In fact, Cui Hong, Cui Hao's father and son have the intention of making friends with Zhang Jian, they defected to Wei Feng, belonging to the latecomers, not as good as Wang Xie and other clans, this obviously lost the opportunity, if you want to regain the disadvantage, in addition to trying to marry the young daughter, the other is to find Austrian aid!

Although Zhang Jian is named Qinwei, on the surface, he is Wei Feng's domestic servant, but Wei Feng will become the emperor in the future, and he will inevitably become the commander of the forbidden army. Those are the people Weifeng trusts the most!

After several days of fleeing, they thought that they and Zhang Jian could not be regarded as friends in distress, and this friendship could not be abandoned no matter what.

This break lasted until the early morning of the next day, except for the guards, who had to be on guard, including the coachman, everyone had a good night's sleep, and for the next few days they were not in a hurry to travel, and they traveled a hundred miles a day towards the thistle.

The chariot and horse team was still on the way, Jiang Xuan had led 30,000 light cavalry to Linping City, this was the first time that the Jin Dynasty had arrived in the form of an army since the southern crossing, especially this city, which was once the capital of the most powerful country, Liu Jiaozhi had led the army to the vicinity of Ye, and the whole army was wiped out there, between 35 and 36 degrees north latitude, and the latitude of Pingcheng was a little more than 40 degrees north latitude, this day was September 27 in the fourth year of Yixi!

Tuoba received the news and immediately climbed to the top of the city, although he had already been told by the forbidden army that he had fled back that the Jin people might come to attack Pingcheng, but looking at the neat 30,000 elite horsemen under the city, his heart was still full of shame!

This is the fifth day of his ascension to the throne as emperor, since ancient times. The person who said that the emperor was defeated faster than Huan Xuan, but Huan Xuan was not beaten to the door on the fifth day, right?

Tuoba turned his head and asked, "How many military horses are there in the city?" How much is a ding? And how many private armies were there among the princes and below? ”

The meritorious general, Yuancheng Hou Tuoba Qu pinched his fingers slightly, and said: "Including the forbidden army, there are 25,000 troops in Pingcheng, nearly 30,000 Ding Nan between the ages of fifteen and fifty, and the private troops of the princes and below cannot be counted, but the minister thinks that it will not be less than fifteen thousand!" ”

"Good!" Tuoba said hatefully: "So, I can recruit an army of 70,000. What's the harm in fighting with the Jin army under the city? Who wants to lead the army to break the enemy? ”

Tuoba Qu hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty." In a hurry, recruiting Ding Zhuang into the army is by no means within three or two days, according to the minister's estimate. At least five days. What's more, although I, the Tuoba clan, dismount for the people. The army was on the horse, but since the first emperor moved the capital to Pingcheng, he deliberately broke up the organizational form between the tribes. Boldly going out of the city to face the battle, there may be an irregular queue, different orders, and the drill of the military formation, at least half a month, and the conscription of the princes and their private troops also requires His Majesty to mobilize personally, which takes several days to always have.

Now out of the city to fight, at most only 20,000 troops, the minister heard that the Jin army bow and crossbow is powerful, our army and outnumbered, if the enemy, by its counterattack into the city, I am afraid the consequences are unimaginable, Your Majesty, look at it again, the Jin army is pure cavalry, did not carry any siege equipment, obviously only the forward, its main force to come at least half a month, so we only need to defeat the Jin army under the city within half a month, we can protect my Great Wei unharmed, and please bear with Your Majesty! ”

Tuoba Hei groaned slightly, and then said: "The Jin people are too embarrassed, since they are coming, I will fight him under Pingcheng, and send an edict to Anyang (Warring States Zhao Land, now northwest of Yulin, Shaanxi Province, on the north bank of the Yellow River in Ordos), and he will lead the Helan Department to help, if the Jin people are defeated, I will allow him to collect all of Helan!" ”

Tuoba Qu was shocked, the reason why Tuoba Jue was able to establish a country, there are two major tribes that play a pivotal role, one is the Dugu Department, the other is the Helan Department, Tuoba Ju was weak, he was carried by his mother Helan to the Dugu Department, but by the Dugu Department of the chieftain Liu Xian persecution, had to flee to the Helan Department, and then with the help of the Helan Department, sent troops to destroy Liu Xian, forced the Dugu Department to respect his master, and since then has set a foundation.

At this time, the relationship between Tuoba, Helan and Dugu was still an alliance, and Tuoba was the leader of the alliance, but after Tuoba succeeded to the throne, these two forces gradually increased, which in turn posed a threat to Tuoba Jue, so Tuoba Jue temporarily formed an alliance with the Murong clan and joined forces to attack Helan and Dugu, and Dugu was the first to be destroyed.

In the fifth year of the kingdom (390 AD), Tuoba and Murong Lin jointly attacked Helan and Gaoche in Yixin Mountain, and later, Tiefu Liu Weichen attacked Helan again, forcing Helan to surrender to Tuoba clan, the following year, Helan was infighting, Yan Guolan Khan broke He and dyed dry in Niudu, Murong Lin broke He Ne in Chicheng, and fowl fell tens of thousands of his tribes, and the Helan tribe became more decaying.

