After Tuoba Tao learned that the Yellow River was frozen, in just three days, he drew out 30,000 troops and went south at a rapid pace.

In the battle against Rouran, Tuoba Tao won a great victory with the tactics of quick victory, so he now believes in the style of fighting with the dignity of the soldiers.

For Tuoba Tao, instead of sitting in the palace and waiting for more troops to be mobilized and prepared, Tuoba Tao preferred to personally lead a light cavalry raid.

And another reason why Tuoba Tao firmly believes that he can string the four towns of Henan with a mere 30,000 troops is that he has recently gained a new fierce general.

This fierce man, Ahura, joined the army with his own people. They claimed to be a nomadic tribe west of Beiliang. Due to the disaster in his place of residence and the drive of the Northern Liang people, he came to the Northern Wei Dynasty to join the army to find a way to live.

Originally, this Aqili and his people did not receive much attention in the Northern Wei army. After all, their kind of background abounds in the Zhenxi Army. The army is mixed and has a low status. So even in the Zhenxi Army, their tribe was sent to do the hardest errands at first.

It is very common for recruits to be suppressed by veterans, but this Ahura actually refused to even make a appearance, and took his own people to pick and choose.

Thorns in the army are not uncommon, but there are not many like them who have no way back at all.

At that time, Tuoba Tao was drawing men from various armies to besiege Rouran, and Ahura's tribe was undoubtedly isolated by the commander who led the group. A single tribe of less than 100 people blocked the path of the Rouran people's escape, like a stone waiting to be washed away by the flood. There is no doubt that they are going to die.

But when the battle ended, Tuoba Tao led people to pursue the Rouran deserters, but he saw a scene like Shura's hell.

It's not surprising that the battlefield was littered with corpses...... It's just that they are here, and the death is extremely tragic, and there are few whole corpses. The blood of the dead flows like a river.

No matter how hot the blood once was, it eventually lost its strength in front of this tribe and was split in two by a mountain of corpses.

And Ahura stood on the top of this mountain of corpses and looked at Tuoba Tao who was passing by. The hands and feet that lay on the outside of the mountain of corpses like dead branches are the only proof that they were once living people.

The military exploits of the Northern Wei Dynasty were counted in terms of the number of people killed by the enemy. The first turn of military merit requires fifty kills of the enemy, and the second turn is doubled. And Ahura alone, in this battle alone, directly won six military merits.

And that's not even counting those whose heads have been shattered, or whose bodies have been separated...... In the end, no one knew how many people Ahura had killed in the battle.

Military merit means the spoils that each soldier can distribute, so those who can survive the battlefield must count the number of heads. But neither Ahura nor his people seemed to care about the amount of loot. As if killing people was their main purpose.

And among those countless broken corpses, there are not only Rouran people. And the whole team of a thousand to which the Ahura clan belongs. Everyone thought that this thousand-strong team had been killed by the retreating Rouran, leaving only Ahura and his people to resist to the death.

But when the people who cleaned the battlefield arrived, they strangely found that the thousand-strong team of the Northern Wei Dynasty died worse than the Rouran people. Each corpse was as if it had been torn apart by five horses.

After the war, according to the rules, the bodies of the dead soldiers should be buried. These soldiers who were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield had no choice but to put some together and bury them hastily. It's just that after that battle, when the people in the army saw Ahura's tribe again, they instinctively hid far away. I just felt that there was a dead breath on those hundred people.

Originally, with Ahura's military exploits, there was no doubt that he would be promoted to a commander of a thousand soldiers. But he instinctively refused, saying that he was only willing to take his own people and become a forward team independently.

When Tuoba Tao heard about this, he still felt strange, there were still people in this world who were not greedy for military merit. However, when you think about capable people, they often have some ideas that are difficult for ordinary people to understand. Since Ahura didn't want to lead the troops, he didn't force it, after all, such a brave warrior tribe, even if you look at the entire Northland, you may not be able to find another one.

It's just that Tuoba Tao also has doubts about Ahura. First, with their combat strength, it is impossible to be driven away by the Beiliang people and they have no power to fight back. The second is that this tribe said that the entire tribe came to join the army, but these hundred people were all young men except for Ahula. There are no old people, let alone women and children.

And the most puzzling thing for Tuoba is Ahura himself. Tuoba Tao once spoke to him twice. The tone in which he spoke was not only not the humility that should be seen when he saw a king, but even a bit of domineering arrogance. Obviously he looks like a middle-aged man with a strong personality, but the words he uses when he speaks are quite old-fashioned.

A year later, Tuoba Tao still remembers the time when Ahura looked at him on the corpse mountain, and there is still a chill rising from the soles of his feet. It was as if his life was as insignificant as an ant in the eyes of this Ahula.

If he were another emperor, no matter how great his military exploits were, he would not be able to escape death. But he was facing Tuobatao. Tuoba Tao has always been blue-eyed for brave warriors. Even if it is an addict like Helianchang, he is willing to take a high look. Therefore, Ahura's request was not disagreed.

After the army was marched, Ahura rode his tribe at the head of the procession. Tuoba Tao could only occasionally see Ahura's back riding a horse through the gap in the ranks. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the momentum of this Ahura was very similar to that of the same person, but he couldn't remember who it looked like.

Tuoba Tao had wanted to take the opportunity to observe Ahura for a few more days so that he could decide whether or not to reuse him. As a result, on the second day of the expedition, Ahura suddenly disappeared.

Tuoba Tao had been sending people to keep an eye on Ahura, and when he received the news, he immediately called Ahula's people to interrogate.

The young man who was brought bowed slightly to Tuoba Tao even if he had bowed down, and then replied expressionlessly: "The patriarch found that the army was following carefully, so he went to chase it alone. The patriarch said that there was no need to wait for him, and that he would go and go back. ”

"Finesse?" Tuoba Tao thought he had misheard, "Your clan belongs to the Forward Battalion, not the Scout Battalion. If he found a detailed work, he should have left it to the spies in the army to solve it, but why did Ahura go by himself? ”

The young man's face was still like stagnant water, "The patriarch acts, and we have no right to intervene." If Your Majesty has any doubts, you can wait for the patriarch to return, and then you can ask yourself. ”

Tuoba Tao may have put up with Ahura's carelessness and deference to him, but he would never allow a boy from the Miscellaneous Tribes to say nothing to him. He was just about to get angry when he saw someone rushing over in front of him to make a report, but he was stopped by Tuobatao's guards from a distance.

Tuoba Tao nodded, and the man was able to get close to the ground on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the last general sent several spies to explore the way for some reason, and none of them have returned since last night. The minister was afraid that there would be an ambush nearby, so he asked His Majesty to suspend the march. Wait for the end to find out clearly before making a decision. ”

Tuoba Tao frowned violently, and his gaze fell on Ahula's people like eagles, "You said that your patriarch went to chase after you?" Where did he say it was? ”

But the young man did not reply, but stood motionless like a log.

The spies who can block their own way so neatly, such a method, can never be done by Song Jun's group of wastes.

Tuoba Tao suddenly realized something, and immediately ordered: "Hurry up and send someone to find out if there is any movement in Western Qin today!" ”