Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1733: Chapter 1640: Northern Dingling People (Part 2)

In other words, previously, even though miscellaneous soldiers couldn’t hurt a Military Spirit Legion, they could forcefully deduct a drop of blood from the enemy. If there were enough miscellaneous soldiers, they might still be able to overwhelm the Military Spirit Legion. Even with infinite stamina, the flesh and blood body ultimately has a limit, just like when the Vanguard first encountered the Trap Formation, they managed to take down a couple of individuals by sheer force of numbers.

So logically, if a Military Spirit Legion encounters a sea of miscellaneous soldiers, and both sides fight to the death without retreat, the sea of miscellaneous soldiers could still drown the Military Spirit Legion. However, to be honest, a legion that fights to the death without retreat would never be composed of miscellaneous soldiers.

It’s clear that if a legion chooses to fight to the last man in a situation where surrender would mean survival, it is definitely not a choice that miscellaneous soldiers could make. Even if they are not top-tier elite troops, what they lack in comparison to top-tier elite troops is not the will, but the training time and weaponry.

As for the Military Spirit Legion, they would never participate in this kind of war of attrition. The most likely scenario is to quickly rout the enemy, then lead soldiers to smother them and capture prisoners. Even a straightforward general like Hua Xiong wouldn’t choose to waste the Military Spirit Legion on miscellaneous soldiers.

But now it’s different. The Xiliang Iron Cavalry directly exempts from the swarm tactics of miscellaneous soldiers. Although this attribute doesn’t mean much for a Military Spirit Legion, it completely removes any shortcomings the Xiliang Iron Cavalry had in close combat.

Kun Wan, even though he cannot determine what the Military Spirit Attribute of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is exactly, as a general who has truly witnessed a Military Spirit Legion, he would naturally consider the Xiliang Iron Cavalry from the perspective of the strongest, thus he determined the attribute almost immediately.

Although his thinking was a bit off, being immune to attacks below a certain level was not incorrect. Thus, Kun Wan immediately understood that a sea of miscellaneous soldiers was of almost no significance for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

To hold the Xiliang Iron Cavalry back, one must use cavalry of sufficient grade, and under his command, the only cavalry of sufficient grade were the Northern Dingling, whose combat power was very reliable, unlike those weaklings among the Xianbei.

However, unlike the Miscellaneous Hun, the Dingling are currently the ”true allies” of the Northern Huns. Although the Dingling was once conquered by Modu and integrated into the Huns, Modu never fully controlled them and granted them sufficient rights.

These rights caused significant polarization among the Dingling. Later, during Emperor Xuan of Han’s era, some Dingling followed the Han Dynasty, joining the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and various Western Regions’ countries to attack the then heavily damaged Hun People.

The Huns were defeated, and naturally, those Dingling who followed the Han Dynasty successfully became part of the Han Dynasty and were quickly assimilated. Meanwhile, those Dingling loyal to the Huns had no choice but to flee, sharing the same fate as the defeated Huns. The two sides comforted each other, maintaining contact for two hundred years.

The resulting consequence was internal division among the Hun People and the Dingling People, leading to the emergence of Northern Dingling and Northern Huns. Therefore, the two are considered natural allies, given there were no direct interests because of the distance and they shared similar grievances, resulting in little change in their mutual feelings over two hundred years.

In reality, a mere glance at the encounters between the Dingling People and the Northern Huns after the fact reveals many issues.

As a completely unyielding foreign clan, these Dingling, hiding by Lake Baikal for two hundred years, gradually grew stronger. Unlike the Northern Huns who were badly beaten, over two hundred years, they became a great tribe with sixty thousand troops and horses.

It was precisely because their strength increased that they developed ambitions for the prairie. So, after being goaded by Huyan Chu and enduring the long winter, the King of Dingling decisively moved south.

However, because of impure intentions, they never truly united with the Hun Soldiers. When the Northern Huns suffered military disasters, only then did the King of Dingling order his people to head south to join with the Hun Soldiers. The Dingling now no longer needed a powerful neighbor.

