When Helianding conquered the Western Qin Dynasty, he brought a total of 10,000 Xia Guo Jingqi. This era is different from the Han Dynasty. It is impossible to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at every turn. The supply of 10,000 elites, all composed of cavalry, is a terrifying number. Therefore, Helian decided to conquer the Western Qin, and when the Western Qin was suffering from famine, he knew that he must To submit to the Wei Kingdom.
Tuoba Tao was naturally ecstatic to welcome Helianding's surrender, but Cui Hao and other ministers did not agree that Helianding would bring 10,000 cavalry into Wei State, and Helianding was also unwilling to bring the troops occupying Western Qin. All withdrew, so in the end Helian decided to bring only 3,000 cavalry into his original country, the Xia Kingdom.
After Helianding arrived in the Xia Kingdom, Helianding was escorted by Tuobasu, the general of Tongwan City, into the Wei realm. His troops were besieged, and most of the corpses of the 3,000-strong cavalry were left there, and the whereabouts of Helianding and the rest of his subordinates were also unknown.
Tuobasu did not dare to be careless. After carefully counting the corpses, he found that there were no bones of Helianding, so he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly reported the news to Pingcheng.
Judging from the fact that these people did not search for the equipment of Helianding's men and horses, Helianding should have fled. In order to chase Helianding, they did not even take off the armor and weapons of Helianding's dead subordinates. There is no trace of returning, and it has obviously been chased a long way.
With so many people fleeing and chasing, it is impossible not to leave any traces. Judging from the traces left, Helianding should have fled in the direction of Qinzhou, or he may have been driven in the direction of Qinzhou on purpose. Helianding was originally a native of Xia, and he was familiar with the geographical environment of Xia.
Finding Helianding and rescuing him is the top priority of the Wei Kingdom now. Otherwise, Helianding died inexplicably on the way to Weijing, and his remaining soldiers and horses would definitely avenge him and raise the flag to rebel, and then the Western Qin Dynasty would be unrest again.
Because Helianding's position was so important, not only did Pingcheng shake, but even Tuobasu, the king of Changshan who was stationed in Xia, did not dare to neglect, and sent countless scouts and soldiers to search the vicinity of Tiger Leaping Stream. After walking all over, and looking for the surrounding mountains, rivers, lakes and mountains, Helianding was not found, but many Qiang people who were also searching for something were found.
At this time, if Tuoba Su didn't understand what happened, he wouldn't have to be the general of Tongwan Town. He sent messengers to summon Di Ziyu and the old Qiang king, but the Qiang people killed the messengers, and even more entangled the Xiutu tribe of the Huns against Wei.
The reason for the rebellion of the Qiang people is very simple: Da Wei originally said that he would give the Princess Helian Pearl to the Qiang people as mistress, but the young master got a fake, but Emperor Wei hid the real princess. This is a kind of humiliation, Qiang People can't accept it.
Since the Wei State could not agree to the original conditions, the Qiang people did not have to form an alliance with the treacherous Khan, and they wanted to take back the Helian Pearl Princess by themselves.
This kind of thing, according to the previous practice, is just to send the real Princess Helian to continue to express the sincerity of the Xianbei and the Qiang people who are willing to form an alliance. But now Helian Ding is also the monarch of Emperor Xia and Qin, and Helian Mingzhu has become noble all of a sudden. If he married Di Ziyu, it would not be so suitable, and since Tuoba Tao was very interested in Helian Mingzhu If he must get it, then it is impossible to give Helian Pearl to him.
Di Ziyu knew that there was no hope of marrying a wife, and Wei State did not do anything to the Qiang people except to give Di Ziyu a Ping Qiang general, so he simply reversed.
As for whether Helianding's disappearance was caused by the Xiutu people, the Lushui Hu people or the Qiang people, the answer is also very clear. The Xiutu tribe is the Xiongnu people of the Xia Kingdom, and it is the family of Jin Riju in the Han Dynasty. They are Xiongnu people and will not enmity with the Helian family who are also Xiongnu people;
And Lu Shuihu is now torn apart because of Gaitiantai's defeat, and so far he has not been able to gather a complete man. The number of opponents must be several times that of Helianding, so Lushuihu people can also rule out suspicion.
