What did they learn? Of course, they got the dream of Lao Shan Yu, he died unjustly, called for the loss of conscience, and killed him in order to be Shan Yu. Hu Zheng can't be alone, he will bring disaster to the Huns, bring boundless killing. The Huns should be asked by the sorcerers of the various tribes to ask the gods together, and decide according to the will of heaven.

If they said that the revelation they got was that Hu Zheng could not be a single Yu, and that Qiang Qu should be a single Yu, then basically they would not believe it, and everyone would suspect that Liu Xiu asked them to say so, because since Qiang Qu came with Liu Xiu, of course Liu Xiu supported him. But now these animals are saying in unison that Shan Yu should hold a ceremony to receive the gods together with all the wizards, and the final judgment will be made by the will of heaven, so that in addition to Hu Zheng, as long as the surname is Xulian Ti, everyone is possible, Qiangqu is just a part of it, and there is nothing special about it, everyone naturally will not suspect Liu Xiu of troublemakers, because this method is not biased for him and Qiangqu.

Not only did those who were originally neutral no longer support Hu Zheng, but even those who originally supported Hu Zheng were a little shaken, and when Liu Xiu asked Hu Zheng again why he slandered him, except for General Zuo Nan and a few other diehard loyalists, everyone else remained silent.

As soon as he saw this situation, Hu Zheng was furious, completely confused, and the series of means prepared before were forgotten outside the clouds, and he ran out of his legs, and now he only had one thought left, to gather the soldiers who had been ambushed, and if he didn't do it, he didn't stop killing Liu Xiu and Qiang Qu, and completely turned his face with Liu Xiu. It's a pity that his reaction is still too slow, although Liu Xiu only brought over 200 people, but these 200 people around a big tent is more than enough. Before Hu Zheng ran to the door of the tent, he bumped into Xu Chu head-on, Xu Yu only used one punch, and Hu Zheng was knocked upside down and flew up, falling to the ground like a broken sack, spitting blood from his mouth, unconscious.

There was a sudden uproar in the big tent, some people screamed, some drew their swords and prepared to resist, and some people were at a loss, sweating like rain. Seeing that the chaos was about to happen, Xu Zhen, Wang Zhi, Li Yifeng and others rushed into the crowd, knocked down several diehard elements such as General Zuo Nan with lightning speed, dragged them out of the crowd, and threw them in the big tent. Mrs. Lu carried the dantian qi, and a long howl, like a dragon roaring and a tiger's roar, shocked those Huns in panic, stunned, and lost their voices for a while.

Silence instantly returned to the tent.

"Everyone, be quiet." Liu Xiu raised his hand and signaled the panicked Huns not to be nervous, "I said, I will not interfere in the internal affairs of your Huns, and I will hand over this case of murdering Lao Shan Yu to Xin Shan Yu to deal with." Liu Xiu motioned to Wang Zhi to wake up Hu Zheng and the others, "You can see clearly, none of them are dead, but if someone still wants to make trouble, I don't guarantee that no one will die." Liu Xiu glanced around with a cold gaze, "It is my responsibility to ensure the stability and unity of the Huns, and whoever wants to destroy this good situation will not be able to get along with me." Whoever wants to get along with me, I'll definitely make him unbearable. ”

He stretched out a finger, looked around, and said: "Anyone who wants to challenge the authority of my big man, I will definitely accompany him to the end!" ”

The Huns were silent, no one dared to squeak, the call of the main person had been put down, although he was not dead, but Xu Yu's punch had already cost him most of his life, he was now only gasping for breath, and he couldn't even speak, and all the arrangements made were of course stillborn.

After the violent means of lightning and thunder, Liu Xiu used the gentle means of spring breeze and rain, and with the assistance of Qiang Qu, he stabilized the tribal leaders in the big tent and let them wait for the ceremony of receiving the gods with peace of mind. These people all thought that they might be able to do Shan Yu, so naturally they would not jump out and go against Liu Xiu, and they all waited very cooperatively. As for Hu Zheng and his die-hard men, Liu Xiu lured all the officers above the centurion into a tent and locked them up, firmly controlling them.

