One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 431 Hard Negotiations

Qu Bei was silent for a long time before sighing: "Qin Yi, since I have been defeated, I have nothing to say. Just tell me what you want to do with me!"

Qin Yi smiled slightly: "Qin said that he will not take your life, and I will support you as the Xiongnu Chanyu."

Qu Bei heard the words, his eyes lit up, but soon he smiled coldly and said: "Qin Yi, you would not be so kind to support me as the Shanyu of the Southern Huns, you must want to use me. Tell me, you What was the idea?"

Qin Yi suddenly yawned, then got up, stretched his waist, and said: "Qin has been running back and forth for [-] miles in one afternoon, and he is already exhausted. Forget it, let's go back to Yanmen Pass tomorrow to discuss things!"

After speaking, he lifted his legs and walked out.

Qu Bei was stunned by Qin Yi's words, so he wanted to get up and stop Qin Yi from leaving.Liao Hua, who was standing behind him, pressed Qu Bei's shoulder: "Sit down!"

Qu Bei watched Qin Yi leave the Zhongjun tent.

Yan Rou winked at Mu Shun, and the two quickly apologized to Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun and others, and went out to chase Qin Yi.

Outside the tent, Qin Yi saw Yan Rou and Mu Shun chasing after him, so he bowed his hands to the two of them: "You two, Qin wants to learn more about the current situation of the Southern Huns from you, and I hope you will give me some advice."

"You're welcome, we both know everything we know." Yan Rou returned the gesture with her hands in hand.

"Then you two, come with me."

Qin Yi took Yan Rou and Mu Shun to an open space in a military camp, and the three of them sat cross-legged on the ground. Qin Yi began to ask about the situation of the Southern Huns.Yan Rou and Mu Shun answered one by one, Qin Yi nodded from time to time.

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The next day, the Han army escorted the captives of the Huns and returned to Yanmen Pass in a mighty manner.Qin Yi left Zhang Liao with a thousand soldiers to guard the Xiongnu camp to guard the baggage and captured war horses.

Nie Yan and others who stayed at Yanmen Pass were waiting for Qin Yi five miles outside the pass. As soon as the two sides met, Nie Yan praised Qin Yi's great victory.

After returning to the pass and settling the Huns prisoners, Qin Yi immediately held a meeting to discuss post-war matters with everyone.

That night, Qin Yi hosted a banquet alone in honor of Qu Bei. During the dinner, he had a long talk with Qu Bei.The soldiers standing guard outside Qin Yi's room seemed very excited when they heard Qu Bei yelling from time to time.But later on, going to humble places became more and more subdued.

The next day, Yanmenguan Qingqi rode out everywhere, some rushed to the counties of Bingzhou to convey the news of the great victory of Yanmen to the officials and people, and some in the form of a small team of hundreds of people, under the leadership of some Huns, went deep into the tribes of the Southern Huns to convey the news of Qin Yi. An order issued jointly with Qubei.

Strictly speaking, the Southern Xiongnu belonged to the subsidiary forces of the Han Dynasty, and had long been attached to the imperial court.Therefore, in name, Qin Yi is qualified to issue orders to the Southern Huns.In managing the Southern Huns, the identity he used was naturally not the governor of Bingzhou, but General Anbei.

In the management of alien races, the Han Dynasty set up a general to protect the Xiongnu Zhonglang to manage the affairs of the southern Xiongnu.Later, this position was abolished, and the management of the Southern Huns was concurrently led by the generals of the border counties.Of course, this is only a nominal affiliation. In fact, most of the time, the Southern Huns were still in a state of autonomy, and they often rebelled against the Han Dynasty and invaded border counties.

Qin Yi beheaded Yu Fuluo, the Zuoxian King of the Southern Huns in this battle, and captured the Youxian King Qubei. He wanted to take this opportunity to completely solve the problem of the Southern Huns.Even if the southern Xiongnu cannot be truly naturalized into the Han Dynasty, the stability of the border of the Han Dynasty must be maintained for more than ten years or even longer.

Although Qubei boasted that there were still hundreds of thousands of Southern Xiongnu tribes, Qin Yi also knew that there were at most [-] Southern Xiongnu tribes.His plan was to break up the southern Xiongnu tribe, and some of them would move inward and settle in the counties of Bingzhou, while some would stay outside the pass to herd horses and sheep.In addition, he also wanted to move some Han people outside the pass and mix with the southern Xiongnu.