The Qiang people were brutally suppressed for many years after being defeated by the Xia Kingdom. Di Ziyu even stayed in Tongwan City as a hostage for many years, and then got to know Princess Mingzhu. Helianding's method of subduing the rest of the tribes in Xia State was very high-handed. The Qiang people, Di people, and Lushuihu people all hated him. In addition, if Helianding was captured alive, he could ask for Helian Pearl in exchange, so that the Qiang people could To wash away their shame can be said to be accomplished in one fell swoop.
"Heaven Comes"
After discussing for a long time, the ministers of Pingcheng agreed that only the Qiang people could ambush Helianding, and the Qiang people lived in the western border. There is nothing to gain through the battle, and it can be said that the loss outweighs the loss. Therefore, the general courtiers thought that Princess Mingzhu was sent to appease Di Ziyu's Qiang tribe, and some believed that Helian Mingzhu could only marry Tuoba Tao, and advocated sending troops to deter the Qiang people.
Fortunately, Helianding must not have fallen into Di Ziyu's hands, otherwise Di Ziyu would have sent messengers to ask for the exchange of Helian Pearl. Tuoba Tao thought that the advice of the two factions was inappropriate, and finally Cui Hao proposed. Advice - Di Ziyu must not be irritated, Xia Guo is just flat, you can first send messengers to appease, delay time, and then look for reliable elites to find and rescue Helianding.
As long as Helianding is not in Di Ziyu's hands, he can send troops to conquer them at any time. However, if Di Ziyu was the first to grasp Helianding's whereabouts, the situation in Xiqin and Xiadi would be unstable.
The people who searched for Helianding in the Xia land should have used the original Xia country's men and horses. But Di Ziyu was originally from Xia, and these people could easily reveal their whereabouts, allowing Di Ziyu to discover Pingcheng's intentions, so it was necessary to recruit people who Di Ziyu was not familiar with.
The Lushuihu people of Xingcheng have always lived there. For Qinzhou, they can’t go wrong with their eyes closed. They are also mercenaries. They are very familiar with finding people, assassinating people, and stealing things. Helianding was found in the state, and the Lushuihu people were the best candidates.
Tuoba Tao wanted to send Hua Mulan and Lu Shuihu to inquire about the news, but he knew that the courtiers would not agree to let the Lu Shuihu who didn't know the basics find him, so he deliberately revealed that he wanted to go to Xia Di to find Helianding himself. information.
He often sneaks away, and Tuoba Tao's behavior is incredible. All the courtiers are scared to death, and they all say that you can send a reliable general to look for it. The way to send out Hua Mulan and Lu Shuihu people.
Although the ministers of Wei State thought that Hua Mulan was too young, it didn't matter if Tuoba Tao sneaked away by himself, even if he sent a child, not to mention that Hua Mulan had already established a great reputation, and she had taken care of Helian's family. Hundreds of people's affairs are ahead, so there is almost no objection, and this is what happened.
Before that, the people who were able to take the Yulin Army out of Beijing were either the clan or the patriarchs of the Xianbei clan, but now a general from a military household has taken the Yulin Army away, and the generals of the Yulin Army have been opened. A precedent set by the poor.
Even if He Mulan only took away a thousand people, and it was only "appointed" for a period of time, with this precedent, it would be much easier for Tuoba Tao to promote people in the future.
He Mulan didn't know why she accepted this task inexplicably, but she knew that Helianding's identity was unusual, and Helian Pearl could also be counted as her friend, whether it was for official business or personal love, She had to succeed in finding Helianding.
The day after He Mulan received the order, she quietly led the Yulin army out of Pingcheng before sunrise in the early morning, and went straight to the summer realm.
***
"Zhishui, do you know where the Helian Guild is fleeing?"
