Therefore, King Hujie ordered his troops to continue killing in front of the Han envoys.
King Xiutu and King Kunxie jumped up immediately.
If you want to die, don't harm us!
King Kunxie even immediately ordered his army to move towards King Hujie's army, and King Xiutu followed suit.
Then, a strange scene appeared on the grassland.
The two armies, both belonging to the Huns, and fighting side by side a quarter of an hour ago, were joking with each other. A quarter of an hour later, they drew their swords and faced each other.
"King Hujie!" King Kunye led his nobles and shouted to King Hujie from a distance: "Do you dare to disobey the order to plow Gutu?"
King Xiutu also led people to press him from the other side: "Anyone who disobeys the will of Zhengli Gutu can be killed!"
This made King Hujie hesitate.
Finally, he waved his hand and reluctantly ordered: "Stop the killing and collect the prisoners!"
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"Thank you General Zuo..." Sima of the Han Army on horseback raised his hands to the Huns General Zuo next to him and thanked him: "I will definitely report the good intentions of General Zuo and Shan Yu to His Majesty when I return home!"
"The envoy is very polite..." Hu Yandang said angrily: "The friendship between Han and Hungary is the tone set by the emperor of your country and my lord Shanyu. It's hateful that the traitor Yin Zhixie falsely ordered Yu to attack your country. My country, my lord was extremely angry after hearing the news. Even if your country doesn’t kill him, my lord will execute this lawless thief!”
This statement is also the tone of Shan Yuting's current publicity to the outside world.
It is never wrong to put the responsibility on the dead.
"But..." Huyan Dangtu looked at the corpses and blood everywhere in front of him, licked his tongue, and asked: "Why does your country pay so much attention to these Donghu people?"
"As far as I know, these Donghu people, the Emperor Taizu who betrayed your country, fled to our country and were taken in by Maodun Shanyu. However, these traitors have not changed their nature and are not grateful for the kindness of Maodun Shanyu. , but he became rebellious and betrayed my lord many times. My lord was furious, so he sent King Hujie to eradicate him!" Huyan Dangtu looked at the Han Dynasty and said strangely: "I have betrayed my lord and been ungrateful. I am a slave with three surnames. I am a Huns. They are all extremely contemptuous. Your country calls itself a land of etiquette. Why would you want these thieves to come forward?"
The Han envoy was immediately embarrassed.
To be fair, Huyan Dangtu's rhetorical question is very effective.
At that time, there was no nationalism or national awareness.
In the traditional understanding of Chinese scholar-officials and nobles, eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor are the mainstream.
The famous Marquis of Huaiyin's repayment of a meal can clearly explain the views of good and evil and right and wrong in the minds of the scholar-bureaucrats and nobles at this time.
At the beginning, when Han Xin was poor, he worked as a diner under the head of the pavilion in his hometown.
Dining at the pavilion chief's house every day, over time, the pavilion chief's wife became disgusted with Han Xin, so one day she deliberately did not prepare food for Han Xin. Han Xin immediately understood what the other party meant and walked away.
After that, Han Xin, who was homeless and had no income, could only rely on fishing to get by without a meal.
One day, a group of aunts came to the river to wash clothes.
One of them saw that Han Xin was pitiful, so he gave Han Xin some food.
Han Xin was very grateful and said: One day, I will definitely be grateful for your great kindness.
Later, Han Xin became famous and returned to his hometown. He found the aunt who had given him food and gave him a thousand gold coins in return.
This is the origin of the idiom, a thousand pieces of gold, and along with it, the allusion of crotch humiliation.
So, here comes the question. Why did the aunt get rewarded for the same crime, but the pavilion chief only got resentment?
This is similar to the concept of Chinese scholar-officials and nobles in the classical era.
As the saying goes, eating the emperor's salary and being loyal to the emperor are the things to do.
Han Xin initially ate under the head of the pavilion as a diner.
On the surface, it seems that Han Xin is just squandering food every day, waiting to die.
But in fact, a contractual relationship has been formed between the two.
The pavilion chief gave Han Xin three meals a day, but if something happened, Han Xin would have to sacrifice his life to repay the pavilion chief. It was even possible that if the pavilion chief asked Han Xin to die, Han Xin would definitely die.
Therefore, it is natural for Han Xin to indulge in food.
Later, the pavilion chief's wife cut off Han Xin's supply.
This is equivalent to the termination of the labor contract relationship, and the two people are freed from the master-slave relationship.
