"The minister has indeed considered this matter, for example, the Ludi Shi clan is the Wang clan, and the head of the family is Shi Yan, who was one of the nine Qings."

Zhou Ping said: "For example, in the families of several ministers in the DPRK and China, there are also women of appropriate age. ”

Seeing that Liu Che was silent, the fan on the side tried to say: "According to the minister's opinion, Huo Shizhong can also match the woman of the clan?" ”

This time, Liu Che nodded slightly: "It is always necessary to wait for him to make meritorious deeds and have an advanced reward, so it is easy to arrange, it is still early at this time." ”

Zhou Ping and Fan's thoughts: His Majesty's wish is to marry the daughter of the clan to Huo Quai...... When he makes meritorious deeds, the power of the military family in the court will be more and more prosperous......

At this time, Huo Qubing had already come to the military camp outside the city, gathered his soldiers and horses, and galloped away from Chang'an.

In a blink of an eye, the Xiongnu delegation came to Chang'an for four or five days.

The Han side ignored them, but they were closely guarded, and the Han army monitored them when they entered and exited.

The Huns also did not seem to be in a hurry.

It was as if they were waiting for something to happen, or news to come, before revealing the purpose of the envoy.

Until the sixth day of their arrival in Chang'an, in the morning.

There is a long street in the south gate of Chang'an, called "Lotus Street", which is the residence of the foreign envoys who come to Chang'an.

Hu Yanye, the captain of the Huns, and his entourage were arranged here.

After they got up in the morning that morning, they again submitted their credentials and asked to meet Emperor Liu Che.

"Count the time, the day before yesterday is the date agreed with your brother Xu Buhui, at the latest tonight, there will be news to Chang'an, I will wait to see the Han emperor at this time, it is the right time."

In the building, Hu Yanye looked at a few entourage.

Subna disagreed: "You are still too cautious, with my brother's strength, even if the Han people know in advance, what can they do?" ”

Subna's brother Su Buhui was brave and martial, a rare and outstanding general of the Xiongnu, and one of the formulators of this plan.

It was he who came up with a way to curb the Han people from sending troops to attack the Xiongnu in the spring and summer, and he led another team of men and horses to carry it out personally.

A few people were talking, and a Han official came in.

It was the Daxing Order's subordinates who were in charge of the public and had an elegant temperament, but their eyes were open and closed, and they were also quite imposing.

The Han and the Huns were at war for many years, and the officials of various ministries were hostile to these Xiongnu envoys.

After Yu Zhong came in, his eyes swept away, and he said lightly: "Let me tell you about the big order, Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, not you can see it if you want to, I can convey it on my behalf." ”

As soon as Yu Zhong said that, he was about to leave, and Hu Yanye sneered:

"I might as well tell you that before I came, my elite Huns had already arrived in the Western Regions. If there is a change on the western front of you, can you take responsibility? ”

Yu Zhongyan was taken aback, and wondered if the Xiongnu wanted to push the people of the Western Regions to harass my Huaxia?

This is extremely difficult, the distance between the two places is long, and it is inconvenient to travel back and forth, but the Gushi of the Western Regions, Loulan and other countries are indeed under the close control of the Xiongnu.

And the location of these two countries, one in the south and the other in the north, is on the only way to enter and exit the Han and Western Regions.

If it is really related to the border war, it is difficult for a small envoy to bear the responsibility.

He hesitated for a moment, and was about to go back to report, but when he left, he walked in a hurry, but the shameful laughter of the Huns in the rear was ignored at this time.

He returned to Weiyang Palace and reported the matter to Daxing Ling Li Xi.

Li Xi fought with the army several times and knew the Huns quite well. He has been speculating about the reason for the Xiongnu envoy in the past few days, and when he heard this, he said lightly: "Nonsense, there are many small countries of Hu people in the Western Regions, what kind of courage do you have to attack my big Han." ”

However, if there is a teacher in the Western Regions, Loulan and other countries take the lead and organize a group of soldiers and horses to provoke the border passes, it is necessary to guard against it.

Li Xi then played the news to Liu Che.

"If Loulan, Gushi and other countries really have actions, how can the Huns say it easily?"

Liu Che snorted: "But they want to plan to push the Western Regions to jump out and block the way, it shouldn't be fake, this is the reliance of the Huns."

Li Xi, it's up to you to listen to what Taichang and Lang Zhong Shi Jian have to say. ”

Half an hour later, a group of Hun envoys, headed by Hu Yanye, were taken to a side hall of Weiyang Palace.

After Hu Yanye came in, he looked at the three Hanchen sitting in the hall with sharp eyes.

The Imperial History Department sits on the main seat, and the left and right are Li Xi and Shi Jian.

Shi Jian is the eldest son of the founding father Wan Shijun Shi Fen, and is currently the commander of Lang Zhongling, that is, the head of the military attache in Chang'an, who is in charge of the forbidden army.

