Chapter 6535 Chills

Chapter 6535 Chills
Huangfu Song was helpless after hearing this. For someone who can be a fence-sitter, it is impossible for him not to understand politics. It is precisely because he understands politics that he finds it difficult to persuade him on this matter.

When it came to a matter of life and death, people were still willing to negotiate with the Han Dynasty. That was already because of the Han Dynasty's hard power. But Huangfu Song could roughly understand what would happen if the negotiations failed.

With a sharp weapon in hand, the will to kill is rising. With your strength here, do you really dare to let the other person die here? Even rabbits bite when they are angry. Moreover, for such a large empire, it is not good to overturn the table, but if someone is going to die, why would you care about overturning the table?

"There are thousands of people who want to become the Duke of Rome, and some of them are among the top ones even within the Roman Empire. Could it be that Yuan is not satisfied with anything?" Severus said with some dissatisfaction. In his opinion, this was already Rome's greatest sincerity.

In fact, if we really want to say that the reason why they are willing to show such sincerity is not because of the strength of the Yuan family, but because the Han Dynasty behind the Yuan family needs Rome to respect them. If they really only consider the Yuan family, and the Duke of Rome? If you want to do something stupid, just put a knife on the neck of the Yuan family.

Huangfu Song had nothing to say. If there had not been that wave in the country, the Yuan family would have taken the initiative to establish a country in Sizhao City east of the Ural Mountains. Then what Rome did was indeed not a humiliation. At most, it would have made the Yuan family feel that they could not understand what the Romans were thinking, but they would not think it was a shame.

But what the Yuan family really wants to say is that they were let off by Liu Bei and Chen Xi. The so-called Duke Zhong was a title given by their former mortal enemy. For Yuan Tan, it was almost like my father was competing with Liu Xuande. After my father died, I accepted Liu Xuande's title. After coming to Eastern Europe, I fought with Rome. Although I couldn't win, the emperor was far away and Rome couldn't do anything to me unless they fought to the death. What's the result now?
So, our Yuan family is destined to be canonized in this life.

"Emperor Huangfu, what are you hesitating about?" Perennis frowned as he looked at Huangfu Song's gloomy and uncertain face. Perennis admitted that the Roman Empire's enthronement of the Yuan family was indeed a slap in the face for the big forces, but the compensation they gave was not fake.

"I'm worried that the Yuan family will not be able to accept this." Huangfu Song let out a sigh and told the truth. Now that things have come to this point, everything that should be said must be said. There is no point in hiding it.

"The Yuan family can't accept it?" Severus looked at Huangfu Song calmly, "Then does Emperor Huangfu think the Han Dynasty can accept it?"

"What happened?" After Cyprian and the other man left, Yuan Tan asked with some confusion, having a bad feeling in his heart.

"Then we will wait for the reply from the Senate and then we will start the conferring of titles." Severus rarely showed his tyranny. He said that other things could be discussed, but who would talk to you when it comes to life and death? Although the Yuan family appeared in the eyes of Rome, it never sat at the negotiation table from beginning to end.

"Duke Zhong." Huangfu Song went to see Yuan Tan before Severus was canonized, which allowed Yuan Tan to be mentally prepared to some extent.

Just like the war between Rome and the Yuan family in Eastern Europe, the Roman Empire was actually facing not the Yuan family, but the Han Dynasty. The reason why it had to restrain its strength was because of the Han Dynasty hidden behind the Yuan family.

"You guys go out first." Huangfu Song waved to Cyprian and Sima Yi. He was afraid that Yuan Tan would have a breakdown later. "Duke Zhong and I have something to discuss."

"Be more decent, as decent as possible." Huangfu Song was helpless, but he could only try his best to comfort them. If the Han Dynasty did not directly refute it, how could the Yuan family resist?

"That's all." Severus looked at Perennis, and Perennis nodded. Huangfu Song looked at the expressions of the two people opposite him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Chen Zichuan is concerned about the overall situation and will not block this appointment." Huangfu Song said calmly, "After all, things have come to this point, and the attitude of the Han Dynasty has been clearly shown when we went to the Senate before."

