Chapter 292: The Messenger (First Update)
At this time, the Xiongnu and Donghu basically did not know how to fight, because they needed to be responsible for the survival of their own people, and the food for the winter must be stored, especially since Mao Dun became this Shan Yu, he could no longer be like before, and trivial matters were also something he had to deal with.
But at this time, he was a little anxious, but he was sitting in his warm tent, holding a letter in his hand.
Not only did there be a letter in one hand, but there was also a person standing in front of him, this person was around thirty or forty years old, and he was dressed like a typical person from the Central Plains of Great Qin.
Behind Mao Dun were the two generals he relied on the most on weekdays, and at this time, they were all looking at the person standing in front of Mao Dun, and their hands were all on the exposed hilt of the knife, as if they were preparing for Mao Dun Once the order was given, they would take the head of the Central Plains man in front of them.
Time passed bit by bit, and he obviously read all the contents of the bamboo slips in Mao Dun's hand, and he was playing with these small bamboo slips with both hands at this time, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his head.
This was a bit unsatisfactory for this messenger, and in the next second, it was entirely possible that he would turn into a corpse lying in this place far away from his hometown.
I don't know how long it took, Mao Dun's gaze finally moved up lazily, and he glanced at the man standing in front of him with the corner of his eye, this man was obviously not a martial arts practitioner, which made Mao Dun snort coldly.
"As far as this list knows, the people of the Central Plains are all oppressed by the rule of the first emperor, why are you like this, after the Chu royal family who led a mere 10,000 horses in this letter, is it like you, or as I know?"
After Maudun's first words were spoken, he stood up, walked slowly in front of the man, and stared at the man in front of him, holding in his hand a short blade that he usually used to dismember a roasted lamb, of course, this short blade, a knife is more than enough to kill an adult.
But what made him a little disappointed was that he was greeted with a fearless gaze, a figure that did not move a little under his feet, and a steady breathing sound, and even his arms did not tremble at all.
Now, Mao Dun has some interest in this person, as well as the person behind him, the one mentioned in the letter who almost destroyed Great Qin, and Xiang Yu, who was the original Chu royal family who was in the land of Jiangdong.
The man looked directly at Maudun, who was standing opposite him, until Maudun's gaze was away, and after returning to his throne as if nothing had happened, he dusted off his clothes and moved his body slightly.
"Why don't you answer just by asking, do you want to see what the knife in my hand looks like?"
Seeing that the man seemed to be more calm than his own Shan Yu, the guy under Mao Dun's hand was a little unhappy, and he spoke as if he was about to pull out the knife in his hand.
"If Mao Dunshan wanted my life, it would take me until now, I am just a messenger sent by my son-in-law, and my bearing is not as good as that of ...... son."
Slowly, but full of energy, he said such a sentence, and after finishing speaking, he looked up at Mao Dun, obviously, in front of Shan Yu, who had experienced a very complicated experience and had endured many things that others had not endured, he was able to stand.
This person is none other than Zhang Liang.
Since Xiang Yu made the decision to go to the land of the Xiongnu under the advice of him and Fan Zeng, and it was not simply to rely on the Xiongnu, but to go to the boundary of other people's land in the form of a strong dragon, Zhang Liang, Fan Zeng and others have not been idle, thinking about how to operate this matter every day.
They have a mirror in their hearts, the Huns have at least 200,000 cavalry, and for them who have lost at least one-third of their troops after a long journey, due to lack of food and grass on the way, and the rest of the people are already weak, there are basically not many bargaining chips that can negotiate with the Huns.
In the end, with the coming of the harsh winter, as they are getting closer and closer to the territory of the Xiongnu, they must get in touch with Maodun, otherwise even if they make a detour, it is impossible for the neighbor Yueshi of the Xiongnu to allow six or seven thousand people to pass through their territory, without the response of the Xiongnu, even if Xiang Yu wants to go to the territory of others, it will be extremely difficult.
