The Child Emperor

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Jin Chuiduo's Xiongnu language is not enough to deal with all the conversations. Once he deviates from the established peace talks and starts chatting casually, Jin Chuiduo's translation is even more clumsy.

Fang Daye's Xiongnu language is better than hers. He has served in the frontier army for decades. He fought with the Huns in wartime, and also had contacts with the Huns in peacetime, and even made friends.

Da Shanyu first mentioned the past. He asked the old general if he had participated in the famous Mayi City battle decades ago. Fang Daye nodded. It was the early war of Emperor Wu. Attacks, consecutive battles and consecutive victories eventually forced the Huns to split into two parts.

In that battle, there were many troops and horses on both sides, and they were not convinced by each other. The battle lasted for half a month, and the battlefield gradually extended to the open area of ​​the north. The Huns wanted to introduce the Chu army into a place more conducive to cavalry fighting. The momentum is booming, and it really follows into the grasslands.

Both sides showed their sharp edge, and in the end, the forbidden army was better, and the Huns were convinced that they lost.

Da Danyu was still a prince at the time, Fang Daye was just an ordinary school, with fifty soldiers in charge, and neither of them played an important role in the war, but when he recalled his military career, he was most impressed by that war. .

The general Deng Liao used his troops like a god. He said that we would chase wherever we went. After a while, we would always run into the fleeing Huns. That was the first time I made a contribution on the battlefield...

The Huns did not run away, lure the enemy to chase, and turn around and fight again when the enemy is tired. This is our usual style of play.

The general saw through your tricks, followed closely, and didn't give you a chance to turn around at all.

The two were talking and quarreling in the Hun language. There was a table in the tent with some cups, pots and dishes on it. The two planned a map on it to recreate the battlefield of that year. One proved that the Chu army had won a great victory, and the other wanted to show that there were many survivors of the Huns. A fiasco.

Jin Chuiduo couldn't say a word, and could only look at the General Zhenbei opposite.

He doesn't understand us?

Jin Chuiduo nodded coldly.

My name is Zhang Youcai, and I am Marquis Juan's personal entourage. Zhang Youcai laughed, We actually met. When we were going north, I was in the army. Miss Jin didn't show up very often. Once I went to see...

I remember you. Jin Chuiduo said.

Are Miss Jin's two brothers okay? The two countries are at war, and Hou Juan can't take special care of them.

Well, they're fine.

Where's the dragonfly? I meet her more often.

She's fine too, we've been separated for a while...I think we'd better not talk.

Zhang Youcai closed his mouth and occasionally smiled at Jin Chuiduo.

Bring the wine! Da Chanyu shouted, not showing any anger, but rather excited.

Somehow, the two old men went from arguing to each other.

When Jin Chuiduo came out of the tent, Zhang Youcai almost got up and followed him out, suddenly remembering that he was the general of Zhenbei, and sitting firmly in time, Fang Daye walked to the door of the tent and shouted to the soldiers of the Chu army: Bring the wine, let the Huns taste Chu The spirits of the land!

Soldiers outside the Great Wall usually bring wine with them. When they drink water to quench their thirst, two soldiers bring a few bags of wine. Dadan Yu and Fang Daye drink and talk, becoming more and more speculative. Completely forgotten.

Zhang Youcai finally realized something was wrong, Da Chanyu... Did you recognize my identity?

Jin Chuiduo can only come to the same conclusion. Since the real Zhenbei General left, Da Chanyu has never mentioned the peace talks again. Jin Chuiduo blushed when he thought that his betrayal had been seen through.

Da Chanyu turned his head and said a few words to Jin Chuiduo, and then went to drink with Fang Daye.

What did he say? Zhang Youcai asked.

General Fang may have hunted down Da Chanyu on the battlefield back then.

Then he's still so happy? Zhang Youcai had a hard time understanding.

Jin Chuiduo couldn't understand it either. She had heard of the story of meeting and smiling, but the Huns and the Chu army were confronting each other, and they were far from destroying the grievances.

After each drank half a bag of wine, the conversation between the two old men was not so vigorous. Da Danyu was talking about something seriously, and Fang Daye listened and nodded from time to time.

What did Da Chanyu say again? Zhang Youcai asked.

He said... I don't quite understand it either. Let's talk about it when he comes back. The two hes in Jin Chuiduo's words refer to different people.

After Da Shanyu finished speaking, he started drinking and chatting with Fang Daye again.

As time passed, Zhang Youcai was sure that he had been seen through, but he didn't know what to do. He could only hope that the master would come back soon, but Jin Chuiduo, who was opposite him, was calmer than him and stood there silently.

Zhang Youcai almost jumped up and cheered when a Huns guard came in to report that a Chu soldier was coming back.

Han Ruzi walked into the tent with no armor on his body and no helmet on his head, like a survivor who escaped after being killed. Zhang Youcai stood up in a hurry, and finally kept his mouth shut and didn't ask any further questions.

Da Chanyu stood up laboriously, walked slowly, and said a few words to the little soldier of the Chu army, Jin Chuiduo blushed even more, and translated: Da Chanyu said, it seems that everything is going well for you, today Let's talk about it here, he is very happy and thinks that we can continue to talk about it in the future.

Han Ruzi was taken aback, Has he recognized me?

I probably recognized it a long time ago. As I said, the big dan is to see people, not to be obedient.

