Chapter 228: How to Decide (Guaranteed Subscription 1)
The other people in the felt tent all looked at each other, they had been following Yi Nan for so long, in fact, they could understand Yi Nan's thoughts, but as Yi Nan said, have they changed?
No, maybe the lives of these ordinary herdsmen are better than before, or even better, but it can only be said that now these ordinary herdsmen can live, and they were not even qualified to live before.
But now, they are forced to live again, if Dan has a choice, Yi Nan does not want to fight, the war will kill people, the reason why he defected with these herdsmen, he just wants them to live.
"I think you all know the answer, Dagu's words gave me an idea, and I'm ready to make a decision." Yi Nan took a deep breath and looked at these people in the felt tent and spoke.
"I don't know if you agree, but now that we are caught in the middle of three forces, we have to make a choice, otherwise, what awaits us is destruction, and we have no other choice, do you agree?" Yi Nan repeated.
"Chief, with all due respect, your inclination is Huo Gang, right?" A Turk asked.
"Yes." Yi Nan nodded, Da Gu's opinion can be said to make Yi Nan's eyes light up, because Huo Gang's foreign policy was too cold, so they didn't think of this at all, but after thinking about it, they found that although Huo Gang was indeed very cold and tough externally, he could actually be said to be the mildest of all the forces internally.
"Actually, we have another choice, Datang." Yi Nan paused and added.
"However, compared to Huo Gang or Jieli, the other party will not pose much threat to the grassland, to be precise, they will not find a way to rule the entire grassland, they are more strategic cooperation with us, but there is one point, if we take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, then we can't be mixed in these three forces, if Huo Gang doesn't rule the Yumen Pass, we may be able to think so." Yi Nan said softly.
In fact, this consideration of Yi Nan has not been a day or two, he has been thinking about it for a long time, because if he wants to turn his face with Jieli, it is impossible to return to the Western Turks, so Datang, who has a deep contradiction with Jieli, is the best choice.
But there is still a problem in the current Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin has just become the emperor, if they have a war with Jieli, it is estimated that the other party will have no way to help them.
"Huo Gang has a good relationship with Datang, there is a lot of trade between them, if we take refuge in Datang, then Huo Gang shouldn't attack us, right?" Another Turk thought for a moment and spoke.
"That's right, what Da Gu said just now also makes sense, the position we are in now, if Jieli wants to destroy the relationship between us and Huo Gang, it's too simple, just pretend to be our reputation and attack Huo Gang's people directly, and you don't even need to kill the other party."
"As for Datang, even if we take refuge in Datang, if we have a conflict with Huo Gang, do you think Datang will even fight directly because of our conflict with Huo Gang?" The old Turk from before also spoke.
"What you said is right, this is also the reason why I chose Huo Gang, because there is another advantage of joining Huo Gang, that is, our people's lives can be improved." Yi Nan also took over the conversation.
"But chief, in this case, it's not fair to you, I have inquired about the news, the cattle and sheep that are distributed to the ordinary herdsmen of the Tongluo tribe are all from the original nobles of the Tongluo tribe, Ashye, and the cattle and sheep of other nobles, if we join in, maybe the ordinary herdsmen will be fine, but the leader you ......" Another Turkic said directly.
Yi Nan smiled and shook his head: "This is my ideal, if I want to be like those Turkic nobles, I won't think about rebelling against Ashye, and I won't think about going against the Western Turks, because if I obey them, I can get more cattle and sheep." ”
"So, these are not problems, and whether it is Bosa in Loulan or Shi Wannian in Yiwu Kingdom, aren't they still all city lords? This proves that Huo Gang did not kill all of them. ”
"Of course, there is a premise for these, he can settle us well, so I have an idea, we pretend to agree to Jieli's conditions, 70,000 sheep we will give to Huo Gang, I want to disguise myself as an ordinary herdsman, I will personally send it, I want to put Huo Gang on the side."
"Leader Huo is a man who speaks, and he can even manipulate the divine eagle on the grassland, so if he can agree to my conditions and treat all the herdsmen of our Xue Yantuo equally, what if I lead Xue Yantuo to join the Great Han?"
"But you, you have a lot of cattle and sheep, and you probably have to give up these, are you willing?" Yi Nan looked at the people inside the tent.
"Chief, we swear to follow the leader to the death, I am not afraid of death, cattle and sheep are nothing."
"Me too."
"Chief, since you have made a decision, go for it!"
