The Xiongnu had Shan Yu, Shan Yu was the emperor, and the emperor's empress was called Yan Shi on the Xiongnu side. Mao Dun's mother used to be the Yan family, but she died of illness very early, and the new Yan family was favored by Touman and gave birth to Ji Tuo, and the current Yan family's own son seems to be the first Shan Yu heir in the line, so Mao Dun wants to get the position of Shan Yu It is not only difficult, but also cannot compete for Ji Tuo in terms of name.

There is no doubt that Mao Dun has the ambition to be a Hun alone, and he has been working hard to get Touman's recognition. It's just that Touman likes his youngest son Ji Tuo even more so that in order to clear the way for Ji Tuo, he even did not hesitate to send Mao Dun to the side of the Yue people, who were the enemies of life and death, as a hostage, that is, to take over the hands of the Yue people to kill Mao Dun, so that Ji Tuo could take over the throne in the future It became more undisputed. And the so-called controversy will of course appear on Mao Dun, the reason why Tou Man wants to kill the hands of the Yue clan to kill Mao Dun is not to eliminate the chaos within the Xiongnu because of the position of Shan Yu?

For many people, it is a pity that the Yueshi people are really a little unkind, the Xiongnu and the Yueshi are enemies for hundreds of years, the son of the Xiongnu Shan Yu was sent to the hands, the Yueshi people did not dare to kill, only dared to make things difficult in some small things, and even did not dare to abuse.

Judging from the choice of the Yue clan to treat Mao Dun, the Yue clan is really in decline, and he doesn't even dare to insult the son of the supreme ruler of the enemy of life and death, and the blood belonging to a group can be said to have disappeared without a trace at this moment.

Mao Dun, who was originally frightened, was probably relieved when he saw the attitude of the Yue people, and he even had enough time to plan how to escape, and in the end he really succeeded in escaping and returned to the Xiongnu royal court.

"It's a fact that the Yue's people are lonely, but it's not necessarily necessary to say that you can't guard Maodun." Zhang Liang speculated: "On another level, the people of the Yue clan didn't deliberately let go of Mao Dun. Just want to let Mao Dun go, let Mao Dun go back and compete with Ji Tuo, so that the Xiongnu fall into civil strife, so that the Yue clan can have a little respite? ”

Zhang Liang's assumption exists, after all, Mao Dun is alone in the base camp of the Yue clan, a group that is no matter how declining. The control of the ruling center should still be there, and it would be ridiculous to be able to let whoever wants to go and come as they want.

"Touman must have escaped from Maudun and realized the conspiracy of the Yue people, when he was young, he was also a man who made a quick decision, and then sent troops to attack the Yue clan, and it was in that battle that he cut off the head of the king of the Yue clan, and then made a wine vessel." Zhang Liang's face was contemplative, and his tone gradually slowed down: "The king of the Yue clan was killed, and the people of the Yue clan fell into chaos. It gradually split into two factions. One faction was to stay away from the Huns and find a new habitat. The other faction is the revenge faction, they have sought revenge from the Huns one after another, but they have fallen on the road of revenge one by one. ”

What is Zhang Liang pondering? He was wondering whether Touman was deliberate or random, whether it was due to Touman's personal decision, or whether someone had offered advice to Touman.

It's obvious! The Xiongnu's attack on the Yueshi is very much like a kind of revenge, didn't the Yueshi people want the Xiongnu to fall into civil strife? Then the Huns killed the king of the Yue clan at any cost, and the Huns did not mess up. The Yueshi people first messed up on their own.

Chen Ping, who didn't know when he appeared, said expressionlessly: "Tou Man is now our prisoner, and he has the opportunity to interrogate. ”

Chen Ping really just came. He returned to Nanling from Hetao, and hurried to Xianyang from Nanling. His interjection made a group of people look sideways, but he maintained an expressionless face, and saluted Lu Zhe: "Your Majesty, the envoy group has sent information, and the Taiwei and the ruling think that you need to see it in person." ”

Lu Zhe raised his eyebrows. Nodding, Chen Ping saluted again before approaching to deliver a book.

Important information should have been sent to the emperor, but it was transferred to Nanling first, which shows that the person who sent the information did not think it was very important information, but the person who submitted the information did not think that the important information was considered important by the two important ministers of Nanling. It really made Lu Zhe curious about what kind of information it was.

The book is actually an excerpt, the beginning of which is written about the recent situation of the envoys, saying that they spent the winter in the territory of Wusun, and at the same time they also contacted the Wusun nobles while understanding the national conditions of Wusun, and there were a lot of similar words and sentences, and there seemed to be nothing worth paying attention to.

