Chapter 596: Heavy losses
"Check, investigate this thoroughly for me." Touman said, "Not only the three of you, but also my army are involved. Only the new military camp did not happen.
This shows that the enemy may have been mixed into the army of four of us. "
"Impossible." King Zuo Xian said first, "They all came from Mobei with us. They have been together for more than ten years, how could they possibly get involved with Xizuo."
"Then tell me why what happened last night?" Touman asked in a deep voice.
King Zuo Xian was unable to answer immediately.
King Youxian said: "What happened last night was really weird. Since we can remember, for everyone, we have always been in peace.
But when we arrived at the foot of Yin Mountain, something like this happened on the second day. This might really be a plan of the Qin army.
They deliberately deceived us, then caused our four military camps to fight with each other, resulting in insufficient strength, and finally captured us in one fell swoop. "
Touman and others suddenly felt their hearts tremble, this was very possible, and everyone looked at each other in shock.
"Quick, send scouts in and out to monitor every move of the Qin army." Touman said immediately.
"promise."
Then a group of scouts left the military camp.
Touman breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Whether this is a conspiracy of the Qin Army or not, we must treat it as a conspiracy of the Qin Army.
Otherwise, the news that the Huns were killing each other would spread, which would not only affect our reputation, but also the trust among the soldiers.
Once the trust between soldiers is gone, we will lose this war with the Qin army without a fight. "
Zuo Xianwang and the other three nodded. Trust between soldiers is indeed very important.
"Chanyu, the three of us are going to comfort the soldiers now."
Touman nodded and let them go down.
After seeing them leave, Touman's eyes suddenly became extremely fierce. He never dreamed that yesterday everyone was drinking, eating, singing and dancing together, but just one night later, they would actually kill each other.
"Report." Touman's cronies walked in. .
Touman looked at his cronies and immediately asked: "How is the investigation going? How many people have we lost? How did it happen?"
After hesitating for a moment, the confidant said: "Reporting to Shanyu, it is confirmed that 30,000 people are dead, 50,000 of whom are injured.
The cause of this incident was that someone in King Zuo Xian's army suddenly shot arrows at King You Xian's camp, killing many of King You Xian's soldiers, and the person who shot them had been killed. There is no way for the villain to know the specific reason. "
"Then why were the general's and my barracks affected, but not the new barracks?" Touman asked again.
"Reporting to Shanyu, the villain asked the general and our archers. The people on the general's side said that King Youxian suddenly shot at them, and ours said that it was the people on the general's side who shot at us.
When asked about the reason, our people said that it was probably because they were usually dissatisfied with us, and this time they just wanted to vent their anger.
The general's people said that the people on King Youxian's side had always had issues with them, and this time there must have been a few archers targeting the general.
So they started fighting in a confused manner. Once the fight started, no one could stop. Once they stopped, they would be killed.
Fortunately, Shan Yu Yingming made people blow the retreat horn, otherwise everyone might be killed by his own people. "
"Damn it, isn't this the same as dying without evidence? We lost 80,000 horses in a daze?" Touman said angrily.
Originally they only had more than 200,000 troops, but now they have lost less than half. This loss is really too great for him.
If the Qin army comes at this time, I am afraid they will be unable to resist.
"You go down first and let me be quiet for a while."
"promise."
Soon after the cronies left, the Yan family came.
When Touman saw Mr. Yan, he felt much better and asked, "Why are you here?
"
Yan said, "I'm here to persuade Shanyu to retreat for the time being."
"You want me to retreat?" A look of sullenness appeared on Touman's face.
Yanshi smiled and said, "Chanyu, don't be angry yet. I have my own reasons for saying this. Please listen to me and explain it slowly."
"Okay, tell me, if you don't give me a reason, I will definitely punish you for disturbing the morale of the army." Touman said sternly.
Yan showed an awkward smile and said: "Chanyu, we have suffered heavy losses now. If we encounter the Qin army at this time, we will definitely be defeated.
And if people from other countries find out about this, they will definitely want to deal with us. We are in urgent need of troops now. "
"We also have Donghu as an ally. I received news from Jireh that he and General Donghu led a hundred thousand Donghu army to the foot of Yin Mountain.
Our troops will be replenished by then, so there is no need to worry about this matter. "
"That's even more impossible." Yan said, "If the Donghu people know our current situation, it will probably be even more detrimental to us if they don't ally with us or if they defect to the Qin army.
The Donghu people don't have a good relationship with us to the extent that they must help us.
And I'm even more worried that General Donghu will deal with us directly. Although we still have hundreds of thousands of troops, our troops are now alienated, morale is low, and they are completely vulnerable. "
"The Huns warriors are all extremely powerful. How can they be vulnerable?" Touman immediately retorted.
"Yes, yes. Shanyu said yes. But we are not afraid of ten thousand, we are afraid of the worst." The Yan family continued, "We only need to withdraw to Mobei, and then target the countries in the Western Regions, especially the Yuezhi Kingdom in the Western Regions, as long as we take Get rid of them and we can make a comeback."
"You mean to give up the Qin army and attack the Yuezhi Kingdom instead?" Touman frowned slightly.
This thing can really be done.
The Yan family continued: "Chanyu, didn't you send Maodun to find the Qin army now? Find him immediately and let him go directly to deal with the Yuezhi Kingdom, and Shanyu is now leading the army to the Yuezhi Kingdom.
To capture the Yuezhi Kingdom in one fell swoop, we must capture not only the Yuezhi Kingdom, but also other countries in the Western Regions to strengthen our Huns, and then make a comeback. "
"Okay." Touman said excitedly, "Go and invite the wise kings and generals to come over. I have something important to discuss."
"promise."
Soon, the wise kings and generals came to Touman's tent. They not only saw Touman but also the Yan family, so they saluted them one after another.
Touman said: "You three don't need to be polite. After yesterday's incident, our vitality has been severely damaged. If we continue to fight against the Qin army under such circumstances, we can only make eggs against stones."
Therefore, I plan to change my goal and attack the Yuezhi Kingdom first, then occupy the countries in the Western Region, and finally Donghu.
After we expand our military strength, we will make a comeback to deal with Da Qin. What do you three think? "
The wise kings and generals were all shocked by Touman's decision.
