Chapter 340 Donghu’s plan
The Donghu, located in the northeast of the Qin Dynasty, existed for quite a long time and had existed in the north during the Shang Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, due to its proximity to Hehe Yan and Zhao, it had frequent contacts with the two countries, and it often became physically aligned with Yan and Zhao.
It was also during the Warring States Period that Donghu's strength reached its peak, known as "200,000 string control men", but unfortunately it was useless to reach its peak. It was beaten by Yan State and Zhao State. When Li Mu defeated the Huns, he also beat Donghu.
But even if he was beaten up, the Donghu is still above the Huns. He bullied the Huns with Yuezhi. He extorted the Huns for nothing and said: (Today) Brother, I think you are a great horse, so I will give you two horses to you? (Tomorrow) Brother, I see that your Yan is very beautiful, how to use it for you?
Even after Maodun ascended the throne, he was extorted by Donghu, but was beaten by Maodun. The Donghu tribe alliance collapsed, and the Donghu tribes became slaves to the Huns.
However, the Donghu tribes did not disappear, and the later Wuhuan tribes, Xianbei tribes, Khitans, Shiwei, Tuyuhun... all had a certain relationship with the Donghu.
Although the current Donghu is not at its peak, it is still the top of the grassland. He is also the two leaders of the grassland, otherwise he would not have the courage to blackmail the Huns.
However, in the past six months, the King of Donghu has been in a bad mood because the Qin people in the south have reached their hands on the grassland. The Huns, who had been blackmailed by him, have joined the Qin people, but they dared not to pay tribute to him, Thousand-mile horses and beautiful women!
The Qin people even sent envoys to him. On the surface, they were talking about contacting and establishing diplomatic relations and seeking common development, but in fact they were declaring to him: From now on, the Huns will be my brother of the Great Qin, and I am surrounded by my Great Qin. You are not allowed to extort anymore, understand? If you don’t understand, you will be responsible for the consequences!
The King of Donghu would not be willing. He only felt that the Qin people had stretched their hands too long. The people in the south had already returned to the Qin people. Now they even want to care about the matter on the grassland?
The people in the south belong to you Qin people, but the matters on the grassland should be controlled by them. They should not interfere with each other. You farm in the south, and I grazed in the north, and each of them had a peaceful life.
But the Qin people were greedy and were not satisfied with becoming kings in the south. They also thought of pointing fingers on the grassland, which made the Donghu King extremely unhappy.
The cake on the grassland is so big, with a little bit of Donghu, a little bit of Yuezhi, and a little bit of Huns and other tribes. Everyone can barely share enough, but now with the Qin Dynasty, there is not enough cake.
What's more, the Qin people don't seem to want to eat more cakes only, they want to eat more!
The King of Donghu, who felt that his interests were damaged, sent envoys to the Qin Dynasty while the New Year was celebrated, hoping that the Qin Dynasty would abide by the rules, not to extend his hands to the grassland, and not to support the Huns. The grassland is ours, not your Qin people.
Unexpectedly, the Emperor of Qin not only did not accept his affection or accept his sincerity, but also expelled his envoy in the church without any affection.
The envoy represents him and Donghu. The Emperor of Qin did this, which was equivalent to not giving him or Donghu face!
Your Daqin is indeed very powerful in the south, but I am a Donghu crossing the grassland, and I am not a soft persimmon that I can easily pinch. If you compete on the grassland, you Daqin may not be my opponent.
After the messenger returned, the King of Donghu immediately contacted the leaders of the tribes of Donghu. Today was the day when the leaders of the tribes of Donghu arrived.
In the king's tent, the King of Donghu sat in the main seat, looked at the leaders of the tribes in the tent, and said, "The envoy sent to Qin State has returned!"
Seeing that the Donghu King's face was not very good, the leaders of each tribe knew that the result of this mission was not ideal. A tribe leader squinted his eyes and said, "The Emperor of Qin did not agree? Do you still want to continue to interfere in the grassland?"
King Donghu said: "Let Luzan come in!"
On the day of New Year's greetings, the Donghu envoy who was directly expelled by the First Emperor in Zhangtai Palace entered the tent and said to the Donghu King and the leaders: "Luzan has met the king and all the leaders!"
King Donghu said: "Tell all the leaders about your experience in Qin!"
Lu Zan took the order and started talking. When he heard that the Qin emperor had expelled Lu Zan directly, the expressions on the heads of the leaders were not very good-looking.
They were also part of the Donghu. The Qin emperor expelled Lu Zan and others, and not only slapped the King of Donghu, but also theirs.
A leader said, "The Emperor of Qin did not take our Donghu seriously at all!"
The other leader said: "The Qin Emperor did this not only because he did not take us seriously, but also because he made it clear that he would not give up interfering in the grassland! Everyone..."
