Every year, the nomads would send troops to invade the Han border, and depending on the season, the time period of their invasion was also long and short. The meaning of the so-called beginning of spring www.biquge.info Bi Qu Ge is that winter has passed and a new season has arrived, and the nomads will be habitually active during this season, depending on the size of the tribe. The large tribes will mobilize warriors for the so-called warm-up before the change of spring and autumn, that is, to gather soldiers to invade other countries or other tribes; Smaller tribes migrated as the snow melted, trying to find new, unoccupied pastures.

The spring and autumn season is the estrus period of livestock, regardless of the size of the tribe need to stop any activity when the livestock is about to come into heat, concentrate on the management of livestock breeding, this is also the most peaceful period of the grassland, because everyone is busy so there is almost no war, it is rare not to worry about the invasion of the enemy. It must be noted that the steppe people are not afraid of the Han people, because the Han people do not go out to fight at all, and the 'enemy' does not include the Han people, but the steppe people who are also born as nomads.

On the third day after the expedition, when the tiger and leopard cavalry marched to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Lin Bin found Liu Rushi and asked him, "How long will it take to reach the shallow part of the riverbed you mentioned?" ”

Liu Ru has a good understanding of the terrain in northern Xinjiang for many years, and has led his troops to enter and exit the Heshuo area many times, he replied: "Five miles ahead." ”

Lin Bin bowed his head, he waved his big hand, and the army continued to advance in the sound of desolate horns.

After a rapid march, the army came to the area that Liu Ru was talking about, but something happened that caught people off guard, and there was a scout who reported that there was a nomadic camp in the riverbed.

Lin Bin ordered the whole army to stop advancing. Converted to a state of readiness, and then asked the soldiers disguised as Hun cavalry to investigate, but he didn't think about the subsequent development, but he was a little surprised.

Right now. Lin Bin encountered a big problem, that is, the small tribe that migrated seemed to be out of fear, and when he encountered the soldiers sent out by Lin Bin to disguise themselves as Hun cavalry, he actually expressed his willingness to lay down his arms without asking a word, and had the willingness to merge into this powerful army.

Lin Bin urgently summoned several generals who were more familiar with the habits of the nomads, and he asked, "What will the Huns do if they encounter this situation?" ”

A general named Zuo Jin said: "The Huns will definitely annex it." ”

After Lin Bin inquired in detail, he understood a fact, except for a limited number of large tribes in the grassland. The other small tribes did not have a strong racial concept, and most of the tribes on the steppe were not Huns, and the Chinese always self-righteously divided all the nomadic tribes into ethnic groups. For example, in the territory of the Xiongnu, all the ethnic groups grazing there are regarded as Xiongnu, and the ethnic groups in the territory of the Xianbei people are all regarded as Xianbei people.

The war in the grassland is not a scene that the Chinese can guess out of thin air, generally today the tribe annexed a small tribe, and the annexed tribe automatically became a tribe or slave. One day this tribe was annexed by other tribes. The tribe also disappeared and was replaced by a new powerful tribe, and the cycle continued.

To put it simply, the ethnic groups of the grassland do not attach as much importance to the division of ethnic groups as the Chinese people, they only have a sense of belonging to the strong, not to a certain ethnic group or a certain country, to put it bluntly, they are a group of wolf cubs with milk and mothers, as long as they can be given living space and food. They didn't care if they were Xiongnu or Xianbei.

"Oh......"

Lin Bin weighed it carefully, and wiped out all the small tribes that stood in the way. Or annex them, and reorganize them into the ranks of war servants on the march. His idea was to annex it, but he was not very sure because he had not done so.

"How will the grassland people react if they are annexed by the Huaxia people?"

"There is no precedent for this, nothing is yet known."

Gongsun Hong's heart was excited, he wanted a leader with a quick mind and a strong desire to expand, and he definitely didn't want a barbarian who could only speak with a knife. He tossed and turned in his heart, and said: "My lord, do you remember the pre-Qin army you met last year? ”

Everyone's eyes turned to Gongsun Hong, wondering why he asked.

