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Chapter 389 The King of Yuezhi

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Just as the Northland was developing step by step, news about the Qin army continued to spread to Maodun Shanyu.

Although the Xiongnu had been expelled from the Central Plains by the Qin army, Maodun Shanyu never forgot the shame of Hetao.

He received a parchment scroll that day, and when he opened it, he felt bad.

Seeing this, Ji Porridge, who was sitting by the fire and gnawed on the leg of lamb, asked curiously:

"Chan Yu, but the Qin army is here to attack?"

Mao Dun casually handed the parchment to Ji Porridge.

Ji Porridge unfolded it and saw a few lines of Central Plains characters crookedly written on it, and Ji Congee debated for a while before he understood the main idea...

In ancient times, the Xiongnu had no written language, and most of their aristocrats and information transmissions used the Chinese language of Zhao State in the Central Plains. This is one of the reasons why Maodun Shanyu was able to understand the Central Plains military books.

After watching it, Ji Porridge said:

"The Qin army is just connecting Hexi to do business. Why is Shanyu so worried?"

Mao Dun Shanyu hummed and said:

"Qin Jun's move is more than connecting Hexi for business."

"We are the enemy of the Yueshi, but the Qin army managed Hexi and set up a way to go to the Yueshi..."

"In addition, there are other countries in Xirong. If they form an alliance with the Qin army, they can attack our army from the west and south! And it is the cavalry of Xirong..."

Ji Porridge couldn't help being shocked when he heard this, and said:

"If so, wouldn't there be no place for us in Monan?"

Mao Dun Shanyu said:

"So, we will never let Qin Jun succeed."

Then Mao Dun Shanyu ordered:

"Order Youxian King, command him to send troops to Xirong immediately and send envoys to Yueshi!"

The subordinates responded and went to issue orders.

Since King Youxian withdrew from Wuyuan, he has led an army of [-] to sit in the west.

On the one hand, this is to put pressure on the Yuezhi so that they will not take advantage of the fire to loot and attack Hexi, and on the other hand, the Xiongnu soldiers and horses cannot be too concentrated... The result of the concentration is that a large number of cattle, sheep and horses have nowhere to graze, and it is also not conducive to looting.

After receiving the order from Maodun Chanyu, Xun Yun immediately ordered the troops to advance fifty li in the direction of Yuezhi, and then sent envoys to negotiate peace with Yuezhi.

This is actually a radish plus a stick, giving pressure and showing favor at the same time. If the peace agreement is not agreed, the army will immediately launch an attack.

Mao Dun has already mastered this tactic, and he used this tactic to deal with the 36 countries in the Western Regions... This is actually the "joint vertical and horizontal" of the Central Plains.

Mao Dun knew that if the 36 countries in the Western Regions were to unite to fight against the Huns, the Huns might not be able to please them.

Therefore, during the same period, they always negotiate peace with several of them and concentrate their forces to attack one country.

This tactic was so effective that the Xiongnu basically controlled the Western Regions by the time of Lao Shangshan.

Of course, the Xiongnu's power in the Western Regions was not so strong at this time.

But before the Xiongnu defeated the Yue clan with more than ten thousand troops in Hexi, at this time King Youxian came to the city with one hundred thousand troops, this power is self-evident.

So the envoys of the Huns went to see King Yuezhi in a very coquettish manner. His appearance was not to negotiate a peace at all, but to ask the teacher for a crime.

"Chan Yu heard that the king is discussing with the Qin envoy how to attack the Xiongnu. I wonder if this is true?"

King Yuezhi hastily denied:

"The envoy was joking, my Yue clan has been at war with Qin for many years, how could I form an alliance with it?"

This is a half-truth.

The first half is true, the Yueshi bordered the Qin State before, and there will inevitably be friction between the two, so the Qin army and the Yueshi can also be said to be old enemies.

The second half is false. As soon as Li Yan stabilized in Suzhou, he dispatched envoys to discuss peace with the Yuezhi and discuss the plan to destroy the Huns.

(Note: At this time, the Yue clan had not yet moved westward to the Lan clan city, and was located in Shazhou, that is, in the Dunhuang area)

It's just that King Yuezhi is still hesitating whether to agree.

The reason why King Yuezhi hesitated was because he knew that Qin and Xiongnu were big countries that he could not afford to offend. If he agreed to one country, he would offend the other country, and if he agreed to that country, he would offend this country.

That's why King Yueshi was vague about the Qin envoy and planned to perfunctory.

The messenger just hummed and said:

"Your Majesty, please think clearly."

"Although Qin's army is powerful, it is still far away from the Central Plains and supplies are difficult."

"How to choose... I think the king understands in his heart!"

Upon hearing this, King Yuezhi felt that this was true.

The Yuezhi retreated all the way from Hexi. They know how far the road is, and they also know that there is no supply along the way... The Yuezhi had supplies before because they are nomads, and they only need to drive cattle and sheep out all the way. .

But if it was replaced by the Qin army who farmed and ate food, how much food and grass would it take for the army to travel long distances to this Shazhou?

So when the Qin army arrived here, there were only more than [-] people.

That's why the Qin army had to exchange silk for food, sheep, and cattle everywhere.

It is said that Qin Jun is still building water conservancy in Suzhou and preparing to farm...

Thinking of the Qin army's farming, King Yueshi frowned.

The reason why the Yueshi and the Qin army had a bad relationship before was because of farming.

To be precise, it is not because of farming, but because the Yue family is a slave system and the Qin army is a half-slave and half-feudal system. Especially after Shang Yang's reform, the status of slaves and peasants was further improved and rewarded for their meritorious service. hope.

