Xiang Yu fights the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 23 Recruiting the Rebels
"General Xiang, what should we do with these captives of the Southern Huns rebels?" asked one of Xiang Yu's lieutenants.

Standing on the high platform, Xiang Yu looked at the camp that was covered with scattered corpses and armor after a night of fierce fighting. He drew his sword from his waist.

As he slowly walked towards a Southern Huns rebel prisoner in front of him step by step, the soldiers around him and many other prisoners all turned their eyes to him, and many of them felt their hearts aroused at this moment, as if Xiang Yu Every step you take is heavy.

Finally Xiang Yu came up to the captive. He knelt on the ground, his hands and feet were tightly bound with ropes, his face and body were covered with blood and mud, his eyes were loose and bloodshot, as if he had a little desire to survive. All gone, watching Xiang Yu slowly raise the sword in his hand, neither struggling nor shouting, not even willing to raise his head.

"What's your name?"

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

A moment later, the Southern Huns rebel prisoner in front of him, who seemed to be ready to die, slowly raised his head, and several hoarse and broken voices came out from his cracked throat.

"Bu Jie. My name is Bu Jie"

His voice was stretched very long, and while he was talking, he squeezed his chapped lips with difficulty.

"Then what about you?" Xiang Yu raised the sword in his hand again, and pointed at another captive of the Southern Huns rebels beside him. "May I have your name?"

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

"Okay!" Xiang Yu also shouted loudly, and without warning, he slashed down with his sword!
However, there were no screams, no head falling to the ground, and no blood splattering, but the rope binding the rebel named Jinzhui had already been cut off by Xiang Yu's sword, and then there was another sword after another. The rope on the rebel's body has been cut by Xiang Yu.

"General Xiang?" Seeing this scene, some of Xiang Yu's soldiers couldn't help being shocked. The rebels who were finally captured after a night of fierce fighting, are they going to be released just like that?

"I don't care what the reason is for you to rebel, and I don't care what you originally did or whose subordinates, I, Xiang Ji, will give you a chance to choose now." Xiang Yu's voice was so loud that it could almost make everyone around Everyone in the camp heard. "The first way, you can surrender to me, and you will follow me as my soldiers from now on. The second way, you can choose to go back, and then take up your weapons again and fight with me on the battlefield. The third way There is a way for you to leave here far away, and never appear in front of my eyes again!"

"General Xiang, I'm afraid this is inappropriate!" One of Xiang Yu's lieutenants came to Xiang Yu's side. "These barbarians have changeable temperaments, and they swear to rebel every day. They must not be allowed to be recruited, otherwise it will be a big disaster in the future!"

"At the same time, we can't let them go. That would be like letting the tiger go back to the mountain. Our number is limited and we have been deep into the grassland for a while. The logistics supply is becoming more and more difficult. I am afraid that we will not be able to fight the bandits for a long time." The lieutenant continued. "In my humble opinion, I must kill him today to avoid future troubles!"

After hearing this, Xiang Yu remained expressionless, but gently stroked the edge of the sword in his hand.

If it was Xiang Yu in his previous life, he would have made the decision to kill all the rebel captives 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 his previous life. big difference.

In his previous life, he was taught and helped by his uncle Xiang Liang since he was a child. Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu were the descendants of Xiang Yan, a famous general of Chu State in the late Warring States period. , and not long after the demise of the six kingdoms, Xiang Yan's prestige still survived, so when Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu raised their troops to revolt, they were able to get a group response.

It is very important to be born in that era, even if you are just a fallen nobleman, you still have some potential political resources at least, this is like Liu Bei always saying that he is the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan wherever he goes, even if Liu Bei is poor and white , relying on this layer of aristocratic blood, which may or may not be present, can at least gain a foothold.

However, Xiang Yu now has neither the invincible physical talent of the previous life, nor the blood and inheritance of the nobles, nor the help of clansmen 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 this troubled world, how can he rise without any political resources?
He needs people, he needs an army, he needs an army and power that is completely his own, and the cavalry unit he is leading is still Dong Zhuo's subordinate after all, so although he needs military exploits, he needs more heads on the battlefield to come. He won meritorious service for himself, but he also had to try to consider another plan to integrate some Huns into his army.

After two years of getting along, Xiang Yu has a certain understanding of Dong Zhuo. He knows that Dong Zhuo is also of Hu or Qiang blood. When he was young, he had a good relationship 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 blood soldiers.

These troops from Xiliang are very loyal to Dong Zhuo, but compared to the source of these young soldiers under his own, it is much more complicated. In order to find so many talented young soldiers, it is necessary to There is no way to recruit soldiers from only one place, so in fact, these soldiers under Xiang Yu are relatively diversified in terms of the source of soldiers. From this perspective, it seems that it is not completely impossible to mix in some soldiers with Hun blood.

As for the reasons why the lieutenant general told him that he could not accept these rebels, Xiang Yu felt that they were all irrelevant. It may be true to say that these Hun rebels are changeable and easy to rebel, but Xiang Yu knows that any rebellion has its own reasons. The reason, just as he was one of the many rebels in the world for the Qin Dynasty in his previous life, he more or less knew the root cause of the rebellion of these Southern Huns rebels, so he felt that this reason was very ridiculous.

As for the second point of the so-called letting the tiger go back to the mountain, Xiang Yu has great confidence in his ability to command and fight. He believes that after the battle with him, the Southern Huns rebels will never have the strength and courage Think of yourself as a tiger, at most a group of wild cats, it's nothing to worry about.

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

Xiang Yu's voice was high-pitched and full of coercion. It was a confident top-down momentum. At this time, when the rebel prisoners heard that they still had a chance to live, they all looked at each other in blank dismay. They talked to each other in a low voice in the Hun dialect that they didn't understand.

"I surrender, I would like to return to the general, from now on only the general will follow!"

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

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

Only a few Xiongnu rebels chose the second or third route, and Xiang Yu did what he said, and did not embarrass them, but let them go directly, and even provided them with some water and food .

(End of this chapter)