He Mulan looked at the worried teenager and asked carefully.
Since Pingcheng received the news of Helianding's disappearance, people kept asking him, so when Helian Zhishui heard this question, he immediately blurted out:
"I really don't know where Grandpa will hide, before I..."
He smiled wryly.
"Because of my stepmother, I don't spend much time with my grandfather, and the relationship is not so good that we can talk about everything."
"Is there no clue at all? Do you have any good friends in Qinzhou? Or reliable relatives and friends?"
He Mulan had to ask him this. Helianding would flee to Qinzhou, there must be his reasons, otherwise it would be good to flee all the way east to Wei State. He did this because Helianding had expected that there would also be people in ambush in the direction of Weijing. Only retreat to the northwest.
People like him who take one step and think three steps will not panic and flee even if they are in a desperate situation.
Helian Zhishui shook his head: "If the relationship is close, my aunt and my grandfather can talk about everything. Before I left Pingcheng, I went to visit my aunt in the palace, but she didn't know. Qinzhou has always been independent of all ethnic groups. The place, my grandfather doesn't ask about Qinzhou other than going there when he goes on an expedition."
Helianding was Duke Pingyuan and guarded Chang'an, so naturally he would not bother about Qinzhou's affairs. Although the two prefectures are in the Shaanxi region, there are many mountains there, and sometimes there are many mountains and mountains separated by one prefecture.
The two were talking right away, and Gai Wu, who was on the side, hesitated several times, but in the end he didn't say anything. He Mulan was asking about Helianding's situation, so he didn't notice Gai Wu's expression, but Chen Jie behind He Mulan noticed it. After watching Gai Wu keep moving his lips, he couldn't help but shout:
"Gai Wu, if you have anything to say, just say it, I'm dying to see it!"
As soon as the cry came out, Helian Zhishui and He Mulan looked towards Gai Wu. Gai Wu didn't know whether to say it or not, but after being yelled at by Chen Jie, he could only speak uncertainly.
"My father seemed to have mentioned before his death that there was a Tianwang flag of the Tiantai Army that was given to Duke Pingyuan." Gai Wu took out a small flag from his arms. This flag He Mulan also had before he passed through. It was a gift from Gai Wu of later generations. , Holders of this flag can get the friendship of the Lushuihu people, there are only three sides in total.
"If Duke Helian really went to Qinzhou, maybe he was going to Xingcheng..."
He Mulan and Helian Zhishui never thought that things would be so easy, and Helian Zhishui was even more astonished: "Is this true? But my father never said..."
"King Helian once hired our Tiantai Army to cut off the way for the abolished prince. Afterwards, Helianchang was established as the prince, and he made a blood alliance with his father. It was agreed that as long as Helianchang was in power for one day, he would never send a soldier or a soldier. When I entered Xingcheng, since Duke Helian was the one in the middle, my father gave him the Heavenly King Flag as a token."
Gai Wu handed his flag to Helian Zhishui to see: "Please take a look at this small seal, this is the token that Duke Helian gave us back then."
A small pendant, in the shape of a wolf's head, hangs under the banner of the Heavenly King.
The totems of the Lushuihu people are dogs, not wolves, while the Huns and Gaoche people have wolf heads.
Helian Zhishui had already believed half of the wolf's head seal when he saw it, and then looked at the "Plain Court" engraved under the seal, and immediately burst into tears.
"It's my father's seal! I saw this seal when I was a kid!"
"It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!" Even He Mulan couldn't believe her good luck and couldn't provoke a sigh.
If she hadn't taken Gai Wu as a disciple, and this group of Lushuihu people were still wandering around to work, she would not have discovered the conspiracy that took place in Pingcheng, and she might have died under the assassination of the Lushuihu people.
Now the existence of the Lushuihu people has strengthened Tuoba Tao's belief in land reform, and the Lushuihu people are also willing to go to Qinzhou to find Helianding, which can be said to have recognized the rule of Wei. Tuoba Tao usually adopts the attitude of appeasing and serving the Wei state to the Hu people who submit to him and obey him, so it is conceivable that the road of the Lushui Hu people is completely different from the previous life.
