Chapter 196: Life for Life
There is no such thing as a free lunch! Liu Xie hated the slaughter of the Han by the Huns, but he could not drive the Huns out completely. Don't look at Liu Xie's repeated words about returning teeth for teeth and blood for blood, but after building Beijing and Guanliwei, Liu Xie no longer intends to slaughter excessively, it is a living human head, not a leek, and it can grow again after cutting a stubble.
Killing it will hurt the heavens and the peace, and if you don't kill it, you will have endless troubles, fortunately, Liu Xie is from the next generation, and there are not too many examples worth learning from in the past thousand years, Liu Xie only needs to pick out the right one, which is enough.
The Xiongnu are different from the Qiang people or the Southern Barbarians, don't look at the Xiongnu and the Han people have lived together for more than 100 years, but there are still many Xiongnu people who maintain their original living habits, only a small part of them learn the farming of the Han people, and become farmers facing the loess with their backs to the sky. And compared with the Qiang, the Huns were more united. Thanks to the fact that the Huns once dominated the grassland, they were once so powerful that the Han had to rely on their relatives to pray for the stability of the border.
The only feasible way to divide and disintegrate the Xiongnu is to disperse and settle the Xiongnu in all corners of the Han Dynasty, and rely on the super assimilation ability of the Han people to completely digest and transform the Xiongnu into a member of the Han Dynasty. The first obstacle to this huge plan is that hundreds of thousands of young and strong Huns among them, and a hundred years of recuperation have made the Huns control the strings of hundreds of thousands, if it cannot be solved, it will only disperse the hidden dangers of the Huns to all parts of the Han Dynasty.
The Huns must die! Those old and weak women and children, as long as they are allowed to settle in various places in the Han Dynasty and lose the protection and support of the young and strong, they can only obediently accept their fate and honestly obey the people. When the Xiongnu children who accepted the sinicization grew up, and after several generations of reproduction, a Xiongnu with no writing, no language, and only sporadic traditions would pose no threat to the Han.
As for the leaders and magnates of the Huns such as Huchuquan and Qubei, there is no name for them on Liu Xie's list, and if they are not killed now, there is still a place to use them, once they lose their use value, whether to kill them or leave them alive is all in Liu Xie's thoughts. Even if they really left them alive, it was impossible for Liu Xie to let them return to the side of the clansmen, and an idle job in the capital was their best ending.
Hu Chuquan and the others only guessed half of Liu Xie's thoughts, thinking that Liu Xie's online opening was only because of a lack of people at hand, but they didn't know Liu Xie's overall plan for the Huns. After Liu Xie put forward the condition of exchanging his life for his life, they hurriedly agreed.
People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, if you don't follow the path drawn down by Liu Xie, then there will be no way out. Hu Chuquan and the others didn't have the capital to bargain with Liu Xie at all, so they had no choice but to nod and cooperate. The handle of the knife is held in the hands of others, and it is possible to be stabbed if you nod slowly, how can you have time to think before and after.
Exchanging life for life, as the name suggests, is to exchange the lives of Xianbei people for the lives of themselves and their families. Liu Xie didn't care how those Huns attacked the Xianbei people, in short, as long as a Hun brought back the head of a Xianbei person, he could regain his freedom and get the reward of the Han court together with his family.
In order to prevent the Huns from gathering a crowd to fight back, the Han army only let 1,000 Huns out of the camp at a time, in groups of 200 people, and after distributing weapons, it was limited to 10 days, and the families of those who did not return within the time limit were all killed. If someone delays the deadline and does not return, no matter what, they will be killed.
Strict conditions make those who want to fight for their lives the Huns red-eyed, after leaving the camp immediately look for the lonely Xianbei people, for a Xianbei people's head, the Huns will even make a big shot, but the Han army doesn't care about these, the rules of changing the family will never be violated, and the exciting Huns have to aim more at the Xianbei people's rangers.
