The burly figure of the military minister walked step by step towards the center of the royal tent.︾,
Many nobles lowered their heads, leaned down, and touched their foreheads to express their submission to him.
"King Aries!" The military minister turned his attention to a noble in the king's tent and asked in a rough voice: "I heard that there is important information passed to you from the Han Dynasty!"
"Reporting to Zhu Li Gu Tu, I have indeed received a very important piece of information from the Han Dynasty!" King Aries crawled to the king's tent and reported on his knees.
The nobles in the tent all looked at the Aries King with curiosity, disdain, provocation and distrust.
It's not because everyone doesn't pay attention to the intelligence of the Han Dynasty.
On the contrary, although the Xiongnu Empire has now set a national policy of advancing westward from Nan'an.
but……
For the only empire in the known civilized world that could compete with the Xiongnu Empire, the existence of the Han Dynasty itself was a threat.
The tombs of the Huns' ancestors and almost all important sacrificial sites were concentrated near the border of the Han Dynasty.
Even Langjuxu Mountain is actually only two thousand miles away from the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty in a straight line (note).
Even three or four hundred years ago, Ganquan Mountain, the place where the Huns worshiped the heavens, has now become a summer palace for the emperors of the Han Dynasty.
Seventy or eighty years ago, the Great Wall Army of the Qin Empire commanded by Meng Tian left a legend of their invincibility among all the grassland peoples.
Under such circumstances, no one ignored the information coming from the Han Dynasty.
There were even nobles in the tent who were surrendered ministers from the Han Dynasty.
For example, the grandfather of Lu Tazhi, king of Donghu, was Lu Wan, the brother-in-law of Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Whether everyone is curious, disdainful, provocative or distrustful, they are all aimed at the King of Aries.
Because the Aries King present now just inherited his uncle's throne this winter.
The status inheritance system of the Huns was very chaotic. It emphasized fists being the biggest and blood being the second.
This Aries King can defeat his uncles and brothers and successfully secure the position of Aries King. It seems that he is somewhat capable.
But in the Xiongnu, clearing out internal competitors is only the first step on the journey to the throne.
If you want to stabilize your status and power, you have to face challenges from external tribes.
Although the Aries tribe is powerful, it is considered the top tribe even in the Xiongnu country.
However, last year, Lao Wang passed away, and his brothers and nephews competed with each other for the throne and fought against each other, which inevitably led to a loss of some strength.
Other tribes, of course, smelled the smell of blood.
As long as the Aries tribe shows weakness, they will swarm forward.
Although under the control of Shan Yuting, no one can really do anything to the Aries tribe.
However, in the Huns, where the strong were respected, the weak did not deserve resources.
The rich pastures that the Aries tribe has occupied in the past few decades, the natural pastures, and the large number of herder slaves are all attracting other tribes who are impatient.
Therefore, at this moment, the leaders of each Xiongnu tribe are observing, sizing up, and pondering the Aries King.
Look at the prey like a hunter.
Only King Aries has fully proved his bravery and dispelled other tribes from coveting the pastures and pastures under his control.
Otherwise, this kind of peeping and coveting will never stop.
Compared with external wars, internal strife is more cruel.
In the Xiongnu, even a Chanyu needs to prove himself, otherwise he will step down or be killed.
Because of this, starting from the elder Chanyu, Chanyu Ting gradually began to imitate and learn from the Han Dynasty, hoping to stabilize order, centralize power, and establish authority.
However, this approach was not recognized by the Xiongnu nobles and tribal leaders at all.
So there is almost no effect.
The newly appointed Aries King Gushe felt the malicious and prying eyes of other tribal leaders in the royal tent, and raised her head without fear and looked directly at these people.
Challenges and provocations are almost daily in the life of every Xiongnu noble.
Only those nobles who overcome all challenges from within and without can win respect and power.
Gu She sneered twice in her heart, but it was difficult for him to retaliate in front of Shan Yu.
"This is a map from the Han Dynasty..." Gu She looked directly into the eyes of those potential challengers with ill intentions, clapped her hands, and soon, two Huns warriors were holding a man wrapped in blood.
wrapped in cloth and walked in.
