Shu Chen

Chapter 293
It should be the cold winter season, and it is too difficult to cut wood and get stones, so the Han army camps built dome huts for the night.

Coupled with the lingering aroma of half a piece of mutton roasted on the pond fire, and the sour kumiss in the mouth, Hu Boju Zizhi, who was born in the Huns, felt very kind.

Although the Southern Huns have lived in the frontier for many years, the custom of eating and lodging in the dome has not changed.

But in the narration just now, Zheng Pu wants to make him change his ways.

And there is no room for maneuver.

Either the two sides will continue to fight for the enemy, or they will lead the people to surrender and follow the arrangement of the big man. There is no choice that he came to ask for the big man to be the main and pay tribute every year as a vassal.

At first, he thought that Zheng Pu was imitating the lobbyists.

The sons of the Han family have always been scheming and cunning.Always put on airs when negotiating, and go back and forth a few times before trying to see each other.

But he lowered his posture and flattered him, but he received Zheng Pu's final word.

"I've made up my mind, the leader doesn't need to say anything more."

The decisive tone made Hu Boju feel for a moment that the big man had no intention of accepting other tribes, and that's why he was so forceful.

After all, according to the practice of the Han court, isn't it always the policy of restraint?

Not to mention far away, in the Shaodang Qiang King Mangzhong in the West Sea, he was accepted by the Han court as a vassal to communicate with each other.Now he came to attach himself sincerely at the risk of returning his life, why was he flatly rejected?

Hu Bo's position and position are incomprehensible, and he is also somewhat difficult to understand.

On the other hand, Zheng Pu, who was sitting opposite, was cutting flesh with a small dagger, enjoying the beauty of Jiaoliang leisurely.

Such a subtle and contemptuous act, if it weren't for the strong squire standing beside him, Hu Bo would have doubted whether he could contain his anger, and would have killed him with a small dagger.

Except for the whimpering wind and the occasional sound of sparks from the firewood in the fire pond, there was a long silence in the dome.

In fact, Zheng Pu is not confident, but he really doesn't care about Hu Bo's position.

Gain Hu Bo is capricious in his position and position.

When he was attached to Wei, he defected. When he was attached to Tuoba tribe of Xianbei, he defected. Now he is attached to Liu Bao and is poor, and he comes to seek to become a vassal of the great Han. There is no faith at all. Zheng Pu doesn't want to raise a tiger!

Furthermore, although it is true that the Han Dynasty is in decline today, it is not enough to be hungry for a mere Hun tribe.

If he is willing to surrender with his family, Zheng Pu does not mind letting go of the hatred between the two sides for the sake of benefiting the war, and imitates the story of Liang Yuanbi, the Xiongnu branch in the Shouyuanchuan River Basin, and Fuzhang, the king of Wudu, The above table asks for him to be granted a feudal marquis to give him food, and then all his clan members are registered as households and naturalized, adding households for the big man.

After a while, Zheng Pu finished his meal.

He looked up and saw that Hu Boju was still weighing the pros and cons without making a decision, so he lost his mind to continue wasting.

It was very exhausting to come here from Guzang all the way through the wind and snow to protect food, fodder and supplies.

"The leader suddenly went on and on, let's stop now."

Zheng Pu got up and rinsed his hands, waved his hands, and said in a low voice, "It's late at night, the leader should stay in the camp tonight, and I will order Liu Yidong to protect the leader the next day. Well, today I am asking for the title of the leader to grant food. The promise, after the leader returns to Xiu Tuze, he will slowly discuss it, and it will be fulfilled before my big man sends his troops to Xiu Tuze. But..."

Deliberately dragging out the long ending, Zheng Pu looked solemnly, and looked straight into his eyes, "However, once my big man swore to leave, the leader will not take the initiative to return to righteousness, but will be forced to surrender."

One is Mu Wei's attachment, and the other is the defeated captives. Of course Hu Boju knows the difference.

But at the moment, he didn't care about this.

Instead, the panic from the shadow of his childhood suddenly rose in his heart.

That was when he was seven years old, just as his riding skills improved, he got so stubborn that he broke away from the guards, wandered alone on the grassland, and was dogged by a wounded lone wolf.

One man and one wolf confronted each other for half the night.

Although some guards found him later and frightened the wolf away, its green eyes left him an unforgettable nightmare mark.

Now Zheng Pu's eyes are not green, but it reminds him of that wolf again.

It's a kind of hostility that chooses people and devours them, a kind of ferocity that wants to kill and then quickly.

It made him feel fear in his heart.

Not only because he has already passed the age of forty, and has begun to enter the twilight years of old age.

