Chapter 12 Vision
The insults of wolves and sheep and the thoughts of not being able to be dogs are still in progress. The prisoner Mi and others came to the Hu tribe without fear and explained their purpose.
At this time, when the Central Plains meet with the princes, they can still hold swords. The Hu people are rude and will not check the weapons on their bodies. Doing so will make the tribe feel that the leader is timid.
The illegitimate prisoner Mi Qiang calmed himself. Although the book told many stories about blood splashing in the five-step scattering to form an alliance, the blood was turbulent when I read it, but when I really reached this point, it was considered a warrior who could not shake.
The Ma Milk conveyed the opinion here, that the transaction has been completed, so I hope the Hu people can retreat thirty miles away.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of conversation, the sancang prisoner Mi took a few steps forward, touched his finger on the fuse, and coughed lightly to signal the two warriors behind him to prepare to throw out the exit of the control tent once the negotiation was not reached.
Although he knew some Wu language, he was whispering too quickly, so he could only listen to a rough idea.
Unexpectedly, Ma Milk whispered after a while: "They agreed. Then gather the tribe members to retreat."
The prisoner Mi secretly rubbed his shoulders, rubbing the sweat behind him with his clothes and his clothes to remove the sweat beads that made him feel a little numb and itchy.
It was unexpected that the other party agreed so happily.
After a few more words, he left the tent. The Hu people did not send anyone to threaten to follow, as if they had really reached an agreement.
The prisoner Mi asked Ma Mi, "How could he agree so happily?"
Ma Milk shook her head and smiled, "Maybe they know we are not easy to mess with?"
The others were relieved and headed towards the chariot formation.
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In the tent of the Hu leader, several leaders who wanted to grab more benefits were a little dissatisfied and agreed to retreat. The leader who had previously mocked the tribes near the South China Sea as "sheep". Such words should obviously not be said from such a person.
The leader laughed and said, "What should the wolves do if they want to eat wild horses on the grassland?"
"When you are in groups, stallions are outside and ponies are inside. Even though the wolves are brave, they are not easy to eat horse meat."
"But if you no longer be alert and disperse your migration, the wolves suddenly appear, which will make the horses confused at once."
"They are now forming a formation. Since those timid people as 'sheep' say that they are difficult to form a formation, let them go. They have men and women, and they are walking slowly. Let's take advantage of their inattention and suddenly surround them. Can they still resist?"
"After it is done, if we are willing to change, then we will have more. After changing, we will leave here. The grassland is vast. Our tribes swear to advance and retreat. Are there any other tribes that can stop them?"
"If we refuse to change, the swords, copper, iron, armor, and chariots in their hands will be enough for us to divide them. Even if the southerners in Gaoliu want to take revenge and we escape into the grassland, where will they find them?"
The other leaders woke up and praised them all, but the leader of the tribe who had been grazing near the South China Sea shook his head and said, "This is a matter of not keeping promises. Our tribe will not participate."
He still felt that he was going to go elsewhere by leaving such a good place in the South China Sea because those people didn't know how much benefits there were. He used the excuses of his ancestors as an excuse to refuse, and was firm and difficult to refute.
The leader who decided to accomplish this big event laughed and said, "If you don't do it, we will have more iron pots and there will be no one for you! The wolf will not hunt with the timid fox!"
Since they were not happy, they would part. So the leader who refused to participate in the event received dozens of iron pots and tea that he had agreed to belong to his tribe, and then took the tribe's people away first.
The remaining people discussed it for a while and thought this method was excellent, so they blew the horn and gathered their troops to retreat.
The prisoner Mi and others returned to the chariot formation. Everyone was packing their bags and carefully packing the books.
Several people explained the Hu people's reaction, but were not completely relieved by the Hu people. They decided to stay here for one night and leave early tomorrow morning.
Several more teams were sent to check the situation of the Hu people.
I was speechless all night. Early the next morning, I opened the chain connecting the chariot array and sent cavalry to investigate ten miles away. The large group of people began to retreat to Gaoliu along the way when they came.
I discussed it again last night and decided to be careful not to let the people brought back by Solu Chan come over tens of thousands of miles of trouble but something happened at the doorstep.
So I walked at most twenty miles a day, chose a place to camp early, and dug a good camp. This is not to attack the grassland, so I don’t worry about slowness, and the slower the more I get, the less likely I have problems.
I walked like this for three days, and only 50 miles. Every day, the sun was still high, so I stopped to rest.
On the evening of the third day, the cavalry who went out to reconnaissance had not yet returned, Solusan and others sat together, looking at a simple map.
The handwriting on the map is extremely beautiful, unlike the man's writing, but was drawn along the way by the captive Mi's sister Shu Junzi and others who followed the people who went north to greet him.
