Chapter 74 The Emperor's Daughter Has No Problems Getting Married

The emperor led the army personally and the troops were very large.

In addition to the 200,000-strong army, there were tens of thousands of civil and military officials, royal nobles, palace ladies, monks, and Taoists who accompanied them.

Including the laborers, the entire team consisted of more than 400,000 people, stretching for hundreds of miles. Even the vanguard led by Li Shenfu had already crossed the river and headed north, while the rear army had just set out from Chang'an and had not yet left the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Prefecture.

The entire team is like a mobile city, and with such a large scale, the daily consumption is naturally enormous.

Murong Ying himself seemed not to have thought about all this. He sat calmly on the huge carriage that was like a mobile palace, listening to the reports on the army's progress from the civil and military officials in front of him.

"General Li Shenfu has led his army northward along the Fen River, and Lieutenant General Li Yuanhui's troops have already passed Hedong County. If all goes well, they will be able to reach Taiyuan within five days."

Murong Ying nodded when he heard this: "Li Silang is good, and he is diligent in the king's affairs."

"Saint, this is a letter from Saibei."

Murong Ying took the letter, read its contents carefully, looked at the seal at the end of the letter, and then asked Feng Jin beside him to pass it to the nominal commander-in-chief of the army, Prince of Qi Murong Ju.

After receiving it, Murong Ju also looked at it carefully. This letter came from the tent of the Turkic Khan, and the writer was the Great Khatun Princess Ningling of Dayan, the wife of Qimin Khan of the Eastern Turkic Khanate.

The content is that Qimin Khan in the eastern Turkic region is currently at war with Datou Khan in the west, and requests Dayan to send troops to help, and hopes to provide them with some military equipment, food, and medical support.

After reading it, Murong Ju handed it to the prime minister, Pei Hongde, who was standing beside him.

Pei Hongde read it and said, "It seems that the chaos in the north will continue. Qimin Khan has already gained the upper hand. If the imperial court helps Qimin Khan defeat Datou in one fell swoop, then Qimin Khan will unify the north, which is not a good thing for Dayan."

At this time, the Minister of the Court, Murong Hui, the Prince of Rencheng, who had read the letter, said, "I think that Datou Khan has repeatedly colluded with Tuyuhun to invade our Shuofang, Hexi and other places, while Qimin Khan has always been very submissive to the court. We can moderately support him with some food and fodder, which can both show goodwill and not affect the war situation."

Murong Ying heard this, but did not say anything. Instead, he looked at Murong Ju who was silent, "Aju, what do you think?"

"Sage, what Doctor Pei and King Rencheng said makes sense, but I am not thinking about the Turks, but Murong Xu of Taiyuan. At this time, the Turks are fighting, and the Sage is personally leading the army to patrol the north. If Murong Xu really wanted to rebel, he would not even seize Hedong County, nor occupy Puban, destroy the ferry bridge, and allow the court army to march all the way north to Taiyuan. This must be strange. Although Murong Xu is not a first-class general, he is also a member of the royal family who has followed the late emperor and the Sage in the battles. He would not be so unwise."

After Murong Ju finished speaking, Murong Ying smiled and said, "Aju is right, Feng Jin."

Upon hearing this, Feng Jin took the secret report handed over by Murong Ying and handed it to Murong Ju.

After Murong Ju took it, he frowned slightly. It was a secret report from Dai Guogong Tuoba Yuqing.

The letter stated that Murong Xu was trying to win over the Tuoba tribe in an attempt to rebel together, and that Tuoba Yuqing, as a loyal minister of Dayan, would not go along with him. However, he was afraid of alerting the enemy, so he secretly reported the matter to the saint, secretly playing tricks on Murong Xu and waiting for the imperial army to send out to suppress the rebellion. The Tuoba tribe in Dai County would then obey the saint's instructions at any time and send troops to quell the rebellion.

After reading the letter, Murong Ju handed it back to Feng Jin. After Feng Jin took it, Murong Ying gestured for him to pass it around.

Pei Hongde, Murong Hui and others passed it around and looked at it again.

"So it seems that Murong Xu relies on the Tuoba tribe? Although the Tuoba tribe is good at fighting, it only has tens of thousands of troops and no more than a few thousand armored soldiers. The Bingzhou army under Murong Xu is only tens of thousands of people. Even if he recruits more soldiers, it will not exceed 100,000 at this moment. How can he fight against the elite of the central army? If according to this letter, Bingzhou can be conquered in a month." The speaker was the auxiliary general Duan Yihong, and the general of the cavalry Lou Jushi on the other side also nodded in agreement.

"I agree with what King Lingzhi said, but the premise is..."

Murong Ying smiled and said, "The premise is that these two secret letters are both true."

"Qimin Khan has always been submissive, and with Datou to hold him back, he will never support Murong Xu. Tuoba Yuqing of Dai County is a man who knows the current situation and will not support him. If he really dares to collude with Murong Xu, then we will wipe him out. I have ordered the troops in Youzhou and Jizhou to be ready at any time. No matter what Murong Xu relies on, he will be crushed to pieces when the imperial army arrives."

Murong Ying is very confident.

At this time, the prince Liang Wang Murongzhan said, "Father, I think there is another possibility."

Murong Ying asked curiously, "Oh, tell me about it."

"It is possible that the Daibei Tuoba tribe is framing the Prince of Guangling. After all, the army has not seen any signs of rebellion in Bingzhou. As Uncle Wang said, the Prince of Guangling did not seize Hedong, nor did he seize Puban or burn the ferry bridge. The officials previously sent to Bingzhou to investigate reported that the Prince of Guangling was recruiting soldiers. But the Prince of Guangling has reported all these, so perhaps he really is recruiting soldiers to quell the rebellion in the prefectures and counties."

Murong Ying said: "What you said makes sense, so what suggestions do you have?"

Murong Zan said: "Father, why not let the army slow down for now and let the imperial consort Li Yuanhui go to Taiyuan as an envoy to summon the Prince of Guangling to Hedong to see you. If he has no intention of rebelling, he will definitely leave Taiyuan and come to Hedong, and this will prevent a war. If the army arrives, even if he doesn't want to rebel, he will definitely rise up to resist, and this will not be worth the loss."

"Father, I think what my second brother said is wrong. The army has already passed Hedong and will reach Taiyuan in a few days. It is very abnormal that Murong Xu did not send an envoy to see you at this time. If he really has rebellious intentions, wouldn't it delay military operations?"

The person who spoke out against it was naturally King Wu Murong Yang.

As Li Yuanhui was his brother-in-law, he naturally had to speak.

Murong Ying did not comment upon hearing this, but he was of course aware of what his two sons were thinking.

However, Murong Zan's words actually made some sense. If Murong Xu could be allowed to come to Hedong to see the emperor, it would mean that it was the Tuoba tribe who framed him, and he could avoid the war.

This trip of his was truly a northern tour. He could then stop by Dai County and get rid of the Tuoba tribe.

As for why Li Yuanhui was proposed as the envoy, there was actually a reason for it. After all, he was the emperor's son-in-law and had a noble status.

If Murong Xu had no rebellious intentions when such a person was sent, he would naturally have fewer doubts.

Of course, if Murong Xu really had the intention of rebellion, it would not be a big deal. He was just a son-in-law who died in the king's affairs. When the time came, he would be posthumously honored and a son-in-law would be found for his daughter.

Does the daughter of the Murong family still have trouble finding a husband?

(End of this chapter)