At the southern foot of Daqing Mountain in Yunzhong County, the royal tent of King Hutu, one of the three largest tribes of the Southern Xiongnu, is located here, because the temperature in the valley here is much higher than that on the grassland in winter, and the hills can be used to block the howling north wind. Since moving south, King Hutu has gradually fallen in love with the climate. Therefore, he rarely migrated throughout the year, and only handed over the task of transfer to his son Tuhun and other cronies.

During this time, King Hutu was a little busy, and Kebineng, the leader of the Xianbei people, Yuan Shao, the general of the Han Dynasty, Jizhou Mu, and Qubei, who claimed to be the heir of the Southern Xiongnu, sent envoys one after another.

However, King Hutu's mood fluctuated, and Kebineng sent people to ask him for some refined salt and soy sauce, liquor, candles and other luxuries from the Wei family, and informed him that the Xianbei people would go south through his territory to trade with the Hedong Wei family of the Han Dynasty. He needs to ensure the safety of the Xianbei people in the state.

This gave him a little headache, the history of the rise of the Xianbei people is the history of the decline of the Huns, and now the Xianbei people occupy the vast land of the grassland from Liaodong all the way to the west, most of them are from the Huns???????????????? Most of the ones that were grabbed in their hands were the original territory of the Southern Xiongnu.

If Kebi can ask for luxury goods, it can be said that the two sides are trading, but the Xianbei caravan entered from Yunzhong through Dingxiangxia Taiyuan to Hedong, and this route is likely to face the raids of Qubei and other small tribes. He is not a big single member of the Southern Xiongnu tribe, if he comes forward frequently, then his defection to Kebineng will be exposed. King Hutu was very curious about why Kebi was reluctant to start from Youzhou and turn south from Daijun to the east of Taiyuan under Yanmen, although the distance seemed to be similar, but Daijun was the territory of the Wuhuan people, and there were no big tribes in Yanmen, so it was relatively safe. Maybe Kebineng just wanted to use him to ensure the safety of the Yanmen road.

The purpose of going to Hutu King knew very well that it was nothing more than the integration of the Xiongnu and the act in unison. King Hutu felt that if he could lead everyone to drive the Xianbei people to the east and move more pastures for everyone, he actually had no opinion. There is nothing happier than following a great Shan Yu to seize the enemy's pastures.

What made King Hutu feel most ridiculous was the envoys of Yuan Shao, the chariot general of the Han Dynasty, who were far away in Jizhou but wanted to unite with the Southern Xiongnu against their former ally, the Han general Wei Xuan. Although King Xiutu relied on Kebineng for his vote, he looked down on weak people and betrayed his allies, but the benefits promised by the chariot cavalry general of the Han Dynasty were many, such as recognizing him as the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu, for example, if the Southern Xiongnu tribes went south, Yuan Shao, the chariot cavalry general, would support him from military and financial strength.

King Hutu didn't want to agree to any of the three people's requests, but his geographical location determined that he had to perfunctory the demands of the three people. The westernmost part of Kebineng's territory already borders on him, and Qubei occupies a large area of land in the south and the Qiangqu two people will have his west and south outlets, and that Yuan Shao is the one who may occupy Youzhou, and the east is about to border, which means that he may be surrounded by these three people in the future.

Therefore, after Yuan Shao's envoy Guo Tu promised the same to King Xiutu, King Xiutu finally nodded and agreed to deal with Wei Xuan.

At the same time, near Linrong County, Shuofang County, northwest of Bingzhou, and west of He Tao of the Yellow River, the royal tent of the Qiangqu tribe was located on the west bank of the Yellow River. The water and grass here are lush, the cattle and sheep are fat, and it is the ideal pasture for the nomads, but the Qiangqu will not forget the influence of the Han Dynasty who was once married to the Huns, nor will it forget how the Xianbei people oppressed the Xiongnu with the decline of the Han Dynasty. Although he also participated in the operation to override Yuvro. Now Shan Yu is dead, and Yu Fuluo's whereabouts are unknown. Qubei has sent envoys many times to hope that the various tribes of the Southern Xiongnu can act in unison. Qiangqu did not immediately agree or refuse, did not agree because most of the targets of the Han court officials and princes, Qiangqu has always opposed the gradual encroachment of the Southern Xiongnu on the territory of the Han Dynasty, because for a long time in the future, the enemies of the Xiongnu should be the Xianbei people. It is for this reason that when the Southern Xiongnu were forced to go south, his ancestors and he did not continue to go south when they came here, compared to the radical Qubei and Yuvluolai, he always maintained a kind of respect and friendship to the Han court, but he was full of vigilance against the Xianbei people in the east.

And the fact that the Han Dynasty's Zhengxi General and Si Li's lieutenant were able to send envoys to him also made him feel surprised, not that the Han had ???????????????? It's gone, is the court too busy to take care of itself? And the young messenger caught his attention as soon as he opened his mouth when they met.

