Three hundred and seventieth chapters two poisonous snakes
Summer is here, and the vast grasslands are once again full of vitality.
One after another, tribes that migrated south in winter returned to their familiar pastures.
Shan Yuting, the brain of the Xiongnu Empire, also moved to the foot of Helan Mountain.
At this time, in Shan Yu's tent, all the giants of the Xiongnu Empire gathered together to discuss how to deal with the changes in the empire to the east.
"The emperor of the Han people died again. Now, the one who lives in Chang'an City is just a young boy under seventeen years old!" Jinmi, the Aries King, waved his hands covered with thick body hair and shouted loudly.
: "Da Chanyu, please give the order. Our Aries tribe is ready. As long as you give the order, two thousand horses will be at your disposal at any time!"
Wuligu, the king of Loufan, also said: "The Great Chanyu, the Loufan tribe's 30,000 elite cavalry are also ready to go, just waiting for the Chanyu to sing!"
King Xiutu and King Hunxie also joined in and started making noise.
For a moment, there were only sounds of shouting and killing in the entire royal tent.
As the brains of the Xiongnu Empire, Shan Yu, a military official, seemed to have not heard the voices of these warring factions. He closed his eyes slightly and did not give any reply.
Xu Bu Diao Nan, who was kneeling next to the military minister, raised his head and looked at the leaders of one side who were clamoring for war.
He sneered twice in his heart.
Let’s take a look at who these war factions are, right?
King Xiutu and King Hunxie?
Damn the remnants of King Youxian!
If it weren't for these two tribes being large tribes in the Xiongnu country, and their strength should not be underestimated, haha, I'm afraid, now these two guys should go underground to accompany King Youxian!
As for King Aries and King Loufan, they have nothing to do with the dead King Youxian!
But, look at where the territory of these two guys is?
Their traditional pastures are all located in the Hetao area that the Qin people voluntarily abandoned!
However, Chanyu's direct descendants, those giants in the west and north, were basically silent.
Even if someone spoke occasionally, it would always be a joke.
The double-headed eagle policy formulated by the old Shanyu has evolved into two groups with different interests.
Especially after the previous generation of King Youxian was defeated in the political struggle, this contradiction became more and more intense.
Shan Yuting had always looked at the tribes that were close to King Youxian through colored glasses.
Especially, that Righteous King still has his son alive!
Under such circumstances, how could the Chanyu loosen the collar around the necks of the eastern tribes?
What's more, the Xiongnu's current national policy is to expand westward.
Those small countries in the west are rich and weak.
Just send ten thousand riders there and you can get back a lot of wealth and population.
These nobles have already enjoyed various benefits of grabbing the west.
How could any change that might cause the Xiongnu's power to move eastward be allowed?
These people were the basic base and direct descendants of Chanyu. It was with their support that Chanyu successfully ascended the throne and eradicated King Youxian.
Let me ask, under such a situation, how could Chanyu rashly change his established strategy and go east to fight the Han people to the death?
Sure enough, the military minister Shanyu stood up, waved his hand, and said: "I understand what you guys mean. However, this Shanyu has an agreement with the Han emperor, and the old Shanyu also made an alliance with the Han emperor. Within the Great Wall
, is the room with the crown and belt. The emperor of the Han Dynasty rules, outside the Great Wall. It is a country of bows and hunters, ruled by the Great Chanyu. As long as the emperor of the Han people still insists on this alliance, then let’s not mention the invasion of the Han Dynasty again!”
"Da Chanyu!" King Aries became anxious upon hearing this.
The men in the tribe are all waiting for his good news!
Everyone is counting on this southern invasion to grab enough, and life will be easier this winter!
King Lou Fan was also anxious, but he was smarter than Jin Mi. He knelt down and begged: "Da Chanyu Mingjian, since the Great Chanyu of Maodun, our great Xiongnu tradition is that when the Han people change the emperor, they have to send troops to beat them."
For one thing, to show the military might and national prestige of our great Xiongnu, so that the Han emperor would obey and send more silks, food, and treasures; and secondly, to unite the eastern tribes so that they would always be under the rule of the Great Chanyu, so that they would not be defeated by the Great Chanyu.
Stay away from Shan Yuting and abandon your heart and virtue..."
"This..." The military minister also hesitated.
In fact, the military officials were not completely opposed to actively invading the Han Dynasty.
For him, grabbing the west side is also grabbing, and grabbing the east side is still grabbing. There is not much difference.
As for the so-called contradiction between East and West, this kind of thing is nonsense.
He is the Xiongnu Chanyu first, and the co-leader of the western tribes secondly. If he is too partial to the west, it will inevitably make the eastern tribes feel disappointed.
