Qin State, thirty miles north of Qi County, Xiongnu camp.

The arrival of the Qin envoy was earlier than the Xiongnu imagined, and the Xiongnu nobles watched the Qin envoy Lü Buwei enter Shan Yu's big tent with extremely complicated feelings.

If three or five days ago, the Xiongnu still had an army of 150,000, Lü Buwei would inevitably have to taste the Huns' swords, guns, swords, halberds, oil pots, and braziers. But now, the number of the Qin army and the Xiongnu is almost the same, and the Qin army still controls the county town of Qi, and the Xiongnu, who are at a disadvantage, can only squint and wait for Lü Buwei to come to the door.

Facing the ill-intentioned Xiongnu nobles, Lü Buwei knew that once he showed weakness, the Xiongnu would press forward step by step. This is a group of guys who believe in strength, and talking to them about etiquette, righteousness, and shame is tantamount to playing the piano to a cow, and they can't listen to the analysis of the pros and cons. The best way is to use their dignified strength to force them to accept Qin's proposal! In the face of strength, they have always known how to advance and retreat!

Therefore, as soon as he came up, Lü Buwei said to Shan Yu without humility or arrogance: "Daqin and the Xiongnu were originally well water and did not violate river water, although there was no friendship, but there was no suspicion!" Shan Yu led an army of 200,000 and traveled thousands of miles to come, but he lost his righteousness first; The soldiers have been lost, and the spirit has been lost. If Shan Yu didn't retreat again, wouldn't he be worried that the courtiers who stayed behind would be too powerful and would have different intentions? ”

With a cold light flashing in his eyes, Lu Buwei was clearly sowing discord. The main weak and strong ministers have always been the taboo of the superiors, the Xiongnu more than 400,000 troops, this time sent troops to attack Qin, half of the elite stayed in the grassland. In this case, the people who stayed behind were naturally cronies, and no one could successfully rebel if they believed that they had their own secret tactics. If everyone doubts the people they are left behind, there is no need to fight this battle. Just go back to your own tribe and continue to manage that one-third of an acre of land!

"If you were me, would you retreat?" Shan Yu said disdainfully.

Lü Buwei laughed after hearing this, if he was a Xiongnu Shan Yu, he would never retreat! Half of the 200,000 soldiers and horses were lost, and they had not yet obtained enough money, food, and grass, and returned to the grassland. There will be a lot of turmoil! Shan Yu has no way to retreat, or fight against the water, win a great fortune with the help of a big victory, and re-establish his majesty; Either wait and see what happens, drag down the Qin State, and see if South Korea will create enough trouble for the Qin State! Either way, you need to have the courage to gamble, otherwise, the Huns should have left long ago!

"If I'm not mistaken. Donghu and Yueshi are both strong enemies of the Xiongnu! If Shan Yu folded all the 200,000 soldiers and horses under the city of Qixian, the Xiongnu were afraid that they would be suppressed by the Yueshi and Donghu! Lü Buwei's words were soft and firm, and the threat was obvious.

After all, the Yueshi and the Xiongnu are separated by a desert, but Donghu is different. In order to compete for the supremacy of the northern steppes, sooner or later the Xiongnu will have a battle with Donghu! This time, the Xiongnu sent troops to Qin to reap benefits, not to send their lives, although Lü Buwei's statement that he wanted to keep the entire Xiongnu army was exaggerated, but it was not impossible! Unless the Qin State has a huge flaw and is caught by the Xiongnu. Or the Qin State was short of troops and sued for peace.

"All folded under the city of Qixian? Hehe. Shan Yu sneered. said: "Ben Shan Yu is very curious, how much do you Qin State plan to pay to annihilate us?" Lakh? Or an army of 200,000? With less 100,000 or even 200,000 troops, do you still have men in Qin? ”

"Hahaha! Hahaha! "King Zuo Xian, King Right, and the nobles of the Huns all laughed. The Xiongnu are a nation on horseback, even if the Qin State sends an army of 200,000, the Xiongnu can completely use the mobility of the cavalry to get rid of it and avoid its edge. Then he took a bite of the Qin army, and it was almost impossible for the Qin army to completely annihilate the Huns. But in the same way, the 100,000 Xiongnu army contained too many forces of the Qin State, and the Qin State wanted to coerce the Xiongnu to withdraw on their own initiative! It's a pity that it's just wishful thinking!

Lu Buwei was not annoyed, but said with a smile: "Your army is all skilled cavalry with bows and horses. I really envy others! It's just that how long can your army's grain and grass last! We don't need to take the initiative to attack, we can win a big victory when you run out of food and grass! Shan Yu still has to think deeply! ”

The faces of the Xiongnu nobles in the big tent suddenly became ugly, and grain and grass were the real weakness of the Xiongnu! Not to mention that the grassland is thousands of miles away from here, and the logistics route is too long, even if it is only a few hundred miles, the Xiongnu do not have the habit of transporting grain and grass from the grassland! The Qin State is stubbornly defending Qi County, if the Xiongnu really run out of grain and grass, in addition to venturing deep into the Guanzhong Plain, they will be left to flee north in a hurry, maybe on the way north, they will have to slaughter war horses as food!

Compared with the problem of food and grass, whether it is morale or troops, it is not a problem! Lü Buwei's words hit the nail on the head!

Xiongnu Shan Yu snorted coldly, and said disapprerovitically: "There is a lot of worry, although the grain and grass of our Xiongnu army cannot last for three or five years, it is still possible to support Korea to attack Guanzhong!" ”

This time it was Lu Buwei's turn to change his expression greatly, and he subconsciously looked at the right bone Duhou - Yiqu Hong, but he didn't see any answer. And Xiongnu Shan Yu laughed.

