Volume 1 Chapter 110 Shocked People
Choro Khan heard Bai Qi say that as long as the other three Khans attacked Honghua City, they would suffer heavy losses.
He did not hate Bai Qi for this, and felt that Bai Qi was an enemy of the Huns.
Instead, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he asked excitedly, "If the other three Khans suffer heavy losses in this battle, can I take advantage of the situation to annex them?"
"Then I can become the true overlord of the grassland!"
In the past, Choro Khan would never have had such an idea.
But today, he followed Bai Qi's advice and took advantage of the situation, resulting in the loss of only 5,000 troops. He let the Second Khan and the other three Khans fight a life-and-death battle, killing more than 100,000 of the other side at once.
If the other three Khans lost more people in Honghua City or were even killed on the spot, he would become the only Khan on the grassland.
When he thought of this, Choro Khan began to tremble with excitement.
Yang Paifeng, Dazhuang, Erniu and others around were all speechless.
They must have heard it right!
The Khan of the Huns actually wanted to discuss with Bai Qi how to destroy the Hun army.
They must have thought this was a joke before.
But now that they heard it with their own ears, they had mixed feelings.
I don’t know what to say.
After a while.
Yang Paifeng expressed his concerns and looked at Bai Qi and said, "Bai Qi, if Chuluo Khan becomes the first Khan of the Xiongnu, and he swallows up the forces of the other three Khans."
"After a few years of development, his strength may be more terrifying than several Khans combined."
"What if he wields the sword against Da Zhou again?"
After Yang Paifeng finished speaking, he looked coldly at Choro Khan.
She didn't want Choro Khan to become the most powerful.
Da Zhuang, Hei Niu and others initially thought that it was a good idea to agree to Choro Khan so that they could fight each other.
But when I heard what Yang Paifeng said, I suddenly felt that I had thought too simply.
Choro Khan was shocked, because what Yang Paifeng said was exactly what he was thinking.
Now I have to surrender to Bai Qi, and wait until the future, huh!
But he was still young and didn't dare to offend Bai Qi, so he said quickly: "How is that possible? If that day comes, I will definitely be respectful to the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
"hehe!"
Not to mention Yang Paifeng, even rough guys like Da Zhuang didn't believe it.
The Huns are a typical example of people who forget the pain once the wound has healed.
How can I keep my promise?
Bai Qi also shook his head slightly. If he believed what Choro Khan said, that would be crazy.
But now we have to rely on Choro Khan to deal with the other three Khans.
After thinking for a while, he turned around and looked at Chuluo Khan and said, "I can help you deal with the other three Khans, but the premise is that you must be a grandson of the Central Plains Dynasty!"
Be a grandson?
Choro Khan didn't understand.
"How do I do that?"
He didn't reject it. After all, he was the grandson now and even Bai Qi could drive him around at will. What else couldn't he do?
What he wants is not dignity, not face, but strength.
Only with strength can you have face and dignity!
Seeing that Chuluo Khan did not show much resistance, Bai Qi grinned and said, "You need to come back with me to the imperial city of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and pay tribute in front of the civil and military officials and the people of the world!"
this!
Choro Khan was so shocked that his face turned green.
This is a bit cruel.
Over the years, the Xiongnu fought wars with the Central Plains dynasties, but no Xiongnu Khan had ever paid tribute to the Central Plains dynasties.
In terms of status, the Xiongnu Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty were equal, as they were both states.
If he really pledged loyalty and paid tribute, he would be a vassal king of the Central Plains dynasty.
Isn't this tantamount to surrender?
Yang Paifeng's eyes lit up and he said with a smile, "This is a good idea! If Choro Khan pays tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty!"
"And if he doesn't listen to the Central Plains Dynasty, the other Xiongnu people can just get rid of him because Choro Khan has sided with the Central Plains Dynasty!"
Yang Paifeng had no scruples at all and directly told Bai Qi's plan to Choro Khan.
This is actually a constraint on Choro Khan.
