The chaos on the grassland was not limited to the Bashang Grassland area in the east. The shock caused by the civil strife in the Tuoba Xianbei was unimaginable. From Hetao North Road to the former place of Dingxiang Jiuyuan in the Han Dynasty and then to Daibei, beacons were everywhere and killing sounds shook the sky. Such a tragic turbulent situation was not relieved until mid-September.

In terms of the scale of the troops used, the wars of the tribes in the western grassland were even greater than those in the eastern part. Because the powerful Luguan died suddenly during the ceremony of the Heaven Sacrifice of Danhan Mountain, many powerful chiefs and generals also killed each other in the subsequent chaos. The so-called "thirty-six countries and ninety-nine surnames" were either in fear of their masters or took advantage of the situation to raise their troops, intending to expand their own power. At the same time, the enemies of the Tuoba tribe who had been immortal for decades, the Bai tribe Xianbei and Tiefhuns from the south of Yinshan, also dispatched large troops to kill and plunder. Even some tribes that were rarely associated with the Tuoba tribe, such as the Dingling people and the northern Mihu Cengluo, also took the opportunity to raise their butcher knives.

To deal with such a crisis, only the tribal forces controlled by Tuoba Yilu and the small number of reinforcements sent by Bingzhou Governor Liu Kun. Yilu adopted a bold tactic. He took the initiative to shrink his strength and gave up a large area of ​​Fengwo Grassland to the hostile divisions. He also entrusted Bingzhou General Lu Chang to lead his troops to defend Shengle City, and led his troops to wander on the outside, waiting for an opportunity to annihilate the scattered enemy troops.

Although Shengle City is just a siege, under Lu Chang's control, it is not something that the Hu tribes in the northern border who are not good at siegeing the city. Many tribes were only able to look at the city and sighed, and were repeatedly attacked by the light cavalry in the western part of Tuoba Xianbei. As time passed, the news of failure came again and again, and the bloody men who were surging at first gradually realized something was wrong. More and more Xianbei tribes recognized Yilu's leadership as the Great Shanyu under the threat of force. The rest of the people scattered in a hurry, and the siege of Shengle City collapsed instantly.

Yilu quickly reorganized the Tuoba tribe with fierce means, and immediately mobilized a large army to advance westward to fight the coalition forces of the Bai tribe Xianbei and the Tiefhuns. A total of more than 100,000 cavalry fought on the shore of the river for three days. The commanders of the Qu troops who held real power in the coalition could not bear huge losses and finally decided to retreat. They set out overnight and fled north along the river. After hearing the news, Yilu led his army to chase hundreds of miles, kill more than 10,000, captured countless war horses and 100,000 livestock.

As the battle situation developed, the enemy was undoubtedly scared. Many generals with strong fighting spirit suggested that if they took advantage of the situation to continue attacking, they might be able to advance to the foot of Yinshan Mountain in one fell swoop, and it is unknown that they would be overturned by these two mortal enemies. This is a good opportunity that has not been seen in decades. However, Yilu did not do that. He knew that although the chiefs still had the will to fight and plunder, the lower-level tribes had already reached the end of their strength and were all exhausted. If things were inconsistent during the long march of the Western Expedition, how could the Tuoba tribe withstand the losses now?

The Hu tribe in the northern border lived by nomads, and the middle-aged men in the tribe were also soldiers who sent troops to fight. Tuoba Xianbei was known as "controlling 400,000 strings" before the civil strife. In other words, the middle-aged men who could be in battle in the entire tribe alliance were roughly around 400,000. After more than a month of almost crazy civil strife, many tribes suffered devastating blows. In a very short time, the Xianbei cavalry fought day and night, and countless strong Xianbei men fought hard with fast horses and long swords, splashing hot blood on one side.

On the vast land that is endless. Just a rough calculation can confirm that at least 50,000 people were killed in battle, and the number of severely injured and disabled is greater. The huge manpower carried by the tribes stripped from the central and eastern parts of the Tuoba Xianbei Alliance is no longer difficult to use by the Tuoba clan. In fact, even if Tuoba Yilu is old, weak, sick and disabled at this moment, his troops will not exceed 100,000. If we consider the material losses caused by this chaos... the former strongest tribe in the northern border was already injured and extremely weak.

