Memoirs of the Heavenly Khan

Chapter 65 Good fight!
Under the blue sky, the green fields are shady.

Inside the big tent, there were exquisite plush stalls, burning incense, and sweet grapes and various drinks.

Today, the envoy from Yunzhong will have a cordial and polite meeting with the envoy of Rouran Khan.

"If you want to form an alliance with my division and attack the rebels in the Six Garrisons, in addition to paying for my division's expenses, you must also cede the land south of the desert to the Rouran for my people to live in."

Inside the big tent, the envoy of the Rouran Khan was speaking nonsense.

If the rebels of the Six Garrisons were resentful people who had lost their future due to betrayal by the Xianbei people in Luoyang, who were originally of the same ethnic group, then this group of Rouran people were resentful people who had no future in the first place, and there was no such thing as loss.

Why are grassland peoples so difficult to defeat?
It's very simple, because the army of the Central Plains cannot find them. Even if they can find them and defeat them, they will not gain much benefit. It is a pure loss-making business, which is not as practical as building the Great Wall.

The Xiongnu declined and the Xianbei rose. The Xianbei moved south and the Rouran rose.

If the original script had been followed, the Rouran should have become the next Xiongnu or Xianbei, and become the overlord of the grassland.

With a force of 300,000 soldiers, its territory extended to the vast sea in the north, the Liao River in the east, the Pamir Mountains in the west, and the Yellow River in the south.

However, the Northern Wei Dynasty was an extremely special existence.

The Han people can't find you outside the Great Wall, so can't the Xianbei people find you either?

The Rouran people were bullied!
Being bullied would have been fine, but the key point was that the Xianbei people established the "Pingcheng Model", which allowed them to continuously strengthen their economic and military strength by fighting the Rouran, forming a positive cycle, which was completely different from the Qin and Han dynasties.

Where can the Rouran people seek justice?

But things are different now.

The Six Garrisons were in chaos. The Six Garrisons soldiers, who were originally the main force bullying the Rouran people, now became rebels. The sinicized Xianbei people instead asked the Rouran people to fight these Six Garrisons soldiers.

Adding up the new and old grudges, the Rouran envoy felt an indescribable pleasure.

The Rouran envoys were passionate, but the group of Han people in the tent, led by Li Shuang, were completely unable to understand the current situation of the Rouran people.

Li Shuang was even more impatient.

"You've been blabbering on for half an hour now, and you're just going to tell me how much you want?"

After venting his anger, the Rouran envoy raised a finger after hearing these words.

"A thousand gold coins!"

Li Shuang rolled his eyes.

Seeing the atmosphere in the tent was somewhat dull, the Rouran envoy felt a little guilty and whispered:

"Eight hundred gold will do!"

Li Shuang snorted lightly, stood up and walked to the front of the messenger.

"What's your name?"

Overwhelmed by Li Shuang's aura, the envoy was a little frightened and told the truth.

"Yujiulufa!"

"Have you been to Luoyang?"

Yu Jiulu was fat and his whole body trembled when he moved. He nodded quietly, but still held on and forced himself to remain calm.

"What happened to Luoyang when I went with the Khan?"

Only after visiting Luoyang did I understand the huge gap between the Rouran and the Northern Wei.

The two super cities in the world, Luoyang and Jiankang, represent the pinnacle of governance in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Although Luoyang was controlled by the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was so highly sinicized that it was even more like a Han regime than the Jiankang court.

The prosperity and magnificence of Luoyang and the dignitaries of the Central Plains are simply incomparable to those on the grassland.

Yu Jiulufa was humble in his heart, but he appeared arrogant.

"Now you are begging me for some gold and land, what do you think?"

"What can I do to you?"

Li Shuang slapped him, causing Yu Jiulu's eyes to glow with gold.

The Rouran guards around Yujiulüfa wanted to step forward to protect him, but were restrained by Li Shuang's soldiers. Yujiulüfa was beaten and said angrily:

"Why do you hit me?"

"I'm hitting you!" Li Shuang grabbed the fat man by the collar and slapped him twice. "You've been to Luoyang, and you have the nerve to say you're worth a thousand gold coins?"

Yu Jiulufa was originally planning to fight to the death, but after hearing this, he was stunned.

"What do you mean?"

"Is the friendship between the Rouran and the imperial court only worth a thousand gold?"

Li Shuang shook his head and sighed, saying:

"You've worked tirelessly, traveling from Mobei across the desert to the south to help the imperial court suppress bandits. Isn't it all due to you?"

Yu Jiulu asked tentatively:
"So how much should we ask for?"

"Five thousand gold, plus one hundred thousand dan of grain and fodder, and thirty thousand cattle and sheep. No negotiation!"

When Yu Jiulufa heard this condition, he was a little bit unable to believe it.

"Let us give it to you?"

"Of course the court will give it to you!"

After hearing this, Yu Jiulufa suddenly felt that the burning slap marks on his face no longer hurt, and his heart felt warm. He smiled broadly.

He stood up and angrily scolded the Rouran soldiers who rushed in after hearing the noise.

"What are you all doing here? Get out of here! You're interrupting my conversation with Brother Ohno."

"Little Khan, on your face?"

"This is a popular etiquette in the North recently. What do you know?"

After the soldiers were shouted out, Yu Jiulu put his hand on Li Shuang's shoulder and whispered:

"I understand your rules. After the job is done, I'll give you 20%."

"Thank you very much, Messenger!"

"No need to thank me, we are all family. From now on, our royal court will be next to Shuozhou, so please take good care of us!"
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The Rouran envoy returned with a satisfactory result. Li Shuang was outside, waving goodbye to him.

Watching the Rouran team go away, Yu Jin, who had been following Li Shuang, finally spoke.

"The alliance with the Rouran people is only a private decision of the Grand Commandery. The imperial court is not aware of it yet. Even if the imperial court knew about it, it might not approve it."

Yu Jin knew the style of the Luoyang court too well.

How can there be any result in the alliance with Rouran without arguing for a few months!

How long will it take to approve such a large sum of money and grain?
"It's all for the court. A little money and grain is nothing. If it really doesn't work, I can pay first!"

Yu Jin rubbed his ears, and for a moment, he almost thought he was hallucinating.

"Are you saying that you want to pay for the court's work yourself?"

Li Shuang turned around, looked at Yu Jin, and patted Yu Jin on the shoulder.

"Si Jing, I know you misunderstood me before, but you must believe that in this time of crisis, everyone has the will and courage to stand up. Contributing money and food is nothing. Even if you ask me, Dayeshuang, to destroy my family property to help you, I will not hesitate."

Yu Jin cried!

A feeling of worry suddenly arose in his heart!
Of course, it wasn't because he believed Li Shuang's words. In fact, Yu Jin didn't believe a single word of Li Shuang's words.

"General, are you planning to collude with the Rouran people and go south to seize Luoyang?"

On this day, the autumn wind blew, and the green fields were like waves. Yu Jin heard the most unforgettable answer in his life.

"What are you talking about? If I could seize Luoyang, would I only offer five thousand gold?"

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(End of this chapter)