The two sides looked at each other across the river.
Wang Ding has ordered people to cut down trees and build ships, pretending to be crossing the river.
There are only a few small boats at the Yellow River ferry, and Wang Ding has more than 10,000 troops. It is not easy to cross the river.
Moreover, we have to worry that after crossing the river, we will be attacked by the Qiang people before we get a foothold.
As a good young man in the 21st century, Wang Ding still has this common sense after having withstood the test of nine years of compulsory education.
After all, those books are not for nothing.
When I watched it, I thought those generals were really idiots.
But now it's his turn to go into battle. Faced with this situation, it seems that there is really no other way besides crossing the river head-on.
Even if there is really no other way, Wang Ding, who has seen countless examples in history books, will not really want to cross the river in front of the Qiang people.
After all, Song Xianggong is also a rare talent. There should be no one among the Qiang people who is more moral than Song Xianggong.
Now that he is building a ship in front of the Qiang people, Wang Ding just wants to paralyze the Qiang people.
For several days, both parties were in peace.
Wang Ding is looking for an opportunity, and the Qiang people are waiting for the Han army to cross the river.
Every day, Wang Ding would lead a group of people to observe along the Yellow River, trying to find an easy point to cross the river.
However, the current of the Yellow River is turbulent, and it is not easy to find an easy point to cross the river.
But Wang Ding did not give up, but Wang Ding had not yet found a crossing point, and the Qiang people could not sit still for a while, so they actually sent an envoy to cross the river in a small boat.
Wang Ding hid and asked Jia Xu to see him.
Then Wang Dingcai asked Jia Xu what the Qiang envoy wanted to do.
Jia Xu said: "It's just an ordinary messenger, nothing special. The other party wants to negotiate peace."
Facing Wang Ding's army, the Qiang people on the other side of the Yellow River were under a mountain of pressure.
They really couldn't understand why Wang Ding insisted on fighting them and why he couldn't leave them a way to survive.
The Qiang army united by more than a dozen tribes, large and small, is not in harmony internally.
The same intrigues, the same intrigues, some people want the warriors of their tribe to hide behind and watch the show.
Some people think about how to let others be cannon fodder and then rob other tribes’ assets.
The Qiang tribe was originally a scattered mess, but now they are just fighting together. Even if there are more people than the Han army, their combat power is really not as good as that of the Han army.
Wang Dingdao: "Sir, is there anything you can do?"
Jia Xu said: "Differentiation."
Jia Xu didn't know the internal situation of the Qiang people at first, but he had just met the Qiang envoy, and he already knew the situation on the Qiang people's side.
Perhaps the Qiang envoy didn't even know that his seemingly irrelevant words allowed Jia Xu to figure out their situation.
Since the Qiang people have different ideas, it is easier to differentiate.
Wang Dingdao: "How to differentiate?"
Jia Xu said: "First contact some tribesmen secretly, promise them benefits, and win them over."
Wang Dingdao: "Sir, which tribes do you think it would be best to win over?"
Jia Xu said: "There are several tribes that are similar. As long as you don't choose the strongest, you can't choose too weak."
The strongest ones are not easy to win over.
Those who are too weak will not be able to resist other tribes even if they win over them.
Wang Ding took out the information from Fan Chou's previous investigation, which contained information about many tribes.
Wang Ding handed the information to Jia Xu and said at the same time: "What do you think of the Niu Li tribe, sir?"
Jia Xu looked at it and said, "Okay."
Wang Ding said: "Okay, I'll get ready right now."
The Niu Li tribe has 8,000 people, but their life is not good. For a tribe of 8,000 people, there are only less than 10,000 cattle and sheep in the tribe. Moreover, the proportion of women and children is also higher.
Compared to several other tribes, the Niu Li tribe probably doesn’t want to fight the least.
The experience of the Shaoke tribe is right before our eyes.
There are only a small number of adult men in the tribe, and if some die in the war, the Niuli tribe will decline.
Wang Ding thought for a while and called Li Su.
"Lord." Li Su said, cupping his fists. He didn't quite know why Wang Ding suddenly called him.
Wang Dingdao: "Would you like to speak to the leader of the Jiangniu Li tribe?"
Li Su was startled. He was willing to surrender to Lu Bu in the first place because he and Lu Bu were from the same hometown and Li Su knew Lu Bu's character.
But now, we have to cross the river to join the Qiang army.
Li Su knew the danger.
The Qiang people don't care so much. If they fail to convince the other party, he may never come back.
Wang Ding said: "You don't want to go?"
Li Su immediately came to his senses and said: "I am willing to go."
Even if it meant death, Li Su would not dare to refuse.
Wang Dingdao: "Contact the Niu Li tribe first and see what conditions the other party has. If the other party is not easy to talk to, then go to the Rooster tribe."
Li Sudao: "Here."
Wang Ding also gave another batch of gold and silver and asked Li Su to deliver it when the time came.
Li Su was already familiar with the matter of surrender. He quickly prepared a small boat, but still took a slight detour, chose a deserted place, and quietly crossed the Yellow River with a bag of gold and silver.
Arriving at the north bank of the Yellow River, Li Su was not in a hurry to meet the leader of the Niu Li tribe.
The Qiang army on the north bank of the Yellow River is not all stationed together, but is stationed separately according to their respective tribes.
Even the food and grass are supplied by the tribe itself.
Li Su secretly observed for a day and then quietly came to Niu Li tribe.
As soon as Li Su appeared, he was grabbed by several Qiang warriors.
"The spies of the Han army actually dared to come and investigate the Niu Li tribe."
Li Su said calmly: "Let go, let go, I am the envoy of the Han army and I am here to see the leader of the Niu Li tribe."
Li Su stated that as an envoy, he must not look panicked.
The more confident and stable you are, the more you can convince others.
If you show a slight panic, you are more likely to be killed.
The Qiang warriors who captured Li Su did not let him go when they saw what Li Su said. They tied his hands before escorting Li Su to their leader.
"Who are you?" Niu Shisan, the leader of the Niu Li tribe, asked.
Li Su said proudly: "Is this how the Niu Li tribe treats the Han Angel?"
As he spoke, Li Su stretched out his bound hands.
As an envoy, he cannot talk to the people of the Niuli tribe like a prisoner.
With his hands tied, even if what he says is 70 percent true, it won't be convincing.
Niu Shisan said: "Untie him."
The Qiang warrior who pressed Li Su in, obediently untied the rope tied to Li Su's hands.
Li Su moved his hands, raised his head slightly, and said, "I am Li Su, the great general of the Han Dynasty."
The momentum he displayed at this moment was completely different from the momentum he showed when he went to talk about surrendering to Lu Bu.
Niu Shisan is sitting in a high position, and Li Su is standing below.
But the one who stood high above seemed to be Li Su with his head raised. He looked at Niu Shisan with a little contempt.