Qin Gong

Chapter 737: Xianbei Rebellion

In the Donghu territory, groups of Donghu people rode on war horses, galloping and whistling, and finally stopped beside the river.

When everyone saw clearly that both sides of the river were filled with corpses, all the Donghu people fell silent, their breathing becoming somewhat rapid and uneasy.

All the corpses are the dead bodies of the Huns!
So many Huns died at once. What exactly happened in the Hun territory?
"King, we found horse hoof prints upstream. After observation, we found that there were about 3,000 cavalrymen. After crossing the river, these 3,000 cavalrymen circled north and returned to the Xiongnu territory. I'm afraid the Xiongnu were chasing this group of people and were accidentally ambushed by them, and eventually all of them were killed!"

A Donghu man came to the King of Donghu on horseback.

King Mo of Donghu was about forty years old. Unlike the barbaric Xiongnu, Donghu paid more attention to ethnic relations rather than physical strength, which was very similar to the Central Plains gentry and Yuezhi.

Hearing the report from his subordinates at this moment, the King of Donghu frowned slightly and looked at the corpses by the river again, wondering where those 3,000 people came from.

The King of Donghu vaguely sensed that something was wrong as he was able to kill such a large Xiongnu army in the north with only 3,000 men. The Yuezhi in the west could definitely not do that, and even the Donghu could not do that.

Qin people?

But few people from the Central Plains dared to set foot on the northern border grasslands, let alone in such a remote place, at the border between the Xiongnu and the Donghu.

Who could defeat the Hun army so easily in the north?
The Qiang people in the west are a possibility, but when did the Qiang cavalry become so powerful?
"Send someone to the Xiongnu territory to inform the Xiongnu Chanyu that the Donghu have fulfilled their promise and it is time to release the hostages back to the Donghu!"

The King of Donghu turned to his confidant and said, then he ordered the other Donghu people to patrol the territory strictly and send messages to each tribe, asking them to be careful.

Uninvited guests have arrived from the north!
"King! It's bad! It's bad! Cavalry appeared in the south, the Qin cavalry!"

The King of Donghu had just finished his instructions when the Donghu people around him rode away on horseback one by one. Suddenly, a few Donghu people came riding from the hill with panic-stricken looks on their faces. When they came in front of the King of Donghu, they told him a bad news.

"Qin's cavalry? How many people?"

The King of Donghu was not panicked at first. After all, he had fought against the Qin army from the Central Plains in Yan and Zhao before. Although the Qin army was strong, it was no more than that, and the Donghu could advance and retreat.

Now that they have returned to the north, the Qin army can do nothing to the Donghu.

However, the words that came out of the frightened Donghu man's mouth next made the Donghu King frown.

"Reporting to the king, at least 40,000!"

As soon as the words came out, not only the King of Donghu, but all the Donghu people around were shocked.

40,000 Qin cavalry? ?
The Qin army they encountered before in the land of Yan and Zhao did not have 40,000 Qin cavalry.

"Qin people!"

When the King of Donghu heard that there were at least 40,000 Qin cavalry in the south, his expression changed a little. Then he looked at the Huns' territory across the river and thought of the many Huns who had died.

Could it be that he is really a Qin person?
the other side.

In the Donghu territory, among the Xianbei tribe.

With the arrival of the Qin cavalry, the Xianbei tribe also responded and began to gather the able-bodied men in the tribe. However, compared with people from other tribes, the Xianbei tribe was more diverse. Among the Xianbei, there were some people whose ancestors were Fuyu, Wimo, Sushen and nomads from further east. After leaving the tribe a hundred years ago, they came to the Xianbei to settle down and finally integrated into the Xianbei tribe. Therefore, in terms of unity, the Xianbei was not as good as the Gu, Er and Wuhuan.

Inside the Xianbei tribe's camp, a dozen or so tribal leaders, big and small, gathered together, and the one leading these small leaders was the Xianbei chieftain Qiu Ran.

"Can we really trust the people of Central Plains?"

"The people of the Central Plains have promised that after the success, not only will all the territories of the Er and Gu tribes be given to us, but even the territory of the Xiongnu people will be given to us. They will also contact the Qiang tribe behind the scenes to support us in the fight! Right now, the Xiongnu people have been massacred, and the Gu and Er tribes don't even know about it!"

"The people of the Central Plains want to get rid of the Gu and Er tribes and give an explanation to the people of the Central Plains and the Qin State. They also want us to be able to check and balance the Yuezhi! In my opinion, if we refuse, the Qin army of the Central Plains will fight and entangle us here. After the Yuezhi annex the Xiongnu territory, they will definitely come to kill us. By then, we will be the slaves of the Yuezhi! In this case, it is better to agree to the people of the Central Plains!"

Inside the tent, tribal leaders looked at each other and expressed their opinions.

After the people from the Central Plains brought the sacred objects for Hun sacrificial offerings and the head of the Donghu prince Si, and the Donghu king sent people to deliver one message after another, basically everyone knew that what the people from the Central Plains said was true.

The Huns have really been massacred!

Faced with the invitation from the Central Plains people, the small tribal leaders in the tents were all tempted.

