"Back to Your Majesty, this possibility is not ruled out, the last general has sent two hundred elite cavalry with strong combat strength to march east along the grain road with the fastest march, if the grain road is cut off, the Rouran people will inevitably leave traces, I believe there will be news soon!" Zhao Junsheng said confidently.

Tuoba Jian was still worried, "This is the best! Zhao Qing, how long can the remaining grain and grass last the army? ”

Zhao Junsheng clasped his fists and said: "If you only count the grain and grass, it can only last for eight days at most, if the captured cattle, sheep and horses are counted as food, it is enough to support the army, but if this is the case, this time the battle of Mobei will be in vain, because in the end we have not earned anything, and we have spent countless money and food!" ”

Tuoba Jian took a deep breath, looked at the ministers and generals, and said, "Zhuqing, the soldiers and horses of the army are almost rested, right?" Now that the food and grass are scarce, I don't know what the reason is, whether to continue to search for the Rouran people, or the class teacher to return to the court, please ask Zhu Qing to discuss one or two about this! ”

Taichangqing Cui Hao first stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Northern Expedition has come to an end, and the officers and soldiers of all armies have almost rested, but the speedy squad will return to the dynasty to hold an enthronement ceremony to determine the hearts of the subjects!" ”

He Duoluo, the general of the Zongzi Army, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the army scouts have searched all over the radius of hundreds of miles, and no trace of the Rouran people has been found. ”

Qiu Mu Lingshou, the general of the protector army, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this northern expedition has not broken the muscles and bones of the Rouran people, if you give up and take the class, the Rouran people will soon recover their strength, and at that time they will become a big trouble for my Great Wei!" ”

Da Xi Guangliang, the general of the Shuzi Army, also supported Qiu Mu Lingshou's suggestion, it was a pity for the class teacher at this time, "Weichen suggested that the army should cross the Qionglu Ridge and continue to search for nearly a thousand miles to the north, and they will definitely be able to find the hiding place of the Rouran people!" ”

Tuoba Jian thought for a moment and looked at the national teacher Kou Qianzhi, "National teacher, what do you think?" ”

Kou Qianzhi stood up with a deep sigh and said: "Your Majesty, Poor Dao thinks that the first priority at present is to consolidate His Majesty's throne, and other things should be put aside, and to consolidate His Majesty's throne, the only way to consolidate His Majesty's throne is to officially hold the enthronement ceremony and issue an edict to announce the world!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan stood up together and said.

Baba Daosheng, Tuobana and others shouted out in turn to second.

Other generals and ministers are not easy to oppose at this time, consolidating the throne is indeed the first priority at the moment, and nothing is as important as this matter.

Tuoba Jian was about to order the army to prepare for the return of the class to the court, when he saw a general walking in quickly outside the hall.

The person who came was the champion general An Jie, who was in charge of the external security affairs of the whole army today, and he walked in quickly and bowed: "Your Majesty, the Rouran people have sent a messenger to ask to see Your Majesty!" ”

When Tuoba Jian heard this, he was furious and said: "They sent someone to assassinate the first emperor, and they dare to send a messenger? No need to summon him, behead the messenger, and give the head to his retinue to take home! ”

"Wait!" Taishi ordered Zhang Yuan to immediately shout, he came out and saluted Tuoba Jian, "Your Majesty, there has always been a custom of two armies fighting without killing envoys, this is also a kind of battlefield etiquette, if Your Majesty orders to kill the envoys, won't you make the worms mock me that Great Wei is a state without etiquette?" It's just that the worm people are barbaric and uncivilized, how can my Great Wei be as barbaric as the worm people? In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to proclaim the messenger to enter the temple to meet and see what the purpose of the worm people sending a messenger is! ”

The Xianbei people are also slowly changing from barbarism to civilization, and they are most worried that other countries will say that it is a barbaric country, so they are vigorously promoting the Han system in terms of etiquette.

When Tuoba Jian heard that it made sense, he said, "Xuan Worm Messenger! ”

Zong Ai immediately screamed: "Your Majesty has a will, Xuan Worm Messenger to meet you-"

Soon, two Wei soldiers led the way with their swords in front, followed by a Rouran envoy and two retinues, with a scepter in their hands.

"Rou Ran, Jin Qu Yan, on the order of the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, came to meet His Majesty the Emperor of Great Wei!"

Tuoba Jian and all the ministers heard the problem, the name of Rouran Khan Datan is Mu Khan Su Shenggai, how did he become the Khan of Elian? Could it be ······

Tuoba Jian calmed down and raised his hand: "Qu Yan is exempt from courtesy!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Emperor of Great Wei!"

Tuoba Jian asked: "Qu Yan Qijin, you just said that you came on the order of the Khan of Elian, so ······ What about Mu Khan and Khan? ”

"So that the Great Wei Junchen will know that the first khan has returned to heaven due to illness ten days ago, and the throne of the khan will be inherited by Wu Ti, the second son of the first khan, and he will be called the Khan!"

The ministers immediately began to discuss.

Tuoba Jian interrupted the ministers to discuss in a low voice, and asked, "What did the Khan of Elian send you for?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Qu Yan was ordered to come and negotiate peace with Your Majesty!"

