Straight man of steel

Chapter 383 Surrender to the Huns
"Brother Chu, what secrets do you have?"

Zhang Yuan looked at Chu Da and asked, and after chatting for a long time, he only felt that Chu Da chose such an opportunity to get away quickly because he was afraid.

But it was pretty much the same as what he had thought before. Apart from accusing Chen Ajiao of being Chu Da, Zhang Yuan was not surprised by the others.

"His Majesty is not willing to let me resign.

This matter has a lot to do with you, Duxian and his party are here to bid farewell to you and also to get A Yuan to help me. "

Zhang Yuan is no stranger to Liu Che's habit of sucking out the remaining value of others when he catches someone.

Just squeeze the wool, and human beings are also non-renewable species of wool, and not everyone is like Zhang Yuan has a system.

Once the wool is cleaned, it is basically impossible to live comfortably.

In his last days, Dong Zhongshu used his spare time to compile the "Spring and Autumn Judgment of Prison".

After Sima Xiangru died, there was nothing in the house, and the only article was flattering Liu Che.

The cruel officials like Zhang Tang would kill them as soon as they were used up, without any mercy.

"Could it be related to the map of the desert?"

Zhang Yuan thought for a while. What he was doing now, the normal work at Taixue had basically stagnated, and what made Liu Che worry so much was related to the map of the desert.

"Yes, His Majesty asked me to go deep into Mobei and go to the military officials of the Huns Shanyu.

On the one hand, it is to verify the authenticity of the map you presented, and on the other hand, I am waiting for the opportunity to provide information to the Han army. If I can annihilate the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, I will be relaxed. "

After Chu Da finished speaking, he was very calm and yearning.

He spoke in a relaxed tone, just like those cancer patients that Zhang Yuan had seen, feeling that death was the easiest result.

"How can you, a Han, go to the Huns to be a spy and gain the trust of the Huns?"

Zhang Yuan felt that Liu Che was just setting up a secret at random, and it didn't matter whether he could use it or not.

For Liu Che, it was best for Chu Da to play his best role, and if he couldn't play his role, he died on the side of the Xiongnu as a way to pay for the evil of witchcraft with his life.

“There are ghost slaves over there, but the Han people are actually not conspicuous.

Furthermore, the Bank of China said that they are also Han people. When necessary, I will reveal some trivial secrets to the Huns to gain their trust. "

What worries Zhang Yuan is not whether Chu Da can get in, but that Chu Da's identity is too conspicuous.

No matter how downcast a former high official of a big man is, he would not go to the desert to suffer. The Huns are not fools.

This is simply putting your safety in the hands of the enemy and hoping that the enemy is a fool.

"No, it's still too risky, the military minister has already been deceived by us once in Mayi, he should be more worried about the Han people.

Although the Xiongnu tribe is not monolithic, they can still maintain a consistent attitude when facing foreigners.

Your Majesty probably never thought of wanting you to be successful, sneaking to the grassland and then sneaking back to find a secret place to live an ordinary life, wouldn't it? "

The world is so big, there are many places where big men can live in seclusion, Zhang Yuan can easily find a place for Chu Da, and Liu Che can't find it for a lifetime.

"I can do this, but what about the people at home?
Why didn't His Majesty send someone to stare at me, because he knew it was useless to stare at me.

At most, they stared at me all the way to the desert, and those embroidered clothes messengers couldn't continue to follow.

I can't be so selfish. If I did that, it would be fine if my children and my family were sentenced to death by His Majesty.

If they were recruited as official slaves, their lives would be over, and our Chu family would have no chance to rise from generation to generation.

I have seen this kind of thing too much. "

Zhang Yuan has never seen such an example of a family being suppressed as a slave. Maybe his usual work is too far away from these.

In fact, Zhang Yuan can get some veterans to guard the gate for the official position of the Ether School Order, but it is still useful to get a few before, and Zhang Yuan has never thought about the remaining places.

And those maids, Zhang Yuan, didn't think about it. Zhang Yuan is used to taking care of himself, and Zhang Yuan has a secret that cannot be shared with others, so the maids are not important.

Someone cooks and someone else does the laundry. At this time, there are not many other things that need to be served.

As for some bells and whistles, Zhang Yuan has been eager to try, but he has no choice but to be thin-skinned.

"The most terrifying thing is that I will suffer unbearable humiliation in Tingwei Mansion."