When they were in the city, in order to discuss whether to go out of the city to the meeting, Liu Xiu and they discussed for most of the night, but the real confrontation was only a meal, Hu Zheng had been thrown to the ground like a dead pig, the army of thirty or forty thousand Huns had lost their mastermind, and the leaders of each tribe had their own ghosts, and they could no longer condense together, not only that, but they also had to watch out for each other, so as not to be hacked.

Qiang Qu was relieved, in just half an hour, he experienced the most thrilling thing in his life, when Liu Xiu asked him to come with him alone, he was holding the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water to accompany Liu Xiu to fight, but when they really controlled the situation, he couldn't believe that things had taken a turn for the better.

He admired Liu Xiu's methods so much that he threw himself to the ground, and he also gained some confidence in the position of Ren Shan Yu, although he didn't know how Liu Xiu would help him, who was now only a small leader at most, to the position of Shan Yu.

Liu Xiu was not relaxed at all, on the contrary, he was even more nervous now. The Huns are now stretched like a string, and if they are not handled properly, it is likely to turn into a chaotic war. In comparison, it seems dangerous when calling for the principal, but the real danger is not as good as now, because when there is a principal, as long as the principal is controlled, it is equivalent to controlling the situation, and when there is no principal, it is much more difficult to control the situation.

"Your Excellency...... It's so unpredictable. Qiang Qu consciously gave up the main seat, invited Liu Xiu to take a seat, and accompanied him like a little daughter-in-law.

"Hu Zheng has been captured, and now no one should dare to jump out and make trouble." Liu Xiu said lightly: "I'll go back to the city immediately, Tanaka Lang will come to preside over the affairs here, can you help him deal with the affairs here?" ”

Qiang Qu was taken aback: "Your Excellency wants to go back to the city?" ”

He doesn't look down on Tian Yan, Tian Yan's prestige is also very strong, but to be honest, when it comes to playing these methods, Tian Yan is too far behind Liu Xiu. He is justified in presiding over the affairs here, but can he do it?

"Don't worry, I will propose that you set up a meeting of the four corners and six corners of the Shan Yu children, and you will only participate as one of them, and no one will notice you." Liu Xiu said calmly, "I'm not here, it's more conducive to your negotiations, otherwise, they will be disgusted with you." ”

Qiangqu hesitated, Liu Xiu said the four corners and six corners, referring to the four corners of the left Xian King, the left Gu Li King, the right Xian King and the right Gu Li Wang, the left and right Zhu Wang, the left and right Wen Yu Wang and the left and right gradually six corners, adding up to a total of ten people. These ten people are all surnamed Xulian Title, they are the descendants of Shan Yu, they all have the right to inherit, and there is indeed no problem with them forming a meeting to jointly agree on the next affairs, but in this way he has a problem, after the Zuo Xian King called for the conquest, it was not his right Xian Wang Qiangqu, and there was also a Zuo Gu Li Wang.

Did Liu Xiu still have a deal with King Zuo Gu Li, or did he never put all his bets on himself?

"My lord is thoughtful, and Qiang Qu admires." Qiang Qu bowed and said: "I will definitely obey the orders of the adults, fully cooperate with Lord Tian, if I am lucky enough to become Shan Yu, I will never regret what I promised the adults." ”

Liu Xiu smiled and patted Qiang Qu on the shoulder: "King Youxian, you don't have much confidence in me." I am doing this to protect you, not to worry about you. Yu Fuluo is by my side, if I don't believe you, can I let him follow me? ”

Qiang Qu smiled slightly, he showed loyalty to Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu would give him confidence.

Liu Xiu took care of it a few more words, and then asked someone to call Tian Yan, handed over Shan Yuting's affairs to him, and returned to the city by himself. Liu Biao and the others were greatly relieved to see him come back safe and sound, and they were quite happy for the rest of their lives.

According to Liu Xiu's plan, Tian Yan convened a meeting of ten Shan Yu's descendants, and Zuo Xian Wang Hu Zheng was wounded, but Liu Xiu declared that although he was guilty of a great crime, he was still a descendant of Shan Yu, and he was still entitled to attend the meeting before Xin Shan Yu deprived him of his surname. He could not participate in the enlistment, but his son could do it for him.

