Diqin Designer

Chapter 227 My Big Brother is Daqin
After the competition, Touman and the Xiongnu leaders lowered their postures even more. There was no other way. The big brother Qin had already proved with practical actions why a brother is a brother.

Even if Daqin really can't spare the time to beat them for the time being, it is better to be honest, because not being able to spare the time now does not mean that it will not be able to spare the time in the future.

If you shout and act arrogantly in front of the Qin people now, the Qin people might just hold their noses and endure it and not send out a large army. But after three to five years, when the Qin people have sorted out things in the south, what will the Qin people, who have been holding back their anger, do?
Touman and the other leaders were not stupid, so they naturally knew that the situation would be even worse than being defeated by Li Mu. They would be driven to the desolate place in the north in one battle, or even join forces with Donghu and Yuezhi to completely exterminate the Xiongnu.

Now, if we make friends with Daqin and regard Daqin as our big brother, we can not only gain many benefits from Daqin, but also get Daqin's protection.

What about Donghu and Yuezhi? They used to bully me. Have you seen the big brother I’m worshipping now?

Daqin, the world's number one boss, if you bully me again in the future, I will tell big brother that I am very good at fighting. In the south, I fought against six alone and killed all six of them. I am very cruel!
Although big brother has something going on at home and cannot take action now, but when big brother is free, none of you can escape. Although when the Qin Dynasty is able to send out troops, it will most likely destroy the Huns first, but this will not prevent them from using the Qin Dynasty's reputation to intimidate other countries.

Touman also thought of this, and asked Jiaoli at the banquet after the competition: "It is embarrassing to say that the Donghu and Yuezhi often bully our Xiongnu. Do you have any solution?"

Since they had already decided to recognize the Qin as their big brother, Touman no longer cared about that bit of face. The Huns at this time also had no concept of face and focused on being pragmatic.

After hearing this, Jiao Li understood what Touman meant, but he had expected this. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Chanyu. Now that the Xiongnu has established diplomatic relations with our Great Qin, the Great Qin will send envoys to various countries to publicize this matter."

This means to tell Donghu, Yuezhi and other countries: Be careful, the Xiongnu are now the younger brothers of our Qin and are protected by our Qin. We will not ask about the past, but from now on, bullying them means you are not giving face to our Qin, and you will bear the consequences if you don't dare to give us face.

Jiao Li added: "In addition to the help from our Great Qin, the Xiongnu must also help themselves. Master Li Nian once said, 'If people don't help themselves, God will not help them; if people help themselves, God will help them.'"

Touman asked, "May I ask how to help yourself?"

Jiao Li said with a smile: "The Chanyu and the other leaders should strengthen their own strength. I see that the Xiongnu have many soldiers, so why are they bullied by the Donghu and Yuezhi?"

If the Huns really became stronger, the Qin Dynasty would definitely not be happy to see it, but sometimes, especially in diplomatic occasions, you have to lie with your eyes open. How could the people holding the "washing powder" not know whether it is a weapon of mass destruction?

In response to Jiaoli's question, Touman and the other leaders naturally would not say that it was under their leadership that the Huns became such a terrible state.

Touman sighed, "Although there are many warriors in my tribe, they have never been on the battlefield and do not understand military formations. They neither dare to fight nor can they fight. What can we do? Moreover, our Xiongnu are poorly armed. The bows, crossbows, swords and armor we use are far inferior to those of the Donghu and Yuezhi..."

Jiao Li understood the meaning behind Touman's words. He wanted to ask Daqin for weapons, but it was impossible to sell them to the Huns at the moment: the Huns were wolf cubs. Although they seemed docile now, they might launch a sneak attack on Daqin after getting the weapons sold by Daqin.

Even if they want to buy, they have to wait until the Great Qin army changes its equipment. Otherwise, even the weapons of the six countries cannot be sold to the Xiongnu, because they are all metals, and the Xiongnu can melt them and recast them. Jiao Li pretended not to hear what Tou Man meant, and said with a smile: "'Without experience on the battlefield, without military formations, neither dare to fight nor can fight' is nothing more than not having experienced a real war, lacking experience, and not having enough courage. This can be solved through training. If the Chanyu and the other leaders are interested, our Great Qin can provide a group of military instructors to assist you."

"These military instructors are all veterans of the Great Qin. They have been on the battlefield for a long time and have rich battlefield experience. They can help you train the Xiongnu warriors and teach us the Great Qin's tactics!"

Instinctively, he felt that Jiao Li had bad intentions, but before Touman and the other leaders could speak, Jiao Li said, "Don't worry, Chanyu and the others. These military instructors will only help you train and will not interfere with the management and command of the Xiongnu army."

"In their hands, the Xiongnu warriors will be trained like the Qin cavalry, and then handed over to you to defend against the Donghu and Yuezhi. Isn't it wonderful? The Xiongnu warriors are trained and strengthened on their own, not directly helped by our Qin army, but by you. The Qin military instructors are just assisting them."

These words made some leaders excited, and they thought that this matter could be tried: those Daqin military instructors were only responsible for training, and did not interfere with management and command, which meant that the power to command the army was still in their hands, and they were in charge of logistics. Even if the Daqin military instructors had some ideas, they should not be able to cause any big waves.

As long as we keep an eye on the Qin military instructors and know what they do every day, nothing should happen, right? It should be...right!

But there were also people like Touman who felt that it was not right. He was able to sit firmly on the throne of Khan for decades after the defeat because he had the largest and strongest army of the Huns in his hands.

Although Touman did not know the saying "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun", he knew that the army was an important weapon and the foundation of his position as the Chanyu. How could he give it to others easily?

Even if the Qin envoy said that the military instructors only trained and did not participate in the management and command of the army, it would not work. What if the Qin had evil intentions and caused something unexpected to happen to the army?

But seeing the expressions of some leaders, Touman knew that even if he disagreed, some leaders would agree to ask the Qin people for help in training the army. It would not be good to directly reject the Qin envoy's proposal, as that would be tantamount to not giving the Qin envoy face.

Although he didn't care about face, he heard that these people in the south valued it very much. Touman thought for a moment and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but the Qin army's training method may not be suitable for the Xiongnu. In my opinion, why not first train a group of Xiongnu warriors, and if the effect is good, then expand it?"

Jiao Li felt sorry that Tou Man did not fully agree with his proposal, but he also knew that "haste makes waste". If he appeared too eager, it would make the Xiongnu more vigilant. So he smiled and said, "Let's do as the Chanyu said. If there are any leaders who need our Great Qin to send military instructors, please tell Jiao."

This was also an idea that Li Nian got before the delegation set off. It referred to the Eagle Sauce and the Russian Bear, who often helped other people train their armies in later generations. By sending military instructors to train the other side's army, they could influence the other side's army and make it tend to favor the Qin Dynasty.

Even if they did not interfere in the management and command of the Xiongnu army, the presence of Qin military instructors in the Xiongnu army was an influence in itself.

Seeing that the instructors eat and drink well, are full of confidence every day, and can hold their heads high, and then look at themselves, what would the Hun soldiers think?
Doing so would indeed allow the Huns to learn something, but the Qin Dynasty was about to build a military academy and its weapons would be updated, so its military development would leave the Huns far behind.

(End of this chapter)