After killing all the chieftains who wanted to mutiny, Chuliju gathered all their clansmen together and announced to them the death of the chiefs. However, when they gathered, Qiu Liju collected all their weapons.

"The chiefs gathered in the camp to drink because the war was not going well, but after drinking they lost their minds and killed each other, and by the time I arrived with my troops, they were all dead of rage."

Suddenly hearing this bad news, everyone was shocked and discussed, this thing is really too appalling.

Qiu Liju asked the soldiers to silence them, and continued: "I am very sorry that you have all lost the leader of the tribe, but it doesn't matter, I am the Khan, the Khan of all the Wuhuan people, you can become my command and fight for all the Wuhuan people. ”

The crowd began to talk again, although their families were still in the tribe, but there was no good way at the moment, the leader was dead, and they had to take refuge in the Khan.

"We are willing to offer our loyalty to the Khan." Everyone shouted in unison, but when they shouted these words, their eyes would subconsciously aim at the Khan's own tribesmen who were holding weapons and staring at them.

Qiu Liju nodded in satisfaction, and he motioned for the people on the side to put away their weapons. If the current situation can be reasonable, try to be reasonable, and the risk of doing it is still too great.

The obedience of everyone not only made Qiu Liju not have to worry about them doing things for the time being, but also allowed them to pick up their own lives.

It's just that Qiu Liju can't keep guarding against them like a thief, and the food is almost gone, so it is not a long-term solution to kill the horse.

Once all they can eat is gone, even if they put a knife to their necks, they will still fight to kill themselves as the culprit.

Now, no matter how hard Qiu Liju's mouth is, he has to admit that he has failed to go south this time. Although I don't know the situation in Youzhou, it is foreseeable that the failure of Pingzhou must have led to the defeat of Youzhou.

The word "peace" suddenly appeared in Qiu Liju's mind. Although this word is a disgrace to oneself, and can even cause the rebellion of those tribes who have already surrendered, as long as they can preserve the strength of their tribe, these are not a problem.

And if the Han Dynasty agreed, he could quickly return to the grassland, annex these tribes whose chieftains were killed by himself, and then strengthen his own strength, and start all over again in the future. Yes, that's it.

"Someone." Qiu Liju called one of his cronies to escort him.

All the cronies and guards have grown up with themselves, are absolutely loyal, and will not divulge this matter, of course, the important thing is that they have all learned Chinese with themselves.

"Khan, please command."

"I want you to go to the camp of the Han army to meet their generals and convey my words. Now that I have recognized their true colors, I have decided to draw a line with them, and hope to negotiate peace with him, so I am willing to give him all the livestock I brought this time. ”

"My subordinates understood."

"Well, let's go."

Based on all the Han Dynasty people Qiu Liju had seen, as long as they lowered their posture, they would at most reprimand them without pain, and then they would let themselves go and put down their internal rebellion.

For them, an internal rebellion is far more hateful than an external threat.

……

As messengers, cronies soon came to the Han army camp.

"Stop coming!" The guards at the camp gate stopped him, looked at his outfit repeatedly, and immediately became angry after confirming his identity as a black man.

"You damn Wuhuan people, you dare to run to my Han army camp alone, it's just looking for death, don't you think we don't dare to kill you?"

The guard soldier rushed towards the messenger as he spoke, and the envoy was shocked, not that the Han Dynasty people were polite, why was this guard so rude and rude, and he was going to kill himself without asking.

"I am the messenger of the Wuhuan, and I want to see your general."

The guards don't care about that, he's seen too many of the bad things these animals have done since he went into battle. burning, killing, looting, slaughtering cities and killing people, even if he has not read and does not know the national righteousness, he still hates this messenger to the core.

"I don't care what kind of bird messenger you are, I only know that you are a Wuhuan and an enemy. Our general said that as long as it is an enemy, he should die before he kneels. Brothers, kill this dog thief! The guard called the others.

The messenger narrowly avoided the spears that the guards were stabbing at him, but he rolled off his horse.

"I'm an envoy, you bastard don't understand, the two countries are at war and don't kill them!"

"How dare you scold me!" The guards were so angry that they attacked again, but were stopped.

"Stop!" Wang He saw this scene while patrolling, and also heard the man shouting that he was a messenger, so he stopped the guard.

When the guard saw Wang He coming over, he preemptively said: "Captain Wang, this Wuhuan man is swaggering at the gate of the camp, and he dares to scold me, he must be a spy." ”

"Okay, you go down first, I'll deal with it here," Wang He said.

"No." The guard glared at the messenger viciously, turned and left.

"This guy is so rude, it damages the image of the Han army, you just let him go?" When the messenger saw that the sensible man had come, he immediately refused to give up.

Who knew that Wang He also looked at him with a murderous intent: "What did you just say?" ”

The envoy was speechless, and he remembered that it was now someone else's territory, and he might really be killed if he did this, so he immediately relented.

"Well, ah, here is the Wuhuan envoy, on the order of my lord Qiu Liju Khan, I came to meet General Duliao."

"My general is not in the camp, you better go back."

"Then I wonder where the general is?"

Wang He looked at the envoy with a smile and said, "The envoy wants to know?" ”

The envoy was seen by Wang He's cold hair standing on end, cold sweat flowed, and he immediately explained: "No, no, no, it's abrupt in Xia, and I don't want to know the whereabouts of the general." But the general is not there, can there be someone in charge of the battalion? ”

"There are two principals in the army."

"Can you see me?"

"It's okay if you want to see you, but I think you'd better go back first, which saves time." However, seeing that the envoy insisted, Wang He still took him to see Yan Zhong and Du Ping.

