Chapter 315 Stay Away from Gambling
Outside the Yulin Pass, envoys from the Hetao tribes were conducting a handover.

Several new main envoys have arrived, and the previous envoys will also return to the tribe to report on the progress of the negotiations.

There are only these few people in the messenger team, and someone has to constantly bring back new information and the latest instructions from the tribe.

The Hetao tribes were complex in composition. Although they had no shortage of technical forces left over from the border counties, they were unable to integrate themselves.

Therefore, when facing foreign enemies and survival crises, the Hetao tribes would form a primitive tribal alliance.

Because of the mutual vigilance and alertness of this alliance, the military forces are divided among different departments and the joint meetings are relatively democratic.

Due to insufficient centralization, each department lacks a sense of identity with the alliance, so it is unable to expand outward.

These messengers quickly took over, and the returning messenger team of more than 30 riders set off on their journey home.

When they stopped to rest and set up their tents after traveling more than 50 miles, Zhao Ji, one of the main envoys, said, "We all know the fighting style of this Grand Marshal. He is unwilling to tolerate the people of Taiyuan and Hedong, so how can he tolerate us?"

The other envoy who accompanied him also spoke fluent Chinese, but his accent was more like that of Xiliang: "I also find it strange. Logically speaking, the resettlement conditions given by the Grand Marshal are not harsh. The so-called Thousand Households Pastoral Area is just a smaller vassal state commandery."

The two looked at each other, and Zhao Ji said in a puzzled tone: "I am more and more certain that the Dou tribe is unwilling to return to Han, but I can't understand where they get the courage and confidence. After returning, I plan to move my family to join General Du Liao. It is better to be a subordinate than to be demoted to a slave."

During this period of time, as negotiation envoys, the envoys from all parties would not talk about official business all day long.

Private communication was very frequent, and after a while, both sides had feelings for each other, so their relationship heated up dramatically.

The envoy from Ma Teng would naturally not deceive Zhao Ji. After all, such negotiation talents are quite rare.

The diplomatic credibility can be a little worse, at least the fist of the Grand Sima Shogunate is strong enough.

However, the personal credibility of diplomatic envoys must be maintained, as this is related to the efficiency of future negotiations and the acquisition of key intelligence.

The other two envoys traveling with him were not surprised by Zhao Ji's decision.

They were all prisoners of Xia Yu's conquest of the Xianbei. After many hardships, they either fled to Hetao and became free men, or redeemed themselves by making meritorious services, or were redeemed by other families and recruited as sons-in-law.

In short, they are all people who grew up in Senei.

Guanlong now has strong men like Heidasima. Whether it is the local sentiment or the common sense of survival of going to the grassland and relying on the strong, they are all urging them to stay away from danger and actively embrace a better life.

After all, people who work in diplomacy have broad vision, strong insight, and naturally have a heart that is difficult to restrain.

After Zhao Ji, others also expressed their opinions.

Even if there is no dispute now, they would still think about changing jobs.

On the grassland, it is normal to leave the stagnant and declining tribe and rely on the emerging strong ones.

Since the beginning of June, grand gatherings have been held everywhere.

This is the time of the year when grass and water are the most abundant. In nomadic life, this is also the time when material and mental pressures are the least.

Not to mention hunting small animals, just the straw mushrooms picked up every day are enough to fill your stomach.

The Hetao tribes can be roughly divided into the Eastern Tribe and the Western Tribe. The Eastern Tribe can be further divided into the Front Tribe and the Back Tribe due to the long-term war between the Xianbei and the Xiongnu.

Hetao is the "J"-shaped bend of the Yellow River. The so-called Hetao tribes now refer to the Western Hetao tribes, namely the Ningxia Plain.

They were unable to defeat the Xianbei people who were expanding westwards, so they lived together near the Western Set; the front set separated from the Eastern Set was the Wuyuan area, and the back set was the Shuofang area, which was sandwiched between the Western Set and the front set.

The Wuyuan area was the area where the Xiongnu operated, while Shuofang fell into the hands of the impoverished Xianbei tribes that migrated westward.

For the Xianbei tribes, the inability to survive, the failure in tribal competition and escape, or the failure in the struggle for succession would all lead to the tribes migrating and expanding westwards to compete with the nomadic tribes in the west for survival resources.

After Tan Shihuai, the Xianbei's westward expansion slowed down, and they were unable to muster all the strength of the tribe to expand westward.

