In the eighth year of Qitai, on the occasion of the New Year, turmoil broke out in western Liaoxi under the control of the state of Qian, and a group of Hu Yi servants led by the remnants of the Xianbei Duan Department suddenly rose up and besieged the Xianbei Yuwen Department, which was also stationed near the Lingzhi of Liaoxi.

It was a battle, the Yuwen Department was defeated and lost, and the leader Yuwen begged Dougui to fight with great strength, and led his cronies to plan to go west to Zhang Ju, the assassin of Youzhou, the state of Xu, but he was not in the chaos on the way, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead, and tens of thousands of Yuwen tribesmen were divided by Zhuhu.

Among the three major tribes of Donghu Xianbei, relatively speaking, the Yuwen tribe is the one that has the least contact with the Chinese or Zhuxia forces. For example, Liaoxi, where the section is located, originally belongs to Youzhou, and the leaders of the section have been like the land and the section of the army? They were deeply involved in the border affairs of China and North Korea, especially after the Yongjia Rebellion, which had a great impact on the development of the situation in the north.

As for Liaodong, where the Murong Department is located, although it was once abandoned by China and North Korea in the old years, the Murong Department itself flaunted Muhan, especially the previous leader Murong ?@, not only vigorously recruited the Zhuxia Shi and Han Ling who fled to Liaodi, but also advocated the tribe to fish, hunt and return to farming, and the habits were almost Chinese, and the degree of sinicization even exceeded that of the Duan Department.

The Yuwen tribe was originally located further north of the Duan and Murong tribes, and the leaders of the previous dynasties also lacked strong lords, and they did not realize or take advantage of the opportunity brought by the great chaos in China to the rise of their Donghu tribes.

For a long time, the Yuwen Department was more like a-stirring stick in Liaodi, and the large and small tribes of Donghu were almost all harassed and attacked by the Yuwen Department almost without exception.

The leader of the Yuwen Ministry's generation, Qi Dougui, was originally the eastern lord in charge of the eastern affairs of the clan, rebelled against the lord, occupied the base camp of the Yuwen Ministry, Zimengchuan, and took advantage of the handover of the head of the Murong Department and the infighting of the clan to harass the Murong Ministry, but was attacked by Murong? Turned around and struck hard and lost a lot, and even the Zimengchuan in the tribe's base camp was discarded.

Murong? He was even ready to build a new capital in Zimengchuan and called it Longcheng, but then the tribal infighting was never resolved, and the state of Qian strengthened its attack on Liaodong, so it had to be abandoned.

This time, Liaoxi Zhuhu besieged and killed the Yuwen Department, and Duan Lan, the leader of the Duan Department, was naturally the absolute main force. Although Duanbu has experienced a painful blow, after all, it was once the overlord of Liaoxi, and there are still tens of thousands of clans and thousands of strong people, compared with those small Donghu tribes with no more than 1,000 people and few people, they can still be called behemoths.

But if it were Duan Bu alone, it would be difficult to achieve such a crisp and beautiful victory.

In order to consolidate his position, the Yuwen Ministry was more closely attached to the state of Qian, and the state of Qian also regarded it as an important minion to control western Liao, especially to balance the remnants of the Duan department.

Therefore, in terms of pure strength, the Yuwen Department is much more than the Duan Department. Even if the Duan Department can take the lead and attack the Yuwen Department by surprise, it will be difficult to make a quick decision. Once the battle drags on a little and gives Xu Wu's army time to respond, then it will only be Duan Bu who will be counter-killed.

Duan Lan was originally a fallen phoenix, and in his early years, he was moved from his homeland in western Liaoning to fight in the south, and his influence in the Donghu tribe has been weakened a lot, not to mention that when Duan Bu dominated western Liaoning in his early years, he was also fierce and resentful. Now that the situation is weak, it would be good not to be left behind, and there is no prestige to call on those Zahu tribes to rebel against the country.

