"I want to go!" Lu Buwei grabbed in front of Wei Ran and Ying Ze and said.

King Qin looked at Lü Buwei with a look of relief, and sighed in his heart, although Lü Buwei was a patriot, he was loyal to himself and to Qin, and surpassed many Qin Zonggui who had eaten vegetarian meals. If King Qin knew Tang Taizong's poem "The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the board knows the honest minister", maybe he will also say the words of Xiao Yuye, who is a widow!

"Chen was originally a businessman, and he also went north to the grassland to do business, and he knew the Xiongnu language and customs! If the king is a minister, it can facilitate communication with the Xiongnu nobles. In addition, the identity of the minister is the guest secretary of the Qin State, and his status is transcendent, and the Xiongnu will neither feel that our Qin State is flattering and afraid of them, nor will they think that we despise them! Conducive to peacemaking! Therefore, the minister asked for his life and was willing to share the worries and solve the problems for the king! Lu Buwei said with a resolute face.

King Qin nodded, and said to Prime Minister Wei Ran: "What does the Prime Minister think?" ”

Wei Ran replied respectfully: "The minister thinks that Keqing has insight into the customs of the Huns, and he is both wise and brave, so he is really the most suitable candidate!" ”

King Qin was overjoyed and said, "The widow appointed Keqing as an envoy and went to Qi County to negotiate peace!" Where is Lang Zhonglingan? ”

Gong Qi hurriedly came out of the queue, and Changzuo said: "Weichen is here!" ”

King Qin said earnestly: "You must protect the safety of Keqing!" This peace negotiation has made a great contribution to both of you, but if Keqing is in danger, no matter whether the peace negotiation is successful or not, you are not only useless, but guilty! Do you know? ”

"Remember!" The Duke solemnly agreed.

During the Battle of Luoyang, Duke Qi led an army of 100,000 to besiege Luoyang. It's a pity, it turns out. At the very beginning, South Korea saw through this adventure of the Qin State! Of the 100,000 Qin troops, those who finally returned to Xianyang were only a few dozen!

According to Qin's law, such a fiasco as the loss of 100,000 troops, the lord will be shown to the public. But when he was young, he was kind to the king of Qin. In addition, the defeat of this army is not the fault of Duke Qi, but the loss of Hangu Pass is too fast, and the return route of the Qin army is cut off, so the King of Qin also opened the net and forgave Duke Qi's capital crime! However, the title of Duke Qi was removed, he was reduced to a commoner, and he was ordered by the King of Qin to reflect at home. Half a year later, perhaps King Qin cherished his talents. It is reused, and it is still Lang Zhongling, but it does not have any title. It was not until a few months ago that Duke Qi led the army to defeat the Huns, and he obtained the title of "doctor", avoiding the embarrassment of being in a high position but not having a title.

Today, some of Qin's most famous generals either conquered east of the river or fought against the Xiongnu in Qi County. The only general in the Qin State who commanded an army of more than 100,000 was Duke Qi. On the recommendation of his ministers, the king of Qin ordered the Duke of Qi to lead the army. It can also be regarded as letting him atone for his sins, so as not to attract criticism when he is promoted in the future! (About Qi Gong, let's take a look at the Battle of Luoyang, and then think about it now, what should be discovered)

When the Duke of Qin heard that the King of Qin regarded Lü Buwei's safety as more important than the success or failure of the peace. It is clear that King Qin is buying people's hearts! Lu Buwei really replied with a daring face: "The king's special treatment of his ministers, the ministers dare not be ashamed!" But if there is the slightest possibility, the minister will definitely order the Xiongnu to withdraw their troops and return to the grassland!

"The widow is waiting for Aiqing's news in Xianyang, waiting for Aiqing's triumph. The widow personally greeted Aiqing at the gate of the city! King Qin said with a smile.

Lü Buwei just took a deep seat and was silent for a long time.

After the court meeting, the king of Qin left Lü Buwei and Duke Qi to give a face-to-face lecture. Subsequently, Lü Buwei returned to his mansion, simply packed his bags, and followed the army of the Duke of Qi to pull out the village together, all the way to the north, towards Qi County!

At the same time, under the city of Qixian, the Hun camp, the atmosphere in the big tent was a little stagnant.

From the sixth day of the first month to start the siege of the city, to now, it has been a full eleven days, except for a limited number of times to climb the head of the city and occupy a corner of it, most of the time it is often before catching up with the city, driven down by the Qin army! Many Xiongnu nobles because of the loss is too great, often do not work, just for this to attract a few nobles, fiercely reprimanded, the situation became better, but it will not be long, many tribes will be passive and sluggish when attacking the city!

