Under the Mang Mountain, the Xianbei army has gathered.

As expected by Liu Bei and others, the Xianbei people did not attack the mountain, but closed the outer layers and besieged Mangshan from the outside.

Tanshi Huai set up camp outside Mangshan and personally commanded the dispatch.

In the Xianbei tent, the Xianbei generals were reviewing the battle in Liangshan that day and discussing the countermeasures for attacking the mountain.

This is the first time that Tan Shihuai has summoned them to discuss matters after his arrival, and the three of them are cautious in their words, for fear of saying the wrong word.

Fu Lanqi died in front of their eyes that day, this person is a close person around Tan Shihuai, although he is killing himself, but he has something to do with them. Naturally, he was worried that the sandalwood locust would be angry with them.

Tan Shihuai stood with his hands in his hands, he was originally looking down and pondering, but when he saw that no one was speaking, he raised his head and looked at the expressions on the faces of several people, and then smiled: "What, are you afraid that I will blame you for the death of Servant Lanqi?"

Tuoba Shi hurriedly said, "Naturally not. It's just that the death of Mulan has something to do with us, if we delay the leadership of Mulan on that day, we will definitely stop him when the Great Khan comes. We feel a little guilty about it. ”

Duan Hao hurriedly spoke, "What the leader of Tuoba said is reasonable, what we did that day was really bad, which made the Great Khan lose his beloved general." ”

Of the three, only the beggar was silent.

On that day, he wanted to lead his troops to the front of the mountain to call for battle, but he was robbed of things by the servant Lanqi halfway.

Even now, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Compete in front of the battle, since the skills are not as good as others, then there is no special death, how to complain about others?

Could it be that he had to die just because he was a close confidant of the Great Khan?

Tanshi Huai waved his hand, signaling that they didn't need to say much, "Fulan has always been brave and brave, and he doesn't put the world's heroes in his eyes. It is okay to be a personal guard, but it is still a lot worse for a general. ”

"I shouldn't have let him lead the troops to help, but for the sake of him following me for many years, I wanted to give him a chance to become famous. I don't want to lose the army, lose our morale, and damage the situation you have worked so hard to create. It's all my fault, and I should apologize to you. I should take this as a warning in the future. ”

The three of them naturally didn't dare to let Tanshi Huai apologize, so they hurriedly humbled up.

Tan Shihuai continued: "But I have always known the bravery of Fulan, this time someone in the Han army on the mountain can kill him in the battle array, it seems that there are some powerful people in the Han army. I've come to this point, how can I not see the last one. If you don't see Haojie, I'm afraid you will leave regrets. ”

"The Great Khan still has to think again." Tuoba Shi heard the meaning of the sandalwood acacia, and hurriedly persuaded, "How can the body of the Great Khan be in front of the battle?" The Han people have always been cunning, if the Han army on the mountain wants to break the net and make an assassination move in front of the battle, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses? Xianbei cannot go a day without sweating. ”

"What the leader of Tuoba said is extremely true, we are now occupying the general situation, the Han army on the mountain is just a turtle in some urns, as long as we besiege them for a while, we will naturally be able to win without a fight, why should the Great Khan risk his life?" Duan Hao also persuaded.

Tan Shihuai smiled, "Do you want to see me as a servant Lan Qi?" I've been fighting on the battlefield for so many years. If it was so easy, I would have given my life, I don't know how many times I have died now. You just have to send someone to the Han army. ”

"I'm also a little curious if these Han soldiers have the courage to go down the mountain and see it. Besides, with the three of you here, even if there are 10,000 enemies in the opposite array, can you still take my life? If this is the case, then it is that Tanshi Huai really deserves to die, and there is no one else. ”

Seeing this, the two of them didn't say much, but the beggar suddenly spoke: "The skeleton is willing to follow the Khan and protect the Khan."

Tan Shihuai smiled when he heard this, "I have always heard that the begging leader is brave, but I have never seen it on the battlefield, but now I am indeed full of courage when I look at it." ”

He stepped forward to hold the arm of the beggar remains, "First go to the servant Lanqi, and then come to the begging leader, how many warriors I have Xianbei." In this case, the beggar leader can accompany me and meet those Han heroes with me. ”

Among the three of them, Tuoba Shi and Duan Hao bowed their heads and were silent, thoughtful, and the beggar was grateful.

