In the past two short months, Yuwen Mogui led his troops to defeat and annex five or six tribes in a row, accomplishing in one fell swoop what the previous two generations of Yuwen Xianbei had not achieved.
Everyone among the Xianbei tribes in the east now knows that Yuwen Xianbei suddenly has more than a thousand cavalry wearing fine armor.
These armored Yuwen cavalry can be compared to ten on the battlefield. No tribe has the strength to resist. Even some tribes who have good relations with Duan and Murong can only come to Yuwen Mogui's meeting obediently. alliance.
"Da Shanyu, you are in our hearts like an eagle on the grassland. You have a long-term vision and can see the end of the mountains and rivers. If you say you want to attack the Duanbu thieves, then we will follow you to attack the Duanbu!"
A tall Xianbei man suddenly shouted loudly.
As soon as he finished shouting, other Xianbei nobles immediately responded in unison.
"Yes, the Great Chanyu is right, all the traitors in Duanbu deserve to die!"
"The Duans are not satisfied in such a fertile place in western Liaoning, and they want to come to our grasslands to take advantage. They are all greedy wolves. These Wuhuan slaves are not worthy of being Xianbei people!"
These most honest people are actually all arranged by Yuwen Mogui a long time ago, and they are all the most loyal servant tribe.
The rest of the Xianbei nobles heard the shouts of these "doglegs" from the Yuwen Department. Although they did not dare to show any dissatisfaction on their faces, they started to curse in their hearts.
It is obvious that you Yuwen tribe and Duan tribe have enmity, but you want to force us tribes to send troops under the guise of an alliance. Duan tribe Xianbei already has strong soldiers and horses. Now that he has occupied two new counties in Liaoxi, his strength is even stronger. Just with Yuwen tribe. Xianbei dares to touch a tiger's butt?
Have you forgotten the pain of being beaten several times before?
However, although I cursed in my heart, for these weak Xianbei tribes, they should send troops anyway, because Yuwen Xianbei may not be Duan Xianbei's opponent, but now that his strength has greatly increased, if these weak tribes are dealt with, that is Stomping your feet.
Many people also slowly started shouting.
"We all listen to the Great Chanyu and kill Duanbu's thieves!"
"That's right, let's follow the Great Chanyu to rob Liaoxi!"
"Kill those Wuhuan slaves!"
When Yuwen Mogui saw that most of the people followed suit, a surge of pride suddenly arose in his heart.
After receiving the weapons and armor from the Han Kingdom in Qingzhou, Yuwen Mogui immediately led his tribe to test their skills. Several old enemy tribes were all beaten to pieces, and then he mustered up the courage to unite with the Xianbei tribes in the east to attack Duanbei Xianbei.
However, among these people, Yuwen Mogui saw one person sitting motionless.
Yuwen Mogui frowned, as if his authority had been challenged.
"Die La, why don't you speak? Do you think I shouldn't attack Duan Bu?"
A group of Xianbei nobles immediately followed Yuwen Mogui's gaze.
It turns out that this Xianbei nobleman who did not take a positive stance was Diela.
Although this Yuwen Dila is also named Yuwen, he is an estranged member of another tribe. Although he has always been under the jurisdiction of Master Yuwen, he has considerable autonomy.
"Da Chanyu, this section is not a lamb that is easy to bully, but a tiger with teeth. If we all send troops together, even if we defeat the section, we will definitely suffer a lot of losses."
Diela said this, stood up, looked around at the Xianbei nobles, and continued to speak loudly.
"So, I think that if you want everyone to send troops together, it's best to discuss in advance how to distribute the capture to everyone after defeating Duan Bu!"
"When it comes to saving money, everyone has put in the effort, but nothing good has come of it!"
After hearing Yuwen Diela's words, the Xianbei nobles next to him immediately started talking among themselves in low voices.
When Yuwen Mogui saw this, he smiled coldly in his heart.
This Yuwen Diela has always been dissatisfied with his successor as Yuwen's Shanyu, but now he wants to take this opportunity to pretend to be a good person in front of these nobles from Xianbei.
However, Yuwen Mogui had already thought of this question raised by Yuwen Dila.
He coughed hard, and the noisy surroundings immediately became quiet again.
"Die La, I have already thought of what you said!"
When Yuwen Mogui said this, he took a deep breath and said loudly and with great enthusiasm.
"Except for the men and women of this expedition against Duan, all the money, livestock and food will belong to you! I don't want any of them!"
