Wei Ni

Chapter 137: Disaster

Butugen and Kirby have never been on good terms with each other.

Even if they defected and left the fortress now, and the two of them swore an oath to live together as brothers and relatives, they still could not bridge the gap of mutual aggression in the past.

Needless to say, the reason is still a matter of bloodline.

Kirby, who was born in Xianbei, was able to win the support of everyone and dominate Monan with his personal ability and charm. Although Bu Dugen was weak, he was the legitimate successor to Tan Shihuai, the hero of Xianbei.

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and Xianbei can only have one chanyu.

They were destined to fight each other over Shan Yu's position.

Now under the threat of the foreign enemy Wei's military front, although they have temporarily put aside their old hatred and hugged each other for warmth, their status is also equal.

This is why Kirby can worry about being unable to appease Bu Dugen.

In fact, his hunch was right.

When Bu Dugen learned that the Yuzhu Gejian tribe's territory was attacked by the Wei army, he came to Kirby angrily to ask for an explanation.

It's not to question Kirby's ability to command, nor to ask Kirby to punish Yu Zhu Gejian for his negligence, but to ask why Kirby didn't inform him of the fact that reinforcements were recruited from Mobei to assist in the battle.

Yes, he was questioning Kirby's sincerity.

I would like to ask, if Kirby could not even discuss the war schedule with him, without knowing him, but just ignore him and implement it, then what is the point of the peace between the two parties? Even the right to coexistence as equals has been trampled on, so how can we establish the basis for mutual trust, solidarity and unity in dealing with the outside world?

Can Kirby give a satisfactory answer to such a question?

After all, he had no intention of coexisting peacefully with Bu Dugen and ruling the Xianbei tribes together. The purpose of luring it out of the fortress was to weaken Wei's strength in northern Xinjiang and find a suitable opportunity to annex it.

If they successfully defeated the Wei army from the north in this battle, it would be the time for him to step on Bu Dugen's body and be crowned Chanyu, enjoying the cheers of many Xianbei tribes in Monan and Mobei.

Therefore, when faced with Bu Dugen's questioning, he did not explain much.

Instead, he directly promised the benefits he would give.

For example, after successfully defeating the Luoyang Central Army of the Wei State, Bu Dugen's tribe can give priority to searching the battlefield and obtain loot that far exceeds that of him and other tribes.

There are also divisions into their respective territories.

He promised that after the war, all the territories east of Daijun would be divided into the Budugen tribe. The two could follow the old rule of dividing the northern and southern chanyus after the split of the Huns, and each would be called the eastern danyu and the western danyu.

It has to be said that Kirby Neng made great concessions and provided generous compensation.

But he had no regrets at all.

There's no need to be stingy with someone who must be killed, right?

After he has defeated the Wei army and there are no external forces to interfere with the internal annexation of Xianbei, he wants to attack and kill Bu Dugen with ease, and everything promised today will be returned to his hands in the future.

Bu Dugen reluctantly accepted Kirby's concession.

Although he did not believe in Kirby's sincerity, nor was he naive enough to believe that the Xianbei tribe could welcome two Shanyus.

But he, who had just betrayed the Wei State, could not lose Kirby's help in the face of the Wei State's military attack.

In other words, the two sides are just using each other to get what they need.

Kirby was able to lure him out of the country and wanted to find an opportunity to annex his tribe. He was using Kirby's strength to fight against the Wei State. He wanted Kirby to be able to compete with the Wei State so that he could reap the rewards. profit. There are still cracks in the reunion, not to mention that he and Kirby were two tit-for-tat enemies!

In this way, the dispute between the two parties was temporarily resolved.

But a new dispute soon arose.

Regarding the next decision on how to deal with the Wei army, Bu Dugen and Kirby could hold completely opposite opinions.

Kirby was looking for a quick win.

He planned to take advantage of the Wei cavalry who had sneak attacked the Yuzhu Gejian tribe's territory before they returned to Daijun, and immediately launched a strong attack on the Wei army, striving to minimize the impact of the defeat of the Mobei cavalry.

This kind of decision is a bit hasty, but it is also appropriate.

The soldiers who dare to use the sneak attack must be the elite and the absolute main force of the army. If they wait for the Wei cavalry to come back and fight again, they will have to face the Wei army with higher morale and it will be more difficult to win.

But Bu Dugen thinks otherwise.

He pointedly pointed out that the way for nomadic tribes to win against the Central Plains dynasty was to avoid fighting and waste their lives.

The food supplies of the Wei army who came from afar will be exhausted until they are overwhelmed; the Wei army divisions who have been out of the fortress for a long time but cannot find a chance for a decisive battle will be exhausted and the morale of the generals will be low. Only then will there be a chance for a great victory.

Therefore, his suggestion was to allow Kirby to return with the Xianbei coalition army.

Going back to Pingcheng, or even Qiangyin County further north, to lure the Wei army to continue northward, making it more difficult for the Wei army to supply food and fodder.

By then, the enemy will be tired and you will have time to prepare yourself, and it will not be difficult to win!

It is impossible to criticize a plan that knows the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and ourselves, but as soon as Kirby heard it, he rejected it in his heart.

Without him.

He understood Bu Dugen's intention in an instant.

Whether it is a strategy to weaken the army or a man who is well versed in the art of war and uses his own strengths to attack the other's weaknesses, Bu Dugen's selfishness is hidden in these high-sounding rhetoric.

Just ask, he gathered all the die-hard tribes and marched south with a large army, hoping to use this victory to enhance his prestige and prove to all the Xianbei tribe leaders that he was the worthy leader of the grassland after Tan Shihuai!

To withdraw the troops and return to Pingcheng without firing a single shot would not disappoint the tribal leaders~

Furthermore, the Wei army had launched sneak attacks into the heart of the Yuzhu Gejian tribe's territory. How could it be possible that the territories he controlled such as Shanggu, Yuyang County and the Xianbei territory in the east were unprepared? Don't forget that the tribal people who live in these territories are here now. If the Wei cavalry goes there, there is no need to worry about being ambushed.

If these territories are attacked, no matter how willing the tribal leader is to fight for him, he will not stay here.

Finally, he was certain that Wei would not give up its troops so easily.

It’s not like Kirby didn’t know that the Shu troops had not sent troops to Yongliang for two years, and the Jiangdong side still regarded the war as an outing. How could the Wei State, which had almost no war, run out of food and supplies so easily!

Not to mention, he had previously defeated Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou.

The Central Plains dynasties were not as shy as the nomadic peoples in fleeing. The monarchs and ministers of Wei would not give up easily just to save face and demonstrate the power of a great country.

Therefore, Bu Dugen's suggestion contains evil intentions.

The real intention is to make it more difficult for him to become a Shanyu. It is an attempt to make him lose his prestige and lose the support of other tribal leaders, and then replace him!

Therefore, he flatly refused.

And with the prestige accumulated over a long period of time and the support of other tribal leaders, he successfully passed the decision to immediately fight the Wei army.

While giving in to Dugen was indignant, he also laid the foundation for disaster. (End of chapter)

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