It is very likely that the Evil King of Hun has his own people in the Hugh Tu King's department.

Shortly after he had said this, someone got off his horse and fell to one knee on the ground.

"I am willing to serve the great Evil King."

There is an effect called the crowd effect.

What everyone is doing, there will be people doing it together, and if you don't do it, you don't fit in.

The first person to kneel is a pebble falling into a calm lake, and the whole lake will cause ripples.

In fact, this lake is the lake of people's hearts, one two, three pebbles, until more and more stones fall into the lake, and what is set off is not ripples but waves.

The evil king looked at the more than 20,000 Hun cavalry kneeling in front of him, and his heart was indescribably comfortable.

The betrayal of King Hugh Tu was still done right, he lost nearly 50,000 cavalry, and this time he recovered half of his blood.

"Tell me, we've given the Evil King a big gift.

These Hun cavalry who defected to him would become the main force of his merger with the Hugh Tu Department in the future. ”

Zhang Yuan was not in a good mood at this time, a Hugh Tu King and a Muddy Evil King may not be difficult to deal with, but when there is only one king in Hexi, it may be very simple to defeat him, but it is difficult to exterminate him.

"Why did General Wei say that?"

Zhang Cigong didn't know whether he didn't understand the political and people's hearts or asked on purpose.

"The Hutu Department also has its own crown prince, who is said to be called Kim Il-pan.

Just because he was young and had never been taken by King Hutu's side, you said that if the evil king of Hun went back, and the people of the Hun Tu Department knew that King Hutu was dead, would they support their crown prince as king or welcome the evil king as their king? ”

"But my Han also has a precedent for princes and kings to enter Chang'an as emperors, why can't the Huns?"

"The Huns you think are a whole, but in fact they are all separate.

In the Han Dynasty, those princes, kings and emperors were all the same ancestor, even a father.

Each of them wanted to be emperors, and they all had the surname Liu.

But in the Xiongnu, the Hutu king, the evil king, they belonged to the vanquished, and they did not share the same surname as the military ministers.

Do you think that His Majesty may let the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms succeed him as emperor?

It's impossible to think about it. ”

"Do you mean that the Evil King will first win over the families of these soldiers who have taken refuge in him in the future, and then slowly annex the Hutu Tribe?"

"Yes, that's what he should have done, but it's hard to do, unless you force yourself to use force, otherwise it won't be possible in a few years.

But if force is used, and the two major races fight against each other, even if the Evil King will definitely win, that kind of loss is something he can't afford. ”

Zhang Cigong nodded, turned his head to look at the Evil King below, and greeted the cheers of many people.

Now Li Jian and Xue Ren don't know where to take the army.

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Cigong will definitely not choose to show their heads at this time.

The Evil King of Hun did not rush to leave after absorbing the army of King Hugh Tu, and directly began to clean up the battlefield.

He was also waiting for Zhang Yuan to appear.

The evil king mentioned in his letter before that he wanted to take refuge in the Han is definitely not just a joke.

In this way, the two people are actually separated by less than two miles, but one is in the light and the other is in the dark.

I waited in the sun until evening.

Li Jian and Xue Ren really caught up with King Hutu and captured King Hutu alive.

When Zhang Yuan saw his army returning from the east, he came out of the mountains and forests.

Together with Zhang Cigong, the two rushed to a place one mile away from the army of the Hun Evil King with dozens of cavalry.

Li Jian and Xue Ren took out 25,000 cavalry, and when they returned, there were only 20,000 left.

Losses from war are inevitable.

"General Wei, King Hugh Tu has been caught.

The Hun cavalry was so scattered that the general had no choice but to bring the army back. ”

Xue Ren said modest words, but the corners of his mouth were about to rise to the sky.

"Idiot!"

Zhang Yuan glanced at King Hutu who was tied to his horse, and then glared at Xue Ren and Li Jian instead.

Then he rode his horse and walked forward slowly.

"I'm Zhang Yuan, the Wei General of the Great Han, and the Evil King of Hun is invited to come out and see you!"

Zhang Yuan's distance at this moment was already within the range of the opponent's cavalry's bow and arrows.

While marveling at Zhang Yuan's courage in his heart, the Evil King also whipped his horse's ass with a horsewhip and stepped forward.

"The Han Kingdom is really full of talents, and General Wei fought all the way in the year of his establishment, and this great military achievement really shocked me."

"The Evil King doesn't have to praise me.

I came out to talk to you just to make sure you really wanted to take your lead in me. ”

The Evil King pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Now that the Xiongnu are weak, Da Dan Yu has a grudge against me, if the Han State can provide me with shelter, I am willing to submit to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han State."

