Chapter 577: There will be a battle between the Han and the Hungarians!
Chang'an in May is a bit sultry.
The Qiejuqiediao, which has lived on the grassland for a long time, is not used to Chang'an's summer.
He wanted to leave the furnace-like Han Dynasty as soon as possible and return to the cool grasslands of the north.
But the negotiations with the Han Dynasty reached a deadlock.
The Han Dynasty people stubbornly demanded that the Huns at least hand over the Zuogu Duhou who led the attack on the Han Dynasty villages, otherwise the mutual trade on the border would be cut off.
But this is a condition that the Xiongnu cannot accept at all.
However, cutting off mutual trade was completely unacceptable to the Xiongnu.
The metal smelting level of the Xiongnu was very low, or even non-existent.
Anything else doesn't matter.
Like arrowheads and bows, the Huns could make them out of animal sinews.
Whether it's metal or not, it doesn't matter.
but……
Sacrificial vessels needed to worship the gods of heaven and earth.
In the whole world, only the Han Dynasty could produce and supply it.
The Xiongnu held many sacrificial activities every year.
In addition to the Dragon City Conference and the Tellurium Forest Conference organized by the Royal Court, other tribes also have their own sacrificial activities.
For example, the Xiutu tribe offers ten bronze golden figures to the gods and ancestors every year.
The huge demand caused the Xiongnu tribes to actually rely heavily on various metals obtained from the Han Dynasty.
In the past, the Huns used robbery to satisfy their own needs.
Five years ago, King Youxian invaded the Han Dynasty and looted tens of thousands of kilograms of various bronze products.
But when the Han Dynasty became strong and powerful, it was no longer possible to achieve its goals by robbing.
Starting twenty years ago, every time they captured the Han Dynasty, the Huns had to pay the lives of thousands or even thousands of warriors.
The population of the Xiongnu was too small.
We simply cannot afford such consumption.
That's why we turned to the west.
Qi Ju Qi Diao Nan has been in Chang'an for the past half month, and he has already argued with the ministers of the Han Dynasty seven or eight times.
It made him exhausted and miserable.
If it were not for Shan Yu's mission, if he could not complete the mission, he would have ended up extremely miserable when he returned. At this moment, he had already walked away.
This makes Qiju Qiediao somewhat nostalgic about Bank of China.
At the very least, Bank of China said that dealing with the Han Dynasty never had to be so strenuous when Shan Yuting was there.
Bank of China, who is familiar with and understands the behavior and way of thinking of the Han Dynasty people, can always think of ways to make the Han Dynasty compromise obediently.
"Fortunately, it's not like there are no good things..." Qiju Qediaonan touched his nose, feeling a little proud.
His biggest gain from this mission was that he learned that the Huns married the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and she was currently pregnant.
This is undoubtedly the greatest achievement of this mission.
The nobles in the royal court have long been looking forward to Mrs. Yan's pregnancy.
Apart from anything else, the future emperor of the Han Dynasty may be of Xiongnu descent. This fact alone is enough to make the entire royal court celebrate.
However, after Yan became pregnant, she immediately came under the strict protection of the Han Dynasty.
Forget about contacting me.
Qiju Qiediao could not stay in the Han Dynasty for so long. On the day when he presented his credentials, he only visited Beihai Yan from a distance once, who was already the imperial concubine of the Han Dynasty.
Although there was no way to contact the Beihai Yan family, despite the difficulties, they still quickly conveyed the good news back to the royal court through the channels of the mission.
After returning to the Xiongnu, Qiju Qediaonan felt that he would definitely be rewarded by Shanyu for this.
Thinking about this, Qi Ju Qi Diao Di became a little bit elated and felt better.
"I heard that the Han people are going to take exams again this year?" Qiju Qediaonan asked several former Han Dynasty people who were accompanying the mission.
"Yes..." The faces of these ex-Han people in the mission looked a little embarrassed at this moment.
Now, the Han people in the Xiongnu are mainly divided into two groups.