As for these Zahu tribes in the Western Liaoxi Realm, although their own forces are not strong, if they can be integrated, they are also a force that should not be underestimated. Previously, when the Kingdom of Qian attacked Liaodong, it used these tribes as the vanguard to consume the strength of the Murong Division.

They were willing to join in this rebellion, and Liu Qun's running and liaison contributed a lot. But if it was just Liu Kun's legacy, Liu Qun would only have one chance to meet and negotiate with them at most. And what really moves these Zahu tribes is naturally the change in China's general trend.

These Zahu tribes themselves are weak and have limited access to outside information. But such a major event as the capital of the Qiang Kingdom was conquered, and the Lord Shi Hu was forced to move the capital, they naturally heard of it. Moreover, the previous trade with Ma Shijin through Liu Qun also gave them a certain understanding of Zhongzhou's Xingtai.

This group of Hu people is under the control of the Karma Kingdom, and it is naturally because the Karma Kingdom is forced by force. Today's state of Karma has been exposed, and its deterrent effect on them has naturally been greatly weakened. Moreover, Liu Qun also promised that once this matter was successful and the control of Liaoxi was interrupted, the scale of trade with the south would definitely increase greatly in the future, and all families could benefit from this.

The cost of betrayal is not high, and there are definite benefits to be made, so these Zahu tribes naturally have no reason to refuse. So this group of Zahu tribes, who were already wolf ambitions, under the leadership of the head wolf of Duanbu, went straight to Yuwenbu and hit a fatal blow.

The collapse of the Yuwen Ministry was only the beginning of the turmoil in Liaodi. After Duan Lan succeeded, he did not stay for a long time to digest the results of the battle, but took the captured people and goods of the Yuwen Department and transferred them directly to Yangle in the southwest of Liaoning.

Temporarily withdrawing from the Lingzhi can not only avoid being sniped by the nihilistic Qiang army, but also avoid the Murong Army's tiger mouth behind Huang Que to take food. Moreover, Yangle is close to the seashore, and when you get here, it will naturally be more convenient to contact the forces of the Jin Kingdom of Mashijin.

Duan Lan's decision is really full of wisdom to seek his own life. Not long after the fall of the Yuwen Ministry, Xu Wu's Zhang Ju had already reacted, and although it was difficult to immediately put in the army to extinguish the rebellion, he also sent an envoy to reprimand and order Zhu Hu Yi to kill the Duan Division.

The state of Liao ruled western Liaoning for several years, and was also the overlord of Hebei for many years, although last year's war was fully exposed, but there is still no lack of prestige. Although the Ministry of Culture and Culture has been destroyed, the legacy left behind is still quite large and coveted. Those Zahu tribes are already not strong-minded and lack integrity, and it is inevitable that they will be full of confidence after killing the Yuwen Ministry, and it is not surprising that they will take advantage of the momentum of the Qi Kingdom to fight back against the Duan Ministry. Even if he can't defeat the Duan Division, he can still contain it in the Lingzhi and buy time for Xu Wu's army to gather and settle the chaos.

However, Duan Lan retreated too quickly, and after he succeeded, he quickly evacuated after catching a handful, and those Zahu tribes were still coaxing the rest of the Yuwen Ministry's inheritance, and they did not create any obstacles to the transfer of Duan Ministry.

As for the next developments, it will be even more hilarious. The Murong Department of Liaodong, which was already closely related to the Jin State, naturally could not have been unaware of this rebellion that the Jin State was brewing in Western Liao, because it was Murong? A heavy army had already been assembled in Zimengchuan, and as soon as the Liaoxi Incident occurred, there were 3,000 Murong elite troops who came directly across the Liaoshui, and rushed headlong into the Lingzhi that was still in chaos under the eyes.

Among the old forces of the Lingzhi branch, the Yuwen Department was destroyed, and the Duan Department fled, leaving those Zahu tribes who were already scattered, and they were still fighting with each other to grab the inheritance of the Yuwen Ministry. With the strong intervention of the Murong Ministry, they were even more unable to resist, not only did they spit out all the things they had swallowed before, but even their clan itself changed from the original hunter to the prey, becoming one of the gains of the Murong Ministry.

