At dusk, go to the south side of Zhishui, outside Anyang City.
More than 40,000 Qin army infantry have set up camp here. They will stay here for one night, waiting for the return of the cavalry from the north, and then decide on the next strategic deployment.
In the Qin army's tent.
"If General Meng captures Zhao Jia and Yan Xi, the overall situation of the annihilation of Dai will be decided. At that time, he only needs to send troops north to capture several Dai Kingdom cities on the north bank of the river, and the general can report his victory to the king. At that time, As the envoys come and go, it is estimated that it will be after the autumn harvest, so the general can continue to lead his army south and destroy Qi in one fell swoop."
Li Shiqi said with bright eyes.
In this battle of annihilation, because the enemy is too weak, there is no need for lobbyists to enter the battle. General Zhao was very resourceful and did not need advisers to provide advice, which made his position as Li Shiqi very embarrassing. Therefore, he only wanted to launch a war to destroy Qi as soon as possible, so that he could rise to the rank of nobles and take off.
Not only Li Shiqi, but also Heiyi, Zhang He and other generals also agreed, all of them listless.
Zhao Tuo smiled, knowing what his generals were thinking.
This time of annihilation of Dai, not much was achieved. The number of beheadings and prisoners of Dai's army was only more than 10,000, so the military merits of the generals were basically not shared. They had thought about the great feat of capturing the king before, but now that Meng Tian had captured both kings with one hand, they had given up their thoughts on meritorious deeds and could only focus on Qi's big plate of meat.
At this time, some soldiers came outside the tent to report that the chasing chariots had returned.
Zhao Tuo immediately led his generals to greet him.
Soon, thousands of riders returned from the north. The knights were dusty and dusty. One look at them and they knew that the two days of pursuit had been hard work.
"General Meng has captured the two kings this time and has accomplished a shocking feat. He will definitely become famous all over the world."
He saw Meng Tian dismounting and walking towards him.
Zhao Tuo praised him with a smile on his face.
Just like Su Jiao captured the two kings, the credit must go to Meng Tian. The great achievements that Meng Tian made were naturally attributed to Zhao Tuo. As a general, he was naturally happy to take the credit while lying down.
But Meng Tian, who should have been full of joy, had a stern face. Hearing Zhao Tuo's words, he became even more embarrassed and said, "The general is guilty. This military situation was wrong and King Yan was not captured."
As soon as these words came out, the generals who followed Zhao Tuo were in an uproar.
"Since General Meng didn't capture King Yan, why did he lie about his capture?"
"Yes, capturing two kings is a shock to me."
In the midst of everyone's discussion.
Zhao Tuo raised his sword eyebrows and said: "Based on my understanding of General Meng, I would not do such a thing of lying about the gains. I think there must be something wrong. Although King Yan has not been captured, Zhao Jia, you can catch him?"
Seeing Zhao Tuo's gentle words and not blaming him, Meng Tian felt warm in his heart and said hurriedly: "General, Zhao Jia has certainly caught him. The main reason for King Yan's matter was that the thief was too cunning. Oh, Su Jiao, come here. Say it."
Su Jiao came over, his face flushed. He could not see the heroic spirit he had when he captured the two kings before. He lowered his head and reported the situation to the generals.
"King Yan kicked Dai Wang, and asked Taifu Ju Wu to pretend to be him, and asked the charioteer to escape on horseback, to confuse you and others?"
Zhao Tuo was stunned for a while after hearing this.
Especially the fact that King Yan kicked Dai Wang Jia, reminded him of the scene he saw in Yan.
"This old King Yan is really a womanizer and deceiver. It's no wonder that you fell into this trap."
Zhao Tuo shook his head and sighed.
Looking at the ashamed Su Jiao and Meng Tian in front of him, Zhao Tuo did not blame him, but smiled and comforted him: "Why are the two generals so sad? Although the King of Yan fled in this battle, you captured an acting king, as well as the fugitive Ju Wu, the Grand Tutor of the Yan Kingdom, has accomplished enough to capture the king, which is enough for the two of them to be promoted to nobility and rewarded. Moreover, Zhao Jia has been captured, and the destruction of the dynasty has been completed, which is a good thing."
