Chapter four hundred and seventy seventh persuade to surrender
Xun Yu's situation is not difficult to guess.
Shen Bing learned from the Huns captives that King Youxian was at odds with Maodun Shanyu. Later, a ranger found out that King Youxian was gathering the remaining troops in the Yanran Mountain area... King Youxian was located behind the Qin army. The Qin army's supply lines were very sensitive, so Shen Bing's rangers were always paying attention to their movements.
Shen Bing originally thought that King Youxian would join forces with Maodun Shanyu, but he did not.
At the same time, there was no plan to attack the Qin army with Maodun Shanyu.
At this time, it was discovered that he did not go north with Modun Shanyu...
This is a bit strange, The King of Youxian seems to have been abandoned by others.
In fact, King Youxian was not abandoned.
In fact, Maodun Shanyu even sent people to King Youxian to give him good advice.
There is no need to say what he said. It was simply that the defeat of King Youxian in this battle was not the fault of his command, but the fault of the Qin army's horse equipment.
Maodun even reflected on himself, saying that it was because he did not do a good job in intelligence work that put King Youxian and his men in danger.
Then Mao Dun said that he had decided to move his troops north to fight in the northwest, hoping that King Youxian could help him.
Speaking of which, it can be regarded as enough face for Xunxu.
But Xun Hao thought it was wrong even after thinking about it.
Not because of anything else, but because Xun Yu himself did have a rebellious heart.
Although the fight with Qin was excusable and the crime could be forgiven, it was obvious that he had a rebellious heart. How could Maodun Shanyu spare him?
Therefore, Xunxu understood in his heart that Maodun Shanyu's move was just for the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands.
If he was deceived and went north with Mao Dun at this time, it wouldn't take long for Mao Dun to seize his military power.
When the time comes, isn't it just the fish meat on the chopping board that will be slaughtered by others?
As soon as he thought about this, Xunxun certainly didn't dare to believe Mao Dun's words, so he chopped off the envoy sent by Mao Dun without saying a word.
The reason why I wanted to kill the messenger was firstly to strengthen my own determination and force myself not to have delusions, and secondly to strengthen the determination of my subordinates.
At this time, many of Xunxun's subordinates were moved after hearing what the messenger said, so they all wanted to return to Maodunzhi again.
Xun Hao persuaded his subordinates:
"How can Mao Dun be the kind of person Yi Yu is?"
"Back then, Touman Chanyu killed him if he even had the slightest intention of harming him."
"You and I both have objections to this trip, how can Maodun tolerate us?"
"If you return to his position, you will definitely be stripped of your military power and sentenced to death to vent your hatred!"
"If you don't believe it, then lead your troops and surrender to Mao Dun! It's not a bad idea to put all the blame on me. Let's see if Mao Dun will spare you!"
The subordinate thought for a while and felt that what Xun Xun said made sense.
Mao Dun may not love women, or he may not be greedy for money, but he still wants absolute power.
He won't allow any instability around him.
King Youxian and those who had rebellious intentions were unstable factors.
So, instead of putting your life in the hands of Moton and living fearfully, why not make the decision yourself?
However……
Then someone asked:
"At this time, the world is either Xiongnu or Qin."
"We have rebelled against the Xiongnu and are enemies of Qin...where can we stand?"
This statement immediately stopped everyone.
After a long time, Xun Hao said:
"If we want to survive, we have no choice but to surrender to Qin."
His subordinates immediately objected:
"But King Youxian, Qin and the Xiongnu are feuding. We have been invading the Central Plains for many years, burning, killing, and looting. We are hated by the Qin army. Both sides fight without even leaving prisoners of war. How can the Qin army tolerate me?"
Xun Hao only asked:
"Do you still remember Ge Yu?"
"Then Shen Bing can tolerate Ge Yu, why can't he tolerate us?"
His subordinates objected:
"Youxian King, Shen Bing may not trust Ge Yu."
"It is said that Ge Yu was taking control of Jiaohe, and Shen Bing confiscated their horses."
"If you don't have a war horse, you're still not at the mercy of others? What's the difference between this and returning to Shan Yuzhi?"
This makes sense.
Even if he returns to Shan Yu, he is still one of his own, and there will be an extra layer of trust.
The surrender of Shen Bing was like Ge Yu, but Xun Hao and others were unwilling.
Another subordinate said:
"Perhaps Shen Bing was able to retain Ge Yu just to recruit the Huns to surrender."
"At this time, Dragon City has been captured by Shen Bing, and there are no longer any worries about foreign enemies in the northern part of the Central Plains."
"As a result, Ge Yu lost his use value, and Shen Bing started to attack Ge Yu."
The subordinates said something to each other, and although they were arguing with each other, they couldn't figure out the reason.
Xun Yu was also very confused.
Because he didn't know where to go.
To be precise, he was not sure what would happen if he surrendered to the Qin army... The concerns mentioned by his subordinates were exactly his concerns.
Just when Xun Hao and his subordinates were hesitating, a ranger suddenly came to report that it was an envoy from the Qin army who wanted to see them.
Xun Hao was shocked.
If the envoy of the Qin Army could find this place, does that mean that the Qin Army already knew his exact location?
If his location is known and the Qin army has driven away Maodun... wouldn't it be easy to lead troops to surround this place?
Therefore, the first thing Xun Hao did was not to ask the envoy to come up, but to ask the rangers to go out and investigate.
After receiving the news that the Qin army did not surround this place, Xunxu breathed a sigh of relief and invited the envoy to come in.
It was Ze who was sent by Shen Bing.
In fact, the job of an envoy is not safe at all. It is better in the Central Plains, because the Central Plains basically abides by the rule that envoys will not be killed if the two countries are at war.
But in the Western Regions and the Xiongnu...it was a bad thing and everyone would be killed.
However, Ze was still a bit brave. He came alone to see Xunxun and remained calm under the fierce gazes of the surrounding Huns soldiers.
Ze saluted Xunxun and said:
"I see you, King You Xian."
"My subordinate is here to bring a letter from the general. I wonder if King You Xian..."
Ze's words meant that he was not sure whether Xunxun could understand the letter.
However, Xun Hao waved to Ze to present the letter, and then handed it to the attendant beside him.
In fact, many Xiongnu can understand and speak the Central Plains characters, and even write them.
The reason is that the Xiongnu did not have their own writing, so they could only use Chinese characters to convey information, and because they had the most contact with Zhao... they fought with Zhao for many years and captured many Zhao people, so they could learn writing from these captives. .
Therefore, strictly speaking, the writing used by the Xiongnu was the writing of the Zhao state.
After reading it, the attendant translated it to Xunxun:
"You Xian Wang Zunjian."
"The reason why Shen Bing placed Ge Yu in Jiaohe to control himself."
"It's all because Ge Yu and his men are loyal to King Youxian and don't want to be enemies of King Youxian."
"At this time, I should have killed him to avoid further trouble, but Shen Bingai couldn't bear it, so I just left it idle."
"This is really an act of helplessness rather than distrust."
"What's more, if Ge Yu is used as a general, this expedition to Longcheng will force him to kill his brothers?"
"If King Youxian can come to Qin and work with Shen Bing during this trip, Ge Yu can also return to his post."