"What's so difficult about this, I estimate that the situation in Suizhou is similar to ours, call Shang Kexian together, bring our iron harriers, and gather some tribal warriors in Dijinze, as long as there are more than five thousand, it is enough to take down the caravan in Lanzhou." Our two uncles in Yinzhou and Suizhou acted together, and even if the nephew of Xiazhou was unhappy, he could only endure it. Cai Keshun paused and said in a low voice: "Jiyun's nephew is cowardly and incompetent, Jifeng is a mouse, Jiqian is a wolf cub, he always takes the head of the earth and the iron harrier to win battles, and his reputation is getting higher and higher." At this, his tone was rather annoyed, after all, it was not easy for anyone to let a child under the age of sixteen become more popular than his own uncle.

"Lanzhou Wu Hero has just arrived, and he thinks that with the support of the Khitans, he can walk outside the fortress unscrupulously, and he should really beat it up," Cai Keyuan also said viciously, in the past six months, Yinzhou has lost hundreds of thousands of yuan, all of which must be counted on Wu Yingying's head, "However, even the imperial court is afraid of angering the Khitans." ”

"Why should the eldest brother worry, the imperial court is fighting hard day by day, just waiting to pacify Taiyuan, it will go north to Yanyun, this time is different from the past, even the Great Liao Kingdom is afraid of the imperial court. Cai Keshun said loudly, "If Wu Yingying is allowed to toss like this, those Han caravans will be diverted to Lanzhou, and when the imperial court takes Hedong, they will accept it." I will find it difficult for the five states to be unable to cultivate in the Middle Earth, to graze outside the country, and to be sparsely populated, and there is no longer the benefit of business travel, what can I do to subdue the various departments of the party and the Qiang people, what to take to seize the world, and restore the great cause of Emperor Taiwu and Emperor Xiaowen!" Because there are only two brothers here, Kexian has not made a decision for a long time, and Cai Ke was a little excited when he said by the way. The great cause of revival is pressed on the shoulders of these Tuoba descendants from generation to generation.

"Okay, it's just a caravan raid, what are you doing with all this?" Cai Keyuan frowned, this younger brother's temper is reckless, but among the brothers, the one who is willing to rely on himself is the Keshun who has been better with himself since childhood, "You first send a messenger to discuss with Kexian, if he agrees to send troops, I will give you 200 iron harriers, 1,000 state troops out of the fortress, and Keyuan's people together, and then recruit some tribal warriors in Dijinze to deal with the 2,000 escorted soldiers and horses in Lanzhou, which is enough." He had already planned in his heart that he would send military horses out of the fortress to plunder the caravan, and even the soldiers and horses escorted by Lanzhou each time were only 2,000.

A few days later, in the palace of the envoy of Xiazhou City, a young man with a pale face but gloomy and sharp eyes angrily threw the secret report on the table and scolded: "Kexian and Keyuan, these two old dogs, dare to send troops out of the fortress without my consent. A hand slammed on the ironwood table, and then coughed violently. Cai Jiyun has been physically weak, but his chest is beating with the ambition inherited from the ancestors of the Tuoba clan, and he is most unaccustomed to seeing a few uncles acting without authorization, and these internal frictions have weakened the power of the Cai clan for no reason.

"Brother, don't worry, your body matters. Cai Jifeng, the commander of the Yanei, saw that Jiyun's body was getting worse day by day, but he was afraid that he would not be able to survive this year, so he held back the joy in his heart and made a worried look on his face, "Since Kexian still wants to inform us of this matter and invite us to send troops together, it means that he has not completely thrown himself into the old dog Keyuan." It's better to let my brother and I take five hundred iron harriers to go out with them, so as not to be like the name of Xiazhou. He said this, but the plan in his heart was not to be compared with Cai Jiqian among the brothers of this generation. Cai Jiqian can be said to be an alternative in the Cai clan of the party, not only does he not have the aristocratic demeanor of the Tuoba clan that has been sinicized for a long time, but he mixes with those barbarian party Xiang Qiang people all day long, and makes himself the same as the Qiang people, but he has a great reputation among the barbarians under the rule of the Tuoba clan. If Cai Jifeng doesn't win a few battles, he is afraid that as soon as his eldest brother Jiyun dies, he will not be able to suppress the prestige of Jiqian. Three hundred miles north of Xiazhou, there is a vast swamp. A few days ago, a torrential rainstorm had flooded the low-lying swamp into a lake. The thin morning mist rises above the lake, the rising sun shines on the sparkling waves, the fish fly to the shallow bottom, and the beautiful aconitum white gull glides lightly over the water. Tall trees and low shrubs and grasses can be found everywhere along the lakeside, and there are clean beaches, and there are meadows with abundant water and grass, cattle and sheep.

