After Tadun saw this seal ribbon, he suddenly woke up.
He clutched the seal ribbon tightly, looked at Han Zhong with wide eyes, and said with suppressed excitement:
"Han Sheng, what does this mean?"
Seeing Tadun like this, Han Zhong felt relieved and said with a warm smile:
"Chanyu, this is my lord's sincerity."
Why was Taton so rude? It turned out that what Han Zhong presented to Taton was a gold seal, and the camel beast seal had the words "Wuhuan Shanyu Zhang" written on it.
Although the Wuhuan people seem to have become more active in recent years, as they have been the tent dogs of the Han family for two hundred years, their entire ideology and appearance are that of the Han family.
Just like now, although Tadun's uncle Qiu Liju also calls himself Chanyu and seems to be a grassland king of his own, in fact neither the Huns nor the Shanggu Wuhuan people recognize him because he is the Caotou King.
The Han family is the undisputed king of the entire Northeastern Asia, and his recognition is the biggest source of legal principles for these grassland kings. Except for the Xianbei people, who are opposed to the decentralization of power by the Han family, all other grassland tribes are under the control of the Han family.
And now, when a Shanyu Seal given by the Han family was placed in Taton's hand, how could he not be ecstatic?
And let’s talk about the protagonist Sun Du who gave this gift.
The gift he gave was exactly what Taton would not refuse.
Although Tadun at this time obtained the power to control the Wuhuan people in the three counties by virtue of his talent and prestige, this power was not stable because Qiu Liju's youngest son Louban was still there, and as he grew up, he would inevitably
Will regain control of the three counties.
Although the Wuhuan people still have the prairie people's practical morality of respecting the strong, as the Wuhuan upper class began to settle in Liucheng, they became more and more inclined to leave their wealth, tents, and livestock to their sons instead of their younger brothers.
In the final analysis, living conditions determine the economic base, and the economic base determines the superstructure.
The Wuhuan people at this time were no longer the same hard people who had fled to the grasslands a hundred and eighty years ago.
But now, with the Shan Yuyin given to Tadun by the Han Dynasty, Tadun can legitimately obtain the commanding power of the Wuhuan people. Even if Lou Ban grows up, he will inherit part of Qiu Liju's tent at most.
, but it can no longer pose a threat to Taton's authority.
Tell me how Taton was not overjoyed when he saw this seal.
Taton repeatedly rubbed the gold seal, which was as big as a button, and reluctantly handed it over to a man dressed as a Han man standing aside for a long time.
This Han scholar was none other than Guan Jing, Gongsun Zan's chief historian at that time.
At the Zhongrenting battlefield, Gongsun Zan accidentally died in the battle. After Gongsun Du coaxed away most of the white horse soldiers, some of the white horse generals still left the team to avenge Gongsun Zan.
Guan Jing is one of them.
At that time, they fled all the way north and were planning to return to their hometown to reorganize their tribe, but the Taishan Army moved north too fast. With the fall of the entire Youzhou, people like Guan Jing could only choose to lead their clan towards Liaodong like other wealthy families.
Four counties moved.
But on the way, Guan Jing's relocation team was directly discovered by Taton who broke into the fortress, so they were directly plundered and taken to Liucheng.
Later, after learning that this person turned out to be the long history of the White Horse Colonel, Tadun respected Guan Jing as his teacher and kept him at his side to understand the Han culture.
Scholars like Guan Jing had deep in their hearts the ambition to become the world's master.
They inherited Confucius's teaching without distinction, and Jiang Wang's desire to be a teacher of sages. Therefore, when Guan Jing saw that Tadun also had the potential to be a hero, he also stayed in Liucheng and willingly became that "teacher of the world."
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When Guan Jing took over the gold seal, especially after seeing the "Wuhuan Chan Yu Zhang", he frowned and asked this sentence:
"Why is this seal called a seal and not a seal?"
Han Zhong, who was still laughing, suddenly felt embarrassed when he heard this.
When Tadun saw Han Zhong like that, he immediately realized that there was something going on, so his face immediately dropped.
The atmosphere was very solemn for a while.
At this time, Han Zhong was also secretly blaming his lord, Gongsun Du.
I have already given him a royal seal, so I just acted generously, but now I am making things difficult for him by picking at Sosou.
Although there is only one word difference between Shan Yuxi and Shan Yuzhang, their inner meanings are completely different.
In the Han system, only princes and kings below used seals, while the emperor used seals.
Therefore, this gold seal with the words "Wuhuan Chanyu Zhang" actually implies that the Wuhuan people are ministers of the Han family, not equal prairie Chanyus.
If this golden seal is really given by the emperor of Kyoto, then there is no problem at all in calling it the Wuhuan Shanyu Zhang, because you, a Wuhuan person, are worthy of being on an equal footing with the Han family?
But that's not the problem.
