At the end of October of the twelfth year of Hongwu, as the rebellions in Jiangdong were put down by the imperial court one after another, the Great Jin Dynasty calmed down again after a carnival. At this time, the Tuoba tribe in the north, which had been quiet for several years, made waves again, and after the Tuoba Six Cultivators surrendered the land of Henan to the Great Jin Dynasty, Tuoba Pugen in Mobei felt very panicked.

In order to strengthen his own strength, Tuoba Pugen raised troops again in September to attack Tuoba Biyan, and the two troops gathered tens of thousands of cavalry at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain for a big battle, as a result, Tuoba Biyan was defeated because of his inferior strength, but Tuoba Pugen did not reap any benefits, in addition to taking away a few pastures, he also lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

Taking advantage of the other party's inability to invade, Tuoba Biyan once again sent an envoy to the Great Jin Dynasty to ask for help, and the envoy Tuoba Hong passed through various places and arrived at Luoyang, the capital of the empire, under the arrangement of the Great Jin intelligence agency. This time, the places Tuoba Hong passed by were deliberately arranged by the Dajin intelligence agency, and they were all prosperous and wealthy.

In doing so, the Great Jin also meant to show the Xianbei people the strength of the Celestial Empire, and for now, the effect that the intelligence agencies hoped to achieve seemed to have been successfully completed. The Xianbei delegation not only arrived safely in Luoyang, the capital of Beijing, but also left a deep impression on Tuoba Hong and others with the prosperity and strength of the Great Jin Empire along the way.

Located at the foot of the Yin Mountain in Mobei, the Tuoba Central Tribe is not a big tribe among the Xianbei tribes, and if there was no support from the Great Jin Dynasty, I am afraid that there would not be today's Tuoba Central Tribe. Where had Tuoba Hong seen any big formations, so every Central Plains city they encountered along the way looked so huge and prosperous.

Tuoba Hong once thought that Shengle in the north was already spectacular and prosperous, but this time he came to the hinterland of the Great Jin Dynasty and found out. In his eyes, Sheng Le has just become an inconspicuous small city, where can it compare to the paradise on earth in front of him.

At this moment, the Xianbei people really felt that they had fallen into a fairyland, and the rich materials and rich land of the Central Plains were something they could never have dreamed of. Tuoba Hong now finally understands why the Huns, Qiang, and Qiang people sharpened their heads and went south, and why they stayed in the Central Plains when they knew that their strength was not good.

The Central Plains is indeed a place full of temptations, full of gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, and alluring beauties. Tuoba Hong really couldn't think of anything that the Central Plains didn't have, and for a moment even he had an urge to take it all for himself.

However, the impulse came and went faster, for the cannons mounted on the high city were mercilessly warning the aliens not to think too badly. Whenever Tuobahong's gaze swept over the artillery at the head of the city, his heart would unconsciously shiver.

This Xianbei envoy had already tasted the taste of Han artillery a few years ago, and as a Xianbei person who had fought against the Great Jin Xiang Army, he had tasted a lot of cannonballs fired by the Great Jin artillery. Moreover, it once rampant in the world Xianbei, Xiongnu, Qian, Qiang, Di and other ethnic groups of iron horses. They were all wiped out in batches under the fire of the Great Jin. That terrifying feeling still lingers in the hearts of every grassland people.

Tuoba Hong sometimes really doesn't know how Tuoba Pugen was confused by ghosts, and he has been at odds with the Great Jin, but fortunately, his own Great Khan Kaiming took refuge in the Great Jin early, otherwise he would have been either annexed by the north of Tuoba or attacked by the Great Jin Dynasty and destroyed the ethnic group. It is even more impossible to come to the Central Plains to pay tribute like now.

In the battle with Tuoba Pugen. The central part of Tuoba paid a terrible price. A large number of young and strong men died on the battlefield, which greatly damaged the vitality of the entire tribe. For Tuoba Biyan, the Han people in the south are certainly a terrible threat, but if they migrate to the north, they may not have good fruits to eat, because Tuoba Biyan has already formed a lot of bonds with Tuoba Pugen in the north.

At the beginning, Tuoba Biyan insisted on accepting the canonization of the Great Jin Dynasty, which deeply offended Tuoba Pugen. In addition, Tuoba Pugen was forced to assign a grassland with delicious water and grass at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain to Tuoba Biyan, which greatly deepened the rift between the two. After that, the two Xianbei often clashed.

In previous years, Tuoba Biyan still had the help and support of Tuoba Six Xiu, but after Tuoba Six Xiu 'dedicated' the territory to the Great Jin, Tuoba Biyan's life became more and more difficult. So Tuoba Biyan, who felt that he was weak, had to send an envoy south again to try to win the support of the Great Jin.

However, this approach of Tuoba Biyan was disdained by Tuoba Pugen, and among the previous three Xianbei, the northern part of Tuoba Pugen was the most powerful. Moreover, Tuoba Pugen has always been committed to unifying the entire Xianbei tribe, but as the other two Xianbei tribes have fallen to the Great Jin, his unification plan has been dealt a heavy blow, so Tuoba Pugen has always regarded the other two tribes as a betrayal of the entire Xianbei people.

In order to speed up the unification plan, since this year, Tuoba Pugen has intensified its attack on the other two Xianbei, especially the neighboring Tuoba Biyan tribe has suffered heavy losses due to its fierce attack, which is also the main reason why Tuoba Hong came to the Great Jin.

