On a desolate Gobi desert, a group of Xiongnu tribes were galloping toward the northeast.
It seems that there are mostly old, young, women and children, and the number of men is less than 600.
The man in the lead looks quite fierce. He is the leader of this tribe and his name is Qie Tan.
His eyes were solemn, his expression worried, and he remained silent.
A voice came from the side: "Chief, let's take a rest. We have been running for a long time and the horse really can't stand it anymore."
The person who spoke was the second elder of this tribe, and his official position was that of the householder.
Qiqin looked at the mount beneath him and slowly raised his right arm, signaling the tribe to stop and rest.
Someone from behind sent orders one after another, and after a while, the entire tribe stopped.
The older ones all looked extremely tired, and the women took the time to get some food for the children, and then let the horses eat some fodder.
The second elder handed Qie Tan some dried meat and said, "Eat something. Only when you are full will you have the strength to fight."
Qiqin grabbed a handful and started chewing.
The second elder also stuffed a handful of dried meat into his mouth, then took out a map and asked, "How should we go next?"
Qi Tan said coldly: "Go back."
"Go back?" The second elder asked doubtfully, "Do you really want to go back? But when we came out, we swore never to go back again."
"If we don't go back, where can we go?" Qie Tan asked, "Should we let those Qin troops drive us all away? It doesn't matter if we die, but what about the women and children?"
The fifth elder on the side also came over and said: "Yes, now is not the time to save face. The Lihe tribe has been destroyed. If we don't go back, I'm afraid..."
Although the unlucky words were not spoken, everyone knew what the final result would be.
"Alas!" Qiqin let out a long sigh, "It's all my fault that I was so angry that I was bewitched by the Lihe clan leader and wanted to set up my own business, but I should never have provoked this ferocious beast of Qin."
"Those farmers look quite weak, but they are really unambiguous when it comes to fighting." The fifth elder said.
The second elder refuted: "They only play tricks. If they hadn't set up an ambush, how could we have been defeated in such an embarrassing manner."
"The people of the Central Plains have always been like this." Qie Tan said, "They spend their whole day thinking about this military book and that art of war, and all they use are underhanded tactics."
"Hmph!" said the second elder, "Who are we afraid of in a head-to-head confrontation with swords and guns?"
A few people complained for a while and were full, but they finally had to face the reality of defeat.
Qiqin said to the second elder: "If the Qin army catches up again, you take the women and children and leave first, and I will lead the team to stop them."
The second elder widened his eyes and said, "How can that be done? If our tribe is missing anyone, we cannot be missing you."
"Yes." The fifth elder also said, "Without the patriarch, the women and children will be caught up sooner or later. If that happens, it is better to fight with them."
"Yes, let's fight!" echoes echoed from the side.
Qiqin's eyes swayed and he said, "Okay, if God destroys my tribe, then we will have to die standing."
At this time, a probing horse came running back from behind.
"Tell the clan leader that the Qin army behind did not pursue them with all their strength, but just moved forward steadily at a constant speed. It seems that we can get rid of them."
Qi Tan thought for a while and ordered: "Mount your horse and continue on your way!"
All the Huns mounted their horses and continued to move northeast.
Qi Tan was still worried and kept sending detective horses to the back to inquire about the movements of the Qin army. The news that came back was that the distance between the two sides was getting farther and farther.
Four days later, sheep and tents finally appeared ahead.
Qie Tan took his tribe to see
Looking at this familiar land, I feel quite complicated.
Which is more important, face or life?
It's better to be alive.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In front of them was their former homeland. There were their partners there. They would definitely ignore their past grudges and tide over the difficulties with them.
Even if they are still unable to defeat the Qin army, other nearby tribes will immediately support them. If the Qin army goes deep alone, the Xiongnu will seize the opportunity to counterattack.
Qiqin roared and led the tribe towards the camp that was right in front of them.
However, these tents were empty.
This is strange, even if the men are gone hunting, the women and children should be there.
After searching around for a long time, Tan suddenly felt something was wrong. Not only were the people not there, but all the horses were gone as well. It must have been a move.
But some of the sheep were still there, which showed that they were leaving in a hurry and had no time to take away some things.
Looking at the horseshoe prints, they were already very shallow, indicating that they had been gone for more than a day or two.
Judging from these signs, they must have encountered a surprise attack. In order to avoid greater casualties, they had to evacuate in a hurry.
It is definitely not impossible for Da Qin to send another team to attack.
Thinking of this, all the Huns seemed to fall into despair.
"Quick, get out of here." Qie Tan, who came back to his senses, shouted loudly, "Go find the Great Chanyu!"
All the tribesmen turned their horses' heads and galloped northward after Qie Tan.
"Clan leader, aren't you looking for them?" the second elder asked.
Qi Tan shook his head and said: "They are not nearby, and their life or death is uncertain. Moreover, the Qin army may use them as bait at any time, just like before."
The second elder also knew in his heart that this place was indeed full of dangers, so it was best to evacuate as soon as possible.
"But if we want to find the Great Chanyu, the journey is really far. I'd better collect some food and grass." The second elder said.
"Okay, be careful." Qie Tan said, "Move quickly and come back right away."
