"Will they say yes?"

"Trust me, they will!"

This is the northern part of Junji Mountain, which is the seat of the temporary royal court of the Xiongnu.

Junji Mountain is actually a mountain range in the north of the Hangai Mountains of Mongolia in later generations, it is close to Punushui, Guyishui and Xiongnu River, and there is a Daze and a water system called Longle Water in the southwest.

There is also a mountain range north of Junji Mountain, which is now called Yanran Mountain, and will be called Hangai Mountain in 1,800 years.

At present, the Xiongnu are encountering an unprecedented predicament, Shan Yu Touman led an army to invade the south, which lasted six years, and finally only a few escaped, and the rest were either dead or captured.

The Xiongnu, whose population was approaching one million, lost at least 200,000 young men and nearly 100,000 dependent people because of the defeat of Touman in the south.

Nearly 300,000 people! Even if the population is as large as that of those countries in the south, there are seven or eight million, and the loss of 300,000 people in ten years will definitely be a lot of work, for the Xiongnu with a population of only close to one million, it is not just as simple as straining and bones, it is to directly turn the Xiongnu, who may rise to become the hegemon of the western steppe, into an existence that may be wiped out at any time.

Very fortunately, when Touman went south, he not only summoned the herdsmen of the Xiongnu tribe, but he also entangled the Hujie people, Jiankun people and some Nanding Ling people, and even gathered some Rong people, Di people, and dog people, resulting in the defeat in the south, not only the Xiongnu family on the grassland suffered losses, but the rest of the various tribes close to the Xiongnu were also very miserable.

Xiongnu, the tribal alliance that may become the overlord of the central and western grasslands, it is precisely because of the strength of that period of time that those tribes have to accept Touman's invitation to go south to rob, because once they don't agree, Touman must find a tribe to clean up before going south. After Liwei, it is possible to go south. No one wants to be the object of Liwei, does he? And then it's good to go south and rob something.

It's really good, Touman had the idea of going south to rob, and that was because a country in the south sent people to propose an alliance.

What alliance? It was the State of Qi that first proposed to borrow troops and buy horses from the Xiongnu, and then gave some benefits to let the Xiongnu attack the Qin State, and then Korea and the Yan State also made similar requests, and Touman immediately felt that the matter could be done.

At that time, Qin's rule was close to collapsing. Touman also received news before, saying that the emperor of Qin was preparing to send troops to the grassland, and if there was no civil strife, a guy named Meng Tian should lead 300,000 Qin troops to attack Hetao.

The Qin State wants to attack the Xiongnu, with the invitation and benefits of the Qi State, the Korean State, and the Yan State, and then think of the southern people themselves in the civil strife, if they don't grab a handful, are the nomads still called nomads? Is it worthy of heaven and earth? Sorry for everything. So decisively call for manpower, anyway, it is to go south to do a vote, looting property is secondary, the most important thing is to plunder the population!

That's right, it's the predatory! What did the tribes of the steppe rely on to become strong? It is not simply relying on the natural fertility of its own people, but in fact, it is relying on war to plunder the population. For example, in the war between the steppe tribes and the tribes, it is usually to defeat and then kill the enemy leader, and the remaining tribesmen are actually annexed. It may be that they merge directly into tribal subjects, but most exist as slaves. Women have become tools for procreation.

The cycle of relying on natural fertility needs is too long, from pregnancy to the birth of a baby ten months later, and then from the baby to the labor force for more than ten years, it is too long and there is no certainty whether the baby can grow up.

Definitely not kidding, in the Central Plains, where the living environment is stable and there is no shortage of food, only 60% of the ten babies can grow up healthily. The farming peoples who live in the Central Plains are like this, and what is the survival rate of nomadic babies who often live in water and grass?

Time is scarce for anyone, and even less for countries or forces that want to grow.

The tribes of the steppe could not rely entirely on natural fertility to grow their populations, but the tribes with small populations were usually defeated and annexed in the steppe. Annexation is only carried out through continuous victory, and whoever slows down will become the object of annexation, which is a race between survival and perdition.

The Xiongnu would gradually become the steppe hegemon in the central and western regions, and that was because the Xiongnu had been winning wars of annexation.

