Chapter 364 Defeat the Huns for more than 700 miles
Yinshan Great Wall.
The ministers in ragged clothes and numb faces were like emotionless robots, moving bricks and building walls.
The earth trembled rhythmically, and the herds of cattle, sheep, and 50,000 cavalry were massive in the distance. Most of them just raised their eyelids and looked into the distance for a moment, and then continued busy with the work at hand.
It has nothing to do with them whether the people coming are the Xiongnu or the Qin army. They are slaves and not people. It is the same whether they live under the control of the Xiongnu or the Qin State.
Their lives have long been hopeless, and they work just to survive. They study little and work all day long, and do not think about difficult issues such as the meaning of life.
In their minds, they only hope that time will go faster and faster. They get up in the morning and look forward to eating at noon, and rush to work in the afternoon and look forward to the sunset.
Their lips are not intact, they are either cracked or peeling. There are also traces of sunburn and frostbite on their bodies, as well as whip marks, old and new.
Qin Bing, who was holding a whip to supervise the work, beamed with joy when he saw the big flag with the word "Qin" that seemed to be thrust into the sky. Then he looked at the large group of white sheep in front of him. In Qin Bing's eyes, they were just mutton skewers.
And hotpot mutton!
The Great Wall is not just a blocking wall, but a weapon capable of both offense and defense. It is a great weapon for agricultural civilization to face nomadic civilization!
Meng Tian led 50,000 Qin troops through the Great Wall Pass, leaving three large sheep as a tooth sacrifice for the defenders at the pass. After supplying Danshui, dry food and other supplies, they continued their march and rushed all the way back to Jiuyuan.
After resting for ten days in Jiuyuan, Meng Tian prepared the Qin army in Jiuyuan to transport grain and grass to the Great Wall Pass near Yinshan and build a garrison pass here.
After the order was issued, they set off again with the 50,000-strong army that had been rested.
Ten days ago, due to lack of supplies and too many seizures, Meng Tian did not pursue the victory. This time, Meng Tian was fully prepared, he was going to have a big one!
The Xiongnu Royal Court covers an area of 500 square meters in the royal tent.
The top of the big tent was a foot and a half above the ground, and no matter how bright the flames in the brazier were, they could not reach the top.
What is burned in the brazier is not wood, but dry cow dung, which makes the smell of animals in the air so strong that the Central Plains people feel as if they are poisoned after just one sip.
There are guards guarding the big tent. There are several tents separated by strong hard cloth, and the front one is also the largest tent.
The king of the Xiongnu, Touman, who was honored as Chanyu, had a fleshy face, his upper body was naked, showing strong arms, the fat on his belly dropped slightly, and he had five tires when he sat down.
The lower half of her body was wearing a dirty sheepskin skirt that had never been washed since she put it on. Her eyes were wide open and she was extremely angry.
"They can't be killed, but the people of Qin can't be killed! The iron clothes they wear can't be penetrated even by the sharpest arrows, and three layers of cowhide stacked together can't compare. Their war horses also wear iron clothes, and they wear iron clothes."
The same!"
"Everyone of them is just like the bravest warriors. They can draw a bow and shoot an arrow from a horse without falling off!"
"Chanyu, Gaoque was occupied by the Qin people. The cattle and sheep were driven away, the women and children were killed, and the Qin people did not leave anyone behind!"
The four Huns cavalrymen who had been in Gaoque City all year round and were brought to the king's tent by their tribe leaders were talking to each other.
He said how powerful and terrible the Qin people were, how abominable the crimes they committed, and how they couldn't survive because they took away their cattle and sheep.
After Che Zulu said this for a while, Touman asked the guards to expel the four people and turned to look at Xianlong who had brought the four people over.
"Xianlong, my good brother, tell me personally, is this what they say? Qin people's clothes cannot be penetrated by arrows. Every Qin person is like the most valiant warrior, who can shoot arrows while riding a horse."
Stationed in Gaoque City, the leader of the Xianlong tribe, Xianlong, is a middle-aged man with a yellow face and wounds on his face that have not yet healed.
"Chanyu, you are doubting me. You suspect that I, Xianlong, deceived you! You doubt Xianlong, who has defended the Qin people for you for ten years! My tribe is gone, and you don't fight back for me, but you are doubting me!"
Blood flowed from the wound, and Xianlong jumped up from his seat, his yellow face turning red instantly. He shouted at Shanyu, hysterically, releasing the madness that had suppressed him all the way.
The tall, fat and strong Touman rushed towards Xianlong like a mountain of meat, grabbed his good brother's sheepskin jacket and lifted it up.
With his feet off the ground and having some difficulty breathing, Xianlong continued to curse, the madness in his eyes not weakening at all. He looked like he was in a daze and couldn't live anymore.