Under the guidance of the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty, Tuoba Hong stepped into the imperial capital Luoyang City. On the long street from the city gate to the imperial city, two rows of guards with loaded guns stood at this moment. The carved buildings, the straight and wide streets, and the soldiers around them with strict military appearance, a sense of solemnity that had never been felt before suddenly flooded Tuoba Hong's heart, and a sense of awe reached its peak before he met the emperor Sima Shu.

Although along the way, Tuoba Hong imagined the scene of his promotion to the emperor more than once, and also imagined the appearance of the emperor more than once, but when he came to the emperor with three knees and nine knocks, he didn't dare to look up to face the person sitting on the dragon chair, only to see him bow his head and knock respectfully: "Tuoba Hong, the minister of the outside world, see His Majesty the Emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live!" ”

"Flat! The Tuoba envoy came from afar, and he worked hard! From the dragon chair at the top of the palace came a majestic and calm voice, and the voice seemed to have an invisible force that pressed Tuoba Hong's head lower. Tuoba Hong's heart suddenly sprouted a sense of humility, and he hurriedly replied in a slightly trembling voice: "I am here to pay tribute to the Heavenly Dynasty on the order of my Great Khan, hoping that the two sides can always be friendly, and I am willing to surrender to the Great Jin Dynasty and defend the northern frontier for the Great Jin Dynasty forever!" ”

"Well, it's hard for your Great Khan to be so enlightened, and to join the Central Plains is to conform to the destiny of heaven. I will naturally open my heart to welcome your Great Khan and the Tuoba Central Tribe. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Well, Tuoba Envoy Manma Lawton, let's stop here today." The majestic voice on the dragon chair paused for a moment and then announced: "Spread my will to reward the Tuoba tribe with five thousand silver dollars, one hundred pieces of porcelain, and one thousand pieces of silk. ”

Tuoba Hong didn't think that he had just been rewarded with a lot of wealth by the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty as soon as they met, and he was surprised and happy at the moment, and he knelt down again and thanked him: "Your Majesty Xie is generous and generous, long live the emperor, long live long live." After that, he withdrew from the hall under the guidance of the celebrants.

Until this time, he still didn't have the courage to dare to look up at the emperor on the dragon chair, and he didn't even dare to sneak a glance at the strongman who had made the tribes of the Northland Grassland struggle on the brink of death. However, although Tuoba Hong failed to see the emperor's true face, but through a few words in the hall just now, the big stone in Tuoba Hong's heart was finally put down, and he firmly believed that since the emperor had rewarded him Tuoba Hong, he would definitely not give up the entire central part of Tuoba.

Just when the flattered Tuoba Hong thought that his southward trip was a successful choice, Sima Shu, who had retired from the court, also discussed this investment with his subordinates in the imperial study. But seeing Yang Xuanzhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, praised loudly: "The emperor is mighty, and the ministers of the state have not dared to raise their heads to look up at the emperor's dragon face from beginning to end, so it can be seen that those Yi chieftains have already worshiped our dynasty as if it were a heavenly honor." ”

"Humph! The central part of Tuoba is just a small tribe in the Xianbei tribe of Mobei, not to mention that compared with the northern part of Tuoba, it is not even comparable to the southern part of Tuoba before. If they really dare to make a mistake against our dynasty, then the army of our Celestial Empire will be able to crush an ant to death in an instant, and Tuoba Pugen and his tribe will disappear from this world forever. As a privy councillor, Zu Tiyan said proudly. In his opinion, the imperial court had no reason to accept the tribute from the central part of Tuoba, on the contrary, it should take the opportunity to send troops to the north of Yinshan, and then sweep the entire Mobei grassland, completely eradicating the threat of the Xianbei tribe to the Great Jin.

"General Zu, don't underestimate the Tuoba Central Tribe, although their strength is not good, but the grassland they are in occupies a very important position, it is connected to the fertile and reckless desert grassland in the north, and is adjacent to the Yinshan Mountain Range that stretches for thousands of miles in the south, which is a place where soldiers must fight. Therefore, if we want to conquer Mobei, we must first get the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, and Your Majesty's move is not only to subdue the central part of Tuoba but also to prepare for the future passage of Mobei. Zhang Bin, the secretary of the Ministry of War on the side, analyzed sharply.

"I'm afraid that the Xianbei people will have ill intentions, and when the time comes, they will turn their faces and deny people after taking the aid of our court." Zu Ti shook his head and snorted coldly, in fact, Zu Ti's concerns were not unreasonable. In fact, this kind of thing has often happened in history, and the regime in the Central Plains generally invested a lot of money in exchange for stability in the north, but the nomads in the north still invaded the south.

"General Zu's concerns are also somewhat reasonable, but at the moment, we are not really appeasing the central part of Tuoba but trying to make them all belong to our dynasty. In fact, the current situation of Tuoba Biyan's tribe in the grassland is not optimistic, and under the blow of Tuoba Pugen, the central part of Tuoba has suffered huge losses. ”

"Moreover, the steppe peoples have always been subservient to the strong and believe in force, in short, whoever is strong will submit to whomever they want. Now that Tuoba Liuxiu has fallen, Tuoba Biyan, who has lost the support of his brother, is facing more and more pressure, and now he is in a hurry to find new help. It is undoubtedly a move for me to open my arms to it now, and we can take the opportunity to take the central part of Tuoba, and I believe that after this incident, it will not be too far from the middle part of Tuoba to truly integrate into my Great Jin. We can take the strategically important central part of Tuoba without a single soldier, and they will become the next southern part of Tuoba! Zhang Bin further analyzed. (To be continued......)