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

Chapter 155 Su Li went on a mission to the Huns, and the alliance was revealed

When the Han Dynasty envoy entered the Xiongnu camp, Mao Dun had already learned what happened on the way.

Under the savage gaze of the Huns, Su Li, Bai Yu and a translator who were allowed to enter the tent stepped into this grassland tent that was completely different from the Han style.

As soon as I stepped into the Xiongnu tent, I was hit by a wave of heat. In the middle, I saw a raging fire. The hot flames caused the temperature of the entire tent to rise sharply. On both sides of the tent, there were Xiongnu people sitting in dustpan-like positions. The nobles, all wearing Hun pigtails and thick Hun robes, with their right collars and left lapels, kept cutting the roasted mutton in front of them with short daggers, then raised their heads and threw it into their mouths, chewed it carefully, and then played with it. Dagger, looking at the three Han people.

In the center of the big tent, the Xiongnu Great Chanyu Maodun sat high, with a pair of eyes as sharp as a hawk. He was tall and tall, reclining on a throne covered with animal skins. His left hand supported his left chin, and his right hand held a golden wine glass, taking a sip. After a big drink, the guard next to him held the wine jar. When he saw Mao Dun reaching out, the wine glass was empty and he filled it up. A barbaric kingly aura rushed towards Su Li and others.

But Su Li and Bai Yu didn't panic at all. Across the fire, Su Li bowed his hands to Mao Dun and said loudly: "The emperor of the Han Dynasty specially sent an envoy to the Xiongnu Kingdom. The envoy Su Li has met the Great Chanyu of the Xiongnu Kingdom." The translator also followed Su Li in saluting, but Bai Yu behind him stood up straight, motionless, and showed no sign of saluting at all.

Mao Dun waited for a while and saw that Bai Yu still didn't salute. He asked Su Li with great interest: "I heard that your Han Dynasty inherited the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the Zhou Dynasty prides itself on being a country of etiquette and has always looked down on those of us who live in bitter cold places. People, why do you want to abolish even rituals now? No wonder your generation in the Han Dynasty is so weak!"

"Hahaha!" The surrounding Hun nobles laughed endlessly.

Su Li did not answer, but Bai Yu answered: "Mr. Su's salute is to represent the Han Dynasty as an envoy to the Xiongnu Kingdom, and to show respect for a country that can communicate with the Han Dynasty on an equal footing. However, I, Bai Yu, am a military man, and our two countries are still together today." There is no truce in the war, and I have never heard of a general of one country saluting the lord of another country while the decisive battle between the two warring parties is not yet known!"

"Hahaha! Well, he is indeed a brave man. I have long heard that there is a great general in the Han army, named Bai Wei. Some time ago, he was the one who intercepted our army's pursuit of Liu Bang. I admire this kind of bravery very much. A gentleman, but seeing that you are young, you must not be Bai Wei!"

Su Li interrupted and replied: "This is Bai Yu, the son of General Bai Wei, the Marquis of Xiuwu of the Han Dynasty."

"As expected! How could an eagle's child give birth to a weak chick? I love warriors the most. If you, father and son, are willing to take refuge in me, hand over Liu Bang to me. I promise to repay him with the title of Righteous King. how?"

Bai Yu said in a steady voice: "Thank you for your kindness. However, a loyal man will not serve the two masters. People from China will not change their right side. They have been wearing Chinese and summer clothes since they were young. They are used to wearing them, and they cannot wear animal robes."

"You little Han man, how dare you look down on me, the Huns? Big Chanyu, please let me duel with him to see who is more powerful, the Huns or the Han people." A Hun noble stood up and shouted to Mao Dun.

But Mao Dun knew that Bai Yu was super powerful and that there was probably no one in the Huns army who could stably defeat him. If he lost, he would be embarrassed, so he said:
"Well, there is a saying in our grassland. When friends come, they will have delicious kumiss. When jackals come, they will have bows and hunting knives. Now that the Han people are asking us for peace, how can they act so recklessly and disgrace me, the great Huns?"

The Hun noble sat back down fiercely and said again: "Since the great emperor of the Han people has asked you to come to sue for peace, come closer! It's been blocked by the flames and it's hard to talk at all. Come closer." ! Let’s see what conditions your emperor can offer.”

