Chapter 578
If we talk about strength now, there is no doubt that Liu Teng of the northern Xiongnu is the most powerful. The other four tribes have to rely on the northern Xiongnu to support them. Under such circumstances, Liu Teng naturally has new thoughts on the position of Shan Yu.
The Huns respected the strong, and the position of Chanyu was never hereditary. Whoever was the strongest would be able to sit on the position of Chanyu.
Liu Teng had no idea before because he was not strong enough. Now that the Huns in the north have become the last stronghold among the tribes, it should be a matter of course for Liu Teng to become the Chanyu.
However, Liu Teng was still a little wary of the armies of other tribes. After all, although these tribes lost their bases, they retained their armies. Especially Liu Meng, who had been coveting the position of the Huns for a long time, even if they were reduced to this
At this point, he still didn't give up.
If it was one-on-one, Liu Teng would naturally not be afraid of anyone. After all, this was his home court, and just having control over the supply of food and grass to various ministries gave him a clear upper hand.
But if you want to climb to the high position of Shanyu, you will definitely become the enemy of other tribes. If one is against four, Liu Teng really has no confidence.
Therefore, Liu Teng has been hesitating. Since last year, he has long been thinking about proposing a menu to come out. However, due to the urgent situation, all troops need to beware of the Wei army's attack at all times, so this idea can only be shelved temporarily.
But now according to reliable information, the Wei army has given up its plan to attack and has gone to camp instead. Obviously, there is also a problem with the food supply of the Wei army, and it will be impossible to launch an attack in a short time.
This undoubtedly provides an excellent time for Liu Teng to ascend to the throne.
But he didn't know the thoughts of other departments. If other department commanders unanimously opposed it, the situation would not look good.
Liu Teng's subordinates had a leader named Woke. When he saw Liu Teng's frown, he knew what Liu Teng was thinking, so he suggested to Liu Teng: "The commander-in-chief wants to be a chanyu.
What we are afraid of are the soldiers and horses of other ministries. As long as these soldiers and horses are transferred out of the city, the commander will no longer have to worry about anything. Becoming a chanyu is just a matter of smooth sailing."
Liu Teng shook his head and said: "How can we transfer these soldiers and horses out of the city without a proper reason?"
Wo Ke said: "Why don't the commander-in-chief take advantage of the food shortage and let other troops imitate the Wei army for farming or grazing? As long as they leave Jiuyuan City and want to come back, it is not theirs to decide."
Liu Teng was overjoyed and said he had a brilliant plan, so he convened all the commanders to discuss the matter, and put forward suggestions for military settlements or military animal husbandry at the meeting.
Due to the reality and urgency of this proposal, although the major commanders did not agree with it, they could only agree to Liu Teng's proposal. Finally, they discussed and discussed it, and finally decided on the left Xiongnu, the right Xiongnu and the middle Xiongnu.
Each of them dispatched half of his army and went out of the city to work in the fields or herd cattle.
There were only a few hundred Huns in the south, but these few hundred people were not idle. All of them were transferred out of the city to participate in farming.
Only the northern Xiongnu remained in the city. Although this move caused some dissatisfaction, they were local snakes and could do whatever they wanted, so there was nothing they could do.
By transferring half of the troops of the four tribes, the problem of food shortage can be solved, but the northern Huns army has not been mobilized. Therefore, the military scale of the northern Huns can completely compete with the combined strength of the other three tribes.
So Liu Teng made a bold suggestion to nominate Shan Yu, and he became the undisputed chief candidate.
The commanders of the other three departments were very angry, thinking that this was Liu Teng's threat, and they could not accept it at all.
Especially the Youxian King Liu Meng, who has always been proud of his newly-appointed Shanyu. Now someone actually wants to ride on his head, but Liu Meng refuses to agree.
The second is Liu Bao, the Xian King of Zuo. I think he was the only one qualified to compete with Liu Meng for the position of Chanyu at the beginning. At that time, Liu Teng came to seek an alliance with Liu Bao with a shameless face, just to share some leftovers. But now Liu Teng
Teng's wings are hardened, and the Zuobei Alliance will exist in name only.
This time Liu Teng intended to get involved in Shan Yu's position, and he did not say hello to Liu Bao in advance. It was obvious that he did not take Liu Bao seriously at all.
Therefore, as soon as this plan was proposed, everyone was silent collectively, and Liu Teng became furious and walked away.
This meeting ended unhappily. After Liu Teng returned to camp, the first thing he did was to cut off the supply of food and grass to the other four departments. The attitude was obviously that if you don't agree with me being a Chanyu, then you will starve.
I don't have the leisure time to support you white-eyed wolves.
In this matter, Liu Teng is determined to win. After all, these four armies have to rely on him to support them. This man is iron and his rice is steel. He will starve if he doesn't eat. Liu Teng knows that they will eventually
Compromising.
Sure enough, within three days, Liu Teng got the news, and they finally nodded in agreement.
Being forced to bow their heads under the low eaves, the three Xiongnu commanders had no choice but to agree that Liu Teng would be the chanyu.
But in private, the three commanders are secretly discussing how to deal with Liu Teng. If Liu Teng's desire to become a shanyu is the end, then it doesn't matter, but after Liu Teng becomes a shanyu, that is probably the beginning of the nightmare.
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When the time comes, Liu Teng will use the power in his hands to eliminate dissidents and completely engulf the armies of other ministries. The other ministries will also be completely reduced to vassals of the northern Huns.
After understanding the situation, Liu Bao, Liu Meng and Liu Jiao secretly discussed how to get rid of Liu Teng, and decided to assassinate Shan Yu on the day of his enthronement ceremony.
The enthronement ceremony of the Chanyu is no less than the enthronement ceremony of the Han emperor, but now is a difficult period, everything is kept simple, just holding a ceremony is equivalent to Liu Teng truly coronating the Chanyu.
Liu Teng did not expect that so many troops would be involved in the plot to assassinate him, so before the enthronement ceremony, Liu Teng did not arrange enough troops to protect him, but only a group of his own soldiers to escort him.
As soon as they arrived at the ceremony, and before the ceremony could be held, troops from all directions rushed out and surrounded Liu Teng. Judging from their posture, they probably were not here to congratulate him.
Liu Teng's troops rose up to resist, but in the end they were outnumbered and were killed by the Huns from other tribes.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Liu Teng wanted to slip away and then lead his army to counterattack, but how could Liu Meng and others give him a chance? Liu Meng personally used the bow and hit Liu Teng in the back with an arrow. Then, the Xiongnu troops
They swarmed up and cut Liu Teng into pieces with random blades.
Chapter completed!