Straight man of steel

Chapter 447

King Hunxie most likely has his own people in King Xiutu's department.

Not long after he said these words, someone got off his horse and knelt on the ground on one knee.

"I am willing to serve the great King Hunxie."

There is an effect called the crowd effect.

If everyone is doing something, someone will follow along, and if you don't do it, you don't fit in.

The first person to kneel is a stone falling into a calm lake, and the whole lake will cause ripples.

This lake is actually the heart lake of people. One, two, three pebbles until more and more pebbles fall into the lake, what will be set off is not ripples but waves.

King Hunxie looked at the more than 2 Hun cavalry kneeling in front of him, and felt unspeakably comfortable in his heart.

He did the right thing in betraying King Xiutu. He lost nearly [-] cavalry, and he recovered half of his blood in one fell swoop.

"Let me tell you, we gave King Hunxie a great gift.

These Hun cavalry who took refuge in him will become the main force for him to merge the Xiutu tribe in the future. "

Zhang Yuan was not in a good mood at this time. It might not be difficult to deal with King Xiutu and King Hunxie, but it might be easy to defeat him when there was only one king in Hexi, but it was very difficult to destroy him.

"Why did General Wei say that?"

Zhang Cigong didn't know if he didn't understand the political sentiment or he asked on purpose.

"The Xiutu Department also has its own crown prince, who is said to be called Jin Ridun.

Just because King Xiutu was never brought by his side when he was young, you said that if King Hunxie returns and the people from the Xiutu tribe know that King Xiutu is dead, will they support their prince as king or welcome King Hunxie as king? their king? "

"But my great Han also has a precedent for princes and kings to enter Chang'an as emperor. Why can't the Huns?"

"You think the Huns are a whole, but in fact they are all separate.

In the Han Dynasty, those princes, kings and emperors all had the same ancestor, even the same father.

All of them want to be emperor, and they are all surnamed Liu.

But in the Xiongnu, King Xiutu and King Hunxie belonged to the conquered, and they did not have the same surname as the military officials.

Do you think His Majesty may let the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms succeed him as emperor?

Just think about it and you'll know it's impossible. "

"You mean that King Hunxie will win over the family members of the soldiers who have taken refuge in him first, and then slowly annex the Xiutu Department?"

"That's right, that's what he should be thinking about, but it's also very difficult to implement, unless it is forced to use force, otherwise it will be impossible to do it in a few years.

But if force is used and the two groups fight against each other, even if King Hunxie will definitely win, he cannot bear the loss. "

Zhang Cigong nodded, and turned his head to look at King Hunxie below, welcoming the cheers of many people.

Now Li Jian and Xue Ren have taken the army to no one knows where.

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Cigong would definitely not choose to show up at this time.

King Hunxie recruited King Xiutu's army and left without any haste, and immediately began to clean up the battlefield.

He was also waiting for Zhang Yuan to appear.

King Hunxie mentioned in his letter that he wanted to take refuge in a big man was definitely more than just a joke.

In this way, the two people were actually only less than two miles apart, but one was in the light and the other was in the dark.

He just waited until evening in the sun.

Li Jian and Xue Ren really caught up with King Xiutu and captured King Xiutu alive.

After Zhang Yuan saw his army returning from the east, he came out of the forest.

He and Zhang Cigong rushed to a place one mile away from King Hunxie's army with dozens of cavalry.

Li Jian and Xue Ren took [-] cavalry out, but only [-] remained when they returned.

Losses in war are inevitable.

"General Wei, King Xiutu has been captured.

Those Hun cavalry ran too scattered, and the last general was incompetent and had to bring the army back. "

Xue Ren spoke modest words, but the corners of his mouth were about to turn up to the sky.

"idiot!"

Zhang Yuan glanced at King Xiutu who was tied to the horse, and then glared at Xue Ren and Li Jian.

Then he rode the horse forward slowly.

"I'm Zhang Yuan, General Wei of the Han Dynasty, King Hunxie, please come out and meet me!"

Zhang Yuan's distance at this moment is already within the bow and arrow range of the opponent's cavalry.

While marveling at Zhang Yuan's courage in his heart, King Hunxie also whipped his horse's ass with a whip and stepped forward.

"As expected, the Han Kingdom is full of talented people. General Wei fought all the way in his [-]th year. I was shocked by his illustrious military exploits."

"King Hunxie doesn't need to praise me.

I came out to speak with you, just to make sure that you really trust me. "

King Hunxie thought for a while, then nodded.

"Now that the Huns are weak, and the Great Chanyu has a grudge against me, if the Han Kingdom can provide me with shelter, I am willing to submit to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Kingdom."