Letting Su Li get closer showed that after a series of tests, Mao Dun had recognized the strength of Su Li and the Han people, and initially accepted that the Han people could negotiate terms with the Huns, and no longer looked down upon them.

After hearing what the translator said, Su Li was about to go around the fire and get in front of Maodun. Bai Yu originally wanted to follow, but two nobles next to him got up and blocked him with their bodies. The two sides were at war with each other. Bai Yu was about to use force, but when he saw Su Li shook his head, snorted coldly, and stood on the spot with a gun. When several Xiongnu nobles saw Bai Yu no longer moving forward, they also snorted coldly, returned to their seats, and continued to eat meat and drink wine.

Originally, the Huns asked Bai Yu to keep the weapons, but Bai Yu said: "Can a goshawk lose its wings? Can a wolf lose its claws? If you want to take off your weapons from me, you must not be able to defeat me." "

When Bai Yu used a proverb from the prairie, the Huns had no temper. After several attacks with Bai Yu, no one could stand up. In the end, Mao Dun had to send an order to allow Bai Yu to enter the tent with weapons.

Before Su Li came to Maodun, he saluted again and said: "Honorable Great Chanyu of the Xiongnu Kingdom, I am not here to ask for peace this time, but to negotiate for the future of both parties."

Mao Dun grinned and said: "Is there any difference? If you can't defeat them, you can't defeat them. The Huns defeated the Han people. This is a fact!"

Su Li shook his head and said: "It's different. When seeking peace, the defeated country has been defeated by the victorious country, and the defeated country begs for peace from the victorious country, so it must accept all the conditions of the victorious country; while in peace talks, the two sides are at a stalemate and neither can do anything to the other. In order to avoid greater losses for both parties and for the future, we communicate with each other to achieve a result that is satisfactory to both parties."

After hearing this, Mao Dun said directly: "Then you are asking for peace, because we Huns have defeated you Han people. After all, how does the Han Emperor want to make us retreat!"

"Otherwise, this is peace talk, not peace seeking!"

Mao Dun became angry and asked loudly: "Bullshit peace talks are just asking for peace. You Han people have already been defeated."

"It's a peace talk, not a peace plea."

Mao Dun was about to explode with anger, but seeing Su Li Gubo's calm expression, for the sake of the majesty of the king, he suppressed his temper and said, "You tease me like this, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" Su Li didn't. Salute with any expression:

"First of all, I am not teasing the noble Chanyu. It is based on certain facts, so I dare to say that it is a peace talk, not a peace request. In addition, I am not afraid of death. It is human nature to be afraid of death. I am here today. I came because there is something more fearful than death. In addition, because of the Xiongnu’s series of actions, the Xiongnu’s reputation in the Han Dynasty has been reduced to the point where children cry at night. Since I took the initiative to ask to be sent as an envoy, the Great Chanyu should know whether I am afraid or not. .”

Mo Dun was helpless towards such a person who was not afraid of death, but he was really interested in what Su Li said, so he said, "Tell me first, what is more terrifying than death?"

Su Li suddenly raised his head and said: "Dignity, your own dignity, the dignity of the country, the dignity of the nation. Just like you, the Great Chanyu, if someone asks you to abandon your dignity as the Great Chanyu, you can sit on the Great Chanyu's position. , may I ask, are you willing to do it?”

Mao Dun was struck and said bluntly: "Of course not. If you are a great chanyu and have to compromise, you will not only lose the dignity of this chanyu, but also the dignity of the Huns. I would rather die." , we must also protect the dignity of the great Xiongnu, as evidenced by the eternal life in heaven."

The other Xiongnu nobles were furious after hearing this, and expressed their loyalty to Modun: "Whoever dares to offend the Great Chanyu, please step over my body!" "Whoever dares to trample on the name of our Great Xiongnu, I am willing to stay with him under the witness of Changshengtian, leaving only one."

Mao Dun saw that because of Su Li's words, so many ministers and nobles were interested in him, so he became even more kind to Su Li and said: "Tu Qi, since you said it was a peace talk, then tell me why. It’s a peace negotiation, so how can it be a peace negotiation?”

