Chapter 222: Great Changes in the Grassland (Part II)
After Tuoba Liuxiu cut off his father's head, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, but he was quickly replaced by excitement. The thought of becoming the great leader of the southern part of Tuoba made the blood in his body feel like it was burning. I saw Tuoba Liuxiu smile contemptuously at Tuoba Yilu's corpse: "Your era is over, it's my turn next!" ”
When Tuoba Six Correction was slaughtering Da Danyu's cronies' guards, Tuoba Pugen, the right sage king in the south of Tuoba, hid aside and watched coldly what was happening in front of him. As for what happened today, Tuoba Pugen had already expected it.
Tuoba Pugen is Tuoba Yilu's nephew, and he is very unaccustomed to Dadan's preference for his younger son, and sooner or later the Tuoba tribe will rebel because of this, and sure enough, what happened today confirmed his suspicion.
Although he had long been aware of Tuoba Liuxiu's ambitions, he did not remind Tuoba Yilu that Tuoba Pugen had his own ambitions. If there was no civil strife in the Tuoba Yilu family, he would definitely not be able to sit in the position of Tuoba Nandan, but now it is different, he can just fish in troubled waters.
As soon as the rebellion broke out, Tuoba Pugen led his henchmen to avoid the rebels, and after Tuoba Yilu was killed, he quickly led his troops towards Tuoba Biyan's mansion. At this time, Tuoba Biyan's mansion has become a pot of porridge, since he learned that the eldest brother raised troops to rebel, Tuoba Biyan was terrified, just when he didn't know what to do, only to hear the guards outside the door shouting: "The right virtuous king has arrived!" ”
This shout alerted the room to Tuoba Biyan, and he stood up suddenly. Grabbing the arm of the person who came, he said in a trembling voice: "Is it really the Right Virtuous King who is here?" ”
"Yes, Xiao Shan Yu, it's really the Right Virtuous King is here!"
Hearing this, Tuoba Biyan desperately pushed away the people in front of him, stumbled to the gate, and saw Tuoba Pugen wearing armor and leading a group of soldiers to walk in with great force.
"Are the Pugen brothers here to kill me?" Tuoba Biyan stared at the heavily armed Tuoba Pugen and asked tremblingly, he can be said to have become a frightened bird now, and now when he saw Tuoba Pugen's dress, he suddenly became panicked.
"Brother, the eldest brother Tuoba Liuxiu rebelled, and Da Danyu has been killed by the other party. Please leave the city as soon as possible! ”
When Tuoba Biyan heard that his father was dead, his eyes went dark. He knew very well what Tuoba Yilu meant to him, and if he hadn't had Tuoba Yilu's support before, how could he have suppressed his eldest brother to the death. Now that the eldest brother dares to kill even his own biological father, he will never mind killing another half-brother.
"Brother Pugen. I. I. Where are we going? Tuoba Biyan was already out of order, and he could only look at Tuoba Pugen with his eyes blank.
"Flee north, to the two great tribes of the central and northern regions. Now that the southern part of Tuoba is under the control of Tuoba Liuxiu, there is no place for us anymore. If my brother doesn't make a decision, I'm afraid his life will not be saved! Tuoba Pugen tried his best to persuade Tuoba Biyan to flee to Mobei, which was something he had planned a long time ago.
Tuoba Pugen's father, Tuoba Yiyi, is Tuoba Yilu's brother and the big Danyu in the north of Tuoba. Although this person is wise and powerful, he has completely collapsed in the past two years because his physical condition is not very good. Although Tuoba Yihui also had many sons, the only one who could really inherit the business in the north was Tuoba Pugen, who was stranded in the south of Tuoba.
Therefore, in the past year, Tuoba Yihui has nagged with Tuoba Pugen, hoping that he will return to Tuoba North as soon as possible to inherit the position of Da Danyu. It's just that Tuoba Pugen tried to follow the example of his ancestor Tuoba Liwei and was determined to unify the entire Tuoba tribe, so he has always ignored his father's call, but actively expanded his power in the south of Tuoba to lay the foundation for the future unification of Tuoba tribe.
Now, with the southern part of Tuoba falling into civil strife, and Tuoba Pugen's father's body has also reached the point of running out of oil, in this case, Tuoba Pugen finally made up his mind to return north. When he planned to return to the north this time, he was going to take Tuoba Biyan, the youngest son of Tuoba Yilu, so as to lay the groundwork for the future conquest of Tuoba Liuxiu.
"Brother Biyan, Da Dan Yu in the north is your uncle, you go to the other party just like I live in your south, what else do you have to worry about? You don't really want to sit here and wait for Tuoba Liuxiu, a traitor, to kill you, do you? ”
"Okay, Brother Pugen, I'll go with you, let's go to Mobei."
Under the coaxing and deception of Tuoba Pugen, Tuoba Biyan soon agreed to follow the other party to Mobei, and soon a cavalry of nearly 1,000 people slaughtered towards the north gate in a burst of shouting. At this time, the guards of the North City Gate were engaged in a bloody battle with the rebels, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and the soldiers who were fighting looked up one after another, and looked at the elite soldiers who were galloping behind them.
The soldiers on both sides found that the two leaders were the right sage king and the young master of the tribe, and the rebels in front of the door were originally the elite of Tuoba Liuxiu's headquarters, and at this time they saw the tribe right sage king suddenly visit and thought that the rebellion had failed, which immediately caused a riot among the rebels. The resisting soldiers took the opportunity to move back to some of their declining position, and shouted:
"Long live the Right Virtuous King, long live the Right Virtuous King!"
