In the middle of the morning, the Xiongnu entered the palace with some trepidation.

He is in his fifties this year.

This is also an old birthday star, historical records record that he succeeded his brother Shan Yu in 195 AD, and in 265 AD, when Wu sent an envoy to Wei, when Sima Zhao received the envoys, Liu Chan and he were also among them.

Originally, although Hu Chuquan was detained in Luoyang, Cao Wei treated him well, and Cao Pi gave him a seal, a green cover car and a sword, which was regarded as enjoying glory and wealth.

But this kind of life in captivity is always uneasy, and the life of the family is not in his own hands but in someone else's, which makes people fearful.

Therefore, after Liu Xuan secretly found him, hoping that he could support the Huns' defection to Han, Hu Chuquan hesitated again and again, and finally decided to deal with this matter, and planned to leave in chaos when Cao Wei moved the capital.

In fact, the Huns were not completely single-minded to join the Han, Liu Xuan sent an envoy to the Han army, and the condition put forward was to let the Han army attack the Cao army first, and then the Huns would send troops to cooperate with the Han army.

The fundamental purpose of this is also very simple, that is, whoever wins will help whom, there is no Huns who did their best to help the Han army or the Cao army at the beginning.

Although this kind of thing seems to be very immoral, there is no loyalty and shame to speak of. But if you look at it from the point of view of the Huns, it is easy to understand. For the weak and small people, it is difficult to survive in the cracks, and once the bet is wrong, it is the death of the clan.

Therefore, Liu Xuan swayed left and right, hoping to wait until the Han army and the Cao army were at war, and then announce that he would help one of them after victory.

It's just that Hu Chuquan didn't realize that Cao Rong's summoning of him today might be the East Window Incident, but he was thinking that Cao Rong was probably trying to force him to let the Huns send troops.

He is now thinking about how to refuse, after all, the population of the five southern Xiongnu tribes is only two or three hundred thousand, and the total number of troops is tens of thousands, so he can't withstand such a toss.

Soon, under the guidance of the eunuchs, Hu Chuquan came all the way to the Jianshi Hall of the North Palace, and Cao Rong rarely summoned ministers to discuss matters in the West Garden, because that was where he relaxed, and in the main hall, he could also give the other party a little sense of oppression.

Hu Chuquan entered the hall, Cao Rong sat majestically on it and overlooked him, and the guards on the left and right sides stood, their hands on the knives at their waists, quite a bit of a sense of giving him a horse.

Seeing this situation, Hu Chuquan was a little surprised, and then stepped forward and bowed down and saluted: "Luan Lin Hu Chuquan, I have seen Your Majesty!" ”

"Get up."

Cao Rong raised his hands falsely, and then gestured: "Shan Yu sits." ”

Hu Chuquan looked left and right, and saw Chen Qun, Wei Zhen, Dong Zhao and other ministers sitting in Cao Ei, so he had to find a last seat to sit.

After he sat down, he asked, "I don't know what His Majesty is calling his ministers for?" ”

Cao Rong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Shan Yu should also know that now that Great Wei has suffered some setbacks, the rear is training a new army, and the thief army is going to attack and merge the state. ”

Hu Chuquan knew that he had thought of a way on the way here, and hurriedly excused himself: "Your Majesty, there are few major generals and soldiers, and the tribesmen have grazed cattle and sheep every day over the years, providing meat and war horses for the Wei army, and there is almost no time for training, I am afraid that if it really fights, it will not be able to fight with the Han army at all." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Rong's attitude became cold, thought for a moment, and sneered: "Shan Yu is too modest, who doesn't know that the Huns are brave and good at fighting, and there are still tens of thousands of horses in your tribe, if you can fight with the Han army, how can the Han army be alone with the enemy?" Is it just unwilling to serve the Great Wei? ”

"Of course not."

Hu Chuquan hurriedly said: "The minister is willing to contribute to the Great Wei, but the people of the tribe are indeed lazy in training, not to mention that Your Majesty also knows that the weapons and equipment of our tribe are wrought iron or even pig iron, and the weapons and equipment of the thief army are far stronger than ours. ”

Cao Rong's face completely showed an unhappy expression, the other party was either an excuse for neglect of training, or an excuse for poor weapons and equipment, obviously he had no intention of sending troops at all, and he was not polite at the moment, and said coldly: "Shan Yu really can't send troops?" ”

Seeing his face, Hu Chuquan naturally understood, hesitated slightly, and had to say: "If Your Majesty wants the minister to send troops, the minister can only send troops, but please ask Your Majesty to give the minister a little time, let the minister return to the tribe to train the soldiers, and then ask the general of Great Wei to transport a batch of better weapons and equipment, so that he can fight with the thief army." ”

"Oh."

Cao Rong nodded, and then patted the case and shouted: "Shan Yu is doing a good job at home." ”

Hu Chuquan was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly got up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister has nothing to do at home every day, and he doesn't do anything." ”

"Really?"

