Just when Azhena was about to be taken down and beheaded, a soldier from the Falcon Court suddenly came to the camp, approached Goshawk, handed over a piece of paper, whispered a few words, and then retreated.
After reading the note, Goshawk's expression suddenly changed, and he hurried to Tila Shanyu's side and whispered:
“Chanyu, what King Zuo Xian said may be true.
Just now, Falcon Court got evidence from the soldiers who came back with King Zuo Xian. However, they were ambushed by a group of armored cavalry with no end in sight. At that time, the army was dispersed by the armored heavy cavalry before they even had time to struggle. , and this is why we have this big defeat in front of us! "
When Tila heard this, her heart suddenly moved. She raised her hand to stop the movements of the guards. She walked to Azhena with cold eyes, looked into his eyes and asked coldly:
"I will ask you one last time, how did you lose?"
Azhena, who survived the disaster, said with a mournful face:
"Chanyu, I really didn't lie to you. We were really attacked by tens of thousands of heavy cavalry. Although I don't understand why someone could bring out so many heavy cavalry, it's all true!
And on the way back, I also learned that the Tatar grasslands had long been unified by the Song Dynasty king, and the so-called war between the Angxi tribe and them was just a way for them to fool us. In fact, it was all staged internally by themselves. The play!
That prince of Song Dynasty, his strength is unimaginable! "
Tila's eyes kept flickering, and her fingers unconsciously turned the ring on her hand. After thinking for a while, she stood up and said:
"Even if what you said is true, it is true that you led an army of 200,000 and were defeated. You can't escape the death penalty and you can't escape the penalty of death. I will cut off the title of King Xian of your left, and you should be named General of the right. At the same time, all the cattle, sheep and horses of your army will be removed." Seventy percent must be handed over to the royal court. I will arrange for the Royal Court Guards to supervise this matter. You will step down immediately, and your eldest son Jin Rihe will take over the duties of your tribe leader and right general!"
The punishment of cutting off King Zuoxian's royal title and having to remove the tribe's chief and 70% of the tribe's cattle, sheep and horses to be handed over to the royal court was obviously a punishment that Azhena found difficult to accept.
But compared to being beheaded and the tribe being annexed, this has left a way for his own tribe to survive, so even if he is unwilling to do so, Azhena can only hold his nose and admit it.
After he was taken away, Tila looked at Goshawk and asked, "Is your information true?"
Goshawk said with certainty: "All the Falcon Court's information will be verified by many parties, and there is absolutely no way it can be wrong!"
Tila nodded, turned back to his seat and sat down, leaning on the wolf-skin seat, Tila said solemnly: "What is going on with this Song vassal king who can bring out tens of thousands of heavy cavalry?
And they actually unified the Tatars under our noses. This method is really terrifying!
With the current strength of our Xiongnu, it is okay to attack the Song Dynasty, but facing this Song prince, we are already beyond our capabilities. If you say he has such strength, why would he still act with the Angxi tribe to deceive us? "
Goshawk thought for a while and replied: "Chanyu, I have a guess.
According to our previous information from the Falcon Court, Yunzhou County, where this prince is a vassal, was a new territory that was annexed to the Song Dynasty only fifty years ago.
However, after fifty years of management, perhaps the Song State did not focus on it, so the population of Yunzhou County has never been large.
I'm wondering, could this Song vassal king be restricted in his activities due to population issues? "
You see, although he conquered the Tatar grassland, there was not even a Song person on the grassland. In the past, every time the Song people captured the grassland, they would build a city on the grassland to achieve the purpose of controlling the grassland, but he did not.
It's not that he doesn't have that strength, the military power in his hands makes the Tatars surrender.
And the reason why he didn't build a city on the Tatar grassland like the previous Song Dynasty did, I can only think of one reason after thinking about it, and that is no one!
Although the power in the hands of the Song vassal king in Yunzhou County was powerful, the insufficient population of Yunzhou County was obviously the biggest obstacle to his expansion, making it impossible for him to control even if he conquered a lot of territory.
That's why he didn't expand his territory beyond the Tatar grasslands. I'm afraid just controlling the Tatar grasslands would be very difficult for him.
So I think we don't need to worry too much about him. As long as we don't take the initiative to provoke him, he doesn't have the energy to proactively provoke us.