Tanshi Huai took their looks into his eyes, but he smiled and did not speak.

As long as he is there for a day, even if these people have some different thoughts, what kind of storms can they turn over?

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On the top of Mang Mountain, Zang Min was playing with the letter sent by Tanshi Huai, and the letter was actually in authentic Chinese characters.

Although it is a little rigid, the sharpness between the strokes is revealed.

Zang Min said with a smile: "It seems that this Tanshi Huai Khan has studied our Han culture quite a bit. This hand of Chinese characters, even those students who have practiced hard for many years in Taixue, may not be able to compare. It can be seen that a lot of effort has been put into it. ”

"I have long heard that Tanshi Huai has plundered the northern land since he became Khan, but what he plundered is different from before. In the past, it was mostly to rob the population and goods, but after the sandalwood Huai was Khan, it was more to rob the population and utensils and the Han classics. Liu Bei also said with a smile, "This person's ambition is only afraid that it is not small." ”

"No matter what Tanshi Huai's ambition is, this time he invited us to go down the mountain to meet, Xuande thought we could go or not?" This is also the reason why Zang Min is looking for Liu Bei this time.

It's just that Tan Shihuai's letter specifically mentioned that Zang Min wanted to walk with the young man he saw that day.

Liu Bei smiled: "What does Gong Zang think?"

"Although we are trapped here, the prestige of the Han family cannot be lost. Besides, Tanshi Huai invited me to talk, if I didn't dare to go, I was afraid that the Xianbei people would weaken my morale. In recent years, the border land has always been said to be like a god with sandalwood and acacia. I'd like to meet this god too. Zang Min said slowly.

He is a veteran on the battlefield, so he naturally thought that this was Tanshi Huai's strategy to attack the heart, if he didn't see it, it would inevitably damage his morale.

But if they meet, they are afraid that this person will use some means in secret, so he will be a little embarrassed now.

Liu Bei said with a smile: "What Zang Gong said is true, Xianbei people now worship this person as a god, Tanshi Huai naturally knows it, and even this kind of god posture may be deliberately done by him." So it is expected that he will not use any means in secret. Bei felt that he could meet him, in the end, he was a hero in the world, and since he came to the plugged place, how could he not see him sandalwood locust. ”

Zang Min nodded, and slapped the letter in his hand on the wooden table in front of him, "Then let's go and meet him for a while." ”

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On the erection day, the two sides met under the Mang Mountain.

The two sides each brought no more than a thousand people, on the side of the Han army, Zang Min and Liu Bei rode their horses in front, and Guan Yu followed behind Liu Bei with a knife.

On the Xianbei side, Tanshi Huai was in front, and the begging remains were one horse head behind him, followed by the other two adults and the Xianbei elite who were waiting for the battle.

The two sides are far apart, so far that if the two sides make a move, Liu Bei's side can escape back to the mountains, and Xianbei can also come to protect Tanshi Huai with a large army.

Tan Shihuai was the first to speak, and said with a smile: "Is it Zang Gong on the other side?"

Although the two sides are now enemies of life and death, but now that Tanshi Huai is saying this, Zang Min naturally does not want to speak ill of each other, and he also smiled and said: "It's Zang, I don't want to see the Great Khan before I go this time."

"Going?" Tanshi Huai smiled dumbly, and pointed to the Xianbei army besieging several times on the side of the mountain, "In such a situation, could it be that Zang Gong still has the heart to escape?" If you don't have wings, how can you escape?"

Zang Min smiled and said nothing, and asked rhetorically, "I don't know what the Great Khan invited this time?" The mountain is busy, and if the Great Khan is fine, I will have to return. ”

"It's not a big deal, but it's just to persuade you to surrender." Tan Shihuai smiled, as if what he said was indeed not a big deal.

Zang Min narrowed his eyes, "The Great Khan thinks I'll descend?"

"Is there anything absolute in the world?" Tan Shihuai smiled, ignoring the mockery in Zang Min's eyes.

"You always have to give it a try, and if it happens, it's a surprise."