When the Huns heard this, they praised Lord Liu for being fair and respecting the customs of the Huns.

Next, we began to discuss how to establish a new single Yu, according to the old customs of the Huns, King Zuo Xian could not succeed to the throne, so he was succeeded by King Zuo Gu Li, and then King Right Xian, King Li of Right Valley. Hu Zheng was originally the strongest, and the rest was the only one among the ten corners who was stationed in the border of the right sage king Qiangqu. The strength of the left and right Gu Li Kings is very average. Now that there is no hope for the call, and the strength of Qiangqu has also been greatly damaged, the king of Zuogu Li has become the best candidate, whether it is nominally or compared in terms of strength, the king of Zuogu Li should become Shan Yu.

However, those people said that the old Shan Yu gave them a dream, and the new Shan Yu did not follow the original order of inheritance, but should be decided by the will of God, it should be the great wizard and the wizards of various tribes to receive God together, and whoever God asked to do Shan Yu is Shan Yu.

Except for King Zuo Gu Li, everyone else has no opinion, although King Zuo Gu Li has opinions, but his strength is limited, and he can't face the opposition of several other people, so he has to agree to take this method.

The ceremony went ahead as scheduled, and the great wizards of Shan Yuting and the sorcerers of the various tribes held a grand invitation to the gods, they put on gorgeous feather robes, lit piles of bonfires, danced mystical dances, sang ancient and obscure songs, and slowly entered the hypnotic state of demigods in the smoke generated by hallucinogenic drugs, and the voices in their mouths that were already incomprehensible became more indistinct.

Qiang Qu and the other nine people gathered in a circle, waiting for the revelation of the gods, and the leaders who were not only the descendants and had no chance to become candidates gathered around, looking at the wizards and candidates in the fire circle with different moods.

The voices of the wizards became louder and louder, and the dances became more and more urgent, the staff in their hands danced whirring, and the chorus of dozens of people gradually converged into one voice, repeating one sentence over and over again:

"Whoever possesses fire lives, but he who rebels against fire perishes. O bright and great god of fire, from thousands of miles to the south. Love me, educate me, and my children will prosper and be strong. O one who obeys the god of fire, you are the new Shan Yu, and you who turn away from the god of fire will be burned by the fire. ”

Tian Yan understood this, and looked back at the Lu family beside him in surprise: "I seem to have heard this somewhere." ”

Lu Shi pursed his lips and smiled: "However, I remember the last time I asked the gods, it seems that the wizards have all received this revelation in different places. ”

Tian Yan also remembered that last time in Shan Yuting, many sorcerers from various tribes also got a revelation with a similar meaning, and many people analyzed that the god of fire was the Han, which meant that the Huns could become rich and strong if they depended on the Han, and they would perish if they betrayed the Han. However, at that time, the people led by Hu Zheng were very inhibited from further naturalizing the Han people, and most of the Xiongnu, including Qiangqu, did not approve of being completely dependent on the Han people, so the matter was not resolved later.

Now the situation is different, there is only one breath left for the call to conquer, and the once powerful Qiangqu is now also disabled, and has turned to the Han people, at this time, the gods of heaven have sent down a revelation again, and the Huns no longer have the courage to speak out against it.

Of course, this providence is not the real providence, but Liu Xiu's meaning. According to Liu Xiu's request, Lu Shi put spells and spells on the field together, applied a series of psychological hints, hypnotic guidance, and did a long time of foreshadowing work, and let people mix in the wizards, and was the first to read such words, so that these wizards said these words in unison in the state of inviting the gods.

These words can't be said to Tian Yan, Liu Xiu said, the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the better, and it is best that only you and I know. If this kind of thing is spread out, the Huns will be ashamed and humiliated, and there will be no peace in the state at that time.

