Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Uninvited Guest

The extent of the grassland is vast, almost boundless, and even the most senior pastor of the grassland has never reached the end of the grassland.

The vast steppes are inhabited by countless forces, almost all of which are states founded by nomadic peoples.

The grassland force that lives in the area bordering the Great Qin State is called the Xiongnu, which is a powerful force that has existed for nearly a thousand years, and its territory is extremely vast, not only the Great Qin borders on it, including South Korea, Yan State, Zhao State and other countries are bordered by the Xiongnu, among which the Yan State borders the widest range, followed by the Great Qin.

The Meng family is the Marquis of the North of the Great Qin, this north refers to the Xiongnu, the Meng family since the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty has been responsible for the task of garrisoning the north to fight against the Xiongnu, in hundreds of years of war, the Meng family has accumulated countless experience in fighting with the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu can be said to have an incomparable understanding.

Three months ago, according to the news sent back by the Meng family's spies in the grassland, there was a trend of unification among the originally divided forces in the grassland, and this force was called Yuan.

Yuan was a force that lived under the wings of the Xiongnu, received the protection of the Xiongnu, and at the same time paid tribute to the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu appointed a leader to lead the tribes to this force.

Six years ago, the leader of the Yuan Dynasty, I Ba, collided with the Xiongnu prince in a banquet of the Xiongnu royal court and was executed.

Three years ago, the forces of the Yuan tribes were all under the hands of the leaders of the three tribes, namely Temujin, Zamuhe and Wang Han.

But just three months ago, the Tetsumaki tribe bypassed the mountain range on which the Zamaki tribe depended, and while the main force of the Zamu tribe was out, they went straight to the hometown of the Zamaki tribe, and the Zamaki tribe died, and most of the Zamaki tribe was merged into the iron tribe.

When the news came, the nomads throughout the Xiongnu control area were boiling.

Because in these six years of conquest, Yuan not only did not decline as the Huns thought, but on the contrary, under the leadership of the three commanders, he continued to expand his power, and he has fallen from only 30,000 cavalry six years ago to nearly 100,000 cavalry now, and it is already a well-known big tribe in the grassland.

With the merger of the Tiemu Zhenbu with the Zamu Hebu, the unification of the Yuan tribe is already a foreseeable thing, and the rise of the Yuan will bring great variables to the grassland.

In his letter, Meng Tian told Wang Mang that Temujin had sent a messenger to Meng Tian a month earlier, and wanted to form an alliance with Great Qin to fight the Xiongnu.

Yuan?Tie Muzhen?

Wang Mang's eyes flashed, didn't this look like the Genghis Khan who bent the bow and shot the eagle eagle in later generations?

But when did the Mongols get involved with the Xiongnu?

Fortunately, Wang Mang's brain was big enough and his ability to accept it was stronger, so he threw these things out of his mind in an instant, but read Meng Tian's letter again.

Under Meng Tian's pen, Yuan, an ambitious person, jumped on the page.

Meng Tian's suggestion is that Yuan and the Xiongnu have an irresolvable hatred, so the Yuan and the Xiongnu must have a war, and the Xiongnu will never tolerate a tribe that offended them has not declined, on the contrary, it has become stronger, and at the same time, Yuan and the current Great Qin are not bordering, distant and close attacks, Great Qin can give Yuan some appropriate help, but can not fully believe in Yuan, the wolf cubs on the grassland are not credible from ancient times to the present.

Is it a long-range close attack, a front and rear flank?

Wang Mang looked at the letter and thought that in later generations, the Great Song Dynasty and the Mongols defeated the Jin Dynasty before and after, and then after the Mongols destroyed the Jin, the soldiers went all the way to the south, and the Great Song Dynasty perished.

Now the situation he is facing is almost exactly the same as that of the Great Song Dynasty, if it is according to common sense, Wang Mang will definitely not agree to form an alliance with Yuan, on the contrary, he will nip this force in the bud.

But what am I, I am the Son of Heaven, and I am destined to be a man who wants to dominate the world!

Wang Mang smiled confidently, looked at Meng Yi and said: "What Dingbei Hou means, I have already understood, I agree with his opinion in principle, but for Yuan, you can't be gullible, you have to win over, and you have to suppress it." ”

"I understand. Meng Yi said respectfully: "The minister will bring His Majesty's words to my father." ”

After finishing the business, Meng Yi said again: "Your Majesty, the minister is here, my father has ordered the minister to bring some local products from the north for Your Majesty, which have been transported to the palace gate, and Your Majesty can send a father-in-law to receive it." ”

As he spoke, Meng Yi also winked at Wang Mang, as if he had something else to do with this northern specialty.

According to Wang Mang's understanding, most of the local products are not real "native products", and if anyone in the later generations says local products, most of them are local products with silver.

This is a bribe for yourself.

Wang Mang suddenly understood, I am that kind of person, thinking in his heart, Wang Mang asked Li Lan to arrange for someone to go outside the palace gate to transport the souvenirs.

After all, the Meng family is stationed at the border all the year round, and the relationship between the Meng family and the court is not close, and the Meng family has a heavy army, which is a man that Wang Mang must woo.

Meng Yi was very happy with the emperor's attitude, originally he was still a little worried that the emperor would hold a grudge, but as soon as he said three words to Wang Mang, he understood that the emperor did not blame him, so his expression slowly brightened, and he returned to the state he saw when he first met Wang Mang.

All of a sudden, the guests and hosts are happy!

"Your Majesty, it's almost noon, and it's inconvenient for the minister to disturb Your Majesty, so I'll leave. Meng Yi said.

"Well, be careful on the road. Wang Mang nodded, and then his expression changed, and Li Lan and Meng Yi in the study immediately changed their expressions, Li Lan stood by Wang Mang's side in an instant, looking at the two people who suddenly walked into the study with a blue face, and Meng Yi also took a step and stood on Li Lan's side.

Wang Mang looked at the two people who walked into the study, one of them, Wang Mang, had some impressions, it was a deacon eunuch in the palace, named Feng Bao, and now the deacon eunuch followed behind a white-clothed boy with a proud face, and as soon as he entered the study, he snorted coldly, looked at Li Lan and said, "Little Lizi is accompanying the emperor today?"

"Feng Bao, what do you want to do?" Li Lan looked at Feng Bao with a nervous expression, her brows furrowed deeply.

"When will our family have to explain to you Li Lan?" Feng Bao sneered, then looked at the white-clothed boy beside him, pointed at Wang Mang and said, "Childe, this is the emperor of the Great Qin State." ”

This white-clothed boy is the best choice in terms of figure and appearance, with an arrogant face, it seems that there is nothing in the whole world that can be put in his eyes, listening to Feng Bao's introduction, he snorted, and then looked at Wang Mang and said: "You are the emperor of Daqin, my son's name is Zhou Feng, you can call me Zhou Gongzi, you don't need to know where you came from, you just need to know a little, I came here for Qingdefang and Fang Xizhi." ”

Without waiting for Wang Mang to speak, Li Lan scolded loudly: "Bold, in front of Your Majesty, you dare to be so presumptuous!"

"Hmph!" Feng Bao looked at Li Lan with a cold face, and shouted: "You little eunuch, you dare to roar like this, you are simply looking for death!"

After speaking, Feng Bao looked at Zhou Feng and said, "Son, let me kill this little eunuch and give you anger." ”