Liu Bei failed to wait for reinforcements from the Southern Xiongnu.

He also didn't know how Qiangqu Shan Yu was persuaded by the imperial court to send reinforcements, and how he was finally killed by his subordinates.

During the period after Liu Bei left Luoyang, there were too many treacherous diplomatic tricks and coincidences in Luoyang.

Many seemingly logical developments are actually behind the waves of negative and positive operations.

Although the final result seems to have not changed, for each individual involved, it is a matter of personal honor and disgrace, and the rise and fall of fame.

It's like Song Yi predicted that Xiang Liang would be defeated by Zhang Han, although it didn't change any result, Xiang Liang should die. But Song Yi was personally able to gain the name of "knowing soldiers" because of this divine prophecy, in exchange for the qualification of being named a general by King Chu Huai.

And in today's Luoyang City, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a master of diplomatic trickery who is far more powerful than Song Yi.

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The line of sight returned to Luoyang in early April, that is, Liu Yu was about to be designated as Youzhou Mu by the imperial court, but it will be determined at an undetermined point in time.

At that time, the general He Jin pretended to be in the name of the Son of Heaven and issued the first edict of the Qiangqu Shan to reinforce the army, but it had actually been issued for half a month.

This is not surprising - Liu Bei and Li Sushangluo's accusation of anti-love was at the end of February, and Tao Qian's urgent report also arrived in early March, so at that time, He Jin had already begun to recruit reinforcements from the Southern Xiongnu.

The content of He Jin's edict was even Yuan Shao's advice for him.

However, Yuan Shao's writing is not good, so he only provides persuasion ideas, as for the specific wording, of course, it was written by Chen Lin, He Jin's main book.

However, no matter how good Chen Lin's writing is, it can't hide the pale and boring reason for Yuan Shao's persuasion. Qiangqu Shan Yu did not pay attention to Yuan Shao at the beginning, under the pretext that the Xiongnu military supplies were insufficient in the spring famine, and they had to wait for the autumn grass and horse fertilizer to go south.

This is obviously a preparation to wait and see the wind and delay it - history has not changed so far, because in the original history, Qiangqu Shan Yu was not so easy to speak, and as soon as your court recruited him, he was upside down. Instead, he struggled for half a year and barely went south until the autumn of that year.

After He Jin and Yuan Shao were deflated, they felt very faceless, and they couldn't mobilize people, so they threw the pot on Liu Yu, who was about to be transferred to Youzhou Mu.

He Jin personally invited Liu Yu to drink a drink, and then grinded hard with Yuan Shao, saying that they really had no choice. If you let their rhythm come to the command, then wait until autumn to count on reinforcements from the Southern Huns.

If you want to advance, you have to use Liu Yu's personal prestige and favor to personally write a private letter to Qiangqu Shan Yu asking for help, and promote this matter with the holy decree - He Jin actually knows that Liu Yu's personal prestige is more effective in Qiangqu Shan Yu than the holy decree of Emperor Han Ling.

Liu Yu couldn't refuse, so he had to write it down for the time being and put it on his to-do list.

And He Jin did not treat Liu Yu badly, because the first time to levy and issue the Qiangqu order was not smooth, in exchange, He Jin gave Liu Yu some vacant places for military attache official positions. Acquiescing to Liu Yu's appointment as the state pastor, he can use his henchmen to recruit a school captain, several captains and military horses, and then recruit a certain scale of troops nationwide, and then take them to Youzhou to take office together.

This is why Liu Yu later sent four lieutenants and requisitioned Danyang soldiers and other elite soldiers.

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After being dumped by He Jin, Liu Yu returned home and began to make military preparations for his transfer.

At that time, he was still a great sect, and his subordinate officials were also a bunch of Han clan relatives who were in charge of the royal family's household registration, and there were not many people who knew how to soldier.

As soon as he thought of writing a letter to Qiangqu Shan Yu and begging Qiang Qu Shan Yu to send troops, Liu Yu felt that there was no one around him to use.

There is a lack of people who know how to negotiate diplomacy! How can I write this letter?

His own prestige was, of course, sufficient. However, the specific work of documenting and negotiating conditions is the only way to be good at diplomacy.

Liu Yu went through all the subordinate officials in Zongzheng's mansion in his mind, and finally thought of the smallest and most humble guy with the official position - Li Su, who only had three hundred stones.

Although this person is a small name in Zongzheng's mansion, when he heard Junlang say that when he was in the general's mansion, he had confronted Yuan Shao and directly admonished Yuan Shao for not knowing the minds of the Hu people, and Junlang and Cao Cao also felt that what Li Su said was not unreasonable...... This letter of request for help, let Li Su think about it. ”

Thinking so, he summoned Li Su.

"Meet Uncle Zong." Li Su arrived soon and respectfully let Liu Yu command.

