I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 455: Fight to Your Heart's Content, Uncle

Wei Lu was not sure whether Liu Ju's "slip of the tongue" at that time was true or false. After all, he knew nothing about Liu Ju's so-called strategy and had no way to judge.

But under the circumstances, he had no other choice but to give it a try.

As for the look in his eyes now, it is natural.

After all, this so-called "merit" is just a matter of two sentences, so the Right Wise King can be established, the Right Guli King can be established, and the Xiongnu general next to him can be established.

And since he had already decided to surrender to the Huns, he could also establish himself.

If this matter really concerns the life and death of the Xiongnu, it would be a national achievement for the Xiongnu.

With such achievements, it is no problem for him to be crowned a king!

When Emperor Wu of Han was planning the Mayi attack, the Xiongnu Chanyu almost fell into the trap. Fortunately, they managed to capture a small pavilion only a hundred miles away from Mayi and captured a small Yanmen Weishi.

It was this Yanmen Weishi who revealed the Han Dynasty's plan, which enabled the Xiongnu Chanyu to escape disaster.

This Yanmen Wei Shi turned a disaster into a blessing, and was named "Heavenly King" by the Xiongnu Khan. He lived a life like a god in the Xiongnu.

Of course, since he gave such a look to the Right Wise King Xianbi, he naturally did not dare to reveal such thoughts.

He was reminding Xianbi to be careful of the crowds of people and to prevent anyone from having bad intentions and telling the Xiongnu Chanyu about this matter first. In this case, the credit might not belong to anyone.

If Xianbi was a "smart person" like him, he would naturally understand what he meant immediately.

Xianbi was indeed a smart man. He immediately understood what he meant and nodded in a pretentious manner:

"That's right. Come here, take this man away and keep him under strict guard. We can talk about these things after we have dealt with the Han army's surprise attack!"

After hearing this, several warriors finally stopped drawing their swords, walked forward, held Wei Lu's arms on both sides, and escorted him away.

"Thank you, Lord Youxian, for your forgiveness. I am deeply grateful!"

Wei Lu's heart, which had been raised to his throat, finally calmed down. Before leaving, he did not forget to bow to Xian Bi. His extremely flattering attitude made the King of Youguli and the general beside him frown.

……

At the foot of Mount Yanran.

"Zi'er, this pair of stirrups you made is great, very good!"

Wei Qing didn't seem to be very good at praising people. In any case, Liu Ju had never heard any words of praise from Wei Qing since he was a child. Today's "not bad, very good" was the only good thing he said.

Now, the set of black iron armor with gold and silver decorations and tiger face has been returned to Wei Qing. It looks majestic and shows the power of the flying general of Dragon City.

However, his complexion and eyes still looked very bad, and he looked thinner than when he was in Loulan.

Liu Ju privately asked Wei Qing's personal soldiers about it.

Recently he has been experiencing symptoms of nausea and vomiting, and his appetite has not been very good.

This shows that Wei Qing's liver cancer has entered the middle and late stages. Fortunately, he has not yet developed ascites and the frequency of pain is not too high, so he should be able to recover for some time.

For this reason, Liu Ju, who could have stayed in Loulan, decided to follow Wei Qing on the expedition, at least so that he could have someone to take care of him along the way.

And it was finally time to say goodbye.

If Wei Qing had any last words, he would be able to hear them in person instead of having others relay them to him.

I witnessed the magnificent life of General Longcheng Fei!
Thinking about this, Liu Ju wiped his nose, raised his eyebrows and smiled arrogantly:

"Of course. Anything made by your uncle's nephew must be top-notch. Your uncle also knows about the compass and sky lantern I made before. Which one of them is not a good thing?"

"Don't get carried away. You still have a long way to go, and there will be more people trying to trip you up." Wei Qing immediately frowned again and admonished in a serious tone.

Liu Ju said with a smile:
"Uncle, can you please stop treating me like a child? I can now stand on my own feet. You and my mother should be relieved and focus on achieving what you want instead of compromising on my behalf."

"Come to think of it, you still haven't explained it to me clearly. What tricks did you use to make your father allow me to stay in the Western Regions to fight the Xiongnu?"

Wei Qing pondered and asked again.

The matter of him staying in the Western Regions to lead the troops was easy to deal with, but the most important thing was that Liu Che actually took the initiative to break the tacit understanding between the two of them for many years, and asked him in the edict not to hide his incompetence anymore and not to feel burdened.

Wei Qing really couldn't understand it.

This was not the Liu Che he knew at all.

But he recognized the handwriting on the edict. It was indeed written by Liu Che himself and could not be fake.

"Uncle, what do you think of what I have done in the Western Regions, especially the strategy I have formulated against the Xiongnu?"

Liu Ju did not answer but asked instead.

"not bad, very good!"

Wei Qing nodded.

Liu Ju said again:

"My father also thinks it's a good idea. Conquering the Xiongnu and opening up the Western Regions has always been my father's long-cherished wish. Unfortunately, the Xiongnu are unruly and difficult to tame. Even the Battle of Mobei cannot make them surrender willingly. The only way left is to exterminate them."

"Uncle, tell me, if there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to realize a long-cherished wish before my father, will he rush to it, temporarily put aside the political manipulation he is good at, and work for the stability of the Han Dynasty for a hundred years instead of considering his own gains and losses?"

"..."

Wei Qing fell silent.

In his impression, Liu Che did make such a choice.

In order to completely make the Huns surrender, he indeed temporarily put aside political considerations and made an extremely rare compromise with Huo Qubing.

otherwise.

It was impossible for Huo Qubing to kill Li Gan and still live in peace.

It is also impossible for him to lead the ministers to influence Liu Che's family affairs, and strongly advocate that Liu Che make the three young sons Liu Hong, Liu Dan and Liu Xu kings and give them their own countries, and he was later highly valued by Liu Che.

After the Battle of Mobei, Huo Qubing not only completely overshadowed Wei Qing, but also became more accomplished than his master.

If Liu Che had not given up political manipulation for his long-cherished wish, he would not have been allowed to continue leading troops to attack the Huns.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Before the expedition, Huo Qubing suddenly died of illness, which completely disrupted Liu Che's plan and made him lose the chance to make the final move...

So, is that really the case?
Although Wei Qing had to admit that Liu Ju's strategy amazed him and that Liu Che would become ambitious again after learning about it, he still felt that it was more than that and this reason was not sufficient.

"Uncle, I promised the fallen soldiers that I would use Yanran Mountain as their tombstone and carve their names on this mountain."

Liu Ju suddenly became serious, pointing to the towering Yanran Mountain that stretched into the distance, and said with a deep gaze,
"Now the Xiongnu Right Sage King's Court is only a few dozen miles away from us. Whether I can fulfill this promise depends entirely on the power of my uncle."

"I beg my uncle to let me see the real Dragon City Flying General."

"Let the wailing of the Huns become a melody to commemorate the souls of the dead Han soldiers."

"Fight to your heart's content, uncle."

(End of this chapter)