In the last few days of August, news came from afar that the Western Huns envoys had made a pilgrimage to Chang'an on Shanyu's orders.

The news spread and the world was shocked.

Even Liu Che almost staggered and couldn't believe it.

Although the small regime of the Western Xiongnu was regarded as a separatist regime by the Han and Northern Xiongnu.

The Northern Xiongnu publicly declared that the fake Chanyu in Heli Mountain was established by the Chanyuzi because of the rebel Qi Qiediao who could not capture him.

They even sent someone to send a message to the Han Dynasty. They came with a formal letter of credence and a lot of loyalty, filial piety and etiquette. They hoped that the Han Dynasty would not recognize the Western Xiongnu, let alone have any official relations with them.

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The only thing they didn't do was tell the Han Dynasty explicitly: As long as the Han Dynasty did not recognize the Western Xiongnu, they could legally cede even the Munan region to the Han Dynasty.

Obviously, for the Northern Huns, the existence of the Western Huns is more hateful than the Han Dynasty!

They would rather make peace with the Han than destroy the Western Huns!

This is in line with the instinct of most meat eaters.

Before fighting the outside world, you must first make peace with the inside.

However, it can be said that this is not luck or knowledge.

At the beginning, the Xiongnu were divided and Qiqi was in trouble. With the support of the Xiongnu nobles in the Hexi Corridor, they took advantage of the opportunity of the Han-Hongyan-Yanji battle to strike back and hijacked Shan Zili.

And took advantage of the chaos to occupy most of the strategic points in the Hexi Corridor.

By the time the Northern Xiongnu was established, they had already occupied the Xingxing Gorge, locking this key pass between the Hexi Corridor and the countries in the Western Regions.

Faced with this natural danger, the Northern Huns were worried about the huge losses in the attack, and on the other hand, they were afraid that it would be difficult for them to surrender to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, they could only watch the Western Xiongnu's small regime separatist power until now.

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As for the Han Dynasty...

It was purely because he had some indigestion and hiccups after eating Mu Nan, and Qi Qu Qie Diao had trouble recognizing faces, so he made a prompt decision to make a marriage and cede Gaolan Mountain, which made Liu Che quite satisfied, so he gave up for the time being.

But now, Qi Qu Qi Diao Nan suddenly sent an envoy to visit, under the banner of "Chan Yu Shan Jing Dynasty to the Emperor of Han".

Liu Che was a little surprised.

"Are you ready to surrender or surrender to me?" Liu Che didn't quite believe this.

Is it difficult to channel and carve?

This person can be said to be a Huns traitor whom Liu Che deliberately supported. Liu Che knew this person very well.

He is a typical poisonous snake.

A purely selfish villain.

As long as something is beneficial to him, even if it means kneeling down to eat, he will be happy with it.

on the contrary……

Just to put this person into the ugly faces of certain interest group bureaucrats that Liu Che saw in later generations.

He then understood that this man was a villain who didn't care about propriety, justice or shame, had no moral integrity, and even had no credibility at all!

In the past, when he was a slave of the Twins, his character had already been well demonstrated.

If now, the Han army had marched into Hexi and approached the Qilian Mountains, he would probably lead the sheep, crawl on the side of the road, and surrender.

But now, he still sits high on the Qilian Mountains and rules over the entire Hexi.

He was the actual controller of the Western Huns.

What he wants and wants must be how to continue his rule as much as possible!

Just thinking about it for a moment, Liu Che understood the other party's intention, which was just to delay.

It would be better to delay it until the day he is about to die.

This is the most perfect!

only……

"It's probably because the master has been in charge for a long time and has forgotten the nature of the Huns..." Liu Che sighed. He had already foreseen the fate of this Huns traitor who had made outstanding contributions to the intelligence work of the Han Dynasty.

For the Huns, a cowardly master is not what they need.

There must be a coup!

It is even possible that the Northern Huns were involved.

