Baitu is just a small border city, the city wall here is dilapidated, inhuman, originally mainly used by the Southern Xiongnu to defend a fortress of the Han Dynasty army, but because the Han Dynasty was weak over the years, the Xiongnu occupied the advantage, so this small city instead became the forward base for attacking the Han Dynasty, usually only less than 1,000 people defended, only to the Han Dynasty when the attack will have a large army assembled.

But today, although this small county town is unprecedentedly lively, it is not because of the war, but precisely because of the alliance.

This time the alliance, although Liu Qi only brought more than 1,000 people, but these more than 1,000 people are the elite of the elite, not to mention one in a thousand, it can definitely be regarded as one in a thousand, their most basic standard is that they must be the most heroic and good at fighting and the most flexible and flexible soldiers in the pro-guard army and the Xiaowei army, as long as these thousand people form a formation, even if the enemy army comes 10,000 people, they are definitely not their opponents, even if there are 35,000 people, they are absolutely sure to protect Liu Qi and retreat.

And Pang De, as the assassin of the state just appointed by Liu Qi, is the latest warrior to surrender, and he is also the initiator of the alliance, so he naturally wants to go with Liu Qi.

In addition, there are also Liu Shi and Zhang Tong, the two commanders of the pro-soldier team.

As for the Xiongnu side, in addition to the Xiongnu single Yu Hu Chuquan, it also includes Liu Bao, the king of the left and right, the king of the right Xian, the left and right generals, the left and right big households, the left and right captains, and dozens of famous kings, it can be said that the upper echelons of the Southern Huns in addition to the left and right bone Li Wang town guard tribes, almost all of them have arrived, in addition to the Huns have tens of thousands of fine horses, and later heard that the Duke of Chu only brought a thousand people out of the fortress, so only a thousand people were left.

Of course, in this team, there is also Cai Wenji, who is determined to return to Han but can't bear to be separated.

Since both sides were interested in reconciliation, the two sides naturally proceeded in a peaceful atmosphere, but this peaceful atmosphere was quickly destroyed. Because the two sides are caught in an extremely fierce conflict of interests.

Originally, Hu Chuquan thought that as long as he agreed to the alliance and was willing to be a minister, this Duke of Chu would definitely not hesitate to send a large amount of materials to the Xiongnu tribe, but he didn't expect that this Duke of Chu didn't look like a vain person, not only was he not confused, on the contrary, he was also very shrewd. Because although this Duke of Chu promised to provide medicine for the Xiongnu, and could even send good doctors to diagnose the sick Xiongnu people, the requirements for providing food were very harsh, that is, the Xiongnu were required to cooperate with them and jointly send troops to deal with the forces of Shangjun Wuhuan, and he only supported the supply of grain and grass for the soldiers on the expedition.

Hu Chuquan naturally knew that Liu Qi was actually only a relationship of cooperation and use for his own clan, and it would be good if he didn't want to weaken his own clan, it was impossible to fund his own side instead, and now dealing with Wuhuan may lose his troops. However, the other party can provide military food and grass free of charge, as long as he sends out all the young and strong people who can be discharged to help him fight, it will inevitably solve the huge food problem for the entire Xiongnu tribe, as long as it survives this winter, it will be easy to do.

Therefore, although Hu Chuquan did not get the expected benefits, he could only reluctantly agree in the end. Although he knew that he would hate Nalou because of this, he could only choose to rely on the Han people from now on. But there was nothing he could do, because he could not watch the whole tribe of 100,000 people starve under any circumstances.

"If it is changed in the glory days of Mao Dun Shan Yu. Hugh said that he was a little Duke of Chu, even if it was the son of the Han Dynasty, he had to be respectful and polite to us, alas, it seems that our Huns are indeed in decline, and they were led by the nose, but this Duke of Chu is indeed not a simple character. The insight is very extraordinary, and he doesn't invite false names, but only looks at real profits, but he didn't expect this person to look so young and so difficult. "Although the food problem is solved. Hu Chuquan still had a wry smile on his face, and thought a little stupidly in his heart.

However, since the matter has been decided, after all, it has solved a big problem for the clansmen, and Hu Chuquan is still relatively happy in his heart, so in the evening, he also held a special dinner to feast on the Duke of Chu and the soldiers under his command.

During the banquet, Hu Chuquan was still a little unwilling, so he suddenly stood up and said to Liu Qi: "Duke Chu, now the alliance between you and me is really a grand event, the lonely king has heard that the elite soldiers and fierce generals under the command of Duke Chu, there are few people in the world, it is better to take advantage of everyone's banquet today to show us, and let those blind guys of my clan see the power of the Han Dynasty." ”

"Oh? I wonder what adults have in mind? Speak up and listen. Liu Qi took a bite of barbecue, drank a sip of mare's milk wine, and said lightly.

"Hehe, my Huns always have some blind boys, who are self-assured of their skills, and don't put the Central Plains characters in their eyes, it is better for the Duke of Chu to teach them a lesson for the Lone King, so let's do it, we will each elect a hundred warriors, and everyone will have a big competition on the school field, but because we are friendly troops, we naturally don't need weapons, the two sides fight with their hands, as long as they knock each other down, or out of the school field, then they win, and in the end, which side of the two sides is completely lost."