Therefore, although the Xianbei people who migrated westwards were a source of fresh water, they could no longer break through the group of Western tribes; when the Xianbei people attacked with all their strength, the Xiongnu or Qiang people would seize the opportunity to move north.

As a result, despite the lack of a counterbalancing force in the chaos in the Central Plains over the past decade or so, the Xianbei people were unable to break through the Western system and obtain the full set.

From the perspective of strategy and the survival of their respective tribes, the Western tribes and the Western Xiongnu were natural allies.

It is troublesome to conclude an alliance on the grassland, so the two sides currently have an unwritten defensive alliance.

Because there was no common leader among the Western tribes who could intimidate the other tribes, and without such a common leader, it would be impossible to sign a decent alliance with the Southern Xiongnu.

As for the common leader, he is a dangerous existence for the various tribes in the Western Set. The various tribes in the Western Set are already complex in composition, and it is impossible for a common leader to have blood ties with all parties at the same time and take care of the interests of any tribe.

They fled to the West because they didn't want to be annexed. After arriving in the West, why should they find a new father for themselves?

Therefore, among the Western tribes, which have not been formed for a long time, there has not been any peaceful or bloody ethnic integration, and no new tribes or cultures have developed.

But they have one thing in common, that is, they have a tenacious spirit of resistance.

They resist and curb the emergence of a common leader within their own country, and also resist the powerful leader outside who attempts to rule them by force.

The Xitao area is not small and is very rich, enough for them to entertain themselves for a long time.

Without any obvious pressure to survive, there is no power to change.

But now, the Black Sima has arrived, bringing with him the Xiongnu and Qiang people.

After Zhao Ji and others made the decision, they returned slowly and according to the normal itinerary.

It took the black bear two days to reach Yulinsai along the Qinzhi Road.

There were about 8,000 cavalrymen from various parties stationed at Yulin Pass, including the troops of General Ma Teng, the Xiongnu volunteers recruited according to routine recruitment; the Qiang volunteers recruited by the Protector of the Qiang Captain Ma Chao as usual, and a Chanyu guard.

They also developed and built a new camp, waiting for the arrival of Black Bear's three thousand cavalry.

These 3,000 cavalry are slow. As long as they arrive and take a short rest, and then join the 8,000 cavalry here, they can form a strategic strike force.

In June, there were big rallies on all sides.

It was also a time when the manpower was scattered and nomadic, so the mobilization of various tribes was slow.

Therefore, the black bear is not in a hurry. If it really wants to fight, it will wait until the other party finishes gathering before eating this big dumpling.

Outside the Great Wall, there are three curtains.

After nightfall, bonfires were burning everywhere, and Liu Bao, Ma Teng and others were all drunk.

It was a windy night and the drunken men returned to their nearby tents.

The closer you get to the north, the greater the temperature difference between day and night, so the wind is also stronger.

The night wind was howling, and the black bear was drinking wine.

He sat cross-legged, the campfire in front of him was blown by the night breeze, and the heat was close to his cheeks.

The black bear remained unmoved and just drank.

Thinking about how to attack the Hetao tribes.

The closer you are to someone, the more you can understand their true self.

The current Grand Sima Shogunate was formed not long ago, and its administrative efficiency is biased towards military and farming, and it has shortcomings in internal and external intelligence.

The intelligence that Xu You was responsible for was aimed at Guandong, but after the emperor was killed, a large number of scholars entered Guanzhong and brought a huge amount of information, which almost overwhelmed Xu You's brain.

Liu Bao is a man who only reports good news and not bad news. Ma Teng's case is much more pure, it is just simple bureaucratic inertia... Ma Teng believes in the envoys under his command.

The negotiating envoys naturally do not want to let the matter leave the negotiation table.

As long as the negotiating table exists, they will work hard for that slim chance.

Due to the overlap of various factors, Black Bear arrived in Yulin and found that the Hetao people had become accustomed to freedom and found it difficult for them to bow to him.

But how should I fight? If I want to be strategically conservative, I should adopt an unrestrained tactic and lead the more than 10,000 cavalry here to attack the west.

The rest of the forces will stay where they are and prevent any other accidents.

If the strategy is more bold, we can wait for the Huns and follow-up troops to mobilize and assemble, and then fight against the Xitao and Shuofang Xianbei together!

After thinking it over again, Black Bear decided to be conservative.

After all, we have a big family and a lot of business, and times have changed, so we should stay away from gambling.

(End of this chapter)