According to the value of the Lushuihu people as mercenaries since the Shang Dynasty, the Lushuihu people are likely to become the second "recruitment army" besides the Gaoche people. Although it is impossible to become a military household, the recruitment of troops is Those with military salaries and booty rations are many times better than those who do hard labor and cannon fodder.
Now the most troublesome problem has also been solved. According to Gai Wu's statement, Helianding was likely to hide his whereabouts with the remnants of the army, and secretly went to Xingcheng to find the help of the Lushuihu people.
Lushuihu people are loyal to their friends and would rather die than betray their friends. Without Gai Wu's help, these outsiders might not have been able to find Helianding's Tibetan monks at all, let alone get Helianding's trust and they would return to Wei.
"If Gai Lang can rescue my father, I, Helian Zhishui, will be willing to be a slave and be driven by you!" Helian Zhishui immediately got off his horse and bowed to Gai Wu on the spot.
Helian Zhishui is the grandson of Helian Bobo, and now the only son of Helianding in Xia Di, how could Gai Wu dare to accept his big gift, and he also knelt down and returned the salute, panicking.
"This is Master's task, and it's my business. What's more, since Duke Helian has obtained the Heavenly King Banner, he is a friend of the Lushuihu people, and we are bound to do so. It's just my guess, I don't dare Certainly, if Duke Helian did not go to Xingcheng to seek our help, my rash speculation might have delayed the time to rescue Duke Helian, so I have never dared to speak about it."
What Gai Wu said is also justified. The so-called saving people is like putting out a fire, and it cannot be delayed for a moment. If he guessed wrong, Helianding was simply driven in that direction by the Qiang people, and he might have died somewhere because of their wrong guess.
"No, I believe my father should have gone to Xingcheng. Xingcheng has always been the territory of Lushuihu, not to mention the Qiang people, even our Huns have never set foot there. The Qiang people should not care about the attitude of the Lushuihu people. We will enter Xingcheng to search."
Helian Zhishui paused, and his expression changed again: "I'm afraid that they didn't investigate clearly, so they have already sent someone to investigate secretly. We have to do it as soon as possible!"
He Mulan looked at the thousand feathered Lin army behind him and became embarrassed.
There are so many people marching in a hurry, not to mention other things, if the horses travel long distances without replenishing food and grass, they will definitely lose fat, maybe they will die on the way. It is still possible for the post stations along the road to provide food and grass for hundreds of horses. If they solve so many people and horses, the post station will be worried to death.
Not to mention that the Xia Kingdom is a newly conquered country, the post station is not perfect, maybe even hundreds of horses can't be taken care of.
Thinking of this, He Mulan gritted her teeth and summoned the Yulin Zhonglang who was dispatched to rule the Yulin Army this time.
"General Bu Liugu, we have to go to Xingcheng first. The Yulin Army has too many troops, which is not conducive to the march. You can rush to Xingcheng later. If there is anything wrong on the road, you can act cheaply."
The Yulin Army was dragged out by Tuoba Tao to dress up the scene for He Mulan, otherwise Changshan King Tuoba Suzhen would not necessarily sell face to Hua Mulan to transfer troops. But the Bu Liugu family was Tuobasu's mother family, and Tuoba Tao had taken great pains for Hua Mulan.
This General Bu Liugu was only in his twenties, and his status was only a middle-ranking general. He knew exactly why he would be transferred out of Pingcheng by Tuoba Tao. As soon as he heard He Mulan's assignment, he immediately accepted it without question. He even volunteered 300 horses and his own food to supply the Lushuihu people.
In this way, with one person and three horses, they can maintain their horsepower and rush all the way to Xingcheng, and there is no need to obtain supplies along the way.
Now that it was winter, sleeping outside could even freeze people to death, and it became more difficult for He Mulan to travel. With more than a thousand people, it was really difficult to march in a hurry.
