The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 588 What do you want to do?

"Tuoba Liwei has many sons."

"But there are only four people who truly have the right to inherit."

Duan Qizhen was describing the situation of the Tuoba tribe along the way. He said seriously, "Liwei has changed the previous inheritance method."

"In the past, the successor was chosen by the Lord himself. Whoever he favored would have a greater chance of becoming the heir. However, the Liwei stipulated that the eldest son must inherit. Most Xianbei tribes adopted the system of brother-to-brother succession."

"But if a leader has too many offspring, it will cause some chaos."

"Liwei then made many regulations for the successor."

Wen Yang listened with great interest to Duan Qizhen's description of the various tribes. At this moment, Zu Wu suddenly asked, "Lord Duan, I've always wanted to know what the situation is with the Yuwen tribe."

There were many Xianbei tribes in the north, not just these three, but many more, and the Yuwen tribe was one of them.

The Yuwen tribe was not within the territory of the Wei Dynasty; they were sandwiched between the Duan tribe and the Tuoba tribe.

This time, when going from the Duan tribe to the Tuoba tribe, one has to pass through the territory of the Yuwen tribe. However, the Yuwen tribe has seemed very low-key in recent years?

They hardly interacted with any other tribes, were very low-key, and had never robbed anyone. I heard that they had little interaction with the Xianbei tribes, and were like invisible people.

This meant that the Wei Dynasty knew very little about them.

How little is it?

The Great Wei didn’t even know the names of the Xianbei leaders of the Yuwen tribe!
Duan Qizhen couldn't help but laugh when he heard Zuwu's question. "You've asked the right person. Not many people in the entire Wei Dynasty know about the situation of the Yuwen tribe!"

"In fact, the Yuwen tribe is not a Xianbei tribe."

"what??"

Wen Yang was shocked. "Could it be that they were also formed by people from difficult places?"

Duan Qizhen replied: "They are the Xiongnu."

"The Huns? How is that possible?"

Duan Qizhen explained seriously that this was a group of Xiongnu people who had escaped. After they fled here, they were surrounded by several Xianbei tribes. So they began to become Xianbeiized, that is, they were Xianbeiized Xiongnu people.

But their language is completely different from that of the surrounding Xianbei people, and their customs are not similar at all.

Apart from being nominally called the Xianbei tribe, it actually seems to have no relationship with the Xianbei.

Moreover, they kept their distance from several Xianbei tribes and never interacted with them. They only focused on developing their own. Because they were located in the middle of the three major tribes, many people who could not make it in their own tribes and offended those in power ran here. Over time, the development of the Yuwen tribe became more and more rapid.

According to Duan Qizhen, their current adult is already very old. He is a kind and generous old man who has been consolidating the tribe over the years and has not expanded outward. He just focuses on farming and making friends with others.

But his eldest son, Yuwen Mohuai, was a very cruel young man with great ambitions.

While both sides were discussing these things, Wen Yang's scouts discovered cavalry approaching in the distance.

Although Wen Yang had no intention of fighting, he still ordered the knights to form a battle line and prepare to charge.

And the cavalry approaching them was the Yuwen cavalry just mentioned.

The leader of the troops was a young man who looked to be in his early twenties, full of vigor and bright eyes.

He only brought a few hundred cavalrymen with him. When he saw the huge army in front of him, panic flashed in his eyes, but he did not feel afraid. He rode forward alone.

"This is the territory of my Yuwen tribe. What are your orders, General?"

The man spoke fluently in elegant language, which surprised Wen Yang and others.

Wen Yang didn't say anything, so Duan Qizhen hurried forward and said, "My dear nephew, do you still remember me?!"

The man saw Duan Qizhen and hurriedly saluted, "It's my uncle!"

Duan Qizhen looked at Wen Yang and the others and explained, "This man is the second son of the Yuwen tribe leader, named Yuwen Pubo."

Duan Qizhen smiled and said, "Pu Bo, this is General Pingbei of the Wei Dynasty. He is going to the Tuoba tribe. I am leading the way for them, so we passed by here."

Yuwen Pubo suddenly realized, "Uncle, if that's the case, I'm willing to lead the way for you. My tribe is weak, and there are thieves in the territory. I'd like to avoid disturbing the general and others."

This guy still knows how to talk. He clearly wants to see them leave his situation, but he says it so tactfully.

Next, this guy followed them and led them towards the Tuoba tribe.

Wen Yang tried to speak and asked, "I happened to be passing by. I wonder if I could meet your father?"

Pu Bo said sadly, "General, my father is ill and cannot meet with guests at the moment. I will send someone to inform you when he recovers."

Wen Yang had no choice but to give up.

They walked for a long time, but this guy didn't reveal anything about his family's situation. He didn't even meet any people from the Yuwen tribe along the way. Perhaps he had avoided them all.