After all, the Dingling now had some strength, with three top generals possessing Legion Talent, and sixty thousand relatively decent elite troops, a force strong enough to be considered powerful. Yet, this strength was really not enough in front of the Northern Huns.

Just the Hun Guards leading the Hun Elite Cavalry, with even half the number of Dingling troops, was enough to defeat the Dingling. Hence, the Dingling were dragging their feet, partly to observe the strength of the Han Dynasty, and partly hoping that the Han Dynasty could defeat the Huns once or twice, giving them an opportunity.

After such a prolonged observation, the King of Dingling was certain that the Han Dynasty had indeed weakened due to internal division. With the Dingling’s strength, they could take advantage, then negotiate peace with the Han Dynasty, letting the Northern Huns bear the brunt, and themselves enjoy the fertile Great Prairie.

Therefore, the King of Dingling decisively moved south. Under the banner of reinforcements, the vanguard of twenty thousand troops quickly appeared before Kun Wan and joined him, where the Right Virtuous King Kun Wan treated them with respect. As for what he thought deep down, that’s another matter.

Now, confronted with such a tough nut to crack, Kun Wan naturally thought of the Dingling general Tujin Rongluo.

”Go, inform Tujin Rongluo, and tell him the situation here without any cover,” Kun Wan said with a cold smile to his trusted aide, knowing that the other side couldn’t resist such provocation.

After all, there’s no need to think to know that when moving south, the King of Dingling must have instructed them in detail, for example, to showcase their strength as much as possible to prepare for seizing command of the army.

That is to say, irrespective of the opponent, the Dingling need a first battle to prove themselves, and the strong, though few, elite troops of the Han Army are certainly a very good choice.

Upon Kun Wan’s order, his trusted aide immediately charged towards the Dingling Army in the distance, standing under the great banner was Tujin Rongluo, his Inner Qi Manifestation radiating unreservedly.

”Hey, isn’t that Kun Wan’s trusted aide?” From afar, Tujin Rongluo saw Kun Wan’s trusted aide coming, and so no one blocked his path. Well, as someone with an Inner Qi Manifestation, he was very confident, even more so than Lyu Bu.

”Report to the general, the Right Virtuous King requests your advance,” Kun Wan’s trusted aide said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

”I’ve seen it all; the trash your Huns have chosen can’t keep up,” Tujin Rongluo said mockingly without actually stating whether he would advance, and Kun Wan’s trusted aide just stared coldly at him.

”Not a bad look. Fine, leave it to us Dingling People,” Tujin Rongluo said as he saw the gaze of Kun Wan’s trusted aide, and he couldn’t help but smirk at the corner of his mouth. The Hun Empire had collapsed, the Han Empire had split, they were all weakening, only their Dingling were growing stronger.

Back then, Han Emperor Liu Bang was nothing more than a rogue, but he took advantage of chaos and ascended to be emperor, and his descendants braved through many generations of fierce and brave efforts, eventually defeating the Huns to become the most powerful empire on this continent.

During Touman Chanyu’s time, the Huns were just a small tribe, but they seized the opportunity to rise in a generation, developed over several generations, and laid the foundation of an empire. Now it is the Dingling’s time.

Tujin Rongluo looked forward fanatically, when the King of Dingling ordered them to deploy with such wording, telling all the generals, at that moment, all the generals’ chests burned with passion, they too had their time to ride the wind and become mighty.

Yes, now the prairie is in chaos, yes, now the Great Han Empire is fragmented, and they, the Dingling, have strong soldiers and horses, far better than during the times of Touman Chanyu and Liu Bang. So they should also have the chance to rise in this chaotic time.

Every small nation has a dream of becoming a great power, every great power has a dream of becoming a strong power, every strong power has an imperial dream, and now the Dingling are pursuing the dream of a great power, while the Han Dynasty is pursuing an imperial dream; who will awaken to face harsh reality, and who will awaken to find everything has come true? It will depend on their abilities.

As for the Huns, whether it’s the Dingling or the Han Dynasty, they only see them as stepping stones on their path forward, but who knows, stepping stones have their own thoughts too.