It was not even dusk yet, and the Roman Senate had already completed its collusion with the Han Dynasty. In fact, it was more that the Han Dynasty wasted some meeting time. The Senate basically received the news and then released the news, and even drafted the position of senator in the Senate reserved for the Yuan family.

"General Huangfu." Seeing Huangfu Song coming to see him, Yuan Tan stood up from the main seat and saluted Huangfu Song first. After all, he had seen the complete forms of Perennis and Huangfu Song in Northern Europe, and he had a correct understanding of the big guys, so he still had to respect them.

Huangfu Song had nothing to say. He knew it was like this, so he didn't want to talk. There was no way to communicate in this situation. Rome was not talking to the Yuan family at all. Although it was the Yuan family that was conferred a title, in essence Rome was actually dealing with the Han Empire.

It can be said that this was the time when the Roman Empire had the strongest execution ability in recent decades. If the Parthian Empire had had this kind of execution ability when it was fighting against the Parthian Empire, the Parthian Empire would not have survived that long.

"Yes, they came here to learn military tactics, but we didn't expect that the general and Judge Perennis could inflict such heavy damage on Odin's guards so quickly." Yuan Tan said with some admiration.

The Han Dynasty’s current attitude is that as long as Rome does not go crazy, I will not pursue any matter what you want to do. We will discuss the follow-up after this period is over. Now let everyone survive.

"We respect the Han Empire, not the Yuan family," said Perennis.

"Are these Cyprian and Sima Zhongda?" Huangfu Song said casually while looking at the two young men in Yuan Tan's tent.

"This locust plague is too outrageous." Yuan Tan said with some emotion, and then he once again confirmed that his own territory was indeed the birthplace of the dragon, and there was no locust plague at all. As long as the management was strengthened, the locust plague would not develop at all. However, it was really a happy thing that Rome was hammered by locusts.

In essence, the two sides are unequal.

Yuan Tan was stunned after hearing this. It was the first time he had seen such a locust plague. If someone else had said this, Yuan Tan would have questioned it, but this thing was jointly released by the Gan and Shi families, so Yuan Tan shut up. There was no need to risk his life to challenge other people's professionalism.

Cyprian and Sima Yi left indifferently after hearing this. They had been there for a while and had not seen Huangfu Song. After all, sometimes it was impossible to see a military commander even if they wanted to.

"A locust plague has occurred in East Africa." Huangfu Song briefly described the general situation, but did not mention Rome's response. He only talked about the losses in Rome, Central Asia, Kushan and other places.

"How should we deal with the locust plague in Central Asia? At least tens of billions of locusts will eat up everything there. Considering the Parthian bandits that have always existed in the area, the situation this year will probably be very chaotic. When there is no food to eat, people will really risk their lives." Yuan Tan analyzed the overall situation in Central Asia from a higher level and felt that the situation this year would probably be very chaotic.

"The situation is very bad. In the past few years, the overall situation has been stabilized. Large-scale Parthian bandits have been basically wiped out. Even if the local people have not been incorporated, at least they have found their own ecological niche. It is no longer as chaotic as when the Parthian Empire collapsed. But this year's situation..." Huangfu Song sighed. Their Huangfu family also has a place in Central Asia, so Huangfu Song is actually very clear about many things.

"Is that so?" Yuan Tan nodded upon hearing this. He could understand it to some extent. There were about 10 million civilians and bandits in Anxi who had not been incorporated by the Han Dynasty. Before the locust plague, these civilians and bandits who were outside the rule could still survive, but this year's super locust plague was destined to make these civilians and bandits who were outside the rule go crazy. When people are about to starve to death, there is no need to talk about morality and bottom line. The situation in Central Asia this year was locusts in the first half, and the second half would probably be the script of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which would even be more desperate than the script of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. At least during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the major families could still take out some food, but this time, the major families themselves might not be able to hold on.