Bang~
Touman grabbed Xianlong by his lapels and threw him hard on the ground. This time, Xianlong was knocked to pieces, and Xianlong's language ability was temporarily lost!
Touman's hands never left Xianlong's clothes. He pushed Xianlong to the ground and brought his face close so that Xianlong could clearly see the expression on his face - the expression of wanting to kill someone.
"My good brother, your tribe has 30,000 warriors and 30,000 men who can ride horses, but they were defeated by the Qin people so easily. They were defeated. They brought back only 3,000 men and horses. Tell me about the 27,000 men."
Thousands of warriors were killed by the Qin people. Ninety percent of the 30,000 warriors died in battle. Tell me, when did your tribe become so brave?"
The Huns sitting around all looked suspicious and disbelieving. These people were all leaders of large tribes, just like Xianlong.
The casualties exceed 90%. This is really outrageous. No warrior from any tribe can be so brave. In a battle, if the casualties exceed 30% of the total number of troops, they should be defeated and flee. They have never seen a battle in which the death rate exceeds 90%.
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They were convinced that Xianlong was conserving his strength and did not want to stay in Gaoque any longer, so they made up a reason to deceive Touman.
The Huns were a tribal system, and the Chanyu who was revered as the leader had far less power than the emperor.
The leaders of some very large tribes did not even have the Chanyu Touman, and Touman had no choice. The Chanyu could only win over most of the leaders of these large tribes, treating them as of the same rank, but did not dare to treat them as ministers.
Xianlong touched the spit on his face, and there was still blood. He laughed and laughed. Touman's laughter was filled with murderous intent and he wanted to kill him with a scimitar!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But it didn’t take long for Touman’s murderous intention to dissipate and his hand to relax.
Because Xianlong laughed and cried, and howled loudly.
Although the Xianlong Tribe is not the top among the big tribes, it is definitely not the bottom among the big tribes. Instead, it belongs to the middle and upper reaches and can be called brothers with Touman.
The leader of the Xianlong tribe, Qianlong, who was usually very face-conscious among the leaders of the big tribes, burst into tears in the king's tent today, crying so hard that he was out of breath.
Touman somewhat believed the words of Xianlong's four cavalrymen. The Huns were a nation that worshiped strength. Tears would not attract sympathy, but only contempt.
If there was no big problem with the Xianlong tribe, Xianlong would never cry in front of so many tribal leaders. This would make the tribal leaders think that the Xianlong tribe is weak and can be bullied, and after the meeting is over, they would gather together to attack the Xianlong tribe.
The Xiongnu were not monolithic; each tribe, like the other countries in the Central Plains, also had wars and annexations.
Although Touman is a Chanyu and his tribe is the most powerful tribe, he has no idea when facing the alliance of more than a dozen large tribes.
Xianlong cried loudly and told intermittently what happened.
Fifty thousand Qin Army cavalry came along the Yinshan Mountains. On the way, Xianlong sent scouts to inquire about the situation. They fought against the Qin Army's scouts and lost more than they won.
This is a normal situation. After all, the Qin army has high-tech Qin crossbows, and the small-scale fighting is extremely unreasonable. Many Xiongnu scouts were shot off their horses by crossbow arrows.
Not only that, the equestrian skills that the Xiongnu were proud of were not advantageous in front of the Qin army's scouts.
The Xiongnu's overall equestrian skills are better than those of the Qin people, but individually, the Qin people are no different - there are always a few people who are born to ride horses, which means that the top equestrian skills of both sides are almost the same.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
Scouts who gather intelligence for the army are the most dangerous and important types of soldiers. The soldiers on both sides who can serve as scouts are also the best among the best.
Which side has more powerful scouts can ensure that the army takes the initiative in testing and guerrilla warfare before the war, obtains more information, and lays the foundation for victory.
It is perfectly normal for the Qin army's scouts to be able to draw bows and shoot arrows while riding horses. Xianlong only regarded it as an exclusive skill for scouts, and did not expect that all fifty thousand Qin soldiers would use it.
As for Jiawei, Xianlong was deceived by Meng Tian.
The scouts of the Qin army did not wear iron armor, but black clothes that Meng Tian specially made during the training period of 50,000 cavalry.
If the Xiongnu arrows miss and hit the black clothes, the Qin army will bleed, and they will be injured and fall off their horses.
Under the desperate interception of the Qin army's scouts, none of the Xiongnu scouts could approach the Qin army. The Xiongnu scouts did not see the iron armor, so naturally they would not report it. Xianlong did not know that the 50,000 Qin soldiers were all wearing iron armor.
From afar, even if informed in advance, few people could tell the difference between iron armor and black clothes that were specially made to resemble the iron armor.
Meng Tian used the deaths of more than a dozen scouts to hide the Iron Armor information from Xianlong's nose.
