Wang Jun stood on his horse, frowning and looking. But seeing a horse coming in the dust, the knight was about twenty years old, with a 'fine' appearance, a gold ring on his ears, and an iron armor, which was the son of the Liaoxi Gong Duan Wu Buchen, and the Xianbei fierce general Duan Wenyang. Two years ago, when the Youzhou army went south to fight against the king of Chengdu, he often fought as a vanguard, and made a great reputation on the battlefield. He once led dozens of cavalry to defeat a hundredfold of people in the Battle of Pingjiao, and almost captured Shi Chao, a famous general under the command of the king of Chengdu. Therefore, this young man is highly relied on by Wang Jun, and his status in the Youzhou army is second only to a few people such as the general Qi Hong.

Duan Wenyang galloped to a close place, and dismounted with a light tap on the saddle with one hand, showing his extremely vigorous skills. He didn't say much, and presented a scroll of documents in both hands: "General, please look!" ”

Wang Jun opened the paperwork and glanced at it, his face changed slightly. He snapped it shut and asked in a deep voice, "Is this news true?" ”

"Definitely!" Duan Wenyang bowed his head and said: "When I came, my father specially told me that this matter is true. In order to obtain this news, my father used the shadows that had been lurking for many years, and also paid the price of a thousand horses. ”

The people of the Central Plains often think that Hu'er in northern Xinjiang grazes horses for a living, so the price of horses is like dung, and it is easy to get it, but in fact, this is a huge misunderstanding. The Hu people graze cattle and sheep, and horses are only tools for grazing, and their shepherding is much more difficult than that of cattle and sheep. Usually the small tribes of the Hu nationality live in the size of thirty or fifty villages, and have more than 100 horses. Such a huge resource as a thousand horses is enough to make an ordinary tribe rise from here, even for Duan Xianbei, it is not a small number. For the sake of a piece of news, Duan Wu Bechen was willing to spend such a huge amount of wealth, which shows that he attaches great importance to this.

"Liaoxi Gong is doing a good job." Wang Jun bowed his head and said: "Those horses and the like, I will double the compensation when I go back." ”

Duan Wenyang's face was 'revealed' and "happy": "Thank you, General!" ”

Wang Jun pondered for a moment, then began to read the document carefully, and after a long time, he sighed: "How dare they do this? Amusing! Stupidity! ”

The steed under his crotch was not '', so he made his own way to a camp to the west. The camp was about a thousand people, and the construction was very complete in various places, and from a distance, one of the main tents was purely made of brocade, and the 'color' was colorful, which was really gorgeous. At this moment, there are still many men and women running around the main tent, holding each other? Hold all kinds of expensive furnishings and place them around. Wang Jun has always been extravagant and extravagant, and his subordinates are even more flattering when they know his intentions. Even if he was hunting in the countryside for a day, some magistrates immediately arranged camps so that he could rest at any time. That camp was urgently requisitioned by the current Yongnu County Order, and the county's wealthy people and big families worked hard to arrange it to tell Wang Jun.

But at this moment, the two of them are talking about secrets, and it is not suitable to go to the camp. Duan Wenyang stepped forward and caged the horses for Wang Jun: "What does the general mean?" ”

"Tuoba Xianbei's eastern lord Luguan and western lord Yilu are both ambitious and self-conscious people, and at the same time, they also attach great importance to the interests of their own clan. Because of this, although the two of them fought fiercely after Yi's death, they did not want to trigger a full-scale civil war in Tuoba Xianbei. So the two of them coincidentally suppressed the situation and put the timing of the decisive victory on the day sacrifice ceremony. Perhaps, they all thought that they were fully prepared and believed that they could overwhelm each other in front of all the chiefs and commanders, right? Wang Jun shook his head contemptuously: "It's a pity, although the two of them can be regarded as heroes in Yidi, but Yidi is Yidi, and they are very stupid!" ”

Wang Jun opened his mouth and reprimanded others as Yidi, not caring at all that Duan Wenyang, who was leading the horse for him, was the son of Duan Xianbei Shan Yu, and he was also a complete Yidi person. And Duan Wenyang didn't think it was angry at all, but 'revealed' a look of curiosity and admiration: "Luguan and Yilu are both called powerful horns by their fathers. In the eyes of the general, are they just fools? ”

"Hahahaha...... Wang Jun looked up to the sky and laughed: "Ling Zun is right, Luguan and Yilu are both powerful people in the north. But after all, these two people have limited knowledge, and they made a big mistake without knowing it. ”

"Tuoba Xianbei arose in the north of the secluded capital, and has been migrating southward for dozens of generations, annexing and entrapping local tribes along the way, and merging them into a tribal alliance with Tuoba clan as the core. During the reign of Liwei, the Tuoba tribe has changed from a small tribe with no name in the past to a powerful man in the north with hundreds of thousands of people, and in terms of power, it is vaguely above the Xianbei in the east. However, such a tribal alliance, although powerful, is fragile and unstable in nature. Just like the old Tanshi Huai and Kebineng, they were beautiful and terrifying when they were alive, but once they died, the huge force they formed immediately fell apart and could no longer be maintained. In order to solve this problem, Tuoba Liwei came up with the method of sacrificing to the sky. ”

"Tuoba Xianbei originally had the custom of sacrificing to the sky, and Liwei expanded its scale and enriched the scope of sacrifice. In each sacrifice ceremony, there are not only the genus of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, but also more than 400 Hu gods and ancestral spirits that have been introduced into the Tuoba tribe with the annexation of tribes over the past dynasties. Through the ritual of worshipping the heavens, the beliefs of the people at the bottom of the affiliated tribes were recognized and their self-esteem was satisfied. And the method of openly discussing major matters in the Tuoba Xianbei tribe at the ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens also made the safety and status of the leaders of the tribes basically guaranteed, so that they were willing to stay in this alliance led by Tuoba Xianbei for a long time. ”

