The black war horse was covered in iron armor, and red liquid was dripping from its lower body. It was hard to tell whether it was blood or water. The water in the river had long been dyed red.
Corpses were strewn across the fields, the smell was choking, and as far as the eye could see, it was difficult to find a complete corpse.
The heads of the Xiongnu were not considered military merits, so the Qin army did not intentionally leave intact heads and let the horses crush them.
The Third Young Master of the Qin Dynasty, General Ying, rode a horse ashore from the Chishui River. He saw the Qin soldiers in armor, covered with fleshy foam and sticky blood. Each one of them looked like they were coming back from hell.
I have never had such a strong fishy smell in my nose. In the past, I hunted deer, sheep, and tigers, and disemboweled them for food on the spot. I thought the extremely strong fishy smell was nothing compared to the battlefield.
He glanced around blankly, looking from left to right, then from right to left.
The Hun's wails and curses.
Qin Qi's slashing and killing, laughing wildly.
The sword penetrates the flesh, the sharp arrow pierces the air, the arrow falls into the body, the sword cuts off the head, the horse neighs, the horse's hoof tramples...
All kinds of sounds were mixed together and penetrated into his ears without leaving him any time to react or asking for his permission.
His throat was surging. He had wanted to be a general and open up territory for the Qin Dynasty. General Lu vomited. He lay on the horse and vomited loudly, and the filth fell to the ground.
He knew why Meng Tian asked him to eat less and why he said he would suffer. He closed his eyes and vomited until there was nothing left, and then kept retching, tears coming out from his eyes.
The sound of him vomiting was covered up by sounds of being chased, screams, and other sounds, and the stench of vomit was covered up by the smell of fresh blood.
Viewed from a high altitude.
The sharp blade flashed with white light, and the blood soared three feet. The people on the reflecting horses charged, shot arrows, and slashed with swords. The people on the non-reflecting horses were shot down, chopped down, and frightened.
The noisy sound fills the sky, just like a large pot of boiling water that is constantly heated, causing big bubbles. The water splashes and drips everywhere, causing burns and burns.
Li You, who was ordered by Meng Tian to accompany Ying General Lu, looked reluctantly at his colleagues who rushed out to kill him. He reluctantly helped Ying General Lu get off his horse, patted the third young master of Da Qin on the back, and handed him a water bag.
"Drink some water."
Gudu Gudu~
Ying Jianglu took a big drink of water, rinsed his mouth, and spit it out.
After retching a few times and drinking some water, I finally recovered.
He gave a wry smile.
"I told you to watch a joke."
Li You nodded honestly.
"It's a bit embarrassing, but it doesn't matter. Not many people saw this scene."
Ying Jianglu was slightly stunned and laughed.
"I see that you and I are about the same age. Your first time on the battlefield must have happened recently. Did you vomit at that time?"
Li You shook his head.
When he went to the battlefield for the first time, his mind went blank. He only knew how to follow his colleagues to kill and kill. Although his hands and feet were shaking afterward, his heart was extremely happy.
[You are not so unbearable...]
Ying Jianglu laughed bitterly again.
"Okay, then you are indeed qualified to say that the general is a disgrace."
"Li You is a natural disciple of the military. It is the first time for the Third Young Master to go to the battlefield. It is normal to have such a reaction. You will get used to it. Tian also vomited before."
Meng Tian did not charge and pursue, that is not what a general should do. This is not because Meng Tian is afraid of death, but rather than charging and killing, it is more beneficial for him to lead the battle alive. No matter how high a person's martial arts is and how he can kill, the number of people he can kill is limited.
of.
In the eyes of military disciples, if an army general personally participates in the war, it means that defeat is not far away.
Only defeated generals will pick up their swords and join the battle. They will personally participate in the battlefield where the sword has no eyes. They will try to fight to the death or be forced to fight in order to escape for their lives.
"General Meng used his troops like a god, and General Lu admires him. Previously, he was short-sighted and didn't know the general's strategy, which delayed the opportunity to fight and almost missed a major event. General Lu is here to make amends for the general."
Meng Tian shook his head.
He is not the stupid young man like Li You, who will nod his head and say, "It's okay if you know you're wrong."
General Ying was the son of the First Emperor, and he was willing to lead troops away from his peaceful land of Xianyang to the desert. The combination of the two was enough for him to have extra respect for this prince.
"Tian left five thousand men to clean up the battlefield. Should the Third Young Master follow Tian in pursuit, or should he stay here and wait for Tian's return?"
Ying Jianglu rubbed his empty stomach vigorously, picked up the water bottle and took a sip of water, stepped on the stirrups, grabbed the saddle and rode up.
"The general will follow the general."
With these neat movements and crisp words, Meng Tian couldn't help but nod slightly, having a better impression of this young man nicknamed Little Taotie.
"Gongsun Hun! Lead five thousand men to clean up the battlefield. The rest of you will follow me to attack the city!"