Although Hu Chuquan and Qubei were the magnates of the Huns, after the Huns' captive camp showed their faces and confirmed the truth of the negotiations with the Han people, they were sent to Chang'an by Liu Xie. Whether it is the Han or the Huns, once they lose their leader-like figures, they will become conformist, unable to distinguish between good and bad things, and will only act according to the rules drawn by others, and dare not cross the thunder pool by half a step. Even if there are so many people who understand, before they wake up the people around them, they will be snitched by the people around them who are eager to make meritorious contributions, and they will be silently eliminated.
The number of Huns sent out to attack the Xianbei people has been increasing, and it has changed from a group of 200 people at the beginning, a thousand people at a time, to a group of 500 people, and a scale of 5,000 people at a time. In order to buy people's hearts, Liu Xie even personally met with them, encouraged them to fight bravely, and promised them that after defeating the Xianbei people, they would be allowed to have their own tribes and pastures.
Those Xiongnu generals were originally the low-level figures among the Huns, and power was an unattainable dream for them, but now Liu Xie gave them a chance to realize their dreams. What Huns, what Han people, only those who catch their own hands belong to themselves.
The 5,000-strong Hun cavalry directly attacked the large camp of the Xianbei people or hit the stones with eggs, but it was no longer a problem to attack a small group of Xianbei people. Although Kebineng had also thought about completely solving these treacherous Huns, there was a more serious matter in front of him now.
The royal court of Danhan Mountain was broken by the Han army, and the Jianman Department that stayed in the royal court was burned by the Han army along with the royal court, and those things that symbolized royal power were all taken away by the Han army.
This slap was so loud that it made Kebi dizzy. Kebineng has always been conceited, believing that he is the Xianbei person who is qualified to regain the glory of Tanshi Huai. The royal court of Danhan Mountain is the holy place in the minds of the Xianbei people, but today, the holy land was destroyed by the Han army, which is not only a loss of money, but also a trampling on the self-confidence of the Xianbei people.
Revenge!? Just when Kebineng was about to take this opportunity to encourage the clansmen to return to the army to seek revenge on the Han people, another bad news came, Yanmen was lost, and the Han people had blocked the retreat of the Xianbei people back to the grassland.
When they went south to plunder the Han people, the Xianbei people scrambled to be the first, for fear that they would not even be able to catch a mouthful of soup in the end. After eating and drinking enough, they followed Kebineng south to arrest the Han emperor, and the benefits they got from this trip were not yet able to be sent home for their families to share.
Now that the back road has been cut off, it is still unknown whether the family is alive or not, and the hearts of Xianbei people are fluctuating, and many people have sneaked away, hoping to return home as soon as possible to find the whereabouts of their relatives. But these people had not been far from the camp when they called the Huns, who were waiting to exchange their heads for a family reunion, to target them.
"You can't go on like this." Kebi can find the root of the step and said.
"Well, it really can't go on like this, Kebi can you say, what are we going to do now?" Budugen nodded in agreement.
Seeing that Bu Dugen agreed with his opinion at this time, Ke Bineng couldn't help but scold in his heart, why did he go earlier? When the troops were withdrawn at the beginning, if it weren't for Bu Dugen supporting others and refusing to give up some of the captures that went south, the retreat of the Xianbei people would be as slow as a turtle? If it weren't for Bu Dugen leading others to disagree with him, at least Yanmen Pass would not fall into the hands of the Han army now.
As soon as he thought of this, Kebineng couldn't wait to fan a few big ear scrapers. It's just that this kind of thinking can only be thought about, and it is important to get through the current difficulties first.
Su Li and Putou's failure to say goodbye made Kebineng's strength suffer greatly, and the defection of the Huns caught Kebineng off guard. When those Huns killed the Han people, they didn't work as hard as they did when they killed the Xianbei people now, I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup the emperor of the Han Dynasty poured into those Huns, Kebi can want to learn.
"Kebineng, you have an idea, don't be in a daze." Bu Dugen was stunned when he saw Kebineng, and couldn't help urging.
“…… I have only one idea, don't go to Yanmen, take a detour. ”
"But Yanmen is back to the grassland......"
"If you insist on going to Yanmen, then go by yourself, I won't go anyway." Kebi can directly pick out the way without waiting for Budugen to finish speaking.