Some of them are Han Chinese and nobles who were captured by the Xiongnu or surrendered or even surrendered voluntarily during the wars in the past sixty years.
The other part were some nobles and officials who were frustrated in China or broke the law and had no way to escape, so they simply surrendered to the Huns.
Some of these people are double agents or even triple agents, smart people who have their hands in n boats and bet on both sides or even three sides.
But most people are not so lucky.
For them, escaping from the Huns meant that they would have to sacrifice their lives for the Huns from now on.
There is no option to return at all.
It's okay to be die-hard, but those who are just outsiders are embarrassed now.
Especially those guys who think they are full of talent, but the court just doesn't give them a chance.
Now, regret's intestines are blue.
After the rise of the imperial examination, the Han Dynasty entered a new era.
As long as you have talent, you will definitely get ahead.
Although now, the scholars who pass the examination can only be a small official with a salary of two hundred or four hundred dan.
But it can be foreseen that in the future, the important ministers of the Han Dynasty, the feudal officials, and the scholars will play the leading role.
I don’t know how many Han people who fled from the Huns beat their chests and regretted it after hearing the news.
There are several such guys among the members of this mission.
"Go to Chang'an City, take a walk around, take a look, and report back to me what you see and hear when you come back!" Qiju Qiediao could not issue the order.
The changes in the Han Dynasty are now the focus of many people among the top Xiongnu officials.
Even Chanyu would ask from time to time.
This is something that is bound to happen in international relations.
Just like China's Warring States Period, when the Wei State changed its laws, the surrounding countries immediately noticed it.
After seeing the benefits of the reform, they all followed suit.
Even the Chu State, which was known to be stubborn for ten thousand years, immediately followed suit.
Although the Huns were not as sharp as the heroes of the Warring States Period, they had no intention of learning or imitating the Han Dynasty.
However, the neighbor's big guy started to study a new toy. No matter how stupid the guy is, he will have the consciousness to lean over and see what this big guy is doing.
In ancient times, although communication was inconvenient, the transmission speed of information was very slow.
However, any changes at the national level can still have a huge impact on surrounding areas.
Therefore, it is very normal for the Huns to be alert and wary of the changes in the Han Dynasty.
If they don't do anything, that would be a ghost.
In particular, Qiju Qiediao was the one who succeeded this year in replacing Huxu Budiaonan, a professional who had previously served as an envoy to the Han Dynasty.
Of course, I hope that I will achieve results in office and prove that I am n times better than my predecessor.
"In addition, send the iron pot of the Han Dynasty people back to Shan Yuting, and ask Shan Yu for instructions on how to reply to the Han Dynasty emperor!" Qi Ju Qie Diao Nan gave the instructions again.
Thinking about this thing called an iron pot, and how difficult it is to carve it, I sighed.
Compared to the Han Dynasty, except for the large number of cavalry, the Huns were simply inferior in everything else.
Apart from anything else, the skills and creativity of the Han craftsmen made Qiju Qieqi difficult to carve, and he touched his hands in admiration.
The new iron pot that appeared is the best proof!
Han craftsmen, through their own wisdom and technology, creatively invented iron pots that can be carried around and cooked regardless of the location. Maybe the Han people would think it is nothing.
But as a Xiongnu nobleman who lives in a difficult situation, he knows what this means.
This means that from now on, the Huns' army's continuous combat capability will be greatly enhanced.
Even if they march thousands of miles, the Xiongnu soldiers don't have to worry about going hungry.
Not to mention, after buying the iron pot, it can be molded into a weapon as long as it melts.
As for iron, only the Han people in the world can smelt, produce and manufacture iron.
only……
It's hard for Qiju Qidiao to know the price that the Han people put on that iron pot. He can't make the decision at all.
The Han Shaofu showed him the iron pot and then brought it up.
Suppose the Huns wanted to get the iron pot.
Then something must be exchanged.
A horse or a healthy adult slave for an iron pot.
And there’s no price to negotiate!
Facing the lion of the Han people, Qi Ju Qi Diao Nan clearly understood that neither he nor Shan Yu Ting could do anything but suffer this blow!
