Chapter 417 Recruiting Hu
In the silence, Lu Zhi spoke first, and as soon as he spoke, the atmosphere dropped to an even lower point:
"The iron in my hand is not so easy to get. Otherwise, why would I trade iron with you this time instead of using food? In fact, this is my sincerity in recruiting people from you. Now I put my sincerity here, you Who is not willing to accept the sincerity of this town? ”
After saying that, Lu Zhi stopped talking and just played with the bronze knight in his hand.
Lu Zhi said nothing, but the Hu chiefs present did not dare to let Lu Zhi's words fall to the ground.
Not to mention that behind Lu Zhi was a behemoth like the Han Dynasty, his five thousand Han cavalry in the city alone were a very powerful force.
In this world, a well-equipped Han cavalry can become a five-horseman in one ride, and the power of five thousand Han cavalry is comparable to that of fifty thousand barbarians. The most powerful Xianbei royal court on the grassland may only have the strength to control 50,000 to 60,000 cavalry, so the troops Lu Zhi has are simply not something that the barbarians of Daidi can compete with.
Hu people are very practical. As long as you are strong, you can make conditions.
Soon, the Wuhuan noble chiefs who were more pro-Han among the chiefs began to take the lead in expressing their stance.
The speaker was a handsome Wuhuan named Guli. He patted his chest and said to Lu Zhi who was looking up:
"I can provide Lu Zhenbei with 200 warriors."
This person called Guli is the level of Wuhuan Xiaoshuai. According to Wuhuan's social organization form, it can be divided into three levels from top to bottom: division, town, and lower. Each department has roughly 1,000 to 10,000 households. There are hundreds of villages in each town, and each village has about seven to ten people. The leader of a department is called a lord, the leader of a city is called a marshal, and the leader of a town is called a accountant.
So since this Guli is called Xiaoshuai, it means that he has at least hundreds of people in his hands and thousands of people in his mouth. In other words, the 200 people that this person just promised to provide directly account for one-tenth of the population, which cannot be said to be insincere.
Sure enough, as soon as Gu Li finished speaking, the superior Lu Zhi smiled directly at him.
Lu Zhi’s advice on bone benefits:
"Okay, you are the chief who passed by my camp gate before, right? I remember you. You are indeed loyal to the big man. I will never treat a loyal minister like you badly, and I will give you a contract later. , you can come directly to Daixian Mutual Market in the future.”
After Lu Zhi said this, Guli had no scruples. He knelt down to the middle again and bowed to Lu Zhi.
After hearing Lu Zhi's words, the other tribal chiefs felt their hearts tremble.
It turns out that the amount of information Lu Zhi said was too much. What does it mean to combine it with that bone? Will mutual markets need to verify the prospecting cooperation in the future?
Just when the chiefs were wondering, Lu Zhi spoke:
"Well, let me tell you a little thing by the way. I forgot to mention it just now. This town feels that there is still no order in the past mutual trade. Originally, my Majesty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, cared about the unity of all people in the world. Whether it is the grassland or the Central Plains, they are all his subjects, so I granted the special Opening a market at the border will also allow the people of the grassland to feel His Majesty’s grace. But what?”
As he spoke, Lu Zhi looked around at the dozens of chiefs present and said coldly:
"But what about some people? While they are benefiting from my Han Dynasty, they want to be enemies of our Han Dynasty. For these people, this town will never allow them to trade with each other in the city. Therefore, we have specially promulgated the mutual trading system. From now on, we can only hold hands Only the contracts I issue can be traded on the border between You and Bing.”
That's right, after using ironware to trade with each other, Lu Zhi used a new strategy, which was to explore and cooperate with each other to trade. Of course, this move is not just a threat, but to once again cause chaos for the barbarians in the land.
Because Lu Zhi used a trick, that is, the specific Hu tribes were not written on the Kanhe. As long as you entered the city with Kanhe, you would recognize it. What happens? It can be seen that the barbarians will fight again because of the alliance.
So after Lu Zhi finished speaking, all the powerful chiefs couldn't sit still. It's not that they guessed Lu Zhi's evil intentions, but they heard the threatening meaning of Lu Zhi's words.
Whoever is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty is the tribe who agrees to give people this time. So who is the enemy? Aren’t you just unwilling to give troops?
But even after seeing this, what can these Hu chiefs do?
The current situation is that everyone cannot be of the same mind. The powerful chiefs present can be divided into Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Xiongnu simply by race. And under subdivision, each chieftain can be divided into king species, small species, and other species.
