"Brother is too cautious, Han Guo came from afar to make friends and propose marriage for his son, what a rare opportunity for my clan!"

Regarding Liu Wuhuan's conservatism, there are many criticisms of the ugly head and others: "We are all ethnic groups in the border area, and there is no shortage of brave people, but because they grew up in this bitter cold wasteland, the people have no production savings, so they have not been able to grow." The lord of that generation, Shi Yiqian, was also because he had been a slave under King Zhao Tianwang for a long time, so he was appreciated and supported, and he had the majestic posture of dominating Mo Nan. Now that the King of Han has revived the great cause of the old master, we should be a vassal of the party, do we still need to hesitate? ”

This kind of truth, how could Liu Wuhuan not know that there are not many people in his tribe, but he was born in such a bitter cold world, and he can draw a knife to fight each other for a bite of food, and there has always been no shortage of fierce spirit to fight for his life. As long as they can get a rich root base, they can widely capture the population and use it for production, and provide a steady stream of capital for the tribe to grow.

But the diametrically opposed attitudes of the Tu people always made him feel a little unsteady in his heart, and he felt that the Han lord Liu Changming should not be so cheap to them.

"There are hegemons in southern Xinjiang, and even the Heavenly King of the Shi Clan of Zhao Guo is not an opponent. The Han lord is not a grand king, he seduces me with heavy goods, I am afraid that he is trying to trick me to the south, and sharpen the sword for the hegemon with the lives of the tribal warriors! ”

Although the Tiefu Department lived far away in Saishang, they were not completely ignorant of the ups and downs in the south, especially the turning point in the decline of the Zhao State, which also spread the prestige of the rising overlord in southern Xinjiang to Saishan.

Liu Wuhuan hesitated, so he didn't dare to be obsessed with the short-term profits in front of him, because he was still focused on Liu Xianxu and the snake, continued to try, and showed his strength to others from time to time.

The sphere of influence of the Tiefu people is mainly concentrated in Shuofang, Wuyuan and other places, especially Wuyuan, which is located in the Qin and Han dynasties, because it is close to the Yellow River and there are many rivers with abundant water and grass, which can be said to be the most important vitality of the Tiefu Ministry.

However, as Shi Yiqian returned to Monan from Zhao State, and called on the old department to create a restoration country through the power of Zhao State, his power expanded sharply to the west, and Wuyuan Ranch also became a focus of contention between the two parties. As for the final result, the Tiefu people were outnumbered and defeated by the Dai Kingdom, and the leader of the previous generation, Liu Hu, also died of grief and resentment.

After Liu Wuhuan took the throne, he immediately expressed his submission to Daiguo, wishing that the two sides would always be good and would not prosper. Although Shi Yiqian no longer attacked Shuofang, the successful Wuyuan did not return to the Tiefu Ministry, but granted the Xianbei Dugu Ministry, and named the Dugu Bu as the southern adult, commanding all the border groups, including the Tiefu Ministry.

In such a situation, the living space of the Tiefu Department has become smaller and smaller in recent years, and at the peak of its prosperity, there were 70,000 or 80,000 people and more than 20 dependent tribes, but now its power has decreased sharply, and only 100 miles of water and soil around the Lugu River are retained, and there are only 20,000 or 30,000 people left.

But this is not enough to show that the power of the Tiefu Department is weak, and it can maintain a certain degree of independence under the strong pressure of the country, and maintain its own power base.

As he gradually tried it, Liu Xian gradually figured out the strength of the Tiefu Department. It should be said that this is similar to what they expected, the Tiefu Department is extremely vicious and can be fed for eagle dogs, with its brave soldiers who are not afraid of death, coupled with the tens of thousands of miscellaneous Hu Yicong who are still left in the Han State at present, and the Jin army may not be without the power to compete.

After all, although the Jin army is strong, it is impossible to place the main force in the set forever, and there is also an overlord Shi Hu in Hebei, if his people can wait for the opportunity to move, the Han State may not be able to reincarnate.

However, after Liu Xian took a closer look at the appearance of the Tiefu people, he felt that it was actually a little less considered to lure his troops south. The Tiefu people are fierce, but it is precisely because they are too fierce that the danger of backlash is also great.

Liu Xian has seen it a few times with his own eyes, and the Tiefu people are fighting for their lives because of the gains and losses of cattle, sheep, and food, and even the patriarch Liu Wuhuan has no good way to eliminate this, so he can only suppress it with prestige. In other words, this is a poor and evil group that is difficult to tame, and it is very likely that luring them south will turn into a thirst-quenching end.

Because of this worry, Liu Xian no longer mentioned the topic of the Tiefu people's southward migration, and actually talked about the marriage proposal seriously.

Not to mention Liu Xian and Liu Wuhuan's respective scheming, after the young Liu Gan lived in the Tiefu Department, because he was widely sought after by sycophants, the original fear of barbarians in his heart was also somewhat restrained, and then he began to become arrogant and domineering.

For this young man, the cold climate and the lack of use were not a good place for pleasure, and only a little pleasure could give him a little comfort.

On this day, Liu Gan, accompanied by the head of the Yan Dynasty and others, marched on the river beach, and occasionally saw a young man in the camp walking in the camp. This young man looks like he is more than ten years old, and although his cheeks are red from the wind, his eyebrows are still delicate and impressive.

His heart moved, and he asked people to call this young man, but this young man was not timid, he answered the right questions appropriately, and there was a quiet elegance that those vulgar Hu chiefs around him did not have, which made Liu Gan feel a little surprised in his heart.

The ugly head next to him observed his face, and introduced to Liu Gan that the young man was Liu Weichen, the youngest son of the leader Liu Wuhuan, and there was no lack of obscene hints between his words.

