The envoy returned to the Wuhuan camp and conveyed Zhang Hao's words to Qiu Liju.

Qiu Liju was not angry after hearing this, but said to him with a smile: "You wait for tomorrow to go to the Han army camp again, and tell Zhang Hao that his conditions are too harsh, and we will agree to all three, but can the number be less." ”

"No." The envoy did not leave after obeying the order, he stayed behind and asked cautiously: "Khan, do we really want to agree to such conditions, even if it is a small number, it is still a great shame." ”

"What do you know, don't I know that this is a great insult, if I really agree, not to mention others, even the people of our own tribe will abandon me."

"Then why do you still let the villain negotiate terms with the Han people?"

Qiu Liju looked at him with great disappointment, shook his head and said, "If it weren't for the fact that you have been loyal to me for so many years, I would have told you." If someone else is so stupid and has so many problems, I will cut him with a knife. ”

"The villain is naturally stupid, and the Khan is the most wise and martial man in the world." The messenger smiled flatteringly and patted his ass.

If Qiu Liju had never been coaxed by such a crude sycophant before, but now that he had failed miserably, he desperately hoped that his original subordinates could still support him as before, so he was very useful to his cronies.

"This is just a ploy to confuse the Han Dynasty, and I need to rely on this back-and-forth negotiation to buy myself time and prepare to return to the grassland."

"Oh oh, the villain understands, the villain must do this well and confuse the Han Dynasty people for the khan."

The next day, the envoy went to the Han army camp again and told Zhang Hao what Qiu Liju had said.

"Isn't it tiring for the messenger to run back and forth like this? Otherwise, how about I meet with your Qiuliju Khan in Wangping City for a face-to-face meeting? Zhang Hao asked tentatively.

The messenger hurriedly said: "Don't be tired, not tired, this is the mission given by the Khan, how can you be tired." Besides, the camps of the two armies are not far away, and it is quite convenient to ride back and forth.

As for whether it is necessary for the general to meet with my lord Khan, there is a saying in the Han Dynasty that the son of a daughter does not sit in the hall, and the lords under the command of the general and the chiefs of our Wuhuan departments will not agree. ”

"Is there any danger that I will not be able to meet with Qiu Liju?"

"It's hard to say, if the generals or the warriors under my lord's command do something unexpected because of a moment of anger, then the negotiation will be meaningless."

Zhang Hao laughed: "Hahaha, since Qiu Liju is so timid and spares his life, I can't say anything." If you let your subordinates negotiate with each other, they also need to ask for instructions, and then it will be troublesome for the messenger to run back and forth. ”

After the envoy left, Zhang Hao immediately said to the people in the tent: "Qiu Liju wants to delay time, and that also gives us a chance, Tian Jian and Wang He. ”

"Subordinates listen to orders." Both stood up at the same time.

"The two of you will lead the soldiers under your command, starting from this evening, day and night, and rush to the north bank of the Great Liaoshui Twenty miles north of Wangping City to ambush, when the time comes, if the Wuhuan people cross the river to the north and flee, you will attack halfway."

"No, my subordinates will not live up to the order."

……

The negotiations lasted for three days, and in three days, the two sides pressed the original conditions of 100,000 head of cattle and sheep and 30,000 horses to 70,000 head of cattle and sheep and 20,000 horses.

However, these Qiu Liju didn't plan to give it in the first place, and it didn't matter to him how much.

During this time, Qiu Liju slaughtered all the horses of the tribal herdsmen who did not belong to him in the first place and used them as military rations. And the 10,000 cavalry of his headquarters still maintained their strength, and with these horse meat as military rations, he and his men and horses could return to the grassland smoothly.

Let these people from other tribes stay here to stop the Han army, buy time for yourself, and when you return to the grassland, you will definitely thank their tribes.

Everything is ready, and tonight is the time to leave this sad land.

Qiu Liju called the cronie over and said to him: "You go to the Han army camp again in the evening, and say to Zhang Hao, just say that according to the current conditions, we will all agree, but it will take a lot of time to mobilize these livestock, let him wait." ”

The envoy came to the Han army camp again and repeated Qiu Liju's words to Zhang Hao.

Who knew that after Zhang Hao heard it this time, he knew that Qiu Liju was going to run away. He didn't say a word, he drew his sword and stepped forward, and stabbed the messenger through with a sword.

The envoy's eyes widened and he looked at Zhang Hao in disbelief: "The two countries... Warring... No... If you don't cut it, you... You..."

