warring states careerist

Chapter 424
The insults about wolves and sheep and the thinking about being a dog are still in progress. The concubine Mi and others came to the Hu tribe without fear and explained their purpose.

At this time in the Central Plains, when you meet the princes, you can still hold a sword. The Hu people are rude, and they will not check their weapons. Doing so will make the tribe feel that the leader is timid.

Mi Qiang, the concubine, kept calm. Although there were many stories in the book about how blood was splashed in five steps to form an alliance, the blood was boiling when I read it, but when I really got to this step, it is enough to be able to do both without trembling. warrior.

The horse milk conveyed the opinion here, that is, the transaction has been completed, so I hope that the Hu people can retreat thirty miles.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the conversation, the concubine took a few steps forward, touched the fire rope with her finger, and gave a light cough to signal the two warriors behind her to be ready to throw out the exit of the control tent immediately if they could not reach an agreement.

Although he understands some nonsense, but the muttering is too fast, he can only hear the general idea.

After a while, the mare whispered: "They agreed. Now gather the tribe and retreat."

The concubine Mi secretly rubbed his shoulders, letting the sweat behind him rub against his clothes to eliminate the sweat beads that made him feel a little itchy.

It was unexpected that the other party agreed so happily.

After exchanging a few more words, they left the tent, and the Hu people did not send anyone to threaten to follow, as if they had really reached an agreement.

The concubine Mi asked Ma Nai, "Why did you agree so happily?"

Ma Nai shook her head and said with a smile, "Maybe they know we are not easy to provoke?"

The rest of the people also breathed a sigh of relief, and rode their horses back towards the chariot formation.

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In the tent of the leader of the Hu people, several leaders who wanted to grab more benefits were a little dissatisfied. The leader who agreed to retreat was the same leader who laughed at the tribes near the South China Sea as "sheep". Such people say it out of their mouths.

The leader laughed loudly and said, "If the wolf wants to eat the wild horses on the grassland, what should we do?"

"When there are packs, the male horses are outside and the ponies are inside. Although the wolves are brave, it is not easy to eat horse meat."

"But if you are no longer vigilant and disperse and migrate, the wolves suddenly appear, and they can instantly confuse the horses."

"They are now forming an formation. Since those cowardly people like 'sheep' say that they are difficult to attack, let them go. There are men and women, and they walk slowly. We suddenly surrounded them while they were not paying attention. , can they still resist?"

"After it's finished, if you are willing to change it, then we will ask for more. After changing it, we will leave here. The grassland is vast, and our tribes are sworn to advance and retreat. Is there any other tribe that can block it?"

"If they refuse to exchange, the swords, copper, iron, armor, chariots and horses in their hands are enough for us to share. Even if the southerners in Gaoliu want revenge and we flee to the grassland, where will they find them?"

The rest of the leaders came to their senses and praised one after another. Only the leader of the tribe who had been grazing near the South China Sea shook his head and said, "This is a matter of breaking our promise. Our tribe will not participate."

He still felt that it was because those people didn't know how good it was to be in such a good place as the South China Sea.Using the ancestor's dislike as an excuse to refuse, what he said was categorical, but it was not easy to refute.

The leader who was determined to make this big event laughed and said: "If you don't do it, we will have more iron pots and we won't have yours! Wolves won't hunt together with cowardly foxes!"

Since they were not happy, they had to leave, so the leader who refused to participate in this event received dozens of iron pots and tea leaves that belonged to his own tribe as agreed before, and took the tribe's people away first.

The rest of the people discussed it with each other, and they all felt that this method was very good, so they blew their horns and gathered their troops to retreat.

The concubine Mi and others returned to the car formation, and everyone was packing their bags and packing the books carefully.

Several people explained the Hu people's reaction, but they didn't feel completely at ease with the Hu people. They decided to stay here overnight and leave early tomorrow morning.

A few more teams were sent to check the situation of the Hu people.

There was nothing to say all night, and early in the morning of the second day, the chains connecting the chariots were opened, cavalry was sent ten miles away to scout, and the brigade began to retreat to Gaoliu along the way they came.

They discussed it again last night, and decided to be careful, not to let these people brought back by Suo Lucan have troubles of tens of thousands of miles, but have an accident at the door of their house.

So I walked up to twenty miles a day, selected a place to camp early, and dug a good camp.This is not to attack the grassland, so don't be afraid of being slow, the slower you are, the less likely you will go wrong.

After walking like this for three days, it was only fifty miles, and 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, so Lucan and others sat together, looking at a simple map.

The handwriting on the map is extremely delicate, it doesn't look like it was written by a man, but it was drawn by Shu Pu Mi's sister, Shu Jun Zi, and other people who followed the north to meet them along the way.

It must be inaccurate, it can only be estimated, but the rivers, hills, approximate heights and distances, and north-south directions along the way are all marked.

The location they were in at this time was considered a mountainous area, and there were several hundreds of steps of mountains nearby.Although there are still several days' journey for the large troops to meet behind, if everything goes well, it will be considered safe to cross this mountainous area.

