When the Great Shanyu Qiangqu heard that the massacres of all races had rebelled again, he was very angry. According to the current strength of the Huns, it was simply a delusion to want to compete with the Han Kingdom. The Xianbei king and his army went south with 120,000 troops to attack the Han Kingdom. What was the result? When He Lian died, the 120,000 troops were almost wiped out. This does not explain the problem? Although the wars in the Han Kingdom continued and the national power declined day by day, compared with the Huns today, it was still an invincible giant.

The strength of the Huns was greatly reduced since the first year of Wufeng in the Wufeng year of Emperor Xiaoxuan of this dynasty (57 BC), and the Huns' leader Huhanye Shanyu Jihou Shan, who supported the Han Dynasty as a vassal, treated it with special rituals. The Great Han Dynasty was above the princes. In the 24th year of Emperor Guangwu Jianwu (48 AD), the Huns' king Bi (the grandson of Huhanye Shanyu Jihou Shan), who was stationed in the south of the Huns and led the eight tribes in the south, surrendered to the Han Dynasty and established himself as Huhanye Shanyu. As a result, the Huns split into two tribes in the north and south, and since then the Huns gradually declined.

In the first year of Yongyuan (89 AD), the army of the Great Han Kingdom attacked the Great Han Kingdom. The Han army and the Southern Shanyu army joined forces to attack the Northern Xiongnu, defeating the Northern Xiongnu in the north and south of the desert. The Northern Shanyu was injured and fled. In the third year of Yongyuan, some of his tribes moved westward. After the Xianbei man Tan Shihuaixiong set off the grassland, the remnants of the Northern Xiongnu were driven to the far northwest corner of the desert by the powerful Xianbei people, and survived. More than 100,000 Xiongnu households remaining in the northern desert joined the Xianbei and became Xianbei people.

The Southern Xiongnu, who surrendered to the Great Han Kingdom, were allowed to build the Shanyu Court in Wuyuan first, and later moved to Meiji, Xihe because he was repeatedly attacked by the Northern Xiongnu. The Shanyu of all dynasties had close ties with the Great Han Kingdom. They regarded preserving their clans as their top priority and never dared to disobey the imperial edict of the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom for fear of angering the Han Kingdom and suffering the disaster of extermination. However, today's massacre of all races did the opposite, not only to anger the Great Han Kingdom, but also to invade the Great Han Kingdom.

What do you want to do when the massacre of all races rebelled? Is it just to take advantage of the absence of the leopard Li Hong to fight to Taiyuan to plunder property? Qiangqu finds it very funny. Even if you can fight to Taiyuan to grab countless treasures, what will happen after that? Will the Han Dynasty let you go? Will the leopard guarding the northern border let you go?

Once Li Hong, the general of Zhenbei of the Great Han Kingdom, returned from Youzhou and led the Han army north to attack and massacre all races, he would not deal with one massacre, but the entire Huns. Therefore, Qiangqu rushed out of Meiji without hesitation with three thousand men and rushed directly to the right tribe of the Xiongnu on the south bank of the Yellow River. He wanted to persuade the Marquis of Subu Gudu to pacify the White Horse Tong again. He hoped that the White Horse Tong would be clearer and not to do whatever he wanted to do, which would harm the entire Huns.

The leader of the Right tribe, Yupeng King Xubu Gudu Hou, was the Zuoguli King of the Xiongnu Shanyuting (second only to Zuo and the high-ranking Xiongnu official). He also served as the Zuo General and had great power. He and the Youguli King Baima Tong were very close friends. Last year's mediation was facilitated by Xubu Gudu Hou.

After the Great Shanyu Qiangqu arrived at the tent, he was surprised to find that the Hou of Subu Gudu had gathered 30,000 troops without telling him, and the iron blood of the White Horse Tong (a senior officer of the Huns) was also in his tent. Qiangqu felt that the problem was serious. This time, the White Horse Tong was not a rebellion, but had another purpose.

Qiang Qu stared at Subu Guduhou and asked loudly: "What do you want to do? Do you want to be a big Shanyu? Is this Tuoba Feng's idea or the Baima Tong's idea?"

Xubu Guduhou sneered without saying a word.

"We the Huns are fighting each other in an internal conflict. Who will be the last one? Are you or Tuoba Feng? Are we the Huns or Xianbei?" Qiang Qu cursed angrily, "The Huns are in chaos, how can the Han Kingdom stand by and watch? Qu Yi's Fengyun Iron Cavalry and Du Liao Camp are by our side, and they will fight immediately."