Gito had considered preemptively waging war against the surrounding tribes before the empire launched a larger invasion, but unfortunately more than one person thought it was impossible to do so. It's not that it can't, it's not that it's inadequate, it's just that it's simply not possible.

What other tribes were there around the Xiongnu? There are also Hujie people, Jiankun people, Ding Ling people, and Donghu people. The Hujie and Jiankun people have always been the traditional allies of the Xiongnu, and when the Xiongnu waged war against the Yue, these two tribes sided with the Xiongnu.

The Hujie and Jiankun people are only suitable for unity, but what about the Ding Ling and Donghu people? Ji Tuo thought about it carefully, asked some experienced tribal leaders, and even seriously sought the advice of Han Wangxin, and the answer he got was that the current Xiongnu could not defeat the Ding Ling people or the Donghu people at all.

There is no need for the Huns to think about whether to start a war against the Ding Ling people or the Donghu people, it is the Donghu people who are the first to do it!

The king of Donghu gathered 200,000 troops, and they let go of Hun Yu, who was deeply entangled with him, and launched an invasion directly in the northeast.

The Xiongnu is now indeed divided into two parts, but it is not the Jituo Xiongnu and the Maodun Xiongnu, it is the Xiongnu of Junji Mountain and the Xiongnu of Wolf Juxu Mountain, Maodun is the kind of Xiongnu successor banner but in fact there are not many Huns existing, in fact, it is only a name, and most of the Huns really still live in Junji Mountain and Wolf Juxu Mountain.

Donghu and the Xiongnu went to war, and after seeing the Xiongnu losing in the hands of the empire one after another, they did not hesitate to invade!

Originally, Donghu didn't look up to the Xiongnu so much, because in several wars between Donghu and the Xiongnu, without exception, Donghu won the victory.

The world is like that, the source of a nation's self-confidence is in war, and victory in war will increase confidence, so there will be no respect at all in the face of an enemy who is defeated in his own hands, but a kind of contempt from the heart.

Racial contempt for race undoubtedly exists, and manifests itself in many ways. The most direct manifestation is that even if a thin person faces a strong person, but the thin person has always defeated the race of the strong person because of his own race. The thin man dared to humiliate the strong man with impunity, and the strong man did not dare to resist.

The Xiongnu were really a little afraid of Donghu, which caused Ji Tuo to be stupid after knowing that Donghu attacked Wolf Juxu Mountain, and he was even more afraid than the empire invaded the grassland. This situation will indeed occur because the Xiongnu have at least defeated the races in the south, but they have basically never won against the Donghu, who are also nomads.

The Donghu people attacked? And it was a holy mountain for attacking the Xiongnu. That is, Wolf Juxu Mountain? This is simply too bad news to be bad.

Ji Tuo has reason to believe that once Mao Dun knows that Donghu is attacking Wolf Juxu Mountain, and he can't hold it, he will inevitably be used to stir up trouble within the Xiongnu. He accepted Han Wangxin's opinion that even if the invasion of the Empire was a fact, even if the Empire had occupied most of the central grasslands, he should grovel to the Empire and ask for reconciliation.

The Xiongnu need to be single, although Ji Tuo is the heir of the head man, but many times the name is like that, not that the name can become a natural leader. This phenomenon was especially true among the nomadic Huns.

"I heard that your hometown is also changing, and the rule of the bloodline is coming to an end?" Gito looked to be in his twenties, pure white-skinned and had blue eyes. He looked at Han Wangxin, who was a little old: "Does the emperor of the empire have a noble bloodline?" ”

The first half of his life was in exile, and the second half of his life was on the run, how could Han Wangxin not look old? With uncertainty, he said: "It seems that there is, but the emperor himself did not directly admit it. ”

Gito was puzzled: "Why? ”

"Maybe it's because of the words of direct admit. The Emperor was limited in his treatment of other people of noble blood. "Han Wangxin claimed to be a descendant of the Han royal family, but in fact he was really the grandson of King Ji Cang of Han Xiang during the Warring States Period. What was he recalling. He said slowly: "For example, we need to pay more to settle the royal family members who accept peaceful annexation." ”

"You're also of royal blood, right?" Gittor asked, "Why are you being treated this way?" ”

Life is always faced with one choice after another, why did Han Wangxin become like this? recalled calmly that he thought that he was too greedy, and then it was greed that made him ignore the arrangement of the Korean clan, and did not accept Han Cheng, a guy who made him feel incompetent, to become the king of Han, and it was he who ignored the warning of the Korean clan and jumped out to claim the king.