However, the Han Dynasty, which had only discovered this matter now, could no longer interfere with the internal affairs of the Western Huns.

The Han family can only sit back and watch, and can only pray that the other party's coup can be delayed a little longer. It is best to wait until next spring when the ice and snow melt.

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But Liu Che's ministers didn't think so.

When the news spread that the Western Huns sent envoys under the banner of pilgrimage, the princes, ministers and scholar-bureaucrats in Chang'an immediately became excited.

Even the people in the market were celebrating.

Although the Western Huns were only a separatist regime, they had a small country and weak soldiers, and were in a difficult situation. They faced a pincer attack from the Han and the Northern Huns.

But after all, he was the Shan Yu Shan, the prince of a military minister, and the orthodox heir to the Xiongnu Empire.

In the minds of the Han people, the Western Huns are actually the orthodox ones, and the so-called Northern Huns are considered self-reliant people.

Although it is said that the Western Huns were an abnormal country in the eyes of the Han aristocrats and officials because of their difficult canals.

It is a country of constant chaos.

But, this is the Huns after all.

After all, they were the Huns under the rule of the descendants of Maodun.

From Pingcheng to the present, fifty-five years have passed since the two great powers of Han and Xiongnu were in opposition.

The Battle of Pingcheng ended with the Han and Hungarians retreating.

But there is no doubt that this battle exposed the pride and pride in the hearts of the Chinese people since the Warring States Period.

Once upon a time, any of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period could defeat the Yi and Di and chase them to the north.

The unified Qin Empire was even more invincible in the world. General Meng Tian's Great Wall Army defeated the prairie princes who did not dare to go south to herd horses or bend their bows to fight.

Until Maodun was born, the myth of Zhu Xia's invincibility was shattered.

In the next few decades, for the first time in Chinese history, the emperor of Zhuxia had to marry the Lord of the Barbarians and Di, and humiliatingly exchanged women's wealth and silk for peace.

The great shame and humiliation are deeply engraved in the marrow and blood of every noble scholar and official.

Over the past decades, the cities in the northern counties that burned under the hooves of the Huns, the dead people and the wailing elders, have deepened this sense of shame little by little.

In that autumn only eleven years ago, thirty thousand Huns invaded the North, beacon fires were lit on Ganquan Mountain, Guanzhong mobilized, and urgent matters in the North still seemed like just yesterday.

Eleven years ago, those young men and generals who were awakened by the news of the Xiongnu invasion were now at the peak and golden age of their lives.

Most of them have now embarked on their own paths.

The elite among them have even become the decision-makers of the empire.

Now, the Western Huns actually came to pay a pilgrimage to Chang'an?

Just like later generations, those born in the 60s and 70s witnessed the moment when the red flag fell from the Kremlin, the subjects of the Han Dynasty had mixed feelings in their hearts at this moment.

It even feels unreal and unreal.

The Xiongnu Empire, which my father and grandfather once regarded as a life-and-death enemy and had threatened the Xia Dynasties for decades, surrendered just like that?

Did victory come just like this?

Countless people were immediately confused, and then they caroused all night long.

And many veterans and generals were crying and laughing at the same time.

The tombs of generals and ministers in Changling and Baling were crowded with nobles and scholars who came to offer sacrifices and pray.

For the Han aristocrats, this day is indeed a historical dividing line.

The pilgrimage of the Western Huns represented that the Han family had completely gained the upper hand over the Yi and Di.

It also represents China, once again returning to where it should be, where it originally belongs.

The Celestial Empire and the Central Empire are back!

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However, we crossed Gonglu River and headed north.

At this moment, the world has begun to snow.

And it’s snowing heavily!

Winter in Muhoku has arrived.

Hu Lushe took King Zuo Xian's large banner, separated from the Xiongnu tribe who stayed in Guyan Mountain, and embarked on a journey to the Western Regions to overwinter.
To be continued...