"Pre-Qin army? Oh! Are you trying to say that the pre-Qin army also grew stronger in the annexation, and we can do the same? ”

Gongsun Hongda, "Exactly! What the Rong people want, but survive. ”

Although Lin Bin knew the habits of the steppe people, he still didn't know what to do, he really wanted to annex those small tribes and adapt them into war servants, but he couldn't be sure if he was sure to do so.

"We don't have much time. How do you think annexation should be carried out? ”

Now time is life, don't waste too much time here, according to Lin Bin's plan, annexation by force is the most direct method, but he is worried that once the attack is launched, there will be Rong people to escape, if someone really escapes, then the existence of the tiger and leopard cavalry will inevitably be exposed, and the last thing he wants is to attract too much attention. Once it is rumored that there is an army moving and looting in the grassland, the existence of this army will be announced to the public, the good result is that the grassland tribes retreat, and the bad result is to jointly attack, which is why it is not easy to make a choice.

The love is in a hurry: "General, don't!" We are traveling from afar, how can we still bring people with uncertain hearts. ”

Gongsun Hong sneered as if he had to look at the love water, and replied: "This matter is left to the humble to do." ”

Lin Bin no longer hesitated, "Hurry up!" ”

Gongsun Hong should go in response to the "promise".

Lin Bin still looked melancholy when he saw Qingshui, "Don't worry, swallowing won't make it all slaughtered." If there is a change in the annexation, there is no need to worry, if you pinch it in your hand, can you still make them turn the sky upside down? ”

Qingshui had an epiphany, saying that it was annexation, but Lin Bin was obviously likely to raise the butcher's knife again at any time.

Many people have no knowledge in their hearts, they basically have no experience of going out of the fortress, they know too little about the nomads to make judgments, the only thing they feel is that their own adults are too bold, and they do not forget to strengthen the army when conducting military operations.

They didn't understand the fact that Lin Bin had planned it before he set out on the expedition, and the march needed a guide, otherwise it would be impossible to accomplish the expected goal of the roundabout battle under the condition that he was unfamiliar with the place. This will inevitably require the capture of a few authentic steppe people, and this time they bumped into a small tribe that begged to surrender without a fight, which can really be described as God's help. It's a risk worth taking.

Now that the decision had been made, Lin Bin began to issue military orders, he ordered the army to surround the nomadic camp with lightning speed, and then let Gongsun Hong begin his persuasion to surrender.

More than 11,000 cavalry marched into action, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the sky, and when the Han army passed quickly, the nomads thought they were going to attack and immediately rioted, and nearly a thousand warriors slowly moved around their camp in a sound similar to a spinning top, and although they were far away, they could still see the desperate expressions on their faces.

About two quarters of an hour. The Han army completed the encirclement maneuver, and Lin Bin's tiger and leopard cavalry did not carry a banner, and only knights wearing red robes and bronze armor could be seen mixed with the cavalry dressed as Huns from a distance of two kilometers. Unable to quickly identify the belonging, the Han army rode their horses a little closer to the nomads before they yelled.

"What are they shouting about?"

Gongsun Hong's face was full of smiles, "They can't tell if we are Huns, and they feel that they can't defeat such a well-equipped army." Begging not to attack. ”

Many of the generals had strange expressions. They were really completely confused, and the information they had received before was that the Rong people were barbaric and ferocious, and they were scared like this when they saw themselves surrounding the Rong people, and the gap was too big and they felt a little difficult to accept.

In fact, it was not only the generals who felt confused, but also Lin Bin himself felt a little inexplicable, he personally led his own ride forward, and the other party also ran out of three horses.

Lin Bin saw that only the knight in the middle of the three horses was wearing metal armor, and knew that it should be the leader of this small tribe. Even though he was far away, he could still see the wrinkled face with a frightened expression.

