Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 11 A Lich King Appears in Yinshan

"They have retreated. All the Huns have retreated."

Yiqiu, a messenger hurried into the city and rushed into the city lord's mansion shouting all the way.

Hearing the shouts, the Qin generals who were discussing how to defend against the Huns in the mansion ran out one after another.

Every year with the arrival of autumn, the well-prepared Xiongnu would go south to plunder on time, just like going to work. Although the Qin Dynasty had the Great Wall to block the Xiongnu, it was not infallible. Now that the Hetao Plain has been lost for many years, the Xiongnu have been entrenched in the Hetao Plain. Every year, a small group of Xiongnu successfully bypassed the Great Wall defense and plundered the people.

When they suddenly heard the news that the Huns had withdrawn, all the Qin generals were confused.

"The Huns have all retreated? Is that credible? Can you tell me what happened in detail?"

When he came outside, Meng Wu immediately asked the messenger who had come.

"General, the Xiongnu in the Hetao Plain have begun to migrate to the Yinshan Mountains on a large scale, and they even abandoned their cattle, sheep, and horses. There are even Xiongnu envoys who say they are willing to send all the cattle, sheep, and horses in the Hetao region to our country, hoping to establish friendly relations with our country. However, we need to send people to herd the cattle, sheep, and horses ourselves. The Xiongnu envoys are already waiting outside the pass."

"???"

After hearing what Xin Bing said, all the Qin generals had a lot of question marks in their heads.

This year, the Huns had already moved south and started looting. Even a small group of troops had successfully infiltrated and looted many villages. However, just at the beginning, the Huns suddenly changed their nature. Not only did they stop looting, they also withdrew all the Huns and returned the Hetao Plain to the Qin Dynasty. Even all the cattle, sheep and horses on the Hetao Plain were given to Qin, in an effort to make friends with Qin.

No matter how you listen to this, it seems like a fantasy.

"How many Hun envoys are there? Are there any soldiers following them?" Meng Wu asked vigilantly.

"Replying to the general, there are only seven Xiongnu envoys. The cavalry has already investigated and found that the Xiongnu army has moved their people to the Yinshan Mountains. The Xiongnu tribes grazing on the grasslands have also moved to the Yinshan Mountains. The grasslands are full of their cattle, sheep and horses."

"A spy ventured to ask the Xiongnu tribes, and learned that the Xiongnu Chanyu Touman suddenly issued an order that all Xiongnu in the Hetao Plain should withdraw across the Yinshan Mountains within this month, and all their cattle, sheep and horses should be sent to the Qin Empire, and they must not clash with the Qin Empire. The Xiongnu people who were unable to withdraw within this month are willing to change their surnames to Qin, and the Qin Empire must take them in."

"This!" Upon hearing this, all the Qin generals looked at each other in surprise again.

I have absolutely no idea what the Huns are up to.

"Did something big happen among the Huns?"

A Qin general guessed.

"But, what kind of big event would have to happen to make the Xiongnu become like this? Why would they be so hasty?"

The other Qin general was also in disbelief and had no idea why this happened.

These cattle, sheep and horses are the lifeblood of the Xiongnu. They occupied the Hetao Plain just to graze them!
As a result, the Xiongnu Chanyu suddenly wanted to evacuate all the Xiongnu people in the Hetao Plain in less than ten days. Not only was he in such a hurry that he even left behind his cattle, sheep, and horses, but he even handed over his own people who could not be evacuated to Qin.

"We'll know what's going on after we meet the Hun envoy!" Meng Wu said in a deep voice. He couldn't figure it out either.

"Let the Hun envoy in, and be alert to the large Hun army! Check the items the Hun envoy is carrying!"

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"The Xiongnu envoy, Anshi Gediaomao, brings the Xiongnu envoys to pay respects to General Meng of the Great Qin, and to all the generals of the Great Qin!"

In the city lord's mansion, after the seven Hun envoys arrived, they saw Meng Wu and other Qin generals, and they immediately knelt down and kowtowed deeply.

(｀Д)!!
Seeing the Xiongnu envoys behaving like this, Meng Wu and other Qin generals were immediately stunned.

Are the Huns so polite now? They kowtow to each other when they meet!!!
It’s not like the Xiongnu had not been an envoy to the Qin State before, but they never knelt when they met the King of Qin. Now they actually knelt and kowtowed when they met these generals.

"Messenger, stand up and speak!" Meng Wu said quickly.

Although he felt very happy when the Huns knelt down to him, he could not lose the etiquette of the Qin Dynasty in front of the envoy.

"Thank you, General!"

An Shige Diaomao thanked him quickly and stood up with a bitter face.

