Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

The atmosphere in the northern barbarian country during this period can be described as changing. It is impossible for King Youxian, who is in the eye of the storm, not to notice. , he has been restless and frightened.

It is also his own bone. When Zuo Xianwang was fine, both of them hated each other so much that they gritted their teeth. They wished that the other party would die sooner. It would be better if the other party died sooner. But when Zuo Xianwang was really captured by the Jing army, the army also disappeared. Now, he felt restless again and again, always feeling that something was going to happen... The situation in the northern barbarian country was becoming more and more incomprehensible.

But even if he didn't understand, he didn't dare to question the aliens like he did in the past.He even had to coax and beg the alien race, throw his face on the ground and let the alien race trample on it...

Now the northern barbarians are short of food and clothing, and most importantly, the number of soldiers and horses is also at a disadvantage.Obviously in Qingli Lake back then, he and the northern barbarians led the allied forces to rush out of the encirclement of the Jing army and rescued those foreigners, but now who cares about him, the former commander in chief?

Why?It is because the northern barbarians cannot do without the support of the foreign race. The foreign race is now their parents. Their food and clothing are all provided by the foreign race, so no matter how reluctant they have to endure it, otherwise they will either starve to death or freeze. die.

Recalling how high-spirited the northern barbarians were at the beginning, there is only so much embarrassment left now.But King Youxian has no choice. There is a saying in Dajing, which is called 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. How long has it been since the Muzhe Conference?But in just one or two months, the situation has become elusive and unpredictable.Although he is arrogant, he has to succumb to the pressure of survival, and he can only endure the supercilious looks at him from other races, and the belittling in and out of words.

If the aliens only humiliate them in terms of words or actions, King Youxian will continue to bear it. He has heard of this simple idiom passed down from the Jing Dynasty, but this kind of blow no matter it is He is still a northern barbarian who can endure it, and must endure it.But recently, the reactions of the aliens have become more and more strange, and their actions have become more and more thrilling, so he can't be blamed for being suspicious.

When they first moved near the hot springs, the aliens originally promised to give their tribe food and grass every half a month, but recently these aliens suddenly changed their approach and insisted on handing over grain and grass every day, saying that this would save food.This is also okay, although King Youxian is a little dissatisfied and feels that the aliens are contradicting their promises, but under the low eaves, how dare he not bow his head, he can still control his emotions.

But then the situation changed again. The soldiers and horses of the foreign race did not know whether it was intentional or not. They always patrolled around his tribe's garrison and practiced riding and shooting near the fence of his tribe.Every day, these aliens would swagger past the gate of his camp with bows and arrows and weapons, looking murderous and full of fighting spirit, which made people feel uneasy.

The people of the northern barbarians all suggested that the leaders of the foreign races should restrain their soldiers and horses, and not let them continue to practice near the camp, which would easily cause misunderstandings.But the leaders of these foreign races seemed to have not understood what they said, and they ignored the opinions of the northern barbarians completely.What does it mean?This means that what they think is not a misunderstanding but a fact!

This kind of situation is too abnormal, no matter how calm Youxian King is, no matter how much he ignores it, he can still feel the strong smell of blood hidden under the calmness.The performance of the foreign race became more and more murderous, and he couldn't allow him to stop thinking about it. He understood that it was really not that he was worrying too much, but that the foreign race had already had a suspicion against the northern barbarians!

Such words made him feel ridiculous, did he have a suspicion?It must be life and death.

At the beginning, the northern barbarians and the aliens were able to form a coalition temporarily because the Jing army that suddenly appeared was too powerful, and none of them could beat them.The powerful enemy forced them to unite together, otherwise everyone would be killed.But the situation is different now. The Jing army has retreated, and the pressure is gone for the time being. Now that the foreign enemies have disappeared, what can stop the aliens from remembering the hatred between the northern barbarians and them?

King Youxian thought very clearly, and indeed guessed what Jiang Yuan was thinking.

