The two said solemnly: "I obey!"
Then Yuchi looked at Meng Tian: "General Meng, are the horses ready?"
Meng Tian said awkwardly: "Get ready. Although there are five thousand horses, they are all old, weak and lame. We have tried our best to find the best horses. They are still the horses used as suspects when attacking Touman."
Yuchi nodded: "It's enough. Just walking is already twice as fast as walking."
Yuchi then ordered Wang Jin to take all the ammunition and supplies of the musketeers on their horses to reduce the burden of baggage. Although the musketeers have learned to ride horses, they are not professional cavalry after all. The horses do not need to run fast, and they can fully bear the burden.
When he was ready, Yuchi waved his hand: "Let's go now!"
When Maodun began to attack Beihu, the Qin army also entered the Mobei grassland.
Along the way, the Qin army concealed its movements and tried its best to march through sparsely populated pastures explored by scouts.
But on the third day, Wu Jian was the first to notice something was wrong.
When resting at night, Wu Jian found Yuchi and said with a worried look: "Captain of the Guards, we deliberately concealed our whereabouts along the way, but now we are halfway through the journey, and we haven't encountered a tribe with more than a hundred people! I'm afraid something is wrong. !”
Yuchi frowned and said, "Didn't the scout notice it either?"
Wu Jian nodded: "In order to prevent the Huns from discovering it, I ordered the scouts to only explore the surrounding area for twenty miles, but they did not encounter a large tribe along the way. So I asked the scouts to expand the scope of exploration, but still no large-scale tribes were seen. When tribes gather, either the tribe’s tents and few cattle and sheep are still there, but the people disappear.”
Yuchi clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand and guessed: "Could it be that the Huns already know our whereabouts? Have they left the tribe to seek refuge?"
Wu Jian shook his head and hesitated: "I can't say for sure. We have obviously hidden ourselves very well, and the scouts are also extremely careful. We shouldn't be discovered!"
Yuchi raised his head and said: "Let the scouts take advantage of the night to expand the scope of the investigation. No matter what, we must get to the Wolf Court as soon as possible. As long as we capture the Wolf Court, everything will be easy!"
Wu Jian clasped his fists and left, leaving only Wang Jin and Yuchi, who thought hard all night but couldn't figure it out.
The next day Wu Jian ordered people to report. The scouts had explored a hundred miles around, but still did not see any large-scale tribes, only some unsupervised cattle and sheep wandering around at will.
Yuchi had no idea, so he could only temporarily think that their whereabouts had been exposed, and the Huns had all taken refuge. After all, there were only a few cattle and sheep left, and they might not have had time to take them away.
Then he ordered the march to be accelerated in case the news reached Wolf Court, and Mao Dun would have enough time to prepare.
The Qin army's 35,000 troops galloped through the starry night, and it took them another three days to reach a hundred miles south of Langting.
But when the scout reported back, the three of them were dumbfounded.
Yuchi listened to Wu Jian's story in disbelief, widened his eyes and said, "You said that the entire fifty miles around Langting are filled with Huns and countless cattle and sheep?"
Wu Jian smiled bitterly: "Captain of the Guards, after hearing the scout's report, I found it hard to believe just like you. So I went there myself and took a look with a telescope from a distance. I was shocked by what I saw. ! The mountains and fields are full of Huns’ tents, and there are cattle and sheep grazing on the grassland everywhere. It’s simply endless! At a distance of ten miles, just the smell of human urine and horse manure made my eyes water with tears!"
Wang Jin was also stunned and said in disbelief: "Doesn't that mean that all the Huns and cattle and sheep we haven't encountered along the way have gathered here? Could it be that we caught up with some of their festivals?"
When Wu Jian heard this, he shook his head and said: "Impossible. That density cannot be a normal phenomenon. It seems to be..."
Wu Jian suddenly woke up and said in a deep voice: "I know! That density is like a city wall of flesh! Not to mention cavalry, even infantry cannot easily pass through such a dense herd of livestock and people! That is to protect the wolf Court!"
Yuchi was surprised by Wu Jian's acumen, but he still couldn't believe it: "Unless Mao Dun knew that Da Qin was going to attack them, it would have been impossible to gather so many people and livestock to Langting in a short period of time. Could someone have leaked the news? ?”
Wang Jin shook his head, regained his composure, and suggested: "Captain Guards, General Wu, no matter how Mao Dun got the news, I suggest attacking Langting immediately, otherwise, when Mao Dun's real cavalry discovers our garrison position, I’m afraid we are in danger.”
Wu Jian frowned and said, "But how are we going to break through that fleshy city wall?"
Yuchi glanced at Wang Jin and said seriously: "You have actually personally commanded the musketeers in combat. Are you sure?"
Wang Jin pondered for a while, then sneered: "Captain of the Guards, if it were just the cavalry, I would be a little worried, but those animals can actually help us!"
Yuchi stared at Wang Jin and said, "What do you mean..."
Wang Jin nodded: "Fire, thick smoke, loud noise!"
Yuchi slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Okay, that's it!"
Then he ordered: "General Wu, General Wang's musketeers need to advance on foot and fire gradually, so you need your cavalry to guard their wings and contain any Hun cavalry that may appear while they finish shooting and recharge."
Although Wu Jian was a little hesitant. After all, he had never seen the power of firearms, but looking at the appearance of the two of them, he still nodded: "Yes!"
At this time, Hedusuo was listening to Tanqi's report in the Wolf Court tent, and laughed loudly: "Modun Shanyu is really a god, and the Qin people indeed tore up the peace treaty and came to attack us. Now almost all of them The tribesmen, cattle and sheep have all gathered around the Wolf Court. There are only more than 30,000 people, let’s see what they can do to me!”
As soon as he finished speaking, another detective came to report: "General Hedu! The Qin army has broken out of camp and begun to advance towards Langting! But the speed is extremely slow, as if to wait for the accompanying infantry!"
Hedusuo was not as arrogant as Heduye. After thinking for a while, he still made full preparations: "Immediately ask the five thousand cavalry left behind to go around the two wings from the rear of Langting. Once the Qin people are blocked in front of the livestock, they will Immediately drive the livestock towards the Qin army, and the cavalry will assist the attack from both wings."
Then he led people to the arrow tower and looked at the Qin army advancing towards Langting from a distance.
He Dusuo saw that it was getting late and the Qin army had just completed the last fifty miles, but he had a vague premonition of something ominous. Back then, the Qin Army's cavalry had created countless miracles by being elusive and traveling six hundred miles a day, but now they had given up their biggest advantage, as if the five thousand infantry guarded in the center were their main force.
Look at the weapon carried by the infantry, which is just a broken stick. Do they want to defeat the Huns with these 5,000 broken sticks?
Shaking his head, Hedusuo reminded again: "You all go to each camp and watch for yourself, and be careful. This group of Qin soldiers is very weird, and I am always a little uneasy."
These people promoted by Maodun were not the idiots who were also reused in Hedu. They also sensed the abnormality of the Qin army and immediately took orders to each camp.
