Seven hundred and ninetieth chapter betrayal and loyalty (1)
Summer is coming to an end, and the grasslands outside the Great Wall have entered the last beautiful time.
At this time, the Hetao Plain is like a paradise on earth.
There are abundant water resources, sufficient rainfall, and the climate conditions are very suitable for the growth of grassland.
Therefore, this place has become a paradise on earth.
At this time, agricultural farming could even be carried out in the Hetao.
Millions of years ago, the glaciers left over from the Ice Age in the Qilian Mountains, Yinshan Mountains and Helan Mountains melted in summer. The gurgling ice and snow not only nourished the Hetao, but also the Hexi Corridor, an area that should have been a desert.
, there are also countless oases, as if the uplift of the Himalayas had never happened.
The Huns envoy returning from Chang'an was walking on the road of the Hexi Corridor.
After leaving the Great Wall, everyone was extremely excited.
Even the slaves who accompanied the horses had smiles on their faces.
Everyone is looking forward to a better life in the future.
If the tasks assigned by the Shanyu are exceeded, the Shanyu will be rewarded heavily by the court.
It was difficult for him to even think that he might not have a chance to compete for a big position in the future.
And once he takes the big position, it almost means that he will become the next generation leader of the Qiequ clan.
As for other members of the mission, they all know that after this trip, their future status will rise by one or two levels.
It is not unimaginable to go from being a slave of Shan Yuting to being a slave of a certain noble of Shan Yuting.
only……
After entering the Hexi Corridor, my mood became complicated.
Others in the mission also seemed to have some gloom in their hearts.
"What are the Zhelan tribe going south for..."
This question seems to be an unsolvable confusion in the minds of everyone in the mission.
Just now, they saw with their own eyes the large banner of the Zhelan tribe. They moved forward along the mountains, and their goal was undoubtedly the location of the Han Dynasty in the south.
The reputation of the Zhelan tribe is famous even among the Xiongnu.
This tribe is known as the "whip of Chanyu". It has participated in almost all the expansion wars of the Xiongnu since the rise of Modun Chanyu.
Together with the Lou Fan and Aries tribes, they formed the troika of the Xiongnu Chanyu's foreign troops.
The home base of the Zhelan tribe is north of Yinshan Mountain.
They are now crossing the Yinshan Mountains and marching toward the south with great momentum. What does this mean?
Many people know it very well.
"The war is about to begin!" Qiqu Qediaonan thought in his mind.
King Loufan's tribe had already migrated from Mobei to Hetao last year to replace the vacuum left by the Aries tribe after they moved westward.
In addition, two tribes, Luhou and Ruolu, have also been mobilized from Helan Mountain to the Hexi area and can support the tribes in Hetao at any time.
Also counting the Xiutu and Kunxie tribes.
Together, these forces can mobilize at least 40,000 cavalry to fight south.
After maintaining peace for five years, will Han and Hungary fight again?
Qi Qu Qi Diao is not sure.
But he knew that there would definitely be no good things for the Zhelan tribe going south.
The cavalry of the Zhelan tribe were the most adept at mobile warfare among the Huns.
This tribe even has more than fifty vulture shooters.
Originally, the fact that the Zhelan tribe went south rather than south had nothing to do with the difficulties of Qiqu Qiediao.
He is a member of the Qiequ clan and has grown up in the western tribe. At the foot of the Great Wall in the south, even if he is beaten to death, it has nothing to do with him.
But it's different now.
At this time, Qi Qu Qie Diao Nan's heart was full of contradictions and suffering.
There was a devilish voice that kept echoing in his heart: "If there is a war, the marriage will definitely be abandoned. All the terms I have negotiated now may be abandoned!"
The people of the Han Dynasty are not stupid, and they will never fulfill their promises after the war is over.
And if all these clauses are invalidated, then his credit will naturally be in vain.
You may even be excluded and suppressed by others.
The devil's voice continued to persuade him in his heart: "If you want to be rich, you can only find it in danger. Send someone to tell King Donghu. King Donghu will definitely reveal the news to the Han people. In this way, the Han people will be prepared.
In this way, war can be avoided!"
The temptation of that voice is so great.
So that the heart of Qi Qu Qi Diao Di was unable to calm down.
He tried hard to convince himself.
"No, I am Shanyu's slave. I cannot betray my master. If I do, I will be punished by the gods!"
But the devil deep in his heart was laughing like crazy: "Betrayal? No, no, no...how can you call it betrayal? The power of the Han Dynasty is so powerful, can Shan Yu's army still be defeated now?"
