Northern Huhan Palace.
After listening to Hedusuo's story, Maodun directly drew his sword and put it on Hedusuo's neck, and said sternly: "Hedusuo! Don't talk nonsense! Where did the magic weapon and thunder come from? I see. It was your incompetence that lost the Wolf Court, and you made it up randomly!"
He Dusuo burst into tears and cried: "Chanyu, how dare I deceive you! Everything I said is true..."
"ah!……"
With a scream, Hedusuo's head fell to the ground!
Mao Dun had a sullen face and said harshly: "Hedu Suo has lost the Wolf Court, and he is here to confuse the public with his evil words. Death is not a pity!"
Everyone in the tent was shocked, but they heard Mao Dun yelling: "Drag him out! You all get out too, Se Leng stays!"
There were only two people waiting in the tent, Se Leng said carefully: "Chanyu, He Dusuo never tells lies..."
Mao Dun waved his hand to stop him and said in a deep voice: "You think I don't know? But killing him is not enough to stabilize the morale of the army!"
Seleng's body trembled, and he said no more, "What should we do now?"
Modun looked up to the sky and sighed, and said harshly: "I think that since I was a child, I, Modun, have been good at riding and shooting, and have both wisdom and courage. However, because of the villain's slander, I was sent to the border by that old guy for more than ten years. Now I have finally become a Chanyu, and am now a chanyu. I want to unify the grassland, but I encounter a powerful enemy and face such defeat, why is God so unfair to me!"
Se Leng stood aside and dared not speak.
After a long time, Maodun waved his hands and sighed: "Gather the cavalry, plunder the herdsmen, women, and property of Beihu. Take as much as you can, withdraw from Beihu, go straight north, and bypass Daze (Hulun Lake)." Beihai, go to the grassland near Hujie!"
Seleng said worriedly: "It will be winter soon. If we go around in such a big circle to get to Hujie, I'm afraid..."
Mao Dun smiled bitterly: "What else can we do? Stay here? That means waiting to die! Go back to Wolf Court? I'm afraid the Qin army has already packed their bags and is waiting for us to get in."
Seleng sighed when he heard this, clasped his fists and said, "In that case, I'll go get ready!"
As he expected, Qin troops were already ambushed not only around Langting, but also in the grasslands of the original Hedu and Shalin tribes in Beihai.
Five days later, Mao Dun plundered tens of thousands of Hu people and goods, withdrew from Beihu, and disappeared since then, never to be seen again. No one knows where he went, or whether he died on the way westward.
Of course, this is something.
In mid-September, the news spread back to Xianyang.
The front hall of Zhangtai Palace.
"...In this battle, more than 40 Xiongnu officers and generals were killed, and 200,000 Xiongnu herdsmen and countless livestock were killed. The Xiongnu general He Dusuo was killed in the palace of Beihu Khan, and Maodun led 40,000 people and tens of thousands of Hu people. Fleeing north, losing track!"
After listening to Zhang Han's report, everyone's joy was mixed with worry.
Killing people and killing people, it is said that these two inhumane killings will affect the fate of people and the country. Sooner or later, they will bring ominousness, such as killing people in vain...
Seeing that the palace was quiet for a while, I came back to my senses and gave the orders one by one: "Order Wu Jian to appease the Huns herdsmen and stay in Mobei, while the musketeers return to Xianyang. Those who have meritorious service will be rewarded according to the law. Regarding the musketeers, no one is allowed to discuss privately. , spread, and those who violate it will be punished as treason and the nine tribes will be punished."
"Li Si, ordered people to prepare food for relief to the Huns this winter; sent officials to appease the Huns, and allowed them to graze on the grassland according to the Xiongnu's old pastoral area division; confiscated their iron tools, shields, and horses. From now on, except for the herdsmen with the permission of the imperial court, Outside the tribe, horses are not allowed to be raised privately. Anyone who raises horses in violation of the prohibition will be regarded as a rebel and will be sent to Beihai to build the city."
"Baichong, send people to the south of Beihai. After inspection, we will plan a city that will serve as the seat of Mobei County in the future. But there is no need to rush to start construction. It will not be too late to start construction after the conditions are met."
