Tuoba Chuo listened and finally agreed, but still asked one more question with some worry:

"But sir, what if the Southern Xia people are not willing to provide us with refined grains?"

"Then let them face the Han army alone!" Tuoba Li sneered slightly, "If the war horse can't run, is it still called a fine horse?"

"Or are they planning to make us dismount and fight? A warrior on the grassland cannot leave his horse, just like an eagle cannot leave the sky."

"My child understands."

Soon, Da Kehan's horn calling for warriors sounded on Tuoba Xianbei's territory.

"Go south, go south!"

"Nan Xia has prepared your food for you to eat and drink to your heart's content!"

The entire Tuoba Xianbei began to boil.

The Xianbei people, who had not had enough to eat all winter, had greed in their eyes. They urgently needed food to fill their stomachs and feel the fullness in their bellies.

Driven by hunger, they shouted and cheered, eager to go south.

The 30,000 Xianbei elite cavalry who had been prepared in advance were quickly gathered, and under the leadership of Tuoba Chuo, they set off toward the south in a mighty manner.

Tuoba Liwei saw him off personally, and every Xianbei warrior who passed by Da Kehan ​​would subconsciously puff up his chest.

Leading Tuoba Xianbei to the largest tribe in the grassland made Tuoba Liwei recognized by most of the warriors.

The legend of the Son of the Goddess cast a mysterious color on Tuoba Liwei, causing many people in Tuoba Xianbei to turn this recognition into blind worship.

So Tuoba Li gave a slight order, asking them to go into battle before the snow had completely melted. They did not resist, but actively prepared their horses and followed the order to go south.

It seems that they really thought that the people of Nanxia would prepare food long ago to welcome their arrival, as Da Kehan ​​said.

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"Get ready to go!"

Just as the warriors of Tuoba Xianbei set out to the south, full of desire and hope, General Zhendong, who had rested for more than 20 days in a wintering place without Luhui tribe, also crushed the exposed ice with his foot.

Son, ordered.

At the same time, he ordered Dou Bin, who came to listen to the order:

"Go and gather all the young men in the tribe. One of your two sons will go with the army, and the other will stay in the tribe. Leave a month's worth of food for the old and the weak, and take all the rest of the food with you."

When Dou Bin heard this, he was shocked and turned pale. Regardless of the remaining snow on the ground, he quickly knelt on the ground and begged:

"Honored general, if you only leave one month's rations, then it is like killing them all. We have no Luhui tribe that will always be loyal to the Han Dynasty. I beg you to let them live."

General Zhendong looked at Dou Bin, who was lying on the ground, and Dou Suhou, Dou Huiti's brother, who was stunned and at a loss, and smiled calmly:

"Don't worry, the Han Dynasty will not mistreat the tribes who serve the Han Dynasty. This is the case in Nanzhong, the same is true in Liangzhou, and the same is true in the grassland."

"The big man will only punish those rebellious people who do not obey the king's orders."

When Dou Bin, who was lying on the ground, heard this, his lips twitched.

discipline?

You call this punishment?

I don’t know what those tribes that were slaughtered by Feng Wen Shen would think when they heard this.

Then I heard General Zhendong continue to say:

"A big man can be a strict mother or a loving father. As for whether he is a strict mother or a loving father, it all depends on the child's behavior."

When Dou Bin heard this, he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Because General Zhendong is saying:

"What's more, Leader Dou is from the Fufeng Dou family. Strictly speaking, he can be regarded as a descendant of the Han Dynasty. Now that he has led his people to surrender, how can the Han Dynasty treat him badly?"

"In one month, the big man will send enough supplies. Not only will it provide enough food and clothing for your clan members who are left behind, but we will also pay you double the amount of what we have eaten and used in these days."

Hearing this, Dou Bin quickly kowtowed again: "Thank you so much, General!"

What a loving father! The big man is indeed a loving father!

General Zhendong glanced at Dou Suhou, brother Dou Huiti, who was still standing:

"I will also send you part of the rewards promised to you. The tickets in your hands can be cashed in."

This time, the two finally came to their senses, and hurriedly accompanied their masters to crawl on the ground, and said loudly in surprise:

"Thank you, General!"

Isn't selling so many heads a reward from a loving father?

"Okay, let's get ready. We will break camp and set off immediately in three days."

"Here!"

Before Dou Bin left the Han army's camp, the whine of red deer sounded in his ears one after another.

The blade cut into the deer's neck, first a layer of skin was easily cut open, and then there was the sound of tearing flesh and blood.

The red deer's eyes were full of fear and despair, and it used all its strength to let out a shrill cry. The sound echoed over the camp, making people's hearts tremble.

As the butcher's knife penetrated deeper, blood gushed out like a fountain, staining the butcher's hands and the butcher's knife, as well as the surrounding ground red.

The deer's body gradually lost strength in the violent trembling, and finally fell to the ground, leaving only a pool of blood and a still beating heart.

The soldier who was also a butcher did not stop what he was doing and continued to cut open the deer's belly with a butcher's knife and take out the internal organs.

Every cut seemed so skillful and decisive. His hands were moving through the blood and internal organs, but his movements were unusually steady and fast.

The snow will melt and the deer cart will no longer be of much use.

These red deer pulling the cart also began to perform their last mission of the trip:

Provide meat to the soldiers so that they can have a hearty meal.

The remainder will be made into preserved meat and used as military rations.

While the weather hasn't completely warmed up yet, these dried meats can be stored for a few more days.

Seeing the Han army killing deer wantonly, Dou Bin couldn't help but gulped.

When they were short of food during the winter, the tribe would kill livestock to satisfy their hunger.

But in general, people on the grasslands still value their livestock.

Livestock will not be killed in such large numbers until the last moment.

And this Han general, when he gave the order, he killed them all, and the deer he killed were the deer that had dragged them here in the winter.

Seeing the complicated look in Dou Bin's eyes, Dou Pin, who was sending him out of the camp, patted his shoulder and said:

"Liyan, I think your tribe's name needs to be changed."

"What?" Dou Bin was immersed in complicated emotions and did not react for a moment, "Why do you want to change it?"

"There is no deer returning to the ministry, there is no deer returning to the ministry, this is really not a deer returning at all!"

Dou Pin sighed a little, and then suggested, "How about changing it to the Kaigui Department and returning in triumph?"

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Chapter completed!