Liu Yu was also not polite: "The general Jiao Zhao levied the Hun cavalry, but it was delayed by Qiangqu for the time being." The general asked me to send a private message to Qiang Qu Shan Yu in my personal name to encourage me. I have heard that you know Hu Qing and are good at figuring out Chief Hu's intentions, would you like to help me write this letter for help? Don't worry, I'll edit and transcribe it myself in the end. ”

Liu Yu only needed Li Su's help to think of a few words of persuasion.

Li Su's heart sank, and his first reaction was still to dissuade: "Uncle Zong, I have always thought that even if the conquest of the Southern Xiongnu is successful, as long as the imperial court does not give money and grain, I am afraid that the Southern Xiongnu will be unstable sooner or later." Since He Jin can't be recruited, why don't you just give up? ”

Asking Li Su to write a letter is, of course, not difficult for Li Su.

He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Academy in his last life, but the world was peaceful in later generations, and he couldn't use his deceitful dragon slaying skills, so he used himself to be a negotiator.

Now that he can learn and use the skills of his profession, Li Su has long been boiling and wants to vent his conspiracy and deceive people.

But the reminder has to be said, otherwise something will really happen to the Southern Xiongnu in the future, and it will be bad for Liu Yu to blame him.

Liu Yu also had a lot of difficulties, and in the end he didn't listen to it: "What you said is not unreasonable, but 'the Southern Xiongnu will be unstable sooner or later', how long will this sooner or later?" The imperial court is depleted, and the distant water does not quench the thirst of the near.

If the Southern Xiongnu are forcibly recruited, it will cause the Qiangqu Shan to be unstable after a year and a half, or even force a rebellion after a few years, then it is time to levy it now! The Huns won't be able to stand even this oppression, right? Isn't it possible that the first time they don't give money to levy, they immediately rebel?

Moreover, the arrow is on the bow, and it has to be sent, Qiangqu is only with He Jinxu and the snake, and he only said that he would go south after the autumn grass and horse fattened, and he didn't say that he would not go south. If we don't write this letter, Qiangqu Shan Yu will eventually go south, and it is always difficult for me to obstruct He Jin. In this case, sooner or later, maybe with these soldiers, you can suppress the chaos in Youzhou as soon as possible. ”

Liu Yu made his words so clear: whether to levy or not to levy is He Jin's pot, and the people of their Zongzheng Mansion are only accelerating the process, and the result is not up to them.

In this case, Li Su felt that he had done his duty, and had cleared all the suspicions of "why didn't you remind".

Let's be a handful of Song Yi and predict a "death of Xiang Liang", the long pain is better than the short pain.

Li Su promised: "In this case, I am willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." He also begged for a letter of consolation between Zongbo and Chief Hu, so that he could learn Zongbo's tone, wording, title and etiquette. ”

Liu Yu took out an old letter that he had exchanged with the Hu chieftain when he was an official in Youzhou, the content of which was not too sensitive, and handed it to Li Su to figure it out in person.

Li Su looked at it for a while, then picked up the pen and began to write, without thinking much about it.

"This Li Boya is so familiar with writing this kind of letter? I'm afraid that Lu Zigan persuaded Chief Hu, but he was not so neat, right? ”

Liu Yu was slightly surprised just by looking at the speed at which Li Su put down his pen.

Li Su's previous writing speed has surprised many people, from Liu Bei to Zhang He.

But Liu Yu was the first to see the speed at which Li Su wrote diplomatic documents.

The contrasting reference that came to mind in his first impression was Lu Zhi and Lu Zigan-

Lu Zhi's position is Shangshu. The Han Dynasty did not have a literary institution such as the Hanlin Academy that specialized in helping the emperor crab holy decree, so one of the responsibilities of the six Cao Shangshu under Shaofuqing was to help draft the edict.

Lu Zhi is known for knowing military affairs in the six Cao Shangshu, and before He Jin seized power in previous years, the emperor gave edicts to the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan, and Xianbei Shan Yu and chieftains, all of which were written by Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi was equivalent to the first master of writing diplomatic letters in the late Han Dynasty.

After a while, Li Su handed him the thing.

Except for the ugly words, I don't see anything wrong with it for the time being.

Liu Yu didn't care about the words, he had to copy it again in person anyway, what he cared about was the excuse of persuasion.

"The Xiongnu tribes, the prosperity of the Han family, started in Zhaoxuan, and declined in mourning, but eighty years...... Wuhuan tribes, the prosperity of the Han family, from Guangwu, flourishing in the Ming and Zhang, so far one hundred and fifty years......"

In his persuasion letter, Li Su directly compared the history of the Southern Xiongnu and Wuhuan who were reused by the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

It turned out that the time when the Southern Xiongnu was attached was earlier than Wuhuan, because when Emperor Zhao, the son of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were divided, and the Southern Xiongnu were attached as mercenaries of the Han Dynasty.

