After approving He Lian's handwritten letter, Liu Hong called Dian Wei to his side.
"Dian Wei, take a letter and go to the camp outside the city in person. Tell Mengde that he will be in full charge of the Xianbei people's westward migration!"
"Here you go!"
Dian Wei respectfully agreed and then extended both hands to take the letter from Liu Hong's hand.
"Also, when you get there, tell the Xianbei envoy to tell Helian not to bring shame to us Easterners after he goes to the West!!"
"Your Majesty, I have remembered!"
Seeing the emperor's solemn expression, Dian Wei firmly remembered his words.
Watching Dian Wei's departing figure, Liu Hong couldn't help but sigh inwardly, staring blankly at the sky outside.
Looking at the melancholy-faced emperor, Huangfu Song, through Liu Hong's explanation to Dian Wei, vaguely understood why the emperor had hinted to Cao Cao and his men to show the Xianbei envoys some secrets of the Han cavalry.
The emperor's grand vision once again broadened Huangfu Song's understanding.
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The Han army camp.
After leading the Xianbei envoy out of the White Horse Camp, Cao Cao looked up at the sun, then turned to look at the Xianbei envoy beside him.
"It's time for dinner now. The Emperor's orders will probably arrive soon. Shall we go and have dinner first?"
The Xianbei envoy smiled and nodded: "Very well, we'll leave it to General Cao to arrange!"
At this moment, the aroma of various dishes wafted through the Han army camp.
After the group returned to the central command tent, the army cooks brought in the food.
Looking at the few flatbreads, a bowl of meat soup, a plate of stewed meat, and two unidentified green vegetables in front of him, the Xianbei envoy's mouth watered.
Cao Cao, standing to the side, said with a smile, "The food in the army is not as coarse as in the city; we have been slighting your esteemed envoy!"
"General Cao is joking. Your army's food is so plentiful, how can you say that we are being neglected?"
Seeing Cao Cao's appearance, the Xianbei envoy couldn't help but twitch his lips.
In his view, Cao Cao was being polite on the surface, but in reality he was showing off to him.
The Xianbei envoy didn't bother to think about it anymore. What he had seen and heard in the Han army camp today had made it clear to him the gap between the two sides.
The Han army certainly has the right to boast.
Subsequently, at Cao Cao's invitation, the Xianbei envoy also grabbed a flatbread and began to wolf down the food in front of him.
Just as everyone had finished eating and drinking, Dian Wei arrived at the camp with Liu Hong's reply letter.
Upon seeing that it was Dian Wei who had come, Cao Cao also got up to greet him.
"Guardian, what are His Majesty's orders?"
"His Majesty has agreed to the Xianbei people's request for peace and has entrusted Mengde with full authority over their westward migration!"
As he spoke, Dian Wei took out the letter with Liu Hong's reply and handed it to Cao Cao.
"Your subject Cao Cao respectfully obeys Your Majesty's decree!"
After bowing respectfully to the letter of reply from Liu Hong, Cao Cao finally accepted it into his hands.
Cao Cao then turned to the Xianbei envoy beside him and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! His Majesty has agreed to your request for peace and has allowed you to move west with your tribe!"
"I thank Your Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty for your great kindness! May Your Majesty live ten thousand years! May the Han Dynasty live ten thousand years!!"
The Xianbei envoy hurriedly kowtowed to the letter, his face full of excitement and joy.
Dian Wei stepped forward and looked at the Xianbei envoy, saying in a deep voice, "His Majesty has a message for you to convey to Helian!"
The Xianbei envoy's expression turned solemn: "General, please speak!"
Dian Wei, mimicking Liu Hong's previous manner, said in a deep voice, "Go and tell He Lian that after you go to the West, don't bring shame to us Easterners!"
"Well……"
Upon hearing this cryptic remark, the Xianbei envoy was momentarily stunned.
"Um?"
Upon seeing this, Dian Wei's eyes widened: "Did you remember what you just said?"
"I...I've got it!"
Upon hearing Dian Wei's question, the Xianbei envoy, regaining his senses, quickly nodded in agreement.
"That's good to have noted it down!"
Dian Wei put away his fierce expression and turned to look at Cao Cao: "Mengde, I came in such a hurry, I haven't eaten yet!"
"Haha, no problem!"
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao laughed loudly, then ordered the guard beside him, "Go and fetch two large basins of stewed meat for General Dian Wei!"
"Here you go!"
The guard agreed and then quickly ran outside.
"Haha, thank you very much, Mengde!"
Dian Wei laughed loudly upon seeing this, then sat down behind a table and waited for his meal.
Cao Cao smiled and waved his hand, then turned to the Xianbei envoy: "The Emperor's order has been issued. Your Excellency may take this letter back to report. I will make arrangements immediately to escort your tribe westward!"
"Yes, General Cao!!"
The Xianbei envoy respectfully accepted the letter, bowed, and then turned to leave.
Watching the departing figure of the Xianbei envoy, Cao Cao turned to look at Lü Bu, Huang Zhong, Gongsun Zan, and others, and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, immediately gather your subordinates, load all the obsolete and damaged equipment and supplies in your forces onto carts, and send them to the Xianbei camp!"
"What? Letting them go is already an immense favor, and Mengde actually wants to send them supplies? What do you mean by this?"
It was Gongsun Zan who spoke, his face flushed, glaring at Cao Cao with displeasure.
Cao Cao raised an eyelid: "This is His Majesty's order!!"
Seeing that Cao Cao directly invoked the emperor, Gongsun Zan opened his mouth but remained silent.
Cao Cao then said in a solemn voice, "Alright, everyone, hurry up and go!"
"Here you go!"
The generals responded in unison, and then quickly left.
Soon, following Cao Cao's orders, the soldiers in the Han army camp collected some damaged or obsolete weapons, armor, and some nearly spoiled food from their ranks and began loading them onto carts.
While the Han army was busy, the Xianbei envoy returned to the Xianbei camp with a letter of approval from Liu Hong.
"Great, great, now everything's finally alright!"
Seeing the "Approved" written by the Han emperor in the lower right corner of the letter, He Lian couldn't help but smile, and the worry in his heart finally subsided.
Although the Han emperor's reply was a monarch's order to his subject, Helian didn't care at all.
As long as they could survive and preserve the Xianbei bloodline, they didn't care about anything else.
The Xianbei envoy stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, His Majesty the Emperor of Han has another imperial edict to convey to you!"
He raised an eyebrow: "Oh? What is the imperial edict?"
"The Emperor of Han said, 'After you go to the West, don't bring shame to us Easterners!'"
"Uh, what do you mean?"
Upon hearing this, He Lian was also taken aback.
I'm clearly an enemy of the Han, so how come it sounds like I'm one of them?
"Sir, what do you think?"
He Lian looked at Li Ru with a puzzled expression and asked.
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