In the camp of the Chinese army, the two were discussing how to continue to increase the intensity of defense, but they heard Wang He shouting outside: "Two join the army, and the Wuhuan envoy asks to see you." ”

The two glanced at each other, and Du Pin said, "Please come in." ”

As soon as the Wuhuan envoy entered the tent, he immediately saluted and said: "Under the Wuhuan envoy, I am ordered to come and convey the words of my lord Khan to your general. ”

Yan Zhong said: "My general is not here, didn't Wang Duwei tell you?" ”

"The lieutenant said, but he also told him that it is now the two lords who have joined the army, and he thinks it should be the same......

Yan Zhong interrupted him and said, "It seems that the envoy himself misunderstood, we are only in charge of the affairs of the army, and we don't ask anything else, the envoy please go back." ”

"The Lord who joined the army will not let me finish talking in the next ......"

"What you said is also in vain, or don't say it, please go back." After Yan Zhong finished speaking, the two guards outside the tent walked in and stood on both sides of the envoy, and the meaning was already very clear.

The envoy had no choice but to give up: "In that case, can you stay in the army and wait for the general to come back?" ”

Du Ping sneered and said: "Who knows if you are a spy or not, who was sent by Qiu Liju to spy on our army's military intelligence, don't say it again, please let the messenger out"

The two guards set up the messenger and went out, and the messenger shouted in a hurry: "How can you do this to the envoys of other countries, are you not a country of etiquette?" Let go of me and let me go on my own! ”

The sound became farther and farther away, until it was no longer audible, and Yan Zhong and Du Ping suddenly burst out laughing.

"It seems that this Wuhuan chief is in a hurry, and he actually wants to negotiate peace." Du Pin said.

Yan Zhong nodded: "This shows that the general has indeed succeeded, and the Wuhuan people are about to run out of food." In this case, before the general returns, hang them and make the Wuhuan people more anxious, so that it will be beneficial for future negotiations. ”

……

Three days later, Zhang Hao finally returned. Qiu Liju soon got the news that the Han cavalry had entered the camp, so he asked the previous envoy to go to the Han army camp again.

This time, the envoy met Zhang Hao smoothly, and the time was pressing, so he directly stated his mission.

"Previously, my lord Khan was all bewitched by Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, the two villains, and only then went south to invade the Han Dynasty. Now our lord Khan has exposed the true colors of these two thieves, and has realized his mistake, and is willing to give all the livestock he brought with him on this trip to the general as a gift of apology. ”

Zhang Hao said expressionlessly: "So you want to surrender?" ”

The envoy hurriedly explained: "It is a peace, not a surrender. ”

"Qiu Lijudu sent you to beg me, what is it if you don't surrender?" Zhang Hao sneered, "And he has an attitude of surrender, he actually gave me my things, Qiu Liju is afraid that he is not hungry and crazy." Yes? Hahaha~"

And all the people in the tent burst out laughing.

The envoy was ashamed and indignant: "How can the general be so rude, no matter how my lord Khan says that he is the lord of a clan, how can my lord insult him!" ”

Zhang Hao slapped the table and shouted, "What are you, dare to talk to me like this!" ”

"Huh?" The people in the tent drew their swords one after another, as if the messenger would give him an explanation without giving an explanation.

The messenger was a little frightened by this battle, he was frightened last time, and this time he was even more frightened. Don't the Han people like to compare themselves to gentlemen, why don't these people have the gentlemanly demeanor mentioned in the book at all?

Zhang Hao motioned for everyone to put away their swords, and then continued: "Since Qiu Liju has no sincerity at all, then what else is there to talk about, let's just continue to fight." You go back and tell him that if you want to surrender, you have to be sincere. ”

The envoy hadn't recovered from the murderous aura just now, and said resignedly: "I don't know what the general said about sincerity?" ”

"First of all, give up a few of the pastures that you Wuhuan graze, secondly, give me 100,000 head of cattle and sheep and 30,000 horses at a time, and finally, give me 5,000 head of cattle and sheep and 1,000 horses every year for ten years. ”

The envoy was shocked, he felt that Zhang Hao was really crazy, who would agree to this condition. "General, are you joking with me, if this is the case, our herdsmen will not survive."

Zhang Hao couldn't help but sneer: "Herdsmen are people, aren't our people people?" When you slaughtered the people of my Han Dynasty, you probably didn't consider their thoughts. ”

"But this... This... This condition is also ......"

"Go back and tell Qiu Liju that it is not possible to cut the land, pay compensation, and pay tribute. If he doesn't agree, he will continue to fight until he agrees. This is not a place where he can come and go whenever he wants, and he can decide when he comes, but when he can go, I have the final say. ”

After hearing this, the envoy immediately went back in disgrace, the Han army camp was too terrible, and he didn't want to stay longer for a moment.

Yan Zhong asked Zhang Hao, "General, if Qiu Liju agrees to your conditions, do you really want to negotiate peace with him?" ”

"Hahaha, I said nonsense to scare him, this kind of war and peace is not in my hands." Zhang Hao smiled mischievously, "It's just that I think the Wuhuan Army has run out of food at the moment, and he only relies on killing horses, so he shouldn't have so much effort to negotiate conditions with me here." ”

"The general means that Qiu Liju is in the name of negotiation, but in fact he is already preparing to escape?" Dupin asked

"That's right, if he continues to stay here, it will only be a dead end, so this is to delay time for him to escape and confuse us."

"In that case, we have to prepare in advance, and we must not let him escape."