Jiang Yuan's strategy this time is not difficult to understand in summary, it is the ninth strategy out of 36-watching the fire from the other side!

Watching the fire from the other side refers to sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.Specifically, when the enemy is divided and conflicts have intensified, you must not act too hastily. You cannot choose to attack the enemy at this time, otherwise the enemy will temporarily put aside internal conflicts and unite to deal with you.

At this time, we must calm down, leave temporarily, wait and see what happens, and jump out of the circle.In this way, the external contradictions are lost, and the internal contradictions become the main body of the contradictions. The enemies will fall into killing each other, and the internal chaos will weaken their strength, so that they can be wiped out in one go.

This trick Jiang Yuan learned from Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period, and Cao Jun used this trick quite purely.At the beginning, Cao Cao used the trick of watching the fire from the other side to play Yuan Shao's son and the Yuan brothers in the applause.First, after Yuan Shao's death, he temporarily gave up coercion, causing conflicts between the brothers and fighting each other. Later, he used this trick to make Gongsun Kang think that Cao Cao had no intention of seizing his territory, and killed Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi who had taken refuge in him.

The so-called urgency is worse than slowing down. Instead of attacking desperately here and causing heavy damage, it is better to let it have internal conflicts and wear down its own strength.This is the reason why the so-called misfortune caused Xiao Qiang.

The aliens didn't want to be affected by the fish in the pond. They decided to expel the northern barbarians and King Youxian from the grassland before the spring came, but they felt that this idea was not good.

expulsion?It's a good idea, but once you expel them, will the northern barbarians obey?The people of the northern barbarians are not fools, of course they know that they will starve to death if they leave the foreign race, and they will never give up the food and livestock of the foreign race.Back then, the northern barbarians had not yet reached the point of desperation, and they could fight against other races for food, and now they were driven to a dead end, of course, it was no exception.

Although King Youxian didn't have many troops in his hands, there were only about 3 soldiers left in the northern barbarian army, which was far from being the opponent of the [-] troops of other races.However, if they fight desperately, they may cause heavy losses to the alien army, and even be devastated.

So even though the conflict between the alien tribe and the northern barbarians was getting more and more serious, and the atmosphere gradually became solemn, the leaders of the alien tribe still suppressed the anxious subordinates and tribesmen, planning to stabilize the northern barbarian first.The desperate northern barbarians are not that easy to resist. It's better not to do it lightly unless you have to...

"It's not that we don't want to let the people of the northern barbarians go, we really have to fight..." The leaders of the foreign races gathered together for a meeting again, and the leader of the Di clan spoke first, with a very helpless tone, but as long as you look at In his eyes, one could see arrogance and sternness in his gaze.

It's as if the Di people don't want to go to war, but in fact, don't the foreign people want to take revenge?Don't the foreigners want to plunder the treasures accumulated by the northern barbarians?Of course they thought about it, they were going crazy, and every time they thought about it, they scratched their heads, but the words they said still took some face into consideration, and they didn't want to reveal their greed.

"Let's contact Xue Jin." The leader of the Hu tribe stroked the beard on his chin, raised the golden cup in his hand, and drank the kumiss in it, as if using the wine to boost his courage, "I want Xue Jin The rebels are more trustworthy than the Yuezhi people, and with his background, he will definitely not attract the Jing army."

It's not easy to start a war, you have to think about everything.Before the war, it is necessary to think of ways to reduce casualties, and the solution for foreign races is to find an ally to share the number of casualties.The selection of allies last time was really a failure. The Yuezhi people and them were not of the same mind at all, and their goals were not the same. They were ten thousand times worse than they imagined. Take a spoonful of the northern barbarians.So this time they had to be more careful in choosing their allies. After much deliberation, they chose Xue Jin!

Xue Jin has a blood feud with the northern barbarians!

This enmity is no longer as simple as staying on him and the Northern Man Khan who listened and believed. If he, Xue Jin, hadn't launched the rebellion, how could the Northern Man be short of food and clothing, and almost died?Not only did he take revenge on the Great Khan of the Northern Man, he indirectly killed the Great Khan of the Northern Man, and even almost destroyed the entire Northern Man tribe.