Just when everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the cavalry scouts who had been sent out hurried back, panting a few times, and an extremely bad news came.

The barbarians seemed to be heading this way, because the scouts had rich experience and technical support like telescopes, so they discovered the actions of the barbarian brigade early.

It is also because these people pay too much attention to the return to the Middle Earth, and are cautious, always maintaining a distant scout, otherwise it will not be easy to find out.

The Hu people are more familiar with the terrain here than these people. Where there are mountain passes and where there are plains, they can find local living maps.

The movement of the car formation is already slow, and there are many women and children in it, old and weak, so even if they run freely every day, as long as the barbarians have the heart, they will not be able to run no matter what.

"The Hu people really have other ideas. We have been defending around Gaoliu all these years and have never attacked. Really..."

Mi, the concubine, cursed, thinking, if this is on Sishang, which of the nobles of all countries would dare to despise the Mohist army?You will definitely look forward and backward when making a decision.

He thought of the saying "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers", which he learned from books, which was a bit troublesome.

Everyone didn't panic, they had planned for it from the very beginning.

Suo Lucan looked at a mountain bag about four or five miles away from this time on the map, pointed his finger and said: "Fill the skin bag with water, I suggest moving the camp now and camping there."

"Once we reach the hill, connect the chariots, dig the camp, and stand firm on the hill. Then we send 20 people to drive the horses back, and we only keep people, so that we can last longer with food and water. We can defend We can hold on, but if the counterattack wins, it may be difficult, so we might as well hold on firmly and wait for Gaoliu's army to come."

"If they want to encircle, they will encircle. If they want to attack, they will not be able to break through. I hope they will attack..."

Regarding the idea of ​​retreating to the hills to meet the enemy, everyone agreed, except for Suo Lucan's last words that he expected them to attack, which puzzled many young people.

Suolu said with a smile: "Now that we are close to Gaoliu, are you afraid that General Qu will not move forward and come to meet him?"

This is naturally impossible within the Mohist family, and from the very beginning, Gao Liu attached great importance to welcoming Solucan back.

Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Solucan asked again: "Are you afraid that they will break through our defense?"

Everyone shook their heads again.

Defending and besieging a city is a technical activity.The most conservative way to fight against nomadic farming is to defend the city, and then organize mobile forces to counterattack.

Hu people don't know how to attack a city. If you want to learn how to attack a city, you must first learn how to build a city. Moreover, you don't even have a single iron or bronze utensil in your hand. Siege is undoubtedly a dream.

Although there is no way to build a city here, but the people are guarding against the mountains and building camps, and they have the advantage of guns, artillery and iron thunder, so they are not afraid of the barbarians' siege at all... Especially the army is less than [-] miles behind, so naturally they have no fear.

Mi, the concubine, was puzzled and said, "If the barbarians besiege and don't attack, wouldn't it be better for them to retreat naturally when the army arrives? Why do we expect them to attack? Our task is to bring you back safely..."

Suo Lucan laughed for a long time, and said: "Since they can't attack, we are safe. Then we have to do more for the benefit of the world."

"Except for women and children, we still have more than 600 people who can fight. How much is [-] people? It's only four companies, half a brigade too."

"Let me ask you, if you are stationed in the grassland, the vastness is boundless, is it easier for thousands of people to march? Or is it easier for thousands of people to march?"

The positions of the people present were high and low, but they had also received some basic strategic and tactical education, and they all knew the terrible pressure of logistics.

Moreover, the speed of thousands of people marching is definitely not as fast as the speed of hundreds of people marching.Moreover, it will take at least one or two years to mobilize tens of thousands of people to go to war, otherwise it will not be able to sustain and support at all.The expedition raid of more than a thousand people is easier, and it can even be guaranteed once every three or four months.

This seems to be a question that has nothing to do with the question asked by the concubine Pu Mi, but after all, the concubine Prison Mi is only a low-ranking officer, and the gap with Solucan in the overall situation is still obvious.

Suo Lucan stretched out a finger and said: "600 people, if more than 600 Hu people besiege for several days, they can't break through. Let me ask you, if we send a thousand people in the future, those tribes want to deal with us, do you dare to take one or two?" Just one tribe? [-] people are still not enough to attack. After the First World War, our brigade entered the grassland. They were not as light and strong as [-], so they dared not attack at all."

"If [-] people are young and strong, how many tribes must gather together? How difficult is it to join forces?"

"As for a brigade entering and leaving the grassland, Gao Liu can fully support it. When I came back from the west, I saw a lot of tribes in the grassland. The weak and the strong became one and became stronger day by day. This is not allowed."

"We need to rely on this battle to let the barbarians of the grassland know how terrible we are. If a brigade marches on the grassland, they will not dare to fight if there are fewer than [-] people. And we can organize a brigade to enter the grassland at any time... to eradicate the strong and help the weak , helping the weak and defending the strong, this is also in line with the morals of our Mohist... Hahahaha!"

(End of this chapter)