South of Helan Grassland, a vast flat land near the river.
There are many tents here, and the black Qin flag is fluttering in the wind.
Soldiers wearing Qin armor came in and out of the camp.
A group of Qin soldiers led their horses and walked outside the camp. They were going to carry out today's patrol mission.
"I heard that the general won a great victory in Helan. The Kushan Yueshi with tens of thousands of people were directly captured by our army. Tsk tsk, the general is indeed a famous general of our Qin State. He not only defeated the six countries in the east, but also dealt with It’s easy for these barbarians on the grassland.”
The leading Qin army commander said as he walked, his face full of admiration.
Another Qin soldier next to him laughed and said, "That's great. The war is over early and we can go home. I've long missed my wife at home."
"Hmph, women will only affect our belief in meritorious service. What's there to think about?"
A bearded Qin soldier complained: "I originally planned to kill the enemy hard on the battlefield, raise my title to a hairpin, and also let my son enter the school and become an official. Who knew that this time I didn't even fight? I was beaten, but I was so angry. It would be great if I could catch the fleeing Yuezhi cavalry this time when I go out on patrol. If I catch two, I can be promoted to the rank of hairpin!"
The commander of the Qin army turned around and laughed: "Shi Er, don't be delusional. Except for the blind Yuezhi people who bumped into him at the beginning, the patrolling Paoze took advantage of him. How could there be any Yuezhi people running over during this time?" They are not fools to give us the opportunity to be promoted for meritorious service. They ran away long ago after hearing that our army was blocked here."
Shi Er shut up angrily. During this period, he really didn't hear anything about the Yueshi troops approaching. Their patrol mission was actually just a formality.
Among the Qin army, some wanted to kill the enemy with meritorious service and improve their title, while others just hoped that the war would end soon and they could return to their hometown. But no matter what the thoughts of these Qin soldiers were in their hearts, they all had relaxed expressions, and they showed no signs of vigilance and vigilance during the war.
Just because they had already received the news of the Qin army's main victory in Helan.
The three Yuezhi and Shuangmi tribes in Henan were maimed and wiped out in the first battle. Now the Kushan tribe has been defeated by the main force in the Helan Grassland. Only the last Xiumi Yuezhi is left to linger in the north and cannot reach it at all. They are here.
As for the Yuezhi Royal Court in Hexi and the remaining two Yuezhi tribes, according to the investigation of the Qin army's cavalry, they are still hundreds of miles away and have no intention of coming to rescue.
Therefore, Qiang Yu's partial division basically had no chance of fighting, and the Qin army was very lazy.
I heard that their General Qiang Yu spent all day drinking and killing time with others, and he didn't care much about his soldiers.
"Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo, you have made great contributions!"
In the coach's tent, Qiang Yu raised his glass of wine to his mouth and drank it in one gulp, his eyes blurry with drunkenness.
Zhao Tuo's Helan victory declared the end of the campaign to capture Henan. Before the start of a new war, Qiang Yu had no possibility of making any meritorious deeds, which was equivalent to the fact that he had been here for several months in vain. .
How could Qiang Yu not be angry? He asked his nephew Qiang Ren to pour wine while complaining.
"I had a grudge against Zhao Tuo because of Li Xin's affairs. I thought he was young, so I didn't bother to care about him. Who would have thought that he would kill Qiang Dagger when he changed hands in Wei, without giving me any face. "
"Later on, when we attacked Chu, I didn't want to argue with him for the sake of Marquis Wucheng. However, this guy used my name to attack Huaiyin and almost ruined my reputation as Qiang Yu. It was really bad."
Qiang Xuan took another sip of wine and exhaled the strong smell of alcohol: "I, Qiang Xuan, have a broad mind, and I am not as knowledgeable as Zhao Tuo. Faced with his bullying, I gave in many times. Later, when he wanted Princess Shang, I was beaten by those The Confucian scholar said that people with the same surname should not marry, and I spoke for him. This expedition is to support his strategy of northern expedition against the barbarians."
"You said I was so good to him, why did he, Zhao Tuo, bully me like this! If he is not a son of a man, he really is not a son of a man!"
Qiang Ren's face turned blue. He looked around and saw that he and Qiang Yu were the only two uncles and nephews in the tent. He was relieved.
It is a grave sin to slander the general in private!
If word spreads, at least the title must be cut off. If Zhao Tuo is very angry, even if Qiang Xu is killed, no one will say anything.
Qiang Ren was frightened when he heard this, and said hurriedly: "Uncle, you are drunk."
Qiang Yu's eyes widened and he said angrily: "Drunk? Why are you drunk?"
"Nai Gong is very sober. The one Nai Gong is scolding is Zhao Tuo. He takes all the credit and leaves me here to guard the river. How hateful! If Zhao Tuo still has some conscience, he should at least give me some credit!"
Just when Qiang Ren was frightened by these complaints, there was a rush of footsteps outside the tent.