"I don't know what conditions the Great Khan wants to persuade him to surrender? Min was quite curious. Zang Min smiled.

"Over the years, I have also been to the border areas many times, although I have plundered, but I have also seen how difficult the Han people are in the border areas. The Han Court is known as the upper court, but the lives of those people in the border areas may not be as good as those of us Xianbei people who are called barbarians by you and others, isn't it ridiculous?"

Tan Shihuai smiled, "Although I am a Xianbei person, I have always studied the affairs of your Han family. The Han court has always relied on the borderlands, and in the past, it was also thanks to the Youzhou cavalry. But what did it do afterwards? The border army was mobilized to enrich the internal army, so that the border army gradually weakened and was not as good as it was in the past. ”

"And to resist our so-called alien races with such armaments, if they can't stop it, they will naturally be plundered by our borders, even if they are stopped, the border army will have a lot of losses, no matter how interesting it is."

"It's just that I want to come to the border, no matter how bad it is, in the eyes of those big people, it doesn't matter much. As long as I can't wait to hit the hinterland of the Central Plains, as long as I can't wait to get to the city of Luoyang, then everything is not a big deal, but is this?"

Although Zang Min wanted to say that this was not the case, but he couldn't say this negative sentence no matter what.

It is not difficult to deny nature, but both parties understand people, so naturally there is no need to make such embellishments.

Tan Shihuai continued to laugh and said: "Over the years, I have indeed plundered a lot of Han people, but in addition, there are many Han people in the border areas who are persecuted for your Han family in the border land, and it is difficult to survive, so I ran to my Xianbei by myself." Whose fault is this?"

"Naturally, Zang Lang will be in a high position, and he may not be able to understand the so-called folk suffering of your Han family, what the people at the bottom want is food and clothing, and the people at the top naturally also ask for something."

Tanshi Huai's words changed, and the conditions were prescribed.

"If Zang Lang is willing to submit, I won't talk about how to attack the south of the Great Wall in the future, just say that in this plugged place, you can be allowed to tear the earth and seal the king. In the future, if you can invade the land of the Han court, you can choose the land of the Han family, and you will be the king of the Zang family forever. Tan Shihuai smiled and looked at Zang Min.

Liu Bei looked at the sandalwood acacia a little dumbly, and the conditions offered by the sandalwood acacia were not unfavorable. For the Han family, there has always been a great temptation to rip the earth and seal the king. In the past, Gaozu slashed the white horse as an oath, and the king who was not the descendant of the surname Liu was attacked by the world.

It's just that the more difficult it is, the more people will flock to it.

Zang Min just smiled when he heard this, "The conditions are good, it seems that the Great Khan has also put a lot of thought into it." It's just that the Han family has always been upright, and although Min is not talented, he has also studied. Since the Han family, there are only generals with severed heads, and there has never been a general who bends his knees. ”

"If we surrender like this, how can we deal with those Han family sons and daughters who have died in battle? Besides, now I am good, whether it is the son of the Han family on the mountain, my wife and parents are all south of the Great Wall, how can I abandon my blood relatives, if so, how is it different from beasts?"

"What Zang Lang said is also reasonable, I never thought that you could descend." Tan Shihuai smiled, "It's just that the matter has come to this point, and I always feel a little regretful if I don't persuade you." And Tanshi Huai, he has never done regrets in his life. ”

His gaze swept over Zang Min and the others, and stayed on Liu Bei and Guan Yu for a few more moments.

He turned around and hit his horse back, waving his hand to say goodbye, "I came here to meet Haojie, and now that I have seen it, my wish has been fulfilled, and I hope that you can hold on until the next meeting." ”

Guan Yu clenched the long knife in his hand and slowly rode forward.

was stopped by Liu Bei stretching out his hand.

Liu Bei shook his head and signaled Guan Yu not to be reckless. Since Tanshi Huai dared to come, he must have been prepared.

They also slowly retreated to the mountain.

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At night, Zang Min and Liu Bei stood side by side at the foot of the mountain, looking at the brightly lit Xianbei camp in the distance.

Zang Min was silent for a moment, and then asked, "When I saw him today, what did Xuande think about Tanshi Huai?"

