Chapter 194 Is it war or peace?
The escaped commander was penetrated by someone with a sword to the chest, which caused the morale of the tribal coalition to suffer an extremely serious blow. Many people could no longer resist after seeing this scene. In addition, the flesh-and-blood defense line formed by the tribal warriors did not play much role in the iron hooves of the Jizhou Army. With the addition of the two, the fearful tribal warriors gradually collapsed.
As the saying goes, the defeat is like a mountain of fall, and when the first gap appears in the defense of the tribe warriors, the people behind them do not need to think too much and start giving up their responsibilities and running wildly.
In an instant, the tribal warriors who were already intimidated by Pan Feng's fierce aura fled their lives like stray dogs. When they reached out to hold the sword, the soldiers of Jizhou Army, who were holding the sword, vented their resentment of being chased these days. For a moment, people roared and neighed, screamed and begged for mercy.
At this time, even though the remaining leaders of the tribal coalition were determined to resist the Jizhou Army, no one listened to them anymore. Everyone was running away and wanted to outperform their companions.
From Pan Feng leading the army to rush over, to the fact that the tribal coalition has been completely defeated, it took only half an hour to break out, and this defeat speed is enough to make everyone who heard of this battle stunned.
Of course, the main reason is that the tribal warriors have been dragged down by Pan Feng and Jizhou Army in three days. A tired army has no combat power. Many people even feel weak even when they stand on the ground, so they don’t feel that way when they run away.
The massacre continued, and the tribal coalition of 20,000 people could not be killed in a short while. What's more, it was late at night, and it was difficult for some tribal warriors to be discovered again after they fled into the darkness. But even so, when the entire massacre ended, there were only 2,000 tribal warriors who surrendered, but only killed more than 15,000.
In short, the raid of 20,000 tribal coalition forces finally survived less than a quarter, while the Jizhou Army only suffered more than 500 casualties.
I believe that after this battle, the Mijia tribe and other large tribes should be able to clearly recognize the current situation and Pan Feng’s determination to immigrate.
"General, what should I do if these two thousand prisoners are?" Cheng Gao asked.
Pan Feng saw murderous intent from his eyes. Obviously, he thought Pan Feng would kill all these people as he did in the past. After all, they had participated in the resistance to the Jizhou army. Killing all these people could better intimidate the surrounding tribes.
But Pan Feng didn't think so.
In the past, the reason why I wanted to kill all those who resisted was because Pan Feng was rushing to the hinterland of the Mijia tribe. He didn't want to spend too much effort on tribes with hundreds or thousands along the way, so those who resisted would never be left if they could kill them.
But now it's different.
Here we have reached the hinterland of the Mijia tribe controlled area. Most of the tribes that have been Anjia here are large tribes with a population of tens of thousands. Even after two major defeats, the elderly, weak, women, children, and a few young and strong tribes in the surrounding tribes combined have more than 100,000 or even more than 200,000 people. In this case, Pan Feng needs to rely on the cooperation of these people if he wants to transfer the population. Otherwise, everyone will run away in scattered places and stare blankly.
In this case, the deterrent effect brought by the massacre is no longer very effective, and the tribe's people cannot be unaware of the strength of the Jizhou army, so the most important thing at this time is not a big stick but a carrot!
The main reason why the grassland tribes here are attached to the Mijia tribe is that while the Mijia tribe is powerful, it can also help them contact merchants in Youzhou, and then bring benefits to each tribe. Pan Feng wants those tribes to follow him in turn. Deterrence is important, but interests are also indispensable.
And now there is the fastest way to transfer interests - two thousand prisoners!
If these prisoners were released, the families and relatives of the captives would be glad that the people they cared about did not die in the war. After that, some people might be grateful to Pan Feng for not killing them, and then the problem arose.
The widows of the tribe who were killed by Pan Feng will definitely hate Pan Feng and also hate families with survivors. In this way, the hatred against Pan Feng will be invisibly divided by the survivors' families. If Pan Feng can stand up and bring some benefits to each tribe, then their hatred against Pan Feng may be completely resolved and then turn to the survivors' families.
This practice of transferring hatred and placing it within the enemy was the most commonly used method of capital in Pan Feng's era, and it was also the most efficient way to perfectly transfer contradictions.
