Chapter 201: Alliance
The Han army found a nearby favorable terrain to camp, and before the camp was completely set up, the sound of rolling horses' hooves came from the east, and then more than 2,000 cavalry appeared in the field of vision of the Han army's rangers. At first, when I saw these cavalry dressed as steppe cavalry, the Han army rangers thought they were Hun cavalry, but after a closer look, they found that although these people were dressed, they were slightly different from the Hun cavalry. The easternmost ranger looked at these cavalry and thought about it, as if he suddenly remembered something, his face changed greatly, and he finally figured out what the origin of these two thousand cavalry was.
Wuhuan cavalry!
The more than 2,000 grassland cavalry rushing from the east turned out to be the Wuhuan cavalry who attacked Shanggu two years ago and was defeated by the Shanggu Tun army!
At this time, the Wuhuan cavalry appeared here, but why?
Of course, this hussar battalion ranger would not think that it was the Wuhuan King who came to them to catch up with them, so he was taken aback and realized that it was not good, and there was likely to be a big battle next!
Just as he was thinking, the young ranger suddenly felt that something was wrong. Why? If the Wuhuan cavalry wants to come to war with the Han army, why do they raise 2,000 cavalry? This is too little, not enough for his 50,000 Han troops to stuff their teeth!
Could that be the first part? The young ranger thought. As soon as this idea popped up, it was denied by himself. Look at the fast running posture of the Wuhuan cavalry, where there is the meaning of exploring the road, it is clear that it is coming straight to them!
In just a moment, countless thoughts flashed through the mind of the young ranger of the hussar battalion, and finally, he turned around with suspicion, wanting to report the news to Qin Cheng, the general of the hussar battalion, but as soon as he turned around, he saw his general's personal army Qin Qingzhi running over with a few people. The young ranger was about to step forward to say something, but saw Qin Qingzhi wave his hand, signaling that he didn't need to say anything. Then, under the surprised gaze of the young ranger, Qin Qingzhi took a few people and greeted the two thousand Wuhuan cavalry.
"My own people." A personal soldier who followed Qin Qingzhi in front of the ranger and said three words to him that made the second monk puzzled.
Subsequently, Qin Qingzhi and the two thousand Wuhuan cavalry met, the two seemed to be no strangers, and after a few words, Qin Qingzhi led them all the way to the front of the camp, and the two thousand Wuhuan cavalry stopped in front of the camp gate, led by several Wuhuan generals, and entered the camp with a few personal soldiers.
In fact, the young hussar battalion ranger had just mistaken the two thousand cavalry, not all of them were Wuhuan cavalry, half of them were Xianbei cavalry.
Wuhuan and Xianbei, these are the two large tribes that control the eastern part of the desert, and also border the Xiongnu. Other nomadic tribes, such as Fuyu, did not border the Xiongnu.
Among the few people who were led into the camp by Qin Qingzhi, there were King Wuhuan and King Xianbei.
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When King Wuhuan and King Xianbei entered the camp, Qin Cheng and others went to the gate to greet them, and then everyone entered the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp together.
"King Wuhuan, you and I are old acquaintances, introduce this general, which one is King Xianbei?" Qin Cheng greeted King Wuhuan, and they talked cordially like two old friends. If it weren't for the prior understanding, just looking at his expression, everyone present probably wouldn't have expected that the two would have fought to the death two years ago.
Li Guang and the others were better, while Ji Zhu, Ma Dashan and the others had already widened their eyes, if it weren't for the clear instructions of Qin Cheng, King Wuhuan and King Xianbei came as allies this time, but I am afraid that the two of them would have dragged King Wuhuan out and cut them down at this time.
"General Qin, this is the neighbor of this king, the king of the Xianbei tribe, Hacha." Wuhuan King Cha Mu Co naturally didn't believe that Qin Cheng didn't see which one was King Xianbei from the few people who were traveling with him, but Qin Cheng asked so, so he naturally wanted to solemnly introduce it.
Unlike the Wuhuan King, who is five big and three thick, the Xianbei King is a rather thin and elegant-looking old man, giving people an approachable feeling.
"King Xianbei, I am very happy that you can come as promised, and before leaving, His Majesty explained that he would ask this general to greet you and others on his behalf." Qin Cheng saluted King Xianbei, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I hope we can cooperate happily this time!" ”
"The king is also very happy to see General Qin." Xianbei King Hacha bowed down and returned the salute, "Thank you Emperor for your greetings, and this king also hopes that our cooperation can be very pleasant this time." ”
Qin Cheng smiled, let out the little Amid who looked at Cha Mu Tso and Ha Cha with an unhappy face, and introduced to Cha Mu Tso and Ha Cha: "This is the little Amid, the patriarch of the Amid clan, in the future, you will jointly manage the eastern part of the desert, and you just happened to know each other today." ”
"Two kings, fortunate meeting!" Although little Amid was very unhappy with these two people coming to share the land with him, he also knew that without them, he was afraid that he would not be able to grab an acre of land, so he also saluted at this time.
