Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

a bit.

again.

One more time.

Blood splattered, and the words of the Huns begging for mercy stopped at some point, their heads limply hanging aside, already dead beyond belief.

The whole woman seemed to have a string in her heart snapped, she sat on the ground with a bang, the dagger in her hand fell to the ground, and burst into tears.

Li Mu squatted down and gently held the woman in his arms.

"It's okay, we are here, we will take you home."

The woman cried louder.

Zhao Kuo raised his head and said coldly to the surrounding Zhao cavalrymen: "What are you still doing in a daze? Are the swords and swords in your hands all firesticks?"

The cavalrymen of Zhao State, who had already been unable to restrain themselves, raised their long swords one after another.

After a while, hundreds of corpses of the Huns lay on the ground.

Zhao Kuo looked at this scene, his heart was as hard as a stone, and his expression did not change.

These Huns seem pitiful and weak, but as long as the summoning order of the four major tribes of the Huns comes down, at least thirty or forty Huns cavalry can be gathered from the hundreds of Huns tribes.

During the Han Dynasty, thirty or forty cavalry soldiers could easily slaughter an entire border village, causing hundreds of Han people to lose their lives, become captives, and destroy their homes.

Not only the Xiongnu, but in the history of China, Xianbei, Turks, Rouran, and Mongolia after the Xiongnu, which one did not bring serious disasters to the people of the Central Plains and to the people of China?

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

Zhao Kuo calmly issued an order: "The army goes north, and no one will be left behind as far as the eye can see!"

Since you want to kill, then kill the heads rolling.

Killed so that there is no one on this grassland, and killed the Huns for 50 years, and they will not be able to regain their vitality in 100 years!Half an hour later, the army rolled north again, and the surviving Zhao woman naturally arranged for an escort back home.

Hun court.

A grand ceremony is being held.

After a full half month of killing, the blood of those who resisted the Shuda family in the royal court was finally shed.

The patriarch of the Suojia clan, the first Shanyu Youliu of the Huns, wearing a golden crown with a wolf's head and a golden sword on a horse, sat on the throne, and under his head, many nobles of the Huns were respectfully looking at him bow down.

"I have seen Shan Yu!"

Youliu Shanyu was satisfied with his ambition, and he laughed loudly: "I'd like to teach you that since this Shanyu has established a country now, it is natural to establish a new system, and now the new system is promulgated as follows, you all listen carefully!"

Many Xiongnu nobles held their breath and listened quietly. This is the moment for the victors to divide up the power. They can't wait to know what kind of status they can get under the new power system.

Afterwards, Luan Hezhen, the eldest son of Youliu Chanyu, held a piece of parchment and began to recite aloud.

In the new system, Shan Yu was naturally the highest, followed by the left and right wise kings, and the next left and right Guli kings. These four were called "four corners".

The Xiongnu respected the left, so among the four corners, the Zuoxian king had the highest status, and was also the number one heir after Shanyu's death. Luan Hezhen, the eldest son of Youliu Shanyu, took the post.

Further down, the most honorable status is the king of Zuo Rizhu, the next king of Wenyu, and the next king of Jianjiang, which is Liujiao.

Regardless of the "four corners" or "six corners", they all come from the Suojia family and inherit the position of Shanyu according to the order of ranking.

As for the official positions that other ministers with different surnames of the Xiongnu could obtain, the highest status was the chiefs of the three tribes of Huyan, Xubu, and Qiulin, each of whom was called king.

Next is the Marquis of the Left and Right Bone, and then the Marquis of the Left and Right Corpse Zhugu. The rest of the Rizhu, Qiqu, and Danghu officials are roughly similar to the county guards, county magistrates, and eunuchs.

Although the Huyan clan and the Xubu clan were successfully attacked by the Shuda clan, after all, these two tribes are also large tribes that are comparable in size to the Shuda clan or even stronger, so it is impossible for the Shuda clan to kill them all at once. The three big tribes were completely annexed.