As soon as Yuwen Mogui said these words, it immediately exploded among everyone.
All the Xianbei nobles exclaimed, with expressions on their faces showing surprise and joy, but also revealing disbelief.
Because when the Xianbei tribes on the grassland attacked each other, they not only competed for pasture and population, but more often for emergency supplies such as money, silk, livestock and grain.
Over the years, the weather on the grasslands has become increasingly unpredictable. After winter, various 'white disasters' and 'droughts' come alternately. Without these urgent supplies, even if there is a grassland population, it is often difficult to survive. feed.
"Da Shanyu, is what you said true?"
Immediately, someone couldn't help but ask Yuwen Mogui.
Everyone was looking at Yuwen Mogui.
Yuwen Mogui shook his beard and said loudly with great certainty.
"of course it's true!"
"As long as you defeat Duan Bu, everything will be yours!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the nobles from various Xianbei tribes present all shouted excitedly.
Not only the tribes who were close to the Yuwen clan, but also the tribal nobles who were intimidated by the Yuwen clan's "obscene power", cheered from the bottom of their hearts.
Everyone knows that Duanbu Xianbei occupies the fertile land in western Liaoning, which is not only rich in pasture, but also more suitable for farming.
Duanbu Xianbei recruited refugees from the Central Plains to farm, and the wealth in its territory was something that the entire eastern Xianbei would covet.
However, they were all intimidated by Duan Xianbei's strength, and no one dared to rob them.
Well now, Yuwen Xianbei is now inexplicably stronger. The thousands of Yuwen cavalry wearing fine armor and holding sharp weapons are at first glance no less powerful than Duan Bu's warriors.
Although these Xianbei nobles do not believe that Yuwen Xianbei can completely eliminate Duan Xianbei in one battle.
However, with these well-equipped and strong troops, coupled with the numerical advantage of our combined forces, even if Duanbu Xianbei cannot be eliminated, it is not a problem for everyone to go to the western Liaoning area and plunder.
Especially if Yuwen Mogui doesn't want to plunder the proceeds, then everyone will own whatever they rob.
At the thought of being able to bite off a big piece of fat meat from the 'rich' Duan Bu Xianbei, even those Xianbei tribesmen who had always been on good terms with Duan Bu no longer thought about 'good friendship' or 'good marriage' at this time. 'Yes.
Seeing that his few words made the Xianbei ministries, which were originally seemingly in harmony but distant from each other, burst into high enthusiasm, Yuwen Mogui immediately felt bursts of pride in his heart.
However, underneath his complacency, there was still a hint of worry.
Looking at the Xianbei nobles who were still discussing with each other enthusiastically, Yuwen Mogui couldn't help but quietly asked his son Yuwenxun Niyan and Vice Prime Minister Wang Chang beside him.
"Except for the population, if you don't want any other captives, is there really no problem?"
There was deep reluctance in his tone.
Upon seeing this, the eldest son Yuwenxun Niyan immediately said seriously.
"Sir, as long as all the ministries can work hard, wait until Duan Bu is defeated, and then kidnap Duan Bu back from him, it will be much easier!"
Duan Bu Xianbei's record against Yuwen Xianbei can be said to be a perfect record. If Yuwen Xianbei hadn't been able to get up again after falling repeatedly with the vast grassland behind him, he would have been wiped out by the defeat given by Duan Bu.
Therefore, Yuwen Xunniyan felt that the first thing to do was to break Duan Bu's myth of Yuwen Xianbei's invincibility, and then destroy the area north of Lingzhi City, leaving Duan Bu Xianbei's foundation broken.
"What's more, as long as you can hold Duan Bu Xianbei down, will you let Duan Bu stay in western Liaoning after the emperor of Han Dynasty in Qingzhou sends troops to capture Youzhou?"
Yuwenxun Niyan continued.
"You're right. As long as Duan Bu doesn't have Youzhou, he won't be able to deal with us!" Yuwen Mogui felt relieved.
As long as Duan Bu loses the support of Youzhou, it will be difficult to feed such a large population. At that time, not only Yuwen Xianbei, but also Murong Xianbei of Liaodong will pounce on him and bite him hard.
At this time, Vice Prime Minister Wang Chang smiled softly and said.
"Chanyu, don't worry, even if all the plunder is divided among everyone, as long as Duan Bu can be contained, when the Emperor of Han Dynasty in Qingzhou captures Youzhou, the subsequent rewards and rewards can be completely compensated!"
