"The people of Qin are really unfaithful!"
"That's right, they agreed to make a deal with us, but they actually attacked us unexpectedly. It's so abominable!"
"I heard that old King Yan said that there is something called shame in the words of their southerners. These Qin people just don't know shame. They are so shameless!"
"God will definitely punish them!"
In a wilderness dozens of miles north of Gaoliu, a group of Xiongnu nobles were insulting and cursing with indignant voices.
The surrounding hillside grasslands were full of miserable-looking Huns. They fled all the way to meet here, each of them looking terrified and uneasy.
In a mountain nest, Gutu Chanyu, the Huns' plow supporter, was sitting.
"Chanyu, these Qin people sneak attack us, we can't just let this matter go. We should gather our warriors again, fight back, pay blood for blood, and let these Qin people know the price of deceiving and sneak attacking us!"
"I will also put the Qin man named Li Shiqi on a wooden stick and roast him!"
Zuoguduhou Huyanzi looked excited and very angry.
Not only because the Qin envoy named Li Shiqi deceived him, but also because his tribe was next to the Chanyu and suffered heavy casualties in the Qin army's night attack. Therefore, he could not wait for the Chanyu to gather his troops again and immediately attack Fight back for revenge.
Touman Shanyu raised his head and glanced at Hu Yanzhu.
"The Qin people broke the agreement and came to attack us. Naturally, these Qin people should be punished."
"We will bulldoze their cities, kill all their men and children, and plunder their women and livestock. We will let them know the price of angering the Huns!"
"But revenge, not now."
At this point, Touman Shanyu's face turned livid, and his eyes turned to the silent Mao Dun.
Touman Shanyu whispered: "The wolves have been attacked. Facing a powerful enemy, what the wolf king should do at this time is not to take the remaining followers to continue to entangle with the enemy for revenge, but to go back and reunite the wolves. Gather together, recuperate, and wait for new opportunities for revenge. This is what a wolf king should do. Moreover, he must also suppress those young and bold wolves..."
When Maodun and Huyanzi heard this, they both nodded silently in agreement. They knew that Touman Shanyu was right.
Normally, the leaders of various tribes would be loyal to Touman Shanyu because of his strength, and would gather under the Luantang clan's tent, just like a wolf in a pack who was defeated by the wolf king and chose to obey.
But among the wolves, when the wolf king loses in the battle and appears weak and incompetent, then a young and strong wolf will stand up and challenge the old wolf king for the supreme position.
Today, Touman Shanyu is exactly the defeated old wolf king.
The main target of the Qin army's night attack was the elite of Shan Yu's royal court, and the tribes close to Shan Yu, such as Zuo Guduhou, were also severely damaged.
In this night battle, their losses were the most serious. Not only were all the property captured during this trip south lost, but the soldiers were killed and captured in large numbers by the Qin army. Their losses were many times that of other troops.
On the grassland, the strong is king.
When the Shanyu's power was severely damaged, many tribal leaders would definitely have other thoughts.
Nowadays, several large tribes did not come to join Touman Chanyu, but went straight to the north. This is a very dangerous signal.
So for Touman Shanyu, the real enemy he faced now was not the hateful Qin people, but the Huns.
And, the Donghu and Yuezhi who are likely to take advantage of the Xiongnu's injury to add insult to injury.
"It's a pity that when I evacuated last night, I forgot to take away the old King Yan. I don't know whether he fell into the hands of the Qin people or died in the rebel army."
"The old King Yan said before that the Qin people had the intention of sneak attack, but I didn't believe it. Now that I think about it, I really regret it." Touman Chanyu sighed.
"Old King Yan knows those Qin people very well. If we have him in our hands, it will be much easier to take revenge on the Qin people in the future. Unfortunately, we don't know whether he is dead or alive."
Hu Yanzu shook his head regretfully.
Mao Dun also echoed: "Yes, that old King Yan still has some value. If I see him, I will definitely take him with me."
While everyone was sighing, a Hun nobleman ran over in panic and reported: "Da Shanyu, those Qin people are ten miles away and are about to catch up."
"Why did these Qin people come so fast? Didn't they still have to bury the cauldron to make rice?"
Touman Shanyu was shocked by the speed of the Qin army's pursuit. He quickly said to Hu Yanzi: "Go and gather all the troops and set off immediately."
Hu Yanzi took the order and left.
Touman Shanyu stood up, looked to the south, and said in a hateful voice: "Remember the Qin general named Zhao Tuo, he is the enemy of our Huns!"
