Chapter 3042: Covering up and concealing is actually an old tradition
In the eighth year of Taixing, winter.
The sky was dark and the wind was howling.
If it snows, of course it is relatively clean to melt the snow into water, but when there is no snow, you have to smash the ice.
In most areas of Mobei, ice has condensed on the surface of puddles. When you need water, you have to use an ax to break open the ice, and then take it back with ice and water and burn it before you can drink it.
These frozen water depressions often have some insect fish under the water surface. As long as the hole is opened, some fish will come to the surface to spit bubbles and suck oxygen. Salvaging a few fish can be regarded as a big hit.
But more often than not, the fish haven’t come up yet, and the first thing to float up for air is the worms, so you will see little white worms twisting on the water surface...
But no herdsmen would care.
Sometimes herders would even drink the bug-laden ice water directly because they were thirsty.
If you are not clean, you will not get sick if you eat. When did this saying become popular? It was probably in the era when hygiene was not pursued and people did not expect to live long.
The average age of these shepherds is the same as that of the Han people, around forty years old, and those who can live beyond forty years are considered a great thing.
Such as Suli.
Suli's camp was set up on the edge of the water source.
A bonfire was lit in the center of the thick felt tent, so that the temperature inside the felt tent would not be too low.
When Suli was young, he also thought about becoming the king of Xianbei, but as he grew older, he gradually understood some things, and then he no longer expected to become the king of Xianbei.
The rise of every Xianbei king is almost always accompanied by the death of tens of thousands of people.
The grievances and hatreds between tribes are each more cruel than the understatement and cover-up of brothers and sisters in Qing history. To reunite and unify the tribes, it is basically necessary to completely eradicate all opposing forces and only allow
There is one person whose voice, even if it is a brother or a parent, must be killed.
Su Li realizes that she is not so cruel...
But he knew these methods, so Qifu Hegan's strategy of expressing alliance on the one hand, and using war to eradicate dissidents on the other hand, was almost transparent in Su Li's eyes.
Su Li could see that Qifu Heqian was a very fanatical person, so he gave himself the name of the Great Khan, and claimed that he was the incarnation of Lingfu. On the surface, he formed an alliance with Cao Jun, but in fact he wanted to
You have to eat both sides, but is this possible? Not everyone is as easy to deceive as the bald tribe, especially the Han people.
Han people are very cunning.
Like a wolf on the grassland.
When Qifu Heqian wanted to use Suli's tribe to launch his next plan, Suli turned his back.
Qifu Hegan sent the Tufa tribe and the Rilu tribe as the vanguard, and took the initiative when attacking Zhang He's forward, just to silence Suli and others, showing that Qifu Hegan himself had sent his men and took the lead.
, and even divided the spoils, so what else do the others have to say?
But if we really have to fight against the Han people...
The nightmare under Yuyang City has not disappeared from Su Li's memory.
There is also a chain of contempt among the Hu people. The Chinese people despise the non-Chinese people, and the non-Chinese people also despise the Chinese people. Those who live in the woods and those who live on the grasslands also despise each other. Short-term cooperation is accompanied by longer-term disputes. Drinking and talking about brothers.
They are true brothers when they are together, but it is not uncommon for them to have no brothers when they fall out after drinking.
So is it possible for the Hu people to truly ally with each other?
Maybe, but it is absolutely impossible for a western Xianbei like Qifu Hegan to suddenly become intimate with an eastern Xianbei.
Su Li sat by the campfire, lighting the fire, "For many years, so many people have wanted to invade the Han's territory... I heard someone say something before... The Huns and the Han had been fighting for two hundred years.
Right? What did the Huns get? How much land do the Huns occupy now? When the Huns were at their most powerful, they were said to have millions of people, but what about now?"
Mo Huba hummed and felt a little emotional.