"Da Shanyu, do you think the 20,000 iron cavalry of the Han people can block our 100,000 army?" Tie Zhongxue smiled disdainfully, "Da Shanyu, don't dream anymore, the northern border is ours now."

Qiang Qu was shocked and asked in a daze: "100,000 army? You actually assembled 100,000 army to rebel?"

"Did the Great Shanyu not expect it?" Tie Zhongxue said with a smile, "You sit in Meiji's court every day and drink the wine given to you by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and enjoy the beauty given to you by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Have you ever thought about what we are drinking? What are we enjoying? Do you know what we have been doing?"

Qiangqu calmed down and sneered: "Do you want to completely destroy the Huns? Have you ever thought about General Li Hong of Zhenbei who returned from Youzhou..."

"Da Shanyu, he can't come back." Tie Zhongxue laughed, "The leopard is dead when he arrives in Youzhou. Don't expect him to come back to save you."

Qiang Qu looked at them, shook his head helplessly and disappointed, and walked out strode. He could understand the betrayal of the Marquis of Xubu Gudu, because he wanted to be the Great Khan of the Huns. After all, he was the former General Zhang Xiu of the Huns. He was not a legal successor. But he did not understand why the Marquis of Xubu Gudu and Baima Tong had to fight the Great Wall. What else could he do except plunder? Could it be that the Huns moved to Taiyuan to farm? When the Huns and the Han people fought to the death, the Huns were over, and the Xianbei people rushed down, not only were the grasslands gone, but the Huns were gone. A group of stupid and self-righteous Huns did not even have the interest to take a look.

The Hou of Xubu Gudu did not stop him and let him leave. In his eyes, Qiangqu was already a dead person. He and Baima Tong had been planning for this day for a long time, and today, they finally got what they wanted.

On the way back to Meiji, Qiangqu was surrounded by 10,000 troops ambushed in advance by the Hou Buguduhou. The Great Shanyu was not afraid and led his army to fight. Finally, he was shot to death by arrows. After seeing the head of Qiangqu, Xubuguduhou immediately led a large army to kill Meiji. The army of Shanyuting was caught off guard and responded hastily. The Right King Yufuluo used the favorable terrain of the Pushui River to defend Meiji and resolutely defend the territory of Shanyuting.

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Qu Yi did not hesitate at all and immediately ordered the army to rush to Meiji for rescue at full speed. At this time, one person who could rescue the people from the Xiongnu Shanyu Court was the other, otherwise, how would he explain to the emperor?

"Lei Zi, you rushed back to Jinyang in person to ask Lord Xu for reinforcements."

"I notified the Great Wall Fortress and the Juzhu Fortress, and the Huns rebelled and asked them to prepare for the battle immediately."

Qu Yi glanced at the generals in the tent and shouted loudly: "Those who offend me will be killed without mercy!"

When Baima Tong heard that the Han army suddenly went south quickly and hurriedly led the army to chase him, but Qu Yi ignored it and only cared about the generals running wildly. The army arrived at Meiji on the afternoon of the next day. The Han army formed a formation along the west bank of the Pushui River and supported the Shanyuting army on the east bank. When Xubuguduhou saw the Han army arrive, he immediately stopped attacking. That night, the Baima Tong army arrived, and the Xiongnu rebels surrounded Meiji.

The Zuoxian King Huloulan was the eldest son of the Great Shanyu and also the "deputy deputy" of the Great Shanyu, who was the future Great Shanyu, but he was not in Meiji now and could not succeed to the throne immediately after the death of the Great Shanyu. Therefore, all the affairs of the Shanyu court are presided over by Yu Fuluo, the subordinate of Qiangqu. The Right Xian King hurried to the Han army camp to meet Qu Yi.

Qu Yi stood by the Pushui River, looking at the densely packed Xiongnu rebel camps in the distance, and a contemptuous sneer came out of his nose. He turned to look at Yu Fuluo and asked, "How much food and grass does Meiji have?"

Yu Fuluo was in his forties, strong figure, thick beard, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle. He was full of grief and anger and replied in a low voice: "There are very few food and grass, and there are not many livestock. It would be good if he could support him for ten days and half a month."

"Are there any reinforcements?"

"The Iron Eagle King in the South can gather 10,000 people." Yufulu said, "He is King Rizhu (a senior official of the Xiongnu) of the Shanyu Court. He is like a brother and sister of the Great Shanyu. He should not betray the Great Shanyu. I have already asked my younger brother Zuo Daduwei Hu Chuquan to take people to the south to seek help from him."

