Chapter eight hundred and eighty sixth loss of power and humiliation
In the north of Yijing, dust and smoke covered the sky, and the earth was trembling.
Liu Bei, who was standing on the horse, looked far away, but saw countless black shadows rushing towards the avenue heading north.
Liu Bei's mood became excited, and the face that had been sad for a long time rarely showed hope.
Finally, the wolf-toothed flag came into view, and countless fierce cavalry entered their sight.
Wuhuan Iron Cavalry!
The long-awaited Wuhuan iron hooves finally arrived.
Liu Bei's excitement also reached its peak, and at this moment, he was so excited that tears filled his eyes.
A day ago, Sun Gan, who was on a mission to Liaoxi County, finally rushed back to Yijing in vain and brought back great news to Liu Bei who was desperate.
The Wuhuan of the three counties had accepted the conditions issued by Liu Bei, gathered his troops, and headed south to Yijing.
This time, Wuhuan Shanyu Tadun led King Qi Nanlou and King Khanlu Wuyan, and led 50,000 Wuhuan cavalry to come.
When Liu Bei heard that the Wuhuan reinforcements were coming, he was naturally overjoyed and personally led his ministers out of Yijing to greet him.
Soon after, a team of Wuhuan cavalry arrived and camped north of Yijing. Liu Bei welcomed Tadun and the Wuhuan kings such as Nanlou, and welcomed them into Yijing.
In Yi Jing's palace, a banquet had been prepared, and Liu Bei welcomed Tadun and others with great enthusiasm.
The Wuhuan people were not accustomed to etiquette. They drank large gulps of wine, ate large pieces of meat, and joking loudly, without any convention at all.
Zhang Xiu, Han Meng and other important civil and military officials who were accompanying each other were all calm and could not stand the style of the Wuhuan people.
Liu Bei was also very unhappy. Although the Wuhuan people in front of him respectfully called him "Your Majesty", they had no scruples in every move and had no etiquette at all.
Of course, Liu Bei, who was used to the emperor's majesty, would feel unhappy.
Zhuge Liang, who was sitting by the side, repeatedly winked and signaled Liu Bei to endure it and not to ruin the overall situation because of a momentary upset.
Liu Bei could only swallow this breath, accompany him to smile, and watch him eat and drink.
After a while, the Takun wine was full, and he smeared his greasy mouth and said with a smile: "The wine and meat in the Central Plains are indeed better than the ones in our Wuhuan. I thank Your Majesty for your good wine and meat here."
Tadun knew a little polite and knew to say thank you. This made Liu Bei feel much better, and the smile on his face became a little more realistic.
"The Great Chanyu came from afar to help me with war. It is reasonable for me to call me with good wine and good meat. I know the nature of the Great Chanyu, so let's drink this cup together." Liu Bei laughed and raised it Wine glass.
Tae-dun laughed loudly and drank it all.
After drinking, Tadun wiped his mouth and said, "I said, Emperor of Han, your envoy said that as long as you help you fight back your enemies, you will take Changli, Liaoxi County, and Youbeiping County. All of them are given to us Wuhuan, so that our Great Wuhuan can establish a country. Do you keep your word?"
The slaughter was not sloppy, and he directly brought this condition to the table to discuss it.
After hearing this, Liu Bei's expression changed and he was anxious to look at Sun Gan.
Sun Ganbeng smiled embarrassedly and said, "The Great Shanyu must have been exhausted all the way, and I remembered it wrongly. The conditions that Xiaguan told the Great Shanyu were given to the two counties in western Liaoning, not to allow the Wuhuan to establish a country."
Liu Bei nodded slightly to accompany Sun Gan's words.
"Since you are negotiating conditions, it is normal to bargain. Are you allowed to make a bid? You are not allowed to bargain? Let us establish a country. This is the bargaining of this khan." Tadun said bluntly.
Sun Gan had no choice but to look at Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was already frowning, which was quite embarrassed.
Since Emperor Wu of Han, the Hu tribes around the empire have surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Those who do not follow the ministers will defeat them.
As for the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan and other barbarians, you can be called Shanyu and king, but you must submit to the Han Dynasty, which means you are not allowed to establish a country.
Founding a country means being on par with the Han Empire. Such things that undermine the majesty of the Han Dynasty have never allowed them even if they are foolish.
At present, Liu Bei regarded himself as the orthodox Han Dynasty. If he agreed to the request of Tadun, he would become the first emperor of the Han Dynasty to allow the Hulu to establish a country, and to establish a country on land that originally belonged to the Han Dynasty.
Such a humiliating thing would inevitably lead to Liu Bei’s reviling from all over the world and nail him to the pillar of shame in history.
Thinking of all kinds, how could Liu Bei not hesitate?
"Da Shanyu, it seems that the Emperor of Han doesn't want us to establish a country. If you don't want to, let's go." King Kui Nanlou shouted dissatisfiedly.
"King Qiao said that he did not agree to our conditions, and he also wanted our Wuhuan warriors to shed blood for them. How could such a cheap thing be? Let's go back to western Liaoning." Khanlu King Wuyan complained in displeasure.
The Wuhuan kings and generals present were all shouting loudly, as if they didn't take Emperor Liu Bei seriously.
Zhang Xiu and other generals were furious and showed murderous intent on their faces. They wanted to destroy these ignorant Hu people on the spot.
At this time, Zhuge Liang hurriedly winked at Liu Bei, indicating that he should not be impulsive, and even signaled that he would agree to the conditions proposed by Tadun.
As he signaled, Zhuge Liang opened his mouth slightly, squirmed his lips without making a sound, and repeated the word "big picture".
Liu Bei weighed the pros and cons, clenched his fists secretly and laughed: "Who said I wouldn't agree? The Wuhuan people and my Han people are brothers. Of course you are qualified to establish the country. This is the power you deserve, of course I promise."