"To the chief, just do it! If Huo Gang can meet our conditions, these 70,000 sheep will have to be taken out! The people in the tent soon began to take a stand.
"Good! Since this is the case, then as soon as possible, tomorrow we will directly pick out 70,000 of our cattle and sheep and rush directly to the direction of Yumen Pass. Yi Nan stood up directly from his position.
The next morning, Mo Daluo was ready to leave Xue Yantuo's department and return to the Jieli Khan department, as for whether Yi Nan would give Huo Gang the 70,000 sheep, Mo Da Luo had no doubts, because he knew that Yi Nan had no choice, he could only give.
If Yi Nan gave it, Mo Daluo didn't mind going back and saying something good, and won a part of the sheep for them, of course it couldn't be 70,000, but 20,000 or 30,000 should still be okay, as long as Xue Yantuo didn't resist properly, then this winter, in order not to die, they would have to kill more sheep.
In this way, when it comes to next year, they will have no chance to rebel, and it is also a good thing to take this opportunity to solve Xue Yantuo's confidant.
It's just that even if you want to give him 20,000 or 30,000 sheep, you can't give them immediately, and you have to delay it for a certain amount of time, at least until about winter.
However, what Mo Draluo didn't expect was that before he left, Yi Nan took the initiative to find him.
"Mr. Modra, today I will finish screening 70,000 sheep and set off directly, but I still hope that after Mr. Modraro goes back, he will be able to explain to Jieli Khan the difficulties of our Xue Yantuo Department, and I hope that the sheep that will be replenished for us later can be in place as soon as possible." Yi Nan's posture lowered a little, but it didn't go too low.
However, these words made Mo Daluo very happy, although he was a little surprised by Yi Nan's attitude, but Mo Da Luo thought about it for a while, and felt that Yi Nan should have thought carefully about the pros and cons, and he knew that he had no choice but to give out these 70,000 sheep.
In this case, it is natural to have good things to say, otherwise, you don't have to think about it, you will definitely not try your best to be a lobbyist for them when you go back.
"This is a wise move by the leader of the Yi man, please rest assured, you are so dedicated, I will definitely make it clear to the Jieli Khan when I go back, I promise you that I will definitely send the sheep to you as soon as possible." Modra also said seriously.
Since Yi Nan gave him this face, then he Mo Da didn't mind giving Yi Nan this face.
"Then thank you, Mr. Modra."
"Then I'll leave now, and I'll leave the matter here to the leader of Yi Nan." Mo Daluo was not polite, and left Xue Yantuo directly after greetings, and when he left Xue Yantuo, Mo Daluo was still very happy, at least his task had been completed.
And they also achieved the task of weakening Xue Yantuo's department, and when the sheep were given to Huo Gang, didn't they just let them handle it? Mo Daluo pondered, in order to prevent them from jumping off the wall in a hurry, this time back, the sheep can be postponed, but they can't not be ungiven, in addition, they can give them some food first to appease.
Yi Nan did not delay, 70,000 sheep, it is easy to count them, just go out from their main headquarters, do not move the sheep of other herdsmen, Yi Nan did not spend long, but in more than two hours, Yi Nan completely counted out the sheep, and then handed over to Da Gu to lead three hundred cavalry on the road.
The reason why three hundred cavalry was sent was to avoid encountering wolves, after all, there were still many wolves on this grassland, and with so many sheep, it would be easy to attract a large number of wolves if there were not too many people to follow.
Yi Nan's speed made the few people left behind by Mo Da Luo also a little surprised, but after confirming that Yi Nan had sent the sheep away, these people immediately sent a person to chase Mo Da Luo directly to report.
Yi Nan didn't care about this, of course, where these people couldn't see, Yi Nan quickly changed his outfit, and then followed a few people from another direction and quickly chased the sheep.
Anyway, it is impossible for the sheep to go too fast, except for a limited number of people, no one knows that Yi Nan has left Xue Yantuo, and the people of Modra naturally do not know.
But a day later, Huo Gang knew, to be precise, when the three hundred cavalry led by Dagu entered Huo Gang's territory, Huo Gang knew.
Da Gu did not lead 300 people to walk with the sheep, 70,000 sheep is a lot, but 300 people are enough, Da Gu followed a few cronies and chased Yi Nan directly. Of course, it is impossible for them to lead the flock of sheep to come together, this flock of sheep is an attitude, if the flock of sheep from them to Yumen Pass, it will take about ten days to get there, and they can't delay it for so long.