Chapter 833

Sure enough, seven thousand cavalry were borrowed from Nepal.

This hidden move, set up in advance, will likely leave Bian Ji incredibly annoyed, right?

"Train the captured war elephants right there in Yelang. As for those prisoners, send them all to Liaodong to farm for Qi Qi Qi Jiguang."

Qin Mu casually arranged the fate of the Harsha Empire prisoners.

In his view, the soldiers of the Harsha Empire really had no useful qualities.

Letting them farm might at least allow them to serve some purpose.

"Your Majesty, Lu Yu has returned to Changancheng and requests an audience."

"Summon her."

Qin Mu was actually quite looking forward to Lu Yu's news.

She had truly and genuinely walked a circuit through the Yelang region.

Lu Yu's mission to Yelang was different from everyone else's.

Qin Mu had specifically tasked her with recruiting some elephant handlers, as well as blacksmiths from within the Harsha army.

These two types of technical talent were in dire need in Great Qin.

Lu Yu entered the palace hall.

"Subject Lu Yu pays respects to Your Majesty!"

Qin Mu, unconventional as always, bestowed an official position upon Lu Yu. Although the rank was not very high—a team leader of a human resources caravan—

it was indeed a rare exception in history for a woman to hold office.

For this reason, it had caused quite a bit of controversy in the imperial court.

"Lu Yu, what did you see and hear on this trip? Tell Us."

Lu Yu's current state was completely different from when she had first arrived in Great Qin from Great Tang.

At that time, she was merely the person in charge of business for her family.

The position was important to the family, yet she was neither valued nor respected within it.

After pledging her service to Great Qin, Qin Mu granted her an official title. From that moment on, this woman seemed Wu Li Ke a different person, full of passion.

It seemed she was deeply moved by Qin Mu's recognition.

"Your Majesty, this time I recruited over three thousand elephant handlers, all of whom remained in Yelang to teach the soldiers how to train war elephants.

Additionally, I recruited over a thousand blacksmiths and two thousand other various types of craftsmen.

After dealing with the Harsha people so much, I discovered a strange thing."

The court officials were all very curious about the strange thing Lu Yu mentioned.

In this imperial court, apart from Lu Yu, no one had ever seen a Harsha person.

Subconsciously, they felt that the Harsha people were probably just Wu Li Ke other barbarians—a bit backward and a bit savage.

But usually, such things wouldn't be called "strange."

A smile appeared on Lu Yu's face, as if she couldn't help but laugh.

"It turns out the Harsha people not only believe in Buddhism but also in something called Jainism. Their nature is to be keen on harshly abusing themselves, and they are blindly confident.

At first, I thought the Harsha people were very difficult to persuade. After all, reasoning with them was completely useless.

But later, by chance, I discovered that as long as I threatened them with beef, they would compromise."

Threatened with beef??

This was indeed a strange thing!

If it were normal people, beef would be a reward.

No one could fathom what was inside the Harsha people's heads. Why would they be threatened by a piece of beef?

Lu Yu laughed.

"Your Majesty, this method works every time. As long as I take out the beef and threaten to force-feed it to them,

they are guaranteed to become obedient instantly, doing whatever they are told."

Truly bizarre!

The court officials were all dumbfounded; this was the first time they had heard of such a way to threaten people.

It was too incredible!

Could it be that the Harsha people considered cows to be devils?

Qin Mu, however, knew exactly what was going on.

"The Harsha people view the white cow as a sacred object, the mount of Shiva. Killing a cow and eating beef is equivalent to blaspheming Shiva.

This method of threat is indeed quite effective."

The group of ministers finally understood.

In the Central Plains, whether it be Daoism or Buddhism, there aren't many devout believers, so they couldn't really understand the state of the Harsha people.

Feeding them beef to defile their souls was more painful than killing them.

Now, it had become a weakness that could be used to coerce them.

Many people thought that the Harsha imperial court creating such a weakness was extremely unwise.

Now, it was Great Qin's gain.

Lu Yu laughed.

"Just as Your Majesty said. That is why when General Yue Yun routed the Harsha army, the fire-ox formation played a huge role.

When the Harsha people saw the fire-oxen, they subconsciously would not harm them, only dodge.

Therefore, the fire-ox formation caused immense damage to the Harsha army!"

So that was the inside story of the battle where Yue Yun achieved a great victory over the Harsha army?

This was somewhat unexpected.

If this tactic were used to continue attacking the Harsha Empire, they would certainly be unable to resist! ===== CHAPTER 835 =====