When he heard that Touman Chanyu was coming, Wang Jian organized his army and marched out to greet him.
"Haha, Touman Shanyu, I'm not welcome from afar." Wang Jian said with a smile and cupped his hands.
Solin acted as a translator and introduced Wang Jian's identity.
Touman also returned the gift to Wang Jian in the Huns way.
Wang Jian let the guests into the big tent and seated the guests and hosts separately.
From the moment Touman entered the Qin camp, he watched his surroundings vigilantly. If the Qin army rushed to capture him, he would definitely fight to the death.
But after observing for a long time, I didn't notice anything strange. The soldiers were all performing their duties, and there didn't seem to be an ambush behind the tent.
Touman calmed down a little and showed the magnanimity of a great Chanyu and said: "This king is here to negotiate a peace to resolve the border dispute. Why does the Qin Dynasty need to mobilize troops like this?"
Anyone who listens to these words is reluctantly giving himself a step down.
Wang Jian still had a smile on his face: "Since we are here to negotiate peace, it will be easy to handle. My king heard that Touman Shanyu led an army to build momentum, so he sent us here. The more people we come, the more people we come to." It shows the nobility of the Great Chanyu."
The words he spoke were both intimidating and gave Touman face.
Seeing that Wang Jian was quite easy-going, Touman relaxed even more: "Since it is a peace negotiation, and I have come as promised, I have shown my sincerity, but I don't know how sincere the Great Qin is?"
"Haha, I've already prepared some food and wine. How about I let the Great Chanyu taste my sincerity first?" Wang Jian said and waved.
The sergeants outside began to serve wine and food, and soon the table was full.
The food that the Huns usually eat is relatively simple. Faced with a table full of fine wine and delicacies, even the great Chanyu of the Huns will inevitably move his index finger.
But Touman did not move, not because of any etiquette, but because he was worried that the food and wine were poisonous.
Of course Wang Jian knew what he was thinking, so he took a few bites of the food first, poured a glass of wine, and drank it all in one gulp to show that there was nothing wrong with the food and wine.
Touman then grabbed a chicken leg and took a big bite.
"Come, try this Lao Qin wine." Wang Jian filled a glass for Tou Man and handed it over.
Touman took it and took a sip. It felt slightly sour, but he didn't care.
With the wine glass at this end, the atmosphere relaxed a lot.
Wang Jian stopped talking about state affairs and chatted with Touman about home affairs.
"How old is Da Danyu this year?" Wang Jian asked.
Touman swallowed the meat in his mouth and then said: "I am thirty-one years old this year. How old is General Wang?"
Wang Jian stroked his beard and said: "I am forty-five years old this year, and I am not very useful anymore, haha."
"Don't be afraid when you get older, just have a son." For the Huns, having a boy to inherit their blood and family business is more important than anything else.
"Well, I do have a son named Wang Ben, who is quite promising." Wang Jian said, "I wonder if the Great Chanyu has a prince?"
"Yes, yes." Touman showed a proud expression, "The prince's name is Moton, he is seven years old this year. There are also three younger ones who can't ride a horse yet."
Wang Jian secretly marveled that the children of the Xiongnu had to learn to ride horses at the age of seven.
He toasted Touman with a glass of wine and said, "Then I have to congratulate the Great Chanyu for such a prosperous population."
Touman drank it all in one gulp and said, "Only if you have many sons can you not be bullied. This is the law of survival on the grassland."
Wang Jian sighed: "It's important to have more children, but if you lose your life easily on the battlefield, it won't be in vain for twenty years. So, it's better not to fight."
Touman questioned
: "No one will die in a war. Isn't the purpose of giving birth to a son just to fight?"
Wang Jian asked, "Then why are we fighting?"
Touman bit off another piece of meat and said vaguely: "Of course it's to grab food, to grab territory, to grab women, and then have more children."
"Oh, it does sound like that." Wang Jian said, "But I think that if you don't have so many children, you won't need so much food. Since you don't need so much food, why would you grab it?"
Touman was stunned. He really hadn't thought about this issue in detail.
"Because, even if you don't rob others, others will still come to rob you. Then there won't be so many men, aren't they waiting to be killed?" Touman said.
Wang Jian asked again: "Is that so, even if the enemy is not short of food, he will still come to grab it?"
"Yes." Touman said matter-of-factly.
"So." Wang Jian said, "What everyone lacks is not necessarily food or women, but rules."
"rule?"
"Yes!" Wang Jian continued, "Just like the Great Qin State, since the Shang Dynasty Wei Yang's reform, the country has been governed by law, and the court has given top priority to rules. Those who act recklessly must be punished by criminal law. In this way, Come, everyone abides by the law and will spend money to buy whatever is lacking."
Touman was silent. It was a country he yearned for, with the system he dreamed of.
Ever since his father established the Hun tribe alliance, he had been looking for ways to govern the alliance, and this was even more true after he succeeded to the throne.
The core purpose of going south this time is to seize some cities and see how the Central Plains governs government and develops the economy.
