The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 220

[Chapter 217 The Huns Surrender]

In the northern Xinjiang, on the endless grassland, the lush green grass grows vigorously again, a vast expanse of green.

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Rumbling sound, the sound of horse hooves walking across this open grassland.

I saw tens of thousands of cavalry rushing on this grassland, rushing towards the distance.

“General, this expedition can be described as a great victory. The two wars have defeated the main force of the Huns. This time, as long as I wait for the army to destroy the Xiongnu royal court and force him to surrender, this expedition can be said to be a successful return. Beside Cao C, a general in light armor said.

“Hey, these Huns, the most difficult thing to deal with is that they are cavalry, and they can hide in the depths of the grasslands if they can’t beat them, while the Han people in the south, such as me, don’t know the path of the grasslands, and it is easy to get lost. Therefore, the northern expeditions are often unsuccessful. Come back!” Cao C sneered twice, and said the reliance that the Huns used to be proud of.

“That’s right, these Huns are not very good in their own combat power, and their equipment and tactics are far behind us. They rely on the horses they can sit on and cooperate with the unfamiliar terrain of the grasslands to be so free!” Cao Cao The lieutenant beside C also nodded in agreement.

“So, now all our soldiers have excellent war horses, weapons and armor are far more than the Huns, and there are people like Donghu who are familiar with the grassland terrain to lead the way. It is a strange thing that these Huns will not be destroyed this time!” Cao Cao C smiled disdainfully.

“This time, the Huns were annihilated by our army in the two battles, and they had to flee everywhere as a proof!”

“What the general said is very true, now these Huns are hiding in their respective tribes, trembling in fear. Wait for the slaughtering knives of our army and horses!” The lieutenant smiled proudly, thinking about the terrified faces of the Huns.

“Don’t talk so much, hurry up, take down the Huns as soon as possible, and return to the emperor, it is my duty!” Cao C interrupted the lieutenant’s interest in continuing to talk, and pulled the reins, making the war horses Run forward quickly.

Under Cao C’s urging, their soldiers speeded up again, heading towards their destination, and the Huns’ royal court killed them.

This time, the army of the western expedition was all equipped with three war horses, and they galloped away without disarming and resting along the way.

Using their fast speed, they fought a blitzkrieg, and before the Huns could react, they defeated their resistance everywhere.

Afterwards, the Huns reluctantly gathered more than 50,000 troops twice, but they were easily defeated by these well-trained and better-equipped Imperial cavalry.

After that, there was no more resistance.

Now, Cao C and the others are chasing after the Xiongnu’s royal court, and he wants to capture the current king of the Huns alive.

Then, in accordance with the instructions of His Majesty the Emperor, he used this exchange to call on the Xiongnu and order them to surrender to their imperial kingdom.

Now Yuguo is short of troops, and these Huns have a population of over one million, and the cavalry can pull him more than 200,000, which is an extremely powerful force.

Although he has already killed seventy or eighty thousand people after this battle, the remaining people are also an extremely powerful force.

So from the beginning, Zhong Yu wanted to weaken the arrogance of the Huns first, forcing them to surrender to himself, to take the wolves of this grassland for his own use, and to let them bite their enemies for himself.

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One day later, Shanyu, the Xiongnu who had just fled back to the royal court, had not yet had time to breathe a sigh of relief when he received the news that his royal court was surrounded by tens of thousands of imperial cavalry, and he almost broke his courage. .

“What should we do now? These estimators have completely surrounded us?” In the royal court, Xiongnu Chanyu walked around. He was old and no longer had the courage to fight to the death.

“What are you afraid of? Shanyu, gather the warriors of the entire tribe, gather troops and horses, and fight him to the death. We Huns are noble wolves on the grassland. Who can make us fear?” The rough Huns said.

“However, if we continue to fight, I, the Huns, will kill the species! In the previous battles, the Huns were all defeated. Now the royal court is the banner of the entire Xiongnu. If the royal court is also destroyed, I am afraid that the Xiongnu will be defeated. The title will just disappear!” A relatively thin-looking Xiongnu leader raised his question.

“Even if the Xiongnu were destroyed, it would be impossible to bow down like those enemies!” The rude big man said indifferently,

but instead looked at the thin leader with anger.

“You are disregarding the inheritance from the Huns. The survival of the Huns is the most important thing, and everything else should make concessions for him!” The thin leader was angry, and his face flushed to accuse the big man.

“Okay, stop talking, you two!” Shan Yuyi patted his seat and said angrily.

“Yes, the noble Lord of the Prairie!” The two leaders were shocked when they heard Shan Yu’s questioning, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

“For the survival of the tribe, I have made up my mind to surrender my entire clan, and use the service of my Huns in exchange for the chance that my Huns can survive!” It is how much decision you have made that you will choose to surrender.

However, no one knew, but he was relieved in his heart.

“Finally found an excuse to allow me to live!”

After all, he was already old, and he just wanted to spend his old age in peace. As for the rest, for him, the old wolf king, they were all secondary.

Later, under the negotiation of the Huns’ messengers, Cao C readily agreed to the conditions for the surrender of the Huns, but made a few demands.

One is that the Huns have since become subordinates of Yuguo.

The second is that the Huns have the responsibility to accept the dispatch of the imperial kingdom and fight for the imperial kingdom.

The third is that from now on the Huns will be divided into eight large tribes, each of which will lead the small tribes under the command of the big tribe, while the Shanyu of the Xiongnu will be revered as the king of the Xiongnu and will stay in the royal court. Except for the royal court, he can no longer control other tribes. It is like a Zhou Tianzi who was shaken by the princes, without the slightest real power.

Regarding this condition of openly splitting the Huns, although the Xiongnu Shanyu was very angry and wanted to reject this condition several times, he felt as if he had poured cold water in a basin of cold water when he thought of the imperial cavalry outside.

He also thought that although he did not have many rights, he was at least the king of the Xiongnu, who was in charge of the large tribe of the Xiongnu royal court with a population of tens of thousands, so he gritted his teeth and accepted this condition.

So far, the Huns have completely lost their status as overlords on the northern grasslands, and they have rapidly declined, becoming a dog under the command of the Yuguo who is biting everywhere.

(End of this chapter)

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