Chapter 41: Angry rebuke of the messenger

Zhang Shougui said with great interest: "Military Supervisor, I know which dynasty it is from! This arrow is ten feet long."

"Did you see it all?" Chen Wanrong was a little unbelievable.

Several people went over and pulled out the arrow shaft with all their strength. As Zhang Shougui said, it was a long and short. Chen Wanrong was surprised: "Master, I've told you."

"Isn't that true!" Zhang Shougui was also a little happy: "I not only know the length, but also know which battle it was left behind."

Chen Wanrong took it in his hand, and it was extremely heavy. When he looked again, there were rust on it, and it must have been a while ago. He asked, "Which battle?"

Zhang Shougui kept it in hiding: "It's okay to tell you, but what are the benefits of me?"

Before Chen Wanrong could speak, he saw a personal guard coming quickly: "Qi reported to the general, Qi reported to the army supervisor, and the Turkic left wing Chadu crawled forward to ask for a visit!"

"I'm begging for surrender!" Chen Wanrong and Zhang Shougui looked at each other and walked away quickly with the arrow shaft.

The two quickly returned to the commander's tent, but they saw that the generals had already heard the news and stood in two wings, each with helmets and armor, which was very majestic.

"I have met the general! I have met the military supervisor!" The generals greeted each other in a uniform voice, as if they were talking alone.

"Forgive!" Zhang Shougui waved his hand and said, "Bree Duoxi!"

The soldiers outside the tent responded and brought Du Sicu in. Chen Wanrong saw Du Sicu grow up, with a very strong figure and bright eyes. He commented in his heart: "This is a smart person!"

What impressed Chen Wanrong the most was that although Du Xifu was dressed in Turkic costumes, he lacked the rude and bold spirit of Turkic people and had a bit of elegance.

During the fifty years of surrender to the Tang Dynasty, the Chineseization of the Turks was promoted and influenced by Chinese civilization. It is reasonable that Chen Wanrong did not think this change was surprising.

"Du Xifu has seen the general! He has seen the military supervisor!" Du Xifu, who was neither humble nor arrogant, went directly to the main topic: "The left wing of the Great Turkic Chadu Xifu came to discuss the matter of the Khan's order."

Zhang Shougui said calmly: "Since you rebelled, the soldiers on the border have caused trouble, and the war has been on the ground for 30 years, and countless casualties have been killed or injured. Do you regret it?"

This is a diplomatic occasion, and what you need is a kind of momentum, to suppress the other party. Zhang Shougui is a typical soldier, and this sentence seems to be emotional, and it is not appropriate to use it here. Before Du Xitu speaks, Chen Wanrong took the conversation and slapped his right hand heavily on the table, shouting: "Du Xitu, you are so brave!"

Du Xicui was stunned and looked at Chen Wanrong and said, "I don't know why the supervisor said this?"

"Discuss the troops? You are not afraid of the wind blowing your tongue!" Chen Wanrong's face darkened: "This is the word when the power is evenly matched. If you still have the strength to fight with us, I agree with your statement. Now, you no longer have the power to fight, so how can you say this? What should you blame for your geek?"

The use of words in diplomatic occasions is very strict, and cannot be said whatever you want on weekdays. Negotiation and slaughtering is a word used in the same situation. In this case, they should use "begging for surrender".

Du Xitu knew Zhang Shougui's character and was a good at fighting. When it comes to such diplomatic words, he was not good at speaking, so he spoke like this. Unexpectedly, he pointed it out to Chen Wanrong, and his face became hot and said with a stubborn mouth: "The military supervisor should know that the trapped beasts are still fighting! Even if we are a little frustrated, we still have the power to fight again. When the military supervisor heard that it should be let go, let go. If you push too hard and the warriors of my Great Turkic fight back, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

Zhang Shougui's face also sunk and said coldly: "Du Xitu, we let you go now. When your troops are strong, we will come to disturb the border again. Aren't you? Is it? I annihilated 190,000 of you under the city of Zhongshoujiang. Now, the gold and silver that were picked up from them have been piled up into a mountain. These are the property of my Tang border people, and they are ironclad evidence of your sins! If you are not convinced, let's fight another war!"

After Chen Wanrong explained, Zhang Shougui knew that he had almost gotten confused, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry and raised his tone.

Chen Wanrong continued: "There are 190,000 soldiers who died in Zhongshoulong City alone. We have been buried for a few days and have not finished it. More than 50,000 were killed in the east and west cities, and this will be eliminated. In addition, those who were chased by us along the way will be eliminated. The remaining 30,000 are only 100,000.

