Chapter 247: The Cavalry from the South

For the sudden emergence of an old man over half a hundred years old in the Xiongnu formation, Xin Sheng and other generals were all very baffled. Isn't there anyone left for the Huns? Send an old guy as a messenger?

After joining forces, in order to better command the army, Li Gang, Meng Wu and others had handed over the command of the Jiuyuan Army, which had less than 100,000 people, to the Longxi general Xin Sheng. Whether it is qualifications or experience in leading the army, although Li Gang and others are the new talents of the Jiuyuan Army, they cannot be compared with veterans like Xin Sheng, who have followed the general Meng Tian for decades.

What's more, before Xin Sheng was relocated to the Longxi General to replace Weng Zhong to lead the Longxi Army, he had always been the de facto No. 2 person in the Jiuyuan Army. In addition to the general Meng Tian, Xin Sheng, who is the deputy general of the Jiuyuan Army, is the person with the highest prestige and virtue among the 300,000 soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army. Even Meng Hong can't compare to Xin Sheng.

As far as the facts are concerned, although Xin Sheng was able to lead an army alone, and his official position was raised to the same level as Meng Tian's Jiuyuan general, but in terms of the strength comparison between the Longxi Army and the Jiuyuan Army, Xin Sheng can be said to have been demoted.

Under Xin Sheng's order, the combined forces of the more than 100,000 Jiuyuan Army and the Longxi Army, which were already ready to attack, did not rush to attack the more than 200,000 Hun cavalry on the opposite side. Xin Sheng wanted to see what the Huns had sent a messenger to say.

However, when Xin Sheng and the others finally figured out the words of this old man with a pale face who had made a lot of gestures and babbled, they were all stunned on the spot.

At this time, Xin Sheng, Li Gang, Meng Wu and others figured out that it was not the Huns who had fought with them for a long time, but the Donghu people who had been destroyed by the Huns and defected to the Huns. And this sloppy old guy is still the patriarch of the Donghu clan today, what is the guy called Mohuer.

There doesn't seem to be much difference between the Donghu and the Huns in terms of appearance, they both have high foreheads and deep eye sockets, they are all wearing sheepskin jackets, they all have a smell of sheep scratching on their bodies, and they are all foreign barbarians. None of that matters.

What matters is what Mohul means. This was reluctantly translated by the soldiers who knew the Xiongnu language among the scouts of the Jiuyuan Army. Mohuer only knows a little Da Qin language.

The remaining more than 200,000 Donghu cavalry actually chose to surrender like Great Qin. I hope that Daqin can shelter the Donghu clan and give the Donghu clan a place to live. The Donghu people are willing to fight for the Great Qin forever. Of course, the premise is that Daqin can help Mohuer rescue the hundreds of thousands of old and weak women and children of Donghu who were imprisoned by the Huns around the Wolf Juxu Mountain, the holy land of the Huns.

It seems that in response to Mohuer's words, Mohuer who saw Anran enter the Qin army formation and then walked out of the waving hand. The more than 200,000 Donghu cavalry who originally rode their horses and stood quietly dismounted one after another, driving all the horses far away from the place where the army was standing and becoming foot soldiers.

This is to show the sincerity of the Donghu clan to serve like Great Qin.

Seeing this scene, Xin Sheng and the others had a headache even more.

Surrender is simple, and any leading general has the right to accept the surrender of the enemy.

However, the situation of these Donghu people is different. Accepting their surrender means that Daqin agrees to accept the annexation of the Donghu clan, and accepts the annexation of the Donghu clan, and as the master, Daqin must shelter the Donghu clan, and must rescue the old and weak women and children of the Donghu clan who were enslaved by the Huns, and most importantly, set aside a piece of land for the Donghu clan for them to live in, and of course, hundreds of thousands of people of the Donghu clan can also be resettled in inland areas.

You must know that at this time, Great Qin had arrangements for any alien tribe that came to join and ask for Great Qin's protection, and he never broke his word. It can be seen from the nearly a hundred large and small alien tribes attached to the surroundings of Jiuyuan City.

Most of those small tribes of different races were officially recognized by the central court of Great Qin before they could enter the territory of Great Qin, and they grazed and hunted in the vast grassland areas such as the Hetao Plain and Henan Land.

Without the order of the Great Qin Emperor, even the great general Meng Tian had no right to accept the annexation of any small tribe of alien races, even if there were only ten people, let alone allow any alien barbarians to enter the territory of Great Qin.

However, once the Great Qin Central Committee accepted the annexation of these small foreign tribes, no matter how large or small the tribe was, they would be resettled.

Reigning over the world and looking down on [***], it is not only the nominal unification of the country, but more importantly, the momentum of being a central country. For any alien who has a heart for Great Qin, starting from the First Emperor, Great Qin has never been stingy, and he has never broken his promise. Similarly, for any alien barbarian who dared to repeat himself against Great Qin, Great Qin had never been soft.

More than ten years ago, the Xiongnu head Mandan Yu led more than 500,000 Xiongnu control soldiers to the south of Yinshan, intending to take advantage of the fact that Daqin had just unified the world and could not extricate himself from the surging tide of resistance of the remnants of the six countries.

