A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 154: Bowing to defend one's position, Han and Hungarians fight with each other

When everyone had finished scolding, Su Li turned around, looked at the generals calmly and said slowly: "Generals, have you finished speaking? Is there anything you want to scold again? Su Li is all ears!"

Seeing that Su Li's attitude was calm and he didn't give any feedback, the generals felt bored, so they all turned their heads and stopped looking at him, and they didn't say anything, as if talking to you was like stepping on excrement.

Su Li understood the mood of the generals very well. After all, they were all soldiers and could understand their anger. In addition, the people of the Xia Dynasty had been in high positions for a long time and could no longer accept some changes in strength.

Without saying anything, Su Lida said: "May I ask you generals, how strong is the Xiongnu army?"

One of the founding princes said proudly: "The Xiongnu are barbarians. Except for arrow clusters and waist knives, there is no iron covering their bodies. Even if they have superb riding skills, if they are one-on-one, they will be killed like a chicken by their father."

"That's right! That's right! The Huns are not scary!"

Su Li asked again: "Then why are you all trapped on Baishan Mountain and not in the royal court of the Huns?"

"This..." "It's not that the Huns are cunning, they actually resorted to tricks to lure the enemy."

Su Lidao: "So, are the Huns really superior?"

For the sake of his own dignity, a general said: "His riding skills and riding and shooting are indeed superb."

Su Li asked again: "What do you generals think of the Xiongnu and the barbarians of the past?"

"In the past, the barbarians were scattered and not united. They could mobilize thousands or tens of thousands, but never hundreds of thousands. However, the Xiongnu can gather 400,000 soldiers, which is really unusual." Bai Wei said this, because the Bai family was the most important to the barbarians. learn.

"Then can you all admit that the Xiongnu is already my strongest opponent?"

"Maybe!"

Su Liyou turned to the Han Emperor and saluted: "Your Majesty, do you know how many people there are in the Huns?"

The Han Emperor thought for a while and said: "I see that the Huns have 400,000 soldiers, and I estimate that there are no less than 2 million people in the country."

Su Lidao said: "Before coming to Baishan Mountain, I went to Jinyang Prison to meet Liu Jing. He has been at the border in his early years. He is very skilled in grassland matters. Liu Jing said that the Huns only had one million people."

"It's impossible, absolutely impossible. We can send out 400,000 troops for an expedition, and then how can we only have less than one million?" Emperor Han and the generals were surprised.

"Indeed, the Huns are different from the Han people. They are all soldiers. Because they are nomadic, everyone can ride a horse and shoot a bow. Therefore, if the Huns are willing, they can mobilize millions of cavalry."

Everyone was silent, and Su Li continued: "Due to their location, the Huns lived in pursuit of water and grass, but the north is always cold, so the Huns often lack food, so they often invade our Xia and Han Dynasties.

Let’s talk about the Han Dynasty. After the melee between the princes in the late Zhou Dynasty, coupled with the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty that did not consider the people’s strength, and the endless wars with the late Qin Dynasty, the people of our Xia Dynasty are no longer as numerous as they were at the peak of the Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, the most important thing for me as a big man now is to cultivate the people and restore their strength. The Huns' territory is so big and the land is barren. Compared with time, how can they compare with us? When the Han people and the country recover, what will the little Xiongnu mean?

Your Majesty, I hope you put the overall situation first. Today's world can no longer bear the pain of war. All the Xiongnu people are soldiers, and they are all tigers, leopards and wealthy wolves. How can the war with them end overnight? If the Han Dynasty had been entangled with the Huns, the people in the north would be fine, because they had suffered so much from the Huns, they could grit their teeth and support His Majesty, but what about the people in the south?

Can they understand what His Majesty means? In their eyes, what is the difference between the taxes collected for fighting against the Huns and the taxes collected for civil war with the princes? By then, the big man will be in danger!
Once the Han Dynasty collapses and the Xia are exposed, the Xiongnu will definitely take the opportunity to invade the Central Plains, kill the people of the Xia, and destroy the civilization of the Xia. At that time, the lives of the Xia will be in ruins! Your Majesty, please think twice! "

The generals were silent, and so was the Han Emperor. They knew what Su Li said was very reasonable, but they still couldn't get over the hurdle of bowing to the barbarians.

At this time, Chen Ping, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up: "Your Majesty, in the past, when Wu and Yue fought, the country of Yue was defeated. According to the wishes of King Wu Fucha, the country of Yue should be destroyed. So in order to save the country of Yue, King Gou Jian of Yue did not hesitate to sacrifice his own life. As a king, he served as a slave to the king of Wu for three years in the capital of Wu.

Three years later, the King of Yue worked hard to avenge his previous humiliation, so he governed the country diligently and searched for talents everywhere. Finally, with the help of many talented people, the Yue Kingdom restored its strength through diligent governance and destroyed the Wu Kingdom in one fell swoop. The Kingdom of Wu disappeared into the long river of history.

