Chapter 516: Three Thousand Soldiers
After the death of the old Danyu, the new Danyu was full of doubts about the Great Chu, and Jin Chuiduo's status among the Huns was therefore greatly reduced.
Dadan Yuyu is Cui Zhao, the princess of Jinyang. Although she was born into a famous family and was spoiled since childhood, she quickly got used to the life of living outside the Great Wall. From the clothes to the sitting posture, she was no doubt the same as the Xiongnu women, and even learned to ride a horse. Able to gallop with her husband.
Everyone knows that Da Chan Yuji dotes on this Ye family and responds to her requests.
When Jin Chuiduo entered the tent, Cui Zhao was sitting on a pile of felt blankets, chatting with a few Hun women while mending clothes. The two children in front of him were wrestling and fighting, like two kittens with incomplete claws. The adults don't care, let them fool around.
Seeing Jin Chuiduo, the Huns stepped back to make way for a space, and Cui Zhao smiled and said, "Why are you free today?"
Jin Chuiduo was sitting on her knees opposite the Yan family when the two children bumped into them. She pushed them away bluntly and said straight to the point, "I'm here to ask for something."
The two were talking in Chu language, but the Xiongnu woman next to them couldn't understand them, so they just lowered their heads and tried to thread the needles.
"And want me to persuade Da Chanyu to join the war? You overestimate me, it is about the survival of the Huns. Da Chanyu won't listen to me. If you want a good pasture, I can help."
Pastures are the lifeblood of the Huns, and there is a series of open and secret battles when allocating them every year.
Jin Chuiduo shook his head, "I don't want a ranch, and I don't ask Da Shanyu to participate in the war. I just hope that Da Shanyu can give me some soldiers and let me go to the war."
Cui Zhao was very surprised. The two children rushed over and huddled in front of her knees. Cui Zhao struggled to separate them, one in each hand, and put them in his arms, saying, "Why, you don't owe Da Chu, you don't owe Da Chu any more. Don't owe the emperor, your book has not yet arrived, and there is no news, that is, the palace has no intention of admitting you as a noble concubine."
Jin Chuiduo said proudly: "I want to participate in the war, and it has nothing to do with Da Chu and the emperor."
"Then why?"
"The Huns want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but has Da Danyu ever thought that after this battle, no matter who wins or loses, the Huns will become vassals?"
"How do you say this?" The two children were not honest under the arm of Mrs. Ye, and they were still fighting each other.
"Among the three parties, the Huns are the weakest, and it is very difficult to be on an equal footing with any party. The Great Chu demands that the Da Shan be the ministers, and the gods and ghosts want to turn all the Huns into slaves. After the Battle of Mayi City, the winner was stronger, and the Huns At that time, I am afraid that I will not even have the qualifications to negotiate, and the losers will hate the Xiongnu and will definitely find ways to lead the disaster to the north."
Cui Zhao thought about it for a while, and when she didn't pay attention, the two children broke free from her arms and wrestled together again, screaming hoarsely.
Jin Chuiduo coughed and stared, and the two children immediately stopped fighting, and fled to the back of the Yan family, and came out to take a peek, both naughty and fearful.
Cui Zhao smiled, and then said sternly: "Let me say something for Da Shanyu, even if the Huns want to fight, they should help the stronger side. I am from Chu, but I want to be fair, in this game During the war, Da Chu was at a disadvantage."
"Please tell Da Shanyu that it is precisely because Da Chu is weak on the surface that it is meaningful to help Da Chu in the battle. The gods and ghosts are tyrannical and do not think that he needs the help of the Huns. He only needs the surrender, and does not need allies. "
"What if you lose?"
"After the gods and ghosts defeated the Great Chu, they would turn their heads and attack the Xiongnu. Sooner or later, the Xiongnu would have a battle with them. If Da Shanyu is worried, after giving me soldiers, he will declare me a traitor. If the Great Chu wins, you can gain benefits from this If the Great Chu is defeated, it will not delay his surrender and become a slave."
Cui Zhao shook his head and smiled: "Fortunately, you didn't go to see Da Chanyu directly. Talking like you will only anger Da Chanyu, or else you will come with one soldier and one soldier."
Jin Chuiduo knew that he had a bad temper, but he couldn't help it, "So I came to Mrs. Ye for help. You are a sensible person, and Dan Yu is willing to listen to you."
"Da Chanyu only listens to me in small matters. He has not yet fully obtained the approval of the elders of the clan since he succeeded to the throne, and the orders he issued are insufficient."
"My requirements are not high. Ten thousand cavalry is enough. It doesn't matter if there are less. The Xiongnu must not stay out of the way. For a moment of peace, in exchange for it will be a desperate situation."
Cui Zhao sighed, "God is so blind, let you be born as a daughter. Well, I tried to persuade Da Chanyu, maybe I can't give you 10,000 people, how much is counted."
"Thank you, Mrs. Ye, you must repeat my words clearly."
Cui Zhao smiled and said, "You shouldn't be born as a daughter just now - your words are very reasonable, but they can't be used to persuade Da Chanyu. I would say that the gods and ghosts want the Huns to make men slaves and women. As a maid, it is said that the countries that surrendered before, even the queen will be sent to be ravaged. If Danyu intends to surrender, please let me know earlier, and the concubine will kill herself at the right time to avoid this humiliation. If Danyu has no intention to surrender, Please send troops to tell the world."
Jin Chuiduo was stunned for a while, "Is that enough?"
