"Why? Don't Tunan want to end this troubled world with me?" Huan Feng was puzzled.
"Of course I want to." Xie Yuan nodded, "But now is not the time."
There are still many things that have not been settled in Yangzhou, especially the issue of forging counterfeit coins.
He can't let some people play dirty tricks to frame him.
When these things are completed, he will definitely be willing to serve as an official in the court.
After listening to Xie Yuan's words, Huan Feng nodded: "Okay, then I will wait for your good news in Jiankang."
"Take care of yourself."
The two bowed to each other, and Huan Feng left.
It started to rain, and Huo Qubing came over and opened an umbrella for Xie Yuan.
"Unjust." Xie Yuan looked at Huan Feng's leaving figure and opened his lips warmly.
"Why did my lord call me?"
"This Eight Kings Rebellion...is finally coming to an end." Xie Yuan murmured.
Huo Qubing's heart moved.
Finally, is it coming to an end?
But this young man didn't know that the end of the Eight Kings Rebellion marked the beginning of the Five Husbands' Rebellion.
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north.
Xianbei tribe.
Tuoba Chunyu was drinking and having fun when the general Murong Yan suddenly barged in and said with an unpleasant look on his face: "How can the Great Khan govern the country if he is so addicted to wine and sex?"
"I am a Donghu person, and I am not a Han Chinese. Don't use the Han language to teach Ben Khan."
"Since the Great Khan said this, why do we, the Xianbei people, have to learn the etiquette and diplomatic relations of the Han people? Why do we use Chinese characters as the language of our Xianbei courtiers?" Murong Yan laughed.
Tuoba Chunyu waved the beauty away and showed impatience: "Murong Yan, don't forget that you are just a subordinate of this Khan now. It's not your turn to teach me what I want to do. It's not that I want to go south to fight with the Xiongnu alliance.
Have you been promoted? Why don’t you hurry up and get ready!”
Murong Yan gritted her teeth and turned away with a gloomy expression.
Twenty years ago, civil strife broke out in Xianbei, the Murong clan was defeated, and the Tuoba clan became the Xianbei Khan. However, he, who was originally the Xianbei Khan, had no choice but to surrender.
Three years ago, the eldest Khan died, and the five sons seized the throne. Finally, Tuoba Chunyu launched a palace coup, attacked the palace at night, and killed all his brothers to seize the throne.
Later, Xianbei completely broke away from the control of the Xiongnu and occupied a place in Mobei.
Tuoba Chunyu followed the wishes of the elder Khan, Chineseized his people, learned the culture and language of the Central Plains people, and built a palace similar to that of the Central Plains people.
Of course, this is not for intermarriage with Han people.
Our ancestors saw that the Xianbei people were enslaved by the Xiongnu and lived on very barren grasslands. The people often suffered from hunger. However, the Central Plains not only has fertile soil and an environment suitable for human habitation, but also has countless resources.
They made a surprising plan.
Let the Xianbei people be Hanized first, and wait until they integrate into the Central Plains culture and become no longer barbaric - they, the Xianbei people, will then cultivate and recuperate, expand their troops, and look for opportunities to go south to take over the Central Plains and establish a dynasty belonging to their Xianbei people.
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This plan will take several generations, or even more than a dozen generations, to complete.
When we arrived at Tuoba Chunyu's place, more than half of the plan had actually been completed.
The southern border of their Xianbei territory is adjacent to the north of the Central Plains.
As long as they cross the Great Wall, they can conquer the Central Plains.
But the premise is to end the Eight Kings Rebellion.
Tuoba Chunyu followed Murong Yan's suggestion and decided to hold his troops back and let the Jin people fight their own civil war - until they were almost done fighting, he would let his Xianbei cavalry enter the pass.
Unfortunately, Tuoba Chunyu did not trust the Murong clan after all, and felt that they wanted to make a comeback and seize the throne.
Therefore, Tuoba Chunyu only listened to most of Murong Yan's suggestions, while the others went his own way.
After his ambition failed to bear fruit, Murong Yan returned to his tent and drank alone in depression.
At this time, one of his confidants walked in and whispered: "General, we cleared the battlefield and found a surviving soldier."
Not long ago, Shi Le fought with Da Jin, and the Jie clan was defeated. The entire clan was almost wiped out by Huo Qubing.
They fled in haste.
Because the Xiongnu did not tolerate traitors, the remaining Jie people chose to submit to the Xianbei people in desperation.
Murong Yan sent people to clean up the battlefield and brought back some of the weapons they left behind.
Xianbei has no shortage of cattle, sheep and horses, but they lack weapons. Weapons are more precious to them than gold.
Hearing what his confidant said, Murong Yan raised her eyebrows: "Bring it back?"
"Bring it back."
"Bring him up." Murong Yan said calmly.
Not long after, a young soldier with blood all over his body and empty eyes was picked up by his henchman, tied up and thrown in front of Murong Yan.
"Are you a soldier under Governor Huo?" Murong Yan took a sip of wine, noticed his armor, and asked lightly.
The young man lowered his head and said nothing.
Murong Yan asked again very patiently.
This time the boy finally responded.
He looked up at Murong Yan and frowned when he saw that he was wearing a foreigner's riding attire: "You...are not Han people?"
"Xianbei people have spoken Chinese for nearly a hundred years." Murong Yan took another sip of wine.
The young man watched him drink and swallowed.
Murong Yan raised her eyebrows and handed over the wine bag.
The young man hesitated for a moment, then picked up the wine bag and drank it all.
Perhaps it was the first time he drank strong alcohol, so the boy's face quickly turned red.
Murong Yan laughed loudly.
"I...I am a soldier under Governor Huo..." The young man blushed and lowered his head.
"If I let you go back now, they will just treat you as a petty traitor and kill you. Just because of your generosity in drinking, I am very impressed by you - I am willing to work with you." Murong Yan stroked her raised eyebrows.
The mustache asked with a smile.
The young man hesitated for a moment and slowly lowered his head.
After a moment, he suppressed the flash of evil in his eyes and slowly raised his head: "Why do you want to surrender to me?"
"As I said, I just wanted to see you close my eyes on a whim."
"...will you kill me?"
"If you are loyal to me, I will definitely not kill you."
After a moment of silence, the young man slowly spoke: "I am willing to do my best for the general."
"Okay!" Murong Yan thought of something and suddenly asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is... Shi Ji."
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In the twelfth lunar month, Huanfeng ordered 300,000 troops to continue the Northern Expedition.
The Huan family's army was overwhelmingly powerful, and they quickly fought back half of their northern territory.
Just when everyone thought that the Jin Dynasty was going to reunify the Central Plains, something unexpected happened.
Tuoba Chunyu, the Great Khan of Xianbei, appointed Murong Yan as his general, ordered an army of 500,000, and suddenly went south to attack Huanfeng at night.
Huan Feng was attacking the city, and a sudden back injury almost wiped out the entire Huan family army.
After coming back to his senses, Huan Feng looked at the majestic 500,000 Xianbei cavalry, and then looked at his own army that had been beaten down to 100,000, and knew that his Northern Expedition was going to fail after all, and he had to carry a lot of food with him.
He withdrew his troops and returned to the court.
Later, Tuoba Chunyu occupied the north and established the Wei Dynasty.
The Wei Dynasty occupied all the territory in the northern part of the Central Plains and became the first ethnic minority dynasty to confront the Jin Dynasty from north to south.
And the era of chaos in China has just begun... This chapter has been completed!