I would like to ask Your Majesty, is it better to destroy the country for the sake of dignity and temporary strength, or is it better to give up dignity and work hard to govern, destroy the enemy country, and let the country be passed down for a long time?
I heard that the great Confucian sage Zhongyou once asked Confucius: If a man lives in the world, he is rich but cannot do things that benefit everyone, and when he is poor and humble, he cannot humble himself in order to seek opportunities to extend his talents in the future. Is this not unfair? It deserves to be evaluated in a human context.

Confucius replied: A gentleman must be clear about his own ambitions and conduct. You can be aggrieved when you are wronged, and you can use it when you need to use it. In this way, he surrendered in order to wait for the opportunity of discovery;

He used his talents to seize good opportunities in time. Therefore, even if he cannot develop for the time being, he will not corrupt his integrity; if he has the opportunity to realize his ambition, he will not violate morality.

Therefore, as long as His Majesty is determined to prosper the country in order to avenge today, even if he temporarily commits himself to seeking perfection, it is reasonable. "

After hearing this, the Han Emperor finally made up his mind and said: "If it hadn't been for the persuasion of these two gentlemen, I would have almost caused the collapse of the Han Dynasty and the fall of all Xia because of my so-called superficial reputation.

I decided to send an envoy to the Xiongnu Great Chanyu to sue for peace, promise marriage, open mutual trade, and give away grain, wine, cloth, and silk every year, so as to ensure the stability of the Han Dynasty's frontier. "

All the generals bowed their hands and said yes in great depression. Seeing this, the Han Emperor knew that he could not continue like this, otherwise the morale of the army would be lost, so he loudly said: "Now that I am suffering from this great shame and humiliation, it is all because the army is not strong and the national strength is not strong. , you gentlemen, please remember today's hatred and encourage us together." Su Li and other civil servants and Bai Wei and other generals knelt on one knee, clasped their hands and said loudly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will always remember today's shame. And if you are brave enough in this life, your descendants will repay you."

The snow was falling more and more rapidly. In order to force the Han Emperor to show off his strength, Mao Dun deliberately set up a formation at the foot of the mountain during a break in the snow. The Han Emperor stood on the mountain and looked down and to the west. All he saw were white horses. ; Looking to the east, they are all green horses; looking to the north, they are all black horses; looking to the south, they are all red horses.

Emperor Han sighed and said to his left and right, "Mr. Su is still right!"

In order to ensure the success of the peace talks, Bai Wei was asked to go down the mountain and capture a few "tongues", and obtained some information about the Xiongnu camp. Knowing that the Yan family of the Xiongnu Great Chanyu was in the camp, everyone discussed and, for the sake of safety, took a two-pronged approach. Su Li and Chen Ping were asked to act together. Su Li went directly to meet with Mao Dun, while Chen Ping accompanied the delegation to meet with the Yan family of the Xiongnu Great Chanyu and asked her to turn a deaf ear to Mao Dun.

Because the Xiongnu army had been stationed in the Han Dynasty for three months, the Yan family of the Great Chanyu could not wait for Mao Dun to come with the army to find Mao Dun. At this time, they were in the Xiongnu camp.

At this time, it was already the fifth day since the Han Emperor was trapped on Baishan Mountain. The Han Emperor organized a simple Han envoy team, with Su Li as the chief envoy, Chen Ping as the deputy envoy, and Bai Yu as the envoy guard chief. The two met with the Xiongnu The soldiers of the Chinese language acted as translators.

There were fifty guards, fifty-five in total. Because the Huns advocated force, Bai Wei asked Bai Yu to go, just to prevent the Huns from underestimating the Han Dynasty and to strive for greater benefits.

In the afternoon, a delegation of more than 50 people came down the mountain, which immediately aroused the alarm of the Huns. They asked the interpreter in the delegation who could speak Hunnu to come forward and identify himself. A group of Hun cavalry immediately surrounded them, and the delegation guards immediately Alerted, the Hun captain chattered to Su Li for a long time. Su Li asked the translator what he said.
The translator said: "He said: Let us follow him and don't act rashly, otherwise the bow in his hand will not recognize us. Then he said that we Han people are weak and should have surrendered long ago, which made him still in such a cold weather." We have to patrol, otherwise he would have been at home enjoying the warmth of the firewood and the charming kumiss, but we Han people’s wine is not bad either.”

Bai Yu snorted coldly: "Who knows what that kumiss tastes like? After all, it's not as delicious as the wine of our Zhuxia. Besides, didn't he drink all our wine from us? He still has the nerve to show off, and the Huns really did. They are barbarians!”

