Volume 3: The Land of Jingchu Chapter 267: Wangkong and Mohuken
Chen Gong had no feelings towards the name "Shamoko", but if Bai Tu heard it, he would definitely be shocked...
Although he did not have many roles in the novel, and only made cameo appearances in other people's biographies in history books, it is true that Shamoke played a "good" role at a critical point in time.
That was when Liu Bei was attacking Wu. Because he had recruited the Wuxi barbarians first, Western Shu had a great first-mover advantage over Eastern Wu in the battlefield of Jingzhou at the beginning of the war. In the novel, the barbarian king Shamoke was not only brave, but also shot and killed Gan Ning!
However, after these few appearances, Shamoke was killed by Zhou Tai when Liu Bei was defeated in Yiling...
In the end, Eastern Wu did win the Battle of Yiling, but it must be said that Eastern Wu made a big mistake in recruiting the Wuxi Barbarians - Shamoke could have been easily recruited, but Eastern Wu, which had the advantage of geographical location and controlled southern Jing at the time, did not recruit him first.
This is probably part of the aftermath of the suppression of the Shanyue. The Eastern Wu, who often dealt with the Shanyue, never thought that the Wuxi people would be so easily subdued...
Now, 22 years have passed since the historical Battle of Yiling, and Shamoke is only a 15-year-old boy, and has to play the fool under the command of his brutal brother.
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Mohuken was very cruel to his brothers, but he was pretty good to these headhunters.
Because Mo Huken understood that those "brothers" and even "sisters" were his competitors, while these headhunters were supporters who needed to be won over.
Although some die-hards and loyal followers left by Mokoxian were eliminated by Mohuken either openly or secretly, he was lenient towards most of the other headhunters, and the headhunters present were now superficially convinced of him.
As for whether there are people who are dissatisfied privately?
Shamoke was not sure either, but judging from the fact that Mohuken always asked him to be his bodyguard whenever he discussed matters with the headhunters, it seemed that Mohuken did not completely trust them.
Unfortunately, with Shamoke's ability, he was unable to ensure that Mohuken would not be alarmed, and to find out who the headhunter was who was dissatisfied with Mohuken, let alone find someone to form an alliance with.
It was impossible for him to gain Mohuken's trust and at the same time make other headhunters have expectations of him. He could only go down one path until the end... Therefore, some of Shamoke's self-protection behaviors at the beginning made the headhunters believe that he was Mohuken's dog, and a stupid dog at that.
However, what Mohuken said to the headhunter this time made Shamoke slightly concerned!
It was called a "discussion", but in reality it was Mohuken who informed the headhunters of the future arrangements. If they were really asked to "discuss", they would not be able to come to any conclusion - after all, there were not many people in the entire Wuxi Barbarians who were good at intelligence. At most, Mohuken could "discuss" with a few of his confidants.
What Mohuken was talking about was that before, the Han people and the Yue people came to them to "form an alliance".
Other headhunters had heard about this before, and the people coming this time were Han people from the east, that is, Jiangdong. Even the Yue people had been persuaded by them!
However, what other headhunters had not heard before was that the Yue envoys who came were actually two groups. The second group hid their tracks and came to see Mohuken secretly.
The first group said the same thing as the Han people. They, the Yue people, had agreed to cooperate with the Han people and hoped that the Wuxi people would also "know how to appreciate the favor". However, the second group of Yue people who came quietly brought another option...
They only represent the Xiushe tribe, hoping to secretly form an alliance with the Wuxi people, or the "Mohuken Jingfu".
At that time, Mohuken will cooperate with the Han and Yue people on the surface, and then the Xiushe tribe will join forces with Mohuken and find an opportunity to kill all other Han and Yue people. After that, the two families can become the "kings" of the Wuxi people and the Yue people respectively.
In this regard, Mohuken's choice is...
"Only the weak make choices, the strong... want it all!" said Mohuken.