The tall and mighty Gongsun Hun was assigned to clean the battlefield, but he was a little tired.
The heads on the ground cannot be exchanged for military merit. If you stay here to burn the Xiongnu corpses and gather the horses to search for ordnance, there is no way to enjoy the pleasure of attacking a city and killing people.
But the military order had been issued, and there was no room for bargaining. Gongsun Hun roared and designated five thousand men to stay. The messenger then conveyed the order to pursue, and Qin Qi, who had just experienced a war, embarked on the journey again.
The black front continued to move forward, and the ground they stepped on was stained with blood and turned into red ground. After the red blood dries up, it will not take long before it turns black, which is black ground.
The great Qin Dynasty respected the virtues of water and worshiped blackness.
Black soil is Qin soil.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War says: Don't contain the enemy when you return, besiege the enemy, and don't pursue the enemy. Our army is pursuing these three taboos now. Can General Meng teach General Lu why we should pursue immediately at this time?"
The art of war as practiced by the general seems to be full of errors on the battlefield."
In this pursuit, General Ying still couldn't understand Meng Tian's operations, but he no longer interfered with Meng Tian's command, but humbly asked for advice.
The military books he read did not give him any confidence in facing this great victory commanded by Meng Tian.
"Third Young Master, do you want to learn the art of war? Or do you just want to understand?"
"I want to learn the art of war."
"Then Shu Tian cannot say the same thing as Third Young Master. What Tian said and what Third Young Master thought up are completely different to Third Young Master himself."
"...The general does not understand what General Meng means."
Meng Tian glanced at Li You. Li You received the signal and started the Chinese-to-Chinese translation program. He leaned forward slightly and said:
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "What you see on paper will eventually make you realize it is shallow, but you will definitely know that you have to do it."
Ying Jianglu suddenly understood and nodded repeatedly.
"Jiang Lu understands!"
Meng Tian somewhat understood why his eldest father didn't want to see the scholars anymore. These scholars sometimes couldn't communicate normally, which was really irritating.
Ying Jianglu looked back, a little surprised that Li Youneng said this.
"Have you also read your uncle's poems?"
Li Youyi looked surprised.
"The third son's uncle's name is Lu You?"
"No, my uncle is the Lord of Chang'an. But this is what my uncle wrote. He always changes his name when writing, and Lu You is one of them. He also has many other names such as Jin Yong, Gu Long, Li Bai, and Du Fu."
"Ah, the novel you read was also written by Chang'an Jun? Chang'an Jun is so strong!"
"..."
Talking about the things they both like, the two teenagers chatted animatedly behind the scenes.
Meng Tian shook his legs. They got wet when crossing the river, and felt a little uncomfortable because of the wetness.
"In just a few years, there has been a surge of novelists, but it turns out that they are all Chang'an Jun. No wonder I only see books but not people. Chang'an Jun, Tian finally understands why my eldest father is so in awe of you."
There are some truths, some things.
Only when you experience it and understand it can you understand it clearly.
The Qin army marched north, and the night was getting dark.
After walking for about an hour, the scout in front reported back.
"Five miles away is the Xiongnu City. From a distance, you can see that the Xiongnu City is in chaos."
Meng Tian ordered the whole army to speed up and charge!
Nearly 45,000 Qin cavalry charged, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and the momentum was like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
The battle just now did not make this group of cavalry tired. They were still high in fighting spirit. They did not kill enough.
For them, the one just now was not a big war. Which big war only killed dozens of people in total? In a real war, the number of people who were trampled to death was more than a few dozen!
Riding on the afterglow, Qin Qi brought night to the Xiongnu city. The black steel torrent destroyed everything, including tents, children, and the elderly, and they were all smashed into powder.
The massacre was exactly the same as the massacre at the riverside, no, it was even more bloody, cruel and violent than before.
There were not many Huns cavalry, war horses, and livestock in the city, and the rest were mostly old, weak, women, and children.
These old and weak women and children had no ability to resist. Most of them either stood there and yelled curses in an effort to satisfy themselves before they died, or they knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly and begged in Xiongnu language that most Qin people could not understand.
Their behaviors are different, but they all end up the same, death.
Except for some younger Hun women who were given special care and no killers were killed, all the old and children were killed without leaving any survivors.
This time, perhaps because of experience, or perhaps because it was difficult to see clearly in the dark night, although Ying Jianglu still felt very uncomfortable, he did not vomit it out.
Still feeling uncomfortable in his stomach, Ying Jianglu resisted the urge to bend down, looked at the raging Qin army, and said to Meng Tian:
"General Meng, can you spare the lives of these people?"
Meng Tian looked solemn.
"On the battlefield, remember not to be benevolent as a woman! If it is not the heart of our clan, it will be different. There is no way to talk about benevolence and righteousness with these Hun dogs! The Third Young Master is soft-hearted towards the Huns. When the Huns broke Yanmen to commit adultery and plunder, they were not seen treating the Qin people.
