General Qin

"The shame of Jingkang is still unresolved. When will the hatred of the courtiers be wiped out. Drive a long car and step through the gap in Helan Mountain..."

Standing on the gorgeous chariot, Zhao Tuo looked at the towering and continuous mountains in the distance, and the endless green grassland below the mountains, and could not help but whisper in his heart.

These are generous words that he has heard countless times in his previous life. The intense emotion contained in the poem makes Zhao Tuo feel the same whenever he thinks of it, and he wants to burst into anger.

It was the angry and tragic voice of a Chinese hero when he faced the nomadic fishing and hunting people in the north who ravaged the homeland of Zhu Xia and wreaked havoc on China.

Helan Mountain.

This continuous and majestic mountain range straddles the territory of Ningxia and Inner Mongolia in later generations. To the east, you can overlook the Hetao area, to the west is the vast desert, and at your feet is the vast plain known as the frontier of the south of the Yangtze River.

Controlling Helan Mountain is equivalent to controlling thousands of square kilometers of surrounding land.

Therefore, the geographical location of Helan Mountain is very important. If the Central Plains regime seizes this place, it can be used as a base for attacking the northern grasslands when the country is strong.

When the country is in a defensive state in decline, the Central Plains regime can also use Helan Mountain as a protective barrier against the enemy and protect the Guanzhong area.

This is a place that must be contested in military strategy. As long as it is a slightly aggressive Central Plains regime, it will not let Helan Mountain go.

Zhao Tuo, now with the army from Zhuxia, conquered here for the first time.

The black Qin flag fluttered in the wind.

In front of the general's chariot, there are elite cavalry opening the way.

On both sides and rear of the chariot, there are countless mighty and majestic soldiers of the Qin army.

Qin Zu carried a sharp spear and approached Helan Mountain with neat steps.

It's like a black dragon from the land of Sene, winding and circling, wanting to use this place as a habitat.

In the grassland at the foot of Helan Mountain in the distance, tens of thousands of nomads waited in fear.

Pairs of eyes looked nervously at the approaching black army, which was their new master.

"General, the last general obeyed the military order and led the army to make a surprise attack. We defeated the two Yue clans of Guishuang and Xiumi here, and won a complete victory."

The cavalry general Guo Qing galloped to Zhao Tuo's chariot with his personal guards. After giving the military salute, he began to report on the situation of the battle.

"In this battle, our Qin army's cavalry came very quickly, and the Yuezhi people were unprepared. They were caught off guard by our army and successfully completed the "beheading tactic" formulated by the general."

"The Xihou Dalasu supported by the Guishuang tribe was captured by our army, and the Xihou of the Xiumi tribe took advantage of the chaos to escape. The two Xihous fled one by one, making the Yuezhi tribe leaderless here, and were finally defeated by our army. .”

"Oduoga, the Marquis of Guishuang who surrendered to our army, came forward to recruit the Yuezhi people of Guishuang tribe to help our army take this place smoothly."

"In this battle, our army killed more than 1,000 Yueshi cavalrymen, captured about 30,000 cavalry, and more than 40,000 old and weak women and children of Guishuang Yuezhi."

Before Zhao Tuo came, he had already received the report of this battle, and he was no stranger to the numbers inside.

However, when he stood at the foot of Helan Mountain and looked at the tens of thousands of Yuezhi people who were waiting for him to deal with like prisoners in the distance, and then listened to Guo Qing's military report, he felt a sense of agitation in his heart.

"Break through Helan and subdue the people of the grassland. This is the attitude that a powerful Central Plains regime should have!"

"The real kingdom of heaven should defend against the enemy!"

After Zhao Tuo sighed, he turned his attention back to the victory of this battle.

This time, there were not many beheadings. The main reason was that the Qin army attacked too quickly. Before the large Yuezhi troops could react, the war was over.

This is exactly the tactic that Zhao Tuo put forward, "Soldiers are precious and quick, beheading and capturing the king", and the effect is very good.

As for the number of captives, the 30,000 cavalry were mainly from the Guishuang Department.

After all, the 40,000 old and weak women and children of the Guishuang Department are here, and the Guishuang Xihou came forward to appease them. Naturally, not many young and strong people in the department resisted and fled.

"The Hiumi Department ran more than 20,000 rides. If there is no accident, it should go to the pasture occupied by their tribe."

