Chapter 2310 Incorporating the Hun prisoners
The place where Huchuquan is stationed is the most central part of the Wei army barracks.
When Cao Heng and Cao Yi arrived, he did not go to bed, and were discussing something with two people in the tent.
After receiving the news from Cao Heng, Hu Chuquan quickly came out.
He bowed to Cao Heng and Cao Yi from afar: "Welcome to the crown prince and the second prince!"
"The Great Shanyu looks good today." Cao Yi bowed to him, and Cao Heng even gave up the gift. He walked up to him and said with a smile: "The second brother heard that the Great Shanyu had obtained a lot of troops, so he came here to congratulate him."
Cao Heng raised his troops and Hu Chuquan immediately understood what they meant: "If the second prince doesn't come, I plan to come tomorrow to thank you."
Looking at Cao Yi, Hu Chuquan asked, "I heard that the second prince worked hard all night and slept all day long, so he would feel more energetic."
Hu Chuquan mentioned what happened the night before. Although Cao Yi was unhappy, he was not angry and replied in a calm manner: "If you have any trouble, Da Shanyu will worry about it. I will be a hundred times more energetic."
Although nothing appeared on Cao Yi's face, Hu Chuquan felt his unhappiness.
In the Central Plains for many years, especially as a hostage to the Great Wei Dynasty, I had to worry about whether I could see the sunrise the next day every day. Huchuquan no longer said whatever he wanted like in the Huns.
In his personality, he had long had the genes to take into account other people's feelings.
Knowing that this topic is not easy to continue, Hu Chuquan quickly changed: "The Second Prince is here to pick up the soldiers. I have asked them to prepare and ask the Second Prince to check it out."
"I just want to know how much my soldiers under my command lost in this battle." Cao Yi asked.
"More than ten people died in battle." Hu Chuquan replied: "Many people were injured..."
"A total of 400 soldiers died in our army in this battle." Cao Heng said to Cao Yi: "Speaking of this, the losses of the soldiers under my second brother were not very large."
Cao Heng also said that the soldiers under his command did not suffer much losses in this battle, so Cao Yi did not ask more questions.
Hu Chuquan led the two brothers to the place where Cao Yi's soldiers were stationed.
Just as Huchuquan welcomed Cao Heng and Cao Yi, the soldiers had already learned that the two brothers had arrived at the military camp.
Moreover, Hu Chuquan also issued an order to prepare the soldiers to return to Cao Yi at any time.
Cao Heng came to the camp accompanied by Cao Yi, Hu Chuquan and others. The soldiers had already arranged neatly, staring at them without blinking.
"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers." When they came to the formation of soldiers, Cao Heng shouted: "You fought with Liu Meng, the left wise king of the Xiongnu, and you fought very bravely. Our army killed more than 400 people in this battle, but more than 5,000 Huns were killed. Although the casualties of one to ten were already unacceptable to our army, the responsibility lies with me, not with you! Each of you is the leader in the army and the pride of the Great Wei. Previously, I asked the second prince to temporarily hand you over to the commander of the Great Shanyu of the Xiongnu, which was just a temporary measure. Now that the war is over, the second prince has taken you!"
"The prince is mighty!" In front of Cao Heng, of course no one dared to cheer for Cao Yi and Hu Chuquan.
"The Great Shanyu also told us just now. He admired you very much and believed that the Huns were far less brave than you." Cao Heng continued, "I have nothing to say, so let the second prince say a few words to you."
Cao Heng took a step back and signaled Cao Yi to step forward.
Cao Yi's face showed a hint of hesitation at first, and finally took two steps forward and said to the soldiers: "Actually, I feel very guilty when I stand here and talk to you. Speaking of which, you are my soldiers, but compared to you, I am weak and not worth mentioning."
When Cao Yi said this, Hu Chuquan looked at Cao Heng.
Seeing that Cao Heng's expression did not fluctuate at all, he stopped saying anything and stood aside and listened to Cao Yi's words.
"Yesterday you were fighting on the battlefield, and I was always by my royal family." Cao Yi said: "This is the first time I came to the battlefield and the first time I saw killing. From the beginning to the end, I was confused. I was very scared, afraid that I would be killed, and I was also afraid of seeing dead people. In order to let me understand that the battlefield was originally killing, the emperor asked me to stand in front of a large pit filled with Huns' bodies and stare all night. I knew that just staring at the corpses is completely different from your hard work on the battlefield. But I was still very scared at first, but it was not until this morning that I realized that since I came here, the killing and blood that I will see in the future will subvert my previous understanding of the battlefield."
