Better to live forever [Rebirth]

"Hey, Captain Wanbai, please be merciful in today's training!"

"The centurion laughed again today, and we are going to be unlucky again."

"The centurion..."

Wan Ye, an unremarkable soldier in the Zhu family army who rose from the most ordinary soldier to the position of centurion, was promoted from an untitled soldier to a centurion because he bravely beheaded more than [-] enemies in the three cities of Kelan , which is of interest.No one knew that this thin and capable man with a smiling face had been an undercover agent for the Huns royal family for several years, and even played a vital role in the attack on the three Kelan cities.

The three cities in the south of the Xiongnu fell without warning, and 20 Hun soldiers and common people were captured. The Hun royal family intended to make peace with this. After all, it is impossible for Zhu’s army to support so many captives with their own food and grass, and Zhu’s army’s behavior is not enough to kill them. Many captives.After the Battle of Kelan, the Huns clearly felt the disparity in combat power between each other - this disparity was not in the strength of individual soldiers and the level of armor and weapons, but in a very rough way, the crushing of the number of soldiers.

Ten pawns against one pawn, how can we fight this battle?

The Huns had to take a step back.

After Emperor Zhenyuan received the battle report, he agreed to the negotiation with the King of the Huns, but he opened his mouth loudly. He wanted not only the Huns to completely cede the three cities of Kelan, but also the Huns to give one sheep for one person, one cow for ten people, or one horse for one hundred people. Otherwise, these personalities will be killed after half a month.

After the Xiongnu King Jierling received the reply, his face was livid with anger.

That's 20 people!Even if they exchanged such cattle and sheep for ransom, it was impossible for them to lose half of their livestock because of these captives.What's even more damning is that Dajing also called the name on the one-hundred-man-for-horse exchange, which must be a thoroughbred horse, not a castrated war horse!In addition to the heavy armor and light armor, the Xiongnu's horses are their favorite weapons. There are countless horses captured by Dajing every year, but those are all castrated horses, which can allow them to be used as stallions to breed horses. few.

Dajing is obviously taking advantage of the fire!

But the Huns had no choice.It is impossible for him to leave these 20 captives alone. If Zhu's army had killed them all out of instinct at the beginning, then the Xiongnu would still be able to fight for revenge because of this, but the current situation is not the case.If he doesn't go to redeem people, then the morale of the army will be unstable and the hearts of the people will be in turmoil. At that time, it will be easy to even rebel and push himself down from the throne. What's more, he now desperately needs the captured 15 soldiers to fill his forces.

Helpless, Jier Ling could only issue a letter of credence again, requesting gold and silver to redeem the population.

When Zhu Dingbei heard about the conditions offered by the King of the Huns, he couldn't help but clicked his tongue: "It seems that the treasure map is indeed in the hands of the King of the Huns. One person can exchange ten taels of silver, and 200 million silver will be given as he pleases. It is really generous. "

Ning Heng hooked his lips, "Unfortunately, we don't lack money."

As Ning Heng said, Emperor Zhenyuan's reply was very straightforward. He could accept silver as a ransom, but only for [-] captives. The others had to be redeemed with cattle, sheep and horses.

After several negotiations, Dajing took a tough attitude, and the Hun King had no choice but to accept this condition.

On the day of redemption, 20 Huns were escorted to the back of Wuhe City.Wuhe City is named after the Wuhe River, which is dark in color and rich in black algae, so it is called Wuhe by the locals.The Wuhe River is not very wide, about five zhang away, Zhu's army pushed the captives to the river bank, and pushed the fort forward in an extremely arrogant manner, setting up ten cannons, and the Huns shouted from across the bank: "What are you doing? What do you mean?! Do you want to start a war?!"

The extremely awkward Dajing words roared out from the messenger's mouth.

Zhu Zhengbei, who was in charge of the redemption, laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, just be prepared. Now, you send over the silver, the cattle, the sheep, and the horses!"

"No way! Hand over people and deliver goods with one hand!"

"Hehe, it's not what you say! What I say here is to know the rules! You must follow suit!"

The Xiongnu envoy's expression was distorted, and after discussing with the generals around him for a while, he said: "Come in batches! Let's pay the silver first! 50 silver, you send 5 people over!"

"make a deal!"

Only then did the Huns use horses to transport 50 taels of silver across the river, but after the silver was sent ashore, Zhu's army did not send the 5 people over. trustworthy.Zhu Zhengbei wasn't afraid that they would wield swords and swords. If they got anxious, he threw a cannon over to see if they dared to be arrogant.

"Be safe and don't be impatient! People can't make fakes, but silver is fine! You Huns have never done things like using bad silver to fool us Dajing people before!"

Standing on the fort, Zhu Zhengbei looked at the soldiers below who smashed each handful of silver to see if there was any gravel in it. Because of the large number of people, the 50 taels of silver were quickly inspected.

