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"But now..."

Then Shen Bing understood.

It is easy to control a few or dozens of slaves, but this is thousands of people.

The entire tribe in Liqing only has about [-] "warriors". If these more than [-] people are turned into slaves... one day when the slaves rebel, wouldn't they all be wiped out at once?

So the dry captive was either released or used, and became a hot potato.

But the problem was solved the next day.

At noon on the second day, when the Qin army had finished cleaning the battlefield and was about to drive the sheep back to the mountains for stocking, they heard a loud arrow soaring into the sky in the south.

Shen Bing was quite surprised. Could it be that Tuoba's lesson from the battle last night was not enough?

How dare you send troops to attack?

Then Shen Bing knew that this was not the case.

I saw two Shenwu soldiers galloping over, reporting:

"General, we have captured a barbarian army. They claim to be the envoys of the Tuoba clan, and they want to have an interview with the general!"

Shen Bing glanced at Li Qing, secretly thinking that she is not the only one among the savages who can speak Qin Yu.

But there is nothing strange about it.

If a tribe as small as the Li clan would speak Qin language, let alone the Tuoba clan.

Shen Bing didn't think much, and said:

"See! Bring them up!"

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Shen Bing also said that the envoy was sent by the Tuoba clan to negotiate.

When he didn't want to see him, the emissary immediately took a subordinate and knelt down to Shen Bing, saying:

"Grassman Wu Shiluo, I have seen the General!"

"The Tuoba clan didn't know that it was the general who arrived, but they went to war with the general!"

"Caomin is here to plead guilty for the Tuoba clan!"

Ushiro?

Shen Bing heard the name somewhat familiar.

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that this Wuzhiluo was not a simple "grassman".

In the historical records, from the end of the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Qin Dynasty, Sima Qian had no more than seven independent biographers, and Wu Shiluo was one of them.

It is said that Wuzhiluo is from Guyuan, that is, the southern mountainous area of ​​Xitao.

Modern historians are not sure whether he is a Qin native or an aborigine. What is certain is that Wu Zhiluo is very business-minded.

The area where Wuzhiluo lived happened to be at the border between Qin State and the aborigines.

The aborigines only know how to raise cattle, sheep, and horses, and there is a shortage of cattle, sheep and horses in the Central Plains. On the other hand, the aborigines do not know how to produce silk and daily utensils, such as axes, hoes, knives, and daily necessities such as wooden bowls. .

So this Wushiluo went back and forth between Qin and the aborigines, bringing cattle, sheep and horses to Qin to exchange living utensils, and then bringing the living utensils back to the aboriginals to exchange cattle, sheep and horses.

After a long time, this guy became the richest man in the north. The cattle, sheep and horses are counted by valleys... that is, they cannot be counted at all, but counted by how many valleys are piled up.

After that, even Qin Shihuang made an exception and ordered him to give him the treatment of "comparing the emperor".

The so-called "Comparison to Fengjun" means that although Wu Zhiluo cannot be named a monarch because of his lack of military achievements, he is treated as a "jun" in an exceptional way.

However, Shen Bing saw Wu Zhiluo's frightened expression, and guessed that he hadn't got the "Bifengjun" yet.

Isn't this a big fat sheep?

Shen Bing was still working hard to piece together because of the lack of cattle and sheep in Xitao and the Hexi Corridor. Now this person who can count cattle and sheep as valleys comes to his door?

Thinking about it, Shen Bing hurried forward to help Wu Shiluo and said:

"Envoy, please stand up, I have nothing to do with Tuoba's battle with you, why do you need to do this great gift?"

In fact, Shen Bing said this intentionally to Wu Shiluo.

If it really had nothing to do with Wu Zhiluo, how could Wu Zhiluo be willing to be the emissary to plead guilty?

Sure enough, Wu Zhiluo cupped his hands in embarrassment and said:

"The general doesn't know that Cao Min has a concubine, but she is the sister of Tuoba Li [lì], the chief of the Tuoba clan."

Shen Bing let out an "oh", his face turned serious, and he replied:

"So, you are a lobbyist for that barbarian this time?"

Shen Bing's words frightened Wu Shiluo to his knees and said:

"Grassmen dare not."

"The Caomin are here to plead guilty for the Tuoba clan, and implore the general to read that the Tuoba clan didn't know that the general came here and sent troops rashly."

"If Tuoba Li knew that he was under the command of the Great General, even if he was given a hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to fight rashly!"

"I hope the general will show mercy!"

This Wushi Luo did not lie.

Before that, he didn't even know that the Tuoba clan had a war, and he was shocked when the news of the Tuoba clan's defeat reached Wu Zhiluo's ears...

It was not Tuoba's death or injury that Wu Zhi was shocked by.

Although the almost complete annihilation of more than [-] members of the Tuoba Clan was considered a major event that caused a sensation in the party, it was nothing more than a drizzle to the Central Plains.

Wu Zhiluo was surprised that there was no one else in Xitao who could defeat Tuoba's [-] troops so simply.

