The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 908: A plan within a plan [Subscribe*Ask for monthly tickets]

Bai Qingshan frowned, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, my king. If the Red Flame Cavalry wants to attack the royal court, they will have to step over Qingshan's body first!"

As for Bai Qingshan's body, they had buried it eight feet underground a long time ago, and the grass on his grave might have been replaced several times.

"Everyone is pessimistic about us, but you, Qingshan, are the most promising and the one that makes me most assured!" King Donghu patted Bai Qingshan's shoulder with emotion.

The majority of the royal court surrendered. If Bingzhou had not refused to accept their surrender, the surrender faction might have occupied even more seats. However, Bai Qingshan, the man he had promoted, was the only one he felt most at ease with, and he always believed that he could win.

"How should we fight next?" King Donghu continued to ask.

"There are quite a few people who are just sitting there waiting to eat in the king's tent. It would be fine at normal times, but now that the Red Flame Cavalry is coming with such force, there is no need for these people to be kept alive. Throwing them out can create some obstacles for the Red Flame Cavalry!" Bai Qingshan said with a smile.

"But, they are my beloved relatives after all!" King Donghu hesitated.

There are scoundrels everywhere, especially among the royal children who are treated like pigs by the royal family.

"The royal court has raised them for so long, it's time for them to contribute. Once they are annihilated by the Red Flame Cavalry, their wealth and tribes will all belong to the Great Khan!" Bai Qingshan knew that the King of Donghu did not care about the life or death of these royal children. He was just afraid that they would resist, so he wanted to have a reason and a way out.

King Donghu's eyes lit up. He thought about the wealth and women of those royal children. Once these people were taken away to die, wouldn't they all be his?
"Moreover, among the new army, the number of royal cavalry is only a minority. If you want the new army to serve the royal tent, then these people must die. Even the royal family has to go to the battlefield, what reason do they have not to go?" Bai Qingshan continued.

The King of Donghu narrowed his eyes, it seemed to be true. The morale of the army was too low. If these pigs were sent to deliver the troops, it would be considered a contribution to Donghu.

At least with the royal children leading the charge, morale can be greatly boosted.

"Except for the new army, the same goes for the other major tribes. After the royal family is sent off, it will be the turn of the major tribes to move forward." Bai Qingshan said bit by bit.

The era of looting on the grasslands to the south was a long time ago, and who knows how much gold and jade have been stockpiled. Taking advantage of this opportunity, all the gold, silver and treasures were gathered together. They would only be placed temporarily in the Donghu royal court, and eventually they would return to the hands of China. When the Donghu was destroyed, these treasures would also be turned over to the Bingzhou treasury.

Rather than waiting until after the war and then searching everywhere, it is better to gather them together first.

The King of Donghu nodded and agreed with Bai Qingshan's suggestion.

Even if he died, he would be able to possess the endless wealth of the entire Donghu before he died. He could even die with these treasures before Bingzhou broke through the royal court. He would not leave any of them in Bingzhou, but hide them in an uninhabited place as his own burial objects.

"I agree with this matter. Qingshan, you go and discuss it with the Prime Minister and see what to do!" King Donghu said with relief.

Bai Qingshan nodded, left the king's tent, and found the "Prime Minister of Donghu".

"After all, they are members of the royal family. It's not easy to deal with them!" said the substitute prime minister with a frown.

If the royal family is dragged away, there will be chaos.

"It's not up to them!" Bai Qingshan sneered.

The army is in my hands, so whoever I order to go will die.
If you don't accept it, you will never have the chance to see the Great Chanyu again.

Therefore, Bai Qingshan placed the entire tribe of the Donghu royal family to the front line on the pretext of changing the army's defense.

For a moment, the entire Donghu was shocked.

Especially the big tribes of Donghu. "Has Dadan Yu gone crazy?" All the big tribes had originally planned to lie low and wait for their identity certificates to be replaced, but they didn't expect the royal court to be so bold as to throw all the royal children to the front line.

In this case, they seem to have to have some blood and courage to resist and struggle.

After all, if the royal court was defeated, these people would not have a good ending.

Instead of waiting to die, it is better to follow Wang Ting and risk everything!
What if I really win? Everyone has their own dreams!
Therefore, when Bai Qingshan ordered the major tribes to form a second line of defense, none of the major tribes objected.

After all, the royal family is at the forefront of them, what reason do they have to object?

Bai Qingshan also took advantage of the information gap. He first explained to all the major tribes that the royal family was on the front line, and only then informed the royal family members.

In this way, if the Donghu royal family wanted to object during the meeting in the royal tent, the entire Donghu would not be able to set up camp.

Under the watchful eyes of the new army and the major tribes, no matter how reluctant the royal children were, they were invited to the outermost part of the royal court to form the first line of defense, followed by the second line of defense formed by the major tribes.

The "Prime Minister of Donghu" couldn't understand Bai Qingshan's actions. "Boss, if you do this, it seems that Donghu may really be in a desperate situation!"

In this way, the morale of the Donghu people seemed to be really boosted to the extreme, and everyone was united.

"If we keep making stupid moves, ten people will suspect that we are spies!" Bai Qingshan shook his head.

The King of Donghu is not an idiot, otherwise he would not have been able to fight his way out of the wolf rules of the grassland and become the Great Khan of Donghu.

The reason why he could rise to such a position was that he really had plans for the King of Donghu, but the plans were all good, but things went wrong in the end.

Therefore, although Donghu suffered repeated defeats in battles, he was able to rise all the way to become the third most important figure in Donghu and the absolute confidant of the Donghu king.

The reason for the defeat was not because of problems with his plan, but because of problems with the way the troops were led and because the enemy was too strong.

The plan this time is the same. The King of Donghu agreed to it not only because he could get the gold, silver and treasures accumulated by the royal family for generations, but also because this plan is beneficial to Donghu and it is really possible to block the Red Flame Cavalry Peak.

If he fails to convince the King of Donghu, the new army will not be led by him, but by the King of Donghu himself, and all kinds of uncontrollable accidents will occur in that case.

The current plan was proposed by him, and by then the entire war between Donghu and Chiyanqi will be centered around him, while the King of Donghu will continue to retreat behind the scenes.

If the Red Flame Cavalry couldn't win even with the strategic deployment he had personally planned, Bai Qingshan thought he could ask His Majesty to replace the army with other generals.

What’s more important is that the King of Donghu will run away!
If the royal family is left around the royal court and tent, when things become impossible to do, the King of Donghu will really take his people away, and at that time, he will not be able to stop them.

Now that all the royal family members have been thrown out, when the Red Flame Cavalry arrives at the royal court, even if the King of Donghu wants to escape, he will not be able to do so.

This is Bai Qingshan’s ultimate goal.

It would not be easy to chase a grassland Khan who was determined to escape, even for the Red Flame Cavalry.

Just like when the Dayuezhi and the Xiongnu really wanted to escape, Bingzhou was really helpless.

(End of this chapter)