Before the Donghu went south, the Wuhuan tribe within the Donghu took the opportunity to recapture the holy land of Wuhuan Mountain in the south. However, the women and property looted from the Central Plains were distributed by the Donghu king to the Gu and Er tribes. Only the Xianbei tribe in the northernmost part of the Donghu territory got the least, and the people of the tribe had been resentful for a long time.

There would be disagreements among the tribesmen on other matters, but when it came to hostility towards the Gu and Er tribes, the entire tribe was united as never before.

After all, with the same effort, the same number of people die, and they have to walk the longest distance, but in the end, they get the least benefit!

Anyone would feel dissatisfied if such a thing happened to them.

Now facing the invitation from the Central Plains people, I think that although it is the same contribution of manpower and effort, the results of cooperating with the Central Plains are worlds apart.

Thinking of the fertile grasslands inhabited by the Gu and Er tribes, as well as the vast territory of the Xiongnu in the west, especially the grasslands around the Langjuxu Mountain after crossing the Mobei Desert...

If, they are all from the Xianbei!!!
Inside the tent.

During the discussion, almost all the small leaders looked at each other with excitement, and then looked at the tribal leader Qiu Ran.

"Chief, I agree to cooperate with the Central Plains people!"

"I agree! As long as we get rid of the Gu and Er tribes, we Xianbei will be the masters of Donghu in the future! The grasslands of the Gu and Er tribes are all grazing lands for us Xianbei people, and their women will give birth to children for our Xianbei warriors!"

The tribal leaders looked at the clan leader Qiu Ran frankly.

The bold will die of overeating, and the timid will die of starvation. Since the King of Donghu is unfair, and since the Gu and Er tribes are so greedy, we can't blame them for rebelling now.

"Tell the people of Central Plains my answer!"

Qiu Ran sat on the soft wolf-skin mat and looked at the two sides of the tent. The little leaders had made up their minds, and Qiu Ran's eyes gradually became firm.

As the chief of the Xianbei tribe, Qiu Ran endured more anger in his heart than anyone else during previous gatherings.

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"We have been busy all this time, take the soldiers to have a good rest!"

Bai Yan reined in his horse and turned to give instructions to Qin Sui.

"promise!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Sui bowed and accepted the order.

Outside the Qin army camp, Niu, Yan Mao, Yang Yan, Ye and others saw Bai Yan leading the Iron Eagle soldiers arriving and stepped forward.

"Meet Daliang Zao!"

"Meet Dairyozo!!!"

Seeing Bai Yan's arrival, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally felt at ease. Before Bai Yan went north, people they were most worried about were them.

You should know that before this, Bai Yan not only went to Yuezhi, but also to the distant Mobei, a place rarely visited by people from the Central Plains. Bai Yan was accompanied by only 3,000 people, while the other side was a Hun army with a number several times that of Bai Yan.

In that unfamiliar Huns territory, they were all worried about Bai Yan's safety. If he was not careful, Bai Yan would be doomed.

"Ok?"

Bai Yan dismounted and handed the warhorse to the bull who was approaching. He looked at the smiling Xun Shuo among the generals with some surprise. He did not expect that Xun Shuo had also come here with the cavalry.

"Mr. Wei is worried about your safety, so he specially asked Shuo to come here!"

When Xun Shuo saw Bai Yan's expression, he knew what Bai Yan was thinking, so he couldn't help but explain with a wry smile.

When Bai Yan heard Xun Shuo mention Mr. Wei, he was silent.

Bai Yan was very respectful to Mr. Wei from beginning to end, but what Mr. Wei did was a little hard for Bai Yan to accept. It was not because Bai Yan was being coquettish, but because too many people in the five border counties had suffered. In the Huns' territory, seeing the trusting eyes of those women, Bai Yan felt very uncomfortable. After all, his teacher was also partly responsible for all this.

But the teacher has always been doing this for Bai Yan.

Akan, who had been following Bai Yan behind him, felt something strange. He could feel that Daliangzao didn't seem very happy.

"Even Old Wei was shocked! He never expected that the Qiang cavalry would be wiped out by the Yuezhi, and the Xiongnu would also be massacred!"

Xun Shuo looked at Bai Yan and spoke in a soft voice.

On the surface, Xun Shuo was saying that the Yuezhi's siege and killing of the Qiang cavalry had been known to Wei Lao, Yang Duanhe and others, and that people from the border area were later sent north to massacre the Xiongnu, and this was known to Wei Lao, the county magistrate Yang Duanhe, and all other city officials.

Everyone was shocked by this result. No one had expected that this would be the outcome after the Huns moved south.

Although these words seemed harmless, Xun Shuo was actually telling Bai Yan that in Yanmen, even Old Wei was frightened by Bai Yan's anger.

They secretly eliminated the Qiang cavalry who had betrayed the Qin State, and in the north, they massacred the women, children, the elderly and the weak of the Xiongnu tribe, determined to wipe out the Xiongnu clan!
Not to mention the county governors, officials, common people, and gentry of each county, even Old Wei took a deep breath after hearing about this matter.

"Now that you know that the next tribe after the Xiongnu is the Donghu, what do you have to say?"