When Yuwen Mogui heard this, although his heart was moved for a while, he said with some doubts.
"How confident are the Vice Minister's words? Is the Emperor of Han so rich?"
Before Wang Chang could speak, his son Yuwenxun Niyan immediately nodded desperately.
"Rich, very rich!"
"I guess that even if the Qingzhou Han Kingdom is not twenty times as rich as Duan Bu, it should be ten times richer!"
Hearing that his son Yuwen Xunniyan once again advocated the prosperity of Qingzhou Han Kingdom in front of him, Yuwen Mogui felt a slight suspicion in his heart.
"If there is really ten times the strength of Duan Bu, then why is it so troublesome to capture Youzhou?"
Yu Wenxun Niyan scratched his head, and he didn't know how to answer this.
However, he always insisted on the prosperity and prosperity of the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou that he saw along the way to Jizhou, and explained it to the stubborn Yuwen Mogui over and over again impatiently.
The father and son once again fell into a discussion about how wealthy the Central Plains region was.
Seeing Yuwen Mogui and his son acting like they had never seen the world, Wang Chang next to him felt strong contempt in his heart.
His expectation for Liu Yu to capture Youzhou has strengthened a bit.
"When Liu Yu captures Youzhou, I will be able to leave the barbarians like Yuwen Xianbei. If I stay with these poor barbarians any longer, I will never have the nerve to tell the world that I am from the Wang family in Taiyuan. Wouldn't it bring shame to my ancestors? !”
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Jizhou, Xindu.
In less than half a month, Liu Yu led the 20,000 Han army from Qingzhou to march all the way from Yanzhou, Yuzhou to Xindu, Jizhou.
"Your Majesty, now all counties and counties in Jizhou have implemented road guides and pass ultimatums. No one without these two things is allowed to cross the pass."
Not long after entering Xindu City, Liu Yu immediately received a report from Jizhou officials.
In order to cut off the penetration of Youzhou Zaosong into the Jizhou area as much as possible, strict road guides are now implemented in Jizhou. In other words, without these two things, all business travelers are not allowed to leave the place where they live at will.
"Your Majesty, this is not a long-term solution after all. With tens of thousands of troops heading north, the news will inevitably be revealed. If Zao Song and Duan Ji's family members had been prepared, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to take Youzhou quickly."
Xi Jian, who was accompanying him to join the military, said.
"I believe that it is not advisable to delay for too long in Xinjiang. It should be two days at most, and we should immediately lead the army north to capture Fanyang in Youzhou."
After hearing Xi Jian's words, Liu Yu also thought about it seriously.
The general next to him, Wu Xin, did not frown and said with some worry.
"Your Majesty, the food and grass baggage from the rear has not been transported at all. Our army does not have much baggage left with it. If we do not wait for the baggage and force our way north, if something unexpected happens, tens of thousands of troops will be in need of food and grass. No more."
"Moreover, after marching for many days in a row, the soldiers are already tired, so they should take more time to rest."
"Besides, Your Majesty has already ordered Yuwen Xianbei to attack Duanbu from the north. With their harassment, how could Duanbu Xianbei have the opportunity to assist Zaosong?"
After Xi Jian heard Wu Xin's words, he shook his head slightly.
"General Wu, when you attack Youzhou, you not only want to seize the city, but also the people and property in it. The most important thing is that the soldiers must be quick. Otherwise, once Zaosong or Duan Bu becomes angry and fights in Youzhou, it will only end in nothing. Get a ruined Youzhou."
Liu Yu knew that the reason why Xi Jian was so worried was because just after entering Xindu City, they had already heard the news from the spies in Youzhou, saying that almost everyone in Youzhou now knew that Yuwen Xianbei was sharpening his sword. Prepare to go south to attack Duanbu Xianbei.
After Yuwen Xianbei's operation, Liu Yu understood what the so-called "secret operation" was about for some people.
Therefore, Liu Yu also planned to continue his forced march north to surprise Fanyang City in Youzhou.
Now that Yuwen Xianbei is going to attack Duanbu Xianbei, it has been spread to everyone in Youzhou, and they are afraid that Duanbu Xianbei and Zaosong will notice something abnormal.
If one sees through Liu Yu and Yuwen Xianbei's simultaneous dispatch of troops to respond, and if Duan Bu Xianbei defeats Yuwen Bu first and then turns to support Zaosong, I am afraid that Youzhou will be hard to win.