Therefore, Yueshi's slaves and even ordinary people would inevitably sneak away to Qin to live a life of farming.

King Yuezhi once worried about how to stop this situation, so he had long thought of moving westward to avoid the border with Qin.

But this idea was not realistic before.

Because the Yue family took a step back and the Qin State took a step forward, the two countries were still at the border.

Therefore, when the Xiongnu invaded the south, the Yueshi also said that this was a blessing or a disaster, because from then on, there was a Xiongnu between the Qin State and the Yueshi.

Who would have thought that the Xiongnu would be repelled by the Qin army so quickly, and the Qin army would become Yueshi's neighbor again so quickly... King Yueshi's heart is so bitter!

After much deliberation, King Yueshi thought that he could only obey the Huns' opinions.

Although he knew that the Huns were only willing to negotiate a peace due to the current situation, the current situation is obvious:

The Qin army had more than [-] soldiers, most of whom were infantry.

But the Huns had [-] cavalry...

So King Yuezhi no longer hesitated, and said to the Huns envoy:

"It is true what the messenger said."

"Please envoy to tell Shan Yu that this king is willing to form an alliance with Shan Yu."

The envoy of the Huns did not want to stop there, he said:

"Just like that?"

"Empty words have no proof, how can Shan Yu believe what the king said is true?"

King Yuezhi's complexion instantly became very ugly:

"The emissary's intention is to use the prince as a hostage?"

It's no wonder that King Yuezhi said that, this is the normal procedure of forming an alliance.

But this is a bit difficult for the strongman, because King Yueshi has only one prince who is counting on to inherit the throne at this time. If he is sent to the Xiongnu as a hostage, it will be no different from destroying the country.

The Huns envoy seemed to know this too, so he shook his head in denial.

Then stepped forward and lowered his voice, and said something like this.

King Yuezhi nodded his head in agreement.

3 Ninety Chapters Shazhou

Bad news came from Suzhou one after another.

The first news is that the Yuezhi deceived the envoys of the Qin Army to go to the Yuezhi under the pretext of negotiating peace, and then intercepted and killed them.

At this moment, Shen Bing felt that something was wrong.

This is not to say that it was rare for the Yuezhi or the Xiongnu to kill the 57 envoys.

It was Yueshi who showed his attitude to stand on the side of the Huns and gave the Xiongnu a certificate of honor... His words were unfounded, and killing the envoys of the Qin Army was to show the whole world that the Yueshi had turned against Qin, so that the Xiongnu could rest assured.

The second bad news is that the Yue Clan blocked the Hexi Corridor and hunted down Qin merchants and young people from the Western Regions who wanted to vote for Qin across the country.

This was what really gave Shen Bing a headache.

At this time, Yuezhi was located in Shazhou, which is the modern Dunhuang area.

This place is not only the exit of the Hexi Corridor, but also an important base for going to the Western Regions.

It is said to be an exit because the so-called Hexi Corridor is a belt-shaped plain with Heli Mountain in the north and Qilian Mountain in the south.

This belt-shaped plain is not only flat, but also has many river oases in the middle part formed by the melting snow of Qilian Mountains. These oases can become natural supply points.

It is said that it is an important base for going to the Western Regions, but Dunhuang is surrounded by mountains or Gobi or deserts. There is only one oasis in a few hundred miles. If you go to the Western Regions, it is difficult to reach the Western Regions without replenishing food and fresh water.

Therefore, once the Qin army turned against the Qin army, the road from the Central Plains to the Western Regions could be said to be cut off.

Once the road to the Central Plains is cut off, there will naturally be no Silk Road.

When he thought of Shen Bing, he frowned, he didn't expect that the situation that had been going well all the way would suddenly take a turn for the worse.

Originally, everyone thought that the Yue clan was the enemy of the Huns, so it was only natural for Qin to form an alliance with the Yue clan. Who would have thought that the Yue clan not only did not form an alliance with Qin, but instead formed an alliance with the Xiongnu.

It seems that Shen Bing still underestimated the influence of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions.

For this reason, Shen Bing made a special trip back to Wuyuan to hold a meeting.

At this time, Wuyuan was already under the common management of Yuntian and Yang Duanhe: the silk from Changping Junna had been shipped in batches, the silk and satin were produced from the textile factory one by one, and even the merchants The team has been formed...

This caravan is composed of dozens of organizations, and there are more than a thousand horse-drawn carriages just for transporting silk and satin.

The reason why dozens of organizations are required to form a caravan is because many small organizations and even individual organizations joined by individuals have no business experience.

These individual organizations are easy to get lost on the way due to unfamiliar terrain or lack of food and water, especially when they are robbed by bandits.

So form them all into a team, invite a few guides who are familiar with the terrain, and Shen Bing will send a 200-man cavalry guard for this caravan...the risk will be minimized.

But now it is "everything is ready and only owes the east wind" because of Yuezhi's defection and the whole plan has come to a standstill.

All the soldiers cursed Yueshi for their resentment:

"This Yueshi king is so rude, even if the two countries are at war, he doesn't kill the envoy, but this fellow lures me to negotiate a peace before killing the envoy!"

"The Yue clan was originally a barbarian, how did he understand these etiquette?"

"Wait until I send troops to the north and capture King Yueshi to question him!"

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Yang Duanhe was relatively calm. He cupped his hands and said to Shen Bing amidst the crowd's yelling and killing:

"General, my subordinates think that this matter should be discussed in the long term."

"First of all, there is a disparity in the strength of the enemy and us. It is said that the Yue clan has 20 soldiers, and now they have formed an alliance with the Xiongnu. Add another [-], and it will be [-] soldiers."

"And our army is only [-] in Suzhou, how can we attack the Yuezhi?"