Not long ago, he heard that Shen Bing, the great general of the Northland, led troops to manage Xitao, could it be...

Thinking about it this way, he secretly thought that it would be bad. If the Tuoba family faced the Qin army, it would be a catastrophe for the family to be wiped out. With the Qin army's continuous sitting system, he might be implicated.

So without thinking too much, he hurriedly ordered people to prepare horses.

Before leaving, he ran into a concubine who brought a child to pay her respects, Wu Shi was furious and scolded angrily:

"Your brother is so unreasonable!"

"If you can't provoke anyone, you must provoke Shen Bing!"

"Who do you think Shen Bing is? General Qin, how can the Tuoba clan afford to provoke him?"

"If we can't pass this test this time, our entire clan will be killed!"

Said with a dark face and flicked his sleeves and left in a hurry.

It was only at this time that the whole family knew what had happened, and suddenly the whole family was frightened like a dark cloud, and many people even pointed the finger at the concubine.

Wu Zhiluo hurried all the way, but when he walked into Tuobali's tent, he saw that he still hadn't figured out the situation and was furious, and he kept shouting to gather troops to attack again...

Wu Shiluo hurried forward a few steps forward and cupped his hands sullenly and said:

"Does the Chief know who you are fighting against?"

Tuoba Li replied:

"I don't care who he is, kill me three thousand warriors, if I don't get back my face this time, how can the Tuoba clan gain a foothold in Hexi?!"

"You came just in time, and lend me five thousand war horses!"

In his heart, Wu Zhiluo could only wish to go forward and slap this overbearing Tuoba Li hard on the face, but after all, he is a chief with military power in his hands, so Wu Zhiluo could only grit his teeth and bear it.

"Has the chief heard of Shen Bing?" Wu Shiluo asked.

Tuoba Li asked back:

"So what?"

The story of Shen Bing's defeat of the Xiongnu in the Hetao area has already spread throughout Hexi, and even Tuobali has heard about it.

Wu Shiluo replied calmly:

"If my prediction is correct, Shen Bing is the one who defeated the chief!"

Tuoba's complexion changed in an instant, and it took a long while before he said:

"This...you..."

"How is this possible? Don't scare me!"

"Didn't Shen Bing fight the Xiongnu in the north? Why did he come to Xitao? He also fought with the Xiangli family? I also said that they were the reinforcements moved from the Xiangli family..."

Wu Shiluo replied:

"In the First Battle of Wuyuan, Shen Bing defeated the Xiongnu."

"In order to avoid being surrounded by the Qin army, the Xiongnu had to withdraw from Hexi."

"Once the Huns retreat, it will be a matter of time before Shen Bing manages Hexi..."

Tuoba Li was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.

This Shen Bing is the Great General of Qin State!

It's also tens of thousands of troops.

As strong as the Xiongnu, he would be defeated one after another by him. How many lives does his Tuoba clan have to fight against Shen Bing?

What's more, there is Qin State behind Shen Bing... This Qin State has already unified the Central Plains. If Xianyang in the east, Sichuan in the south, and Shen Bing in the north are attacked from three sides, let alone the Tuoba clan, I am afraid that the entire party will be destroyed. Uprooted.

Gathering his mind, Tuoba Li hurriedly got up and said:

"What should we do now? If they are really Qin Jun..."

Ushiro said:

"Don't worry, chief, I'll ask if the other party is Qin Jun before making any plans!"

Tuoba Li hurriedly called the subordinates who had fled back.

But there is nothing wrong with this... Wu Shiluo had a glimmer of hope before, but when he asked about the attire and fighting method, he was sure of it.

This one was so angry that Wuzhi stomped his feet, regardless of whether Tuobali was the chief or not, and cursed:

"You are really stupid, besides the Qin army, how can there be soldiers with strong crossbows?"

"What's more, the 'thunderbolt fireball' was made by Shen Bing to defeat the Xiongnu, but you said it was witchcraft!"

Tuoba Li had an innocent face, they had never seen it before, who knew that the thing that exploded like thunder was the legendary "thunderbolt fireball"? !

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Shen Bing's face turned cold, he just "hummed", and said in a cold voice:

"Do you think it's enough to say 'one who doesn't know is not guilty'?"

"Speak to my casualties!"

"In the battle last night, at least our army suffered thousands of casualties!"

Xiang Liqing's eyes widened in astonishment when he listened beside him. Last night, the Qin army obviously only suffered more than [-] casualties, and most of them were minor injuries. Only more than [-] people were killed in battle.

Just when he wanted to clarify, Shen Bing swallowed the words that came out of his mouth with a stare.

Wu Zhiluo said in fear:

"I hope the general will be merciful, and we will carefully compensate the casualties."

"Each soldier counts as twenty sheep..."

Without even thinking about it, Shen Bing interrupted Wu Shiluo's words:

"This is an elite soldier of our Great Qin Dynasty, so how could a few sheep be able to compensate for it?"

"What's more, you will be greedy for these sheep when I am Shen Bing?"

"No, how about paying ten sheep when I go to take Tuoba Li's head?"