74. Barbarism destroys civilization, and civilization assimilates barbarism
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"You are all great leaders, and I am sure you should all be aware of what we need to face now. biquge.info I have to admit that this attack was a mistake in the strength of our people as a big chief, and he recklessly led everyone to this fortified city and paid a large battle loss, I apologize to everyone. ā
Just when Shi Kele was "hiding from the sky and crossing the sea" to pull his royal troops out and slip away, a combat meeting was also held in the temporary royal tent of the camp of the Qiang tribe that had been postponed because Shi Kele was in a coma yesterday, summing up and planning the various principles and policies of the tribe in the future. However, to the surprise of the tribal leaders in attendance, the Great Chief Shi Kele took all the blame for the defeat of the battle on himself, rather than blaming others. Perhaps, whether it is Keto or Hele, one is the auxiliary minister of the future heir, and the other is the future mastermind, they are all very relied on henchmen, and it is enough not to punish them for their status and prestige.
But all the chiefs believed that it was okay for the big chief to find one or several small tribes that were unfavorable in battle, after all, in order to better protect themselves, small tribes have always been grinding when attacking fortifications, and when snatching trophies, it is too easy to find fault with them. But Shi Kele didn't do this, and this strange behavior made all the leaders feel confused for a moment.
"In this battle, the total number of losses and disappearances of the various tribes of our tribe has reached nearly 30,000, which can be said to be a great loss of vitality, and then it may be a little difficult to imagine dominating one side on the grassland like before. But we can't just let that make us food for other people's mouths. Then the situation we have worked so hard to achieve will completely dissipate. So, I decided that we would continue to be stationed here for another half month. We need to show those who are eyeing us that the Han Chinese have only slightly overwhelmed us in a battle by relying on the superiority of the city walls, and that if they dare to come out, we will be able to avenge the defeat of the siege. ā
Everyone had different reactions to Shi Kele's words, but most of them felt that Shi Kele's words were very reasonable, if they went back like this, the news of their defeat would spread throughout the grassland within a few days, and what kind of chain reaction it would cause was not clear to the leaders of their small tribes. At least the Huns, who have always had a complicated relationship with them, may not let go of this golden opportunity. Those steppe peoples who are weaker than them may also take the opportunity to eat away at their power.
As a result, despite the heavy losses, the tribes of the Qiang tribe still have to lick their wounds in a sad place here, and make a "I actually have nothing" style. Shi Kele even sent a team of 2,000 men to try it again, but unfortunately the range of the trebuchets far exceeded that of the archers, and even if the archers could use the power of their horses on their horses, the problem was that their opponents could easily use the parabolic bonus from the height of the walls to suppress their opponents.
So after paying more than 100 people for the battle damage, the Qi people completely died down, and they knew that now they had no idea about the fortified city in front of them. Looking at the behemoth that was still standing despite being "full of holes", all the people could only spit on it with hatred, and then muttered helplessly: "If you have the ability, you will come out of the city." ā
Li Shi really didn't dare to kill from the city, at least for now. But this doesn't mean that he can't do anything about this situation at all, at least it's no problem to let Lu Bu make small moves from time to time at night, and with the blessing of the Red Rabbit Horse's violent attributes, it's not a problem to do a "Lu Bu Hundred Horsemen Robbery Camp" or something.
As for the angry Qianren, they scattered with a small number of people to attack and harass, and they were also regarded as good targets for practice by Huang Zhong, Tai Shici and others. Although there were not many victories in a few days, the momentum of the cavalry of the Qiang tribe would inevitably be shot down under that arrow, and it really drove the enthusiasm of the archers to learn and practice, and "everyone strives to be a marksman" is no longer just a matter of slogans.
And just when the "cold war" was going on from Shicheng's side, the dark chess move arranged by Li Shi before the battle began to play a role.
"It turned out to be Mr. Yan Zhong, I really didn't expect you to come to my small remote place in person, what should you say in the words of you Han people? Oh, by the way, it should be 'fluffy and shining'. This time you must stay here for a few more days, we may not have as many others here as you Han, but our enthusiasm for friends is definitely not lost to you Han. ā
Please, because no one had the idea of beating this team, which knew at a glance that there was not much oil and water, Yan Zhong and his students arrived in the territory of Xihe Xianbei in less than five days, and were warmly welcomed by everyone from the top to the bottom of the Karasuma tribe.