Bai Yan looked at Xun Shuo, and after thinking about it, he finally asked.

No matter whether the teacher was dissuading him or saying something, Bai Yan wanted to listen. After all, Mr. Wei was Bai Yan's teacher, and this was a sign of respect for Mr. Wei as a disciple.

"Mr. Wei has returned to Yunzhong Academy and transferred the older students to the officials in Northern Frontier. With time, when the time is right, he can replace all the officials in Northern Frontier and transfer the existing officials from Xianyang to other counties!"

Xun Shuo smiled and shook his head, shrugged his shoulders. He could see that Bai Yan still had a hint of dissatisfaction in his heart, so he told Bai Yan what Mr. Wei was going to do next.

"Well! Go back to the camp first!"

After hearing Xun Shuo's words, Bai Yan said nothing more and led everyone back to the camp to discuss the next battle with Donghu.

Seeing Niu, Yan Mao, Yang Yan, Ye and others making way for Bai Yan, Xun Shuo sighed, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

It can be seen that Bai Yan does not like what Mr. Wei did this time, but Xun Shuo knows that, in the final analysis, everything Mr. Wei did was for Bai Yan, and behind everything, it was to protect Bai Yan's interests.

However, as far as Xun Shuo is concerned, he likes Bai Yan's current appearance more than what Old Wei thinks.

Xun Shuo, like Old Wei, wanted Bai Yan to become the "king" of the north. It was because of this idea that he agreed to Old Wei's request not to stop this matter.

Fortunately, Bai Yan insisted that there should be at least some bottom line.

Xun Shuo chose to come to Bai Yan because Bai Yan treated the people of Zhao as human beings. In the past, Old Wei personally found him, wanting to take the opportunity to force Ying Zheng to make Bai Yan a king. After thinking about it, Xun Shuo finally gave in, but the price of giving in was that Xun Shuo had to get drunk every day.

Now looking at Bai Yan returning to the camp, Xun Shuo could feel that Bai Yan seemed to mind something. He did not stop him at the beginning, and did not even send someone to inform him privately.

This made Xun Shuo laugh and cry. Thinking of the old Wei in the past and looking at Bai Yan now, Xun Shuo was just glad that he did not misjudge him.

Even though Bai Yan was not crowned king this time, Xun Shuo swore in his heart that the north would always be Bai Yan's "fiefdom" in the future. Moreover, in the hearts of all the border cavalry and soldiers, seeing everything Bai Yan had done, everyone no longer recognized the king's orders, but only Bai Yan's orders.

In the future, when facing the court intrigues and forces from all sides, Xun Shuo is confident that he can handle them and ensure that Bai Yan's position will not be shaken at all.

"Mr. Wei, we lost this time, it's Xun Shuo's turn now!"

Xun Shuo turned his head to look at the Qin army flags fluttering around him, at the soldiers patrolling and standing guard, and then he looked out at the grassland in the distance. The knot in his heart that had been there for some time was finally untied.

With a smile, Xun Shuo, who was dressed in the clothes of aristocrats, turned around and walked towards the camp step by step.

on the grassland.

In the darkness of the night, bonfires were lit in the Qin army camp, and from time to time, rows of soldiers holding long spears could be seen patrolling.

"Daliangzao, this is the reply from Xianbei leader Qiu Ran!"

A soldier came into the general's tent and handed a wolf skin to Bai Yan.

Under the gazes of Niu, Yan Mao, Yang Yan, Ye and others, Bai Yan picked up the wolf skin and looked at it.

It was not until this time that everyone discovered that Bai Yan seemed to be able to understand the Xianbei language. Seeing this, not to mention Qin Sui, Ji Heng and others, even Akan looked at Bai Yan in amazement and admiration.

In Akan's eyes, Bai Yan was truly omnipotent and could even understand the ancient Xianbei characters.

"The Xianbei promised that when they fight the Qin army, they will flee in battle!"

After Bai Yan looked at the layout, he turned his gaze towards everyone.

"Maybe you believe in Xianbei?"

Yang Yan spoke first, and asked with some concern. After all, the Qin army only had 40,000 cavalry in this battle. If they were not careful, they would have no backup if they were defeated. If they suffered serious losses, they would have no worries if the Donghu moved south in the future.

"If the Xianbei people agree, they can still turn things around. If they don't agree, they will just become slaves of the Yuezhi. The Xianbei people are greedy, but they are not stupid!"

Xun Shuo didn't have too many concerns. He knew more about the foreign enemies in the north than Yang Yan.

"Don't worry, even if the Xianbei rebel, I am confident that I can defeat the Donghu!"

Bai Yan put down the wolf skin, on which was the Xianbei people's oath of surrender to the Qin State. After the war, the wolf skin would be sent to Xianyang and handed over to Ying Zheng.

At this moment, looking at the very simple layout in front of him, Bai Yan began to give orders to the generals.

Although the layout seemed simple, Bai Yan already knew the terrain of Donghu by heart, and even the habits of the Donghu King's people were clear to him.

The Huns were not stupid at the time. In order to prevent the Donghu from returning, they demanded the hostage who was the most valued heir of the Donghu king.