Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 32: Slap in the face too quickly
More than a month ago, the envoy came back and said that those incompetent Huns not only dug up his ancestors of the Dayuezhi, but also many ancestors of the Donghu, and even spared his own ancestors.

Faced with the Xiongnu's actions, the Donghu also suppressed their anger.

After learning about the situation, the envoy thought that the alliance was a sure thing, but~~~
After the envoys proposed the alliance, the Donghu refused to join them to fight against the Xiongnu. Faced with such humiliating behavior by the Xiongnu, the Donghu chose to move their ancestors and gave gifts to the Xiongnu to curry favor. At the same time, the Donghu also collected a large number of bones.

The envoy even heard a piece of news from the Donghu that seemed like a fairy tale. (As both were grassland peoples, they had spies on each other, so the Donghu were much more informed.)
It turned out that before May, the Yinshan Mountains were suddenly renamed the Mountains of the Dead. A Lich King emerged from the Yinshan Mountains, commanding an army of one million dead. He forced the fierce Xiongnu people to surrender and not only gave up the fertile Hetao Plain, but also the cattle, sheep, horses and people of the Hetao Plain. He also imposed a strict bone tax, forcing the Xiongnu to pay tribute of large amounts of bones. If the tribute was not enough, the Xiongnu people would be used to make up the difference.

This is why the Huns were so crazy about collecting bones. In order to collect bones, they even gave up their face and ancestors.

At first, the Huns looted the ancestors of the Donghu, but the Donghu did not tolerate the Huns at all. They were all a people who grazed on the grasslands, and they were equally tough and plundering. In addition, the two sides had a long-standing grudge, and the Donghu were even more powerful than the Huns, so who was afraid of whom?

But after several major battles, the Donghu no longer dared to attack the Xiongnu. They were really afraid.

The reason is that the Lich King gave the Huns an army of 30,000 dead. Those were all dead Huns. They knew no fatigue, no pain, no fear, no fear of death. They had great combat power and were extremely difficult to eliminate.

More importantly, during the war with the Xiongnu, the Donghu actually saw their dead companions riding on their dead horses, waving scimitars and spears and charging towards them.

The more they fought, the smaller the population of the Donghu people became, but the larger the population of the Xiongnu and the undead became.

From then on, the Donghu knew that they had to swallow their anger and even find a way to survive.

At first the envoys did not believe it, and after they came back to report, no one in Dayuezhi believed such a fantastic story either.

But now, after repeated confirmation, Dayuezhi finally confirmed the authenticity of the news.

The Queen of Yuezhi immediately summoned ministers and princes for an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the Xiongnu and the brutal Lich King.

This was no longer just a matter of the Huns robbing their ancestors.

Because the Dayuezhi faced a bigger problem than the Donghu, that is, they were adjacent to the western mountain range of the Undead Mountains. The Lich King was so brutal and powerful that he might send troops to attack them.

In the royal court of Dayuezhi, princes and ministers argued endlessly. Some proposed to do as the Donghu did, while others proposed to unite with neighboring countries.

"Report!"

Before the Yuezhi Queen and the princes and ministers could come up with a plan, a soldier suddenly rushed into the palace where they were holding a meeting.

Looking at the soldier who rushed in breathlessly, the Queen of Yuezhi and a group of princes and ministers all fixed their eyes on the soldier who came to report.

"Report, Queen, the spies have reported that the Xiongnu have raised more than 80,000 troops to attack our Dayuezhi, and are now approaching Dayuan City!"

"what?"

When the Queen of Yuezhi heard the soldiers' words, her face suddenly changed, and all the princes and ministers looked panicked.

In the past, although they did not dare to fight with the Xiongnu on the grassland, they were not afraid of the Xiongnu on the territory of Dayuezhi.

But now that the news has been confirmed to be true or not, everyone feels sad.