After ordering these things, he stayed in trouble, braced himself, and prepared to go to the Shaofu to continue wrangling with the Han people.
There is no way, the current situation is clear, that is, the Han people know that the Xiongnu cannot take any big action against the Han Dynasty now, but the Han Dynasty can take some action against the Xiongnu.
The offensive and defensive dynamics have changed.
In this way, after several disagreements, the Han and Hungarians finally reached an agreement on the border issues.
An agreement similar to a memorandum was re-signed between Han and Hungary.
The agreement reaffirmed the Han-Hungarian contract signed last year, emphasizing that outside the Great Wall, the people who led the bow were governed by Shan Yu, while within the Great Wall, in the room with crowns and belts, the Emperor of Han ruled.
The Xiongnu and the Han respected each other's status and authority in their respective fields.
They should not interfere with each other's actions, and understand and support each other's free actions in their respective fields.
The Han Dynasty took a step back on the border issue and no longer required that the culprits must be handed over, but the perpetrators must be punished.
The Xiongnu also took a step back and no longer insisted on the attitude that "no such thing happened at all" and agreed to hand over the heads of ten perpetrators to the Han Dynasty.
As for who the owners of these heads were, neither the Han nor the Xiongnu wisely mentioned it.
Therefore, the Xiongnu and the Han each preserved their own face.
After this agreement was reached, mutual trade on the Great Wall was reopened.
However, after the agreement was signed, Qiju Qediaonan said to his right and left: "There will definitely be a war between Han and Hungary within ten years!"
As a rare sober person among the Xiongnu nobles, who lives in a difficult situation, he knows very clearly that since the Battle of Pingcheng, the Xiongnu and the Han were very unconvinced by each other.
In the following decades, the war between the Han and the Xiongnu intensified this atmosphere.
The Han people will never forget the shame of Pingcheng and the humiliation of Empress Lu.
On the other hand, the Xiongnu were still immersed in their past victories and their own strength.
In the past, living in such a difficult situation didn’t make any difference.
He felt that if the Han Dynasty people had the ability, they would just come to the grassland.
As long as the Han Dynasty does not have the ability to attack the grasslands, then no matter how resentful they are, it will be in vain.
The Xiongnu cavalry could continuously attack the Han Dynasty's weak points of defense from the vast Han-Hungarian border.
But in these days of the Han Dynasty, it was difficult for people to live and live in fear.
He saw the rail carriage from Xiaoguan to Chang'an.
A heavy-duty transport carriage can transport thousands of stones of supplies from Chang'an to Xiaoguan at one time.
The Han Dynasty now began to build a track from Xiaoguan to Jinyang.
Once this track is completed, it means that the Han Dynasty will have the ability to quickly reinforce the Great Wall defense line.
That's all.
What really frightened Qie Ju Qie Di Nan was the size of the Han Dynasty’s cavalry.
He had heard the Han Dynasty's inland army described by past envoys.
They are basically infantry, and cavalry is rare.
But this time I came to Chang'an, and it was hard to live there. Along the way, I saw many Han Dynasty cavalry patrolling and training.
Although their riding skills are rough and their tactics are simple.
But quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes.
The most important thing is that it is very clear that it is difficult to live and die. The Han people are a mainly agricultural country, and they mainly rely on manpower to work.
The Han people in the mission once told him that in the Han Dynasty, the cost of raising a war horse was equivalent to raising five soldiers.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty kept so many cavalry, couldn't they just use them as decoration?
They spent so much money and energy to maintain and strengthen their cavalry troops, and they were definitely not using them as a defensive force.
Now, the situation is clear.
The people of the Han Dynasty were carefully preparing for war.
But Shan Yuting was ignorant of this.
This makes the feeling of living in a difficult situation extremely heavy.
In this world, sober people are the most miserable people.
The same is true for living and carving.
He clearly saw the future war, but he had no way to tell Shan Yuting: The Han Dynasty is preparing for war, Shanyu, please make a quick decision!