The corners of Gongsun Hong's mouth were hooked. Evil smile, "It's a small clan without a surname, and the combat strength of such a small clan is too weak, and most of them seek refuge in the form of tribute. Most of the powerful tribes despised their weakness and were unwilling to annex them, and only demanded cattle, sheep, and horses. The Huns joked that they were doing the work of 'shepherding people'. ”

After a bit of explanation, Lin Bin gained a lot of knowledge, and there was no doubt that he was scared to beg for surrender when he was surrounded. Lin Bin heard Gongsun Hong say that these unsurnamed clans are not strong in combat, and immediately dispelled the idea of adapting to war servants, and a new idea was born, since he is good at grazing and not good at fighting, why not annex the war horses specially used to shepherd for himself?

"Are you sure these unnamed clans will run away if they have the chance to be swallowed up?"

"Definitely! But if there is no hope of survival, it will inevitably run away, and if the adults protect it with all their might, and treat it well, they will obey. ”

"Then why didn't the Xiongnu and other races annex it? It's also good to herd for yourself! ”

"Uh......? Adults don't know that the Xiongnu and other races have their own herdsmen, and if they annex such a small tribe without a surname, the herdsmen of this part will be regarded as robbing their own pastures, and their nature will not tolerate it, so they ......"

Lin Bin finally understood, that is to say, the Huns had special herdsmen, a tribe owned limited pasture, livestock food is naturally limited, the tribal leader is unwilling to annex a group of wastes without combat power, the herdsmen who worship warriors by nature both look down on the weak nameless tribe and do not want the pasture to be occupied, these surnameless tribes have become chicken ribs, it is a pity to abandon them, the food is tasteless, and only the surnameless tribes are required to pay tribute regularly, which is why there is a saying of 'shepherds'.

In fact, many people now do not find a problem worth paying attention to, the system of the Huns is slavery, when they conquer the next territory, they take their people and become slaves, and the expansion of the territory only leaves a small army led by the 'Xiang', and the army is stationed to suppress the local resistance of the race.

The Xiongnu people did not know how to govern civil affairs, and the civil affairs of the occupied areas were all done by the locals, supervised by the 'Xiang', and adopted the 'tribute system', and the Huns wanted population and tribute, not production, and they basically did not care about what civil affairs the locals carried out. There are huge loopholes in such a system, that is to say, although the Xiongnu are strong, but limited to the relationship between the system, the social structure of the Xiongnu is very loose, and the distribution of tribes is too far apart.

Lin Bin saw that the three horsemen were fifty steps apart and dismounted into a prostrate posture, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with these nameless clans, and directly asked Gongsun Hong to negotiate in the past.

Things were unexpected, Gongsun Hong came back soon, and he brought good news, so that everyone felt completely confused, and they didn't understand how it could be done so quickly?

"Humble words. Those who pass the obedience, give birth; Rebels, die. They obeyed. ”

Lin Bin secretly scolded, "Fuck." What a bunch of soft bones! I finally understood why no one was willing to annex these nameless clans, even if they didn't bother to kill them. After a period of depression, he suddenly realized that these nameless clans have no combat power, if it weren't for such a posture, I'm afraid there would really be no way to survive, which can be regarded as a survival technique for the surnameless clan. Didn't you see Gongsun Hong just said that they would escape as soon as they had the chance?

"Disarm them and surround them in the Chinese army, and we move on!"

As soon as the trumpet blew, the army moved again. The soldiers also felt inexplicable when they saw the scene just now, and some soldiers leaned over to contact the tribes of the nameless tribe, and found that these nameless tribes were different from the Rong people they understood, and the degree of obedience made them want to laugh a little but couldn't laugh. It's just that I'm too humble. It makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Gongsun Hong led an old man over to see Lin Bin, and the old man had a humble smile on his face, and as soon as they met, he greeted Lin Bin in half-baked Han dialect.

