Chapter 293: Meeting with the Huns (Second Update)
"In this case, this single Yu naturally wants to invite that Xiang Yu to my Xiongnu realm first, and then talk about anything else!"
At this moment, Mao Dun seemed to have suddenly regained the hearty bearing of Xiongnu Shan Yu, suddenly stood up, stepped forward and patted Zhang Liang on the shoulder, at this moment, he didn't discuss it with anyone under him, even if he gave this matter down.
"Shan Yu, I wonder if I can answer the requests I made earlier?"
Zhang Liang is a cautious person, and he said before that he would let Xiang Yu come, but he didn't say that you can come over, I can meet you for all the requests you make.
Zhang Liang definitely can't do such an unclear thing to go back and invite Xiang Yu over, otherwise when you get here, if you don't know, then Zhang Liang will be able to get away with it this time.
"Can you do that? I've never seen Xiang Yu before, so how can I decide? Moreover, if Xiang Yu really has the heart to go to the Yue Clan, why would someone like you make a detour to the land of the four wars of my Huns? ”
The meaning of Mao Dun's words is already quite obvious, that is, although I am a Huns, but you don't fool me, if you really want to take refuge in the Yue Clan, then it will be over if you go close, why send such an old brother to me so hard to speak.
When it came to such a point, Zhang Liang knew that people were not as easy to talk as he and Fan Zeng imagined before they came, even if he had seen his desire for Daqin from his eyes, he still didn't fully agree to the conditions he proposed.
This kind of situation has long been in Zhang Liang's heart, no matter how powerful you are Zhang Liang, you can package Xiang Yu like a flower, but in fact, isn't Xiang Yu only taking the remaining six or seven thousand people?
As for what you said, Xiang Yu's command is like a cloud, and people don't see them fighting with their own eyes, of course people can't just rely on your Zhang Liang's words to agree to everything.
Otherwise, after Xiang Yu really arrives, what to do, what to eat, if there is not enough, the Xiongnu's Shan Yu will have to put you, a Central Plains person, on a separate piece of territory for offering, and there is probably no place to put that Mao Dun's face.
"Shan Yu is cautious, I naturally understand, but I think that after my son-in-law arrives at the Xiongnu realm, he will definitely not let Shan Yu down!"
At this time, if Zhang Liang begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother here, it would be a little different, so Zhang Liang knew that it was time to stop.
"Don't act rashly after you arrive at the edge of the Yue's territory, I'll send a team of men and horses to meet you, and you can follow my Hun army back, otherwise once there is a war with the Yue's first, don't blame Ben Shan for standing by."
When Zhang Liang was leaving, Mao Dun's words also made Zhang Liang's heart move, according to the truth, the Xiongnu they knew in the Central Plains were all masters who drew their swords without saying a word, and this Mao Dun seemed to be quite taboo about having some random and senseless wars with his neighbors.
There are only two possibilities for this kind of style in Zhang Liang's eyes, the first is that he is not a ruthless person in his own right, although he has a lot of soldiers and horses in his hands, but he wants to live his life peacefully on his own one-third of an acre.
As for the other kind, that is, this Mao Dun's scheming is still very deep, and what he wants to do, it will not show the slightest flaw in advance, but in the end, he will definitely finish his work.
Two generals of the Xiongnu were sent to the border of the Xiongnu, and brought back a letter written by Mao Dun to Xiang Yu, Zhang Liang walked all the way and thought all the way, such a Xiongnu Shan Yu, for Xiang Yu, who has very great ambitions in his heart, I don't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing......
The two Xiongnu generals did not leave after sending Zhang Liang away, but told Zhang Liang that they would go to discuss with the Yue clan about releasing Xiang Yu's men and horses, and ten days later Xiang Yu knew that it would be enough to lead the army to Zhang Liang and their separate places.
Zhang Liang still doesn't doubt Mao Dun's ability, the Yue's power is indeed a little weaker than that of the Xiongnu, and the Yue's is not as fond as the Xiongnu, so he has to try to plot against Daqin.
