Li Huigu looked at her husband who was as white as paper and breathless on the sickbed, and grabbed his cold hands. She felt so sad that she lay beside the bed and cried bitterly.
The several deputy generals of the Yulin Camp who were standing aside didn't know how to comfort them, so they could only sigh on the side. Speaking of which, if it weren't for Xia Houxuan, their Yulin Camp would probably continue to live a despised life in Luoyang City. Today, they are able to make a name for themselves and avenge their shame. Their new commander has put in a lot of effort and effort. Now, looking at the dying general on the bed, they also felt very uncomfortable.
I heard that the antidote to the curare poison is still in the hands of Xianbei Fuyi Wang Kebineng. I only hope that General Qin Lang can deal with them as soon as possible and get the antidote. Several hundred generals from the Yulin camp have also discussed it. If If that still doesn't work, they will take all their brothers and break into the Monan Xianbei royal court. Even if they rob it, they will snatch out the antidote to detoxify the general!
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In the early morning, Qin Lang, the general of the heroic cavalry, led his eight heroic soldiers, and galloped out of Jinyang City together with the imperial messenger, heading towards the desert to the north.
Speaking of this Xianbei clan, they are a different species of Donghu. [Note 1: The most common theory is that Xianbei originated from Donghu. "Book of the Later Han", "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of Jin" and "Spring and Autumn of the Sixteen Kingdoms" all say that Xianbei is the remnant of Donghu. Historical books such as "Book of Wei" compiled by Wang Shen of the Jin Dynasty and "Sustained Book of Han" by Sima Biao also mentioned that Xianbei and Donghu had a close relationship. "Historical Records Suoyin" quotes Hu Guangyun of the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Xianbei is a different species of Donghu."
The Xianbei tribe first arose in the Daxinganling area north of Liaodong.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Donghu was defeated by the Xiongnu Maodun Shanyu, and then divided into two tribes. The two tribes retreated to Wuhuan Mountain and Xianbei Mountain respectively. Both of them took the name of the mountain as their clan name, forming the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes in the future. Although the two groups were able to save everyone, since the defeat by Maodun Shanyu, the two groups have been enslaved by the Huns and have never been able to stand up.
Since Xianbei and Wuhuan share the same ancestry and share a border with the Xiongnu, the customs and habits of the Xianbei people are very similar to those of the Wuhuan and Xiongnu peoples.
Later, because the Xianbei followed the Xiongnu and invaded the border, the new Xianbei ethnic group was known to the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, after the Xiongnu division weakened, the Xianbei people were finally able to get rid of their control and further flourished, and gradually became a large tribe in the northern desert. Later, Xianbei attacked the Xiongnu twice and defeated them both times, so he became famous all over the world.
Later, the Northern Huns were attacked by the Han Dynasty and the Southern Huns, and were forced to move to Taixi, a land in the far west. ], the Xianbei people took the opportunity to occupy the Mongolian grassland and became the king of the desert, completely dominating the northern region.
Under the rule of the Great Khan Tanshihuai, the power of the Xianbei clan had reached its peak.
The Great Khan Tanshihuai divided the Xianbei territory into three parts, each of which was led by a capable leader. The territory stretched from Liaodong in the east to Dunhuang in the west, which was already extremely vast.
After the death of Tan Shihuai, the first hero, his son Helian inherited the desert. However, Helian was a greedy and incompetent guy. Under his perverse behavior, the Xianbei clan, which had finally become strong, turned to split. , the small Xianbei tribes west of Daijun have established their own Qushuai leaders. The most famous one is the famous Suotou Tuoba Xianbei.
In the last years of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Great Khan and his company were shot to death by the Han army while raiding the border of the Han Dynasty. As a result, more serious chaos occurred in the Xianbei clan.
After several years of melee, the eastern Xianbei tribe east of Daijun, which had long been separated from the main Xianbei tribe, was once again divided into three small tribes. After further division, three small tribes were separated. These three small tribes were the Budugen tribe, the Kebineng tribe, and the tribes of Suli, Mika, and Queji.
