The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 679 Falling apart
In March of the first year of Ganlu in the Wei Dynasty, a major event happened to the Tuoba Xianbei.

When Kuxian's friend returned to the tribe, the first thing he did was to gather everyone and run away in a hurry.

He doesn't care whether Kuxian lives or dies, as long as he can survive.

He did not tell anyone else, but simply told his men to pack up and set off immediately.

He thought he could disappear quickly, but unfortunately, his actions were under the surveillance of the other leaders. When he was fleeing with his tribe, many other tribes also learned the news one after another.

Because of the murder of officials, Your Excellency must conduct a thorough investigation into the bribes received by officials from various departments from the Wei people, and prepare to hold a banquet to kill people!
Later, they discovered that Kuxian had escaped with his tribe.

The reason for his escape was even simpler. His friend took advantage of his drunkenness to extract important information from him. If he escaped, Ku Xian would certainly be implicated, so he needed to escape as soon as possible.

After the two men ran away one after another, there was an uproar within Tuoba.

Soon, the rest of the tribes also began to flee quickly.

In fact, they were not sure whether the news they heard was true, but they did not dare to gamble with their lives.

Moreover, Liwei's actions in recent years have caused these tribal leaders to lose their power.

They were all somewhat dissatisfied with this, and this incident happened to give them a reason to leave.

Tuoba was originally a big alliance. Everyone was willing to come and gather around Tuoba Liwei, but now they can leave and form separate tribes.

This is the rule of the Xianbei people, a rule that has continued for many years.

In an instant, the entire Tuoba tribe began to fall apart.

When Li Wei learned the news, the leaders had just begun to defect in large numbers.

In the eyes of these leaders, their behavior certainly could not be considered as defection. Even if they accepted money from the Wei people, they did so in a fair and open manner.

Because from their point of view, Tuoba Liwei was just the leader of the tribal alliance elected by them. They were all kings. During the Zhou Dynasty, the princes were still able to interact with the State of Chu. Could it be that because of this incident, the Zhou Emperor could execute the princes?
This is obviously not possible.

But in Tuoba Liwei's eyes, their behavior was a betrayal of him.

Tuoba Liwei was very angry. He immediately summoned his ministers and started to resolve the matter.

On the one hand, he sent people to gather the army and prepare to force these tribes to return. On the other hand, he sent people everywhere to tell these people that he had no intention of executing them, and told them not to fall into the trap of the traitors and to return quickly!
But the more Tuoba Liwei said this, the more people didn't believe it.

Even if you didn't want to kill me at first, but I've run away now, what can I do if you want to settle the score with me when I go back?

The huge Xianbei alliance fell apart and civil war was imminent.

Tuoba Liwei fell ill because of this incident. The reason why he was so anxious to change his own system was because he was afraid of ending up like this.

An alliance is an alliance after all and may disband at any time!
His sons are now ready to show their faces in front of their father.

Lelang County.

"We agreed to send out the troops in five days! But what about now? Five days later, another five days, and then another five days. It's already been almost a month. When will the troops be sent out?!"

Wen Yang was very puzzled.

It has been almost a month since Guanqiu Jian gave the order to send troops.

But until now, they have remained inactive.

This made Wen Yang very confused. His general was obviously not a person who liked to hesitate. He was always decisive in everything he did. Why was he delaying this time?
Judging from the known information, Goguryeo was already in chaos.

After learning that Guanqiu Jian and his original army had appeared in Youzhou, these people began to flee. The new King of Goguryeo had already made preparations to flee to Sushen in advance.

After all, they have had two experiences, so this third time, they will definitely go all out. They will definitely not fight Guanqiu Jian head-on, nor will they fight him in a roundabout way, nor will they fight him by attrition. In short, they will not fight him no matter what and will just run away!
They also understood that no matter how they fought, the final step would be to run away, so it would be better to run away from the beginning and not waste so much time.

The ministers of Goguryeo even wondered whether they should change the country's name.

Now, because of the enmity between the country and Cao Wei, Guanqiu Jian is hostile to it. If it were a different name, perhaps he would let it go?
Wen Yang watched helplessly as the royal family of Goguryeo began to flee, but he was unable to send troops because he did not receive orders, which made Wen Yang very uncomfortable.

Zhang Te and Yang Hu also looked at each other at this moment.

They were also very confused.

If we continue like this, Goguryeo will definitely run away.

They had abandoned the areas they had originally invaded and headed towards more remote areas with their manpower and material resources.

What does this Da Sima mean?

Wen Yang suddenly asked, "Do you think this is a letter Wang Zhengnan wrote to the Grand Marshal?"

Just as they were guessing Guanqiu Jian's intention, a soldier suddenly came in and said that the Grand Marshal wanted to see them.

Hearing these words, Wen Yang's eyes finally lit up.

The group hurried to Guanqiu Jian's main tent.