Of course not!
Qi Qu Qie Diao Nan only wanted to see the cavalry he had seen in Chang'an, which was covered in iron armor, and even the horse was covered in heavy armor.
He knew that the Huns cavalry, even with ten times the strength, could not rest against such an invincible cavalry.
What's more, the emperor of the Han Dynasty was a king blessed by the gods.
According to legend, it can summon hurricanes and command ghosts and gods.
To be an enemy of such a god-king is to seek death!
"So, this is not called betrayal at all!" The devil said seductively: "It's about preventing the Hun Empire from falling into the abyss!"
"Once a war breaks out with the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty emperor mobilizes his terrible and terrifying army, as long as he wins in the field once..." The devil said: "Then this beast will wake up!"
There is no doubt that the only reason why the Xiongnu Empire can now frighten the Han Dynasty army and allow them to move only within the Great Wall is that in the past decades of war, the Han Dynasty army has never annihilated anyone in the field.
A Hun cavalry unit.
Most of the Han army's victories were won by defense under fortified cities.
In field battles, the Han army's most successful result was a draw.
Even if the Han army were three to five times the number of the Huns' cavalry, they could not surround and destroy the highly maneuverable cavalry.
Once the Han army failed in a field battle, they would be immediately broken up by the Huns' cavalry and then hunted down.
And once the Han cavalry defeated the Huns cavalry in a field battle, they even won a battle of annihilation.
So, what other reasons and excuses can prevent the Han army from leaving the fortress?
As an envoy, Qi Qu Qie Diao could not understand how powerful the Han people were.
Don't talk about anything else, just think about it. From Yunzhong, Yanmen, Longyou all the way down to Chang'an, there are densely packed beacon towers and warehouses that store countless grains and armor.
It is easy to know that the Han Dynasty is now the Xiongnu, an invincible and powerful country.
"Yes. This is not a betrayal..." He said silently in his heart: "I reported it because I was loyal to the Shanyu and to prevent the Great Huns from suffering irreversible defeat!"
"As long as the Han Dynasty people can know in advance that the Zhelan tribe has gone south, the Han Dynasty people will definitely step up their vigilance. Once the Han Dynasty people step up their vigilance, King Zhelan, who cannot find a chance, will have no choice but to return before the heavy snow seals the mountains in winter.
Qilian Mountain..."
Thinking like this, he gradually calmed down.
He found one of his subordinates and handed him a letter written on sheepskin, and told him: "Go and send this letter to King Donghu quietly..."
The subordinate looked at Qiu Qu with a puzzled look, and showed a tacit smile.
Everyone in the mission, as long as they had a little bit of brains, knew that if they wanted to protect the results of their mission, they must prevent the outbreak of the Han-Hungarian War.
Everyone is not stupid.
We all know that once the results of the mission are lost, all the bright future will be in vain.
Up and down the mission, those who are slaves will remain slaves, and those who are slaves will remain slaves.
Before this mission, everyone might have accepted their fate.
But, now that I have seen the glimmer of hope and the opportunity to get ahead.
Then, no one will want to go back to the past when they were slaughtered and enslaved by others.
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Two days later, Lu Tazhi, who had been living happily in the southern part of the Hetao Grassland and living the life of King Donghu, suddenly received a secret letter.
"Let me tell you why King Kunxie and King Xiutu have been treating me like a thief recently. They have invited me to drink wine and eat meat. It turns out that this is the reason..." Lu Taizhi sneered and threw the sheepskin in.
In the fire plate.
"They all say that I, Lu Tazhi, am just a wallflower..."
"You guys don't seem to be much better!" Lu Tazhi laughed as if he had discovered something extraordinary.
In recent days, King Kunxie and King Xiutu have been finding various excuses to interact with him.
While drinking, he deliberately said, "King Loufan seems to be ill recently..." King Zhelan seems to be sick... "King Aries seems to have accidentally fallen off his horse recently, and may need to change to Aries.
The king...'
At that time, Lu Ta's heart felt that these two guys were probably planning something wrong.
But I haven't thought deeply about it yet, I just feel that something is not quite right.
Now, this secret letter arrives.
But it suddenly made things clear.
These two guys were obviously telling him in a roundabout way to report to the Han Dynasty that Loufan, Zhelan and the Aries tribe had gone south.
"It's indeed Yi Di..." Lu Tazhi felt happy in his heart.
But then again, there are actually many tribes in the Xiongnu who secretly try to pull Shan Yuting's back or play secret schemes!
