In October of the fourth year of Chiayi in Southern Qi, the battle of Luoyang has lasted for more than half a year, except for the beginning of the two sides in the Tiger Prison Pass, the back is basically stable, Min Shiyuan is unable to break through the heavily guarded Luoyang, Fu Yuan can not conquer the Tiger Prison and Heyang, the two sides have to keep seeming near Luoyang.

Due to the encroachment of the land of the two Huai by the Southern Qi, the grain and grass of the two Huai that Fu Yuan originally relied on no longer existed, and Yuan Shan had no choice but to levy the grain and grass from the Guannei, but it also led to the complaints of the common people, and the uprisings in various places continued, although they were soon suppressed, but for Western Qin, it was also a great reduction in national strength.

And Eastern Qin also encountered a thorny problem, because of the strength of the Turks, Min Guan selected the daughter of Ashina Da Luo for Yuan Frame, the original intention was to make friends with the Turks and lead to foreign aid, but with the death of Ashina Da Luo in Western Qin, Ashina is not the second Khan, the original Queen Ashina has now become a burden, Queen Ashina sprinkled in the palace all day long, let Min Guan send troops to avenge her father.

Min Guan's focus was on Luoyang at this time, where did he have the leisure to worry about this matter, so he said to Queen Ashina: "Our army is fighting with the rebels in Luoyang, and when Luoyang is over, the troops will be sent to Tongguan, and then the Turkic army will attack the rebels from the imperial forest and other places, and they can take revenge." ”

Although Empress Ashina didn't understand military affairs, listening to Min Guan's words, it seemed that she could also destroy the Western Qin in the pass, so she didn't say anything more.

After Min Shichuan left Jiankang, Wei Ran summoned Yuan Muzhi, Yuan Muzhi had already paid homage to Shangshu at this time, although Xiao Yi was Dazai, but Xiao Ju, who had gradually recovered, was slowly deprived of the rights in his hands.

Wei Ran entertained Yuan Muzhi in the mansion, and the two sides feasted in the garden.

Yuan Muzhi quipped: "Ming Gong went to the teaching workshop a few days ago, and this matter is already known to everyone, and the two women who accompanied Ming Gong have doubled their value. ”

Wei Ran couldn't help but have a big head, he naturally knew about it, and for this reason, he was beaten hard by Xiao Yanran and Yuan Shu, so that he was not allowed to go to such a fireworks place again.

Even Xiao Ju sent someone from the palace to warn Wei Ran, as a concubine, to pay attention to the face of the royal family.

Wei Ran hurriedly shook his head and said, "I'm just going to find Min Shichuan, not to linger in that kind of place." ”

Then Wei Ran gently picked up the jasper wine jug and filled Yuan Muzhi with a glass of wine, Wei Ran said: "I have invited you to come today, Min Shichuan has already set off for Luoyang, the battle of Luoyang should be over, and Fu Yuan will definitely find it difficult to control the overall situation." ”

After Yuan Muzhi heard Wei Ran's plan, he couldn't help but be speechless, and shouted: "Although Ming Gong's plan is wonderful, it is too bloody, and it will not cause disaster to his wife and children, I am afraid that it will not be tolerated by the historian." ”

At this time, the autumn wind was bleak, and Yuan Muzhidu felt a chill.

The wine glass in Wei Ran's hand paused slightly, but then he was relieved, Wei Ran put his hand on the table, looked at the inner lake under the autumn wind, and couldn't help but say melancholy: "The Huainan army needs to vent, Fu Yuan killed the sheep general in the past, and the Huainan army can't wait to eat his flesh raw." I have come to you today for another important matter. ”

"Ming Gong has something to do, but he can say it clearly."

"In the battle of Luoyang, after Min Guan won, he will definitely threaten Tongguan, and now we have almost taken the land of the two Huai. The Yiyang direction took the Hanging Gourd again, the strength of Western Qin was greatly reduced, and Eastern Qin formed an alliance with the Turks, and the situation was extremely unfavorable to Yuanshan. ”

Yuan Muzhi also knew at this time that Wei Ran's intention had always been to slowly encroach on the land of the two Qin in the non-stop struggle between the Eastern Qin and the Western Qin, and the land of the two Huai was taken, so the strategic policy of defending the river and guarding the Huai had been achieved.

If Min Guan once captured Tongguan, Yuan Shan would be at an absolute disadvantage, plus the Turkic and Eastern Qin marriages, Western Qin was really not the opponent of Eastern Qin.

"Now, either we support Minguan all the way, and we will take the opportunity to capture Wancheng and Liangchuan and push the battle line to Hanzhong. But in this way, the Eastern Qin will definitely swallow the entire north, and our dynasty will return to the territory of Taizu and Yuanjian when the north and south were divided, or even worse, after all, there was still the land of Luoyang when Taizu. ”

When Yuan Muzhi heard this, he was also a big head. The war was fought on the population and land, the Lianghuai region was ravaged by war, the population was not as good as before, and the strong men were all pulled by Fu Yuan to the Luoyang battlefield, although the Southern Qi took the land of the two Huai, but only increased by 200,000 households, less than one million people.