"This year will not be easy. Even if the Han Dynasty is willing to transport a batch of food and fodder from Xinzhou, Central Asia will probably be in trouble, especially in the second half of the year. I'm afraid there will be the largest-scale counterattack by Central Asian bandits in history." Huangfu Song said with a sigh.

Moreover, this counterattack is completely different from the previous ones. If you couldn’t win before, you could move to another place, but if you can’t win this time, then you will have no choice but to die.

It is the same even for the Han families in Central Asia. Both sides are fighting on the bottom line of life and death.

"I'm afraid some noble families will be wiped out this time." Yuan Tan sighed and said, "Although it's good to be a feudal state, the danger is no joke."

"Yes, everything is fine in the country, but life in the country is not suitable for these families." Huangfu Song said with some fatigue. There is indeed a possibility of being beaten to death when going out to establish a country, but who wants to be a grandson when you can be a local emperor, especially since the authority of the Han Dynasty is growing day by day, and people in Central Asia can feel that kind of pressure. If they were in the country, wouldn't they have to keep their tails between their legs?

"This time it's a test for all the major families. If they can't even survive the counterattack of local bandits, it can only be said that they are not strong enough." When Yuan Tan said this, it was obvious that he was sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight. Anyway, the Yuan family had no shortage of food and would not be beaten, so they had been living well in the past two years.

"Yes, even if they can gather millions of bandits to attack the base camp of the Central Asian family, as long as we build our own fortress well in the past few years, there should be no problem." Huangfu Song glanced at Yuan Tan after hearing this. He was a little dissatisfied with Yuan Tan's attitude of not caring about the matter. After all, the fiefdom controlled by his Huangfu family was also being attacked.

Even though the Huangfu family's fiefdom had built a large number of permanent defense facilities in accordance with Huangfu Song's high requirements, and had built a super-large Wu Fort in the core area of ​​the fiefdom that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and had built a fortress relying on the geographical advantages, when the locals were fighting for food, the Huangfu family could not avoid casualties. No matter how good the defense facilities were, it was impossible for them to hold on without losing a single person in the face of hundreds of thousands or even millions of crazy starving people.

"Duke Zhong, you should have understood the overall world situation. You should also know what I am going to say next." Huangfu Song looked at Yuan Tan and hinted.

"Not fighting with Northern Europe anymore? Are we going to withdraw?" Yuan Tan said as a matter of course. In the current situation, Rome is about to starve to death, how could it possibly maintain an expeditionary force of such size.

"This is only one aspect. The Roman Empire will never be able to gather the next batch of food and grass. What do you think Rome will do next, Duke Zhong?" Huangfu Song tried his best to guide Yuan Tan to think for himself. After all, Yuan Tan would never be able to understand if he spoke directly because of the mood in his heart. But if Yuan Tan thought of it himself, then Huangfu Song would not need to say many things.

"The Roman Empire is going to be in civil strife?" Yuan Tan said excitedly, "Fuck, that's right, hundreds of billions of locusts in East Africa have eaten up all of Rome's main grain-producing land. Tens of millions of people must have died. Considering Rome's current social system and the huge difference between citizens and barbarians, the Roman Empire will definitely protect its citizens. If this happens, the whole world will rebel!"

The more Yuan Tan spoke, the brighter his eyes became. He could not even hold back the urge to write letters to the leaders of the major European barbarians. This was truly a good opportunity. Rome was about to explode, and our Yuan family would have to take advantage of it. May my father in heaven bless us!

"You're right. The Roman Empire has also realized it. Just imagine what will happen if the Roman Empire realizes this possibility." Huangfu Song looked at Yuan Tan's excited expression as if he had gotten a great bargain, and sighed lightly. What Yuan Tan said was indeed right. Without food, Rome would indeed be like this, but the Roman Empire was not a fool. How could it let things develop to this point?

To put it bluntly, everything the Roman Empire did now was to prevent things from turning out like that.