Perhaps Han Wangxin didn't just ignore the Korean clan. He ignored the states of Qi, Wei, Zhao, and Yan even more...... Anyway, all the connected royal families have been ignored by him, so it will be the end of the rebellion now.

There are some things that I can't admit even if I regret it, so Han Wangxin said to Ji Tuo: "I was treated unfairly, I originally wanted to rely on Donghu, but I was betrayed by Donghu. Behind. I came to the Great Bear Country, hoping to get Shan Yu's help, but ......"

Yes, the Xiongnu did not call themselves Xiongnu, they called themselves Youxiong Country, hoping that others would call them the Great Bear Country. It's a very true sentence, who the has a problem with carrying the word "slave" on their race? Especially the Xiongnu are so powerful, they are not a garbage race.

"But my father was defeated and captured, wasn't he?" Gito did not seem to be sad, and he asked, "You said that the emperor would agree, on what basis?" ”

"The Donghu people are attacking the country of Youxiong." Han Wangxin's expression was very serious, and he said: "If there is no incident of Donghu attacking the country of Youxiong, the emperor will not agree, because the empire is confident that it can defeat the country of Youxiong, and obtain all the land, population, wealth and so on from the country of Youxiong." However, Donghu's attack on the country of Youxiong was launched at a time when the empire already had the upper hand, which was tantamount to robbing the spoils that should have belonged to the empire. ”

Ji Tuo was just listening quietly, and even though Han Wangxin was saying that the Xiongnu were no match for the Empire at all, and even thought that the Empire could get everything it wanted from the Xiongnu, there was still no anger on his face.

Regarding the strength of the empire, if it is said that the Xiongnu were still suspicious before, but once, twice, three times...... After so many failures, if the Huns still don't admit it, it is no longer a matter of diehards or self-esteem, but a sickly brain that wants to bring the entire Huns to death.

That's right, during the strongest period of the Xiongnu, Touman took the powerful force united by the Xiongnu and his allies, but he was still defeated in the hands of the empire, and even Touman, who was Shan Yu, was captured.

If it is said that the empire used intrigue and trickery, or took advantage of some natural environment, and finally defeated the Xiongnu in the strongest period, then no Hun would admit that he was inferior to the empire, nor would he have a sense of powerlessness, but would be full of indignation and hatred.

But! The empire did not use any conspiracy or natural environment, but defeated the Xiongnu and their allies in an upright battle between the two armies with absolute superiority!

What Han Wangxin has been instilling in Ji Tuo is that failure is not terrible, what is terrible is not admitting it after failure, and what is even more terrible is not admitting it and wanting to die.

After thinking very seriously, Ji Tuo thought that Han Wangxin was right, and now even the most stubborn Xiongnu nobles admit that they will not be the opponents of the empire. They wanted to seek peace, and for the Huns they had to make peace with the empire, but they didn't know what to do.

In fact, Jitu had already sent someone to the emperor of the empire to express his submission, hoping to get the emperor's forgiveness, and then the Xiongnu and the empire would become friends, anyway, it was a guarantee that the emperor felt extremely naïve.

"So...... We move in full, to the west, and the emperor will really agree? ”

Ji Tuo was looking to the south, where there was the Junji Mountain, where there was probably fighting all the time, in the rugged mountains, in the flat grasslands, in the winding valleys, the Huns and the imperial army were fighting.

"Actually, it's not that the emperor agrees or not, it's whether the bear country itself can do it." There was an inexplicable sadness in Han Wangxin's eyes, but he quickly concealed it. He said very seriously: "First of all, there is a bear country to show strength, quite strength. It would be nice if it could pose a threat to the Empire, but unfortunately, the Bear Country is not a threat to the Empire now. Then, there is only one way to start with it, and that is to show the use value of the bear country. ”

Ji Tuo nodded slowly: "It should be, at least Donghu is now a big threat to our empire from any point of view." If we show sincerity, the emperor will be moved. (To be continued.) )