Wei Ran said with a worried face at this time: "In the north, Eastern Qin occupies a rich land, with a population of about 20 million people, while Western Qin has less than 10 million people, the population difference between the two sides is doubled, and Min Guan occupies a natural advantage, which is why Yuanshan has refused to let go of the land of Luoyang, even if we get two rivers, the population is less than 10 million, and the population will only be half of the north at that time. ”

Yuan Muzhi naturally understood what Wei Ran meant, only by constantly fighting in the north could the population of the Southern Dynasty not be at a disadvantage.

Yuan Muzhi then said to Wei Ran: "According to Ming Gong, do you want to support Yuan Shan now? ”

"Minguan unites the Turks, enough to destroy Yuanshan in a few years, and the people in the pass, the people's hearts are still towards Daqin, Yuanshan can only fight in the surrounding areas of Chang'an, if Minguan can really cross the Tong Pass, then Xiqin will definitely be powerless to resist, so this king intends to unite with Yuanshan to resist Minguan together, as for the Turks, let Yuanshan solve it himself."

When Yuan Muzhi heard this, he didn't say much, but just drank the wine in the cup and said to Wei Ran: "Since this is the case, Ming Gong can act like this." ”

In fact, although Yuan Muzhi agreed with Wei Ran's idea, he did not dare to agree with Wei Ran's approach.

The boundless war, in the end, consumes the national strength of the Han people, whether it is the Eastern and Western Qin or the Southern Qi, it is the court of the Han people, thinking of so many people to die, Yuan Muzhi can't help but feel sad from it, in the troubled times, the most bitter is the people.

In the city of Chang'an in Western Qin, Yuan Shan learned that Lü Guang and Han Jiu'er had broken the Turks, and even brought back the corpse of Ashina Daluo, and was even more ecstatic, and immediately crowned Han Jiu'er as the brave martial prince, and Lü Guang as the north of the town, and the school inspector.

Han Jiu'er was also in the Humble Administrator's Hall at this time, and after thanking him, Han Jiu'er suddenly threw out another piece of news.

"Your Majesty, the last general checked the corpse of Ashina Da Luo, and it is basically certain that Ashina Da Luo died at the hands of the Turks themselves, and I also brought back Ashina Da Luo's personal guards, and now Ashina Buji has returned to the Turks and proclaimed himself Khan, and the grassland tribes do not know the inside story, so they are the masters, if we inform the grassland tribes of this matter, the tribes will definitely be in civil strife, and they will not be able to invade the south in a short time."

Then Han Jiu'er lifted the body of Ashina Da Luo, pointed to his chest and said: "This was injured by a Turkic scimitar, and the first person to find that Da Luo was seriously injured at that time was Ashina Buji, so Ashina Buji is very suspicious. ”

Then Han Jiu'er pointed to the arrow wound at the mouth of the heart: "This arrow just went straight into the heart, and it was so powerful that it directly penetrated the heart of Ashina Daluo, only a close-range attack can have this level, so the final general can be sure that this is intentional." ”

Yuan Shan also walked down from the dragon chair at this time, carefully observed the corpse of Ashina Da Luo, and then said affirmatively: "Ai Qing is reasonable, now that this corpse is in hand, and there is Da Luo Ben's personal guard as the certification, what is Ai Qing's next step?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has two ideas, one is to find Ashina Buer and inform him of this matter, if he is willing to form an alliance with my Qin, I Qin will dispose of Da Luo's body and execute his personal guards, and the other is to inform the grassland tribes of this matter, Ashina Buji is the brother of Da Luo, but Da Luo Ben still has several sons, and now that Ashina Dada is dead, how can his son be willing to obey Ashina Buer? At that time, there will be civil strife in the grasslands, and we will be able to profit from it. ”

After hearing this, Yuan Shan's face showed a thoughtful look, and then he clenched his fists, showing even more excitement, according to what Han Jiu'er said, it was indeed a clever plan.

Yuan Shan then said: "I think it would be better to tell Ashina this matter directly and let it be used by us, wouldn't it be beautiful?" ”

At this time, Cui Jin, who had not spoken for a long time, expressed his opposition, he looked at the corpse of Ashina Da Luo, and said to Yuan Shanyan: "King, Weichen thinks it is inappropriate, the Turks are capricious, Ashina Fuji will definitely ask us for the corpse, and then he can also carry the covenant, Weichen is foolish, it is better to inform the grassland departments at this time, in addition to the grassland civil strife, Min Guan has married the daughter of Ashina Daluo, Ashina Fuji is still an ally with Min Guan, If the daughter of Ashina Da Luo Ben knows that it was Ashina Buji who killed Da Luo, Min Guan must be the enemy of Ashina Buji, unless Empress Ashina is divorced, then Min Guan must try to support Ashina Da Luo's son. ”