"How many wounded people are you in these 100,000? You are no more than us. Our wounded people have medicine and are very likely to survive. And if you have no medicine, you can only ask the wizard to pray. How many can you survive? If you don't die, you will die 30,000. In another ten days and half a month, how many troops will you still have? Do you still have the power to fight again?"

The Turks had no medical knowledge. When they got sick, they could only rely on wizards to pray. After decades of Chineseization, although they knew some medical knowledge, where did they get so many medicines?

The account was settled too clearly, and it was very close to Du Xifu's estimate. Du Xifu felt cold in his heart and had to admit his guilt and said, "Du Xifu said big words and said it over. Please ask the general to forgive the crime! Du Xifu came here and beg for surrender at the order of Khan. Please ask the general to follow the story of Khan Tian and let the Khan live a way out!"

The eyes of the generals fell on Zhang Shougui and waited for him to speak. However, Zhang Shougui did not speak, pointed at the arrow Chen Wanrong brought and said, "Show him."

Everyone didn't understand what he meant, and they were very curious. The personal guards were killed and took the rust-covered arrows to Du Xitu. Du Xitu held them in his hands in a daze, not understanding why.

Zhang Shougui looked at him and said, "You studied in the Imperial College Army in your early years and are quite talented. Do you know which dynasty this arrow was from? Which battle was used?"

"He has sought to study in the Imperial College? No wonder he has a gentle temperament." Chen Wanrong suddenly realized.

Starting from Emperor Taizong of Tang, the policy of ethnic equality was implemented. After the Turks returned to the top, the outstanding children of them could enter the Imperial College to study. Du Xifu was good at poetry and books, and was quite talented. He studied in the Imperial College for several years. If it weren't for the Turkic rebellion later, he might have been a talented man in the Imperial College.

"What does this have to do with Qishou?" Du Xifu still didn't understand Zhang Shougui's intention, but he still looked at it seriously for a while and said, "This is a large crossbow arrow from the Qin Dynasty, which should have been used by Meng Tian in the battle to recover Hetao."

"The crossbows during the Qin Dynasty can fire such heavy crossbow arrows. Oh my god!" Chen Wanrong believed that what Du Sifu said was true, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "It was actually the crossbow arrow used by Meng Tian to recover the battle of Hetao. I have to save it!"

The Battle of Hetao launched by Meng Tian defeated 500,000 Xiongnu people. The Touman Shanyu escaped more than 700 miles north and did not dare to go south to invade the border. It was very powerful.

Zhang Shougui nodded and said, "I am a scholar who has been studying in the Imperial College! I will check the left and talk."

Du Xitu was extremely reluctant, and had to say: "Although Qin Shihuang called him a tyrant to scholars, I think he was an amazing emperor! He was very visionary! When he wiped out the six countries and unified the country, he divided his troops into 200,000 troops in Jiuyuan County, led by Meng Tian. This Qin army had two tasks: one was to block the Huns and the Hu people, so that they would not enter the Central Plains when the war of destruction. The other was to prepare for the attack on Hu.

"This alone is enough to show Qin Shihuang's foresight. Because the Hetao land was in the hands of the Huns at that time, the Hetao land was only 700 miles away from the capital of Xianyang, the Qin Dynasty, and the Huns' cavalry only took a few days to enter the Guanzhong Plain. This was a huge threat to the Qin Dynasty, and the Hetao land must be taken down.

"After the six kingdoms were wiped out, Qin Shihuang began to prepare for attacking Hetao. Meng Tian led the thirty Qin troops into the Hetao area and used a trick to lure the Touman Shanyu to the south. Meng Tian first used the Qin army's powerful bow and crossbow slaves in front to cause major damage to the Huns. Touman Shanyu escaped, but was killed by the Qin army's hard crossbows lying behind.

"In order to hide, Meng Tian dug many hidden holes in several nearby mountains during his ten years in Jiuyuan, hiding large crossbows in it. At the time of the war, the Qin army's large crossbows suddenly appeared, killing the Huns without the power to fight back. It is estimated that Meng Tian invested more than 10,000 large crossbows in this battle, using this arrow!"

Shake the arrow in his hand and put it on the ground.

The Battle of Hetao planned by Qin Shihuang also exists in history textbooks, but because Qin Shihuang was positioned as a tyrant, it was a little in detail. This was the first time Chen Wanrong heard the details about the Battle of Hetao, and he couldn't help but feel excited and sighed in his heart: "Qin Shihuang has planned for more than ten years. Can the Huns not suffer any losses?"

