Three Kingdoms: I, Yuan Shu, Loyal Officials of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 123 Hun Tu Xie: Your Majesty, please forgive me! I was deceived by the false emperor of Luoyang!
"The Han army has arrived! Do not move, or your country will be destroyed!"

"With General Yuan Shu suppressing the nine provinces, how dare the barbarians invade our territory?"

"The Han army is mighty! The Han army will be victorious!"

While the Xiongnu were still being routed by their own routed troops, four thousand of Yuan's soldiers arrived in an instant.

The head of Luanti Aguduo, the third son of the Left Wise King, was hung high on the flagpole of the Han army. He silently looked down at the fleeing Xiongnu warriors with contempt.

Sun Ce led the way, with Xu Chu beside him, leading twenty-eight heavily armored cavalrymen to clear the path. Four thousand light cavalrymen, carrying the momentum of a great victory, poured straight into the Xiongnu army formation.

The clash of swords and the slaughter of blood and fire—only by killing until heads roll and mounds of corpses reach hundreds of feet high—can the barbarians remember the might of the Han Dynasty and the meaning of "those who offend the mighty Han, though far away, shall be punished."

Although the Han emperors often died young due to the power of the imperial relatives and the chaos caused by the eunuchs, the people also suffered greatly in the chaos at the end of the dynasty.

Even if the Han Dynasty were terminally ill and in its twilight years, could it possibly destroy the Xiongnu Left Wise King? A single province would suffice with the skill of the Han general.

The Xiongnu army also had many brave warriors like Agudo, who even wanted to organize an army to fight.

They were overwhelmed by the fleeing soldiers and pierced through by the Han army's arrow formation. At this point, how could they possibly muster any remaining strength to resist?
"The Yuan family ruled the world, the Yuan family commanded armies, and the Yuan family's grandsons will be famous for ten thousand generations!"

With the strength of the Jianghuai region, they could conquer the Yellow River.

"Inheriting my adoptive father's will, we will conquer the lands of the nine provinces!"

Sun Ce, alone with his spear, was having a great time fighting in the enemy ranks, and any general who dared to resist was killed by him.

The Xiongnu people scattered and fled, but behind them was the Sui River, and there was no way to escape.

With nowhere else to go, some of them rode their horses across the river, letting the flowing water carry them away with the wind.

Some fled along the river, only to be caught up by Yuan's army.

Some, filled with despair, dismounted and knelt to receive the enemy's blade.

Beside the Sui River, Hun Tu Xie watched this scene with his own eyes. He watched helplessly as the fierce Xiongnu warriors he had painstakingly taken from Hu Chu Quan's hands were stained with blood and slaughtered like chickens by the Han army. How could he not be shocked and angry?
At this moment, witnessing firsthand the head that was hanging high on the Han army flag, and amidst the fleeing soldiers, a general finally managed to escape to its side.

Upon hearing that he brought Aguduo's last words, Hun Tuxie immediately understood why all of this was happening.
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Tell my father that the Han people are fierce and cannot be defeated by force. We must fight with our backs to the river, or we will die.

First, kill the Han woman to sacrifice to the flag.

"Aji, you're so cruel!"

Hun Tu Xie's eyes widened in anger, filled with disbelief, hatred, and murderous intent as he stared intently at the person on the riverbank.

"You were the one who told me that the Hu people could also learn Han culture, understand Han skills, and comprehend Han principles. Then we Huns would no longer need to plunder and fight for Han lands, and we could build a powerful empire on the vast grasslands that was no less than that of the Han Dynasty."

I believe in you, love you, and believe we share the same ideals.

A long wind blows, lifting the palace skirts and causing them to flutter; the vast blue waves reflect the beauty of the fair lady.

"Your Majesty, you are mistaken."

What I want is education, the integration of Han and non-Han peoples, so that from now on there will be no distinction between Han and non-Han, and the world will be one family.

This is the path that sages and saints should take. Although Zhaoji could not reach it, she longed for it.

Unfortunately, I am of limited talent and knowledge, lacking both the virtues of a sage and the understanding of his principles.

Over the past year, I have taught Your Majesty a great deal, but Your Majesty's heart is only filled with the ambition of the Xiongnu Empire, and there has never been a trace of pity for the Han people in your eyes.