It is inevitable that it is not accurate, and it can only be estimated, but the rivers, hills, rough heights and distances, as well as the north and south directions we have walked along the way are marked.
Their location at this time was considered a mountainous area, with several peaks hundreds of steps nearby. Although the large army behind them was still several days away, if everything went well, it would be safe to cross this mountainous area.
Just as everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the cavalry scouts sent out hurriedly returned, gasping for a few breaths, and a very bad news came.
The Hu people seemed to be rushing towards this side. Because of the rich experience of scouts and technical support like Qianlijing, they discovered the actions of the Hu people brigade early.
Even though these people attached too much importance to returning to Central China, they were careful and always maintained the scouts in the distance, otherwise it would not be easy to detect.
The Hu people were more familiar with the terrain here than these people. They could find local living maps where there were mountain passes and plains.
The movement of the car array is slow, and there are many women, children, old and weak inside. Even if they let go every day, as long as the Hu people are willing, they will not be able to escape.
"The Hu people really have different thoughts. It is because we have always defended near Gaoliu for many years and have never attacked. It's really..."
The sanctioned Mi cursed and thought to himself that if this was on Si, which nobles from all countries would dare to underestimate the Mo family's army? They would definitely look forward to the front and back when making decisions.
He thought of the words "A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger" and it was a bit troublesome when he learned books.
Everyone was not panicked and had made plans from the beginning.
Solusan looked through a mountain bag about four or five miles away on the map, and pointed his finger: "Fill the skin with water, I suggest moving the camp now and camping there."
"Once we arrive at the hill, connect the car array, dig the camps, and hold on the mountain. Send twenty more people to drive the horses back, so that we can only keep people, so that we can eat, drink and drink water for a long time. We can defend ourselves, but if we win the counterattack, it will be difficult, so we might as well think firmly, that is, to stand firm and wait for Gao Liu's army to come."
"If they want to surround them, they will surround them. If they want to attack, they can't even break them. I hope they will attack..."
Everyone agreed with the idea of retreating to the hills to meet the enemy, but Soluchan's last words were puzzled by the words that were looking forward to their attack.
Soluchan smiled and said, "Now it's close to Gaoliu. Are you afraid that Qu General will not come to pick him up if he is not on his way?"
This is naturally impossible within the Mohist school, and from the beginning, Gao Liu attached great importance to the welcome to Solu Chan's return.
Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Soluchan asked again: "Are you afraid that they will break through our defense?"
Everyone shook their heads again.
Defending the city and siegeing is a technical task. The most conservative way to fight farming against nomads is to defend the city based on the city and then organize mobile forces to counterattack.
The Hu people can't attack cities. If you want to learn how to attack cities, you must first learn to build cities. Moreover, you have few iron and bronze ware in your hands. Siegeing the city is undoubtedly a dream.
Although it is impossible to build a city here, everyone guards the mountain and builds camps. Everyone has the advantage of muskets, artillery, and thunder. They are not afraid of the siege of the Hu people... Especially the army is less than 200 miles behind them, so they are naturally not afraid of it.
The prisoner Mi said inexplicably: "If the Hu people surrounded him and did not attack, they would retreat naturally when the army came. Why do you think they would be looking forward to attacking? Our mission is to bring you back safely..."
Soluchan laughed for a long time and said, "Since they can't conquer, we are safe. Then we must do more to benefit the world."
"We are now able to fight with women and children. How many are there 600 people? But there are only four companies, half a brigade."
"I ask you, if you enter the grassland, it is boundless, is it easier for ten thousand people to travel? Or is it easier for thousands of people to travel?"
The people present have high and low positions, but they have also received some basic strategic and tactical education, and are aware of the terrible pressure of logistics.
Moreover, the speed of ten thousand people traveling is definitely not as fast as the speed of hundreds of people. Moreover, it takes at least one or two years to mobilize ten thousand people to go on the expedition, otherwise it will not be able to hold on or support it at all. And an expedition raid of more than a thousand people is easier, and it can even be guaranteed to be once every three or four months.
This seems to be a question that has nothing to do with the question asked by the gang captain Mi, but in the end, the gang captain Mi is only a low-ranking officer, and the gap between the overall situation and Solusan is still obvious.
Soluchan stretched out a finger and said, "Six hundred people, if more than ten thousand Hu people besieged for several days, they cannot be defeated. I ask you, if we send thousands of people in the future, those tribes dare to go to one or two tribes if they want to deal with us? Six hundred people can't even conquer them. After the battle, our brigade entered the grassland. They were not as strong as 20,000, and they dared not attack at all."
"Twenty thousand young and strong, how many tribes are gathered together? How difficult is it to act together?"
"When a voyage enters and leaves the grassland, Gaoliu can support it. I returned from the west and saw many tribes on the grassland. The food of the jungle is combined into one and becomes stronger day by day, which is not allowed."
Chapter completed!