When they were leaving the country, Yuwen Pu Bo bowed repeatedly and sincerely said that he would definitely invite Wen Yang and others to come when his father's condition improved.

After leaving this place, Wen Yang finally said, "You really don't want to interact with the outside world."

"But it's not rude at all."

"Do you know how many troops they have?"

Duan Bu pondered for a moment and replied, "They were not as good as us in the past, but I don't know how far they have advanced in recent years. They are located in the area where three tribes meet. Many people have fled there in recent years, and some people from my tribe have also fled here." While they were talking about Yuwen, Tuoba had already discovered their movements.

Several Tuoba tribes near the border quickly began to migrate. The news was passed to Tuoba Liwei, and Liwei hurriedly summoned everyone to discuss countermeasures.

When people learned that the Wei army had suddenly appeared, they had different thoughts.

Li Wei could vaguely understand the other party's intention.

The visitor is not good.

Previously, Yang Hu wrote to me and asked for trade, but I didn't agree. Then this army appeared in the country. Was it to demonstrate to me?

Li Wei just felt tired.

There are so many things in the country that have not been resolved, and Yang Hu is starting to cause trouble again.

So what to do next?

Should we send someone to fight back?

Li Wei thought about it and gave up this plan. It was not appropriate. Who could be sure that Yang Hu just wanted him to fight back, so that he would have a reason to attack him?
His son once wrote to him, saying that the generals of the Wei Dynasty were very restless. Because they all needed military merit to be promoted and granted titles, they were very warlike and hoped to provoke a war.

It also tells about what they did in Yongliang.

After Li Wei learned about the actions of Deng Ai and Shi Bao, he became particularly wary of these generals.

But the generals under his command were far from being as calm as Li Wei.

They were extremely angry.

"We sent our prince to the State of Wei to make friends with them, yet they actually led their men into our territory without informing us!"

"Too deceiving!"

"We should fight back!"

The crowd started clamoring.

Li Wei's attitude towards them remained tacit. In fact, there was a lot of dissatisfaction within the Tuoba clan towards the Wei Kingdom, and this dissatisfaction was the result of Li Wei's instigation.

On the one hand, Li Wei adopted a policy of actively making friends with the State of Wei, and on the other hand, he secretly promoted hatred towards the State of Wei among the domestic nobles.

The reason why he did this was that he was worried that excessive imitation of Wei's policies would lead to the emergence of a large number of pro-Wei factions in the country, and eventually he would be sent to Luoyang to retire like the Xiongnu Chanyu.

Although Liwei is old, he does not have the old age at all. On the contrary, he is more ambitious than the Desert Khan. He is unwilling to be sent to retire. He is determined to create a greater achievement than that of the Xianbei leaders in the past.

During these years, the seemingly harmless Tuoba Liwei continued to expand his territory, gradually occupied the vast grasslands north of Cao Wei, and became a powerful force second only to Wei.

In terms of territory alone, Duan and Murong are not even worthy of carrying his shoes.

Tuoba Liwei even sent people to contact the Tuoba Xianbei in the northwest, hoping to bring them into his tribal alliance so that his territory could catch up with the original Xiongnu alliance.

Unfortunately, before this idea could be implemented, Tufa was killed by Deng Ai.

After all, it is a small tribe.

That's understandable.

Li Wei looked at his excited subordinates and said, "Don't panic. Let alone a few thousand cavalrymen, even if they were tens of thousands, what do we have to fear?"

"Prepare my armor. I want to see for myself what this Wei general is planning to do!"

Hearing Li Wei's words, everyone was shocked and wanted to persuade Li Wei to let them go.

Li Wei said seriously, "Although I am old, I am not so old that I can't even ride a horse!"

No one dared to persuade him anymore.

Li Wei put on armor, mounted his horse, and then led the elite cavalry towards the Wei army.

Li Wei acted very strongly, which made his subordinates respect him even more. However, Li Wei did not go there to fight against the Wei army.

When the two sides came into contact, they stopped at the same time.

Wen Yang looked at the mighty cavalry in the distance, his eyes full of surprise.

As expected, this big tribe is different!
This is cavalry!

This was different from the armed herdsmen from Duan and Murong. These people were real cavalrymen. They had fought in battles and killed people before, and they were very aggressive. He didn't know how many people were on the other side. Anyway, after they were lined up in battle array, there was no end in sight, so he thought there were more than 10,000 people.

Tuoba Liwei was wearing extremely luxurious armor and was at the forefront of the army.

But after he saw the other person, his expression was not so calm.

He saw a murderous cavalry corps. The formations were so tight that even the horses were not out of place. It was frightening to look at.

Could it be that the State of Wei really wants to go to war with me?

Li Wei's thoughts were a little shaken at this moment.

(End of this chapter)