The general Meng Tian personally led 300,000 Jiuyuan troops to meet the Xiongnu in Henan. More than 500,000 Hun cavalry were killed in a battle, and nearly 200,000 were beheaded by the Jiuyuan army, and the remaining nearly 300,000 Hun barbarians scattered and fled.

Afterwards, all the dozens of small tribes of different races that had been attached to the wings of the Great Qin before the war, whether men, women and children, or cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock in the tribe, nearly 20,000 people and more than 100,000 cattle were all killed by the edict of the First Emperor.

The place of execution was outside the Jiuyuan Army City and under the Great Wall. The rest of the alien barbarians who belonged to Great Qin were forcibly ordered to come to watch the punishment, and under their gaze, this alien barbarian who could have been solved at one time was killed for three days and three nights.

Batch after batch! The bloody scene of corpses piled up in mountains and rivers of blood made the alien barbarians near the northern frontier of Great Qin terrified!

Chickens and dogs are not left, nothing more.

As for the alien tribes that contributed to Great Qin in that battle, they all received more abundant grazing land, as well as more support and protection from Great Qin.

Since then, none of the small alien tribes that have taken refuge in Great Qin have dared to betray Great Qin. This is also the reason why Morton's leading the way south this time did not get the support of any alien tribe to lead the way, and it is also the reason why the alien tribes that belonged to Great Qin reported to Great Qin.

If you want to ask for the protection of Great Qin, you can ask for Great Qin's protection, and if you want Great Qin to give you a place to live. The premise is not to think about betraying the master. Great Qin used bloody facts and promises to tell the alien barbarians what the Great Qin Empire was.

The surrender of the Donghu cavalry on the battlefield was acceptable to Xin Sheng, as the commander of the army, and had the right to accept their surrender. However, it is not for Xin Sheng to call the shots of nearly a million people of the Donghu clan who have joined Daqin, and at the same time to go deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu and rescue the people of the Donghu clan in the Langjuxu Mountain.

Xin Sheng also knew that even the Taibao, the Great General, and the Marquis of Jiuyuan Mengtian did not dare to call the shots.

There is only one person who can call the shots, His Majesty the Second Emperor of Great Qin, Hu Hai.

Therefore, Xin Sheng had a headache. He was not afraid of the more than 200,000 Donghu cavalry. With nearly 150,000 troops in the Jiuyuan Army and the Longxi Army in hand, Xin Sheng was sure that he would be able to defeat them in an hour, and if all the 150,000 coalition troops were cavalry, Xin Sheng was even sure that he would be able to wipe out the more than 200,000 Donghu cavalry.

However, now the people are here to surrender, and they are here to ask for protection from Great Qin. Then he can't fight. He can't fight, and he can't accept Mohuer's surrender. Surrender cannot be accepted, and he cannot withdraw his troops; If you can't withdraw your troops, you can't divide your troops to pursue the real big guy, the Huns' Morton Shan Yu.

Could it be that the two armies confronted each other like this, watching the Huns Shan Yu Morton lead more than 100,000 Hun cavalry to escape?

Xin Sheng is really helpless.

Mohuer looked at Xin Sheng with blank eyes. From the series of actions of the various Qin soldiers, he knew that the middle-aged general in black mighty armor in front of him was the commander of this elite Qin army.

"Please, General, accept the allegiance of our Donghu clan and save our Donghu clan." Mo Huer thought that his sincerity was not enough, and respectfully prostrate himself to the sad Xin Sheng and sobbed.

The reputation of Great Qin is clear to the alien barbarians around the tens of thousands of miles of frontier. It's okay not to belong to the Qin people, but don't mess with Great Qin. Attached to Great Qin, as long as he is loyal, Great Qin will definitely not treat the small tribes of different races like the Huns.

"Don't!"

Xin Sheng was startled by Mohuer's movements, and hurriedly dodged and jumped to the side to avoid Mohuer's big gift, and reached out to help Mohuer up. The Donghu people have shown enough sincerity that even the war horses that are related to their family and surname have been driven away and turned into foot soldiers.

The nomads on the grassland, separated from the horseback, are basically equivalent to a woman who has stripped off her clothes in the eyes of the Great Qin soldiers, and she can knead it as much as she wants. Now these war horses have all been rushed to one place by Li Gang and more than 30,000 cavalry of the Jiuyuan Army to guard them. Regarding the movements of the Great Qin cavalry, more than 200,000 Donghu cavalry just watched quietly, and did not stop half a point at all.

Therefore, Xin Sheng did not doubt the sincerity of the Donghu people who took refuge in Great Qin and wanted to be protected by Great Qin. The point is, he can't give Mohul a clear answer at this moment.

At this moment, rolling muffled thunder came from the southeast.

Xin Sheng and Mohuer, who heard this sound, were startled and looked towards the place where the sound came from. Both of them were seasoned veterans, and of course they knew that this kind of sound could only be heard by the galloping cavalry of the brigade. Moreover, listening to the sound of horses' hooves, it seemed that at least more than 200,000 cavalry were rushing in the direction where they and the others were standing.

The Donghu cavalry, who had been standing still and had become foot soldiers, immediately shook when they heard the roar of the horse's hooves.

(To be continued)