"It is said that this is a map drawn by the emperor of the Han Dynasty after getting information from merchants on the sea!" Gu She looked around at the other tribal leaders, and then respectfully said to the military officials: "The great Zhu Li Gu Tu,
I discovered the Yuezhi people from this map!"
The soldier's short and thick body suddenly trembled, and the braids hanging behind his head danced with excitement.
"Yue Zhi people?!" The military minister shouted, looked up to the sky and roared, then stared at Gushe and asked: "Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, who are favored by the gods, protected by the earth, and shined by the sun and the moon, those despicable and shameless people
Where are the thieves and filthy slaves?"
To the military minister, Yuezhi is the biggest pain, biggest scar, and biggest shame in his heart!
More than 20 years ago, during the reign of Shanyu, he, as King Zuoxian and the prince of the Xiongnu Empire, led the army to fight against the Yuezhi people, and was defeated repeatedly. Finally, Shanyu had no choice but to order his mortal enemy Youzhi.
The wise king led a crusade against the eastern tribes. As a result, he defeated the Yuezhi, killed his king, made wine vessels, and drove the remaining Yuezhi people to the west.
This is the greatest shame and pain in the life of a military official.
In the Huns, people worshiped the victors and despised the defeated.
Although he had completely wiped out all the power of his former mortal enemy through a palace coup, leaving only one son still lingering.
But the military minister knew that if he had not washed away the shame on himself for a day, his position would still be unstable.
Challengers at home and abroad who covet his position, uncles, uncles and nephews who peek at his power will all have opportunities.
This is even related to the fact that the son of his mortal enemy King Youxian, Zuogu Li Yizhixie, who was exiled to the west, was able to receive the protection and support of many tribes.
The tribal leaders in the country only surrendered to him on the surface, but in fact, they did not trust him like the old Chanyu.
Everyone is looking at him with suspicion and scrutiny, trying to figure him out.
Once there is an opportunity, these people will definitely gather around King Zuogu Li and challenge him.
Just like in the past, Touman Chanyu's ability was doubted, so Maodun Chanyu killed him with his voice.
Therefore, after securing his position, the military minister mobilized all his strength to search for the whereabouts of the Yueshi people and their royal court.
The military ministers swore that as long as they find the Yuezhi people, they will crush these damn thieves and despicable slaves into dregs, use their heads to make wine vessels to show off their bravery, enslave their women, and whip them
's children.
It's a pity that the Yuezhi people ran far away, even out of the sight of the Huns. Even the countries in the Western Regions have no trace of these guys.
And now, when King Aries said that the whereabouts of the Yuezhi people had been discovered since the Han Dynasty.
One can imagine how excited the military officials were.
He just wanted to whip his whip and command the invincible Huns army. Find those scum and crush them!
Fortunately, the only reason allowed the military officials to restrain themselves.
The Yuezhi people have fled far away. Even if their traces are discovered, they cannot go to conquer them now.
At least until summer, when the horses and livestock begin to gain weight and water and grass are plentiful.
Gushe Gongshen opened the blood-stained package in the tray, revealing the silk map inside, and then unfolded it in front of the military officials.
"Return to the great plow Gutu, which is favored by the gods, protected by the earth, and illuminated by the sun and the moon. Those despicable thieves are hiding here now..." Gushe pointed to a place on the map and said: "According to the information from the Han Dynasty
According to intelligence, these filthy slaves are recovering and are said to have a population of three to four hundred thousand, and they are planning to conquer an unprecedentedly wealthy country!"
The other tribal leaders in the tent also raised their heads.
Yuezhi people!
No Huns will forget this former overlord of the steppes.
Especially the old Shang Shanyu once made the head of King Yuezhi into a wine vessel.
Saving others by oneself, the Xiongnu nobles believe that one day, if the Yuezhi people regain their strength, they will definitely come back for revenge!
Even some older tribal leaders still remember it very clearly.
More than twenty years ago, after the Yuezhi people escaped, the captured Yuezhi nobles and shamans cursed the Huns with extremely vicious tones and the most determined attitude before their death.