Cui Zhao shook his head. She was about the same age as Jin Chuiduo, but she looked much more mature at this time, "You, you already have a husband, but you still don't understand men. Just wait, within three days, Da Chanyu will definitely find you. , please send troops."
Jin Chuiduo's face flushed, "Okay, I'll wait." After speaking, she stood up and prepared to leave.
Cui Zhao dragged out a child from behind him, "Where are the rules to teach you?"
"Mom, walk slowly," the child whispered, not daring to look up.
Jin Chuiduo hummed, turned and walked out.
"Are you really not going to tell your brother?"
"Second brother will tell the emperor that the emperor will definitely send someone to ask for it. Since he doesn't recognize my identity, why should I give him the child?"
"The emperor must have difficulties. There are many rules in Da Chu. He must be more uncomfortable in the capital than Da Chanyu."
"Then I can't send the child back and let him suffer from our Jin family again in Da Chu?"
Cui Zhao said nothing.
Jin Chuiduo gave birth to a son to the emperor, but she couldn't raise it, and she was unwilling to raise it, so she gave it to the Yan family. Cui Zhao was very happy, and it happened that his son also had a playmate.
Cui Zhao obviously knew Da Chanyu better, and in the afternoon of the next day, Jin Chuiduo received an order to see Da Chanyu.
In the tent, Da Chanyu told the two ambassadors of Chu that the Huns would never attack the extraordinary troops of Chu, let alone leak their secrets, and they would send a Huns cavalry to fight side by side with the Chu army.
Donghai King and Jin Chunzhong were both taken aback, until Jin Chuiduo stood up, they realized that it was her who was going to join forces with the Chu army.
Da Shanyu did not explain, and the soldiers he gave were only three thousand. Jin Chuiduo was very satisfied with this.
As soon as they left the tent, Jin Chunzhong caught up, and the two brothers and sisters talked while walking.
"Are you going to lead the army to fight in person?"
"Of course, isn't the second brother here for this?"
"I want the Huns to fight, not you."
Jin Chuiduo turned to look at her brother, "Why, do you think I'm not qualified?"
"Of course not, I'm just... my sister, I think you're not up to your goals here. Come back to Da Chu with me."
Jin Chuiduo stopped and said, "Second brother, if you want to go back to Da Chu, I won't stop it. I want to stay in the Xiongnu, so don't persuade them. This makes everyone have their own aspirations. If they fail, I can also bring an army. What can I do when I go back to Da Chu? Sitting in the palace to sew robes for the emperor?"
Jin Chunzhong sighed, "At least it's safe to sit in the palace, sister, you are my only relative in this world."
Jin Chuiduo was impulsive and almost spoke out about the child, but he swallowed the words, and changed his mouth to say: "The world is in turmoil, it is not a time of sentimentality, the Huns and Da Chu are close to each other, we brothers and sisters are more responsible than others to make the two Nations join forces against the enemy.”
Jin Chunzhong listened more to his sister's words since he was a child, and he was still the same when he grew up. He nodded, but he was still worried, "Be sure to pay attention to safety. The King of the East Sea will write a letter and give it to General Di Kai to avoid misunderstanding."
Jin Chuiduo said "Okay" and turned to leave without saying goodbye.
Jin Chunzhong sighed in his heart that the bravest person in the Jin family was not a man.
King Donghai and Jin Chunzhong hurried back to Jincheng to return to the emperor. Jin Chuiduo led an army of three thousand galloping south, nominally to go to Mayi City to fight, but on the way, they took a detour to join the Chu army led by Di Kai, ready to ambush the gods and ghosts. Shan Yu's food route.
When Han Ruzi got the news, everything was going on, and the Emperor of Chu was helpless, he could only watch the changes.
Jin Chuiduo refused to sit in the palace to mend his robes, but Han Ruzi had to wait for news after news in the Jincheng Palace in the pass.
Han Ruzi felt unbearable every time he thought that the news was from a few days ago.
In order to keep it secret, there was no news from Di Kai and Jin Chuiduo, and only Mayi City had post soldiers arriving every two or three hours.
These messages paint a rough picture of the situation on the front lines.
The army of the gods and ghosts was completely different from that of the Xiongnu. There were a variety of cavalry, chariots, and infantry. There were even soldiers on camels and elephants.
In the past few years, many city outposts have been built around Mayi City, but now they have all been destroyed one by one, and none of them can last a day.
Chai Yue took the defensive, while strengthening and thickening the city wall, while digging a large number of trenches outside the city, the momentum of the enemy army was higher than that, and it seemed that there was no end to it.
The battle became more and more intense. For three days in a row, Han Ruzi received all the news that a certain city and a certain village had been destroyed and some soldiers were injured or killed.
On the third day, it was time for Jin Chuiduo and Di Kai to attack the enemy's food route. The battle on the front line had been going on for seven or eight days. The Chu army was still on the defensive, but there was no barrier outside the city of Mayi.
Han Ruzi couldn't sleep. Whenever the military situation came from the front, he woke up without being called. If the official document arrived late, he would just sit and wait, and he couldn't close his eyes at all.
The ministers were even more nervous. The Ministry of War and the General’s Mansion dispatched troops night and day. One was to support Mayi City, and the other was to take precautions. If Mayi City could not be defended, the front line of the Great Wall would be the second battlefield. Then came Jincheng.
Everyone understands that the battle of Mayi City is very important. If this battle is defeated, more than half of the elites of the Chu army will be destroyed, and the morale will be severely hit. It will be even more difficult to defend the second and third lines of defense.
The Battle of Mayi City lasted for eleven days, which was also the most difficult eleven days in Han Ruzi's life.