I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 402: Respected Han Envoy
"This……"

At this point, Dongfang Yu finally understood Liu Ju's strategy.

Although the real arrow military exercise was real, it was also a cover that could be transformed into a war to annihilate the country at any time. It was just regarded by Liu Ju as a backup plan in the worst case scenario.

Moreover, they were going to destroy Yanqi, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, in one fell swoop.

However, on this mission, Wang Hui and Su Wu were both real, but he became a cover.

Liu Ju's real target was actually the servant commander stationed in Yanqi by the Xiongnu, in order to completely cut off the connection between Yanqi and the Xiongnu and force him to choose sides immediately!

This should be considered a double "capture the leader first" right?

Without the connections with the Xiongnu servants and captains, the King of Yanqi would have lost his backbone and it would have been difficult for him to muster the courage to fight against the Han Dynasty.

Once Yanqi surrendered, Shan and Yuli would lose their backbone and dare not confront the Han Dynasty...

I have to admit that Liu Ju was really brave.

Dongfang Yu never expected that Liu Ju, as a prince, would dare to disguise himself as an attendant and follow the delegation deep into the enemy country, and personally behead the Huns' servant captain. Such behavior not only shocked the King of Yanqi, but even he, an envoy who was used as a cover, felt shocked, and he couldn't help but feel awe.

Has anyone done this before?

Dongfang Yu thought about it but couldn't think of a representative figure. It is true that there had been many iron-willed Han envoys before, but someone with Liu Ju's status and behavior had never appeared before.

Thinking of this, Dongfang Yu suddenly didn't have such a strong resentment towards Liu Ju anymore.

Although he was forced by Liu Ju to go on a diplomatic mission to Yanqi Kingdom, Liu Ju's personal risk of life did not mean that he was trying to harm him. At most, he was using him as a cover to do something big.

Moreover, if this matter could lead to the surrender of Yanqi Kingdom.

Liu Ju also kept his promise and gave the credit to him in the victory report.

It is indeed a great achievement unprecedented in history. With the character of the current emperor who favors prosperity over defeat, he will surely highly praise this matter, and it would be no problem for him to be conferred a title of nobility!

But the question is, can it be done?

What if the King of Yanqi didn't buy it and convicted him and the envoy and detained them, then tied them up and sent them to the Huns?

Dongfang Yu still felt a little uncertain...

However, if the King of Yanqi acted in this way, even if Liu Ju always pretended to be an envoy, he would probably not be able to stay out of trouble.

So did Liu Ju have any idea about it?
There is a bottom!

"Don't worry, Lord Dongfang. The King of Yanqi will submit."

Seeing Dongfang Yu's worry, Liu Ju just stretched himself and said with a confident smile,
"The military exercise of Shijian is imminent, and the Han army is already approaching. Even if King Yanqi wants to rely on the Xiongnu, it will not quench thirst. Therefore, even if he still has other ideas in his mind, he has to pretend to be nice to you first."

"Let's take a step back and say that even if it doesn't work, your life won't be in danger."

"As a human being, you always have to leave yourself a way out."

"After what happened to the King of Loulan, he must think about himself. Otherwise, when he surrenders, I will definitely send him to see you like I sent the King of Loulan. What will he do? How can he dare to attack you?"

"This is the way out I leave for you, and for myself as well."

There are some things that Liu Ju did not make clear. He is actually following the same path that Ban Chao, Marquis of Dingyuan, took more than a hundred years later.

Ban Chao dared to go to Shanshan with only 36 people. He attacked the Xiongnu envoys in Shanshan at night, which shocked the whole country. Shanshan immediately submitted to the Han Dynasty and offered his son as a hostage. Liu Ju has carefully analyzed the necessary prerequisites for Ban Chao to achieve this achievement:
First, the King of Shanshan was afraid of the Han Dynasty;
Second, the Han army was attacking the Northern Xiongnu, not far from the Shanshan Kingdom;

Third, more than thirty people robbed and killed nearly a hundred people, allowing the Shanshan Kingdom to see the style and strength of the Han people, who were "one Han against five Barbarians."

And all these conditions have been met by the Yanqi Kingdom.

During the Battle of Hexi, Huo Qubing frightened the Yanqi Kingdom into surrendering.

Now the Han army is closer and is conducting a live arrow exercise on the border of Yanqi State.

Liu Ju led dozens of people tonight and attacked the Xiongnu servant captain at night, killing not just nearly a hundred people, but more than three hundred people... He led a few people to guard the gate, blocking the way of these Xiongnu people, and the rest of them set fire to the gate. Except for those who died at the hands of Liu Ju, most of them were buried in the sea of ​​fire.

……

Dongfang Yu never expected that a king could be so humble in front of him.

When he threw the Xiongnu servant captain in front of King Yanqi, King Yanqi's blue eyes began to tremble, and the officials around him were also terrified and did not even dare to look him in the eye.

After a while of such commotion.

The King of Yanqi changed his lukewarm attitude of yesterday and actually asked about the food and living conditions of the Han delegation. Then he called the ceremonial officer who had previously received the Han delegation and gave him a severe scolding in front of him.

Then came the grievance-complaint phase.

What about how we are in a difficult situation when we are coerced by the Xiongnu? What about how that servant captain exploited Yanqi before? What about how Yanqi was loyal to the Han Dynasty when it surrendered to the Han Dynasty ten years ago? What about how Yanqi welcomed the Han Dynasty's envoys with its entire country...

Even though it sounds hypocritical.

But it also means I have an attitude.

Dongfang Yu even felt that if he asked King Yanqi to kiss his boots now, King Yanqi might just say to him with a bitter face:

"Dear Han envoy, there are too many people outside, why don't we go inside?"

Everything happened as Liu Ju expected, so Dongfang Yu's diplomatic mission was completed in a confused manner.

Before the Shijian military exercise began, he had already obtained the letter from the Kingdom of Yanqi requesting to submit to the Han Dynasty, and led the delegation to leave the Kingdom of Yanqi safely.

Dongfang Yu felt very comfortable, yet there was a sense of unreality.

He could probably figure out why Liu Ju asked him to be the initiator and he himself came as an attendant.

Liu Ju was, after all, a prince of the Han Dynasty. Although he had been deposed as the crown prince, he was still the eldest prince. Before the emperor appointed a new crown prince, he was still the legal first heir to the Han Dynasty.

His appearance in the enemy country with such an identity is very likely to stimulate the enemy's delusions and make them strike first.

If Liu Ju got into trouble, whether he was detained or beheaded, it would deal a huge blow to the morale of the Han army and would also make the Han army cautious.

But he never understood why Liu Ju wanted to give the credit to himself even after receiving the victory report.

Liu Ju didn't seem to want to achieve this achievement at all, especially he didn't want the emperor to know that he had done such a feat... This was obviously a good thing, who in the world would not admire him? Maybe it would even allow him to regain the position of crown prince.

After all, even the emperor sometimes has to follow the "will of the people."

No, I have to think carefully when I return to Beijing this time, and think about how to commend Your Highness in front of His Majesty!

(End of this chapter)