Yilu was an ambitious leader of the Hu clan who was able to match his ambition, but he never lacked the ability to judge the situation. Judging from the current situation, trying to expand the war was extremely unwise, and what Tuoba Xianbei needed was to rest well. So, he opposed the opposition and decided to return to Shengle.

The Tuoba Xianbei tribe was originally a relatively loose tribal alliance. The chiefs of various families, Qu, had their own strength and had considerable say in internal and external affairs. But now, many nobles and nobles died, and their tribes assigned trusted clans to Yilu to divide the leadership. In terms of the degree of suppression of internal forces, the new Grand Chanyu was already far above the Luguan. Since he was determined, no one dared to speak out. Tens of thousands of people set off for the next day and returned immediately.

It was late summer and early autumn, with a cool climate, and the grass covered with grasslands was still vast and endless. Tens of thousands of troops rode a large number of war horses, drove endless cattle, sheep and livestock, and advanced along dozens of trampled roads. Thousands of white flags fluttered in the wind, as if a fleet was sailing through the waves on the green ocean, and the scene was spectacular.

For nomadic tribes on the grassland, marching and combat are not essentially different from tribe migration. Each tribe will transfer from a grassland where cattle and sheep are gnawed to another. If someone has occupied the grassland where they settled, it will be natural to fight a fierce battle and use blood to decide who the new master is. Such a grand scene has gradually become accustomed to settlement and life. It has been a long time since the Eastern Xianbei who has gradually encountered it.

As a distinguished guest of the Great Shanyu, Wen Qiao enjoyed the power to move freely and did not need to follow the brigade. He led several entourage guards out of the team and hurried along a rugged but sparsely crowded path in the distance. Occasionally, he looked up at the Xianbei team coming to the ground, which was both a little admiring and a little bit of fear.

Since leaving Danhan Mountain, Wen Qiao has been following Tuoba Yilu's team. For more than a month, he ate simply cooked animal meat and drank sticky goat's milk. He once rode a horse for a long distance to avoid the enemy's pursuit. At the most dangerous time, he even fought with the enemy who had been killed in front of him. For the sake of convenience, he had long stopped wearing the originally luxurious large-sleeved wide robe, but instead changed into a leather armor and put it on his body, with a knife hanging around his waist. Seeing his posture of controlling the horse with one hand and moving forward with one hand, it seemed that riding skills had made great progress.

But even in a wartime war, even if he was a little embarrassed, Wen Qiao was still so handsome and leisurely in his eyes. It seemed that no matter how crude the environment was, he could not suppress his refreshing spirit contained inside and outside.

After about half an hour of rapid walking, Wen Qiao and his party finally rushed to the front from the rear of the army to the front, following a platform that stood up on the north side of the army's march route. The platform was steep on three sides, only on the west side was flat. Although it was not very high, the field of view was extremely wide, which was very suitable for observing the movements of the army. There were no flags on it, but there were hundreds of fully armed knights around him staring at him. These warriors all looked fierce and fierce, rode tall horses, and were equipped with very good weapons. They were very entourage cavalry directly belonging to the Xianbei Grand Chanyu Tuoba Yilu. Yilu's original personal guards suffered heavy losses in the ceremony of worshiping the sky. These were warriors who had been promoted from the army recently. In terms of elite level, they were not inferior to their predecessors.

Seeing Wen Qiao and his group coming, the knights were very polite. They sent two horses to meet him early, leading the way in front of Wen Qiao's horse head, and even reached out to signal Wen Qiao to go up the slope. Wen Qiao smiled and shook his head, jumped off the horse, threw the reins and whip to the knights who were welcomed, and then quickly climbed the high slope in front of him: "I never thought that I would be summoned by the Great Shanyu suddenly, but what urgent matters are needed for me to serve?"

Yilu stood with his back to Wen Qiao, as if he was worried. He heard Wen Qiao's inquiry, but he didn't look back. With a snorted, a servant walked forward with his knees and respectfully held up a scroll with both hands.

Wen Qiao opened the scroll and looked at it. Before he could speak, Yilu suddenly turned around and forced Wen Qiao to come. He waved his hand to repel the attendant and said with a gloomy face: "Wen Changshi, Tuoba Boming has an alliance agreement with Bingzhou, and is in a friendly manner to help each other; but just now, he came to report that the general of Yue Shigong Lu Yao actually dispatched a large army to occupy the grasslands of the Bashang and plundered the Tuoba Xianbei tribes. What's going on? Please give me an explanation."
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