And while Murong Bu reaped the benefits, he also took the trouble easily. Xu Wu's army finally reacted, and the 5,000 elite soldiers led by Zhang Ju, the assassin of Youzhou, personally killed Xiang Lingzhi, and launched an attack with the Murong Division, who had also arrived in Lingzhi for a long time.

"This time I was able to win a complete victory, thanks to the help of Liu Gong!"

Located in the humble stronghold of Yangle in the southwest of Liaoning, although more than a month has passed since the rebellion in Lingzhi, Duan Lan still can't help but laugh heartily every time he thinks about it.

In fact, if it really talks about the actual gains, it is actually not too big, because he is anxious to evacuate for fear of being counterattacked, Duan Lan has collected less than half of the remnants of the Yuwen Department.

Moreover, the winter migration, there are already many difficulties, and the retreat of the Lingzhi in a hurry, the Duan Department itself has also suffered a lot, although Yangle has also been operated by the Duan Department in the past year, but after all, it is not as complete as the base camp of the Lingzhi, and many affairs have to start from scratch.

Between the gains and losses, if you weigh carefully, it is not as big as expected in advance, at least it has not brought a qualitative improvement to the section.

But the significance of this matter is not only to focus on the actual gains and losses, but also to reverse the decline of the Duan clan and the excitement of the hearts of the tribesmen is where the greatest gain lies. Since the destruction of the Duanbu, there has been no such magnificent deed.

This battle not only defeated the Yuwen Ministry, which can also be called a feud, but afterwards the counterattack from the Qi State was endured by the Murong Ministry, who had another feud. Thinking about it like this, it naturally made the people of the Duan tribe very happy.

Of course, the Murong Department is not all for the Duan clan to prevent disasters, mainly for their own needs. As the only powerful clan in the Eastern Hu that could still maintain their independence under the offensive of the Qiang Kingdom, even if the Murong tribe did not take advantage of this westward expansion, the Qiang Kingdom would not let them go. Now, taking advantage of the chaos in western Liaoning, the first to use troops is also a positive way of replacing defense with offense.

But this did not stop the people of the Duan clan from being happy, the sense of superiority can only be generated through comparison, and now they are both beneficial and free from disputes, this kind of happy moment is very rare even when Duan dominates Liaoxi.

Thinking of the smugness, Duan Lan looked at Liu Qun with an indifferent expression, and said in a deep tone: "In the old years, the lord also drove me south to fight, and what I saw made me feel the prosperity of China, which was far from being able to be proud of it. If Liu Gong can stay here with me with peace of mind, there will be a place for you and me in the future! ”

When Liu Qun heard this, he just smiled and didn't say anything. Right now, he is actually being held hostage by Duan Lan, which is different from the desperate parasitic fence in previous years, now he is sure that he has a better place to go, and staying in a force like Duan Lan that is destined to have a narrow future is a real self-fall.

But if you want to have something, how can you not pay, and seek skin with the tiger, how can you be harmless? He himself didn't have enough energy, and he could only use the strength of Duan Bu to achieve the chaotic situation in Liao today, even if Duan Lanming wanted to detain him, he was powerless to resist.

The winter in Liaodi is long, Zhongzhou has entered early spring, and this place is still full of wind and snow. Nearly two months after the turmoil in western Liaoning, the Duan Division, who had retreated to Yangle, finally ushered in the envoy of the Jin Kingdom, who was Wen Fangzhi himself.

Duan Lan had fought in Hebei, and since she had discussed southern affairs with Liu Qun a lot during this time, she naturally understood that Wen Fangzhi's identity was unusual. After Wen Qiao returned to the south, he was once the mainstay of the south and the pillar of the town, and as his heir, Wen Fangzhi's high status in the south can also be imagined.