When they walked in, they found that Guanqiu Jian was not alone. There was another person sitting next to him, with his head lowered and a look of respect on his face.

Seeing several people coming in, the man was a little confused, but still stood up and saluted.

Wen Yang looked at this person. His clothes were weird and had some Xianbei features. He did not look like a person from the Central Plains.

Guanqiu Jian smiled and said, "This is the King of Wuhuan, Kuxian."

He then introduced several generals in front of him to him.

When he heard Wen Yang's name, Ku Xian smiled bitterly and said, "General Wen and I are acquaintances!" Wen Yang was stunned, "Why don't I remember you?"

"When General Wen went to the Tuoba tribe, I was ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth and challenged you."

"Oh."

Wen Yang nodded, not knowing whether he remembered his identity.

After the introductions, Guanqiu Jian said, "The King of Wuhuan has decided to abandon his evil ways and join the good, submitting to the Great Wei. He also brought good news."

"Tuoba Liwei is old and incompetent. He even tried to massacre the tribal leaders in his own country. He was subsequently deserted by his friends and relatives. Now Tuoba is caught in civil war, many tribes are fleeing, and the alliance is crumbling."

When the three generals heard Guanqiu Jian's words, their faces were filled with shock.

Although the three of them did not take Tuoba seriously, in their hearts, if they wanted to attack the outside of the Great Wall, Tuoba would definitely be the one they had to deal with most seriously.

They have a large population, strong military force, and their soldiers are very capable.

Wen Yang had even figured out how to fight against their 200,000 cavalry.

Finally, they are gone???
Such a huge Xianbei alliance just disappeared like that?
Seeing the astonished expressions of the three people, Guanqiu Jian couldn't help but sigh, they are still young people, and I don't know what kind of people these Xianbei are.

Over the years, the Xianbei Alliance has appeared and collapsed countless times. It was basically established by one generation and then disbanded after his death or when he was old.

It is said to be a huge empire, but in fact it is just a pile of loose sand. If there is no strong person to bring them together, the ending will definitely be like this.

Guanqiu Jian was used to this and didn't find it surprising at all.

Zhang Te and Yang Hu looked at each other.

Obviously, they have realized that what happened within the Xianbei must be related to their own family.

General Guanqiu Jian knew about this matter and may even have been the final driving force behind it.

He is worthy of being called the Grand Marshal.

This is a direct and effortless way to eliminate the enemy.

At this moment, Guanqiu Jian suddenly said, "We can also send troops."

Wen Yang suddenly asked, "Five days later?"

"No, we will send troops tomorrow."

"The troops are marching with great joy!"

At this moment, the three of them suddenly realized.

No wonder the Grand Marshal was not anxious at all when he saw Goguryeo running away. He didn't regard the other party as a human being at all. It turned out that his target had always been Tuoba. He pretended to attack Goguryeo, but actually wanted to take down Tuoba directly?
Yes, since the Grand Marshal arrived in Youzhou, news has been received from all places that the Grand Marshal is going to attack Goguryeo. The people of the Tuoba tribe probably thought so too.

At this moment, Guanqiu Jian suddenly looked at Wen Yang.

"Ah Yang, do you want to be the first to achieve great success?"

"General!! I am willing to be your vanguard!"

"Okay, here's the deployment!"

Guanqiu Jian first looked at Yang Hu, "Yang Hu, obey my orders!"

"The end will be here."

"You will lead your troops to support the fleeing Xianbei tribes and help them repel the Liwei's pursuit."

"only."

"Zhang Te, listen to my orders!"

"The general is here!"

"Follow me and fight the main force of the bandits."

"only!!"

"Wen Yang, listen to my orders!"

"I will be here!!!"

"Lead your elite cavalry, bypass the enemy's main force, and head straight for Shengle. If you can't take it, then ambush the returning Xianbei army!"

The three of them accepted the order.

Guanqiu Jian's deployment was quite simple. He didn't even tell them where to start or where to take a detour. He just gave them different tasks.

This was Guanqiu Jian's usual practice. He would not make too many demands on his generals. He would only tell them what they should achieve in the end. As for whether they could achieve it, that was their own business. Where to march and how to complete the task were all problems they should solve themselves. Guanqiu Jian would not interfere.

Anyway, there is only one goal, which is that they can finally gather in Shengle’s palace and hold Liwei’s hand to drink.

Guanqiu Jian never took Goguryeo seriously at all. Goguryeo, whose entire country could not even muster 30,000 men, was not worth Guanqiu Jian's effort to gather his elite troops to fight.

His real target has always been the Tuoba tribe.

In the entire area beyond the Great Wall, only the Tuoba tribe, with its 200,000 male population, could be considered an enemy by Guanqiu Jian, and only they required Guanqiu Jian to summon elite troops to attack them.

(End of this chapter)