Liu Bei had no choice. If he didn't agree, he would be unable to keep the Wuhuan army. Without Wuhuan's help, he would sooner or later be destroyed by Yan Liang.
As Zhuge Liang advised, the "big situation" was achieved, and Liu Bei had to agree to the harsh rules that Tadun had insomnia.
At the bottom of the steps, Zhang Xiu and other generals were shocked to see that Liu Bei had agreed to such a "lost power and humiliated the country", but due to Liu Bei's majesty, they could only dare not speak out.
"Your Majesty the Great Han Dynasty, you are really a benevolent and righteous king." But Tadun was overjoyed and praised Liu Bei. The other yelling kings of Wuhuan closed their mouths with satisfaction.
"Since Your Majesty is so generous, my Shanyu and the Wuhuan soldiers should sacrifice their lives for Your Majesty. However, we still have a small request, hoping that Your Majesty can agree with it." Tidun said with a smile.
Liu Bei frowned again, thinking that the Wuhuan people were really greedy and he promised them that they could establish the country, but they still made endless requirements.
"Major Shanyu, please say that as long as I can do it, I will agree." He was angry, but on the surface, Liu Bei was still generous.
"It's like this. In the future, our Wuhuan Kingdom is located in a remote state and is far less prosperous than the Han Dynasty. We hope that the Emperor of Han can give us some funding to our Wuhuan Kingdom in the spirit of caring for friendly countries."
Liu Bei understood that the collapse was to ask for land, status, and now he wanted money again.
"Haha, what do I think? It turns out that it is such a trivial matter. The Han and Wuhuan are brotherly countries that have been friendly for generations. It is natural that the Han Dynasty gave some funding to the Wuhuan brothers."
"I decided to give Wuhuan 100 million yuan every year in the future. What does the Great Shanyu feel?"
Liu Bei thought that since the land had been cut, the money was nothing, just give it to them.
When the civil and military officials were waiting around, they were still gritting their teeth and heartbroken.
You should know that from ancient times to the present, only the Hulu paid tribute to the Han Dynasty. Now Liu Bei "cedes land and pays money" for the Hulu, which is extremely powerless and humiliating.
Among the generals under his command, Zhang Xiu was most heartbroken.
I remember that Zhang Xiu followed Dong Zhuo to guard the border and went through the blood of the fire. Wasn’t it just to make the Hu people on the border surrender to the Han Dynasty and claim to pay tribute to the Han ministers?
Now, Zhang Xiu can only watch helplessly, the Han Dynasty ceded land and paid money from the Hulu, and how could the dignity of the Han general in his heart be safe from being hurt?
"It's great, the Emperor of Han is really a benevolent and righteous monarch. Let's respect the Emperor of Han together." After getting the cheapest, Dadun happily raised his glasses with the kings.
Until this time, these Wuhuan nobles had some dignity towards Liu Bei.
This dignity made Liu Bei very satisfied, and a little proud appeared on his face, so he laughed loudly and drank with the barbarians to enjoy themselves.
On the same day, Liu Bei and Tadun agreed on conditions, and the two sides formed an alliance, and the 50,000 cavalry of Wuhuan also entered Yijing.
After obtaining the Wuhuan army and the original 40,000 Han army, Liu Bei's number of troops quickly rose to about 90,000.
Holding ninety thousand infantry and cavalry in his hand, Liu Bei suddenly became generous and full of confidence. He claimed that he would fight to the death with Yan Liang's Chu army in Yi Jing, and vowed to make Yan Liang lose his troops at the city and return in defeat.
A few days later, Yan Liang led an army of more than 200,000 to Gaoyang County on the south bank of Yishui.
At this time, the news that the Wuhuan army had arrived in Yijing arrived in Gaoyang.
Fifty thousand Wuhuan cavalry arrived in Yijing, and this amazing news surprised the civil and military officials of the Chu State.
"No wonder the big-eared thief dared to defend Yijing. It turned out that he colluded with the barbarians again." Pang Tong sighed.
"Hmph, Liu Bei colluded with the Southern Xiongnu first, and now he colluded with the Wuhuan again. This time, he must have betrayed a lot of China's interests. He is seeking death." Yan Liang's words were filled with a bit of cold hatred.
meaning.
The ones Yan Liang hated the most in his life were those who colluded with foreign tribes, bullied the Han people, and occupied the Han territory. Liu Zhang and Cao Pi back then colluded with foreign tribes, so Yan Liang told them to die particularly miserably.
Now that Liu Bei doesn't know the lesson, he dares to collude with Wuhuan. This is undoubtedly a heavy punishment for himself before he was executed.
All the generals were also indignant and hated Liu Bei to the core, and scolded Liu Bei for betraying his ancestors.
After a lot of indignation, Fa Zheng said: "Liu Bei is certainly hateful, but with the 50,000 cavalry of the Wuhuan people, he could barely gather enough troops to stimulate the U.S., plus Yishui's natural barrier, it was Yijing's.
There are many trenches and earthen mountains, and it is not easy for us to break through this line of defense."
Fa Zheng's concerns added a lot of shadow to everyone's indignation.
Now Liu Bei has Wuhuan cavalry, and its number of cavalry has once again exceeded that of the Chu army. Now Yishui blocks the road. No matter where the Chu army crosses the river, Wuhuan cavalry can rush to block the fastest speed.
It is indeed not easy to cross the Yishui River when you hit it halfway.
At this time, Yan Liang resolutely said: "Even if the big-eared thief has Wuhuan cavalry, even if the road ahead hinders Cong, you can't stop me from unifying the world. If the Wuhuan people dare to go against me, I will take them together.