The second elder agreed and went back with a hundred or so people to collect food.
As soon as they arrived at the tents, before they even got off their horses, they heard the sound of a clang, and then the sound of war drums.
The sound of the drums became louder and louder.
"Sure enough, there is an ambush, retreat!" The second elder hurriedly turned the horse's head and ran back with the clansmen.
Qi Tan also heard the sound of drums and brought people to meet the second elder.
After the rendezvous, they saw that there was no army chasing them, so they released their speed and continued to escape.
After running wildly for most of the day, Qi Tan gave the order to stop and rest.
The second elder was thoughtful and said with doubts: "Clan leader, do you feel something is wrong?"
"There's something wrong." Qie Tan said, "If there had been an ambush there for a long time, why didn't they launch the attack when we were all there? Instead, they sounded the trumpets and drums after most of the people had evacuated?"
"And there is no army showing up to chase us. It seems they just want to scare us away." The second elder analyzed.
Qie Tan said: "It should be so. There should be only a few scout horses left there. They were afraid that we would find them, so they used drums to scare us away."
"Damn, the mighty Xiongnu warriors are scared out of their wits now." Wu Zhanlao stood up and said, "No, I want to capture a few of them and ask them what is going on here."
Qiqin quickly stopped him and said, "We have traveled so far. Even if you go back, they will have disappeared long ago."
The fifth elder sighed and sat back again.
"Now it seems that the survival of our tribe has become a trivial matter." Qie Tan sighed, "Then Da Qin's appetite this time
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It's not small. If we don't gather the strength of each tribe, I'm afraid we will be defeated one by one. "
The second elder said: "It is a wise choice for the patriarch to go to the Great Chanyu."
Qiqin looked at the darkening sky, stood up and said, "Now that you have rested, you will travel all night to try to see the Great Chanyu as soon as possible."
The two remaining elders stood up at the same time and called on the tribesmen to get on their horses and go on their way.
At noon the next day, Qiqin saw a team suddenly appeared in front of him. It seemed to be the Huns' cavalry, so he sent someone to investigate.
It turned out that this team was the vanguard of Yu Touman, the great Chan, and was led by King Youxian.
Qiqin finally met his savior and hurriedly paid homage to King Youxian.
After recounting the general story, King Youxian led the entire Qietan clan to find Shan Yutouman.
After hearing what happened to Qie Tan, Touman said: "I heard that something happened in the south, so I led an army to come to support. No matter how many people Qin sent, I told him to never come back!"
Qiqin said: "I have fought against the Qin army many times and am familiar with their tactics. I am willing to serve as a vanguard for the Great Chanyu and avenge the people of my clan!"
Touman nodded and said: "Then follow King Youxian, find their location, and kill them."
The anger in Qi Tan's heart was completely ignited, and he was instantly filled with fighting spirit.
King Youxian took Qie Tan and 50,000 troops and continued to advance southeast.
Tan Ma came to report and found many tribes that had been scattered, which were Qieqin's original tribe, so King Youxian took those people in.
After inquiry, the Qin army was divided into two teams, and the leaders were named Qiang Yu and Suolin.
They cooperated tacitly, with one team responsible for raids and the other team responsible for ambushes, and they almost always launched attacks at night.
Because they had to protect women, old and young, the Huns could not organize an effective formation at all, so the cavalry's combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. After being attacked several times, they were scattered.
Fortunately, the Qin army did not massacre, and they never killed women, old and young when they saw them.
After some reorganization, the number of the team expanded to nearly 30,000.
Qie Tan told King Youxian that the Qin army had penetrated deep into the grassland and the food and grass they brought must be limited. As long as they found the location of the food and grass baggage and snatched it, the Qin army would be in chaos. When the time comes, they will attack the big Chanyu from both front and rear. The Qin army will Must lose.
King Youxian thought this was a good idea, so he sent out many groups of exploration horses to find the location of the Qin army's food and grass.
After several explorations, the general location was finally locked, so King Youxian sent two more teams to attack Qiang Yu and Suolin's teams respectively, trying to draw the main force of the Qin army away.
As expected, the Qin army chased people when they saw them as usual. Because there were more people chasing this time, the main force had been lured into a circle.
King Youxian began to feel proud, and thought to himself: It seems that the Qin army is just like this, they just chase people when they see them.
That night, King Youxian ordered all the troops and horses without lighting the torches, and attacked the Qin army's food, grass and baggage at night.
It wasn't until they got closer that they lit the torch and started to speed up with a shout.
The Qin army's guards were only a small group of men and horses. Seeing the Xiongnu coming fiercely, they abandoned their baggage and fled for their lives.
King Youxian proudly ordered people to check the carriage.
After opening the bags one after another, they were all dumbfounded.
All I saw was that the sack was filled with sand.
Qiqin suddenly became alert, but King Youxian was a little disapproving.
"It seems that the Qin army is also on guard." King Youxian snorted coldly, "Do they think they can deceive me like this? Send the order, change direction, and go straight to the Qin army's camp."
At this moment, countless torches were lit on the skyline to the east, and at the same time, there were faint sounds of drums.
