A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

"shut up!"

"We are the noble children of the Eternal Heaven! How can we surrender to the people of the Central Plains!"

The Left Wise King was furious, staring intently at the traitor before him.

"If you don't surrender to the Central Plains people, do you think you can defeat that good-for-nothing Lao Shang?"

"Wasn't he only able to defeat us because of that imperial advisor from the Central Plains?"

"Right now, the royal court is completely under his control. Given our hatred for him, going there would surely mean certain death."

"I've learned that the old man learned Han Chinese laws and criminal law from that Han Chinese. This is rebellion, a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of our family."

Do you know which nine clans they are?

"All nine generations of direct relatives, from the great-great-grandfather to the great-great-grandson—great-great-grandson, great-grandson, grandson, son, himself, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather—must die!"

Many people felt a chill run down their spines. The Xiongnu had no manners and their mating was very chaotic. If they continued to kill like this, not many people in the entire tribe would survive.

People from the Central Plains are ruthless!

"There are also punishments. Two tribes couldn't stand the royal court's exploitation and prepared to rebel and join us, but they were wiped out."

"The two leaders were sentenced to be torn apart by chariots and to be executed by slow slicing, respectively."

"The term 'dismemberment by chariot' refers to using five horses or oxen to pull your head and limbs along ropes, making them run in five different directions, tearing your body apart!"

"Lingchi refers to wrapping a person in a fishing net, leaving the flesh exposed, and then slicing the flesh piece by piece. A skilled executioner can slice the flesh up to 3000 times before the person dies."

The Right Wise King's words sent chills down everyone's spines and made them break out in a cold sweat.

That's too harsh.

Are all the people of the Central Plains demons?!

"Legend has it that in the Central Plains there were also tortures such as branding, waist-cutting, skinning and stuffing with straw, and playing the pipa, and so on."

"Playing the pipa sounds beautiful, but in reality, it involves peeling back human skin to expose the pipa bone, and then plucking it with a sharp knife."

"Would you like to give it a try?"

The Right Wise King joked.

"No, no, no."

Everyone shook their heads violently.

Are they crazy to want to try?

Just thinking about it gives me nightmares.

The Left Wise King was also speechless in rebuttal.

"No wonder the people of the Central Plains could produce such powerful beings as demons."

This unintentional remark by a nobleman resonated with many people.

The Central Plains are terrifying!

"The Central Plains are so terrifying, let's not go!"

Some people were directly frightened.

"The Central Plains called itself a land of propriety, and only serious crimes such as treason were subject to cruel punishments."

"We're going to surrender, not to cause trouble."

The Right Wise King explained that he was preparing to seek refuge with the Great Han, and naturally, he needed enough nobles to follow him in order to attract the Great Han's attention.

Who knows, I might even become a general under the devil's command, wouldn't that be amazing!

"We have no choice but to surrender to the Han Dynasty. The royal court is certain of victory; surrender means certain death!"

"No, we still have a way!"

The Left Wise King retorted.

"We headed west, crossing the vast deserts and Gobi, passing through the western regions, and heading further west."

"I learned from some servants in the Western Regions that there are still large tracts of land west of the Western Regions."

"If we are no match for the Central Plains, are we not even a match for those other countries?!"

"We can rebuild the Xiongnu empire there!"

The words of the Left Wise King also appealed to some people, but crossing the vast Gobi Desert was a very challenging task for the Xiongnu.

It is unknown how many Xiongnu people died on their migration route.

When the Right Wise King saw this, he realized that the Left Wise King had tricked everyone away, so what would happen to his achievements?

"Why don't we ask the Han Dynasty what they think first? If they don't accept it, then we only have one option: to head west."

"If the Great Han agrees, then we should also consider the treatment the Great Han offers and its sincerity."

The Right Wise King's words were agreed upon by most of the nobles, who then dispatched an envoy to the Han Dynasty.

"Next, let the old Chanyu witness our power. If we perform too incompetently, the Han might think we're useless and refuse to cooperate!"

"We must demonstrate our value!"

