Diqin Designer

Chapter 224: Share the joys and difficulties
What bullshit is "I heard that the Hun cavalry roamed the grasslands, coming and going like the wind, making all the countries afraid". The Hun cavalry more than 20 years ago might have been able to do it, but not the current Hun army.

The Xiongnu army today still has a lot of people, but their fighting will and ferocity can no longer be compared with those of the past. It’s a pity that they were defeated by Li Mu. They are gone!
Even though the current Xiongnu army is composed of young and strong Xiongnu soldiers, with plenty of passion and courage, they lack the person to lead them. As the saying goes, "If one soldier is incompetent, the whole army will be incompetent as well."

This is also the reason why, even though the Xiongnu had clearly recovered from the war more than 20 years ago, they were still not taken seriously by the Donghu and Yuezhi.

It is understandable that under the leadership of Maodun, the Xiongnu attacked the Donghu, Yuezhi and other countries and forced them to join the Xiongnu tribal alliance. It took the Han Dynasty several generations to gradually deal with the situation, while Touman could only endure the humiliation with his tail between his legs.

If the Xiongnu army wanted to transform into a strong army, it needed a strong and outstanding commander. Unfortunately, Touman and these leaders were not that kind of commander, and the suitable commander had already died.

How sad! Times create heroes and heroes also create times. But when the heroes are gone, the times created by their instincts no longer exist!

Touman was in an even worse mood than ever before. This damn "childhood wish" was just an excuse. This young Qin general was forcing him to fight, and he couldn't refuse.

Because not responding to the challenge is more terrifying than being defeated. Defeat can be attributed to the fact that the Qin people are strong. After all, the strength of the Qin people is well known, so being defeated by the Qin people is not too shameful.

But if you don't dare to fight, it means you are a coward and you are afraid. If you don't even dare to fight, how can you win the support of the people and become the Khan of the Huns?
Since they couldn't escape, they had no choice but to fight. The Qin people wanted to use this war to establish their prestige over the Huns, and the Huns also wanted to take this opportunity to understand the Qin army and find out the strength of the Qin army.

What if the strong Qin is just a showpiece, strong only in rumors, but in reality will fall down with a single poke?

The Qin army that came this time must be the elite among the Qin army. If the Xiongnu cavalry can defeat them, doesn't it mean that the strength of the Xiongnu cavalry is already above that of the Qin army?

By then, their status with that of the Qin Dynasty could be completely reversed, and they might even be able to go to the south and meet the Qin Emperor.

This time, if we lose, we will not lose, but if we win, we will make a lot of money. Touman thought to himself and said with a smile: "Since the general wants to see our Xiongnu cavalry, then it will be as the general wishes. But how do you want to see it?"

"Thank you, Chanyu, for your approval!"

Wang Li bowed to Touman and pretended to think: "The Xiongnu are brothers of the Qin Dynasty. It is not good to hurt the harmony between the two countries because of my wish when I was young. I heard that the Xiongnu are good at riding and shooting, and like fighting. Why not compare them with them?"

This competition is quite simple, but after these competitions, we can’t see the true military level of both sides, right?
Just as Touman and the others were thinking, Wang Li changed the subject: "But on the battlefield, there is more than just horseback archery and wrestling. I think we should also have a battle on the battlefield. I will personally lead 300 Qin cavalrymen to fight against the same number of Xiongnu cavalrymen, but we can replace the swords and spears with wooden ones. What do you think, Chanyu?"

This is what the Qin people want to compete with, to face off against the Xiongnu cavalry. Touman said, "Today is too hasty, how about setting the competition in three days?"

Wang Li nodded and said, "Yes!"

After the Qin envoys withdrew, Touman and the Xiongnu leaders' faces suddenly became heavy and serious. The Qin people's mission was not entirely out of goodwill.

Touman looked at the leaders and asked, "What do you think of the Qin people's promise to help us learn Qin language and characters?"

Their intuition told them that the Qin people were not so kind, but they could not figure out why they were not kind. Moreover, this matter was profitable for them and would be convenient for them to reap the benefits in the future. One leader said, "I think this matter can be agreed to by the Qin people. We will have close contacts with the Qin people in the future, so we need to train a group of people who can speak the Qin language and understand Qin affairs. But..."

Now that everyone who stayed in the palace was his own people, the leader did not hide anything: "But these people must be under our control. Whether it is the teachers sent by the Qin people to teach in our Xiongnu or the people who went to study in Qin, we have to decide. As for the specific distribution, it will be according to the old rules."

The other leaders nodded when they heard this. The old rule was to divide the benefits according to the strength of each tribe. For example, Touman controlled the largest and most powerful tribe, so he got the biggest share of the benefits.

Touman asked again: "Should we agree to build the city?"

Touman felt that his question was meaningless. How could these people not agree? Even he himself had already agreed in his heart.

One leader said: "Although the Qin people have bad intentions, this matter is indeed beneficial to our Xiongnu, so we can agree to it."

If they don't agree, how can they earn wealth and enjoy the good things from the Qin people?
When they thought about living a good life in the future that only the Qin nobles could live, and using things that even the Qin Emperor used, the heaviness in everyone's hearts was relieved a little.

The Qin people were not good people and might have some conspiracy against them, but their things were indeed better than those of the Xiongnu, and the lives of the Qin nobles were obviously better than theirs.

They were indeed the Huns' Chanyu and leaders, but that did not affect their use of Qin people's things. They still had to keep a clear distinction between work and life.

This one was also passed smoothly. Touman said: "Qin General Wang Liyan wants to lead 300 Qin soldiers to fight against our Xiongnu cavalry. I have already agreed to this matter, but the candidates for my Xiongnu cavalry have not been decided yet..."

Seeing that no leader responded this time, Touman secretly cursed these people for being cunning. They would actively stick to him when there were benefits, but pretended to be deaf and dumb when there were troubles. They had obviously heard that he wanted to select warriors from various tribes to form a Huns coalition force, so now they all kept silent and started pretending to be dead.

A bunch of insects!
But Touman himself had no good intentions. He did not directly use the warriors of his own tribe. Instead, he asked all the leaders to send people. He played a game of sharing the responsibility and tying everyone together.

If anything happens on the day of the competition with the Qin army, everyone will be responsible and no one can escape. If the Qin people attack us, it will be better for us to fight together.

Sensing Touman's unfriendly gaze, one of the leaders said, "Since the Chanyu has agreed to this matter, why not select the Chanyu's soldiers to compete with the Qin army? The Chanyu's soldiers are good at fighting and are the best among the Xiongnu. They may be able to defeat the Qin army and show the power of the Xiongnu in front of the Qin people, so that they will not dare to underestimate us again."

The other leaders quickly followed suit and agreed, praising the Hun soldiers under Touman as unique in the world and the strongest army in the world.

Seeing the faces of these people, Touman wanted to greet them with his feet, but how could Touman let them escape? He said firmly: "Mo Wu will send out 20 soldiers, Huta, you send out 15 soldiers..."

Touman directly set the number of people, and no one could escape. Seeing that Touman was no longer polite to them, the leaders had no choice but to accept it.

(End of this chapter)