Chapter 475 I come to conquer! [Subscribe]

"The vanguard has already set out."

In Yecheng, Cao Cao was sitting in his study.

Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, the five counselors, were all looking at the north of the Wei Dynasty on the map.

Despite Jia Xu's character of not being easily moved by external things, his emotions were also fluctuating and turbulent at this moment.

If Cao Cao could defeat the Xianbei and annex the grassland, he would become one of the greatest monarchs in history, with great achievements!
The ministers of the Great Wei will also leave their names in history!
The northernmost part of the Xianbei is Lake Baikal, which contains one-fifth of the world's fresh water.

In Shenzhou, it is called Beihai, where Su Wu grazed sheep!
In the history of Han civilization, during the Tang and Yuan dynasties, Lake Baikal was once part of the Han people's territory.

Cao Cao also wanted to take it over to graze horses and sheep.

"Tomorrow, I will set out for the North Gate. If you want to go, you can go with the army."

Fighting the Xianbei, like unifying Yizhou, was a battle of great historical significance.

All the ministers had the intention to follow the army.

It seems that they are only fighting against the Xianbei, but in fact, they are not only fighting against the Xianbei.

This is a great showdown between the Shenzhou Dynasty and the Northern Nomadic Cavalry, a fight to the death between old enemies!

As for the war, it has been deduced many times before, so there is no need to discuss it again.

The ministers stood up and left soon after.

in the afternoon.

Cao Cao also returned to the inner house early.

He came to Bian Mei's yard.

"Your Majesty, are you going to go to war tomorrow?" Bai Ke was also in the hall and came forward to ask.

She was wearing the imperial concubine's palace dress, which was mainly red with black patterns.

The dignified and gorgeous concubine's robe has a kind of charming and enchanting taste when worn by Bai Ke. Under the overlapping neckline, her chest is plump and her waist is as thin as a white belt.

Due to years of dance practice, she has a tall and straight figure, and the proportions of her waist and legs are flawless.

She took Cao Cao's arm and entered the inner hall, where she saw a maid bowing and greeting them:
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is in the back hall and will come out later."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Aren't you the imperial concubine?"

This maid turned out to be Bian Mei.

She was an expert in disguise, and after learning about the magical powers of all living things, she tried to practice, and her progress was unexpectedly fast.

She is the imperial concubine and holds a small part of the destiny of the Wei Dynasty.

Bian Mei and Bai Ke are the only two people who can promote the appearance of all living beings and change their appearance appropriately without Cao Cao's blessing on the country's destiny.

"Your Majesty, I use the omniscience of all living things, why are you able to see through it at a glance?"

Bian Mei said dejectedly: "The magical power of all living things says that when one reaches the inner realm, no one can see through it, but it never works for your majesty."

Cao Cao smiled and didn't explain.

He will go to Beiguan tomorrow to give some instructions to his wives and concubines. He met Bian Mei and Bai Ke, and then went to other bedrooms.

Early the next day.

All the concubines and descendants gathered in the main hall of the inner palace to bid farewell to Cao Cao.

Interestingly, Yin was also saying goodbye to his entire family.

The three little tiger cubs have grown a lot, but they are still chubby, with big and bright eyes.

morning.

Cao Cao performed a sacrificial ceremony before going to war, holding the axe to pay respect to heaven and earth.

Near noon, he rode out of the city and headed straight for the North Gate.

Several of the counselors from yesterday also accompanied him on the journey.

Lu Su has been transferred to the Western Regions by Cao Cao, and is in charge of overall planning and serves as an assistant to Commander Huang Zhong.

Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and other ministers stayed behind in Yecheng.

Cao Cao only brought the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and his personal cavalry, and rushed to the North Gate at high speed.

Late September.

Cao Cao, who traveled hundreds of miles a day, arrived at the northern gate of the Wei Dynasty. He then continued northward without stopping and entered the battlefield!
After going deep into the grassland, Zhang Liao, the commander-in-chief of the North Gate, led his troops to meet them.

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The location of the Xianbei royal tent was a successor to the former Xiongnu royal court.

The so-called Chanyu Court was the headquarters of the Xiongnu king.

This is the most fertile heartland on the grassland and also their rear base. It was called Mobei during the Western Han Dynasty.