Therefore, these thousands of people from the Central Plains who fled the famine are really useless in the eyes of the Yue Clan, except for wasting a lot of food, it seems that they will not play a positive role.
So when Zhang Liang returned to Xiang Yu's side and handed over Mao Dun's letter to Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu almost did not hesitate, and directly waved his hand to lead the army to march in the direction of the Huns.
In fact, if he wasn't afraid of going directly through the territory of the Yue Clan, if there was a war and the already small sergeants under his command had lost a lot, Xiang Yu would have gone directly by himself.
Now that this Mao Dun has agreed to lead his army and helped him open up the gap between the Yue clan and the Xiongnu, Xiang Yu naturally has nothing to fear.
As for Mao Dun did not agree to Zhang Liang's conditions at that time, that was what Xiang Yu had already thought of in his heart, if he was Mao Dun, he believed that he would not come up and promise everyone everything without even seeing Xiang Yu's face, otherwise he would be single, but it was really not good.
Xiang Yu's determination, the generals under his command all know, so at such a juncture, they can only closely follow Xiang Yu's pace, as for what will happen after arriving at the Xiongnu, it can only be unchanged to respond to all changes.
"Shan Yu, that Xiang Yu only carried less than 10,000 horses, and it is not my race, if once he reaches the realm of my Huns, he has any wolf ambitions......"
Mao Dun's decision, naturally, was not understood by all the leaders of the Huns.
It is true that they all want to enter the Great Wall, but there is one point, they are not as good as their own Shan Yu mentality for the Central Plains people who look a little different from themselves.
"I'm a Hun with hundreds of thousands of iron horsemen, and I'm afraid that less than 10,000 people in the Central Plains will have wolf ambitions?"
Mao Dun just said this, and after finishing speaking, he looked at the leaders of the tribes standing in front of him, and at this time, he lowered their heads when they all spoke.
The leaders of these tribes are secretly thinking in their hearts, you guy is talking hard now, why didn't the envoy of Donghu come to ask for our Xiongnu's good horse, why didn't you see you so tough as you are now?
But in front of Maudun, none of them dared to show such thoughts, the reason was simple, Maudun's force, even if two or three of them went together, was definitely not an opponent.
Moreover, Mao Dun's ability to command troops has long been tested on the territory of the Xiongnu.
The reason why Mao Dun was bullied like that by King Donghu, but the generals and tribal leaders under him were still willing to call him Shan Yu, that is, because they knew that Mao Dun's ability was too great, not to mention anything else, since Mao Dun became this Shan Yu, the population of the Xiongnu has increased much than before.
Although the Xiongnu used to harass this neighbor at every turn, and then they harassed the neighbor, but they didn't think so in their hearts, the Huns were also people, so they had to marry a daughter-in-law and have children on the territory of the Huns.
Which Hun warrior doesn't want to live on the hot kang head of his wife and children every day, it's just that they are used to it like that, and it's hard to stop, but Mao Dun really has the ability to make them stop, so what Mao Dun decides, they basically won't risk death to refute.
"Then I don't know where Shan Yu wants to arrange that Xiang Yu and the Central Plains people under his command?"
Although the territory of the Xiongnu is vast, but where it is almost the same, it is occupied by tribes, and thousands of people came at once, originally nothing, but these thousands of people are all warriors, and there are few women and children in it.
Not to mention that the pace of winter is getting closer and closer, and the leaders of any tribe don't want Mao Dun to arrange these thousands of people into their own territory, but they are a little embarrassed to say it in front of Mao Dun.
The thoughts of these clan leaders, how could Mao Dun not be able to see it, he just smiled slightly when he heard this, and stood up.
Behind him, there is a map drawn with a huge whole animal skin, although the lines are certainly not as delicate as those hanging in the Xianyang Palace, but for the Xiongnu, it is also quite fine.
