Chapter 45: Same Root and Same Race
In the side hall of Taiji Palace, the generals of the Xiaoguo Army waited here after entering the palace. Half an hour later, senior military generals in Chang'an arrived one after another, including Duke Tang Li Yuan.

The last to arrive were the emperor and Prince of Wei Murong Ding, Prince of Qi Murong Ju, and Prince of Gaoyang Murong He.

After these people arrived, the brave generals of the Xiaoguo Army realized that they were going to use troops again.

This time, the opponent is the old rival of Dayan in the west, Tuyuhun.

However, this time it was not because of Murong Ying's warmongering, but because Tuyuhun sent troops to Longxi and invaded the border of Dayan. It would be strange if Murong Ying could tolerate this.

In addition to asking several prime ministers to continue the plan for the third eastern expedition to Goguryeo, Murong Ying planned to take advantage of the gap before the eastern expedition to launch a western expedition.

However, due to the special geographical environment of the Longyou area and the lack of a canal to transport food and fodder, the scale of this expedition was much smaller than the million-strong army that marched eastward.

The Xiaoguo Army, together with the Left and Right Front and Back Palace Army and the Left and Right Yulin Army, totaled about 200,000 men.

Yes, that's right. The scale is already small. When Emperor Tiansheng went out, there was not only a large number of people but also a team of thousands of people.

Just over 200,000, a small scene.

So much so that Murong Ying did not regard this expedition as a formal campaign, but defined it as a "border patrol."

It is worth mentioning here that Tuyuhun is actually a branch of the Xianbei Murong clan. The relationship is similar to that between Qin and Zhao in the Warring States Period.

Tuyuhun was originally a name of a person. He was the eldest son of Shegui, the Chanyu of Murong clan of Liaodong Xianbei. Shegui divided 700 households and sent other tribes to herd. After Murong Shegui died, his legitimate son Murong Wei succeeded him as Chanyu. He was not on good terms with Murong Tuyuhun. Tuyuhun then led his tribe to move west to Shanglong and stopped at Qiehan, which he used as a base. His descendants continued to invade the Di and Qiang tribes and became a powerful tribe.

After the Great Yan came to power, the descendants of Tuyuhun took Tuyuhun as the name of their country and competed with it.

Taizu, the previous emperor and Murong Ying, the three emperors of Dayan, all personally led expeditions against this tribe that shared the same roots and even the same surname.

But they were never able to surrender.

You should know that the Tuyuhun tribe had always been subservient to Cao Wei and was granted the title of Prince of Xiping. They guarded the western border of Wei for a hundred years and were always very submissive.

But after the Great Yan, which was also a Murong Xianbei, came to control the Central Plains, perhaps because they still remembered the old grudges, they repeatedly provoked the Han people and proclaimed themselves Khan, in order to compete with them.

In the fifth and seventh years of Tiansheng, Murong Ying personally led two expeditions to Tuyuhun, winning both battles.

However, after the great victory, the Yan army was constrained by the situation and did not pursue and completely annihilate the remaining forces of Tuyuhun. As a result, the leader of Tuyuhun, after escaping from the defeat, gathered the scattered remaining enemies and returned to their homeland again, continuously raising troops to invade the border areas of Dayan, capturing people and animals, looting property, and burning and killing people before returning.

Basically, if you lead your army here and I can't defeat you, I will run away. If your army leaves, I will go to your territory and rob you.

If there are fewer people coming, I will fight with you.

This period is the most powerful period of Tuyuhun. The successive Chanyu were talented and strategic, and they carefully recruited scholars, Sima, doctors and other officials, all of whom were Confucian scholars. They controlled Gansu and Qinghai, and actually controlled Taohe and Longgu in the east, Chishui and Bailang in the west, the Yellow River in the north, and Dajishishan in the south.

The tribe has hundreds of thousands of people, and all of them are brave and courageous.

It has been four years since the great battle in the seventh year of Tiansheng. I believe the wounds from that time have mostly healed.