"Then please also ask the Hun Evil King to write a handbook, and take out half of the cattle and sheep as a gift, and I will immediately withdraw the army back to Chang'an City to inform my Han Emperor of the matter."

"General Wei, isn't the gift of a Hugh Tu King not too big?"

"Have you ever heard of the saying that the Han soldiers will eat the enemy when they go out on the expedition?"

If Zhang Yuan didn't take something from the Evil King of Hun and leave, this expedition alone would consume all the surplus of the Great Han treasury.

Soldiers who died in battle need to be compensated, and soldiers who are alive have to ask the court for rewards for their war exploits.

Fighting a war is not the most fatal, the most fatal thing is that these people go back alive, and the dynasty has to bear huge expenses.

"I understand, General Wei is ready, tomorrow will be here, I will hand over to you 300,000 cattle and sheep."

"300,000 heads is a bit less, isn't it?"

"General Wei, these 300,000 heads are already half of the cattle and sheep I have carried.

In the past few days, there have been successive battles, and many cattle and sheep have been scattered. ”

Zhang Yuan wouldn't believe the nonsense of the Evil King, but he didn't want to waste his time here for some profit like a businessman.

"Well, 300,000 head of livestock, I only need cattle, not sheep."

"No way!"

If the evil king chooses it himself, it is estimated that 200,000 of the 300,000 cattle and sheep will be sheep.

One cow is worth three sheep is not too much.

"Then there's nothing to say, the Evil King, you must know that I am capturing a living King of Hugh Tu."

Zhang Yuan said and pointed to the King of Hutu over there.

"Don't look at the evil king, he is tied up with a rope now, he looks like a prisoner.

But when I arrived in Chang'an, I untied the rope on his body, and then asked him if he was willing to take refuge in Dahan, what choice do you think he would make?

If he chooses to take refuge in the Great Han, do you know what His Majesty will do to relocate the people of the Hugh Slaughter Department to the territory of the Great Han in order to feel at ease?

I suspect that His Majesty will definitely send a cavalry to Hexi, saying that it is to escort the Huns who are actually monitoring the tribe of King Hutu.

When the time comes, will you still be able to rest assured?

Let me tell you the truth, you captured an envoy sent by the Han Dynasty to the countries of the Western Regions, and that envoy escaped from the Xiongnu a few years ago, went to the Western Regions, and then returned to the Han Dynasty.

My Son of Heaven is bound to open up the Hexi Corridor, from Chang'an City all the way to the Western Regions, there can be horse bandits and thieves, but there can be absolutely no enemies.

A weaker Hugh Tu King may make His Majesty pay more attention. ”

"Then I'll give you 300,000 head of cattle, can you kill King Hugh?"

"Can't!"

Zhang Yuan is not a fool, and during the battle, King Hugh Tu was killed.

But now that he has been captured alive, then his life will be more important than Zhang Yuan's life, Zhang Yuan killed King Hutu, and Liu Che will kill Zhang Yuan when he returns to Chang'an City.

"Isn't the threat you face to me coming true at any moment?"

"Do you know how the Xiongnu prince Yu Shan died?

Surrender and capture are two different concepts. ”

"Please also ask General Wei to make it clear."

"After Yu Shan was captured, he immediately expressed his loyalty to His Majesty.

But he is useless as a person, and his only role is to dance.

I cut off the things under him to His Majesty, and let him dance every day for the foreign envoys, the princes and nobles of the Han Dynasty.

One day His Majesty thought that his dancing was not so good-looking, so he died. ”

"General Wei is saying that if I am willing to surrender, King Hutu will lose his role in the Emperor of the Han Kingdom, and a useless person will not be worthy of living in this world?

Am I right? ”

"Yes, but he can't die yet, at least until His Majesty knows whether King Hutu will dance."

Zhang Yuan humiliated the Huns like this, but there was no trace of waves on the face of the evil king, as if the Huns had nothing to do with him.

"300,000 head of cattle is impossible, and my tribe still needs to sustain itself.

500,000 head of cattle and sheep, including 150,000 head of cattle and 350,000 head of sheep. ”

"In addition, the remaining horses of the dead cavalry of the Hugh Slaughter Department are all mine, and they are my trophies!

It's impossible that our Han army is fighting, and you're picking up leaks on the side! ”

The Evil King took a deep breath and nodded.

"Okay."

"I'll pick up something tomorrow, and the secretary has to be sincere, and I'll say a few words for you at my majesty."

"Thank you, General Wei."

After deciding his fate, the Evil King of Hun had a much more deferential attitude towards Zhang Yuan.

In Chang'an City in the future, maybe he will have to find Zhang Yuan to help, and besides, the evil king of Hun does not know other high-ranking and powerful people in the Han Dynasty except Zhang Yuan.

