Therefore, Tumutai did not give it much thought and readily agreed to Yuan Shao's invitation.
The Beiwuju tribe was just a small tribe of tens of thousands of people, and it would be swallowed up by other tribes sooner or later. Now that the Han Dynasty was willing to accept them and give them a piece of land to live on, they were naturally more than happy to accept it.
Three days later, Tumutai gathered ten thousand warriors from his tribe and placed them under the command of Yuan Shao. They then marched along the Tumen River toward the rear of the Yilou army.
On the other side, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's Han army had been locked in a stalemate with the Yilou army for ten days.
After a clandestine march, Sun Jian led a detachment of 10,000 troops to a shallow shoal 200 li upstream of the Songhua River (in the area of present-day Jiamusi) and rushed toward the rear of the Yilou army.
For the past ten days, Liu Bei and his soldiers have been beating drums every day, and the soldiers of Yilou have also habitually plugged their ears as soon as night falls.
After more than ten days of hard work, the Han soldiers and 60,000 laborers in the rear had built more than 100 warships, enough to transport 10,000 soldiers across the river to fight at a time.
However, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's plan was to annihilate the enemy, so they did not send troops to attack the camp, but waited for Sun Jian and Yuan Shao to take action.
At the same time, Li Ru also arrived in Xianbei and met Murong Tu, the leader of the Eastern Xianbei.
Looking at Li Ru, who was dressed in a Han-style robe, Murong Tu's eyes revealed a hint of disdain and contempt.
"You, a citizen of the Han state, do not serve your young emperor but instead run to the Shefu. Do you have some ulterior motive?"
"If I had even a small plot of land outside Luoyang, how could I possibly wear the seals of the prime minister of six kingdoms?"
Faced with Murong Tu's mockery, Li Ru was not annoyed, but instead uttered the famous saying that Su Qin had said years ago.
"What does that mean...?"
Seeing Li Ru suddenly become so eloquent, even the less-educated Murong Tu was taken aback and stared blankly at Li Ru.
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