Chapter 828
In a spacious yurt near the lake, King Nantu and several tribal leaders who were dissatisfied with the Qin Dynasty were sitting together drinking horse milk wine.
"The envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty is so arrogant and does not take my Yuezhi seriously. It's so hateful!" A leader punched the desk with a fierce punch.
"It's indeed arrogant and rude, but the king is indifferent, and we can't help it!" Another leader sighed and put down his horn cup and said.
The room was quiet. After a long silence, King Nantu spoke in a low voice: "The king is old..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the leaders of several tribes looked at the King of Nantu together.
"Twenty years ago, when we were still young, the Yuezhi was still on the edge of the desert. Later, he followed the king to fight east and west, defeated Lin Hu, Gao Que, Lanjia, Shawa and Quche, and more than ten tribes of the Qiang people, including Shaodang, Ganlang, Beihe, etc., and finally grabbed this land of abundant water and grass to gain the peaceful life today. But since the royal court was established here, the king's will began to decline. Now, not only the Qiang people dared to steal our cattle, sheep, women and children again, but King Haru was killed. The King was reluctant to attack the Qiang people. If the Qiang people had not attacked again a few days ago, the King would have been reluctant to attack the Qiang people. If the Qiang people had not attacked again a few days ago, the King would have been reluctant to attack the Qiang people. He was indifferent at all. Now the Qin people are here again. Today, he killed hundreds of people in front of more than ten tribes, including us, and threatened the king to stand up to welcome the emperor's order. Haven't you seen the heads of those Qin people on the backs of the soldiers? Those were the people of the Yue clan who came along the way to massacre me. They were hanging on the horses and traveling thousands of miles to the royal court to demonstrate. If we hold back this anger, the Emperor of Qin will send envoys to oppress my Yue clan to contribute cattle, sheep, horses, and even women. If this continues, my Yue clan will become the laughing stock of the Wusun Loulan and even the Qiang tribes..."
"But the king has compromised with the Qin people. What else can we do?" a tribal leader shook his head and said.
"Oh, forget it, let's not talk about this. Since the king is not going to attack the Qiang people, we will disperse tomorrow and return to our tribes!"
Several other tribe leaders sighed.
"I'm afraid that when you leave, you will be attacked by the Qiang people and other tribes again next time, the king will stand by and watch!" King Nantu said quietly while drinking horse milk wine.
"What does King Nantu mean to say this?" A tribal leader spoke in confusion.
"I just said that the king is old and almost has no energy to help us tribes who have captured territory for him and guarded various places. When the envoy of the Great Qin comes, the king's energy will inevitably be placed in the east to negotiate with the Great Qin. He may obey King Zuo Ping's words to please the Qin people and even bow to the Qin people to surrender. Will we still have our current status at that time? Maybe the king will force us to send a lot of wealth accumulated with great effort to win the favor of the Emperor of the Great Qin..."
After several tribal leaders looked at each other, one of them spoke, "What should we do now, King Nantu thinks?"
"We cannot let the Qin people take the prince of the Huns away like this!"
"King Nantu said to kill Maodun? What is the point of doing this? Or what are the benefits?"
"The king is now old and just wants to live a peaceful and peaceful life, but my Yuezhi grew stronger in constant battles. It is sandwiched between the Qiang people, Wusun, Daqin and the Xiongnu, how can there be no war? Now that the Huns are destroyed, Daqin will definitely not let me go. The sending of envoys is just a gesture of visiting Maodun. What is the use of a prince who has lost his family and destroyed his country? They took the opportunity to visit the king. If the king is tough, Daqin will definitely be small. Be cautious and know that my Yuezhi has begun to guard against them. If the king shows weakness, then the Qin Dynasty will make more unreasonable demands. The King will inevitably give in step by step. Therefore, we kill Maodun so that the king cannot give up Maodun. In this way, the king will have to be tougher towards the envoys of the Qin Dynasty to protect his face. We can even pretend to be Qiang people and attack the envoys of the Qin Dynasty halfway. In this way, the Emperor of Qin will inevitably vent his anger on the Qiang people. We can also take the opportunity to seize some of the Qiang people's property and territory..."
"Hiss~~" Several tribal leaders took a breath and looked at King Nantu.
"We Yuezhi and Daqin will have a battle sooner or later. If the king did not prepare early, when the Qin army was approaching, we would inevitably have no power to fight back like the Huns, and eventually all became slaves of the Qin Dynasty and even a stray dog like Maodun. This is not my alarmist statement, but the Qin Dynasty has now begun to station troops on the border of my Yuezhin!" King Nantu said with a gloomy face.
"Really?" several tribal leaders exclaimed almost at the same time.
"Hmph, why should I deceive you? My tribe is at the southernmost point, close to Qin Qiang. Moreover, there are many descendants of the Central Plains in my tribe. I have learned the Central Plains dialect. I also have Central Plains bloodlines in my body. I am also clear about the movements of the Qin Dynasty. From January, the Qin Dynasty began to convene a large number of prisoners and civilians in Longxi County and Bei County on the border to build cities and siege the soldiers. Recently, I heard that the Qin army had begun to mobilize them. This is obviously the Emperor of Qin was preparing to attack my Yuezhi. The King was in the royal court thousands of miles away from the border and did not care about the movements of the Qin Dynasty. At this time, the Emperor of Qin arranged for envoys to come. It was definitely not for this Maodun, but to inquire about the situation inside my Yuezhi. Whether the King compromised or tough, there would be a fierce battle between the Qin Dynasty and my Yuezhi..."