There is a Zhang Cigong on the opposite side, but Zhang Cigong is even more respectful to Zhang Yuan, and these evil kings are all in their eyes.

Whether it is in the Xiongnu or in the Han Dynasty, those who can always win battles will definitely be valued.

In this way, the Evil King and Zhang Yuan returned to their respective camps, but no one knew what they said to each other.

As soon as Zhang Yuan went back, he commanded Li Jian.

"Send men to the city of surrender, and bring three thousand foot soldiers.

In addition, he wrote a letter to tell the general of the chariot cavalry, Gongsun He, that the matter of the Hutu King Hun and the evil king had been resolved.

Please ask him to ask Your Majesty immediately, and I will write another letter and send someone to Chang'an City for 800 miles to expedite it. ”

Li Jian nodded and immediately went down to find someone.

"Xue Ren!"

"The end will be."

"With a large army stationed against the mountains and forests, thirty miles away from Fuyangju Mountain, and at the same time sprinkling scouts to pay close attention to the movements of the Huns!"

"Whoa."

When several generals heard Zhang Yuan say that the war was over, their faces were happy.

But when King Hugh Tu, who was tied to a war horse, heard it, he immediately realized that the evil king had really taken refuge in the Han Dynasty.

"Zhang Yuan, I have something to say!"

"Oh? What does King Hugh Tu have to say to General Ben? ”

"I want to surrender to the Han Kingdom with the Hutu Ministry."

"I can't be the master of this matter, when I return to Chang'an City, you can state it to the Son of Heaven."

Zhang Yuan didn't care about King Hu's words anymore.

took the pen and paper from the hands of the officials of General Wei's Mansion, and directly began to write about the things he wanted to tell Liu Che in this husband.

On the opposite side was nearly 80,000 Hun cavalry, and Zhang Yuan's position was only a mile away from them.

But in this case, Zhang Yuanneng sat on the grass, and then lay on the desk to write, and the evil king also admired it very much in his heart after reading it.

The Evil King knew that this might be the best time to kill Zhang Yuan, but he didn't make a move.

If he kills Zhang Yuan and can make the Han decline, he will definitely do it.

But now that he chooses to kill Zhang Yuan, then the remaining 20,000 Han cavalry will definitely fight with his subordinates.

It's hard to get some blood back, and if you make such a thing again, maybe you'll get yourself in.

Zhang Yuan didn't have much to say to Liu Che, just suggested the next strategy.

The cavalry he led must go back.

There were 56,000 men at the time, and now only 20,000 remain, and if it weren't for the huge results, this victory would have been a crushing victory.

Soon Zhang Yuan finished writing, sealed his mouth with fire clay, and handed it over to a soldier, so that he could send it to Chang'an City now.

If it's fast, it only takes five days for Liu Che to be able to see what Zhang Yuan wrote.

.....

Early the next morning, Zhang Yuan led the army to the narrow mouth of Fuyangju Mountain as promised.

There are only 30,000 Hun cavalry and the things that the Evil King promised yesterday.

It is estimated that the remaining army has all withdrawn to the west side of Fuyangju Mountain, and the Huns did not camp on the east side last night, and the smell of blood here is too strong.

"Evil King, I'm glad you were able to fulfill your promise."

Zhang Yuan looked at these war horses, cattle and sheep, and his heart blossomed.

Coupled with the war horses on the Han army's own side, there are at least 80,000 war horses that can be brought back without owners.

There is no shortage of horses and people in the Han Dynasty, and with these 80,000 war horses, a cavalry team of 80,000 people will soon be formed.

"General Wei, this is my handwritten letter to His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and I also ask General Wei to say something good for me.

Someone came and brought the things. ”

Before the evil king finished speaking, he turned around and shouted at several Huns.

The men directly brought a large wooden box.

"Open it and show it to General Wei."

Zhang Yuan looked down and found that the wooden box was full of gold utensils.

Originally, the Han Dynasty did not have the habit of using gold utensils, and these habits were transmitted to the Han Dynasty by the northern ethnic groups.

Most of these peoples worship the sun and love gold.

Instead, the Han people prefer bronze and jade.

"What do you mean, Evil King?"

"These are all for General Wei, as a little reward.

When His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty accepts the Evil Ministry, I will definitely be grateful when I go to Chang'an. ”

Zhang Yuan knew that the evil king was rich, and the Huns were rich.

After the evil king of Hun defected to the Han Dynasty in history, he immediately became the richest prince of the Han Dynasty.

This guy has a lot of gold, but he can't help spending it when he has a lot of gold, and soon he will be impoverished by others.

"Then thank you, the Evil King."

Zhang Yuan took the gold naturally, but he would not rest assured if he did not accept the evil king.