In May, the Northern Underworld had occupied the city of Heian for nearly two months.

Since the Khan of the northern tribes, Gehaier, learned that his third son, Murdan, had been closed since he had conquered the palace and had been having fun with a woman in the palace all day, he quickly sent his second son Huomon to hurry to Ping'an City.

At the same time, he wrote a letter to Murdan, which he had Homont with him.

The old Khan king and the second prince Huomeng himself originally thought that after he arrived in Ping'an City, how could he meet with Murdan.

As a result, before the others arrived, they heard that Murdan had taken part of his army with the woman and went south to continue the war.

It's no problem to fight, and occupying more territory is both practical and face-saving for their steppe tribes, but Huo Meng doesn't have any ideas. Just brought a woman to the battlefield......

What does this mean?

Hormon sent a letter to the old Khan king and mentioned the matter.

The old Khan didn't care much about Muerdan's unconventional style. He cared about how many cities Murdan could build for him.

The good news spread to the North Underworld one after another.

In the end, the Northern Tribal Alliance knew that the territory north of Xiaoshui belonged to their Northern Alliance.

Some people are not satisfied, and hope that Murdan will fight all the way south of Xiaoshui.

However, Murdan abandoned the army directly on the north bank of Xiaoshui, and left quietly with only a woman.

The eldest prince Tare was very irritable every day because his father did not let him take over the city of Ping'an, and when he heard about Murdan, he directly found the king of Khan and questioned that Murdan was a deserter, and he dared to abandon the army and go away with the woman.

Soon, some people agreed, so at the alliance meeting, they collectively demanded that Murdan be recovered, continue to march, and have the intention of taking the entire Central Plains in one fell swoop and establishing the steppe empire.

Ghail had a headache, and only said one sentence: You count, how many people can take over so many lands and people, and can manage them well, and prevent them from rebelling?

Ghail has ambitions, but what makes him even more sober is his level-headedness.

Having more land and resources is a good thing. However, the contradictions between the steppe tribes and the people of the Central Plains were not formed in a day or two.

They have invaded the border of the Central Plains so many times before without causing them substantial harm, why can this time be so smooth, occupy the imperial capital of other people in such a short time, and even drive straight into the entire place north of Xiaoshui?

These people don't know what's going on, but he knows it.

If you see it, you can get it. The cake is fragrant and big, and it depends on whether you can swallow it.

Finally, after two more alliance meetings, everyone accepted the reality, and Ghaile began to really divide the pie for everyone.

For the steppe tribes, this is something to celebrate and exciting.

They have long been dissatisfied with the Central Plains people occupy the right time and place, enjoy the glory and wealth, but they have to nest in the barren grassland, for a long time to live a life of lack of food and clothing, and constantly migrating the hard days, this is the first time, as the victors, they are about to enjoy the prosperity created by the Central Plains people, and can also crush those Central Plains people who have always been proud and high in all aspects.

However, Gher's words came first: you want to live a good life, and that's normal. But if you want to live a good life for a long time, don't be too harsh on the Central Plains people. The most realistic problem is that the grassland people are not as numerous as the Central Plains people. Learn to control them, to domesticate them, not to conquer them by simple and brutal force.

Naturally, some people don't think so.

Ge Haier made a military order: If any of you can't do such a thing, causing the Central Plains to rebel, I, Ge Haier, will first put your head down and worship the sky!

As a result, the tribal alliance composed of 13 ethnic groups in the grassland gradually left the grassland and moved to the Central Plains with their families and mouths.

Ghail arrived in Ping'an in May, and with everything already arranged for Homon, Talay was left behind in the steppe.

It's their base camp, there's the steppe people there, and there's a need for someone with the status and ability to be stationed there.

Ghail completed Taray's work, and promised that when he went to Heian Castle in the future, he would be free to choose his own cities other than Heian Castle.

When Hormon learned of this, although he was dissatisfied, he was very clever enough to show nothing in front of Ghair.

It was also during this month that Nan Xiao's envoys once again demanded the return of the hostages.

This time, however, he no longer put peace in the first place.

After a month of waiting, Nan Xiao's envoy also seemed to see the clues, although his attitude was still respectful, but on the issue of releasing the hostages, his heart seemed to be tougher.

Hormon reported the matter and presented the list of all the hostages to Ghel.

Ghaire finally made a decision to leave behind the former Da Xiao courtiers who had "surrendered" and their families, and for those recalcitrant Da Xiao courtiers who were recalcitrant - some of those people could not endure the torture and died, their families secretly disposed of them, and cut down the grass and roots.

There are some famous people in Da Xiao who have not died, they are entertained with good food and drink, but they are all sent to the original royal palace to be taken care of, and none of them can be let go.

As for the women in the palace, Ghaier was not afraid of them, and was ready to let them go first.

The conditions for the exchange are: Fu Mingyi will pick it up in person.

Ge Haier said directly to the envoy: When will Master Fu come, and when will he release him. I'm afraid that when the time comes, these women don't want to leave.

Therefore, he also gave a time limit: two months.

If you don't come for two months, you don't have to talk about it anymore.

There was no Fu Mingyi in this group of hostages, and Ge Haier felt that it was a pity.

He felt that he had to take a look. However, it is difficult to say whether Fu Mingyi has the courage or not.

And there was no concubine among those women in the palace, and Ge Haier felt very satisfied.

He gave Murdan a thumbs up in his heart, and privately joked to his companion: "Erdan is the only one who wins my heart." ”

But the night he said this, Ge Haier did not take a drop of water, but walked outside the palace with his hands behind his back and walked slowly along the moonlight sprinkled on the ground, and after returning to the palace, he lay on the bed and tossed and turned, and he couldn't fall asleep very late.

At the end of May, Xiao Tian and Fu Mingyi received the news.

By this time, the South China regime had more or less settled down – at least on the surface.

Wang Xiang is the prime minister, and is directly in charge of the six departments of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry; Taifu is the emperor's teacher, a close minister of the Son of Heaven, equivalent to the current secretary, and has the ability to directly influence the emperor.

Therefore, in the Nanhua regime, everyone knows that although Wang Xiang is the prime minister, but seriously, in fact, the state has two ministers, Wang Xiang is the foreign minister, and Fu Mingyi is the internal minister.

It seems that because Wang Xiang is relatively old in the court and has been in charge of the southern government for a long time, he will appear to have an advantage. But Fu Mingyi is the benchmark in the minds of the northern ministers, and this person was originally very famous in the Great Xiao. Even if he doesn't actually have any real power, whether it is his own ability, background or position, people can't be underestimated.

The balance between Wang Xiang and Fu Mingyi reflects the balance between the ministers of the north and the south.