The great man will live forever

Chapter 170: Things are kept secret but things are revealed and things are lost
After Su Wu and his party arrived at the Huns, they were treated well, and the Huns entertained them warmly.

The new king of Xiongnu, Qie Tuanhou Shanyu, came to the throne, and the political situation was unstable. He wanted to ease the tense relationship with the Han Dynasty. However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had exhausted the country due to years of military warfare. The people were complaining, and neither side wanted to fight anymore.

It can be said that the two hit it off and worked together...

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also asked Su Wu to prepare some gifts for Shanyu, which were quite rich. Shanyu accepted everything according to the order.

"Thank you, Emperor of the Han Dynasty, for me, Shanyu."

Chanyu said this, but his attitude gradually became arrogant, which was not what Han expected.

"Aweng Sujian and I used to work together under Wei Qing. How was it? How is he?" At this time, Zhao Xin on the side spoke, and his temples were already gray.

Su Wu said neither humble nor arrogantly, "My Aweng has passed away. Although he suffered setbacks, he was still loyal. After his death, your Majesty gave him the posthumous title of Zhong."

"The Han envoy conveyed the emperor's goodwill. I will discuss it with my staff and send the Han envoy to rest."

Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Shanyu, the Marquis of Qi, asked Su Wu and others to retreat.

At night, Chang Hui said to Su Wu: "This Xiongnu Chanyu does not have much sincerity and has an arrogant attitude. Da Sima is right. I think they are prone to repetition."

Zhang Sheng was Su Wu's deputy. He said angrily, "Those two traitors, Zhao Xin and Wei Lu, hold the power of the Xiongnu. I think they have no sincerity for peace, so the Great Chanyu deliberately ignored us. Not only did they not discuss matters as agreed , I just got the news that they went hunting, which is really unreasonable."

Wei Lu's father surrendered to the Han Dynasty in his early years. He and his family lived near Changshui (a tributary of Chan River) in Chang'an. Unlike Zhao Xin, who was a Hu, he was already considered a Han, but he was a Hu by nature.
Wei Lu grew up in the Han Dynasty, and was very close to Li Yannian, the captain of Xielu. Li Yannian had recommended Wei Lu before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, thinking that he was the best candidate to send envoys to the Xiongnu.

However, when Wei Lu returned from his mission to the Huns, he heard that Mrs. Li had passed away and that brothers Li Yannian and Li Ji were exterminated for the crime of fornication.

Wei Lu was naturally extremely frightened. He was afraid that he would be implicated and be killed together, so he fled all the way and surrendered to the Huns.

The Xiongnu loved Weilu very much, and placed him under the leadership of Chanyu, the Marquis of Qie. Not only that, they also named him King Dingling, who enjoyed all the glory and wealth, and was respected and reused.

Su Wu said calmly, "Since we are here under His Majesty's order, please be patient and wait for Shanyu to come back from hunting to discuss it again. Our trip is also completed. Let's go back early then." To avoid accidents happening."

It's a pity that Su Wu is not from later generations. He doesn't know that sometimes, people may find that the things we fear eventually happen, as if there is a magical force controlling everything behind the scenes.

This is the famous Murphy's Law, abbreviated as: "Whatever you fear will come to you."

Late at night, a man quietly came to Zhang Sheng's tent. Zhang Sheng's status was not low. He was the deputy lieutenant general, second only to Su Wu.

The man who came to see him was named Yu Chang. He was a subordinate of Wei Lu. Because he hated Wei Lu's surrender, he always wanted to escape back to the Han Dynasty. He and Zhang Sheng, deputy envoy of the Su Wu mission, were old acquaintances, so they contacted Zhang Sheng.

"Master Zhang."

"How's it going, where are you?"

"It has been decided that we will start tomorrow night. I heard that the Emperor of Han resented Wei Lu and Zhao Xin. I, Yu Chang, could ambush the Han court with a crossbow and shoot them to death.

My mother and brother are both in Han, hoping to receive rewards from Your Majesty.I have contacted King Feng, and after killing them, I will return to the Han Dynasty with their heads and Shanyu's mother, Yan. "

"Very good. If you can do this, you will have made a great contribution. Come on."

Zhang Sheng was very happy. He knew that King Gou was the son of King Kunxie's sister. He surrendered to the Han Dynasty with King Kunxie, and later followed Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Zhaoye, and fell into the Huns. These are all people who sincerely surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Give him some money.

"There is some gold in this. Find more helpers and make sure it succeeds. Your Majesty will definitely reward you heavily when the time comes."

Yu Chang took the small bag filled with gold and was very happy. Then he thought of something and asked, "Sir, have you told Mr. Su about this?"

"Why should you give the credit to him?"

Zhang Sheng was a little unhappy, "You just go ahead and do it. I'll take care of it if anything goes wrong."

