Li Shiqi, the envoy of the Qin army, once again entered Touman Shanyu's Qionglu.
"My friends from the south are really cheerful. They sent a batch of things before the agreed time, which made me very happy."
Touman Shanyu's voice was very cheerful.
Because he had gone to see it just now. The Qin envoys brought five thousand shi of food this time. The amount was equivalent to the conditions they first proposed. You must know that when the Huns agreed to King Yan Xi's request and went south to help Dai, the food they asked for from that king was only five thousand shi.
The Qin people sent food first, but the Huns didn't pay anything. Then King Yan was still locked in their felt tent. Anyone would be happy to have free food.
Li Shiqi's words were cowardly: "Thirty thousand shi of grain is too much, and our army's carriages are not enough for use, so we can only transport it in batches. At the same time, this first batch of grain also shows the sincerity of our general to the Great Chanyu. The Great Chanyu has soldiers and horses. There are many, my general only wants to make friends, not to be hostile. I just hope that after getting the food, the Great Chanyu can hand over King Yan to us as promised. In this way, both Qin and the Xiongnu will be happy."
This time, without waiting for the translator of the Qin people to speak, the Zuogu Duhou Huyanzhu who was following Touman Chanyu immediately translated, and by the way, he added: "Do you think what I said last night was right, that Qin The general of our country is afraid of us and has no hostile intentions at all. He only wants to buy people with money and food."
Touman Shanyu nodded, with a flash of disdain and contempt in his eyes.
The Huns have always admired the strong and respected heroes.
How can a cowardly sheep instill fear in a ferocious wolf?
As for what Maodun said last night, the Huns were defeated by General Zhao more than ten years ago. Although Touman Shanyu was a little alert for a while, the humble words and food delivery behavior of the Qin envoy made him He let down his guard.
In Touman Shanyu's view, the Zhao general who had defeated the Huns was responsible for guarding the Zhao border, and the Huns were plundering the Zhao border, so the two were naturally hostile.
But these Qin troops in front of them only came to destroy Dai State, and had no conflict of interest with the Huns. The Qin people used the money and grain from the treasury to buy King Yan from the Huns. This was a reasonable transaction, and there was no need for both parties to fight to the death. There is still a big difference between the two things.
"This Shanyu knows the sincerity of General Qin. In two days, when you have delivered all the things, this Shanyu will hand over the King of Yan to you. Hahaha, the envoy came here just in time to meet this Shanyu Yu drank a lot. Someone, bring me the kumiss!"
Touman Shanyu was very enthusiastic and invited the Qin envoy to have a drink.
Hearing this, Li Shiqi's expression changed.
However, a smart man like him was naturally well prepared. He laughed dryly and said: "The koumiss from the grassland is very delicious. But this time, I have sent a lot of good wine to the Great Chanyu and all the nobles on the order of the general." , and also let Dashan Yu feel the beauty of my Zhu Xia’s wine.”
Touman Shanyu said: "You also brought wine?"
…
More than half an hour later.
The banquet hosted by the Xiongnu Chanyu to entertain the Qin envoys ended, and the two reiterated their agreement to conclude a deal in the future.
Accompanied by Hu Yanzi, Li Shiqi left Shanyu Qionglu and prepared to return.
Li Shiqi had the intention of making good friends with the Zuogu Duhou of the Xiongnu. Using his sharp tongue and a pair of jade bis given in private, Hu Yanzi immediately smiled from ear to ear, and made use of his sharp tongue and a pair of jade bis given in private. The envoy seemed to have met at a late date.
The two of them walked and talked.
Halfway through the journey, the autumn wind blew through the felt tent, bringing with it the smell of various livestock excrements and some sad cries.
Li Shiqi turned his head and saw several ragged women tied up with ropes outside a felt tent in the distance, crying with their heads down.
Perhaps disturbed by the crying, a Hun man walked out of the felt tent and yelled a few words in nonsense. Seeing that the women were still crying, the Hu man was angry and picked up his riding whip and whipped the women. The crying suddenly became even more pitiful.
"Those are slaves. Women are used to give birth to children and take care of cattle and sheep. Men are used to herd cattle and horses. These slaves are not used to it yet. When they get to the grassland and are whipped enough, they will become as docile as lambs. "
Hu Yanzi noticed Li Shiqi's gaze, smiled and explained.
"Very well. Disobedient slaves should be beaten with a whip."
Li Shiqi mumbled something in his mouth, the beard under his chin trembling slightly.
He pretended to ask: "Are these slaves from Daiguo?"
"Hahaha, look over there, these slaves were all snatched by us from that city."
Hu Yanzi pointed to a city in the distance and said triumphantly: "All the old, weak and resisters in the city have been killed by our warriors. We will bring the women and men to the grassland to be slaves. This city is now empty. After we return to the grassland, you Qin people can occupy this place, move your people here to live, and save you the trouble of attacking the city. It can be regarded as a gift from us Xiongnu."
"Haha, the left bone is so heroic."
Li Shiqi praised it. He looked at the small city in the distance and held the hands in his sleeves.
Gao Liu.