Your vast steppe empire, which swallowed up everything, was a monster I personally trained; I will personally bury it on this very land.

Dressed in a palace gown with wide sleeves, exuding the grandeur of the Han Dynasty, she stepped barefoot into the river, turned back and smiled, her eyes crinkling. For the first time since being captured by the Xiongnu, she smiled from the bottom of her heart, her face blooming like a flower.

She bowed deeply to Hun Tu Xie, saying, "We have been husband and wife for a year. With this bow, I beg Your Majesty to die and be buried with me."

"You bitch! You want to die? Not so easy!"

Hun Tu, his forehead veins bulging with evil energy, rushed into the shallow riverbank, grabbed Zhao Ji's face with his rough hands, and pulled her out of the river.

He pinched her face; the king, with a ferocious expression, and the beauty, with blood at the corner of her mouth, stared at each other so close together.

She is laughing.

"Your Majesty, you are doomed to die today."

He was laughing too, but his laughter grew increasingly sinister.

"You bitch!"
You said that the Han Dynasty had the beauty of clothing and was called Hua, and the greatness of etiquette and was called Xia.
I didn't understand, I just said:

You Han people call having cunning thoughts "cunning" and having deceptive methods "deceitful"!

Just wait, until we learn your Han cunning, your Han technology, and your Han skills.

This is to blend with the ferocity we possess, which roams the vast grasslands.

At that time, the steppe empire that pursued the vanquished and swallowed up all nations will surely emerge. This is the Han-Hu integration I envision, a world united as one family.

Seeing her exquisite face turn deathly pale in his hands, and staring directly into her deep pupils, he felt the fear that always arose whenever he heard of that grassland empire.

Hun Tu Xie laughed even more ferociously, and he called out to A Ji once again.

“Aji, you said that I haven’t learned anything from following you?”
But I think the plan you offered earlier was absolutely brilliant.

Although we are in dire straits today, neither you nor I will die.

I think what you just said is very correct. Even though Yuan Gong was fighting on all sides, he still had 200,000 heavenly soldiers in Liang. What kind of Yuan traitor was he?
He is clearly the true emperor!
I, Hun Tu Xie, was misled by Cao Ni and the false emperor of Luoyang, and thus led my troops to offend the majesty of Heaven.

Now we should restore order and let our Southern Xiongnu Chanyu Huntuye support the new emperor of the Great Han Dynasty. He will be the one to guard the borders for the new dynasty, cede territory and pay reparations, and all vassal states will submit to him and pay tribute every year!

What does Aji think?

"Your Majesty, is this an attempt to betray the country for personal gain?"

"We, the Southern Xiongnu, have always been subjects of the Han Dynasty. How could we be accused of treason? It is clearly Huchuquan who, for his own selfish gain, has frequently invaded the Han Dynasty. I shall eliminate him for the sake of the new emperor!"

Thinking his plan was brilliant, Hun Tu Xie was smug, but a ruthless glint was hidden in his eyes as he stared intently at her.

"Only if I live can the Xiongnu become great again in my hands."

Zhaoji looked back at the Xiongnu man in front of her. The cunning of the Han people and the ferocity of the Hu people meant that she would no longer be a weakness. If she survived, her hidden schemes might bring disaster to the Han Dynasty.

However, she knew perfectly well that the plan Hun Tu Xie had mentioned was indeed feasible.

From the previous imperial edict ordering the removal of the lowly and the subsequent request from his old friend Cao Cao to Hun Tu Xie to attack Yuan Shao, we can see this clearly.

The Han Dynasty is currently preoccupied with internal strife, and no one takes these Hu people seriously. They are merely used as tools to be summoned and dismissed at will, and no one truly realizes the threat posed by the Hu people.

She sighed in disappointment. Since he had some use, perhaps Hun Tu Xie could actually survive this betrayal of his country for personal gain.

Before she could think further, Hun Tu Xie had already ordered his soldiers to raise his Left Wise King's banner high and shout in unison:
"The Left Wise King of the Xiongnu requests an audience with the General of Han!"

I have come to Liang not to be an enemy!
He then sent the daughter of Cai Yong, a court official, back to her homeland.

Now, witnessing the might of the Han army, I wish to present it to the Grand General, so that the royal court may forge a vassal alliance, promising never to betray each other.

(End of this chapter)