Several days later, the team arrived at Yanmen Pass.

Upon hearing the request from the Xiongnu envoy, the message was relayed back to Chang'an via the urgent courier service from Yanmen Pass.

Chang'an City.

Liu Ying was overjoyed to receive the urgent message.

The fact that the Xiongnu who besieged his father wanted to surrender and become a vassal state of his Han Dynasty is definitely a remarkable event that will be recorded in history.

Liu Ying urgently summoned General Han Xin, Grand Tutor and Minister of Agriculture Wei Ping, Director of the Court of State Ceremonies Liu Jie, Grand Commandant Zhou Bo, and Chancellor Cao Can to the palace to discuss the matter.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for subduing the enemy without a fight. This is the conduct of a sage king."

Cao Shen and Liu Jie were the first to bow.

Cao Shen was the prime minister and knew that the Han Dynasty was still in a period of recuperation and the people were still poor.

It's best to avoid war if possible.

With the strength of the Marquis of Yan of the Han Dynasty, he only needed to send a few thousand men, with provisions provided by the Xiongnu, and lead the Xiongnu army to easily defeat Laoshang Chanyu.

It will not affect the domestic recuperation and development, and will also bring decades of peace to the borders of the Han Dynasty.

It played an important role in the recovery of the Central Plains.

The Dianke was a diplomatic institution, and the submission of the Xiongnu was one of their major achievements.

Zhou Bo also agreed to the Xiongnu's submission, thus providing an excuse to attack the court of Laoshang Chanyu.

Han Xin and Wei Ping opposed this.

In Han Xin's view, everyone in the Han Dynasty except Wei Ping was a fool, and the barbarians of the Xiongnu were even less intelligent and unworthy of joining the Central Plains.

Trash, go die somewhere else!

Wei Ping knew that after the Southern Xiongnu submitted to the Han Dynasty, things were fine until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty when the Central Plains weakened and he repeatedly raided southwards.

Even the Southern Xiongnu, one of the Five Barbarian Tribes during the Five Barbarian Invasions, committed heinous atrocities.

But he also knew that now was not the time for the Han Dynasty to launch a major offensive against the grasslands.

The real conquest of the grasslands would only take place after the Wen and Jing emperors had rested and recuperated.

With ample funds and grain, the people are prosperous.

Therefore, subjugating the Southern Xiongnu as their lackeys to prevent the Old Chanyu from unifying the Xiongnu was acceptable.

Ultimately, with Wei Ping's approval, the Han Dynasty agreed to the Xiongnu's submission and appointed the Right Wise King as the Marquis of Guiyi, making him the de facto ruler of the Xiongnu.

They were given the southern grasslands to live in.

What? You're saying that part of the southern grasslands originally belonged to them, and the majority is in the hands of the old Chanyu, and has nothing to do with the Han Dynasty?

Our side dispatched Marquis Yan, Wei Ping.

Xiongnu: The Han Dynasty is right, take back your divine powers!

In the autumn of the third year of Emperor Hui of Han, some Xiongnu tribes, led by the Right Wise King, moved south to surrender to the Han Dynasty, while some Xiongnu tribes, led by the Left Wise King, moved west into Central Asia.

Marquis Wei Ping of Yan led 3000 southern troops northward and joined forces with tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops under Marquis Guiyi in the southern grasslands. In one battle, they defeated the royal army of Laoshang Chanyu and captured countless cattle and sheep.

From then on, the southern grasslands belonged to the Southern Xiongnu, while the northern grasslands belonged to the Xiongnu royal court.

In December of the same year, Marquis Guiyi paid homage to Emperor Hui of Han, presenting him with 12 head of cattle and sheep and 3 warhorses. Emperor Hui was overjoyed and bestowed upon him the surname Liu, but Marquis Guiyi refused and requested the surname Wei instead. Emperor Hui sighed and said: "The Marquis of Yan's prestige has reached this level!" He was given the name Wei Yi, courtesy name Zhongxian, and is historically known as Wei Zhongxian.