But the good days of the Southern Xiongnu as mercenaries and with a fixed amount of money every year only lasted a few decades.

Later, when Emperor Guangwu came to Zhongxing, the most trusted mercenary nation of the emperor of the Han Dynasty was replaced by Wuhuan.

What is the reason for this? Xiongnu Shan Yu estimated that he hadn't thought through it thoroughly, but Li Su helped them think of one:

It is because when Xin Mang was in charge of the Han Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu thought that the Western Han Dynasty was exhausted, so they did not plan to be loyal to the Han Dynasty and keep a distance from Wang Mang. So when Liu Xiu rejuvenates the Han family, of course, he has to find another faction that has always supported him!

In fact, to put it bluntly, the Wuhuan people are also one of the Xiongnu and split again.

To be precise, Wuhuan was the Southern Xiongnu located in Hebei back then. And "Guangwu is far from Hanoi", Liu Xiu started from Hebei, so he wants to leave the benefit of "foreign mercenary leader salary" to the foreign descendants who supported him first! As for those who followed Wang Mang when he was in charge of the Han Dynasty, don't think about having a good day of taking money to be a soldier!

This is why in the nearly 150 years after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wuhuan people could receive an average of 200 million yuan per year for mercenary military expenses, which could give the Han Dynasty money to fight, while the Southern Xiongnu could only occasionally take a sum when they were particularly tight!

In the past 150 years, the Wuhuan people have fought so many battles in the Han Dynasty and collected nearly 30 billion yuan.

After analyzing these histories, Li Su changed his words in the letter: Now, the Wuhuan people are short-sighted, just because they think that the Han family is about to decline. But the four hundred years of the mighty Han Dynasty, how can it be so easy to fall?

Now there are so many prestige Han clan relatives in the court, even if the situation is critical, the chance of breaking and standing up is very great!

At that time, Qiangqu alone can find a long-term salary for future generations for at least 150 years by sending charcoal in today's snow! The Wuhuan people are not reliable now, but you are reliable, and after the Han family is prosperous and the court is rich, if you want foreign mercenaries, won't you be hired forever!

Of course, Li Su's specific wording is still relatively vague and elegant, and he will not directly write those rebellious words, but as a diplomatic deception, so extravagant.

After Liu Yu saw it, his face also changed several times.

His first reaction was that if Li Su thought about it in the long run, the probability of successfully convincing Qiang Qu Shan Yu was too great! The conditions are too tempting!

Li Su wrote too incisively the truth that it is easy to add icing on the cake and difficult to send charcoal in the snow.

Whoever let the future generations owe the contractor the project money, saying "bear with it, now the hand is tight, you helped me carry this project, I remember your kindness and righteousness, and the project will be done for you in the rest of your life" to persuade the contractor not to collect money for the time being, it is also so deceitful.

On the use of diplomatic fraud to temporarily stabilize the other party, how can there be Li Suyin in the Han Dynasty.

can write such a shameless thing as "don't give money to the elite army of the other party" so fresh and refined, I'm afraid there is really no second one in this world.

And Liu Yu's second reaction turned out to be a little panicked and embarrassed. Because this letter is ultimately to be written to Qiangqu Shan Yu in his tone.

If according to Li Su's writing, it is implied that Qiangqu Shan Yu "Don't be afraid of the decline of the Han family, and the money invested in the Han family will not be able to return to the capital, even if the central government is not good, there must still be the Han family's clan relatives Sanxing Han family......"

Then he himself is the great Zongzheng, and he is now the most prestigious in the clan, doesn't that imply that he Liu Yu can rejuvenate the Han family? It seems a bit of a rebellion......

Liu Yu struggled in three, and finally decided to put national affairs first.

This is a private message to Qiangqu Shan Yu, in order to ask for reinforcements as soon as possible, Shan Yu will also burn it after reading it, a little more explicit, that's it......

For the world! Liu Yu decided not to avoid suspicion in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, according to Li Su's writing.

……

The next day, the letter was sent away by Liu Yu's most confidant envoy, and the letter was sealed with the tightest fire paint and sealed.

In the end, Liu Yu was very kind and added a few words at the end of the letter a little vaguely, mainly to appease Qiangqu Shan Yu, telling him to "do what you can, if you have difficulties, you can send fewer troops, and you should also pay attention to internal unity." ”

Then it's just a matter of waiting.

The messenger rode the fastest horse, and four days later it was delivered to the court of the Southern Xiongnu in the north of Xihe County and west of Yanmen County in Bingzhou.

After seeing the letter, Qiang Qu Shan thought so, changed his attitude when he saw the edict of He Jin before, and discussed with several henchmen within the tribe (mainly his sons), and finally decided to send troops decisively!

