Chapter 079: Inside the Barbarians
The barbarians' movements were not slow, and after Wuyan Muchi's order was issued, the remaining more than 10,000 barbarians immediately took 3,000 people as a unit and acted quickly. Soon, five makeshift camps at each other's corners began to take shape, and the barbarians were well protected from them.
"Fix it in place!"
Seeing that the barbarian hid himself like a turtle with a shrunken head, Ma Shuo immediately asked everyone under his command to stop the attack. Ma Shuo's original purpose was to slow down the march of the barbarian troops, so that they would not cause damage from the inside of the barbarian pass. Now, the other party chose to stop and station, wouldn't that just fit Ma Shuo's mind.
Ma Shuo led his men and horses to stare at the barbarian camp from afar, and if the other party moved, he would react as soon as possible. According to Ma Shuo's reasoning, it is absolutely impossible for the barbarians in the camp to stay here all the time, which is inconsistent with their strategic intentions.
In fact, there was indeed a fierce quarrel going on in the barbarian camp.
The more than 10,000 people in the barbarian ranks did not come from the same tribe, but from more than a dozen tribes, and the number of personnel in each tribe varied, ranging from two or three thousand to two or three hundred. However, each tribe has its own leader to follow. Wuyan Muchi can actually only be regarded as a leader who has been elected by the public, of course, because he has a powerful tribe standing behind him, so under normal circumstances, no one dares to challenge Wuyan Muchi's authority.
It's just that this is no longer the usual situation. The loss of thousands of barbarians, this responsibility can only be placed on Wuyan Muchi as the commander. Naturally, Wuyan Muchi's authority was greatly weakened because of this, and some of the leaders of the tribes with a large number finally stood up at this time, ready to divide some of the power from Wuyan Muchi.
And the whole point of contention is, of course, not the question of staying here or continuing to go to Zhenmanguan. As a strategic plan set by the upper echelons, if someone dares not to choose not to go to Zhenmanguan at this time, what awaits them in the end is the fate of extermination. It's just that the situation in front of me has become a little delicate, and if you want to continue to complete the task, someone needs to stand up and do the gecko's tail and cut off the tail to save the body.
But who will be the tail? When the tail is doomed, it is destined to be a dead end. Those present all represent the interests of their respective tribes, and no one will easily choose to sacrifice their own tribes.
In the past, when Wuyan Muchi's authority was still there, he could decide who went and who stayed with a single sentence. However, things are a little different now. The leaders of the tribes with a large number of people began to take the initiative to fight for the benefits of their tribes, and they were definitely unwilling to do the tail thing.
As a result of the rup, it was natural that Wuyan Muchi, whose authority had been challenged, made an appropriate compromise and mainly assigned the task of being the tail to those small tribes, and also transferred three hundred people from his own tribe to participate in it, which could be regarded as an example. Coupled with the 300 people of the Wuyan Muchi tribe, a total of 3,000 people were finally selected to form the Broken Tail Army, and their sacrifices were used to win the opportunity for the large army to achieve strategic goals.
At present, there are still more than 3,000 people belonging to the Wuyan Muchi tribe in the entire team, and 300 people are drawn out at once, which is almost equivalent to one-tenth of the number. You must know that the withdrawal of these 300 people is basically a dead end, which can be regarded as a complete loss. If you haven't reaped any benefits yet, you will have to lose three hundred people in vain, and Wuyan Muchi is also distressed.
Although a lot of skin was torn and a lot of time was wasted in the process, once the decision was made, the barbarians' action was still good, and soon this broken-tail army, which was mainly composed of small tribes, was quickly formed.
"Chiefs, inform your men that you should have a good night's rest tonight, and start tomorrow on time! The three thousand sons of the Broken Tail Army must let them eat and drink well and rest well. Tomorrow, it will be up to them whether we can successfully break out of the Qin people's obstruction and realize the order given by Lord Zuo Xian. Ladies and gentlemen, I have to remind you that if all of us can't reach the pass of the Qin people the day after tomorrow and it affects Lord Zuoxianwang's battle plan, I can't run, and none of you can run! ”
Wuyan Muchi said very unceremoniously to the few tribal leaders who had just stood up to challenge his authority. Although he made a little concession just now, Wuyan Muchi's identity is still there, and in fact, if this mission is not completed, as the main person in charge, Wuyan Muchi will definitely not be able to run away and be punished, but the other tribal leaders will not feel good at that time.
Therefore, when they heard Wu Yan Muchi say these threatening words, the faces of the few tribal leaders who had just been clamoring became ugly. Just now I stood up and fought for the benefit of my own tribe. However, it really affected the completion of the final task, and they would not be able to escape the responsibility at that time. Moreover, when the time comes, it is likely that they will bear the brunt of being pushed to the front by Wuyan Muchi as a scapegoat.
Because, at that time, as long as Wuyan Muchi reported to the above that it was because of the disunity of a few of them that led to the failure of the mission, it would be a big trouble.
"Lord Commander, my Hu Xuan tribe is willing to send two hundred people to join the Broken Tail Army, and I hope that my lord will allow it!" The leader of the Hu Xuan tribe was the first to stand up and take the initiative to contribute 200 troops to join the Broken Tail Army.
"Lord Commander, I, the Yam tribe, am also willing to contribute two hundred people!"
"Our Wolf Tooth Tribe also contributed two hundred people!"
One after another, three tribes of more than 2,000 people all took the initiative to ask for their subordinates to join the Broken Tail Army, and it was obvious that they were frightened by Wuyan Muchi's last words.
Seeing the sudden change of attitude of a few guys, Wu Yan Muchi also sneered in his heart, a group of idiots really thought that they couldn't control them, and they yelled at themselves just now. Hmph, do you really think it's all over if you come up with some people? I remember this account!
Of course, Wuyan Muchi will not be a kind person, those people before offended him and embarrassed him so much, how can he really be like no one. It's just that the overall situation is important at the moment, so he had to suppress the anger in his heart first, and on the surface, he still thanked several tribal leaders a few times, but he did not refuse the subordinates they contributed. After all, there were 600 more people in the Broken Tail Army, and there was more hope of stopping the Qin people from attacking and harassing the team.
It's just that what Wuyan Muchi didn't expect was that when he made arrangements on his side, the situation on the Qin people's side also changed, and the men and horses blocking their advance were no longer the more than 3,000 cavalry of Ma Shuo.