More because he no longer has the strength to be fearless.

In the past, when he was Lord Baosai Xiongnu in Anding County of Wei, he had tens of thousands of troops and more than ten thousand people who controlled strings, and he was very powerful for a while.

However, he was driven by Cao Zhenyi, the great Sima of the old Wei Dynasty, and together with the Qifu tribe of Xianbei, under Wei Ping's restraint, the Tibetan soldiers were in Xiaoguan.Later, he rebelled against the State of Wei with the Qifu tribe and the Bald tribe of Xianbei, and lived in the south of Helan Mountain. However, he broke out with the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei who migrated from Dingxiang County in Bingzhou, and the tribe once again declined sharply.

Liu Bao, the left side of the Southern Huns, came to Shuofang County to compete with the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei.

Although he was no longer instigated by Xianbei, after the war, there were only more than [-] young and strong members of his tribe left.

Depression is inevitable.

Liu Bao thought of the friendship of rebellion, and sent his tribe to migrate to Xiu Tuze, let him slowly recuperate, annex other small tribes to grow stronger, and give his tribe a chance to become stronger again.

In order to get the funding and support from the government of Wei State, he took part in the battle of Lingju.

Unexpectedly, the Hexi Allied Forces were so unbearable!
North in one battle!
It made him fall into a utter desperation.

It is indeed a desperate situation, not an exaggeration.

He continued to stay in Xiutuze and joined the Han army in Wuwei County, so he did not forgive him who had repeatedly made enemies with the big man.

Even if you are temporarily unable to send troops to Xiu Tuze, you can also trade materials such as Shu brocade and tea, recruit assassins, or buy his head from other Qianghu tribes living in Xiu Tuze!

There is no need to question whether those Qianghu tribes were lured.

For hundreds of years since the Han Dynasty, analogies have never been cut off.

And he didn't dare to migrate back to Shuofang again, to take shelter under Liu Bao's wings.

One is that in the midwinter season, there is continuous wind and snow, and cats hiding in the leeward mountain depressions will inevitably be hit by white disasters and livestock will freeze to death. If they trek and migrate, many cattle, sheep, women and children will die on the way.

Not to mention, if the Han army gets the news, they only need to send two or three thousand cavalry to chase after them, and his tribe will be wiped out.

On the other hand, on the grassland, the strong are respected.

Although he was kind to Liu Bao by turning against Ge before, Liu Bao has already reported it.

If he was alone in Xiu Tu Zeli and sent an envoy to Shuofang to ask Liu Bao for help by promising remuneration, Liu Bao would continue to think of his previous kindness.But if he fled back with his tribe poor, then Liu Bao would treat him with the grassland law of the jungle.

Because the losers on the grassland have never had the right to speak.

In other words, in the eyes of Zheng Pu who is as ruthless as a wolf, he has no right to speak.

"Thank you for your willingness to deal with the guards."

Bending his arms and stroking his chest as a salute, Hu Boju bid farewell and left, "The matter of returning to righteousness is related to the future of the tribe. I need to go back and discuss with the tribal witch and nobles before I can answer."

"Ah."

Zheng Pu slightly cupped his hands, and signaled with his eyes to his subordinate Qi Ya Cuo to lead him to spend the night.

As soon as their figures left the Qionglu, Liu Zhu, who was also inside, cast his eyes over and asked in a low voice, "The guard ordered me to escort the thief tomorrow, is it?"

He stopped talking halfway, and just used his hand to make a knife across his neck.

It also made Zheng Pu dumbfounded for a while.

Indeed, killing Hu Bo Ju Zizhi would cause chaos in his tribe.

For example, when the dragons have no leader, they are coveted by other Qianghu tribes, or there are internal strife within the tribe for the position of leader.

But it is of no benefit to the Han army, so why add a notoriety?

"No, let him go home."

Zheng Pu got up to go to watch the night, and when he left the Qionglu, he left a sentence from his back, "I know that Yidong's subordinates have been traveling for several months, and it is hard work. However, scouts are the eyes and ears of the army. It is a matter of life and death, and cannot be ignored. Today's matter, I don't care. I will inform Jiang Boyue, but I hope Yidong will pay more attention in the future."

Hearing this, Liu Zhu was astonished.

After meditating alone for a long time, his face turned red.

Because Zheng Pu just led the army today, Hu Bo Ju Zizhi came to find him.

It can be deduced from this that he must have been monitoring Xuanwei City for a long time, but he who has led Qianqi here for more than ten days has not been vigilant, which is dereliction of duty.

(End of this chapter)