The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 437 Tuoba Desert Khan

On November 272th, AD 25, Wen Yang led his cavalry to escort the wounded soldiers from the northern front since the start of the war to Tuoba Xianbei's winter camp.

Along the way, the entire army was downcast, as if they had lost a battle.

There's nothing to say about this, since Uncle Meng brought recruits who were recruited just last year, and ended up making such an exchange, which caused our side to lose the opportunity to go deep behind the enemy's rear.Being sent to escort the wounded soldiers seems to be a matter of course.

"Honorable General Pingbei, welcome to the Tuoba people's home as a guest. I have ordered the sons and daughters to prepare warm tents and kumiss for the general and your soldiers. Please rest well."

"Well, there is the leader of Labor Wei. Well, has the military medical team of our army arrived?"

"Subordinate Mu Banlan, I would like to report to General Pingbei that our army's military medical team has arrived at the camp for half a month, and the relevant nursing camps have been settled."

"Oh, it turned out to be Dr. Mu. Well, we transported more than 300 wounded soldiers during this trip. I'm sorry."

"Don't dare, it's all the responsibility of the subordinates."

The military doctors went to hand over the wounded by themselves, Wen Yang turned sideways: "Chief Liwei, I heard that your son Desert Khan is back? Where is he now? Can you please come and see him for the general?"

Is it finally here?Hearing Wen Yang's words, Tuoba Liwei felt an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart.

Desert Khan returned to the tribe at the end of October.To be honest, Tuoba Liwei, who was already getting old, was not very happy about the return of the eldest son, but only anxious.

As a hero of a generation, Tuoba Liwei has been in charge of Tuoba Xianbei for decades. He connected to the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the south, made pilgrimages repeatedly and offered to hand over his proton.After entering Guanzhong, Ji Han actively communicated with Guan Yi, took the initiative to send troops to help Guan Yi wipe out the begging tribe, and later joined Guan Yi's wool-for-grain plan.

In all these ways, the Tuoba Department has been richly rewarded.Especially when the commercial routes of Bingzhou and Tongguan were closed, and after Jihan's commercial route was moved northward, the Tuoba Department, which was at the middle of the commercial route, took on the job of guarding, which made a lot of money.

The Tuoba tribe, which has become rich, has thus vigorously absorbed the small nearby tribes, and the population has grown steadily in recent years.The larger the population, the more fighters, and the more fighters, the more opportunities to survive and develop on the grassland.Among other things, in recent years, in the competition with the nearby Yuwen Department, the Tuoba Department has basically gained the upper hand.

Development has always been a double-edged sword.The wealth of the tribe has led to the growing strength of the doves in the tribe.In the eyes of these people, since they can make money and buy things by doing business and collecting tolls.Then why bother to go south to rob at the risk of offending the Han people?And in recent years, the sheep flocks in the tribe have grown stronger, while the number of cattle and horses has become less and less.Horde mobility is actually plummeting.

Similarly, because nomadic production requires a lot of space, and the damage to the grassland increases when the number of sheep increases.The Tuoba tribe had to disperse the tribe in several different grasslands - there is no single grassland nearby that can support the entire huge Tuoba tribe.Such a situation led to Tuoba Liwei having to split up the tribe - the current Tuoba tribe has been split into three major parts, except for the old camp under his personal control which has a population of 6 to [-].There are also two branches, which are under the control of his two sons, each with a population of [-] to [-].

The already mature Tuoba Liwei knew very well that after his death, his two sons would definitely fight for the sole ruling power of the tribe.This is the iron law of survival on the grassland for thousands of years, independent of human will.All he can do is to consciously allocate more resources to the son he is optimistic about, so that after his death, the battle for the "throne" can end quickly, so that the tribe will suffer the least damage.

However, he was so lucky that now, his oldest son, Desert Khan, was released by Jin State.

As a grassland hero, Tuoba Liwei (calculated according to the age in the history books, this guy lived at least a hundred years old) had more than 20 sons in his long life.Among the surviving children, Desert Khan, the oldest, is in his fifties, and the youngest son is less than 20 years old.So, although this eldest son was sent to Luoyang to be a proton due to the situation in his early years, how much guilt or reluctance does Tuoba Liwei have in his heart?That's probably not the case.

However, this guy is the oldest son at present after all.And he returned to the tribe as a representative of Jin!His arrival has led to the tacit understanding and balance of power gradually formed within the tribe over the years, which may be broken.