"Just wait, my king will definitely come back. He will come back with the power of the sun and the moon, and with the blessing of the gods, stepping on the flames. By that time, the entire grassland will be burning, and hailstones as big as fists will fall from the sky.
And you will turn into ice sculptures and ashes, and be destroyed in the flames!"
Even today, those small Yuezhi tribes hiding in the nooks and crannies are still a huge headache for the Xiongnu Empire.
These stubborn thieves and humble slaves, whose vitality is stronger than weeds, would be okay if they regained their strength and were killed back?!
You must know that twenty or thirty years ago, the entire Western Region and grasslands surrendered to the horses of the Yuezhi people.
The cavalry that the Huns were proud of did not have an advantage over the Yuezhi cavalry.
Therefore, in the Huns, regardless of their position or faction, all nobles and tribes had the same attitude towards the Yuezhi: find them, kill them, burn their pastures and pastures, eat up their livestock, and pollute
Their rivers and lakes, insulting and occupying their women!
"To support the plowing of Gutu, I have 14,000 warriors under my command, Lou Fan, who are willing to be your vanguard!"
"We will not butcher our eight thousand cavalry, and we are willing to use them as sharp blades to plow Gutu!"
"My master, the Lan clan is your arrow. Please fire the arrow and bring destruction to the Yuezhi people!"
"The three ten thousand horses of the Xubu clan, designated by the gods to plow Gutu, are ready to go!"
Even King Yi Zhixie of Zuoguli, under the general situation, prostrated in front of the military minister, his father-killing enemy, and said loudly: "The invincible support of Gutu, let the anger of the gods destroy those despicable Yuezhi people!
"
But at this moment, the military officials seemed not to hear their voices.
All his attention was attracted by the map drawn on the silk.
This map is so big that it stretches two to three feet when unfolded.
There are words and lines on it, dividing the world.
"This is the Han Dynasty..." The military minister touched his hand from the east of the map. Even though the military minister did not know the Chinese characters, he knew where this was.
The vast and fertile territory of the Han Dynasty occupies the entire east of the map. The majestic mountains, rushing rivers, quiet mountains, flat plains, majestic cities, prosperous world, and beacon of civilization have never been so clearly displayed.
In front of the military officials.
In the hearts of the military officials, something seemed to be touched.
He felt that he saw light.
A whole new world, just behind the light door, beckoned to him.
"The Han Dynasty is indeed powerful and vast. It is not weaker than our great Huns!" the military minister thought in his heart.
Although the Huns were ignorant and had a very low level of civilization, they did not even have their own written language.
However, its rulers are not stupid.
Like the military minister's father, the elder Shan Yujizhu, even had a rather artistic temperament and a relatively generous personality. He was kind to others and could tolerate the mistakes of his subordinates. He could even forgive challengers.
Back then, King Youxian, as Shanyu's younger brother, conspired to challenge him, but failed.
But the old Shanyu did not kill him, but continued to appoint him as King Youxian, giving him full power to take charge of the eastern strategy.
King Youxian then vowed to die in repayment.
Even if the military coup was successful, it was mostly based on the fact that King Youxian was not willing to go to war with the heir of the old Shanyu.
Otherwise, if this Huns God of War, who has been running the Eastern tribe for more than 20 years and has great military exploits and is almost invincible, stays in the East and does not come to Shan Yuting, the military officials will really have nothing to do with him!
Even military officials are actually very open-minded.
He could tolerate Yi Zhixie alive and watch with cold eyes. The former subordinates, friends and in-laws of King You Xian secretly aided and supported Yi Zhixie, which is a good proof.
Because the military minister is not as violent as he appears on the surface.
On the contrary, he was as calm and sober as any Chanyu in the past.
He understood that killing Yi Zhixie would most likely anger those old subordinates, in-laws and friends of King Youxian.
It may even lead to a brutal civil war within the Hun Empire.
Therefore, he tolerated Yi Zhixie's existence and even named him King Zuoguli.
Because the Hun Empire needed unity, unity, and order.
Just like now, as long as he can lead the Hun Empire forward and acquire slaves and livestock, no one can challenge his status.
"Is this my Great Huns?" The military official looked northward from the Great Wall.