Just now, the Xiongnu just deceived Lü Buwei, but he didn't expect Lü Buwei to be really fooled, it seems that the Koreans still keep their promises! I just don't know what the progress of Korea's attack on Qin has reached! It's a pity that the other party will definitely realize that he has just been fooled, and it is impossible to cheat more!

Lü Buwei's expression quickly returned to normal, and he said disapprerovantly: "South Korea is now under siege by the three kingdoms of Zhao, Qi, and Chu, although the Korean army is brave, but it can't break this crisis for a while!" I, the Qin State, are sitting on the risk of Tongguan and Yaoguan, and controlling Xiaoguan in the south, with the geographical advantage of being a husband and a man, how can South Korea get benefits! Shan Yu must be clear, a city like Qi County Qin State is more than a hundred, if you talk about the steep terrain, Qi County is not as good as Tongguan, Yaoguan one-tenth! ”

Shan Yu just laughed and did not speak, and did not argue. Because he knows that even if he refutes it, it will not be good. Whether South Korea can overcome such dangers as Tongguan and Yaoguan is no longer up to Qin to decide! There are many factors that affect this kind of battle, but it is clear that as a passive defender, the situation of the Qin State is very bad!

"Your envoy has been so long-winded, don't you just want to preach? But please be direct to the meaning! Shan Yu deliberately ended this meeting earlier.

Lü Buwei no longer hid it, and said: "The Xiongnu army is already sleepy and lacking in morale; Our Great Qin is unwilling to take advantage of the danger of others, and is willing to make peace with the Xiongnu! After all, over the years, South Korea has repeatedly bullied our Great Qin, and to put it mildly, South Korea is the mortal enemy of our Qin State! As long as you order the troops to retreat, you can reap the friendship of the Qin State! In the future, if the Yueshi attacks the Xiongnu, we will go west out of the Great Sanguan, if the Xiongnu and the East Hu are not on good terms, the soldiers and horses of Shangjun can also support one or two, isn't it beautiful?! ”

Qin really came to seek peace, or negotiate peace, which also proves from the side that South Korea's pressure on Qin is not ordinarily great! Otherwise, the Qin State could have used a small number of troops to defend the pass and mobilize a large army to fight with the Xiongnu! But as long as the Qin State has enough time, it will never give up with the Xiongnu! After all, being almost attacked by the Xiongnu into the Guanzhong Plain can be regarded as a great shame for the Qin State!

"Friendship?" The Huns are alone, friendship in this era is not as good as tangible interests after all! There are too many examples of allies in the morning and enemies in the afternoon! What's more, the Qin State is still a little far away from the Xiongnu! At present, there is no conflict between the Xiongnu and the Yueshi, and there is constant friction with Donghu, but Shangjun is connected to the central part of the Xiongnu - the tribe of Shan Yu, if there is really a war, the Xiongnu are more worried that the Qin State will come to revenge!

"Except for friendship, how can you strike a soldier and make peace?" The meaning of Shan Yu's words is very clear, friendship is a dispensable thing that is not valued by the Xiongnu, if the Qin State wants to sincerely negotiate peace, it must come up with the interests of impressing the Xiongnu!

Lü Buwei said in the tone of a businessman: "100,000 stones of grain and grass, 1,000 zhang of cloth!" ”

Shan Yu immediately shook his head, if he led an army of 100,000 and had no losses, he might accept Qin's proposal. But the problem is that the Huns lost 100,000 elites here, and such a little compensation obviously can't impress the Huns Shan Yu! Shan Yu dared to guarantee that if he agreed, the Hun nobles would quarrel! The loss of each tribe is by no means compensable by such a small compensation!

"We have lost 100,000 troops, and you want to use such a small profit to tempt us to retreat, no way!" Captain Zuo was the first to jump out.

"The lives of the descendants of the wolf are priceless, unless the Qin State compensates us twice as many slaves, otherwise, there is no need to talk about peace!" The right general also disagrees!

"Slaughter him with an army of 50,000 again, and see if the Qin State can still be so arrogant and have no one in his eyes!" The Right Virtuous King shouted.

Lü Buwei turned a blind eye to all of this, listened to them and did not listen to them, and only after all the Xiongnu nobles expressed their opinions did he say unhurriedly: "First of all, not only the Xiongnu lost 100,000 troops, but our Qin army also lost 50,000 people!" According to this number, the Huns want us to lose another 50,000 troops, I'm afraid not many people can be spared! Secondly, these 100,000 stones of grain and grass and 1,000 zhang of cloth are not compensation, but an expression of the sincerity of our Qin State. This time it happened because the Xiongnu provoked the trouble, and our Qin State is magnanimous and no longer cares! If the Xiongnu regard this as the weakness of our Qin State, we might as well fight again and see who is better! ”

There was a sudden silence in the big tent, and the Hun nobles seemed to have no brains and were high-minded on weekdays, but that was all on the surface! Shan Yu doesn't want his subordinates to be very shrewd and pose a threat to his position!

Now, what Lü Buwei said is very reasonable, the Xiongnu don't have much capital, but the loss of the tribe can't be counted like this! All of a sudden, everyone was in trouble! (To be continued......)

PS: After running for a day, I will continue to run tomorrow to take wedding photos! It's so sleepy! Let's see if we can add chapters tomorrow!