Su Ren did not rush back to Chang'an immediately in accordance with the emperor's imperial edict. Even if the emperor planned to use troops against the Xiongnu, it would not be done in a short time. The army needed to be assembled, the grain and grass needed to be prepared, and everything about the carriages transporting grain needed preparation time.
Even if Su Ren hurriedly returned to Chang'an, don't even think about leading troops into the hinterland of the Huns immediately. Besides, Su Ren couldn't help with these matters. Cui Jiuming was now an imperial merchant, and everything would be easy to handle with him.
Therefore, Su Ren continued to stay in Yumen to wait for news. There were two pieces of news he was waiting for. The first was about Jin Rixi's situation with King Hunxie, which was related to the safety of the entire Western Region. The second was about King Xiutu.
50% of the supplies that should be given to King Xiutu have been given to him one after another, but King Xiutu still has no intention of going eastward. This makes Su Ren a little worried, and now he is also anxious. Because, from two days ago,
Chang'an sent another message, saying that one of the conditions attached to the Hun Prince Yu Dan was for Su Ren to go and greet him. Only Su Ren could handle this matter. Who made Su Ren and Yu Dan friends?
Inferring from this, all the focus is on Su Ren. If Su Ren does not greet Yu Dan, then Yu Dan will not join. If Yu Dan does not join, the war on the grassland will not be over. The war on the grassland will not be over.
There are signs of the end, King Xiutu will not go eastward. King Xiutu will not go eastward, and Su Ren does not dare to leave. Things are so strange, one link after another, and now it just depends on where the chain breaks.
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Yumen City is changing day by day. When I went out yesterday, it was still a piece of bare flat land. Today, when I went out, it turned into a house. That's how fast it was because this is Yumen, a Yumen built by the Han people. So, he
It has to develop at the speed of the Han people. The news that Su Ren is about to leave only spreads within a small area, which is why Zhang Qian is so nervous. Only by building the Yumen well can he ensure that the Yumen will not be lost in his own hands.
Yagerri, who has been helping Su Ren for more than a month, is back. Over the past month, Yagerri has learned a lot. He used to be just a child, but now he has become a little adult. Yagerri has decided to stay.
He continued his studies with his teacher Zhang Qian in Yumen, which made Gesang very happy, but Hua Niang was unhappy. She came from an official family, so she didn't want her children to follow the old path again, but Gesang had decided that as a
The woman didn't say anything.
After Yageri came back from Su Ren, he stayed in Zhang Qian's prefecture and became an aide. Because he had seen the intelligence of the Western Regions that his parents had spent five years investigating, he was even better than him on some things.
Teacher Zhang Qian has the right to speak.
"Teacher, I don't think everyone should be left in the city. Although there are few people in the city, we can't be blind!" Yager heard Zhang Qian instructing his subordinate Hu Cao to prepare to place the refugees from outside the city in the city, waiting for Hu Cao to leave.
Then he gave Zhang Qian some advice: "The Chigu City of the Wusun people is an example. Ten years ago, due to the diversion of the Ili River, a large number of people became savages and flocked to Chigu City. The owner of Chigu City thought that by gathering these refugees, he would expand his city.
Who would have expected that those people would suddenly turn back and attack after getting help, and even the Lord of Chigu City would be killed. If not..."
Zhang Qian looked at his student thoughtfully: "What is it?"
"If King Wusun had not sent troops to suppress it, Chigu City might have become the Chigu Kingdom. Although Wusun won in the end, Chigu City had become a dead place. It has been covered up by the wind and sand, and no trace can be found again." Yageri looked at it.
Determined and not afraid at all: "So the students think that although our Yumen currently lacks a population, we do not need everyone. Only those who are loyal to us can enter the city. This will also make those outside the city vigilant."
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Zhang Qian smiled: "Su Ren taught you, right?"
"No, no, no, it's not Mr. Su, it's the student's own idea."
"Oh?" Zhang Qian stared at Yageri, who no longer dared to look at him and quickly lowered his head.
Zhang Qian chuckled and said: "I didn't expect that you would have such insights after working with Su Ren for a month. Could it be that Su Ren is really a genius in the world and you can never catch up with him as a teacher?"
Yageri was startled and saluted quickly: "Sir, please calm down. Mr. Su did not teach the students. He just asked the students to help him record a lot of things about the Western Regions. This was also seen by the students. Mr. Su..."
Zhang Qian waved his hand: "You don't have to be so afraid. Being a teacher is not a matter of anger. I have two students. One has traveled thousands of miles and the other has read thousands of books. Su Ren once said that if you want to know the world, you must read if you can't travel thousands of miles."
Wanjuan Shu, I am happy to be a teacher, happy! Get up quickly, you are right, we Han people are still too weak in the Western Regions, and we need some wisdom when dealing with foreigners! Go tell Hu Cao, and do as you say
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Yageri was overjoyed and saluted again and ran out. Zhang Qian smiled helplessly, then turned gloomy and said angrily to the empty room: "I only have two disciples, one was disowned by your relatives, and the other was a cold-blooded person who was harmed by you.
Ruthless, are they my students or your students?"
Su Ren turned around from behind the screen holding a tea bowl: "Let me make it clear first that I did not teach these things. They did not learn well, but they learned how to disown their relatives and be cold-blooded. This has a lot to do with you as a husband. Don't talk nonsense.
