Unlike the complacent Ju Meng, Qi Qu was in trouble at this moment, with a sad look on his face.
The scouts he sent out to investigate and test the Han army in Gaolan Mountain have just returned.
According to the reports of the scouts, the servant armies of the Han Dynasty have now penetrated deep into the vast mountainous area north of Heli Mountain.
The Qiang people were defeated and there was no organized resistance anymore.
These barbaric peoples who once caused headaches to the Huns and left the Shanyu helpless are now fleeing madly to the west of the Hexi River and even to the glaciers of the Qilian Mountains!
No wonder they are afraid!
After June of Xia, the Han Dynasty transferred two to three thousand brave servants who were good at mountain warfare from unknown sources.
These terrible guys, armed with leather armor and long bows given by the Han Dynasty, and sharp steel knives, entered the mountains and canyons, chasing the Qiang people until they had no way to escape.
The Qiang people once wanted to resist these people.
But the result was that they were chased by a large number of Han Dynasty cavalry!
In just two to three months, dozens of Qiang tribesmen were hanged and tens of thousands of Qiang people were captured.
Their hidden valleys and canyons were discovered.
Their tents and houses were burned to the ground!
All the captured people were gathered together by the Han Dynasty and opened up farmland in the vast plains and river areas.
Like magic, the people of the Han Dynasty erected countless waterwheels in the Weoshui, Qiangshui, and Heihe River basins.
What is even more frightening to Qiequ Qiediao is that there are actually dozens of Qiang tribes of different sizes, taking the initiative to come out of the mountains and offer their knees and loyalty to the Han Dynasty people.
This is incredible!
Once upon a time, the Qiang people refused to surrender and obey even though the Xiongnu used both soft and hard tactics.
He actually voluntarily surrendered to the Han people who had only been in Hexi for two years!!???
Qi Qu Qediao once thought that he was either crazy or the Qiang people were insane.
What about the promised sons of the mountains? What about the promised Qiang people who will never be slaves?
Are you just kneeling down like this?
To this day, Qi Qu Qi Diao Nan still doesn’t understand why those Qiang people bent their knees.
But there is one thing that is difficult to understand.
The sound of war drums is already ringing.
Once the Han Dynasty solves the problem of the Qiang people, then next spring or as late as summer, the Han army will march towards Juyan and Hexi!
The emperor of the Han Dynasty never concealed his coveting of Hexi.
For Qiequ Qiediao, perhaps the only good news is that a large number of Qiang people fled back to Hexi from Heli Mountain, spreading the brutality and fear of the Han people everywhere.
After hearing the news, the Qiang tribes in Qilian Mountain, Longshou Mountain, Mingze, and Yanze moved closer to him.
Provided him with a lot of military support.
Although, the combat power is not very good.
But at least they can wave the flag and shout, and maybe they can contain some Han troops.
but……
"That's it..." Qiqu Qediaonan stood up and looked at Gaolan Mountain in the distance.
He didn't know whether his decision to cede this place was right or wrong.
But he knew very well that if he hadn't sold this place back then.
Once the Han and the Northern Huns join forces, they can easily eat him alive.
However, the cession of Gaolan Mountain resulted in a master who had enjoyed two or three years and the ruler of a country!
This feeling of comfort and elation is something that outsiders cannot know.
But now, he has to pay the price for his original decision-making!
The Han army that occupied Gaolan Mountain (Heli Mountain) could easily enter Hexi and directly attack the essence and hinterland of Hexi: Juyan.
If Juyan is lost, the entire Qilian Mountains will be exposed to the hooves of the Han cavalry.
After passing Juyan, the cavalry can reach the Western Xiongnu royal court in the Qilian Mountains in three days. In half a month, they can penetrate the entire Hexi Corridor, reach Mingze, cross the Shule River, and see the Western Regions in the distance.
He must find a way to delay the Han army as much as possible.
If you can delay it for a day, it’s a day!
"Whatever!" Qiqu Qediao couldn't think of this and started laughing.
He was just a slave of the Twins, an insignificant person. Anyone in Shan Yuting could strangle him to death with just one finger.
But now, he treats the Chanyu's legitimate son, the Chanyu of the Xiongnu, as a servant, and lets the daughter of the Jin family serve as his Yan family.
Not only that, he also made those once noble shamans wag their tails and beg for mercy like lap dogs.