In the end, Youliu Shanyu’s choice was to annex the Lan clan only, kill the patriarchs of the Huyan clan and the Xubu clan and those who were unwilling to surrender, and cut half of the living beings from each of the Huyan clan and the Xubu clan to create A Qiulin family was added as a check and balance, and that was it.

After all these actions were completed, although the Xiongnu actually became much weaker because of the killing, the power of the entire Huns was no longer as scattered as before, but was firmly in the hands of the Suoda clan. While the power of the Huns expanded several times, it also made the Xiongnu a real nomadic country.

Thinking of this, Youliu Shanyu was complacent, and laughed again, thinking secretly in his mind.

"Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo, last time you defeated our Xiongnu, you let the blood of many men of my Suojia clan be spilled on the land of Zhao State.

But your victory is only temporary, when I have conquered the Yuezhi and Donghu, and gather all the string-controlling people on the grassland to go south, I must kill your head and make your skull into a wine cup for Chen Chanyu!Not only that, but as the winner, Ben Shanyu will also name your newest child with your name, and his name will be Luan Tankuo! "

Just when Youliu Shanyu was creating a new order in the royal court, and he was preparing to unify the grassland to take revenge on Zhao Kuo, he didn't know that Zhao Kuo, whom he was thinking of, was very close to him.

Li Mu rode his horse and stood on a small hill about [-] miles away from the royal court, and asked a guy who looked like a Hun next to him, "Are you sure this is the royal court? That Youliu Shanyu and the main force of the Huns here?"

Chapter 595 Li Mu Arrives at the Royal Court

Youliu Shanyu didn't know Zhao Jun was approaching.

In the past hundreds of thousands of years, the biggest actions of the Chinese princes against the northern aliens were King Zhao Wuling's defeat of Linhu, Lou Fan's establishment of five northern counties, and King Yan Wucheng ordered Qin Kai to break Donghu and occupy Liaodong.

But neither of these things had anything to do with the Huns.

Although the Huns and the State of Zhao have been at odds for many years, the largest war that broke out was the one that the Huns took the initiative to invade south last year and fought with Zhao Kuo outside Pingyin City.

So the Huns never thought that the people of Zhao Guo came from the Monan Grassland to the royal court of Mobei to attack the Huns!As for the scouts, you should know that all the large and small tribes of the Huns are concentrated in the Wangting area this season. It is no exaggeration to say that more than 90.00% of the population of the entire Huns tribe is here, and it is basically a hundred miles away from other large places. Everyone is a miracle.

And whether it is the Donghu in the east, the Yuezhi in the west or the Zhao Kingdom in the south, they are all thousands of miles away from the royal court. Who should they send scouts to guard against? Vultures flying in the sky?

What's more, in order to realize the ambitious plan of "unifying the Xiongnu and establishing a nomadic empire", Youliu Shanyu can be said to have used all the troops of the Shuda clan to ambush and suppress other tribes including the Huyan clan and the Xubu clan. Where can I get soldiers and horses?

But even if the Huns were not vigilant at all, the process of Zhao Kuo leading his troops northward was not smooth sailing.

It is true that Zhao Kuo does know the location of Dragon City, but the problem is that it is on the map, and it is still on the map in memory.

In this era, there is no navigation such as GPS or Beidou, and the accuracy of the compass is far from that of later generations. No matter how clearly the map in the mind is remembered, as long as the direction is slightly shifted from the starting point, it is the real one. The difference is a thousand miles away.

Fortunately, Zhao Kuo was also prepared for this, and this was the only link in Zhao Kuo's Northern Expedition to the Huns that completely relied on luck.

"The Huns are all close to the royal court, so there must be some small nomadic tribes near the royal court.

Li Mu, go to these small tribes and grab some guides and let them lead the way! "

There are many Linhu and Loufan cavalry in the border cavalry regiment of Zhao State. These two tribes share the same source language as the Huns, so there is no problem in communication.

It was still Li Mu who led two thousand Chiyou troops and one thousand side cavalry with a total of 3000 people as the vanguard, and Zhao Kuo led the army behind.

