"Haha, Your Highness is joking, of course I didn't mean it that way." Director Wang was slightly surprised.
At this time, Sima Rui also realized that he had lost his composure just now, and quickly apologized to Director Wang.
Director Wang actually didn't care too much. Sima Rui's ability to show his true feelings in front of him showed that Director Wang was trustworthy in his heart.
"Your Highness, Tuoba Pugen of Tuoba Xianbei previously issued an order to respect the Jin Dynasty, and also sent troops to Daijun and Yanmen in large numbers. This matter has not been settled yet, and we must make it clear to Liu Yu."
Director Wang said somewhat worriedly.
Jin King Sima Rui certainly knew about this matter. Tuoba Pugen led Suotou Xianbei to invade the Daijun and Yanmen areas in a large scale.
Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, Tuoba Xianbei has respected the imperial court for generations and been allowed to graze and live in the Daibei and Yanmen areas. This area can be regarded as their hometown in the old Qin and Han Dynasties.
However, since the Tuoba civil strife, Liu Yu, after supporting Tuoba Pugen to become the tribal leader, sent people to occupy these two areas and no longer allowed Tuoba Xianbei to graze and settle here.
As a result, Tuoba Xianbei, who had stabilized his internal affairs, naturally refused to obey orders honestly.
"Tuoba Pugen is just a barbarian from the north. Gaining it is not enough to strengthen the country, and losing it will not affect national affairs. But it is under the banner of returning to the Jin Dynasty. I am afraid it will make Liu Yu wary."
Director Wang continued.
"Father Zhong, isn't this a bit too much? Tuoba Pugen just used this name to seize the two counties. If he goes to tell Liu Yu again, wouldn't it be even more unclear? ”
Sima Rui actually knew that Tuoba Pugen, under the banner of respecting the Jin Dynasty, was just a cover.
"Your Highness, I heard that the Xuzhou soldiers in Huaibei have always been very hardy. If Liu Yu makes an excuse to fall out, there won't be many soldiers in Huainan to stop him."
Director Wang was quite clear about the situation in Daibei and Yanmen. Tens of thousands of Tuoba Xianbei cavalry were attacking cities and territories in the two places, and many of them were colluding with them. The Qingzhou Han army's counterattacks had not been very effective.
Under such circumstances, if Liu Yuqian was angry with Jiangdong, he would probably be in trouble.
"The Qingzhou thieves have always been training their troops like this. It shouldn't be against us," Sima Rui said.
"Your Highness, having said that, we have to be on guard. This way we can be safe."
Sima Rui thought carefully after hearing this.
He himself felt that there was no guarantee for his alliance with Liu Yu. Now Liu Yu had just defeated the Hulu in Luoyang. He heard that he had captured tens of thousands of people in Luoyang. With such satisfaction, what if because of Tuo It would be too unfair to fall out with him about Ba Xianbei.
After all, the refugees now settled in Huainan and Jiangbei are a group of restless people. Once the Qingzhou Han army crosses Huaihe, these people can become the force to break the situation in Jiangdong.
"What Mr. Zhong said makes sense. I will send someone to see Liu Yu right now."
When Sima Rui said this, he was still a little embarrassed.
"It's just that if an official envoy goes to tell Liu Yu about this matter, I'm afraid it will be true and it will damage the dignity of the Jin Dynasty."
If outsiders knew that Sima Rui immediately sent someone to find Liu Yu to explain because Tuoba Xianbei was a traitor, it would be too embarrassing. To outsiders, it would seem as if Sima Rui was afraid of Liu Yu.
Well, even if Sima Rui is really afraid of Liu Yu, it shouldn't be so obvious.
Especially after being known by those who secretly oppose Sima Rui, they don't necessarily have to make a fuss about it.
After all, Sima Rui's previous peace with the traitor Liu Yu had already been criticized.
Director Wang was obviously well prepared for this issue.
"Regarding this matter, His Highness can send someone to see Liu Yu in the name of returning the princess and the clan, and then express this matter privately."
After hearing this method, Sima Rui immediately nodded in agreement. It would be appropriate if it was done in this name.
After successive wars, the entire Sima clan has been depleted.
Except for Sima Rui and Sima Bao, the rest of the scattered clan members are generally in the hands of Liu Yu.
