The Rebellious Officials and Traitors of the Late Han Dynasty

Chapter 519 Tiger and Wolf Division
The gurgling water, green grass and dotted wild flowers originally made this a very beautiful picture. However, on both sides of the stream, there were ruins, thick smoke and bursts of screams and laughter could be heard from time to time.

Not far away, some soldiers were happily taking hot baths, while some were impatiently taking the captured female herdsmen into the big tent to have sex.

The Tang Emperor Qin Shou was not wearing armor, but the clothes of the Xianbei people. His beard under his chin had become much thicker. Although he had taken a hot bath, the murderous aura on his body was condensed, and his face was a little weathered due to long-term travel.

Xun You also walked over with a haggard look on his face.

"His Majesty."

"Gongda, sit down."

Qin Shou greeted Xun You with a relaxed look.

After thanking him, Xun You looked at the big tent in the distance with some worry.

"Your Majesty, will these soldiers return to Chang'an and continue to serve as Yulin to guard the imperial palace?" Xun You finally asked.

Thirty thousand cavalrymen came out of Yanmen Pass, killing and looting along the way, committing all kinds of atrocities, and had long since thrown the military discipline of the Tang Dynasty aside. This was impossible in the military system of the Tang Dynasty.

But now it has been completed under the leadership of the emperor, and even the emperor himself does so. All the noble and beautiful ladies in the tribes along the way become Qin Shou's people.

Although the current 30,000-strong army has lost thousands of people, the results it has achieved are quite impressive.

"Gongda is worried that these soldiers will become fierce generals after returning to Chang'an?" Qin Shou immediately understood what Xun You meant and agreed with his point of view.

In the past, Qin Shou used his prestige and military discipline to suppress them, but this time the fighting on the grassland was like releasing the cage and opening the Pandora's box. The 30,000 soldiers had no military discipline at all and only wanted to follow Qin Shou to burn, kill, loot and plunder everything on the grassland.

Once they return to Chang'an, it will be impossible for these people to control themselves. If they violate the law at that time, should Qin Shou kill them or not?
"If this group of fierce and ferocious people is released, it will harm your majesty's wisdom. Your majesty, please be careful."

Xun You said with a serious face.

No one can better control the destructive power of this fierce army than him. He is the elite of the army, brave and good at fighting, but now he is probably lawless.

"When they gather together, they are a ball of fire; when they scatter, they are a sky full of stars. Gongda, the grassland is too big and needs someone to guard it. Who is more suitable than these gods of death?" Qin Shou said with a smile.

"I will set up 365 flags on the grassland, the number of which is the same as the Zhou Tian. Each flag has 10,000 households. Under each flag, there will be alliances, and under each alliance, there will be divisions. Each household of these soldiers will be able to control 100 to 1,000 households. In a few decades, the grassland will be full of Han blood, the blood of our Tang soldiers. What do you think, Gongda?"

Xun You's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he bowed quickly, saying, "Your Majesty has a far-sighted vision. In a few decades, the grassland will be completely owned by the Tang Dynasty."

The previous dynasties had conquered the grasslands several times and finally won, but soon, with the decline of the Central Plains, the grasslands would rise. There are many reasons for this.

But Qin Shou's move can solve the problem very well. Decades later, the Han bloodline is spread all over the grassland, and its forces are scattered. How can they harass the grassland?
In fact, Qin Shou's method was derived from an online rumor heard by later generations. It was said on the Internet that after the Mongols occupied the Central Plains, they took away the virginity of Han women, and the Han people would generally kill their first child by throwing him to death.

Facts have proved that this statement is pure rumor. There are so many Han people and too few Mongolians. It is really difficult to get the right of first night.

More importantly, neither the Mongols nor the Qing Dynasty were willing to intermarry with the Han people.

So the right of virginity is basically a rumor. But Qin Shou is different now. Taking advantage of the opportunity to conquer the Xianbei, wherever the 30,000-strong army goes, they basically harm the women of the grassland.

Qin Shou believed that after the grassland was pacified in the future, he would have enough time to transform the grassland, allowing grassland women to continue the bloodline of Han men and expand the Han people's advantages on the grassland.

"I hope that after thousands of years, this grassland can be completely integrated into the Central Plains and become a part of the Central Plains, so that the people of the Northern Frontier will no longer suffer from war."

Qin Shou looked at the grassland in the distance.

This was originally a beautiful painting, but now it has become a battlefield, mixed with the smell of blood. It is indescribably weird, and the beauty is completely destroyed at this moment.

Xun You thought more. Thirty thousand soldiers were loyal to Qin Shou and scattered across the grassland. After decades, the Tang Dynasty had a cavalry of hundreds of thousands.

Let me ask you, who in the world can resist?

The Tang Emperor's move seemed absurd, as he cut off his own hands and feet and left tens of thousands of elite soldiers on the grassland. But in fact, he was able to gain hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry.

The Tang Dynasty had countless soldiers and horses, including the two major camps of Lantian and Bashang. It would be easy to reselect tens of thousands of Yu Lin from other armies.

The setting sun was like blood, dyeing the grassland red. Qin Shou looked at the black smoke rising in the distance. The wind blew the smell of ashes and blood towards him, but he took a deep breath, as if he was tasting the taste of victory.

"Your Majesty, the statistics of various tribes have been completed. Up to now, our army has suffered 3,721 casualties, annihilated nearly 50,000 soldiers from various Xianbei tribes, and captured more than 60,000 women and children." Xun You briefly explained the current situation again.

"According to the scouts, Kebineng is chasing us with the Duan and Murong troops as the vanguard, while Kebineng's main force is following behind. The situation is unclear." Qin Shou wiped the sword in his hand.

"Kebi wants us and the two tribes to lose both of us, so that he can reap the benefits?" Xun You hesitated, "But it is also possible that he wants the two tribes to hold us back, and he can go around to the front and chase us."

"So, we are stuck now?"

Qin Shou immediately understood the meaning of Xun You's words.

If he advances, he will fight with the Duan and Murong tribes, and in the end Kebi Neng will take advantage of him. If he retreats, he will be caught up by the two tribes, and then Kebi Neng will be able to bypass him and trap him in a small place.

"I'm afraid that's the case." Xun You said quickly.

"An ugly man has beautiful dreams. He even wants to trap me to death on the grassland. Now we have three horses and one person. They can't catch up with us even if they have wings." Qin Shou sneered.

The reason why Qin Shou still stayed on the grassland and was not worried about Kebi Neng's pursuit was because he had a lot of war horses under his command. From two horses per person to three horses per person now, all the war horses on the grassland had been plundered by Qin Shou. Even if Kebi Neng had more people, he could not get more war horses.

This is why Ke Bineng could only use his military strength to chase and intercept Qin Shou, but this was doomed to fail. Qin Shou had many cavalrymen and vast grasslands, so there was enough land for a breakout.

At this moment, Qin Shou's gaze was already looking towards the east.

(End of this chapter)