Here are thousands of Dangxiang Qiang people's homes, and the land is Jinze. Seasonal rivers of desert streams meander through the land and feed into the earth, a wetland of abundant water and grass as well as a muddy and treacherous swamp. It is a forbidden place for outsiders, but it is a paradise for Dangxiang Qiang people.

It is like a turquoise gem set in the middle of the vast desert on the north and south sides.

A heavy sound of horses' hooves shattered the early morning silence. The women ran back to the tent in horror, holding their curious children to look out, and the men, who had not yet had time to go out to work, clenched their blades and watched warily at the intruders, armed to the teeth. Dijinze is a place where there is no royal law.

He looked at the group of cavalry wrapped in iron armor, and his heart was full of awe, such iron armor, there are only seven pairs of iron armor handed down from generation to generation. Because Dijinze is near Xiazhou, since two hundred years ago, Tuoba Sigong was enshrined in the difficult festival and the town was established in Xiazhou, the successive generations of Tuoba clan heads have been interested in enveloping the tribal leaders here. And the biggest wish of the head of Dijinze is to marry his daughter into the noble Tuoba family.

Other families are afraid that their descendants will not become successful, but the noble bloodline of the Tuoba family has produced heroes from generation to generation, and the only drawback is that there are too many heroes.

The head of the Sleeping Mud tribe, Ankui, has always been close to Cai Jifeng, the second son of Cai Kerui, the head of the Tuoba family who has just passed away.

Cai Jiyun, the eldest son who inherited the official position, has such a gloomy personality and a weak body, which is simply not the species of the Tuoba family. And Cai Kerui's youngest son Cai Jiqian is even more out of character, and the Tuoba clan is also a nobleman who has been canonized by the Central Plains Imperial Court for two hundred years, and he is no longer a raw fan who drinks blood, but Cai Jiqian likes to drink those uncivilized tribes mixed together, with a bald scoop on his head, pigtails, tattoos, obviously there are splendid clothes of the Central Plains, but he never wears them, no matter winter or summer, he wears a leather robe, exuding a fishy atmosphere, and he can smoke people from afar. Sleeping on the mud, he felt that Cai Jiqian was simply a disgrace to the noble Tuoba family. Among Cai Kerui's sons, only Cai Jifeng, who is both noble and heroic, feels that he is the hope of the future of the Tuoba family, and also the future leader of the Qiang people of the party.

Sleeping on the mud bank recognized Cai Jifeng's armor and mount, walked straight to his horse, waved his hand to let the servant send honey water to quench his thirst, and said with a smile: "Sleeping mud bank greets Cai Yanei, please go to the tent to rest for a while." ”

Cai Jifeng raised his hand to take the kettle, took a sip of water, stared at the shore and asked in a deep voice: "There is no need to rest, are the warriors ready?"

I didn't expect him to be in such a hurry, and he planned to call Yina out to toast his son, last night he said that he would hire her to Yanei, Xiao Nizi refused to live or die, hugged her and cried all night, if she saw this heroic Cai Yanei, maybe she would be willing. He had a plan in mind, so he replied in a deep voice: "I didn't expect Childe to be in such a hurry, so I ordered the warriors of the clan to prepare horses and set off, but it will take some time, can Childe move to the tent and wait for a while, so that the little girl Yina can pour wine for Childe to relieve his fatigue." ”

Hearing what Sleeping Mu'an said, the corners of Cai Jifeng's mouth moved slightly upward, and the thoughts of these tribal leaders were similar to Ming Spiegel in his heart, and they all wanted to marry the noble Tuoba clan. However, Ina of the Sleeping Mud Tribe has heard people talk about it, and she is as delicate and moving as the water lotus flowers in the earth. Since this sleeping mud shore has this thought, he is disrespectful. However, at the moment, the military situation is urgent, he and Cai Kexian, Cai Keyuan, and Cai Keshun entered the land of Jinze to gather the tribal warriors separately, and gathered after three hours. Thinking of this, he smiled and said: "Thank you for sleeping mud man, it's just that the military situation is urgent, and we can't delay more, I'll wait here, you can quickly gather the warriors and set off." ”

Sleeping on the mud shore felt slightly disappointed in his heart, but Cai Jifeng talked to him with a pleasant face, he also felt that he had been promoted, and immediately sued him, and took his cronies around to inform the warriors in the clan to prepare horses, and set off with dry food and water for three days.