Even if he didn't trouble the northern barbarians, the northern barbarians would not let him go as long as they calmed down.There is a life-and-death enmity between them, and the enmity is as deep as the sea. Xue Jin himself will not be unaware of the situation, so he will never let go of an opportunity to sneak in, take advantage of the fire, and wipe out the northern barbarians.

Similarly, Xue Jin's identity as a descendant of a rebel general determined that he and his army would not be of one mind with Dajing. At least for the time being, they didn't have to worry that Xue Jin would be accepted and formed an alliance with Jing people like the Yuezhi people.The most important thing is that the number of soldiers and horses under Xue Jin is smaller than that of other races, and they don't have to worry about Xue Jin turning his face against others.If you really want to fight, it's not necessarily who will lose miserably!

The leader of the Hu tribe thought that he was thoughtful and made the right choice, and the other leaders had no intention of objecting.Since they wanted to tear themselves apart with the northern barbarians and fight with each other, of course they had to avoid future troubles forever.Xue Jin is the best candidate for an alliance. As long as the two sides can unite and rely on the superiority in numbers far outnumbering the northern barbarians, they can completely wipe out the army of the northern barbarians without worrying about revenge in the future.

Then the food and supplies left by the foreign tribes, the two sides can divide up the wealth left by King Youxian, turn the old and weak of the northern barbarians into slaves in their respective tribes, and digest the last remaining strength of the northern barbarians and sell it to Jingren, hoping that Jingren can let them live, and don't care about the conflicts in the past.It's a plan to kill three birds with one stone, why not do it?

Where is Xue Jin hiding at this time?

The northern barbarians didn't know about it, the Yuezhi people couldn't find it, and the Jingren didn't even know about it, but people from other races found his hiding place.

It's normal for the northern barbarians not to know, Xue Jin hides to avoid their revenge, is it okay to be discovered by them?

Jing Ren didn't know either, because Xue Jin was also avoiding Jing Jun.Originally, Xue Jin and the others planned to take the initiative to contact Jing Jun to get help from Jing Jun, but he and his subordinates were still hesitating, wondering whether they should contact Jing Ren.

He wanted to attack the northern barbarians with the Fire Bull Array by the Qingli Lake as a pledge to join Jingren, but he was also afraid that Jingchao would look down on the double traitorous identity he was carrying.Traitors were always hard to trust. The northern barbarians were suspicious of them, and Jingren might not be much better.Especially after knowing that Jiangyuan wiped out the 13 army of the Beiman Kingdom in a battle by the Qingli Lake, Xue Jin felt that his worries were not superfluous at all.

Is there anything more chilling than wanting to seek refuge with someone, but being told that you are not much more than you, and you are not much less than you, and you are not bad at all?Although this question and answer was only Xue Jin's imagination, but he felt that if he really asked, he would definitely get this answer.

He used to be an envoy to Dajing, and he always thought that he overestimated Dajing and knew Dajing very well. As a result, it turned out that he had completely underestimated Dajing Dynasty, the hometown of his blood... He felt that Dajing Dynasty One day it will become a threat to the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, and it can be as powerful as the Northern Barbarian Kingdom. Who knows that it will not be as strong one day, and the speed of Dajing's development has completely exceeded his imagination.

With or without him, Jingren would be able to beat the northern barbarians to their wits, unable to get back up again. With or without him, Jingren would also be capable of destroying the northern barbarian country, even with little effort.

Jing Jun's strength is completely unreasonable, beyond all common sense, and even beyond his imagination.Thinking of his arrogance when he was sent to the Jing Dynasty, Xue Jin felt chills in his heart.Can the so-called elite soldiers and generals under his command last a whole day when facing the mighty Jing army?

He used to think about it secretly, but after receiving the news that King Zuoxian's [-] troops were wiped out by the Jing army within a day, he didn't have to think about it at all.