Meng Tian whispered: "What the general said is true, but since King Yan appeared, we did not catch him. If he flees north with the Huns again, the king will definitely be unhappy when he hears about it."
As Meng Tian said, it would be fine if King Yan Xi did not show up, but if he did appear, they did not catch him, but let King Yan run away. This made Qin Wangzheng, who always had obsessive-compulsive disorder, know about it. It's not that I feel unhappy.
Zhao Tuo frowned and asked, "According to what you said, the Xiongnu have moved south outside Gaoliu City?"
Meng Tian nodded and said: "According to the captured Huns, the Xiongnu army was led by Touman Chanyu and numbered nearly 100,000. They originally planned to rely on King Yan as a middleman to unite the Dai army to fight against us. , to prevent us from destroying our generation and making profits from it.”
"But the Huns did not expect that our army would defeat the Dai army in advance. Now Zhao Jia has also been captured. From what we will see in the future, those Huns will definitely lead their army northward when they see that there is no profit. King Yan will follow and leave. We will It will be very difficult to capture it.”
"Touman Shanyu..."
Zhao Tuo's eyes narrowed slightly and he whispered the name.
Many people think that the Huns only became powerful from the Maodun period. They think that the Huns before Maodun were not only weak, but also scattered. However, if you really understand the history of the Huns before Maodun, you will notice that the Huns during the Touman period were not weak.
Touman Chanyu, the father of Maodun, the real founder of the Xiongnu country, was the first recorded person to "support the plow and Gutu Chanyu".
The Xiongnu grew stronger in their hands, so that the three countries of Qin, Zhao, and Yan were bordering the Xiongnu and needed to build the Great Wall to protect them from the Huns. It was not until more than ten years ago that Zhao general Li Mu dispatched more than a thousand chariots, 13,000 cavalry, 50,000 warriors, and 100,000 warriors. With such a huge army and the ingenious plot of deceiving defeat and showing weakness, it was possible to The Xiongnu were defeated, and more than 100,000 Xiongnu horses were killed.
What is the concept of killing more than 100,000 Huns?
In the future, when Maodun was strong and powerful, the total number of string-controlling men was only 300,000. This shows the mass killing in that battle, and also shows that the Huns during the Warring States Period were not weak. Otherwise, Li Mu would not have needed to dispatch such a huge army. You need to use cunning tactics to defeat the enemy.
Historically, the Xiongnu were so powerful that even the unified Qin Empire felt threatened. Only in the sixth year after unification did Meng Tian lead an army of 300,000 to attack the Xiongnu from the north, severely damaging them and building the Great Wall for defense.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo felt a little troublesome when he knew that Touman Chanyu had led 100,000 Huns cavalry to replace the land.
It's not that he was afraid of the other side. If he were to fight purely, his Qin army would not be able to annihilate a hundred thousand Xiongnu, but they would certainly not be at a disadvantage.
His main concern is that the Huns always advance when they see advantages and retreat when disadvantages arise.
Toumandan then went south, coveting the benefits promised by King Yan Xi, and planned to take advantage of the chaos. Now that he saw that the Qin army had destroyed their original ally, Daiguo, and seeing that there was no profit to be made, he might plunder after some looting. He would go directly north without fighting the Qin army at all, and would not give Zhao Tuo a chance to capture King Xi of Yan.
King Yan is happy, that is the person he, Zhao Tuo, wants to get.
"The King of Yan took refuge with the Xiongnu..."
Zhao Tuo whispered, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he thought of something that happened before, which was very similar to what he was seeing.
Is it the same in Northern Hu and Southern Vietnam?
Would the Huns, who advance when they see advantages and retreat when disadvantages arise, really care about an ally that has lost its value?
He turned his head, stared at Li Shiqi, and said with a smile: "Don't you want to make a contribution, sir? There is a great merit in front of you. I wonder if you, sir, would be willing to take it."
Li Shiqi rolled her eyes, stroked her beard and said with a smile: "What the general said is that he wants me to send an envoy to the Huns."
"Of course."
Zhao Tuo grinned.
"Please sir, please be our envoy from the State of Qin and bring a translator with you to send an envoy to the Xiongnu to meet with Man Chanyu."
"Tell him that I am willing to spend money to buy King Yan!"
…
Outside Gaoliu City, there are countless felt tents everywhere.
In a felt tent.
