It was noon the next day, at the Xianbei Royal Court in front of the Jieqiu River...let's call it that, in short, this place was very lively at this time!

First of all, the open fire on the mountain has not stopped smoldering, and it seems to have roasted the entire Danhan Mountain to a crisp.

Secondly, a large number of Xianbei nobles who had just returned gathered at the earliest crossing point in the north of the river, either jumping with their fingers and cursing, or wailing at the royal court and crying loudly, and there were even a few witches.

The priests and priests gathered at the original position of the palace fence and danced happily there.

Finally, of course, a large number of numb herdsmen came here to watch the fun.

Among them, Mohu Zang, who had not had time to escape last night, was wrapped in a bloody and torn leather robe with a face full of smoke and dust, and was cowering by the river with some other Xianbei people watching these scenes!

In the future, my tribe must live in houses like the Han people. Although there is wood in them, they will not burn as fast as in front of me, so that many people will not have time to escape and become barbecues! Mohu Zang thought.

, but couldn't help but turn his head away from the fire in front of him and look towards the floating bridge.

The pontoon bridge, which was the main battlefield yesterday, has been cleared at this time, and Tan Shihuai, the great Khan of the Xianbei people, is stationed at the head of the bridge, checking the fire in the royal court while talking to a group of Xianbei nobles... Speaking of which,

This is the first time for our Mohu people to see the sweat of this Xianbei person with their own eyes!

"So, they only have one or two thousand people, and they just defeated four or five thousand of you in one go?" Tan Shihuai was a little angry, but also a little funny.

"Please punish me, Khan!" The Xianbei nobleman in charge of the report knelt in front of the opponent's horse's hooves in disgrace, almost crying.

"One Han can be regarded as five barbarians. I have heard this saying too." Tan Shihuai chuckled. "If there are 1,500 Han people, there are 7,500 Xianbei warriors. And then there are 7,500 Xianbei warriors.

It was a sneak attack at night and a fire was set...it's not incomprehensible."

The Xianbei noble kneeling below was almost trembling and speechless.

"Where are the others?" Tan Shihuai continued to ask kindly. "I remember before setting off, I entrusted the royal court to five leaders, including you. Where are the other four?"

"I don't know either." The man replied tremblingly, and then hurriedly leaned over and kowtowed. "I'm afraid he will either die in battle or be burned to death...otherwise he wouldn't come to see the Great Khan!"

"That's it." As he said that, Tan Shihuai couldn't help but look up at his Danhan Mountain, which was still on fire.

"Great Khan." A noble warrior on the side couldn't help but suggested. "Since the opponent only has more than a thousand people, he must have lost a lot last night. Why don't you let me chase him? Maybe I can catch it in front of the Han border wall.

Got some wounded soldiers?"

"What are you chasing?" Tan Shihuai said disapprovingly. "There are only a thousand Han troops. If you really want to kill them, you might as well work harder with their main force last night... Besides, the royal court is like this, and everyone is

You are so tired, which leader is willing to chase after you?"

The noble warrior shut up immediately.

After teaching the warrior a lesson, Tan Shihuai suddenly turned to look at the other person next to him: "Bu Bilu, you are the smartest person in my court and my arm in handling government affairs. Tell me, this fire cannot be extinguished."

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"Profuse sweating." The person who was asked couldn't help but smile bitterly. "First of all, there are too many things stored in the royal court. Secondly, we don't even have the tools to collect water now. We can only ask people to get water from the river with water bags.

Let the area after the fire be soaked..."

"I understand." Tan Shihuai couldn't help but sigh. "In other words, we can only wait for it to burn out?"

"Yes...well, you can also wait for it to rain. It might be faster at this time of year."

"Oh, yes, it's quite boring! How many things did the leaders who rushed back in a hurry rescue?"

"..."

"I see...how much is the loss?"

"It's okay for cattle, sheep and war horses. They are smart after all. Most of them fled as soon as the fire started. We have sent people to gather around." Bu Bilu said, quickly picking up the best ones first.

"Well done! What next?"

"Then what is more difficult to say is gold and copper..."

"What's so difficult to say?" Tan Shihuai was puzzled. "I've seen captured Han craftsmen forge arrowheads with copper blocks. The gold and copper will at best be burned and deformed. How can they be burned away?"

Bu Bilu smiled more and more bitterly: "Khan, that's not what you said. When gold and copper are used to make objects and when they are used for flowers, they are not the same thing... In fact, gold is not bad, it is just mixed with impurities. Let's take our time.

, according to you, it can be recast sooner or later. But copper coins are very troublesome, because if they are just copper blocks, they are not as valuable as five baht coins. It turns out that one hundred five baht coins are burned into copper coins, and then

If you send people to Han to buy salted fish and other goods, I'm afraid you can only exchange for less than forty guan. If you take out more at one time, I'm afraid it will be even cheaper!"

"Why is it so cheap?" Tan Shihuai was stunned. "Can't we make it ourselves? Isn't the five-baht coin just a round plate with a square hole?"

Bu Bilu lowered his head and said nothing.

"I understand." Tan Shihuai sighed dejectedly. "You don't need to talk about the leather goods, fodder, grain, and cloth stored in the royal court..."

"yes!"

"Who is that?" Tan Shihuai suddenly turned around and saw the guard kneeling in front of his horse's head, and then quickly called to the guards behind him. "Invite this man to the fire pit on the mountain with me, and ask him to do it for you."

I sent a message to the sun, moon, stars, fire spirits and so on, saying that these burned things should be regarded as my Tanshihuai sacrifices to the gods... I want to ask the gods if they are satisfied?"