The so-called king race is a race that can clearly trace its bloodline to a certain Hu king. Now on the grassland, only the Huns and Xianbei have established royal courts, so these two ethnic groups are the only ones with royal species.
The so-called small species are other branches of this ethnic group, but the relationship can still be traced. The other species are those who lived on the grasslands after taking refuge with Xianbei, Xiongnu or Wuhuan. They belong to these three tribes, but no one can actually tell their origins.
And here in Daidi, there are thirty-eight tribes of other races, twenty-six small races, and even the rare king race.
At that time, when the Southern Xiongnu invaded, a tribe of Li Jishi Guduhou was moved to Daidi, and he has been the leader of the Xiongnu tribe in this area ever since.
At this moment, Li Ji also came to participate in this mutual trade.
In fact, he deliberately rejected Lu Zhi's suggestion to recruit troops. In the past, the Huns did sacrifice their lives for the Han people. After all, the Han court did give them more, which was much more stable than if they took the initiative to snatch it.
However, with the decline of the Han Dynasty in the past two years, and even the huge capital was divided into two capitals, the East and West, there were more and more calls to revive the Xiongnu within the Southern Xiongnu. The young sects of these tribes kept clamoring:
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"We Huns are the sons of Changshengtian and the eagles of the grassland. At that time, our ancestors had no choice but to annex Han soil, but more than a hundred years later, the grassland is inhabited by the humble Xianbei Donghu. Now Xianbei is divided, isn't it? Is it time for us Huns to return to the grassland? ”
However, the voice of the Xiongnu Young Faction was suppressed by the Xiongnu Chanyu Qiangqu.
The old Qiangqu is not willing to implement such a radical strategy, and he is very satisfied with everything now. Therefore, the young people secretly shouted:
"Old Chanyu would rather be the hyena of the Han people than the eagle of the grassland."
The Li Ji clan of Dai County was aware of this undercurrent within the clan, so they were unwilling to take a stand on this matter. If he agrees to Lu Zhi's suggestion, the young men in the clan will definitely target him.
Therefore, Li Jishi was unwilling to wade into this muddy water.
But Li Ji silently glanced at the Wuhuan people opposite him, feeling increasingly cold towards them.
The Wuhuan people are considered to be famous traitors among the Hu people. Basically, famous chiefs were canonized by the Han Dynasty, and they were always at the forefront when recruiting troops. In order to reward the "loyalty and bravery" of the Wuhuan people, the Han Dynasty specially opened a market in Guangning City in the upper valley, and traded with the Wuhuan people every year.
Therefore, Li Ji knew that Lu Zhi's request for recruiting troops would definitely be met, because those Wuhuan people would even go to the grasslands to capture slaves themselves in order to obtain the source of iron in the future.
And once the long-term iron channel was taken over by the Wuhuan people, one can only imagine what would happen to the Huns in that generation.
And iron will eventually decay. No matter how much iron they obtain this time, it is still not as good as having a stable channel on their own.
So, Li Ji thought about it and said:
"Xiao Wang has been a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty since our ancestors. It is with the help of the Han Dynasty that we Huns can cultivate and live in the land of Dai and not be harmed by the white wind. So Xiao Wang has been thinking about how to repay this kindness. Now Lu Shuai is interested, and he does not think that we, the barbarians, are weak and despicable. Xiao Wang is willing to ride three thousand for Lu Shuai to drive. "
Li Ji thought carefully here. He knew that if he sent fewer troops, he would definitely be broken up by Lu Zhi. By then, these soldiers and horses will definitely not be able to come back. Therefore, Li Ji simply sent out three thousand troops, including men and horses. At that time, the Huns will still have to lead this army themselves, and they will have a certain degree of autonomy.
He looked down upon the vulgarity of those Wuhuan people.
No one can guess their little thoughts. For example, the seemingly respectful Gu Li just watched Hao Heng send out two hundred soldiers. But he was talking about Ding Liangbai. In other words, he only provided people.
But these Wuhuan people are cavalry, and they can only exert their combat effectiveness by riding horses. Then Lu Zhi recruited these two hundred Wuhuan people, how could you not equip them with horses? And once the war goes bad, these Wuhuan people rush back to Daidi again, wouldn't they have gained a war horse in vain?
This is Naguli's little thought, wretched.
Sure enough, as Li Ji opened his mouth, the Hu chiefs present exclaimed that they were indeed the Huns who were rich and powerful. They attacked with two hundred cavalry, which was the total strength of the ten chiefs combined.
