Author: Magic Prince

"General Xiang, how should we deal with these prisoners of the Southern Xiongnu rebels?" asked one of Xiang Yu's lieutenants.

Xiang Yu stood on the high platform, looking at the camp that was covered with scattered corpses and armor after a night of fierce fighting. His eyes swept over the rows of prisoners kneeling on the ground, either lowering their heads or looking towards him.

Then he drew his sword from his waist.

As he slowly walked towards a Southern Huns rebel prisoner in front of him step by step, his soldiers and many other prisoners around him all turned their attention to him. Many of their hearts were lifted at this moment, as if Xiang Yu had

Every step you take weighs a thousand pounds.

Finally, Xiang Yu walked up to the prisoner. He knelt on the ground, his hands and feet tied tightly with ropes. His face and body were covered with blood and mud. His eyes were unfocused and bloodshot, as if he had no desire to survive.

They were all gone, watching Xiang Yu slowly raise the sword in his hand, neither struggling nor shouting, not even willing to raise his head.

"May I have your name?"

The sword in Xiang Yu's hand did not fall as expected, but he asked such a question.

After a moment, the Southern Huns rebel prisoner in front of him, who seemed to be ready to die, slowly raised his head, and made several hoarse and broken sounds from his dry throat.

"Bu Jie. My name is Bu Jie"

His voice was drawn out very long, and as he spoke, he pressed his chapped lips with difficulty.

"What about you?" Xiang Yu raised his sword again and pointed at another prisoner of the Southern Huns rebels. "What's your name?"

"Jin Zhui, my name is Jin Zhui." The rebel's voice was much higher pitched.

"Okay!" Xiang Yu also shouted loudly, and then slashed down with his sword without any warning!

However, there were no screams, no heads falling to the ground, and scenes of blood splattering. Instead, they saw that the rope binding the rebel named Jin Zhui had been cut off by Xiang Yu's sword, and then another sword followed another, and many

The rope on the rebel's body had actually been cut off by Xiang Yu.

"General Xiang?" Some of Xiang Yu's soldiers around him couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this scene. The rebels, who had finally been captured after a night of fierce fighting, were to be let go just like that?

"I don't care why you rebelled, and I don't care what you originally did, or whose subordinates you were. I, Xiang Ji, will give you a chance to choose now." Xiang Yu's voice was very loud, and his voice could almost make everyone around him laugh.

Everyone in the camp heard. "The first way you can surrender to me, and from now on follow me and become my soldiers. The second way you can choose is to go back, and then pick up weapons and fight with me again on the battlefield."

Let’s fight for a while, and on the third way, you should leave far away from here and never appear in front of me again!”

"General Xiang, I'm afraid there's something wrong with this!" One of Xiang Yu's lieutenants came to Xiang Yu's side. "These barbarians have a changeable temperament. They make oaths every day and rebel by night. You must not allow them to be recruited, otherwise they will be in great trouble in the future.

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"At the same time, we cannot let them leave. That would be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. We have a limited number of people and have been deep into the grassland for a while. Logistics and supplies are becoming increasingly difficult. We may not be able to fight against the bandits for a long time." The deputy general continued. "In my humble opinion.

, I must kill him today to avoid future troubles!"

Xiang Yu had no expression on his face after hearing this, and just gently touched the edge of the sword in his hand.

If it were Xiang Yu in his previous life, he would have made the decision to kill all the rebel prisoners in front of him without even thinking about it, but now he has a completely different idea from his previous life. After all, his current situation is different from that in his previous life.

Big difference.

In his previous life, he had been taught and helped by his uncle Xiang Liang since childhood. Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu were the descendants of Xiang Yan, the famous general of Chu State in the late Warring States Period. Even though the Xiang family had long declined at that time, Xiang Liang, as a nobleman, was very attentive to Xiang Yu's education.

, and not long after the demise of the Six Kingdoms, Xiang Yan's reputation still existed, so when Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu raised their troops to revolt, they were able to get a mass response.

It was very important to be born in that era. Even if you are just a descendant of a declining noble, you at least still have some potential political resources. This is just like how Liu Bei always says that he is the queen of Zhongshan Prince Jing wherever he goes, even if Liu Bei is poor and useless.

, relying on this layer of aristocratic blood that may or may not be able to at least have a foothold.

However, now Xiang Yu neither has the unrivaled physical talent in his previous life, nor the bloodline and inheritance from the nobility, nor the help of clan members like his uncle Xiang Liang and his father Fan Zeng. At this time, Xiang Yu can only rely on himself.

one person.

But on the eve of these troubled times, how can he rise without any political resources?

He needs people, he needs an army, he needs an army and force that is completely his own, and the cavalry unit he is leading now is still Dong Zhuo's subordinates, so although he needs military exploits, he needs more heads on the battlefield.

Won meritorious service for himself, but he also had to try to consider another plan, integrating some Huns into his army.

After two years of getting along, Xiang Yu had a certain understanding of Dong Zhuo. He knew that Dong Zhuo was also of Hu or Qiang descent. When he was young, he had good relations with many Qiang leaders. Among the core troops he led

Most of them are troops from Xiliang, and there are also a considerable proportion of Qiang or mixed-race soldiers.

These troops from Xiliang are very loyal to Dong Zhuo, but in comparison, the sources of these young soldiers under his own are much more complicated. In order to find so many talented young soldiers, it is

There was no way to only recruit soldiers from one place, so Xiang Yu's soldiers were actually quite diverse in terms of their sources. From this perspective, it didn't seem completely unfeasible to mix some soldiers with Xiongnu ancestry among them.

As for the reasons the lieutenant told him for not accepting these rebels, Xiang Yu felt that they were all irrelevant. It may be true to say that these Xiongnu rebels are changeable and easy to rebel, but Xiang Yu knew that any rebellion has its risks.

The reason is, just like in his previous life, he was one of the many rebels in the world to the Qin Dynasty. He more or less knew the root cause of the rebellion of the Southern Huns rebels, so he found this reason to be very ridiculous.

As for the second point of letting the tiger return to the mountain, Xiang Yu has great confidence in his ability to command and fight. He believes that the Southern Huns rebels will never have the strength or courage after this battle with him.

If you think of yourself as a tiger, you are just a group of wild cats at most, and there is no need to worry about it at all.

Xiang Yu thought about this, shook his head at the lieutenant, and then turned his eyes again to the Southern Huns rebel prisoners in front of him. "I'll ask you again, which of the three roads do you choose?"

Xiang Yu's voice was high-pitched and full of coercion. It was a powerful top-down momentum full of confidence. At this time, when these rebel prisoners heard that they still had a chance to live, they all looked at each other and mouthed

They talked to each other in low voices in Hun dialect that they couldn't quite understand.

"I surrender, and I am willing to return to the general. From now on, the general will be the only one to obey!"

The rebel named Jin Zhui was the first to speak out. He knelt down and bowed to Xiang Yu again, expressing his surrender.

Then the other Xiongnu rebels around him were like waves, falling to their knees one after another, expressing their willingness to surrender to Xiang Yu and obey Xiang Yu's command from now on.

Only a handful of Xiongnu rebels chose the second or third route. Xiang Yu kept his word and did not embarrass them. He simply let them go and even provided them with a certain amount of water and food.

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Chapter completed!