As a dignified Xiongnu Khan, he actually became a grandson of the Central Plains Dynasty, which made him a capitulator in the Xiongnu Dynasty.
There will inevitably be huge disagreements with the Huns who advocate war.
This invisibly split the Xiongnu into two major factions.
Choro Khan would never be able to truly unify the grassland as there were many people who opposed him.
"Chu Luo, what do you think?"
Bai Qi looked at Chuluo Khan and said, "If you agree, we will set off now and return to the Great Zhou Dynasty."
"Once you truly pay tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty and become a vassal of the Central Plains Dynasty, then we in the Central Plains Dynasty can send troops to help you unify the grasslands."
"You can truly become the overlord of the grassland."
"Of course, we have to pay tribute of cattle and sheep to the Central Plains Dynasty every year, and horses are indispensable!"
Bai Qi had a playful look on his face and said, "You want to rely on me to become the overlord of the grassland? Okay, I will put a nose ring on you first. If you don't listen, I have plenty of ways to deal with you!"
Now Bai Qi doesn’t know either, he is just waiting for Choro Khan’s choice.
Hearing this.
There was a look of great struggle on Choro Khan's face.
He certainly knew that joining the Central Plains dynasty would bring huge benefits, but it would also cause great damage to his reputation.
He would not be able to hold his head up in the entire Xiongnu Dynasty, and this would make other Xiongnu leaders collectively despise him.
He was very conflicted because this was not the grassland overlord he wanted.
When Bai Qi saw that Choro Khan didn't say anything, he knew that he was unwilling to accept this.
Bai Qi chuckled and said leisurely: "Chu Luo, do you have any other choice?"
"You have offended the other three Khans today. If you don't follow me, the other three Khans will definitely kill you!"
Bai Qi was not afraid at all that Choro Khan would not agree.
If you don’t agree, you will die!
"You!" Choro Khan was shocked and looked at Bai Qi as if he were a devil.
It turned out that Bai Qi brought his army to participate in this war today not just to consume the manpower of the other Khans.
It also put him in opposition to the other Khans.
This is simply killing two birds with one stone!
So cruel!
If he had not come today, perhaps the other three Khans would have spared his life as long as he was willing to be humble under their command.
But what about now?
He has led his troops to attack the three Khans, and he did it at the most critical moment. Will they let him go?
It's impossible even if you use your toes to imagine it!
Choro Khan felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a dead fly.
Bai Qi simply played with him in the palm of his hand, it was so scary.
He also knew at this time that he had no other choice.
After weighing the pros and cons, Chuluo Khan could only grit his teeth and nodded in agreement: "Okay, I'll go!"
In an instant, Yang Paifeng and others were shocked.
Choro Khan really agreed.
The Huns will really surrender to the Great Zhou in the future!
Oh my god!
This is an unprecedented feat since the founding of the Great Zhou in 853!
Her father, Yang Wudi, was only able to resist the Huns, and yet he became a peerless general. However, Bai Qi actually wanted the Huns to surrender.
"If the officials in the court knew this news, I wonder if they would be shocked!"
Yang Paifeng was excited. She was actually an important participant in this plan. At this moment, she felt extremely honored.
The soldiers around were also rubbing their hands excitedly.
Bai Qi nodded in satisfaction, patted Chuluo Khan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "That's right! As we say, a man who knows the current situation is a hero!"
Bai Qi touched his nose. Why did he feel like a villain?
He ordered: "Then the two of us will go back to the Great Zhou Dynasty first. Yang Paifeng, you lead the army to keep an eye on the soldiers under Luo Khan."
"Don't let these people escape, and don't let them get into a large-scale battle with the other three Khans."
"Wait for us to come back."
Yang Paifeng immediately accepted the order. He now had 25,000 troops under his command, including 10,000 Great Zhou soldiers and another 15,000 Xiongnu cavalry.
As long as they kept wandering around the grassland and sending out spies, they wouldn't have to worry about the other three Khans surrounding and killing them.
