Chapter 837: Song of the Huns

Deep in the grassland, it was already early spring.

It was supposed to be the busiest season for people on the grassland.

Because after winter, both people and livestock need to be replenished.

What's more, now that we can't go south to plunder the Qin State, the grassland people can only graze their animals honestly.

But now there are no shepherds and herds of cattle and sheep on the grassland, only small tribes in panic.

There are also Hun warriors running around.

At this time, in a simple camp, Li Zheng was standing on a high ground, looking at the situation inside and outside the camp with a cold expression.

At this moment, King Zuo Xian hurried to his side and said with a bit of surprise,

"Your Majesty... Sir Shanyu, as you said, there are several nobles and their tribes who are willing to join us."

King Zuo Xian looked at Li, who was not very old, with some admiration.

After the great change in the royal court that day, they left the royal court with their own troops, and then only his tribe joined the eldest prince who claimed to be Laoshang Shanyu.

The other nobles all returned to their tribes.

Although the other party sent someone to convey the order, no nobles followed the order at the beginning.

After all, the old Shanyu has no prestige at all.

But now, just over a month later, things have changed. Many nobles have brought their tribes with them, hoping to join them and head northwest.

Upon hearing the news, Li just nodded calmly.

He was not surprised by this result. After Yi Helian took control of the royal court, he would definitely ask his uncle for help.

As we already knew last time, the Hu people have already become uncle's plan.

The distance between the two sides is extremely close. As long as there is news, one month is enough to send troops.

Now it must be the vanguard of the Hu people, which has arrived at the royal court and begun to expand in all directions.

Those nobles are not stupid. If the Qiang people and the Qin army on the Yuezhi grassland, as well as the Qin army in the northern border of Qin Dynasty, surround them, then all the Huns will be unable to fly.

Those nobles whose hands were stained with the blood of the Qin army and who were unwilling to be ruled by the Qin army had no choice but to leave.

Now nominally, he is the only one who can bring everyone together

He doesn't care whether these nobles sincerely surrender to him, because it can be predicted that there will be no peace when they go northwest.

The Qin army would not just let them go. He had seen a lot of how his uncle dealt with traitors when he was around them.

"I...I know this."

Li said calmly at this time,

"Arrange people to receive them, there is no need to break them up."

After hearing this, King Zuo Xian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said with some advice,

"Chanyu, we don't have many manpower now. If those nobles sign up for a group, I'm afraid the situation will be unfavorable to us."

He is a noble himself, but he is very aware of the virtues of other people. If he does not take the opportunity to separate these people at this time, they will definitely rely on their own power and not listen to orders.

Li did not explain much at this time and just continued,

"It doesn't matter, just do what Shanyu said."

Now that these talents are here, it's hard for him to make a move, so as not to arouse suspicion.

When the time comes to fight the Qin army, he will attack these people.

You must know that if you disobey military orders, you can kill people.

If he wants to fulfill this position legitimately, all orders must also be legitimate.

When your strength is completely superior to these people, you don't have to care about these rules.

These were all taught to him by his uncle.

After hearing this, King Zuo Xian could only obey.

Within a few days, the camp grew rapidly, and after more than ten days, the camp completely changed.

On this day, Li was sitting at the top of the tent in the center of the camp, surrounded by other Hun nobles.

Everyone looked at each other with slightly complicated expressions.

But Li's expression was extremely natural, and he quickly said,

"You are willing to go west with me. I am very grateful."

"But since it's a march, some rules must be agreed upon..."

But before he finished speaking, a Hun noble stood up and said with a bit of ferocity,

"Huh, eldest prince, your status as Shanyu has not been recognized by us. Now that we are together, it is natural that whoever is forcing the other will listen."

Everyone couldn't help but look at Li, wondering how the other party would respond.

In the Xiongnu, the strongest in the tribe is respected, which is also a tradition.

Li's power is indeed a bit weaker now.

Hearing this, Li didn't panic at all. He just looked at the other party calmly and said,

"The situation is critical now. Do you want to kill each other first and let the Qin army take advantage?"

"Or, if you are the leader, do you have to let all the tribes weaker than you hold back the Qin army during the march?"

The Hun noble didn't notice anything strange about these words at all, but nodded directly and said,

"We Huns are originally the weak and the strong, and only the strong can survive."

But the faces of the surrounding Xiongnu nobles changed slightly. Of course, they also knew that they would have to fight the Qin army along the way.

If this nobleman is really allowed to make the decision, then I am afraid that people like him will only be used as cannon fodder.

At this time, an imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of Li's mouth, and then he said lightly,

"Here in this Shanyu, all tribes are treated equally, and the wolves can only survive if they are united."

"Since you are so powerful, why not act alone? What do you think?"

The surrounding Hun nobles were a little moved when they heard this.

At this time, the Xiongnu nobles were furious. They walked up to Li angrily and roared,

"Jizhu! Who do you think you are..."

puff.

There was a sound of leather being punctured by metal. .

The Hun noble lowered his head in disbelief and looked at the extra dagger on his belly.

He was too close.

At this time, Li turned the dagger in his hand with a cold expression, completely cutting off the opponent's life, and then asked King Zuo Xian next to him,

"What is the penalty for openly offending this order?"

King Zuo Xian stared blankly at the Hun nobleman who had slowly fallen, and couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and returned.

"Execution."

At this time, Li pulled out the dagger, wiped the blood on it, then nodded and said,

"Then put him to death."

"His subordinates will be divided equally among you."

Seeing this scene, the other Xiongnu nobles looked at each other for a while, but no one dared to act.

Li glanced at these people at this time and said,

"Follow your orders, the Qin army will not wait for us."

At this time, all the Xiongnu nobles came back to their senses, no longer hesitated, and said in unison,

"Yes, Shanyu."

Then they all walked out.

Not long after, there was a chaotic sound of fighting outside the camp.

Li turned a deaf ear to this lesson. His father taught him this lesson.

Soon the tribes of the Hun nobles were divided up, and the camp began to move slowly.

But all the Huns couldn't help but have some sadness on their faces. They were about to leave their hometown. Many people sang sad Huns songs.

Losing my Yanzhi Mountain makes my women colorless.

Losing our Qilian Mountains will deprive our animals of their ability to thrive.

The sad song floats all the way into the distance.

At this time, in the distance, Zhang Liangzheng, Zhou Bo, and Lu led the Qin army to march slowly.

(An An)

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