2�[ˣn�����VVG��{�vm�=�7t�2�; 2 9 0 ٯ However, this Mulan princess is really a little different, sometimes smarter than anyone else, but sometimes more dull than anyone else.

Although Bai Chengshou didn't say anything when he left, most of the attendants who stayed basically knew the intention of the Xuzhou envoy to return to Wuzhou with Bai Chengshou, that is, to promote the marriage between the Tuyuhun people and Xuzhou, and the object of the marriage was Princess Mulan and the king of Pengcheng County.

The attendants also knew that this princess Mulan had a good impression of the king of Pengcheng County, of course, that kind of good impression did not seem to involve the love between men and women, just having a good impression was enough, in the exchange of political interests, even life and death grudges had to be put aside, as long as it was conducive to the marriage of both parties, all interference could be eliminated.

"Uh, Shaojun, we Tuyuhun people don't have much to do with Nanyang, but if Nanyang really marries Xuzhou, then the three of us may be on the same front. The attendant said with some difficulty: "As for the internal connection, it is not the villain who can intervene, but the young gentleman himself has to think about it." ”

Bai Mulan frowned slightly, the combination of a high nose bridge and slightly sunken eye sockets made her alien ancestry more obvious, but she could still find a trace of Han blood between her eyebrows.

In fact, like the Tuyuhun people and the Shatuo people, as their tribes and Han people live together, the disadvantage of population makes their Hu blood continue to fade in the process of intermingling, which is why many gentry scholars shouted out the saying that if you enter the summer, you will be in the summer.

This statement is not without reason, with the intensification of the momentum of ethnic integration, the strong cultural assimilation power of the Han people is constantly absorbing the excellent side of the Hu culture, and more of their own advanced civilization is bathed in foreign races, so that they continue to take the initiative to integrate with the Han people in the Central Plains.

Therefore, whether it is the Tuyuhun people or the Shatuo people, there is no obstacle to the marriage with the Han people, and they are even happy to see it, and there is not much criticism about the marriage between the middle and lower classes of the Han people and the alien race, but it is only in the upper class gentry's requirements for the main wife that they will be harsh in blood, but this is no longer for simple foreign blood, but for the entire group of non-big surnames, including the Han people.

"Well, maybe I can go and visit the brothers and sisters of the Liu family?" Bai Mulan thought to herself, "The Liu family is also a wealthy family in China, and I heard that Nanyang is also very prosperous, and the customs are different from here, so it is not rude for me to pay a visit." ”

"Then you prepare a gift, well, two, choose two horses, and let people send a prayer post, don't say that we from the frontier don't know how to count etiquette. Bai Mulan pondered for a long time before deciding.

"Bai Mulan?"

Liu Yong's face was a little strange, but he really didn't have much mood to receive this Huren princess from Tugu Hun at this time.

It has not been long since I came to Xuzhou, and the negotiations with Xuzhou have just begun, but the news from Henan is getting more and more nervous, and the Shatuo people are speeding up the delivery of materials, grain and grass on the front line of Henan and Zhengzhou, and the army is also quietly gathering on this line, obviously preparing to use swords.

There are still two months to enter the autumn, the summer heat is gradually gone, the autumn is high and the horse is fat, it is a good time for the Shatuo iron cavalry to use troops, Liu Yong is worried that Henan Mansion and Ruzhou have been Xuzhou may be difficult to keep.

In fact, before this, Liu Xuan and Liu Yong clearly expressed their opposition to Liu Tong and Liu Han to enter Henan Prefecture, at most, they controlled Ruzhou according to the agreement with the Shatuo people, and did not even want Xuzhou, but should focus on taking the two prefectures of Qihuang and Huang of the Ehuang Du clan.

But this view was opposed by Liu Tongmai.

In fact, this is also a reflection of the different interests of the two branches of the Liu family.

Liu Tong has Nanyang and Mizhou as the core interests area, if he can take Ruzhou and Xuzhou, and even the southern part of Henan Province, then Liu Tong's influence and circle of interests will expand to the north of Funiu Mountain and Fangcheng Mountain, and a base area with Nanyang Province and Mizhou as a base, and digesting the control area of the southern part of Henan Province and Ruzhou and Xuzhou will be of great benefit to consolidate Liu Xuan's power, but this is only an idealized idea.

Liu Tong's idea was based on the fact that the Shatuo people would first use troops against their greatest enemy, Xuzhou, and that the Shatuo people might tolerate Liu Tong's offense, and would allow them to draw boundaries in their respective control areas, stabilize themselves in the southern and western rear, and concentrate their forces on defeating Xuzhou.

But Liu Tong underestimated the wisdom of the Shatuo people, and also underestimated the strength of Xuzhou.

The battle of Caozhou made the Shatuo people aware of Xuzhou's fighting spirit and determination, so they quickly made the decision to turn around, and now it seems that between Caizhou and Nanyang, they chose Nanyang as the target of their next attack.

This put Liu Xuan, who originally wanted to avoid being dragged into the dispute with the Shatuo people and wanted to use this opportunity to annihilate the Huang Du clan in one fell swoop, into an embarrassing situation.