Lu Zhe looked at it patiently, but his brows frowned when he saw the words "moving west to the moon and returning to the east". If he remembered correctly, the Otsuki clan should have been fighting the Sakya people to the death, how could he suddenly return to the east? In addition, Wusun's side also mentioned many times that the Yueshi people who were originally attached to it showed signs of rebellion. Combined, it seems that things are not so simple.

"When did this intel come about?" Lu Zhe received Chen Ping's reply, was silent for a moment, and frowned: "Two months ago? Then even if we react, it will take a month at the earliest for the order to be conveyed to the Wusun territory. ”

The others hadn't read the information, and when they saw the emperor frowning, they could naturally sense that something was going on, but if the emperor didn't say it, no one could ask about it.

Lu Zhe looked around and said, "Wusun can be said to be a house that is cloudy and leaking!" Let Chen Ping introduce the recent situation on Wusun's side.

If Chen Ping hadn't prepared before, it would have been tragic for Lu Zhe to tell him like that. Fortunately, he had understood the situation in advance, and he was also reminded by Taiwei Luo Shao, and when he saw that everyone's eyes fell on him, he slowly said the matter.

Others may not have felt anything when they listened, but Meng Tian listened with a little complicated feelings. He is the general of the expedition to the west, and his title is destined to conquer the west of the empire, and he will focus on the development of the Western Regions for a long time in the future.

Wusun was in turmoil, and the early layout of the empire was tantamount to a waste, and the envoys and 80,000 troops in the territory of Wusun did not know what else would happen. For Meng Tian, the Wusun Rebellion is a good thing, once the Wusun Civil Turmoil Empire will definitely refocus its attention from the grasslands outside Yanmen and other counties in Northern Xinjiang to the Western Regions, and the troops, materials, and many other aspects will inevitably be several times or even dozens of times the investment, which is not a good thing for him, the general of the expedition to the west.

Several generals and colonels serving in Hetao were silent, except for the 80,000 cavalry troops that had already driven to Wusun, the Hetao garrison was the closest imperial army to the Western Regions, they were originally waiting for the order to march into the Junji Mountain, but now they heard that the situation in Wusun in the Western Regions may not be good, even if it is not good, it is necessary to make a new set of plans. It's just a change of location, and the chances are that it won't make a difference.

What is it like to work in Guanzhong? In fact, they are extremely looking forward to a group of people from the empire to open up the Western Regions, and the empire will turn its attention to the development of the Western Regions as soon as possible, and Guanzhong will definitely benefit, after all, whether it is grain or other materials, transportation needs to pass through Guanzhong. Then road construction, related economic drives, etc., will inevitably increase.

The current strategy of the northern part of the empire is to target the grasslands, and the national highway leading from the Yangtze River basin to Yanmen County was first grasped, and the materials transported from the southern counties on this national highway were almost not cut off, and many people bought some sundries, and many people in the counties around the road greatly profited, not to mention the convenience of the county roads, county roads, granaries, and so on that extended from the national highways.

Some celebrities have made statistics, and they do not count how many supplies the empire sends to northern Xinjiang, but count that the empire will set the next place to start a war after the northern grassland. The post-war recovery of the counties along the national highway was at least three times faster than that of other counties, and the closer the national highway was, the faster the recovery became, and even more prosperous than before the war.

Nowadays, people don't understand the "national policy profit" so well...... That is, the idea of closely following the national policy to generate benefits, but if you can see the effect with your eyes, who is not staring at Nanling, you are thinking that you can be around your area when you build a national highway in the next moment.

The current policy of the empire is: If you want to open up a national highway in which direction to focus on, or if you want to start a war in whichever direction, you will build that national highway. The phenomenon is that they are all looking at the periphery of each border county to see if that land is in urgent need of occupation, or if a few blind guys can pop up to attract the Imperial army to attack, as if they are a kind of alternative militant.

Lu Zhe came back from his thoughts and found that the atmosphere was a bit strange, and most of the generals lowered their heads and buckled their nails. Only a few of the generals had thoughtful faces. The civil officials in the center are sitting in danger, and some of the local civil officials are full of longing, and some are melancholy.

With a longing expression on their faces, it was naturally the civil officials serving in Guanzhong, and they all looked at the emperor with blank eyes. I hope that the next moment the emperor will say the words of increasing troops in the Western Regions, and then arrange them to recruit people to speed up the construction of national highways, prepare to build granaries along the way, and communicate with the head of the Qianqian about recruitment.