He was even able to play cards on the same gambling table with the Han Dynasty Emperor and the Western Huns Chanyu!
At this point in life, what regrets can there be?
Anyway...
If you want to die, others will die first!
Myself...
"At worst, if we surrender to the Han Dynasty, we will at least get the title of Marquis of Wusun..." Qi Qu Qediaonan thought rather relaxedly.
As for the Northern Huns?
He was unwilling to take refuge even if he died.
Not to mention that he would die if he went there, even if the Northern Huns were magnanimous and ignored their past grudges, what would he gain?
Still a slave to the Chanyu? A pariah in the eyes of the nobles?
Absolutely impossible!
Even if he died, he would also like to die in a tent filled with Xiaoyaosan, surrounded by smoke, and transform into a god!
Of course, he would not surrender unless absolutely necessary.
Being the leader of a country and dominating the world is much more satisfying than being the Hou Wusun.
But the Han Dynasty people seemed to have made up their minds and must take Hexi?
"How about I send a mission to Chang'an to talk to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty under the banner of wishing the Han Dynasty a new year?" Qi Qu Qediaonan thought in his mind. After thinking about it carefully, this idea seemed to be a good one.
First of all, no matter what, if you don't hit the smiling person, the Han Dynasty people can't slap him with a slap in the face when there is an envoy paying tribute, right?
Secondly, we can also take this opportunity to explore the bottom line of the Han Dynasty people.
Maybe we can get some good conditions.
For example, being able to be sealed as a Chanyu just like Qie Zhi...
At least we can get the conditions promised by the emperor of the Han Dynasty, right?
As soon as he thought of it, he did it, and Qi Qu Qi Diao Nan immediately found a young nobleman from his own clan, his nephew Qi Qi Dao Nan, and asked him to lead an envoy to Chang'an.
What about the flag?
Of course, it was in the name of "The Xiongnu Chanyu Yushan asked his brother Emperor Han Tianzi". By the way, Qiqu Qediaonan also asked people to prepare a few stones of Hexi specialty carrots and some fur jewelry and other things as tributes.
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In his opinion, his behavior could at least buy him and his small Western Huns regime a year.
It’s better to have one more year of freedom than to have to take multiple-choice exams right away!
But Ji Qu Ji Diao could never have imagined that this would happen not long after the mission had just set off.
There were more than ten high-ranking nobles of the Western Huns quietly gathered together.
The leader was none other than King Zhelan Gutu who had helped Qequ Qiediao launch the coup and killed the military ministers who had stayed behind to protect Yu Shan's army.
"The Chanyu of Juli Lake said, if we can reverse the situation and kill the traitor who violated the order of the previous Chanyu and imprisoned King Zuoxian in a difficult situation, then we can forget about it and still appoint him as the king. What else can we do?
In the west, give pastures and livestock and rebuild the tribe!" Gu Tu swept away these people, these were the nobles who had followed him and had difficulty in launching a coup.
But now, they have been attracted by the chips offered by the Northern Huns.
To the Huns, rebellions and coups were as normal as breathing.
Especially now, all fools know that the small political power of the Western Huns, which is difficult to control, is about to end.
In this case...
That's against his motherfucker!
Take his head and sell it for a good price!
But, was it sold to the Han Dynasty? Or to the poor relatives of the Northern Huns?
Everyone still has to make a careful calculation.
Especially, when everyone is a smoker.
The biggest impact of the Qiequ Qiediao Dilemma on the Western Xiongnu was the dispersal of Xiaoyao.
This magical thing that he kept getting from some source became popular among the middle and upper classes of the entire Western Huns in just two years.
Almost 100% of shamans and 80% of high-ranking nobles are contaminated with this substance.
At the beginning, everyone thought, great! This is simply a miracle medicine.
but now……
Everyone knows that it is the smoke breathed out by the devil.
That is more terrifying than any poison in the world!
No one can endure the torture of not smoking for a day!
Qi Qu Qie Diao Nan often used several nobles who disobeyed him as chickens to kill for others to see.
The miserable situation of those poor people who, because they did not get Xiaoyao San, rolled around in the huts and grass, shed tears and snot, gave up all dignity, and even preferred to drink urine that was difficult to drain to have a taste of Xiaoyao San.
, everyone still remembers it and dare not forget it.
If you cannot find Xiaoyaosan and it is difficult to preserve it, you may need to contact the person who provided the drug to obtain a source of supply.