"Then...then we must tell the king of Qin's purpose to prepare early!" a tribal leader stood up and said.
"Hmph, so what if you tell the king, the king now listens to Zuo Ping's many things, and Zuo Ping has always advocated not being an enemy of the Qin Dynasty. Only by putting pressure on the king, he had to start preparing to deal with the Qin Dynasty. In this way, when the war begins, my Yuezhi will not end up being defeated and becoming a Hun."
"But we can't defeat the Qin army?"
"Can't you run away if you can't beat it? I heard that the Qin Dynasty had abolished more than 300,000 troops defending the northwest border last year. Now there are only tens of thousands of soldiers on the border. Even the Qin soldiers are as powerful as the guards of these envoys. However, the Yuezhi area is vast. As long as we strengthen our defense and use the trick of luring the enemy to lead them into the desert, these Qin troops are still left to us to slaughter. What the Qin army relies on for the powerful is stirrup saddles and sharp weapons, but can horses run past our camels in the desert? They were all thirsty and starved to death for half a month. As long as we try our best to defend and resist, even if the Qin Dynasty is powerful, they will not adapt to the terrain and climate here. They are not as good as the Qin Dynasty. At that time, I want to see how the Qin Dynasty can deal with us like the Hun barbarians!" King Nantu said fiercely.
"King Nantu is worthy of being the most powerful leader of our Yuezhi. He is not only familiar with the situation in the Central Plains, but also proficient in military tactics!"
"It is indeed as King Nantu said, if we kill Maodun, the envoy of the Qin Dynasty will inevitably leave angrily. The King has no choice but to summon soldiers to prepare for war. At that time, we recommend King Nantu as the commander general. The Qin Dynasty will definitely not win. As long as we kill these tens of thousands of soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, we may even take the opportunity to attack the Central Plains and kill Xianyang..."
"I heard that the Central Plains are rich in gold everywhere, and women are as delicate as flowers..."
"Yes, I have been to the border of Daqin before and met the women there. They are beautiful, beautiful and smooth-skinned, and they speak softly. They are much gentler than my Yuezhi women!"
When it comes to women, a group of tribal leaders quickly moved to the topics that men are most interested in.
"I heard that there are tens of thousands of the most beautiful women in the Central Plains in the harem of the Emperor of Daqin, many of them are the wives and daughters of other princes in the past. The clan members of the princes must hate the Emperor of Daqin to the core. As long as we hold the Qin army for three or five years, maybe the Qin itself will be in great chaos. It is not impossible for us to enter the Central Plains to capture Xianyang!" King Nantu said with a sneer.
"Okay, King Nantu, we all listen to you, you said what we should do!"
The leaders of several tribes were instantly aroused great fighting spirit and interest.
Originally, they all hated Daqin very much. This was the seed of hatred passed down from generation to generation. It was believed that the people of the Central Plains occupied the territory of their ancestors. It was only a few hundred years later that many people had forgotten these hatreds. Now that King Nantu said this, this hatred suddenly woke up from his blood.
What's more, the envoy of the Great Qin today is indeed arrogant and rude. As the nobles of the Yuezhi and the leader of the tribe, they naturally had already been angry. If it weren't for the suppression of King Yuezhi and King Zuo Ping, they might have chopped Li Shun into meat sauce in the tent at that time.
As for what happened after chopping it into meat sauce, these descendants of Quanrong who were not capable of having enough brains could not think so far.
But compared with the Central Plains civilization, no matter how barbaric and uncivilized the Qiang, Rong and Human living in the grassland desert, there are still many intelligent and brave people among them after hundreds or thousands of years of inheritance, such as the Yuezhi King and the Nantu King in front of them. Otherwise, the Yuezhi would not have grown into a super tribe with a population of millions and ruled thousands of miles of the Western Regions.
Therefore, after the envoys of the Great Qin arrived, King Nantu, based on his understanding of the Great Qin, quickly inferred that Li Shun must have been inquiring about the internal situation of the Yuezhi.
There are no stupid races in this world, only stupid leaders, and then at some point make an unforgivable mistake that may eventually lead to the disaster of genocide.
For King Nantu, the old Yuezhi King, who is now in a state of turmoil, is already confused. Compromising with the Qin Dynasty will only bring the Yuezhi into a state of destruction. Perhaps, taking advantage of the opportunity of the arrival of the Qin envoy, he can obtain more support from his tribe and tribal leaders and even... instead.
After all, the Yuezhi people were proud and did not want to see their tribe fall into the end of the Huns.
"Since you listen to me, then we will be in the alliance with blood and we will definitely advance and retreat together in the future!" King Nantu stood up.
"good!"
The leaders of several tribes did not hesitate. They took a large pottery bowl and poured a bag of horse milk wine. Then they pulled out their waist knives and cut their hands to drop blood into the pottery bowl. After that, King Nantu poured the blood wine into five ox horn cups.
"When we drink blood, let us drink this wine, and we will be brothers connected by blood in the future. From now on, we will advance and retreat together. If there is any betrayal, we will be punished by the gods!" King Nantu raised a glass of blood wine.
"We swear that we will be brothers from now on. If we betray, we will be punished by the gods!"
The other four tribal leaders also raised their horn cups together.
After swearing, the five of them drank the bloody wine in the glass, then looked at each other and sat down again to plot.
Chapter completed!