The grey sky was overcast, the wind was howling, and the grass was swaying.

The eldest prince of Xianbei, Huaifang [cōng], looked at the sky with a heavy heart, and originally planned that Xianbei would come to a large-scale grain robbery in June and July, and then attack Fuyu in the east in autumn. Now it's in a hurry, and the plans are a little messy.

Generally, the nomadic Koubian will choose autumn, for example, the "grass valley" in later generations is basically autumn, but why does Xianbei often choose in summer? The main reason is that Xianbei now occupies a vast area, there are many other nomads around, many of them are not close to the Han Dynasty, and they can't rob the Han people, in order to survive the winter in autumn, they have to rob the relatively wealthy Xianbei people, and the Xianbei people fight with these nomads almost every autumn in order to defend. Therefore, in the autumn, Xianbei's troops against the Han Dynasty will be much less, and the border army of the Han Dynasty can basically be defended.

Recently, Fuyu in the east of Xianbei frequently invaded the Xianbei tribe, Xianbei King Tan Shihuai decided to use troops against Fuyu in the autumn of this year, the original plan was to plunder the Han land on a large scale in June, but I did not expect that in March in the Xianbei tribe on the border of the Great Wall was wantonly killed by Gongsun Zhan, which can be described as brutal, at least 20,000 people were killed. The Xianbei tribes were furious, and Tanshi Huai had no choice but to rush Koubian in advance and send his eldest son Huai Fang to kill Gongsun Zhan and others.

After hearing about Bai Ziyun's deeds, he sent the Eagle Clan patriarch Sheduo to Zhuo County to test it, but he didn't expect that the whole army was almost wiped out, and the sons and daughters who fled back were still delirious and incoherent, and they seemed to be frightened.

When Huai Fang was planning in his heart, a young man came over and said with a solemn face: "The eldest prince, I have already asked, and they all said that a man in white suddenly fell from the sky, and then the flames soared into the sky, but in a moment he burned three thousand people to death, and the others were terrified and rushed to flee for their lives, but fortunately, the Han cavalry could not do it, so they escaped these people." The five hundred Eagle Clan sons who escaped all said this, and it seemed that it was true, and there were indeed men in white who used fire attacks. ”

Huai Fang's pupils shrank slightly, and he frowned: "The man in white fell from the sky? Murong Feng, do you know who this person is? ”

Murong Feng said: "It should be Zhuo County's long-staying immortal Bai Ziyun, legend has it that this person is a heavenly god in the heavenly realm, with vast magical powers and omnipotence, well, the Baiyun Mind Method we recently cultivated came from this person's hand." ”

Huai Fang's heart skipped a beat, and after a long while, he asked aloud, "Murong Feng, do you think that Bai Ziyun is a god?" ”

"My subordinates don't know." Murong Feng smiled and shook his head, and then a pair of eyes shot out a slight light, "However, since ancient legends, there have been many gods who have been killed by mortals, and even if Bai Ziyun is a god, he is also an evil god. The eldest prince is a great hero in the world, and he has 50,000 iron horses in his hand, and he is sure to be invincible under the protection of the gods of the Immortal Heaven, and there is no need to fear a small god. ”

"Not bad!" Huai Fang laughed, quite happy, but there were still worries in his heart, "But after all, the other party may be a god, we can't be careless, we must listen to the will of the gods before making a decision." ”

"Yes!"

The only person who can hear the voice of the gods is the shaman, and there are such figures among the entourage of Huai Fang, and the status of the shaman priest is respected, especially the oracle priest who can listen to the oracle has a higher status.

Huai Fang and Murong Feng walked into the cowhide tent of the oracle priest with solemn expressions, and saw an old man sitting alone in the gloomy tent, his eyes closed, his thin body motionless, as if there was no sound.

The old man was dressed in a feathered garment, which seemed to modern people to be a flowery man, but in the eyes of the Xianbei people, it was a symbol of divine authority, and the priest was clothed with feathers, which made it easier to approach the gods who dwelt in the sky.

