445 The Disaster of the Xianbei People

After returning to the Saibei grassland, he did not return to his fiefdom, but went straight to Shan Yuting.

There, he told the Xiongnu Shan Yu Huchuquan, King Zuoxian, King Zuo Gu Li, and King Li of Right Valley in detail about what he had seen and heard about this trip to the Han Dynasty. Tell them how powerful the Han army is, how prosperous the bazaar is in the city, and how united the people are -- the Han has undergone earth-shaking changes.

When Mi Xu, a Zuoxian Wang who was hostile to the Han court, heard these words, he sneered and mocked: "Going to Humility is not to be frightened by the Han people!" Why do you want others to lose their prestige? I've been to Hanting before, and I know better than you what they look like. It's only been more than a decade, how much can they change in such a short period of time? You're being alarmist. ”

Qubei and his "prince" brother have always had a bad relationship, and when he saw the other party facing him-for-tat, he replied angrily, "Facts speak louder than words." The Han people are indeed different from what they used to be, and if you don't believe it, you can send a detailed work to the Han land to find out. ”

"You ......" Zuo Xian Wang Mi Xu raised his eyebrows, and was about to argue with Qubei, but was stopped by Hu Chuquan, "Okay, don't always quarrel as soon as you meet." He then asked Qubei, "Did you go to Dahan to see the Han Emperor this time?" ”

Qubei shook his head, "Hui Yu Yu." The Han Dynasty is not in charge of the emperor now, everything is decided by Luan Yi, the king of Qi. ”

"Luan Ziqi?" I didn't expect ...... He took over the power so quickly. Hu Chuquan pondered for a moment and asked, "Did Luan Ziqi say anything?" ”

"He wants to make a deal with us." Go to the humble road.

"Oh? What is the deal? "Huchuquan is very strange.

He then handed the letter to Hu Chuquan before returning to the pre-play Zhicai, "The big man wants to buy slaves from us at a high price." ”

"Oh?" As a Xiongnu Shan Yu, Hu Chuquan recognized Chinese characters, grabbed the national book and looked at it repeatedly. I watched it twice from top to bottom, and then passed it to King Zuoxian. "Mi Xu, what do you think of this?"

Mi Xu respectfully saluted the prairie to Hu Chuquan, "The eagle of the prairie, my father." For so many years, the Han people have made a lot of money in our prairie with the help of glass, tea, and silk trade, while we can only sell cheap things such as cattle, sheep, and horses to the Han people, but the income is pitiful. If this continues, it won't be long before the gold and silver on the grassland will be hollowed out by the Han people. Now, with the help of the slave trade, we can earn back gold and silver from the Han Chinese. At the same time, it can also be exchanged for blades in the hands of the Han people to arm themselves. This is one of them; Recently, there has been a Kebineng in the Xianbei tribe, this guy is quite capable, and he has the meaning of unifying the Xianbei tribes that were chaotic before. We cannot sit idly by and ignore his ambitions, and we should strangle his ambitions in the cradle. The slave trade with the Han people was opened to weaken the Kebi and earn wealth. This is the second one. With these two points, this matter is worth doing. ”

"Hmm!" Hu Chuquan nodded repeatedly, "I think so too." How? ”

Mi Xu said respectfully: "The eagle of the grassland, my father. My Hun iron cavalry is pointing and watching, and I only need to raise a large army to attack the territory of the Xianbei people, and a battle with the Xianbei people can capture tens of thousands of slaves. ”

"Don't ......" to go to humility and immediately objected to Mi Xu's proposal.

"What? Do you think our Hun warriors can't beat the Xianbei people? Or do you think that the army of the Xiongnu cannot compete with the Xianbei people? ”

Faced with Mi Xu's aggressive inquiry, Qubei replied: "That's right, our Hun warriors are stronger than the Xianbei people. However, the Han people have an old saying, killing a thousand enemies and losing 800 themselves, such a large-scale war not only the Xianbei people were deeply traumatized, but we also suffered heavy casualties, and it was the Han people who ultimately benefited. What are we selling slaves to the Han people for? It's to earn money, it's to get benefits from the Han people, how can it be the opposite? In addition, the Han people also have an old saying, called the long flow of fine water. The same was true of the slave trade, a long-term trade. If we send a large army to destroy the Xianbei people, we can indeed resurrect many slaves at once in exchange for a lot of silver, but what about after the destruction of Xianbei? Where are we going to take prisoners again? Therefore, we must look farther, not only to consume the Xianbei people, but also to give them a breath of life, so that they can continue to send us slaves in the process of reproduction from generation to generation, so that the slave trade can continue for a long time. ”

"What do you say?" Mi Xu asked angrily.