"Let me tell you, this Han Chinese can only collapse on his own..." Su Li exhaled a long breath, "It's like the king of us Shiwei people fighting against the king... Seeing that the Han people are about to fight on their own... the result
Look... I just said what the beggar Fuhe was doing. He was so stupid that he got us involved. The Han people are on guard now... Whether we have a chance depends on whether the Han people fight fiercely or not.
...As soon as Qi Fuhe, that fool, makes some big alliance, won’t the Han people start beating us up? What chance does this have?”
Mo Huba nodded, "Yes, Shanyu is right."
"What kind of Chanyu is not Chanyu? They are all played in disguise..." Suli waved his hand and said, "Then the Han people are hiding from me, and I will also be hiding from the Han people... That's all. Don't mention the Chanyu."
Yeah, that’s what outsiders call me... My brothers are so angry when they call me that..."
"Then you...are you still thinking about Yuyang?" Mo Huba asked directly without being polite.
"..." Su Li's eyelids stood up, revealing a bit of fierceness, "To be honest, brother, this is the hatred in my heart!"
"That's why you joined forces with the Han people over there, just to lure the Han people over there?" Mo Huba nodded, "I understand, but in this case...how are you going to get rid of the Han people over there?"
Su Li sighed, "It all depends on whether the negotiation between the Japanese and the land goes smoothly... If it goes well, it's best. If it doesn't go well, you may have to get some skin bruises..."
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Accompanied by several barbarian people, the Rilu family found the Hussar Northern Territory scouts, and without saying a word, they all dismounted and knelt on the ground with a puff, which made the Hussar scouts immediately stunned...
After hearing that the Rilu family said that they were envoys, the Hussars scouts did not deliberately embarrass the Rilu family. After confiscating their weapons, they took the Rilu family to find Zhang He.
When the Lu family saw Zhang He that day, Zhang He was eating.
Zhang He didn't pay much attention to food when he was out on the march. Although as a Han general, Zhang He could be given extra rations of bacon, meat pickles, etc., and he could also let his guards make a small stove by themselves, but he found it troublesome. Most of the time, he
It was a big pot of rice, but with some extra side dishes and the like. At most, he would cook an extra pot of bacon pimple soup, and then share the meal with his guards and others.
Zhang He was indeed a little surprised when he saw the Rilu family members and others.
"Dear General..." The Riku family smiled like a dog's tail swaying in the wind. He sniffed, as if smelling some rice, "Your generosity and kindness are like heaven."
Like the sun, it warms the hearts of all of us..."
Zhang He couldn't help but raise his head and glance at the sky.
The sky is gloomy.
"Stop talking nonsense, what is going on?" Zhang He didn't like to hear flattery, so he interrupted the Japanese and Lu family members' endless flattery and asked directly.
"Uh..." The Riku family members were interrupted, hesitated for a moment, then changed into a crying face, "Dear general, you have to make the decision for us, we are also forced to have no choice...
...There is a Han general in the east, saying that there is an edict from your emperor that forces us to come here to join forces to fight you..."
Halfway through the words, the Rilu family members slightly raised their eyelids to look at Zhang He's face, only to see Zhang He staring at him with a serious face. They quickly shrank their necks, as honest as a quail, "Really?"
...We are all forced..."
Zhang He sneered, "Oh? How come I heard that there are other Xianbei tribes who have come to your side to unite and jointly carry out major events?"
The Rilu family members waved their hands repeatedly, "The general has misunderstood. It's not a big deal at all! They were all forced. Even the leader of the Xianbei tribe that the general mentioned was killed by a Han general somewhere in the east..."
"Huh? Kill?" Zhang He raised his eyebrows.
This news surprised Zhang He.
The Riku family nodded, "Yes! Respected General... That's it. We don't want to fight, we just want to survive this cold winter, but the scattered tribes are too small in the face of such a cold winter... So we
The purpose of gathering is to bring the power of scattered tribes together, so that more people can survive...The result, the result..."