Maudun didn't speak, his finger pointed directly at an area on the map, and then looked back at the leaders of the tribes standing behind him, the meaning of which was self-evident.
When these people saw Mao Dun's movement, they were all busy stepping forward to look, wanting to see if this place was within their territory.
But when they saw the place of Mao Dun's finger clearly, they were all relieved, and the eyes that looked at Mao Dun again also brought a lot of smiles, obviously, this result still made them very satisfied.
"I am the Xiongnu's Shan Yu, not the Central Plains' Shan Yu, that Xiang Yu led the army here, you must be treated politely, if anyone leads the army to conflict with that Xiang Yu, resulting in the loss of my Hun son, whose head will appear on the handsome flag outside my big tent!"
Mao Dun also did what made them satisfied, so the next thing must be to do something to make them afraid, sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the smiles on the faces of many clan leaders froze, obviously, these people didn't hold any good farts in their hearts before.
This time through the territory of the Yue Clan, although there are Xiongnu generals to thread the needle, but it is by no means an easy task, the previous months in the territory of Daqin, it was summer and autumn, at least the climate from Jiangdong Xiang Yu and the army under his command can barely accept, and when evacuating, Xiang Yu almost took away the military rations of the tens of thousands of troops around Shouchun at that time.
But at this time, Xiang Yu's army really didn't have any military food, everyone was hungry, saving their physical strength, and slowly marching forward.
After more than half a month, Xiang Yu finally arrived at the territory of the Xiongnu for the first time in his life.
What surprised both Zhang Liang and Xiang Yu was that not long after they stepped into the territory of the Xiongnu, a black cavalry appeared in front of them, which made Xiang Yu think that it was Donghu or Yueshi who were now attacking the Xiongnu and let themselves catch up.
But Zhang Liang pointed to the handsome banner of the pair of men and horses, and told Xiang Yu that it was not Mao Dun himself who led the 50,000 most elite cavalry of the Huns under his command.
"Mao Dun, this guy will come here to greet the young general in person?"
Behind Xiang Yu, Long Ji and Zhong Liyi were already discussing that if Shan Yu of the Huns really came out to greet Xiang Yu in person, that Xiang Yu would still have quite a face, and after arriving in the territory of the Huns, that status would definitely be needless to say.
But Fan Zeng and Zhang Liang glanced at each other, and then looked at Xiang Yu, the expressions on their faces were not as optimistic as the dragon behind them.
Xiang Yu stood on his horse, stared at the black Hun cavalry in front of him, and sighed secretly in his heart, he knew that if nothing else, if the thousands of people behind him faced such an enemy army, there was really no way to do it.
"Sir, go and see what that Maudun wants, if it is really welcome, I am afraid that it will not carry so many men and horses, right?"
Obviously, Xiang Yu also saw that these people were not good, he looked at Zhang Liang, at this time, of course, someone had to come forward to report, and this person, obviously no one is more suitable than Zhang Liang.
"Shan Yu, what is the reason for such a formation?"
After greeting Mao Dun, Zhang Liang went directly to Mao Dun and asked in a low voice.
"I don't have any other intentions, I just want Xiang Yu to see the heritage of my Huns."
After saying this, Mao Dun waved his hand, and the neatly arranged group of leaders of various tribes behind him all stood up and followed him slowly.
Xiang Yu looked at this formation, and he also understood a little in his heart, and said in his heart that although I am in rags, I am not losing momentum, is it?
So Xiang Yu also beckoned, and several generals behind him all rode out of their horses, and followed him slowly in the direction of Mao Dun.
Gradually, in Xiang Yu's eyes, the figure of the Huns' Shan Yu Maodun became clearer and clearer, and what surprised Xiang Yu was that this person should be a fierce and vicious figure in his own mind, but his face was just a young man who was not a few years older than himself.
Similarly, in Mao Dun's eyes, this person who almost overthrew the rule of Great Qin not long ago was only a young man in his twenties, which really made him a little unbelievable.