And I think such a powerful vassal king may also be a trouble for the Song people. The Song people like to fight among themselves. If a vassal king is so powerful, the Song people's court may be as afraid of him as we are of him. The fear is comparable.
Although he is a power of the Song Dynasty, he still has to be wary of the Song Dynasty court, and he has no extra energy to go against us! "
After listening to his analysis, Tira nodded and said, "You mean to let me ignore him and let him guard his one-third of an acre of land?"
Goshawk nodded solemnly: "Yes, that's it!"
"But what if he stabs us in the back from the grassland?"
As a Chanyu of the Huns, Tira had to consider this possibility. The distance between the two sides was too close!
Goshawk thought for a while and said: "Although we don't care about him, we can't really ignore him. Although he has unified the Tatars now, I believe there must be dissatisfied people in the Tatars. We can secretly support such people. Cause trouble for him.
Moreover, the Great Yuezhi and the Tatar grassland are also very close. We can divert the trouble to the east and provoke this fight between the two sides. This will not only weaken the gradually stronger Great Yuezhi, but also make the two of them fight. Don't be open-minded, no hand can stab us, and if there is a chance, we might be able to stab them! "
"How to say?!"
Tila's eyes lit up and she quickly leaned in to listen carefully.
Goshawk chuckled: "Chanyu, we can arrange for a team of people to sneak in from the border of the Tatar Grassland and the Yueshi Grassland..."
Not to mention the conspiracy on the Xiongnu side, the army in Yunzhou County had been out for more than a month, and it was already the beginning of April in the 28th year of Tiansheng.
The entire Yunzhou County is in a busy state. The beginning of April to the end of May every year is a critical time for farming, and the entire Yunzhou County is in a busy state.
Not only the common people have to be busy with spring plowing, but the government also needs to provide guidance on spring plowing and help the people plow smoothly to prevent problems.
Zhao Jun, the head of Yunzhou County, even wanted to go to the fields in person to put on a show to increase the attention of various places to spring plowing.
Isn’t this? In the one-acre field opened for him outside Yunzhou City, Zhao Jun and the prince each carried a golden hoe, followed by a large group of Yunzhou County officials who came here in a mighty manner.
Princess Ye Yin was also dressed like a peasant woman, with a floral cloth wrapped around her head and a golden bamboo basket in her hands. The inside was covered with red cloth, and the fragrance was constantly coming out of it.
Even the officials behind them all wore shorts suitable for work today and carried hoes and other tools.
After receiving the news, the people who wanted to watch the excitement had already formed a large circle around them. The moment they saw their arrival, they immediately moved out of the way, and the crowd began to discuss continuously.
"Look, look! The one carrying the golden hoe is Prince Yun! The one carrying the golden bamboo basket should be the princess!
Look, what I said is right. The prince does farm like us on weekdays, but he does it with a golden hoe. I guess what’s in the golden bamboo basket must be white-flour steamed buns stuffed with meat. If you don’t believe me, wait and see when they are eating! "
A farmer proudly said this to his relative who was visiting Yunzhou County for the first time.
Many of his relatives are farming in Yunzhong City. He is the only one who works in Yunzhou City to earn a living. However, his family also owns land outside Yunzhong City, so every time he goes back, people ask him what the prince and princess are like. , he would tell them based on his imagination, and his relatives had never believed it. This time when Chun Geng heard that the prince was going to come forward, he specifically asked for leave and brought some relatives to see if it was true.
To his surprise, the prince actually came carrying a golden hoe!
This immediately made him extremely proud!
All the relatives also gave him a thumbs up!
But they didn't know that this scene was completely out of Zhao Jun's bad taste and he did it deliberately.
This morning, when the prince heard that the two of them were going to go to the fields with golden hoes to encourage spring plowing, he was stunned. Even now, his head is lowered and he feels dead.
Also feeling the same way was Ye Yin, who had been pulled over all morning.
Listening to the excited and loud discussions of the people around her, Ye Yin really wanted to open Zhao Jun's head to see what he was thinking about, so he actually asked her to come over with a gold basket, and specifically asked her to put it in the gold basket. Three meat-filled steamed buns, said to be their lunch!
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(End of chapter)