When the Hun captain saw Bai Yu talking a lot, he didn't understand what he said, but looking at Bai Yu's face he knew it wasn't a good thing, so he loudly asked the interpreter what Bai Yu said.
The translator looked at Su Li and asked if Bai Yu could translate what he said. Su Li nodded and said, "Tell him! Otherwise we will definitely be looked down upon by them."

When the Huns heard this, they all looked fierce and wanted to kill them. Bai Yu clapped his horse and hit the ground with a shot, stirring up a thousand layers of snow. The Huns captain raised his hand, stopped his companions, and said to them :
"You are the envoys who came to seek peace. We should not have a conflict with you, but what the Han said just now insulted our great Huns. Either he will kneel down and apologize, or he will come out and fight me."

Bai Yu said with disdain: "I'm afraid I won't do it, so let's fight!" After saying that, he clapped his hands and stepped forward.

The Hun captain also slapped his horse forward, but because it was a short sword, Bai Yu knocked him off his horse in two or three rounds. In order to avoid causing disputes, Bai Yu didn't use any force and just knocked him off his horse.

The Huns wanted to come forward and fight in a group, but were stopped by the Hun captain who stood up. The Hun captain said: "You have a long weapon and I have a short weapon. It's not fair!"

After hearing this, Bai Yu slammed the big gun on the ground hard, then inserted the gun into the ground, then turned over and dismounted, walked to the Hun captain, pulled out the bronze sword from his waist, and bent his hand towards him to indicate that he would come again.

The Xiongnu captain roared angrily and raised his sword forward, but who was Bai Yu? Although the Huns were big and round, while Bai Yu was only strong, after hundreds of years of Bai's body-building method, he was full of strength.

So it went very smoothly. After more than a dozen rounds, the Hun captain was unable to hold himself down with Bai Yu's sword, so he had to abandon his weapon to show defeat.

The other Hun cavalrymen looked at each other in shock when they saw that the captain, who was regarded as the Canglang of the Huns, was easily defeated by a Han man. The Hun captain was still dissatisfied and expressed his intention to fight hand to hand.

Bai Yu satisfied him, sheathed the sword, took it off, threw it to the bodyguard, stretched his muscles, and signaled the Hun captain to attack.

The Hun captain took off his thick outer coat and inner shirt, revealing his thick and fat tendons. Like a vicious bear pouncing on food, he rushed towards Bai Yu. Bai Yu knew that he would be at a disadvantage due to his size, so he kept dodging flexibly. As a result, The Hun captain was breathless and cursed:
"Do you Han people only know how to run? Come on! Duel like a warrior!"

Bai Yu said: "Okay, then let me show you why we Han people have the strength to subdue the surrounding barbarians and become the overlord."

After saying that, the two of them didn't dodge and collided with each other. They each grabbed each other's arms and put their heads together, trying to knock the other down or push him down.

The two sides were in a stalemate, but in the end, Bai Yu relied on his previous efforts and his own endurance to stand at the end. Feeling that the opponent didn't have much strength left, Bai Yu roared and threw the Hun captain back with a beautiful shoulder throw. The Hun captain fell heavily on his back on the snow, feeling that all his internal organs had been displaced. He lay on the ground and couldn't get up for a long time.

His companions came forward to help him. When the Hun captain got up with difficulty, he put on his clothes again, mounted his horse and started on the road again. After a while, the Hun captain patted his horse and came to Bai Yu and said: "You are a hero, just like the grassland man on the grassland." Wolf, invincible, why haven’t I heard of your name?”

Bai Yu said: "Because there are countless people like me among the Han people, not to mention my father, who is even more powerful than me."

The Hun captain laughed and said: "Are you lying to me? I have never seen anyone more powerful than you among the Huns. How come there are many among the Han people?"

Bai Yu said: "That's because you Huns have few people. I heard that you Huns only have less than a million people, but we Han people have more than tens of millions. Even if there is one person like me for every million people, there are more than ten people like me." , how do you Huns compare?"

The Hun captain exclaimed: "Immortal God, I thought you Han people were only a million more than us Huns. I didn't expect there were so many of you. But even if you had so many, you were still defeated by us Huns, right?" ?

There are too few of you Han people who can fight, but among us Huns, everyone, even old men, women and children, can ride a horse and shoot a bow, so you are defeated! Even if you have a warrior like you, you will still lose. "

Bai Yu sneered: "Failure is only temporary. Wait a few more decades and let's see how it compares!"

The Hun captain didn't understand why he had to wait for decades. A victory was a victory, and a defeat was a defeat. Can one still win after defeat?
Bai Yu knew that with the Huns' ideas, there was no way to talk to him. They only advocated force and believed that the strong were respected. However, the world could not develop by just killing, so even if the Huns became strong for a while, sooner or later they would become stronger. Gotta get off the table.

(End of this chapter)