Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Although there were 400,000 Hu cavalry besieging the city, Li Ji still slept quite soundly in the city.

After waking up early the next day, Li Ji notified the entire army to prepare for war. He walked to the top of the east gate tower. Only then did the Hu people emerge from the camp in small groups from different tribes, and slowly began to move towards Luoyang.

During this period, the Hu people also built some siege equipment.

Li Ji was in a high position and looked down at the siege equipment built by the Hu people. Most of them were simple siege equipment such as ladders and battering rams.

Not to mention the Thunderbolt Chariot, even the quite common towers and battering rams are missing.

However, this cannot be blamed on the Hu people.

After all, the Hu people themselves did not have many craftsmen. Perhaps they had captured some Han craftsmen, but siege equipment was not something that ordinary craftsmen could master.

Li Ji couldn't help but laugh as he thought they could capture Luoyang with just these simple siege weapons.

However, as the loud horns of the Hu people sounded from the direction of Luoyang's east gate, the sounds of horns in other directions also responded faintly.

Obviously, this was the signal agreed upon in advance by the Hu people to surround and attack the city from all sides.

And when looking from the city wall at the Hu people approaching like large swarms of ants, Zhang Song, who was following behind Li Ji, couldn't help but become nervous and spoke.

"Prime Minister, the barbarians are about to attack the city. Their arrows are blind. It is better to retreat first."

"Not urgent."

Li Ji was not a weak scholar who had never experienced war. The real siege had not even begun, so Li Ji would naturally not be frightened into retreating from the city wall.

On the contrary, Li Ji had an idea and spoke.

"Come here, place my banner on the tower of the Middle East Gate and tell those barbarians that I am here."

Xu Chu, with the Qinggang sword on his waist, followed Li Ji closely. He immediately received the order and ordered the tiger guards to move Li Ji's banner over.

As Li Ji's big banner stood high on the tower of the Middle East Gate, the Hu leaders who were organizing their troops and arranging the siege below were a little surprised.

The big banner often represents the general himself, and its importance is even no less than the general's life.

This big banner was erected on the tower of the Middle East Gate, which undoubtedly meant that Han Ting's Prime Minister Li Ji might be on the tower, which also made many Hu leaders look happy.

After all, many of the Hu people had never seen the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, and they didn't know what Li Ji looked like. Some of them were even worried that Li Ji had secretly escaped from Luoyang a long time ago.

"It seems that the Prime Minister of Han is still in Luoyang City."

"That's good. I was just worried that the Han Chinese would be as cowardly as a mouse and run away. That would be troublesome."

"Humph, how dare you raise the banner like this, are you trying to provoke us?"

Amidst all the discussions, Budugen suggested going to the city of Luoyang and asking Li Ji to come out and talk to him, so as to see what the Prime Minister of the Han court looked like.

Immediately, this received a chorus of agreement.

King Midang, Yu Furo, Budugen, Kebineng and others immediately led a large number of tribal leaders out, walked to two hundred steps away from the Middle East Gate, and then sent people to shout at the Middle East Gate.

"Does the Prime Minister of Hanting dare to come out and talk to me?"

Li Ji had already noticed the group of Hu people who were dressed quite conspicuously and were surrounded by protection. He nodded slightly to Xu Chu, and Xu Chu spoke in a loud voice. "My prime minister is here, what do you want to say?"

This answer made many Hu leaders look excited, and they stared with curiosity and greed at the faintly visible green shirt next to Xu Chu on the Middle East Gate.

Budugen saw this and spoke immediately without waiting for the others to react.

"I am Budugen, the grandson of the Great Xianbei Chanyu Tan Shihuai. Today, I have led a large army to surround Luoyang. Prime Minister Han Ting, please quickly open the city gates and surrender. I swear in the name of my grandfather Budugen that I will definitely treat you well."

"If you don't obey... hehe, after you capture Luoyang, don't blame me for killing everyone alive."

The main attack on the East Gate was carried out by the tribe led by Budugen, which immediately attracted a large number of Xianbei people to cheer in unison, and it seemed that they were really powerful.

This also made Kebi Neng, Suli and other Xianbei people who also intended to compete for the position of Chanyu look a little uneasy, but because most of the tribes at the East Gate supported Budugen, it was inconvenient for them to start a fight.

However, Li Ji and the other Xianbei people were a little tired of shouting, and their voices gradually became weaker, before they spoke.

"Budugen? I have never heard of his name. If you want to negotiate with me, please ask the Xianbei Chanyu to come out."

This remark made Budugen's face slightly darker, and the other Xianbei leaders of different factions also took the opportunity to laugh at him openly.

Budugen never forgot to mention his grandfather Tan Shihuai in every sentence. His purpose was not to take advantage of the opportunity to gain fame, but to make the Prime Minister of the Han court mistakenly believe that Budugen was the Xianbei Chanyu.

For the Xianbei, they coveted the Han Dynasty extremely, but deep down they still retained a certain degree of awe.

As long as the Prime Minister of the Han court said so and acknowledged Budugen's equal status, it would be enough to greatly enhance Budugen's prestige within the Xianbei.

However, Li Ji, who was also well aware of the internal conflicts within the Xianbei, blatantly exposed Budugen with this answer, and secretly intensified the conflicts among the three Xianbei tribes.

Budugen was very eager for the position of Chanyu, but he also knew that if he rashly asked for the position now, the other two tribes might turn against him and he would become a clown.

Just when the situation within the Xianbei seemed to be frozen for a moment, Han Sui quickly glanced at Yufuluo, the Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu.

Among the many Hu people, Yu Fuluo was undoubtedly a cultured person. Since the Southern Xiongnu had been affiliated with the Han Dynasty for many years, Yu Fuluo could even be said to have studied Chinese books carefully and easily understood Han Sui's meaning.

Immediately, Yu Furuo rode his horse forward a few steps and introduced himself.

"I am Yufuluo, the Khan of the Xiongnu. Can the Prime Minister of Han recognize my name?"

Yuvro?
Li Ji was naturally quite familiar with this name.

Speaking of which, Yu Furuo's appointment as the Khan of the Southern Xiongnu was somewhat indirectly related to Li Ji.

Because Li Ji assisted Youzhou in quelling the rebellion of Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and Wuhuan, Yu Fuluo was not ordered by the court to send troops to Youzhou as originally planned, which allowed Yu Fuluo to stay in the tribe and inherit the position of Chanyu.

Moreover, Li Ji was quite aware that Yu Furo's descendant Liu Yuan was the instigator of the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China in the original trajectory.

This made Li Ji lean forward a little, wanting to see Yu Furuo's appearance more clearly, and then he spoke.

"Why did the Southern Xiongnu, who were not herding horses for the Han people in Hetao, get involved with these bandits? Could it be that they have forgotten the power of the Han people and are trying to provoke them?"

Yu Fuluo's expression froze for a moment, and a hint of hesitation flashed through his mind. (End of this chapter)