Mizhizhai, Li Zicheng's territory, a team of merchants who arrived from the grassland drove cattle and sheep, braved the wind and snow to Mizhizhai for trade.

Mizhi Village is guarded by Li Zicheng's old camp soldiers, and the defense is very strict.

This team of merchants speaks skilled ancient Chinese and looks very similar to those of the Central Plains.

If the residents of Mizhizhai do not take the initiative to explain their identity, it will be difficult for the residents of Mizhizhai to see that this group is Xianbei.

The matrilines of these Xianbei people are likely to be Han women, regardless of language, appearance, culture, and degree of Chineseization.

"It is rumored that Li Zicheng had an old camp soldier who had experienced many battles and claimed that the veterans were immortal and the old camp was immortal. Now when he saw him, he was indeed well-known."

When Tuoba Tao, the leader of the Xianbei Hu Shang, entered Mizhizhai from the gate of Mizhizhai, he glanced at the old camp soldiers guarding the gate.

Li Zicheng's old camp soldiers were elite troops of the Dashun Army, who dared to beat the Eight Banners Cavalry in the wild.

This team of Xianbei Hu Shang was also afraid of the old camp soldiers.

Tuoba Tao whispered: "This time we are here to investigate the reality of Mizhizhai. You must not cause trouble here, otherwise we will all become Li Zicheng's captives. Do you understand?"

The followers replied, "Sir, please rest assured, we will not do anything randomly."

Tuoba Tao nodded, and then began to carefully observe the layout of Mizhizhai and remember the layout of Mizhizhai in his heart.

A team of veteran soldiers, led by the general, passed by the Xianbei Hu Shangs. His eyes swept across the Xianbei Hu Shangs, and he seemed to find nothing unusual and did not interrogate them.

"A murderous intent..."

Tuoba Tao felt a murderous intent from the other party when the generals of the Dashun Army passed by.

The Dashun Army had many military generals. They were the main force in overthrowing the Ming Dynasty and were also people who had experienced many battles.

Tuoba Tao was fearless and did not avoid the sight of the generals of the Dashun Army. Otherwise, if he was guilty, he would definitely be seen through by the generals of the Dashun Army.

"Shopkeeper, come five jars of spirits and twenty kilograms of mutton!"

Tuoba Tao and his group came to a restaurant to inquire about information.

"In Guanzhong, is it a prince named Zhang Hua?"

Tuoba Tao sat down and accidentally heard a few small schools in the restaurant chatting. He learned that the overlord had been born in Guanzhong, and was shocked.

Guanzhong has fertile land, a large population, surrounded by mountains, and has a dangerous terrain.

Once someone dominates Guanzhong, he will be qualified to compete in the world.

As Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the most outstanding general of the Tuoba Xianbei tribe, Tuoba Tao naturally knew how much advantage Zhang Hua had gained in occupying Guanzhong.

"It seems that among the princes in the pass, Li Zicheng is easy to deal with."

Tuoba Tao once again determined his judgment.

"Keep, the spirits and mutton you want are here. I wonder where the guests come from? Now the grassland is snowing heavily, and many cattle and sheep in various tribes have frozen to death. The mutton is not cheap."

The waiter came with a large plate of mutton, and the Xianbei Hu merchants were having fun and drinking.

Tuoba Tao said cheerfully: "We bought hundreds of cattle and sheep from the Xianbei people. If your store wants it, as long as the price is appropriate, I will sell it to you a few."

“This is easy to say.”

After the waiter went down, he went to the shopkeeper to talk about the deal.

The waiter didn't realize that the merchant who enthusiastically discussed business with them would be an emperor, and he was one of the strongest emperors in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

"That group of people may come from the nomadic tribe on the grassland."

The commander Zhang Dachuan, who took a few members of Yebu Buying, disguised as merchants, mingled into Mizhi Village, rested in this restaurant, and noticed Tuoba Tao's Xianbei caravan.

Ye Busuo Suo was originally established to deal with the Mongols. Zhang Dachuan had been dealing with nomadic tribes for a long time and knew all kinds of habits of the Hu people living on the prairie.

Even though Tuoba Tao and others tried their best to disguise themselves as Han Shang, Tuoba Tao's inadvertent actions still allowed Zhang Dachuan to see through the identities of Tuoba Tao and his group.

"Sir, since it is a detailed work of the nomadic tribe, should we expose it to the Dashun Army and cause trouble for them?"

"No need, I'm curious why they appeared in Mizhizhai. Is their purpose to plot against Li Zicheng?"

After Zhang Dachuan served as the commander-in-chief of Ye Busu, he had contacted Zhang Hua and many ministers, and his horizons became much higher.

Zhang Dachuan was ordered to investigate the reality of Li Zicheng's power. During this period, he accidentally met Tuoba Tao from the Tuoba Xianbei tribe.

Tuoba Tao was also very skilled and brave. With his identity as the emperor grandson of the Tuoba Xianbei tribe, he personally took the risk to go deep into Li Zicheng's nest and figured out the deployment of Li Zicheng's forces.

