Chapter 318: Xu Rong, the Great Han God of War
Yu Fuluo had planned before, so that the power of the Xiongnu had developed to Hedong County, but he didn't expect to lose all his capital once, and he was so anxious and angry that he fell seriously ill, and died within a few days.
After Yu Fuluo died, it was said that his son Liu Bao should inherit Shan Yu's position, but Liu Bao was too young and not too prestigious to convince the public and could not become the heir.
Among those who are qualified to inherit Shan Yu, it is the most suitable to be humble, because his qualifications are old enough, and he is still Yu Fuluo's uncle according to his seniority, and his prestige in the army is not low, but because he has just lost the battle, he has brought extremely painful losses to the Xiongnu, and it is precisely because of this defeat that Yu Fuluo will die of hatred, so his heir qualification is automatically ignored.
In the end, the Xiongnu Shan Yu's position was inherited by Fuluo's younger brother Hu Chuquan, and Liu Bao was appointed as the king of Zuoxian, and the situation was stabilized, but as soon as the situation stabilized, Xu Rong launched an offensive again, and the morale of the Han army at this time was in full swing, and the Huns were completely driven to the north of the Great Wall.
Even this was not the end, Xu Rong swore under the Great Wall and decided to lead the army across the Great Wall, attack the Xiongnu royal court, and completely uproot the Xiongnu.
After the news came, the Huns were all afraid, after this war with Xu Rong, the Huns had long been afraid of Xu Rong like a tiger, regarded it as a symbol of killing the gods, not to mention fighting with him, even if they heard his name they trembled, so now as soon as they heard that Xu Rong was about to attack, the whole Huns were afraid, and some people were even ready to flee from the royal court and move to the Xianbei tribe.
After consulting with some high-level people in the clan, Hu Chuquan decided to surrender to Xu Rong and strive to annex Pei Qing and become a subject of Pei Qing, although this is a bit humiliating, but after all, it is the best way to protect the clan.
Then Hu Chuquan ordered him to go to Hubei as a messenger and ask Xu Rong to surrender.
After hearing the order, Qubei felt embarrassed, because what he was most afraid of now was Xu Rong, but all the disasters were caused by himself, and he didn't dare not listen, because he believed that if he dared not go, Hu Chuquan would definitely cut off his head, and blame himself for all the sins, and even his family and subordinates might be affected by this.
So there was no way to be humble, so I could only reluctantly agree to go down and have the courage to go to see Xu Rong.
"The last general went to Bei to see General Xu." When he saw Xu Rong, he was so frightened that his legs trembled, and his voice trembled.
As soon as Xu Rong saw this, he knew that he was afraid of himself, he raised his eyebrows, and said in a cold voice: "Go to Bei, you wait for the Huns to invade my Han for no reason, kill my Han officials, kill and injure my Han people, can you be convicted?" ”
Qubei wanted to cry when he heard this, and said secretly: "Uncle, this time it was obviously us who were beaten badly by you, okay?" What we have lost is the achievements of hundreds of years of hard work, not counting that, we have lost more than forty percent of our cattle, sheep and horses, a radius of 1,500 miles of land, and more than half of our clansmen, who were almost wiped out by you. What is the principle of heaven? ”
But to humble this word only dare to say in the heart, on the surface to be respectful, said bitterly: "are the last general and other rats, for a moment of small profit to do such a thing that hurts others and is not good for themselves, the former Shan Yu Fuluo Lord has died of guilt because of this matter, the new successor Shan Yu Hu Chuquan Lord is even more painful, sincerely surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and asked me to make the Xiongnu court a vassal of the Han Dynasty, in the future, my Huns will try their best to be loyal to the Han, never dare to have half a point of slackness, and ask the general to bother more, Convey our deference to Pei Hussar......"
"Hmph, according to your past style, I should have raised a large army to kill your Hun court, personally untied you and others to Chang'an, explained your crimes in detail, and then beheaded the public, now since you are willing to admit your mistakes, and your attitude is sincere enough, if I don't give you a chance, it seems that my Han has no strength, in this case, I will accept your surrender, but this is only my personal opinion, as for Pei Gong's attitude, you need to go to Chang'an in person, and you need to see your sincerity."
"No, No, this point will be understood, and the end will definitely be forwarded to Shan Yu, and with the highest sincerity, I will ask Chang'an to attach it."
Qubei's heart was infinitely bitter, but he had no choice but to hand over the letter of surrender, and at the same time ordered the removal of the garrisons in the area north of the Great Wall, ordered these garrisons to hand over their weapons and horses, and then took these troops back to Meiji, the seat of the royal court, on foot, and then forwarded Xu Rong's words to Hu Chuquan.
Hu Chuquan thought hard for half a night after getting the news, and finally understood what Xu Rong meant, and he personally led his entourage to Xu Rong's army, asking to go to Chang'an to personally apologize to Pei Qing.
Xu Rong naturally agreed, and he ordered a general to lead a hundred cavalry to "escort" Hu Chuquan to Chang'an.
Xu Rong swept the Huns, forcing the Xiongnu to surrender The news soon spread to Chang'an, and the city was immediately full of excitement, and all the civil and military officials went to Pei Qing's mansion to congratulate him, congratulating Xu Rong on breaking the Huns, shaking the world, and raising his eyebrows for the Han Dynasty.
Pei Qing was also happy in his heart, Xu Rong really lived up to his expectations, even stronger than he expected, and achieved such proud results in such a short period of time, and finally forced the Xiongnu to surrender, completely solving the problem of the Xiongnu, not only stabilizing the northern Xinjiang, but also providing himself with a steady stream of cattle, sheep and horses, these cattle, sheep and horses can not only provide a large amount of military food for themselves, but also improve the physical fitness of the people, so as to fundamentally enhance the strength of the Han.
"This Xu Rong really deserves to be the gene of Li Ji, the god of war of the Tang Dynasty, and he has achieved such proud results, such achievements are difficult to compare even with Wei Qing and Huo Quzhi, the famous generals of the Han Dynasty against the Huns, and they can indeed be called the god of war of the Han Dynasty."
Pei Qing decided to build Xu Rong's reputation as the "God of War", on the one hand, to deter all the foreign races and princes from all walks of life, and on the other hand, to reward Xu Rong for his outstanding contributions in this battle.
At the same time, Pei Qing also received a letter from Xu Rong, saying that the new Xiongnu Shan Yu Hu Chuquan was now going to Chang'an in person to apologize, hoping that Pei Qing would agree to let the Xiongnu be his vassal.
Of course, Pei Qing knew that there was a conspiracy in this, and couldn't help sneering and said: "Hehe, the Huns want to use surrender as their own trick, and wait for decades to develop their strength before turning against me, how can it be so easy in this world?" I will make sure that your Huns will never be able to pose the slightest threat to my Han again! ”