In addition to a few estranged male members of the clan, there was also a more important royal noble, and that was Princess Qinghe, the daughter of Emperor Hui.
Princess Qinghe was born to Emperor Hui and Queen Yang.
Sima Rui heard that this twelve-year-old princess had lived outside during the Yongjia Rebellion and was resold to Yanzhou. When she was about to be bought as a child bride by some rude soldier, she Suddenly she shouted out her identity as a princess, and then Liu Yu sent someone to take care of her.
After Sima Rui gradually established a foothold in Jiangdong, he wanted to bring all the Jin clan members who were stranded in Liu Yu's hands to Jiangdong.
The apparent reason was naturally to take good care of Emperor Hui's princess and other clan members, but in fact, he was afraid that these clan members would be used against him.
After all, Sima Rui's own clan status is somewhat alienated, so it is better to keep these threatening clan relatives firmly in his hands.
In the end, after Sima Rui and Director Wang discussed who to send, they both basically decided that it would not be a big problem to stabilize Liu Yu.
When Sima Rui and Director Wang wanted to get rid of suspicion in front of Liu Yu because of Tuoba Xianbei's matter, as the rightful owner of this matter, if Tuoba Pugen could also explain his sins in front of Liu Yu, Then he will definitely jump with joy.
Nowadays, life in Tuoba Pugen is really difficult.
Although Tuoba Pugen led his troops to recapture many cities in Daibei and Yanmen, more and more Han troops came from Youzhou and Jizhou soon after.
These Han troops did not have an advantage in numbers, but they all had excellent weapons. Their counterattacks against Tuoba Xianbei were steady and steady. They always relied on Wubao and large formations to first solidly defend, and then gradually counterattack.
The cable-headed cavalry under Tuoba Pugen all came and went like the wind. They were very troubled by the tortoise-shell Han army. There was no good way to do it. They could only watch the Han army take over the newly acquired city. They took it back one after another.
North of Yanmen, Xinping City.
A Suolu with snowflakes on his head rushed in front of Tuoba Pugen in a hurry
"Da Chanyu, it's bad! The men who have just returned said that Lian Shiwu and other seven forts east of Sangshui have kidnapped our people and surrendered to the Han traitors!"
After hearing the news, Tuoba Pugen's face was ugly, but there was not much shock.
Sangshui is a large river in the northwest of Daijun. There used to be a large area of land east of Sanghe that belonged to Tuoba Xianbei.
When Tuoba Pugen led his army to counterattack, he quickly restored a large area of territory east of the San River.
However, this area was where the Han armies of Youzhou and Jizhou first counterattacked.
Now that these Wubao have rebelled against the Han Kingdom in Qingzhou, it means that Tuoba Xianbei's territory east of the Sang River has been lost again.
"Da Chanyu, if this happens, Daijun will be completely lost!"
A nobleman from Tuoba Xianbei said sadly.
From the perspective of the Central Plains, although Daijun is located in a remote northern border, it is an excellent territory for Tuoba Xianbei.
There are not only warm wintering pastures there, but also a market close to the Central Plains, where you can easily obtain various scarce supplies.
"If the modern county is lost, wouldn't we have been busy all winter in vain?"
"That's right, now that Daijun is gone, I'm afraid it won't be long before those Qingzhou thieves are coming to Yanmen!"
"These Qingzhou thieves are so difficult to deal with. How will we defend Xinping when they come?"
Some of the Xianbei nobles next to him began to talk about it.
As these people talked, some people gradually began to become dissatisfied with Tuoba Pugen.
If Tuoba Pugen hadn't encouraged everyone to send troops, they wouldn't have to worry about those terrifying Qingzhou soldiers.
"The Qingzhou thieves have taken away our ancestral land. If we just endure it, how can we support our people in the future?"
However, an elderly Suotou nobleman shouted to stop everyone.
"Since we can rob it, the Qingzhou thieves can also rob it. At worst, we can rob it back again."
After hearing this, everyone stopped complaining, but no one still felt that this was feasible.
"How to rob it? The Qingzhou thieves have already occupied a dangerous position. How can we just get an advantage?"
A Suotou nobleman said.
Since Tuoba Xianbei was defeated by the Han army in Qingzhou one after another, some tribes on the grassland that Tuoba Xianbei had defeated began to get ready to move. Tuoba Pugen had to divide his troops and return to Shengle and the northwest area to scare them.