Meng Wu organized his words and then asked the Xiongnu envoy: "May I ask why you suddenly came to the Great Qin?"

“Alas!” Hearing this, Anshi Ge Diaomao sighed immediately, and suddenly knelt down again with the other envoys with a sad face, kowtowed deeply, and said with a sad face: “In the middle of the month, a Lich King appeared in Yinshan Mountain, and changed the Yinshan Mountain Range into the Undead Mountain Range. He had a powerful army, and 30,000 main forces of our Xiongnu were slaughtered!”

"To protect our people, Chanyu Touman has pledged his loyalty to the Lich King and paid tribute, sending my mother, wife, and son to the Mountains of the Dead as hostages."

"The Lich King requires that the Xiongnu must withdraw all tribes from the Hetao Plain by the end of this month. In the future, they are not allowed to cross the Mountains of the Dead without permission. Those who fail to evacuate from the Hetao Plain in time may lose their lives. He also requires strict bone tribute, requiring us Xiongnu to pay tribute to the Mountains of the Dead every year: 200,000 complete human bones, 3 million stones of bones of cattle, sheep, horses, etc., and 500 stones of copper and iron tools. If one stone is missing, it must be supplemented by the blood and flesh of the Xiongnu. This year's tribute must be seen before the end of the year." "The Chanyu ordered all tribes in the Hetao Plain, including cattle, sheep, and horses, to be sent to the Qin State, and only asked the Qin State to take in those who could not be evacuated. They are willing to enter the Qin State, change their surnames to Qin, and become Qin citizens from then on. Even after our mission, we will never go back, and we will no longer be Xiongnu. We hope that the Qin State can take us in."

After saying this, An Shige Diaomao kowtowed again, tears streaming down his face.

He did not dare to say that the army was composed of dead people, for he was afraid that the Qin State would be wary of them and did not dare to take them in.

"???"

Seeing this situation, Meng Wu and others had more question marks in their heads.

How come they didn't know that a Lich King had appeared in the Yinshan Mountains and commanded a powerful army?
Being able to force the arrogant Huns into this state, it was obvious that their power was very large, but they had no news at all.

And the bone tribute was too bizarre! They had never heard of paying tribute in the form of bones, not gold or silver.

But if the Xiongnu had any conspiracy, the price was too high! They returned the Hetao Plain and gave all the hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses on the Hetao Plain to the Qin Dynasty. Even the people who could not be evacuated were given to the Qin Dynasty!

It seems that the Huns have suffered an unprecedented disaster.

"Messenger, please stand up. I will arrange for someone to take you to rest. This matter is of great importance. I must report it to His Majesty first!"

Meng Wu quickly pulled up the envoy who was kneeling and kowtowing, and he already had a plan in mind.

He decided to send someone to report the matter to His Majesty immediately.

At the same time, reconnaissance cavalry were sent out to track and investigate the movements of the Huns and to scout various parts of the Hetao Plain to see whether they had really evacuated.

Another thing was to send soldiers to herd the cattle and sheep left behind by the Huns.

Whether it is a fraud or not, we should know everything by the end of the month.

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"Lich King, my rebellious son, Daddy has finally found your whereabouts! You actually ran off to the Yin Mountains!"

"In the past six months, whenever I think of you, my fists would itch terribly. This time, I can finally heal it!"

In the Zhangtai Palace, Zulong, who was handling government affairs, looked at the urgent report sent by Yiqiu, his fists clenched white.

He didn't believe that the rebellious son had really become a being that even the Huns feared. After all, the rebellious son was only twelve years old and had left alone at the beginning.

Then, Zulong frowned again.

It seems that it is not easy to catch that rebellious son.

The Yinshan Mountains were the territory occupied by the Huns.

The fact that the name of the Lich King was able to spread from there through the Huns showed that the rebellious son already had considerable support.

Regardless of whether the Huns' intentions were sincere or false, it would not be easy to capture the rebellious son.

If the Huns were pretending, then needless to say, they would not be able to send troops into the Yinshan Mountains, let alone capture Fusu who relied on the Huns.

If the urgent report was true and the Huns were forced into this state, Yinshan would be an even more difficult place to enter.

At this moment, Zulong felt a toothache.

Then, Zulong frowned again and thought about the important matter in the urgent report.

The Hun envoys came to visit.

The Xiongnu returned the Hetao Plain and presented all the cattle, sheep and horses in the Hetao Plain.

Those Huns who could not withdraw hoped to enter the pass before the end of the month and become Qin citizens.

Each of these three things is much more important than capturing the rebellious son Fusu.

(End of this chapter)