Chapter 143 All I want is peace on the border
Pei Yan was about to answer when he suddenly heard the sound of hurried horse hooves and shouting outside the tent.
A Xianbei warrior rushed in in panic: "Great leader! The Wuhuan cavalry has surrounded the camp! Helian Bobo is leading the team himself, with at least three thousand men!"
Murong Chui stood up suddenly, knocking his wine glass to the ground: "What? How dare he!"
Pei Yan didn't move at all, but just exchanged a meaningful look with Mo Yuan. Ashina's face suddenly changed, and his hand unconsciously reached for the dagger at his waist.
The curtain was roughly opened, and the tall figure of Helian Bo appeared at the door. He was more burly than Pei Yan remembered. The scar on his left eye looked particularly hideous in the firelight, and there was a circle of wolf fangs around his neck - each one came from an enemy he had killed with his own hands.
"Murong, old fox!" Helian Bo's voice was like thunder. "I met with the Emperor of Wei behind my back. Are you tired of living?"
Murong Chui put his hand on the hilt of the knife: "Helian Bo, this is my camp! You have crossed the line!"
Helian Bobo laughed wildly, with a fierce light flashing in his one eye: "What happens on the grassland is the business of all tribes!" He turned his eyes to Pei Yan, full of hatred, "Emperor of Wei, I didn't expect you to dare to come to my door in person!"
Mo Yuan instantly drew his sword and stood in front of Pei Yan. Helian Bobo's guards immediately drew their weapons, and the atmosphere in the tent became tense.
Pei Yan gently pushed Mo Yuan away and stood up calmly: "Helian Bobo, I haven't seen you for a few years, and your manners have not improved at all."
Helian Bobo narrowed his single eye into a slit: "Stop talking nonsense! You will never leave alive today! My 30,000 Wuhuan cavalry have already..."
"Thirty thousand?" Pei Yan interrupted with a sneer, "Why do I remember that after the white disaster last year, the number of Wuhuan warriors who could mount horses did not exceed fifteen thousand?"
Helian Bo's face changed - this was another piece of information that was terrifyingly accurate.
"You will pay the price for underestimating the Wuhuan warriors!" Helian Bobo roared, "Someone! Give me the Emperor of Wei..."
"Helian Bobo!" Murong Chui shouted sternly, "No one is allowed to use force in my tent!"
Helian Bobo sneered: "Murong Chui, are you afraid? What benefits did the Wei Dynasty give you to make you willing to be their running dog?"
Murong Chui's face turned pale: "I just don't want my people to die in vain! Helian Bo, you know that we can't beat Wei at all! In the past six years, which war have we won?"
Helian Bo suddenly pulled out a roll of parchment from his bosom and threw it on the table: "Look at this! The Great Wei has built three new fortresses on the border, each of which can house 5,000 troops! Their so-called trade is just to make it easier to monitor us!"
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows - this information was accurate, it seemed that Helian Bobo also had spies on the border.
Murong Chui picked up the parchment, frowning. Helian Bo struck while the iron was hot: "Old fox Murong, don't you understand? Pei Yan will never give us a chance to live! He will conquer us by force first, then control us economically, and eventually all the tribes will become slaves of Wei!"
Ashina suddenly spoke up, "Chief Helian, you are wrong!" He stepped forward, his eyes burning with anger, "It is because your majesty cares about the lives of the people on the grassland that you agreed to trade! If the Great Wei had not secretly allowed the border guards to release the caravan during the white disaster last year, how many people in the northern tribes would have starved to death?"
Helian Bobo then noticed Ashina, and a ferocious smile appeared on his face: "Hey, the second kid of the Tuoba family! How come you become Pei Yan's dog and don't even recognize your own people?"
Ashina did not back down: "I am not anyone's dog! But I know that war will only lead to the death of more children of the grassland! Helianbo, you always say that you care about the people of your tribe, but have you ever really cared about the wives who lost their husbands and the children who lost their fathers?"
Helian Bobo was furious and suddenly drew out his scimitar: "You little bastard are looking for death!"
Mo Yuan's sword blocked Helian Bobo's knife like lightning. While the two were wrestling, Helian Bo suddenly blew the horn at his waist, and immediately neat shouts and the sound of weapons being unsheathed were heard outside the tent.
A Xianbei warrior rushed in: "Great leader! The Wuhuan cavalry has broken through the outer defense line!"
The situation is explosive. Helian Bo laughed wildly: "Pei Yan, today is the day you die!"
Pei Yan remained calm, even with the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Helian Bo, you are too impatient." He raised his hand slightly and made a strange gesture.
Almost at the same time, countless torches suddenly lit up on the distant ridge, pouring down like a river of stars, illuminating half of the night sky. The array of torches kept changing, and finally formed a huge "Wei" character.
Helian Bo's one eye widened: "This... is impossible!"
Pei Yan stood with his hands behind his back: "Since I dare to come, I am naturally prepared. Twenty thousand elite Wei soldiers are just five miles away. With just one order from me, your three thousand cavalry will be wiped out in an instant."
Murong Chui gasped - it turned out that Pei Yan had set an ambush! The Emperor of Wei seemed to be traveling with a small entourage, but he was actually in control of the overall situation.
Helian Bo's face turned from red to blue, and then from blue to white. He knew that Pei Yan was not bluffing - he had experienced the fighting power of the Wei army too many times.
"Now," Pei Yan's voice was as cold as ice, "we can continue to talk about trade. If Chief Helian is interested, why not listen together?"
Helian Bo's scimitar drooped slightly, and his one eye flashed with unwillingness and fear. He understood that he had fallen into Pei Yan's calculations again. This seemingly young emperor was a master of military strategy and had profound strategies. He always thought three steps ahead of him.
Outside the tent, the shouts of the Wuhuan cavalry gradually died down - they also saw the array of torches on the ridge and knew that they had no chance of winning today.
Ashina looked at Pei Yan's upright back, with complicated emotions surging in his heart. The Wei emperor could easily annihilate all the enemies present, but he chose to give his opponents a way to survive. Is it mercy, or a more sophisticated means of conquest? He couldn't judge for a moment.
Pei Yan sat down again and signaled his attendant to change the wine glass: "Two leaders, what were we talking about just now? Oh, by the way, about the specific location of the trade market..."
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