After this period of practice, Liu An's calligraphy can now be refined and neat, and he naturally dislikes the dog-paddle style writing written by these Xianbei people.

He casually browsed through the remaining letters, and the contents were generally consistent. They all expressed their willingness to surrender to the Han court, but they needed some preparation time.

After reading it, Liu An counted it again, and sure enough, there were only thirty-six copies.

There is no letter of surrender from the Bart tribe.

This had been expected by Liu An for a long time. After the death of the leader, the leader's son or brother would naturally succeed him. If he killed Bart, the next leader would be extremely angry and even a fake surrender would be impossible.

Fortunately, the one he sent to the Bart tribe was just an ordinary pawn, and he did not use the death card, so he didn't feel too distressed.

Liu An looked at the messenger and asked, "Have all the carrier pigeons come back?"

The man replied: "They are all back. Captain Cheng asked the villain to report to County Magistrate Liu. Thirty-seven of them were returned in total."

"Yes." Liu An nodded, "Okay, you can go back."

It seems that the people of the Bute tribe did not know what was in the basket, so they killed the envoy.

Later, without any preparation, he rashly opened the backpack and checked. The homing pigeon was freed and would naturally fly back to its nest. It is estimated that the people of the Bart tribe did not have time to shoot the homing pigeon with bows and arrows, and the homing pigeon had already flown far away.

Then Liu An opened the system panel and checked to see if any of the new loyalists had the name of Xianbei.

Looking down from the last loyalist on the day the envoy was sent out, the serial number has increased by twenty or thirty, but none of them have names that look like they are from Xianbei.

A reasonable result.

Liu An's request to the envoys was for them to persuade the Xianbei tribe leaders to surrender to the Han court, not him. It was not recognized by the system, which was normal.

This is also a helpless move. If Liu An asks them to surrender to him, it will look too suspicious and may even lead to the failure of the plan.

After all, with just a little inquiry, the Xianbei leaders would know that Liu An was just a small county magistrate of Jiuyuan.

Ask them to surrender to a county magistrate?

Putting aside the question of how a county magistrate can possibly raise a large army, the county magistrate's status is too low, and whether they are willing to surrender to a low-status magistrate is still a question.

Even if it was just a fake surrender, if the news spread to Xianbei in the east and central part, they would not be able to raise their heads in the future.

In that case, the goal of driving a wedge between the Xianbei tribes in the northwest might succeed, but all Liu An's carrier pigeons would probably be killed.

Liu An didn't want to lose thirty-six carrier pigeons in vain.

Regardless of his status, as long as Liu An emphasizes surrendering to someone other than the Han court, then the authenticity of the Han court's large-scale military expedition against Xianbei will be questioned.

The military strength of the Han army will also be doubted, which may lead to the failure of Liu An's entire plan.

Taking out his water bag and gulping down a large amount of water, Liu An found a place to sit down and rest for a while, then ordered the whole army to set off and continue to march deeper into the grassland.

Under the guidance of the Xianbei soldiers in the army, the army successfully arrived fifty miles away from the Chakshi tribe at noon on the fifth day.

He ordered his soldiers to stop and sent five hundred cavalry to investigate the situation within twenty miles.

During this period, Liu An found a sunny place with high terrain, and while waiting for the follow-up troops led by Liu Bei, he prepared to set up camp and bury the pot.

The rear army transporting grain, grass and baggage was not far from the cavalry. With the help of all the powerful men, Liu Bei prepared enough carriages. All military supplies were loaded on the carriages, and the soldiers acted as coachmen to drive the horses.

Moreover, when setting up camp every evening, the rear troops could also catch up and join up.

Therefore, we only waited for less than an hour. As soon as we set up camp and buried the pots, the rear troops caught up.

So the infantry prepared meals for the cavalry, while the cavalry took the time to rest. Liu An selected 500 of the infantry who were good at riding and let them rest together.

The cavalry sent out to investigate the situation returned one after another, and Liu An felt relieved after learning that there was no trace of Xianbei within twenty miles.

After the meal, Liu An asked 1,400 cavalry, 100 of his own soldiers and 500 selected infantry to tie a pile of hay behind the horses.

Before setting off, Liu An told Liu Bei: "Xuande, prepare an ambush five miles outside the camp. If I fail and come back, and the enemy pursues me here, I will use bows and arrows to force them back. If the situation arises,

If things get better, you can also cooperate with me to defeat the pursuers."

"No!" Liu Bei responded cautiously.

Liu An then led Lu Bu, Zhang Fei, Gao Shun and two thousand cavalry in a dispersed formation towards the Chakshi tribe.

Hay was tied behind the horse's tail. As the war horse moved, it brought up a lot of smoke and dust. After traveling for ten miles, the cavalry formation had completely dispersed. The smoke and dust brought up by the hay dragged on the ground filled the sky. From a distance, it looked like there were thousands of troops.

It's like galloping.

It was almost dusk when Liu Anjun arrived ten miles away from the Chakshi tribe.

Chakshi, who was in the camp, received news from his subordinates that an army of nearly ten thousand people was approaching his tribe.

At that time, Chakshi was fighting bravely on a beautiful woman kidnapped from the Han Dynasty. When he heard the news, he was so frightened that he trembled violently. He immediately picked up his underwear and ordered his men to pull the clothes from the Han court a few days ago.

The messenger summoned.

After receiving important information from the envoy and learning that his heart was still toward Xianbei, Chakshi promoted him to a small leader, leading more than a dozen tribesmen, and living a comfortable life every day.