Because he learned that Wen Fangzhi was going to come in person, Duan Lan also attached great importance to it, and brought a group of cronies from the clan, as well as Liu Qun, Lu Chen and others, to meet him from a distance of more than ten miles.

At present, it is still cold, and the sea route has not yet been opened, so Wen Fangzhi is passing through Liaodong this time. In addition to the hundreds of people in his entourage, Murong? also sent his son to lead the escort all the way, which also shows the importance of Wen Fangzhi.

The difficult environment can especially sharpen people, since the four years of travel in Qitai, there have been several years in this history, Wen Fangzhi's early years of some childishness are gone, the chin has grown a short beard, at a glance, quite capable appearance.

The two sides met in the mountains and fields north of Yangle, and the distant Wen Fang threw off the saddle and dismounted, and stepped forward, ignoring Duan Lan who was striding to meet him, and first bowed to Liu Qun, Lu Chen, Cui Yue and others: "The younger generations go to worship here, how can there be a reason for the elders to come out to greet them, it is really rude." ”

As early as a few years ago, not long after Wen Fangzhi arrived in Liaodong, he personally went to Liaoxi to meet Liu Qun and others, of course, it was a private contact. At this time, seeing Wen Fangzhi coming out, describing his posture as quite gentle, several people inevitably thought about the old, and stepped forward to help Wen Fangzhi up: "Taizhen is a great successor, and we are also happy to see it. ”

After these people talked about the old relationship for a while, Duan Lancai came forward with his children and saluted Wen Fangzhi: "The chief of the Liao Wilderness Border, I am fortunate to meet the envoy." Wen Gong is high wind, and the side is also a long ......"

After some greetings, the group returned to Duanbu's current camp. Among them, Murong Ba's situation is not lacking in embarrassment, Duan Bu is dead, and Murong Bu's fall has a great relationship, and now that he has entered the base camp of Duanbu, it is already polite for everyone in Duanbu to be able to hold back and not draw their swords to each other, so naturally they will not give him any good looks.

In fact, they have several Donghu Xianbei, entangled for a long time, and many love and kill each other. Counting, Murong Ba can be regarded as Duanbu's son-in-law. Earlier, Duan Liao led his troops to flee eastward, and was counterattacked by Murong Han, and Murong captured many Duan clansmen, including the daughter of the previous leader Duan Mobo, who was killed by Murong Han? With Murong Ba.

Not only Murong Ba and Duan Bu are in-laws, but even Murong? Himself, his main room is also a daughter of the Duan family, and she is the sister of the leader Duan Liao, and Murong? 's mother, who is also a daughter of the Duan family. But even so, it doesn't prevent them from killing each other.

Although the current Duan Department is alone in the chaos under Liaodi, the situation is not optimistic. After all, this chaos was ignited by them, and now because the heavens and the earth have not yet thawed, the two sides that are fighting against the branch still have the strength to remain, once the spring warmth is completely thawed and the war is on a higher level, neither side will turn a blind eye to the Duan clan.

Therefore, Duan Lan was also full of expectations for Wen Fangzhi's arrival, and frequently told her sincerity in returning to righteousness, in order to get more support from the Jin Kingdom's fame and reality.

"Our department has suffered from rebellion and abuse for a long time, and now it has been called by the general of Taiwan to not get along with the thief alley, and resolutely return to righteousness. My family has lived in Liaoxi for a long time, and there is a little bit of virtue in the people, and now the people on the four sides are also practicing benevolence and righteousness, and serving me as the master. There are thousands of kings in ancient rites, and he is appointed by the Son of Heaven. Since our ministry has the deeds of righteousness, we will never dare to return to the disobedience of the courtesy, but we cannot command the public, and there is a lot of chaos in the affairs, and we dare to pray for a temporary leave of absence and a false reputation, and we can act in a restrained way to control the righteousness of the side and the ......."