Du Xitu sighed and said, "If you are smart, few emperors can compare with Qin Shihuang. Scholars call him a tyrant, which is very unfair to him. In the Hetao War, Qin Shihuang had an amazing move. He gave Meng Tian a very heroic order, 'Let the Huns know that the old Qin people are the ancestors of Feiqi!'

"At that time, the Huns were good at plundering and thought they were invincible, but they did not know that Qin Shihuang's ancestors, the Qin tribe who lived in Longxi, were the earliest users of the flying cavalry. According to scholars who scolded Qin Shihuang, the old Qin people were barbaric, did not understand education, and only knew how to kill. They were wearing leather armor, with bloody heads hanging around their waists, swinging weapons, and howled towards the enemy.

"It was this army that was scolded by scholars for more than 500 years, from Longxi to Guanzhong, then from Guanzhong to the east, and finally destroyed the six kingdoms and unify the world!

"When the Huns were killed by the crossbows, Prince Fusu led 50,000 flying cavalry to fight the Huns, gaining the upper hand. What a heroic thing that was! It made people feel excited when I thought about it!"

He was right, Chen Wanrong felt his blood boiling, and then he swept away the generals and involuntarily grabbed the hilt of the horizontal knife, his face shining with glare and his eyes were lit, as if he was facing an enemy.

"Pa!" Zhang Shougui's cunch sounded.

The generals looked at Du Situ with more praise.

"Zuoxiangzha, it's rare that you taught us such a vivid lesson!" Zhang Shougui stood up and said, "I have been in the north for a long time. I have heard of the battle in Hetao back then, but you don't know as much as you know. Please give me a gift." He bowed deeply.

Du Xitu hurriedly returned the politely: "The General is too rewarded! I did not understand Qin Shihuang's vision at the Imperial College back then. Later, when I went to the north, I realized the importance of Hetao to the Central Plains. The Hetao land is in our hands, so it is much more convenient for us to disturb the border. The Hetao land is in your hands, so you can stop us from going south, and use it as a base to directly attack the north of the Mo. Didn't Emperor Wu of Han do this in the past?"

"I said it's okay!" Zhang Shougui hit the high five again, sat back on the head of the commander's seat, his tone changed, and he asked, "Zuoxiangcha, the land of Hetao is so important, the court has placed you here and treated you well, why should he rebel?"

Du Xifu suddenly understood that Zhang Shougui was going to ask for the crime, and he couldn't help but feel nervous. If he had known this, why would he have said so clearly: "The general has something to do. The court has many conscripts and wants us to go to war. The people are full of complaints and are unwilling to contribute to the court anymore, so there is a rebellion."

"Don't want to contribute to the court?" Zhang Shougui asked back: "You are cold-resistant, we are not cold-resistant. You are better off when you go to the battle than when you go to the battle. Besides, every time you go to the battle, do the court rewards less? What kind of gold, silver, jewelry, and weapons are not given to you?"

After the Turks surrendered, the Tang Dynasty repeatedly issued a concession to war. The Tang Dynasty paid money and equipment, and they sent people. It was precisely because of this that some people accused Emperor Taizong of Tang, saying that Emperor Taizong of Tang used mercenaries and often falsely reported his military achievements and received generous rewards.

One reason why Emperor Taizong of Tang did this was that the Turks were cold-resistant, and the Tang people were not cold-resistant, which was to use their strengths. Another reason was that they were always better than dead people to pay money. Emperor Taizong of Tang would not be so stupid that someone would die on behalf of others and not use it, but sent the Tang army to fight.

Du Xitu was unwilling to accept it and immediately responded: "After time, people complained everywhere, and they had to rebel!"

Zhang Shougui slapped the table heavily and shouted, "Nonsense! You are a wolfish ambition! Why are the people in the border areas punished by you? The piles of gold and silver here are the ironclad evidence of your heinous crimes! The corpses of 100,000 border people are still there in the fifth chapter! You, Mochuo, why did you do this back then?"

These words are loud and echoing in the big tent!

Killing border people is one of the favorite things nomadic peoples love to do. It is not surprising. On the five chapters, killing 100,000 border people is tragic, and the anger between people and gods. Even though he is eloquent, he cannot find a way to defend himself.

"Khan knows that his sins are serious, so he wants me to come to Qilong!" Du Situ was stuttering for a long time before he spoke.

"What conditions?" Zhang Shougui exhaled, calming his agitation.