Da Xi Guangliang jumped out and scolded: "Now that you are like a lost dog, what qualifications do you have to negotiate peace?" ”

Qu Yan turned his head to look at Da Xi Guangliang, "The general is wrong, my Rouran people have been living by water and grass, grazing everywhere for a living, although since the Wei army entered Mobei, it has caused a lot of losses to my Rouran troops, but my Rouran strength has not been damaged, but the general said that I Rouran people are like lost dogs, but it is an exaggeration!" In my opinion, the situation of His Majesty the Emperor and your army is also not good, I don't know where you get your confidence? ”

"Hmph, don't be alarmist, how is the situation of me and the tens of thousands of soldiers under my command not good? My soldiers are strong and strong, and their morale is strong, far from being comparable to your worms hiding everywhere and demoralizing! ”

Qu Yan smiled slightly, "Your Majesty may not know that the death of the Emperor of your country has spread in the country, and Your Majesty calls himself the emperor here privately, how can those princes, princes and ministers in Pingcheng be willing?" If Your Majesty does not return quickly, and you still have to fight with me to the end, it will be a sign of the destruction of the country! ”

"Bold! If you harbor evil intentions and disturb the hearing and hearing, how can I tolerate you? Come on, drag it out and cut it off! Tuoba Jian ordered angrily.

A few armor soldiers outside the hall walked in quickly with their swords, Cui Hao quickly stood up and waved his hand to a few armor soldiers, and then saluted Tuoba Jian and said: "Your Majesty is angry, Qu Yan is an envoy after all, and beheading it is not good for my reputation as a Great Wei!" If it's late today, and Qu Yan has come from afar, it's better to place him in the annex at the foot of the mountain to rest first, and then summon him another day! ”

Tuoba Jian calmed down his anger and waved his hand: "According to Cui Qing's words, it will be arranged by Cui Qing at this time, and retreat from the dynasty!" ”

"Retreat!" Zong Ai shouted loudly and immediately followed Tuoba Fitness.

At night, Hua Mulan came to Zhao Junsheng, "Brother Junsheng, I found those three bastards, they are from the Zongzi army!" ”

"Oh? Did the people arrest it? ”

Mulan shook her head: "No!" When we were about to arrest people, the general of the Zongzi army, Hedoro, sent people to obstruct them and hide those three people! ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned, and said to Mulan: "The soldiers and generals of the Zongzi Army are all the children of the Eight Great Families and some other wealthy families, and there are even people from the royal family of the clan, He Duoluo will definitely protect them, and it is not ordinarily difficult to do this matter!" ”

Hua Mulan was furious: "Do you just let their officials protect each other and let those three bastards get away with it?" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and shouted to the outside: "Come on, go and call Pei Jin!" ”

Soon Pei Jin walked in, "I've seen two generals!" ”

"Pei Jin, mix sand in their grain before sending grain and grass to the Zongzi army tomorrow, and eat them to death! Didn't they want to defend those three bastards, General Ben just let all of them have a bad life, huh! ”

"Yes!"

At this time, a voice came from outside: "General, Your Majesty sent someone to invite the two generals to go up the mountain to discuss matters!" ”

"Okay, I'll come later!"

Zhao Junsheng explained some military affairs to Gao Xiu, Gao Xu, Cao Jiao and others, and came to the palace with Mulan.

Although the palace is simple, the main hall is still quite atmospheric, and now the conditions are also limited, the stock of candles is not much, and the lighting in the main hall at night is made of butter torches.

When the two arrived, there were already several ministers standing in the hall, including Cui Hao, Kou Qianzhi, Cui Hui, Baba Daosheng, Tuobana, An Jie and others.

Emperor Tuoba Jian quickly came over with Zong Ai and others.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan saluted with the ministers: "The ministers see Your Majesty!" ”

Tuoba Jian knelt on the throne and waved his hand: "All the ministers are exempt!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The ministers retreated to the sides, and the civil and military stood opposite each other.

Tuoba Jian looked at these people and said, "You all heard it during the day, Qu Yan said that the death of Emperor Daxing has spread in the territory of Great Wei, what do you think about this?" How much credibility is there? ”

Cui Hui stood up and said: "Your Majesty, we have blocked the news, it stands to reason that the news will not be transmitted back so quickly, is this a worm deceiving us?" Their purpose is really to force us to negotiate peace as soon as possible and then withdraw our troops? ”

Tuoba Jian looked at Cui Hao: "Cui Qing, did you listen to Qu Yan and the others when you arranged their residence?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Wechen tried, but they were very tight-mouthed, and Wechen couldn't touch it! In the opinion of Weichen, it is feasible to negotiate peace, because we do want the class teacher to return to the court, and the Rouran people must also want to recuperate as soon as possible, but how to discuss this peace and what kind of benefits we want to achieve, this is the focus of the discussion! ”

Kou Qianzhi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the poor road is very true because of what Cui Gong said, this is the words of Lao Cheng to seek the country!" ”

King Tuobana of Gaoliang stood up and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen does not agree to negotiate peace!" ”

"Why? Tell me your reasoning! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tuobana agreed, and said: "Emperor Daxing was assassinated, so far we have not found out who the assassin is, but the Rouran people are undoubtedly the most suspicious, if we negotiate peace with the Rouran people, how will the subjects of the world view Your Majesty?" Your Majesty, please think twice! ”

Baba Daosheng stood up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, what King Gao Liang said is not unreasonable, Emperor Daxing was stabbed to death, and his bones are not cold, but now we want to make peace with the enemy, how can Your Majesty face the subjects of the world?" Once the news spreads, Your Majesty's prestige will be lost, and the people's hearts will be lost! ”

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