Come on! I came here today to talk to you about King Xiutu. I didn’t hear or see anything else. As for how to teach your two students, that’s your business!”
"What? King Xiutu is still unwilling to move eastward?"
Su Ren nodded: "The person who was sent came back and said that King Xiutu treated him well, but did not mention anything about the eastward advance. Whenever he mentioned it, he would distract him with other things. I will let Huo Jin do this for him.
It’s being tidied up!”
"Hey!" Zhang Qian sighed: "King Xiutu is not a stupid person. It's not that he didn't see that the battle between Yi Zhixie and Yu Shan has already decided the winner. If he doesn't want to leave, it means he hasn't given up on Yumen yet!"
Su Ren nodded: "This guy is stubborn, so I'm going to teach him a lesson!"
Zhang Qian immediately said: "You must not act recklessly? Yumen has not yet been able to go to war with the Xiongnu, and the imperial court..."
"Stop! I'm not here to discuss with you today, but to inform you!" Su Ren put down the tea bowl: "No matter in terms of official position or anything else, you can't shut me down. I am the Marquis of Guannei with a higher title than yours, and I am a gangster.
The general is a military attache, and you are the prefect, none of us can command the other. I gave the order yesterday for what needs to be done, and today I am telling you not to agree to whatever conditions King Xiutu puts forward. As for the remaining 50% of the supplies, there is no need to raise them.
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"You want to break the contract?"
Su Ren snorted coldly: "He was the one who broke the contract with King Xiu Tu! Not me!"
"What exactly are you going to do?"
Su Ren stood up and said with a smile: "Don't worry about it. Don't worry, your Yumen will not be affected. When King Xiutu sends someone to ask about the supplies, you can say that they have already been shipped. I have the Xiongnu border army general here to issue it."
You don’t have to worry about whether the official letter has been delivered to King Xiutu’s own court.”
Looking at the dozens of official letters thrown out by Su Ren, Zhang Qian let out a long sigh and said to Su Ren: "Are they your two horse thieves friends again? It seems that King Xiutu will be in trouble this time! But I want to remind you
, Although King Xiutu is scary, he is not as scary as your two friends. They are the ones I should focus on guarding against in Yumen! If their names appear in my memorial that day, please don't make a fuss, Marquis Guannei."
Su Ren chuckled: "Then I'll wait and see! Then we'll see how they take away your Jade Gate!"
King Xiutu's envoy arrived three days later. He looked arrogant and had all kinds of big hats on his face. If he were from any other country in the Western Region, he would be frightened. As the governor of Yumen, Zhang Qian has always been calm.
Yun Dan, this made his newly recruited officials admire him very much. After King Xiutu's envoy finished speaking and the old king took out a large pile of official documents from the Xiongnu border generals, King Xiutu's envoy sneered.
Continuously.
As the envoy of King Xiutu, he naturally knew what happened in the territory of the Xiongnu. King Xiutu specifically told him when he came that the robbery of transportation materials seemed to be horse thieves, but in fact they were Han people, so the envoy sneered.
Said: "Prefect Zhang, let's not play such tricks, right? If you don't know, those horse thieves are..."
"Pa!" Zhang Qian slapped his palm on the table: "Please be careful when speaking, no matter who the horse thieves are, this matter happened in your Huns territory, and these documents were also issued by your border generals, and the supplies were seized by the horse thieves.
What's the matter with Yumen? If King Xiutu wants to attack Yumen, just come with his army, I am waiting here!"
Zaji grabbed the Hun envoy by the collar and said fiercely: "Yumen is my border county of the Han Dynasty. If you want to start a war, just come over. I'm waiting! Get out of here now!"
The tall and powerful Zaji man threw the envoy out of the door. The envoy covered the big bag on his head and ran out, not forgetting to threaten: "Wait, you all wait! Wait for me..."
Zaji drew out his long sword, and the Huns envoy was so frightened that he rolled and crawled out of the prefect's house.
Zhang Qian nodded towards Zaji: "Captain Zaji has done a good job. From now on, we will strengthen the guard of Yumen. After Captain Li arrives, you two must work together to ensure the safety of the border counties of Han Dynasty!"
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Zhaji quickly knelt down and said: "Don't worry, Governor, Zhaji will live and die with Yumen!"
After receiving the reward from the envoy, King Xiutu just sighed and said nothing. Under the gaze of a group of eager generals and junior generals, he silently left his throne and went to the back tent. Tu Xi looked at General Zuo in confusion.
, General Zuo actually ignored his look and left with his men. Tu Xi immediately chased him out of the king's tent and grabbed General Zuo's sleeve: "General, this! The Han people have humiliated us so much, how can the king just let it go?"
General Zuo glanced at him: "Then what do you think should be done?"
Tu Xi immediately said: "The Han people are cowardly, we should lead our troops to attack Yumen! We should have taken down Yumen in one go last time, and we should not have agreed to the promise of that boy Su Ren!"
General Zuo sighed: "Hey! Go back and prepare your troops!"
Tu Xi was overjoyed: "No! I will prepare my troops to attack Yumen right now!"
General Zuo stretched out his hand to stop the thrust and shook his head slightly: "It is not to attack Yumen, but to advance eastward. Our new Chanyu of the Huns is about to ascend the throne. If we don't go, we will not be able to make it to the ceremony of worshiping the heaven!" (To be continued)