For example, Han Zhong knew that this gold seal was carved privately by his lord Gong Sundu. He also carved several gold seals like this, some for Goguryeo, some for the Sushen people, and some for the Fuyu people.
Those grassland chieftains did not recognize these golden seals, and they only thought that the emperor of the Han family really noticed their loyalty and gave them the gold seals.
But I didn't expect that something was missing on the Wuhuan people's side.
When things finally came to an end, Han Zhong could only hesitantly say:
"Although the Chanyu and Wuhuan people are a pillar of Northern Xinjiang, even if they are Wuhuan Chanyu, they are just ministers of the Han family. I don't know what the Chanyu thinks."
Tadun didn't say anything, just stared at Han Zhong.
When Han Zhong was sweating profusely from looking at him, Tadun suddenly laughed boldly and ordered to the Han woman on his side:
"Your distinguished guest is right. Even though I am the king of the Wuhuan people, I am still a minister of the Han family. We are all one family. Come and fill up the wine."
Most of the upper-class Wuhuan people like Taton could speak Chinese, so when he gave the order, those weak Han women poured wine for the Wuhuan masters.
And these Han women, without exception, were all plundered in the past few years.
It can be said that every decline of the Central Plains dynasty was the carnival of these surrounding chiefs. They were like a pack of wolves, devouring the flesh and blood of this giant without restraint.
When Han Zhong saw that this matter had been fooled, he also laughed. He had no sympathy for the Han women next to him. Although they were both Han people, to put it bluntly, the relationship between Han Zhong and Taton was
On the contrary, it is deeper than these lower-class Han people.
Guan Jing, who was next to Taton, saw that Taton had revealed the matter and said no more. He just agreed and sipped his drink, thinking more.
As soon as he saw the gold seal, he knew that it was illegal and must not be the real seal. It was obviously carved privately by the Liaodong group.
He did not expect that Gongsun Du and his gang would be so courageous and would dare to give and receive such important weapons privately.
Thinking of this, he became even more confused about the fate of the Han family.
But the banquet will not be affected by Guan Jing's downturn. The Hu Han people are getting better and better with wine, and the more they drink, the happier they are.
Just when the atmosphere was getting more intense, Han Zhong said something inadvertently:
"Chanyu, my lord's friends in the fortress have sent news that the Taishan Army in the south has been mobilized frequently and is heading north. I don't know what Chanyu thinks of this."
Tadun and Guan Jing looked at each other tacitly, guessing what Han Zhong meant by saying this.
Tadun didn't say anything, meaning Guan Jing spoke.
In fact, the two of them certainly knew about this matter. The Wuhuan people were all over Northern Xinjiang and inside and outside the fortress, and they had eyes and ears everywhere. How could they not know about such a large-scale mobilization of troops as the Taishan Army?
So, Guan Jing said something first:
"Han Sheng, I'm afraid it's not about how we think about this matter, but about how your master thinks about it. Isn't this Taishan Army here to find you, the four counties of Liaodong?"
Han Zhong laughed, shook his head, and said:
"Mr. Guan is very eloquent, but how did you know that the Taishan Army came to me in Liaodong? And not to come to you Wuhuan people? You must know that you have plundered a lot of Han people in the past two years. The Taishan Army is known for its reputation
The common people come first, and if Shan Yu behaves like this, he may have already fallen into the eyes of the Taishan Army."
Feeling displeased, he directly wiped his greasy hands on the breasts of the concubine next to him and said seriously:
"Your distinguished guest, please don't beat around the bush. I will tell you the truth about what you want to say. I will definitely do whatever I can to help you with the gift your Lord sent you today."
Not to mention, Wuhuan people are still straightforward.
Seeing what Taton said, Han Zhong stopped going around and directly stated the purpose of his visit.
He said to Taton:
"This time the Taishan Army troops gathered on a large scale, with unknown intentions. But everyone knows that they are probably not against us. Now that the tide is rising on the Shanhai Road, the Taishan Army cannot fly over. Even if they land by sea, how many people can be transported? So?
No matter how many times you come, you will die."
Taton agreed very much with what Han Zhong said.
Then Han Zhong continued:
"The same goes for the Wuhuan people. Your tribe has always been the pillar of northern Xinjiang. Compared with the threat from Xianbei, I think the Taishan Army will only pay more attention to your tribe, rather than fighting against your tribe for the sake of a few small people."
Tadun nodded.
In the end, after Han Zhong had said so much, he finally came to a conclusion and started to say no.
"However, if one has no long-term worries, there will be immediate worries. The Taishan army is like a tiger and a wolf. They have abandoned China and are the enemies of the Han Dynasty. Since your department is a minister of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, it is naturally regarded as an alien by them. Now he
We still don't care about us, but when they defeat the princes in the Central Plains, what else can stop them from heading north?"
