Chapter 1073 Multi-pronged approach
Seeing that the Yi Nan had been attacking his subordinates for a long time, his side suffered heavy losses, he had to order a temporary retreat.
The battlefield gradually calmed down, and layers of corpses crowded outside the front fence, which was shocking. It was estimated that in this short hour of attack, the tribal coalition lost at least more than 10,000 people.
"Military advisor~~!" A general rushed into the tent and clasped his fists with joy.
Xu Shu, who was writing something, asked calmly without raising his head, "Have the enemy retreated?"
The general replied: "Retreat! In this battle, they lost at least 10,000 people! Our people were killed or injured!" The general's face was filled with excitement and some contempt.
Xu Shu wrote down what he had in his hand, folded it, and put it aside, and smiled without surprise: "Although these tribes are numerous, their equipment is extremely simple and brave, they cannot be compared with our army in the end! This result is not surprising!"
The general nodded deeply and asked for a fight with great sincerity, "Military advisor, why not let me lead an army out and defeat it in one fell swoop!"
Xu Shu laughed, stood up, patted his shoulder with encouragement, but shook his head and said, "Although the opponent's overall combat power is not strong, there are 100,000 people after all, and there are nearly 90,000 losses today! The reason why the enemy and us in this battle is so different is because our army stands at the advantage of defense. If we attack, due to the huge difference in combat power, even if our army has strong combat power, it is difficult to guarantee that we will not lose!"
"Then what should we do next?" the general asked for instructions.
Xu Shu only said one word, "Wait!"
Two more days passed. During this period, the tribal coalition led by Yi Nan launched another round of offensive, but it was defeated again. After that, there were more and more voices in the tribal coalition questioning Yi Nan. Many tribal leaders privately withdrew from this battle that they thought had no hope.
"What do you think of the leader of the Yidong tribe?" Yi Nan asked in the tent with hope. There was a person standing in front of him. This was a confidant sent by Yi Nan to the Yidong tribe not long ago, with the purpose of contacting the Yidong tribe army and fighting back against the Qin army.
The confidant said angrily: "The leader, the leader of the Yidong clan said it nicely, but he just kept his troops in motion! Leader, I think they just wanted us to waste time with the Qin army. They finally came to deal with us and the Qin people!"
Yi Nan couldn't help but be shocked, then he was furious, kicked a wooden pier in front of him, and cursed: "What a Mu Zhu, I'm fighting to save him, the Yi Dong tribe, and he actually used a secret trick for me!"
"Chief, if this continues, I am afraid that even if we defeat the Qin army, they will eventually be destroyed by their Yidong! The Yidong tribe has always wanted to destroy us so as to dominate Yizhou!" A general next to Yinan said angrily.
Yi Nan snorted coldly.
Yi Nan paced back and forth in the big tent. Yi Nan gradually calmed down and said hesitantly: "At present, the great enemy is in front of us, we cannot rashly turn against the Yidong tribe, otherwise the Qin people will be the ones who benefit, and we will also be doomed!"
Several of the confidants present looked at each other and couldn't help but feel a headache.
At this moment, a scout rushed into the tent in panic and reported: "Chief, it's not good, a large number of Qin troops appeared behind us!"
The people present were shocked. Yi Nan rushed to the scout, grabbed the scout, shouted with a ferocious look on his face: "What are you talking nonsense, why would the Qin army run to us?"
The scout was startled and said anxiously: "I didn't say nonsense! That's true!"
Yi Nan threw away the scout and led a group of trusted generals and more than a hundred personal soldiers to hurried out of the tent. When he came to a higher place in the camp, he looked northeast according to the direction guided by the scout. He was shocked and saw tens of thousands of Qin troops in black clothes and black armor building camps along the mountain. Just as Yi Nan was shocked by the sudden appearance of the Qin army, the coalition soldiers who discovered this situation were also frightened. The news spread rapidly in the military camp like wings.
