"Young Master... Young Master, when I was interrogating just now, I heard a little leader say that besides their big camp, there is a larger gathering place a hundred miles ahead!"
"They only gathered some small tribes on the border here, but the one a hundred miles away gathered a wider area and had more people!"
After a while, Zhao Nian handed over his hand and reported.
"It seems that after receiving the news, the Xiongnu Chanyu first picked a few points to gather troops, and then connected these gathering points to confront Da Qin!"
Through the news, Xiao Zhengtai analyzed.
"Well, the young master indeed has the foresight to separate the troops and destroy their gathering points so that they cannot form a large army!"
Zhao Nian suddenly showed an expression of admiration.
What seemed like a random decision before turned out to be exactly what the Huns were doing!
Xiaoshota did not explain too much, but ordered the entire army to set off and immediately rush to the next meeting point!
Everyone has seen the power of artillery. Even if they knew that there were more people at the next gathering point, no one said anything to stop it!
With artillery in hand, the most difficult city gates can be blown down easily, so what else is there to fear?
At this time, all the remaining horses in the pass have been distributed to the infantry, turning the infantry into cavalry, and the marching speed can be greatly increased!
In one night's work, you can reach the next pass!
The baggage was a waste of time. Xiao Zhengtai left two teams of people to rotate back and forth with the artillery team to guard the artillery, while the others took the lead in heading to the next Huns camp!
When we arrived at the Xiongnu camp, it was already dark.
"Give me the order to set up camp three miles outside the city. All soldiers should go to the camp to rest and recover their strength!"
Little Shota was riding on horseback, swinging his calves back and forth, looking at the city wall not far away with a smile, and gave orders.
"Wha...what? Young Master, this is outside the Huns' camp. Are you sure you want to camp here and rest?"
Zhao Nian thought he heard wrongly and asked with confusion on his face.
"That's right, right here...!"
However, he received a firm reply from Xiao Zhengtai, "The soldiers have been traveling all night. Their faces are exhausted and they need to rest!"
"But if we rest here, once the Huns soldiers inside rush out, the soldiers will be in a relaxed state and will not be willing to fight! Moreover, the artillery marches slowly and may not be able to catch up before dark. How can we do it with just these few troops? response?"
After following Meng Tian for so many years of fighting, I have never heard of anyone sleeping under the enemy's feet.
There are so many hidden places on the road where you can’t sleep, so why do you sleep here?
Isn't this just giving death to the enemy?
It would be nice if they had artillery in hand, but they have nothing at this time!
"Just do it as you are told. Where's all the nonsense?"
Xiao Zhengtai was a little impatient, raised his little foot, and gestured to kick him.
"Okay, let's go and do it quickly. The young master's decision can't be wrong!"
Wang Ben smiled and smoothed things over.
The two have known each other for a year. Although some of his decisions are unexpected, he has never done anything he was not sure about!
Since I ordered to set up camp here, I must have a certain degree of confidence!
"Uh...yes!"
In desperation, Zhao Nian could only follow the order and ordered all the soldiers to camp and rest where they were.
But he didn't even dare to enter the tent, his eyes were as wide as bells, for fear of a sudden enemy attack, and he didn't even know how his head was separated!
Little Shota didn't care about this. After eating, she ran into the big tent and fell asleep!
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"Woooo..."
The sentry standing on the city wall immediately blew the horn after discovering their presence!
"What's wrong? What happened?"
The general guarding the city was a cousin of the Xiongnu Chanyu, named Bilig. After hearing the horn sound that represented an enemy attack, he quickly put on his clothes and shouted sternly at the door.
"General...general, it seems that the Qin army is coming!"
The soldier guarding the gate said in a panic.
He didn't know the specific situation, he just listened to the soldiers running back and forth!
"How is this possible? The border camp has just been breached, and the few people who managed to escape just brought the news. Why did they come here to kill them? Could it be that they attacked overnight?"
Bilige opened the door, and several other generals were already dressed and running towards him.
There are also many soldiers carrying bows and arrows running towards the city wall for defense!
There are as many as 50,000 people in their camp. Logically speaking, they are not afraid of the mere 10,000 people like Shota Xiao!
But in the middle of the night yesterday, several soldiers who had escaped from the border camp told them about those exploding black balls, which were so powerful that no one could match them, which made them panic.
Not long after I fell asleep, I heard the horn of the enemy attack, and my heart couldn't help but thump!
It is said that one of those black balls is enough to blow open the solid city gate. If you throw a few more, the city wall will be gone!
This is how broken their border crossing is!
"I don't know what will happen next!"
The generals under Bilige all had grimaces on their faces.
They weren't guarding outside the city either. Who knows how they got here?
"General, don't worry. I just sent someone to investigate and said that the Qin army set up camp outside the city and there was no movement after that!"
One of the generals spoke up.
"Set up camp? No more news?"
This confused Bilige.
He could understand the idea of setting up camp, which proved that the Qin army intended to prepare for a long-term battle.
But what does it mean when the army approaches the city and there is no more movement?
"Perhaps the soldiers were exhausted after a night of raiding, so they set up camp to recover their strength?"
"In this case, we can take this opportunity to attack out of the city and wipe out all of them while they are physically exhausted!"
"Yes, I agree!"
Several generals speculated and suggested sending troops.
"No! If they want to rest, they can rest dozens of miles away, or rest in the border camp. Why rush all night and rest at the gate of the city? Isn't this a clear deception...?"
At this time, Bilige had completely woken up from his dream, thought carefully, and rejected the general's proposal, "As I expected, our Huns' army will arrive here soon. Since they are standing still, we can also Just defend and not attack, as long as we persist for a few more days and the army arrives, they will definitely be crushed by the iron hoofs of my Huns, leaving them with nothing to lose!"
"Well, what the general said makes sense. The soldiers who escaped said that they have an unknown thing that will explode as soon as they step on it. They did this to lure us out of the city and fall into their trap!"
Another general seemed to suddenly understand and said with a serious expression.
"Oh! So that's it, General is wise!"
Several other people also suddenly made expressions of realization.