“When will it arrive?”

Yu Fuluo shook his head and said, "It will take more than ten days at the earliest. Once he knows that the Right Tribe and Tu tribes betray the Great Shanyu and raise troops to cause chaos, he will definitely take his tribe to the direction of the Great Wall fortress first. As long as the tribe is safe, he will go north."

Qu Yi thought for a long time and suddenly said, "Retreat, I will withdraw tonight."

The generals and the officials of the Shanyu Court standing behind Qu Yi were shocked. For a moment, everyone almost suspected that they had heard it wrong.

"Why should we withdraw?" Yufulu shouted excitedly, "Why should we withdraw? The reinforcements will arrive in more than ten days later. We can cooperate inside and outside, defeat Xubu Guduhou and Baima Tong, and drive them north of the Yellow River."

"Sir, there are 20,000 cavalry in Bingzhou, and the Right Xianwang also has 10,000 reinforcements. We are not much worse than the rebels in terms of strength. We can give it a try. Why should I retreat?" Yang Ming asked with dissatisfaction.

"Since we can defeat the rebels, why did the Hou Bugudu dare to kill the Great Shanyu and attack Meiji?" Qu Yi raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "That's because there are Xianbei people behind them and Tuoba Feng."

"Why did Xubu Guduhou and Baima Tong raise troops to rebel at this time? Is it just for the throne of the Great Khan? Is it necessary for Tuoba Feng to mobilize troops for the Great Khan of the Huns?" Qu Yi pointed to the northeast and said sternly, "In order to hold us up, they lure all the troops in Bingzhou to the Xihe River and to the west of Luliang Mountain, so that they can easily capture the Juzhu Fortress. Once the fortress is lost, the Hu people can march straight into the battle, attack Jinyang, and burn, kill and loot."

Qu Yi stared at the right wise king Yu Fuluo and continued, "You can avenge the Great Shanyu and kill bloodyly for the betrayal of the tribe, but I can't refuse the northern border and Jinyang. What I want to guard is the territory of the Great Han Kingdom, and what I want to protect is the people of the Great Han Kingdom."

Yu Fuluo gritted his teeth and said, "Is this Meiji not the land of the Han Dynasty? Are we the Huns not the people of the Han Dynasty?"

"It is precisely because you are the people of the Great Han Kingdom that I have to retreat immediately." Qu Yi waved his hand and said, "Have you ever thought about it? When all the rebels are assembled, 60,000 people will compete with 100,000 people. How many people can we have left? Are you trying to avenge the Great Shanyu or to destroy the Huns? After this battle, even if the Hou of Xubu Gudu and Baima Tong were killed by you, the one who died in the battle was not only the rebellion of the Huns, but also more innocent Huns."

"We quickly went south with the support of the Great Wall Fortress, we could attack and defend. We could first stand invincible place and take back the Zuoxian King Huloulan to succeed the Great Shanyu. Only the Great Shanyu recognized by the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom was the real Great Shanyu of the Huns. Hundreds of thousands of Huns knew about this. As long as the Shanyu court was rebuilt, the Great Shanyu raised the flag and shouted. Even if the Houbu Gudu, who had been appointed as the Great Shanyu, would not be supported by the Xiongnu. By then, he and the White Horse Tong were defeated, and the defeat would be between morning and evening."

"We use 40,000 troops to drag the rebels in the Xihe area, so that the 20,000 cavalry in Bingzhou can support the Juzhu Fortress and block the Xianbei invasion. The Xianbei people lost the support of the Xiongnu rebels and were blocked from attacking the fortress. I think how else he can do it? As long as the general leads his army back from Youzhou, they will wait for death."

Yu Fuluo looked at Qu Yi who was talking nonstop, and looked at him righteously and passionately, as if I was thinking about you, the Huns. His heart was filled with fire and his lungs were irritated, and he wanted to break up with him on the spot. After all, Qu Yi was not a Hun. Qu Yi was thinking about how to defend the Juzhu Fortress and how to protect the Shangdang of Taiyuan from invasion. He did not care about the life or death of the Huns, and whether the Shanyuting could continue to exist.

Qu Yi then said another sentence that made Yu Fuluo so angry that he almost bleeded.

"If the Youxian King doesn't leave, we will leave. It doesn't matter if you die, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter to the overall situation. Anyway, the one who succeeded the Great Shanyu is Zuoxian King, so it has nothing to do with you."

