Du Bian and the others had a very smooth journey, Wei Wei and the others could speak Xiongnu, and claimed that they were Han Dynasty envoys who went to visit General Zuo, and no one dared to make it difficult to intercept them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It took a total of 5 days to arrive at the location of the Xiongnu Zuo general, the location of Shixing County in the future.

It has been nearly 10 days since the last time I received the news that the commander had been attacked, and then he lost his trace and had no news, and General Zuo was anxious; Now that the Han people are visiting, it is certainly not a good thing, and he has a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

Hurriedly invited Du Bian and others to his big tent.

Du Bian felt that the village team had won the battle, and the momentum could not be suppressed by the Huns, otherwise the subsequent talks would be very difficult, he had lived in the border area for so many years, and knew the nature of the alien race to bully the soft and afraid of the hard, so he first showed his identity in a tough tone: "General Zuo, a certain is a tour of Xixiang in Loufu County, and I am ordered to come today, I hope your ministry will give us an explanation." ”

He blurred who he represented in order to make it impossible for the Huns to figure out his details.

General Zuo was very puzzled, confess? What's the explanation? Cautiously asked, "Please tell the messenger." ”

"Haha, I hope General Zuo doesn't pretend to be confused; Your ministry has continuously violated the border of our Yanmen County, do you need to explain? First sent a team of 100 people to attack our territory and was completely annihilated, and then sent a team of 1,000 people to retaliate, and was completely annihilated, when will General Zuo send a team of 10,000 people again? Let's prepare a meal over there, otherwise don't blame us for our poor hospitality. Du Bian was aggressive.

General Zuo shouted after hearing this, no wonder the other party sent a messenger, it turned out that the fool of the commander of the thousand was completely annihilated, he can't figure out why the combat effectiveness of the Han border army suddenly became so strong, a thousand people were easily annihilated, before the situation was clarified, he didn't dare to rashly send a team of 10,000 people, and his total strength was less than 10,000 people, where did he find so many troops? Every loss of a thousand-man team or a hundred-man team will make him feel distressed; Busy said: "Envoy Du, this is a misunderstanding!" It must be a misunderstanding! ”

"Misunderstanding? We are so far away that they ran to our chassis and were wiped out, what kind of misunderstanding is this? I hope General Xiang Zuo will give me an explanation. ”

General Zuo's face was very ugly, and he was helpless against Du Bian's step-by-step pressing, so he had to say: "Envoy Du, this is really a misunderstanding, I received a report this spring, 61 falls in the north, thousands of people and cattle and sheep and other wealth are all missing, of course I can't ignore such a big thing, so I sent a team of 1,000 people to check, so there are many misunderstandings later." ”

Du Bian smiled: "Hahaha, General Zuo, thanks to what you said, how could thousands of people disappear?" Let me tell you, they were also wiped out by our department. ”

General Zuo's heart is dripping blood, why is this Han so strong? In terms of momentum, he couldn't lose to the Han people, so he pretended to be tough and said: "Your envoy, you must give me an explanation!" Why did you destroy so many of my people? Otherwise, I will make a statement to Your Majesty. ”

"Haha, General Zuo, you can really knock down a rake! Well, since you want to know the reason, I will tell you that at the beginning of the first month of this year, your troops crossed the buffer zone and plundered countless of my people, and their wealth was uncounted, and they killed people in a miserable state beyond words; In addition to the grief and indignation, our department fought back, defeated the incoming enemy, and took advantage of the victory to counterattack, pursued thousands of miles, and rescued more than 200 Han people who were enslaved by Rubu by the way. But it's also a misunderstanding, we thought it was Xianbei attacking, otherwise why didn't there be such humanity, even women, children, old and young? Haha, General Zuo, I cleaned the portal for you, you won't blame it! Du Bian's mood was so happy that even Wei Wei, who was standing on the side, sighed secretly, the owner would really choose a messenger, it was really good, and it was very happy.

General Zuo was so angry that his face turned blue, this is really a shameless person, killing thousands of his troops, and saying it so easily, pointing at Du Bian with his finger, "You, you ......" was speechless.

Du Bian was very angry and continued: "General Zuo, "Those who dare to offend strong men will be punished even if they are far away!" "It's not a joke."

"You, you, what do you want to do?" General Zuo stammered.

Du Bian smiled: "Haha, what do we want to do?" First, continue the confrontation, or until the Xiongnu completely disappear, the confrontation can be lifted; 2. You apologize to us and intend to make up for all losses. ”

"Haha, noble envoy, please don't forget, we also belong to the people of the Han Dynasty now!" The inner confidence is obviously insufficient.