"Decades after Liwei's death, the ritual of the annual ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens has always remained unchanged, and hundreds of subordinate tribes have always submitted to the Tuoba clan, and few have two hearts. From this point of view, the special significance of the Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony does have a unique role in maintaining the entire Tuoba Xianbei Tribal Alliance. Liwei was indeed prescient, and his wisdom was far superior to that of ordinary Hu leaders. Wang Jun sighed, and gently tapped the saddle with the white 'jade' horsewhip in his hand: "But now, in order to compete for the position of Da Dan Yu, these two people actually plan to perform such a despicable trick at the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony?" If you want to destroy the sacred status of the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony with your own hands, you must also destroy the trust of the subordinate tribe in the Tuoba clan with your own hands...... Luguan and Yilu, no matter who wins or loses between the two, after this incident, can the situation in Tuoba Xianbei remain stable? ”

Speaking of this, Wang Jun's voice gradually lowered, his two thick eyebrows tightened, and he fell into deep thought.

Duan Wenyang knew that Wang Jun acted arbitrarily, and he was most afraid of being disturbed by others, so he waved his hand again and again, causing the surrounding Hu Cong knights to retreat into the distance, leaving him alone to lead Wang Jun's horse and walk around unhurriedly. This Xianbei nobleman obviously had great respect for Wang Jun, and he carefully chose the soft and dense grass along the way, so as not to disturb Wang Jun with the sound of hooves.

After a long time, Wang Jun suddenly woke up from a state of distraction, and seeing his red face and flying attitude, it was obvious that he had made an important decision.

"Heaven doesn't take it, but suffers the blame. Since Tuoba Xianbei is 'chaotic', how can he let go of such a good opportunity? He laughed and said, "Duan Wenyang! You immediately sent an order to summon Qi Hong, Zao Song, Ruan Bao, Wang Chang, Hu Ju and others to come to Jicheng to see me. In addition, please ask Liaoxi Gong and Yuwen Chief to also send their subordinates to come. We're going to war! ”

Qi Hong, Zao Song, Ruan Bao, Wang Chang, Hu Ju and others are all generals and famous generals that Wang Jun relies on. Among them, Qi Hong was originally Wang Jun's main book, since the first year of Guangxi, he was ordered to fight in the army, led the 'elite' cavalry to fight in the north and south, Keye City, broke Chang'an, and returned to Luo. Mo said that it was the land of Youzhou, Hebei, Luoyang, and even Qinlong, Kansai, and other places, all rumored to be famous for his good fighting. And Zao Song is Wang Jun's 'daughter' son-in-law, this person is a son of the famous Yingchuan clan, after Zao Yi, he once served as a loose rider often 'servant', both civil and military, and his talent is particularly beautiful, and he is valued by the people of the time. Ruan Bao, Wang Chang, Hu Ju and others also followed Wang Jun for a long time to make meritorious contributions, and each went out of Youzhou County to serve in important military and political positions. This time, Wang Jun summoned one of them, and asked the other two 'daughters-in-law' Duan Wu Bechen and Yuwen Su Nuyan to send their subordinates to listen to the order, which was a big plan.

"Yes!" Duan Wenyang was the most belligerent, and was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately galloped away.

Wang Jun watched Duan Wenyang leave alone and on horseback, lightly lifted the reins and turned back, looking at the cavalry still searching for prey in the mountains and fields, and looking at the camp that was about to be arranged. Seeing that the hussar general was coming, the commander of Nayongnu County had already nodded and stood on the side of the camp 'gate', showing a timid smile that wanted to step forward to answer but didn't dare, his eyes touched Wang Jun's, and his legs were weak. But Wang Jun didn't pay any attention to such a 'chicken' and 'hairy' petty official, but waved his hand and instructed the servants who were running from a little distance: "This is the end of today's safari, collect the troops!" Let's go back to Jicheng immediately! ”

Nahu received the order from his knees, and immediately took out the horn from his waist and blew it. After a few breaths, the sound of trumpets sounded one after another, reaching the ears of the thousands of cavalrymen scattered across the vast mountains and fields. These cavalry followed Wang Jun for a long time, and they had time to spare. At this time, some were gathering their own prey, some were roasting 'meat', some were resting in the shade of the trees, and some were bathing by the stream to cool off, but when the trumpet came, they all jumped up, left everything at hand, and ran wildly towards the place where the trumpet sounded.

In an instant, the forest turned over the grass within a radius of dozens of miles, and the people and horses were like a hundred rivers returning to the sea. Several people gathered, dozens of people gathered, hundreds of people gathered, and thousands of people gathered together to form an army, and there was no delay in the middle.

"Let's go!" Wang Jun whipped and took the lead. And the thousand horsemen followed behind, like a storm sweeping the ground, and in an instant they threw away the good spot of hunting.

Wang Jun's mother was born in a lowly family, and she was not loved by her father since she was a child, and she didn't even accept the teaching of the Xuan order. Therefore, compared with the Gonggong princes in the Luoyang court, they lacked literature, and were often ridiculed by the children of the high 'men', but their heroic style was more than a hundred times better than that of their weak literati? Looking at his bearing of controlling thousands of horsemen like an arm, he really deserves to be the pillar of the Northern Frontier of the Great Jin Dynasty!