Summer is coming to an end, and the grasslands beyond the Great Wall have entered the last good time.

At this time, the Hetao Plain is like a paradise on earth.

Water is abundant, rainfall is plentiful, and the climatic conditions are ideal for the growth of grasslands.

So, this place became an earthly paradise.

At this time, the Hetao could even be used for agricultural farming.

Millions of years ago, the glaciers left over from the ice age melted in the summer on the Qilian Mountains, Yinshan Mountains and Helan Mountains, and the gurgling ice and snow not only moistened the Hetao, but also the Hexi Corridor, which should have been a desert area, was also a countless oasis at this time, as if the uplift of the Himalayas had never happened.

The Xiongnu mission returning from Chang'an, at this moment, was walking on the road of the Hexi Corridor.

After leaving the Great Wall, everyone was very excited.

Even the slaves who take care of the horses are also full of smiles on their faces.

Everyone is looking forward to a better life in the future.

If you have overfulfilled the tasks assigned by Shan Yu, you will be rewarded in court.

It is difficult to carve and even feel that he will not have the opportunity to compete for the position of a big household in the future.

And once he sits in the big household, it almost means that he will become the patriarch of the next generation of the Hequ clan.

As for the other members of the mission, they all know that after this trip, the status of the big guy will rise by one or two levels in the future.

From a slave in Shan Yuting to a slave of a certain nobleman in Shan Yuting, such a thing is not imaginable.

It's just that......

After entering the Hexi Corridor, the mood of being difficult to carve became complicated.

The hearts of others in the mission. It also seems to have accumulated some haze.

"What are you going to do when you go south......

This question is on the minds of all the people in the mission. It's like an insoluble puzzle.

They saw with their own eyes the Daxu of the Zhelan tribe. Along the mountains, the target is undoubtedly the Han Dynasty in the south.

The prestige of the Zhelan tribe is famous even in the Xiongnu.

This tribe is known as the 'Whip of Shan Yu', and has participated in almost all the expansion wars of the Xiongnu since the rise of Mao Dun Shan Yu.

Together with the Lou Fan and Aries tribes, they formed the troika of the Xiongnu alone in foreign troops.

And the nest of the Zhelan tribe is north of Yinshan.

Now, they are crossing the Yin Mountain and marching to the south with great momentum. What does this mean?

Many people know this very well in their hearts.

"The Great War is about to begin!" And the canal and carving are difficult to think in my heart.

As early as last year, King Lou Fan's tribe had migrated from Mobei to Hetao to replace the vacuum left by the Aries tribe after moving westward.

In addition, there are two tribes, Lu Hou and Ruolu, who have also mobilized from Helan Mountain to the Hexi area, and can support the tribes of Hetao at any time.

Then count the two tribes of Hutu and Kunxie.

Combined, these forces can mobilize at least 40,000 cavalry to fight south.

After five years of peace. Is there another big war between Han and Hungary?

And the canal and carving are difficult to be sure.

But he knew that there would definitely be no good thing for the Zhelan tribe to go south.

The cavalry of the Zhelan tribe was the cavalry of the Xiongnu who were the best at sports warfare.

This tribe even has more than fifty eagle archers.

Originally. The Zhelan tribe does not go south, and it has nothing to do with the difficulty of carving.

He is a member of the Qu clan and has grown up in the western tribe since he was a child. At the foot of the Great Wall in the south, even if you fight to the death. It has nothing to do with him.

But now it's different.

At this time, the heart of the difficult carving is contradictory and tormented.

There was a devilish voice. It has been echoing in his heart: "If the war is together, the matter of peace and intimacy will definitely be stopped, and the terms I am talking about now may all be scrapped!" ”

The people of the Han Dynasty are not stupid, and they will definitely not fulfill their promises after the war is over.

And if all these clauses are nullified, then his credit will naturally be in vain.

They may even be excluded and suppressed.

The voice of the devil continued to persuade in his heart: "If you want to be rich, the only way is to seek danger and send someone to tell the king of Donghu, and the king of Donghu will definitely reveal the news to the Han people, so that the Han people will be prepared, and in this way, the war can be avoided!" ”

The temptation and confusion of that voice was so great.

So that the heart that is difficult to carve cannot be calmed.

He tried hard to convince himself.

"No, I'm Shan Yu's slave, I can't betray my master, in that case, I will be punished by the gods!"

But the devil deep down is laughing madly: "Betrayal? No, no, no...... How can it be called betrayal? The power of the Han Dynasty, so powerful, can Shan Yu's army still be able to fight now? ”

Of course it is - no!