Bu Dugen was stunned when he saw this, and compromised: "Okay, since you said that you won't go to Yanmen, then where are we going?" ”
"Walking up to the county, as long as we cross the Great Wall, the Han army will not be able to help us."
“…… I just don't know if Shangjun is now also occupied by the Han army......" Bu Dugen thought about it and said with some worry.
“…… If Shangjun is also occupied, then we will turn around and go east and enter Youzhou. ”
“…… Youzhou is Yuan Xi's territory, will he give us a loan? Budugen still asked uneasily.
“…… Budugen, if you have an idea, you can say it directly, why do you have to find fault with whatever I say? Kebineng asked dissatisfied, glaring at Budugen.
"Heck, I'm here for our safety. That Yuan Xi is also a Han after all, and his previous ignorance of the annexation of the state has caused him a lot of reputation, and now we want to return to the grassland through the road, will he ignore it? ”
"What if you don't agree? Are all the guys in our hands burning sticks? Kebineng asked angrily.
"Report, emergency military situation, the traces of the Han army were found in the direction of Shangjun, and the scouts reported that the word "relief" was written on the military flag of the Han army." There was a sound of proclamation outside the tent.
"There is a tour in Yanmen, and there is a solution to the trouble in Shangjun, it seems that we only have the road left to go east to Youzhou." Kebi can look at the root of the step.
"Report ~ Jinyang direction found that the Han army Fubo army is moving towards Shouyang." Another report came from outside the tent.
At this time, the Xianbei army led by Kebineng was stationed in Shouyang, Kebi could hear the report of the scout, leaned over and looked down at the map, raised his head and said to Budugen: "Budugen, the Han army is collecting the net, and there is not much time left for us." ”
Budugen knew why Kebineng reminded him that time was running out, and after a moment of silence, he reluctantly promised Kebineng: "Okay, I will persuade those people to give up some of their captured proceeds and speed up the march." ”
People die for money, birds die for food, and there are few people in the world who can treat money like dung. Xianbei people live in the grassland with poor materials all the year round, and after entering the place of the Han people, they are like Grandma Liu who has entered the Grand View Garden, seeing everything novelty, thinking that everything is good, and they all want to take it home.
Sacrifice your life and not your wealth! Few people were willing to listen to Budugen's persuasion, and it wasn't until Budugen was also angry that he symbolically discarded some of the worthless seizures. Although the marching speed of the Xianbei people has increased to a certain extent, it still does not exceed the speed of the Han army, and they are blocked on the west side of the Great Wall by the Han army that has arrived one after another.
The Great Wall was not built only by the Great Qin Dynasty, in addition to the Qin State, the Zhao State and the Yan State built the Great Wall during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After Qin unified the world, in addition to the new ones, the Great Wall built by the original countries was connected together.
At the junction of Bingzhou and Youzhou, there is a section of the Great Wall. Kebineng underestimated Yuan Xi, he thought that Yuan Xi would continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, but he didn't want Yuan Xi to send troops to garrison the Great Wall at this time, and as soon as the Han army arrived, he was blocked in Baima. This White Horse is not the White Horse of the Battle of Guandu, there is the White Horse Slope, and here this is the White Horse County.
A small county town, the people in the city have long since disappeared, and they were either killed in the previous Hu people's southward journey or fled with their families. Trapped in a lonely city, Xianbei people's hearts are fluctuating, and they don't know what to do. Budugen is like an ant on a hot pot, waiting for him to come up with an idea around Kebineng for the past few days, but in the face of the current situation, Kebineng has nothing to do, except to let go, he really can't think of any other way to get out of trouble.
Disappointed again from Kebineng, Budugen reluctantly borrowed wine to drown his sorrows, but this time just after two sips of wine, Budugen found out that something was wrong, there was a ball wrapped in beeswax in the wine jar. When I opened it, there was a note inside, and looking at the handwriting, it should be from Jian Man's hand.
Bu Dugen was shocked, and hurriedly got up and looked around the tent, and saw that no one was passing by, so he felt a little relieved. Returning to the tent and continuing to read the note, Bu Dugen realized that Jian Man was not dead, but only a prisoner of the Han Chinese. According to Jianman's statement, the Han emperor already knew that the first evil of the Xianbei invasion was Kebineng, not the entire Xianbei tribe, as long as the Xianbei people handed over Kebineng, the Han could let the Xianbei people go, and no longer pursue the fault of the Xianbei people.