"Hehe, General Zuo laughed, your department is under the wing of my big Han, survive, and the court rewards countless people every year, not only do you not think about how to repay the master, but also plunder and endanger the border counties, which is also worthy of my big Han people? If we choose to confront, you have many towns, stationed in various places, without protection, we only need to send a few small cavalry troops, so that the officers and soldiers of the Ru department will be incompetent, so that in less than 2 years, the Ru department will lose most of the cattle, sheep and livestock, etc., how can you survive at that time? This is the way of others, and the body of others! ”

General Zuo knew that if Yanmen County took such measures, the Xiongnu tribe would be disintegrated within a few years, and there was nowhere to reason, and Yanmen County must have trained a strong cavalry force through years of fighting with Xianbei, so he said: "I hope you don't force people too much, otherwise we will unite with Xianbei and go directly to Luoyang, and the consequences are not something that the small county guard can bear." ”

Regarding his threat, Du Bian had already received Gao Shun's guidance, and said indifferently: "Haha, General Zuo, as the saying goes, wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, how about dogs?" Look at my brain, I have forgotten such an important thing; Ahem, you've come up with such a clever plan! Dare to unite with Xianbei? Let's tell you the truth, a few years ago, we were busy fighting against Xianbei Tanshi Huai, and you had a small boil, and we didn't care, but now Tanshi Huai has passed away, Xianbei is unstable internally, and it is divided, why is it the enemy of my Han Dynasty? I hope that you will unite and sweep it up together when the time comes, and return a prosperous situation to my Dahan Border County. ”

At this time, General Zuo was speechless, Xianbei declined, the Xiongnu lost its due value and status, if the confrontation, there was no good result, so he changed his attitude in time, and asked with a pleasant face: "Your envoy, we are neighbors, harmony is precious, I don't know how your ministry plans to reconcile?" ”

"Hehe, this matter is easy! First, you will compensate us for our losses, no more, 100,000 sheep, 10,000 healthy cattle, and 10,000 high-quality war horses; Second, the areas north of the Lanyi River and east of the Yellow River are all our territory, and 50 miles to the south are buffer zones, and you are not allowed to enter; Thirdly, you may redeem the captives, five fine horses for each of them, or else they will be slaves to our tribe to atone for their sins; Fourth, if there is another offense in the future, our ministry will definitely retaliate tenfold or hundredfold, and you will not be notified at that time. ”

"Your envoy, I hope you don't open your mouth widely, our department can't afford it at all."

"Hehe, General Zuo, it can be divided into two years and delivered in batches! This is our floor. ”

General Zuo threatened: "Our department is still unable to bear it, if this is the case, our department will not hesitate to break the jade, I hope you don't push people too much." ”

Du Bian shook his head and said: "General Zuo, in peace talks, we must show the attitude we should have, are we afraid of such a threat?" It doesn't help! ”

Seeing that the threat was ineffective, General Zuo changed his attitude and said: "Your envoy, if so much grassland is rowed away, there will be nowhere for my people to settle; In addition, our department does not have so many cattle and sheep, let alone so many high-quality war horses, how can we compensate? ”

"What do you think?" Du Bian asked, he knew that he couldn't press too hard for the time being.

After thinking for a while, General Zuo said: "There are 10,000 sheep, 1,000 cattle and horses; 2 horses for each of the redeemed; In addition, we can't take away so much land, from the Xianchuan River to the Lanyi River, we only graze cattle within 100 miles along the Yellow River, and never go east. ”

Du Bian was already very happy to achieve this negotiation result, but he pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "Hehe, General Zuo is really a good dealer!" The redeemed people have 2 war horses each, I agree to this, who let us be neighbors, and we will live in peace in the future; As for the land, I agree in principle with this compromise plan, but 100 li to 60 li, so that there is enough buffer space for both sides, so as not to cause small friction, and it is convenient to learn lessons in the future; But just compensating for such a small thing, it's just a call for Hanako! Is there a shortage of cattle and sheep in my big man? This is just a slight punishment for you, as a punishment! Looking at your sincerity, I am indeed disappointed! ”

General Zuo's face was slightly red, the number he cut down was too much, but this is the style of the Han people, they will leave room for themselves, but they don't know how big the margin is, so he said: "Your envoy, in recent years, there has been a continuous drought, the pasture grass has withered, and the livestock is decreasing, we really can't afford too much, at most 20,000 sheep, 2,000 cattle and horses, we can hand them all at once, otherwise we would rather choose to fight." ”

Du Bian was greatly satisfied with his attitude, and said: "General Zuo, I know the difficulty you said, and we have no intention of forcing your troops to a dead end, just a little punishment; I hope that you and I will work together in the future to fight the Xianbei tribe, where there are a lot of cattle, sheep and horses and other wealth, Xianbei is divided, it is our opportunity to get rich. ”

General Zuo understood that Du Bian had agreed to his plan, but this was not something he could call the call for alone, and he had to negotiate with the commanders, so he said: "What your envoy said is very true, and we must cooperate closely from now on!" This matter is not for me to decide, it must be discussed within the clan, how about allowing me a few days? ”

"Yes, but don't fool us with bad oxen and horses! And there is a limit to our patience, if I don't come back for half a month, something will happen. ”

"Okay, understood, please stay at the Messenger's Post for a few days."