King Yan was sitting on the ground, holding a roasted half-cooked leg of lamb with both hands, and gnawing at it. His beard and clothes were all stained with oil. Coupled with the dirty look on his body, people would just feel... This is a sloppy old man who would not be associated with the monarch of a country.
Beside him, Chen Yu frowned, looking at the bag of mare's milk in his hand, unable to take a bite.
King Yan glanced at him and hummed, "Eat it. Eat more and you'll get used to it."
Chen Yu rolled his eyes, with a sad look on his face.
He has nowhere to go now,
The south of Gaoliu has been occupied and controlled by the Qin army. If he, a man with a foreign accent, enters a city under the rule of the Qin army, he will be easily discovered. If he is caught by Zhao Tuo, he may not be able to move his head on the spot.
As for Shanggu in the east and Yanmen in the west, they were also in the hands of the Qin people, and because of Zhao Tuo's campaign to conquer Dai, these two counties were on military alert. He did not dare to go there without authorization, in case he was caught by the local Qin army. If you keep interrogating me, it won't end well if you think about it.
After thinking about it, Chen Yu could only hold his nose and follow the Huns all the way to the end. Fortunately, King Yan Xi supported him so that he would not be treated as a slave by the Huns.
Chen Yu put the mare's milk aside and asked, "Did King Dai really fall into the hands of the Qin army?"
The King of Yan snorted happily and said: "That's natural. At that time, the Qin army attacked and there was chaos. Even Gu's chariot didn't know where it went. Fortunately, Gu Zhongliang, Taifu Ju, found one. Ma, let the horse stay with Gu, so Gu can escape."
"As for King Dai, his horse was taken away by others and he had no horse to ride on. He could only fall behind. What else could he do if he was not captured by the Qin people?"
As he said this, King Yan couldn't help but sigh: "Master Ju, you are really Gu's loyal minister. Without him, Gu would have no horse to ride on and he would be able to survive."
When he heard that Dai Wangjia had no horse to ride and was captured by the Qin army, Chen Yu couldn't help but blush, and felt ashamed in his heart.
He simply ignored the question and asked: "Since King Dai has been captured by the Qin people, it is a foregone conclusion that the Qin army will destroy Dai. What should we do next?"
Hearing this, a ray of hatred flashed in King Yan's eyes, and he whispered: "My dear Zhao Jia, you didn't listen to Gu's words, and made the good thing of allying with the Xiongnu to fight against Qin go like this. Gu is very evil. Nowadays, It is a foregone conclusion that the country will be destroyed by Qin. With the understanding of his lone enemy Touman Shanyu, he will definitely lead his army northward and will not fight the Qin people when he sees that there is no profit here."
"But it doesn't matter. With the Qin general Zhao Tuo here, I think the Xiongnu won't be able to get any benefits even if they go south. Going north can preserve their strength. We will leave with the Xiongnu for the time being. After the Qin army withdraws, we can Besides, if we move the Huns to go south, plunder Yanmen and Daidi, kill and loot, we must make the Qin people sleepless day and night. If there are changes within the Qin State, maybe we still have hope of restoring the country."
Hearing this, Chen Yu's eyes flashed with excitement.
The reason why he resisted Qin was because of the vow he made to retaliate against Qin when Zhang Er was killed.
Now Chen Yu has seen the Huns' cavalry and how powerful they are. If he can help them invade the northern frontier of Qin, it will be considered as fulfilling his oath.
"The only person in the world who can rival Qin is Hu."
Chen Yu thought about it secretly and whispered: "I should learn the nonsense language as soon as possible."
At this moment, the felt tent was picked up.
A Hun with a sour smell came in and shouted in nonsense: "You two, follow me, I will be summoned by Shanyu."
King Yan immediately threw the leg of mutton away and said with a flattering smile: "When Shanyu calls, we will go immediately."
As he said that, he pulled Chen Yu, who was confused, and shouted: "This is the Shanyu's personal guard. He said that the Shanyu summoned us, so hurry up and leave."
Yan Wangxi and Chen Yu nodded and bowed, and immediately followed Shan Yu's guards out of the felt tent.
The Huns took two steps and couldn't help but turn around and take a look at Yan Wangxi and Chen Yu.
His eyes were like looking at the goods.
