As the sound of the horse's hooves approaching behind the pursuers, and seeing the raging fire burning in the direction of the royal court again, Xu Bugu finally made up his mind: instead of running for his life in all directions, it is better to take the risk of suing for peace with the Han army, even if he betrays some interests. Anyway, it is now a lack of skills to return to the sky, otherwise the Huns are likely to be killed by this murderous Han army.

Having made up his mind, Xu Bugu reined in his horse and shouted: "All the warriors of the Huns, stop and listen to me first!" Although he is a puppet Shan Yu, but Shan Yu is Shan Yu, and he is still quite prestigious in the eyes of ordinary Huns.

When the army came to a complete halt, Xu Bugu ignored the pursuers who were getting closer and closer, and suddenly shouted: "All the warriors listen to the order, arrest my Hun traitor Hu Han and others, if there is resistance, you will be killed!" ”

Hu Han, who had just escaped under Ma Chao and Pang De, suddenly had a pale face, and shouted with an arrow wound: "Su Bugu, what are you going to do?" Do you want to rebel? ”

Xu Bugu sneered: "I am the Southern Hun Shan Yu, if you want to rebel, it is also your gang of rebels who rebel!" If it weren't for you and King Zuoxian, Bai Ma Tong and others took advantage of my brother King Youxian to kill my father Qiangqu Shan Yu when he sent troops to Youzhou, and then sent troops to attack Bingzhou, where would it be a disaster? Now my Huns have been slaughtered by the Han army more than 100,000, and the dead Huns are countless, all of this is caused by you, I want to take you down to the Han Emperor to ask for guilt, otherwise the Huns are in danger! ”

Hu Han instantly understood the intention of Xu Bugu, and said unwillingly: "Although the vitality of the Huns has been greatly injured, it may not have a chance to turn over in the future!" Besides, do you think that by capturing us, you can sue for peace with the Great Han? Not to mention the mediocre Son of Heaven, the Xiliang Ma Mengqi in front of him will not give up the opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Huns in front of him, and persuade you not to be delusional. ”

Xu Bugu shook his head, and said: "It's about the fate of the Huns, I have to gamble, do you think we still have a chance to escape?" Your 40,000-strong army has still been wiped out, and your more than 3,000 horsemen are just barely breathing. With a wave of his hand, hundreds of horsemen immediately surrounded Hu Han and dozens of other Hu leaders in the middle.

Here, Brother Ma chased after him, but found that the Huns had stopped from a distance, and out of prudence, Brother Ma also slowed down his pace, and at the same time made Pang De and Ma Dai lead the army to outflank the left and right. Now that the two sides are equal in numbers, even if they are in a short battle, Brother Pony is not afraid. Then again, unless it is a last resort, Brother Xiao Ma will never be stupid enough to give up his advantage and fight with the Huns.

Seeing that Pang De and Ma Dai were in place, and his 1,000 people were also within the ideal range, they were about to give the order to release arrows, only to see a rider in front of them come out, and shouted: "Don't release arrows!" Is it General Meng Qima in front of Xiliangma? I am the Southern Hun Shan Yu Bugu, and I have something to say to General Ma face to face! ”

Brother Xiao Ma was stunned for a moment, then put down the sandalwood bow in his hand, and shouted: "Yes, I am Xiliang Ma Mengqi, Runan Xiongnu is my Han courtier, and dare to disobey the edict of the Son of Heaven and send troops to attack and state. ”

For this bearded bone, Brother Xiao Ma is naturally no stranger. In history, Xu Bugu was originally the second son of Qiangqu, who was made a puppet and died of a violent illness in the second year. His wandering elder brother Yu Fuluo, the king of Youxian, could not return to the country due to a domestic coup, so he had to establish himself as Shan Yu, and stayed in the area of Pingyang County, Hedong County, Han Dynasty, and participated in the Central Plains melee many times. At that time, the major state affairs were presided over by King Zuoxian, that is, King Zuoxian, who married Cai Wenji and had two sons with him in history, and is now staying in the royal court.

Su Bu Gu rode alone, and said loudly: "General Ma doesn't know, my brother Youxian Wang has sent troops to Youzhou, but Zuoxian King suddenly united and shouted, Bai Ma Tong and other Hu rebelled, not only attacked and killed my father Qiangqu Shan Yu, but also sent troops to attack and Zhou, although I was set up by them as Shan Yu, but the name is not right, the words are not good, just a puppet, if it is not for the general to besiege the royal court, I am afraid that Zuo Xian Wang will not let Xiao Wang lead troops to meet the thieves. ”

Ma Chao nodded secretly, knowing that what Su Bugu said was true, and said at the moment: "So what? In short, it is a fact that your Huns attacked and merged with the state, and it is also justified to send troops to the Xiongnu to maintain the prestige of the Han Dynasty. ”

Xu Bugu shook his head again and again and said: "The general misunderstood, now that the rebels have been defeated, and Tu Gehu has died in battle, Hu Han is also in the hands of this king, except for the white horse copper that attacked Bingzhou, only one Zuoxian King is left in the royal court to control the overall situation." As long as the general can capture the white horse copper and Zuoxian Wang, Xiao Wang is willing to go to Luoyang with the general to ask the Son of Heaven for guilt, my brother is still in the Central Plains, I believe that the Son of Heaven has already known about the rebellion of the Southern Xiongnu at this moment. The general helped the Xiongnu to quell the rebellion, and also indirectly solved the danger of merging the state, I believe that the Son of Heaven will reward the general heavily. ”

Brother Xiao Ma not only frowned and pondered when he heard this, the current main force of the Xiongnu has been destroyed, and the remaining young and strong men will not exceed 100,000 at most, if Shang Ruozhen kills the Huns, then the northern Xianbei, Wuheng and other nomads will definitely take advantage of the situation and continue to invade the Han border. Without the natural buffer zone of the Southern Xiongnu, the people on the border of Liangzhou and Liangzhou will probably be even more miserable.