"Then please ask King Hunxie to write a handwritten letter, and take out half of the cattle and sheep as a gift. I will immediately withdraw my troops and return to Chang'an City to report this matter to my Son of Heaven."

"General Wei, isn't the gift of King Xiutu not a big gift?"

"King Hunxie, has he ever heard the saying that the soldiers of the Han Dynasty are eaten by the enemy when they go out?"

If Zhang Yuan didn't take something away from King Hunxie, just this one expedition could consume all the surplus in the Han treasury.

Soldiers who died in battle needed pensions, and soldiers who were alive had to ask the court for rewards for their military exploits.

Fighting is not the most fatal thing, the most fatal thing is that these people go back alive, and the country has to bear huge expenses.

"I understand. General Wei, get ready. I will be here at tomorrow's hour. I will give you 30 cattle and sheep."

"Isn't 30 heads a bit low?"

"General Wei, these 30 head are already half of the cattle and sheep I brought.

In the past few days, there have been successive battles, and many cattle and sheep have been scattered. "

Zhang Yuan wouldn't believe King Hunxie's nonsense, but he didn't want to waste his time here for some profit like a businessman.

"Let's do this, 30 livestock, I only want cattle, not sheep."

"no!"

If King Hunxie chose it himself, it is estimated that 30 of the 20 cattle and sheep are sheep.

It is absolutely not too much for one cow to be worth three sheep.

"Then there's nothing to say, King Hunxie, you should know that what I captured was a living King Xiutu."

As he spoke, Zhang Yuan pointed to King Xiutu over there.

"King Hunxie, don't look at him being tied up with ropes, he looks like a prisoner.

But when I got to Chang'an, I untied the rope from his body and asked him if he was willing to join the big man. What do you think he would make?

If he chooses to join the Dahan, do you know what His Majesty will do to relocate the people from the Xiutu Department to the Dahan for peace of mind?

I guess His Majesty will definitely send a cavalry to Hexi, saying that it is to escort the Huns who are actually monitoring the tribe of King Xiutu.

When the time comes, can you feel at ease, King Hunxie?
Let me tell the truth, you arrested an envoy sent by the Han Dynasty to various countries in the Western Regions. The envoy escaped from the Huns a few years ago, went to the Western Regions, and then returned to the Han Dynasty.

My son of heaven is bound to open up the Hexi Corridor, from Chang'an City all the way to Congling in the Western Regions, there may be horse bandits or thieves, but it is absolutely impossible for enemies to exist.

A weaker King Xiutu might make His Majesty pay more attention. "

"Then I will give you 30 cows, can you kill King Xiutu?"

"cannot!"

Zhang Yuan is not a fool, he killed King Xiu Tu during the battle.

But now that he is captured alive, his life is more important than Zhang Yuan's life. Zhang Yuan killed King Xiutu, and Liu Che will kill Zhang Yuan when he returns to Chang'an City.

"Then your threat to me in front of you may become a reality at any moment?"

"Do you know how the Xiongnu prince Yu Dan died?
Surrender and capture are two concepts. "

"I also ask General Wei to make it clear."

"After Yu Shan was captured, he immediately expressed his loyalty to my majesty.

But he is useless as a person, his only role is to dance.

I cut off the things below him to Your Majesty, and let him dance for foreign envoys, great Han princes and nobles every day.

One day His Majesty felt that his dancing posture was not so good, so he died. "

"General Wei is saying that if I am willing to surrender, King Xiutu will be useless to the emperor of Han, and a useless person is not worthy of living in this world?

Am I right? "

"Yes, but he can't die now, at least until His Majesty knows whether King Xiutu can dance."

Zhang Yuan just humiliated the Xiongnu like this, but King Hunxie's face didn't show any emotion, as if the Xiongnu had nothing to do with him.

"30 head of cattle is impossible, my tribe still needs to be maintained.

50 cattle and sheep, including 15 cattle and 35 sheep. "

"In addition, the remaining horses of the dead cavalrymen of the Xiutu Department are all mine, and they are my spoils of war!
Impossible, my Han army is fighting, and you are picking up the leak! "

King Hunxie took a deep breath and nodded.

"it is good."

"Tomorrow I will come to pick up the things. Remember to write sincerely in the handwriting. I will say a few words for you when I go to His Majesty."

"Thank you General Wei."

After deciding his own destiny, King Hunxie treated Zhang Yuan much more submissively.

In Chang'an City in the future, maybe he will ask Zhang Yuan for help, and besides Zhang Yuan, King Hunxie doesn't know the other high-ranking people in the big man.

