Chapter 390 King of Wei! [Subscribe]
As the leader of the Suotou tribe of the Central Xianbei, Tuoba Jiefen was already 42 years old.
He was the main advocate of the upcoming war against Han.
He stood outside a large tent and looked south.
This is Xianyu Court, located in the center of Xianbei, thousands of miles away from the Han land in the south.
"Chief, all the tribes are waiting." said a servant.
Tuoba Jiefen withdrew his gaze and strode towards the next tent.
He was tall with a protruding belly, and wore a fur robe with a wolf's head hanging on his chest.
This is what most Xianbei leaders wore when attending war meetings.
The ornament wrapped around its forehead was inlaid with gems and metals, and hanging in the middle was a sharp animal tooth.
Those are the fangs of the prairie wolf king.
When the Xianbei tribes gathered, they were like wolves on the grassland, gathering together to hunt.
Before Tuoba Jiefen entered the big tent, he saw some of the tribal leader's entourage standing outside the tent.
Among them was a young Han Chinese, his face was a little pale.
He tucked one hand into his sleeve, with only two fingers sticking out.
This person was Yuan Shang, who came with Budugen.
Yuan Shang was accompanied by two servants, who were former members of the Yuan family.
Seeing Tuoba Jiefen's gaze sweeping over him, Yuan Shang hurriedly nodded in greeting.
He knew Tuoba Jiefen, and it was Tuoba Jiefen who introduced him to Western Xianbei last year.
The servant lifted the curtain of the tent and Tuoba Jiefen walked in proudly.
The tent was filled with leaders of various Xianbei tribes.
Compared with previous gatherings, this one was a real gathering of the Central Xianbei.
There were eight leaders of the royal tent alone.
These eight leaders united to govern hundreds of tribes.
Tuoba Jiefen went straight to one of the eight seats in the front, and wherever he passed, leaders of various tribes greeted him.
He glanced around and saw Budugen, a man of dark complexion and strong build, also sitting near the front row.
Behind him was Ke Bineng sitting in the corner.
As soon as Tuoba Jiefen took his seat, the meeting began in the tent.
“Every department knows the purpose of our gathering this time.
Budugen, Kebineng, Qifushitu, and others jointly warned the various tribes and suggested that we be more vigilant against the Han people. "
Qifu Shitu was the man who had a brief fight with Dian Wei using a shield before Dian Wei and Xu Chu attacked and killed Kui Tou in Western Xianbei the year before last.
He was a disciple of the Xianbei strongman Afu Yu.
"A great leader emerged among the Han people who was very good at using troops and quickly put down the chaos within them.
The Eastern Xianbei moved south and were first defeated by the Han army.
Later, the Western Xianbei were also defeated by them, and the leaders of the Eastern and Western Xianbei all died at the hands of the Han people. "
"This Han Chinese force has killed tens of thousands of our Xianbei people."
The person who was speaking was called Yiluo Tuodu, one of the leaders of the eight Xianbei tribes.
It was he and Tuoba Jiefen who jointly convened this tribal gathering.
He is fifty years old, with a brown complexion, and looks strong and vigorous.
His eyes were bright as he glanced at the leaders of the various tribes:
“Tuoba and I have held discussions with the tribes twice before.
According to convention, at the third gathering, each tribe must report the number of troops they have sent. The spoils of the southward raids will be distributed according to the proportion of troops sent.”
There was a sudden commotion in the tent.
Each unit successively announced the number of troops they had assembled.
As the number of troops increased, Tuoba Jiefen and Yiluo Tuodu gradually showed a hint of murderous intent on the faces of the impending war.
The two looked at Budugen together: "When can you, Xi Xianbei, use your troops?"
"I can go back." Budugen said.
Tuoba Jiefen: "I heard that this Han army is very powerful and has won many battles.
The Western Xianbei have fought against them, what do you think? "
Budugen nodded: “Their equipment, crossbows, are indeed powerful.
But I believe that as long as the Xianbei people go south with all their strength, the Han people will not be our opponents. "
Tuoba Jiefen patted the seat in front of him:
"I am anxious to see how powerful the Han people's new army is!"
Although both the Eastern and Western Xianbei were defeated, the leader of the large Central Xianbei tribe showed no fear of the Han army.
This was the confidence they gained from their many expeditions to the south in their early years and their undefeated victories.
Half an hour later, Tuoba Jiefen returned to his tent.
In his tent, there was a very charming woman wearing a white sheepskin robe.
The woman's skin color was not rough after being blown by the strong wind from the grassland, but delicate as warm jade.
She was a Han captive captured by the Xianbei people when they raided the south many years ago.
Because of her beauty, she was presented to Tuoba Jiefen.
Tuoba Jiefen called her "Nannu", which was somewhat humiliating to the Han people, but he was quite fond of her, otherwise he would not have rushed to the tribal gathering and kept her by his side.
"What are you looking at?"
Before Tuoba Jiefen came back, Nannu took a clay pot from Zhulu's hand.
There is a fish in the jar.
Nannu loves to raise fish.
But I only keep one fish at a time, and if one dies, I replace it with another. Anyway, there will always be fish in the clay pot.
"Big Chief."
Nannu's voice was soft and sticky, and her black and white eyes were moving, with an indescribable charm of foxy charm:
"I miss the sheepskin blanket in your tent. The blanket here is a bit hard to sleep on."
Tuoba Jiefen sat down, pulled Nannu over, and sat her on his lap:
"Aren't all sheepskin blankets the same? Why don't I feel anything?"
"You are always pressing on me, so of course you don't feel the blanket is hard."
Nannu said aggrievedly: "When are we going back?"
Tuoba Jiefen: "We have discussed it and will leave tomorrow."