Han people have a strong ability to assimilate other races.Qin Yi believed that even if only a small number of Han people left the customs and mixed with the Southern Huns, they could assimilate the Southern Huns after a few years.

The Southern Huns had vast pastures, which could actually be turned into cultivated land.Later generations developed the Great Northern Wilderness and turned it into Beidacang. This is where Qin Yi's confidence comes from.

Of course, Qin Yi didn't want to turn all the pastures of the Southern Huns into cultivated land, that would be too much.His idea is to first let the Han people who leave the pass open up wasteland and farm land, and then teach farming techniques to the southern Huns outside the pass on the basis of ensuring self-sufficiency, so as to solve the problem of food shortage in the southern Huns.

Most of the Southern Huns outside the pass still have to engage in their old business, herding sheep and horses, and providing livestock, meat, fur and other materials for the pass.

The order issued by Qin Yi and Qubei was to invite the leaders of the Southern Xiongnu tribes to come to Yanmen Pass to discuss matters.In the letter, Qin Yi used both soft and hard words. On the one hand, he told the tribal leaders that letting them come to Yanmen Pass was for a better future for the people of the Southern Huns; If he dares to come to Yanmen Pass, he will definitely lead an army to destroy his tribe.

Probably those tribes also knew the news that Qubei and Yu Fuluo had been defeated by Qin Yi. Due to Qin Yi's prestige, none of them declined and came to Yanmen Pass one after another to discuss matters.

On October [-]th, the last leader of the Southern Xiongnu tribe arrived at Yanmen Pass.At this time, the outside of Yanmen Pass has turned into a foreign scenery.The entourage of the leaders of the Southern Huns who gathered at Yanmen Pass set up tents stretching for several miles.

That night, Qin Yi hosted a banquet in honor of the leaders of the Xiongnu tribes, and Qu Bei also attended the banquet as the second host.

On October [-], Qin Yi sent Guo Jia, Nie Yan, and Li Zhen as negotiators to hold talks with the leaders of the Southern Huns.

In fact, this is not a negotiation, because the Southern Huns have already been defeated, and Guo Jia and others just read out Qin Yi's plan to deal with them to the leaders of the Southern Huns.Then, we persuaded the Hun leaders who disagreed with the disposal plan and negotiated some details.But several major principles formulated by Qin Yi will not change.

The negotiations were very difficult at the beginning. When Guo Jia read out the armistice agreement made by Qin Yi on behalf of the court, the leaders of the Southern Huns immediately made a fuss, and none of them agreed to the armistice agreement.

Guo Jia, Nie Yan, Li Zhen and others patiently persuaded these leaders.To the surprise of the leaders of the Southern Huns who participated in the meeting, Qubei also spoke for the Han officials.He put on the airs of the Youxian King of the Southern Huns, bluntly stated that this agreement was agreed between him and Qin Yi, and asked the leaders of the Southern Huns to follow.

On the first day, the negotiations did not yield any results.That night, Guo Jia and others began to visit some leaders of the Xiongnu tribe in a half-open and half-secret manner.But it seems that they deliberately avoided another part of the leaders.

Negotiations continued the next day.The attitudes of some of the tribal leaders that Guo Jia and others visited last night were visibly loose.

Although no negotiation agreement was reached that day, the situation has already developed in a direction that favors Qin Yi.That night, those tribal leaders who had not been visited by Guo Jia and others the night before actually took the initiative to visit Guo Jia and others.

No one is a fool. These people can see that the Han Dynasty must have secretly promised some benefits to the tribes that were visited.Not wanting to suffer, the tribal leaders who were not visited took the initiative to go to the residence of Guo Jia and others to inquire about the news.

In fact, this is Qin Yi and Guo Jia's intentional tactic.Guo Jia, Nie Yan and others did secretly promise benefits to some tribal leaders, but these benefits were actually determined by Qin Yi long ago, but were not written into the agreement.

Negotiations continued for two more days, and on the fourth day, a contract was finally reached that basically satisfied everyone.

(End of this chapter)