It seems that the Huns have not been short of money recently, and have not engaged in such small tricks of deceit.Zhu Zhengbei waved his hands in satisfaction, and ordered the 5 people to be kicked into the water, instead of sending them to cross the river by themselves.During that time, the [-] captives crossed the river in a hurry, and many people stumbled and stumbled in the water. The river water, which was originally black, turned white under their big movements, which was caused by the mud and sand at the bottom of the river being muddied by them.

Zhu Jiajun laughed loudly seeing their distressed appearance, and he had a clear attitude of insulting them, and he didn't know how to restrain himself.

The second batch is the largest flock.

These sheep were so thin that only a handful of bones remained. It was obvious that they had not been fed after they were set aside as ransom items. After crossing the river for a while, more than a dozen of them died in the water.Zhu Zhengbei gave his attendant a wink. The latter understood, grabbed the sheep with one hand, and grabbed the Hun captive with the other, and cursed: "This sheep is not half as heavy as this man! Damn it! It can't be changed!"

Zhu Zhengbei raised his voice and said: "What a Xiongnu dared to use such a cheap trick to us! Let me tell you! A hundred catties of mutton will be exchanged for one person, otherwise we will not exchange it!"

"You guys! It's clearly written in black and white in the letter of credence! A sheep is exchanged for a person! Do you want to go back on your word?!"

"Hey, you won't know how to be obedient until I teach you a lesson! Otherwise, we don't want this batch of sheep! I'll talk to Lao Tzu when you change to a batch of fatter ones! Hmph, look at these sheep, it can be seen that cattle and horses are not good breeds , Brothers, take him back! When they figure it out tomorrow, we will send him to sell him!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Zhu Jiajun was about to take people away without saying a word, the envoy of the Huns was in a hurry. He was ordered to come to the king, but he clearly told him that all the 20 people must be taken back today!If he fails to complete the task, he will surely die!He anxiously discussed with the general. Although the latter hated the 20 prisoners, he also understood that these people must be redeemed and could only compromise.

"Okay! Just exchange a hundred catties of sheep for one person!" The Huns envoy shouted: "You can't be short of catties or two, you must let our warriors weigh the weight with you!"

Zhu Zhengbei has nothing to do, but when calculating the weight, each sheep lost ten catties. His reason is very honest. The wool of these sheep dripping over the water is wet, so there must be a lot of moisture. Lose!The situation was stronger than the people, and the warriors of the Xiongnu cursed and cursed. When they wanted to do something, Zhu Zhengbei kicked the fort under his feet, and the threat was beyond words.

In this way, the 5000 sheep are [-] fewer than the expected replacement!

The redemption of the remaining cattle and horses went smoothly, and Zhu Jiajun happily released them after checking that the horses had not been castrated.But the remaining 5000 people were all captured by the Huns soldiers, but it caused the Huns a lot of headaches. Zhu Zhengbei said generously: "Take the horses off your buttocks to pay back! If it is not enough, use the armor on your body to exchange it! No way! , I took these people back. It just so happens that I have less manpower in Dajing Xianbei. If these people feed them a meal in three days, they can live for a year and a half. Haha, it must be easier to use than animals !"

He said this in the language of the Huns, and the Huns captives present and the Huns on the other side heard it clearly, and they all roared and cursed.

The Xiongnu captive was really beaten up by the generals of Zhu's army, so he was honest.

"It's fine if you can't bear it! Brothers, let's go!"

Zhu Zhengbei raised his hand and jumped off the fort to leave. The Huns envoys can’t do such anticlimactic things. After changing 10,000+ people, if only 5000 people are left, the hearts of the people and the army will be in chaos. What they did before All previous efforts were wasted.So, change, must change!

Gritting their teeth, only [-] cavalry were among the [-] armored soldiers sent by the Huns to redeem the people. They jumped off their horses in humiliation, and could only shoot the horses into the river. The [-] horses were in a commotion in the river. They all sneered, their horses were bestowed by the Longevity Heaven, they were as loyal and aloof as a prairie wolf, they would never submit to the Dajing people, even if they were captured by them, they would never be used by the Dajing people.

But when they thought of their ending of starving themselves to death, these cavalrymen were also bleeding in their hearts.

But before they finished their silent mourning for their horses, they heard a cadenced whistle. The horses running around in the water heard the most familiar sound of training, and they all quieted down, and headed towards the other side of the river guided by the whistle. Run away.

The Huns suddenly changed their expressions, and asked each other in disbelief: "How is it possible? Why did the Dajing people know the whistle number for our horse training?!"

The general and envoys of the Xiongnu had the worst expressions on their faces. They stared at the whistleblower standing on the fort. The man was wearing the most common armor of the Zhu family army, and he was blowing a whistle that only the horse breeders of the Huns knew. To appease them to follow him, seeing that the horses did not resist, he lowered his arms and looked generously at the Huns.

A smiling face suddenly turned into a frightened and humble face—that was his usual posture when he was in the Huns.

The Xiongnu envoy suddenly changed his face.

It turned out to be him!