Be kind and soft-hearted!”
Ying Jianglu explained:
"General Lu is not merciful. He wanted to say this just before the battle, but he lost his temper and forgot to speak. He couldn't occupy the Huns' land by killing them. He wanted to recruit the Huns to surrender and treat them all equally..."
"Third Young Master! Don't talk about this matter again!"
Meng Tian didn't wait to finish listening, seriously interrupted Ying Jianglu's words, turned his horse and left.
What Ying Jianglu said made no sense to him!
Jiuyuan, Yanmen was broken.
This group of Hun dogs killed people and set fires in the two counties, committing all kinds of evil. How many of his brothers died under the Hun scimitars, and how many women were naked and stained with blood, and they didn't know how humiliated they were during their lifetimes.
At that time, why didn't anyone come to talk to these Hun dogs about benevolence and righteousness?
He, Meng Tian, wanted to kill all these Hun dogs!
Surrender? Absolutely impossible!
"Leave five thousand people! The rest are waiting, follow me!"
Meng Tian ordered loudly.
Judging from the more than 20,000 Huns cavalry and the endless tents, this city had a lot of livestock.
The Xiongnu did not engage in agricultural production. To raise so many people, they must have enough cattle and sheep.
Nowadays, most of the people in the city are old and weak, women and children, young and middle-aged people are almost missing, and livestock and horses are also missing.
The answer is obvious. The young men who did not go to the river to join the battle ran away with their cattle and sheep.
Forty thousand Qin cavalry continued their pursuit for less than half an hour.
In the dark distance, a patch of white appeared, which was the continuous wool of the sheep.
The Qin army came back with herds of cattle and sheep.
As I got closer, I realized that almost every sheep and every cow was stained with blood.
Meng Tian, who had won a great victory and made great gains, rode around for a tour, but did not see the figure of General Ying Lu, but saw his own soldier Li You.
"Where is the Third Young Master?"
Li You pointed to the tent behind him. A woman's scream came from the tent, and there was more than one woman.
Meng Tian frowned, somewhat disbelieving.
The Third Young Master who had just told him that he would treat the Huns favorably, treat them equally and recruit them to surrender, changed his nature in such a short time? Did he do this?
"Is the Third Young Master inside?"
Li You nodded and stretched out five fingers.
"There are five more Hun women."
[Five...is this almost the same as the original Laodu? What does the Third Young Master often eat? Bah! What is Tian thinking about!]
Meng Tian dismounted and leaned next to the tent. Meng Tian did not open the tent rashly for fear of frightening Ying Jianglu to the point where he would no longer be able to harden up.
He listened carefully, carefully distinguishing whether the only male voice mixed in with the woman's screams and cries was Ying Jianglu's voice.
Li You and Meng Tian are very fond of him, otherwise he would not be able to arrange the task of taking care of Ying Jianglu. However, Ying Jianglu's safety needs to be further confirmed, and there is no room for any mistakes.
[Really! What is the character of this third young master? When he saw the corpse and smelled the smell of blood, he vomited. How could he have such a strong desire in the same battlefield for more than an hour?]
Meng Tian looked puzzled, and heard that Li You, who was guarding outside the tent, was breathing a little quickly, and said with a smile:
"Don't stay here. It's not uncomfortable to hold it in. You can also find one. If you can bear it, you can find a few more."
Some Xiongnu women were left behind to vent their anger on the soldiers who were so pretty even when they saw sows. This was an unwritten rule outside the Great Wall when fighting against these foreigners.
Meng Tian was only surprised that Ying Jianglu, who spoke of benevolence and righteousness and couldn't stop vomiting, could lift a gun, but was not surprised by the act itself.
"No need to go."
Li You, whose heart was filled with excitement, shook his head.
"What? If you don't go, it will be too late. None of these women can be taken back. They will all die here."
Qin's sword would leave no one alive. Meng Tian had the philosophy of killing the Xiongnu to death, and most generals had this philosophy when it came to foreigners.
When foreign invaders invaded the Central Plains, how should the soldiers who advocated martial arts, blood for blood, and tooth for tooth return?
Renyi? That’s scholarly nonsense!
"You can't insult the family tradition."
Li You still shook his head.
Meng Tian slapped his head.
"I forgot that you, a boy who is more suitable for the battlefield than the younger men of the Meng family, are the son of Li Si."
A fire made the dark night red and bright, burning away the darkness and burning away the sin.
There were 50,000 cavalry when we came, and when we returned, there were still 50,000 cavalry.
No one was captured, only countless cattle, sheep and horses.
"The Third Young Master is really an eye-opener for Tian. I told Tian Yan before that it is really kind and righteous for Tian to still be the Third Young Master."
Meng Tian teased.
Ying Jiang Lu smiled.
"Those are all taught by my uncle."
Meng Tian's smile faltered.
"Third Young Master, next time you should say this first..."