After the two parties negotiated, the Lu Shuihu people left 20 people as guides for the Yulin army. The remaining people packed up supplies and luggage, abandoned the baggage, and took Ma Xingye to Xingcheng.
The rushing army was naturally uncomfortable, but Lu Shuihu and He Mulan were fine. They were both people who had been in the army for a long time, but Helian Zhishui, who was sent by Tuoba Tao to gain Helianding's trust, had never eaten. through this suffering. Horse riding is a skill that all Hu people must learn, and Helian Zhishui is of course also very good at it. But riding a horse is not the same thing as a long, rapid march.
Even He Mulan had survived this way back then.
The inner thighs of this thirteen-year-old boy were rubbed with flesh and blood, and his entire body seemed to fall apart. In the end, He Mulan even carried him off the horse himself.
"General Hua, you don't need to be so troublesome, I can hold it back..."
Helian Zhishui had never been so close to anyone before, his face flushed red, and he turned his face to the other side uncomfortably.
"How dare I bother you... sigh!"
While he was talking, He Mulan tore off the fabric on his thigh very quickly.
There was blood from the wound, but Helian Zhishui never cried out in pain. When he endured it later, the flesh and the fabric on his trousers had already been glued together. When it was time to get off the horse to rest, He Mulan saw that something was wrong with him and pulled him away. He got off the horse and looked at it again. The wound had already dried up, and the wound could not be healed without tearing the fabric.
"You should have screamed when you started bleeding and told us to stop for a while. Fortunately, it's winter now. If it's summer and the wound worsens, your legs might be sawed off!"
He Mulan mercilessly rebuked Helian Zhishui's forbearance. Not only did she not admire his patience, she even had the urge to scold him.
"Sawed off?"
Helian Zhishui gasped, and his two exposed thighs shook a few times against the wind, frightened to death.
"It's not... it's not like this, is it?"
In the inn's room, He Mulan carefully inspected the little boy's wound. Although the cloth was dissolved with water, the use was limited, and Helian Zhishui was still sweating profusely from the shock and pain.
What He Mulan said was the worst possible, but she had to resign in order to make Helian Zhishui afraid, so she could only intimidate him in this way.
"A few more days of rot, and it will be sawed without sawing!"
He Mulan glared at him and reached for his bottom with her hand.
"And... don't you want to stay behind?"
Injuring the little jj, the skin has fallen off, how can this child endure
Helian Zhishui was touched by He Mulan's words, and he immediately shouted and walked away, the pain there was already numb, and now that He Mulan touched it, he knew how painful it was.
"General Hua, isn't the injury serious there?" Helian Zhishui burst into tears. "It won't be cut off, will it? Can it be cured?"
He doesn't want to be an eunuch!
His father now has only one son left! If it weren't for him being an adult, he would have already found a girl to stay at home first...
If he gets cut out there...
Helian Zhishui was worried and frightened, and he endured until his body trembled while terrified of his own injury. The teenage boy was originally a youthful age, and he has experienced so many things, and the pressure in his heart can be imagined.
Even He Mulan, who had intimidated him before, no longer wanted to scare her anymore. His eyes swept across the red and swollen poor young sprout, and he said comfortably:
"It should be fine, don't worry."
What a sin.
good to have a baby...
If Helian Zhishui really had an emergency because of this, Helian Ding would definitely kill Di Ziyu himself, and there would be no possibility of resolving the conflict.
Helian Zhishui was still frightened, and he reached out to touch his own tender sprout while crying.
Even underage, there is still a reaction.
"General Hua! I'm fine! I'm fine!"
Helian Zhishui wiped away tears, looked at Xiao Zhishui who was moving, and cried out in surprise.
"Look! Nothing! It's fine!"
"what… "
He Mulan stared dumbfoundedly at the young man playing with himself, unable to help but stare at the sky.
This…
How's that for medicine
Although she is a forensic doctor and has read countless birds, but now these are all living people.
If one day her identity is exposed, will she become a strange aunt
Thinking of this, He Mulan's face wrinkled.