By the time rearguard Cheng led the infantry in a hurry one day, the herdsmen were already listless under the sun.
Wei Cheng looked at the scene in front of him and took a breath of air. I thought Wu Jian was being nice when he asked me to surrender. In fact, he would definitely have to fight the barbarians after a long-distance attack. Unexpectedly, the only people waiting for him were the barbarians who had no power to resist.
The same scene also happened at Feng Ta and Yan Quan.
While Wei Cheng was sighing, a Qin army scout galloped towards him from afar.
"General, please leave soldiers to guard the barbarians and advance north as soon as possible!"
Wei Cheng was about to ask where the cavalry was, but the scout didn't give him a chance and hurried eastward without even getting off his horse. The cavalry of Zhao Sheng and Feng Ta were one hundred and sixty miles apart, and the scouts had to rush back and forth to investigate in case they missed any large tribes among them.
Wei Cheng opened his mouth and looked at the Yiqi Juechen scout, and blood suddenly surged in his heart.
"Damn it, brothers, have you seen it! We can't keep up with others when we pick up ready-made things behind them! If anyone complains to me again about being tired and loses the face of the frontier army, don't stay in my account after we go back. It’s time to take effect!”
Everyone was immediately full of fighting spirit. Although they were infantry, they didn't have to fight on their own now. If they could not keep up with the speed of others' fighting even if they surrendered, then the reputation of the Liaoxi Frontier Army would be bad to the entire Great Wall!
"Catch up with the cavalry and show off the power of our army!"
Wei Cheng left thirty or forty men behind to watch the Hu people, telling them not to let them die of thirst, and then immediately set off to continue north.
The same scene happened in every tribe in Donghu from south to north.
An old man looked at the retreating Qin army and murmured: "Magical soldiers descended from heaven..."
While Wu Jian was attacking, Er also led his cavalry to attack the two mountain passes.
"Chief, I sent a hundred cavalry to test the mountain pass. Although there are only 5,000 people there, there are high mountains and dangerous rocks, and there are strong camps and strongholds to rely on. The cavalry cannot exert its advantage!"
Er'er commanded the march at the southern mountain pass. After listening to Wan Qichang's words, his deep eyes flashed.
"Acha, send someone to cut down the trees and make a battering ram. After the construction is completed, gather all the shield-bearing warriors and attack the camp!"
Acha took the order and went out.
Half a day later, Acha led three thousand shield-bearing Hu soldiers to launch a fierce attack on Donghu's camp.
However, the stones and logs that kept rolling down the mountain made them pay a huge price for every step they took. When they were approaching the camp gate, the rolling stones and logs had completely blocked the narrow valley. Acha's Beihu soldiers were unable to move forward, so they had no choice but to move forward. Can retreat.
Er'er looked at the battle ahead and frowned slightly.
Unexpectedly, in just one winter, Titomul had already strengthened the mountain pass to such an extent. I thought the northern mountain pass would be in the same situation. It seemed that he was right to send troops this time. Titomur must be eliminated in one battle, otherwise it will become a serious problem in the future.
Acha injured an arm and walked into the tent hanging with a rope.
"Chief, the valley has been blocked! No matter how many people there are, I'm afraid they won't be able to attack it. Donghu has made the valley so strong, with traps everywhere! It seems that he is going to completely break with me, Beihu!"
Er nodded but did not respond.
Jiujiu suddenly asked: "I remember that there seems to be a small road near here, going northeast not far from the north of where we entered the valley. Send someone to investigate."
Acha immediately took the order and went.
Under the Daqing Mountain, Titomul was looking to the west and meditating.
The commander of the Ten Thousand Cavalry, Zalut, hurriedly came from behind, interrupting Titomur's silence.
"Chief, there is news from the mountain pass that Beihu's first attack has been repelled. Now that the valley is blocked, Beihu has stopped attacking. I don't know what the conspiracy is."
Titomur was not as muscular as other Hu people. Instead, he was a little thin and looked frail. Hearing Zarut's words, he sighed lightly.
"Zarut, do you think we can repel Er this time?"
Zarut paused for a moment and said firmly: "Leader, although Er'er has more people than us, our warriors are extremely sharp and will definitely be able to defeat Er'er!"
Titomur turned back to the tent, sat down and said with a sad face: "The reason why our ancestors broke with the tribe in the beginning was because they were tired of fighting with the Zhao people. Now I, Donghu, have grass to graze, land to cultivate, and the tribe is stable. But we are always being threatened by the Xiongnu and Beihu and are enemies of the Qin people, when will it end!"
Zarut was speechless. Donghu can now be self-sufficient without plundering the Qin people. Who doesn't want to end the war with Qin and coexist peacefully? But compared with the Xiongnu and Beihu, their tribe was too small and their population was too small, so they naturally had no say.
"Chief, it's better not to think about this. After we defeat Er, we will follow the Qin people's example and block all the two mountain passes and build a natural Great Wall. By then, no matter how many cavalry Er has, You can’t cross the mountains to invade us!”
A day later, Acha finally discovered the hidden path.
"Chief! There is indeed a path that can avoid the pass, and Donghu is unguarded! But the path has no traces of people and horses. It is rugged and overgrown. If the cavalry passes there, it will probably take two days!"
Er'er nodded and sneered: "Two days is two days. Even if I told Titomur a month in advance that I, Er'er, was going to attack him, he would have no choice but to sit back and wait to be beaten! The cattle and sheep would be eaten by tigers and wolves. Awakening!"
"Acha, call the several thousand cavalry commanders over here! We will retreat quietly tonight and bypass the pass from the path!"
Early the next morning, the Donghu soldiers saw that the tents in the distance were still there and the smoke was rising. General Balin, the general stationed here, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Our place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Beihu can only waste their time here. When they run out of food and grass, they will retreat. Monitor them carefully and report to me if they retreat!"
Little did he know that there was already an empty camp!
Here, Er'er led an army of 30,000 people to move forward hard on the mountain path, while the 30,000 people led by Chagan at the mountain pass in the north looked at the pass and were helpless.
At the foot of Daqing Mountain, Titomur was frowning, wondering how he could defeat 60,000 people with 40,000 people. Er'er will break through the pass sooner or later. There is no chance of it happening. If there is no other way, Er'er will definitely choose to set fire to the mountain.
In the hinterland of Donghu, Feng Ta and Zhao Sheng's cavalry had penetrated half of Donghu and reached the Horqin area. There were also those who escaped in an attempt to report the news, but Wu Jian blocked them in the west, and intercepted them in the east by scouts who seemed to be everywhere in the mountains and plains, but no news came out.
Behind them, Yan Quan and Wei Cheng ran wildly, following the cavalry's footsteps. Every time they arrived at a tribe, there must be a group of tightly tied and defenseless barbarians waiting for them. Under this stimulation, the frontier troops were highly motivated and were able to maintain a distance of two-thirds of the distance from the Great Wall with the cavalry.
Whenever they arrived at a place, they would leave those soldiers who could not run to guard the barbarians, and continue to run wildly with the soldiers with strong endurance.
Feng Ta and Zhao Sheng still have some conscience, and they will basically leave enough dried meat, water and milk in the tribe for them to reach the next tribe. Without waiting for the scouts to tell them, Wei Cheng and the others had already discovered this "welfare", so they ran to the end and threw away all the water and food they carried except for the long sword in their hands.