"Sweat! Sweat! Sweat..." The man below was dragged dozens of steps before he suddenly realized what was going on. He was so frightened that he peed on the spot. However, no matter how much he struggled and shouted, he still couldn't.

There was nothing to stop those warriors from carrying out the orders of the sole ruler of the steppe.

And when he was dragged to a burning place near the mountain...it seemed to be the original lumber yard or somewhere...several guards wearing cowhide boots raised their hands and threw it, and it was indeed a good deal.

The only surviving royal guard was invited into the fire pit.

The latter immediately became a burning man.

At this moment, the fire man actually wanted to crawl out covered with fire, but he was stabbed in by the guards with spears. Finally, he danced and shouted at the edge of the fire pit for a long time.

There was no movement for a while.

Such a wonderful show, from the mountains to the river, from the top nobles of Xianbei to the lowest shepherd slaves, and even Mohu Zang who didn't have time to escape, everyone watched it intently and watched it very seriously! And after watching it,

For a time, almost everyone from top to bottom became more energetic. Those who pointed to the sky and cursed no longer, and those who kept crying and howling at the royal court stopped crying. Even those who were in the palace of the former king

The witches and priests dancing in front of the garden fence also danced more and more shockingly!

It seems that the messenger can really help them communicate with the spirits of all things!

And don't tell me, I don't know whether the sun, moon, stars, water, fire, thunder and lightning spirits are really satisfied with this wave of rich sacrifices, or they are particularly appreciative of the dance of those witches. Anyway, in the afternoon, the sky is getting dark.

, the rain is really coming!

In summer, the sudden heavy rain is naturally the result of Tan Shihuai's sweating. Didn't you see that it started raining just as soon as someone was sent to deliver the message? So, the fire in the royal court will be extinguished soon! The sun, moon and stars

They are still very considerate to Dahan!

Everyone firmly believes in this point...it's just that you have to take shelter from the rain when you should.

Mohu Zang had no tent to hide in, so he could only run around with a few local herdsmen, and soon found a relatively spacious cave on the side of Danhan Mountain, and took advantage of his youth to occupy a place in it. However,

It didn't take long before he obediently ran to the entrance of the cave and huddled with the others, because Tan Shihuai Khan also came in to take shelter from the rain.

But to be honest, this made Mohu Zang respect this king of the Khan of all Xianbei people even more, because at the beginning, like many herdsmen who were hiding from the rain, he ran out consciously. However,

But the Great Khan took the initiative to let them stay at the entrance of the cave to take shelter from the rain.

It has to be said that this kind of magnanimity made Mohu Zang think of the lax Ke Zuique when he was nervous... No wonder one was sweating profusely, while the other was easily beheaded.

"Let's continue talking." Tan Shihuai sat down on the ground in the cave that was still warm, slightly tired, and then continued his discussion. "Bu Bilu, if it rains now, will the losses be reduced?"

"I'm afraid that's not the case." Bu Bilu replied with some embarrassment. "Dahan, the rain has come too hard, and there has been fire on the mountain. I'm afraid the few remaining things will be washed into the river.

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Tan Shihuai pursed his lips: "Not to mention this, this time, the rewards from the royal court will be replaced by the armors and bows captured on the battlefield... Do you think it's okay?"

"I'm afraid the leader will be a little dissatisfied." A middle-aged nobleman on the side said bluntly. "We fought such a big battle. Although it was a quick victory, it was not without losses. What's more important was the property they had accumulated for many years.

Most of them are gone, I’m afraid there is resentment in my heart!”

"So what if you have grievances?" A young warrior said angrily. "Do you still dare to rebel? Aren't they the direct subordinates of the Great Khan? Shouldn't they be considerate of the difficulties of the royal court at this time?"

"That's not what I mean. The key is that we don't know what the war situation will be like in the west... Everything must be contrasted."

"The central part went to pursue the Huns, and they will be rewarded when they come back. After all, the towns in the central part have always been respectful to the royal court, and they suffered such heavy losses in western Liaoning before. This time they forcefully go to war, and they cannot be cold to their hearts."

"If that's the case, then there must be rewards and compensations from the east side. Although they are in trouble, they have come a long way and are loyal. Moreover, the losses this time are extremely heavy. If they can't support one or two, I'm afraid the people of Fuyu will

Goguryeo and Goguryeo are going to take advantage of the situation..."

"The people in the east have said before that they are too cold there and have fought hard all year round, so they have been short of food. Originally, the Great Khan was planning to give them some food and cattle and sheep as rewards after the war, but he did not expect to encounter such a situation.

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"It's just that the Royal Court has been damaged, but no matter how you calculate it, we have won a big victory, right? But why do we have so many troubles after winning the battle?"

"The key is that the fire is so intense!"

Mohu listened attentively, and these unknown nobles provided him with a lot of information:

First of all, the Xianbei chiefs in central China that I am familiar with have not returned yet. This is undoubtedly good news. I can easily find a way to escape!

Secondly, although they won a great victory here, because the royal court was burned down and the supplies they had hoarded were destroyed, there are some vague financial troubles... Economy... This is undoubtedly a vocabulary learned from Amway, and it is said to these kings.

Even if the court nobles listen, they may not understand, right?

Finally, the relationship between Wang Ting and the three departments seems to be very subtle, but this seems to be a matter of course.

"Everything must be done in a respectful manner!" Tan Shihuai suddenly spoke. "Only when you have strong strength can you be qualified to show fairness... First of all, the people in the Royal Court headquarters must be appeased!"

"Where can I get the reward?" After a pause, Tan Shihuai's arm, Bu Bilu, who could even be called the consul of the royal court, asked in a somewhat embarrassed tone.
To be continued...