Immediately afterwards, Qiang Xu's short-term soldiers walked into the tent excitedly and shouted excitedly: "General! Great work! Great work is coming!"
"Great merit, what great merit can there be? Could it be that you can also send me the Yue Clan's Marquis Xi?"
Hearing this, Qiang Yu sneered, pointed at the empty wine glass to his nephew, and scolded: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Pour the wine."
The short soldiers shouted excitedly: "It's Xihou! Our patrolling cavalry found someone who might be Yuezhi Xihou! Wearing a big red robe and a golden crown, he was surrounded by hundreds of cavalry and ran over. When he saw our patrolling cavalry, After that, he hurriedly fled away again! Sima said that among the Yuezhi people, only Xihou wore a golden crown and a red robe. This man was probably the Yuezhi Xihou. After the Battle of Helan, he did not go north, but went to We’re running this way!”
Qiang Yu was startled, then excitedly overturned the wine table in front of him, and the flying wine splashed Qiang Ren's face.
He laughed and said: "Hahaha, God bless me Qiangxu! He really gave me a prince, Zhao Tuo, you didn't expect it, did you?"
After saying that, Qiang Yu stood up and ran out of the tent crookedly, shouting: "Come here, please order all the soldiers and horses for me quickly. I will chase and intercept him, and I must capture this Yuezhi Xihou!" "
"Zhao Tuo, if you don't give me the credit, you will give me the credit if you do. When I catch this Jihou, you will be surprised!"
"Hahaha!"
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"Why is this Qiang Yu being tricked by the Yuezhi people?"
In the coach's tent on the Helan Grassland, Zhao Tuo threw the letter in his hand on the case with a look of disgust on his face.
This is a military information letter sent by the Qin Army's partial division from the south.
It was not written by Master Pian, General Qiang Yu. He probably had no shame in writing to Zhao Tuo.
The person who made the report was the censor who accompanied the army. He briefly described what happened in the partial division.
A man wearing a red robe and a golden crown, who was suspected to be the Marquis of Yuezhi, appeared near the partial division of the Qin army led by Qiang Yu with a group of Yuezhi cavalry.
After receiving the news, the drunken Qiang Yu had no time to think and immediately led his army to hunt him down.
The entire partial division of the Qin army fell into an excited commotion. All the cavalry and a lot of infantry were dispatched to pursue and intercept the fleeing Yuezhi Jihou, which caused gaps in the original defense line.
As a result, just when Qiang Yu was about to capture the "Yueshi Xihou", an elite Yuezhi cavalry of several hundred people raided the Qin army's defense line at night. Under the cover of night and the Qin people's consternation, they quickly broke through He broke through the defense line and disappeared without a trace. It seemed that he should have gone to the Yuezhi Royal Court.
After Qiang Yu worked hard on the grassland and finally caught the fleeing "Yueshi Xihou", he realized that he had fallen into the Yuezhi people's trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain, Li Daitao's plan, and captured a fake Xihou.
The real Hou Mi Xihou had already taken the opportunity to run away.
Zhao Tuo shook his head helplessly and asked Xiao He to copy the letter sent by the censor of the army into the battle report to be sent to Xianyang.
He will not target Qiang Yu maliciously, he will only tell the truth.
"Just run away, just in time for Xiumi Xihou to bring the power of our Qin army back to the Yuezhi and scare the remaining Yuezhi."
Zhao Tuo was open-minded. He couldn't catch him if he ran away anyway, so he might as well think of something happy.
Moreover, three tribes of the Yuezhi were either annihilated or subdued by the Qin army in Henan. The entire Yuezhi lost nearly half of their troops. Their vitality was seriously damaged, and the remnants in Hexi were not to be feared.
Zhao Tuo temporarily looked away from Yuezhi.
In the following time, he did not immediately launch an attack on the Xiongnu. Instead, he asked Yang Yuan's troops to continue to strictly guard the northern river and cut off all sources of information from the Xiongnu.
The other side is to select suitable candidates to implement the plan to destroy Hungary.
At the same time, the conquered Yuezhi cavalry and Qin army cavalry were dispatched to attack in four directions in Henan, and they conquered all the Rong tribes on this vast grassland.
The Qin army planted the black Qin flag belonging to the Qin State in every oases and lakes, making every foreign tribe on this land submit to the Qin State and accept the rule of the Qin Emperor.
By the end of August, the Qin army finally completed the task of taking all of Henan and occupied this vast land surrounded by the "ji" shape of the Yellow River.
When Zhao Tuo was busy preparing to cross the Hebei to attack the Xiongnu, he also took all the results in Henan and sent a messenger to report back to Xianyang.
"The emperor will definitely be very happy to expand territory for him."
Zhao Tuo stood at the door of the handsome tent, facing the autumn wind, looking in the direction of Xianyang.
He thought of the First Emperor.
Thinking of the princess.
His heart softened.
"And my son."
Zhao Tuo murmured, thinking of the letter sent by the princess last time.
"Zhao Che, what a good name."
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