"I thought about it for a long time on the way back. According to my intentions...... "Qubei organized the language a little, "we can organize fifty or sixty thousand horses and divide them into dozens of thousand-strong teams to infiltrate the territory of the Xianbei people." If there are few soldiers and horses, the target is small, and it is difficult for Xianbei people to find it. This is an opportunity to raid the small tribes and settlements of the Xianbei people and take people captive from them. It doesn't matter if the Xianbei people detect the intrusion team, they can retreat at the touch of a button, or go around in circles to attract the attention of the Xianbei soldiers and horses and fight for opportunities for the other teams. In this way, we can resurrect many slaves without losing many soldiers and horses, and the method of starting from the periphery of Xianbei also leaves a certain space for the Xianbei people to survive. For example, at that time, Xianbei was like a lamb tied to a pillar, we did not kill it directly to get the meat, but cut it down one by one while it was alive. Cut a few pieces and stop immediately, wait for its old wounds to heal and grow flesh, and then cut it. And so on. In this way, Xianbei people can not only feel pain, but also not die, and we can still have meat to eat every day. ”

"The parable of the lamb is well used!" Hu Chuquan laughed, "Let him be the lamb that can't survive but can't die." He moved his loving gaze to Humility, "Humility! You've grown up, you've grown. I'm very pleased. ”

He covered his chest with his right hand, leaned forward forty-five degrees, and said, "Thank you for the eagle of the grassland, my father praises you." ”

When Mi Xu saw this scene, he was very unhappy in his heart, and murmured secretly: "Sycophant! ”

Hu Chuquan continued: "Since you have thought about it so thoroughly, and your fief is adjacent to the Xianbei people, this matter will be left to you." At that time, I will send 40,000 soldiers and horses at your disposal, and the warriors in your hands should be enough. As for the wealth obtained by trading slaves with the Han Chinese, you will take 60% of the money in the court, and the remaining 40% will all belong to you! ”

I was overjoyed and thanked again and again.

To be humble and happy, Mi Xu was naturally unhappy, snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and walked out of the big tent.

Go and roll your eyes, too lazy to take care of Mi Xu. After briefly greeting Hu Chuquan's physical condition and visiting his biological mother, he received the Tiger Talisman and left Shan Yuting with an army of 40,000.

Return to the fiefdom and immediately arrange for the plundering of slaves. He drew 10,000 soldiers and horses from his account, combined them with the 40,000 troops brought back from Shan Yuting, made up enough for 50,000, and scattered the 50,000 troops into more than 50 horse teams. And put the horse team at the disposal of the right-hand man under his tent, and infiltrated the territory of the Xianbei people to attack the tribes and herdsmen of the Xianbei people.

In just one month, more than 2,500 Xianbei prisoners were captured, more than 1,300 enemies were captured in the second month, and more than 1,100 in the third month......

Qubei immediately sent someone to send these captives to Bingzhou and handed them over to Ju Yi. Ju Yi received people with one hand and paid money with the other, and he earned more than 50,000 taels of silver in just one quarter, which can be said to be a lot of money.

According to the requirements of four or six accounts set in Shan Yuting, next, Qubei sent 30,000 taels of silver to Shan Yuting, and the remaining 20,000 taels of silver belonged to him, 15,000 taels of silver were used to buy armor and blades in Dahan, and the other 5,000 silver purchased a batch of machinery, tea and glazed utensils from Dahan, so it can be said that the money was basically used on the blade.

What he didn't expect was that the 30,000 taels of silver given to Shan Yuting, at the instigation of Zuo Xian Wang Mi Xu, Hu Chuquan Shan Yu used almost all of the money to buy aged wine, high-quality roasted tea, a large number of exquisite glass decorations and magical mechanical gui. The same was true of the second and third thirty thousand taels of silver, which toiled for more than a year, and all the property they earned was used by them to enjoy a life of luxury.

Time has passed in a blink of an eye to the fourteenth year of the Great Han Dynasty. In the past six months, the grassland has become a pot of porridge, and every day there is news that the Xianbei tribe has been attacked by the Huns. The population of Xianbei is decreasing.

Xianbei Shan Yu Helian and the big leader of the Xianbei tribe, Ke Bi, immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, but because the Han in the south took the opportunity to make trouble, he did not dare to start a large-scale war with the Huns. had to organize men and horses to the border between the Xiongnu and Xianbei to encircle and suppress the Xiongnu who attacked their own tribes.

However, due to their small size and flexible mobility, the soldiers and horses of the Huns were like slippery loaches, and they ran away when they saw the Xianbei army turn their heads. As soon as the Xianbei army left, they came out again to make trouble everywhere, causing the Xianbei army to be exhausted but there was nothing they could do.

In desperation, Kebineng had no choice but to move the herdsmen living on the edge of the Xianbei Territory inland, let them gather together, and at the same time stationed thousands of soldiers and horses to protect their safety and avoid the raids of the Huns.

This method really worked, and it was even more difficult for the Huns to plunder the Xianbei people, and the number of slaves captured every month was reduced from more than 1,000 to 1,200 at once, and the income dropped significantly.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages, although the Xianbei people have retained the population, but the sequelae are also very obvious.

Due to the limited grassland forage, the overpopulation of dense life means that many herders are unable to graze, and a large number of cattle and sheep are starving to death. The Xianbei people suffered heavy losses.

Correspondingly, the Huns, who had been rich for nearly a year, had become accustomed to a life of fine food, wine, and silk, and at this time the situation had suddenly deteriorated and become poor, making them very uncomfortable.

As the saying goes, a poor person can live a poor life, but once he is rich, let him live a poor life, he will not be able to stand it.

The current Huns are facing this problem. When the immortal brew that can be seen every day on the dining table is gone, when the tea that is open every day has become a scarce commodity with a limited supply, when the silk robe is torn, it can only be mended and repaired, but not the old and the new...... They start to feel sick all over.

As a result, under the appeal of Zuo Xian Wang Mixu, some of the high-level officials of Shan Yuting began to condemn the disadvantage of going to the lowly court.

Lao Shan Yu Huchuquan was under pressure, so he had to temporarily withdraw the power in his hands and hand over the matter of captive slaves and Han trading to Zuoxian Wang Mixu.