Du Xitu sighed, stunned for a moment, and said with difficulty: "Khan begs the Grand Marshal to follow Pei Xingjian's trip back then to prevent Khan from dying! If the Grand Marshal promises, Du Xitu is grateful!" Du Xitu knelt on the ground with a loud voice, supported the ground with both hands, and touched the ground with his forehead.

This fact is too embarrassing. Du Situ would rather die than do it, but for Mo Chu's life, he had to do it!

This matter is too serious, Zhang Shougui was unsure of his mind and asked, "Military Supervisor, what do you think?"

Chen Wanrong's cold voice sounded: "This matter cannot be done!"

"Please give me a pity!" Du Xi crawled and moved his seat, kneeling in front of Chen Wanrong.

Chen Wanrong came to the Tang Dynasty and many people kneeled down to him, but they had never suffered it. Today is an exception. He was solemn and said, "You can't even redeem your sins even if you kneel and wear your knees! Mo Chuo cannot compare with Fu Nian! Although Fu Nian rebelled, there was no killing in the five chapters. Therefore, Pei Xingjian promised to save his life. Mo Chuo's hands were covered with the blood of the people of the Tang Dynasty and must die! Go back and tell him that if you surrender now, only kill him! If he dares to resist stubbornly, it's time for you to destroy the seed!"

Before Zhang Shougui could speak, the generals roared in unison: "Mochu will kill you! Mochu will kill you!"

Du Xifu did not give up: "The military supervisor, thirty years ago, because of Fu Nian's death, we had the desire to fight and swear to the end of the bloody battle with the court! If the military supervisor did not forgive Khan's faults, this would have bursed endless troubles!"

Zhang Shougui thought this was reasonable. Not only did the Turks feel angry when Fu Nian was killed, but they also felt that it was a bit too much. If Chen Wanrong insisted on killing Mochuo, the words of Chen Wanrong might cause trouble.

Chen Wanrong waved his hand at him and sneered, "Fun Nian was a wrong killing! Mo Chuo was a Ming Zhengdian punishment! His hands were covered with blood from the border people and were full of sins. Didn't you kill tens of thousands of border people again before you went south? We must figure out the new and old hatreds! If he doesn't take any responsibility, he will catch it for us. I will report to the court and take Mo Chuo to five times, and use his head to pay tribute to the 100,000 people who died unjustly!"

After a moment of pause, Chen Wanrong stood up, stared at the boss's eyes and shouted, "Du Xitu, you said, what can you say when we deal with it like this?"

If you really want to do this, no one will sympathize with Mochu. He is indeed different from Fu Nian. When Fu Nian first started his army, although he had killed border residents, it was incomparable to Mochu's organized large-scale killings. On this ground, the Tang Dynasty used this as a reason to kill Mochu. No one would think that he was wronged, but instead he would have the idea of ​​not daring to kill border residents indiscriminately.

This has a good deterrent effect!

"I agree with this kind of disposal by the military supervisor!" Zhang Shougui smashed his right hand on the table, his eyes widening: "Mochu should pay the blood debt!"

"Blood debt and blood repayment!" The generals shouted in unison.

"Master, the military supervisor..." Du Situ was very unwilling to accept it. Although this was the worst ending in his imagination, he still felt it was difficult for him to accept it when it came.

"Go back and tell Mochuo: He wants to die clean, so he will break it by himself! If he catches us, he will live worse than death!" Zhang Shougui waved his hand, and his personal guard pushed Du Xi out.

"Master, the military supervisor, I have something to say!" Du Sifu's mercy voice came, making the generals laugh.

Zhang Shougui stood up and bowed to Chen Wanrong and said, "Military Supervisor, I'm lucky that you are here today, otherwise I would have made a big mistake."

Negotiation is just a slight talk, not his best. If Chen Wanrong was not here, the matter would not end like this. Maybe he would really follow Pei Xingjian's actions back then and promise not to kill Mochu.

If you think about it carefully, Chen Wanrong can see clearly that Fu Nian and Mo Chuo are indeed different. Mo Chuo’s sin is too deep and you can’t do it without killing it.

"The Grand Marshal is so serious." Chen Wanrong said the serious matter: "The Grand Marshal, Mochuo sent someone to beg for surrender, which shows that he was guilty. We happened to take the opportunity to advance and surrounded him on the southern foot of Yinshan."

"Okay!" Zhang Shougui nodded and agreed happily: "Mochuo should gather the scattered soldiers, it's time for us to go out. The order: set off immediately! The troops will be sent to Mochuo's village!"
Chapter completed!