Chapter 61: Chain Reaction

"There are already almost eight tribes in the Salary Plough Division, Ding Ling Division, Hun Yubu, Refractive Division, and Qikun Division, which have been burned by those Han people for the winter!" In the royal tent of the Kun Evil King, a thousand cavalry commanders bowed his head and reported, "This is still what we already know, if you add those who are far away and the news has not yet reached the king's tent, I am afraid it will be even more!" ”

"Eight tribes? That's a population of thousands! According to historical records, twenty years later, Huo Qubing sent troops to Longxi, and the two kings of Kun Evil King and King Hutu surrendered to Han, excluding the defectors who were killed, and there were only more than 40,000 people who surrendered to the Han Dynasty! Now, even if they are not damaged by the war, the total number of people in the territory is more than 80,000 at most! If you only count the Kun Evil King's own subordinates, it is estimated that there are only more than 40,000 people!

And now this Han Dynasty mission has also deprived at least one-tenth of his troops from relying on them for the winter, and the thought of the population that will be lost next year really makes the Kun Evil King feel distressed!

For a slave-relegated nomadic tribe like the Xiongnu, population meant wealth! In the past, the captives they captured when they entered the territory of the Han people would not be easily executed, and it was precisely for this reason that Zhang Qian and Su Wu saved their lives! And now the territory is about to face thousands of Dingkou losses, which makes the Kun Evil King regret his original decision.

Look at King Hugh Tu, people don't take the letter said by the Bank of China seriously! Let these Han Dynasty missions pass, and I have never heard of them burning the hay and tents of King Xiu Tu's subordinates, and looting a little horse and grain at most, what is this loss? But now that the Kun Evil King is allowed to retract the order, he can't pull his son, and if he lets his subordinate tribes know that they have submitted to the Han people, how should they view themselves? The Kun Evil King is in a dilemma!

"My lord, now the news has reached the west! The elders of the various tribes sent news to the warriors sent by those tribes to intercept the Han people, and these warriors were worried that the Han people would go to their own tribe! If it hadn't been forcibly suppressed by his subordinates, they would have run out long ago! After speaking, the Thousand Cavalry Commander Imelie looked at the Kun Evil King, as if he wanted to get a new order from him. Although his Yimo tribe has not been harassed by the Han Chinese now, it is difficult to guarantee that it will be safe in the future.

"What do you mean we should do now?" The Evil King of Kun had the intention of backing down, but he didn't want to speak first, so he threw the question back to Imere.

"My lord, it hasn't snowed since the beginning of winter! These hayes are the lifeblood of all tribes! And now the young and strong are far away from the tribe and searching for the Han mission! There is no way to defend against it! "The Xiongnu were not a single nation, but a loose alliance of thousands of small tribes, and their control over their territory was much weaker than that of the Great Han! It is obviously impossible to control such a large territory with 40,000 men!

Before, they could block their way forward because the Han mission was going west, but now the Han mission has temporarily abandoned the plan to go west and circled with them on the grassland, so that they can't find their way! They had no way of judging which tribe the Han army would attack next.

"Now the warriors of all tribes are getting a little impatient! The day before yesterday, several soldiers of the Che Plough Department were shouting to go back to their tribes, and even fought with the soldiers who came to stop them! If it goes on like this, I'm afraid my subordinates won't be able to suppress it! Imelie began to complain, not to mention the others, even he was now worried every day whether his Imobu would be the next target.

The Kun Evil King's eyebrows moved slightly, as if he meant to speak, but in the end he didn't speak, but nodded and motioned for Imori to continue.

Yi Molie understood that the Kun Evil King was already a little moved, he gritted his teeth and said boldly, "Great King, my subordinates think that the round-up of the Han Dynasty mission is completely the idea of the Heavenly King, what does it have to do with us?" Now that the Dayue clan has been broken by our Great Huns, how dare they provoke us again? Moreover, the Kunmi (king) of the Wusun Kingdom has long wanted to attack the Otsuki clan! Even if these Han Dynasty missions were allowed to go west, what would they do? ”

Secretly glanced at the Kun Evil King, and seeing that his eyes were slightly closed, and he didn't mean to stop himself, Yi Molie lowered his voice and continued, "Neither the Heavenly King nor the King of Hutu stopped this mission, even if Da Shan Yu is angry, he can't blame you!" ”

This sentence seems to speak to the heart of the King of Kunxi, the reason why he besieged the Han Dynasty mission so carefully was precisely because he knew that the Bank of China was a close confidant of Da Shan Yu, and he was afraid that he would be punished if he complained to the military minister Shan Yu! Now that there are two people in the Bank of China and King Hutu to help him take the blame, what are you afraid of?

Immediately, he opened his eyes, looked at Imelie, and said sharply, "Imere, give the order."

"Heavenly King, I haven't seen a single snow after walking for so long, I'm afraid that this winter King Xiu Tu and King Kun Evil will have a hard time!" Crossing a small river with little water, Submu spoke to the BOC.

"It's also a lot easier for those Han people to escape!" The Bank of China, who has lived in the Huns for a long time, said that of course he knew the horror of the black plague, but he and Su Bumo thought completely differently! The weakening of the power of King Hutu and King Kun is good news for Da Shan Yu!

In his opinion, the political structure of the Xiongnu was too loose! Although Da Shan Yu is the nominal leader of each tribe, he does not have much jurisdiction over each tribe! The Great Han knew that the power of the kings would be weakened and the centralized power should be strengthened, if the Xiongnu wanted to confront the Great Han, the powerful factions such as King Hutu and King Kun were the biggest opponents of Da Danyu, and he was very happy to see these two princes suffer losses!

Hey, it's a pity that the Huns and the Han are still different after all! Da Dan Yu definitely did not have the ability and courage of the princes and kings who did not hesitate to fight like Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.

"Heavenly King! There's a small tribe not far ahead! We could just go over and rest for the night and ask for supplies! While he was talking, the guide came back to report.

When everyone heard this, they immediately sped up their horses, and the trek was very hard all the way, and they couldn't wait to eat fresh mutton and drink sweet wine! Of course, it would be even more beautiful if you could find a woman to sleep with in her arms!

It didn't take long for them to reach the tribe that the guide had mentioned, but when they climbed the hillside, they were stunned by the first sight they saw.

"Heavenly King, what the hell is going on? Why did the tribes under the Kun Evil King kill each other? Su Bumo glared at the two Hun cavalry fighting fiercely at the foot of the hill.

They fought so fiercely that they couldn't help but raise their knives and go into battle, and even the old men and strong women shouted and bumped into each other! Su Bumo and others were greatly surprised.