Although the map was blurry, Shan Yuting, a military minister, had always traveled in the Xiongnu territory according to the seasons. He soon learned that the basic framework of the Han Dynasty map was correct and it was indeed drawn.
The approximate territory of the Xiongnu.
Although it is very vague, there are no famous mountains, rivers or important sacrificial sites and pastures marked at all.
But this was shocking enough to the military officials.
What shocked the military officials even more was that on this map, the huge Xiongnu Empire and the equally huge Han Dynasty only occupied less than half of the page.
In the west, further west, the unknown world, the prosperous world, at this moment, opened the door to military officials.
The military minister's face showed an extremely excited and complicated smile.
Because he knew what he saw.
A new world, a strange new world, a brand new world for the Hun Empire to fight and conquer.
Before today, the military ministers had always been confused.
The invincible Huns cavalry were already invincible in the Western Regions.
Although Wusun and several other powerful countries further west posed certain challenges to the Huns.
But in the eyes of military officials, this was just a scabies disease.
As long as the Huns are serious, these people are scum, and the invincible Huns cavalry can completely crush them.
But what happens after you run over?
Without enemies, the Huns' hands and feet would be dull, their bow-drawing hands would become weak, and their faces would have no scars. In a few years, they would repeat the same mistakes as the Donghu people and the Yuezhi people.
Then they were defeated and replaced by new forces.
Therefore, in fact, the Xiongnu Empire's policy of supporting the Wusun people and conquering but not occupying the Western Regions was actually treating them as their own backyard, cash machine, and whetstone.
During the reign of the Shanyu, this policy had already been formulated and became a national policy.
As for the Han Dynasty in the East...
The military ministers were unwilling to touch those fortified cities and strict infantry battle lines under the Great Wall anyway.
Moreover, military ministers felt that the Han Dynasty was all infantry and farmers. Although there were cavalry, judging from the battle records in the past few decades, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty was more like mounted infantry than cavalry.
It would not pose any threat to the Hun Empire.
Anyway, if the Huns cavalry were to attack the cities of the Han Dynasty, the defense system like copper walls and iron walls would be enough for the Huns warriors to drink.
On the contrary, if the infantry of the Han Dynasty came to the open grassland...
Let’s not talk about whether they can defeat the Huns cavalry.
Just one question: Can they recognize the way home in the vast grasslands and endless Gobi?
Anyway, the military officials knew that even the Huns themselves often had scandals where a certain tribe got lost on the migration route and ended up going around to the Hanhai or the North Sea. (Note 2)
It is based on these perceptions.
Only the military officials would choose to make peace with the Han Dynasty and turn westward.
While beating the tribes and countries in the Western Regions that had already surrendered, they were expanding the new frontiers of the Huns Empire.
Last year, good results were achieved.
The control territory of the Xiongnu Empire expanded for at least hundreds of miles in the Western Region. It conquered and surrendered more than a dozen tribes and city-states, large and small, and recaptured and captured many slaves and wealth.
But before today, the question of where the Xiongnu Empire should go has always confused the entire Huns.
They don’t know, where is the future direction?
But now, looking at this new world. This strange world.
The military minister knew that he had found the direction.
For the first time in his life, the military officer knew that this world was so vast.
The blood of conquest in his genes began to boil.
However, looking at the map, the military official frowned.
He waved to Gushe and asked, "Where are the Yuezhi people?" His tone was very calm, completely losing his initial irritability and violence.
But anyone who is familiar with military officials knows that this kind of support is the most terrifying thing!
This means that he started to think.
In this world, there are really not many people or things that military ministers need to think about.
"Return to support Plow Gu Tu..." Aries King Gu Shegong took a step forward, pointed to the central corner of the west on the map, and said: "These humble slaves are hiding here. According to the intelligence from the Han Dynasty, where they are The place is called 'Pseudo Water', and it is said that they are planning to cross the 'Pseudo Water' and conquer eastward..." Gu She drew his finger on the map, pointing to a vast country that made the military officials breathe quickly.
The size of this country even exceeded the Han Dynasty.
"Where is this?" The military officer's voice became softer and softer.
