I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 443 I Want the Huns to Move West to Become God's Whip
Loulan country.

"Uncle, didn't I tell you that I have sent someone to take the letter back to the capital to ask for orders?"

Facing Wei Qing's earnest persuasion, Liu Ju scratched his ears which were almost covered with calluses and said with a smile,
"Uncle, please be patient and wait a little longer. I estimate that my father's edict should be delivered in the next few days. By then, he will definitely agree to let me continue to stay in the Western Regions, and he will definitely agree to let you stay and help me. I promise."

Wei Qing was indeed different from Zhao Po Nu, Sima Qian and others. Even though Liu Ju, a full-level human, tried hard to fool him, he still couldn't easily change his mind.

However, the previous "threat" did have some effect.

At least in order to prevent Liu Juzhen from openly challenging Liu Che regardless of the consequences and causing the situation to develop to an irreversible level, Wei Qing has not yet used force against him, but mainly uses the method of "appealing to his emotions and enlightening him with reason" to preach.

"How can you guarantee that?"

Wei Qing naturally didn't listen to his words, but just frowned and reprimanded him seriously.

"I have known His Majesty for a longer time than you have been His Majesty's son. Can you possibly know your father better than I do? I am not afraid to tell you that I even know where your father has a mole on his buttocks. What do you know?"

"How did my uncle know such a private matter?"

Liu Ju glanced at him curiously.

"Your mother told me... stop talking nonsense!"

Wei Qing was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had said something nonsense in his haste, and immediately changed his words,

"In any case, I can assure you that your father will never agree to this matter, let alone keep me here to help you!"

"If you still recognize me as your uncle, your mother, and your young son who is still in the palace, then you should follow me back and report back. Your father will send someone to handle the matter of the Western Regions and the Xiongnu, and it may not be impossible to realize your idea."

"Ju'er, listen to your uncle. If you insist on doing this now, you will hurt others and yourself. It's not too late to turn back now. Don't make mistakes!"

Liu Ju still looked stubborn and refused to move, and said with a smile:
"Since my uncle has such confidence, and I have the same confidence, and it has already been delayed to this time, why not wait a few more days?"

"How about I make a bet with my uncle?"

"I'll bet on my father's imperial edict. If my father's imperial edict arrives, summoning me and my uncle to return to the capital to report, I will not say another word and will pack my bags and leave with my uncle immediately."

"But if my father did not summon me back to the capital, and ordered my uncle to lead the troops to help me, what would my uncle say?"

Wei Qing was so angry that he laughed. If he was not really unable to defeat Liu Ju, he would have already taken action. But at this moment, he still said firmly:

"What nonsense are you talking about? There is absolutely no such possibility!"

"I mean, if uncle is so sure, why doesn't he dare to bet with me?"

Liu Ju asked back with a smile.

"If so, from now on, I will join your team and obey your orders!"

This time, Wei Qing was actually provoked by Liu Ju, and he gritted his teeth and shouted,
"But you must remember what you said just now. Once your father's imperial edict arrives, you must not repeat those nonsense words again in your life. You must obediently put away your thoughts and follow me back to the capital. You must not leave the capital until you succeed to the throne. Do you agree?"

"You enter my scene..."

Liu Ju felt uncomfortable after hearing these words. He felt as if Wei Qing was scolding him, and even had a bit of an ethical crisis.

However, he also knew what Wei Qing meant. Wei Qing was the first general in the history of the Han Dynasty to establish a shogunate. Joining the shogunate meant joining Liu Ju's shogunate. Was this an acknowledgement that he was qualified to establish a shogunate?
This way.

He was not the first or the last of the Han Dynasty. Throughout history, he was the only prince, crown prince, or deposed crown prince who established a shogunate and recruited the general into the shogunate. It sounds very impressive. But this was just a formality. Before that, when Liu Ju kept retainers, although it could not be openly called a shogunate, it was actually the same as the shogunate, which was a small court outside the court.

While talking.

"Report! General Zhao ordered someone to send the battle report from Gu Shi!"

There was a report from the guard outside the door.

"Send it in."

Liu Ju responded, and at the same time accepted Wei Qing's invitation to gamble.
"Uncle, the bet is settled. Wait a few days for my father's edict to reveal the outcome. Uncle, don't deny it then."

"Ah……"

Wei Qing simply snorted coldly and rolled his eyes in response… but now the whites of his eyes were a little yellow, and his eye sockets were visibly sunken than before.

"..."

Liu Ju saw this and felt a pang of pain and regret in his heart.

Uncle, please forgive me for my limited abilities. I can only help you with these things. I just hope that you will have no regrets in your last days...

As they were talking, the battle report had already been delivered.

Naturally, there was no need to hide this kind of thing from Wei Qing. Liu Ju broke the seal in front of him, spread the bamboo slips on the table and invited Wei Qing to look at them together.

He could see that even though he had not officially led troops to fight in battles for many years, Wei Qing was still very interested in the battle reports and read them very seriously.

After looking at it for a few times.

Wei Qing had changed his previous demeanor, his eyes were full of vigor, and he analyzed:
"The first rotation has ended. Your tactics of disturbing the enemy are indeed very effective. Zhao Po Nu and the Han army soldiers also did a great job. The four light cavalry units killed more than 2,000 Xiongnu people and slaughtered tens of thousands of sheep and horses. However, our army lost more than ten soldiers, and these were accidental casualties outside the battle. Not only did we not lose any horses, but we also used horses snatched from the Xiongnu tribes to make up for the loss. Almost every cavalryman had two spare horses when he returned."

"This is indeed a good tactical direction. If this continues, the Xiongnu will find it difficult to hold on. If they cannot gather a large army to completely drive the Han army out of the Western Regions, the Xiongnu Right Wise King will have no choice but to abandon the pastures of the Three Mountains and migrate northward like the Xiongnu Chanyu."

"But it's probably difficult to achieve what you said, 'There will be no more Huns in the north and south of the desert', and to kill all the Huns."

"Although the Xiongnu people are living in the northern desert in a difficult situation, they are still able to survive. If they grow stronger in the future, they will still cross the desert and invade Han territory."

Facing Wei Qing who was in a serious state, Liu Ju also nodded very seriously and said:

"Uncle, I never thought of killing all the Xiongnu people. I just wanted to make sure they couldn't stay in Mobei anymore."

"Even if you press on step by step and send a large army to encircle and suppress them like in the Battle of Mobei, the Huns can continue to move north."

Wei Qing reminded.

"Uncle, you don't know that going further north would be a desperate situation where it would be difficult to survive. They can't continue to move north."

Liu Ju shook his head and smiled. Without waiting for Wei Qing, who was already showing doubt and ready to ask "How did you know?", he continued,
"I want them to move west and become God's scourge."

"And the Han Dynasty will become the God who controls the whip of God. The borders of the Han Dynasty will follow the footsteps of the Xiongnu. Wherever they go, it will be the border of the Han Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)