Chapter 511: Hu People = Hounds
"It's nothing, just do what you are best at!" Jia Xu looked at them with a cruel smile on his face.
"Do you mean to let us go to Goryeo to plunder?" The smart leader had already guessed what Jia Xu meant. After all, they were hired to do this very thing.
"Yes! What do you think?" Jia Xu said calmly, and the atmosphere in the tent became tense.
"Let alone whether we are willing or not, even if we join forces, we can't defeat Goryeo's border guards. You know, that's how we were defeated in the fall!" The tribal leader named Turkic said with difficulty.
"I guess you don't have much food and grass left. Let me do a business with you!" Jia Xu said affirmatively.
"What business?" Liu Quan asked.
"The things you looted from Goryeo can be purchased by the Han Dynasty at a fair price." Jia Xu said calmly.
"Doctor Jia, you are very sincere, but let me be clear in advance that we may not cause too much trouble to Goryeo!" Xiao Yun, the leader of a tribe named Khitan, also spoke slowly.
"We are not strong enough! I am afraid we won't be able to rob much!"
Liu Quan also lowered his head. The legions stationed on the Goryeo border were all high-speed legions. They were like white horses and their restraint on them was too great.
They did not refuse. They also knew that if they took things from the Han Dynasty, they would have to pay a price, which they could accept, but they had to explain the situation first.
"We will naturally deal with those legions. You won't let us down without them, right?" Jia Xu said with a smile. He certainly knew that the Zaohu could not handle those legions, so he drew out elite troops to suppress Goryeo.
"With the strength of the Han army, they can do it without us, right?" Liu Bao, the second leader of the Southern Xiongnu, said with a frown.
"This is not a problem you should care about!" Jia Xu said with a sneer, and the cold breath instantly made all the leaders present shudder.
"You all know about Juyongguan. I can tell you very clearly that General Baima will massacre the grassland in the spring. Lord Liu Yu is willing to give you a chance to show your value. Tribes without value will be handed over to General Baima for disposal."
All the tribal leaders felt as if they were trapped in an icy cave. Gongsun Zan did not give himself the title of White Horse General, but earned it through killing. They did not know how many people died in the Xianbei attack on Juyongguan, but what was certain was that it was definitely not a small number.
"If a Hu person kills one of my men, I will kill a hundred of them. If a Hu person massacres my entire village, I will destroy a group of them. If a Hu person goes south to herd horses, I will go north to hunt them."
"If they still come back after killing 10,000, then kill 100,000. If they still come back after killing 100,000, then kill 1 million. Kill until the grasslands are stained with blood and the North Sea is red."
Gongsun Zan's declaration to kill the Hu people was widely circulated throughout the grassland. Basically, everyone who made a living on the grassland knew how terrifying Gongsun Zan was. The white horses that came and went like the wind were simply not something they could resist.
"So, make your choice. Either show your value so that we have a reason to protect you, or follow those idiots and die together." Jia Xu said the last sentence coldly.
What kind of choice is this? All the leaders present were cursing in their hearts, but they did not dare to show any dissatisfaction on the surface. The white horse was too powerful, so powerful that it made people despair.
"It seems that you have made your choice!" Jia Xu's mouth curled up slightly. No wonder Chen Xi liked to use his power to suppress others. This feeling of crushing others with open tactics was indeed more grand and majestic than conspiracy and intrigue.
"Do you have any other questions?" Jia Xu asked casually.
"I wonder when we should send out troops?" Liu Quan asked hesitantly.
"You don't have much time. You can launch an attack directly in seven days!" Jia Xu waved his hand and began to see the guests off. "You can go to Liuzhou Mu to verify. I hope you won't let us down."
The tribal leaders looked at each other, bowed silently and left. Several leaders who were friendly with Liu Yu discussed with each other and then hurried to Liu Yu's residence.
They had to be cautious when participating in such a large-scale operation.
In Youzhou, the only person they could trust was Liu Yu.
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"What did Lord Liu say?" The leaders who had not left yet were guarding the inn not far from Liu Yu's house, waiting for news from several leaders who had gone to investigate.
"It is confirmed. General Baima does intend to massacre the grassland after the spring. However, the invasion of Youzhou by the Goryeo army made General Baima even more angry."
"Lord Liu Yu has agreed that as long as we can cooperate with Doctor Jia's actions and severely damage Goryeo, he is willing to persuade General Baima to give up attacking us."
After receiving Liu Yu's decisive answer, all the leaders returned mobilized their troops. Except for the old, weak and sick, all the young and strong were armed and went into battle.
They were not sure what kind of spoils would be valuable to the Han Dynasty, so they could only gather their strongest forces and give it a try.
No one wanted to challenge Bai Ma, and no one wanted to verify it with General Bai Ma. They had no choice at all.
What's more, if the Han army could really defeat the few stationed Goryeo legions, looting would be a good thing for them.
At least if they could steal enough, they might be able to raise the tribe's living standards to a higher level.
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"Military Advisor Jia, what exactly does this mean?" Guan Yu pondered as he led his troops behind the Xianzhen Camp. He always felt that Jia Xu's plan was not fully revealed.
Was all this trouble just to strike down one or two legions and teach Goryeo a lesson?
The vanguards of the two armies were the Xianzhen and Feixiong, but Jia Xu also equipped several generals with two legions of 10,000 people.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun followed Lu Bu, while the other generals followed Hua Xiong.
"I don't know. I always feel like there are other plans that haven't been told to us!" Xiahou Dun was also confused, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
"Just do what you have told us to do!" Xiahou Dun interrupted their conversation. After all, he had spiritual talent and could roughly guess some of the content.
"We should just listen to smart people. Military Advisor Jia is a really smart man! We will definitely go no wrong by listening to him!" Zhang Fei glanced at Guan Yu and said in agreement.
He also guessed part of the content, but in order to consider Guan Yu's feelings, he chose to remain silent.
Zhang Fei was a native of Youzhou. He had witnessed the looting by the Hu people with his own eyes. Now, Youzhou had simply been replaced by Goryeo.
It is difficult for people like Guan Yu who have not experienced it personally to understand this truth. After all, looting is just intelligence to them.