In this case, it is better to leave part of the strength of the Huns, first, to contain Xianbei and Wuheng, who have taken in part of the Northern Huns; Second, the Huns can also be used to plunder the northern steppe peoples. The Huns had just been hit hard, and if they organized a group of elite cavalry, taught them horse-mounted, stirrup-mounted and other riding and archery techniques, and let them go to the north to plague Xianbei and Wuheng, and then share the spoils with them, wouldn't it be a matter of counting them in one fell swoop?

The main reason why Brother Xiao Ma thinks so is that it is impossible for him to keep the secret of the saddle pedal for a long time, rather than taking risks with his own people, it is better to let these grassland peoples eat dogs and reap the benefits of fishermen, and at the same time, it can also greatly delay the introduction of saddles and stirrups into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Brother Xiao Ma sneered: "As you said, I can agree to your request, but first of all, you must show enough sincerity, and secondly, you must not invade the border of our Han Dynasty again, otherwise Ben will definitely wave the Huns again and kill none of your Huns." ”

Su Bugu's whole body was cold, and he hurriedly promised: "General rest assured, the Southern Xiongnu will always be the subjects of the Han Dynasty, if it weren't for these few rebels who don't know whether to live or die, there would never be an attack on the state." As for sincerity, Xiao Wang immediately led the army to surrender to the general, and Han and other traitors were also handed over to the general to deal with, and were willing to attack the royal court with the general, is this sincerity enough? ”

Brother Xiao Ma was overjoyed and said loudly: "Okay, it is worthy of being a Xiongnu Shan Yu, who knows the current affairs well, you immediately let your subordinates lay down their weapons and prepare to be absorbed, and at the same time hand over the traitors such as Yuhan, and when the general captures the royal court and captures King Zuoxian and the white horse copper who is rushing here, he will go to Luoyang with you." ”

"The general is wise!" Xu Bu Gu was overjoyed, hugged his fists and said: "Xiao Wang is willing to attack the royal court with the general, and the traitor of King Zuo Xian has taken Xiao Wang's family hostage and has to be saved!" ”

Brother Xiao Ma said: "This matter is easy, in the eyes of this general, it is easy to set foot in the royal court, but you must not show up, lest Zuo Xian Wang Dog jump off the wall in a hurry and kill your family in advance." ”

"Thank you, General! Xiao Wang will go back and lead the army to surrender! "Then he turned his horse and left.

As soon as the front foot of the bone, the back foot Pound galloped over and whispered: "Young master, you must guard against the Huns from cheating, in case the surrender is fake, and it will be troublesome if the short contact with our army is real, although our army is not afraid, but it will also lose some soldiers." ”

Brother Xiao Ma nodded confidently and said: "What Su Bugu said is true, now he is at the end of his life, and the only chance to survive is to make peace, but in order to prevent accidents, you should ask the soldiers to be more vigilant!"

Pang De nodded, frowned, and said: "Young master, the annihilation of this cavalry is just a matter of searching for things, but I don't know why the young master is."

Without waiting for Pound to finish speaking, Brother Xiao Ma answered: "Manpower is exhausted, countering violence with violence is just a temporary measure, our army is less than 7,000 people, how can we conquer the entire prairie?" Since it is better to cooperate with the Huns, first, we can avoid directly facing Xianbei and Wuheng in the north, and secondly, we can use the Huns to plunder Xianbei and Wuheng, which not only achieves the goal of weakening the alien race, but also allows our army to reap huge benefits, so why not? ”

Pang De is also a wise general, and immediately understood Brother Xiaoma's sinister intentions, and couldn't help but subconsciously shudder, hugged his fists and said: "The young master is really a god, this plan is wonderful, I'm afraid that the Huns will not cooperate with us?" After all, we killed hundreds of thousands of their people. ”

Brother Xiao Ma smiled slightly, and said with great confidence: "The world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit, the Huns will definitely cooperate, because we have common interests." ”

Pang De nodded, and said: "It's just that if the secret of this riding and archery technique and saddle pedal is passed on to the Huns, isn't the young master afraid that they will use this method against us Han people in turn?" ”

Brother Xiao Ma smiled: "Naturally not afraid, although the art of riding and archery is powerful, it is also limited by many factors such as terrain, troops, and financial resources. If you were given an army, would you have a way to deal with this horse archery? ”

Pound didn't think about it, and replied happily: "Of course, you only need the shield soldiers and crossbowmen to cooperate to win, or you can use the same class of troops to fight against them." ”

Brother Xiao Ma smiled: "Yes, this tactic can only exert its greatest power in the field of open plains, if it is a strong attack and charge, it is slightly insufficient, in addition, it also needs flexible command and strong soldiers, as well as a strong bow with a high cost, and a variety of war horses with excellent symptoms, etc." ”

"Besides, the production of feather arrows is not easy, I Xiliang poured the strength of the whole army to catch up with the feather arrows for four months, and they were almost exhausted in less than half a month, and the number of cavalry archery troops was limited for various reasons, so even if the Huns thoroughly learned this tactic, it was not enough to pose a threat to our Han people."

"The young master is far-sighted, and the last general will admire!" Pound was completely impressed when he heard this, and he didn't say anything.