"What are you, you are a spy, not a messenger." Zhang Hao drew his sword and pulled it out, "Besides, your Khan originally asked you to die, how can I let you go back alive." ”

The envoy was blind, Zhang Hao asked him to carry him out, and then immediately ordered: "The whole army assembles and attacks the Wuhuan camp." ”

……

In the Wuhuan camp, some Wuhuan soldiers were already starving. These days, although Qiu Liju ordered the horses to be killed every day, there was only one piece of horse meat that was distributed to them, which was still their food for a whole day.

Except for the cavalry of the headquarters, everyone else was already very weak. This is also one of Qiu Liju's considerations, as long as these people can't eat enough, they naturally don't have the strength to do anything else.

Because they were too hungry, some Wuhuan people began to gradually become dissatisfied in their hearts.

"Have you heard of it?" A slightly older Wuhuan soldier spoke.

"What's going on?" Another Wuhuan soldier asked.

"It's about our chieftain, I heard that a brother saw it with his own eyes, and when all the adults got together to drink that day, it was the Khan who led his troops to rush in and kill all the adults."

"Is this true?"

"That's still false, these days the Khan has killed all our horses, but the food given to us is getting less and less, why is this, it's not that I'm afraid that we will resist after we know the truth."

"Why did he do this, isn't he our Khan? Everyone is a Wuhuan person. ”

"It's true that we are all Wuhuan people, but Qiu Liju is not worthy of being a khan, he doesn't care whether we live or die. He is only the leader of Liaoxi Wuhuan, as long as he ensures the interests of his own people. ”

"No wonder there is no food in the army now, those people in the western Liaoxi tribe are still eating so well, so unfair, he Qiu Liju really didn't beat us as his herdsmen."

"In that case, it's just against him, there must be food on the Chinese army's side, let's go and grab it first and eat enough."

"Great idea!"

"That's it!"

By the time these people arrived at the Chinese army camp, it was already empty, leaving only an empty dome camp.

There were several waves of people in the entire Wuhuan camp who had the same idea as these people, all of whom gathered together according to their original tribes.

When they arrived, they found that another wave of people had already taken the lead, and the entire Chinese army had nothing.

One of the latecomers took it up and roared angrily: "Now that everyone is so hungry that their chests are pressed against their backs, you bastards still dare to eat alone, hand over the food!" ”

The first to arrive looked at each other, they had nothing in their hands, so what to give. "Don't get me wrong, brothers, we didn't take anything, it was so empty when we came. By the way, Qiu Liju and his headquarters have all run away, and they must have taken all the food. ”

"Bah, I believe that you have a ghost, you arrived first, you must have hidden the food, if you don't take it out, don't think about leaving alive today!" The eyes of everyone present were green with hunger, and they were willing to listen to the explanation.

None of the people on the prairie are good-tempered, otherwise they would be considered weak and deceitful. The people who came first were not easy to mess with, and seeing that they were telling the truth, these people still didn't give up, and they were also mad at the moment.

"Bastard, Lao Tzu said that if you don't take it, you don't take it, believe it or not, get out of the way of Lao Tzu, otherwise you won't blame us for being polite!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was indignant. "Brothers, these animals want to eat alone, kill them all!"

The two sides started to fight without saying a word, but just now they still came first and then went to the fight between the people on both sides, and when they waited for the back, it slowly evolved into a big melee between everyone.

Hunger has caused all the Wuhuan people to lose their minds and fight each other. I don't know who accidentally kicked over the bonfire, and in the dark night, the entire Wuhuan camp lit up a sky-high fire, illuminating this place transparently.

Ten miles away, Qiu Liju looked back in the direction of the camp, and the fiery red light was very obvious in the dark night. He grinned and said, "Don't blame me, I'm Wuhuan Khan, my life is much more important than yours, and when I return to the grassland, I will definitely treat your tribe's wives and children well." ”

Qiu Liju turned to leave, taking advantage of the night to speed up, and at the speed of cavalry, he believed that he would be able to get out of the Great Wall tomorrow.

When Zhang Hao led people to the Wuhuan camp, the fire was booming, and many Wuhuan people ran out, but many of them were directly buried in the fire.

"Tell these Wuhuan people, let them surrender, and if there is resistance, they will be killed." Zhang Hao said to the herald.

"No."

Then Zhang Hao left all the infantry, cleaned up the mess, and led the cavalry to the north to pursue Qiu Liju.

When it was dawn, the fire in the Wuhuan camp was gradually extinguished. In this camp, more than half of the Wuhuan people killed each other and buried the fire. In the end, all the Wuhuan people, plus the slaves, only 15,000 survived.

And these fifteen thousand captives will be used by Zhang Hao as free labor in the future to contribute to the development of Liaodong.

This is the way to atone for the sins of the Wuhuan people, judging from the evil deeds they did after going south, and the losses caused, they will have to spend their lives under endless labor.

If you do something wrong, you have to pay the price.