The Soldier of the Red Mansion

Chapter 169: Military Intelligence of the Rebellion

Daldai was injured and pretended to be dead on the battlefield. He found an opportunity to escape and returned to the tribe. People discovered the Chanyu. Daldai rushed over excitedly and accused his elder brother of having Shuoerhui in his hands.

"Shuo Erhui betrayed the Chanyu. He is a wolf cub that can never be tamed."

Aldai blamed Shuoerhui, and Daldai was powerless to stop his brother. The tribe could no longer afford internal strife, and how to deal with the next difficulties was an urgent matter.

Aldai was not convinced, so Daldai asked someone to call Shuoerhui and planned to have a good talk with him.

Soon, someone came and said in a panic, "Chanyu, Shuo Erhui has escaped."

Daldai showed a look of surprise, and Aldai hurried out to see, only to see a commotion coming from the northwest. Due to the poor light, he could not see clearly, so he immediately gathered his men and rushed over.

The Chanyu came back, and Aldai became his younger brother again. The young and strong men in the tribe became obedient, so Aldai quickly organized his men.

When his younger brother left with his men and he heard that it had become quiet outside, Daldai had already expected something.

As expected, people came later to tell them that Shuoerhui and his cronies had robbed some horses and dried meat from the tribe, as well as some supplies, and fled the tribe.

The leaders who came were very dissatisfied. They were slave owners, and because of the support of the Chanyu, they could not resist. Therefore, Shuoerhui and some slaves gained freedom from them and became warriors fighting for the tribe.

With the support of these warriors, the Chanyu's prestige in the tribe was unmatched.

Now the Chanyu led the tribe to suffer a great loss, and at such a critical moment, Shuoerhui, who was supported by the Chanyu, ran away with the slaves, and the vital interests of the chiefs suffered huge losses again.

Everyone looked at the Chanyu with suspicion, not knowing how serious his injuries were.

Daldai sighed, "The Zhou army is very powerful. I have indeed lost. It won't be long before they pass through Chanyu City, and they are on the only way out of Chanyu City. Unless we abandon our cattle and sheep and flee towards the hills on both sides."

Cattle were very slow, so they had to give up and the tribe would lose half of its fuel and food sources. But there were still sheep, and a flock of sheep could cover dozens of miles a day, but in hilly areas, it was not easy.

The Zhou army has few cavalry and mostly infantry, so if the tribe starts preparing now, abandons most of the supplies, and starts fleeing tomorrow, then everything will still be in time.

However, when winter comes, many people in the tribe will freeze to death or starve to death, and the decades of recuperation and development of the Shanyu tribe will be destroyed. The leaders will also lose their pastures and return to a life of wandering and displacement.

Comfort is the enemy of mankind. Whether rich or poor, leaders who have enjoyed a comfortable life for more than ten years are reluctant to give up their current lives.

"It's all Feng Yong's fault."

A leader cursed.

But more people were speechless. Without Feng Yong's support, they would never have been able to gain a foothold in Shanyu City. But no one expected that such a powerful young general would come.

This is the Great Zhou. It is a land of vastness and abundance, with numerous talented people.

He clearly saw that Datong was becoming more and more "incompetent" while his side was becoming more and more powerful, but he didn't know that a peerless war god would suddenly appear in some corner of Da Zhou and easily destroy everything they had.

"I plan to surrender." Chanyu said easily.

The word "surrender" was said so easily. Looking at their own Chanyu, the leaders didn't know what to say.

If they are not convinced, they can continue to fight. The chiefs know they cannot win, so they can leave. The world is their home and they can go anywhere. But the chiefs are reluctant to give up the comfort and do not want to suffer.

The Chanyu surrendered in public, but no one was angry. Instead, they hoped that the Chanyu would succeed.

Shanyu knew that he had regained the trust of the tribe, but he was not happy. In addition to the pain of his wounds, he also felt pain in his heart. All the forbearance he had endured for many years was gone.

Now I no longer dare to dream of unifying the grassland, so let the Shanyu tribe survive first.

There are more than 200 horses and more than 100 slightly injured horses, which makes about 300 horses. Together with his own war horses, he can form an elite light cavalry of nearly 400 people.

This time, they traveled for nearly a month, covering a distance of more than a thousand miles round trip, and even engaged in continuous fighting. The cavalry was used properly, and their own casualties were less than five, but six war horses died of illness and eleven war horses were injured, with a loss rate of nearly one-fifth.

Or perhaps it's that people are the most durable. Even tanks of later generations had a failure rate of over 20% during marches alone. War horses are very useful, but they are also precious. As for poor horses, they are useful, but they are not as good as war horses.

What Wang Xin needed were professional cavalry, not peasants on horseback, like the Nian Army in the northwest during the Taiping Rebellion.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, although the Ming Dynasty performed poorly and often scored own goals into its own goal, it was indeed a clash of the most elite armies in the world at that time, and Western mercenaries also participated.

Unlike in the East, the mercenaries in the West were considered the most powerful army, but they did not play a role in the wars in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty and did not cause any waves.

No matter what methods the Qing army used, its combat effectiveness was undoubtedly not inferior to that of the Ming army at the time, and it could still defeat the Korean army.

The Ming army was able to defeat the Korean army and crush the Japanese army. However, Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty advocated education, so private social schools developed. As a result, there were too many scholars, and with more scholars, there were more sophisticated people.

With a broad vision and rich experience, he knows how to maximize his own interests and believes that a double loss is better than a single win, so Daming became the captain of the transport team.

The Ming Dynasty is not mine. The worst that can happen is that I will surrender to the bandits. If you surrender, I will surrender too. Let's see who surrenders faster. The first one to surrender will become an official first. The one who surrenders later is a fool. Who can lead the way? Let's see who is more ruthless. Laugh at the poor but not at prostitutes. The one who laughs last is fine.