Lu Shi readily agreed, and when he saw that he was done, he was naturally happy to pretend that he didn't care about it and hung it high. She glanced at the situation in the field, leaned over and said to Tian Yan, I have a little trivial, leave for the time being. Tian Yan didn't care, his mind was all focused on Qiang Qu and the others in the fire circle. Qiang Qu came to ask them for help, Tian Yan estimated that Liu Xiu should like Qiang Qu to do Shan Yu, but now that Shan Yu's designation is in the hands of the great wizard, Liu Xiu is far away in Meiji City, he can't control these great wizards in the state of inviting gods, in case someone else does Shan Yu, then Liu Xiu's plan will not fail?

Among these ten Shan Yu disciples, it is not only Huzheng and Qiangqu who oppose getting too close to the Han people, but also the king of Zuogu Li and the king of Zhuzhu on the right are all hard-line opponents...... At this moment, something happened that surprised Tian Yan and everyone, with his eyes closed, Zuogu Liwang, who was sitting in the fire, suddenly stood up, covered his chest with one hand, and reached out to pull out the knife at his waist with the other, his hand just touched the handle of the knife, and suddenly looked up to the sky and spit out a mouthful of blood, took a few steps back, stepped into the fire, and the leather jacket on his body suddenly burned, and Zuogu Liwang let out a terrible scream, staggered out of the fire, fell to the ground, and patted his heart in pain, every time he patted, he spit out a mouthful of blood.

The onlookers next to them were shocked and looked at each other. King Zuo Gu Li's entourage pounced on him and extinguished the fire on him with all hands and feet, but King Zuo Gu Li was already dying, and he had no breath in.

His entourage hugged his body and shouted loudly, and before the people could understand what was going on, the left lieutenant also jumped up and fell into the fire, and his body was on fire, and the screams even drowned out the chorus of the wizards.

Immediately afterwards, the right king also vomited blood, fell into the fire, and was burned screaming.

Not long after, the right lieutenant was also burned.

Everyone was shocked, no one knew what was going on, but some people quickly came to their senses, and the people who were burned were all disrespectful to the god of fire, especially for the last wizard prophecy, most of them had said words of opposition on different occasions, and they were not in favor of further strengthening ties with the Han people.

They were condemned, in full view of all.

The rumors were like a gust of wind, and soon spread among the crowd of onlookers, and the Huns were so frightened that they no longer dared to have any disrespect, and one after another they knelt on the ground, praying sincerely to the gods, and were willing to accept all the instructions of the gods.

Tian Yan looked at all this in surprise, he couldn't understand how these people were waiting for the instructions of the gods in the fire ring, why they suddenly vomited blood and fell into the fire. There's no one around them to push them.

However, he was more joyful, these anti-Han stalwarts were punished, no matter who did it next, it would only be good for the Han, not bad, and after this incident, there would probably be few people who would dare to ignore the Han in the future.

Lu Shi walked back with a little pale face, glanced at the situation in the field, exhaled lightly, and sat in his place quietly. Tian Yan was in the excitement, and he didn't notice her strangeness, until the great wizard loudly designated Qiang Qu as the new Shan Yu, all the Huns stood up and cheered, and Qiang Qu came to him surrounded by everyone, announcing that the new Shan Yu had appeared, and he came back to his senses.

Tian Yan put away his smile, sat in the position of the big horse golden knife, and calmly accepted the salute of Qiangqu and a group of Huns, and then he owed a debt without smiling: "Congratulations to the right virtuous king for his promotion to Shan Yu!" ”

Qiang Qu was frightened just now, for fear that he would follow in the footsteps of those people and be burned to death by fire, even when the great wizard designated him as the new Shan Yu, he didn't react, and when he heard Tian Yan's congratulations, he suddenly became agitated, looked at the eyes of awe around him, and understood that he had really become Shan Yu.

"Thank you, sir." Qiangqu sweats like pulp, and bows to the ground. The Huns next to him saw Shan Yubai fall in front of the Han people, and they were suddenly a little unnatural, but the revelation of the gods was still in their ears, and the screams of those anti-Han elements continued, and no one dared to stand up and care about this problem at this time.