As long as he wants to see the iron horse he has seen in Chang'an, he has seen an iron horse with iron armor all over his body, and even the horse is wrapped in heavy armor.

He knew that the Hun cavalry, even with ten times the strength, could not rest such an invincible iron cavalry.

What's more, the emperor of the Han Dynasty is a king blessed by the gods.

Legend has it that it can summon hurricanes and command ghosts.

To be an enemy of such a god-king is to seek death!

"So, I'm not calling it a betrayal at all!" The devil was tempted: "But to avoid letting the Xiongnu Empire fall into the abyss!" ”

"Once the war with the Han Dynasty began, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty mobilized his terrible army of terror, and only once he won the battle...... "The devil said, "Then, this beast will wake up!" ”

There is no doubt that the only reason why the Xiongnu Empire was able to intimidate the Han army and keep them confined to the Great Wall was that in the past few decades of war, the Han army had never annihilated a single Xiongnu cavalry in a field battle.

Most of the Han army's victories were won under the fortified city and relied on defense.

And in the field battle, the Han army got the most results in a draw.

Even if the Han army was three or five times the size of the Hun cavalry, it would not be able to encircle and destroy the cavalry with extremely mobile ability.

And once the Han army loses the field battle, it will immediately be scattered by the Hun cavalry. Then hunt down.

And once, the cavalry of the Han army. Defeat the Hun cavalry in a field battle, and even achieve a battle of annihilation.

So. What other reasons and excuses could prevent the Han army from leaving the fortress?

As an envoy, he knows too well how powerful the Han Dynasty people are.

Don't say anything else, just think about it, from Yunzhong, Yanmen, Longyou all the way down to Chang'an, those dense beacons and storage arsenals that store countless grain armor.

And it is difficult to know that the Han Dynasty is the current Xiongnu, an invincible and powerful country.

"Yes, I'm not a betrayal...... he said silently in his heart, "I am loyal to Shan Yu, in order to avoid the irreversible defeat of the Great Huns." It's going to be a snitch! ”

"As long as the people of the Han Dynasty can know in advance that the Zhelan tribe is going south, the people of the Han Dynasty will definitely strengthen their vigilance, and once the people of the Han Dynasty strengthen their vigilance, the king of Zhelan, who cannot find the opportunity, can only return to Qilian Mountain before the heavy snow closes the mountain in winter......"

Thinking like this, he gradually calmed down.

He asked one of his subordinates to give him a letter written on a sheepskin, and instructed: "Go and send this letter quietly to the king of Donghu......

The subordinate looked at it and it was difficult to carve. A tacit smile was revealed.

For everyone in the mission, as long as they have a little brain, they know that they want to protect the results of their mission. It was necessary to prevent the outbreak of the Han-Hungarian War.

None of you are stupid.

It is clear that once the results of the mission are lost, then everything has a bright future. will all come to naught.

Up and down the mission, what is a slave will still be a slave. What is a slave will still be a minion.

If it were before this mission, everyone might still accept their fate.

But. Now that we have seen the dawn of hope and the opportunity to get ahead.

Then no one will want to go back to the old days when they were slaughtered and enslaved.

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Two days later, Lu Tazhi, who had been living happily in the southern part of the Hetao Grassland, and was living the life of King Donghu, suddenly received a secret letter.

"I'll just say, why have the King of Kun Evil and King Hutu been like thieves recently, and invited me to drink wine and eat meat several times, it turns out that this is the reason......" Lu Qizhi sneered and threw the sheepskin into the fire.

"They all say that I am a grass on the wall......"

"You don't seem to be much better!" Lu Qizhi laughed as if he had discovered something extraordinary.

In the past few days, King Kun and King Xiu Tu have been finding various excuses to deal with him.

In the process of drinking, he deliberately said something such as 'King Lou Fu seems to have been in poor health recently...... 'King Zhelan seems to be sick...... ''Aries King seems to have accidentally fallen under his horse recently, and may have to change to King Aries......'

At that time, Lu Qi felt in his heart that these two goods were probably playing some kind of crooked idea.

But I haven't thought about it deeply, I just feel that something is not quite right.

Now, the secret letter has arrived.

But it was clear at once.

These two goods were clearly turning a corner and telling him - hurry up and report to the Han Dynasty, the Lou Fu, Zhelan and Aries tribes have already gone south.

"Sure enough, it's Yidi......" Lu Qizhi was happy in his heart.

But then again, the tribes who secretly pull out the back legs of the court or secretly play conspiracy in private, in fact, I don't know how many there are in the Xiongnu!

The grassland is so big.

In fact, the Huns were so few.