Some of the melancholy people are naturally the civil officials who are currently serving in the counties of northern Xinjiang, but they are just about to make achievements, if the empire's attention is turned to the Western Regions, the destruction may not be there, but the newly revitalized economy can be ......

Lu Zhe didn't pay too much attention to everyone's different expressions, and said, "Let's talk about our opinions." ”

A few people, you look at me, I look at you, the person who wants to speak may not be a little level enough, and the person with enough level will not easily open his mouth too early on a topic that may have a change in national policy, and for a while it is strangely quiet.

Lu Zhe is not in a hurry, it has only been about ten minutes since Chen Ping finished speaking, and the ministers need time to digest the new situation in the Western Regions, and they also have to weigh many places.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty," it was Meng Tian who spoke first, and he said, "Did Wusun mention what his attitude would be towards the imminent rebellion of the Xiaoyue clan in China?" ”

This Lu Zhe really didn't know, so he didn't answer Meng Tian.

"The last general thinks that Wusun should shrink his forces, be ready to suppress the rebel forces, and maybe even take necessary action before the rebellion happens." Meng Tian speculated in the style of the Qin State, and he said, "But I don't know if we have any relevant information about the movement of the Wusun army?" ”

Chen Ping didn't need Lu Zhe's signal, answered Meng Tian's question, and said: "The Wusun army has always been in a state of mobilization, and in the early stage, it was necessary to guard against the Jituo Xiongnu in the direction of Junji Mountain, and later because of the invasion of Mao Dun in the back, he was forced to transfer the army to the south, depending on which side was more tight, and the corresponding army was mobilized. After the 80,000 cavalry of the empire arrived in Wusun, the king of Wusun asked the empire to station troops in the south, and His Majesty granted the request of the king of Wusun, after which the king of Wusun transferred most of the army from the south back to the hinterland, and did not move to the northeast. ”

Meng Tian didn't speak, just nodded.

"The last information we got is that there should be about 40,000 Wusun cavalry around the Wusun Royal Court, and the Wusun King has also issued a new round of conscription orders to various tribes and clans, and the strength around the Wusun Royal Court is expected to reach 60,000 to 65,000." Chen Ping stopped at this point, as if thinking for a while, and then continued: "The Jituo Xiongnu in the northeast of Wusun reached 120,000 at the most, and most of them withdrew when the winter was approaching, leaving 20,000 on the surface, but actually hiding 30,000 in the back valley, so the actual strength of the Xiongnu on the Wusun border was 50,000; Hujie in the northwest direction of Wusun was to gather 30,000 people to control the strings from the beginning, and there was no change in the later period; Ding Ling, who is directly north, has more than 150,000 people and horses on the Wusun border in autumn, and 50,000 are left on the surface when winter is approaching, because Ding Ling's side is too far away from the empire, and the spies of the prosecutor's office are not so far away for the time being. ”

Yes, Chen Ping is the military advisor of the Procuratorate, and he is the first person under the Prosecutor's Director Yan Bi. After he served Lu Zhe, Lu Zhe arranged him under Yan Bi, and Lu Zhe sent troops north to the Central Plains, and even made good contributions to the intelligence and even the use of various places, and when Lu Zhe was a nobleman, he also got the title of a second-class viscount.

In the original history, Chen Ping had to show his talent until the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and in the early stage, he was ostracized everywhere because of his sister-in-law's ~ adultery, and he was really famous Liu Bang was besieged by Bai Deng, he said a few suggestions to Lu Pheasant, or the suggestion of sending beauties and wealth, although it succeeded in making Mao Dun withdraw from the army, and Liu Bang also got out of trouble, but even if things are done beautifully, the emperor is besieged is disgraceful enough, and he has to send beauties and wealth to relieve the siege, it is conceivable that Chen Ping's beauty will not get much reward.

After listening to Chen Ping's story, Meng Tian occasionally looked at Lu Zhe with some expectation, but he was silent.

Zhang Hao seemed to have a lot to say, but he first saw Meng Tian's abnormality, and then saw that there were not many people talking, and he was still a doctor, but he couldn't speak too early on such an occasion, so he could only wait for the opportunity to make suggestions to Lu Zhe in private. In fact, he had earlier thought that the return of Maudun to the mountains was a contemplative strategy, and now he believed that the civil strife in Wusun would not only be not a bad thing for the empire, but would be a good thing. It's just that he hasn't figured out how to use Wusun's civil strife to maximize the interests of the empire. (To be continued.) )