Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 51 King Zhao: Donghu gave too much

Huang Xiong kowtowed in fear and said, "I, the Donghu, voluntarily submit to Your Majesty. I voluntarily offer tens of millions of pounds of animal bones and 100,000 complete human bones. My relatives have requested to live in the Mountains of the Dead and have now come with the team. Please have mercy on me and take me in!"

After saying this, Huang Xiong kowtowed deeply again, then raised the silver container in his hand high.

Fusu did not let the undead accept the silver container in Huang Xiong's hand, but slowly said: "A spy reported to me that you Donghu have collected a large number of bones to please me. You have also united with Zhao, Yan and Shanrong to fight against me. You have also opened up new land further north. You have also migrated more than 50,000 people into Zhao and Yan to become Zhao people and Yan people.

"And you also wanted to give up the position of Chanyu many times. Of your three sons, the second son went further north and established a Turkic tribe. The eldest son went to Yan State and became an ordinary citizen. The third son went to Handan, Zhao State and became a merchant."

"Your preparations are really good for both attack and defense! You have plenty of ways to retreat!"

Huang Xiong heard this and immediately broke out in cold sweat. He quickly said, "My Lord, the Lich King, my three sons left quietly. I have sent people to hunt them down. Please give me some time. I will personally tie them up and bring them to the Undead Mountains! I will present them to you for your disposal. Dong Hu will also immediately sever ties with Shan Rong, Zhao, and Yan."

He never thought that the Lich King would know so much. Most of the things the Donghu did were done in secret. His three sons left under different names, and even he, the Chanyu, could not find them now.

But now the Lich King not only knows all of Donghu’s retreat plans, he even knows the whereabouts of his three sons.

"..."

Fusu in the carriage was silent, tapping his fingers lightly.

Outside the carriage, Huang Xiong knelt on the ground and kowtowed. During the nervous wait, beads of sweat had already covered his forehead and condensed into frost.

Finally, Fusu's voice sounded again in the carriage: "You don't need to chase the people back, and there is no need for Donghu to break off diplomatic relations with Shanrong, Zhao, and Yan. I want you to gather 100,000 troops to the Ximulun River within two months! And declare that you will attack the Mountains of the Dead! Then send people to Zhao and Yan, promise them great benefits and promises, and be sure to invite them to attack the Mountains of the Dead together!"

"I dare not. I absolutely dare not!" Upon hearing this, Huang Xiong was immediately terrified.

There were rumors before that the Donghu had joined forces with the Shanrong to attack the Mountains of the Undead, and that the gathering place was the Ximulun River. Now the Lich King asked him to gather most of the Donghu's capable men at the Ximulun River, and also asked him to ask for help from the Zhao and Yan states. Isn't this just believing the rumors and going to war with the Donghu?

Fusu said calmly, "Donghu only has 700,000 people, and less than 200,000 of them are capable of fighting. They are not considered a threat by me! I spread the rumors before, and I have my own plans. You just need to do as I say and withdraw with your family and tribesmen."

"Yes!"

Huang Pi heard this and could only agree helplessly.

But I also felt relieved.

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Zhao Guo, Handan!
The news of the dead had already reached the State of Zhao. At first, the King of Zhao did not believe it, but now, half a year later, the King of Zhao also believed it.

As for the dead, Zulong hated them with gnashing teeth, King Zhao was gloating over their misfortune, and the people were celebrating with lanterns and decorations.

Because of the existence of the undead, Donghu is now on good terms with Zhao State, and there are fewer wars on the border.

Moreover, the State of Zhao was very happy that it was its old enemy, Qin, that was facing the undead. Moreover, in recent years, Qin had been eyeing Zhao covetously and frictions had been constant. Now Qin was unable to take care of itself!

Although the Mountains of the Dead also border the State of Zhao, the Dead are only in the western mountain range of the Mountains of the Dead, and the entrance is the Hetao Plain.

The East Mountain Range bordering Zhao State had no undead spirits, and Yanmen Pass was controlled by Zhao State. Outside Yanmen Pass, there were Donghu people and Shanrong people in front.

If the Lich King wants to attack the State of Zhao, he must first defeat the State of Qin.

Either defeat the Donghu on the grassland first and occupy Yanmen Pass.

In the royal palace in Handan, King Zhao was discussing with his ministers at this time.