For this reason, the Xiongnu Shan Yu solemnly ordered the whole army to suspend the siege of the city, and gathered all the nobles to discuss the departure and stay of the Xiongnu army. Or, go all out to attack the city, after all, the Huns' grain and grass only have more than 20 days left, and for the sake of insurance, within ten days, Qi County must be taken; Or, just quit the army. Whatever decision is made, it is necessary to unify everyone's minds in order to act. Otherwise, if you want to attack the city and worry about casualties, and if you want to retreat and are unwilling, it will only ruin a big thing.

Shan Yu's cold gaze swept a circle of nobles in the big tent, from the king of Zuo Xian to the marquis of the right bone, all the nobles of the Huns are already here, Shan Yu has been fed up with the news of the increasing casualties every day but cannot conquer Qi County, today is to go or stay, must make up his mind.

If it is the monarch of the Central Plains who leads the troops, he still can't leave a word. But the Huns are not like this, the reason is that the strength of the Hun ministers is very strong! The Xiongnu are the descendants of the wolf, and they believe in the strong, and those who are as strong as the single also need to take into account the thoughts of other ministers. Otherwise, Shan Yu proposed to leave, and the other ministers united to stay, which would be a heavy blow to Shan Yu's prestige. Once such a situation occurs, it won't be long before Shan Yu should give way! A person who can't control the overall situation is not worthy of sitting in a single position! This time alone, he crusaded against the Qin State and brought all the ministers to prevent anyone from making trouble in the rear. Each tribe contributed half of its troops, also to maintain the original grassland form.

Specifically, there are 32,000 people in the tribe alone; the right and left virtuous kings, 20,000 each; the kings of the valley on the left and right, each seventeen thousand five hundred; the left and right generals, 15,000 each; the right and left lieutenants, twelve thousand five hundred each; The left and right big households and the right bone are marquis, each with an army of 10,000; Left Bone Duhou, 8,000 people, a total of 200,000 troops!

The left side of the standing position of the Xiongnu nobles in the big tent is headed by King Zuoxian, and King Zuo Guli, General Zuo, Captain Zuo, Danghu Zuo, and Marquis of Zuo Gu stand in turn; On the right side, the right Xianwang is the leader, and the right Gu Liwang, the right general, the right Daduwei, the right Dadanghu, and the right Guduhou stand in turn. Everyone knew the reason why Shan Yu convened everyone to discuss the matter, and everyone had their own thoughts, waiting for Shan Yu to be the first to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since entering the Qin State, our Xiongnu army will win every battle, and every city will be conquered. The land of Qin, which has occupied thousands of miles, is now blocked by the small county town of Qi. Behind Qi County is the fertile Guanzhong Plain, where countless wealth, women, and grain are counted, do you plan to stop at Qi County and return to the grassland? If everyone thinks so, then I will take you back to the grassland right away! If you still want to take advantage of the fact that the food and grass are not used up. Loot on the Guanzhong Plain to make up for the losses, so why are you tied up when you attack the city? Are you still not the descendants of wolves, and are you worthy to be warriors on the steppe? If it's the latter, you've failed the scimitar at your waist! Shan Yu sneered angrily.

King Youxian immediately jumped out, touched his chest with one hand and saluted: "Shan Yu, your eyes are sharper than the eagles in the sky, and wherever your scimitar goes, all enemies surrender to your horse!" The reason why our army is trapped under the small city of Qixian County. It is because some people are afraid of sacrifice and refuse to die! ”

Obviously, King Youxian is not saying that his soldiers are not in a good position, but implying that some people are unwilling to die in order to preserve their strength. Thinking of the first six days, it was the Right Xian King who led the Right Gu Liwang, the Right General, the Right Captain, the Right Danghu, and the Right Bone Marquis to conquer the Qin army camp, and annihilated 10,000 Qin army elites. Captured the head of Qixian County for an hour. Although he was finally driven down by Wang Jian personally led his personal guards, it also caused more than 5,000 casualties to the Qin army. So to speak. Of the 25,000 people lost by the Qin army, more than 17,000 were caused by the tribes west of the Xiongnu. Only 8,000 people were caused by the tribes in the east of the Xiongnu led by King Zuo Xian. If you calculate the time, the tribes in the west of the Xiongnu will siege the city for six days, and the tribes in the east will attack the city for five days.