Even Zhang Hua did not dare to take risks like this, of course, there was no need.

Tuoba Tao stayed in Mizhizhai for several days, and after roughly knowing the strength of Mizhizhai and the civil servants and generals under Li Zicheng, he went to various places in the north to explore the border defense of the Dashun Army.

Ye Busushu always secretly observed the whereabouts of Tuoba Tao and his group.

"Sir, these Hu people have indeed gone to the north."

"You follow me to track down these Hu people."

Zhang Dachuan depicted the locations of Tuoba Tao and his group of people on the map, and connected them together. He found that Tuoba Tao's purpose was to investigate the deployment of troops in Li Zicheng's main city and the Dashun Army's frontier. He realized that Tuoba Tao's group of Hu people was most likely from a kingdom established by a nomadic tribe on the northern grassland, so Zhang Dachuan personally led people to follow Tuoba Tao.

After leaving Li Zicheng's sphere of influence, Tuoba Tao abandoned his identity as a merchant and became a cavalry, traveling day and night to cross the frozen Yellow River north.

Further ahead is the territory of the Tuoba Xianbei.

Tuoba Tao rested briefly on the north bank of the Yellow River, leaning against the mountains, raising a bonfire to avoid the increasing wind and snow.

"Li Zicheng's Mizhi Village had about 30,000 defenders. To the north of Mizhi Village, there were 40,000 defenders to guard against threats from the grassland. Other forces of the Dashun Army were deployed in the south by Li Zicheng in order to guard against Zhang Hua in Guanzhong."

"There are at least 50,000 Dashun Army in the south. You can imagine that Zhang Hua's threat to Li Zicheng is still above us."

Tuoba Tao used branches to draw Li Zicheng's military deployment map on the snow, and had already figured out how to break through Li Zicheng's Dashun Army's defense line.

"Um?"

Tuoba Tao suddenly frowned, and he vaguely noticed someone was following them.

"Can we have been discovered by Li Zicheng..."

"Everyone is ready to fight."

Tuoba Tao pressed his right hand on the sword, and all the dozen followers drew their swords.

One of the personal guards was majestic and upright. After discovering Zhang Dachuan who was following his group, his murderous aura soared. The snow around him was trembling, and it melted because of this!

"No, we were tracking too close and we were discovered by the other party!"

"They are definitely not ordinary Hu people!"

"withdraw!"

Zhang Dachuan was not discovered by the other party because he followed Tuoba Tao and his group all the way, so he couldn't help but relax his vigilance and narrowed the distance to follow.

Unexpectedly, just by pulling this distance a little closer, the vigilant Tuoba Tao noticed it.

Now, Zhang Dachuan already fully understood.

This Hu caravan is not only a detailed work sent by the nomadic tribes on the grassland, but also perhaps aristocrats or even heroes on the grassland.

These heroes on the grassland are aggressive by nature, and they are not impossible to take life and death lightly, and to try their own lives.

After Zhang Dachuan understood this, he hurriedly retreated.

Zhang Dachuan brought seven nights without taking over, and there were more than a dozen people on the other side. If there were military generals or heroes, Zhang Dachuan's team of soldiers might be wiped out!

"Kill them!"

As a hero, Tuoba Tao was powerful, but he pulled out his sword and showed a cruel expression.

Even if the other party is Li Zicheng's pursuer, he will be fearless as long as he crosses the Yellow River.

Tuoba Tao and more than a dozen Xianbei cavalrymen turned over and turned around to chase Zhang Dachuan and his group.

Zhang Dachuan and others no longer concealed their whereabouts, rode their horses and fled to the frozen Yellow River.

North of the Yellow River, there are the territories of countless nomadic tribes. They fled to these places and died for a lifetime.

"Both sides have war horses, and the other side should not be able to catch up with us."

Zhang Dachuan turned around and saw that the group of nomadic cavalry kept their distance from them, and he breathed a sigh of relief in secret.

Not harvesting at night is also a special type of troops, with certain combat power and cavalry skills are not inferior to Xianbei cavalry.

“Too slow!”

Tuoba Tao's escort general dismounted his horse and chased Zhang Dachuan and his group on foot.

Bang!

The fierce general stepped on his foot and cracks appeared on the ground. His body was extremely fast, almost turning into a afterimage, and even the horse could not catch up with his speed!

The famous Xianbei general Tuoba Tao is not surprised because this guard general is the most brutal general of the Northern Wei Dynasty and ranks first in force. Even if several Xianbei generals join forces, they cannot resist it!

Even if Tuoba Tao was discovered by Li Zicheng in Mizhi Village, this powerful general could still lead Tuoba Tao to escape!

"No, it's impossible!"

"How could there be such a monster!"

A few nights saw a strange loud noise coming from behind. He suddenly turned around and found a fierce general chasing them on foot. The distance between the two sides was closer. The opponent's speed was faster than that of the war horses, like a beast!

"What kind of monster is this..."
To be continued...