Not long after, when the envoy arrived at Chakshi's camp, the Han woman in the tent had already left. When Chakshi saw the envoy, he asked in a face-to-face manner:

"Didn't I say that surrendering the letter will definitely stabilize the Han court? In just a few days, the Han court has overwhelmed my tribe with its army!"

"Don't be anxious, sir. Why don't you let me go and find out what Han Ting's intention is before making a decision?" The envoy responded calmly in the face of Chakshi's thunderous fury.

Seeing this, Chakshi also realized that he was too panicked.

But his tribe only had more than 3,000 capable warriors. Facing the Han court's tens of thousands of cavalry, he had no other choice but to nod and tell the envoy to go quickly.

At least this person is still an envoy of the Han people, and he has room for maneuver. If this is not possible, he can only temporarily commit himself to the Han court. When support comes from Xianbei in the center, he can then cooperate with the outside to attack the Han court.

However, this place is too far from Xianbei in the central part of the country. It takes at least twenty days to get here. If the preparation time of the army is included, it will take at least twenty days for the reinforcements from the central part to arrive here.

After the envoy left, he took the horse he had ridden before and rode away from the Chakshi tribe.

Not long after walking towards the smoke, they ran into Liu An's army.

This place was less than three miles away from the Chakshi tribe. Liu An ordered the army to stop, but he allowed the five hundred auxiliary soldiers at the end to continue riding back and forth, causing the smoke and dust to permeate the vicinity of Liu An's army.

This has two effects.

First, the smoke and dust are so thick that the other party cannot tell how many people are on Liu An's side.

Second, the continuous smoke and dust can create the illusion that cavalry are arriving one after another, thereby intimidating the opponent.

Seeing Liu An's army from a distance, the envoy dismounted early and waited. When Liu An approached, he reined in his horse and stopped, and immediately stepped forward to pay his respects:

"Sir! The villain has fulfilled his mission. Nacha Keshi has fully believed what the villain said!"

Up to this point, everything was in Liu An's plan, including the envoy's excuse to leave the Chakshi tribe when Liu An's army arrived.

Liu An could not guarantee that the other envoys could successfully escape from the tribe that came to persuade them to surrender. Only the second largest tribe that took action first, Liu An hoped that the envoys could escape.

Because the next action is the key to whether Liu An can surrender Xianbei in the northwest. Before that, he must get the exact situation from the envoy to ensure that the next plan can be implemented smoothly.

As for the other envoys, even if they died, they would only lose more than thirty death cards at most, which seemed insignificant in the crucial matter of conquering Xianbei in the northwest.

Originally, Liu An planned to fight guerrilla warfare with Xianbei and eat away at the other side bit by bit.

It was not until later that Lu Bu brought the Xianbei captives, and Liu An learned the specific information about western Xianbei from the captives. After thinking hard for more than half a month, he came up with a series of plans for various Xianbei tribes.

Now, this is just the beginning of the plan.

Liu An helped the envoy up and asked in detail about the Chakshi tribe's military deployment, Chakshi's personal character and force, and the force of his close men.

The envoy was not only happy and happy in the Chakshi tribe these days. He had already investigated nine out of ten of the issues Liu An had asked in advance, so he told Liu An everything he knew.

Liu An nodded slightly after hearing this, took off the package he had brought from Jiuyuan City from his horse, handed it to Lu Bu, looked around and said:

"Fengxian, Yide, Gao Shun, you three are following the plan!"

The three of them agreed. Lu Bu took the package and tied it on his horse, riding towards the Chakshi tribe with Gao Shun and Zhang Fei.

When they arrived outside the tribe, the three of them were stopped by people from the Chakshi tribe. After learning that the three of them were envoys from the Han court, they confiscated their weapons and took the three to Chakshi's tent.

Chakesh looked cautiously at the three people wearing gorgeous silks in front of him: "Where was the envoy from before?"

He thought that the plan was exposed and the envoy was captured by the Han court.

In order to lower the opponent's wariness, Liu An had previously asked the three of them to take off their armor and put on the fancy clothes he specially prepared for them.

At this time, Lu Bu, who was full of nobility, laughed and said: "Since the leader of Chakshi has decided to surrender to the Han, it is up to me to wait for one of our own people. That man's status is too low, so the imperial court specially sent me and other envoys from heaven to come and discuss the follow-up with the leader in detail.

arrange."

"That's it." Chakesh nodded casually. He had no intention of surrendering to the Han Dynasty, so he was not very interested in follow-up arrangements.

"Oh, that's right." Lu Bu untied the package behind him as if he had just remembered. Seeing this, the ten close warriors in Chakshi's tent immediately became alert. If Lu Bu had any evil intentions, they would immediately take action.

Lu Bu stopped his movements, looked around the people who were on guard with confidence, and then said slowly:

"My lord appreciates the talents of those who are responsible for current affairs, and has specially ordered me to give this rare thing to Chief Chakshi. I wonder if Chief Chakshi... dares to accept it?"

As he spoke, Lu Bu looked around in a funny manner at the group of personal guards who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.

Listening to Lu Bu's sarcastic words, Chakshi felt he had lost face.

He was in his own base camp, while the opponent only had three people, yet his subordinates were still as cautious as facing an army of 100,000 people. If word spread, they would be called cowards.

Then he laughed and said: "The things given by heaven must be treasures. In the words of you Han people, I can't ask for them!"

After saying that, he pretended to be generous and stepped forward in person to see what was inside the package.

He himself is the bravest person in the entire tribe. The package is so small that even if it contains a murder weapon, it can only hide a dagger at most. He does not believe that if the other party only holds a dagger, what can he do to him?
To be continued...