Chapter 146: The devil of Northern Wind, seeking peace

【"Tuoba Hongyan!"】

【Unexpectedly, another acquaintance!】

【You lightly nod.】

【The voice of the red-clothed eunuch Yu Xu sounds behind you: "The Prince of Yan summons Tuoba Hongyan!"】

【Following this order, the officer outside the tent has already received the order and walked out.】

【Lu Yu hears this, and a smile appears on his face.】

【Tuoba Hongyan, this name is not unfamiliar to him; as Tuoba Shuyi's son, they had intersections in the great war between the two armies in the northern lands.】

【He escaped several times, leaving a deep impression on Lu Yu.】

【That year on Mount Zhongnan, Tuoba Hongyan brought Tuoba Shuyi's message.】

【Mercury's secret report mentioned that during Tuoba Hongyan's time as a hostage in the Daqing imperial mausoleum, although he married eight concubines, he failed to leave any offspring.】

【After the Empress Dowager summoned him into the imperial palace, this person disappeared as if he had evaporated from the world.】

【Until today, he appeared again in the northern lands!】

【Outside the great tent!】

【The guards are numerous, and the cold light is piercing.】

【Tuoba Hongyan is pacing anxiously at this moment, obviously having waited for a long time.】

【He is still worried in his heart, afraid that the Shaobao will not see him, delaying his father's major affairs.】

【He is also afraid of facing this Shaobao!】

【Tuoba Hongyan left the Daqing imperial palace in a hurry and left the imperial mausoleum city directly along the secret passage that had been prepared.】

【Sure enough!】

【Everything was as Tuoba Hongyan expected; the moment the Shaobao stepped into the imperial palace, the fate of the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager was doomed.】

【Just like fighting in the past, every time Northern Wind and his father felt victory was in their hands, they were all turned around by Lu Chen in the end.】

【From then on, as long as it was something the Shaobao participated in, he would be three points more alert.】

【As expected, in the imperial palace, the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager were slaughtered.】

【However!】

【Tuoba Hongyan did not bring him the joy of surviving a disaster.】

【On the contrary, his heart is filled with nostalgia and reluctance for his past life; this reluctance does not stem from those eight wives.】

【The reason Tuoba Shuyi does not want to leave offspring in the capital, even if pregnant, he would choose to abort, is because he knows that he cannot control his own destiny, so how can he let his children be like this?】

【His children should fly freely on the grassland!】

【Tuoba Hongyan gradually lost himself in the luxury and illusion of his hostage life, both helpless and wanting to get rid of it.】

【Like a prisoner in a rich nest!】

【Tuoba Shuyi returned to Northern Wind without stopping in this mood.】

【Returned to the old capital, the streets were full of clansmen wearing hats, and familiar tall Northern Wind women.】

【Returned to his father's leopard room, his father was still eating raw meat inside, sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall!】

【It seems nothing has changed!】

【His father is still as cold as before.】

【Even so!】

【Tuoba Hongyan is still excited in his heart!】

【"Father, son is back!" Tuoba Hongyan held back his tears.】

【Then!】

【A piece of news came to Northern Wind a few days later.】

【Molo is here!】

【Molo is the brother of the "Eternal Heaven," the god most worshipped by Northern Wind; he was originally the supreme god, but unfortunately fell and became a monster, and then opened up hell, and people had death.】

【Molo, the monster described in Northern Wind mythology as gnawing on the earth, is the source of all demons; his image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, becoming a symbol of disaster and fear. He will eat sheep and horses in the dark night, and will drive the great wind and snow over the Qilian Mountains!】

【His appearance is the destruction of the world!】

【Mythology is mythology after all, it cannot be in reality!】

【Then who is this Molo referring to in Northern Wind?】

【Tuoba Hongyan naturally knows!】

【Who else in this world can be called a world-destroying disaster by Northern Wind.】

【Only one person!】

【Commander of the Lu Army, Lu Chen.】

【That year the Lu Army headed north to the Yellow River, winning every battle, heading north with an invincible posture.】

【Finally!】

【The Lu Army fought to the capital of the north, the roads of Liaodong and Haozhi behind Northern Wind were all blocked, and they were only one step away from destroying Northern Wind.】

【War is cruel; Northern Wind lost half of its young and strong men in the country, every household had widows, and now one man in Northern Wind needs to marry three or four wives.】

【Wives lost husbands, children lost fathers, mothers lost sons.】

【Making our women have no color, making our six domestic animals not multiply.】

【For the Lu Army, the people of Northern Wind are full of fear and hatred.】

【They call this army evil ghosts, and Lu Chen, the commander, is seen as Molo.】

【Lord of evil ghosts, ruler of hell!】

【Those few wars not only emptied Northern Wind's family background but also broke Northern Wind's spine. The people of Northern Wind had never felt the threat of death so closely; that kind of fear and helplessness was deeply imprinted in their hearts.】

【Now Lu Chen is here again, and brought a thirty-thousand-strong army.】

【Northern Wind is in a panic for a time!】

【Some people advocate that disaster has arrived, and Northern Wind is about to perish.】

【The capital of Northern Wind is called Huang Long Prefecture, and later renamed "Chengtian" after Tuoba Shuyi ascended the throne, meaning to receive the mandate of heaven.】

【However, this Chengtian is shrouded in chaos.】

【Prices are soaring, daily necessities like rice and salt are in short supply, and prices have skyrocketed to an astonishing level. Some have even begun to consider fleeing this once prosperous capital and returning to the Liaodong and grasslands where they have lived for generations.】

【Some advocate that disaster has arrived, and Northern Wind is about to perish, while others insist that this is just a temporary difficulty, and as long as they are united, they can overcome the difficulties.】

【The capital is in chaos!】

【Thus.】

【The next day, Tuoba Shuyi ordered that all those who sing sorrow be beheaded, and restored rice prices, prices, and those who drive up prices be beheaded!】

【Afternoon!】

【Under the imperial city of Chengtian, Tuoba Shuyi led tens of thousands of soldiers in hemp clothes, holding the spiritual tablets of Northern Wind's heroes, and walked slowly through the streets of the imperial city, every step heavy and tragic.】

【Silently conveying the deep hatred for the Lu Army.】

【On the high platform of the imperial city, Tuoba Shuyi faced the thousands of people in the capital, passionately and firmly:】

【"Swear to break the Lu Army and coexist with Northern Wind! If Northern Wind is in trouble, Tuoba Shuyi is willing to be the vanguard and be the first to die!"】

【"There are no cowards in the land of Northern Wind, only warriors who die in battle!"】

【This sentence echoed like thunder in the crowd.】

【Tuoba Hongyan, who was under the stage, looked at his father's heroic and fearless figure, his heart boiling with blood, as if he had returned to those youthful days when he first stepped onto the battlefield.】

【He couldn't hold back his excitement and shouted in the crowd: "Eternal Heaven will protect us! We are the children of Eternal Heaven, the proud children of the vast grassland!"】

【Cheers under the stage!】

【That night, after the meeting, his father specially called Tuoba Hongyan.】

【Tuoba Hongyan was full of excitement and urgently requested: "Father, please let me lead the army and fight the Lu Army to the death!"】

【Tuoba Shuyi said: "Take my letter and go to seek peace with the Lu Army."】

【Tuoba Hongyan was stunned!】

【Wasn't it only fighting to the death during the day!】

【How come, seeking peace?】

(End of chapter)