This is just like if you work in a certain company, your boss pays you a monthly salary, and you clock in to work on time.
Even if you sit in the office in a daze every day, that is your right.
Who told the boss not to give you a task?
Then, if your boss stops paying you wages, of course you will know that you have been fired.
Of course, there is nothing wrong between you and your boss.
But when the aunt gives you rice, it's different.
This is just like when you encounter difficulties and live on the street, a kind-hearted aunt provides you with food and accommodation, and also sponsors your travel expenses.
A few years later, you became famous as a result.
As long as you have some conscience, you will naturally go back to repay your kindness.
At this time, this relationship is more complex, more changeable and harsh.
From an ethical perspective.
If Han Xin did not repay the aunt for her gift of rice, then, to a certain extent, he would have an obligation to the aunt.
This includes the obligation to be her slave and the obligation to die for her.
When the Yin and Shang Dynasties were destroyed, Boyi and Shuqi refused to eat Zhou millet and would rather starve to death. This is the reason.
When this set of moral ethics is applied to King Lu Wan of the Eastern Hu Dynasty and his son Lu Tazhi, it becomes: Lu Wan betrayed Liu Bang and went to Maodun Chanyu of the Huns. Therefore, Lu Wan has the obligation to be loyal to Maodun.
and the obligation to work hard, and at the same time, the Xiongnu Chanyu had the power to do whatever he wanted with Lu Wan, his descendants and tribes.
If you let him die, he will die; if you let him live, he will live.
Not to mention that Lu Tazhi betrayed the Xiongnu, even if he didn't, the Xiongnu Chanyu should be able to decide everything about him and his tribe.
Moreover, in theory, the Han Dynasty did not have any power to intervene or criticize this matter.
But what is imperialism?
Imperialism means confusing right and wrong, ignoring rules, mistaking a deer for a horse, telling lies with open eyes, all just for itself.
Although this Han envoy did not know what imperialism was.
However, imperialism does not need to be studied and practiced.
As long as the country becomes strong and the rulers are not cowards, the officials below will naturally know how to act rogue.
Therefore, the envoy was slightly embarrassed. Then he replied: "General Zuo does not know that although Lu Ni and King Donghu of your country abandoned their ancestral temple and defected to your country, after all, they are also descendants of the Xia Miao people.
I don’t dare to ignore it, otherwise, the emperor will be angry and guilty, and we will not be able to bear it..."
Huyan Dangtu naturally refused to believe a word of what the messenger said.
But now, the situation is stronger than the people, and the Han Dynasty is strong, so naturally he can only smile.
However, the attitude of the envoy and the attitude of Wei Shang of Yunzhong County gave Huyan Dangtu and his master a glimmer of opportunity.
They finally woke up and realized that they were not without any leverage.
At least, they still have in their hands many surrendered and rebellious generals who defected to the Huns from the Han Dynasty, as well as the population looted from the Han Dynasty in the past few decades.
Perhaps the emperor of China would not care about those surrendered ministers and traitorous generals.
But wouldn’t the Emperor of the Han Dynasty care about the people who were plundered by the Huns?
The military minister felt that he should be able to take care of it.
Otherwise, you are just slapping yourself in the mouth.
At this moment, Huyan Dangtu knew very clearly in his heart: The emperor of the Han Dynasty had to take care of the life and death of the Donghu people. He would definitely take care of the Han people who were plundered by the Xiongnu.
Moreover, it must be managed!
In the past fifty-six years, how many Han people have been robbed by the Xiongnu from the Great Wall border fortress?
Anyway, there are countless Huyan Dangtu.
These slaves who were plundered by the Huns and brought to the grasslands have now been resold throughout the grasslands.
In Shanyuting alone, there were two to three thousand people who were kidnapped from the Han Dynasty.
With these people in hand, Huyan Dangtu felt that the Han-Hungarian negotiation should have a better result.
It is even possible to extract some money from the Han Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Huyan Dangtu deliberately said: "I am really touched that your Majesty loves his people so much..."
"This is natural!" The Han envoy said proudly: "My lord, the Holy Son of Heaven, is the parent of the people of all Xia in the world, and is the king of the world. He is the protector of all Xia sent by God!"
After four years of performance and consistent propaganda after taking the throne, Liu Che has now spread his image of the protector of the Xia Dynasties deeply into the minds and thinking of the soldiers and civilians at the border fortress near the Great Wall.
This is a low-cost but very effective publicity method.
When the people know that their king is their protector, they will naturally support and support this king even if they have never seen this king.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Che's position has become so stable.
