Although Lu Yao's identity is different from before, the court meeting he presided over is still noisy. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. Everyone was able to express their opinions to their heart's content, but Lu Yao just listened carefully for a considerable amount of time. In the eyes of outsiders, Lu Yao is both civil and military, and he is a famous general who defeated the captured Northern Land, but Lu Yao himself will not look down on himself because of this. He was sure that he did not possess special talents for both military and political careers, let alone the kind of genius who seemed to be born wise. What he can do is to rely on his grasp of the overall situation and keen judgment to see all aspects of the problem completely through such discussions, and then finally make the most accurate judgment. Such a process, that is, the so-called "brainstorming, arbitrary" is also.

From another point of view, now that Lu Yao is in charge of a county and has seven thousand iron cavalry, many times he no longer needs to do everything as before, but entrusts more affairs to his subordinates, and this kind of discussion makes Lu Yao more and more aware of his companions and subordinates, which will be conducive to future personnel arrangements.

In terms of the speeches of Ding Miao, Shen Jin and Chen Pei:

Although Ding Miao always looks rash and careless, at critical moments, he can judge the situation and make steady judgments. It was only one night after getting the news of Tuoba's instability, and he was ready to block Bai Daochuan, which was not a simple general's doing. Thinking about it, how can the nephew of the Ding family of Qiaojun and the nephew of the Ding Thorn History of Jizhou really be a reckless man who doesn't know the severity?

Shen Jin is as brave and tough as ever, and his proposal is full of adventure, which is simply terrifying, but once successful, the benefits obtained will be unimaginable. To make such a general stand alone, he faces either a great victory or a great defeat; And if you use people properly, you can't use them as a miracle soldier to turn things around.

As for Chen Pei, he is as bold as Shen Jin, but it is reflected in completely different aspects. Whether it is the identity of the former general of the king of Chengdu or the identity of the rest of Jisang, he has little deference and awe to the Great Jin court. Among the three of them, he was the only one who didn't pay attention to the instructions of Yue Shigong of the Prefecture, and all he considered was Lu Yao's development prospects in Dai County. In this way......

Thinking of this, Lu Yao restrained his mind, continued to listen to the discussion of the generals, and bowed his head from time to time to show encouragement. As many meaningful words were written down by him, the strategy of how to deal with the tension in Tuoba Xianbei gradually took shape in his mind.

Lu Yao said to himself: The key is how far Wen Qiao can go on Danhan Mountain!

At the same time, Wen Qiao, who was two hundred miles away from Lu Yao, sighed and said to himself: "The key is how far Lu Guan wants to go!" ”

Even on the Danhan Mountain, where summer and autumn meet, the dry air blowing from the northern desert made Wen Qiao feel his skin tighten. Compared with the previous dynasties, the scholars of this dynasty paid more attention to the beauty of their appearance, and Wen Qiao was no exception. He repeatedly splashed the hot water in the copper basin in front of him on his face, and took a clean dry cloth to wipe it slowly. It wasn't until he was convinced that his face in the mirror was as handsome as ever, that he lifted the tabernacle and went out. After coming to the grassland in person, Wen Qiao knew that Hu'er's living habits were much rougher than he imagined. According to the custom of the Tuoba tribe, in the morning, you only need to take some dry cow dung and rub it on your face. Finally, because Wen Qiao was the messenger representing the history of the Great Jin Dynasty and the Prefecture, he provided a basin of hot water every day.

Wen Qiao cautiously bypassed the tent of the Xianbei people, which emitted a strong smell of cow dung, and came to the edge of this mountainside platform. This is in the middle of Danhan Mountain, on the left side is the bottomless abyssal gully, and on the right hand side there are layers of mountains, and when you look up, you can see the majestic altar at the top of the mountain, which is huge in scale and seems to be connected with the sky. The rumbling drums on the altar were already ringing, like thunder rolling in the sky, a sign that the ritual was about to begin.

Wen Qiao subconsciously tidied up his clothes again and was ready to go.

From the place where Wen Qiao stood to the top of the mountain, it was about ten miles of undulating mountain roads. The mountain road runs like a flying snake between the peaks, passing right in front of the Wenqiao campsite. And a long procession stretching for miles is slowly moving along the mountain road.

