"Cao Cao asked me to surrender to him? Do I need to offer a pledge?" Bu Dugen calmly asked after listening to the messenger's report quietly, tapping the table with his fingers gently.
The messenger who reported back originally thought that Bu Dugen would be furious after hearing what he said, and would even turn his anger on himself. Therefore, when reporting back, he tried to use a cautious tone. However, although Bu Dugen's face looked a little gloomy at the moment,
On the surface, he didn't look very angry, and overall he seemed relatively calm.
However, despite this, the envoy still did not dare to be careless at all. Everyone knew Bu Dugen's moodiness, and if he was not careful, he might be killed by him. Facing Bu Dugen's rhetorical question, he still used extremely cautious words.
He replied in a tone of voice: "Then Cao Cao said that the Huns were paying homage to the Han Dynasty, so he wanted us to act in the same way as the Huns."
"Huns?" A sneer appeared at the corner of Bu Dugen's mouth. He had already found out the general situation of the Han people's attack on the Huns' royal court. It was that useless guy Huchuquan who gave the Han people the opportunity to attack the royal court.
Everything was overturned. If I were sitting in the position of Huchuquan, even if there was no guarantee that the Han people would never come back, they would never suffer such a disastrous defeat.
But no matter what, it has become an established fact that the Xiongnu asked for surrender from the Han Dynasty. In this case, can I break up with the Han Dynasty?
Although it sounds a bit ugly to say that you are surrendering, it is actually not that unacceptable. Just find a guy you don't like and send it to the Han Dynasty, and then pretend to surrender on the surface. After that,
Apart from the seemingly meaningless relationship between the Han Dynasty and Xianbei, the Han Dynasty had nothing to do with itself, and it is estimated that the superiors of the Han Dynasty would not bother to interfere with things outside the Great Wall. By then, the entire Xianbei family will be alone.
It's so big and free on the grassland, how happy it is.
However, Bu Dugen has not yet decided to surrender to the Han Dynasty. After all, even if he only surrenders on the surface, it will still be embarrassing in terms of face. He is still thinking about the consequences that he may face if he goes against Cao Cao's wishes.
In other words, Bu Dugen was thinking about whether the conditions for surrendering and surrendering were Cao Cao's unshakable bottom line or a bargaining chip that could be used for negotiation.
If he insists on refusing to accept the conditions of surrender and surrender, will Cao Cao be angry and raise troops, or will he retreat and seek other inferior bargaining chips?
Bu Dugen was constantly thinking about Cao Cao's temperament and the current situation of the Han Dynasty, and based on this, he analyzed whether he should offer pledges to the Han Dynasty or not.
"Go to Dahan again and tell Cao Cao that I am willing to agree to his request." After thinking for a long time, Bu Dugen said to the envoy.
Bu Dugen's words were completely beyond the expectations of the envoy. He was stunned and stood still on the spot.
Although he had never met Cao Cao, Bu Dugen had heard about this prime minister who held great power in the Han Dynasty.
It is said that Cao Cao had a broad mind, broad ambitions and extraordinary abilities. His goal was not to be a prime minister whose decrees could only be conveyed in the north, but to pacify the entire Han Dynasty.
Logically speaking, such a person will not waste his troops easily. As long as he shows that he has no intention of fighting, even if he does not surrender and offer pledges, the other party should eventually give in. However, according to Bu Dugen's knowledge, Cao Cao also
A cautious person, even a suspicious person. If Bu Dugen's prediction is correct, after the north is pacified and the aliens outside the Great Wall surrender, Cao Cao will turn his attention to the south. At this time, things like a fire in the backyard
, which he will never allow and will do his best to avoid.
If he insists on refusing to surrender to the Han Dynasty, then Cao Cao may become suspicious and think that he has different intentions and may even make changes in the future. This is a hidden danger that must be eliminated early. In case Cao Cao decides to go to the Southern Expedition before
Eliminating the hidden danger in the north first would be really troublesome.
Forget it, anyway, I am not as ambitious as Ke Bineng. Since Cao Cao wants to pledge himself as a minister, then he will pledge himself as a minister. Bu Dugen's wish is just to unify Xianbei. As for the flowery land of the Southern Dynasties, at least for now
He is still very self-aware and will not offend an enemy he cannot afford to offend.
————————————————————————————————————“Hahahaha——!” Looking at the Xianbei kneeling in front of him again
The envoy, Cao Cao, did not hide anything and looked up to the sky and laughed.
The Xianbei envoy who was kneeling in front of Cao Cao was flushed at this time.
The Xianbei envoy knew that the hostage sent over was just a small role, claiming to be the "Prince of Xianbei", but in fact he was Kebineng's brother and was captured by Bu Dugen. He also knew what Bu Dugen said
His professing surrender was just a superficial attitude. But despite this, he still felt very humiliated.
But in front of Cao Cao, he certainly did not dare to show such humiliating emotions.
Although the conditions he offered sounded harsh, Cao Cao knew from the beginning that as long as Bu Dugen was a "cunning person" consistent with the rumors, he would definitely agree.
A person with a deceitful mind will definitely put more thought into it, and once he thought too much, Cao Cao felt that Bu Dugen had only one choice: accepting his request.
The reason is very simple. For now, he is strong and Bu Dugen is weak. As long as Bu Dugen can see this, no matter what he tries, the weak will eventually have to choose to surrender to the strong.
Although I know that Bu Dugen's surrender is only a superficial attitude, this "surface attitude" is also very important to Cao Cao. In the eyes of others, they don't care whether you are superficial or not. What they see is,
Even though the Han Dynasty was still strong, the barbarian countries were destined to kneel at the feet of the powerful Han Dynasty!
The power of the Han Dynasty must be spread to foreign countries! After the Xiongnu and Xianbei surrendered one after another, Wuhuan, due to the constant oppression of Gongsundu, had no choice but to send envoys to express his willingness to surrender to the Han court. Several foreign tribes surrendered one after another.
Let the people on the grassland once again realize that the Han Dynasty has not weakened, and the strength of the Han army is still extremely strong. Those who offend the strong Han will be punished no matter how far away they are.