Chapter 71 second quarter

"Ju Yu Li Shou, why don't you speak? Do you have any other opinions?" I waved my hand to stop the excited crowd. He walked up to me and sat cross-legged, bowed and said, "No, my son. But my son has a question I want to ask my father." "What's the problem?" I asked. "The son wants to know how many soldiers and horses the father has in total now?" This question touched my sore spot, and my voice involuntarily lowered: "40,000." I know, but it's actually less than 40,000. He asked again: "Ji Houxuan defected to the Han Dynasty. If he was attacked by his father's army, would the Han Dynasty help him?"

"Maybe." My voice dropped. "Son thinks it will," he said firmly. "Why are you so sure? Wouldn't the Han Dynasty feel more happy watching us Huns kill each other? Isn't it more beneficial to them when the snipe and the clam fight each other?" I even used an idiom from the Han Dynasty . He shook his head: "Otherwise, if my father threatens to attack Jihouxuan because he served the Han Dynasty and humiliated the ancestors of the Xiongnu, then the Han Dynasty will have to help, otherwise Jihouxuan will reconcile with his father because of disappointment. What the court does not want to see. In addition, the Qin people are a hypocritical nation, flaunting etiquette and righteousness to the outside world. They would rather sacrifice the interests of their own people and show a fair face in front of foreigners. The emperor of the Han Dynasty was supreme, and he wanted them to If the people sacrifice for his face, his people have to sacrifice. You must not expect the Han Dynasty to stand idly by. Between face and interests, the Qin people are not like us Xiongnu, they will definitely choose face."

My voice dropped a few more degrees: "In this case, our strength is indeed not enough." He nodded: "That's natural. In the past, when the Xiongnu were in their heyday, there were more than 300,000 cavalry in armor alone, so they were able to defeat Linhu, Loufan, and Xiping the Western Regions in the east, and shocked the desert. But Rao Even so, they did not have the ability to garrison troops at the city of Chang’an. Later Shanyu often led 100,000 cavalry into the fortress, but they could only make small gains and return immediately. The crossbowmen fought resolutely. Now that my father only has 40,000 cavalry, how can he have the strength to attack the rebels in the south? Not to destroy his prestige, the son thinks that with his father's current strength, he may not even have the strength to approach the frontier of the Han Dynasty. "

I felt the blood on my face was swarming and fleeing, and my face must be as bleak as the ashes of burnt white grass: "Then—what do you think, should we just watch that Lizi betray our ancestors?" Actually Saying this does not mean that I really value Jihouxuan's surrender to the Han Dynasty so much. I only know that this can be used as a good excuse to attack Jihouxuan's prestige among the Huns. The nobles next to me agreed with me: "Yes, should we just watch that Lizi betray our ancestors?" "Father, my son has an idea, I don't know if I should say it." Ju Yu Lishou knelt down and said.

"Go ahead." I said helplessly. He said: "My son thinks that since the Han Dynasty is cunning, they want to support Ji Houxuan to deal with us. If we confront them head-on, we will fall into their tricks. Although the Confucian scholars of the Han Dynasty are weak and ridiculous, there is a saying that my son thinks is good. "Use the other's spear to sink the other's shield." The son thought that we should simply follow the plan and send envoys to Chang'an, pretending to submit to the Han Dynasty, so that the Han Dynasty would have no reason to openly send troops to support Jihouxuan. There is no such thing as the Han Dynasty Support, how can Jihouxuan be the opponent of father? If we defeat Jihouxuan and take his soldiers and horses back to us, then we will not be afraid of the Han Dynasty."

"That's unreasonable, aren't we the same as that traitor Ji Houxuan?" A nobleman immediately shouted. A nobleman of the Lan family also said angrily: "The reason why our Huns have enjoyed a reputation for more than a hundred years, and the nomads outside the Great Wall and the kingdoms west of Yumen all submit to us is because we advocate force and are ashamed to do it." They are servants of other people. That’s why we Huns fight bravely and are not afraid of death. As a Hun, it’s inevitable to die on the battlefield. , it will become a laughing stock in the desert. If we follow his example, what qualifications do the Huns have to rule the desert again?"

Before I had time to speak, Ju Yu Lishou had already replied coldly: "If the entire Xiongnu family died in battle under the Great Wall, who would let it be said even if they had a great reputation? Could it be that all the countries on the desert would respect a man who all lived in the Great Wall?" Is it a nation that was killed by the Han soldiers? Could it be that our descendants are gone, and will there be people from other tribes who will sacrifice to us in the same way as we sacrifice to our ancestors in the two days of Wu and Ji? I don’t want to be on this land Sprinkle our blood, and let the people who moved to this land imagine us from the legend, imagine whether we are tall or short, yellow hair or black hair, black eyes or blue eyes..."

The nobleman of the Lan family was furious: "If we don't serve the Han Dynasty, we have enough strength to recover the country and destroy the traitors!" "Then you go and try it." Ju Yuli said. I was so upset that I didn't know what to say.Intellectually, I know what Ju Yu Lishou said is right, but emotionally, I cannot accept it.What's more, I just expressed my contempt for Ji Houxuan's defection to the Han Dynasty so excitedly just now, and now I am suddenly asked to imitate him, and I am really embarrassed to speak up for a while.I can only reprimand: "Ju Yu Li Shou, you are too arrogant. Don't you nobles have higher knowledge than you?" In fact, I lack confidence, and I know it very well.

Ju Yulishou bowed and said, "Father, I'm not arrogant. I'm really thinking about us Huns. It's shameful for a minister to serve the Han Dynasty, but is it more shameful than exterminating the country? Qin people have a saying: 'A man can bend and stretch "Those who can't bear the humiliation of ordinary people can't achieve great things. The ministers of the Han Dynasty are only a temporary humiliation. Now the Han Dynasty is strong and powerful. The yellow-faced and short-bodied Qin people are all arrogant in the Western Regions. It's like growing two on their backs." Wings, those tall and strong people from the Western Regions followed behind them, but cringed like concubines. Not long ago, these Western Regions people bowed their knees in front of us, but now they see us like mice, Everyone shouts and beats. Doesn’t this explain everything? If we are willing to serve the Han Dynasty temporarily, we can gain stability. There is another saying in Qin: "The weak and the weak can overcome the strong." The strength and weakness will change, and we can only endure , accumulate strength, and wait until the day when the Han Dynasty weakens, we Huns can rise again."

"You son of a bitch, you quoted Qin people's words openly and silently. I think you were so frightened by Qin people that you lost your mind and lost your soul." A nobleman of the Xu Pu family was outraged. I think I have to appease all the nobles: "Bold and arrogant Lizi, push me out of the qionglu, and whip him twenty lashes with a leather whip, so that he knows how to speak in front of the nobles." The nobleman of the Lan clan persuaded: "Shanyu, I think the whipping will be avoided. It is better to punish him to go hunting in Beishan. If he does not hunt a certain number of wild animals, he will not be allowed to come back."

"No, drag me out and fight." I said. Ju Yu Lishou was dragged out by two strong Hun guards. He was already outside, and his voice was still floating in the dome: "Father, this opportunity is not to be missed. Time will never come again. If the Han Dynasty knows that we are hesitant, even in the future If we surrender, they won't trust us." There was a pang in my heart.