"Returning to Plough Gutu, according to the Han people, this place is called 'Shen Du'. It is said...it is said..." Gushe also took a deep breath, and then said: "It is said that this country is richer than the Han Dynasty. , the Yuezhi people once only sent five hundred soldiers, but they took away tens of thousands of slaves and countless gold..."
All the Xiongnu nobles took a deep breath after hearing this.
Five hundred soldiers took away tens of thousands of slaves and countless gold?
How can this be?
Even in certain countries in the Western Regions, which were famous for their weakness, the Huns had never done anything like robbing 10,000 slaves with 500 horsemen.
Gushe looked at everyone and said: "I don't believe it very much. It's probably the businessman who exaggerated. But the Yuezhi people have received a lot of benefits, that's for sure! It is said that the Yuezhi people have rebuilt in the 'Pseudo Water' He entered the royal court, reestablished the royal tent, and elected a new king..."
The faces of all the Huns, including the military officials, began to look solemn.
In China, the kingship system symbolizes the beginning of a certain regime's challenge to the central government.
On the grassland, the establishment of a royal court or a royal tent symbolizes a certain tribe's signal to challenge the overlord of the grassland.
As much as the Chinese dynasty hated the rebels who established themselves as kings, the nomadic empire hated the tribes that established royal courts and tents.
In addition to the feud between the Xiongnu and the Yuezhi, it was almost unnecessary to consider that all the tribal leaders reached an agreement at this moment: the Yuezhi must die!
The military minister reached out and touched the so-called "pseudo water" where Yuezhi was, and then measured the distance between Yuezhi and the Xiongnu.
It is approximately equal to one and a half distances from Langjuxu Mountain to Wusun Capital City.
"These dirty jackals can run quite far away..." the military minister hummed in a low voice, "No wonder I couldn't find them after searching for so long!"
Then he said: "Continue to talk about body poison. No matter how absurd the Han Dynasty people say, you can repeat it to me..."
Although the information from the Han Dynasty may be watery.
But at least the intelligence from the Han Dynasty proved the existence of the Yuezhi people and pointed out their current movements and traces. This was enough for the military officials.
No matter how absurd things are, there are always some things that are realistic.
As long as one of the ten lies is true, it will be beneficial to the Huns' strategy!
"Follow your orders!" Gushe Gongshen said, and then continued: "People in the Han Dynasty say that this poisonous country is both farming and city building. It is said that the crops are ripe four times a year, and the land is fertile. People who are poisonous , you don’t even need to take care of the crops, you just need to sow the seeds, and then you can drink wine and bask in the sun, play with women while waiting for the crops to be harvested, you can fill your stomach, and you can poison yourself with all kinds of gold, pearls, and jade, all over the ground. Legend has it. There was a slave of the Yue clan who just went to the country with the army to be poisoned. After returning home, he used the same weight of gold to redeem himself from his master. Then, he purchased countless slaves and beauties..."
Following Gu She's words, the entire Xiongnu nobles in the royal tent began to breathe rapidly.
Countless people's chests and hearts are filled with a thing called greed.
"Let's talk about the army of poisonous people..." The military official pointed out the key point keenly.
"Reporting to the great Plow Guy Tu..." Gushe swallowed her saliva and said: "What the Han Dynasty said is really unbelievable..."
Gushe lowered his head and said: "People from the Han Dynasty said that the poisonous army numbered tens of thousands. They could not defeat the Yuezhi people with hundreds of people. It is said that the Yuezhi people once used only 5,000 people to sweep them away."
He was poisoned for thousands of miles, destroyed dozens of countries, and robbed hundreds of thousands of slaves..." After Gu She finished speaking, he shook his head and said: "It's really unbelievable. God, how can such a country and people exist?"
The military minister pondered for a moment and said: "If the information from the Han Dynasty is true, it is indeed possible..."
He looked up at his ministers and said: "Just like the Yarkand in the Western Regions..."
Then, the nobles laughed one after another.
Yarkand is only a medium-sized country in the Western Region.
But it is famous for its wealth, and what is equivalent to its wealth is that this army is extremely weak and has almost no combat effectiveness.
It can exist only by contributing huge amounts of wealth, treasures, food, and beauties to the Xiongnu Chan Yuting every year.