Pan Feng looked at the more than 2,000 tribal warriors kneeling on the ground and trembling. The group of people had been scared by the Jizhou army. From their fearful eyes, Pan Feng knew that these people would live in the shadow of tonight for the rest of their lives.
Thinking of this, Pan Feng shook his head at Cheng Gao, then waved to the guide who was also trembling in the distance. The latter was suppressed by the body of the soldiers beside him and ran to Pan Feng with fear.
"General, what are the instructions?" the guide asked with his waist bent. He did not dare to show any behavior that could make Pan Feng feel offended.
Seeing that he was so scared that he was dying, Pan Feng smiled and said softly: "You have done a good job along the way, don't worry, you will be beneficial when you go back."
After hearing this, the guide finally let the benefits offset the fear in his heart. He was no longer afraid, but smiled and bowed deeply to Pan Feng: "Thank you for your kindness, General."
Pan Feng nodded, then pointed to the group of trembling prisoners and said, "Tell them that if you are willing to follow me to live in the Han Dynasty, I will let him live a life, and those who don't want to die now."
The guide was speechless for a moment and soon conveyed Pan Feng's meaning to all the prisoners present.
When facing Pan Feng's multiple-choice questions without options, the prisoners present were very clever and did not choose the wrong option, so the more than 2,000 people successfully surrendered to Pan Feng on the surface.
Pan Feng didn't care whether this group of people really surrendered. All he wanted was a verbal promise. At that time, if there were really stubborn people who wanted to resist, he would have reason to give the surrounding tribe a classic drama of killing chickens to warn monkeys.
Soon, more than two thousand tribal warriors who promised to surrender left the camp that they would never forget for life in doubt and uneasy.
After all the outsiders left, Pan Feng ordered the soldiers to clean the battlefield and then return to the previous camp to continue to rest.
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Just as Pan Feng's Jizhou army was resting, all the tribes that focused on the battle between the two armies were in an uproar.
Originally, when the news came three days ago that the tribal coalition was chasing the Jizhou Army, all tribes were happy and were not allowed to hold a celebration banquet on the spot. In their opinion, the Jizhou Army would only be chased by the coalition army if they were afraid.
But this excitement didn't last long before such bad news came.
The coalition camp was attacked by the Jizhou army at night, and less than 30% of the 20,000 warriors survived!
This news caused the major tribes, which were at the end of their power, to fall into deep anxiety. Judging from the current situation, even if all the Jizhou troops retreated, they would not have enough men to provide labor and force by the beginning of next spring!
On this grassland where the strong prey on the weak, perhaps the tribes in this area will become ordinary small tribes after next year. As for the Mika tribe, according to the fate of the large tribe in the past, it will probably be divided up by the surrounding tribes.
Under such circumstances, another important news was brought by Pan Feng.
Pan Feng accepted their surrender and agreed to take them and their families to live in the Han territory. As soon as this news came out, it suddenly ignited the conflicts within the tribes.
As the saying goes, "Don't worry about being weak but not being equal." Why did the warriors who were also sent to resist the Jizhou army die on the battlefield? And the men from other families not only come back but also have to take children to the Han area to live a better life.
Why?
It’s okay if one or two of this kind of resentment, but there are more than a few thousand women who become widows in an ordinary tribe?
The resentment of these thousands of people is concentrated on dozens of cases, and even if these cases are not dead, they will not have a good life.
In this way, half of the prisoners died within two days after returning to the tribe, most of them were killed by their own tribe members, and the rest could not bear the condemnation around them.
The emergence of this phenomenon not only made the tribes extremely angry, but the alliance between tribes also became loose. Those tribes without men returned naturally formed hostility to tribes with men returned. In this way, even if the tribe alliance that was originally integrated was maintained by the Mika tribe, it inevitably broke down.
Some changes caught the Mika tribe, which was originally full of confidence, off guard.
In the Mika tribe camp, several tribal senior officials in the main tent of the leader's residence were fiercely arguing.
"The warriors in our tribe are almost gone after two crushing defeats. If we fight against the Jizhou army again, the day when our Mijia tribe will be destroyed is in front of us!" said a senior executive.