Of course Lu Zhi was happy, so he filled up the wine and presented a toast to Li Ji.
Later, the Xiongnu tribe chiefs and Wuhuan tribe chiefs also opened their mouths to send troops. This family gave one hundred, and that family gave fifty. In just a moment, six thousand Huqi were collected.
The smile on Lu Zhi's face never stopped. His goal this time was to recruit eight thousand riders. But again, who thinks you have too few soldiers?
Therefore, Lu Zhi set his sights on the last Xianbei Hu chiefs. They were the only ones left, and so far these people have not said a word.
This made Lu Zhi very unhappy. He stared at the black man at the front with his tiger eyes. He had his hair cut to the left and had a strong body. He was the Xianbei Zahu chieftain who was living in Dai, and he was scolding the wild boar. At this time, Chigan Boar's expression changed, and he suddenly stood up and bowed to Lu Zhi:
"Lu Shuai, Wild Boar has admired Tianhan since he was a child, and is willing to live and die for Tianhan. Please Lu Shuai, please allow me to recruit three thousand Hu cavalry under my command to join the army, and make achievements together with Lu Shuai. Ye Boar's greatest pursuit in this life is to become a Han Dynasty This is enough for the wild boar to die.”
Lu Zhi was also stunned at this moment. He did not expect that this man named Chigan Wild Boar was so courageous that he would bring all his troops and horses with him into the Han Dynasty, just to gain wealth.
Lu Zhi looked at the Chigan Wild Boar repeatedly and laughed. Then he personally got down from the table and filled the Chigan Wild Boar with wine and said boldly:
“Drink wins!”
Chigan Wild Boar was also frightened, drank the wine respectfully, and finally added:
“Our Han family’s wine is sweet!”
Lu Zhi laughed loudly and patted the Chigan Boar on the shoulder, saying nothing.
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After the banquet, the Xianbei Chigan tribe drove a high cart loaded with ironware back to the tribe.
On the road, Chigan Boar's three younger brothers were all surrounding Chigan Boar.
Among them, the second brother scolded the bison and asked in confusion:
"Brother, why should we all follow that old man Lu Zhi? I don't think this old Han man is a good person. If we follow him, we will suffer big losses."
Not only the second child is saying this, the third child also chides the wild deer and echoes:
"Yes, brother. We have just exchanged the tribe's cattle and sheep for Han people's iron tools. It is time to build some weapons and annex the several Yahu tribes near us. Why should we follow Lu Zhi? And they Han people The fighting between them has nothing to do with us Xianbei people. I wish more of them died!”
Since the great hero Tan Shihuai unified the Monan Grassland twenty years ago, the Xianbei people have fought three wars with the Han people, resulting in heavy casualties among each tribe. Many members of the Chigan family died in the battle with the Han people. Now they can't accept it if they follow the Han people to fight.
After saying that, he scolded the wild deer and said angrily:
"If it weren't for the death of the old king three years ago and the death of the new king a year ago in the north, which caused us Xianbei people to be torn apart, how could we tolerate the Han people to be so arrogant and come up with some plan to take advantage of us? Shouldn't we just grab it? Better? ”
The old king whom Chigan Yelu was talking about was Tan Shihuai, and the new king was talking about Tan Shihuai's son Helian. When he attacked the Northland last year, he was shot to death by Han people's bows and arrows.
But now Helian's son Qianman is still young and unable to assume the important task of the supreme leader, so the Xianbei adults unanimously recommended Helian's brother's son Kuitou to succeed Helian's position.
However, their Chigan family was Helian's force. In order to avoid being purged by the leader, they moved their entire family to the south to avoid trouble.
Chigan Yelu wanted to say more, but Chigan Gou Sheng, the youngest of the four brothers, suddenly said:
"I understand, brother. Now, all the great people in Xianbei are self-respecting and doing their own thing. Even the position of the great lord has begun to be taken by himself without being conferred by the royal court. And I think that when Prince Qianman grows up in the future, he will still have to fight with the fake king Kuitou. Those who use weapons. When the time comes, we, Xianbei, will be in civil strife, and the Han people will be in trouble."
The second brother scolded the bison and had no idea what the fourth brother meant. He groaned:
"You are making so many twists and turns, what are you going to say? Just be direct."
Chigan Gou Sheng said excitedly:
"Now the Han people are also in civil strife, especially in the Youji area, which has been fighting for two years. But I heard from the tribesmen who came back that there was also a hero from that place, called the Taishan Army. I don't know where it came from, but But they suppressed the Han people and fought, and it is said that they have occupied a large area. This time, old man Lu Zhi came to our place to recruit troops, just to take them to fight against the Taishan Army..."