Mobei is the hinterland of nomadic tribes that have been fighting with the Central Plains dynasties for hundreds of years and has hardly been threatened.

In the past, most of the time they went south to invade.

In addition to Wei Qing, during the Western Han Dynasty when Huo Qubing was the commander-in-chief, he once chased the Xiongnu far to the northern desert and even attacked the court of the Xiongnu Chanyu.

Now, Cao’s army has also arrived.

Mobei is located south of Ulaanbaatar in later Mongolia, on the upper reaches of the Tula River, with abundant water and grass.

In the Xiongnu at that time, from the Chanyu down, there were the Left and Right Wise Kings, the Left and Right Guli Kings, the Left and Right Generals, the Left and Right Grand Commandants, the Left and Right Great Danghu, the Left and Right Gudu Marquis, and twenty-four chiefs.

These people each had their own piece of land, which was equivalent to the heads of prefectures and counties in Han territory.

They are distributed all over the grassland, migrating following water and grass.

In the first month of every year, the leaders of various tribes would gather in the court of the Chanyu to hold spring sacrifices and pray for the prosperity of their tribes.

The Xianbei inherited the Xiongnu's land, population, and political structure.

At this time, the leaders, generals, and captains of various Xianbei tribes gathered under the king's tent.

"Report, the eight tents of my Xianbei headquarters and the troops under my command have gathered together, and we are all willing to fight to the death with the Wei army!"

The troops came to the tent to report.

The wind is getting stronger on the grassland in September.

Bright bird feathers were inserted outside the king's tent, and troops from all over the country gathered together.

The tent was filled with leaders of various tribes.

"We have learned from our investigation that the Wei army has mobilized about 50,000 elite cavalrymen, who are marching out of the northern gate and heading straight for us. They are currently camped 300 miles south of the king's tent and may start a war with us at any time."

Tuoba Jiefen and the high priest looked at each other. This battle was a matter of life and death, and the two had put aside their prejudices and worked together.

This time, the Wei army used its regular troops to advance head-on.

The current Wei Dynasty could defeat the Xianbei head-on with its powerful military force alone.

Tuoba Jiefen and the high priest's faces were filled with anger and resentment.

They hated not only the Wei people, but also the grassland tribes under the former Xianbei.

In the past half month, quite a few tribes have rebelled and surrendered to the Han people.

"After the remnants of the six tribes including Mo Xing and He Lai defected, they followed the Wei army out of the pass, willingly serving as vanguards, running around and contacting the other twelve tribes, who successively surrendered to Wei."

Xianbei soldiers reporting:
"In addition, there were more than ten tribes that voluntarily surrendered to the Wei people.

They are tribes that rarely gathered troops to march south in the past, and they do not have deep hatred for the Wei people."

Tuoba Jiefen took a breath and looked at the leaders of each tribe in the tent one by one:
“My tribes, if we lose this battle, we won’t even have the chance to surrender.

The Wei army will slaughter everyone. Our cattle, sheep, land, and women will all become the private property of the Wei people and they can do whatever they want with them. The best outcome is that we will be enslaved by them."

"After Goguryeo and Buyeo surrendered, most of their population was building canals in Han territory, and they were often beaten and beheaded by the Han people!"

"Are you willing to become slaves of the Wei people?"

There was silence in the tent for a moment, and the leaders of each tribe exchanged glances:

"We will fight the Wei army to the death to defend the land of our Xianbei people."

The high priest said in a hoarse voice:
"In the past, we drove out the Huns and conquered this place.

When Tan Shihuai was here, we defeated the Han people more than once, and I believe it will be the same this time!
As long as all the troops work together, we can defeat the Wei army!"

When the Xianbei tribes were holding a tribal meeting, Afu Yu arrived a thousand miles east of the king's tent.

This is the ancestral land where the Xianbei people lived before they drove out the Xiongnu and entered the grassland.

Afu Yu leaped like flying above a branch of the Daxing Mountain and finally reached the top of a mountain.

At a location nearby, Tan Shihuai, who once unified the Xianbei, is buried.

After Tan Shihuai died, one of his direct descendants, the Tuoba tribe, which had produced brave Xianbei generals for generations, voluntarily stayed in their ancestral land to guard his tomb.

