Hearing that Tou Manshan Yu was coming, Wang Jian sorted out his military appearance and greeted him in great strides.

"Haha, Tou Man is single, and he is far away." Wang Jian smiled and arched his hand.

Thorin acted as an interpreter and introduced Wang Qian's identity.

Touman also returned the salute to Wang Jian in the way of the Huns.

Wang Jian let the guests into the big tent and sat down the guests.

Touman had been vigilantly observing his surroundings since the moment he entered the Qin camp, and if the Qin army rushed over to capture him, he would inevitably fight to the death.

But after observing for a long time, I didn't notice anything unusual, the soldiers were all doing their jobs, and behind the tent, it didn't seem like there was an ambush.

Tou Man calmed down a little, took out the bearing of Da Dan Yu, and said: "This time, this king is here to negotiate peace to resolve the border dispute, why does Daqin want to mobilize the people so much?" ”

Whoever listens to this is reluctantly giving himself a step.

Wang Jian was still smiling: "Since we are here to negotiate peace, it will be easy to do, my king heard that Tou Manshan Yu led the army with momentum, so he sent me and others to come here, the more people we come, the more it shows the dignity of Da Shan Yu." ”

This was not only a deterrent, but also gave Touman face.

Tou Man saw that Wang Jian was quite easy-going, and he was even more relaxed: "Since it is a peace negotiation, and this king has also come to the appointment, he has shown sincerity, but I don't know how sincere Daqin is?" ”

"Hehe, I've already prepared a little wine and food, so how about letting Da Shan Yu taste my sincerity first?" Wang Jian said and beckoned.

The sergeant outside began to serve food and drink, and in a short time the table was full.

The food style of the Huns usually eats is relatively simple, and in the face of a table full of wine and delicacies, even if it is a big single Yu of the Huns, it is inevitable that the index finger will move.

But Touman didn't move, not because he was worried about any etiquette, but because he was worried that the wine and food were poisonous.

Of course, Wang Jian knew his thoughts, so he took the lead in eating a few bites of food, poured another glass of wine, and drank it dry in one sip, to show that there was nothing wrong with the wine and food.

Touman grabbed a chicken leg and took a big bite.

"Come, taste this old Qin wine." Wang Jian filled a cup for Touman and handed it over.

Touman took it and took a sip, feeling a little sour, but he didn't care.

At the end of the glass, the atmosphere eased a lot.

Wang Jian stopped talking about state affairs, and chatted with Touman about family life.

"How old is Da Dan this year?" Wang Jian asked.

Touman swallowed the meat in his mouth before he said: "This king Chinese New Year's Eve is one year old today, how old is General Wang?" ”

Wang Jian stroked his beard and said, "I'm forty-five years old this year, and I'm not very useful, hehe." ”

"Don't be afraid when you're old, just have a son." For the Huns, it was more important than anything to have a boy inherit their blood and family business.

"Well, the son and the old man are there, called Wang Ben, and he is still promising." Wang Jian said, "I don't know if Da Dan Yu can have a prince? ”

"There is, there is." Tou Man showed an angry expression, "The prince's name is Mao Dun, and he is seven years old this year. There are also three smaller ones who don't know how to ride horses. ”

Wang Jian secretly marveled that the children of the Huns had to learn to ride horses at the age of seven.

He toasted a glass of wine to Touman and said, "Then I want to congratulate Da Shan Yu for being so prosperous." ”

Tou Man drank it all and said: "Only if the son gives birth to more can he not be bullied, this is the law of survival on the grassland." ”

Wang Jian sighed: "It is important to have more births, but if you give up your life easily on the battlefield, wouldn't you have lived for twenty years in vain." Therefore, it is better not to fight. ”

Touman questioned

"How can there be immortals in war, isn't it just to give birth to a son to fight?" ”

Wang Jian asked rhetorically: "Then what is the purpose of the war?" ”

Touman bit down another piece of meat and said vaguely: "Of course, it's to grab food, grab land, grab women, and then have more children." ”

"Oh, it sounds so." Wang Jian said, "But I think that if I don't have so many children, I won't need so much food, and since I don't need so much food, why should I rob it?" ”

Tou Man was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this issue.

"Because, because even if you don't rob others, others will still come and rob you, and there won't be so many men waiting to be killed, aren't they?" Touman said.

Wang Jian asked again: "Is that the case, even if the enemy is not short of food, he will still come to grab things?" ”

"That's right." Tou Man said as a matter of course.

"So." Wang Jian said, "What everyone lacks is not necessarily food or women, but rules. ”

"Rules?"

"Yes!" Wang Jian continued, "Just like the Great Qin State, since the Shang Emperor Wei Ying's change of law, the rule of law in the country, the court puts the rules first, and those who do misdeeds must be punished by the criminal law, so that everyone abides by the law and discipline, and they will spend money to buy anything they lack." ”

Touman was silent, it was a country he longed for, with the system of his dreams.

Ever since his father founded the Xiongnu Tribal Alliance, he has been looking for ways to govern the Alliance, and even more so since he succeeded to the throne.

The core purpose of going south this time is also to seize some cities and see how the Central Plains governs the government and develops the economy.