Although these three small tribes are much smaller than the previous large Xianbei tribe when Tanshihuai was at its peak, a closer look at their power shows that each tribe still controls hundreds of thousands of cavalrymen, which should not be underestimated.
Later, Emperor Wu of the Wei Dynasty, Cao Cao, led the tiger and leopard cavalry to pacify the Wuhuan clan. Bu Dugen and Kebineng were afraid of Emperor Wu, so they took the initiative to pay tribute to the court and accept petitions as ministers through Yan Rou, the Wuhuan captain. , openly surrendering to the Central Plains, but in fact secretly accumulating strength and planning to make a big splash in the future.
When Emperor Taizu Wu went west to Guanzhong and fought with Ma Chao, Tian Yin took the opportunity to rebel in Hejian. Ke Bineng even led more than 3,000 Xianbei cavalry to follow Yan Rou, the Wuhuan colonel of the Wei Dynasty, and defeated Tian Yin. Silver helped the Wei Dynasty put down the rebellion. Therefore, Emperor Wu had always been wary of the Xianbei tribe.
However, when Daijun Wuhuan later rebelled against the imperial court, Kebi Neng was capricious and helped the Wuhuan clan plunder people on the Wei border and acted as an aide. This completely angered the Wei Dynasty, the established overlord of the Central Plains.
Then, Emperor Taizu Wu sent his third son, Cao Zhang, the son of the Marquis of Yanling, as commander-in-chief, and Xiahou Shang as deputy commander-in-chief of the army, to send troops to the north to attack Wuhuan and Xianbei. After Kebineng, who secretly assisted Wuhuan, was defeated, he had to flee outside the Great Wall. , and soon after, he took the initiative to contribute gifts to the court. The Wei Dynasty thought that this time he sincerely surrendered, so he stopped killing him.
In short, although there were many battles with Xianbei, the Wei Dynasty, the overlord of the Central Plains, was not afraid of Xianbei, a powerful neighbor. However, the Wei Dynasty did not choose to confront the Xianbei clan head-on. Instead, it chose to appease the soft and gentle people. The Wei State adopted this The reason for the diplomatic strategy is mainly due to the fact that the world is divided into three parts and has not yet unified. The melee in the Central Plains, the chaos in the world, the power of the tripartite, and the constraints of all forces have made it impossible for the Wei Dynasty to fundamentally eradicate Xianbei in the north in a short period of time. Stinger.
But even so, the Wei Dynasty's gentle policy towards the northern peoples, which mainly appeases them, still benefited the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and the remaining Xiongnu tribes a lot, and it also resolved many wars and military disasters on the border. Therefore, This policy cannot be said to be a weak move of seeking compromise.
It's just that the leader of Monan, Ke Bineng, is really not a fuel-efficient lamp. Even though he has received the title of King Fuyi of the Wei Dynasty and has suffered repeated defeats, he is not willing to surrender to the Wei State. But this time, he will do it by his own hand. The war they provoked once again ended in failure.
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The large tent of the Xianbei royal court finally arrived.
Qin Lang and the dozen riders behind him didn't have time to carefully observe the majestic palace buildings of the largest tribe in the north, so they hurriedly dismounted and walked towards the largest embroidered king's tent among all the tents.
Although Xianbei is just a wild land in the north, and the royal court cannot compare with the wealth and grandeur of Luoyang Palace in the Central Plains of the Wei Dynasty, Qin Lang and his party still felt a breathtaking majesty here as soon as they entered the tent.
All around the big tent, strong and majestic Xianbei warriors wearing bearskin armor and holding swords, spears and halberds were standing. In the center of the tent was burning a very large fire, peeling off the burning On both sides of the fire stood various Xianbei adults and leaders of the Kebineng tribe. Sitting north and facing south, on the high tiger-skin throne, sat a big leader with a long beard, long eyebrows and big eyes, and an extraordinary majesty. , he is the king of Xianbei Fuyi, Ke Bineng.
