When the news of Wu Qiujian's death reached the grassland, it was already February, the ice and snow on the grassland had just melted, and winter had just passed.

This winter, the snow was particularly thick, and it was almost a catastrophic winter for the Xianbei people, because the heavy snow covered everything, resulting in the inability to obtain enough forage, and a large number of cattle and sheep froze to death and starved to death.

Cattle and sheep are originally the property of Xianbei people, in the grassland, there is no concept of real estate, who is the richest, it depends on whose cattle and sheep are more, and after a few heavy snowfalls, many Xianbei people are bankrupt, especially those who have a large number of cattle and sheep, the loss is still heavy.

Those dead cattle and sheep can still be frozen in winter and can be eaten by people, but in spring, everything melts, and those frozen meat will rot quickly, if not processed in time, it is likely to lead to the epidemic of epidemics, so this spring, for Xianbei people, is a desperate spring.

It takes a long time for the surviving cattle and sheep to reproduce again, and the Xianbei people have no food and can only starve to death, so the leaders of many tribes have asked Tuoba Liwei for his life, asking him to allow the tribes to go south to plunder the Han people.

All the Hu people have a habit that in good years, they will be content with the status quo and do not want to make progress, but when it comes to disaster years, they will be extremely aggressive, plundering everywhere, and becoming restless.

In fact, this is also out of an animal instinct, in order to seek food, in order to survive, they must do whatever it takes, when the barren grassland can no longer provide them with everything they need, they are like a howling hungry wolf, rushing to the Central Plains, hoping to get everything they want there.

Of course, Tuoba Liwei also knows what the Xianbei tribe is facing now, if they continue to maintain their inherent life pattern and live in pursuit of water and grass, it will not only be a large number of cattle and sheep that will die, but also their people.

In fact, Tuoba Liwei is very envious of the Han people, they have a house to live in, there is land to cultivate, although it seems that they are tied to a relatively narrow piece of land, but they can live a worry-free life, and the Han people are those high-ranking officials and nobles, but they live in a tall city, enjoying an extremely luxurious life.

In comparison, their Xianbei people live in a much more difficult situation, even if he is the lord of the grassland, he also lives in tents, although his tents are better than ordinary people, but no matter how valuable the tents, they can't compare with the beautiful palaces of the Han people.

Tuoba Liwei had been to Luoyang when he was young, standing outside the palace, seeing this majestic palace city, when he learned that this palace city was only for one person to live, and the rest of the people were serving this person, he was extremely shocked, and at the same time, he was extremely fascinated, if one day he could live in this palace, even if he died, he would not be shaken.

Therefore, Tuoba Liwei is more eager to enter the Central Plains than anyone else, and the other Xianbei people just hope that after entering the Central Plains, they can get the food and goods they need from there, and there is no demand for the land of the Central Plains, but Tuoba Liwei is different, his goal is the palace in Luoyang, he wants to become the master of that palace, and let all the beautiful women in that palace become his slaves.

Wuqiu Jian's death, is undoubtedly a huge good news, the eastern Xianbei tribes, and Wuqiu Jian has fought many times, has always been beaten to the dust, I didn't expect this time Wu Qiu Jian was actually killed by his men, it seems that the Han people are also the same as the Xianbei tribe, in order to fight for power, the same unscrupulous.

Tuoba Liwei is a notoriously ruthless man, when the head of the rope fell, he did not hesitate to enter the Lu Hui Department, became the son-in-law of Dou Bin, the head of the Lu Hui Department, and with the help of Dou Bin's power, he made a comeback again. After Dou Bin died, Tuoba Liwei's two brothers-in-law conspired against him, but Tuoba Liwei had already been known by the people lurking around Tuoba Liwei, so Tuoba Liwei first killed his wife, and then killed two brothers-in-law, annexed Wulu Hui in one fell swoop, and became the overlord of the grassland.

Ruthless to his own people, let alone outsiders, Tuoba Liwei dominated Xianbei in a few decades, and defeated Karasuma and the Xiongnu, becoming the lord of the steppe, how can he succeed without a little iron and blood.

The people on the grassland are often heroes who worship heroes, whoever has tougher wrists, whose means are more tyrannical, who is likely to climb out of the pile of dead people, climb to the highest place, there is no moral evaluation here, there is no benevolence and faithfulness, only the strong are respected.

Now the Xianbei people dominate the grassland, the space of influence is strong, but a sudden blizzard, but the entire tribe is in crisis, if the Xianbei people can not survive this crisis, then it is likely that the kingdom that has just been established will fall apart, the stars will scatter, and the grassland will fall into division and chaos again.

Tuoba Liwei knows this very well, if he wants to solve this crisis, it is no longer something that can be solved on the grassland, he must look for an opportunity to the south, take advantage of the opportunity of Wu Qiu Jian's death, and seize Youzhou.

And the capture of Youzhou will also be his first step towards the Central Plains, in order to realize the unattainable dream of his youth, this time Tuoba Liwei must go all out.

Tuoba Liwei first contacted the Murong Department, the Yuwen Department and the Duan Department of Xianbei in the east, and asked them to be the vanguard to disturb the border of Youzhou and make a tentative attack first.

After Kebineng, the Xianbei people were divided into the east, the middle and the west, the eastern Murong Department, the Yuwen Department and the Duan Department were three-legged, while the central part was the Tuoba Department, and the Murong Department, the Yuwen Department and the Duan Department were all subordinated to the Tuoba Department due to the situation.

Of course, this kind of submission is not complete submission, but they all serve Tuoba Liwei as the lord of the grassland, and pay countless cattle, sheep and treasures to the Tuoba Department every year in exchange for peace.

It's just that their interests are the same for this attack on Youzhou, the blizzard last winter covered a wide area, almost the entire grassland, all the tribes were not spared, if they couldn't find food, grass and supplies, they would be hungry for nearly a year, struggling on the death line.

Therefore, Tuoba Liwei's move to send troops was unanimously approved by all the tribes, and the Yuwen Department, Murong Department, and Duan Department adjacent to Youzhou became the vanguard, and they roared south, invaded Youzhou, and opened the prelude to the attack. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.