Shan Yu has been decided, and then there is the backbone, first under the guardianship of Tian Yan, the new Shan Yu enthronement ceremony was carried out, Liu Xiu did not attend in person, only sent Liu Biao to participate in the ceremony, and sent the Han to the new Shan Yu's blessings and ardent hopes.

After Qiangqu appointed Xinshan Yu, he immediately did two things, one was to deal with the murder of Lao Shan Yu by Hu Zheng, Hu Zheng and his supporters were undoubtedly beheaded, and his mother, Lao Shan Yu's Yan Shi, was ordered to be martyred for Lao Shan Yu, and the other was to determine the time for Lao Shan Yu to carry out the funeral. According to the usual practice, the Xiongnu only enjoyed the king's burial system, and the corresponding coffin burial utensils have been placed in Jinyang, which has been transported to Meiji at this time, just in time for the big funeral.

After arranging all this, Qiang Qu rushed to Meiji to meet Liu Xiu and discuss the conditions that he had negotiated with Liu Xiu in advance. Liu Xiu's appetite was very large, he asked Qiangqu to hand over all the troops such as Hu Zheng and other cadres to him, and he also asked the tribes to vigorously cooperate with the counties to develop the tuntian, and unify the Xiongnu knights under the command of the Xiongnu Zhonglang generals, and in the future, the kings of each tribe shall not recruit troops without authorization except for retaining their own guards. When there was a war, they had to obey the requisition of the Xiongnu Zhonglang generals.

Qiangqu was very embarrassed, Liu Xiu did this, which was tantamount to turning the Huns into their vassals, and the status of their tribal leaders would be seriously threatened, and he was worried that many people would oppose it.

"Who would object?" Liu Xiu smiled slightly, comforted Qiang Qu and said: "When the great wizard invited the gods, you all heard the revelations clearly, and those who obeyed the fire god were single and turned away from the fire god...... They were all burned to death. If they are not afraid of death, they just jump out. ”

Qiang Qu shuddered, not daring to say any more.

Liu Xiu comforted him again: "Don't worry, you go and talk, I will support you if you have something." ”

Qiang Qu left suspiciously, he didn't dare to say all the arrangements at once, first assigned Hu Zheng and others' troops, after Liu Xiu got those household registrations, he didn't make any stops, and immediately dispersed them, and the selected knights were handed over to Tian Yan for unified command, and the ordinary people were handed over to the county guards to take care of, and the fields and pastures were allocated, so that they could farm or graze. Liu Xiu promised them that they could enjoy the same treatment as the Han people, and in case of natural disasters, they could get relief from the government, and of course, they also needed to work and pay taxes like the Han people.

The Huns also had the remnants of slavery, except for those tribal leaders, most of the Huns did not live well, and the life of the Han people was still very attractive to him, compared to working for the leaders for a year, and finally not even filling their bellies, Liu Xiu promised them enough conditions to do things with peace of mind. For those knights, the number of Liu Xiu's levies was much smaller, and Liu Xiu also promised them that as long as you serve for three years, you can be transferred to the reserve in the future, as long as there is no big war, you don't need to go to the battlefield, you can live with your family and enjoy the happiness of peace. During these three years, you enjoyed most of the rights enjoyed by the Han soldiers, including one month's vacation every six months, military salaries, uniform uniforms and weapons, and the right to distribute the spoils of war if you had military merits.

The Hun knights were grateful and readily agreed.

After settling these people, Qiangqu held the May Dragon Temple. On the one hand, the Dragon Temple is the ancestor of the shrine, on the other hand, it is also to discuss major events, Liu Xiu asked Qiangqu to retain the rules of the Ten Corners of the Agenda, and all major events in the future must be decided by this meeting. Liu Xiu explained to Qiang Qu that this was a method to prevent others from putting the responsibility on his own head, since it was a matter decided by everyone, and if something happened, everyone naturally had to take responsibility together.

Qiang Qu said, then what if they don't agree to what I agreed with the adults?

Liu Xiu laughed, don't worry, I'll let people take a look tomorrow to ensure that everything goes smoothly, and you can do your single Yu with peace of mind.

(To be continued)