Therefore, he has always maintained a certain degree of control, and has been deliberately balancing the power of East and West to make the two parties hostile to each other, but he will not really break up with each other, let alone allow one party to become dominant.
As for King Youxian?
Everyone is dead!
What else can be done?
The tradition of the Huns has always been the naked law of the jungle.
The weak will eat the strong, and the strong will survive.
At that time, Maodun Shanyu even killed his father! Later, he made his brother the king and even entrusted him with important responsibilities. According to tradition, he took over Touman's wives and concubines.
How can a young man who has lost his father and most of his livestock and population change the world?
The military officials thought that since he had even killed King Youxian, he could crush a little wolf cub who was still alive with just one finger!
The reason why he really opposed the initiative to invade the Han Dynasty was that when the Xiongnu Empire developed to this day, its territory had become unprecedentedly vast.
Before, no grassland nation had ever been able to expand its territory to the size of the Xiongnu.
The entire Xiongnu Empire started from the Western Regions in the west, the Great Wall in the east, the Beihai in the north, and Korea in the south.
Tens of thousands of miles across, all areas that could be conquered by cavalry were conquered by the Huns.
Although the military minister has never read a book and has little cultural knowledge, he is an outstanding person who has experienced countless political struggles.
He knew very well that the Xiongnu today were no longer the small tribe that trembled under the hooves of the Qin army and were in danger, let alone the Xiongnu who fought in the east and west for their own survival during the period of Maodun Shanyu and Laoshang Shanyu.
and an expanding regime.
It is now in fact the overlord of the entire known world.
It needs stability to maintain its hegemony, rather than lighting fires everywhere and provoking wars.
A war with the Han Dynasty might cause the Xiongnu Empire to lose its hegemony!
This is not just his personal thought.
His father, Shanyu, also thought so.
The reason is simple: the Huns were completely behind the Han people in terms of population.
The population of the Han Dynasty was tens of millions, while the population of the Xiongnu was only a few million.
Not even one-tenth that of the Han people.
If the Han people in the east were just like the countries in the west, weak, cowardly and unable to resist, then it would not matter.
But unfortunately, they are not!
In the Han Dynasty, from the emperor to the common people, there were almost no weaklings.
Every time the Huns invaded, the Han people would almost mobilize.
From the emperor to the peasants, from the seventy-year-old man to the ten-year-old child, anyone who could handle a sword or a gun would go to the front line to fight with the Huns cavalry.
Once on the battlefield, tens of thousands of Huns besieged a city with only 2,000 defenders, and fought for a month. The city did not move at all. Han defenders, the father died, and the son continued to fight despite his father's weapons. The elder brother
After his death, the younger brother shed tears and stood on the top of the city. When his husband died, his wife took a mourning cloth and stood on the top of the city.
That incident shocked the entire Xiongnu.
Therefore, the old Shanyu decided to make a real peace treaty with the Han people.
Even though more than ten years have passed since that incident, the military officials still remember that city and the name of the guard.
"I am Wei Shang, the governor of Yunzhong, and a Hun dog thief. Do you dare to fight?"
"Do you dare to fight?"
The muscles on the soldier's face twitched as he recalled what he saw and heard at that time.
"Why do the Han people resist so tenaciously?" The military minister became irritated: "Why don't we behave like those small countries in the west and let us Huns plunder them?"
Facing that country with a large population and powerful fighting capacity.
The military minister felt an endless chill in his heart.
After all, he is not a hero with firm will and decisive actions like his father, Shanyu.
On the contrary, for the military minister who was born with a golden key, maintaining the status quo, preferably forever, is what he likes most.
However, King Aries and King Loufan have always been Shan Yuting's two loyal dogs, and they are also the two shit-stirring sticks placed by Shan Yuting in the east.
And both tribes have very strong fighting capabilities.
If they are not appeased, Shan Yuting's control over the east will be shaken if they have some small thoughts.
Driven by such thoughts, the military minister thought for a while, then slapped his thigh and asked: "It's difficult to predict! Last year, didn't you go to the Han Dynasty as an envoy? Didn't you meet the new emperor who is now sitting in Chang'an?"
, tell everyone, what kind of person is the new emperor?"
Well, suppose the new emperor of the Han people is a softie.
So, what's the point of grabbing it once?
If you are weak to the Huns, you deserve to be bullied and robbed!
Only the strong can win their respect!
The reason why the Han Dynasty made the Xiongnu fearful was because in the past few decades, no matter how dilapidated their army was, how bad the equipment, how small the number, how great the disadvantage, they would grit their teeth and fight to the death.
