Chapter 366

In this way, he could not only ensure his own safety but also advance and retreat freely.

Facing his daughter's question, Qiangqu shook his head: "Now we just have to see what the envoy Duan Yu does."

"I cannot gamble the lives of half of my people to exchange for Yufuluo and Huchuquan."

Suhe's beautiful eyes looked at her father.

She had already heard the answer from these words.

Cannot exchange for the two.

It probably means reducing the tribute to exchange for one of them.

It was just a helpless way out.

"Father..." Suhe hesitated for a moment before saying: "I have a way, perhaps it can achieve the best of both worlds."

Hmm?

Chanyu Qiangqu was stunned.

Even the six or seven thousand-man commanders standing in the royal tent all turned their eyes to Suhe.

"My dear Jici, what good way do you have?" Qiangqu asked.

Suhe nodded and said: "When our ancestors were strong, they once besieged the Han Emperor Gao Zu at Baideng Mountain."

"At that time, if Emperor Gao Zu of the Han Dynasty hadn't endured the humiliation, the Great Han might not exist today."

"The current Xiongnu is like the early Great Han, and the current Great Han is like the Xiongnu when our ancestors were strong."

"Why can't we do what the Han Dynasty could do?"

Qiangqu frowned and asked: "What do you mean?"

"In the beginning, the Han Emperor, in order to maintain peace with our ancestors, paid tribute to our ancestors through marriage alliances."

"Since father wants to preserve the majesty of the Chanyu, he should not pay tribute to the Han Dynasty."

"But it's better to change the way, using marriage alliances instead."

Qiangqu was stunned, then shook his head: "Impossible, the Han Emperor will not marry a Xiongnu woman."

Suhe immediately shook her head and said: "Why must it be the Han Emperor?"

"Can't it be this Han envoy?"

"Ah?"

Qiangqu widened his eyes in surprise: "You mean... let this Han envoy marry a Xiongnu woman?"

Suhe nodded and said: "According to our Xiongnu customs, women who get married must bring half of their dowry."

"These dowries can be used as ransom to redeem the two brothers, so no other tribe will say that father is submitting to the Han Dynasty."

"Furthermore, if this Han official really marries a Xiongnu woman, he won't make things too difficult for father."

"I heard that this Han envoy is going to Liangzhou to take up his post."

"If he goes to Liangzhou, he will inevitably fight with the Qiang tribe, and we can naturally send troops to help."

"In the words of the Han Dynasty, this is called the best of both worlds, each getting what they need."

"In this way, father not only maintains the prestige of the Chanyu but also doesn't have to pay so much tribute in cattle and sheep, and can also form an alliance with this Han envoy."

"Isn't that the best of both worlds?"

Qiangqu was shocked.

This sounded really good.

"But..." Qiangqu looked at Suhe and said: "My dear Jici, what if that Han envoy doesn't have a Xiongnu woman he likes?"

"What should we do then?"

"Do we have to force a Xiongnu woman on him?"

Suhe smiled.

Those beautiful eyes were like the blue eyes of the Siqubei Sea.

The Siqubei Sea is the origin of the Xiongnu River that runs through the Qilian Mountains.

Several Xiongnu thousand-man commanders in the camp were a bit dazed when they saw this scene.

"My dear father, Xiongnu women are born to tame the bravest warriors on the grassland."

"Can your Jici not tame that Han envoy?"

Qiangqu widened his eyes, his eyes full of disbelief.

"For the sake of peace, the Han Dynasty married a princess to the Xiongnu, why can't we learn from them?" Suhe's beautiful eyes flashed with strange light.

At this moment, the several Xiongnu thousand-man commanders who heard Suhe's words seemed to have a sound of glass shattering in their bodies.

"My Jici... is this... is this your own idea?" Qiangqu asked in disbelief.

Suhe nodded.

Qiangqu stepped forward and hugged Suhe.

A daughter is a pearl to a father, a pearl in the palm.

A piece of heart meat, a treasure in the palm.

And Suhe's sensibility was shown from a very young age.

Qiangqu was more attentive to his daughter than to his two sons.

Marrying far away to the Han Dynasty, this was something Qiangqu had never thought of.

"My Jici..." Qiangqu burst into tears.

At this moment, Qiangqu was not the Xiongnu Chanyu, but an old father who was very heartbroken because his sensible daughter had to make a sacrifice.

"Father, your Jici will only marry a warrior."

"If that Han envoy is famous for nothing, then it doesn't matter if father kills him."

"Everything will wait until we see that Han envoy." Suhe whispered in Qiangqu's ear to comfort him.

Qiangqu nodded.

Just at this moment, a royal tent wolf rider walked out and walked quickly into the tent and knelt on one knee.

"Chanyu, the Han army has arrived outside the city."

Hearing this, Qiangqu immediately perked up.

"My Jici, let's go see if that Han envoy will become your ideal husband."

Outside Shoujiang City.

The vanguard composed of Chen Qing'an and Zhang Liao had arrived at a mound three miles outside Shoujiang City.

Three hundred cavalrymen were lined up on the mound, waiting for Duan Yu's main force behind them and the approaching Xiongnu cavalry.

Lu Bu, wearing a hundred-flower battle cloak and holding the Painted Halberd of Heaven, was also in the troop, his tall figure unusually abrupt.

Behind him were more than a dozen county officials from Jiuyuan County, also riding on horses.

In the distance, dust was flying in Shoujiang City, and large teams of Xiongnu royal court cavalry gathered and quickly galloped toward the mound.

Like a pack of grassland wolves.

Lu Bu looked at the scene in the distance, his hand gripping the Painted Halberd of Heaven tightly.

As time passed.

More than a thousand Xiongnu royal court elite cavalry arrived at the foot of the mound where Chen Qing'an and the others were at a very fast speed.

"Qing'an, look, this is the Xiongnu royal court elite cavalry." Zhang Liao pointed to the galloping Xiongnu cavalry and said: "The Xiongnu royal court elite cavalry is the elite cavalry under the Xiongnu Chanyu."

Chen Qing'an noticed it.

The approaching Xiongnu royal court cavalry was much more elite than ordinary Xiongnu cavalry.

Xiongnu cavalry were actually Xiongnu herdsmen.

These Xiongnu people who had been riding sheep and shooting rats since they were young had very superb riding skills.

When they grew up, they were all skilled in archery and horsemanship.

But limited by resources.

The Xiongnu's weapons and equipment were very backward.

Most Xiongnu cavalry used arrows made of bones, and their lethality was limited.

Especially in front of the Han cavalry with armor, the power was even more reduced.

Let's talk about the protective gear on their bodies.

Basically, Xiongnu cavalry had no protective gear.

This led to the huge lethality caused by the powerful and sharp weapons of the Han army to the Xiongnu cavalry. ===== CHAPTER 368 =====