I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 486 God is merciful, and so am I

It is hard to say whether Liu Che was blessed or not.

However, with Liu Ju taking the lead and Dayuezhi taking the initiative to give up their interests, joining the "Western Alliance" went quite smoothly.

Almost the next day, the resolution was passed at the NATO Council of Envoys, and then the process of sending joint troops began.

The wartime command of the coalition forces naturally lies in the hands of the Han people.

After all, when it comes to experience in attacking the Huns, no country in the Western Regions can compare with the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Po Nu, Wang Hui and other generals had already been familiar with the tactics that Liu Ju had taught them before. Although these tactics did not seem very sophisticated, they were already the most advanced tactics of the time. The Huns had no idea how to respond to them, and even Zhao Po Nu, Wang Hui and others did not know how to respond.

Therefore, under their command, the coalition forces were still not able to resist the Huns.

Moreover, in recent times, Liu Ju had already asked the member states of the "Western Alliance" to send troops to participate in military training, and the generals of the Han Dynasty were also responsible for the training. Therefore, the discipline and combat effectiveness of these soldiers in the Western Regions have also been improved.

then.

When the "Western Alliance" coalition crossed the Pamir Mountains to pursue the Huns, only two small-scale encounters occurred. The Huns immediately realized that this coalition force, which they regarded as a "rabble", was not easy to deal with, so they once again abandoned the Dayuezhi and began to flee south.

This time they did not provoke the Parthian Empire, which bordered the Yuezhi in the west.

After all, the size of the Parthian Empire is still quite large at present. Its land area is even comparable to that of the Han Dynasty, and its population is around five or six million. This makes the Huns, who suffered heavy losses on their way westward, somewhat fearful.

But it is said that Sindhu (ancient India) in the south is much easier to bully.

It is said that the previous Maurya Empire was very powerful and good at fighting.

But at the same time when Maodun, the Khan of the Xiongnu, rose to power, after the fall of the Maurya Dynasty, the Parthian Empire and the Bactrian Empire frequently invaded Sindhu.

If Liu Ju were still alive, he could also tell the Huns that the Kushan Empire, which was later established by the Yuezhi, drove the remnants of Bactria to the Kingdom of Sindhu, where they survived for a short period of time before completely destroying them and began to invade and rule the entire Kingdom of Sindhu for hundreds of years.

Let me digress.

Before this, the caste system had existed in Sindhu for nearly a thousand years. It was also a discriminatory ruling policy formulated by the invading Aryans against the Sindhu people.

During the rule of the Kushan Empire, the monarch at that time supported Mahayana Buddhism, which advocated the equality of all beings.

They also tried to change this system, but all their efforts were unsuccessful and even met with strong opposition from the Sindhu people. In the end, they had to allow the caste system to continue.

Therefore, at this time, the Kingdom of Sindhu had been deeply affected by the caste system, which was deeply rooted.

They are also almost the most vulnerable nation to invasion and rule in the world. If the invaders dare to come, the Sindhu people will surrender. This is the soil for the survival of "non-violence and non-resistance".

Let the invaders kill, give them 200 million and let them kill, until they can no longer kill, until they have to beg us nicely to obey.

The Huns also understood the principle of picking the softest persimmons to squeeze.

Now they don’t even have a place to stay, so it won’t be too late to grab a place to stay first and then plan for more.

that's it.

The Dayuezhi, who were facing national calamity, survived, but the price they paid was extremely heavy.

The population dropped by one third. Of course, not all of them were killed. A large number of people fled to the Parthian Empire in the west during the turmoil.

The supplies and livestock were reduced by half, which were what the Huns needed most at the moment, so they naturally showed no mercy.

This incident frightened the Parthian Empire, which bordered the Yuezhi to the west.

Although there was no clear ranking of national strength in this era, the four major powers in Asia and Europe were ranked by later generations as the Han Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, the Parthian Empire and the Kushan Empire.

Of course, the time of this sorting must be later.

At least this is the ranking after the Huns disappeared.

What's more, there is no Kushan Empire now, only Bactria and Yuezhi, and Yuezhi is nominally a vassal of Bactria.

However, because of its border with the Yuezhi, the Parthian Empire had some understanding of the strength of the Yuezhi.

Although the Parthian Empire also knew that the Yuezhi were beaten and their king was killed, they were ostracized and despised all the way, and they had to run to the west of the Pamir Mountains with great difficulty and surrender to the Bactria Empire in order to survive.

However, after years of recuperation, the Great Yuezhi has become a regional power and its strength should not be underestimated.

The results of it.

The Huns migrated all the way westward, and not only destroyed everything in their path, they also left the Great Yuezhi with almost no resistance and were almost destroyed. Even their queen had sent envoys to ask for help, and even intended to seek refuge in the Parthian Empire?
This led the Parthian Empire to immediately reject the Yuezhi's request for help and asylum.

