"Yes, tell me, since you are the young leader of the Qingge tribe, why are you so embarrassed?" Qin Huaidao asked.
He did not deny it. If this person was useful, he would keep him. If he was not, he would kill him directly. It was impossible to let him go anyway.
Su Rongzabu had a look of death on his face. If the other party denied it, they might let him go. By admitting it so directly, it was obvious that he had planned to silence him.
"The general is asking you something, please speak quickly." Seeing that Su Rongzabu was silent, the squad leader kicked him directly.
Su Rongzabu came to his senses and glared at the squad leader.
"Oh, you still dare to stare at me?" the captain said and kicked me again.
His brother participated in the battle to exterminate the Eastern Turks in the fourth year of Zhenguan and died on the battlefield, so he hated the Turks very much.
Qin Huaidao just looked at it calmly and did not speak.
"There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that a scholar can be killed but not humiliated. All you want is to give me a good time." Su Rongzabu shouted with bloodshot eyes.
He knew that he would definitely die, but he was still very afraid of death in his heart. This loud shout was also a way to vent his fear.
Qin Huaidao waved his hand, stopped the team leader's movements, and said calmly: "There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that a man who knows the current affairs is a hero. You are now a prisoner, and you can answer whatever I ask you. Maybe
I can still save your life."
Although Su Rongzabu didn't quite believe what Qin Huaidao said, his desire for life still ignited in his heart and he said: "Our tribe was destroyed, and I managed to escape with great difficulty."
"Destroyed? Who destroyed it?" Qin Huaidao's expression changed and he asked quickly.
He has been deep in the grassland for so long, so naturally he will not do nothing. He naturally knows that the Qingge tribe is a medium-sized tribe.
And unless the large tribes take action, it is impossible for other medium-sized tribes to destroy the Qingge tribe.
After all, there are many other tribes around. Even if they are able to destroy the Qingge tribe, their strength will be greatly reduced and they will eventually be annexed by others.
Therefore, although there are frictions among medium-sized tribes, there are rarely real wars.
Those large tribes do have the ability to annex the Qinge tribe, but the large tribes are already very powerful, and Yi Nan will not allow them to annex the small and medium-sized tribes.
Coupled with the current tense situation between Xue Yantuo and the Western Turks, Yi Nan will not allow internal unrest.
Could it be that the Western Turks launched troops against Xue Yantuo?
Thinking of this, Qin Huaidao was very excited. Isn't it just for this moment that he has been lurking in the grassland these days?
"Erdeni has gathered several tribes together, and our Qinge tribe can't resist it at all." Surongzabu said a little lonely.
Although he abandoned his only son and fled, the destruction of the Qingge tribe still dealt a huge blow to him.
During the day, he was still a respected young leader, but now he has become a lost dog.
It is impossible to say that there is no gap in my heart.
Qin Huaidao also knew Erdeni's name. He was the leader of a tribe not far from Qingge. The most important thing was that this tribe belonged to the Western Turks.
In addition, Surongzabu said that Erdeni gathered several tribes. Taken together, it should be the Western Turks who launched an army against Xue Yantuo.
"General, would you like your subordinates to spread out the people and ask around, what if this person deceives us?" The team leader naturally knew their purpose this time, but for the sake of caution, he felt that he still needed to investigate clearly.
Qin Huaidao thought for a while and said: "No, let us know, we will retreat immediately, travel lightly, and abandon everything we can."
He did this for his own reasons. Normally, the herdsmen of each tribe move within their own scope of activities. As long as they don't get close, it is difficult to encounter anyone in such a large grassland.
But things are different now. The Western Turks and Xue Yantuo are at war. When the war breaks out, they may encounter people from the Western Turks or Xue Yantuo.
They are fishermen, how could they be exposed when the snipe and clam are just fighting?
"General, what should I do with this person? Do you want to..." A trace of ruthlessness flashed in the squad leader's eyes and he gestured.
"General, you just said you would spare my life." Su Rongzabu was not stupid. He naturally understood that the team leader was preparing to silence him and said hurriedly.
"Forget it, take him with you. Of course, if he is dishonest, just get rid of him directly." Qin Huaidao said.
He kept Su Rongzabu, not because of the so-called promise.
Just now he only said it was possible, not certain. Even if he was killed, it would be okay.
Even if he promised, he would still kill him if he should, because no one else was there anyway, and no one would know even if he broke the contract.
The reason why he kept Su Rongzabu was because Su Rongzabu was the young leader of the Qingge tribe and must be relatively clear about some things in the grassland.
They had also captured some Turks before, and they were just ordinary herdsmen. These herdsmen knew a little about their own tribes, but knew nothing about other tribes.
Even if I know something, it's just hearsay and basically nothing useful.
As for Surongzab's identity, he must know some things that others don't know.
"Thank you, General." Su Rongzabu looked happy.
"Okay, take it down."
Qin Huaidao looked down upon people like Su Rongzabu who were greedy for life and afraid of death.
But as a prisoner, he liked this very much. If he was not afraid of death, how could he ask for anything?
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Xue Yantuo has always been on guard against the Western Turks, and Yi Nan had already mobilized three large tribes to move to the border with the Western Turks.
Just in order not to irritate the Western Turks, large tribes were not allowed to come to the border, so the Western Turks were given the opportunity to sneak attack.
There are three large tribes, each with more than 30,000 young men. The largest one has more than 50,000 men. This is just the young men. Including the young, old and women, the smallest one has more than 100,000 men.
The Western Turks' sneak attack really caught them off guard. By the time they reacted, seven or eight small and medium-sized tribes had already been wiped out.
The tribes that can be mobilized by Yi Nan, in addition to having relatively strong combat effectiveness, the final thing is that these three tribes are the main fighting faction. Those tribes that have the idea of surrender, Yi Nan does not dare to send over, otherwise they will surrender before fighting.
, the rest of the tribes will become panicked.
When the three tribal leaders received the news that the Western Turks were launching an attack, they had a tacit understanding and sent people to the royal court to inform Yi Nan and request reinforcements.
On the one hand, they gathered their troops and horses, preparing to hold off the Western Turks' attack first.
In the end, they all unanimously sent people to integrate the surrounding small and medium-sized tribes.
The name suggests that it is to consolidate strength to fight against the Western Turks, but in fact the intention is to annex these tribes.
These small and medium-sized tribes naturally have to obey their orders, and it is too easy to do anything.
When the war is over, these tribes will be unable to resist their annexation.
The three tribes joined together, plus the surrounding small and medium-sized tribes, and fought a battle with the Western Turks. There was no winner in this battle, and both sides were very restrained.
The initial purpose of the Western Turks was to eliminate part of Xue Yantuo's power first. The follow-up troops had not yet arrived, so they retreated as they saw that they could not do anything.
The three tribal leaders did not pursue him. The Western Turks were waiting, and so were they.