Yi Nan returned to the tent, and at this time, another scout rushed in anxiously.
The extremely bad mood roared angrily: "What happened again?"
The scout was shocked, came to his senses, and quickly replied: "Chief, no, our tribe was captured by the Qin army!"
Yi Nan felt a thunder slamming his forehead, and he almost fainted. It was not easy to stabilize his body, and he asked angrily: "What's going on?"
The scout quickly submitted a letter from a flying pigeon.
Yi Nan snatched the letter and glanced at the familiar mark outside the letter cover. It was a mark that only the closest people knew.
Yi Nan quickly opened the letter and read it quickly. His face suddenly changed and he sat back blankly. The trusted general next to him looked at Yi Nan in his heart.
"Chief, what happened?" one general couldn't help asking. The other generals stared at Yi Nan in a daze.
Yi Nan came to his senses and said with trembling lips: "The Qin army captured us and a neighboring tribe, and all our relatives fell into their hands. This letter was sent by the Qin people to my father!" The night before Yi Nan led the coalition forces to arrive here, the Qin army sent a thousand cavalry around to the location of their headquarters, and one day ago, they successively captured several tribes, including the Yi Nan tribe.
"Then we have to go back and save them quickly!" a general said anxiously, and the others agreed.
At this time, Yi Nan had calmed down a little and comforted everyone and said, "Don't worry too much! The Qin people did not want to kill them!"
"What do they want to do?" a general roared angrily.
Afterwards, Yi Nan convened the heads of various tribes to meet in the big tent. Yi Nan explained the current situation to everyone. Everyone who was already nervous was shocked and the scene immediately became chaotic.
Yi Nan finally calmed down everyone and said to everyone with some frustration: "The current situation is extremely critical, what do you all think you should do?"
Everyone started to clamor again, saying everything, but most of them asked to withdraw.
Just as everyone was arguing, a small leader rushed into the tent. The scene immediately became quiet again, staring at the little leader coming in one by one. The little leader couldn't help feeling the atmosphere strange and became nervous.
"Chief, Qin army envoys are asking for a visit!" the small leader reported.
Everyone's faces flashed with surprise, and then turned their heads to look at Yi Nan.
Yi Nan came to his senses and stood up in a hurry, "Hurry, please!"
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The next morning, Yi Nan led a group of tribal leaders to meet Xu Shu with the support of more than a hundred personal soldiers.
Yinan and others, who were nervous, thought that the other party would give him a warning, but they didn't expect that the other party would look very kind.
"Mr. Xu, we are willing to surrender to the Qin Dynasty, but the leader of the Qin Dynasty is to follow it!" Yi Nan represented everyone and said to Xu Shu sincerely.
Xu Shu smiled and said, "We, Daqin, will never treat the people who are finally Daqin! There are many foreign soldiers in my Daqin army, and now they are all loyal and brave men of my Daqin!"
When everyone heard Xu Shu say this, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"I don't know what lord wants us to do." Yi Nan asked humbly, but he was a little worried.
Xu Shu laughed, patted Yi Nan's shoulder intimately, and said with a smile: "I just want you to return to your headquarters and restrain your soldiers!"
Everyone was stunned, Yi Nan couldn't help but ask in surprise: "Sir, just let's do these things."
Xu Shu nodded with a smile and said to everyone sincerely: "I know you are still a little suspicious, but I believe you will understand that our Daqin has always been the same!"
What else could Yi Nan and others say? He respectfully bowed to Xu Shu.
At noon that day, Yi Nan and the leaders led less than 80,000 coalition forces to return. At this time, although Yi Nan and the leaders were still a little doubtful, they did not dare to have any other thoughts.
That night, Mu Zhu, the leader of the Yidong tribe, received a letter from Feige about this matter, and was shocked.
Mu Zhu looked at the heavy night outside the window and said in a sarcastic manner: "It's over! It's over!" He suddenly realized that his previous plan was extremely stupid.
Chapter completed!