Moreover, they could take advantage of this time to harass and plunder the various tribes on the grassland and raise the food and fodder needed for their army.
For the first time, Yang Paifeng felt that it was so cool to operate as a cavalry on the grassland.
Sometimes you don’t even need to bring food or fodder, you can just loot whatever you go.
Bai Qi rode on his war horse and led Choro Khan directly to Honghua City.
On the way, neither of them spoke. Bai Qi was too lazy to pay attention to Choro Khan, while Choro Khan was preoccupied and didn't want to talk to Bai Qi at all.
Bai Qi also took this opportunity to count his battle results.
System, let me calculate the results of the battle!
【bite! 】
[Host, kill the two sons of the first Hun Khan, experience +10000]
[Host kills 10 generals under the First Khan of the Xiongnu, experience value +10000]
[Host kills 535 common Xiongnu soldiers, experience value +5350]
[Host now has 159130 experience points]
[Has the host been upgraded?] 】
Of course Bai Qi chose no!
Keeping the experience points has other uses. Now there are no experts for him to kill, so why waste the experience points?
……………………
Ten days later.
The Imperial City of Great Zhou.
The Emperor of the Great Zhou now holds a grand court meeting every three days.
Because of the war at the front, he couldn't eat or sleep.
Recently, due to excessive pressure, he has to walk around the harem several times every day. Because he walks around too frequently, he feels exhausted.
When attending court, the Emperor of the Great Zhou had a pair of panda eyes, rubbed his old waist, and looked at his civil and military officials with a heavy heart.
"After so many days, haven't you thought of a proper solution?"
"How should we deal with the next attack by the Huns?"
Hearing this.
All the civil and military officials shook their heads helplessly.
They simply don't have any good solutions.
What made them most depressed was that the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not kill the Tianji Sect at all, and the Tianji Sect, in order to retaliate against the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty,
They actually opened up more than 10 roads to attack the Central Plains dynasty in the mountains connected to Honghua City.
This makes Honghua City even more dangerous.
You have no idea whether the Huns will intercept the logistical supplies again when they attack Honghua City next time, even if you guessed it.
You can't stop it.
Because the people of Tianji Sect are frantically opening up new roads. Even if you block the known roads now, who can tell which new roads will appear by then?
So they could only transport all the food and grass to Honghua City in advance, but this time there was obviously not much food and grass.
It can't sustain Honghua City's consumption for several months.
If the Hun army attacks the city again and the siege lasts a long time, then Honghua City will be in danger.
What’s even more terrifying is that the Huns could completely bypass Honghua City and directly attack the rear through the road opened up by the Tianji Sect.
I won't fight you head-on. I will directly plunder your rear and force Yang Wudi to leave the city to fight.
This way the Hun cavalry will be more powerful.
They don't even have to fight a siege war with you.
So everyone was at a loss as bad news came one after another about the war at the front.
This leaves them with only constant pessimistic speculation about the current situation.
At this moment, hurried battle reports came from outside.
"Report!——"
"Emergency military information from Honghua City!"
When this voice rang out, all the civil and military officials were shocked.
Many people almost dropped the memorials in their hands. What they feared most now was hearing the military report from Honghua City.
The Emperor of Great Zhou was also pale, and he swallowed hard, his fingers trembling, and after a long while he stammered:
"Bring the man up."
Soon, a messenger came in.
The Great Zhou Emperor sighed and said, "What bad news is there ahead?"
The messenger was visibly stunned, then said curiously: "Your Majesty, a great victory ahead!"
What! ?
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was boiling.
All the civil and military officials widened their eyes, and many of them lost their composure.
The generals gathered around, lifted the messenger up from the ground, and shouted excitedly: "Tell me quickly, what changes have occurred in the battle ahead?"
The Emperor of the Great Zhou also ran out from behind the dragon case. He was eager to know what was happening ahead.
It was the first time that the messengers were treated with such high standards. In the past, when they delivered messages, they just handed over memorials.
Now he was surrounded by all the civil and military officials in the court, and even the Emperor of Zhou ran down.
