Chapter 813: The division of labor between the two armies
After Xiao Ruxue finished vomiting, Xu Qing took out the soft paper on his body and wiped Xiao Ruxue's mouth, and said, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Ruxue's face was still pale, and he said: "I killed a lot of people today, and some even took out their internal organs, and there seemed to be intestines, and the blood even sprayed on half of my armor...
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When Xiao Ruxue said this, her face became even paler. When Xu Qing heard Xiao Ruxue's words, he couldn't help but think of what he saw on the battlefield today, and his face turned a little pale. Then the two of them looked at each other, and then immediately turned towards
Spit out in one direction at the same time.
Xiao Ye, who had just finished writing the battle report, saw this scene when he walked out of the tent.
Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue looked at each other, then turned their heads and vomited up all the dinner they had today.
Xiao Ye walked over with the battle report in his hand, looked at Xu Qing and Xiao Ruxue and asked, "Why do you dislike each other so much today?"
Xiao Ruxue snorted: "I don't dislike Xu Qing!"
Xiao Ye: "Don't you mind throwing up after just one look?"
Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ye and said, "Brother Xiao, you haven't been to the battlefield a few times, have you? Why are you in such good condition?"
Xiao Ye shook his head and said, "I don't know either. I killed half of the cattle in the family."
At this point, Xiao Ye added another sentence: "Killed after falling to death."
Xu Qing waved his hand: "No need to explain, I understand it tacitly, everyone understands."
At this moment, a soldier came over in a panic, knelt on the ground with one knee and clasped his fist and said, "Your Highness! It's not good!"
Xiao Ye turned his head and looked at the pawn and asked, "What happened?"
The soldier said: "One of the two tongues we caught yesterday is missing!"
The third prince and the fourth prince are now partners who have turned from darkness to light, and are no longer prisoners, so the ones who ran away should be the two captured later.
This prisoner must have taken advantage of the chaos and escaped.
But Xiao Ye has already obtained enough information from the third prince. Let alone one of the two who ran away, even if both of them ran away, it would only reduce the labor force by two people, so it doesn't matter.
Since the army led by Xiao Ye needed to continue marching north to attack the tribes on the grassland to eliminate the remnants of the enemy troops, it did not have the conditions to detain prisoners. Therefore, on the next day, Xiao Ye sent two teams of cavalry to escort the prisoners back to the camp.
Ma sent back the battle report.
Today is a rare sunny day, but it is not a good weather for the army.
Because it is summer now, wearing armor on such a sunny day is simply life-threatening.
Fortunately, the Chu army was distributing ice cubes. Although the quantity was not much, it was better than nothing.
The Zhou Kingdom does not have such good treatment, and they cannot make their own ice.
Since the two armies met and the Chu State was benevolent to the Zhou State at this time, Su Zhong took the initiative to bring two personal guards to the Chu State camp to discuss the next step of progress with the Chu State.
After the guests and hosts were seated, Su Chong looked at Xiao Ye and said with a smile, "The prince is really better than the old master. Even the wise king of your country never reached the hinterland of the grassland when he was the prince's age."
Xiao Ye smiled and said: "It takes the whole country to do this, but we don't dare to be greedy for God's merit."
Su Chong smiled and said, "Your Majesty is so humble, the future of Chu State may be limitless."
Xiao Ye smiled and said, "I don't dare to take it seriously, but Chu State will definitely reach a higher level."
Su Zhong continued, "In addition to thanking your country for rescuing me, I also want to discuss the next step. Should we attack it together or divide our forces into two groups?"
Xiao Ye said: "I think it is better to divide the troops into two groups. Most of your country's troops have been lost, and it is already difficult to attack the large tribes. It is better to hand them over to our Chu country, and your country can do what it can.
Choosing to recover some small and medium-sized tribes is a clear division of labor. What does Marshal Su think?"
When Su Zhong heard this, he naturally understood the meaning of Xiao Ye's words.
If the two countries join forces to attack the big tribes, the Zhou State will definitely take a share of the spoils, either the population or cattle and sheep. Why does the Chu State still need to cooperate with the Zhou State now that it is fully capable of destroying the three major tribes on its own?
But since Zhou State has invaded, it is naturally impossible to return empty-handed, but five thousand people cannot defeat any of the three major tribes, so they can only deal with the small and medium-sized tribes.
The three major tribes concentrate most of the grassland's population and cattle and sheep. The resources and population of the remaining small and medium-sized tribes are far inferior to those of the three major tribes.
But Chu State obviously would not hand over the three major tribes to Zhou State. Chu State wanted to take all the resources of the three major tribes!
Zhou State currently has insufficient troops, so it is naturally not qualified to challenge the Chu State cavalry commanded by Xiao Ye. It is already very difficult for Zhou State to get a mouthful of soup when Chu State eats meat, so Su Chong did not raise any doubts about Xiao Ye's words.
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After Su Zhong left, Xiao Ye stood up and stretched his body. Sooner or later, the three major tribes would be in the possession of Chu State. It was simply wishful thinking for Zhou State to want to share a piece of Chu State's pie with him.
Absolutely impossible!
Xu Qing walked in just after Su Zhong left. Xiao Ye looked happy after seeing Xu Qing, and his mind could rest again.
He had to talk every day, and he had to imitate those literati who said some literate words, which was really exhausting him to death.
Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ye and asked, "What is Marshal Su from Zhou doing here?"
Xiao Ye said proudly, "Zhou State is very good at calculating. It also wanted to share the benefits of the three major tribes with Chu State, but I blocked it."
Xu Qing nodded and said: "The grassland has been defeated one after another. At this time, the Chu State actually has the strength to fight against the grassland alone. The Zhou State probably didn't even think about negotiating with Brother Xiao to join forces to attack the three major tribes and make a lot of money."
The surrender of some small and medium-sized tribes is also a big victory for the Zhou State, and I am sure that the Zhou State will copy our method of dealing with the grassland tribes and make those grassland tribes completely surrender."
Xiao Ye laughed when he heard this and said, "It seems that Zhou Guo's ambition is not small."
Xu Qing nodded and said, "Yes, so our Chu State must be more ambitious than Zhou State. If we lose our ambition and bloodiness, Zhao State will learn from the past."
Xiao Ye sighed and said: "I can't understand now that the Zhao State is so rich that the treasury cannot contain it. How did they manage such a rich and prosperous country like this? If it were me, I would be sorry.
What kind of model is it? If you can build five thousand heavy cavalry in a minute, or if you can't build tens of thousands of heavy armored infantry, and use it with firearms, you can even sweep through the Central Plains."
Xu Qing said: "So, Brother Xiao, we must warn the younger generations that no matter how much money you save, you cannot save money on the army. Otherwise, the money saved will become lost coins. The truth will always be within the range of firearms."