As Wei Xuan's brother-in-law, the current general's mansion chief Shi said to the leader of the Southern Xiongnu after a long journey: "Shan Yu, do you want to enjoy the rest of your life or do you want your children and grandchildren to cross the desert?" ”

Qiangqu is forty and three this year, Guo Jia's question is also targeted, the average life expectancy of people in this era is not long, you can call yourself an old man when you are over forty, Qiangqu is the leader, and the living conditions are better, but it can be seen for a maximum of twenty years. So he didn't get angry but smiled: "Please also ask Mr. Guo for advice." ”

Guo Jia nodded and said: "The Southern Xiongnu now occupy most of the state, and they have unique conditions to go south at any time, if Shan Yu wants to live a good life, it is very simple to plunder Hedong with Qubei, and a large number of luxury goods of the Hedong Wei family belong to Shan Yu." If you don't want to do it with Qubei, you can also go south directly to bypass Shangjun and raid Beidi County and Zuo Fengyi, and even Jing Zhaoyin, and now the Han Dynasty moved west to Chang'an, but it was also forced, and there were no extra troops to stop Shan Yu. ”

Qiang Qu smiled: "If I remember correctly, Mr. is the son-in-law of the Hedong Wei family, and the lord of your family is a loyal minister of the Han court, no matter which route I choose to go south, it will not be beneficial to Mr." ”

Guo Jia also smiled: "This is exactly the purpose of Jia's visit to Shan Yu. Jia wants to convince Shan Yu to look at the grassland, lay a solid foundation for future generations, and start working now for the resurgence of Starfury. ”

"Please speak up, sir."

"No matter how many grievances the Xiongnu and the Han court had, the roots of the Huns were in the grassland. No matter how much Han territory the Xiongnu occupied, they only used lai for grazing. Similarly, the Han court, no matter how strong or weak, could not occupy the steppe of the Huns. The current annexation is just a buffer zone between the two sides.

And now the rapidly rising Xianbei people have encroached on a large number of grasslands belonging to the Xiongnu, and have complicated relations with the officials of the Han court in Youzhou. If Qiangqu Shan Yu is ambitious, my lord is willing to work with Shan Yu to target the Xianbei people. It can assist Shan Yu to integrate the various tribes of the Southern Xiongnu as soon as possible, especially the large and small tribes that moved into the merged state. And all kinds of luxury goods of Dahan, Shan Yu must also be the first time to obtain. In the future, the caravans of the Wei family will also come here in a steady stream. ”

"Then what are the conditions for the general of the Great Han to conquer the west?"

"The Huns withdrew and annexed the state."

Qiang Qu frowned, he didn't expect Wei Xuan's request to be so excessive. Although he only occupied part of the grasslands of the two northernmost counties of Bingzhou, it was clear that he was reluctant to give up the water sources on both sides of the Yellow River.

Guo Jia looked at Qiang Qu's expression in his eyes and continued: "Shan Yu can think about it, in addition to the one who gave up the true nature of the grassland people to graze and became a full-time robber, Jia believes that other tribal leaders will also consider the opinion of my lord." Because there are dozens of times the prairie from Yanshan north to Liaodong!

Moreover, the Hedong Weijia is setting up a garment factory and needs a lot of cattle and sheep fur, and if you can feed enough cattle and sheep in the future, your wealth may be dozens of times that of today. Because my lord said, there will be as many cattle and sheep as there will be in the future! Imagine exchanging cattle and sheep for sperm???????????????? Salt, liquor, candles, soy sauce and warm and light woolen sweaters, beautiful and durable cowhide shoes......"

Qiang Qu's eyes lit up, and then he retracted and asked, "Why was your lord able to make up so many strange things?" ”

"Because my father-in-law once sleepwalked through three thousand worlds. Think about it, how many things are used to enjoy life in the three thousand worlds. My father-in-law once said that he had seen the kind of electric light that didn't use oil, and it turned on at the touch of a button. Think about it, hundreds of miles away, and you only need to make a phone call to send the information here. Although Jia also thinks it's incredible, but just like the champion Hou Feng Wolf Juxu back then, who would have thought about it? ”

The corners of Qiangqu's mouth twitched, how to say this, continue to brag just don't talk nonsense.

Qiang Qu was imagining here, and Guo Jia continued: "Maybe you don't like extravagance, but a lot of luxury goods can be used to sell brave tribal warriors and speed up the pace of unification of the Southern Xiongnu." ”

"But the conditions for withdrawing and merging with the state are too harsh."

Guo Jia shook his head: "My lord is also an ambitious person, and now that the Han Dynasty is all over the world, in order to win the hearts of the people, he must do something." There is enough rainwater in the Hetao area, and there are tens of millions of acres of land suitable for cultivation. The Huns used grazing to feed about two or three hundred thousand people, but if they plough it today, it will produce at least two or three million people. The surplus food may also be exchanged with you. Our Han people advocate farming culture, which is fundamentally different from the Xianbei people and Wuhuan people, so they are not interested in the prairie that is not suitable for farming, so we don't have to worry about our inch. In the past six months, we first defeated the famous Han general Dong Zhuo, then annihilated all of them in the Fuluo Department, and then defeated Yuan Shao, the lord of Jizhou. If I don't cooperate, at most, my lord will postpone the campaign to expel the Huns for a year or two. At that time, Shan Yu will not be qualified to negotiate peace with my father-in-law. ”

Qiang Qu listened to Zhengxi, and then his eyes widened with an incredulous expression: "Yu Fuluo was destroyed by your father-in-law?" Or is it total annihilation? ”