Chapter 73 fourth quarter

Ju Yuli was sent as an envoy to the Han Dynasty and became a servant of the Han Dynasty. He said he was serving the emperor, but he was actually a hostage.The Xiongnu have never sent hostages to any country since Modu Shanyu. I feel that I am really an unworthy descendant of the Xiongnu Shanyu.This is all to blame Ji Houxi, if he hadn't done this kind of thing first, how could I follow suit?I was also forced. I was not idle during this period, because there was bad news from the Huns.One of Jihouxuan's former subordinates fled to the right after being defeated by me, and recruited thousands of soldiers and horses of his brother's fake butcher Shanyu.I was just about to take advantage of the opportunity of Ji Houxuan hiding in the Han Dynasty to recover the right territory, so except for some soldiers and horses staying behind, I almost sent out all the troops and marched westward. After a few days, I met him by the Yuwu River army.The fight happened naturally.

This disproportionate battle lasted only half a moment, and I quickly broke his soldiers and horses, and my left leader put his head on the spear point and shouted: "Here is the head of the traitor!" All the troops under his command immediately stopped resisting. I annexed the soldiers of the rebels, and now my soldiers have reached more than 50,000. There was a burst of cheers by the Yuwu water, but before I could get enough of the joy of victory, something happened again. A dozen Hun knights galloped along the Yuwu River. They were my envoys to the Han Dynasty. "Shanyu, the Han Dynasty gave Jihou 34,000 hu grains of rice and tens of thousands of silks, and gave us no other rewards except to meet the needs of the mansion. We request to meet the emperor, Dahonghe of the Han Dynasty. But he refused to convey it to us." The envoy flew off his horse and reported to me with a sad face.

The joy I just got was swept away, and my face was ashen. It seems that the calculation was wrong this time. "Where is Yu Lishou the horse? Where is he?" I asked. "The Han Dynasty kept him as a hostage. Since he surrendered to the Han Dynasty, he must follow the rules." I was so angry that I felt that I had to vent it. The knife in my hand suddenly flew out of my hand in the rage, like a spinning windmill. The messenger's body was immediately pierced by the knife. He looked at it strangely I looked down at my body again, with an unbelievable expression on my face, like a broken water bag, blood poured out continuously from the side of the knife.He yelled: "Shan Yu—" "Plop" knelt forward and fell in front of me.

The cheering crowd just now suddenly became silent like ghosts. I realized that I was too impulsive, and the messenger was not guilty.I cursed bitterly: "That Zhu Zi persuaded me to surrender to the Han Dynasty, he was completely humiliating himself. Now that he is being detained by the Han Dynasty, it is his own fault. Let him bear the price for his mistakes." Xu Bushi, the general of the left, lowered his head and raised his eyelids to look at me timidly, and said, "Shanyu, you can't say that. After all, we sent protons to show our surrender, and the Han Dynasty would be ashamed to send troops to attack us. We can have as much as we can." Time to recuperate."

"But Ji Houxuan also has the opportunity to recuperate. And with the continuous help of rice and silk from the Han Dynasty, they will soon recover stronger than us." I was a little annoyed. General Zuo said: "No way. The Han Dynasty didn't give us rice and silk. Can't we get it from other places? The Han Dynasty is now in its prime, so we can't mess with him, but the countries in the Western Regions have plenty of money and food. If we After receiving the offerings from the Western Regions, you can still become powerful, so do you still need to be afraid of Ji Houxu?"

I said hesitantly, "I want to do this too, but now that the countries in the Western Regions have obeyed the Han Dynasty, why would they give us money and food?" "Of course we won't take the initiative to give it. Can't we rob it? They were originally our vassal states of the Huns, and they have always been afraid of us. As long as we send troops, we will definitely be able to defeat them." "The matter has come to this point, and this is the only way to do it." I said helplessly. Although this decision was made, it was difficult to go west.The first country in the Western Regions close to our Xiongnu is Wusun. This is a big country, and the country can recruit up to 100,000 soldiers and horses.In previous years, relying on the unstoppable strength of our Hun cavalry, Wusun could only be defeated upon hearing the wind, but now I only have 50,000 soldiers on hand, and it is absolutely impossible to use them to fight Wusun head-on.

I decided to take a little trick, pretending to send someone to make friends with Wusun, and wait for them to relax their guard before launching a surprise attack.