Because the entire royal court believed that it was impossible and incapable of the Han Dynasty to launch a war against the Xiongnu.
The Huns controlled 400,000 yuan and were invincible in the world.
The tribes in the West are even more immersed in the conquest and enslavement of the Western world.
They did not want and were unwilling to withdraw their power back to Munan, and fight with the tortoise shell of the Han Dynasty at the foot of the Great Wall year after year.
Qi Ju Qi Diao is very clear that if he said this, he would definitely be laughed at, even suppressed, or even ostracized.
Now Shan Yuting, it is politically correct to move westward.
Especially after knowing the whereabouts of the Yuezhi people, heading westward became Shan Yuting's mainstream opinion.
Anyone who proposes to go south will be suspected of being a favor to King Youxian and speaking for Yi Zhixie.
Even other Huns who were also in the mission also had strong opinions on the idea of living in a difficult situation.
Did the Han Dynasty take the initiative to attack the Huns?
Are you kidding me?
The Great Wall of the Han Dynasty was the testicles of the people of the Han Dynasty. The invincible cavalry of the Huns could take care of the cities and towns at the foot of the Great Wall at 360 degrees all year round.
Once the war resumes, can the Han Dynasty people afford such casualties?
In the Battle of Pingcheng and the Battle of Henan, the Han Dynasty gained an advantage, but so what?
It’s not like we just have to be obedient and make peace!
In this regard, it is difficult to find a way to live and sneer.
This might have been the case before the Battle of Henan, or even three years ago, when the Han Dynasty was experiencing internal instability.
But unfortunately, after the Battle of Henan, the Huns lost their foothold in the Han Dynasty.
After the defeat of Wu and Chu three years ago, the Han Dynasty had no internal troubles, so it could concentrate all its forces and concentrate on targeting the Huns.
The current Han Dynasty is like a young tiger, crawling in the grass and watching wolves prey.
The wolves thought that it had not grown up yet and was not a threat.
However, it is difficult to know that when this young tiger walks out from the grass where it is crawling, it will definitely frighten the wolves.
Because it is about to reach adulthood.
It wants to retrieve the lost crown.
After the Qin Empire's Great Wall Corps returned to defend the country, they fell into the Wangguan Hetao on the grassland.
Attacking the Han Dynasty from the Hetao area, the cavalry could advance to Xiaoguan in three days and nights.
But similarly, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty, starting from Xiaoguan, would appear in Hetao three days later.
The geographical location of the Hetao is too important. Once the Han Dynasty controls the Hetao, all the tribes in Munan will be within the attack range of the Han Dynasty.
Qiju Qiediao can easily know that once the Han Dynasty starts a war, Hetao will definitely be their main direction of attack, or even their only direction of attack.
But, who among the Huns would believe him?
Not to mention anyone else, it was himself. If he had not come to the Han Dynasty in person, he had seen the changes and growing strength of the Han Dynasty.
Even if he was beaten to death, he would not have thought that this country that five years ago could only passively defend under the attack of the Huns' cavalry, and even humiliatingly accepted all the conditions of the Huns in the end, five years later, had already happened
Earth-shaking changes!
Qi Ju Qi Diao Nan let out a long and worried sigh, then shook his head.
His status is too low, not to mention influencing the Chan Yu, even the big boss in the king's account would find it difficult to meet him alone.
"Could it be that we, the great Xiongnu, are destined to be defeated by the Han Dynasty in the future?" Qiju Qediaonan opened the window and looked at the scenery of Beique outside the window.
Under the sun, the streets of Han people are bustling and lively.
A row of patrolling soldiers walked through the middle of the street with neat steps.
Several men of Han nationality gathered under a willow tree and whispered.
Qieju Qiediao's eyesight is very good, even though he is far away.
But he still saw clearly the appearance of those men.
The look of one of them made his expression change.
"Isn't this the slave who was sent to the Han Dynasty as a gift by the Great Chanyu?" Qiju Qediaonan was very surprised: "Why is he dressed like this and why is he here?" (To be continued.)