In order to avoid offending the Huns and bringing about a war with their immeasurable strength.

After all, if the war develops like this, the neighbors of the Parthian Empire will most likely not be the Yuezhi, but the Xiongnu. A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative.

Moreover, after the Huns replaced the Yuezhi, they blocked the trade routes to the Western Regions, which was also a stranglehold on the Parthian Empire.

If we don't count the Western Regions in a narrow sense.

The Parthian Empire was the only way between the Han Dynasty and the Qin Dynasty.

Moreover, since Zhang Qian opened up the Western Regions, this trade route has shown signs of prosperity. The Parthian Empire took the opportunity to collect high tolls and has gained a lot of profits from it in recent years.

You know, when the Han Dynasty's porcelain and silk left Yumen Pass and Yangguan Pass, they were actually not expensive.

But after passing through the Parthian Empire and then being transported to the Qin Dynasty, the price would directly increase by hundreds of times. In addition to the costs that the merchants need to bear themselves, a large part of it is used as tolls to the Parthian Empire, so that the merchants can make a profit.

That is why the porcelain and silk of the Han Dynasty are now absolute luxury goods in the Qin Dynasty.

Many princes and nobles of the Qin Empire would be considered wealthy people in the country if they had a few pieces of Han porcelain and silk.

And these porcelains and silks are not meant to be used.

They would frame a small piece of silk and place ceramic plates and utensils on exquisite storage racks, preserving them with great care. They would only take them out for exhibition and show off when real VIPs came, to demonstrate their status and wealth.

So it is.

The Parthian Empire did not want to be at odds with its eastern neighbor, nor did it care whether its eastern neighbor was the Great Yuezhi or the Xiongnu...

Except for the Parthian Empire.

The most shocked was naturally the Great Xia Kingdom, which was a vassal of the Great Yuezhi.

Nowadays, the Great Xia Kingdom actually regrets taking in the Great Yuezhi, because the Great Yuezhi has become too powerful to be controlled, making it impossible for the Great Xia Kingdom to issue orders as freely as before, and even has to compromise with the Great Yuezhi in many cases.

Then the Huns, who were more powerful than the Dayuezhi, came and attacked.

At first, the Great Xia Kingdom seemed to be gloating, but when they immediately sent envoys to negotiate with the Huns, they found that the Huns were not only more powerful, but also more difficult to control and were simply unruly.

Surrender?

Impossible to surrender!
Not only did the Huns not express gratitude to Bactria for giving the territory it had given to the Yuezhi as a token of their gratitude, they even demanded that Bactria submit to them.

Isn’t this the reversal of Tiangang?

Daxia saw that it could not drive the tiger to swallow the wolf, and it was still the lamb after all, so it immediately contacted the Parthian Empire and planned to fight against the invasion of the Xiongnu together. Then they received the news:

The Huns fled south and the Dayuezhi were saved!
what reason?
Naturally, the Dayuezhi joined the "Western Alliance". The "Western Alliance" led by the Han Dynasty mobilized a coalition force to enter the territory of the Dayuezhi to provide assistance. The Huns fled after only a brief contact with the coalition force.

Ask more carefully.

Ok!

It turned out that it was the Han Dynasty that drove the Huns to the west!
The Han Dynasty first defeated the Xiongnu in Mobei with its own strength, forcing the Xiongnu to almost lose their country and race, forcing them to leave Mobei and flee westward.

Then, the "Western Alliance" was established in the Western Regions to jointly resist the Huns. As the Huns migrated westwards, they basically took a detour wherever they passed by that were member states of the "Western Alliance".

As for the countries that did not join NATO, they were all looted and slaughtered. Some small countries were even destroyed directly, leaving only a ruined city without a leader, which was then taken over by the Han Dynasty.

It turns out that the big man is the real boss.

The Xiongnu, who were unable to resist even the Great Yuezhi, were nothing more than a stray dog ​​in front of the Han Dynasty?
Then...should we also join NATO?
The Parthian Empire has begun to reconsider this issue...

When Zhang Qian first came, formal trade relations had already been established with the Parthian Empire. It was because of this that this trade route gradually prospered and brought great benefits to the Parthian Empire.

But Zhang Qian proposed to establish a military alliance to resist the Huns.

The Parthian Empire chose to refuse, because they also believed that the Huns were too far away from them, and they also had the Western Regions in a narrow sense, as well as the Bactria and the Yuezhi as strategic buffers, which would not affect them at all.

In addition, the most important point is.

At that time, the Parthian Empire believed that although the Han Dynasty was rich in resources, its national strength was weak, especially its military strength was weak, and it was no match for the Xiongnu. Therefore, it hoped to unite with them to resist the Xiongnu.