Tuoba Pugen's face was gloomy, and he looked at the surrounding rebels with unusually calm and said: "Tuoba Six Cultivators rebelled, killed Da Shan Yu, killed the monarch and usurped the throne, and his crime should be destroyed." Thou shalt receive the kindness of the tribe in the world, and thou shalt repay the kindness. The king decreed that those who were threatened and deceived should be exempted from their crimes, but they must be loyal to Da Danyu, and they should fight against each other and kill the traitor Tuoba Liuxiu and his comrades. Kill the six cultivators of Tuoba and reward millions of money, ten beauties, kill the rebels and annihilate the enemy on the battlefield, reward the slaves, and wait for the city to enter the city quickly to quell the rebellion. ”
Listening to Tuoba Pugen's words, Tuoba Biyan secretly smacked his tongue, his cousin Pugen can really talk nonsense, but looking at the greed in the eyes of the soldiers at the moment, he knows that his saliva is not in vain, although he made some empty promises, but there are still some money-hungry soldiers who obey the call and really go to 'quell the rebellion'.
Tuoba Pugen didn't expect this group of people to turn defeat into victory, he only hoped that the other party could delay Tuoba Liuxiu's footsteps, so as to delay his action a little, and more than 1,000 horsemen soon left the north gate and headed towards the northern grassland.
Just after Tuoba Pugen fled, Ma Qiu led a team of cavalry of the Qiang tribe to appear at the north gate, and wiped out the remnants of the resistance in three strikes and five divisions, and then he learned from his captives that the Youxian King in the south of Tuoba had escaped from the north gate. Ma Qiu didn't dare to slack off when he heard this, and hurriedly went to report to Shile.
"General, do you need to lead the troops to chase after you?"
"Hehehe, no, it's good to escape, it's good to escape! Originally, General Ben was still struggling with how to restrain Tuoba Liuxiu, but now it seems that this matter has been solved. When Shi Le heard the news of King Youxian's escape, he was not as worried as Ma Qiu, but was excited.
Shi Le certainly saw the problem farther than the reckless man Maqiu, and now with the death of Tuoba Yilu in the southern part of Tuoba, the entire tribe fell into the hands of Tuoba Liuxiu, and its power also swelled rapidly, becoming the largest military group in the northern part of Bingzhou. Although the two sides temporarily formed an alliance, the covenant was torn up in recent years, don't you see that Tuoba Liuxiu also tore up the covenant with the Jin Dynasty for his own interests?
Who can guarantee that Tuoba Liuxiu will not betray the Huns again for other reasons in the future, in this case, the existence of Tuoba Pugen and Tuoba Biyan is equivalent to the sword of Damocles hanging over the head of Tuoba Liuxiu. He had no way out except to rely on the Huns, Tuoba Liuxiu.
At this time, Tuoba Liuxiu also got the news that his brother was rescued by Tuoba Pugen, although he was very unwilling, but the most important thing at the moment was to stabilize the tribe, plus he didn't want to fall out with the other two, and as long as Tuoba South was in his hands, Tuoba Biyan would not make any big waves.
Five days later, the news of the grassland coup reached Sima Shu's ears, and he hurriedly summoned some cabinet members to discuss the matter.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the most important thing for us at the moment is to strengthen the military strength of the upper county and the northern land, so as to prevent Tuoba Liuxiu from leading the army south." Zhang Bin, the first assistant of the cabinet, first suggested.
"Well, what Mr. Meng Sun said is right, the northern defense line of Yongzhou really needs to be strengthened, so the Privy Council immediately sent a letter to the Yongzhou Governor's Mansion and asked them to transfer the cavalry and infantry troops of the two wings to the north to strengthen the northern defense line."
"Obey your orders!"
After arranging the military deployment, Sima Shu relaxed again, he sighed and said, "I didn't expect this Tuoba Six Cultivators to be really ruthless, and he didn't even let go of his own father." This Tuoba Yilu Hero I, I didn't expect to have such an ending. ”
"Your Majesty, Tuoba Yilu has today's result is completely self-inflicted, if it weren't for the other party's inability to correctly handle the internal contradictions, how could he have fallen to this point today, and according to the news from the Military Intelligence Agency, there is still the back of the Huns. Your Majesty, the movements of the Huns cannot but arouse our attention. Zu Ti suggested.
"Well, it seems that the Huns are not willing to be lonely again, some time ago Hexi Xianbei and Liaodong Xianbei were also ready to move, and there seem to be Huns in it. If the northern Hu people really unite, I am afraid it will be a great threat to us. Sima Shu was also worried about this, thinking that hundreds of thousands of Hu cavalry troops were rolling down from Liangzhou, Guanzhong, Bingzhou, and Youzhou at the same time, everyone present also shuddered, if such a thing really happened, it would definitely be a disaster for the people of the Central Plains.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Hexi Xianbei and Youzhou Liaodong Xianbei are not enough to worry about, the only thing to worry about is the Tuoba tribe and the Huns of Bingzhou, one of these two military groups is less than a few hundred miles away from the Beijing division, and once the cavalry breaks through our defense line, it can enter Luoyang in a few days; The other has a large military power, occupies the Hetao region and threatens the security of the imperial court. ”
"Well, Aiqing is right, but now is a critical moment for the economic development of the imperial court, and it is not appropriate to start a large-scale war with the enemy, so let's ask the Privy Council to strengthen the strength of these local government soldiers and Xiang troops, and we must prevent the Hu people from entering our interior and wreaking havoc!"
"Yes!" (To be continued......)