Liu Bei pondered for a moment, "Outstanding majesty, a generation of outstanding people." ”

Zang Min nodded, "What Xuande said is not bad, even if he is an opponent, he has to admit that this person is indeed a generation." ”

"When I didn't see each other, I thought that it was just a fluke that this person could unify Xianbei. It's just that now it seems that the one who can unify Xianbei should indeed be such a person, and it can only be such a person. ”

"What Zang Gong said is true, but this person was also born at a good time. In the past, Sejong drove the Xiongnu to the north, and this was the opportunity for the development of Xianbei. It's just that the strength of the Han is weak now, so it seems to be Xianbei and strong. Liu Bei said with a smile, "If it is changed to the time when the Han Dynasty is strong, even if he is really in the sky, he will squat in this place in the north and dare not look south." ”

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Zang Min smiled bitterly, "What Xuande said is naturally reasonable, but things are already like this now, and it is useless to say anything else." Xuande had said that there was a way to get out before, but he didn't ask in detail at the time, but now can he say it. ”

Liu Bei looked to the east, and in that direction, there was a mountain named Danhan Mountain.

He said with a smile: "In the past, Danshi Huai unified the Xianbei tribes and set up a sweat tent on the water of Danhan Mountain. Now that the Xianbei army is all here, I don't know how to guard under Danhan Mountain? ”

Zang Min nodded, "It turns out that you have already arranged for people to surprise the royal court. It stands to reason that the Xianbei Royal Court should indeed be empty, but even so, it is not easy to surprise the Xianbei Royal Court. ”

Liu Bei stretched out his hand and pressed the hilt of the sword, "Naturally, it is not easy. So the two people who went there were first-class good players. And now there is a chess piece in Xianbei that no one expected by chance. Under such a favorable time and place, if even they can't succeed, then we will die here, and it will be time and fate. ”

Liu Bei didn't say anything anymore, just looked up at the lights in the distance.

The outside of the plug is empty, so the fire is particularly bright.

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Under the Danhan Mountain, above the water of revenge, in the court of Xianbei.

Now that Tanshi Huai is on the march, the affairs of the sweat tent are handed over to the tribal leaders of this place.

Among them, Wang Yan, the Han who came to serve at the beginning, is now also quite powerful here, and he moved the family scroll of the leader of the Xianbei tribe who went out to the king's tent under an order.

Although many tribal leaders complained about this person, and Tanshi Huai also responded to it in person, in fact, the power of this person has not been reduced at all.

After a few times, what does the sandalwood mean, these Xianbei leaders naturally have some understanding in their hearts.

Today, Wang Yan is taking care of business in the account.

There are not many documents exchanged in Xianbei, so his daily affairs are not busy. At this time, what was placed in front of him was the battle report of Xianbei and the Han army fighting in Liangshan that had just been sent.

He sighed, he had lived in Xianbei for many years, but he was afraid that no other Han person knew better than him how powerful the Xianbei people were.

Therefore, before the battle began, he had already guessed that most of the Han army would be annihilated.

Just waited for him to pick up the battle report, but found that what the Han army did was much better than he imagined, although the result of defeat could not be avoided, but there were still some remnants of the Han army retreating to Mangshan, and it was not the whole army annihilated.

He sighed, stood up, walked to the tent door, and looked up.

Not far away, on a small meadow, there are Xianbei children frolicking. A little farther away, a shepherd boy on the back of an ox is grazing cattle and sheep, and the sun is setting in the west, and the glow of the sun reflects the sky.

At that time, Tanshi Huai unified Xianbei, and established the Khan Court at the foot of Danhan Mountain, which was regarded as a holy place by the Xianbei people, and had not experienced war for many years.

Even in the Central Plains, it can be regarded as a rare paradise.

At this time, a young man came behind Wang Yan and asked softly, "Is the head of the family going back to the tent?"

The young man has the appearance of a Han man, and his body is quite thin.

Wang Yan smiled: "Back to the account, there is nothing to do today, go back and drink a few pots of good wine." The jars of wine I brought back a few days ago, have you been eyeing them for a long time? I don't think the weather is bad today, so it's the best place to drink. ”

The young man was stunned, his name was Wang Zhun, and it was the name given to him by Wang Yan.