Su Lidao: "First of all, although our two sides fought many battles, they were all small battles, and our respective strength was not lost, so it cannot be considered a defeat on our side. After all, our country has a vast territory and abundant resources, and there are countless backup forces, so we have not been defeated."

"But your great emperor was trapped on the mountain by this Shanyu, how can he not be considered defeated?"

"Our Emperor is indeed trapped on the mountain, but that is because His Majesty cares about the soldiers and is unwilling to leave the soldiers alone to escape. If His Majesty really wants to escape, with the protection of General Bai Wei, will His Majesty not be able to escape? ?”

Seeing Mao Dun's silence, Su Li added: "Even if His Majesty did not escape, you also successfully took His Majesty's life, but we still have the Crown Prince in Chang'an City. The Crown Prince can immediately take over the throne and continue fighting with you Xiongnu, and also Because of the revenge for killing your father, the whole country will be excited against you Huns.

I would like to ask if the Great Chanyu has the confidence to accept a country with tens of millions of people attacking you every year? Even if you can withstand our attacks, over time, your strength will definitely be greatly reduced, and the Donghu people who were suppressed by your Huns and the Yuezhi people who were driven away by you will come back.

When the time comes, there will be fierce attacks from the Han Dynasty in the south, continuous aggression by the Yuezhi people in the west, and continuous harassment by the Donghu people in the east. How long can your country hold on? There is an old saying in our Xia Dynasty that the fish will die and the net will be broken, but if this continues, according to my opinion, both Han and Huns, the Han Dynasty has many fertile lands, while the Huns are all in bitter and cold places, and when the time comes the fish will die and the net will not be broken. It must be broken.

Looking at the weather, this winter is much colder than usual. If you and we spend it here, we Han people can bear the loss of one million, two million, or even three million people, but what about you Huns? Can you bear the annihilation of this part of the army? When that time comes, my prediction will come true. "

Mao Dun hesitated. He knew that what Su Li said made sense, but if he left like this, he wouldn't get anything, and he would not be scolded to death by his tribe when he returned, so he said:
"What Tu Qi said is certainly reasonable, but now we, the Huns, have the advantage, you Han people are at a disadvantage, and your emperor is also surrounded by me on the mountain. This is a fact that cannot be erased. No matter what Tu Qi says, If you Han Dynasty doesn't spit out something today, we Huns will not leave. As for peace talks or suing for peace, as long as you give us something substantial, you can say whatever you want. Otherwise, we will kidnap your emperor. Let’s negotiate terms with you again.”

Su Li knew that these Huns would not leave without seeing the benefits, so he said: "Your Majesty knows that the Huns have been living in the north for a long time and the climate is cold, so some crops cannot be grown in some places, causing you to often be short of food.

Therefore, we specifically allow the establishment of a mutual market at the border between Han and Hungary. You can exchange excess items, such as cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock or furs with us for food, so that we do not need to start a war.

Isn’t this what you came to our Han Dynasty to want? Now that we are opening up our country and exchanging with you, we can exchange for things that both parties need without bloodshed. Isn’t everyone happy? "

The Hun nobles on the side were whispering to each other, and most of them had already agreed with this proposal. After all, if you can get what you want without any effort, who would want to lick blood with a knife?
Mao Dun said coldly: "Not enough!"

Su Li said helplessly: "In this way, after the two countries sign the alliance, in order to support the allies in the bitter cold in the north, our Han Dynasty can send a certain amount of grain and cloth to the Great Chanyu every year."

Mao Dun was already somewhat satisfied. After all, these "gifts" belonged exclusively to his royal court and did not need to be shared with other tribes. The reason why he disagreed was that he wanted to get more, and Su Li also began to argue with his arguments. , the two sides continued to argue over the specific number.

The argument lasted until night. Mao Dun was very tired, and Su Li was thirsty. He really couldn't understand why these barbarians were so concerned about how much.

Mao Dun said: "It's very late today. Let's go and rest first! We'll discuss it tomorrow. Tu Qi, you and your envoys should stay in our military camp for one night!"

Su Li saluted and said, "Thank you, Great Chanyu." The Xiongnu nobles also put their right hands on Mao Dun's left chest, bowed and stepped back. Mao Dun also rushed to his tent, where his Yan family was waiting for him.

(End of this chapter)