Just like this time they rejected the request for help and asylum from Dayuezhi.

At that time, the Parthian Empire looked down on the Han Dynasty and even felt that the Han Dynasty was not worthy of forming a military alliance with them.

But the current situation.

It has made them change their minds.

Daxia actually had similar thoughts...

However, just when they were still hesitating about this matter, they heard that the Huns had fled south to harm the Kingdom of Sindhu, and they felt slightly relieved.

They received another puzzling message:

The "NATO" coalition forces led by Dahan suddenly stopped their offensive!

The "Western Alliance" coalition only helped Dayuezhi recover half of its territory, that is, the half in the east close to the Pamir Mountains and the Western Regions. Then they suddenly stopped attacking the Xiongnu and just built strong defenses!

"This……"

The Parthian Empire and the Bactrian Empire completely failed to understand the actions of the "Western Alliance" forces. They could have taken advantage of the victory to drive the Huns out of Dayuezhi in one fell swoop.

"This……"

The Xiongnu's Chanyu Uwei also said that he could not understand the operations of the NATO coalition forces at all.

Or it could be Liu Ju's operation. He knew very well that the actual controller of "Western Alliance" now was this young prince of the Han Dynasty, and he represented the will of the Han Dynasty.

Then, Wuwei Chanyu, who had been troubled by the complaints of his tribesmen recently, received another report from his subordinates:
"Chanyu, the outposts have captured several previously captured Xiongnu people. They said they brought a message from the Han Dynasty prince, asking to see the Chanyu."

"Bring them to see this emperor."

Wuwei Chanyu nodded, but the doubts in his heart became even deeper.

He really couldn't figure out what Liu Ju was up to, but this was indeed the first time he saw someone turn back.

Soon, several Huns with black faces and ragged clothes were brought into the tent.

"Tell me, what message did the Han Dynasty prince ask you to bring to this emperor?"

"The prince of the Han Dynasty said that we should leave a way out for each other so that we can meet again in the future."

The older Hun replied quickly,

"God has the virtue of loving life, and so does he. He has never thought of killing all the Huns, nor does he intend to drive them to a dead end."

"So the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu could cease fire. Not only that, he would persuade the Great Yuezhi to live on the land currently recovered by the Western Alliance, and give the rest of the land to the Xiongnu to reproduce."

"But the Huns must abide by one thing, which is not to invade any member country of 'NATO'."

"Now that the Great Yuezhi have joined the Western Alliance, the Western Alliance will send troops to rescue them. If the Xiongnu can abide by the current boundaries, we can temporarily cease fire."

"in addition."

"Sindhu has recently submitted an application to join NATO and is currently in the investigation stage. It is considered a quasi-member of NATO. If the Huns invade Sindhu, then the NATO coalition forces will follow them closely, and the Huns will have nowhere to stay."

"This……"

Wuwei Chanyu was even more puzzled, and then he walked to the table and carefully examined the map.

According to Liu Ju.

If the Xiongnu wanted to stop the war, they could only live together with the Dayuezhi on the territory that originally belonged to the Dayuezhi.

The Great Yuezhi is located to the east of the Pamir Mountains, close to the countries in the Western Regions in a narrow sense, and borders the current sphere of influence of the "Western Alliance". This area also occupies two-thirds of the fertile grasslands originally in the Great Yuezhi territory.

The Xiongnu were located to the west of the Parthian Empire, with Bactria to the north, Sindhu to the south, and bordering the Parthian Empire to the west.

In addition, now that Dayuezhi is already a member of the "Western Alliance" and Liu Ju of Sindhu has been saved, he said that the only countries left for the Xiongnu to go to are Parthia and Bactria.

"God is merciful, and so is he. How could he be so kind?"

It only took Wuwei Chanyu a moment to see through Liu Ju's intention.

"Is he planning to use the Xiongnu as a military buffer zone between the Western Alliance and Parthia and Daxia?"

"Has he ever thought that the land he has allocated cannot support the hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu people brought by this emperor..."

"So, not only did he intend to use the Xiongnu as a military buffer zone between the Western Alliance and Parthia and Bactria, but he also tried to force the Xiongnu to invade Parthia and Bactria?"

Conspiracy!

This is a blatant conspiracy!

Because he had no choice!
If he decided to continue invading Sindhu, the NATO coalition would continue to hunt down the Huns and not give them any chance to breathe.

In this case, his situation was also very dangerous.

After all, the long period of running around has caused complaints from the Xiongnu tribes under his command. If they cannot be repaired as soon as possible, and if they cannot fulfill their promises of land to these tribes during the westward migration, chaos is bound to arise. Then not only will his role as Chanyu come to an end, but he may also lose it altogether.

The land that Liu Ju allocated to him for temporary settlement could just alleviate the current internal crisis of the Xiongnu.

(End of this chapter)