The grassland is so big.
But the actual number of Huns was so small.
The entire Xiongnu tribe, all added up, has about 400,000 young and strong men.
And how big is the grassland?
Across tens of thousands of miles!
To be honest, strictly speaking, in fact, the big tribes such as Loufan, Xiutu, Kunxie, Luhou, and Ruolu are not Huns.
Many tribes actually chose to surrender and be loyal to Chanyu Ting under the whipping of Maodun and the elder Chanyu.
On loyalty to Shan Yuting.
Kunxie, Xiutu, and him, King Donghu, are actually the eldest brother, don’t laugh at the second brother.
If there is a chance, or if you meet a more powerful master.
It is possible that even Ruo Lu and Zhe Lan, who are now die-hard loyalists to Shan Yuting, would choose to find another big boss as their backer.
After living on the grassland for so many years, Lu Taizhi had seen too many conspiracies and intrigues.
"Fortunately, I'm smart!" Lu Tazhi couldn't help but praise his own wit.
He started riding the fence thirty years ago.
At that time, Emperor Taizong of China came to power and launched the Henan Campaign, which he actually won!
Seeing that the situation seemed a bit bad, Lu Taizhi immediately sent his wife and son back to Chang'an to communicate with each other.
Then, Lu Tazhi discovered that the game could still be played like this!
On the Xiongnu side, he was King Donghu.
But in Chang'an, he is still the Marquis of Chang'an.
The emperor of Chang'an still reserved the Chang'an Marquis Mansion for him, and even treated his relatives who stayed in China kindly.
Since then, he has become a stranger.
His idea is very simple: if the Huns are strong, help the Huns; if the Han Dynasty is strong, help the Han Dynasty.
Anyway, if you follow the winning team, you won't suffer any loss.
I have been playing this trick until recently, and Lu Ta Zhi has been released, and I seem to be unable to play it anymore.
At present, the entire Huns know that he has a good relationship with Chang'an and can even directly talk to the emperor of Chang'an.
In many things, I started to guard against him.
If he hadn't often obtained some information about the Han Dynasty and blocked Shan Yuting's mouth, I'm afraid he would have been hunted down by Shan Yuting's cavalry all over the world.
It’s not easy to be a kid!
"Go and invite Mr. Han..." Lu Tazhi ordered his servants: "Be careful not to disturb other people!"
The so-called Mr. Han is of course a relative of Lu Tazhi, a descendant of the late Han Wangxin who had a close relationship with his old Lu family.
Back then, Han Xin, Lu Wan and Chen Xi were three brothers in distress.
However, Chen Xi was more unlucky. Before he could run out of the Great Wall, his head was cut off and used to collect the reward.
His father and Han Xin, on the other hand, were more clever. They slipped out of the Great Wall and defected to the Huns as soon as they saw something was wrong.
Han Xin came to the grassland first, and they, Lao Lu, came later.
The two families naturally became close.
The Lu family and the Han family are also considered relatives by marriage.
For example, Lu Tazhi had a daughter who married Han Dadang, and Han Dadang's aunt was once one of Lu Tazhi's aunts.
Han Daedang ran back to the Great Wall and joined the Han Dynasty, but the Lu and Han families never became alienated.
In fact, they are even closer than in the past.
Two years ago, Han Daidang simply sent a tribesman to disguise himself and sneak into the territory of his King Donghu.
He specialized in infiltrating the Xiongnu tribe and delivering messages.
To be honest, Lu Tazhi was not sure that the other party was really from the Han family.
All I know is that the other party is Xiao Zuo who can directly contact Chang'an.
Last time, Lu TaZhi was ostracized by Shan YuTing, and it was only because of him who passed the news, coordinated, and asked Yunzhong County to help, that Lu TaZhi was able to pass the test.
After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a sheepskin jacket was brought to Lu Ta.
"Nephew Han Xian..." After Lu Tazhi retired, he thrust a secret letter that had been written into the man's hand and said seriously: "Please quickly send this letter to Yun Dongcheng for waiting."
Hands, the situation is urgent and of great importance, so I won’t say any more to my nephew!"
The man took the letter and immediately stuffed it into his arms. He handed Lu Ta Zhi Gong over and said emphatically: "In that case, please arrange a herding team, with my nephew mixed in, and start from Zaoyang."
Enter the border!"
Zaoyang is located in Shipi County, Shanggu County.
This was also a city controlled by the Han Dynasty but exposed outside the Great Wall.
Although you have to take a detour when walking here, it is safer. (To be continued.)
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