This was simply the best treatment he had ever received in his life.
Even at this time, the chief eunuch brought a pot of tea and handed it to him: "Hurry up and moisten your throat. After drinking it, tell our Majesty in detail."
Oh my god!
Can I still drink the emperor's tea?
The messenger swallowed hard.
He didn't care about anything and just grabbed the teapot and started drinking it.
After all, he had run 800 miles in a hurry and he was exhausted.
Moreover, this tea is specially for the emperor. He can probably only drink it once in his life. And the emperor asked him to drink it, so it would be a waste if he didn't drink it.
After drinking it, he felt refreshed and said aloud:
"General Bai Qi instigated a rebellion against the Xiongnu Khan Chuluo in the rear, and led Chuluo Khan's army to provoke a war with several other Xiongnu Khans."
"The Third, Fourth and Fifth Khans of the Xiongnu joined forces to destroy the Second Khan of the Xiongnu."
"In this battle, our army lost less than ten people, but the Xiongnu directly lost 120,000!"
"The total strength of the Xiongnu has dropped from 500,000 to 380,000."
"It's only twice as many as the garrison of Honghua City."
"Marshal Yang asked me to tell His Majesty that he is fully confident that we can defend Honghua City when the enemy's forces outnumber ours by 2:1!"
When the messenger finished speaking, there was a sound of people gasping in shock all around.
Bai Qi is simply amazing!
Not only did he resolve the crisis in Honghua City, he was also able to instigate a rebellion against Choro Khan and force several Khans to fight for their lives.
This battle came at such a small cost, but it wiped out so many Hun troops!
It's simply a miracle on the battlefield!
We have fought the Huns for so many years, but there has never been a war in which so many Huns died.
Oh my god, Bai Qi is indeed the God of Killing!
As a result of this attack, the enemy’s casualties did not fall below 10,000.
The generals all admired Bai Qi very much.
The most important thing is that Bai Qi fights with his brain.
The tactical qualities that Bai Qi displayed when he first faced the joint attack of the five Hun Khans were beyond their reach.
Many people studied Bai Qi's tactics in private and were amazed at the time.
This time they thought it was an unsolvable problem, but Bai Qi made it even more difficult.
120,000 enemy troops, just gone like that!
The most important thing is that not many people died on their side, and no food supplies were consumed. It was simply a case of using little to achieve great results.
This is what we call the art of war!
General Cao Changqiu bowed to the Emperor of Great Zhou and said, "Your Majesty, Bai Qi has made great contributions and needs to be rewarded generously!"
Other generals also echoed General Cao Changqiu's suggestion.
The corners of the Emperor of the Great Zhou's mouth twitched. He was originally very happy to hear the news, but when he thought that it was Bai Qi who did it, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Now hearing that this group of people were going to reward Bai Qi lavishly, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had been stung by a bee.
The civil officials standing by were all unhappy.
Although Bai Qi had made great military achievements, this reward came too quickly!
Someone directly said:
"Each time Bai Qi was rewarded, he was promoted three levels, and it has only been less than two years."
"Bai Qi went from being a criminal to being a third-rank general."
"You know, many people have to wait 30 to 40 years just to gain experience to advance from a seventh-rank county magistrate to a third-rank official."
"Some people cannot become a third-rank official in their entire life."
"Yes, yes, yes. We also think that we can't give out titles too quickly. If we continue like this, Bai Qi will soon be unable to be given any more titles!"
The civil officials all rose up in collective opposition at this time. After all, they didn't want to see a military general being promoted so madly.
The Great Zhou Emperor heard this and said hypocritically: "I actually also want to reward Bai Qi, but you all disagree."
"If Bai Qi can solve the problem of the Xiongnu, I will definitely reward him handsomely!"
He hadn't finished his words yet.
A report was heard from outside.
"Report!"
"General Bai Qi has brought back Choro Khan, and is now seeking an audience outside the palace!"
What! ?
The ministers were dumbfounded.
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