"There have been a lot of horse hoof sounds outside the tent these days, which has kept us awake at night." Nannu said. Tuoba Jiefen: "Some of the troops will be moved tomorrow."
The brief conversation between the two implied two important messages.
Go back tomorrow, the troops have been mobilized!
These two key words indicate that the Xianbei tribes have completed gathering their forces.
They are heading south, and we can even calculate the approximate time of the military action.
a few days later.
A secret message with a painting of a fish was delivered to the Dharma King at the Great Bright Summit.
The King of Dharma was stationed at the Cao Wei headquarters and immediately went to the leader to report the situation.
Ten days passed quickly and it was already late June.
Two carriages headed south from Zhongshan County, Jizhou, and entered Yecheng.
Zhen Yi was Zhen Mi's father, and was once the magistrate of Shangcai.
He has always been in poor health, and when he was young some people said he would not live past forty.
Fortunately, there is spiritual practice in this world. Zhen Yi has been reading poetry and ancient books since he was young, and has developed a Confucian spirit.
Although he was weak, he lived into his forties, and his long-standing illness gradually alleviated.
Zhen had many connections with powerful people and was good at business.
They were a prominent family in Zhongshan County, and through marriage, their influence spread far and wide.
But after Cao Cao came to power, he dealt a heavy blow to the gentry, often confiscating their property to support soldiers.
Even after Zhen Yan married into the Prince of Wei's mansion, she was still not favored by Cao Cao.
After all, the Zhen family was once a supporter of the Yuan family.
Its survival depends on Cao Cao's one thought.
Therefore, in recent years, the Zhen family has been keeping a low profile, cutting off all external operations and staying indoors, which is why they have been able to survive.
This time, it was the youngest daughter Zhen Mi who wrote a letter to her family, asking Zhen Yi to come over, as the King of Wei wanted to see him.
Zhen Yi was nervous and came very cautiously.
He had some friendship with Cai Yong, and because they were both from Jizhou noble families, he was also an old acquaintance of Yu Wen.
Before coming, he wrote letters to Cai Yong and Yu Wen respectively.
At this time, at the gate of Prince Wei's mansion, Cai Yong came to greet him personally.
The women in the palace are not allowed to leave the palace at will.
Knowing that her brother had arrived, Zhen Yan brought Zhen Mi and waited at the gate of the inner courtyard.
"Lingcai."
Cai Yong watched Zhen Yi get off the car and asked his attendants to carry down things one by one: "What are you bringing for the king?"
Zhen Yi politely said to Cai Yong, "I brought a few artifacts passed down from my ancestors. I know that the King of Wei is good at calligraphy and this is his first visit. I happened to have a few things at home, so I brought them with me."
"Let's go."
Zhen Yi followed Cai Yong to Cao's mansion. When he passed the door, his heart skipped a beat.
Zhen Yi's practice is not weak. He can feel that the Wei imperial guards on duty outside the palace have all practiced military training and their aura is extremely sharp.
If measured by the realm of the Nine Realms and Eighteen Strategies, they should all have practiced above the third realm of military strategy.
If this is placed outside, it can travel around the world without any weaklings.
They were actually standing guard in a team at the gate of the palace.
Zhen Yi observed silently, and followed Cai Yong into the house more carefully. He was checked several times by the imperial guards before being allowed into the inner house.
After passing through a heavy door behind a corridor, one could see Zhen Yan and Zhen Mi, standing not far away, surrounded by a group of maids.
My sister and daughter both look very good.
The youngest girl Zhen Mi, who had not been seen for a while, became more and more beautiful.
My younger sister Zhen Yan is no less capable.
When the two women stood together, the whole yard seemed to become brighter.
"Your Majesty, what are your hobbies? You didn't tell me. I am very uneasy coming here. Why did the King of Wei suddenly want to see me?"
As they got closer, the brother and sister spoke in low voices, and Zhen Yi asked Zhen Yan.
"Don't be nervous, brother."
Zhen Yan said: “The nobles are afraid of my husband, and the rumors spread so much that people think my husband kills people at will and behaves cruelly.
Actually, it’s not. ”
Zhen Yi thought: His killings were real. During his years in power, he slaughtered hundreds of nobles and killed more than ten thousand people. Much of his military expenses were robbed from the nobles.
"Father, please come with me to the study. The king has just finished a meeting in the study and is free."
Zhen Mi came up and held her father's sleeve affectionately.
Zhen Yi took a deep breath.
He had not yet met the King of Wei who had swept across the north and south in recent years.
Cai Yong and Zhen Yi, led by Zhen Mi, came to the study.
Cao Cao was reviewing a memorial: "Bo Ji, there is no need to be so polite. Sit down."
"Wenji and your child are almost half a year old."
Cai Yong indirectly reminded Cao Cao that he should call him father-in-law.
Cao Cao ignored him, put down the memorial, and chatted with Zhen Yi for a while.
Half a minute later, when Zhen Yi left the study, he vaguely figured out something.
Cao Cao's attitude was quite friendly, and it seemed that his sister was quite favored in the mansion.
In addition, the daughter Zhen Mi has been moving around in the King of Wei's study freely, and it is obvious that this has been going on for more than a day.
This is a positive signal for the Zhen family.
This shows that King Wei trusts Zhen Mi and Zhen Yan, and they must be held well.
Zhen Mi was following her father: "Father, I can't go home with you this time..."
Zhen Yi said cheerfully, "It's alright. I didn't think it through. You can just stay at the palace with your aunt. I'm relieved."
Zhen Mi blinked her dark eyes. How come her father became so easy to talk to?
Zhen Yi stayed in Yecheng for three days and then set off back to Zhongshan.
At the same time, Cao Cao prepared to take his wives and concubines out for a walk.
The day before his trip, he received a message: "I found them."
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