Han Ruzi bowed slightly, Please apologize to Da Shanyu on my behalf.

Jin Chuiduo said a word, Da Chanyu smiled and replied a few words, nodded to Han Ruzi, walked out of the tent, Jin Chuiduo said: It is not easy to establish mutual trust between the Huns and the people of Chu, there must be one party to show goodwill first, Da Shanyu Would like to start with him.

Jin Chuiduo also walked out of the tent, feeling guilty.

Fang Daye stepped forward and said, Da Shanyu told me something, is General Zhenbei going to listen to it now, or should I go back to the camp and talk about it?

Back to the camp. Han Ruzi was a little confused about what happened here, but he had to solve the problem of the Chu army first.

When he returned to the South Bank, the sky was already dark, and Han Ruzi spent most of the day on the road, without a moment of peace in his heart, he successfully calmed the chaos, but this success was crumbling and could collapse at any time, and he had no way to prevent it in advance. .

Chai Yue gave him a surprise.

General Zhenbei's entrustment and the death of his half-brother, Chai Zhi, finally made Chai Yue make up his mind. On the side of the enemy, he had no other way to go than following General Zhenbei.

Most of the more than 80,000 Chu troops were left by him on the front line. Without the seal of the Great Sima, Chai Yue personally went to each battalion to give orders. No one can make mistakes.

The more than 20,000 Northern Army guards who had been guarding before were already convinced by him. They were the greatest help to Chai Yue. Influenced by his comrades, the newly arrived 50,000 Northern Army also accepted the young general, temporarily forgetting the army in front of the Chinese army tent. Chaos and death.

General Zhenbei returned safely, and there was no need to fight. Chai Yue still took care of himself, arranging the army to either garrison or return to the camp.

Han Ruzi needed such a general. He did not return to the city, so he set up a tent on the former site of Quicksand City and joined the soldiers guarding the front line.

There are many things that need to be solved by him. The first one is to appoint a new army officer. He can't arrange his cronies in the northern army at will, and send someone to ask the captain of the northern army in the city for advice. Liu Kunsheng, Han Tong , Feng Shili and the three immediately rushed over on horseback. After a humility, they recommended a veteran of the Northern Army to temporarily lead the army, pending the approval of the court.

Together with the three generals, the new army is interrogating Zhang Yanghao and others overnight to find out what is going on in the chaos in the central army tent. This is an extremely difficult task. , For Liu Kunsheng, this is easier than arranging troops.

It was the second half of the night after everything was arranged, and Han Ruzi couldn't sleep, so he invited Fang Daye and asked him what Da Shanyu had said.

Fang Daye mentioned his memory of the war, and he recounted an unimaginable incident. It was this incident that led the West Huns to return east and hoped to negotiate with Da Chu.

The West is not a wilderness, but there are also many countries and people. The West Huns occupied a fertile grassland and used it as a foundation to expand to the four directions, especially the southern and western countries. The Huns cavalry penetrated thousands of miles and defeated dozens of The country, forcing all countries to declare themselves as subjects and pay tribute, had a pretty good life, and had no intention of returning to the east to compete with the Chu army.

About ten years ago, a group of slaves in a small country rebelled. The Huns didn't take it seriously, and only sent a small number of cavalry to help. The result was beyond everyone's expectations. The slaves won and killed all the Huns' cavalry. and the princes and nobles of the country.

The victorious slaves expanded to neighboring countries and won one after another, but Da Chanyu did not pay attention to them in time. The previous victory came so easily that the Huns generally despised Western countries, not to mention a group of nameless slaves.

But it was these slaves who attacked the city and plundered the land, and their power expanded rapidly. Unlike the Huns, who only demanded to be courtiers and pay tribute, they directly occupied the city, from the princes to the common people. There were only two choices: either join the army or accept it. enslavement.

Almost all countries choose the former.

The strangest thing is that this group of slaves called themselves the Huns, said to be descendants of the Huns who moved westward earlier, and their language was indeed very similar to the Huns.

At first, these slaves were very polite to the Huns in the north, and they were willing to take the Huns as their suzerain, send back the dead Huns and compensate them with a lot of gold and silver.

Da Shanyu accepted the gold and silver—which he regretted to this day—and watched the wars of the surrounding countries with a cold eye, intending to choose the most appropriate time to exterminate this group of slaves in one fell swoop, which made him even more regretful.

In just five years, the slave army conquered most countries and began to challenge the suzerain, but they were no longer just an army of slaves, nor a small country, but a huge army with cavalry, infantry, chariots and other services. army.

The Western Huns fought against it and lost three games in a row, finally realizing that the enemy they faced was no longer the weak and small country they used to be.

Da Chanyu led the tribe to move eastward. As soon as they stopped, the enemy would follow them. It took another five years for the West Huns to return to their homeland, bordering Da Chu, and by the way they subdued the East Huns.

The whole process is really incredible, Han Ruzi finds it hard to believe, but Fang Daye tends to think that Da Chanyu is telling the truth, The slaves claim to be descendants of the Huns, and their leader is known as 'the gods and ghosts established by all living beings and all the kings worshipped. Da Shanyu', everyone called him 'Shanyu'.

It turns out that the so-called haunted in the West is such a thing. Han Ruzi felt that it was necessary to see Da Chanyu again. What he cared about was not the threat far away in the West, but the current situation.