Intelligence came yesterday that the Lich King's army attacked the Western Regions and was in a stalemate with the coalition of 23 countries in the Western Regions. The Lich King recently sent another 600,000 undead into the Western Regions. Now the interior of the Undead Mountains is empty. Donghu and Shanrong want to seize the opportunity to jointly attack the Undead Mountains, and the Lich King also has to guard against the rebellion of the Huns.

Now is a great opportunity for Qin and Donghu to attack the Mountains of the Dead, and it is also the best opportunity for the Xiongnu to rebel.

If they missed this opportunity, no matter whether the Lich King conquered the Western Regions or withdrew his troops from the Western Regions, it would be difficult to fight the Undead Mountains guarded by 1.4 million Undead troops. He could even send troops to attack them at any time.

Now is also a rare opportunity for Zhao State, a good opportunity to attack Qin State. Now that Donghu and Shanrong are attacking the Mountains of the Dead, the threat to Zhao State in the north is gone for the time being, and a large number of border troops can be withdrawn.

When the Qin State sends troops to the Mountains of the Undead, a large number of its forces will surely be tied up.

Just as the ministers of Zhao were discussing how to bite off a piece of meat from Qin, an eunuch walked quickly into the hall and reported to the King of Zhao: "The envoy of Donghu wants to see you."

When the King of Zhao heard this, he understood that the Donghu might want to invite Zhao to join forces to attack the Lich King, and he immediately said, "Envoy Xuan, come in!"

"Yes!" the eunuch responded and walked out.

After a while, four Donghu people walked into the hall.

"Your Excellency King Zhao!"

After the four envoys entered the hall, they first bowed to the King of Zhao who was sitting on a high place, and then said straight to the point: "This morning, I, the Great Chanyu of the Donghu, sent a message to us on a flying eagle, asking us to come and see the King!"

"Oh!" King Zhao pretended to be puzzled and asked curiously, "Your Chanyu asked you to come to see me. I wonder what's the important matter?"

The Donghu envoy said immediately: "In the letter, the Great Chanyu asked us to invite Zhao to fight against the dead together. As long as the King of Zhao agrees to send 100,000 troops, the Great Chanyu is willing to give Zhao 20,000 cattle and 100,000 sheep. In addition, for every ten more soldiers sent by Zhao, the Great Chanyu is willing to give Zhao one more cattle and five more sheep."

Upon hearing this, King Zhao's hands trembled.

At this moment, he was really moved.

The ministers of Zhao State were so excited that their eyes were almost shining.

Twenty thousand cows can definitely greatly increase Zhao's national productivity.

One hundred thousand sheep is also a huge fortune.

Seeing that the King of Zhao and his ministers were interested, the Donghu envoy continued, "The Great Chanyu also promised that as long as Zhao agreed to send more than 100,000 troops to help, we Donghu swore by the Wolf God that we would never invade Zhao's borders in the future. We would also trade with Zhao and sell cattle and sheep to Zhao."

"Here is the letter from the Great Chanyu. Everything I said is the original words of the Great Chanyu. Please have a look, King Zhao!"

After saying this, the Donghu envoy even took out a piece of brocade with the words written by the Great Khan himself, which showed his full sincerity.

King Zhao and his ministers were eager to agree to it right away.

King Zhao suppressed his excitement and asked the eunuch to present the letter from the Donghu envoy to him.

After reading it, the King of Zhao pretended to be in deep thought and said, "This is a serious matter! Please ask the Donghu envoy to go back and wait."

"Thank you, King Zhao. Please give me a reply as soon as possible. I will take my leave now!"

Upon hearing this, the Donghu envoy bowed again and then left the hall.

After the messenger left, King Zhao immediately asked his ministers, "My ministers, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty!" A white-haired minister stepped out and said, "If what the Donghu envoy said is true, it will definitely be a great benefit to the State of Zhao."

Another minister stepped out and said, "It should be true. The Wolf God is the belief of the Donghu people! Since the Donghu Great Chanyu swore an oath on their belief, he will most likely not go back on his word. The Donghu people will not allow a person who betrayed their belief to become the Great Chanyu."

"What about the attack on Qin?" King Zhao asked hesitantly.

Now is definitely a good time to attack Qin, but~~~Donghu has given too much.

So much so that it is more important than attacking the Qin State.

(End of this chapter)