Mythical Three Kingdoms

It can be said that from the very beginning, neither the Han Dynasty nor the Huns regarded the Miscellaneous Hun as human; both sides merely used them as cannon fodder. However, the Huns’ approach was too obvious. Although they did indeed think of awakening the Miscellaneous Hun to cause trouble for the Han Army, to be honest, if they awakened, could the Huns still do this?

What a joke, if the Miscellaneous Hun truly awakened, the legitimacy of the Northern Huns’ position would be shaken in a year at the slowest, three months at the quickest. After all, the Northern Huns were in their position of supremacy by sheer strength; should the Miscellaneous Hun awaken, the Han Dynasty might still endure, but the Huns certainly could not.

After all, the current population of the Northern Huns is so small that an army of seventy to eighty thousand is already the majority of their young and strong men. If the Xianbei were to awaken, the leadership of the Northern Huns would definitely be over, given that the Xianbei population is several times that of the Northern Huns.

Naturally, if the Miscellaneous Hun were to awaken and the Han Dynasty did not intervene, even the Northern Huns would be driven away, but this might also be Huyan Chu’s objective.

After all, compared to a fight to the death with the Han Dynasty, cultivating a new leader of the Miscellaneous Hun to trouble the Han Dynasty, with the Northern Huns retreating behind the scenes, waiting for an opportunity, is more in line with the racial interests of the Northern Huns.

Having others bleed for oneself, even if it doesn’t lead to the downfall of the Han Dynasty, to see the Han Dynasty incessantly bleeding is quite gratifying for Huyan Chu as the rightful heir of the Hun Empire.

As a Chanyu who relies on his intellect for survival, Huyan Chu realized early on that the Northern Huns had lost the ability to contend with the Han Dynasty; they are no longer the Hun Empire with a population of seven million and four hundred thousand archers.

However, even so, the blood feud between the two parties is deep, the Han Dynasty could never let the Northern Huns go, nor could the Northern Huns set aside their hatred, so the outcome was determined from the outset.

Since they cannot manage themselves, why not let someone else take over? Even if it is a dog, even if it is a dog that would bite them, as long as after it bites them, it ferociously bites the Han Dynasty, the Northern Huns would still raise it!

For Huyan Chu, it is not that he does not want revenge, it is just that he is more rational. Of course, this rationality comes from his understanding of the disparity in strength between the two sides, so he would rather endure the price of being backbitten by the Miscellaneous Hun to plant a bomb beside the Han Empire.

Back when the Huns were at their peak with a population of seven million, the Han Empire, though it defeated them, almost lost half its vitality, and now if Huyan Chu could awaken the bloodline of the Miscellaneous Hun, then the north of the Han Empire would once again have a wild dog with a combat power of several million.

Perhaps it would not be as ferocious as the Northern Huns were, but even if it did not reduce the vitality of the Han Empire by half, reducing it by a tenth would still be worth it in Huyan Chu’s eyes.

It can be said that Huyan Chu’s objective from the beginning was very clear, and his plan was very well thought out, and he is even steadily achieving this objective step by step.

If the Miscellaneous Hun genuinely loses their reverence for the Han Dynasty due to Huyan Chu’s machinations, even if the Han Dynasty continues to crush them in national strength, in the end, even if the Han Dynasty wins, it would not be without injury.

It is just unfortunate that Huyan Chu is not the only clever person in this world. Perhaps others may have had some uncertainty about human nature, but Jia Xu, upon realizing the Northern Huns’ intention to awaken the Miscellaneous Hun, understood their true motives.

However, Jia Xu had no intention of stopping the Northern Huns’ actions. To Jia Xu, a ruthless man laying low under Liu Bei’s command, the best way not to attract attention from doing certain taboo things is not to do them.

But after his ideals were ignited by Chen Xi, there were some things that even if risky, had to be done. The Northern Barbarians kneeling in submission to the Han Dynasty once again made it difficult for Jia Xu to find a proper excuse to act even if he wanted to.

After all, swinging the sword is not just about cutting down ten thousand people for Jia Xu; once he raises his blade, it is to thoroughly solve the problem of the Northern Barbarians, and without a good excuse, the ever-pretending good guy Jia Xu could not simply tear off his mask.

There are several million Huns, with hundreds of thousands of young and strong among them; without a suitable reason, it would be impossible for Jia Xu to thoroughly resolve this matter.

After all, the Miscellaneous Hun, kneeling under the Han Dynasty for years, had few among the Han high echelon who could comprehend their potential threats. Those who could perceive the Northern Barbarians’ hidden fangs have basically stood at the peak of this era.

Although this era essentially retains the consistent iron-blooded nature of the Han Dynasty, the concept of an Outer Saint and Inner King has gradually become complete, offering a path to the submissive. This is the main reason the Southern Huns are still living well.

The main reason the Northern Barbarians could survive while internally dependent was primarily based on the Confucian policy of Outer Saint and Inner King. Originally the Outer Saint and Inner King, the holy way emphasizes enlightenment, yet in reality, the internally dependent Huns who truly received enlightenment were very few.

Just like the Iron Blood Sect not speaking and immediately taking action, the Enlightenment Sect professes with words, with pertinent members recorded in the enlightenments of the north during the late Han numbered only around seven or eight, but they indeed achieved remarkable success in this regard.

Of course, without the achievements of these individuals, the Enlightenment Sect probably wouldn’t have anything to boast about. It’s precisely because of others’ accomplishments that the Enlightenment Sect feels justified in their righteousness.

These can essentially be regarded as party strife, but regardless of how such strife unfolds, it cannot change the fact that except for Gongsun Zan, most areas executed the principle of an Outer Saint and Inner King, showing some lenience to the submissive Hu people, neither listing them among the populace nor settling their scores.

Jia Xu previously had no intention of settling scores with these fellows, but after receiving information on the world from Chen Xi, these disobedient fellows, in Jia Xu’s view, basically all belong to the group that needs to be harmonized. Under the grand premise of the empire’s war, these unstable factors must be harmonized!

However, even a sage like Jia Xu could not find a reasonable reason to eliminate a few million Miscellaneous Hun kneeling at the empire’s feet. Of course, this is mainly because Liu Bei’s route does not allow for excessively bloody maneuvers.

If it were still under Dong Zhuo’s command, Jia Xu, this ruthless man, would have long started stacking jingguans with the heads of Hu people.

Thus, everything has two sides. A brutal tyrant like Dong Zhuo wouldn’t care about being condemned for eliminating millions of Hu people irrelevant to the empire, let alone millions of common folks.

Such matters, having turned over a new leaf under Liu Bei’s command and pretending to be virtuous, Jia Xu naturally couldn’t execute. Even if he very much wished to resolve the issue within a few years, he would need a suitable reason, one that could silence the masses.

This level of reason is rare, but threatening national security indeed fits very well. As for what extent constitutes a national security threat, it depends on the performance of the Miscellaneous Hun who are already kneeling under the Han Dynasty.

These are no obstacle for Jia Xu. Ah, the Miscellaneous Hun have already grown to the level of the Huns three hundred years ago. Hmm, under our own eyes, the Yuan Clan, the Cao Clan have all confirmed it!