Liu Gan has been getting tired of these pleasures prepared by the Tiefu Department recently, and after receiving these hints, he was also quite intentional for a while, and directly ordered the young man to be sent into his account.

After Liu Wuhuan returned to the tribe, he was furious when he learned about this, and directly summoned the ugly head and others into the tent, kicked and scolded angrily with knives: "You stupid and evil slaves, you dare to sacrifice my son to others as a plaything, you really deserve to die!" ”

"The Lord is angry, and the Lord is angry, and he is angry......"

The ugly head and others kowtowed and asked for forgiveness: "The young master is beautiful, and he can get the affection of the nobles, how dare we stop it." Acting Lord Shi Yiqian, isn't it because of his submissive service to the king of Zhao that he can get such love and support, and magnify the foundation of his father and ancestors, who dares to laugh at him for being a slave under his tent......"

Liu Wuhuan beat and reprimanded this group of people, and then gradually subsided his anger. What he cares about most is not that his son is being played with, but that this group of subordinates dare to take matters into their own hands and use his son to flatter and favor. After some lessons, these people sacrificed their populations and livestock to pay for their sins, and the matter was settled.

It's no wonder that Liu Wuhuan is cold and realistic, in a bitter cold place like Saiwai, it's a fluke to live, and there's nothing you can't see. And he also felt that Liu Xian's attitude towards him had become colder recently, and he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, and dedicating his son to the tent of the son of the king of Han might also make things better.

It wasn't until the third day that Liu Wuhuan's young son Liu Weichen was carried out of Liu Gan's camp, but he turned his head and sent Liu Wuhuan a news that surprised him: it turned out that Liu Changming, the king of Han, was already a strong foreign and middle cadre, and was attacked and retreated by the overlord army in southern Xinjiang.

Although Liu Wuhuan was surprised, he didn't dare to be sure, after all, after watching during this time, he also saw that this Liu Gan was just a reckless drunkard with a belly, and he might not be able to know about the big thing.

After his son recovered from his health, Liu Wuhuan sent it into Liu Gan's tent to continue the trial, and he also tested it deeply in the exchange with Liu Xian, and finally determined that this was true!

"Liu Changming is a dog thief and a bold thief, he deceived me into not knowing the Chinese story, and he really wanted to lure me to work hard for it!"

After confirming this matter, Liu Wuhuan couldn't help but be annoyed and ashamed, and directly ordered all the envoys to be detained, so that no one could escape, and then personally interrogated Liu Xian and others with heavy punishment, so he naturally had a better understanding of the situation in the Han Kingdom.

Knowing that Liu Changming is just a melon pulp in tiger skin, Liu Wuhuan was embarrassed and disappointed, and his mood was extremely low in the next few days.

But he is not without gains, at least from Liu Xian and others know the latest situation in the southern country, the hegemon in southern Xinjiang is getting stronger and stronger, in just a few months, Liu Changming's army of more than 100,000 people chased and fell apart, and survived, so that Liu Wuhuan has a clearer understanding of the ferocity of the Chinese.

But this is not the most important thing, Liu Xian even confided in the changes in the situation outside Guanzhong and Hetao, which is the most important thing for him. For example, the overlord of the southern country not only bravely took Guanzhong, but also Chen heavy troops in the east of the river, always looking at the western border of Taihang Mountain.

At present, the master of the western border of Taihang Mountain is Shi Sheng, a clan separated from the state of Qian, whose people are weak and unable to defend, and they are not on good terms with Shi Hu, the king of Zhao State, so Shi Hu is also eyeing the land of Shanxi and Zhou. The two overlords of Henan and Hebei are probably going to have a dragon and tiger battle on both sides of Taihang Mountain.

These affairs were originally too far away from the Tiefu Department in the north of the Hetao, but Liu Wuhuan was moved in his heart, if Zhao wanted to take Shanxi and still need to face such a powerful opponent as the south, would it be possible for Shi Yiqian, the acting king of the east, to stay out of it as a vassal slave of the Heavenly King Shihu?

After having this speculation, Liu Wuhuan immediately sent his cronies to the east of the Yellow River to investigate, and found that the vassal tribes of the modern country, such as the Dugu tribe, were indeed showing signs of shrinking and gathering.

Originally, for the declining Tiefu Ministry, the most rational approach at the moment should be to lead but not provoke, to see how much Daiguo will be involved in the subsequent war, and then take advantage of Daiguo's inability to look westward, and gradually recover the pastures and tribes that were lost in the early years.

However, this visit of the envoy of Tu made Liu Wuhuan feel that the land of Saibei was really shallow and difficult to raise evil Jiao, Liu Changming was just a dying man, and he dared to deceive him, and even his stupid pig-like son also played with his own son, which also shows how pathetic these Saishang tribes are.

Therefore, with a little change of scheming, Liu Wuhuan gradually had a bigger idea in his heart, he first beheaded Liu Changming's son and led Liu Xian, and the elite of the faction took advantage of the cold winter when it was difficult to block the realm, and directly visited Zhao State in the east, surrendered to Zhao State and asked for an official title, and was willing to sacrifice Zhao State with Henan land.

On the other hand, he sent his clansmen to contact the surrounding Gaoche, Ding Ling and other tribes who were also bitter, and invited them to jointly send troops to the south to seize the Hetao. Since Liu Changming recruited him to go south for reinforcements, he might as well play a hand to occupy the dove's nest, if it coincides with the entanglement of the two heroes in the north and south, it is difficult to give up, and Guanzhong may not be hopeless!

The future Chinese hegemon, he may not be without a place!