At this time, the Helan Department has been divided into three parts, part of the naturalization of the Wei people, the other part of the naturalization of the Yan people, that is, the subjects of Weifeng now, and some of them have gone to Anyang in the northwest, barely maintaining the tribal form, and it is this branch that Tuoba wants to appease.

This also means that Tuoba's discrete policy has completely failed, and the Helan Department is in danger of resurrection and re-growth, but the country is about to die, how can it manage so much?

Tuoba Qu could also understand Tuoba Hei's helplessness, and after sighing secretly, he arched his hand and said: "The minister immediately wrote an edict, and His Majesty issued the seal." ”

Tuoba Si nodded and said, "Let's go, go back to the palace with me." ”

Since there is no opportunity to take advantage of it, of course Jiang Xuan will not attack the city hastily, the whole army exercises soldiers and horses during the day, and drills sleeping bags at night, but the herdsmen in the city are full of hatred, first, they can't go out of the city to herd sheep, and secondly, before the harsh winter comes, the plan to harvest forage for the last time is also in the soup, and Tuoba Hei seizes all the time to mobilize urgently, and at the same time looks forward to the reinforcements of the Helan Department!

From Pingcheng to Anyang 1,500 miles, with the speed of running 500 miles a day on light horses, it will take three days to arrive at the earliest, and He Hu will convene all the ministers to discuss, even if the decision to rescue can be made within one day, it will take two or three days of preparation before the troops can be dispatched, plus the time spent on the road, that is to say, it is impossible for the Helan Department to arrive in half a month.

The entire city of Pingcheng has been turned into a military camp, and in Ji, on September 28, Xiang Mi led the army back, and captured nearly 53,000 people in Dingkou, including nearly 30,000 women under 30, less than 10,000 Ding Zhuang under 40, and the rest are boys and girls under the age of 12, and the elderly are abandoned and left to fend for themselves. However, Wei Feng is not afraid that Gao Tande and Feng Ba will come up with any demons, these two people have no strength at all, maybe they will be eaten by their subordinates without waiting for Su Shen, Ku Moxi and other barbarians to be killed, you know, the Hu people do not pay attention to loyalty and filial piety etiquette, they speak naked with their fists.

The Cui family arrived in Ji on September 30, Wei Feng personally went out of the city to greet him, set up a banquet that night, and took Cui Hong's other two sons Cui Jian and Cui Tian and their wives one step earlier, at the banquet, the Cui family was greeted by everyone, and Wei Feng also intended to appease, but he didn't pay too much attention to Cui Hong's young daughter, after all, Cui Hong didn't say that he didn't think that people would have plans to marry.

After three rounds of drinking, Wei Feng arched his hand to Cui Hong: "Cui Gong has worked hard in the boat, and it stands to reason that he should have a good life and rest for a year and a half, but the general is short of manpower, there are many facts, and the states under his command are newly attached to the land, and they have not yet been completely naturalized. ”

Cui Hong's heart was very excited for a moment, he had already learned that Wei Feng had plans to build a capital in Ji, at first he didn't understand, isn't it good to build in Luoyang and Chang'an? It was only after Cui Hao's persuasion that he learned about Wei Feng's ambition, that is, to extinguish the northern Zhuhu and suppress the luck of the tribes north of Yanshan with the national capital, so that they would never turn over!

For Wei Feng's ambition, Cui Hao raised his hands in agreement, he is young and vigorous, and he has been compared to Zhang Liang since he was a child, so he naturally wants to do a vigorous career, not to mention that as a big clan in the north, he hopes that Wei Feng will set the capital in the north, although the thistle is too north, but in any case it is better than Dingdu Jiankang!

The future history of Youzhou thorn is equivalent to the history of Sizhou or Yongzhou in the past, and it can also be compared to the history of Yangzhou in Jiangdong!

Cui Hong hurriedly saluted and said: "Since the general has a trust, the old man will be cheeky to respond." ”

"Cui Gong doesn't have to be polite, come, please drink this cup!" Wei Feng raised his glass and saluted, everyone in the banquet drank another glass of wine, Cui Hao thought for a while, and asked: "May I ask if the general will not lead the army to conquer Pingcheng in the future?" ”

Wei Feng nodded and said: "Originally, I planned to send troops next spring, but Tuoba Jue's accidental death is a rare opportunity, I heard that the Wei lord Tuoba heir loves Confucianism, good to read the history of the biography, take all the scriptures and history, should negotiate the ancient righteousness, and the civil and military, and Ming Rui and resolute, indecent and immovable, such a person, will win the hearts of the people, Wei since Tuoba Jue served the cold food and scattered, has gradually dispersed the people's hearts, and the various departments are ready to move, the reason why I defeated Wei three times, first of all, the art of war is stronger than Tuoba Yi and Mu Chong's generation, on the other hand, It has a lot to do with Tuoba's reluctance to forge ahead.

Competing for the top of the world, like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, Tuoba Jue is a little rich and peaceful, and if you lose your enterprising heart, you will gradually exhaust the country, but Tuoba is different, I am sure that as long as he is given three or two years, he will inevitably reintegrate the forces of the Wei State and condense into a powerful combat force, so I will cut down the city, sooner rather than later! (To be continued......)