Even the emperor of the Han Dynasty would personally go to the front line!
Therefore, the Huns would hypocritically talk about the room with crowns and belts and the country of bows and hunting.
The countries in the west have never enjoyed such treatment!
Even their allies, the Wusun people, have never been taken seriously by the Huns!
Xu Bu Diao couldn't hear the words and said quickly: "Reporting to the Great Chanyu, I was ordered to go to Chang'an as an envoy, and I did meet the new emperor of the Han Dynasty..."
He looked at the motionless big men sitting in their seats, shrank his neck, and said: "From the slave's point of view, this new emperor of the Han Dynasty is not much different from the previous emperors of the Han Dynasty..."
So the big shots all looked at Xu Bu Diao Nan with admiration.
But to the military minister, there is not much difference, that is, he is a smelly, hard guy with thorns all over his body!
He didn't want to be like that idiot King You Xian, who didn't eat the meat and ended up losing his teeth!
Speaking of which, he was able to deal with King Youxian, a great enemy, thanks to the Han people. If the Han army had not given King Youxian a severe lesson three years ago, he would not have been able to deal with such a powerful enemy so easily.
A powerful political opponent.
Not to mention putting his wings to death. Exile to exile.
Thinking like this, the military minister said: "Last time, the emperor of the Han Dynasty proposed to buy various plant seeds and special products of our great Huns at high prices? Xu Bu Diao Nan, you go to Chang'an again. Take it with you.
I am going to trade all kinds of rare products of the Xiongnu with the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, such as rhubarb and pepper. I like it very much and call him the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. I will give you more this year. In addition..."
The military officials looked at King Aries and King Loufan.
He knew that these two loyal dogs must be fed.
So he said: "Tell the Emperor of the Han Dynasty that I want the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to open several markets beside the Great Wall and allow our merchants from the Huns to trade with the merchants from the Han Dynasty to exchange what they have!"
"Yes!" Xu Bu Diao Nan knelt down and kowtowed.
Then the military officials said to King Aries and King Loufan: "After the opening of those markets, the management rights will be handed over to King Aries and King Loufan!"
When King Aries and King Loufan heard this, they were immediately overjoyed.
In these years, market trade also existed between Han and Hungary.
Each of these markets is a rich and prosperous industry!
If you can get a share of these markets, you can give an explanation to the tribe's sons when you go back whether you want to rob the east side or not.
Especially recently, the new rhubarb and peppercorns from the Han Dynasty have become popular throughout the Xiongnu. If we can take this opportunity to obtain rhubarb, peppercorns and other products, then...
As for King Xiutu and King Tushe...
King Aries and King Loufan looked at each other and cursed in their hearts: "The remnants of King Youxian, don't even think about getting such benefits!"
After King Aries and King Loufan were comforted, the military minister Shanyu said a little tiredly: "Okay, let's stop the discussion here! I have heard everything clearly. Without my order, you are not allowed to attack the Han Dynasty privately.
land!"
Today's Huns are also beginning to try to learn the ruling methods of the Han Dynasty.
One of its characteristics is that Shan Yuting began to consciously gather the power of the tribe and restrict the tribe's freedom to fight.
The Xiongnu Empire began as a loose collection of tribes and developed like a feudal slave-nomadic country.
I have to say that this is indeed a manifestation of the progress of the Huns' civilization.
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Waiting for Shan Yu's account to come out.
King Xiutu and King Hunxie both looked decadent.
It can only be said that in the Huns, if you stand on the wrong team, the price will be very serious!
The two of them and their tribe are very lucky to be able to retain their pasture and life!
Last year, Shan Yuting was killed and blood flowed like a river.
Most of the nobles and tribal leaders who are close to King Youxian are either enjoying the wind and snow in Beihai or going to see King Youxian.
It's just that people are always greedy.
Last year, King Xiutu and King Hunxie thought it would be great if they could save their lives.
But now, when they know that their lives have been saved, they inevitably want to ask for more.
"How about we secretly rob a Han border county?" King Xiutu asked cautiously.
If King Youxian was still alive, this kind of thing would not be a big deal.
Grab it, grab it!
Even if they can't defeat the Han people, the Huns are all cavalry and can run out of the Great Wall in the blink of an eye.
But now, there is some trouble.
Shan Yuting sent people to various tribes to make small troubles, and they could hide the past, but if they took big actions, they would disobey Shan Yu's orders, and the consequences would be very serious!
Therefore, King Kunxie shook his head.
He no longer had the guts to take this risk. Last year's coup had made him lose all courage to resist Shan Yuting.