Zhao Tuo didn't care too much.

Of the three tribes of Yuezhi in Henan, he has already surrendered two tribes, and the remaining Fumi tribe, whose courage has been broken, is still lingering on the grasslands in the north.

Next, wait for the Qin army to rest in Helan for a while, and then send a large army north to sweep.

At the same time, he can also send orders to the north to go south, to attack from the north and the south, and to press up with a majestic momentum, just like catching a turtle in a urn, and victory can be expected.

When General Zhao Tuo's team came to the center of the grassland, the tens of thousands of Yuezhi people here all knelt down on the ground under the command of Guishuang Xihou Oduojia, and kowtowed to Zhao Tuo's carriage.

"The humble people of the Yue family are willing to submit to the great emperor of Qin forever, willing to be the eagle dog of the great Qin on the grassland, and will never betray."

"Great General Qin, please forgive the offense of us untouchables, and please spare our lives."

Guishuang Xihou knelt on the ground and begged loudly in the limited broken Qin language he had just learned, his eyes full of fear.

He knew that whether he could survive, and whether the tens of thousands of Guishuang people behind him could survive, all depended on the will of the general.

Behind Guishuang Xihou, tens of thousands of Yuezhi people trembled, kept knocking their heads, and spoke low Yuezhi dialect, begging the Qin general to spare their lives.

Zhao Tuo's face was calm, his gaze swept across the begging Marquis of Guishuang who was kneeling in front of him, and fell on the countless Yuezhi people behind him.

There are young and strong Guishuang with hatred in his eyes, old people with numb faces, and women and children full of fear.

It is said that the Guishuang tribe is the most powerful tribe under the royal court among the Yuezhi tribe.

Even if they were defeated by the Qin army, they still had more than 40,000 old and weak women and children and nearly 30,000 young and strong.

A total of seventy thousand people.

It was suggested that aliens could not be trusted and were in large numbers, and that keeping them alive was a threat.

It's better to kill all the useless old people and nearly 30,000 Yuezhi young men. This will not only reduce the burden on the Qin army, but also so many first-level military achievements are enough to inspire the soldiers of the Qin army.

Women and children can be taken back to Serene as slaves.

This proposal was supported by many people, including senior generals such as Wang Li and Sima Liang.

You must know that these military generals go to the battlefield to make military achievements and promote their titles. Naturally, the more heads they chop off, the better, and the more meritorious service they achieve, the better.

Compared with the desire of these generals, Chen Ping, as a counselor, expressed different opinions.

"The Yue clan in Hexi still has a royal court and two Xihous, and they have nearly 100,000 soldiers capable of fighting."

"If our army massacres the Yuezhi people who surrendered here, it will definitely arouse their fear and hatred. When the general leads his army to attack Hexi, it will be very troublesome."

"Ping thought that it would be better to separate the 70,000 Yuezhi people, and the old and weak women and children should be guarded by our Qin army, and then select 20,000 of the young and strong Yuezhi who had surrendered. The cavalry can enhance our army's combat effectiveness on the grassland."

"The selected Yuezhi cavalry has seen our army's combat effectiveness, so they will naturally be afraid. And their wives, children, and parents being taken hostage by our army will make these young Yuezhi fearful and dare not rebel at will. In order to protect the lives of our loved ones, we can only follow the command of the general."

"Afterwards, the general can declare his kindness to them. With such kindness and power, he can subdue 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry for his own use."

"This will not only greatly enhance the strength of our army, but also allow the Yuezhi people in Hexi to see that they surrendered to our Qin army, and they can save their lives. They will not fight to the death. It will be of great benefit to future conquests. Please also consider the general." Of."

Chen Ping talked earnestly, and offered Zhao Tuo a strategy to deal with the Yue clan in the Guishuang tribe.

Now there are two choices before Zhao Tuo.

One is to obey the words of generals such as Wang Li and Sima Liang.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

Kill these Yuezhi people by their roots, so as not to leave future troubles.

The other is Chen Ping's suggestion.

Coerced by hostages and threatened by soldiers, he took Yueshi's cavalry for his own use.

Zhao Tuo calmly looked at the 70,000 Guishuang Yuezhi kneeling in front of him.

How to choose, he has already made a decision.

There will be a third one later