Hearing Duan Lan say what he wanted, Wen Fangzhi didn't say anything special, and Murong Ba, who was sitting at the end, frowned at first, and then a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

As for the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, they gradually became overflowing, and the Hu Lufan on each side was slightly more powerful, and they often had to name themselves this number, in order to show that their status was beyond the head of the surrounding Zhuhu chieftains, and they had the power to control the surrounding Zhuhu. The previous generation of the Duan clan did also have a big single number, Xianbei Murong @也曾称鲜卑大单于, just Murong? After the unification, he was deprived of this title by the Southern Imperial Court.

No matter how widespread the Dadan Yu is, one thing remains the same, that is, the Hu chief who adds this number must be the absolute strongest in the region. In previous years, Duan Bu called Hao Liaoxi, which was naturally no problem, but now that Duan Lan led a group of dead clans, Chen Yu played games on all sides and stole food, and he actually dared to hope for this position, which naturally made Murong Ba feel quite disdainful.

Regarding Duan Lan's appeal, Wen Fangzhi did not respond positively, but said: "At present, the first task of going down to the stage is still to calm the rebellion and the whole of my homeland." As for the heroic return of all sides, naturally they will not ignore it. Since Yongjia, the royal industry has moved far away, the systems do not exist, and everything needs to be created on the way to revival. Duan Gong abandoned the thief and returned to righteousness this time, which is commendable, and I walked here today, but also on behalf of the platform to give a little consolation, and then the platform conferred all kinds of things, and I will come one after another. ”

When Duan Lan heard this, she felt a little unhappy in her heart. Although Wen Fangzhi did not directly refuse, he did not respond positively, which is a statement in itself.

He didn't have much contact with Luoyang Xingtai, and he didn't know much about Xingtai's style of doing things, and when he saw Wen Fangzhi so perfunctory, he felt that he was underestimating him and was stingy with the title, frowning and saying: "There is no lack of order in the chaos in Liaobian, and the lord galloped through China in the old years, but after using Liaobian, there are many setbacks." The two sides of the world are different after all. My monarch and father also received the grace of Jin in the old years, and now they are also willing to bring everyone to righteousness and help. But Wang En has been cut off for many years, and there are many strangers in Liao, and Enwei is not bathing, so I am afraid that he will not be able to use things. ”

When Wen Fangzhi heard this, the smile on his face was still flat: "The people have been in turmoil for a long time, and it is understandable that people are like this." But my Zhuxia is a heavenly state of the rule system, which has been passed down from ancient times, like the sun and the moon for a long time, and has never violated the rules and followed the principle of personal feelings. If it is suitable, it will be safe, and if it is not suitable, it will die, and the karma was also turbulent in the old years, but now it has become an ember under the stove, and its demise is not far away. As for the stubbornness of the four sides, they can only make a decision on the border. The new robe ruling, not the old shoes, I also hope that Duan Gong can carefully understand this. ”

Hearing Wen Fangzhi compare Duan Lan to a broken shoe that doesn't fit, Liu Qun and the others in the banquet all had a slight change in their faces, they are actually unfamiliar with the style of the stage, they have been used to the hypocrisy and grievance under the fence over the years, and seeing Wen Fangzhi's body in the other party's base camp to deal with it so toughly, the heartstrings can't help but tense.

Duan Lan tasted the meaning of the words after a little aftertaste, her face turned gloomy, and at the same time, her tone became a little stiff, and she no longer had the previous harmony: "The national envoy is high, forgive me for being shallow and unable to comprehend." But if there is really something good to teach me, you might as well stay here for a long time and warn me day and night. ”

After Wen Fangzhi heard this, he stood up from the banquet, and his smile was a little arbitrary: "Duan Gong may not know who I am, I am General Xingtai Shen personally sent to patrol Liao and Fu Zhuyi. Liaobian this realm, since the old rule of Zhuxia, can stay in the southeast and northwest for a long time. Duan Gong is willing to listen to the teachings, which is a great good, but I am afraid that you are short of wealth and power, and you can't serve for a long time, and you have to be tied up, which is tiring and tiring! ”

"You, Nanban Yuanke, dare to underestimate me!"