However, the high-level officials of Xihe Karasuma seemed reluctant to talk much about Yan Zhong's mission, or perhaps they were more looking forward to Lishicheng being attacked by the Qiang people, so that they could find an excuse to keep Yan Zhong, a great Confucian who was quite famous and powerful even within the Han Dynasty and even more famous in Liangzhou. You must know that one of the things that can often be seen throughout the rise of the Hu people is that the leader of a certain tribe worked hard to govern the country, and then used the Han people to advise him and then achieve great things.
Yizhi obliquely has the Bank of China around him, and when Tanshi Huai began to rise, there were also traces of Han people around him, of course, soon with the rise of Xianbei, those Xianbei nobles who even Tanshi Huai himself could not completely control gradually squeezed the Han people out of the decision-making layer for the cake of power, and as a result, although Xianbei is still very popular, it is inevitable that it will go downhill.
As for future examples, there are many more. Wang Meng, Han Derang, Yelu Chucai (this has been patched with sinicization), and Fan Wencheng, these are all existential beings who can make the nationalists among the Han people gnash their teeth after hearing this, and they have all made great achievements.
The reason for this situation is, in the final analysis, because the Han people have a lot of knowledge inheritance, coupled with the living environment, what they can get with their brains is more than what they can get with their hands, so the number of people who use their brains gradually increases.
This is not the case with the Saiwaihu people, who are often in places that are not suitable for Han Chinese habitation, and it is difficult for them to survive under the harsh laws of nature if they are a little less physical, so the muscles that allow them to survive are obviously more useful to them than their brains. And when these two are combined, the power of the strong alliance is undoubtedly enormous.
Of course, this does not mean that muscles have to be dominant, such as the Karasuma cavalry under Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and those foreign generals and foreign armies of the Tang Dynasty, all of which became an important force in laying the foundation of the monarchy.
Therefore, Nishikawa Karasuma's mind is, to put it bluntly, to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and it is profitable for either side to win. Although there are many young people in Karasuma who are very dissatisfied with the conservative policies of the clan leaders and elders, they are not decision-makers, and even if they are unwilling, they can only complain or impulsively plan to help their beleaguered allies themselves. Of course, Yan Zhong should not be impulsive for the impulsiveness of young people, except for expressing gratitude, so that they should have confidence in their allies.
Yan Zhong has dealt with the Qiang people too much, and he sees this kind of careful thinking thoroughly, so he doesn't point it out, anyway, he is still very confident in Li Shi. Don't look at the huge number of 60,000 brought by the Qianren, but there are still tens of thousands of permanent residents from Shicheng, plus the troops brought by Li Shi and the old and weak women and children who were eliminated from the Yellow Turban Army prisoners to enrich the population, there is actually no problem at all in this attack, and the only thing that makes people a little worried is probably the problem of losses.
Because it was agreed that this battle would be used as actual combat training, Tong Yuan and Lu Zhi would not make a move, otherwise the veteran Tong Yuan, after being blessed with a bloodthirsty spell by Li Shi, it is estimated that within a few hours, it can be regarded as empty-handed dismantling of Gundam or something like that, after all, without the shackles that restrict strength, Tong Yuan can completely defeat the combination of Lu Bu + Zhao Yun + Dian Wei + Huang Zhong. Well, this is absolutely true, because of Li Shi's curiosity, Tong Yuan showed his hand to his "grandson", of course, this also let Huang Zhong know that Li Shi still has great power here.
The result of the competition was that Tong Yuan won again, but Lu Bu and others were also envious of Tong Yuan's ability to make some breakthroughs when he was old, so when Tong Yuan's old face was black, everyone's enthusiasm for practicing martial arts was greatly improved. It's just that this result is limited to the spread of the upper echelons, after all, it is very embarrassing for a few guys who are counted in the army to be easily handled by an old man.