"You're their leader?"

The old man bent down on horseback and bowed his arms, "Honorable, warlike general of the Han Kingdom, under the persuasion of the incrediblely numerous army under your command, your might makes us tremble. We have been converted, and now you are our master. ”

Lin Binwaner. I think this old man is very slippery, and he should be a good person. No nonsense, "What's your name?" Are you familiar with the roads of Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, and Sanka? ”

"Familiar, familiar!" The old man gave a strange name, saying that his name was scarce.

Lin Bin was stunned for a moment before he reacted, the so-called 'diluted' means that he is dying, which is very appropriate, but he doesn't like such an awkward name, according to the customs of the grassland, since he has been submitted, then he is qualified to re-give the name......

"Changed! It's called Lin ......"

"Your Excellency!"

Lin Bin looked at Gongsun Hong suspiciously.

"How can an adult's surname be given to a slave at will!"

Lin Bin didn't pay so much attention to it, he felt that it didn't matter, and drank straight to the old man: "In the future, you will all be surnamed Lin, and you will be my slave." Got it? He saw that the old man was stunned, thinking that he didn't understand, and he was very impatient, "The surname is Lin!" From now on, your name is Lin Xi, and those subordinates are also surnamed Lin. In the future, I can only report my surname Lin, and learn all the Chinese dialect, understand? ”

Gongsun Hong was speechless, now those who have surnames are all noble people, especially in the grassland, surnames are not casually called, there are many tribes that are fighting because of a simple surname, and there are a lot of things that have killed people. In the Han Kingdom, although there is no special attention, people with surnames are always arrogant and superior to those without surnames, which means that surnames are very important and cannot be crowned on other people's heads casually.

“really?”

Lin Bin didn't hear what he said clearly, he asked repeatedly, and finally heard the pronunciation clearly, and was stunned when he heard it, "Wow!" English-speaking goods! ”

Gongsun Hong was surprised, "What? English? What did he say? ”

"Roman? Doesn't seem right......"

"Huh?"

Lin Bin ignored Gongsun Hong, he eagerly asked the old man a lot, only to know that this nameless tribe floated, and there were more races encountered, and he had helped a business traveler from the far west to the East, and the uncultured surnameless tribe was very eager for culture to learn almost what he saw, which also learned a little English from the business traveler from the West.

"Did the caravan leave any maps or documents behind?"

Lin Xi, that is, the old man, was stunned on horseback for a while, and asked flatteringly: "Is it a parchment scroll with some tadpole-like words and a road map?" ”

Lin Bin was overjoyed, "Yes!" That's it! Do you have? ”

"Dear master, there are some such things, but ......" Lin Xi pointed to the sheep felt that was rolled up like a large package hanging on horseback, "I can't take it now." ”

The joy in Lin Bin's heart cannot be described in words, he knows that this world is very big, so big that it can scare any ancient person to death if he says it. In his vision, if he could live long enough to see the Han defeat the Xiongnu and have enough military strength, he would want to go all the way to the west, to the west, and to the west! Whether it's opening trade routes or waging war, conquer the past along the way.

Of course, leading the army to the west was still a distant dream, and Lin Bin's goal now was to attack Xianbei and Wuhuan, but he was still excited to get the road map of the Western caravan brigade.

In the eyes of the Chinese nation, the world is too small, and every time they conquer a region, they stop conquering. Among them, there is the issue of national strength, and it is more of a question of national policies and systems. Why is Lin Bin willing to be on the side? One is that he is afraid that he will be beheaded by the Son of Heaven for some reason, and the other is that he wants to participate in the war against the Xiongnu. Third...... Needless to say?

Dreams are always noble, but it is really difficult to do, Lin Bin is a pure soldier, but it does not mean that his vision is narrow, he does not have much ambition, he just wants to see the rise of the nation.