Huai Fang and Murong Feng knelt down respectfully, kowtowed a few times, and the old man slowly opened his eyes, but his eyes were sloppy, his thin face twitched slightly, and he said slowly: "Is the eldest prince here because the Eagle Clan was almost wiped out?" ”

Huai Fang said respectfully: "Yes. Priest of the Ancient Capital, I would like to ask if it is true that the Eagle Clan was slaughtered by the God of Fire? ”

The sloppy eyes of the priest of the ancient capital converged slightly, and after a long while, he said slowly: "The god of fire is a part of the sun and the moon, and is the most holy god in the heavenly realm, which can wash away all filth and drive away demons. ”

Huai Fang and Murong Feng's eyes lit up, and Huai Fang asked in surprise: "In other words, that Bai Ziyun is not a heavenly god?" ”

The priest of the ancient capital shook his head and said: "The gods are not only gods, mountains, rivers and trees, wind, rain, ice and snow have gods, maybe that Bai Ziyun is one of them, maybe Bai Ziyun is just a mortal, but he stole the divine art from the heavenly realm, just like a mortal stealing the fire of the heavenly realm from the heavenly realm." Great Prince, Murong Dashuai, isn't the Baiyun Mind Method you have recently cultivated just that you feel that your body has increased a lot of strength? These are divine arts, divine techniques that only heavenly gods can cultivate, but they were brought to the world by Bai Ziyun. ”

Huai Fang frowned, and said with a slight dissatisfaction: "Priest of the ancient capital, can't you be sure whether he is a human or a god?" ”

The priest of the ancient capital said expressionlessly: "Yes, I can't be sure, maybe it's a man, maybe it's a god." The other party is very powerful, the eldest prince should be careful, if the other party is a god, you go to kill the god, it will bring disaster to the tribe. ”

Murong Feng sneered: "It's not like a god hasn't been killed. ”

The myths and deeds of the nomads are passed down by word of mouth, and many legends will have the deeds of mortals defeating the gods, in the wild grassland, there are many such myths and legends, most of which are made up by the rulers, and they have been believed by later generations after a long time.

"God can't be killed, only his body in the world is killed, the eldest prince, if you destroy the body of a god, you will usher in the revenge of the gods, the revenge of the gods is terrible, maybe it is a natural disaster, maybe it is a plague, maybe it is a military disaster, it is annoying, because the gods are the same as us mortals, they also have groups, friends, and of course enemies, no matter what, Bai Ziyun has divine skills, it must be related to the gods, if the eldest prince wants to know the answer, he needs to ask the gods."

The priest of the ancient capital raised his tone slightly and said, very unhappy in his heart, the gods are the reliance of the priests, and he naturally wants to try his best to maintain the authority of the gods. Otherwise, the gods can be defeated by mortals casually, so who will fear the gods? Without the reverence of the gods, mortals have no place as priests.

"Please also ask the priest of the ancient capital to ask the oracle, and I will offer a heavy sacrifice." Huai Fang said in awe.

This ancient capital sacrifice finally had a smile on his face, and said: "Great Prince, what you want to know this time is the realm of the gods, which is very taboo against the gods, so the sacrifice needs to be particularly grand!" ”

Shamanism believes that the gods also have seven emotions and six desires, such as greed, **, and humans can use this desire of the gods to trade with the gods to achieve their own goals. In addition, the gods in shamanism also have ranks, the lower level gods sacrifice the flesh and blood of some animals, and the high level requires valuable items in the world, such as gold, silver, jewelry, and beautiful virgins. This time, the priest of the ancient capital said that if he understood the realm of the gods, he naturally had to ask about the high-level gods, and the "chips" were not low.

Sure enough, the ancient capital priest said: "Ten beautiful virgins with noble status and some valuables in the world, such as the glass mirror, are good." ”

"Yes. This king will do it. ”

Huai Fang respectfully accepted the order and left. But valuables are easy to get, but this noble beautiful virgin is not easy to do, he is leading troops to the battle, but he will not bring women, and he still wants a noble woman, in the Han region, this kind of woman can only be found in the city.

Murong Feng said: "I heard that the county guard of Shanggu County has two daughters who have not yet married, and there are many unmarried women in the county who want to come to officials and families. ”

Fuyang County is the seat of Shanggu County, and there are naturally many officials and their families in Shanggu County.

"Okay, pass the order down and march to Fuyang County!" Huai Fang said coldly.

"Yes!"