The Rilu family members sighed, "I don't know why, but the Han people in the east found out about it. He led his people and found us with the emperor's edict, demanding that we follow him to attack Changshan New City... How dare we, so
We fled to the Black Stone Forest... Dear general, you see, the Black Stone Forest is to the north and Changshan New City is to the south. If we really want to attack Changshan New City, we will not go to the Black Stone Forest..."
Zhang He pondered.
He didn't believe in the Riku family, but he didn't completely deny the possibility that the Riku family said.
"Before, in the Black Stone Forest, the fool from the Bald-haired Tribe thought that the respected general was in the same group as those Han people in the east... He said that back then... well, I won't talk about what happened back then... He said that the general was here to intercept.
Ours rushed out, and I couldn't stop him..." The Riku family sighed, "But luckily I didn't hurt the respected general, otherwise I wouldn't have the shame to come and ask for an audience with the general..."
Zhang He: "..."
The Rilu family continued, "The people from the Bald Tribe were brought by Qifu Hegan, so when Qifu Hegan saw that the Bald Tribe was damaged, he would rush up, and we people from other tribes couldn't stop them."
Come on...General, look at the whip wounds on my face. They were slapped by Qifu Heqian after he found out about the damage done to the Bald Tribe..."
"Later...then the Han people from the east caught up and asked why we went to the Black Stone Forest instead of attacking Changshan New City, and then..." The Rilu family lowered their heads and prostrated on the ground, "Then they begged Fu Heqian."
After a few arguments with the Han general to the east, he was killed by the Han general... His heads were chopped off and hung outside the camp... He forced us to attack Changshan New City... We are all afraid, General, respect
General, please give us a way to survive..."
Zhang He went through what the Rilu family said before and after, and found that everything seemed to make sense.
But what makes sense in the world may not necessarily be the truth.
Zhang He also asked about Cao's army's strength, leadership, equipment, etc., and the Japanese and Lu family members did not hide anything. They even described the ratio of Cao's army in detail, such as how many people and horses there were, how many were wearing vests, and how many were wearing leather armor.
how many……
Zhang He thus gained a more intuitive understanding of the strength of Cao's army. Even when Zhang He asked some details about Cao's army, the Japanese and Lu family members were able to answer them, which made Zhang He more inclined to believe that Cao's army had really arrived.
The Black Stone Forest.
Because Zhang He had stayed with Cao Jun back then, he knew some of Cao Jun's organizational situation, so the questions he asked were relatively targeted questions. If he hadn't actually met Cao Jun, the Japanese and Lu family members would definitely not be able to answer them.
But once it was confirmed that Cao Jun was indeed at the Black Stone Forest, Zhang He didn't feel very happy.
Because this means that he is about to face his old club directly...
Although Zhang He had made some mental preparations before, when the day actually came, he still couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and this emotion that came out in vain also prevented Zhang He from being able to identify the Japanese and Lu family members in detail.
How many lies are mixed with the truth?
It is actually not difficult to identify lies, but it is very difficult to find out which part of the truth is false.
So Zhang He could only report the whole matter to Changshan New City urgently...
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Black Stone Forest.
In the temporary camp of Cao Jun.
A group of Cao Jun soldiers gathered together and chattered.
Perhaps because of fear, perhaps because of uneasiness, perhaps because of arrogance, perhaps because of arrogance, all kinds of complex emotions are intertwined together, which naturally makes each soldier not very satisfied with the results of this attack on the Black Stone Forest.
Unite.
"It's really boring to run so far and end up beating up a bunch of barbarians."
"Hey, what else do you want to do to be interesting?"
"Look at these barbarians, aren't they all like this? We fought like this before, and we still fight like this now. It hasn't changed at all. What's the point of it? I think it's not as interesting as fighting Changshan."
"Are you stupid to fight Changshan? Changshan is just a pocket. It's easy to get in but hard to get out! Idiot, get out of here, I'm too lazy to make noises with you."
"Uh-huh, talk nicely, are you really getting anxious while talking?"
"You are not impatient, you are interesting, and you don't open your eyes to see how many war horses we have? Even a three-year-old child knows that persimmons have to be picked softly. Is it difficult for you to say that you don't fight the barbarians first to get the war horses?"