"Geyue, from now on, no merchants are allowed to enter the Mobei grassland privately. All trade with the Xiongnu, except for the imperial court, can only be carried out by the Wushi clan. At the same time, the goods shipped by the Wushi clan to the Xiongnu must be carefully checked by the imperial court before they can be cleared."
"Qi Wan, Wushi Mu's meritorious service in this battle with the Xiongnu and the Western Regions, Wushi Mu has been given the honor of 'Bi Fengjun', and he has the same position as Wushi Luo, and can enter the palace to worship."
"Meng Yi, Maodun attacked Jiuyuan this spring. There are rebels colluding inside and outside. Send people to investigate the case thoroughly."
A series of edicts were issued, and everyone claimed that they were.
Yu He stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Feng Youcheng, the governor of Shanggu County, secretly released the Hu people to the foot of the Great Wall. He also secretly took out the more than 100,000 shi of grain from the warehouse to help the Bei Hu people in the winter and opened a porridge to help the Hu people. Both crimes should be punished according to law. Three tribes, please make your decision, Your Majesty."
I waved my hand and said calmly: "Although Feng Youcheng's move is against the law, Beihu is an ally of Daqin and should help. Moreover, this move made the people of Beihu feel grateful to Daqin and enhanced Daqin's prestige. The merits outweighed the disadvantages. There will be no prosecution.”
As a censor, Yu He did not care about good or bad, as long as he violated the law, he had to bring it up. That was his duty. He held up his hands and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
After finishing speaking, I was about to announce that the meeting was over when a voice came from outside.
"Report!" A visitor came in and presented a silk letter: "Your Majesty, credential from the Western Regions!"
"Oh? Submit it." To my surprise, in just over a month, the countries in the Western Region have already considered it? I just don’t know if they will agree to my terms.
After taking the letter of credence, I looked at it carefully and found two pieces of useful information: first, the countries in the Western Regions accepted my conditions; second, they asked me to let the officials and the Qin army try not to interfere with their country.
I laughed loudly and said, "Let's take a look! Everyone, now we can spread the news that our Great Qin has completely conquered the Western Regions! From today on, the Western Regions will be our Great Qin's territory!"
Li Si took the first look, handed it to Feng Jie, and congratulated: "Your Majesty, with his divine talents, wisdom and martial prowess, will surely make the Qin Dynasty a country that lasts for thousands of years and a vast country!"
After everyone finished circulating, they all congratulated in unison: "Your Majesty, ten thousand years! Ten thousand years of the Qin Dynasty!"
I smiled and nodded, and said: "Baichong, the Tianzi Temple will begin to accept the worship of all people on the day of the Great Chao Meeting. In Taiyue, from now on, after the Great Chao will offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, I will lead all the officials to offer sacrifices to the Tianzi Temple, and then to the Ji Temple and Yongcheng Temple." Ancestral temple!”
The two said yes.
I stood up and was about to leave when I suddenly remembered something, turned around and said, "Yu He, come with me."
When we arrived at the side hall, I looked at Yu He and said, "How do history books record the Battle of Wolf Court?"
Yu He was stunned and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, of course it is recorded truthfully." But his heart tightened. Could it be that Your Majesty wants to change the history books? This is something that only a foolish king who dares to take the world's scorn would do...
I said in a deep voice: "Do you know how difficult it is to conquer the hearts of foreigners? If the records are true, I am afraid that the Xiongnu will hate the Qin Dynasty to the bone! Of course, I will not let you deviate too much, just make a few small changes …”
Historical records: In November, the emperor's envoy Chi led his army to attack the Xiongnu and drove the livestock to achieve a great victory, but accidentally killed many people. The emperor said: "The people of the foreign tribes are hard to accept now. We can slightly modify it so that the killing of civilians will not be seen in the book." He said, "Don't you, Your Majesty, hear about Cui Zhu?" Moreover, killing people was not intentional, how can we tamper with history? The emperor was displeased and said: I was wrong! But it will not be passed down to the world for the time being. He thought so.
I found out many years later that this grandson had recorded the fact that I asked him to change the history books...