Today, there are only more than 30,000 Suotou Xianbei troops following Tuoba Pugen in Xinping.
Although 30,000 troops may seem like a lot, if they were to fight against those well-armored Youji Han troops, 20,000 Han troops would be enough to render them helpless.
"Since Daijun can no longer be saved, we will go to other places to make up for it."
Tuoba Pugen, who had been silent until now, finally spoke.
"Where to go?"
"How to make up for it?"
Everyone asked eagerly.
This time they sent out troops, but they almost spent all the savings in the tribe. Many tribesmen, cattle, horses and food were lost a lot, but the territory they robbed did not even last a winter, and the Han army in Qingzhou robbed it again. Went back.
If they don't find some compensation quickly, it will be a serious loss for the tribe.
"Da Chanyu, do you want to go to Bingzhou?" said a Suolu.
Upon hearing the name Bingzhou, many people immediately showed greedy eyes, but then quickly dimmed.
Jinyang, Bingzhou, used to be a prosperous place, but after several wars, it has long been reduced to poverty.
What's more, after returning to the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou, Liu Yan took over Liu Kun's role in guarding Bingzhou. Yanmen Pass and Jinyang City were both in Liu Yan's hands, and they were all difficult to crack.
"Not going to Bingzhou!"
Tuoba Pugen shook his head and said.
Not to mention that Liu Yan in Bingzhou was not easy to deal with. Even after capturing Bingzhou, Tuoba Xianbei would directly face the Tuge Huns in the south.
Those Huns were even more cunning villains. Although Liu Cong sent people to persuade him that he would reward himself with reinforcements and land, when Tuoba Xianbei raised his troops, all the Huns' promises became empty words.
Except for some rewards at the beginning, there is nothing at all.
What's more, when the news of Tuoba Xianbei's successive defeats came out, Tuoba's feuding Tiefu Huns became even more hostile.
"Da Chanyu, where should we go?"
Tuoba Pugen stood up, smiled slightly, glanced around at everyone and said.
"Let's go east and find the Yuwen Department!"
After hearing this, everyone was shocked.
Some people even think that their tribal leader Tuoba Pugen may have gone crazy.
"Chanyu, the Yuwen Department has been friends with us for generations, so why are we trying to rob them?"
"What's more, those guys are also very poor. How can we make up for our losses by robbing them?"
"And since we have so few soldiers and horses now, we may not be able to match the Kun Tou guys."
For these Suolu, any talk of being friends for generations is nothing more than self-deception.
As for the real reason, it is just because the strength of Yuwen Kuntou is not weak. If the Tuoba tribe wants to provoke them, they will suffer a lot of losses.
"Hehe, I already knew it. This year, the Ministry of Education and Culture just built two big cities and accumulated a lot of wealth!"
"We just had bad relations with Duan and Murong."
"Under the current situation, as long as we defeat the Yuwen tribe, we can not only replenish our losses, but also connect with the Duan tribe and the Murong tribe. In the future, we can come and go as we please from Liaodong to Daibei!"
As Yuwen Xianbei lies in the middle of the grassland, it has indeed blocked the communication between Xianbei in the east and central areas.
In addition, Yuwen Xianbei has now completely turned to Qingzhou Han State, and he has indeed become the public enemy of most Xianbei people.
This is not because the Xianbei of the ministries love the Jin Dynasty, but because Yuwen Xianbei has become a rich man since he became the eagle dog of the Han Dynasty in Qingzhou. Although he is not a hot drinker every day, he has grown a lot. So powerful that he can repeatedly blast various small tribes.
Therefore, even tribes like Tuoba Xianbei who were friendly with him gradually became wary of Yuwen Xianbei.
Now that they have offended the Qingzhou Han Kingdom, the Tuoba Suotou will directly go one step further and directly unite with the Eastern Xianbei to kill Yuwen Xianbei, or force them to stand in the same lineup again.
Just like Master Tan Shihuai back then!
How powerful Xianbei was at that time.
Their power extends from Xianbei Mountain in the east to Yinshan Mountain in the west. Even the strongest men in the world cannot subdue Xianbei.
When Tuoba Pugen described all the glory of the past, all the Suotou Xianbei present became excited.
If the Great Xianbei of the Tanshihuai era could be recreated, wouldn't the now divided Central Plains be left to their own devices? ?