The former Zhuxia cities are now depopulated.
All the goods and food had been plundered by the barbarians, and there were hacked and killed corpses everywhere.
In some places there are still ashes from the ruins after the fire.
A dead city.
After a while, Li Shiqi got on the carriage and led the convoy back to Pingyi City in the south.
…
Outside the city of Pingyi, in the Qin army's tent.
After Li Shiqi returned from his mission to the Xiongnu army, Zhao Tuo immediately summoned the generals to conduct the next military meeting.
"Mr. Li is a wise man. He must have a plan in mind when he comes back from the Huns camp, right?"
Zhao Tuo sat in the main seat, looked at Li Shiqi, and asked.
As the only high-ranking member of the Qin Army who has entered Hu Camp twice, this counselor's opinion is very important.
Li Shiqi pondered for a moment, stroked his beard and said: "General, from what I can see, the Touman Chanyu and the noble Xiongnu have lowered their vigilance under the general's strategy of showing weakness and do not suspect that our army has any intention of making a sneak attack. . This is conducive to the next actions of our army. But the Hu soldiers are all cavalry. During the day, their sentry cavalry can run ten or twenty miles away to patrol, while most of our army are infantry. Once the army approaches the Hu camp, , they will definitely be discovered by their cavalry, and the Huns will be able to react quickly, making it difficult for a successful sneak attack."
"If you want to attack the Huns, you can only rely on night attacks! Use the cover of night, first use the cavalry to quickly approach and attack, set fire everywhere, burn their domes, causing chaos in the Huns army, and then attack with infantry. This will definitely defeat these Huns. .”
Zhao Tuo nodded and asked the generals: "What do you think of Mr. Li's strategy?"
"Very good. The strength of the Huns only lies in their horses. When we make a sneak attack at night, most of the Huns must be sleeping and have no time to mount their horses. They are no match for our Qin soldiers. With the help of fire, this battle will be inevitable." Win!"
Meng Tian immediately nodded in agreement, and other generals also agreed.
Zhao Tuo nodded slightly and asked: "What do our soldiers think of the deal with the Huns?"
Black Butt immediately shouted: "They are all scolding them. Those Huns from Ma Ri agreed to trade with us, but they broke the contract and raised the price at the last minute. Such untrustworthy things made all our soldiers hate it so much that they couldn't wait to do so." Pick up your sword and fight those barbarians."
At this point, Hei Butt muttered again: "However, there are still many people who say that the general is cowardly and that our Qin State has destroyed five countries. How heroic and mighty it is, why has it bowed to a group of barbarians now? It is really a shame. Anyway, it is very unfair. I was very angry when I heard it, but it’s a pity that the general didn’t allow us to reveal our plan to show weakness.”
Li Shiqi smiled and said: "If it were said out loud, people would talk too much and accidentally spread to the ears of the Huns, wouldn't it be a big deal? Moreover, if I expected it to be true, the reason why the general did this was to arouse The soldiers’ passion and fighting spirit.”
"That's what sir said."
Zhao Tuo nodded, then turned to ask: "The Huns are camping near Gaoliu. I wonder what the current situation of Gaoliu City is like."
Hearing this, Li Shiqi's face darkened.
He lowered his head and recounted the scenes he saw when he entered Hu Camp and what Hu Yanzhu said.
Suddenly, the Qin camp was filled with the roars of the generals.
"The barbarians actually attack the old and the weak and rob my people of Xia as slaves. How cruel!"
"The Huns are cruel, we should really destroy their species!"
Amidst the anger of the generals, Zhao Tuo also had a frosty face.
Although the Qin State was called the land of tigers and wolves by the Six Kingdoms, it rarely massacred cities in its wars with the other six nations. Even in the nearly ten years of unification wars, it basically never massacred cities.
Even under the military merit system, merit is recorded on the basis of heads, but there are strict regulations. Only enemy soldiers are considered meritorious. Qin soldiers who killed the old, weak, women and children not only had no military merit, but would even be severely punished for breaking the law.
As for slaves, except for enemy troops captured on the battlefield who will be selectively demoted to slaves, ordinary civilians will basically retain their property and life. Once they turn around, they will become civilians of Qin and continue to live.
As for those Huns, they slaughtered Gaoliu and killed all the old and weak. The strong men and women will be taken to the northern grasslands as slaves. Needless to say, we know how miserable their end will be.
Comparing the two, how can one not be angry.
"Li Shang, send short soldiers to write down what Mr. Li just said. Send them to various ministries to tell them and arouse the soldiers' hatred of Hu."
Zhao Tuo spoke with a frightening light in his eyes.
"Let the fighting spirit of the soldiers brew for one more day. Tomorrow night, Meng Tian will lead our army's chariots and cavalry to raid Hu Camp, set fire to it, and loot it. I will lead the army to suppress it."
"The King of Yan is the second best, and killing the barbarians is the first priority."
"In this battle, I will defeat the Xiongnu army and wipe out the barbarian barbarians who have invaded our lands!"
"How can the barbarians be so rampant in the land of the Xia Dynasty!"
(End of chapter)
