Chapter 828: Blood Alliance

In a spacious yurt near the Great Lake, King Nantu and several tribal leaders who were dissatisfied with Great Qin were sitting together drinking mare's milk wine.

"The Great Qin envoy is so arrogant, he doesn't take my Yue clan in his eyes so much, it's so hateful!" A leader slammed his fist on the table.

"It's really arrogant and rude, but the king is indifferent, and I can't help it!" The other leader sighed and put down the horn cup and said.

The room was silent, and after a long silence, King Nantu said in a low voice, "The king is old......

As soon as these words came out, several tribal leaders looked at the king of Nantu together.

"Twenty years ago, when I was still young, the Yueshi was still on the edge of the desert, and then followed the king to conquer the east and west, and successively defeated Lin Hu, defeated Gao Run, defeated Langa, defeated Shawa and Quche, and defeated more than ten tribes such as Qiang Burn, Wolf, and Beihe, and finally grabbed this land of abundant water and grass to obtain today's peaceful life, but since the royal court was established here, the king began to be depressed, and now not only the Qiang people dare to come to rob our cattle, sheep, women and children again, King Halu was killed, and the king was reluctant to attack those Qiang barbarians, if it weren't for the Qiang people attacking again a few days ago, the king would not have been indifferent at all, and now the Qin people are here again, and today they killed hundreds of people in front of more than ten tribes such as me, and they also threatened the king to stand up to meet the edict of the Great Qin Emperor, didn't you see the heads of those Qin soldiers on horseback? Those are the people of my Yue clan who they came to slaughter along the way, and they were hung on horseback and traveled thousands of miles to the royal court to demonstrate, if I wait to endure this evil breath, the Emperor of Great Qin will definitely send envoys to oppress my Yue clan to contribute cattle, sheep, horses and even women, if it continues like this, my Yue clan will become the laughing stock of Wusun Loulan and even the Qiang people and other tribes......"

"But the king has already compromised with the Qin people, what else can I do?" A tribal leader shook his head.

"Alas, forget it, let's not talk about it, since the king is not going to attack the Qiang people, I will also disperse tomorrow and return to the tribe!"

Several other tribal leaders sighed as well.

"I'm afraid that if you leave, the next time you are attacked by the Qiang people and other tribes again, the king will also stand by!" King Nantu drank mare's milk wine and said quietly.

"What does King Nantu mean by that?" A tribal leader spoke in confusion.

"I just said, the king is already old, and he doesn't have the energy to help us who have conquered the territory and guarded the tribes for him, the envoy of the Great Qin is coming, and the king's energy will inevitably be put into the east to negotiate with the Great Qin, and he may listen to the words of the king of Zuoping to curry favor with the Qin people and even bow down to the Qin people, can we still have the current status when the time comes? Maybe the Great King will force us to send the vast amount of wealth we have worked so hard to accumulate to the Qin people to win the favor of the Great Qin Emperor......"

After several tribal leaders looked at each other, one of them said, "Then what does the king of Nantu think we should do now?" ”

"We can't let the Qin people take the Xiongnu prince away like this!"

"Did King Nantle mean to kill Maudun? What's the point of doing that? Or what are the benefits? ”

"The king is now old and unbearable, and he just wants to live a peaceful and peaceful life, but my Yueshi is growing in constant battles, sandwiched in the Qiang people, how can there be no war between Wusun, Daqin and the Xiongnu, now that the Xiongnu are destroyed, Daqin will definitely not let go of my Yueshi, this time sending an envoy to come is just an act of visitation, asking for Maodun is just an excuse, what is the use of a prince who has lost his family and destroyed the country, what is the use of Daqin, they take the opportunity to visit the king's attitude, if the king's attitude is tough, Daqin will inevitably be cautious, Knowing that my Yue clan has begun to guard against them, and if the king shows weakness, then the Great Qin will make more unreasonable demands, and the king will inevitably retreat step by step, so we will kill Mao Dun, so that the king will not be able to hand over Mao Dun, so that the king will have to be tough on the Great Qin envoy in order to save face, and even we can pretend to be the Qiang people to attack and kill the Great Qin envoy halfway, so that the Great Qin Emperor will inevitably vent his anger on the Qiang people, and we can also take the opportunity to seize some of the Qiang people's property and territory......"

"Hiss~~" Several tribal leaders took a breath and looked at King Nantu.

"Sooner or later, our Yue clan and Daqin will have a war, if the king does not prepare early, when the Daqin army presses the border, we will inevitably be like the Huns without the power to fight back, and finally all become slaves of Daqin or even like a lost dog like Mao Dun, this matter is not that I am alarmist, but that Daqin has now begun to station troops on the border of my Yue clan!" King Nantu said with a gloomy face.

"Really?" Several tribal leaders exclaimed almost simultaneously.

"Hmph, why should I deceive you, my tribe is in the southernmost part, close to Qin Qiang, and there are many descendants of the Central Plains among the tribe of this king, who speak the Central Plains dialect, and this king also has Central Plains blood in his body, and he is also the most clear about the movements of Daqin, since January, Daqin has begun to gather a large number of prisoners and convicts in Longxi County and North County on the border to build a city and build a barracks, and recently I heard from the merchants that the Qin army has begun to mobilize, which is obviously the Emperor of Daqin is ready to do something to my Yue clan, and the king is in the royal court thousands of miles away from the border, He also turned a blind eye to Daqin's movements, and at this time, the purpose of the Great Qin Emperor's arrangement for the envoys to come was definitely not for this Maodun, but to inquire about the internal situation of my Yue Clan, no matter how strong the King compromised, there would be a fierce battle between Daqin and my Yue Clan......"

