Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 33 The Huns are very straightforward

The next day, noon.

Eighty thousand Huns arrived at the city of Dayuan in a mighty force.

Looking at the Huns arrayed outside the city, the soldiers on the city wall were not frightened by their aggressive approach.

Each of them was like a chicken with blood injected, tightly grasping the weapons in their hands, with red eyes, and secretly swore in their hearts that they would use the blood of the Huns to wash away the huge shame and avenge the great hatred of their ancestors being disturbed and taken away.

Looking at the Hun army outside the city, Yihe clenched his fists.

He was extremely unwilling to make peace with the Huns! He didn't believe in the Lich King! But he had to obey the Queen's orders.

But if he obeyed the order, not only would he be extremely unwilling, but the soldiers and civilians in the city would probably tear him to pieces.

Yi He said directly to the deputy commander beside him: "The queen asked us to focus on peace. You go and select a few people to negotiate with the Xiongnu, present gifts, and persuade them to withdraw their troops. But you must select some people who are good at speaking!"

The deputy commander was stunned when he heard this.

Looking at Yi He's red eyes, he didn't know what it meant yet. He rolled his eyes and said to his deputy, "Go and pick a few people who are good at speaking to negotiate with the Xiongnu. You must pick those who are good at speaking!"

He definitely couldn't have chosen this person. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain if the Queen asked about it.

"As ordered!"

Upon hearing this, the deputy was stunned for a moment before he responded and went down the city gate tower.

After getting off the city gate tower, the deputy immediately called the gatekeeper to the corner and whispered, "The commander-in-chief ordered you to find a few young men who are good at speaking and persuade the Huns to withdraw! Remember to offer gifts!"

"Ah!" The gatekeeper was also stunned when he heard this, and then said unwillingly: "We have been preparing for so long, waiting to wash away the shame with the blood of the Huns, how can we humiliate ourselves and ask for peace..."

"This is the order of the commander-in-chief!" The deputy quickly interrupted the gatekeeper and added, "The commander-in-chief said that we should not start a war first, and asked us to find a few young people who are good at speaking to persuade the Xiongnu to withdraw their troops and offer gifts. Don't you understand what it means? Otherwise, I wouldn't have called you here to tell you quietly. Why don't you go now!"

"Oh! Yes!" The doorman immediately understood.

This is not about finding people who are good at speaking, it is clearly about finding a few young and inexperienced people to be envoys. This is to provoke the Huns and make them attack the city!
It's a pity for these selected people, they may never come back. This is a job to die, no wonder it has to be said in a place where no one is around.

Watching the doorman select people, the deputy breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The commander-in-chief is pretending to obey but actually disobeying the order!
The commander-in-chief treats the deputy commander-in-chief as a fool, the deputy commander-in-chief treats him as a fool, so he can only treat this official as a fool.

The Queen asked for peace to be the priority, and the Commander-in-Chief did so and even sent an envoy.

As for the result, the envoy angered the Huns, causing them to attack first. But it was not because the commander-in-chief did not seek peace. Even if the queen pursued the matter afterwards, the commander-in-chief could put the blame on the Huns' brutality. If the queen continued to pursue the matter, she could also put the blame on the person who selected the envoy.

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"What? You asked us to withdraw our troops and you also asked us to present gifts to you!"

"Dream on! Come on, take these clueless bastards out and chop them up. No, take them to the city of Dayuan and tear them into pieces right there!"

"Send the order, prepare to attack the city immediately!"

In the Xiongnu army, the envoy from Dayuan City spoke extremely abusive words. Touman was so angry that he saw stars before he even finished listening. He immediately had the envoy dragged away and issued an order to prepare for an attack.

After the messenger was dragged away, Jin Mi Ya, the leader of the Jin Guang tribe, immediately advised: "Great Chanyu, our army has just arrived and is not good at fighting on foot and attacking the city. Can we prepare for a little more time? Make some large siege equipment!"

The Xiongnu were a nomadic people, good at horse warfare, but not at foot warfare and siege. It was December, the wind was cold and the snow was heavy. They had just arrived in large numbers, not to mention that they were exhausted, but they also had no siege equipment. If they abandoned their horses and attacked the city now, it would not be effective and would easily lead to heavy casualties.

"Do you think I will be irritated by a few dirty words?" Touman sneered. "Then you underestimate me, the Great Chanyu! I am not so narrow-minded!" Jin Mi Ya asked puzzledly: "Then why did the Great Chanyu order the siege? Without preparation, wouldn't it just increase casualties?"

"Alas! What do you think I want to do?" Touman said helplessly: "Attacking the city is our attitude, you just need to follow the order, there is no need to force an attack, just test it out and show your attitude!"

The Huns are a knife in the hand of the Lich King. Now that they have just arrived in Dayuan City, the envoys of Dayuan City have arrived. Whether it is to seek peace or to provoke, the Huns must show their attitude, a firm attitude.

"I understand!" Jin Mi Ya said with a wry smile.

No wonder Touman is the Great Khan, while he is just the leader of a tribe. He has so many twists and turns in his mind!

He used to want to be the Great Khan, but after the Lich King appeared, he no longer wanted to do that. And few Hun tribal leaders wanted to become the Great Khan.

Now he knows that he is not cut out for this, so he feels relieved.

Even if Touman died in the future, no one would choose him as the new Great Khan. If such a straightforward person like him became the Great Khan, it would bring disaster to the Xiongnu.

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"The Huns are preparing to attack!"

On the city wall of Dayuan, with a shout, all the soldiers looked out of the city.

It was as if they were facing not an enemy attack, but their family members returning from the battle.

Facing 80,000 Huns, although Dayuan City had only 20,000 defenders and 140,000 civilians, no one was afraid of fighting. Instead, they were all very excited.

Under the watchful eyes of the Dayuan City garrison, more than 20 cavalrymen emerged from the Xiongnu army outside the city, with four envoys from Dayuan City dragging behind their horses.

One of the riders rode to the gate of Dayuan City and shouted loudly to the people on the gate tower: "When two armies are fighting, the envoys should not be killed!"

"But the envoys you sent not only insulted the Great Khan of the Xiongnu to my face, but also slandered the great Lich King!"

When talking about the Lich King, the Hun raised his hands high as if he was on pilgrimage, and his facial expression was like that of a saint.

"Today, we will dismember these four ungrateful messengers on the spot. After the city is captured, we will definitely teach you a lesson!"

After saying this, the cavalryman immediately rode back without saying a word of persuasion to surrender.

Immediately afterwards, the Dayuezhi soldiers on the city wall saw more than 20 Xiongnu cavalrymen tying the four messengers they had sent out with ropes behind their horses.

With the order given, the four envoys from Dayuan City were torn to pieces by the war horses.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...!"

The next second, the Hun horn sounded, and 20,000 Hun soldiers outside the city immediately rushed out and started to attack with hastily made ladders.

"Brothers, the Huns are rude and arrogant. Let us let them know today that we are not made of clay!"

Seeing the Huns' decisive attack, Yihe on the city gate tower immediately smiled and ordered the soldiers to defend and counterattack.

In the previous eight days, Dayuan City had made sufficient preparations. Not only did it have a large amount of weapons and supplies, but it also had 20,000 defenders and young and strong men gathered from a hundred miles around.

The 20,000 soldiers and 140,000 civilians were all eager to fight.

(End of this chapter)