Yuan Tan was stunned when he heard this, and he restrained the madness and excitement on his face. The Roman Empire was indeed not stupid. How could they not think of something that Yuan Tan could think of? So in such a big crisis, if the Roman Empire did not want to self-destruct, it must get food as soon as possible. But at this point in time...

Yuan Tan's face went from crazy and excited to pale, and finally alternately blue and red.

"So, the Roman Empire wants me to borrow grain?" Yuan Tan looked at Huangfu Song and asked. This was the most likely answer Yuan Tan could think of. After all, the Yuan family really had grain.

"No, think about it more deeply. Borrowing grain is only one aspect. There are bigger pitfalls behind it." Huangfu Song sighed, "Duke Zhong, think about the worse. Rome is only a few steps away from collapse, and you are the only one who can solve the problem. How will Rome deal with it?"

"At worst, I'll just die!" Yuan Tan said with a sneer. What else could he, Rome, do? I, a principality, am fighting against you. You, Rome, have done too much. I won't lend you any food. I will set up a battle line in the Ural Mountains and fight you, Rome, to the death. I can hold out for a few months. When you run out of food, you, Rome, will collapse. If I win the defensive counterattack, I will just pick up the corpse of your Roman Empire. What is there to be afraid of?

"Uh." Huangfu Song looked at Yuan Tan. It seemed reasonable. Yuan Tan had so many years of experience and still had a bit of temper. Besides, Yuan Tan realized that Rome only had half a year left. Yuan Tan didn't seem to be afraid. If he directly defended in the Ural Mountains, he might not be able to hold on.

"Tell me, General Huangfu, the Roman Empire must have offered something that even the Han Dynasty could not refuse to have you as a lobbyist." Yuan Tan looked at Huangfu Song very calmly. He was completely different from his previous madness and became extremely calm. Now he looked like a leader who shouldered the responsibility of the Yuan family and established himself in Eastern Europe.

"They didn't offer anything that the Han Dynasty couldn't refuse, but the Roman Senate felt that a world without Rome was meaningless." Huangfu Song looked at Yuan Tan and said frankly, but for Yuan Tan, this sentence was like a thunderclap that shattered all of Yuan Tan's pride.

This is what it means to be powerful and domineering. A world without me is meaningless, and I can indeed do that. So when one day I really encounter a disaster and cannot survive it, and I am unwilling to die calmly, then everyone must do their best to help me overcome this crisis.

It's not out of kindness or respect, it's just because I have the awareness and ability to destroy this world!

"Is a world without the Roman Empire meaningless?" Yuan Tan said bitterly, "Tell me what the Roman Empire wants or what they need. The Yuan family will agree to it within our ability, but we are also human. If they insist on killing us, don't blame us for risking our lives with them. Although we can't do it at the level of Rome, we can still destroy the remaining grain-producing land in Rome."

Huangfu Song looked at Yuan Tan, who did not avoid his eyes. He was not joking, but serious. If Rome could blow up human civilization, then the Yuan family could at least destroy the grain-producing areas in the north of Rome by taking the initiative. What is strategic armament for? Isn't it for this? Let's die together!

"His Majesty Severus said that he wants to appoint you as the Duke of the northeastern border county of Rome, to govern all parts of Eastern Europe, to exercise the right of tax farming, to be named Augustus, to enjoy the treatment of vice emperor, and to reserve twelve senator positions for you in the Senate." Huangfu Song stated Severus' conditions directly.

"Oh, then what about those Celts under my rule? Aren't they the mortal enemies of Rome? What if I send my concubine to be a Roman senator? And what about Cyprian as well?" Yuan Tan heard this very calmly and asked as if nothing had happened, but for some reason Huangfu Song felt fear from the bottom of his heart, as if he had traveled through time and space to see Liu Bang who wanted to get a piece of the pie, and Goujian who was sleeping on firewood and tasting gall.

"There are no Celts, only free people in the Duchy. There are no Celtic elders, only the Duchess." Huangfu Song said.

　I got up late, and the language of the corresponding characters needs to be corrected to be more normal
　　(End of this chapter)