Just listen to Wang Jian continue to say: "Now the Qin Dynasty is the most prosperous among the seven countries. Everyone has enough food. Even if there is a natural disaster, they can survive for several years. Do you think the people are guilty of fighting others for food? ?”
"If you really kill someone for robbing something, the government will have already punished the murderer before his family members can take revenge, so the perpetrator will inevitably die."
"So, who dares to kill people casually?"
Touman shook his eyes a few times and retorted: "That's different. Usually our clan is very united, and those we kill are all from other clans."
"Okay, let's talk about the war between the two countries." Wang Jian said, "Take our Da Qin as an example. We often compete with Wei and Zhao for cities, but every time we win a city, we have to kill the people in that city. Kill them all? I believe no one can or dares."
"Even if you implement tyranny in this city, it will definitely not gain a foothold. If you are not popular among the people, you will be driven out by the people soon."
"I would like to ask Great Chanyu, if you captured the city of Da Qin, how would you treat the people?"
"This..." Touman was speechless when asked.
If he captured a city in the Central Plains, he would definitely loot it. Even if he didn't kill everyone, he would definitely treat the adult men as slaves and then divide up the women.
"You don't need to think about it to know the result." Wang Jian said, "This is also the reason why Da Qin sent a large army to fight. I believe the same is true throughout the world."
"If the Great Chanyu can care for the people of other countries as much as he cares for his own people, Wang Jian will go and build a city and give it to the Great Chanyu!"
Wang Jian said firmly, not as a joke.
Touman's heart was in chaos, and almost all his cognition was shattered.
Is there really a deviation in the previous understanding of war?
Is it really possible to treat hostile tribesmen with tolerance?
Wang Jian saw his eyes shaking and knew that his words had an effect, so he continued: "Just like the current situation, our three-nation coalition forces
, can kill you, but we don’t. "
Touman looked up at Wang Jian and asked, "This is what I want to ask, why don't you take action?"
Wang Jian said: "These warriors of yours are all alive. If they die on the battlefield like this, their parents will be sad and shed tears, and their wives and children will hold grudges."
"When their children grow up, they will come to this place again to avenge them. The Great Chanyu said that he would have many sons. I believe this is one of the reasons. If fate falls on the battlefield, there will be many people. You take revenge."
"But killing back and forth like this, besides hating and hating each other, what's the point for both sides?"
Touman said coldly: "The Huns do not have enough sheep to exchange for all the warriors. If you want to turn us into slaves, then we would rather die in battle."
In his view, the condition for peace must be to exchange property for the besieged people, including himself.
Wang Jian smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said: "Da Shanyu, you are wrong again. We, Da Qin, have no intention of seizing your land and sheep. Otherwise, judging from our combat power, we should be the ones harassing you, not you. Central Plains.”
That's right. If someone is more powerful than you, and they really care about your flock, then go and rob them every once in a while.
Wang Jian pointed at Suolin and said: "This is the young master of the Yiqu tribe. He once led an army to attack Longxi of Great Qin. After he was defeated by the King of Qin, the King of Qin treated him leniently, and Solin was convinced."
"Later, the King of Qin took in all the Yiqu people and gave them land and livestock. All the Yiqu people were grateful and had no intention of betraying the Qin Dynasty."
Thorin echoed and said: "It's absolutely true. There are 30,000 Yiqu troops in the army now. If you don't believe it, you can ask them."
Wang Jian pointed to Qiang Yu again and said, "This is the prince of Xiqiang."
Touman's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at them. He never expected that these two foreign youths in the Qin army had great backgrounds.
"Xiqiang has been bordering the Qin Dynasty for generations, but there have not been many conflicts." Wang Jian said, "The only time this year was when the Xiqiang helped Yiqu recover the country. However, although the King of Qin captured the Qiang Prince, he did not Instead of using this to threaten the Western Qiang King, he directly let Qiang X go."
"Indeed." Qiang Yu added, "My father was so grateful to the King of Qin that he gave Jiayuguan to the King of Qin and accompanied him to the Western Regions."
Touman had heard about this a long time ago, so he asked two tribes living in the north of Longxi to move to Jiayuguan. One of them was Qietan's tribe, and the other did not want to move, so he broke with Qietan. .
Wang Jian said: "The King of Qin is not only ambitious, but also generous and kind. Most of those who oppose him will be forgiven, including the Great Chanyu."
Touman asked: "You mean, King Qin will let us go back?"
"Haha, maybe." Wang Jian said, "But it's not your cattle and sheep, but there is another condition."
"What conditions?" Touman asked curiously.
Wang Jian said: "Since Shanyu can't gain much advantage by leading his army south, then after this, we should not invade the Central Plains again. This is not too much to ask."
Touman thought for a while and said, "I also have a request."
"Speaking."
"I would like to ask King Qin to come here in person and establish the rules you mentioned between the two countries." Touman said what he was thinking.
"No problem." Wang Jian said, "But it will take a few days for the boss to wait."
"I can wait for a few years, no problem." Touman took a sip of wine and said, "But you have to keep my warriors well fed."
Wang Jian: "..."