I only heard Wang Jian continue: "Now Great Qin is the richest among the Seven Kingdoms, everyone has enough food, even if it encounters a natural disaster, it can survive for a few years. Do you say that the people are guilty of fighting with others for food? ”

"If you really kill someone for stealing something, and you don't wait for the clansmen to retaliate, the government will already bring the murderer to justice, so the perpetrator will inevitably die."

"So, who would dare to kill casually?"

Touman shook his eyes a few times and retorted: "That's different, usually our clan is also very united, and those killed are all foreigners." ”

"Okay, then let's talk about the war between the two countries." Wang Jian said, "Take our Great Qin as an example, we often compete with Wei and Zhao for cities, but every time we win a city, do we have to kill the people in that city?" I believe that no one will and will not dare. ”

"And even in this city, violence is worn. If it is not popular with the people, it will soon be driven out by the people. ”

"Let me ask Da Danyu, if you capture the city of Great Qin, how will you treat the people?"

"This ......," Touman was speechless when asked.

If he captured a certain city in the Central Plains, he would definitely have sacked it, and even if he didn't kill everyone, he would definitely treat adult men as slaves, and then divide up the women.

"You don't have to think about it to know the result." Wang Jian said, "This is also the reason why Great Qin sent a large army to fight, I believe that the whole world is the same reason." ”

"If Da Shan Yu can take care of the people of other countries like his own people, Wang Jian will go and build a city to give to Da Shan Yu!"

Wang Jian said resolutely, not like a joke.

Touman's mind was in turmoil, and almost all of his cognition was scattered.

Could it be that the previous understanding of war was really biased?

Is it really possible to treat hostile clansmen with tolerance?

Wang Jian saw that his eyes were shaking, and he knew that his words had an effect, so he continued: "It's like the current situation, the alliance of our three kingdoms

, we can kill the killer, but we don't. ”

Tou Man looked up at Wang Jian and asked, "This is also what I want to ask, why don't you do it?" ”

Wang Jian said: "These warriors of yours are all fresh lives, if they die on the battlefield like this, their parents will be sad and crying, and their wives and children will hold grudges." ”

"When their children grow up, they will come to this place again and avenge them. Da Shan Yu said that he would give birth to a lot of sons, I believe this is also one of the reasons, if the fate falls on the battlefield, there will be many people who will avenge you. ”

"But what is the point of killing and killing like this, except for hatred and hatred for each other?"

Touman said coldly: "The Huns don't have enough sheep to exchange all the warriors, if you want to turn us into slaves, then we would rather die in battle." ”

In his view, the terms of the peace must have been the exchange of property for the besieged people, including himself.

Wang Jian shook his head with a wry smile and said: "Da Dan is wrong for you again, we Daqin have never wanted to seize your land and sheep, otherwise from the perspective of combat power, it should be us who attack you, not you who attack the Central Plains." ”

Yes, people are stronger than you, and if you really want to worry about your flock, then you won't have to rob it every once in a while.

Wang Jian pointed to Suo Lin and said: "This is the young master of the Yiqu clan, who once led a large army to attack Longxi of Great Qin, and then lost to the King of Qin, the King of Qin treated him leniently, and Suo Lin was convinced. ”

Later, the king of Qin took in all the Yiqu people and gave them land and livestock. All the Yiqu people are grateful to Dade and have never betrayed Daqin's heart again. ”

Thorin echoed and said, "It's true, there are 30,000 Yiqu troops in the army now, if you don't believe it, you can ask them." ”

Wang Jian pointed to Qiang again and said, "This is the prince of Xiqiang." ”

Tou Man's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at them, he never expected that these two young people of different races in the Qin army would have a great background.

"Xiqiang borders my Great Qin generations, but there haven't been many conflicts." Wang Jian said, "The only time this year was when Xiqiang helped Yiqu restore the country. However, although the King of Qin took the prince of Qiang, he did not use this to blackmail the king of Xiqiang, but directly released the Qiang. ”

"That's true." Qiang added, "My father was so grateful to the King of Qin that he gave Jiayuguan to the King of Qin and accompanied him to the Western Regions. ”

Touman had already heard about this, so he asked the two tribes living north of Longxi to move to Jiayuguan, one of which was the tribe of Heqin, and the other did not want to migrate, so he broke with Heqin.

Wang Jian said: "The King of Qin is not only ambitious, but also generous and benevolent, and most of the people who oppose him will be forgiven, including Da Shan Yu, the same. ”

Touman asked, "You mean that King Qin will let us go back?" ”

"Hehe, maybe." Wang Jian said, "However, it is not your cattle and sheep, but there is another condition." ”

"On what terms?" Touman asked curiously.

Wang Jian said: "Since Da Dan Yu can't take advantage of leading his army south, then after this, don't invade the Central Plains again, this is not too much to ask." ”

Touman thought for a moment and said, "I also have a request. ”

"Please."

"This king wants to invite the king of Qin to come here in person and set up a rule between the two countries." Touman said what was in his mind.

"No problem." Wang Jian said, "It's just that this will be a few days of tiresome work." ”

"I'll be fine waiting a few years." Touman took a sip of his wine and said, "But you'll have to feed my warriors." ”

Wang Jian: "......"