Cao Rong sneered: "Then how did I hear that someone came to you? ”

Hu Chuquan stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, sometimes the tribesmen need to come to Luoyang to buy some things, and it is common for them to come and see as ministers. ”

"Then according to your meaning, Liu Bao went to Bei and others to conspire to defect to Han, and it has nothing to do with you?"

Cao Rong said with his eyes narrowed.

He actually didn't know that Hu Chuquan was not involved, because the information they got was only that Liu Bao and Qubei were plotting to defect to Han, so they wanted to test it from the beginning.

The first is to see if Hu Chuquan is willing to serve Cao Wei, and the second is to determine whether Hu Chuquan has participated in the Huns' defection to Han.

But now it seems that even if Hu Chuquan is not involved, with his attitude of pushing back and resisting, even if he is not involved, he has to participate.

A sneer appeared on Cao Rong's face.

Hu Chuquan's face changed greatly, his eyes widened and he knelt down and said, "My two nephews are going to conspire to join the Han?" Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't know, Your Majesty thinks about it, if the minister is in Luoyang, if he plots to defect to Han, wouldn't it be a dead end? How could the minister agree? ”

"Oh?"

Cao Rong looked at him coldly: "But I heard that Shan Yu is also among them?" ”

"Never!"

Hu Chuquan stubbornly said: "If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, the minister is willing to hand over Shan Yu Xishou immediately, and the Hun soldiers and horses, and I am willing to hand them all over to Your Majesty." ”

"Huh."

Cao Rong sneered in his heart, you know each other, and then said with a kind smile on his face: "I naturally trust Shan Yu, but Liu Bao goes to humble Shan Yu and doesn't care about Shan Yu's life or death, what is the use of such a traitor?" Shan Yu gave me the seal, and I helped Shan Yu clean up the courtyard. ”

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were defeated by the Han Dynasty and since they were divided into two parts. One fled north to Mobei and called it the Northern Xiongnu. The other part still inhabits Monan, but is attached to the Han Dynasty and is called the Southern Xiongnu.

The Southern Xiongnu was sealed by the Han Dynasty, and it was engraved with "Xiongnu Shan Yu Xi". By the time of Wang Mang, Shan Yuxi of the Southern Xiongnu was once taken away by Wang Mang. After the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu re-awarded the seal to the king of the day who divided the northern and southern Xiongnu, and since then this seal has also become a token of the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu.

After the establishment of Cao Wei, Cao Pi re-granted a new jade seal to Hu Chuquan to replace the original seal given to him by the Eastern Han Dynasty. But its meaning has not changed, with this seal, it can control all the soldiers and horses of the five Xiongnu in the name of Shan Yu Huchuquan.

Cao Rong took away the seal of Hu Chuquan, and naturally there is no need to say much about his thoughts.

The two exchanged a few more words, and after a while, Cao Ei let Hu Chuquan leave, looking at the back of him leaving, Cao Ei said coldly to Chen Qun, Wei Zhen, Dong Zhao and others: "Do you think Hu Chuquan knows about this?" ”

Chen Qun smiled: "It doesn't matter if he knows it or not." ”

"yes."

Wei Zhen sighed: "The most important thing now is to use his Shan Yu seal to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the five Xiongnu departments. ”

Cao Rong said in a deep voice: "When his seal is taken, he will immediately send it to Zhong Gong, and let Zhong Gong detain Liu Bao and wait for the relatives and relatives of the king of Gu Li and send them to Luoyang. ”

"Yui!"

Everyone should give it up.

And here Hu Chuquan left the Luoyang Palace in a daze, and after returning to his mansion, his heart trembled.

When Liu Xuan came to look for him, he was reluctant to call Chuquan at first, after all, his own life was at stake, and if the Xiongnu surrendered to Han, he would die.

But it is also an indisputable fact that Cao Wei is now in decline, and Liu Xuan's emotion is reasonable, and he finally persuaded him. In this way, the Southern Xiongnu can also find a future backer to avoid the extinction of the race in the future.

As a result, I never expected the East Window incident.

Hu Chuquan had no choice, he was held hostage in Luoyang, if he didn't hand over the seal of Shan Yu, I was afraid that his life would not be saved, so he could only hand over the seal to the palace guards called escorts, who were actually escorts.

When the guards left, a clansman came out from behind the Huchuquan Mansion and asked, "Shan Yu, what's going on?" ”

This clansman is Hu Chuquan's cousin, Liu Xuan brought him when he came before, and left him behind to be in charge of liaison work when he left, and now he saw Cao Wei's attendant come to take away Shan Yuyin's letter, and he was immediately very puzzled.

Hu Chuquan had no choice but to tell his nephew about the matter, and the man was shocked and said, "If this is the case, won't the clansmen suffer?" ”

"Ugh."

Hu Chuquan sighed and said, "Now that Cao Rong already knows Shi Ze's plan, how can this be good?" He took my Shan Yu Yin letter, fearing that it would be against them. ”

"I'll go back immediately!"

The nephew said without hesitation: "The news must be sent back, Shan Yu, now that Cao Wei is declining day by day, if you can't vote for Han, I'm afraid it's dangerous." ”

"So what should I do?"