However, as Lin Bin's understanding of the Han Kingdom increased. He sometimes thinks about the current economic strength of the Han Kingdom. She was defeated and expelled from the Xiongnu under the leadership of today's son, but very strangely. The Han State won the war, why did the Han State not get the actual benefits? On the contrary, the national strength was exhausted, and only then did the adjective 'poor soldiers and silent force' appear.

It may be silly and naïve to say:

Lin Bin knew that the Son of Heaven was paying close attention to his movements, so he launched attacks on the alien race again and again. I expect to tell the Son of Heaven with facts. There is another way of fighting war, war is not to determine the outcome by the number of troops, but to see the tactical quality and the soldiers are elite enough, so that the Son of Heaven can cancel the plan of recruiting young people from all over the country to start a war, which will not affect the population structure too much, and will not let the Han Kingdom waste production because the young and strong are mostly called.

Lin Bin's plundering of foreign races every time he fought also wanted to tell the Son of Heaven that war actually doesn't cost too much money, and there is a method of warfare called fighting to feed war. You can plunder the property of foreign races to enrich your army. An obvious case is in front of the eyes of the world, Lin Bin is fighting almost every month. But they did not get weaker and weaker as they fought, and they continued to grow stronger in the battle, did they not see that with the increase in the number of battles, the number of livestock and horses under their command did not decrease, but increased?

I don't know if there is an effect, but I'm just working hard. He has limited personal ability and hopes that more people will join him, and he has been fighting for it.

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The number of soldiers on this expedition was more than 11,000, including the servants who accompanied the battle, and later annexed the unsurnamed tribe, breaking through 14,000 people, and the number of livestock and horses traveling with the army was too large, making it difficult to hide their whereabouts on the way.

After another two days of marching, the tiger and leopard cavalry finally came to the grassland on the outskirts of Dingbao. It may be because there are more small tribes that migrate in the spring, but in just two days, they encountered more than 20 migrating tribes, but fortunately, it was the Han army dressed as the Huns who were cruising outside, and they were directly swallowed when they met a small group. And some of the Xiongnu tribes will be curious to send people to ask, in the Xiongnu soldiers who can speak the Xiongnu arrogant shouting, those real Huns with doubts to the west, saying that they want to reinforce the war against the Western Regions. Some tribes of non-Xiongnu tribes, when they saw a large area of the black oppression of the tiger and leopard cavalry, were so frightened that they fled away without asking.

After five days on the expedition, things went fairly smoothly, and everything was not too out of track.

That night, Lin Bin ordered to camp, with the characteristics of the Xiongnu national culture of wool felt towering like a forest, in order to monitor the newly reorganized war servants and the small clan surnamed Lin, the Han army surrounded their wool felt in the center for close surveillance.

Lin Bin was holding a wooden plate, raising his knife to slice it, and Qingshui led a few people over in a hurry.

"General! This is a big mistake! Our army is out of the fortress to fight, and now the war has not started, but there are nearly 5,000 Rong people in the army. ”

Qing Shui didn't know what Lin Bin was thinking at all, he annexed a small tribe of about 3,000 people two days ago, but recently he seemed to be addicted, and he was still annexing small tribes, he felt that if it continued like this, it would be very bad.

The Chinese people naturally dislike the Rong people, believing that the Rong people can only burn, kill and plunder, have no faith at all, and are a group of barbarians who may rebel at any time.

Lin Bin originally had concerns, but later with the development of the situation, he understood some of what Gongsun Hong said, the nomads are not as complicated as the Chinese people think, and the annexation will be annexed, as long as the treatment is not bad and they are willing to take care of it, the nomads can also fight for the Chinese, of course, the premise is to be able to subdue them.

"Do you have eyes?"

Qing Shui and several generals who came to ask together froze.

"Look at the aliens who have been incorporated into the war servants, do they have the command to resist the tiger and leopard cavalry? Didn't happen! I know you're worried about something bad happening. I understand your feelings. I know what I'm doing, and I'm still in control. As an officer, you are bluffing like this, what will the non-commissioned officers under your command think? It's okay for you to bluff things. ”

"But, the general......"