Later, people under the Tufa tribe returned to the grassland one after another.

But there is always a small team, less than a thousand people, who stay in the ancestral land to guard the tombs and make a living by hunting.

"Tufa, the situation has changed in the past few years, and a new dynasty has emerged in China, and it is very powerful.

They are leading their army to attack our Xianbei. At this time of life and death, I hope you can lead the people of your tribe to go out and join the battle."

Afu Yu said this to the current leader of the Tuoba tribe, a burly Xianbei man who was almost as tall as him, at least nine feet tall.

The other person was nearly forty years old and his name was Tufa Furen.

"If Tan Shihuai were here, he would also hope that the warriors of the Tufa tribe would use their strength to defend our territory."

"Furen, you have inherited the shaman totem passed down from generation to generation by the Tufa tribe. This time, you can go out and compete with the generals of the Wei people!"

Tufa Furen had a square face and his muscles were as hard as iron.

He held a huge axe for chopping wood in his hand, and together with Afu Yu, he looked towards the direction of the Xianbei king's tent.

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"General Zhang Liao greets your majesty."

Zhang Liao fell off his horse, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed three times and nine times to Cao Cao who had rushed to the North Gate.

Over the years, Zhang Liao always maintained his humble character and was always polite when meeting Cao Cao.

He still clearly remembered the scene thirteen years ago when he was stopped by Cao Cao on the street in Luoyang and the two had a conversation.

After that, it was Cao Cao’s respect, trust, and support over the years that made Zhang Liao what he is today.

No matter whether he was a young general of Bingzhou back then or he is now the commander-in-chief of the Wei army, Zhang Liao is full of gratitude and respect for Cao Cao.

Behind him, the people who came with him also knelt on the ground in unison.

Among them were Cao Wei generals, Ma Chao, Pang De, Qu Yi, Le Jin, Zhang He and others, as well as leaders of more than 30 grassland tribes.

Cao Cao walked into the general's tent, surrounded by Zhang Liao, Guo Jia and other civil and military officials.

He wore his royal armor, sat down in the main seat, and asked everyone to sit down as well:
"After General Dian entered the military camp, his nose moved more frequently than that of a tiger. Before I came, you were stewing mutton, and it smelled so good.

This military camp doesn't look like it's going to be used for a war. They're slaughtering pigs and sheep, and the food is good."

Zhang Liao was about to explain, but Cao Cao waved his hand and said:

"I don't mean to blame you. You were not frightened before the battle, and your troops were focused and relaxed inside the tent. This is what a strong army should be like."

Cao Cao looked around at everyone.

The direct descendants of Cao Wei, the civil and military officials, sat in the inner circle.

Standing on the periphery were the leaders of the grassland tribes who had surrendered, and everyone looked awed.

Cao Cao said:
"Over the past hundreds of years, China and the various tribes on the grasslands have fought many battles. The people of China have died in the raids of the grassland tribes, and the number of people massacred is far more than one million."

"Now, I am here with all my troops, and we can change our attack and defense."

"We will fight on this land, in the Xianbei king's tent, on the grasslands and between the rivers, until all the Xianbei are defeated.

I launched the war to avenge the deaths of my Han people throughout the ages, and also for glory, to conquer this land!"

"In the past ten years, we have defeated all parties and finally came to this grassland to face our enemy who has existed for hundreds of years!"

Cao Cao's tone was solemn, and the emotions of the civil and military officials in the tent were gradually becoming agitated.

"This battle will go down in history and be passed down to future generations. Even the mountains and rivers will remember your achievements!"

The generals agreed with a roar.

After everyone had left, Cao Cao walked out of the tent with his hands behind his back, came to a high ground, and looked into the distance in the direction of the Xianbei king's tent. A famous saying from later generations suddenly came to his mind: Because of the sacrifices, we have great ambitions, and we dare to change the sun and the moon to create a new sky!

It is not appropriate to use it here, but Cao Cao likes this sentence very much, what a bold idea!

That night.

The camp slaughtered a large number of cattle and sheep offered by the grassland tribes who had surrendered to it in order to nourish the entire army.

The army set out the next day.

Four days later, the armies of Cao Wei and Xianbei met on the plain south of the Xianbei king's tent!
Boom-boom-boom!
The war drums are beating!

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