On the surface, Mohuken killed the envoy of the Yue Alliance, while the envoy of the Han people escaped first. At the same time, Mohuken also went to the four counties in southern Jing and asked for food, weapons, and other supplies on the pretext of helping them resist the people of Jiangdong.
In addition, the envoys of Mohuken and Wangkong also agreed that they could form an alliance, but they could rest assured that if both the Yue people and the Han people came, the two sides would inevitably go to war.
But then he would secretly let his tribe go and let him sell the information to himself. After killing the others, both sides would stop fighting!
Of course, in reality, whether it was the people of Jiangdong, Jingnan, Yue, or the Xiushe tribe, they were all Mohuken’s targets.
"Jingfu, Wangkong is so insidious, will he really believe us?" a headhunter asked doubtfully.
Upon hearing this, Shamoko showed a little disdain - just him? He is also considered insidious?
Mo Huken also waved his hand and said, "Humph, he thought he was doing it very secretly, but... how could he hide it from me? What's the so-called sharing of the south? It's just an excuse! Although his ultimate goal is still unclear, it is clear that he wants to use the alliance with the Han people to rush to the four counties in southern Jing, and then use us to weaken other Yue people and Han people.
In this case, we will not do what he wants. We will fight him as well. However, as long as we give him some leniency and give him the hope of reaching the four counties of southern Jing, given his character, he will definitely endure and cooperate with us in secret. When he can no longer endure, we will be able to swallow them all up."
It has to be said that not only did Wang Kong's "sowing discord" seem like a blunt hook with a rotten bait to Chen Gong, but his "secretly crossing Chencang" trick could not even fool Mo Keken, who was as wise as Zhang Xun!
On the contrary, Mohuken also wants to fish for Wangkong - to let him see hope, so that he can continue to cooperate with himself to kill the enemy, but the goal is to win everything in the end.
"Han people...did the snake repairman tell us how many Han troops there are?" another headhunter asked somewhat worriedly.
"Only 20,000. If they were defending the city, we wouldn't be able to do anything to them, but this is in the mountains, and...how could the sinister Han people really form an alliance with the Yue people? They probably want us to both lose. As long as we don't expose our secret alliance with Xiushe so quickly, the sinister Han people will just watch us fight each other...
Besides, not only will the Xiushe tribe cooperate with us, but the Han people will definitely target Jingnan, and we can also make use of the dog tycoons in Jingnan!" Mo Huken was already a little impatient.
Other headhunters actually know that Mohuken doesn’t like being asked these questions, and would rather see them believe and execute unconditionally.
But... after all, they have to face the Han army this time, so they have to be cautious.
After hearing this, Shamoke naturally did not offer any suggestions. Instead, he picked his nose and continued to gnaw on the wild boar leg quietly, pretending that he had not heard it at all.
But in fact, I was also thinking in my heart, could this be an opportunity?
Of course, Shamoke, who is mostly a coward, will not make any rash actions, because... he feels that the probability of Mohuken's success seems to be quite high.
If it were just the Yue people, they probably wouldn't be a match for Mohuken. As for the Han people... although they were well-equipped and insidious enough, they wouldn't be very strong if they really fought. The people that Shamoke used as reference were naturally the powerful private armies of the four southern Jing counties that he had come into contact with, as well as the non-first-line Nanjun soldiers who came to quell the rebellion.
And what Mo Huken said makes sense - of course we Han people want to see you fight each other!
Unless there is a godsend opportunity that allows him to reveal his identity to the Han people's high-ranking officials, Shamoko thinks it is better to follow his previous plan...
Read more, exercise more, and only expose enough strength that Mohuken would find you useful. Once he reaches the level of totem possession and possesses strength comparable to that of General Jin Yu, then kill Mohuken!
By then, as the only Wuxi person who has reached this level in many years, his strength will be the best "prestige".
As long as he finds an opportunity to kill Mohuken and several of his trusted headhunters, he will have the chance to intimidate other headhunters with force and become a new Jingfu. After that... he will find the best opportunity to join the Han camp and make a future for himself!
