of your tribe in the next place, but Ben Jiang was very puzzled, since the Great Jin is the mortal enemy of your Tuoba tribe, then why did you want to form an alliance with them? Shi Le still looked careless under the fierce words of Tuoba Liuxiu.
Tuoba Liuxiu was silent after listening to Shi Le's words, originally he was supportive of his father's alliance with the Jin Dynasty, but after last year's trip to the Central Plains in the Mid-Autumn Festival, he gradually became dissatisfied with the Great Jin. The reason for this change was mainly because after he arrived in the Jin Dynasty, he originally wanted to gain the support of the Jin Dynasty, and then contain his younger brother Tuoba Liuxiu.
Who knew that the Great Jin believed that the stability of the Tuoba tribe was the most beneficial to the Great Jin, and in this case, the idea of Tuoba Liuxiu wanting to fight for power and profit internally was naturally not supported by the Great Jin. However, Da Jin's statement made Tuoba Liuxiu think that Da Jin valued his father Tuoba Yilu more, and then supported Tuoba Biyan, the youngest son Tuoba Biyan, who was valued by Tuoba Yilu.
After returning to the Tuoba tribe, Tuoba Liuxiu was in a more difficult situation, and his dissatisfaction with the Great Jin became stronger and stronger, and he believed that it was the continuous support of the Great Jin that made Tuoba Yilu blatantly want to abolish his inheritance under the expansion of strength, and then set up his youngest son Tuoba Biyan as the heir.
"Young Master Tuoba, please think about it carefully, in the future, the Tuoba tribe will go south to assist the Great Jin Dynasty in attacking and annexing the state, will the Tuoba leader let Your Excellency lead the troops to the battle?"
Although Tuoba Liuxiu did not answer, the expression on his face had already given the answer, his father would never let him lead the troops into battle. In Tuoba Liuxiu's view, Bingzhou is not the opponent of the Great Jin Dynasty at all, and it is just an easy trip to send troops to Merge Prefecture in the future, and whoever has the opportunity to lead the troops will have the opportunity to make great contributions, and there will also be an opportunity to establish prestige in the Tuoba tribe.
His father, Tuoba Yilu, would never give up the opportunity to go on an expedition and annex states for his brother Tuoba Biyan, so he Tuoba Liuxiu may not have a second way to go except to lead the neck and kill him.
"No, never, I will never be bound!" Tuoba Liuxiu was moaning like a wolf with red eyes, roaring, and shouting, as if he wanted to shout out all the unwillingness and fear in his heart.
Seeing Tuoba Liuxiu like this, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of Shi Le's mouth, and he still said with a smile: "Young Master Tuoba Lord, the Jin people will never support Your Excellency to carry out a coup d'Γ©tat, because it is not in the interests of the Jin Dynasty, Your Excellency is now a thorn in the side of Tuoba Biyan, he has long wanted to get rid of you as soon as possible, but he is worried that some people in the tribe will oppose it, but once the other party makes great contributions to the southern expedition and the state in the future, does Your Excellency still have any hope of turning over?" β
"Well, now there's an opportunity, we both have common interests, so why can't we join forces?"
"General Shi will speak slowly and carefully, and I will listen to you."
Shi Le put down the wine glass in his hand and smiled faintly: "Does Young Master Tuoba think that after the state is destroyed in the future, your Xianbei tribe will still be able to maintain friendly relations with the Jin Dynasty?" Now the Jin Dynasty is working so hard to win over the Tuoba tribe is nothing more than because there is a buffer zone between you, and with a strong Central Plains emperor like Sima Shu, he can still tolerate your Tuoba tribe in the future to continue to occupy Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Wuyuan and other counties that originally belonged to the Han people? β
"Can't!" Although Tuoba Liuxiu had not seen Sima Shu, when he went to the Central Plains last year, he also heard a lot of legends and deeds of the Great Jin Emperor, and more or less knew that the other party was a man of great talent and ambition.
Tuoba Liuxiu turned the ring in his hand while listening to Shi Lefen's words, and he glanced at Shi Ledao, "General Shi really deserves to be the general of the Han Kingdom, and his knowledge is extraordinary." Tell me, what should I do next? β
"It's very simple, the young master of Tuoba cooperated with our Han Kingdom, and with the support of the Huns, he came to the bottom of the kettle at the right time to take the lead of the Tuoba tribe in one fell swoop." Speaking of this, Shi Le's eyes shot out a bloodthirsty light, and he really deserved to be a famous hero in history, and his idea was really ruthless.
Tuoba Liuxiu couldn't help but fight his hands after listening to Shi Le's words, although he looked calm on his face, the corners of his mouth twitched lightly, but betrayed the tension in his heart. When he hated it very much, Tuoba Liuxiu didn't think about this, but if he really wanted him to do his father and brother, he was really a little hesitant.
"Has Young Master Tuoba heard of Mao Dun Shan Yu? Although he killed his own father, he became the greatest Shan Yu in the history of the Huns. How could the young master of Tuoba not become the greatest Shan Yu in the history of the Tuoba tribe? β
Tuoba Liuxiu's heart was moved, he wanted to become the Mao Dun Shan Yu of the Tuoba tribe, thinking of this, a cold gaze shot out of his eyes, and that gaze crossed the big tent and enveloped the entire Tuoba tribe.
"Well, that's a good plan. If General Shi can support the Han State to achieve his hegemony, this young master will never lose the Han State. As soon as I become the leader of the Tuoba tribe, I will immediately terminate my cooperation with the Great Jin and instead support the Han Kingdom. β
"Young Master Tuoba is wise, how can we be afraid of the Han threat when we join forces in the future? I'm afraid that at that time, it will no longer be the Great Jin that threatens us, but they should worry about us entering the Central Plains, hahaha! Cheers to our collaboration! β
"General Shi, please!" (To be continued......)