King Zuo Xian's [-] army can't support it, and he can't last longer...

Xue Jin originally thought that the fire he made by the Qingli Lake was a timely help, and it was an urgent need, but looking at it now, he can hardly be regarded as the icing on the cake, it was completely superfluous...

Coupled with the embarrassing background of himself and his subordinates, and the fact that their ancestors betrayed Dajing, it is no wonder that Xue Jin has been avoiding the Jing army and dare not contact Dajing at all.It's not that he doesn't want to return to the powerful Dajing, but he has to figure out what Dajing is thinking first. What if people in Jing don't care about the certificates he made, but like his head?As soon as he thought that his head was going to be chopped off to be offered to the Taimiao, Xue Jin felt chills in the back of his head, and his heart was uncertain.

The Yuezhi people are good at raising golden eagles, and use golden eagles to detect the enemy's whereabouts, but golden eagles are not omnipotent, nor can they always find the enemy's traces.Since the golden eagle couldn't find the Northern Barbarian allied forces running away in a hurry, it was naturally difficult to find Xue Jin who was hiding wholeheartedly.

The Yuezhi people also had to survive the winter, so it was impossible to keep looking around for the situation of Xue Jin and the northern barbarians.Because the relationship with the Jing people was relatively good, the Yuezhi people moved to a warmer place close to the border of Dajing for the winter, and the golden eagles naturally followed them. Of course, Xue Jin's hiding place could not be found.

Only the aliens guessed his location, and found Xue Jin and his tribe in a relatively barren valley to the north.Being close to the north means cold, and the barren valley has always been less populated. Most people would not think of Xue Jin hiding there, but Xue Jin did the opposite, which made him escape the prying eyes of others.

He thought well, so what if the northern barbarians guessed it?The northern barbarians lacked supplies for the winter, how could they run to the north to find themselves at the risk of freezing to death?

Xue Jin’s large tent of the Chinese army had a thick Persian carpet under his feet, and decorations made of wolf and fox skins hung all around. There were four or five braziers on the ground, and a charcoal fire with very little smoke was burned inside. Let the whole tent be as warm as spring, leisurely and comfortable.

This was Xue Jin's deliberate act, in order to make the aliens not underestimate him, and even feel awe of him.Back then at Qingli Lake, he acted preemptively, leading his subordinates to sneak away, leisurely took away all his belongings, and took advantage of the chaos to rob many treasures and supplies of the northern barbarians, taking away a lot of livestock and Food, life is of course very comfortable, no one can compare.

Leaving unscathed is of course different from escaping after repeated battles. If Xue Jin’s days like this were in the past, no one would envy him, and even scold him for being petty. But after the battle at Qingli Lake, all the remaining tribes Life is not very good, everyone is living a tight life, which highlights how luxurious and beautiful Xue Jin's life is.

Wine paired with delicacies, lamb liver paired with beef, is obviously the most common food, but it would dazzle the eyes of the envoy sent by the foreign race.He couldn't remember how long it had been since he had eaten a whole piece of mutton. There were not enough livestock, and he needed to support the northern barbarians. His life was really not good.

Before the Shepherd Conference, it was Xue Jin and the descendants of the Jing people who had the most miserable lives. Even the cattle and sheep they raised starved to death because of lack of grass to eat, and those who were alive were all skinny and severely injured. But now ?Xue Jin and his tribe can drink heavily, eat meat, and hide in the valley to live a carefree life.On the contrary, those of them who despised him in the past, now even have to save their meals. Seeing the cattle and sheep being starved and thin, they can only cry...

It was clear that the other party wanted to discuss something, but Xue Jin pretended not to know anything, and took a leg of lamb and stabbed it with a knife piece by piece, without any intention of opening his mouth.It's a joke, whoever speaks first at this time will be at a disadvantage. Xue Jin still understands this truth, and of course he won't speak first.Anyway, he is not the one who needs to ask for help, nor is he the one who is anxious to get angry, so why should he be let down?