He was robbed by the Xianbei people many years ago when he was still young and came to the Northland, thanks to Wang Yan who ransomed him.

In addition to him, there were many other Han family sons who were ransomed by Wang Yan.

Wang Yan saw that he was clever, so he took him with him, and he also recognized Wang Yan as the head of the family according to the habits of the Central Plains.

Wang Zhun has served his family master for so many years, and he has rarely seen him drink, and Wang Yan has received a lot of drinks and property over the years, but they have all been distributed to the people around them.

Wang Yan has been in Xianbei for so many years, he has never married a wife, and now he is not young, he is always alone, and he laughed with them for a long time, he is a lonely person, what is the use of asking for these belongings.

The two returned to the tent, and Wang Yan put several jars of wine piled up in the corner on the table, and then beckoned to the young man standing beside him, motioning for him to sit down and drink together.

Wang Zhun knew the temperament of his own master, so he didn't shirk it, and sat down directly opposite.

Wang Yan slapped open a jar of wine on the table and said with a smile: "This wine is called Daughter Hong, which is different from what you drank in the past, if it is placed in the Central Plains, this jar of wine can be worth a thousand gold." If it was used to redeem your life back then, there would be thousands of them. ”

Wang Zhun, who had already picked up the wine and was about to drink it in one gulp, immediately put down the wine in his hand.

Wang Yan poured a bowl by himself, swallowed it in his mouth, let out a long breath, and said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be like this, although this wine is expensive, but the wine is just wine after all, and swallowing it in your mouth is nothing more than that." Although it is considered a good wine in this humble place, no matter how it is done, it is not worth a thousand gold. Only in that Central Plains could a jar of wine be sold for more than countless human lives. ”

Wang Zhun cautiously took a sip of wine and asked, "The head of the family is starting to miss his hometown again?"

Although Wang Yan has not often drunk alcohol in recent years, he will inevitably get drunk every time he drinks.

And when he was drunk, he always talked about Wang Zhun when he left his hometown when he was a teenager, and the Han family, who no longer remembered what his hometown looked like, talked about the scenery of his hometown.

For so many years, over and over again, even if he had never been to Wang Yan's hometown, the small southern county town that was said to be south of the Great Wall and then south of it now had a rough appearance in his heart.

"The cotton wool on the willow blows less, and the yellow flowers on the side of the road are yellow. In my hometown, there are often women carrying water on the side of the road. The head of your family is a serious person, and he never squints when he sits on the threshold and reads every day. ”

"Back then, I was also a personable young man, and I don't know how many women I charmed, but at that time, the sage book was in my heart, thinking that I would definitely stand in the court and help the world in the future. Where do you care about your children's private affairs? I can only live up to the women who like me. It's not that they don't have a good vision, it's that they have a really good vision. ”

In the end, it was the daughter of Dao who even had to praise Duan Cheng, and after drinking a few bowls, Wang Yan was already a little drunk, his face turned a little red, and he smashed the wooden bowl on the table, "Now that I think about it, I was really mistaken by the sage book back then, if I got married early, I can't say that the children will be as old as you, how can I leave my hometown for thousands of miles, and ask for his mother's future?"

Wang Zhun was silent, he had heard these words many times.

Wang Yan always thinks about it when he is drunk, but he never recognizes it after he wakes up.

It's just that today he is obviously a little different from the past, and after saying those words that he often mentions on weekdays, he suddenly spoke again, "Ah Zhun, I have often said that the sages have borne me all these years. But I came to the north alone, and what I have done all these years is what I have done in the eyes of those scholars in the Central Plains, and I have not failed the sages. ”

He clasped the wine bowl in his hand upside down, leaned back, and smiled, "The sage and I are both indebted, and no one owes each other." ”

He spat out the smell of wine and said softly, "Ah Zhun, help me do something." I once had a business with people. ”

He forced himself to finish the story, and after speaking, he fell asleep.

For so many years, he hadn't fallen asleep like this for a long time.

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In a dense forest on the south bank of the water, a cavalry army from Takayanagi has been hiding here for a long time.

At this time, there were two horsemen side by side, looking at the north bank of the water in the distance.