As one of the initiators of this idea, Zhang Liang certainly knew what Xiang Yu needed, so he fearlessly asked for his life, and took several guards alone through the territory of the Yue Clan, as the envoy of Xiang Yu, the prince of Chu, to negotiate with the Xiongnu.
Fortunately, Mao Dun is not such a stubborn person as his father Touman, he is very eager to know everything about Daqin, so of course he can often hear the name Xiang Yu.
It is precisely because of this that Mao Dun met Zhang Liang, got the letter in Zhang Liang's hand, and read it.
If this is according to the inherent thinking of the Huns, your Xiang Yu was defeated in the battle with other people's Yinggao, even if there are some people left to the territory of my Huns, it will be a fart and urine, in this case, if you are still here with me to pretend to be a big clove of garlic, then can I spare you?
But Mao Dun is obviously an atypical Hun Shan Yu, his father's mount, his good-looking daughter-in-law are all said to be given to others, which Hun Shan Yu will be like this? But he would.
"Xiang Yu, what's there? What more does he want? ”
Mao Dun just smiled slightly after listening to Zhang Liang's words, and then simply asked such a question.
Don't look at these are a few simple words, but this is undoubtedly the most difficult problem for Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang knew that in the handwritten letter he had just handed to Mao Dun, Xiang Yu said it from a perspective parallel to Mao Dun, no matter what the words were used or what they were.
The meaning in the letter is nothing more than that I, Xiang Yu, came here, it was to cooperate with you, I can help you destroy the other forces around you, and in the end, of course, you will destroy Daqin together, but if you don't agree, I will take refuge in the Yue clan nearby.
Although Mao Dun didn't know what Xiang Yu was capable of, he knew that just before Yinggao was born, Xiang Yu followed his uncle and almost took down half of Daqin.
And even if he was Yinggao, he didn't have to get him for the first time, and then he fought once as the emperor, and he still had a very large military advantage, so he won the return to the dynasty, and under such a big advantage, Xiang Yu still ran out with 10,000 people, and Mao Dun knew that Xiang Yu must still be capable!
But if you have ability, you are capable, Mao Dun is not stupid, you are obviously desperate now, to put it bluntly, you have come to take refuge in me, but you still can't let go of your status as a nobleman of Chu State, so Mao Dun naturally has to think about it.
But what his men didn't know was that Maudon had always had a dream in his heart, and that dream was not to the east and west of him, but only to the south......
Although this question is difficult to answer, Zhang Liang smiled meaningfully, obviously, this is not difficult for him, since he dares to come here, then he is naturally not afraid of any problems, he is only afraid that the Huns will not give him this opportunity to open his mouth.
"My lord Xiang Yu is the mainstay of the anti-Qin land, if Xiang Yu is here, at least the anti-Qin flame in the hearts of the people in the hometown of Chu will not be extinguished, the previous defeat is nothing more than because the Great Qin Emperor has many troops and is well-equipped, if there can be a comparable force, why should the Jiangdong soldiers of my Chu State be like this, more than a dozen fierce generals under the command of Gongzi, among them, they will know when the time comes!"
When he said this, Zhang Liang's face was quite proud, Mao Dun looked at it in his eyes, and coughed lightly for some reason, which was regarded as interrupting Zhang Liang's praise for Xiang Yu, obviously, Zhang Liang's meaning he had fully understood, and he knew that Xiang Yu and the generals he brought were fierce generals. Now, he wanted to hear something different.
"Since Shan Yu has left a certain here, what he wants in his heart will naturally not be to survive in the gap between this Yueshi, Donghu and Daqin, since Shan Yu has a plan, the war of the Huns in the future is naturally indispensable, and it is naturally incumbent on Gongzi to deal with Yueshi and Donghu, Gongzi is naturally obliged, the most important thing, Shan Yu is separated by this towering Great Wall, how much does he know about Daqin, is to give Shan Yu 10,000 horses, can Shan Yu bypass the Great Wall and bring it into the territory of Daqin?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Liang looked up at Mao Dun, and this look made him feel more confident in his heart.