Zhang Yuan sighed and understood Chu Da's current mood.

Among other things, he stayed in Tingwei's mansion for a day or two, but he saw the punishment methods that matched the cruel officials.

"Do you know what Bank of China said?"

Zhang Yuanyuan and Chu Da were very upset and asked him.

"It used to be an eunuch sent to the Xiongnu side. After His Majesty explained this to me, I checked the files of the Daxinglingfu.

Only then did I know something about this person, A Yuan, why did you suddenly ask him? "

Almost instantly, Zhang Yuan's thoughts jumped so that Chu Da was a little confused.

It is only after these years of understanding that Zhang Yuan knows a little bit about the whole story.

As for the person in Bank of China, there is only such a name recorded in the file, and he appeared in the file as an eunuch in the entourage of the Lord Heqin.

Then this person's file only has a few short words that remain in the Xiongnu.

Sometimes, although Zhang Yuan likes Sima Qian very much, he has to say that this guy writes things just like the author of historical online articles writes historical novels.

True and false, false and true.

"Is this guy dead on the side of the Huns or not?"

"It should be dead, there has never been a Han who has survived such a long time in the Huns.

Even the ghost slaves under Han Wangxin's hands were impossible. "

"I have a way to help you sneak into the Huns, but I don't know if His Majesty will agree."

The Huns have a rather strange characteristic.

If they catch Han officials, they will not kill them.

But if you encounter those who take the initiative to throw themselves into your arms, you will always be suspicious.

It may be related to the fact that this nation has not stopped burning, killing and looting.

What they snatch is their own, and what others send may be a trap.

The military officials had already suffered a loss from the latter, and if they wanted to get over it, they had to let the Xiongnu take the initiative.

Zhang Yuan was also surprised that Zhang Qian was probably still on the side of the Huns now, and there would be another Su Wu in the future.

The Huns just didn't kill them, but to be honest, if it weren't for the fact that these two guys came back later, they would probably have forgotten these two guys for a while.

It is basically impossible to exchange these two people for anything of value, and the Huns have never mentioned these two people.

Su Wu was later forgotten by the Huns. If Emperor Zhaodi of the Han Dynasty had not reached a peace agreement with the Huns and proposed Su Wu, Su Wu might really have to stay in Beihai for the rest of his life.

So the method Zhang Yuan came up with was basically the same as Su Wu and Zhang Qian's experience.

Just let Liu Che find a reason to let Chu Da take a team of troops as envoys to the Huns or to the small countries in the Western Regions. Anyway, Hexi has not been opened yet.

The Dahan hadn't yet connected with the roads to the Western Regions, and the northwest was basically surrounded by the Huns. Chu Da and his men were as short as half a month and as long as a month or two, and they must have been captured by the Huns in the desert.

At that time, I would rather die than submit, and finally let the big man reveal some news.

It probably means that Liu Che thought that Chu Da had surrendered to the Huns and killed his whole family.

Chu Da threw himself into the arms of the Huns with great grief, and the success rate was extremely high.

Zhang Yuan thought about it so quickly, and estimated that the success rate could be at least 80.00%.

And in the end, the process of Li Ling seemingly surrendering to the Huns was not much different from this routine.

"Why do you have to go through His Majesty?

Now His Majesty is in a state of rage, I'm afraid I won't succeed if I mention it. "

Chu Da now looks as if he will die when he returns to Chang'an City.

"No, although His Majesty is irritable, he understands the seriousness of the matter.

Our Majesty is a selfish person, and selfishness is not a bad thing.

At least he will not refuse some suggestions that are beneficial to him. "

After Zhang Yuan said this, Chu Da nodded in reassurance, and then Zhang Yuan slowly explained the thoughts in his heart to Chu Da clearly.

In any case, there is still a chance of failure. As a friend, Zhang Yuan can do his best to increase the chance of Chu Da returning from the desert alive, which is already doing his best.

However, regardless of failure or success, this result was neither Zhang Yuanlai nor Liu Che, and only Chu Da was responsible.

Zhang Yuan had to explain it to Chu Da.

"Ayuan, how do you know that Zhang Qian is under the control of the Huns?"

In order to reassure Chu Da, Zhang Yuan suddenly said that he was bald, and told about Zhang Qian.