Lin Bin did not blame Qing Shui and the others, on the contrary, he was very satisfied that the Northern Army also began to have a sense of crisis of survival and knew how to judge the situation by himself.

"A few ....... The world is big, and there are no surprises. Don't let your vision be limited, but see farther. I've heard a saying, it's called 'razing against razing'. That is, let the Rong people become our combat force to fight for the Rong people, which will make our Huaxia Erlang shed a lot of blood. ”

"General......

"I am a soldier, a very pure soldier, and I have the judgment that belongs to a soldier. What I saw was that they were very cooperative after being co-opted. And also...... They seem to be envious of our strength. The sight of fine armor and swords will make you drool uncontrollably. Did I tell you a story about the Heqiang people? ”

Lin Bin looked at Qingshui and the others with a smile, the Republic dagger in his right hand was everything, and a piece of mutton was drawn very cleanly.

"Haven't eaten yet, have you? Come on, come on...... All sit down at will. Lin Bin beckoned to the grassroots, "Get more mutton!" ”

The grassroots in the distance smiled and responded with "No".

"Where did I just go?"

"The general is talking about the story of you and the Qiang people."

Lin Bin chewed the mutton slices, swallowed them, and drank a sip of Rongren's mare's milk wine very comfortably. Only then did he begin to talk about his contact with Xigong Shiyu, and when he said that fifty horizontal knives could be exchanged for a thousand Qiang warriors. They opened their mouths wide and felt incredible.

"But ......, General. What is the connection between this story and this? ”

Qing Shui took the plate of mutton handed over by the grassroots, and he also turned his head to look at Lin Bin curiously.

"Relationship? You don't understand? ”

"This ......"

"I want to tell you that whether it is the Qiang, the Xiongnu, or anything else, their productivity is very backward, and if they can get unimaginable benefits, they are willing to pay the price that the Chinese people dare not bear. To put it bluntly, there is no difference between the Rong people and the Chinese people, there are slaves among the Chinese people, and there are slaves among the Rong people, but our Chinese people are relatively stable internally, and the Han country also has its own currency, so it is more Sven to buy and sell. What about the Rong people? They don't have money, they barter for things, and for them, population is important, but they can exchange people for what they want. ”

The generals still didn't understand, and put on a foggy and confused expression.

"System! The key lies in the system, we Chinese people have their own social system for survival, and of course the nomads also have their own social system for survival. As we all know, we Chinese people have also annexed each other, but the number of times is less, and the behavior is not too bloody, so it has not been noticed much. For example, the Zhang family used some means to annex the property of the Li family, and the Li family could only obey the judgment of the law, and the law stipulated that the Li family became slaves of the Zhang family, and the property also belonged to the Zhang family. So, do you think that's right? ”

Lin Bin miraculously found that because he had to explain something all the time, his eloquence had made amazing progress, and his logic had greatly improved, at least he used to even find it difficult to explain what it meant to be human, but now he can talk about some complex things.

Qing Shui thought seriously for a while, and gave his own answer, "I think that if the law determines that the people and things of the Li family belong to the Zhang family, it is naturally not wrong. ”

The other generals also agreed with the sentimental views.

"That's it. We have laws in Han that can determine right and wrong and belonging, so that there are a lot less private fights, which is also a lot less killing. Have you noticed or observed what the law of the nomads was? ”

Silent......

"The law of the nomads is very simple, whoever is strong, what he says is the law. On the other hand, which nation or tribe is strong, and the weak tribe is willing to submit, this is the iron law of nomads! ”

"General, we get it!"

"Hmm. In the past few days, I have tried my best to restrain my subordinates and not to be rude to the servants who accompany the battle. ”

"Why?"

"They're Lao Tzu's cannon fodder, got it!?"

"Ugh!!"

Eerie silence...... (To be continued) (To be continued.) )