Shi Jian is over 70 years old, but he is in good spirits and his eyes are bright.

Seeing his old age, the tall and strong Subuna said with some contempt: "At such an age, you need someone to support you when you walk, and you are still a military general." ”

Hu Yanye found a place to sit on his own, and said calmly: "My Huns only worship the shaman god, and the rest do not worship." ”

There were officials beside Li Xi who were fluent in Xiongnu and immediately translated.

Fan squinted and said, "You said you have something to play for Your Majesty?" ”

Hu Yanye: "Do you think that my Huns are coming to envoy to make peace with you Han people?" ”

"Isn't it!" Shi Jian said coldly.

Hu Yanye, Timan, and Subna laughed in unison: "Naturally not, what is there about you Han people that makes me and others afraid, and wants to come to make peace with you?" In the past, when you Han people fought with my Xiongnu, it was you who sued for peace and married the clan woman to my Xiongnu. ”

Han-Hun peace was the main strategy of the early Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu, and it was true.

Han's suing for peace with the Xiongnu was intended to exchange temporary humiliation for time to recuperate, which was a passive and unavoidable measure.

Of course, by the time of Emperor Wu, the situation was changing.

However, these Huns were not wrong, it was indeed the Han who took the initiative to mention peace to the Huns before.

Several Hanchen in the hall, especially the veteran Shi Jian, had extremely ugly faces when they heard this, which was the most unacceptable scar of the Han Dynasty.

Although Shi Jianren is old, he is indeed a violent temper, and he was about to have a seizure when he heard the words, but he was stopped by the fan system and made a look, which means to listen to what these Huns say first, don't delay the business.

Subna stood behind Hu Yanye, staring at the veteran Shi Jian.

If Shi Jian makes a move, he will respond as soon as possible.

They are here, they have a strong dependence, and they are not bowing their heads to seek peace, even in Chang'an, Su Buna dares to make a move.

Seeing Shi Jian sit back in his place, Subna smiled with some disdain.

Hanchen's reaction was the same as he expected.

Several of them were ostensibly public, but they were actually taking the opportunity to test Hanchen's bottom line, and then analyze Liu Che's attitude and set the direction for subsequent actions.

"I heard that some time ago, there was a caravan from the Western Regions that brought the silk flag wood of Qiuzi to Chang'an?" Hu Yanye said.

When the Xiongnu envoys came to Chang'an, they were not only known by the Huns, but also known so clearly, including the name of the envoy's silk flag!

Fan and Li Xi's faces were silent, but their pupils contracted imperceptibly.

Hu Yanye sneered: "We have sent elite cavalry, and none of the caravans where Silk Qimu is located will want to return to the Western Regions." ”

"You may not know her identity yet, if she dies on the way to your Han land, you don't want to conclude a peace alliance with Qiuci and other countries."

Hu Yanye's posture became more and more tough, his body leaned forward slightly, and he said menacingly:

"This is just the first step, my Xiongnu also contacted Loulan, Gushi and other countries, as long as an order is given, the connection between your Han and the Western Regions will be completely cut off, and not a horse will want to pass."

"Joke, it's up to you to decide." Fan said in a deep voice.

"True or not, news came soon.

Not only Loulan, but also Gushi will move, and to the west of your Han territory, there will soon be turmoil. Hu Yanye said.

This time, even the veteran Shi Jian's heart sank slightly, and he already understood the reason why the Huns were so flamboyant.

They themselves did not want to confront the Han army in the spring, so they secretly promoted the various tribes of the Western Regions, or even used Loulan to continue southward to contact the nomadic tribes Qiang, Di and other tribes outside the western line of the Han Dynasty, and gave benefits by some means, fanning these tribes to come to the Han to provoke and withdraw themselves.

Therefore, their real reliance is not on the countries of the Western Regions, but on the Western Front of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, what Hu Yanye said is not necessarily the truth. If they had succeeded, they wouldn't have to say it.

Hu Yanye, Subna, and Timan all sneered secretly.

They only said a few plans, which moved Hanchen.

It seems that the purpose of this mission is not difficult to achieve.

"My family's big Shan Yu said, if you want to negotiate peace, you can send the women of the clan to my Xiongnu royal court."

Hu Yanye was anti-guest-oriented: "Da Shan Yu also said that if the women of the clan did not enter our Xiongnu before the autumn time, they would send orders to the Western Regions and our Xiongnu departments to send troops to attack Han." ”

"If you can't wait to be the master, you might as well tell your emperor the news and see what he means."

"By tonight at the latest, it's clear whether what I'm saying is true or not." Hu Yanye got up and walked out.

At the same time, Huo Qubing led his troops out for a few days, and just returned to Chang'an and entered the city through the West Gate.

He was also accompanied by two generals, one was Yao Zhao, and the other was Zhao Ponu, a young general who was robbed by the Huns in his early years and fled back to the Han Dynasty to join the army.