"And if the Taishan Army is allowed to take the lead in unifying the North, then we Xianbei people will be in danger. So brother will take all of us to help Nalu Zhi defeat the Taishan Army. Because only the Han people who are also divided will not pose a threat to us Xianbei Threat.”
The latter words were said by the third of the four brothers, who scolded Gan Yelu. After saying this, he looked serious, obviously thinking that he and others had already shouldered the fate of the Xianbei people.
Then, the three brothers watched with admiration as their silent brother beat the wild boar, admiring his foresight.
After being shocked, the scolding wild boar over there coughed and said calmly:
"Yes, that's what happened."
But in fact, he just watched the Wuhuan people looking at him with evil intentions at the banquet. Obviously, after the opponent obtains the iron blade, they will start to eradicate him as an outsider.
Even though the Wuhuan people and the Xianbei people are of the same species, it is always their own people who kill their own people the most ruthlessly.
At that time, Lu Zhi looked like he wanted to eat people, and if you don't come up with one or two thousand people, you want him to look good. The Chigan family only had 3,000 cavalry in total. Instead of dividing their troops for Nalu Zhitun, it was better to attack them all.
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to leave the right and wrong land of Dai, remain intact under Lu Zhi's tent, and make a fortune in Han?
I just didn’t expect my two younger brothers to think so much? Was that what I thought at the time?
Sure enough, I am also a great hero of Xianbei who beats the wild boar, caring about the country and the people.
Not to mention the intention of scolding the wild boar, Lu Zhi's army soon stationed in Dai County, after gathering the nine thousand cavalry sent by various ministries, he recruited about a thousand miscellaneous men from Dai County.
The tribes where these bastards belonged had just been attacked and destroyed by the tribes that had obtained iron weapons. These people could only wander around and then recruited Lu Zhi's army.
It seems that the storm stirred up by Lu Zhi has already blown in Daidi.
Finally, Lu Zhi recruited three thousand generations of Han knights and heroes to form an army. On the one hand, these heroes wanted to follow Lu to gain wealth in Guan Nei, but more importantly, they wanted to take refuge.
Lu Zhi is not the only smart person. Those Hu people lacked power struggle, but the Han people in Daidi did not. They have already seen that this land has become a place of right and wrong after Lu Zhi used so-called iron tools and Kanhe to trade with each other. The tribes that had been able to coexist peacefully before would be violently slaughtered.
And at that time, what should the Han people in Daidi do without the protection of the pass?
Originally, their number was smaller than that of the Hu people, and they were able to maintain a balance of power because they had the advantage of iron weapons. But now this only advantage is gone, and the only result left for the Han people in Daidi is a dead end.
Therefore, the powerful Han people who saw this could only seek refuge in Lu Zhi's army. Nearly three thousand heroes with excellent cavalry and shooting skills and the courage to fight joined Lu Zhi's tent, which greatly enriched the strength of the Zhenbei Army.
And all Lu Zhi had to pay was some clearance diplomas.
Because in order to prevent people from the border areas from fleeing to the mainland, the Han Dynasty was strictly prohibited by law from giving these people diplomas for customs clearance. Especially places outside the customs such as Daijun, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, etc. are strictly prohibited.
The conditions negotiated by the powerful men of Dai and Lu Zhi were that their elite tribesmen could join the army, but their family members had to move inland with them, and they could not be left to die in Dai.
Lu Zhi agreed to this condition without thinking.
At this time, he didn't care about the laws of the Han Dynasty. For him, if he defeats the Taishan Army, the Han Dynasty can still be saved. If we lose the battle, the Han Dynasty will be destroyed, so what legal prohibitions are there to talk about?
So Lu Zhi made a big gesture and allowed the families of Daidi heroes to enter the customs together.
In this way, Lu Zhi recruited a total of 13,000 troops in Daidi. Then he entered the pass through Yehukou with his own five thousand cavalry, a huge army of eighteen thousand people in total, and nearly one hundred thousand cattle and sheep.
Behind the army, nearly 30,000 powerful Dingkou Han people from Daidi moved along the Feihu Road in the high mountains, preparing to settle in the Zhongshan Kingdom.
By now, Lu Zhi is ready to go south to find Zhang Chong for a decisive battle at any time.
And at this time, what is our Zhang Chong doing?
(End of chapter)