Shan Yuting, the Xiongnu, was also afraid that such a golden doll would be spoiled by others.
Half a million cavalry were placed in Yarkand specifically to protect Yarkand from foreign invasion. (Note 3
In the Western Regions, Yarkand was a forbidden area for the Xiongnu, and no one was allowed to disturb or attack it.
Under the protection of the Xiongnu, the Yarkand people simply did not even organize an army. The whole country worked hard to produce, support and serve the Xiongnu.
Even the Huns, who had always been greedy, felt a little ashamed and embarrassed for such a submissive vassal.
After the military ministers came to the throne, they authorized Yarkand not to pay tribute every year, but to pay tribute once every three years.
It's not that the military officials are benevolent, but that the military officials are absolute. This Yarkand is a golden pig raised by the Xiongnu. It needs to be fattened and eaten. It cannot be forced and exploited too much. If it is to die, where can we find such a good vassal state?
With such a comparison, the rumor of being poisoned is very likely to be true!
Thinking about the poisonous rich and the weak, then look at the extremely docile Yarkand Kingdom.
No Hun noble could sit safely in his seat.
Especially the military ministers, looking at the vastness, almost as poisonous as the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, his breathing became heavy.
God above, is this poison the eternal treasure you bestowed upon the Huns?
A country that is hundreds or even a thousand times larger than Yarkand.
If he were to win it, his status as a military minister would be directly on par with that of the Great Chanyu of Maodun, surpassing his own father, and even surpassing that of the Great Chanyu!
"I want all the news about body poisoning!" The military minister looked at Gushe and ordered: "Pass on my order to have Wu Diao, Hei Lang, and Huyan clan send ten thousand cavalry to the Western Region to collect all information related to body poisoning.
Please send someone to Wusun to tell Liejiaomi that the Yuezhi people have appeared!"
If the information from the Han Dynasty is true, then the news of body poisoning must have spread among the countries in the Western Regions.
Then, the Huns Empire would definitely be able to find relevant information to prove the authenticity of what the Han people said.
In addition, when the Yuezhi people appeared, the Wusun people would definitely not be able to sit still.
Don't look at Wusun now having small thoughts, the little brother wants to turn over and become the big brother.
However, facing the Yuezhi people, the Wusun people were more urgent and motivated than the Huns.
Because, the current Wusun Dakunmo Liejiaomi’s parents’ family all died at the hands of the Yuezhi people.
Compared to the Xiongnu, the Wusun people hate the Yuezhi people even more!
The military officials are very confident. As long as Liejiaomi is still alive, he will definitely go to the Yuezhi people to settle accounts!
"Promise!" All the nobles in the room agreed loudly.
The alert for the Yuezhi people's comeback and the longing for a Yarkand hundreds of times larger made the entire royal tent suddenly excited and high in fighting spirit.
Seeing this scene, even the military officials became fascinated.
The military officials had not seen such a united and positive scene within the entire Xiongnu Empire for more than ten years.
Since the Yuezhi people fled and the Xiongnu dominated the grassland, the Xiongnu nobles and upper class began to indulge in pleasure and were no longer as united as they were at the beginning of the rule of the old Shanyu.
"Even if what the Han Dynasty people say is false, I will make it true!" the military minister thought in his heart.
As kings, military ministers certainly know what is vigorous and what is sluggish.
It is even clearer what it would mean for an empire like the Xiongnu to lose its aggressiveness.
After the meeting adjourned, the military officials received a report from the chief minister he sent to collect tribute and taxes from the various servant tribes and slave tribes.
"The number of livestock and slaves that Xianbei and Wuheng should supply this year are not enough?" The military minister thought for a moment and then said to his boss: "Since it is because of the Han Dynasty and suffered from the White Disaster, as Xianbei and Wuheng
Wu Heng’s master, Ben Zhengli Gutu is kind! Let’s exempt these two tribes from punishment this time. In addition, pass on the order, Xianbei and Wu Heng tribes will be exempted from tax for three years due to the white disaster!”
Da Danghu was quite surprised. Xianbei and Wu Heng. Chan Yuting had always pursued them fiercely. How could they be so 'merciful' this time?