Han Jiu'er's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "This is a clever plan, our dynasty can also support one person, and then the war will be protracted, and the Turks will definitely not be able to invade the south." ”

Just when Yuan Shan was thinking about how to use this matter, Sima Linhai said: "Your Majesty, Weichen also seconded Sikong's intention, you can send troops to escort Ashina Daluo's body back to the grassland, and publicize it with great fanfare, at that time, Ashina Fuji will definitely be in a dilemma, Ashina Fuji will definitely send someone to destroy the corpse, and after our army ambushes the soldiers, and then capture Ashina Fuji's subordinates, Ashina Fuji will have no way to deny it." ”

After hearing this, Yuan Shan shouted: "Good, very wonderful, act quickly according to the plan." ”

On the grassland outside the Saiwai, although Ashina Fuji has become a trusted Turkic Khan and calls himself Zhaoming Khan, he still has no bottom in his heart.

Ashina Da Luo's sons are eyeing each other, all of them are not satisfied with Ashina not two to succeed the position of Khan, although there are also henchmen who have been in troubled times, should be established as a long monarch, insist that Ashina not two inherit the position of Khan.

But after all, the Turks are a tribe that depends on who has the bigger fist, so Ashina can only keep gathering people's hearts.

At the same time, what made him even more worried was that Da Luobian's body was snatched by Xi Qin, and if Xi Qin saw the clues, he would definitely suffer from it.

Just when Ashina Buji was considering whether to send someone to Chang'an to find out the matter, he suddenly got news from the border, and Western Qin sent Han Jiu'er to escort Ashina Daluo's body back to Turkic.

Ashina Fuji immediately showed fear on his face, Han Jiu'er's mind and bravery made him feel fear from the bottom of his heart, his hands couldn't help but tremble, and there were big beads of sweat falling from his forehead.

At this time, Ashina's henchman, Ge Shuchang saw Ashina's worries, and immediately said to Ashinabuer: "Khan, no matter what the true intention of Xiqin to enter this time is, Da Luo's body cannot be sent to the royal court, and everyone will be suspicious at a glance. ”

Ashina Buji thought so, and then asked Brother Shuchang, who looked at the marching route of Western Qin, and then said: "You can send people to intercept and kill the Western Qin army on the way, it is best to be within the range of other tribal leaders, Western Qin enters the fortress, there will not be too many soldiers and horses, you only need to attract the main force of the Qin army, and then send someone to divide the body, although the Qin army is led by Han Jiu'er, but Han Jiu'er is good at ambushing and defending the city, and the field battle is not necessarily our opponent." ”

After hearing this, Ashina began to close his eyes and ponder.

Ge Shuchang's proposal is not a good idea, but if his subordinates are transferred too much, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of insiders, and it will not work if there are fewer people, so although Ashina Fuji has an idea, he doesn't know how to implement it.

Ge Shuchang immediately said: "Khan, for the sneak attack, you don't need too many troops, two thousand people are enough, after Han Jiu'er enters the country, he will definitely be on strict precautions in the first few days, and we just need to wait for him to relax." Going deep into the territory, there are only a few places where the army can drink water, and our army has set up ambushes at the water source, which can be decided by a battle. ”

Ashina was overjoyed when he heard this, patted Ge Shuchang's shoulder and said loudly: "You are really my right-hand man, you are fully responsible for this matter." ”

Ge Shuchang immediately patted his chest and said: "Although the khan can rest assured, this time he will avenge the khan." ”

Ge Shuchang also has his own careful thoughts, their tribe has always drunk the Ding Ling tribe is not in harmony, and he just took this opportunity to make trouble in the Ding Ling tribe.

When the time comes, the responsibility will be passed on to Ding Lingren, who relied on the courage of his ancestors and had a lot of prestige in the grassland, and he did not obey the management of Ashina Da Luo Ben before, and often hesitated about Da Luo's orders, and had the motive to attack the Western Qin army.

Zhai Tong, the leader of the Ding Ling tribe, had surrendered to the Northern Yan in the troubled times before, and after the Northern Qin captured the Northern Yan, he returned to the grassland to gain a foothold, but the sinicization was quite deep, so his style of acting was incompatible with the grassland tribes.

Ge Shuchang chose to attack the Qin army in the territory of the Ding Ling people, also taking this into consideration, the grassland is just a little bit of a fertile land with water and grass, and with this excuse, the rest of the tribes will attack the Ding Ling people together.

After Ge Shuchang left the camp, he was in a good mood immediately, and called the clansmen and said: "Quickly inform the clan elder brother Shuhang, and order him to prepare 3,000 elite soldiers, and I will transfer 2,000 troops from the Khan's camp, and I will ambush the Qin army at that time, and let Ge Shuhang lead the troops to attack the Ding Ling tribe at night, and this time I will kill Zhai Tong." ”