Of course, Shan Yu knew what the Right Xian King wanted to express, and the fact was just as the Right Xian King said, the Zuo Xian Wang's passivity and slackness were the key reasons why the Xiongnu were blocked in Qi County. I summoned all the nobles to come to the meeting, and I also wanted to knock it. lest they chill the hearts of the right kings.

"These days, have the losses of the various tribes been counted?" Shan Yu's casual words cheered up all the Xiongnu nobles.

Obviously, whichever tribe has greater losses will be more concerned about attacking Qin. As of now. The losses of the Left Virtuous King are far less than those of the Right Virtuous King! This alone is expressing dissatisfaction with King Zuoxian!

The guards on the side immediately handed a parchment scroll to Shan Yu, who looked at it casually, and then smiled inexplicably, "The tribe of the Right Xian King, the loss of six thousand five hundred people; the Liwang tribe of the right valley, with a loss of 5,800 people; the right general tribe, with a loss of five thousand people; the tribe of the right Duwei, with a loss of 4,200 men; the right big household, with a loss of 4,300 people; The right bone Duhou tribe, the loss of 5,000 people! A total of 30,800 people! ”

"Well, I'll take a look at it again, the tribe of Zuo Xianwang lost four thousand people; the tribe of Liwang of Zuogu, with a loss of 2,800 people; the tribe of the left general, with a loss of 2,200 people; Left Daduwei tribe, with a loss of 1,900 people; Left the big household, with a loss of 1,500 people; Left Bone Duhou tribe, loss of 1,200 people! Well, that's 13,600! ”

"A small Qi County, with only 50,000 troops! But more than 40,000 Hun warriors can rest here! Moreover, there are still nearly 30,000 Qin troops in the city! If it goes on like this, wouldn't it be necessary to lose forty or fifty thousand troops to take Qi County?! At that time, our Hun army will only be 1120,000, how can we attack Xianyang?! Fight one city after another, I'm afraid that if you still haven't reached Xianyang, you'll die! Shan Yu snorted coldly.

"King Zuo Xian, your losses are very small! How? Tell everyone about it! Let them learn from the right sage! Shan Yu glanced at King Zuo Xian and King Zuo Gu Li, and said calmly.

In the Xiongnu, the king of Zuoxian, the king of Zuo Guli, the king of right Xian, and the king of right valley are collectively called "four corners", which are more expensive than the rest of the princes. Shan Yu naturally attaches great importance to the "four corners", as long as the "four corners" surrender to Shan Yu, then Shan Yu can sit back and relax. Because other tribes can't threaten the Xiongnu Shan Yu at all! Therefore, although Shan Yu only said King Zuoxian, he also observed the expression of King Zuo Guli.

"The siege of the city is unfavorable, please punish alone!" King Zuo Xian was also a bachelor and directly admitted his mistake. King Zuo Guli, General Zuo, Captain Zuo, Zuo Dadanghu, and Zuo Gu Duhou also knew that their slackness had caused Shan Yu's extreme dissatisfaction, and no one dared to violate Shan Yu's majesty before the conspiracy, and immediately admitted his mistake: "The ministers are not good for attacking the city, please punish Shan Yu!" ”

Zuo Xianwang came to such a show, but it was not good for Shan Yu to continue to attack! glanced at the right virtuous king and the right valley king. Shan Yu signaled that he would call the shots for them, and said, "Siege is not good? King Youxian first annihilated the elite of the 10,000 Qin troops outside the city at the cost of 20,000 people, and then almost conquered Qi County, they lost more than 30,000 troops before and after, and the Qin army annihilated was close to 20,000. If you can do it all in one battle, you will not stop storming Qi County. Maybe we're already singing and dancing in Qi County at this time! It's good for you, it also took six days, and the Qin army annihilated was less than 10,000! You come to sue Sù Ben Danyu, what do you want to do next? ”

For the Xiongnu, the East was more noble than the West. "Shan Yu Yu out of the camp, worship the beginning of the sun, and worship the moon at night." The East is more sacred than the West when it comes to worshipping the rising sun in the east every day. The Left King controls the Eastern Tribes, and the Right King controls the Western Tribes. It also shows that the Xiongnu are still left. Because the Right Xian King and they are adjacent to the Qin State, Shan Yu deliberately let the Right Xian King and them attack the Qin State first, who knew that when it was the turn of the Left Xian King and them to attack, there was such a thing! Moreover, some of my warnings did not work. Therefore, Shan Yu united the Right Xian King and the Right Gu Li King, and made it difficult for the Left Xian King and his people.