Thanks to Chu Da who stopped in time, otherwise Zhang Yuan would really be screwed if he told Su Wu too.

Little Su Wu is probably only ten years old now.
"Didn't the high priest of the Huns be captured in the battle of Mayi earlier? Although he didn't mention Zhang Qian, he mentioned that the Huns also captured some envoys of the Han people.

I thought about it for so many years, Zhang Qian was the only one who had to go through the border of the Huns when he went to a foreign country and had no news at all. "

Chu Da nodded suddenly.

"Oh, that's it. According to what you said, is it possible for me to run into Zhang Qian?"

"Yes, if you meet him, tell him that Dayuezhi is still going to the west, and bring back more seeds on the way.

Nothing else is very important, the seeds of various plants are the most important. "

Zhang Yuan can't directly complain about the alliance with the Da Yue Clan because it's whimsical, but it's okay to emphasize what is the most important thing.

The current Zhang Qian is not the future Bowang Hou, nor is he the treasure in Liu Che's hands.

Zhang Qian, who had been trapped in the territory of the Huns for a long time, still had some fear of the great officials of the Han Dynasty, after all, his status was too poor.

It is even possible to mistake Zhang Yuan's words for Liu Che's meaning.

Chu Da obviously knew the purpose of Zhang Qian's mission to Dayuezhi, but now that Zhang Yuan said this, he was a little confused.

All Han people are unfamiliar with the area to the west of the Han Dynasty, and their impressions are basically blank.

There are some Qiang people living in Qinghai, but not many. The emperors of the Han Dynasty had no interest in this place where birds did not poop.

As for Tibet, except for some Qiang people living on both sides of the Yarlung Zangbo River, there are no human footprints at all in other places.

This is a land that even the gods in the sky have forgotten, so don't expect the kings on the earth to remember it.

When Zhang Yuan said this, Chu Da realized that Zhang Yuan was a little mysterious.

Seeing Chu Da's confused eyes, Zhang Yuan smiled awkwardly and explained.

"Brother Chu, have you forgotten what I used to do?
I used to be a farmer. Didn’t I get the potatoes and watermelons and beets you eat from Hu merchants in Southwest Yi?

At the beginning they said that there are more food seeds in the west, you know, I have no other desires, I just like to eat.

What I said just now are all my personal prejudices, but if you can really find food seeds that are like potatoes, it will be a great achievement, which will benefit thousands of years and generations to come. "

"Ayuan, you are right, the idea of ​​forming an alliance with the Da Yue Clan is too illusory.

The right way is to let the people have full stomachs. "

Before the two of them knew where Zhang Qian was, they began to discuss how to instill Zhang Qian with some ideas that he didn't have before.

In fact, Zhang Yuan didn't even know where Zhang Qian was now. He remembered that he was captured and taken to the King's Court of the Huns, but there were two King's Courts of the Huns.

In the early days of Liu Che’s rule, the Xiongnu actually had three locations that were particularly important and easily confused. As for the detailed locations, there was no way to verify them.

One is Longcheng, which has already been attacked by Zhang Yuanweiqing once.

The other one is the original royal court of the Xiongnu, which is Touman City.

Then the Xiongnu wiped out several tribes or countries in the north. Anyway, in order to control the large area in the north, they moved the royal court to the north.

So there is a distinction between the North and South King's Courts, but the Northern King's Court on the other side of Langjuxu Mountain is more important, that is, the Shanyu Court.

According to Zhang Yuan's guess, Zhang Qian should have been arrested and headed to Manchester City.

Otherwise, his later escape would not have been so smooth. The Shan Yuting in Langjuxu Mountain was thousands of miles away from the Western Regions, and basically they were all within the control area of ​​the Huns.

However, only a few hundred miles to the west of Touman City will enter the border of Hexi. In terms of the difficulty of escaping, Touman City will be easier.

Zhang Yuan didn't know if his guess was true, but in Touman City, thousands of miles away, there was a man with the appearance of a Han Chinese looking up at the sky.

And his hands are still inadvertently gesticulating in the air.

It seemed to be verifying something, but after a while he sighed and returned to the big tent where he lived.

This is the case with the nomads, who rammed the soil into a wall and surrounded it with a city. In fact, there were still tents made of animal fur inside.

The guards of the Huns were not very strict, at least no one was specifically watching this place where the Han people lived.

(End of this chapter)