Although he said it politely, Hu Chuquan actually made Liu Qi a little ugly, in order to vent some dissatisfaction in his heart, he knew that the reason why the Han people were able to win the battle was not mainly because of the strength of the body, but because of the sharpness of the weapon and the strength of the art of war, if it was only about the body, it was much worse than their Huns, not to mention that they were all good at wrestling, if it was hand-to-hand combat, he believed that this time their chances of winning were almost ten percent.

Originally, Hu Chuquan thought that Liu Qi would come up with some reason to shirk it, but he didn't expect the other party to agree without hesitation. This made him secretly happy in his heart, thinking that this Duke Chu was young after all, although he was as cunning as a fox, but he was not as calm as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

So thinking of this, Hu Chuquan said with a smile: "Since the Duke of Chu agreed, it is also the blessing of such a kid, according to the rules of our clan, if these warriors under the command of the Duke of Chu defeat them all, they will all be rewarded, although we are poor here, but there are also some cattle, sheep and horses, the lonely king decided, as long as they are defeated, they can each receive a hundred horses, I don't know what the Duke of Chu wants?" ”

Although Hu Chuquan's tone was very loud, he thought that this was actually just a gimmick to attract jade, because he never thought that the warriors under his command would be defeated at the hands of the Han people, and his purpose was just to let Liu Qi do the same, once the Hun warriors under his command won, they would be rewarded with the same or higher value as the Duke of Chu.

And this time, Hu Chuquan found that Chu Gong was really not calm enough, and his agitation method took effect. I saw that Chu Gong said casually: "In this case, then Gu will naturally not lack the reward for your warriors, as long as they can win, Gu will give your department 50,000 hue of grain, 500 hu per person." ”

Is that true? As a high-ranking official of the Han Dynasty, the gentleman is quick to speak, will he not regret it? Hu Chuquan couldn't help but get excited, although he exchanged 50,000 grains for 10,000 horses, in fact, his Hun tribe still suffered, but now the other party is willing to take out so much grain as a reward, his heart is still very excited.

50,000 Hu grain, this is more than 6 million catties, in terms of 100,000 people in other clans, one person can get 60 or 70 catties, if it will be used, this 50,000 Hu grain is enough for their entire clan to survive this winter, not to mention that the young and strong in the clan are going to go to the battlefield to fight, and the military food is also provided by the other party, if the 50,000 Hu grain is distributed to the old and weak, women and children, it will definitely be able to easily save 20,000 or 30,000 grains, which is enough to feed another 20,000 or 30,000 people.

This is a lot of wealth for the entire Huns.

Therefore, Hu Chuquan, who was excited, immediately knocked Liu Qi to death with his words, so that he had no room for repentance.

Liu Qi naturally did not regret it, and said with a straight face: "Does Hu Chuquan Da Shan Yu think that Lone is a person who has no faith in his words? Alone as a dignified Chu Duke, controlling the land of the eight states of the Han Dynasty, with a territory of thousands of miles, how to put a mere 50,000 grains in his eyes? Since Lone said it, he naturally won't regret it. ”

"In that case, then we will give us a high-five."

"Bang Bang!" Hu Chuquan immediately couldn't wait to high-five Liu Qi as an oath and made this gambling game.

Hu Chuquan was extremely happy when he saw that Liu Qi agreed, and immediately ordered someone to bring Cai Wenji up, and then said to Liu Qi: "This is the Cai Wenji that the Duke of Chu wants, he was originally the woman of Liu Bao, the nephew of King Zuo Xian under my command and the nephew of the Lonely King, this daughter and her nephew have been married for ten years, plus there are already two sons around her, but in order to befriend such characters as Duke Chu, Leopard Er resolutely dedicated this woman to Duke Chu, hoping that Duke Chu will laugh." ”

"You're Cai Wenji?" Looking at the woman curled up in front of him with low eyebrows, Liu Qi asked slowly.

"The people's girl is Cai Yan." Cai Wenji endured the grief in her heart and said slowly.

Although Cai Wenji's voice is delicate, it is full of vicissitudes, which is difficult to doubt, but Liu Qi still wants to confirm the identity of this person, so he slowly asked: "I heard that you are famous, can you write a poem about your past experience?" ”

Cai Wenji knew that this was this Duke of Chu who was inspecting his talents, so he nodded and said: "This is a poem newly endowed by the people's daughter, called "Poem of Grief and Indignation", and it has not been written yet, so I will first use it to show ugliness to Duke Chu. ”

Immediately, Cai Wenji sighed and said slowly: "Han Ji lost his authority, and Dong Zhuo was chaotic. If you want to usurp and kill, you will harm the virtuous first. Persecution to move to the old state, support the lord to strengthen himself. The righteous teacher in the sea wants to discuss the ominous. Zhuo Zhong came to the east, and the golden armor shined in the sun. The people of Pingtu are fragile, and the soldiers who come are all Huqiang...... When you meet, you will be willing to meet yourself. and if he has been freed, he shall forsake his son. Heaven is embellished with people's hearts, and there is no other meeting period. Survival and death are forever separated, and I can't bear to say goodbye to them. He hugged my neck and asked my mother what she wanted. People say that the mother should go, and there will be no more time to return. Mother is always benevolent, but now she is even more unkind. I'm not an adult yet, so I don't care about ......"

When reading this, Cai Wenji thought of her two sons who parted in life and death, and she couldn't help herself, tears couldn't help but roll down, and she was sad and sad. (To be continued......)