Hu Chuquan said angrily: "I'm in Luoyang, you went to join the Han, won't I die?" ”

He thought that his nephew was going back to tell Liu Xuan Liu Bao and Liu to humble them, so that if something happened in advance, then he would be in danger.

The nephew thought for a while and said: "Shan Yu's seal letter has been handed over, Cao Wei Tianzi will definitely not care about his uncle anymore, if we still follow the original plan and flee while they move the capital, and my uncle simply don't go back to Merge and flee directly from Nanyang to Nanyang, they will definitely not think of it." ”

Flee to Nanyang?

Hu Chuquan was stunned for a moment, and then began to think about whether it would work.

It's not that he's very smart enough to think about it, it's that his ancestors did just that.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu became stronger and stronger, and Hu Han Yeshan unified the Xiongnu tribes, leaving the tradition of brother to brother, and as a result, the successor Yushan did not want to pass the throne to his younger brother, and wanted to pass the throne to his son, so he killed several younger brothers, making the Xiongnu gradually split.

To Yudan Yu's son's generation, his successor Punu Wuda Marquis Shan Yu did not want to give the position to his younger brother, so at that time, he split the eight Xiongnu tribes for the corpse of the king of Zhuri, and established himself as Shan Yu and Nantou Han.

Since then, the Xiongnu began to divide the north and the south, and even with the help of the Han army, the southern Xiongnu also defeated the northern Xiongnu, drove them to Mobei, and occupied the rich Monan themselves.

Therefore, the Nantou Han is also an old tradition of the Huns, and if you can't beat it, you can join, which is the best choice.

The current situation is that Han is strong and Wei is weak, and if you follow Cao Wei, you will be in danger of losing your head if you don't say well in the future. What's more, now Cao Wei is almost exhausted, forcing them Huns to go to the front line to fight, and if they don't want to surrender to the enemy, then not only themselves, but also the tribesmen will die.

But Cao Wei already knew their plan to surrender to the enemy, so what should they do? If the news is transmitted back, Liu Xuan and they will launch a rebellion in advance if they say that they are not good, and even if they escape in Luoyang, Cao Wei will definitely strictly control the road to the north and annex the state.

Once caught, it's dead.

Then it is better to simply do the opposite, you think that I fled to the state and returned to the tribe, then I will go south to join the Han.

"Hmm."

Thinking of this, Hu Chuquan couldn't help but feel that this was a good idea, and said with great joy: "It makes sense, don't go out during the day, there may be someone outside to monitor it, it's too dangerous." If you leave at night, find a place to hide at night, and leave tomorrow when the Luoyang City Gate opens. ”

"Okay."

The nephew answered.

At the moment, Cao Rong and Hu Chuquan have their own calculations.

More than ten days later, outside the county seat of Gaodu County, the vast grassland was covered with tent bags.

In the Han Dynasty, Shangdang County was still very prosperous, but unfortunately, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, the population gradually withered, and the Han people were mostly devastated.

In order to make up for the lack of population and control the southern Xiongnu, Cao Cao migrated the Xiongnu who originally lived outside the Yanmen Pass in Monan to the Guannei, where the Xiongnu lived and multiplied.

Gaodu County is the Jincheng City of Shanxi Province in the later generations, which is surrounded by mountain ranges, but outside the city is also the main urban area of the later generations, at this moment a vast plain, rich in water and grass.

The knights galloped towards the largest tent in the middle, and as they approached, one of them dismounted and rushed into the tent.

At this moment, Liu Xuan and Liu Bao were discussing in the tent, and when they saw someone coming, they were surprised: "Bali, why are you back?" ”

This person is the nephew of Hu Chuquan, whose name is Luan Li.

Luan promoted Li and said urgently: "Cao Wei already knew about our plan to join Han, and took Shan Yu's letter away. ”

"What?"

Liu Xuan was shocked and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"I don't know how the news leaked, now Cao Wei's people are afraid that they have arrived in Bingzhou, and we are in danger."

Luan promoted Li and said urgently: "Just start the matter now." ”

"Dadada!"

Outside, the sound of galloping horses' hooves could be heard.

The guards outside the door hurriedly came in and said, "King Xian, it's not good, thousands of Cao Wei cavalry suddenly came outside. ”

Liu Xuan said coldly: "I'm afraid it's too late, Bali, I'll give you something, you go to Hedong County immediately and tell the hussar general about it." ”

"So what are you going to do?"

Luan promoted Lihan like rain and said, "Cao Wei will definitely be unfavorable to you." ”

"No, it won't."

Liu Xuan shook his head: "If they dare to kill us, the clansmen will definitely be furious, and they also need our clansmen to help them fight, so I expect them to detain us or our families at most, you go, be sure to send the hussar general before Cao Wei escorts us or our family to Luoyang!" ”

"Okay."

Luan promoted Li and turned his head and left.

Now it has come to the life and death of the Huns.

Cao Wei's broken ship will sink if it stays any longer, and they can only choose to leave.

(End of chapter)