And the state, Taiyuan

After the Tuoba Khan learned that Pingzhou had explosives and other weapons in battle, he ordered the base camp of the Xianbei King to be transferred from Leping to Taiyuan.

First of all, Taiyuan is a mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, with the terrain, it can block the Pingzhou army.

In addition, Taiyuan is connected to the Xianbei area of Hexi, and if the situation is not right, they will be evacuated directly from Taiyuan.

In short, in the face of such an invincible weapon as explosives, Tuoba Khan was already thinking about retreating.

At the same time, the spies found out that Pingzhou was attacking Dali while sending heavy troops to attack their Xianbei.

After learning the news, the members of the Xianbei royal court were taken aback, and they were told by the second prince, and Pingzhou really did not attack Da Li.

For a time, speculation about the strength of Pingzhou was in the air.

Some people guess 800,000, some guess million, some guess 1.2 million......

It is 800,000 troops, which is also very powerful.

They have a large army, and they are only 500,000 when they are full.

These 500,000 soldiers and horses are already the limit, and the young and strong people of various tribes, including the Xianbei in the east, Tuoba Xianbei and the Xianbei in Hexi, have all been transferred.

Tuoba Khan and others thought they had seen the forces of Pingzhou and discussed changing their battle strategy.

Before, they were still thinking of going south to occupy the city of Dali, but now, they still have to go south, but this time they are mainly going south to plunder food.

If the city can be defended, it will be defended, and if it can't be defended, it will be lost, and it will not be defended.

Anyway, against the Pingzhou army with sharp weapons in hand, there is no chance of winning, knowing that it can't be defended, then it won't be guarded, just grab the food and property.

It's a big deal that they plundered the surrounding cities and then hid in the grassland, so they don't believe that Pingzhou can still send troops into the grassland to chase and kill them?

"Let's take the next step, march to Hexi!" It has been confirmed, if you can't win Pingzhou, then catch Dali and bully it.

If the raid on Hexi is successful, they will take advantage of the situation to the south and plunder the area east of Hedong!

We'll have to spend this winter anyway.

The members of the royal court seconded this decision.

Tuoba Khan noticed that Yu Chi Rui was a little distracted, "General Wei Chi, what are you thinking?" But what's wrong with our plan? ”

Wei Chirui came back to his senses and replied, "Khan, I'm thinking, Pingzhou suddenly attacked Xianbei and Dali, what kind of madness did he have?" "Without warning.

At this time, it happened that the news of the battle between Pingzhou and Dali in Yangping arrived.

The members of the Xianbei royal court couldn't help but be stunned when they heard the reason why Pingzhou sent troops to Dali.

The sixth prince Tuoba Chao only felt ridiculous, "No, Da Li's spies caused Lu Songli to give birth prematurely, what does it matter to us Xianbei?" "How did Pingzhou attack with heavy troops and attack their Xianbei city?

Tuoba Lian said faintly, "That is the reason for Pingzhou to attack Dali, and in addition, the slogan of Pingzhou's attack on us is 'drive out Hulu and recover rivers and mountains'." ”

Speaking of which, Pingzhou is just going to fight, and any reason is just a fucking excuse!

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Asda, the chief of the Sushen tribe, also felt that the reason for Pingzhou to attack them was very unreasonable, and at the same time very incredible.

It has always been the only Hulu clan that has gone south, and the Han people rarely go north to attack their Hulu clan, because the grassland is very large, and it is easy to get lost, and it is not easy to attack.

In addition, it is not cost-effective. The Han people do not soften the land of their grassland, and regard it as a barren land outside the fortress.

In other words, it is not much good to win.

Therefore, the Sushen tribe has been very stable all these years.

Even if they were adjacent to Xuansu County, they never thought that they would be attacked by the Han Chinese.

Later, the Buyeo tribe was attacked and occupied by Pingzhou, and Asda was worried and guarded for a while, but Pingzhou did not move in the next two years, and they gradually let go of their defense.

But unexpectedly, Pingzhou did not play cards according to the rules, and actually sent troops north to attack their Sushen tribe!

Half of the young men of their cautious tribe were originally taken away by the Khan, and the remaining young men were naturally the gatekeepers of the tribe.

But they were used by Pingzhou, and the squads were lured out of the tribe again and again and were eliminated.

Hatefully, he realized it too late.

This time, he personally led his troops to defend the fortress, but he found that their cautious tribe was invincible to this Pingzhou army.

"General Yue, you are shouting this slogan wrong, right? Pingzhou wants to 'drive out Hulu and recover the rivers and mountains', but what does this have to do with our Sushen tribe? ”

Yue Shu replied, "There's nothing wrong with that. ”

"You're right for you to beat our Prudent Tribe? What inch of land does our Sushen tribe have in your Pingzhou? Asda, the chief of the Prudent Tribe, shouted in a broken voice.

"This Dongning town at the foot of your Sushen tribe used to belong to our Han people."

Asda: ......

That's all about the previous dynasty!

"Okay, you Pingzhou say yes, give us two quarters of an hour, and Dongning Town will give you back."

It was effortless to take a piece of land, and Yue Shu naturally agreed.

Asda abandoned Dongning Town and returned to the tribal center with the people, still feeling uneasy.

At the same time, he scolded Murong Jie half to death in his heart, and Khan asked him to come to the rescue, this guy is good, he went to attack Liaodong County, Pingzhou, and he was seriously ill!

It's not that he used this trick wrongly, but he chose the wrong place.

Liaodong County is the starting place of the Qin and Lu families in Pingzhou, how can it be so easy to break?

Look at the way Pingzhou is bound to be cautious about them, otherwise they should go.

He ordered, and Asda's daughter Hana couldn't believe it, "Dada! ”

Asda ignored her, but her mother urged her to pack her belongings.

Hana could only mumble and pack her luggage, there were a lot of good things in her house from Dali, these were all trophies sent back from the front, and I heard that they were all used by the noble ladies of the Han people.

Chang'an, the main hall of the imperial palace

On this day, the court hall was very lively.

As soon as Liang An's shouting of 'something to play, nothing to retreat from' fell, the ministers rushed to express their opinions.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a book."

"Let's play."

"Your Majesty, Xie Zhan caused a big disaster because of personal grudges, but now he asked me to bear the consequences. Weichen suggested that Xie Zhan should be dealt with to appease the anger of Pingzhou, so as to stop the war and restore peace to the world. ”

Why did Xie Zhan attack Lu Songli, naturally it couldn't be all because of personal grudges, and there were also reasons for Dali to get rid of this number one enemy.

The emperor may not know about this.

But now, Pingzhou clearly wants to hold Xie Zhan accountable.

Then, they can ignore the others and give Pingzhou what they want, so as to calm the war.

It means that the emperor can throw the pot to Xie Zhan and end this crisis.

In the court, Song Mo watched without saying a word, he wanted to see how many people wanted Xie Zhan to apologize for his crimes with death.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal. This disaster was caused by Xie Zhan, and it was ended by him, which is very reasonable. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal."

"Your Majesty, Your Minister......"

One by one, the ministers expressed their opinions.

How powerful the explosives in Pingzhou are, they have no restraint at all, and there is nothing more cost-effective than sacrificing one person to solve a big problem. Sacrifice a Xie Zhan and return peace to the world.

Song Mo looked at the ministers who were all down, and was shocked, and finally he sneered, "Let's discuss this matter again!" Retreat! ”

"Your Majesty—"

The ministers glanced at each other, and they knew that it was not so easy, if the emperor agreed at the beginning, where would the face go? However, they were confident that the emperor would agree, but they wanted time and asked them to ask for a few more times.