There is no other way. The Ming Dynasty can only lose. If everyone gets their heads shaved together, it will be a lose-lose situation for the Ming Dynasty.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty, the country was a bunch of weaklings fighting each other, and the entire East was not only backward in economy and culture, but also in military.

Anyone who rides a horse is a cavalryman.

Even during the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongolian cavalry's tactics were still very sophisticated.

Therefore, one should not be too extreme in doing things. The golden mean is the long-term way, and many things will not be a problem. When Wang Xin learned that the Chanyu had sent people to surrender, he did not insist on destroying the Chanyu, but put forward his demands. Surrender was acceptable, and exemption of punishment for the Chanyu's tribe was also acceptable, but compensation must not be less.

For example, compensation of one thousand horses and one thousand slaves, and an annual tribute of two hundred fine horses to Wang Xin. Upon hearing Wang Xin's terms, the Chanyu's envoy smiled bitterly and said, "There's no need to report this to the Chanyu. I can tell the general directly that we can't fulfill your request."

"Then fight." Wang Xin didn't care.

The envoy knelt on the ground, undeterred. "Our tribe has been defeated, General. We don't have the strength to resist. Many of our slaves have taken advantage of the chaos to escape, taking many horses with them. The entire tribe has fewer than two thousand horses. If the General were to take a thousand horses, our tribe wouldn't even be able to maintain grazing, let alone resist the surrounding tribes."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow." Wang Xin heard the messenger's explanation and thought it was probably true, so he said calmly: "Let the Chanyu come to see me in person."

When the Chanyu came to see him, his life depended on his own decision, which showed his sincerity.

It is more likely that he was sleeping on straw and tasting gall. But that was Wu's problem, not Yue's.

The State of Wu could not kill all the people of the State of Yue because the people of Yue lived in the forest. Therefore, if King Gou Jian of Yue was left behind, the State of Wu would be able to better govern the State of Yue.

People always confuse cause and effect. It is possible that the success of the Kingdom of Yue was not due to the King of Yue's hard work. It is even possible that it was because of the King of Yue's guidance and obedience that the Kingdom of Wu sucked more blood from the people of Yue.

The overthrow of the Wu State was not due to the King of Yue, but to the struggle of the Yue people against injustice, generation after generation.

There has never been a savior; where there is oppression, there is resistance; either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind.

Either Wu completely subdues Yue, or Yue overthrows Wu. There is no third way. So in Wang Xin's view, it is more like the King of Yue is selling out the interests of Yue in order to keep his throne.

The final victory was the result of the hard work of the people of Yue. It was only because of their short-sightedness that the King of Yue succeeded in stealing the fruits of victory. It is a common historical practice for the ruling class to steal the fruits of victory.

Therefore, Wang Xin did not care about the Chanyu's thoughts, because the Chanyu's thoughts were not important, his own strength was important.

Just like now, no matter whether the Shanyu's heart is bleeding or not, he can only lick his wounds in secret.

Anyway, if it were me, I would definitely go crazy if the results of my life's hard work were to be destroyed in an instant. But the Chanyu was able to calmly surrender to me and buy a glimmer of hope for the Chanyu tribe. This person must be no ordinary person.

There are many extraordinary people, and there are also many people who endure hardships and endure hardships.

You still have to submit obediently.

Before he dealt with Feng Yong, it was necessary to retain the Shanyu tribe. Otherwise, the tribes in the Dabansheng area would obtain the Shanyu City area, which would be the biggest threat.

In the end, guns speak louder than words. Truth is only within the range of cannons. This saying will never go out of date. There was a time when many people said it was outdated and that we should open our eyes and see the world. In fact, whoever said this saying was outdated was the biggest fool.

Either bad or stupid.

The envoy of the Chanyu tribe left respectfully. He felt an unsightly light from the young general, which was more likely the cowardice of the defeated in the face of the victor.

Wang Xin came out of the tent, riding a horse, accompanied by a group of young guards.

Spin held the reins in one hand and held a small flag tightly in the other. The flag was long and thin, and it held the commander's flag. As the commander's flag appeared, everyone in the camp looked over.

The soldiers stopped what they were doing and stood up involuntarily, even though the flag was far away from them.

The wounded soldiers in the wounded area also forgot the pain and struggled to look over.

"Xilulu."

The war horses in the stable raised their necks and neighed towards the sky. In the quiet camp, the neighing of the horses could be heard clearly from far away.

Wang Xin's armor had a heart-protecting mirror made of lapis lazuli hanging in the center of the chain mail, and eight gilded iron leaves extended in the shape of the Bagua, making a rustling sound.

"General!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"General!"

"Wan Sheng!"

The sound made by a soldier in some corner resonated with the surroundings, causing a landslide-like and tsunami-like wave to erupt in the entire camp. Only one sound remained between heaven and earth.

The Chanyu's envoys, who had already left the camp a mile or two, suddenly heard a sound in the distance and looked back at the same time, with only fear on their faces.

"Wan Sheng!"

Clerk Zheng Hao had never thought he would lose his composure like this. He simply couldn't control himself. He was so excited, so happy! He mingled with the soldiers and cheered along with them.

Spin raised his head proudly, like a young lion, a pack of lion cubs already capable of devouring humans. Their eyes were blazing, fixed firmly on the general, ready to tear apart any enemy who approached him.

"So this is what loyalty is."

For the first time, Wang Xin saw that morale had reached a level of loyalty.

This is my confidence.

A returning team.

At this time, all the checkpoints on the Great Wall received urgent military orders. The guards were shocked to see that it stated that Wang Xin was in rebellion and required them to defend the pass strictly and not allow Wang Xin's troops to enter the pass.

(End of this chapter)