The reason why Bi Qigong failed to defeat him in the first two times was not because Dayan was seeking fame by imitating the Overlord, but because the Turks had always put considerable pressure on Dayan.

Even the fact that Murong Ying had mobilized the entire country's strength in his two recent military expeditions to Liaodong was actually due to the internal strife among the Turks and the death of their Khan.

His brothers and sons were fighting each other.

The civil strife among the Turks was naturally inseparable from the instigation and secret support of Dayan.

However, this godsend opportunity was almost ruined by Murong Ying himself, and Goguryeo almost brought down Dayan.

At this high-level meeting, Li Yuanhui had basically no chance to speak. He just listened to a few pillars of Yan praising the emperor's great achievements in his first two expeditions, his exquisite use of troops and profound strategies, and also saying that wherever the army was heading this time, the enemy would surely surrender and come to pay homage to the emperor.

The tedious affairs concerning the marching plan were handed over to the marching general, Prince Murong Ju of Qi.

This appointment was actually somewhat unexpected. After all, everyone had seen the saint's previous vigilance and suspicion towards his brother Murong Ju. And Murong Ju was also very tactful and focused on "recovering from his illness", never lending a hand when he shouldn't.

I didn't expect that he would be suddenly used this time. Does this mean that the emperor will start to make use of members of the royal family?
After being surprised, Li Yuanhui no longer had any desire to explore, because as long as the emperor did not change, with Murong Ying's current tactics, it would only be a matter of time before Emperor Yang of Yan became emperor.

If the course could be changed in time, and an emperor, even one who was a little dumber, were to be replaced, as long as he stopped making trouble, traveled less, and just stayed at home, even if a stupid person came, Li Yuanhui felt that Dayan could be saved.

But the emperor was too healthy, and Dayan's only way of survival was blocked.

It's just so amazing.

Some people die young, which brings endless imagination and regret to others.

“If so-and-so hadn’t died early, this and that wouldn’t have happened.”

"If he were still alive, he would definitely be able to do this and that, and so and so would have no chance."

Such as Zhu Biao, Chai Rong, and Fusu.

There are also some people who would have a much better reputation if they died earlier.

"If he had died a few years earlier, he would have been the greatest emperor of all time."

The representative figure is a certain descendant of the Li family who likes to steal ashes. As for the one who likes to sing songs, Li Si said that he is not from my family, so please don't C
After the show, Li Si did not have to go back to the Imperial Garden, but could go home with Li Yuan first. This was also the emperor's special instruction.

He had a month's vacation, which was considered a wedding leave.

Weddings at that time were much more complicated than those in later generations.

Including three books and six rituals.

The three books refer to: the engagement letter and the certificate of engagement, which are given to the woman during the six ceremonies.

The gift book is equivalent to the current list of betrothal gifts, and the wedding book is equivalent to the current marriage certificate, proving that the girl has married the man.

Six Rites: Nacai is when the man gives dozens of gifts to the woman.

Asking for the name means matching the birth years and eight characters of a man and a woman.

Naji placed the two people's Geng stickers before the gods for instructions.

Paying the betrothal gift and receiving the dowry.

Asking for a date is to determine an auspicious date for marriage.

The Ministry of Rites, the Zongzheng Temple and the Imperial Observatory have already helped to complete the first five steps. The last step is the wedding day, which is scheduled for the 22nd day of the first lunar month after the New Year.

This was an auspicious day calculated by the sorcerers of the Imperial Observatory based on the two people's birth dates.

Although Li Si used to think that this was feudal superstition, now that he has traveled through time, he has to believe in superstition.

Because it was winter, Li Yuan came to the palace in a horse-drawn carriage. Li Yuanhui also gave up riding and got on his father's carriage.

"Shiro, how do you feel about following the army this time and leading an army alone?"

"I still want to be a rich man."

"Ha ha ha ha."

(End of this chapter)