Little did they know, the military officials had already decided to march westward.
For the Western Expedition, some eastern tribes, such as those who are not very peaceful, must be mobilized, and all of them must be brought with them, lest they take advantage of Shan Yuting's main expedition and cause trouble in the rear.
The king of Zuoguli, Yizhixie, was even asked to take him with him and monitor him.
It would be better if these tribes could be consumed during the Western Expedition.
But then, a problem arises.
The population of the Xiongnu was originally very small (slaves were not counted as people, they were just tools. In the Xiongnu, only men who could ride horses, shoot arrows, and fight with the army would be counted as Dingkou). After taking away these tribes, the power of the east would become weaker.
Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. If the Han Dynasty takes the opportunity to launch an attack on the Hetao area, then Xianbei and Wuheng will become very important at this time. Although the combat effectiveness of these two tribes is very poor, with them in the Northeast
direction, it can contain some Han troops and make the northeast side of the Great Wall defense line of the Han Dynasty unstable.
Coupled with the tribal forces remaining in Hetao and the east, the military officials were confident that they could compete with the Han Dynasty and wait for their return from the Western Expedition.
In this way, it was necessary to appease and win over Xianbei and Wuheng, and not let them fall to the Han Dynasty.
After thinking about it, the military minister felt that Xianbei and Wu Heng were born to be incompatible with each other. If they wanted to control them, the military minister had no confidence.
So he ordered: "Send people to Beihai and Hanhai to recall King Yu Qian and King Kang Ju, and let them lead their own troops of ten thousand cavalry to move to the vicinity of Wuheng Mountain and Xianbei Mountain!"
King Yu Qian and King Kang Ju were the close confidants of the military officials when they were King Zuoxian.
Four years ago, military ministers launched a coup and bloodbathed the Youxian King faction, causing rivers of blood to flow.
However, in addition to those who were executed on the spot, the remaining direct descendants of King Youxian who were not executed on the spot after the capture could no longer be executed.
Otherwise, other tribes will jump out and speak.
So, the only option was to go into exile.
Exile them to the Hanhai and Beihai and let them live among the savages.
Later, the military ministers were worried that these guys would sneak back and contact the old headquarters, so they sent two of their cronies, leading a group of ten thousand cavalry, to monitor and guard.
Four years have passed, and it’s time for those unlucky ones in exile to have their edges polished off and learn to be respectful and surrendered.
At the same time, the military ministers were more worried about the losers than the losers. Xianbei and Wuheng, the two remnants of Donghu, were born to rebel. They even took advantage of his absence to recruit people and strengthen them. A tribe on the grassland wanted to prosper.
, it is actually very simple. If you have a leader who is smart and courageous enough, and a group of subordinates who are brave enough and good at fighting, in just a few years, you can grow stronger by catching savages, looting and raiding.
At that time, the Huns took advantage of Dong Hu's beating by Meng Tian and grew up in the cracks.
In just a few years, the Xiongnu tribe gathered the herdsmen and slaves of scattered small tribes through looting, and grew rapidly. Then they took advantage of the return of the Qin Great Wall Army to take over the Hetao area, and suddenly became a tribe that could compete with the Donghu
A powerful arm-wrestling force.
Therefore, Wuheng and Xianbei, military officials must both use them and guard against them.
As soon as you discover that they have any little intentions, you will immediately suppress them! (To be continued...)
ps: Note 1: Langjuxu Mountain should be in today's Inner Mongolia. There are different opinions about the specific mountain. However, the distance from the Great Wall is recorded in history books: According to historical records and Han Dynasty records about Huo Qubing's march route, it is related to Daidi
The distance is more than two thousand miles.
Note 2: The Hanhai is not Lake Baikal. It is located in today's Hangai Mountains and is the watershed between the Mongolian Arctic Basin and the Inland River Basin. The North Sea is the area where Lake Baikal is located.
Note 3: Wanqi is the fighting unit of the Xiongnu. A Wanqi can range from ten thousand to two or three thousand. It is the most important fighting legion of the Xiongnu. You can understand it as the Wanhu in Mongolia.