At this moment, all the Xianbei leaders in the tent, large and small, were staring at the few Wei officers who walked into the tent with their cold, sharp eyes.
Although Qin Lang has been on the battlefield for a long time, when he first entered the camp when he faced such a momentum, he couldn't help but feel numb in his heart and feel a chill in his spine.
At this moment, he thought in his mind that as long as Kebineng existed in Monan Xianbei, the northern territory of the Wei Dynasty would be unstable for a day. It seems that this Ke Bineng must be eliminated sooner or later.
"I don't know that the angel from your country has arrived. The little king missed the greeting from afar. I hope your envoy can forgive me." Na Kebi could see Qin Lang and everyone entering the tent. Although he was polite and humble in his mouth, his body remained motionless and he sat on the throne as firmly as a mountain. It was just an understatement of hello.
Seeing that the other party was so arrogant, Qin Lang and his party clearly didn't take Wei seriously, so they couldn't help but feel angry in their hearts. When this anger rose, everyone felt a little more courageous.
Qin Lang slightly bowed his waist and saluted, and replied in a neither humble nor arrogant manner: "Your Majesty, Qin Lang, the Cavalry General of the Great Wei, is here today to escort my angel of the Great Wei and the letter of alliance signed by me, the Emperor of the Wei. The present letter of credence is here. King Fuyi, why don’t you kneel down quickly and accept the order?”
Ke Bineng was still arrogant at first, but when he heard that Qin Lang actually brought back the alliance letter, he couldn't help but tremble slightly. After all, he was defeated by Wei this time, losing more than 10,000 cavalry, and was injured. Yuan Qi, now able to get back on good terms with Wei, a powerful neighbor, was something he could only dream of.
Kebineng hurriedly walked down from the throne, knelt down on one knee and said: "Little Wang Kebineng, thank you, Emperor Wei, and wish that our two countries will be brothers from now on, never have swords and wars, and will be friends for generations to come!"
Qin Lang saw that the official business was over, so he said: "King Fuyi had previously made an appointment with me. As soon as the credentials arrived, he would give me the poisonous arrow antidote to Xiahou Taichu, the Marquis of Changling in the Wei Dynasty. Now the credentials have been handed over to you. , I hope your Majesty will not break your promise."
"That's easy to say." Ke Bineng's plan was accomplished and he was in a good mood. He laughed, stood up, took out a small bottle from his body, threw it to Qin Lang, and said: "I hope the general will apologize to General Xiahou on behalf of Xiao Wang. "
Qin Lang saw that although Ke Bineng was ambitious, domineering and proud, he was still a heroic and generous man, so he felt a good impression of him in his heart.
"Of course, thank you very much, King Fuyi, and take my leave."
"Your Majesty, let's go!"
The two of them cupped their hands for a moment. Qin Lang didn't say much, and Ke Bineng didn't stay in vain anymore.
After Qin Lang and his party completed their mission, they quickly galloped towards the south through the snow.
Half a month later.
Among the array of the Wei army slowly returning south, Xia Houxuan, who was riding a 'White Bird' and wearing white armor, was riding side by side with his wife, walking slowly on the snow.
"Madam, look, I didn't lie to you, did I?" Xia Houxuan held his wife's hand and said with a smile: "Isn't the snow scene in this desert very different from that in our Central Plains?"
Li Huigu looked at her husband who had recovered and smiled.
"The snowy scenery is indeed very beautiful. It's not in vain that I get to see you once in this life. Husband, you have to promise me that you won't put yourself in danger like this again, okay?"
Xiahou Xuan smiled warmly, nodded and said with a smile:
"Okay, my husband promises you!"
Seeing her husband's gentle smile, Huigu couldn't help but smile back:
"A gentleman's word?"
Xiahou Xuan held the bridle and laughed loudly:
"It's hard to catch up with ten thousand horses!"