But even so, there was still a lot of opposition within the Southern Xiongnu, mainly the people of the various tribes.

The leader of the various tribes, Xu Buguduhou, strongly advised Qiangqu Shan Yu not to deal with the requisition of the Han Court, and also completely distrusted Qiangqu's practice of betting on the Han Court.

In order to prevent the sending of troops, the Marquis of Xubu Gudu also spread remarks in various departments, emphasizing that it is impossible for the Han family to rise again, and now he will fight for the Han people in vain for the favor of the Han Dynasty royal family, just filling the lives of the Southern Xiongnu warriors into the bottomless pit with no return!

The contradiction between Qiangqu Shan Yu and the Marquis of Xubu Gudu further intensified, but Qiangqu did not feel the need to guard against internal troubles, and was confident that he could still control the various departments, so he let his eldest son, Zuoxian King Yu Fuluo, lead the 8,000 most elite Hun cavalry directly under Shan Yu, known as 20,000, to help King Qin of the Han Dynasty.

It would take a month for the army to march to Luoyang, but the messenger was much faster than the army.

One day in mid-April, the messenger who delivered the news of the official dispatch of the Southern Xiongnu to King Qinwang arrived in Luoyang, and first reported the good news to He Jin, and then to Liu Yu.

He Jin, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Chen Lin, and even Liu Yu himself were either shocked, or felt that "I didn't expect it to happen".

"Liu Yu's prestige is so high? The edict of the Son of Heaven asked Qiangqu to send troops, but he had to use the excuse to delay for a few more months, and Liu Yu wrote a letter, but he didn't know what to write, but Qiangqu sent troops so decisively? ”

For this matter, He Jin couldn't help but find Liu Yu several times to test his tone, wondering how Liu Yu persuaded him.

Liu Yu was a little uneasy, afraid that the rhetoric of the "Sanxing Han Dynasty" would be exposed, so he pushed it on Li Su.

"In this matter, a certain person is only responsible for paying fame and guarantee. The specific lobbying words were written by Li Su, the princess of my house, and it was his strategy that persuaded Qiangqu Shan Yu to send troops in the end! ”

Liu Yu directly threw the hatred value on Li Su.

"What? The persuasion conditions I designed, combined with Kong Zhang's rhetoric and writing, and the edict of the Son of Heaven. is not as persuasive as Shan Yu's letter? What kind of eloquence and insight is this Li Su? Han Fei's book, Yi, Qin's tongue, I'm afraid it's just that, right? ”

When Yuan Shao and Chen Lin heard about this inside story, they were directly stunned and speechless, only feeling that their talent and IQ had been greatly insulted.

What the hell!

Such a talent, if his background is noble enough and his official position is high enough, he can simply become a "Hun Zhonglang General"! It's no problem to be an ambassador to the Xiongnu on behalf of the imperial court (similar to Su Wu's work)

What is the level of Li Su's letter, they can't see the original text, and they can only rely on Yuan Shao, a peer who failed to persuade him.

……

On the other hand, Yuan Shao and Chen Lin didn't know that while they were shocked by Li Su's manipulation, Li Su himself did not take credit.

Liu Yu was only pleasantly surprised after getting the reply, so that he trusted Li Su even more. However, Liu Yu's subordinates lacked talents, so he could only use promotion rewards to persuade capable people to work harder, and soon gave Li Su more errand tasks.

"You have made great achievements in persuading the Southern Xiongnu this time, but this matter should not be publicized openly, but I will definitely give you another errand to make you meritorious. When you return next time, you will be rewarded for both merits, and at least you will be promoted to the head of Zongzheng Mansion. At that time, you will be transferred to the local area with me as the head of the private province. ”

The head of the private mansion of Zongzheng Mansion, with a rank ratio of 600 stones, is at the same level as the princess's family order.

Li Su is now a princess, only 300 stones, how big is the gap between "Cheng" and "Ling", just look at the county Cheng and the county order, it is directly double the rank.

This step is big enough, no wonder it can't be promoted by just one credit.

"But with Uncle Zong's orders, how dare you shirk to serve the country!" Li Su promised beautifully.

"The Southern Huns are dragging their feet, and they can't all be counted on. Since the general has granted me the right to recruit troops, tomorrow you will follow Wuqiu Yi, who is planning to become the governor of Yuyang County, as my subordinate official, and go south to recruit Danyang soldiers.

After the task is completed, there is no need to return to Beijing, just cross the river directly from the land of Yan and Qing, and bring the soldiers back to Youzhou. The imperial court has secretly designated me as the pastor of Youzhou. The time limit for you and Wu Qiu Yi is two months, and after two months, you will return to Youzhou with the soldiers, and it cannot exceed three months at the latest! ”

"Subordinates take orders!"