Duan Lan was already furious after hearing this, and he also got up and glared at Wen Fangzhi.

Liu Qun and the others saw that they had begun to speak ill of each other, and they couldn't be indifferent, so they got up and wanted to say a few words of peace.

Wen Fangzhi waved his hand at them, looked directly at Duan Lan on the opposite side, and said: "The chief of the captives is evil, and it is okay to decide my life and death, how can you decide me to stay!" The general's command is heroic, not only Wen Hongzu, but the people who are on the stage with millions of pillows, are suffering from a lack of merit and remuneration! Come on, come on, what do you want, I'll treat you calmly! Born as a great husband in China, he will be persecuted by you! The vast fertile land of China, although there are thieves and billions of trillions, there is no trouble and nowhere to bury it! ”

"The madman really wants to die?"

Duan Lan is always the leader of the department, and he feels that this time he has turned his back on the Qi Kingdom, and the Southern Kingdom will always give him some comfort, but he didn't expect Wen Fangzhi to be so stingy and fierce, and he was also angry for a while, and he directly drew his knife in his hand and roared.

"Duan, don't make a mistake!"

Seeing that Duan Lan was already enraged, Murong Ba also pushed the case, and when he entered the account, he had already disarmed, and at this moment, he directly held the wooden case in his hand. As for Wen Fangzhi's attachés, they had already stood in front of and behind the chief officer, and they were staring at each other.

The atmosphere that was originally peaceful is now gone. Liu Qun, Lu Chen and the others were still a little flustered before, but after watching Wen Fangzhi's performance for a while, they walked into Wen Fangzhi's side with a chuckle, only to feel that the tangible and invisible burden on their shoulders in the early years was gone, and they were open-minded and relaxed.

Duan Lan held the knife in his hand, his face changed, and after a while, suddenly the blade turned to Murong Ba in the tent, and said angrily: "I am discussing things with the envoy, how can I allow the Murong tribe to listen to the evil seeds on the side, and quickly drive them out of the tent!" ”

Murong Ba didn't expect this evil fire to suddenly burn on his body, and he was ashamed and angry for a while, and he was about to pounce on him. Wen Fangzhi raised his hand to signal the attaché to stop him, and then protected him to exit the tent.

"Feuds and old hatreds, unbearable feelings, offenses, please don't sin your guests."

When Murong Ba was protected and withdrawn by the Jin people, Duan Lan did not continue to attack, in the final analysis, he was not a person with a strong temperament, otherwise it would be difficult to save his life under the minions of the lord Shi Hu.

This gesture failed to intimidate Wen Fangzhi, although he was a little disappointed, but he didn't dare to completely tear his face after all. Although the forces of the southern kingdom have not yet entered Liaodi in a big way, he does not dare to completely underestimate them.

In his early years, he followed Shi Hu, the lord of the Central Plains, to participate in the war in Xiangguo, and he had seen with his own eyes how fierce these overlords of the Central Plains were.

Although they Donghu are also not good, but because the clan itself is outnumbered, they still care about human life, if he kills the Yuwen Ministry, he will only kill the leader of the Yuwen Ministry, and those clansmen will still be taken captive and will not be completely killed. But in Hebei, he witnessed the slaughter of the city several times, and even he was deeply shocked by the ruthlessness.

But such a ferocious lord was attacked by the southern kingdom and was forced to move the capital. Based on this alone, the strength of the southern kingdom has exceeded his cognition, how dare he easily establish such a strong enemy?

Duan Lan took the initiative to lower her posture, and Wen Fang was no longer so tough, as if the previous conflict had not happened, she sat back in her seat, tapped her fingers on the edge of the case and said with a smile to Duan Lan: "If Duan Gong is still worried about this old gap, I can come forward to take a little thought, the two have been standing side by side for a long time, and when this trouble has not disappeared, it is really not appropriate to fight and damage each other." All this is done, and I will pay a little tribute to this trip. In the future, and help the station to do things, the rewards will come one after another, and there is really no need to fight for the length of the day. ”