"The Qin army did not cross the Beihe River. Instead, they camped three miles away from the Beihe River, burying pots to make food, and resting to reorganize the army. I was lucky that the generals of the Qin army did not cross the river quickly, otherwise we would have to move back as a family if the army pressed on the border."
In frontal combat, the Xiongnu has never been an opponent of the Qin army. During the era of the First Emperor, no country could face the Qin army's tiger and wolf divisions.
The Xiongnu only relied on their high equestrian skills and strong harassment ability, so they could only fight guerrillas and not be able to fight head-on.
"The North River is wide and the Qin army cannot move in the water when they cross the river. So I led 25,000 men and ran towards it and stood by the water to wait for work, preparing to give the Qin army a fatal blow when they crossed the river.
"Before the battle, I sent people over to ask the Qin army what they wanted, but they were all killed. I was so angry that my sons and sons were all the same. We grabbed our bows and arrows and prepared to demand bloody battles from the Qin army when they crossed the river. We want these
The Qin army all died in Beihe.
"The question of why the Qin army didn't cross the river early was put behind me. Now that I think about it, they did it on purpose. They were afraid that we would run away! They wanted to kill all my Xianlong tribe!
"When they were crossing the river, they were hit by arrows and deliberately fell into the water. They pretended to have fallen off their horses and continued to march with the horses in the water. When the first batch of Qin soldiers emerged from the water, they were less than ten meters away from the shore!
"They were like fierce ghosts, charging up with swords raised! The Qin army in the river all had their bows and arrows drawn, and the power of the water flow seemed to be nonexistent, and they could not disrupt their figures at all.
"The men of my Xianlong tribe were hit by arrows and fell to the ground one after another. The men fought back, but the arrows missed and could not penetrate the iron clothes. When the Qin army came out of the water, the men thought they were coming back from the dead. They all lost their will to fight and turned around one after another.
Escape.
"I was escorted and fled back to the tribe. Together with the five thousand men and women who stayed behind in the tribe, I drove the cattle and sheep back. I did not burn down the house and left the women behind. I wanted to buy time to retreat.
But that group of Qin soldiers were like the most cunning wolves, and they quickly bit them!
"All the cattle and sheep were given to them, and only three thousand people were killed. The Xianlong tribe is gone, the Xianlong tribe is gone, it's gone, hahahahahaha!"
Xianlong laughed once, so wantonly and wildly that he rolled on the ground, as if he had encountered the greatest joy in his life!
Meng Tian had been able to cross the Beihe River long ago but did not do so except for adequate rest before the battle. The main reason was to expose the weakness of crossing the water and make the Huns think that they could fight with them, so they gathered their troops and waited at the water.
We camped three miles away from Beihe because this distance was enough to ensure that the Huns could not see the iron armor standing on the other side.
And once the Huns want to cross the river to fight, the distance of three miles is enough for Mengtian to rush to the Beihe River before the Huns cross the river. At that time, he will order to shoot all the Huns to death in the water, just like what this group of Huns did.
The three Huns envoys were killed to prevent the Iron Armor information from being leaked. The Huns who had seen the Iron Armor must die, and Meng Tian would not let them go back alive.
"Xianlong! Xianlong!"
Touman grabbed his arms and shouted loudly.
"It's gone, it's all gone, the women are gone, the cattle and sheep are gone, the Xianlong tribe is gone, it's gone hahahahahaha!"
Xianlong shook his body, as agile as a monkey, leaning forward and back, swaying from side to side, scratching his ears and cheeks, putting his face to his head and shouting loudly.
"Chanyu, Xianlong has gone crazy."
The leader of the Helian tribe said, his face looked very ugly, he believed Xianlong.
He stepped into Xianlong's situation and was horrified to find that his fate would be the same as Xianlong's.
"Who is the general of the Qin army this time? He is more cunning than the cunning fox!"
The leader of the Gailou tribe roared angrily. He was frightened in his heart and screamed to vent his anger.
"Find out what happened to the Xianlong tribe! Who is the leading general? If what Xianlong said is true..."
Touman pushed the crazy Xianlong to the ground and said in a deep voice:
"If you see the Qin army, go back. I will not send troops."
Meng Tian sent out troops.
Gaoque on the other side of the Beihe River was captured, and the Xiongnu disappeared from Yangshan to the north of Gaoque.
It rained continuously for three days, but it still couldn't wash away the blood on the ground.
After more than a month, Meng Tian defeated the Huns for more than 700 miles at the cost of losing 3,000 cavalry.
He stepped on the stirrups, sat on the saddle, held the whip, and looked north. His eyes were not satisfied, but still unwilling.
He wanted to continue fighting, but he was too motivated to fight, and the supply problem arose again.
The rations that the men and horses can carry are only enough to cover the seven hundred miles, so they must save enough rations to return.
A general should not worry about victory but defeat first.