Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 618 Conscription
Chapter 636 Conscription
Listening to his confidant's words, the leader frowned slightly.

This method is not impossible...

After all, the Tubo envoys did not say that warriors of their own tribe must be produced. Who said that slaves cannot be warriors?
"How many slaves are there in the tribe?"

He mentioned before that there were about 3 people, which only refers to the tribesmen.

For them, slaves are not human beings, and like cattle and sheep, they are the property of the tribe.

The confidant replied: "There are always 1000 people."

Yeah, there are always 1000 people.

"Then replace it with a slave, let's go through this test first."

Even if the King of Tubo wants them to issue a second batch...at least, that will be in the future.

What if the Tubo king had already been defeated before that?

Or, if the King of Tubo has won a big victory, then when they send troops, they will not be cannon fodder, but will fight for the fruits of victory together. It's so difficult now.

The confidants also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that the leader had finally made up his mind.

After all, their tribe only has more than [-] members and only a few thousand slaves.

Such a tribe, compared with other party tribes, is at the same level.

Most of the people in the tribe have some relatives.

No matter how far or near we are, we are all relatives and friends.

In this case, for the sake of the Tubo king's ambitions, let his relatives and friends act as cannon fodder, no matter who he chooses, it is a difficult choice.

Using slaves as cannon fodder is certainly a loss of tribal property, but at least everyone's lives are saved.

As long as they know the cause and effect, everyone will feel that this decision is correct!

"I hope that other tribes can be as wise as you chief!" The Dangxiang tribe sighed, thinking that some distant relatives were in other tribes, and wondered whether they would be included in the expedition team this time.

Some surrounding tribes have little contact with each other and are quite far away from each other. However, before winter comes every year, they will send out young adults to walk-marry each other to ensure the continuation of the bloodline.

Therefore, most of the Dangxiang tribes in the same area also have some relationship by marriage.

Hearing this, the leader of the tribe couldn't help but sighed, and said, "I'm afraid there won't be too many people who are willing to take the risk of offending the King of Tubo."

Yes, it is indeed a good idea to send slaves to fight instead of the clansmen.

But no one can guarantee whether the Tubo king will get angry because of this.

Some leaders are less courageous and may have to give up this method.

The fact is indeed as they expected, about three hundred miles away from this Dangxiang tribe, there is another Dangxiang tribe, which also lives in a densely forested area.

When the envoy of the Tubo king found them and informed them of the Tubo king's "conscription order", this tribe, which had a larger number than the previous tribe, suddenly fell into uneasiness and panic.

This uneasiness and panic was noticed even by the merchants stationed in the nearby camp.

There are more than a dozen caravans, large and small, stationed in this merchant camp, some of them are negotiating business with party members, so they will stay for a few more days, and some just pass by here, so they only stay for one night and leave tomorrow.

The bonfire is bright at night. Although it is summer and it is not cold, in this kind of wild camp, there is still a need for a bonfire that does not stop all night.

There is a caravan with about a hundred people, which is very inconspicuous among the dozens of caravans. Although there are Tibetans in the team, there are even people who speak other languages.

So when they said that they were a group of businessmen living in a small country far away, no one doubted them.

There are not many businessmen like them working hard overseas in this era.

"Tell me, what happened during the day? The party members who came over yesterday are not here today, as if some distinguished guests have arrived." The leader of this caravan, together with several leaders of other caravans, Barbecue and drink around a fire.

His question is not too difficult to answer.

This matter is not a secret. The businessmen he asked this question are all "old men" who used to trade with the party members here. They have also become friends with the party members here, so they are more informed some.

One of them replied: "It is true that a distinguished guest has arrived."

"Yes, there are indeed distinguished guests. Not only distinguished guests, but also... bad guests!" The other person's boss has a tough backstage, and he doesn't get along well with the Tubo people, so he is particularly rude at this time. "This word is even more emphasized.

The businessman who asked this question understood, immediately lowered his voice, and asked, "Could it be...the envoy of the Tubo royal court?"

Giving him a "You're quite smart" look, the second businessman who spoke sneered: "Who else could be there besides them?"

"Could it be that you are here to ask for supplies? I heard that war costs the most food..." the businessman said deliberately.

Then I heard the businessman reply: "I'm not here to ask for supplies, I'm here to ask for people! The most expensive thing in a war is not food, but people with two legs! Look, a tribe doesn't have more than 2000 or [-] people." , there is no way to get rid of the Tubo people..."

They talked about this topic for a while, but soon changed to other topics.

The businessman who asked this question didn't ask any more, and it seemed normal to talk about business for a while.

But when he returned to the place where his caravan was, his originally smiling expression suddenly subsided.

"How about it, are you really from Tubo?" His deputy asked.

"Well, they are here to ask for people. It is estimated that they are recruiting tens of thousands of troops. After they fall asleep, they will send out the news."

"Yes."

That night, in the dead of night, a black eagle flew into the sky.

Because this kind of eagle bird is also very common in this area, and it is late at night, even if someone sees an eagle flying overhead, they will not think there is any problem.

At the same time, several eagles were released one after another in a house in the capital of Tubo.

These eagles flew away one after another.

It landed at the "transit station" halfway, and changed to a pigeon to continue delivering the letter.

Finally, a few days later, in Youzhou County, the bodyguard in charge of the carrier pigeons delivered another secret letter sealed in wax to Qin Yang.

"Is this the third secret letter?" Qin Yang, who had already received two secret letters in the past two days, took the third letter, broke off the wax seal, unfolded the ball of paper, and looked at the words written in simple code words. You don't need to look up the code book to understand what you wrote.

It is because similar content has already been seen in the previous two secret letters.

What is written in this secret letter is all about the news that the Tubo people went to "conscription" everywhere.

"It seems that the king of Tubo has no intention of quitting..."

This was exactly what he had in mind.

(End of this chapter)