Perhaps worried about the complex reality, Yilu was silent.

And Wen Qiao didn't say anything more.

There was a dull rumble in their ears, the sound of tens of thousands of Xianbei cavalry parting ways and countless horses' hooves trampling the ground beneath the mesaga. Those Xianbei cavalry were connected end to end, overwhelming, seemingly boundless ant colonies, surging densely, rolling over, spreading over the plains, rolling over the rolling river valleys and hills. In the dusty sand, countless weapons and armor rose and fell with the galloping of the war horse, reflecting a continuous light.

Several knights marched along a mound prancing horse, and through the spurs they took, they skirted the platform where Yilu and Wen Qiao were located. They saw the surrounding warriors and guessed the identities of the nobles on the terrace. A particularly athletic knight jumped on his horse, bowed deeply in the direction of the terrace, and then, to the envious cheers of the crowd, triumphantly fell back on his horse, and continued on.

This is Tuoba Xianbei's army. Over the past month, the tribe has irrigated the grasslands with more blood than a whole year's rains, and the terrible civil strife has cost them a staggering number of households and resources. It might be said that they are at their weakest time; But at the same time, they are on the road to becoming stronger again. The heroic and powerful Da Shan Yu army won the victory against the two feuds of the Baibu Xianbei and Tiefu Xiongnu, which made almost all the warriors have high morale.

"Really, can you see that?" In Da Shan Yu's heart, where will there be much space for children's affection. Yilu quickly recovered, and it seemed that he had never had any unusual feelings for Wei. He looked down at the knight's fading figure and said in a deep voice, "Maybe the Wei clan is indeed what you say, but so what? Our Northern Xinjiang Hu'er is not as scheming as your Jin people, and what we pay attention to is that the strong are respected. In the eyes of those Xianbei warriors, the only one who can lead them to defend this grassland given by their ancestors is I, Yilu; The only one who can lead them to kill and plunder against the enemy is I. As for the Weishi ...... No matter what her plans are, she is just a woman after all! ”

Wen Qiao bowed slightly, and it was not appropriate to question Da Shan Yu's authority head-on, so he only replied softly: "If all the power in the eastern part of Tuoba Xianbei is inherited by the Wei clan, do you still think so?" ”

Thirteen years ago, Lu Guan, who represented the younger brothers of the Desert Khan, and Yihui, the son of the Desert Khan, divided the sphere of influence and divided the entire Tuoba Xianbei into three parts. Luguan lives in the north of the upper valley, the west of the source, and the east is connected to the Ministry of Culture, which is the east; The north of the county is in the middle; Yilu Jushengle, for the west. There is a considerable distance from Shengle to the eastern territory of Tuoba Xianbei controlled by Luguan, and it is also separated from the central territory. Therefore, after Yilu succeeded Dadanyu, his main focus was on resisting the hostile forces of the Hu people in Hexi, and to this day, he has not been able to really organize the supporters of those Lu officials in the eastern grasslands.

Because of the weak troops, the central part of Tuoba Xianbei controlled by the Wei clan did not participate in the war against the Zhuhu of Hexi. However, Yilu knew that the Wei clan gave full play to the special status of Yiyi's wife and her influence as a witch, and in just one month, she annexed more than ten small tribes in a row, and almost restored the old territory in the central part of Tuoba Xianbei.

After Yi Hui's death, Tuoba Xianbei's eastern and western divisions faced each other for three full years, and Yi Lu never wanted another confrontation between the western and central regions. But if Wen Qiao's speculation about the Wei clan is true, Yilu Weishi is not sure to cross the central territory to integrate the eastern tribes; There is no guarantee that his influence on the east will be stronger than that of the witch who is close and represents the ancestral gods!

"Da Danyu, today's Tuoba Xianbei urgently needs to recuperate, and he can no longer withstand the next civil strife. And Tuoba Xianbei Da Shan Yu doesn't need a new force that can threaten his authority......" When Yilu fell silent again, Wen Qiao said leisurely: "From this point of view, instead of putting the Bashang grassland under the influence of the Wei clan, it is better to temporarily lend it to Lu Daoming of Daijun. What's more, if the threat of Xianbei Yuwen, Murong and Duan in the east is isolated because of this, it can be regarded as a good thing. ”

After talking for a long time, Wen Qiao finally turned the topic back to the beginning and answered Yilu's question about the military operations of the Daijun Army.

Compared with the vastness of northern Xinjiang, the area around the grassland of Weiyuan and Bashang is not very large, more than 200 li. But this rich and fertile treasure land is the most important grassland and water source in the eastern part of Tuoba Xianbei. During the reign of Luguan, this place carried nearly 100,000 Xianbei people and countless livestock, cattle and sheep. After the violent death of Luguan, Lu Yao's army went north, and only in the southern part of the Bashang grassland, he plundered nearly 10,000 people.

If you look at the interests of Tuoba Xianbei as a whole, this fertile soil is of great significance, and it must not be handed over, and Yilu did think so at the beginning. But what if you look at it from the perspective of the new Da Dan Yu? Wouldn't it be very valuable to have a grassland on the dam that can not only prevent the central part of the Xianbei from becoming larger, but also block the westward expansion of the three powerful clans of the eastern Xianbei? Yilu firmly believed that he had enough means to suppress the ambitious Wei clan and completely unify the various tribes of the grassland; He was even more sure that as long as there was a stable environment for three or five years, Tuoba Xianbei would quickly recover from the weakness of civil strife. At that time, why not with a strong army? Xianbei Iron Cavalry Feng pointed out, what kind of opponent is the small Bashang grassland......

As he pondered, there was a rocking in the waist-high bushes not far below the terrace. A gray-haired wolf came out of the depths of the long grass, turned his head to look at the surging Xianbei army in the distance, and looked up at Yilu in the high place. Although it was a stone's throw away from the army, there seemed to be no fear in its tawny eyes, but it stopped and whined a few times calmly. Then, a dozen wild wolves, large and small, came out of the grass and followed the footsteps of the head wolf over the dry ditch in front of them, and headed east.

"Wolves are masters of the grasslands. They are hungry to kill, ferocious and cunning, and no animal can escape their hordes of prey. Hundreds of years ago, the Huns were like wolves; Now it's our turn to be Xianbei, and we are more powerful than the Huns......" Yilu glanced at Wen Qiao and said coldly: "The Central Plains people are not, you are too weak." Therefore, since ancient times, no ruler from the Central Plains has ever been able to gain a foothold in the grassland. Brother Taizhen might as well wait and see, maybe it won't be long before the Jin man named Lu Yao will return to Daijun in a gloomy manner. At that time, the Tuoba Xianbei tribe will definitely take back the grassland on the dam. ”

Although these words were harsh, they were tantamount to acquiescing to the status quo of Lu Yao's dispatch of troops. Wen Qiao smiled and bowed to Yilu: "I understand what Da Shan Yu means." ”

Even if it is an argument that is not hindered, such as Zhang Yi, Su Qin and the like, they cannot be divorced from reality to change people's hearts. Yue Shigong relied on Xianbei in many places, and there were very few places that could be used to restrain them, so he ...... Daoming, Daoming, I Wen Taizhen can only help you with this, Wen Qiao thought silently in his heart. General Yingyang, who suddenly rose in the northern frontier, immediately set foot in the grassland, and his audacity was beyond imagination. In the future, the success or failure of Lu Yao and his subordinates is no longer something that he can reverse.

Thinking like this, Wen Qiao couldn't help but glance to the east. High in the sky, a vigorous eagle spreads its wings and flies freely in the cold wind until it disappears into the vast sea of clouds.