The officials of the Shanyu Court standing behind the Youxian King and generals of ordinary people suddenly became in chaos, and some couldn't help but curse.

Tie Yue drew his sword and roared: "What is it? You are looking for death."

Qu Yi glared at the Huns and pointed at a group of officials from the Shanyu Court and said: "You must follow me, and no one can stay. You will depend on you to rebuild the Shanyu Court."

"Youxian King, have you thought about it?" Qu Yi pointed at him and said, "If you think about it, pack up your things immediately, take away everything you can, and burn it if you can't take away."

Yu Fuluo suppressed his anger and stood by the river for a long time. If Qu Yi took the army away, it would be difficult to defend Meiji with his ten thousand people. And it would be difficult to say whether the reinforcements who went to Bei would come as soon as Qu Yi left. If he wanted to avenge the Great Shanyu, to rebuild the Shanyu court, and to suppress the rebels, it would be impossible to rely solely on the troops of his left tribe. He had to rely on the army of the Great Han and the Great Han Kingdom. Although the strong Xianbei people were supported by the rebels, if he was helped by the invincible leopard, what could he do?

"Okay, let's retreat south."

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The Right King Yu Fuluo had just left, and the messenger of the Hou of Subu Gudu arrived.

Qiqu (a senior official of the Xiongnu army) Lan Liqi was a Hun nobleman and had a prominent family background and status. He said to Qu Yi directly: "As long as you agree that Zuo Guli King Xubuguduhou was the Great Shanyu, we will withdraw our troops to negotiate peace."

"Ask peace?" Qu Yi sneered, "What qualifications does Xubu Guduhou have to discuss peace with me?"

"Sir, the King of Zuoguli, Xubuguduhou and King of Youguli, Baimatong, joined forces to launch an army, not to betray the Han Kingdom, but to be an internal dispute between the Huns."

"Internal dispute? A joke, you killed the Great Shanyu and endangered the peace of the frontier of our Great Han Kingdom. Isn't this betraying my Great Han Kingdom?"

Lan Liqi is a thin middle-aged man in his forties, with a hint of shrewdness in his little eyes. He looked at Qu Yi and felt very uneasy. Why is this new general who protects the Huns so difficult to speak? Do you have to fight to the death to be satisfied?

"Sir, Qiangqu, the Great Khan, was established by Zhang Xiu, the general of the Huns' Central Army, back then. He was neither the successor of Huzheng nor the joint promulgation of various Xiongnu tribes. Qiangqu bribed Zhang Xiu, killed Huzheng, and usurped the position of Dashanyu, and he should have died long ago. The Great Khan of the Huns should have been the Marquis of Xubugudu."

Qu Yi snorted coldly and said, "I don't care about the old things. I only know that the Great Khan of the Xiongnu was the Qiangqu. This was told by His Majesty, the emperor of my great Han Kingdom. If you kill him, you will rebel."

Lan Liqi was a little annoyed. Do you really think we are afraid of you? We are giving you a face and giving you a step, otherwise you would have been killed. He endured it and forced himself to smile and said, "Sir, now the fact is here. The Great Khan is dead. The Huns tribes demanded to support the Hou of Xubugudu as the new Great Khan. Why don't you agree with it? In this way, the Holy Hon can win the hearts of the Huns, quell the rebellion of the Huns, and make achievements. Why don't you do it if you and me fight together? "

"Horse Xubu Gudu not only wants to be a big khan, right?" Qu Yi smiled angrily, "He wants to be a big khan? Go dreaming, I can't even make him a ghost."

Lan Liqi could no longer help but push the case up and said loudly: "Sir, I am too much. Are I afraid of you?"

Qu Yi slapped the table a few times and shouted in a loud voice: "Am I afraid of you Huns?"

"Come here, kill him for me, cut off my head and give it to Hou Subu Gudu."

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Xubu Guduhou looked at the bloody head on the ground, gritting his teeth in anger.

The Huns had been submitting to the Great Han Kingdom for more than two hundred years. After succession as the Great Shanyu, they would have to be recognized by the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom. Otherwise, the reputation would be unjust and the Xiongnu tribes would not bow down to their orders. With Qiang Qu's status, they were not qualified to be the Great Shanyu. However, because of the support of the Great Han Kingdom, he still became the Great Shanyu. The Hun tribes had to obey him, and his descendants could still inherit the Great Shanyu.