The leader looked at the others and said, "I know that some people don't want to go to war with the Qin people, but the Qin emperor has clearly wanted to interfere in the grassland and there is no longer any luck. We must cut off the Qin emperor's hand that stretched out to the grassland and beat him up to the pain in order to understand that the grassland is not where he can reach out and to get rid of the idea of interfering in the grassland."
"This matter cannot be retreated, because the grassland is our shelter and everything we are. If we retreat, with the greed of the Qin emperor, he will leave us a piece of grass for us to grazing, and will give us a forest for us to hunt? Then, where will we grazing cattle and sheep, and where will we get food and drink?"
The other leaders also looked serious. This leader was right. The Qin people should not be trapped in the grassland, otherwise there would be endless troubles!
Another leader said, "But the Qin people are too powerful in the south. Yan and Zhao are not rivals of the Qin people. Can we beat the Qin people?"
Saying this is suspected of shaking the morale of the army, but this is another fact. The Qin people were invincible in the south and destroyed the powerful countries of Yan and Zhao!
The leader who said "This matter cannot be retreated" said: "Although the Qin people are strong, they are not invincible. Although they are invincible in the south and defeated Yan and Zhao countries, they may not be able to continue to be invincible in the grassland. Moreover, they have only been unified to the south for more than a year, and there are still many matters in the country that need to be dealt with. As long as we do not send troops directly to them, we may not attract Qin people!"
Hearing this, some leaders reacted and said, "What do you mean is to send troops to the Huns and not go to war directly with the Qin people?"
The leader looked fierce and said, "That's right! Didn't the Huns think that with the support of the Qin people, they could not take us seriously? Just let them see if the Qin people can protect them!"
At this moment, a burst of applause sounded, and the King of Donghu clapped his hands. He said, "What leader Hao Zhe said is very much. We are not fighting the Qin people, but the Huns. Even if the Qin people sent troops to the Huns, there would not be too many."
"If this move is successful, it can not only shock the Huns, but also attack the prestige of the Qin people, so that those tribes who want to surrender to the Qin people know that the Qin people cannot protect them at all!"
The leader named "Hao Zhe" said: "In addition to us, you can also invite Yuezhi to send troops to the Huns. We attack the Huns from east to west, and they attack from west to east."
Like them, the Yuezhi people believed that the Qin Dynasty intervened in the grassland and regarded the Huns as their younger brothers, and violated their interests. If they had not been afraid of the Qin Dynasty, they would have sent troops to govern the Huns long ago. But if they agreed with the Yuezhi people and attacked the Huns from east to west, the Yuezhi people would be moved, and they would use this to make the Qin people realize who is the overlord of the grassland.
You Qin people are so powerful, but the grassland is not where you should interfere. Now we will retract our claws.
And you, the Huns, thought they had become the younger brothers of the Qin people, and they dared not to pay tribute to us if they were protected by the Qin people? Then let’s see if the Qin people can cover you!
The two families can be said to be the two strongest forces on the grassland at present. They join forces to fight against the Huns, and even the Qin people should be afraid.
One leader said, "The Yuezhi people will definitely agree. They also disliked the Qin people and the Xiongnu, and the Qin people also planned to extend their hands to the Western Regions. If the Qin people gained a firm foothold in the Western Regions and let the countries in the Western Regions attack the Yuezhi people together, the Yuezhi people's lives would only be even more difficult."
"As long as the Yuezhi people have a brain, they will definitely choose to join forces with us. If you don't stop the Qin people at this time, should you wait until the Qin people put their hands in completely and put the knife around your neck before stopping them?"
This analysis makes sense. From a geographical point of view, the Qin people were significantly more dangerous to the Yuezhi people.
Because on the map, the Huns are located in the northeast of the Qin Dynasty, the Donghu is located in the northeast of the Qin Dynasty, and the Yuezhi is located in the northwest or west of the Qin Dynasty.
The Qin Dynasty took the Huns as its younger brother and intervened in the grassland. It could already pose a threat to the Huns from the east, south and north. If the Qin Dynasty established contact with the Western Regions countries located west of the Yuezhi, the Yuezhi would fall into the siege of the Qin camp.
If the Qin Dynasty wants to attack Yuezhi, the Yuezhi faces extremely high threat!
As long as the Yuezhi people are not stupid, they will definitely not be willing to form this encirclement, otherwise it will be too dangerous for them and they must be destroyed. Since it is destruction, it is best to be formed before it is formed.
In this case, if the Donghu wants to send troops to target the Qin and the Huns, the Yuezhi people will definitely choose to join forces to support them, because this is their opportunity. Once they miss it, they will have to face the Qin and the Huns alone.