Li Mu was completely uninhabited along the way, and when he occasionally saw a few Xiongnu herdsmen, he just killed them.

Li Mu also rescued more than a dozen shepherd slaves on the road, but after all, it is located in a remote place, so the shepherd slaves can only return by themselves, or wait for the army to return at the same place.

But as he got closer and closer to the King's Court of the Huns, something strange happened to Li Mu.

On the first day, Li Mu met a fugitive cavalry who claimed to be a small tribe of the Lan clan. The cavalry of the Lan clan claimed that the Lan clan had been annexed and slaughtered by the other three tribes, and was willing to lead the way for Li Mu to avenge the Lan clan.

For such a guy, Li Mu is naturally a one-shot deal.

Regarding this, the other generals of the Zhao army around Li Mu couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "General, if what he said is true, then the civil strife among the Huns is just our opportunity, why not let him lead the way?"

Li Mu was very calm: "If the Huns are indeed in civil strife, then there will inevitably be a second and third batch of people who are willing to lead the way for revenge.

If this person is just a plot of the Huns, then the Huns will definitely feel that the plot has been seen through after seeing this person killed by our army, and will not send anyone again.

Therefore, the life and death of this person is irrelevant, what matters is whether there are any follow-up people who tell the same news as him. "

After beheading the deserters from the Lan family, Li Mu ordered people to return immediately and report to Zhao Kuo. On the other hand, he asked people to hang the heads of the deserters from the Lan family high, and then stationed there, and asked everyone to be ready to resist the Huns' surprise attack at any time. .

Silent all night.

On the second day, Li Mu set up a search formation and proceeded cautiously.

Soon, the second group of fugitives were also caught by Li Mu, and the same statement was made.

Li Mu sent this group of people to Huangquan without hesitation.

In the following day, Li Mu encountered four or five waves of fugitives one after another. After killing more than 30 Huns in a row, Li Mu finally left a Hun as a guide.

The choice of Li Mu as a guide inevitably made people puzzled: "Why didn't the general choose those strong and strong guides, but why did he choose this guy without his right hand?"

Li Mu's tone was flat: "Although this person lost a hand in the Huns civil strife that just broke out, even under such circumstances he still fled with his wife and children.

The Huns have always preyed on the weak and the strong. Under normal circumstances, this one-handed cripple can only be reduced to other people's slaves. Only the protection of our Great Zhao can keep him alive. "

Then, Li Mu continued to head north, and the news he heard became more and more unbelievable.

The Lan clan was destroyed, and the patriarchs of the Xubu and Huyan clans were also killed by the patriarchs of the Shuda clan.

The patriarch of the Suojia clan killed the Quartet and completely controlled the supreme power among the Huns.

The patriarch of the Suoda clan ascended the throne under the witness of the nobles of the Xiongnu, and claimed to be Youliu Shanyu.

"This Luan Da bandit chieftain is a dream come true."

Li Mu couldn't help laughing.

The Xiongnu Biography No. 94 in Volume 60 of the Han Dynasty is uploaded: "Shan Yu's surname is the Tongda family, and his country calls it "Chengli Gutu Shanyu".

The Xiongnu called the sky "supporting the plow", and called the son "Gutu". Those who are Shanyu have a vast appearance, and they say that they are like the sky and Shanyu. "

In other words, Youliu Shanyu was actually the emperor who claimed to be the Huns!In the following journey, although Li Mu hunted and killed the remnants of the Huns that he saw along the way, many remnants of the Huns immediately ran away after seeing Li Mu's troops, and Li Mu didn't bother to chase them.

Someone asked again: "Why didn't the general chase after him? Aren't you afraid that these Huns will go back and report to Youliu the bandit chieftain?"

Li Mu laughed loudly when he heard this: "These people were all killed by the Youliu bandit chieftain and had to flee. Don't say they don't know that we are the soldiers of the Great Zhao. How could it be possible to go back and report the news after pacifying the royal court of the Xiongnu and killing Youliu and the Suoda clan?"