When Cao Yi spoke, the soldiers looked at him with serious expressions.
No one interrupted him, and the soldiers present did not even make a cough.
With his eyes swept across the soldiers' faces, Cao Yi continued, "To be honest, I feel very ashamed to let me command you. You are all warriors on the battlefield, but I have not experienced real fighting. But from today on, I will no longer be afraid of the battlefield, nor will I be afraid of death. I will work with you to fight bravely for the long-term stability of the Great Wei Dynasty and to make the aliens unable to attack the Central Plains again."
When Cao Yi expressed his opinion to the soldiers, he did not care about what Hu Chuquan was thinking.
Speaking of which, Huchuquan, who was once a Hunnu, was also an alien race.
When he said the few words he expressed his opinion, Hu Chuquan's expression on his face was somewhat awkward.
The soldiers present still did not make any sound, and their eyes were all looking at Cao Yi.
Cao Heng took two steps forward, stood in front of Cao Yi, and shouted to the soldiers: "What? The second prince said so much, you didn't react at all? Are you all dumb?"
The soldiers who had not recalled Cao Yi's words had reacted immediately after Cao Heng asked this.
A captain standing in front of the array raised his arms and shouted: "The second prince is mighty, we are willing to follow the second prince to the death!"
The captain took the lead, and the soldiers shouted one after another.
Cao Heng did not turn his head to see Cao Yi, and Cao Yi also looked solemn.
What he said to the soldiers was indeed inspired by his feelings.
The soldiers' reactions also made him feel extremely complicated.
I thought the soldiers would be somewhat disappointed with him, at least for a period of time, and it would be possible to see how he performed. But in fact, the soldiers present did not do this, but instead shouted to follow him to death.
"General Zhang." Cao Heng ordered Zhang Bao behind him: "Take the soldiers under the Second Prince back to his camp."
Zhang Bao responded and stepped forward and shouted, "Soldiers, come with me."
The soldiers followed Zhang Bao and Cao Heng said to Hu Chuquan again: "It is said that the Great Shanyu has obtained many captives of the Huns, and they are willing to follow the Shanyu to attack and despise the Bei. I wonder what Shanyu plans to deal with it?"
"Go back to the prince." Hu Chuquan bowed to Cao Heng and said to him: "I did get a lot of Xiongnu prisoners in this battle, and I have told them that I would either die or follow me to attack Yubei. Although I have not returned to the Xiongnu for many years, they all knew that Yubei was an overthrow of the position of the Shanyu. As long as I was there, his Shanyu status would be incorrect."
"What the Great Shanyu said is indeed reasonable." Cao Heng nodded and then asked: "Can you lead me and the second prince to meet the Hun warriors who are about to fight side by side?"
"Of course it would be better for the prince to go to see them." Cao Heng was going to meet the surrendered Huns, and Hu Chuquan quickly responded.
After a fight with Liu Meng, the Wei army captured many Huns.
Originally, these Huns would have been buried alive or lined up to behead their heads, and Hu Chuquan mediated and rescued them.
There were not many captive Huns, only one or two thousand.
They swore allegiance to Hu Chuquan, and they saved their lives, but in the Wei army, every Hun was very uneasy.
Cao Heng and Cao Yi were led by Huchuquan and saw the surrendered Huns. They were already nervous and wondered if they could live long. Huchu captives received news and lined up to welcome the two brothers amid the calls from several followers beside Huchuquan.
The Wei army had always been in line, and the Huns were used to being scattered, and the captured people had no morale at all, so how could they pay attention to the formation?
Although they arranged the array, the array was loose and disorganized, making people feel that these people were just a group of Hun refugees and were not considered warriors at all.
"The Prince of the Great Wei is here to see you!" Leading Cao Heng and Cao Yi to the surrendered Huns, Hu Chuquan shouted: "Since you have sworn to be loyal to me, please cheer me up. Don't be depressed and let others look down on me!"
The Huns captives subconsciously straightened their chests.
Although they deliberately straightened their chests, the fear in their eyes still betrayed the fact that they had long lost morale.