"We Huns will come back!"
The young man Mao Dun also turned his head and looked south, whispering the name of the Qin general.
"Zhao Tuo."
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"The Huns are quite fast."
Zhao Tuo stopped his horse and looked north.
This is already the northernmost point of Daidi.
Further north, it is no longer the land belonging to their people in the Xia Dynasty, but the endless prairie.
Meng Tian followed Zhao Tuo on horseback. He was the commander of the Qin army's cavalry and the main force responsible for chasing the Huns this time.
Hearing Zhao Tuo's sigh, he said: "Thanks to the wheat cakes made by the general this time, the soldiers did not have to bury the cauldron to make rice and could pursue the Huns lightly. This way they did not have time to fight back and were chased all the way." Get out."
Zhao Tuo said softly: "This is only temporary, they will come back sooner or later."
Meng Tian frowned and said: "What the general said is that these barbarians always covet the wealth of our Xia Dynasty and often go south to plunder. They always advance when they see advantages, retreat when disadvantages are encountered, and are not ashamed to escape. Therefore, our Qin State , as well as Zhao and Yan, all built the Great Wall to resist and drive them outside the Great Wall, so that we, the people of Xia, can rest for a while."
"The Great Wall..."
Zhao Tuo gave Meng Tian a meaningful look.
It was Meng Tian in front of him who connected the Great Wall of the Three Kingdoms and built a Great Wall of ten thousand miles.
However, in Zhao Tuo's eyes, defending yourself with the Great Wall is not the real way to control the barbarians.
"Hu people only respect the strong."
Zhao Tuo held his head high, holding a riding whip and pointing to the north.
He said in a high-pitched voice: "If we want to truly control the Hu, we can only send troops from the north, plow their courtyards, sweep their gates, and defeat them in one fell swoop. Defeat all these Hu people until they surrender, and let them become my Zhuxia A household dog. Only in this way can we avoid any trouble!"
Meng Tian was stunned.
He looked at General Zhao in front of him and was shocked by the bold words in his words.
What Meng Tian thought of was to build the Great Wall and control the barbarians.
But what General Zhao thought of was to beat the Hu people into household dogs in the Xia Dynasty. The pattern was so vast.
Meng Tian took a deep breath, cupped his hands and said, "What the general said is that if the general leads his army to attack the Hu invaders in the north, Tian is willing to be the vanguard!"
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Shanyu fled to the north, and the troubles in Daidi were finally solved.
Zhao Tuo sent his generals to divide the remaining cities of the Dai Kingdom.
The people of Dai in these cities had already heard the news that the main force of Dai was defeated by the Qin army and that King Zhao Jia was captured, and they were already trembling with fear in their hearts.
Later, they heard that the Qin army was at war with the Huns who were ravaging the land of Dai. They broke through the Huns army at night and chased the Xiongnu Chanyu all the way north.
Nowadays, people feel gratitude and admiration in fear.
The land of Dai was a border county and did not border Qin. It had no blood feud with the Qin army, but had a deep hatred with the Hu people.
Now the Qin army beheaded tens of thousands of Huns in Dai, which could be regarded as avenging them and driving away a danger for Dai people.
Therefore, when the Qin army approached the city, all the cities of the Dai Kingdom simply opened their doors and surrendered, and planted black Qin flags on the city walls, suddenly becoming the cities of the Qin Kingdom.
Half a month later, in Dai City.
Zhao Tuo received news of the surrender of the last Daiguo city.
"Daiguo is dead."
He put down the slip in his hand and whispered to himself.
There is no dynasty in the world.
In this way, Zhao Tuo's mission of leading his army to conquer Dai was completely completed this time under the orders of Qin Wangzheng.
"I destroyed a country."
Zhao Tuo's eyes flashed with excitement.
This was his first time to go on an expedition as a general, and it was also his first time to completely destroy a country from start to finish.
Although it was only a weak and insignificant Dai Kingdom, it was of great significance to Zhao Tuo.
This was a test given to him by Qin Wangzheng.
Destroying Dai's country and capturing Dai's Wang Jia is a good achievement.
Now, after Zhao Tuo destroyed Dai and captured Dai Wangjia, he also captured Yan Wangxi who had been fleeing for many years. He even defeated the Xiongnu army heading south and beheaded more than 10,000 people.
Will such results satisfy Qin Wangzheng?
"Capture two kings and destroy a country."
"Can we expect to be crowned the Great Lord?"
