General Qin

After the owl headed Chen Yu, Zhao Tuo felt a little settled.

Fighting with military skills on the frontal battlefield, he is not afraid of anyone.

But for those assassins hiding in the gutter, planning to assassinate at any time, Zhao Tuo was still a little frightened.

As far as he knows, there are many strong people who were killed by assassins in history. In the past, there were Wu Wangliao and Han Xiangxialei, and in later generations there were great generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as She and Cen Peng. Even he himself had just experienced an attempted assassination .

"It's a good thing that Chen Yu is dead. In addition to capturing Zhao Jia, he killed Chen Yu and Zhao Xie by the way, and even gave a gift of Yan Guo Taifu. King Yan."

Zhao Tuo looked to the north.

There is the direction of Gaoliu.

On the second day, Zhao Guang prepared food, pearls, jade and cloth according to the order.

Zhao Tuo personally led the army to the north and escorted these things to a plain between Pingyi and Gaoliu.

It was the place where Li Shiqi and the Xiongnu Shanyu agreed to trade yesterday. Because of the open terrain, ambush could be prevented.

They want to buy and sell King Yan there.

The Qin army arrived first, and under the command of military officials at all levels, they lined up the army and sent sentry cavalry to cruise around.

Zhao Tuo stood on the chariot, looking at the direction of Gaoliu City in the distance.

Before Yan Wangxi got it, he didn't want to conflict with the Huns.

Getting people first is the most important thing.

But as time passed, the Xiongnu Shanyu, who was originally agreed to come here to trade with the Qin people, did not appear.

"Brother, isn't Shan Yu going back on his word?"

Li Shang couldn't help asking Li Shiqi.

This matter was brought about by his elder brother alone.

A look of embarrassment appeared on Li Shiqi's pale face.

"Don't worry, I don't think those Huns have any sense of time. It may be later."

This Gaoyang drunkard had a rest yesterday. Although his body was still a little weak, he still came forward with his sick body. Just because if this thing is done, he has meritorious service to take. If things were repeated, then his day and night tossing would be in vain.

An hour later than the agreed time, the Huns finally arrived.

He felt the ground trembling first, as tens of thousands of war horses were galloping on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, smoke and dust soared into the sky, and the sound of people neighing.

Then there are countless cavalry rushing towards here.

"A lot of horses."

In the Qin army's formation, many people's faces changed.

Qin has no shortage of cavalry, but it is difficult to produce tens of thousands of cavalry at one time in a war.

The Zhuxia wars in this era were still dominated by infantry, with chariots, cavalry, and infantry working together.

Therefore, few people have seen such a scene full of cavalry and thousands of horses galloping wildly. Seeing it in their eyes, it is unavoidable to be a little frightening.

"Battle array."

Zhao Tuo ordered.

The soldiers of the Qin army immediately changed formation, with strong crossbows in front and spears in the rear.

The halberd soldiers and sword and shield soldiers lined up immediately, ready to fight at any time.

Pairs of eyes stared at the approaching grassland troops.

Perhaps deterred by the immovable momentum of the Qin army, the tens of thousands of grassland people who were galloping finally reined in and stopped before approaching the black army formation ahead.

The two sides were separated by hundreds of meters and confronted each other.

"Although there are a lot of Huns in this era, their equipment and organization are not very good."

The first time Zhao Tuo saw the Huns' army, he naturally had to observe it from a military perspective.

These northern barbarians have tens of thousands of cavalry, and they run with amazing momentum, as if they can crush any enemy.

But according to Zhao Tuo's observation, they didn't really have any formation, and they ran in a mess.

Moreover, these grassland troops did not have a strict order system, no various military flags, and no golden drums representing different meanings. Military orders were issued entirely by one mouth.

Such a combat system is nothing more than scattered sand in the eyes of a veteran like Zhao Tuo.

And according to the information obtained by Meng Tian after fighting with the Huns, the equipment of these Huns is also very poor.

Except for a few nobles and elites, most of the barbarians have no armor and simple weapons. Even the arrows they use are made of bone clusters, which have limited lethality.

However, although these Huns have various shortcomings, it is undeniable that they also have huge advantages compared to Zhuxia's army.

A large number of cavalry, superb equestrian skills, and people who lead bows ride horses and shoot, and open bows left and right, these are difficult for the cavalry of the Qin Army to compare.

"It's not difficult to defeat the Xiongnu's army, but it's very troublesome to annihilate it. Unless it takes a long time to lure the enemy with a conspiracy like Li Mu, there is hope of annihilation. Or get that thing out and cooperate with a large number of cavalry ...But now is not the time."

Zhao Tuo thought secretly.

At this time, in the Xiongnu army, a nobleman led a few cavalry and rode towards the Qin army.

"This is Huyan Tiao, the Marquis of the Left Bone of the Xiongnu. The special representative of Gutu Shanyu came to discuss a deal with General Qin."