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After listening to the leader's analysis, the King of Donghu and the other leaders breathed a sigh of relief. Although they said they were not cowardly with the Qin people, they were actually very stressed. If there were people from Yuezhi fighting against the Qin people with them, the pressure would be much less.
After all, they are the two strongest forces in the grassland today. Even if the Qin people want to defeat them, it will definitely not be easy!
A leader looked at Lu Zan, who was still in the tent and asked, "When you go to Qin, you will have some experiences along the way. What do you feel? Did the Qin army be a tiger and wolf army like rumors?"
Hearing this question, the other leaders also read it. Although the tribes of Donghu did not learn "The Art of War" and did not say "know yourself and your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles", there are similar principles. Of course, you should learn more about the strength of the Qin people and make corresponding preparations.
After hearing this question, Lu Zan took a deep breath and replied seriously: "King, leaders, as we see on our way to Xianyang, the capital of Qin people, the Qin people should not be underestimated! This is not to increase the ambition of the Qin people and destroy their own prestige, but to say sincerely!"
"The Qin people are not as rich as the rumors, and they have poor places. However, what we saw on the way is very confident and very fighting spirit. If they use them as an army, they will be as strong as a rainbow. Moreover, the Qin people are extremely confident in their emperors. With the prestige of the Qin emperor, as long as they are willing to order, there will definitely be many Qin people willing to fight for them!"
"We have seen the soldiers of the Qin people. When they are still, they are like standing tall city walls. When they move, they are like the strong wind on the grassland."
Thinking of the Qin army escorting them to Xianyang, Lu Zan added: "They switch between immobility and immobility according to the general's orders. As long as the general needs it, they can turn from the solidest city wall to the coldest storm, kill on the battlefield and harvest their lives."
The black-armored Qin army escorted them left a deep impression on them. When they could not move, they were like the hardest city wall. No one could penetrate it, but when they moved, they instantly turned into a black torrent that destroyed everything.
They had imagined at that time that if their Donghu cavalry faced the Qin army with the same number of people, who would win and who would lose?
The answer they came to was very frustrated. If they met this Qin army on the battlefield, their Donghu soldiers would definitely be defeated.
Lu Zan advised: "The Qin army is very strong and can be called the tiger and wolf army. They are not only well-trained, but also have excellent weapons and armor. If they meet on the battlefield, it is best not to confront the Qin army head-on. They need to set up ambush and rely on the Qin people to fight with them without understanding the grassland environment."
Although their Donghu was dominant in the grassland, their population and productivity were far inferior to that of the Qin Dynasty. Of course, the weapons and armor they used were inferior to those of the Qin Dynasty. They could not have an advantage at all when fighting head-on under the same force.
If you want to fight with the Qin people, you can only weaken the Qin people's advantages as much as possible and amplify your own advantages, such as introducing the Qin people into a place where they are familiar but the Qin people are not familiar with them.
"The Qin people now have many things that we can't understand. When we were in Xianyang City, we saw several tall buildings emitting smoke, and we didn't know what they were for. If we were building weapons and armor, with the size of the building, the number that could be built in a day might be huge!"
This is a misunderstanding. Although it is indeed manufacturing weapons, this is not the main job in that place. It mainly conducts various experiments to transform the various technologies copied by Li Nian into being able to be used in Daqin at this time.
"The Qin emperor has many civil and military officials and generals, and almost all civil and military officials and generals who destroyed the six southern countries are there. If we want to fight with the Qin people, we will likely send generals and troops to destroy the six countries. These generals have been through the battlefield for a long time, and the soldiers are also old soldiers who are good at fighting!"
The Donghu King and the leaders looked even more serious. They had known that the Qin people were very strong and were a tough bone to crack. Now after listening to Lu Zan's words, they felt that this bone was even harder to crack than they thought.
In addition to having the advantage of being more familiar with the grassland than the Qin people, they seem to be inferior to the Qin people in other aspects. The Qin people have more soldiers than them, the Qin people have more swords, arrows, armors and armors than them, and they are sharper and harder than them. The Qin people's generals and soldiers may also be stronger than them...
Then will they still fight against the Qin people?
Of course, we have to fight. The Qin people have not yet reached their hands completely and have not yet gained a foothold on the grassland station. If they do not resist at this time, there will be no chance in the future.
The King of Donghu closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then suddenly opened: "Just send troops to attack the Huns in autumn! At that time, the horses were strong and the food was sufficient, which was the best time to send troops."
After saying these two sentences, the King of Donghu swept the leaders in the tent: "Who agrees and who opposes?"
No one objected. Everyone knew that if the Qin people intervened in the grassland, the entire Donghu's survival might be seriously affected. Unless they were willing to surrender to the Qin people, but if they were a dog to the Qin people and sat on their heads, how could they feel comfortable to be king and dominate?
(This chapter ends)