Finally, on No. 20 nine days after leaving the border of Zhao State, Li Mu, who had crossed the desert, grasslands and hills, saw countless tents overlapping.

This is a very spectacular scene, tens of millions of Huns gather together, countless cattle, sheep and horses are outside, countless children are playing, and a high platform stone mountain can be seen in the center.

The guide held up his last remaining hand, pointed at the high rocky mountain, and said in Lin Hu's language, which is not very proficient: "General, that is where the annual conference is held, and it is also the place where Youliu Thief Chief is enthroned!"

Hearing this, Li Mu couldn't help laughing: "Very good, very good.

After passing the order, the whole army immediately retreated ten miles.

When the Junhou soldiers arrive tomorrow, we will be able to give the Huns a big surprise! "

Chapter 596

In the royal court, there was peace and warmth.

The fighting is over, the division of power has become clear, and the rest is the real celebration and carnival.

Even at night, the tent of the Huns is still very lively.

The atmosphere in the tent has reached its climax. Countless Hun women in disheveled clothes sit tremblingly beside the nobles of the Suda clan. The spoils of the nobles of the Suojia family had to be flattered in order to survive.

Youliu Shanyu was already in high spirits, so he stood up suddenly, pulled up two terrified Xiongnu aristocratic women beside him, and laughed loudly: "You guys keep drinking, Ben Shanyu is going to another battlefield to have a good drink." Gallop!"

Many nobles of the Suoda clan looked at the two women who were originally the wives of the chiefs of the Lan clan and the Xubu clan beside Youliu Shanyu, and laughed out loud.

"Shan Yu, next year let these two lowly maidservants give birth to the offspring of our Shuda clan!"

"The noble blood of our Suoda clan will continue in the stomachs of these lowly maidservants!"

"Shan Yu worked hard, and I will work hard!"

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Shan Yu dragged the two women into the inner tent, and soon, the shouts of the two women resounded in the inner tent.

For the Huns, it is not a shameful act to be advertised by voices. Instead, they think that if a woman does not shout, it proves that a man is useless!Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Luan Hezhen, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King who had just been registered not long ago, stood up unsteadily, and walked towards the outside of the tent driven by the desire to urinate.

The Huns didn't have any awareness of toilets. After walking a few steps, Luan Danhe lifted his breeches directly under the watchful eyes of many guards outside the big tent, and water began to splash everywhere.

At this moment, a Hun leader hurried out of the darkness and came to Luan Hezhen, and said anxiously: "King Zuo Xian, I just got a report from my subordinates, saying that there seems to be an unidentified army yesterday. Cavalry loitering south of us!"

Luan Danhe was really dizzy from the alcohol, and his reaction became much slower. After a few seconds, he waved his hand indifferently and said, "It should be someone from Lan's, Huyan's or the like. If you are willing to be defeated, just send a cavalry to destroy them."

Da Danghu said anxiously: "Your subordinate sent a cavalry force of 2000 to the south yesterday, but just got the news that this cavalry force was almost wiped out!"

"what?"

Luan Danhe really stared, and looked suspiciously at the big household in front of him: "Aren't you joking with me?

The Lan clan, Huyan clan, and Xubu clan have either perished or surrendered. Can the remnants who are not convinced and fled defeat our [-] elites of the Shuda clan? "

Da Danghu hurriedly said: "It's King Zuoxian like this, those cavalry who retreated from defeat, they said that the enemy is not the remnants of the Lan clan, but the cavalry of Zhao State!"

After Da Danghu's voice fell, Luan Danhezhen was silent for a few seconds, and then burst into earth-shattering laughter.

"Zhao country cavalry?

Hahaha, you don't want to tell me that the people of Zhao Guo were able to travel thousands of miles across the grasslands and deserts of Monan to reach Mobei where our royal court is located? "

Alcohol makes people lose their composure. The drunk Luan Hezhen didn't even pull up his breeches.

The head of the family said helplessly: "King Zuo Xian, this is true. I asked several cavalrymen, and they all said that they must be from the Zhao country!"

Luan Danhe really laughed and said, "A native of Zhao Guo?