The Xiongnu attacked Dayuezhi, but they gained little and faced huge difficulties. It can be said that the gains did not outweigh the losses. It would be more practical to attack Donghu to seize more grasslands, or to fight the barbarians in the north, which would also gain more. But now they are attacking Dayuezhi, which is probably the intention of the Lich King.

The Great Yuezhi did have a great advantage on their home ground, and were not afraid of the Xiongnu cavalry when fighting in the Gobi Desert. However, this advantage was almost wiped out when faced with the souls of the dead who were not afraid of fear, did not feel pain, did not get tired, and were extremely difficult to kill.

"Go and tell Dayuan City right away that peace is the most important thing!"

"My Lords, what do you think? Should we immediately send envoys to contact the neighboring countries? Let's fight against the Huns and the Lich King together!"

"At this critical moment when the survival of the country is at stake, all the princes and ministers must work together to discuss good strategies."

The Queen of Yuezhi said solemnly, and began to discuss countermeasures with the princes and ministers. (The content of the discussion is too complicated, so I won’t write more about it, and it won’t make up the invalid word count. Please read the following text.)
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Dayuan City will be well-known in the future, and Dayuan horses will be extremely famous.

(It was no longer the territory of the Great Yuezhi at that time.)
At this time, in Dayuan City, news had arrived that the 80,000-strong Hun army was about to attack.

Yihe, the commander of Dayuan City, mobilized the people in the city and began to arrange city defense early on.

The soldiers and civilians in the city were filled with righteous indignation, and were determined to avenge the grave-digging. At this time, they were arranging the city defense, and men, women, old and young all contributed. Everyone wished they could do twice as much, so that they could attack the Huns and give them a good beating.

In just six days, Dayuan City was made impregnable.

In the city, rolling stones and thunderwood piled up into small hills, and the golden juice accumulated into more than fifty pools.

New arrows and javelins filled all the arsenals and overflowed. Although the new arrows and javelins were of inferior quality, there were millions of them.

The soldiers, civilians and people in the city were in high spirits and shared the same hatred for the enemy.

Under such circumstances, Yihe, the commander of Dayuan City, was full of confidence and vowed to avenge the digging of his ancestors' tombs.

Not long ago, his ancestors were also killed by the Huns, and more than a dozen soldiers died.

A spy rode into Dayuan City at full speed, climbed up the city wall, and reported to Yihe: "Report! Commander! The 80,000 Xiongnu troops are near Zhangye, and are still 60 miles away."

Upon hearing this, Yi He shouted to the soldiers and civilians busy on the city wall: "This time we swear to make sure those Xiongnu never return, in order to avenge the excavation of our ancestors!"

"To avenge the excavation of our ancestors, let the Xiongnu never return!"

The soldiers and civilians on the city wall also shouted loudly, each of them was filled with righteous indignation and their eyes were determined.

"Report! Urgent order from the Queen!"

However, just as everyone was filled with righteous indignation and vowed to take revenge, another soldier rushed up to the city wall anxiously and reported to Yi He loudly, holding a bronze cylinder in both hands.

Yihe opened the copper tube and took out the cloth inside. When he saw the contents on it, he was stunned.

Then he clenched his teeth, clenched his fists, and his eyes turned red, looking as if they were about to bleed.

"Commander, what are the Queen's orders?"

Seeing this, the subordinate next to him asked quickly.

"Send an order, immediately gather the people outside the city back, close the city gates, and continue to strengthen the city defenses!"

Yihe said this while gritting his teeth, then he clenched the urgent order in his hand and fell into deep thought.

He did not mention what the Queen told him to do in the letter, regarding peace as his priority.

He had just finished swearing an oath, leading the soldiers and civilians of Dayuan City to avenge the excavation of their ancestors and wash away the shame, when the queen asked him to pursue peace.

This was begging for mercy, how could he say it out loud, and he didn't want to say it.

This is a slap in the face! It's a slap in the face of Yihe, a slap in the face of the people of the whole city, and even a slap in the face of all the ancestors.

(End of this chapter)