An accompanying translator spoke loudly, announcing the identity of the visitor.

"The Marquis of the Left Bone? What kind of Marquis is this? Why are you divided into left and right?"

All Qin generals chanted this strange title.

Zhao Tuo asked for Huyan Tiao to be brought up.

I saw that Huyan Tiao was in his thirties, short and stocky, with a big head and round face, and bowed legs.

This person still has a thick upper lip mustache, pierced earlobes, and a round earring, which is very different from the people of Zhuxia at first glance.

When Hu Yantiao saw Zhao Tuo surrounded by all the Qin troops, he knew that this young man was the chief general of the Qin people.

He couldn't help but be amazed at the youthfulness of the Qin general in front of him, and shouted: "You are the general of these Qin people? Why are you so young!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Shang and all the short soldiers drew their swords one after another, and shouted sharply: "Bold barbarians!"

Behind Huyan Tiao, the knights of the Huns also raised their swords and glared at the Qin people.

Zhao Tuo raised his hand and told the short soldiers to put down their weapons. He stared at Huyan Tiao in front of him with some surprise.

This person can actually speak the words of Zhu Xia, no wonder that Man Danyu sent this person to negotiate.

Zhao Tuo didn't want to get entangled with the barbarians on these trivial matters, so he asked directly: "Our army envoy made an agreement with Shan Yu yesterday to trade Yan Wang here today. We have brought grain, pearls, jade and cloth, and you can send them to Shan Yu." King Yan brought it here."

Hearing this, Huyan Tiao laughed loudly and said: "Hahaha, what a cunning general from Qin, he still wants to deceive us. Don't you think we don't know that the king of Qin State offered a reward of thousands of gold to King Yan, If you bring people back, you can get a lot of wealth. But now you want to exchange people with a few thousand shi of grain and a few carts of goods, this deal is very clever!"

The faces of all the Qin people changed.

Li Shang was blunt and said angrily, "You nonsense people are talking nonsense. King Yan's reward is only two hundred gold. How can there be a thousand gold! Is a mere king of subjugation worthy of a thousand gold reward!"

Huyan Tiao blinked, how did it change from a thousand gold to two hundred gold again?

He shouted: "No matter how much you get, Da Shanyu said that if you Qin people still want to buy people, what you said yesterday is not enough."

As soon as these words came out, Li Shiqi first said angrily: "Yesterday, I made an agreement with you Shanyu, so why are you going to go back on it today?"

Huyan Tiao snorted, "Repent? Bah, I tell you cunning Qin people, the warriors of the grassland will never be fooled by your tricks. If you really want to make a deal, you have to pay more!"

When the surrounding Qin people heard that the Xiongnu was going to break the contract, they were all furious.

"General, let's fight directly, the barbarians of the barbarians dare to break the contract and blackmail, how can we bow our heads!"

"How dare you break promises when you say good things, we can safely trade with such an untrustworthy country!"

"Yes, what if we agree to their current conditions and they continue to ask for more demanding things, we would rather fight to the death than agree!"

Facing the anger of the crowd, Zhao Tuo stretched out his hand to stop him. With a calm face, he asked indifferently, "How much do you want?"

Seeing those soldiers of the Qin army getting angry, Huyan Tiao was a little apprehensive at first. After all, the Qin army's equipment was so good that he felt that facing him head-on, the Huns might not necessarily be their opponents.

But now, seeing Zhao Tuo's peaceful face, he not only stopped the shouting of his subordinates, but also took the initiative to ask the price.

Coupled with Zhao Tuo's young age, Hu Yantiao underestimated him.

He laughed loudly and said, "Well, I only need you Qin people to provide 30,000 shi of grain, ten carts of pearls, jade and cloth, and... a thousand sets of armor and weapons for you Qin people. This is not much to ask, right? I think this Qin general will definitely Yes."

The original grain was 5,000 shi, but it rose to 30,000 shi.

Five carts of pearl, jade and cloth became ten carts.

A thousand sets of armor and weapons are also needed.

As soon as this condition was stated, everyone in the Qin army became more and more furious.

"Armor and weapons, the sword of the country, can be handed over to the barbarians."

"Hu people are greedy, we will fight them!"

Amidst the anger of all the Qin soldiers, Li Shiqi's face turned green and pale. He didn't expect that what he had promised to do yesterday would repeat itself today. This was a slap in the face on the spot.

Li Shiqi whispered: "General, let me go find that Man Chanyu again and negotiate the price again with him."

Zhao Tuo shook his head.

He raised his head and looked far away, and glanced at the Huns army in the distance.

Tens of thousands of prairie cavalry stared at them, which presumably was a deterrent to the Huns, proving to the Qin people that they had strong force.

Zhao Tuo's eyes fell on Huyan Tiao's face again.

Huyan Tiao was also staring at him.

Zhao Tuo grinned, showing his white teeth.

"I promise you."

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