"That'...... Then we must tell the king the purpose of Great Qin, so we can prepare early! A tribal leader stood up and said.

"Hmph, tell the king what about it, the king now listens to King Zuoping for many things, and King Zuoping has always advocated not being the enemy of Daqin, only by putting pressure on the king, so that he has to start preparing to deal with Daqin, so that when the time comes, my Yue's clan will not be defeated and fall into the end of the Huns."

"But we can't defeat Daqin's army?"

"Can't you run if you can't fight, I heard that Daqin cut off more than 300,000 troops defending the northwest border last year, and now there are only tens of thousands of soldiers on the border, even the Daqin soldiers are as powerful as the guards of these envoys, but my Yue's territory is vast, as long as we strengthen our defenses and lure the enemy into the desert with a trick to lure the enemy, these Qin troops are not at the end of our slaughter, the Qin army relies on stirrups and saddles and sharp weapons, but in the desert, can the horses outrun our camels? As long as we try our best to defend and resist, no matter how powerful Great Qin is, it will not adapt to the terrain and climate here of us, and the time and place are not as good as Great Qin, and then I would like to see how Great Qin can deal with us like the Hun barbarians! King Nantu said fiercely.

"King Nantu is worthy of being the most powerful leader of our Yue Clan, not only familiar with the situation in the Central Plains, but also proficient in the art of war!"

"Indeed, as the king of Nantu said, if we kill Maoton, the envoy of Daqin will inevitably leave angrily, and the king has no choice but to gather soldiers to prepare for war, and when the time comes, we will elect the king of Nantu as the general of the army, and Daqin will definitely not be able to win, as long as we kill the tens of thousands of soldiers of Daqin, maybe we can take the opportunity to attack the Central Plains and enter Xianyang......"

"I heard that the Central Plains is full of gold, and the women are as delicate as flowers......"

"Yes, I have been to the border of Daqin before, and I have seen the women there, all of them are delicate and beautiful, with smooth skin, and they speak softly, much gentler than the women of my Yue clan!"

When it comes to women, a group of tribal leaders quickly moves on to the topics that interest men the most.

"I heard that there are tens of thousands of the most beautiful women in the Central Plains in the harem of Emperor Great Qin, many of them are the wives and daughters of other princes and kings in the past, and the clansmen of those princes and kings must hate Emperor Great Qin to the core, as long as we drag the Great Qin army for three or five years, maybe Great Qin itself will be in chaos, and it is not impossible for us to enter the Central Plains and capture Xianyang!" King Nantu said with a sneer.

"Okay, King Nantu, we all listen to you, what do you say we should do!"

Several clan leaders were instantly aroused with great fighting spirit and interest.

Originally, all of them hated Great Qin very much, this is the seed of hatred passed down from generation to generation, thinking that the Central Plains people occupied the territory of their ancestors, but hundreds of years have passed, many people have forgotten these hatreds, and now that King Nantu said this, this hatred suddenly woke up from the blood.

What's more, today's Great Qin envoy is indeed arrogant and rude, as a nobleman of the Yue Clan, as a tribal leader, he is naturally already angry in his heart, if it were not for the suppression of the King of the Yue Clan and the King of Zuoping, maybe Li Shun would have been cut into meat sauce in the king's tent at that time.

As for what happened after it was cut into meat sauce, these descendants of Inurong, who did not have enough brain capacity, couldn't think that far.

But compared to the Central Plains civilization, no matter how barbaric and uncivilized these Qiangrong Hu barbarians living in the grassland desert are, they have been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years, and there are still many intelligent and brave people among them, such as the King of the Yue Clan, such as the King of Nantu in front of him, otherwise the Yue Clan would not have grown into a super tribe with a population of millions and ruling thousands of miles of territory in the Western Regions.

Therefore, after the arrival of the envoy of Great Qin, King Nantu combined his understanding of Great Qin and quickly deduced that Li Shun must have come to inquire about the internal situation of the Yue Clan.

There are no stupid races in this world, only stupid chiefs, and then at some point make an unforgivable mistake that can eventually lead to the extermination of the race.

For the king of Nantu, the king of the Yue clan, who is already old and unbearable at the moment, is already old and confused, and compromising with Daqin will only bring the Yue clan into a state of destruction, perhaps, taking the opportunity of the arrival of the envoy of Daqin, he can gain the support of more clansmen and tribal leaders, or even ...... Fill somebody's shoes.

After all, the Yue people are proud and do not want to see their tribe fall to the end of the Huns.

"Since you listen to me, then we will make a blood alliance, and we will definitely advance and retreat together in the future!" King Nantu stood up.

"Good!"

The chieftains of the tribes did not hesitate, took a large stoneware bowl and poured a bag of mare's milk wine, and then each drew his waist knife and cut his palm to drip the blood into the pottery bowl, after which the king of Nantu poured the blood wine into five horn cups.

"Blood alliance, drink this wine, we will be brothers by blood in the future, from now on we will advance and retreat together, if there is a betrayal, we will be punished by the gods!" King Nantu raised a glass of blood wine.

"We swear that from now on we will be brothers, and if we betray, we will be punished by the gods!"

The other four tribal leaders also raised their horns together.

After swearing an oath, the five drank the blood wine in their cups, then looked at each other and sat down again to conspire.

Soon after, the king of Nantu and the other five people dispersed, and one of them went hunting, and left the royal camp with a group of his own guards, until they reached dozens of miles away, and then let several of them hurry up and go straight to Mingsha Mountain, to let Mao Dun go before King Zuoping could make a move.