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 fifty thousand cavalry in the distance were majestic. Most of them just raised their eyelids and looked away 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 human beings. Whether you live under the control of the Xiongnu or the control of the Qin State, it is the same.
Their lives have long been hopeless and they work just to survive. They study little and work all day long, and they do not think about difficult issues such as the meaning of life.
In their minds, they only hope that time can go faster and faster. I get up in the morning looking forward to eating at noon, and rush to work in the afternoon looking forward to the sunset.
Their lips are not intact, they are either cracked or peeling. There are traces of sunburn, frostbite, and whip marks all over the body, both old and new.
Qin Bing, who was holding a whip to supervise the work, was happy when he saw the big flag with the word "Qin" in it that seemed to be thrust into the sky. Look at the large group of white sheep in front. In Qin Bing's eyes, they are mutton skewers and hotpot!
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 big sheep as a tooth sacrifice for the defenders at the pass. After replenishing supplies such as fresh water and dry food, we continued our journey and rushed all the way back to Jiuyuan.
After resting in Jiuyuan for ten days, Meng Tian prepared the Jiuyuan Qin army 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 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. This makes the smell of animals in the air so strong that even the Central Plains people feel as if they are poisoned by just one sip.
There are guards guarding the big tent. There are several tents separated by strong hard cloth. The front and largest tent is inside.
The king of the Huns, Touman, who was honored as Chanyu, had a full face and a naked upper body, 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.
"The Qin people can't be killed if they can't be killed! The iron clothes they wear can't be penetrated by even 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!"
"Every one of them is as brave as 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 left no one 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 the Qin people took away their cattle and sheep so that they could not survive.
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? The clothes of the Qin people cannot be penetrated by arrows. Every Qin person is like the bravest 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!"
There was blood flowing out of the wound, Xianlong jumped up from his seat, his yellow face turned red instantly. He yelled at Shanyu, hysterically, releasing the madness he had suppressed 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 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 knocked away!
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 his expression - 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 thirty thousand people died in battle. Tell me, when did your tribe become so brave?"
The Huns sitting around all looked suspicious and disbelieving. These people are all leaders of large tribes, just like Xianlong.
More than 90% of the casualties were casualties, which was really outrageous. No warrior from any tribe could be so brave. In a big battle, if the casualties exceed 30% of the total number of troops, the troops should be defeated and flee. They have never seen a battle in which the death toll exceeds 90%.
They were convinced that Xianlong was conserving his strength and did not want to stay in Gaoque anymore, 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 consider Tou Tou Man as a chanyu, and Tou Tou Man had no choice. The Chanyu could only win over most of these big tribal leaders and treat them as equals, but he 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 smile was filled with murderous intent and he wanted to kill him with a scimitar!
But it didn't take long for Touman's murderous intention to dissipate and his hand to relax.
Because Xianlong laughed and cried, and burst into tears.
Although the Xianlong tribe is not the best among the big tribes, it is definitely not the bottom among the big tribes. They are in the middle and upper reaches and can be 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 Xiongnu were a nation that respected strength, and tears would not attract sympathy, but only contempt.
If there were no big problems in the Xianlong tribe, Xianlong would never cry in front of so many tribal leaders. This will make the tribal leaders think that the Xianlong tribe is weak and can be bullied. After the meeting, they will gather together to attack the Xianlong tribe.
The Xiongnu were not monolithic. Just like the other countries in the Central Plains, each tribe also had wars and annexations.
Although Touman is a Chanyu, his tribe is the most powerful tribe. But when faced with the alliance of more than a dozen large tribes, he had no idea.
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 could not take advantage 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 similar.
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 type 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 can test before the war, take the initiative in guerrilla warfare, obtain more information, and lay the foundation for victory.
It is normal for the Qin army scouts to be able to shoot arrows while riding horses. Xianlong only regarded it as an exclusive skill for scouts, and did not expect that all the fifty thousand Qin troops would use it.
As for the armor, Xianlong was deceived by Mengtian.
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 hit the black clothes, the Qin army would bleed, and they would 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 they naturally did not report it. Xianlong did not know that the 50,000 Qin troops 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. They buried pots to make food and rested 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 against the border."
In frontal combat, the Huns have never been a match for 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 raiding ability, so they could only fight guerrillas and not be able to fight head-on.
"The Beihe 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 shot by arrows and deliberately fell into the water. They pretended to fall 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. They fought back, but the arrows could not penetrate the iron clothes. The Qin army came out of the water. The men thought that they were coming back from the dead. They all lost their will to fight and turned around. Run for your life.
"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 didn't burn the house, and I 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, he laughed wantonly and wildly, rolling on the ground with laughter, as if he had encountered the greatest happy event in his life!
Meng Tian could have crossed the Beihe River long ago but did not cross it, except for sufficient rest before the battle. The main reason was to expose the weakness of crossing the water, so that the Huns thought they could fight with them, so they gathered their troops and waited at the water.
They 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 Xiongnu wanted to cross the river to fight, the distance of three miles was enough for Meng Tian to rush to the North River before the Xiongnu crossed the river. At that time, he will give an order to shoot all the Huns to death in the water, just like what these Huns did.
The three Huns envoys were killed to prevent the armored intelligence from being leaked. The Huns who had seen the iron armor must die, 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, 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:
"Retreat when you see the Qin army. I will not send troops."
Meng Tian sent troops.
Gaoque on the other side of the Beihe River was captured, and the Huns 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 in the saddle, held the whip, and looked north. There was no satisfaction in his eyes, and he was still unwilling.
He wanted to continue fighting, but he was too motivated to do so, and the supply problem arose again.
The rations that the men and horses can carry are only enough to cover the seven hundred miles. He must save enough rations to return.
A general does not think about winning, but thinks about defeat first.
He Mengtian can only fight so far.