Are you going to hit the rocks first? If you are interested, you and the general can apply to be the vanguard and go attack Changshan!"
"Ha, why are you talking?"
"Why are you just talking like this?"
"What are you looking at?"
"Just looking at you!"
The commander of Cao's army rushed over and said, "There is an unprovoked fight in the army, twenty military sticks! Are you two fucking tired of living?!"
"I didn't... didn't do anything..."
"That's right... I didn't do anything, just pulling and pulling..."
Commander Cao Jun pointed at the noses of the two men, "If I hadn't come here, you both would have gone to heaven! Be more honest... Oops, the general is patrolling the camp..."
Cao Chun led his guards and patrolled through the camp.
I don't know if Cao Chun heard it, but when Cao Chun passed by the place where Cao Jun soldiers were stationed, he seemed to glance at it for a moment, intentionally or unintentionally...
Everyone hurriedly acted like cowering quail, and kept silent quietly until Cao Chun walked away. Then they finally breathed out. Commander Cao Jun secretly tilted his head and looked at it, and then gave it to him again.
Just now, the two of them each had a bag in their ears and said, "Go to bed! Damn it, everyone can't do shit, so just fucking cause trouble!"
After Cao Chun returned to the central army tent and sat down, he ordered: "Send an order and ask your men to be more alert at night! Hu people are not so well-behaved!"
A guard took the order and left.
Cao Chun looked at the map on the desk, and after a while he asked again, "Have the scouts explored the surrounding area? How much coal is there? How much kerosene is needed? Can it be ignited?"
One of the guards took the latest report and took a pen to mark it on the map.
Cao Chun stared at the guard's mark, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
The soldiers in Changshan New City had not moved, which made it difficult for Cao Chun to judge.
Cao Chun's seemingly reckless attack was actually to lure out the hussars in Changshan New City. As long as the hussars were dispatched, he could follow the marching arrangements, camps, and even scout arrangements, marching rhythm, etc. of the hussars.
On the other hand, let’s see if our old rival Zhao Yun is here.
Cao Chun knew that he was no match for Zhao Yun, but if Zhao Yun was gone...
After killing Qifu Heqian, there happened to be a head to give to Youbei and Jizhou behind.
In this way, even if Xiahou Shang died in Changshan, it would still be justified.
besides……
"Xiahou..." Thinking of Xiahou Shang, Cao Chun couldn't help but think of another cavalry general, Xia Houyuan.
Although Cao Cao said that he would naturally be more inclined to and take care of Cao Chun, but in order to take care of the Xiahou family's face, he would also be slightly biased towards Xiahou Yuan. At the same time, Xiahou Dun was basically the military logistics manager.
This means that although Xia Houyuan established his cavalry later than Cao Chun, his equipment is not much worse than Cao Chun's.
The only thing that can widen the gap is the war horse.
Therefore, this attack also has the effect of deterring the Hu people, making these Hu people understand that the Han people in Changshan are not easy to mess with, and the Han people in Youbei are also not easy to mess with!
It has always been human nature to bully the weak and fear the strong.
Cao Chun said again, "If I remember correctly, the person in the third account named C is a subordinate of Marquis Li Jun, right?"
"It's Marquis Li Jun." The guard confirmed.
Cao Chun said indifferently, "Let him take his men to find some trouble with Su Li early tomorrow morning. It's best to have a fight and shed some blood... I heard the soldiers in the camp said it was boring... Just
Find something interesting for them to do..."
"What the general means..." The guard needs to confirm more clearly.
"That old guy is like a fox... You can't see clearly what he wants to do without forcing... The old guy can hide it very well, but the same cannot be said for his soldiers..." Cao Chun said half of the sentence
After that, he was silent for a while, not sure if he was talking about Su Li, Zhao Yun, or himself, "People will always make mistakes... but as long as you make fewer mistakes than others, you will win..."