Perhaps as a proton, he lived cautiously in Luoyang for too long.The eldest son performed very high-profile after returning to the tribe.It has only been less than a month since I came back, and I have already organized three gatherings of the upper-class children in the tribe.At these gatherings, Tuoba Desert Khan quoted scriptures and refuted all the reckless men on the grassland in terms of eloquence. The younger generation of the tribe who gathered at the party were amazed.

People on the grasslands have relatively simple thinking.The patriarchal clan is all nonsense, and Desert Khan's eldest son status doesn't mean anything.However, when the eldest son showed the characteristics of both civil and military skills, many middle and high-level leaders would naturally start to move closer to Desert Khan: if the leader wants to survive on the grassland, it is really important whether the leader is good or not.

In short, the balance that Tuoba Liwei painstakingly maintained is rapidly being broken.The sons who were in charge of the two branches, who had been fighting endlessly before, are quickly abandoning their previous suspicions and actively moving closer.

Therefore, when Wenyang asked to meet Desert Khan, Tuoba Liwei agreed very readily: I can see that even if Jin is not destroyed this time, it is doomed to lose its strength.In the future on the grassland, the person responsible must be a big man.Then, leave everything to the big man to judge.

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"Northern savage, Tuoba Desert Khan, pay homage to Great Han General Pingbei."

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and a tall and strong handsome man with slightly gray hair but bright eyes, a straight nose, piercing eyes and a ruddy complexion walked in.

When he saw Tuoba Desert Khan for the first time, Wen Yang was also slightly taken aback, but he quickly realized: "Hehehe, Desert Khan, you have lived in Han for many years, and you have become famous in the Han Dynasty." Luoyang. When Wen Chu was in Luoyang in the past, although we didn’t meet each other, we have heard his name for a long time. How can a person like you be called a savage? You are too humble.”

"Don't dare, you barbarians, where is your name?"

"Okay, okay, you are the same as Liu Yuanhai. You have been in Han for a long time, and your words are more troublesome than those bachelors. It's not that you don't know who you are when you are in Luoyang. You don't say these polite words. Yes. I will ask you in the future, what does the Emperor Jin want you to do when he releases you?"

"Lobby the father Khan, betray the Han and return to the Jin, and cut off the food supply of the Han."

"Oh? But I see that you have been back for almost a month, and you haven't made any effort in this regard."

"The destiny is in the Han Dynasty, and I, the Tuoba Department, don't want to be a chariot."

"Hahahaha~~ Oh, Desert Khan, Desert Khan, didn't you learn loyalty, filial piety and righteousness for many years in Luoyang? Why did you get Sima Yan's salary in Luoyang and change your mind after returning to the tribe?"

"I am a barbarian, so I don't need to learn from the Han people to be loyal to the country. Besides, in the past hundred years, the Han, Wei, and Wei Jin have passed through Zen dynasties twice. I have never heard that all the Han people committed suicide to be loyal to the great Han, and I have never heard of the Wei people being loyal to the Cao Wei."

"Hmph! Sure enough, I'm eloquent. I won't argue with you about this, I'll just ask you a question, what do you want?"

"First, to survive. Second, to seek sweat."

"Be more specific."

"I have two younger brothers, one is Xilu and the other is Luguan. Each holds a branch. They both aim to inherit the throne of my father Khan. When I return, the two younger brothers regard me as an enemy, and they both want to get rid of me and then hurry up." If the second brother is not dead, I will not live. Second, after getting rid of the second brother, I will inherit the position of my father Khan. Make sure that the Tuoba tribe will continue to serve the great man."

"Huh! Tuoba Xilu and Tuoba Luguan have been sending envoys to make friends with me in recent years. Xilu is grazing in Hetao, which has made a great contribution to maintaining the stability of many tribes in Hetao. Bei also works hard to maintain the business of my big man, so why did the general get rid of them who are happy to cooperate, and support you who don't understand at all?"

"Because they are so familiar with the big man, no matter who they are in the future, they will take it for granted and will not be grateful to the big man. But this is different. I have a shallow foundation in the tribe. After taking the position, except Closely attached to the big man, there is no other choice."

"Well, what you said is not unreasonable, then? What do you want me to do?"

"When I came back from Luoyang, I brought three hundred soldiers to play Cao Cao. These people are good at assassination. I will ask them to take action on the grounds that only by assassinating my two younger brothers can I control the tribe, and I can help Dajin only after I control the tribe. Treat these people After this is done, can General Wen punish Cao Cao for me? In this way, all the crimes of assassinating tribal nobles fall on Jin people, and I myself have no possibility of rebelling against Han and returning to Jin. I can only do it wholeheartedly. The big man is loyal. Wouldn't it be beautiful to act like this?"

(End of this chapter)