After everyone saw the ceremony, Qin Cheng introduced Li Guang, Han Anguo and others one by one, after all, Qin Cheng is not the main general now, but only the right to exercise the main general, and Han Anguo and these people are still on an equal footing. After everyone saw the salute, Qin Cheng said to Han An and the others: "Your Majesty has been secretly in contact with the Wuhuan and Xianbei clans for a long time, and the alliance relationship was finalized not long ago. The two tribes that jointly control the eastern part of the desert with Little Amid mentioned earlier are Xianbei and Wuhuan. ”
Qin Cheng's words are true, long before this big war, Qin Cheng laid out today's situation. To be precise, after meeting with Little Amid and determining the alliance, Qin Cheng began to fight the idea of Xianbei and Wuhuan, intending to pull the two to the front of the Han Dynasty.
After all, both of these are bordering the Xiongnu, and Wuhuan is bordering several border counties of the Han Dynasty, and if they don't fight for them as a force to bind the Xiongnu, they may let the Huns fight for the past and let them deal with the Han together, and the situation will not be good for the Han at that time. Especially since Wuhuan and the Xiongnu have joined forces before, this possibility is even more likely.
The reason why this idea came up at first was that Qin Cheng also considered that after the Amid tribe rebelled against the Xiongnu, it would be difficult for the Amid tribe to gain a foothold in the eastern desert with only the hundreds of thousands of people, so he found a helper. Thinking like this, Xianbei and Wuhuan naturally entered Qin Cheng's sight.
Of course, it took Liu Che and Qin Cheng a lot of effort to win Wuhuan over. But between countries, interests come first, and there are no eternal enemies and friends, only eternal interests. In the past, the Huns picked up Wuhuan and went south to invade the Han Dynasty, which was the strategy of Hu Luobu to increase the stick, and now the Han is the same. It's just that these two carrots and sticks of the Han Dynasty are much larger than those of the Huns.
Even so, Wuhuan and Xianbei finally decided to stand with the Han Dynasty, and it was also after witnessing the Han army's repeated defeats of the Hun cavalry on this expedition, and the Amid tribe rebelled against the Huns, when there was only the work of grabbing territory!
Otherwise, the Han army would not have fought so hard this time.
But this is understandable, after all, if you want people to follow you, you have to let people see your strength and feel that following you is a small enough risk and a big enough benefit.
"Okay, now that everyone is familiar with it, then I'll talk about the specific matters in the future." After Qin Cheng beckoned everyone to sit down on the left and right sides, he opened the door to the point.
"Well, that's exactly how it should be."
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The group discussed the next course of action for an afternoon, and by dusk, a decision was finally reached. The Amid tribe, Wuhuan, and Xianbei each demarcated the scope of the territory to be seized and controlled next, and also agreed to three chapters for each other's alliance, because it was the Han who led the operation, so there was not much conflict of interest between the three parties, and some small differences could be resolved after adjustment. In the end, after everyone had eaten together, King Wuhuan and King Xianbei ordered the twenty or thirty thousand cavalry of their own tribe who were waiting twenty or thirty miles away to come over and set up camp. Tomorrow, with the cooperation of the Han army, they will start the journey of robbing cattle, sheep and slaves.
Qin Cheng habitually walked out of the big tent, sat down in front of the fire in front of the big tent, and watched the stars in the night sky while fiddling with the fire.
After many expeditions, Qin Cheng has developed this habit, as long as there is no action at night, he will go to the big tent to find a fire and sit quietly.
The air in the tent was too dull, far less fresh than the air outside, and the fresh air, the cold west wind, always made people's minds clearer. As the commander of the hussar battalion and the leader of this operation, Qin Cheng needs a sober head to examine his layout over and over again, and also think about various possible accidents and countermeasures, and then carry out a new layout.
He is like a strategist, his head keeps turning, just because he has reached a position that is not low, and he has already borne the lives of tens of thousands of Han soldiers and Liu Che's plan.
Who would have thought that a big man who was in the underworld in later generations would travel to this era, and would plan day by day for the sake of the country's plan and the people of Limin, and devote himself wholeheartedly to it?
"It's so late, General Qin hasn't slept yet?" Han Anguo walked over from the side, saluted Qin Cheng, and then sat down beside Qin Cheng.
"Didn't General Han sleep too?" Qin Cheng said with a smile.
"I can't sleep!" Han Anguo said with a sigh, "I always feel that something seems to be a little inappropriate." ”