This sentence is a practical matter. The remaining tribes in the clan are less than 300, and even if they are old and weak, they are only nearly 1,000. Such a few people can no longer compete with the iron hooves of the Jizhou Army, even if they pull people from the surrounding tribes.
But even if the facts are so clear, there are always some brainless reckless men in the tribe who can't tell the situation.
"As the eagle on the grassland, can you endure being locked in a cage like a bird for people to have fun? Even if you want, I don't want it!" someone next to you said.
"Yes, it's better to die on the front line like a man." Someone helped.
The words of these two people obviously touched the mood of others, so two senior officials came forward to express their support for their remarks and demanded a fight to the death with the Jizhou army.
Chuligan, the leader of the Miga tribe, looked at the reckless men below who were yelling to fight to the death. Due to the custom of worshiping strong people in the tribe, the senior officials selected were just a group of muscular reckless men. Such people naturally played a decisive role in the small war between the tribes, but when facing the huge Han Dynasty, it seemed a bit childhood.
Just like now, the Jizhou Army has obviously gained the upper hand. Even if the old and weak are pulled, they will not be the opponent of the Jizhou Army. What is the difference between rushing up and dying at this time? Moreover, judging from the behavior of the Jizhou Army along the way, once they find that there are signs of resistance from the tribe, the only thing waiting for the tribe to end is massacre.
The Mijia tribe now really can't stop the butcher knife of the Jizhou army!
If Chuligan had made a choice, he would prefer to compromise with the Jizhou army to preserve the survival and continuation of the tribe. However, judging from the emotions of these people, the possibility of their agreement was almost zero. Maybe they would be forcibly taken down by this group of people because of his leader's "fear of war" and eventually lose control of the tribe.
If it were in the past, they naturally would not have moved him as the leader, but now the power in their hands has been exhausted, and the remaining power in the hands of the senior officials present has added more than the leader, as the leader. No one can guarantee that anything extreme will happen when talking nonsense.
This may make Chuligan dare not speak confidently, but he cannot speak without saying anything.
"Don't yell, listen to the leader's meaning, maybe the leader will have other opinions." One of them couldn't help but remind him when he saw Chuligan standing aside silently.
Everyone's eyes lit up, and they almost forgot the opinion of the leader Chuligan.
Seeing that everyone was setting their eyes on him, Chuligan had to pretend to be calm even if he cursed in his heart, but at this time he had his own plans in his heart.
"The current situation of the tribe should not be able to compete with the Jizhou army..."
Having said that, the group of people who fought before were a little anxious, but the one who surrendered showed a smile on his face.
Seeing this, Chuligan said again: "But it is impossible to make our grassland eagle compromise like this, so I plan to divide it into two factions to deal with it."
The main battle and the main surrender were both confused.
I heard Chuligan continue to say: "The first faction, the elderly, weak and women and children are united, so that they surrender to the Jizhou Army and lead them to the south by the Jizhou Army. You should know that you, I and the young and strong can run away, but the elderly, weak and women and children cannot escape. Instead of following us as a burden, it is better to hand them over to the Jizhou Army directly. Judging from the Jizhou Army's past treatment of the elderly and weak, their life in the Han area may not be worse than now."
"The second faction is the tribe led by us. The more than a hundred remaining young and strong people in the tribe can follow us to the west grassland. It is not the territory of the Queji tribe. I believe that the Queji tribe has not yet fallen. When we get there, we can fully cooperate with the Queji tribe to deal with the Jizhou army."
"I have already inquired about it. The team led by Pan Feng, the highest general in the Jizhou army, was the team led by Pan Feng, the other east and west sides. Therefore, our Mijia tribe lost this time, but when we arrived at the territory of the Queji tribe, we were only Pan Feng's generals. How could we not win?"
"Once we win, we will have the ability to trade with Pan Feng. The lost tribesmen can still return here, and the grassland here is still the grassland of our Mijia tribe!"
"Everyone, what do you think?" Chuligen swept his eyes over everyone.
At this moment, the tribe's senior officials were excited and as if they were gamblers who saw the hope of victory. Facing Chuligan's question, they agreed without thinking.
Chapter completed!