Wen Qiao could see clearly that the person at the head of the person who was walking along the road at this moment was none other than Tuoba Xianbei's eastern lord Luguan. Lu Guan was about fifty years old, with broad shoulders, a large and 'fat' belly, and an extremely majestic body. Looking at his face carefully, it can be seen that his face is red, his hair is broad and long, and his eyes are 'fine' and light, and he is indeed worthy of being a hero in northern Xinjiang. Behind the Lu official were hundreds of Hu Guards, all of whom were Hu warriors with swords and fierce expressions.

Moving his gaze back, about half a mile away from Lu Guan's team, the one who slowly walked forward at the same speed was Wen Qiao's old acquaintance Yilu. Yi Lu Yuan was also a stout body, but now he looked much thinner than when he was in Jinyang, and his cheekbones were also towering, so it was obvious that the pressure he had borne in the past few months was very great. Behind Yilu were also a hundred servant guards.

The eastern adults are the first, the western adults are second, and then the Sugu clan, the Przewalski, the Tuoba clan, the Daxi clan, the Yiluo clan, the Qiu Dun clan, the Hou clan, the Yijan clan, the Chekun clan and other Tuoba Xianbei leaders are the leaders. The leaders of these countrymen marched in order, and each of them had about ten followers, indicating that their status was lower than that of the adults of the East and West Divisions.

Wen Qiao was ordered to send an envoy to Tuoba Xianbei, so he naturally made a lot of inquiries about this strong clan outside the Saiwai beforehand. As far as he knew, Tuoba Xianbei's beliefs were originally very primitive, worshipping heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, the sun, moon and stars themselves, rather than impersonal gods. For hundreds of years, they set out from the Daxianbei Mountain, which is thousands of miles north of the secluded capital, and continued to migrate southward, annexing many tribes along the way, and also accepting more and more primitive Hu gods. Therefore, since the ancestor Liwei led his people to migrate to Shengle, he often held large-scale sacrifices, called the Sacrifice to the Heavens, and in fact, all the gods and idols of the annexed tribes were worshiped together. And because Liwei once used the reason that Lord Baibu refused to participate in the sacrifice and could not wait and see, he conquered the Baibu and unified the various tribes of Tuoba Xianbei, so the previous ceremonies of sacrificing to the heavens have also become occasions to decide various major matters within Tuoba Xianbei.

After the death of the previous generation of Tuoba Xianbei Dadan, the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens was not held for two consecutive years, and the Luguan prepared the ceremony single-handedly, and with his huge strength, he forced all the leaders of Tuoba Xianbei and powerful people to participate, and its purpose was really obvious.

When he was thinking about it, someone suddenly pushed Wen Qiao behind him, and Wen Qiao was caught off guard for a while and almost fell to the ground. Looking back, he was pushed by a Xianbei warrior with a golden ring and a slanted fur coat, his thick fingers poked and poked in front of Wen Qiao, and said in a strange tone: "Messenger, keep up!" Emissary, keep up! ”

Wen Qiao understood that although this warrior was rude, he had no malicious intent. He said that as a representative of the history of the Great Jin Dynasty and the state assassins, his status is under the leaders of the country, and he should follow the leaders of the countrymen.

Wen Qiao nodded to him, walked quickly out of the camp, and 'inserted' into the middle of the group through the diagonal stab.

And behind Wen Qiao, there were three or four hundred people. Those are the Hu chieftains and their guards who have been successively included in the sphere of influence by Tuoba Xianbei in recent years, the so-called thirty-six countries and ninety-nine surnames.

The procession, totaling nearly five hundred, marched along the mountain path, getting closer and closer to the altar on the top of the mountain with the thunder of drums. Everyone remained silent, except for the sound of footsteps stepping over gravel and the mountain breeze blowing along the way.

The trail becomes more and more steep and bumpy, and many places close to the summit even require a combination of hands and feet. The Hu'er are strong and strong, so naturally they don't care. After all, Wen Qiao is a weak scholar, and he was able to persevere at first, but later his knees were sore, his legs were weak, and he was panting like a cow.

Just as he was helpless, someone grabbed Wen Qiao's arm and laughed in a low voice: "Brother Taizhen, just hold on for a while." ”

Wen Qiao recognized that the person was Duan Piyan, the envoy sent by Wang Jun of Youzhou Assassin Shi to watch the ceremony, so he nodded with a 'spirit' and saluted: "Thank you, Brother Duan." ”