"Therefore, my lord Fuhai made an alliance with Cao Cao of Qingzhou. We made an agreement that once the Taishan army attacks the south, I will attack its tail from the north. If it attacks the north, Qingzhou will attack its south from the south, so that the Taishan army cannot take care of both the head and the tail.
Now, my lord invites you to join this mutual alliance to ensure the security of northern Xinjiang."
It was the first time Taton heard this, and he didn't react for a while, and he didn't comment.
But Guan Jing next to him frowned and pointed out the key:
"The idea of a mutual alliance sounds good, but I don't see it being feasible. Now that the Taishan Army is moving north, no matter who it attacks, the Qingzhou Army has not been seen attacking the Taishan Army from the south. On the contrary, the Qingzhou Army has not attacked the Taishan Army from the south.
You can take advantage of the gap between Taishan Army's northward dispatch and move south to Xuzhou, which will increase your depth."
Han Zhong was stunned. He had not expected this. He had seen the Cao Cao envoy who came to Liaodong. He was a pure gentleman, and he did not look like such a person.
Han Zhong shook his head in a hurry and was almost distracted by Guan Jing. He directly said a secret:
"Our friends in Senei revealed that this time the Taishan Army went north to attack the Xianbei people."
This time, even Taton replied:
"Xianbei people?"
It’s not that this thing is too unbelievable, but it’s quite natural.
In the past few years, the Xianbei people have been in civil strife, and various tribes have been divided one after another, and their strength has been greatly weakened. At this time, it is understandable for the Taishan Army to attack the Xianbei people.
As for why? Taton can guess a thing or two.
That is, the overall strength of the current Taishan Army is not as large as that of the Han Dynasty in northern Xinjiang. The original long northern Xinjiang defense line was covered with Han Dynasty beacons and no less than 100,000 troops were stationed there.
But as these soldiers gradually dispersed or were recruited by Lu Zhi to go south, the defense in northern Xinjiang became obviously weak. Otherwise, he would not be so unscrupulous.
Now, after the Taishan Army defeated the Han Dynasty and fully occupied Hebei, it naturally inherited the heavy defensive pressure of the Han Dynasty in northern Xinjiang.
However, there are only so many Taishan troops, and even if they were all packed into the northern Xinjiang defense line, they would still not be able to stand up to the beacons.
At that time, all his troops will be dragged to the northern Xinjiang, which will be a slow suicide. After the Central Plains princes compete for a winner, Hebei, which is weak in manpower and resources, will have no choice but to die.
So Taton guessed that the Taishan Army probably took the initiative to attack outside the Great Wall, hit the Xianbei people hard, and create peace for several years to relieve the pressure on their north.
After Taton figured this out, he was thinking about how to take advantage of this matter.
The Wuhuan people know this situation very well. They grew up during the war between the Han people and the Prairie Royal Court.
Moving a piece of meat from one side to the other will leave a layer of oil on your hands! What’s more, it’s such a big fight!
So Taton was wondering whether this time he would stand on the side of the Han people and continue to beat Xianbei's drowned dogs like he did in the past.
He would never refuse to beat the Xianbei dog.
But just when he was thinking about this, Han Zhong on the other side said:
"Chanyu, after my lord heard this, he felt that this was our opportunity. The Taishan army is powerful. Since ancient times, the strong and the weak have been fighting, and they must help the weak one. Otherwise, once the Taishan army retreats from the pressure of the Xianbei people,
If you come here, we will suffer."
On the surface Taton listened to this, but in fact he scorned this truth.
Why should we help the weak when the strong and weak are fighting? If we don't beat up the weak with the strong, how can we be beaten by the strong together with the weak?
Although these Han people have some brains, they don't have much.
Although he sneered at Han Zhong's words in his heart, he was still listening on his face. He wanted to see what conditions Han Zhong and others would give.
Sure enough, after Han Zhong talked nonsense for a while, he finally got to the most important part.
Tadun listened to it like this, and the more he listened, the more excited he became.
It turns out that Gongsun Du still has the courage.
He got news that the Taishan Army's baggage and grain were all stored in Jixian. So this man wanted to encourage him to enter the pass with him, attack Jixian directly, and burn the grain.
And Taton can obtain all the iron armor, ring-shou swords and iron arrows in this battle, which will greatly enhance the strength of Wuhuan in the three counties.
The time of action is when the Taishan Army leaves the fortress. When the food and fodder are cut off, these people will inevitably die outside the fortress.
And can the Taishan Army, which has lost its heroes, still be able to defend Huahua Hebei?
At that time, it’s time for them to truly enter the customs!
Having said all that, Taton has nothing else to say.
He completely ignored the frequent glances from Guan Jing next to him, slapped the table and said boldly:
"Okay, then send troops to enter the pass! Let's also see if the Lord of Hebei is really a man from heaven!"
Enter the customs, enter the customs! Tadun made the strongest sound, but he didn't know that his death was coming.