Obviously, he bet right, this Mao Dun Shan Yu, although it doesn't seem to be as babbling as other Huns, but it must be a person with a rough and fine, when Zhang Liang said Daqin, Zhang Liang could clearly see his desire in Mao Dun's eyes, that kind of desire, although not as strong as his and Xiang Yu's desire, but not much less.
"Keep talking......"
"My Jiangdong disciples have fought with the Qin soldiers many times, and they also know a lot about the ability of the Qin generals, and they know the strengths and weaknesses of the Qin soldiers, since Shan Yu has this ambition, he naturally knows that although he has these 200,000 cavalry, he is helpless in the face of the complicated terrain in the territory of Great Qin, if there is a prince and his generals to guide Shan Yu's cavalry, if it is transformed into other troops, what will happen?"
This time, Mao Dun no longer concealed his expression at all, indeed, the words spoken by the unattractive Central Plains man in front of him made him moved.
Mao Dun really dreamed of entering the Great Wall, and even dreamed of occupying a large area of Great Qin.
But the reason why he withdrew the original garrison of the Xiongnu was not because he was so worried about the deterrence of Yueshi and Donghu, the real purpose was that he knew that even if he broke through the Great Wall, he would reach a territory that he didn't know at all, and he didn't know anything about it, the most likely result would be that he would be exhausted by the Qin soldiers sent from all over Great Qin or the Central Plains, and he wouldn't be able to go too far at all.
And if the cavalry under his command is worn out by the Qin soldiers, the Huns will have no chance to turn over in their own generation, the population of Daqin and the population of the Huns are compared, people can afford to consume, and you Huns can't afford to consume, just the two or three hundred thousand cavalry in his hands, that is the result of several generations of Huns forbearance.
And the sudden appearance of Xiang Yu, the prince of Chu State, is not a key given to him by God to open the gate of the Great Qin State for Mao Dun?
In fact, just for this point, Mao Dun was a little moved, but he didn't show it.
But Mao Dun's scheming, it is no problem to be able to hide from these relatively simple-minded Huns who follow him every day, but it is a little difficult to hide from Zhang Liang, who is still shrewd by your monkey.
Mao Dun's heart is not moved, Zhang Liang's slippery eyes can be seen almost immediately, and he also wants to strive for maximum benefits for Xiang Yu through his own observation and judgment, after all, less than 10,000 people have arrived in this unfamiliar land, if there are not enough chips in their hands, they don't know how to be destroyed when the time comes.
Now, what Xiang Yu can bring to Mao Dun, Zhang Liang has already finished speaking, even if there are some real killer features, it is not something that a messenger like him can say, if he says it all, then Xiang Yu has no sense of mystery about Mao Dun, this truth, Zhang Liang still understands.
As for the other question that Shan Yu asked before, after Gongzi arrived in the territory of the Xiongnu, what he asked was just a place where I could wait for this 10,000 horses to live, and Shan Yu claimed that Gongzi was a person invited from the territory of Daqin, and Shan Yu and Gongzi should also be treated with courtesy and treated equally......"
"Presumptuous! I have only one Xiongnu, how can your son, how can he ......?"
When the general next to Mao Dun heard this, he said in his heart that you still want to be on an equal footing with us, so wouldn't these people be inferior to him in status? I just wanted to get angry, but before I could finish speaking, I was stopped by Maudun reaching out and reaching out.
"Xiang Yu's request, that's all?"
"A certain is just a messenger, and what a certain mouth says is just a little skin, I believe that if you just see the son, you will be even more surprised......"
Zhang Liang's sentence obviously brought Mao Dun infinite reverie, and at this point, Zhang Liang knew that his mission should be completed, and it could be completed......