The entire Xiongnu tribe, all combined, is only about 400,000 young and strong men.

And how big is the grassland?

Tens of thousands of miles!

To tell the truth, strictly speaking, in fact, the big tribes of Lou Fu, Xiu Tu, Kun Xie, Lu Hou, and Ruo Lu are not Huns.

Many tribes, in fact, chose to surrender and be loyal to Shan Yuting under the whipping of Mao Dun and Lao Shangshan Yu.

On the loyalty to Shan Yuting.

Kun Xie and Xiu Tu, as well as him, the king of Donghu, are actually the eldest brother Don't laugh at the second brother.

If you have the opportunity, or meet a more powerful master.

It is likely that Ruolu and Zhelan, who are now loyal to Shan Yuting, are not impossible to choose to change the big guy as their backers.

Having lived on the grassland for so many years, Lu Qizhi has seen too many intrigues and deceits.

"It's good that I'm smart!" Lu Qizhi couldn't help but praise his wit.

He started riding the wall thirty years ago.

At that time, Emperor Taizong of China came to power, and then launched the Battle of Henan, which was actually won!

Lu Tayi saw that the situation seemed to be a little bad, and immediately sent his wife and son back to Chang'an to contact their feelings.

Then, Lu Tazhi found out that the game can still be played like this!

On the Xiongnu side, he was the king of Donghu.

But on the Chang'an side, he is still the Marquis of Chang'an.

The Son of Heaven of Chang'an still kept the Marquis Mansion of Chang'an for him, and even treated his relatives who stayed in China kindly.

Since then, he's been a wall-to-wall plant.

His idea is very simple - if the Xiongnu are strong, they will help the Xiongnu, and if the Han Dynasty is strong, they will help the Han Dynasty.

Anyway, follow the winning team and don't suffer.

This kind of trick, played recently, Lu Itzhi has been released, and he seems to be a little unable to play.

At present, the entire Huns know that he has a good relationship with Chang'an, and can even talk to Chang'an Tianzi directly.

In many things, they began to guard against him.

If he hadn't often gotten some information from the Han Dynasty to block Shan Yuting's mouth, I'm afraid he would have been chased and killed by Shan Yuting's cavalry all over the world.

It's not easy to be a two-five boy!

"Go and invite Mr. Han to ......," Lu Qizhi instructed his subordinates, "Be careful not to alarm the others!" ”

The so-called Mr. Han is, of course, a relative of Lu Itzhi, a descendant of the late Han Wangxin, who has a close relationship with his old Lu family.

Back then, Han Xin, Lu Juan and Chen Feng were three difficult brothers.

However, Chen Feng was more unlucky, and before he could run out of the Great Wall, he was cut off and taken to receive the reward.

And his father and Han Xin were more clever, and when they saw that the signs were wrong, they slipped out of the Great Wall and took refuge in the Huns.

Han Xin was the first to arrive in the grassland, and they were old Lu later.

The two naturally got close.

The Lu family and the Han family are also in-laws.

For example, Lu Tazhi had a daughter who married Han Zhidang, and Han Qidang's aunt was once an aunt of Lu Itzhi.

After Han ran back to the Great Wall and joined the Han Dynasty, the two families of Lu and Han were never estranged.

Even, even closer than in the past.

And two years ago, Han Yandang even sent a clansman, dressed in disguise, and mixed into his territory of King Donghu.

Specialized in infiltrating the Xiongnu tribes and delivering news.

To be honest, Lu Itzhi wasn't sure that the other party was really the Han family.

I only know that the other party is a meticulous work that can directly contact Chang'an.

Last time, Lu Tazhi was squeezed out by Shan Yuting, and it was because he passed the news, coordinated in the middle, and asked Yunzhong County to help, so that Lu Tazhi passed.

After a while, a middle-aged man in a sheepskin jacket was brought to Lu Itzhi.

"Han Xian's nephew ......" After Lu Itzhi waved his subordinates, he stuffed a secret letter that had been written into this person's hand, and said solemnly: "Please send this letter to Yundong Chenghou quickly, the situation is urgent, the matter is very important, so I won't talk to the virtuous nephew!" ”

This man took the letter, immediately stuffed it into his arms, and said competently to Lu Itzhi's arch without asking much: "That being the case, please ask my uncle to arrange a herding team, and the little nephew will be mixed in with it, and enter the customs from the side of Zaoyang!" ”

The sun is made in Shibi County, Shanggu County.

It was also a Han Dynasty-controlled city, but exposed outside the Great Wall.

Walking here, although there is a detour, it is better to be safe. (To be continued.) )

PS: Wait a minute~