"Then what should we do?" King Xiutu sighed.
If we can't grab the east side, we won't get any benefits back. It's hard to explain to the tribe!
Huns, if you have breasts, you are a mother!
Population migration between each other is frequent.
If the conditions of a tribe are not good and the herdsmen in the tribe feel that they cannot survive, or if the conditions of other tribes are better, people will go there on horseback, driving livestock and slaves.
This is also the current situation of the nomadic people’s existence.
For nomadic people, surviving and reproducing children are the first things to consider.
As for what loyalty?
Can it be eaten?
King Xiutu and King Kunxie couldn't help but become frustrated.
At this time, a Xiongnu noble came over quietly and said to them: "Xiutu and Kunxie, you two great kings. My great king asked me to give you a message. Do you want to make a fortune?"
As he spoke, the nobleman quietly handed over a token.
When King Xiutu and King Kunxie saw the token, their expressions suddenly changed, and they hurriedly said respectfully: "Young Master, are you okay?"
Who else could have that token besides the prince of King Youxian who they had previously loyal to and abandoned by them, and the current King of Zuoguli, Yizhixie?
"My king, life is difficult now..." The nobleman was a little decadent when he thought of Shan Yuting's surveillance and suppression of his master. But he quickly cheered up and said: "My king said that he does not blame the two of them.
You are a great king. Everything is fate! Your Majesty still believes that the two great kings are loyal ministers... Therefore, now there is an opportunity to make a fortune, and I would like to ask the two great kings if they are willing to join in? "
To the Huns, loyalty was not as important as a sheep.
Modu killed his father Touman, but he was still praised as an idol by the Huns.
Therefore, King Xiutu and King Kunxie nodded and said, "Yes!" without even thinking about it.
Hearing this, the noble said softly: "In the afternoon, Dalu of the Wusun Kingdom will host a banquet on the east grassland of Shan Yuting. Please make sure you attend the appointment on time!"
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Yi Zhixie stood at the door of the tent, looking at the grassland under the sun. He silently opened the tent door and walked in.
Yi Zhixie knew very well that at least half of the people in this big tent were the eyes and ears of his "kind-hearted" uncle, the military minister Chanyu.
As an adult, Yi Zhixie knows how to hide her hatred and thoughts.
As usual, he walked into the tent carelessly, punched and kicked the guards and slaves, as if to vent his excess energy.
But in fact, the targets chosen by Yi Zhixie may seem random, but in fact they are very purposeful.
For example, he seemed to be violently abusing a poor slave, but in fact, his eyes were secretly staring at a guard opposite. When he saw the guard giving him a signal indicating success,
In his heart, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally...
We have contacted King Xiutu and King Kunxie!
Yi Zhixie knew very well that although there were many people in the Xiongnu who sympathized with him, especially his father's old tribe in the east, there were many tribes.
But in the Xiongnu, sympathy can bring nothing.
He knows, and is very clear, that if he wants revenge, he has to be like a poisonous snake in the grass, lurking quietly, carefully hiding his intentions, putting away his fangs, pretending to be harmless green grass on the roadside, waiting for prey.
A moment of relaxation.
During this period, he must accumulate strength and cultivate his wings.
And a signal that is extremely beneficial to Yi Zhixie is that the current military minister Chanyu does not have many heirs.
The eldest son of a military official died young, the second son had mental problems, and the third son died during the expedition.
In other words, even if the military minister gives birth to a son now, his son may not reach adulthood by the time he dies.
According to the Xiongnu system, only members of the royal family who are over twenty years old can be named Zuoxian King.
This means that he still has a chance, and it is a great chance to make a comeback!
Thinking like this, Yi Zhixie kicked the slave away and said, "How much fun will you have this afternoon?"
The guard who just gave him the code responded promptly: "I heard that Dalu from Wusun Kingdom will hold a barbecue banquet this afternoon. There will be many female slaves from the Western Regions to join in the fun..."
Yi Zhi's squinting eyes lit up, he pretended to be a pervert, and said impatiently: "Okay, hurry up and prepare it for me. I haven't tasted the taste of a female slave from the Western Regions for a long time!"
In her heart, Yi Zhixie was very calm.
He has been in contact with Dalu of Wusun Kingdom for a long time.
The two of them can be said to have the same problem.
Dalu's father, Wusun Kunmo Junxumi, disliked Dalu very much and excluded him from the line of successors early.
But how could Da Lu be convinced?
Therefore, I have been thinking of ways to get rid of Jun Xumi's control, and even learn from Maodun Chanyu to challenge Jun Xumi.
And these require a lot of money and resources.