Although the many leaders of the Hun tribes were both soft and hard by Xubu Guduhou and Baima Tong, and agreed to support them, the conditions were very simple, that is, you, Xubu Guduhou, must become the Great Shanyu and be recognized by the Great Han Kingdom. Otherwise, who will guarantee their lives in the future? As long as Xubu Guduhou became the Great Shanyu and was recognized by the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, everyone will not be rebels, and they should live as much as they should. But if not, everyone will be the enemy of the Great Han Kingdom and the betrayer of the Shanyuting, and the consequences will be self-evident. He Lian's death is a lesson for the past. The powerful Xianbei Kingdom was defeated, let alone the Huns.

"The Great Khan is the Great Khan of the Huns. What does it have to do with his Great Han Kingdom?" Baima Tong smiled, "We say you are the Great Khan of the Huns, and you are the Great Khan."

The Hou of Xubu Gudu smiled bitterly. Without the recognition of the Emperor of the Han Kingdom, even if he had become a Great Chanyu, few tribes would follow him. As long as the Zuoxian King Huloulan came back to succeed the Great Chanyu and rebuilt the Shanyu Court, most of the Huns' tribes would run to the Shanyu Court in Huloulan. The power of the Han Kingdom had already taken root in the hearts of the Huns. It could not be changed by talking, but with tens of thousands of troops. Especially last year's defeat of the Xianbei people made the Huns fear Li Hong, a leopard guarding the northern border.

"Huloulan can't come back, and the leopard can't come back either." Baima Tong seemed to see through his thoughts, stroked his beard and smiled, "Don't worry, Da Shanyu, the emperor of the Han Dynasty will send someone to congratulate Da Shanyu in a short time."

Xubu Gudu Hou pondered for a long time and asked, "Has Tuoba Feng's army reached Yanmen Pass?"

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April of the fifth year of Zhongping, the Great Han Dynasty (188 AD).

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Zhang Yi, the governor of Bingzhou, received an urgent letter from Qu Yi and immediately ordered the defenders of Juzhu to be on high alert.

"Master Qu suspected that Tuoba Feng was coming to attack Yanmen Pass. Do you think this is possible?" Zhang Yi and Yanmen Prefect Guo Yundi stood on the city tower, looking at the mountains and ridges in the distance, feeling heavy.

"The Huns must have some reliance on their rebellion at this time. Don't they think about the consequences?" Guo Yun sighed, "You also know that although the Xianbei people were defeated in Western Xinjiang, the main losses were the Danhanshan King Ting, the Xianbei in the western region and the army of Tuoba Feng. Tuoba Feng's losses were actually very small. Tuoba Feng was very ambitious. He was not only interested in the four northern counties, but the entire northern border. If he invaded at this time, the timing would be very good."

"We must do our best to quell the rebellion in order to avoid disasters to the entire northern border. In this way, Yanmen, Taiyuan and Shangdang will have no defensive forces. If the Xianbei and Xiongnu took the opportunity to attack Yanmen and plunder Taiyuan Shangdang, they will not only make a fortune, but also destroy the southern part of Bingzhou. However, our Han Kingdom was hit hard, I am afraid..."

Zhang Yi's face was even more worried.

"Do you want to ask for help from General Zhenbei?" Zhang Yi asked, "Or, write a letter to General Zhenbei..."

"The remaining troops of General Zhenbei's Mansion must protect Taiyuan, Shangdang and Hedong counties, and also go to Xihe to support Quyi. Lord Xu is already struggling, so wait a little longer." Guo Yun shook his head, "As for General Zhenbei... the situation in Youzhou is more serious than Bingzhou. Youzhou is rebellious, and the Xianbei and Wuhuan people may take the opportunity to go south. Once the Hu people occupy the central counties of Youzhou, the first thing that harms Jizhou is the top priority of our Han country. If Jizhou continues to be in chaos, it will directly shake the foundation of our Han country. Therefore, we should not tell General Zhenbei about Bingzhou early, so as not to worry about Bingzhou, not be interested in the war in Youzhou, and even endanger the country, that would be a great crime."

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The sound of horse hooves sounded on the galloping road outside the pass, and the scouts from the fortress returned one after another. The Xianbei people came.

The Xianbei king Kuitou and the northern Xianbei master Tuoba Feng led an army of 50,000 to Yanmen Pass.

Zhang Yi looked at the tall flag of the King of Banners standing tall in the Xianbei camp outside the pass and couldn't help laughing, "This Kuitou is like a company, so anxious to make achievements. Are he worried that his throne will not be guaranteed? But why did he and Tuoba Feng run together? Aren't he afraid that he will return to heaven like a company? This Tuoba Feng is a very unlucky person."
To be continued...