As soon as he saw Xue Jin's reticent appearance, the emissary knew that he must not open his mouth, otherwise the atmosphere in the tent would completely cool down, and he would not be able to open his mouth even if he wanted to. "I don't know how Chief Xue thinks of the northern barbarians?" This sentence was very tactful, but the tone was somewhat provocative.The emissary planned to provoke Xue Jin to criticize and scold the northern barbarians with words, so that it would be convenient for him to continue talking about the alliance between the two sides to deal with the northern barbarians.

It was a good idea, but Xue Jin just didn't intend to follow his thoughts, "Northern barbarians? Well, it's pretty good..."

It's good, it's good...the northern barbarians are good...you big-headed ghost!The envoy almost wanted to paste his face with roasted whole lamb, what do you mean it's pretty good?What a good way?How can people follow you when you talk like that?Will you chat?

There is no way, he is begging for an alliance, so he can't hurt his peace, so he can only bite the bullet and continue, "I heard that there are some small conflicts between Chief Xue and the northern barbarians..." He said to himself this time Xue Jin can't deny it anymore, the conflict between the descendants of the Jing people and the northern barbarians can be seen with open eyes, the fire bull formation by the Qingli Lake, the fire has completely torn the faces of both sides, Xue Jin No matter how much he quibbles, he has to admit that his relationship with the northern barbarians is not good, no, there is a blood feud!

As a result, Xue Jin went straight down the slope, followed him to change the subject, and said, "Well, I seem to have heard that too. It seems that this saying has been widely spread."

The emissary of the foreign race wanted to draw out his waist knife and slash Xue Jin twice.Okay ah?Can this still be fun to play? !What do you have heard of?What does it mean to spread widely?Are you admitting it or not?After a long time, the fire you burned was also spread, so there is no such thing at all? !

There is no way, whoever begs for help has to be humble, Xue Jin is not in a hurry to kill the roots, but their alien race can't stand it.Who let the aliens lure the wolves into the house and bring King Youxian and the northern barbarians with them?

At this time, the envoy didn't think about the fact that without King Youxian's wit on the battlefield, it would be absolutely difficult for them to break through and escape from Qingli Lake.The cold-hearted guys always only know how to hold grudges, how could they think of kindness? "The leader of my family wants to unite with Chief Xue to deal with the Youxian King of the Northern Barbarians, share the wealth equally, and share the glory. I wonder if Chief Xue is interested in this matter?"

Speaking of this, Xue Jin didn't intend to pretend to be stupid. After some discussions, of course he asked the aliens on the other side to bleed more, and use the gold and silver obtained after defeating the northern barbarians to bribe Xue Jin to deal with King Youxian.

It sounds like a blank check, but Xue Jin not only missed the opportunity to kill the grass, the two hit it off.To deal with King Youxian together, and then divide the wealth of King Youxian again.After sending the messenger away, Xue Jin showed a murderous smile.Sure enough, he did nothing wrong in betraying the northern barbarians. It was the northern barbarians who went too far. Otherwise, why would everyone betray their relatives?All this is their own fault and has nothing to do with Xue Jin.

Returning to the station with Xue Jin's reply, the emissary was immediately summoned by the leaders of the foreign races. When they were convinced that Xue Jin would join the alliance, all of them let go of their suspense and discussed specific methods.Since they decided to feel sorry for the northern barbarians, they could only be sorry to the end. They would never allow any member of the northern barbarians to escape from the siege, and they must be driven out to kill them all.

The wind is treacherous, how could King Youxian, who is in a chaotic situation, not feel the change of the situation?He summoned his cronies and summed up the situation he discovered during this period, and the results he got were not very optimistic.

"It seems that the foreign race is determined to destroy our great northern barbarians..." King You Xian looked at the subordinates around him, with a trace of sadness in his eyes, but he soon became resolute, "He is not benevolent, I am not righteous Only the northern barbarians who died in battle, those who are not willing to be beheaded or become slaves, will poke a hole in the sky even if they die!"

He lowered his voice and whispered, "We have to act first!"