Regarding the content of the note, Bu Dugen did not take it to heart, although he supported Jian Man to occupy the royal court, it did not mean that he did not have the heart to replace it. It's just that he doesn't act as flamboyant as Kebineng, and his own strength is not as good as Kebineng, so he needs to rely on Jian Man's identity to win over the Xianbei tribes. Budugen doesn't care about Jianman's life or death, but if he can take this opportunity to draw a clear line with Kebi, and sit back and watch Kebi consume strength with Dahan, Budugen is still willing.
It's just that there is only a note of unknown origin at the moment, and Bu Dugen can't find a target even if he wants to respond, so he can only put this matter aside for the time being and continue to think about how to lead his clan back to the grassland safely.
I thought about it all night and didn't come up with a clue.,The irritable Budugen inadvertently saw the note that was thrown on the ground by himself last night.,Pick it up and look at it.,Budugen put the note in front of the oil lamp that hasn't been extinguished and burns it.。 As soon as the note was burned, someone reported that Kebi could ask for it.
Budugen hurriedly asked people to fetch water to wash up, and then came to Kebineng's camp. As soon as he entered the tent, Budugen found that the atmosphere in the tent was a little wrong, and the people who came today were very uniform, and as soon as he entered the tent, he found that everyone looked at him with a strange look.
"What's wrong?" Budugen asked with a frown.
"Budugen, did you have a stranger in your tent last night?" Kobineng asked.
Bu Dugen couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, thinking that someone was informing, but when he thought that the note that could be used as evidence had been burned by his own hands, he immediately replied calmly: "No." Last night I went back to my tent and thought hard about how to get out of my predicament overnight, but unfortunately I still didn't come up with a good solution. ”
"Really?" Kebi can look up and down the root of the step suspiciously.
Bu Dugen was dissatisfied with Kebineng's attitude towards himself, and immediately showed it, "Kebi Neng, do you want to take the opportunity to exclude dissidents?" ”
"Hmph, I'm just afraid that some people will betray us all for their own lives." Kebineng snorted coldly.
"Hmph, I have a clear conscience. On the contrary, it is you who instigated all of us to go south to plunder the Han people, and now that the Han people have taken revenge, I want to see how you can lead us back to the grassland safely. Budugen also snorted coldly.
"Budugen, are you accusing me of incompetence?" Kebineng asked angrily.
"Hmph, whoever is incompetent understands it in his own heart, and I don't need to say more. If there is nothing else, then I will go back, since you doubt me, then you can figure it out yourself, Lao Tzu doesn't care. Budugen didn't give Kebi a chance to get mad, turned around and left the tent after dropping the words, and saw Budugen walking away in a negative mood, and the people in the tent were also a little unable to sit still, originally they were not credible to Kebi Neng said that Budugen had ill intentions, and deliberately abandoned everyone to join the Han people in exchange for a way to live.
At this time, it can be seen that the popularity is coming, Kebi can usually act domineeringly, and there are many bullying actions against the clansmen who are also Xianbei people, so that at this time, there are few people who are willing to stand up for Ke Bineng. Seeing that most of them chose to leave, the few remaining ones also left with the general farewell.
The big tent, which was originally overcrowded, was left with Kebineng and his cronies in a short time. Seeing this, Yu Zhujian approached Kebineng and whispered: "Father, the son-in-law can guarantee that the person who reported to me can be trusted." ”
"Hmm...... Tell the man not to startle the snake, and keep an eye on Budugen first. Kobineng also whispered.
The leaders of the Xianbei tribes who left the camp of Kebineng came to Budugen's camp and expressed their willingness to follow Budugen to fight a way out. Budugen didn't believe a word in the guarantees of these wall grasses, but on the surface, he still had to make an appearance, and promised everyone that he would do his best to ensure the safety of everyone's lives and property.
It is guaranteed to be good, but it is quite difficult to implement, and just when Budugen felt at a loss, the second wax pill appeared in front of Budugen.