Liu Xuan's lineage itself only occupies Suizhou in the entire old Nanyang circle, and it can only be regarded as a little improvement after the annexation of Shenzhou, and then after taking Anzhou, he can finally compete with Liu Tong, but he didn't expect to be pulled into troubled waters by Liu Tong this time.

No, this time it's not muddy waters, but a complete quagmire, a quagmire that could swallow up the entire Liu family.

But everyone knows that the two Lius are two in one, two gourds on a vine, they can't run Liu Tong, and they can't run Liu Xuan, if Liu Tong is really destroyed by the Shatuo people, then Liu Xuan will not have a good end.

Because of this, Liu Yong was also made angry by this series of news, where else did he want to see the princess of Tuyuhun?

"No!" Liu Yong said angrily: "Let's just say that I don't have time in the near future." ”

"Big brother, I'm afraid it's not good if I don't see it. Liu Ji, who was sitting on the side, was not as irritable as Liu Yong, playing with the scissors in his hand and cutting the window paper.

After coming to Xuzhou for so many days, what he saw and heard also gave Liu Ji a deeper understanding of Xuzhou.

And the more she got to know her, the more amazed Liu Ji's heart became, so much so that many times she had to wonder what the figure entrenched in the eastern part of Middle-earth, who might become her husband in the future, was thinking about?

"What's wrong? We have no contact with the Tuyuhun people in Nanyang, and the Tuyuhun people want to plan an alliance with Xuzhou, but we may not be able to rely on the Tuyuhun people. Liu Yong frowned, "Little sister, do you think the Tuyuhun people will be behind us because of our request?" I'm afraid it's difficult, even if Jiang Feng wants to let the Tuyuhun people contribute, the Tuyuhun people will consider it according to the interests of their clan and accept it." ”

"What the eldest brother said is right, but has the eldest brother thought about the reason why Xuzhou attaches so much importance to the Tuyuhun people?" Liu Ji asked rhetorically: "Is it just a wedge behind the Shatuo people?" As far as Xiaomei knows, the relationship between the Tuyuhun people and the Shatuo people is not as bad as the outside world thinks, in the minds of the Shatuo people, the Tuyuhun people are similar to those who are attached to them outside the Saiwai, at most, the Tuyuhun people have a slightly larger territory and stronger independence, on the contrary, the Tuyuhun people have always been in a state of incompatibility with the Khitans. ”

For her little sister, Liu Yong knows a lot, knows that she has never spoken lightly, there must be something in her words, in Nanyang, she lives in a simple place, rarely on the road, many outsiders have never seen her true face, but the Liu family, including the uncle's branch, are sincerely admired for her intelligence and cleverness, and the title of Hundred Variety Spirit Fox is only known within the Liu family, but Liu Yong feels that he is probably much better than many real strategists and wise men.

Liu Yong pondered for a long time, "Little sister, are you saying that Jiang Feng treats the Tuyuhun people so kindly, in fact, it is not aimed at the Shatuo people, but at Heshuo, or at the Khitan people?"

"Well, maybe the eldest brother didn't notice some of the information we obtained, for so many years, the Tuyuhun people have been wary of the Shatuo people, and have always maintained their independence, and even fought with the Shatuo people, but more often than not, the Tuyuhun people and the Shatuo people still maintain relative peace. ”

Liu Ji obviously thought about this aspect, and the disagreement was the first and the best.

"Important places in the northeast of the river such as Yunzhou and Ulzhou are in the hands of the Tuyuhun people, and the Shatuo people have not treated them well, which is unimaginable in our opinion, how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch? But the Shatuo people did just that, of course, there may be many reasons, on the one hand, it may be that they feel that the strength of the Tuyuhun people is not enough, and it is impossible to pose too much threat to the Shatuo people, and more likely is because the Shatuo people feel that it is too difficult to conquer the Tuyuhun people, and their main enemy is still Daliang, they are more eager for the Central Plains, so they will let the Tuyuhun people exist. ”

"Then now that the Shatuo people have perished Daliang, will they still let the Tuyuhun people go?" asked Liu Yong rhetorically.

"Didn't the Shatuo people destroy the Great Liang, but Li Cunhou conquered the Central Plains? There is Xuzhou in the east, we and the Yuan clan in the south, and the central government in the west, and even the party members want to share a spoonful of soup, and there are still many enemies of the Shatuo people, and even Heshuo They don't have the energy to ask, let alone a Tuyuhun person?" Liu Ji wiped the hair that fell from his forehead, and replied neatly.

"It's not easy to exterminate the Tuyuhun people, look at the territory they occupy, Yunzhou and Ulzhou are just that, Fuzhou and Wuzhou are outside the Saiwai, although the Tuyuhun people are now transforming to farming, but they still retain nomadic habits, they are really urgent, they can also go to the grassland outside the Saiwai, do the Shatuo people have so much energy and time to exterminate the Tuyuhun people outside the Saiwai people? Will the nobles inside them promise to prevent these luxurious places in the Central Plains and Jiangnan from not taking them, but go to the bitter cold Saiwai grassland to fight and die with the Tuyuhun people?"

"Little sister, what exactly do you want to say?" Liu Yong tried his best to capture his little sister's thoughts.