Since it is a challenge, it must be clearly stated. The 32,000-strong army under his command remained unmoved. What is prevented is that other tribes lose little and then give birth to dissenting hearts, therefore. When Shan Yu said this, he still had a lot of confidence in his heart.

"The ministers are willing to obey the dispatch of Shan Yu!" King Zuo Xian didn't dare to promise anything, and started a round. This sentence has no substantive meaning, but it can show the attitude of supporting Shan Yu.

Shan Yu waited for this sentence, but he still persuaded humanity with reason: "The army went thousands of miles south and conquered all the way." Now, although more than a dozen cities in Qingyang, Changwu and Bin counties have been conquered, the seized grain and grass are only 100,000 stones, and the wealth is even few! The real prosperity of the Qin State lies in the Guanzhong Plain, and if the troops are withdrawn here, it will inevitably damage morale! So. The meaning of this single is to continue to attack Qi County, behind Qi County, there is a flat river, full of grain and grass, wealth, women, how much can be taken, as we like! What do you think? ”

"Shan Yu Yingming!" The crowd replied with a bang.

At the beginning, the reason why he was willing to temporarily leave the beauty country was not to envy the wealth of the Qin State? Now that so many soldiers and horses have been lost, but they only get these grains and grass, how can people accept it! Those rich and beautiful people, the flower world of the Central Plains is just a stone's throw away, and they can't give up anything! Therefore, as soon as the Xiongnu Shan Yu's words landed, the Xiongnu nobles such as King Zuo Xian and King Right Xian unanimously decided to fight it! Especially the Right Xian King and the Right Valley Liwang are the most resolute to continue to attack Qi County, because they have suffered the most losses these days, and if they don't fight, they can't make up for the losses!

Shan Yu nodded and said, "Since you want to fight, then how to fight, you have to talk about it well!" At present, the grain and grass of the whole army are still enough for 20 days, and half of them are used for the return journey, and they cannot be used lightly! That leaves us with ten days to storm the city, unless we get new food and grass supplies! In ten days, can you take Qi County, you sue sù this single Yu! ”

No one would doubt that the heroic and warlike Hun warriors would not be able to take the small Qi County, the question is how heavy the casualties will be! After all, the Xiongnu believed in the strong, and if their tribe suffered too many casualties, it was difficult to guarantee that it would not be swallowed up by other tribes! Fearing each other and using each other, the minds of the Xiongnu nobles are so complicated.

But King Zuo Xian also knew that there was an attitude, so King Zuo Xian was the first to say: "Within ten days, as long as we Huns work together, there will be no problem in conquering Qi County!" (In other words, the reason for not conquering Qi County is because the various tribes of the Xiongnu are separated from Germany and do not work together, and King Zuo Xian has already thought of the excuse that he failed to conquer Qi County within ten days.) ）”

Xiongnu Shan Yu nodded with satisfaction, and looked at the Right Xian King, who naturally knew Zuo Xian Wang's idea, and immediately pointed out: "Shan Yu only needs to give an order, if anyone is ineffective in combat, there will be no mercy!" Within ten days, Qi County will inevitably be broken! ”

The right Gu Li Wang, the right general, the right captain, the right big household, and the right bone Marquis all said yes, and the left Gu Liwang, the left general, the left big captain, the left big household, and the left bone Marquis felt that the other party was holding on to himself, and he also agreed-for-tat.

Shan Yu nodded with a smile and said, "Since everyone thinks so, then it is limited to ten days." However, this single Yu is also fair, and those who fail to fight will naturally be punished, and those who have made meritorious contributions in attacking the city must also be rewarded! In this way, if each tribe compares the strength of the army at the time of departure, how many troops have been lost, and twice the number of prisoners of war and young men of the Qin State can be selected as slaves to make up for the loss! Which tribe annihilated the Qin army with the largest number of people, it can be as many as five thousand young people! The tribe that breaks the city first can also get two thousand more Qin country youths! Is that good? If you don't have any objection to this, do it! If someone privately robs the captives of other tribes, it is up to them! ”

Many Xiongnu nobles began to calculate, according to this calculation, as long as the Xiongnu won the final victory, the active tribe benefited the most. Those who are passive and slack can preserve their strength for a while, but in the long run, the loss is great!

"Shan Yu Yingming!" Everyone said yes, and Shan Yu smiled more and more cheerfully! (To be continued......)

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