Good guy, if something goes wrong, you'll probably be the first one to think about how to run away.

"Yes!" Yu Chang took the money and left.

On the other side, in a tent, Zhao Ponu and his son Zhao Anguo were discussing carefully.

"Aweng, King Gou, Changshui native Yu Chang and others planned an uprising within the Xiongnu. They prepared to kill Wei Lu and Zhao Xin, led those who were forced to surrender to the Xiongnu, and secretly planned to kidnap Chanyu's mother, the Yan family, back home. Han, you contacted us, why didn’t you agree?”

Zhao Ponu said helplessly: "They are all idiots. This is the royal court of the Huns. The Huns seem to trust them, but in fact they are always on guard. How can they be so successful?

And even we know it, I'm afraid more people know it, but if one person tells it, they will not succeed. As the saying goes, things are accomplished with secrets, and failures are vented with words, which may not necessarily be vented by the body, but with words. Those who are hiding things like this are in danger..."

"Ah, what should we do now?" Zhao Ponu smiled instead, "An'er, this is our chance, a chance to escape. You are like this..."

……

Sure enough, that night,
"Kill it."

"Help!"

"Come on!"

In the tent, Zhao Ponu was waiting for this opportunity.
"who?"

"Pfft!"

He took his son, quickly killed two Hun soldiers, put on Hun clothes, mounted his war horse, quickly rushed into a tent, got enough food and water, and then started to set fire to the tent.

"on fire!"

He shouted, and the Huns suddenly became confused. He took his son on his horse and fled quickly under the cover of night.

After daybreak, the results came out. Yu Chang and more than [-] people were about to revolt. One of them escaped at night and reported the incident. Shan Yu's disciples sent troops to fight with them. King Feng and others were killed in the battle. Yu Chang was killed. Captured alive, the Huns also suffered hundreds of casualties.

When the Xiongnu Chanyu learned about this, he rushed back overnight. Zhang Sheng was horrified when he saw Yu Chang being captured alive.

"Sir, I bribed Yu Chang and planned to kill Wei Lu and Zhao Xin. Unexpectedly, the plan was leaked."

Good guy, seeing that things couldn't be suppressed anymore, Zhang Sheng told Su Wu exactly what happened. Talent, when he wants to take credit, he doesn't tell others, and when he wants to find someone to take the blame, he is very active.

"Ah, you, you, you did such a big thing behind my back? We are here for peace. By acting like this, you violate the wishes of the court and stir up trouble, which will cause the two families to fight again."

Su Wu was helpless, thinking that even if the Xiongnu Chanyu didn't want to see them, there would be no war and they would be safe.

Now, not only is it difficult to guarantee his own safety, but more importantly, he is provoking trouble. He is simply too shameless to return to the big man.

Su Wu said sadly: "When things have reached this point, we will definitely be implicated. Rather than die after being insulted, I would be more sorry for the country and for what Great Sima did before he left!"

Thinking of this, he burst into tears for a moment, "Qiang!"

He drew his sword and was about to commit suicide.

"My lord, absolutely not."

"Sir, things have not reached this point yet."

"If we commit suicide, won't we be convinced that we did it this time?"

Zhang Sheng and Chang Hui stopped him together. Su Wu thought it was reasonable and stopped committing suicide.

The Xiongnu Chan was in the big tent, and the Danhou Chanyu was sitting on the throne, very angry.

Wei Lu stepped forward and saluted, "Chanyu, the main culprit Yu Chang has confessed. It was Zhang Sheng, the deputy envoy of the Han Dynasty, who planned this conspiracy."

Shanyu, the Marquis of Qie, shouted angrily, "These treacherous Han Dynasty people, I have to kill them to vent my hatred."

Zuo Yi Zhizi stepped forward and said: "Great Chanyu, if it were to murder you, what more severe punishment should be used? This time they should all be asked to surrender to show the generosity of our Great Huns. Besides, , keep alive and have room to advance and retreat, so as not to cause another war between Han and Hungary."

Shanyu, the Marquis of Qitan, thought about it for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, so be it. King Ding Ling, go and recruit those Han people."

"Yes!"

Wei Lu went with the order. At this time, Zhao Xin on the side spoke, "Da Shanyu, Zhao Ponu and his son escaped last night in chaos."

"Here comes someone, send someone to chase him immediately."

"I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up. Zhao Ponu grew up as a Xiongnu. He is very familiar with the terrain and has been fighting wars all year round. Our people won't be able to catch up."

"That's all, that's all, just run away. I guess the Emperor of the Han Dynasty will not use him again. He is defeated by one of his subordinates. There is nothing to be afraid of. The only enemy of the Xiongnu is the Han Dynasty Lanling Marquis. He has never been defeated. How terrible."

(End of this chapter)