It's just that what surprised Li Shi at that time was that as soon as the competition was over, Huang Zhong took the initiative to go to talk to Tong Yuan, which seemed to be very familiar. When I asked, I found out that the Huang family where Huang Zhong is located is also a well-known poetry family in Nanyang, Huang Zhong's grandfather was very optimistic about Tong Yuan at the beginning, and felt that although Tong Yuan was dressed in tatters, he had a good appearance, and he should be able to do something in the future.
It's just that Huang Zhong's grandfather's decision to marry his youngest daughter to Tong Yuan was opposed by the family, and Tong Yuan didn't want to be pointed at like this, so he missed it by mistake, but it also made Tong Yuan and Huang Zhong's family have a good friendship.
What should Li Shi say about this? I can only sigh at the strangeness of fate.
It seems that his thoughts have flown to somewhere, forget it, let's pull it back quickly, otherwise think about the "love and hatred" between Huang Zhong's father, Tong Yuan, and his titular grandfather Li Yan...... Forget it, the more you think about it, the more evil it becomes.
What happened next clearly proved that Yan Zhong's calmness was absolutely confident, which also made the decision-making level of Xihe Karasuma extremely embarrassed. And when the news came that the Qiang people had transferred more than 5,000 people from the tribe's remaining troops to Lishi to support, Li Shi's proposal for yƬ was naturally unanimously agreed by the Karasuma decision-makers.
However, the leader of Nishikawa Karasuma is obviously worthy of being an old fellow, and of course he knows that because of his hesitation with the decision-making level, the relationship between the soldiers of Nishikawa and his own side has been broken, which is enough to shake the reliability of the covenant with the other party, which is not strong in the first place. Not to mention that because of the opportunity to be educated by the top Confucian of the Han people, the more powerful Taiyuan Karasuma was a little moved, and the other party was obviously able to take out more chips than himself.
So, after assigning the task of attacking the rear of the Qiang tribe, he took the initiative to find Yan Zhong and expressed his willingness to provide reinforcements of 1,000 people, and the leader of the reinforcements was his youngest son, who had the most fierce opposition to the tribe.
"After this incident, I found out that I am indeed old, so I hope that my youngest son will inherit my place, and at the same time, I hope that our friendship will continue to pass on. I hope you will bring these thoughts of mine to Taishou-sama. ā
Regarding the old patriarch's retirement declaration, Yan Zhong was only slightly surprised and calmed down, because it was not difficult to guess what the other party wanted to achieve. This is a very clever approach, not only to stifle the possible distrust in the cradle, but also to make the young man who is young and vigorous and has a good impression of the Nishikawa side meet with Li Shi, so that the other party can feel more at ease with Nishikawa Karasuma. As for the position of patriarch, can a hot-blooded single-celled animal really control the entire tribe?
But then there was a hiccup. When Yan Zhong was about to lead his troops back with the young son of the old patriarch, a young man named Wu Ze, a group of children blocked their way.
The leading of these children were all children sent to Xihe by the Karasuma tribe, and they stopped in front of the group with great momentum, and the leading children asked Yan Zhong loudly: "Dear teacher, our classmates are under attack by the enemy, and we don't want to stay in the safety of our homes and watch our classmates and friends suffer from the enemy's sword, and we want to do our part. ā
"But you're still too young, and besides, they're not from your tribe, do you need to work so hard?"
Yan Zhong's rhetorical question made the group of Karasuma people who came to see him off blush, because many of them had supported the old patriarch's decision in the first place.
"No, teacher, didn't you educate us, we are companions, we believe in common gods, so we are equal, we must love and help each other. Now that our companions are in trouble, we cannot stand idly by. ā
Of course, in the end, those children still did not leave with their teachers, after all, they were still immature after all, in many ways, but their spirit had obviously begun to infect those who had some worries about Xihe.
And this little thing also made Yan Zhong feel that maybe a young man who is pro-Xihe is not bad, maybe he can't see anything now, but what about the future? There will always be a day when old people will leave, right?
p.s. When I wrote this chapter, I don't know why I thought of Dahan, Datang, and Daming, and really had more confidence in my own civilization.......
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