All the various schools of thought, both inside and outside the court, must kneel down and flatter you.
He even had to change some of his own school's ideas and views to suit his preferences.
But everything has advantages and disadvantages.
Such propaganda can certainly allow the Han Dynasty to gain recognition and support from the military and civilians, but it also gives other enemies an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Just like now, Huyan Dangtu smiled and said to the Han envoy: "Oh, then please go back and tell the emperor of your country: My lord, the Great Chanyu, considers the friendship between Han and Hungary, and is willing to take advantage of the plunder from your country over the years.
Tens of thousands of people in exchange for your country releasing our soldiers who were captured under Mayi City..."
The Han envoy was stunned immediately.
Don't even know how to respond.
He was just a messenger, and his mission was only to stop the Huns from killing the remnants of Lu Tazhi, the king of Donghu.
He received no further authorization.
But he had to answer this question.
Otherwise, he may be despised by countless colleagues and elders after he returns.
Think about it, how many people lost their Kunzhong sisters, and how many people lost their parents and uncles during the Han-Hungarian melee in the past fifty years.
Today, when the Huns offered to exchange these people for the prisoners of war captured in Mayi.
The messenger doesn't know what others will think.
But he knew very well the attitude of Yunzhong's military and civilians: they must be rescued!
They suffered too much outside.
In the past, the country was weak, so they were plundered by the Huns and kept far away from their hometown. Many people could not return to their hometown even until they died.
Now that the country is powerful, how can we continue to let them live in the land of barbarians and Di, suffering torture and oppression?
He took a deep breath and said to Huyan Dangtu: "General Zuo, although I have not been authorized, I will use my own life to guarantee to General Zuo: Please take care of and protect me properly.
All the people of our country, our Lord the Holy Emperor, will definitely be grateful..."
Huyan Dangtu burst into laughter upon hearing this.
"The people of the Han Dynasty were not without their weaknesses..." The haze in his heart finally dissipated.
For the Huns, the most terrifying thing now is that the Han Dynasty ruthlessly rejected this proposal.
By that time, the Huns Empire would have no leverage.
Now, Huyan Dangtu felt that he could report the good news to Shanyu.
In the past few decades, countless soldiers and civilians of the Han Dynasty were plundered onto the grasslands.
Over the past few decades, there have been countless slaves with Han ancestry.
The number of these people is at least hundreds of thousands.
With these bargaining chips in hand, the Han Dynasty had to take action against rats.
At least, on the surface, it should be a trap.
This gave the Great Huns a chance!
"With these people in hand, the Huns can safely march westward..." Huyan Dangtu thought happily in his heart.
The reason is very simple, as long as the Huns are willing to return and return these Han Dynasty people and their descendants.
and put it into practical action.
So, counting the origins of these people, registering and identifying them, and handing them over are all a long process.
This work cannot be completed within three to five years, or even ten years.
Before the handover was completed, if the Han emperor wanted to save face, it would be impossible for him to go out to fight the Xiongnu, let alone invade the Munan region of the Xiongnu.
In this way, the main force of the Xiongnu could march westward with confidence.
Through the conquest and plunder of the vast western world, the hegemony of the Huns Empire was reunited and consolidated.
As long as you can lead the tribe to plunder population and wealth, other tribes will have no objections.
And through the Western Expedition, the Xiongnu Empire could not only become stronger again, but also leave a way out for itself in case the Han Dynasty really couldn't be defeated in the future, and there was still a new world in the west to move to.
Do the people of the Han Dynasty have the ability to conduct expeditions of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of miles?
Huyan Dangtu thinks this is impossible.
And more importantly, the Western Expedition can also strengthen the status of the young lord Yu Shan.
For today's Xiongnu, conquering the west is indeed a panacea to solve all problems!
Internal instability? As long as the Western Expedition is successful, we can regain wealth and population, stabilize the domestic tribes, and appease the internal mountains.
Yu Shan's status is challenged? Expedition to the west! At that time, the land and population conquered in the west will be assigned to Yu Shan. In this way, Yu Shan's status will be stable.
Even if the sanctity of Chanyu is questioned, it can be solved through the Western Expedition.
As long as he wins and seizes wealth and population, then Chanyu is sacred.
With so many benefits, Shan Yuting has certainly made up his mind to conquer the West!
If it weren't for the threat from the Han Dynasty, I'm afraid Shanyu Dajun would have reached the Western Regions at this moment. (To be continued.)