Standing facing the Huns prisoners, Cao Heng looked around them with loose arrays: "I am Cao Heng, the prince of the Great Wei. He went to Bei to send envoys to Luoyang earlier, trying to trick the Great Shanyu back and kill him, so as to usurp the Great Shanyu's position, and was rejected by his father. Unexpectedly, he did not want to repent and dared to send troops to Yunzhong openly become enemies of our Great Wei. In the battle yesterday, you should understand that the gap between the Xiongnu and the Great Wei was not just the number of people. He urged the Great Shanyu to be powerful, and he wanted to push the Huns to a complete destruction."
When Cao Heng shouted, the Hun prisoners bowed their heads one by one, and looked frightened and dared not look at him again.
"I know you are very scared. After all, you have become prisoners of the Great Wei Dynasty, and your lives are in my hands." Cao Heng continued: "At this moment, if I want you to live, you can survive. If I want you to die, you can only bury your bones in the wilderness."
When he shouted the word "death", many Huns subconsciously swallowed.
Although the Huns pride themselves on warriors who are not afraid of everything, they have really reached the critical moment of life and death, and many people are still afraid of death.
"That's right, but you have been loyal to the real Great Shanyu, and from now on will be the alliance of our Great Wei soldiers." Cao Heng's next shouting made the Xiongnu prisoners feel relieved: "Since it is an alliance, I will certainly not kill you again. I just hope that from today on, you can really be loyal to the Great Shanyu, and really strive forward for the eternal cultivation of the Great Wei and the Huns!"
"What are you doing with your head down?" After Cao Heng finished speaking, Hu Chuquan shouted at the Xiongnu prisoners: "The prince will give me a lecture, and I will raise my head and listen carefully."
After being shouted by Hu Chuquan, the Xiongnu captives raised their heads one after another.
"Since you have become an alliance of the Great Wei, it is obviously not suitable for you to wear clothes on your body." Cao Heng ordered Cao Yi on the side: "Prepare and let the military officers buy some battle robes that the soldiers wore earlier."
The Great Wei battle robe has been reorganized several times, and some of them still have the battle robe before the recent reform.
These battle robes are of no use and cannot be flowed out of the military camp. They can only be stored in the treasury and are waiting to find opportunities to use them in the future.
The style of the battle robe has been eliminated, so of course there will not be too many opportunities.
The treasury of Yanmen Pass also stores many old-fashioned robes.
Cao Heng wanted to take these robes on the Huns, and Cao Yi replied: "I'll make arrangements now. It will take less than two days to send them to the army."
"In addition to the battle robes prepared for them, we also need to prepare more." Cao Heng said: "All the old-style battle robes stored in the treasury are sent here from all over the place. In the future, more and more Hun warriors will be able to serve as a single person. It is obviously not appropriate to wear our existing battle robes. It is necessary to distribute the old-style battle robes to the Hun warriors to distinguish our soldiers from the Hun warriors."
Cao Yi replied: "I will transfer old-style battle robes from all over the country as soon as possible."
"The prince wants to change your battle robe and armor, why don't you thank the prince?" Hu Chuquan roared at the Xiongnu prisoners again.
The Hun captives quickly thanked Cao Heng.
Without unified command, their apology was also very messy and had no momentum at all.
"I don't have too many requirements for you." Cao Yi shouted to the Huns' warriors: "I just hope you can do one thing, that is, don't try to be enemies with the Great Wei. I don't know what will happen to the Great Wei in the future. At least the current Great Wei is not something that the Huns can provoke. As long as you are willing to follow the Great Shanyu to defeat the Bei, the Great Wei will definitely give the Huns a chance to survive. We exterminate the Jie people because the Jie people are too arrogant and cruel. How they treat the people of the Great Wei, we will treat them!"
Speaking of this, Cao Heng paused and then shouted to the Xiongnu prisoners: "The Huns and our Great Wei do not have a permanent personal grudge. Although they have fought each other for hundreds of years, they have never thought of completely extermination of each other. So we have never thought of treating the Huns like they are to the Jie people. As long as you are willing to surrender, the Great Wei will give you a way out. Let me see your sincerity and don't force me to raise the sword to you."
"Did you hear the prince's words?" Hu Chuquan roared at the Xiongnu prisoners.
The Hun captives raised their chests again and shouted: "I heard it!"
Chapter completed!