The same goes for Yi Zhixie. If he wants revenge, he must obtain enough financial resources to bribe Shan Yuting's nobles and cultivate his wings and army.
Dalu went to the Han Dynasty last year and got in touch with him after returning.
The two agreed to work together to open up the smuggling trade routes of the Han Dynasty.
Various rare specialties from the Western Regions and the Huns were sent to the Han Dynasty in exchange for silk, rhubarb, pepper, tea, porcelain and other luxuries.
Then use the proceeds from smuggling to recruit troops and expand your strength.
The two even swore an oath to cooperate together to gain the power of the Wusun and the Xiongnu.
But in fact, Yi Zhixie now has plans to cut off Dalu as soon as he takes office.
Because, Yi Zhixie feels that people like Da Lu are too dangerous!
But now, Yi Zhixie still needs Da Lu's cooperation, as well as the specialties of the Western Regions and the connections and relationships he provides to manage and maintain his own power.
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At this time, in a pasture at the foot of Helan Mountain, Dalu, the prince of Wusun Kingdom, was looking at the various specialties from the Western Regions and the Huns that he had collected these days.
Among them, there are several plates of gorgeous and exotic flowers in full bloom, which are the most dazzling. Even Dalu thinks that this kind of flower is really the most beautiful flower in the world!
"People of the Han Dynasty should like this kind of flower!" Dalu thought in his heart.
He got this kind of flower from Dawan country with great effort!
According to the people of Dawan, even in the far west, countries tens of thousands of miles away, there are gods who use this flower to hypnotize their fathers.
The name of this flower is called Diyeka in Dawan, which is a bit confusing.
Therefore, Dalu invited a man who surrendered from the Han Dynasty to give it a name that was very rich in Han culture - hibiscus flower.
Da Lu valued this kind of flower very much. He bought a bag of flower seeds at a high price, intending to exchange it with the Han people for a huge fortune.
Well, at least a few hundred kilograms of rhubarb or pepper!
Nowadays, rhubarb and Sichuan pepper have become popular in both Xiongnu and Wusun.
The nobles in Wusun even offered a hundred slaves or ten war horses for a small piece of rhubarb!
A few hundred kilograms of rhubarb is enough to arm hundreds of cavalry!
In addition, Dalu also found many other good things.
For example, when it grows up, it will produce long melons and white velvety fruits.
Of course, these are not the point.
After all, the people of the Han Dynasty could not have needed these ornamental plants in large quantities for a long time.
Moreover, the Huns may also try to steal this business.
The product that Dalu really wanted to sell to the Han Dynasty and make a lot of money was - the specialty of the Wusun Kingdom, a horse breed that even the Huns envied. It was cultivated and cultivated by the Wusun people through decades of hard work.
The excellent war horse obtained after improvement - Wusun horse.
Dalu knew very well that whatever the Huns were selling, it was unlikely that they would sell their war horses to the Han Dynasty.
Especially this kind of excellent war horse, don’t even think about it!
But Wusun is so scared!
Wusun is separated from the Han Dynasty by the Xiongnu. No matter how powerful the Han Dynasty is, it cannot threaten Wusun!
Moreover, for the Wusun people, the war between Han and Hungary was the most wonderful thing!
Therefore, Dalu felt no pressure and was even quite proud of selling his war horses to the Han people.
As for whether the Huns would allow him to do this?
A smile appeared on Dalu's lips.
If he doesn't sell his horse, why should Yi Zhixie challenge the military officials?
By mouth?
I'm afraid, even if he doesn't do it, Yi Zhixie will force him to do it!
"Chaos, chaos!" Da Lu sneered in his heart: "Let's all stir up chaos! If we don't stir up chaos, if I become Da Kunmo in the future, how can I lead Wusun, overthrow the Xiongnu, and become the overlord and master of this world?"
Dalu thought about the huge territory of the Huns and recalled the prosperous Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty.
"It's all mine, everything is mine!"
"I want to be the king of the world!"
Da Lu remembered a legend he heard in Dayuan Kingdom.
Legend has it that many years ago, under the command of a king, the ancestors of the Dawan people crossed the sea, crossed the desert, conquered countless countries, and established a world empire, making the world over hundreds of thousands of miles submit to that king.
Under the riding crop.
"One day, I may not be able to do something like that!"
Da Lu screamed like a poisonous snake at this moment.
At this time, a servant came to report that King Xiutu of the Xiongnu, King Kunxie and King Zuoguli had come to attend his banquet, and asked him to go out to greet him immediately.
Da Lu quickly put aside the thoughts in his heart, showed a humble smile, and hurried out to greet him. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