There is Zhang Cigong on the opposite side, but Zhang Cigong is even more respectful to Zhang Yuan, these Hunxie kings are all watching.

Whether it is in the Xiongnu or in the Han Dynasty, those who can always win battles will definitely be valued.

In this way, King Hunxie and Zhang Yuan returned to their respective camps, but no one knew what they had said between them.

As soon as Zhang Yuan went back, he gave Li Jian instructions.

"Send someone to accept the surrender of the city and bring in three thousand infantry.

In addition, he wrote a letter to the chariot general Gongsun He, saying that the matter of King Xiutu and King Hunxie had been resolved.

Ask him to ask His Majesty for instructions immediately, and I will write another document and send someone to send it to Chang'an City eight hundred li urgently. "

Li Jian nodded and immediately went down to find someone.

"Xue Ren!"

"The end is here."

"Take the army and station it close to the mountains and forests, thirty miles away from Fuyangju Mountain, and at the same time send out scouts to pay close attention to the Huns' movements!"

"Here."

When several generals heard Zhang Yuan say that the war was over, joy appeared on their faces.

But when King Xiutu, who was tied to the horse, heard it, he immediately realized that King Hunxie had really taken refuge in the big man.

"Zhang Yuan, I have something to say!"

"Oh? What does King Xiutu have to say to this general?"

"I want to take the Xiutu tribe and surrender to Han."

"I can't decide this matter. You can report it to the emperor when you return to Chang'an City."

Zhang Yuan didn't care about King Xiutu's words anymore.

He took the pen and paper from the official of the General Wei's mansion, and started writing what he wanted to tell Liu Che right here in the mansion.

On the opposite side is nearly [-] Hun cavalry, and Zhang Yuan's position is only one mile away from them.

But in this situation, Zhang Yuan could sit on the grass and write on the desk. King Hunxie admired it in his heart after seeing it.

King Hunxie knew that this might be the best time to kill Zhang Yuan, but he didn't do it.

If he killed Zhang Yuan to make the big man decline, he would definitely do that.

But if he chooses to kill Zhang Yuan now, then the remaining [-] Han cavalry will definitely fight with his subordinates.

After finally recovering some blood, and making such a mess, maybe he will get himself involved.

Zhang Yuan didn't have much to say to Liu Che, he just suggested the next strategy.

The cavalry he led must go back.

There were 6000 people when they came, but now there are only 2 left. If it weren't for the huge results, this victory would definitely be a miserable victory.

Soon Zhang Yuan finished writing, sealed the mouth with fire clay, and handed it over to a soldier, asking him to send it to Chang'an City now.

If it is fast, it will only take five days for Liu Che to see what Zhang Yuan wrote.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yuan led the army to the narrow mouth of Fuyangju Mountain as scheduled.

There are only [-] Xiongnu cavalry and those things that King Hunxie promised yesterday.

The rest of the army is estimated to have all withdrawn to the west side of Fuyangju Mountain, and the Huns did not station on the east side last night. The smell of blood here is too strong.

"King Hunxie, I am very glad that you can fulfill your promise."

Looking at these horses, cattle and sheep, Zhang Yuan was very happy.

In addition to the war horses on the Han army's own side, there are at least [-] war horses that can be brought back without owners.

The big man lacks horses and men, and with these 8 horses, he will soon be able to form a cavalry team of [-] people.

"General Wei, this is a handwritten letter I presented to His Majesty the Great Han Emperor, and I ask General Wei to say something nice for me.

Someone bring things here. "

King Hunxie didn't finish his sentence, he turned his head and shouted at several Huns.

Those people immediately brought a big wooden box.

"Open it and show it to General Wei."

Zhang Yuan lowered his head and took a look and found that the wooden box was filled with gold utensils.

Dahan originally did not have the habit of using gold utensils, and these habits were passed down to Dahan from the northern peoples.

Most of these peoples worship the sun and like gold, which is shiny and shiny.

On the contrary, the Han people prefer bronze and jade.

"What do you mean, King Hunxie?"

"These are all for you, General Wei, as a little reward.

When His Majesty the Emperor of Han accepts the Hunxie Department, I will definitely be grateful when I go to Chang'an. "

Zhang Yuan knew that King Hunxie was rich, and all the Huns were rich.

After King Hunxie took refuge in the Han Dynasty in history, he immediately became the richest lieutenant in the whole Han Dynasty.

This guy really has a lot of gold, but he can't help but spend a lot of gold, and soon he will be poored by others.

"Then thank you King Hunxie."

Zhang Yuan took the gold naturally, and he would not be at ease if he didn't take the king of Hunxie.

(End of this chapter)