The time is September, and the order belongs to the third autumn.
A thin layer of gauze covered the river in the early morning. The river surged and there were bursts of air-conditioning. In the wilderness of Henan, the Qin army camps one after another were neatly arranged according to their respective camps.
Zhao Tuo, along with Chen Ping, Fan Kuai, Cao Shen and other close associates, stood in front of the mud of the river and were seeing someone off.
"Don't worry, General. In the past, I was almost cooked to death by the Tian clan in the main hall of Qi Palace, but I was still able to fight back and persuade him to surrender. Qi is a big country in the world, and yet I am toying with it between my lips and tongue. I am just a small Huns. What can the barbarians do to me, a drunkard from Gaoyang?"
Li Shi's face showed pride, and his courage permeated his body.
Zhao Tuo felt helpless.
Li Shiqi's words of comfort could not withstand scrutiny.
Qi is a state of etiquette, and was besieged by the Qin army at that time. King Jian and Prime Minister Tianjia of Qi both wanted to surrender, so naturally they did not dare to do anything to Li Shiqi, and the most they could do was to intimidate him.
But the Xiongnu were unruly barbarians, and their leader Touman Chanyu was miserably deceived in Dai. When he saw Li Shiqi, he probably wanted to eat his flesh and sleep with his skin on the spot, so how could he reason with him? .
Zhao Tuo wanted to prevent Li Shiqi from leaving, but this Gaoyang drunkard was also stubborn. He said that Qin had destroyed the world and there were not many enemies left for the Qin army to fight. He Li Shiqi wanted to make meritorious service and be promoted to a noble title. , we must seize every opportunity available.
"A real man lives in this world. If he can't eat five pots of food while alive, he will be cooked by five pots of food when he dies!"
Li Shiqi once again said what he said outside Linzi, the capital of Qi, full of pride.
At the same time, he also gave the reason why he was able to escape unscathed.
"If the Xiongnu were just a cruel and mediocre king with no foresight, I would naturally not dare to take risks."
"But according to my previous observations, this Mandan is a very ambitious hero. I heard that in order to avoid Donghu's attack, he gave his favorite Yan family and his beloved horse to King Donghu, and even treated him as his own son. As a pledge, such a flexible and flexible hero will never kill me without meeting me. As long as he gives me a chance to speak, my life will be safe."
Zhao Tuo was silent.
He thought of Li Shiqi's fate in history.
Zhao Tuo understood.
These people, both good and bad, have the same temperament.
In the past, after Zhang Yi teased King Huai of Chu, he still dared to enter the Chu land again even though he knew that the other party wanted to kill him, and finally escaped unscathed. This is an example.
These people, what they play for is heartbeat.
What you enjoy is the pleasure of dancing on the tip of a knife and gaining fame and wealth.
And what Li Shiqi said was right. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. They don't know the specific situation of the Xiongnu now. If they can get their intelligence and even make plans from it, the chances of winning this war will naturally be greatly increased.
Zhao Tuo could only nod in agreement.
At this time, on the bank of the river, it is time to say goodbye.
Fan Kuai was infected by Li Shiqi's heroic spirit, his face turned red, and he couldn't help shouting: "Sir, you are so brave, I like it, Fan Kuai!"
With that said, Fan Kuai turned around and knelt down towards Zhao Tuo, and said loudly: "General, Fan Kuai is willing to go to the Huns camp with Mr. Li and protect him with my life!"
Everyone was startled.
After Li Shiqi was astonished, he laughed and said, "You are really brave. There are tens of thousands of Huns on the other side. Even if you are strong enough to carry the cauldron, I am afraid that you will not be able to defeat tens of thousands of them. You are not afraid of losing your life by following me." ?"
Fan Kuai patted his chest and laughed: "What's there to be afraid of? The worst case scenario is that I'll kill him every time he comes in and out of the Huns camp. I don't dare to say anything else. Kill him ten to twenty Huns to save their lives. I, Fan Kuai, am confident that I can still kill him." It can be done!”
Zhao Tuo squinted his eyes and looked at Li Shiqi and Fan Kuai.
A counselor and lobbyist, a first-in-command.
If an accident occurs, the loss will be considerable.
Just looking at the two people putting life and death aside, Zhao Tuo's blood couldn't help but boil.
Both of them are so heroic. If Zhao Tuo is timid, he will lose his heroic spirit.
Not to mention that this matter is not inevitable.
Zhao Tuo nodded: "In that case, Fan Kuai will escort Mr. Li across the river."
He didn't give too many instructions, he just spoke in a deep voice before the two left.
"You guys remember that behind you, we have the great Qin to rely on. If the Huns dare to hurt you in the slightest, Zhao Tuo will lead the Qin cavalry to crush them and let the blood flow into rivers from the north and south of the Yinshan Mountains. Let the Huns The race will be exterminated!"
Zhao Tuo's voice was low, but his words were full of firmness and dominance.
Everyone's body trembled and their blood boiled.
Li Shiqi and Fan Kuai felt warmer in their hearts.
"With the General's words, we have nothing to fear!"
"The Qin Dynasty is our support. There is no place in this world where we cannot go!"
The two laughed, and felt even more confident. They boarded the ferry boat built overnight by the Qin army and headed to the other side of the river. They were accompanied by several small boats and twenty elite Qin army soldiers.
Watching the boat swaying in the river, heading away to the other side.
Chen Ping held up his palm and said with sincere admiration: "No wonder Mr. Li was able to achieve the feat of lowering Qi. This is truly amazingly courageous!"
Zhao Tuo nodded and said: "Of course, Mr. Li is full of courage and is as brave as the brave generals in the world."
After everyone praised him, Zhao Tuo looked at Xiao He who was following him and asked: "Xiao Changshi, how long will it take for the boat master to arrive?"
Xiao He, as the general and commander of the army, was in charge of all the logistics in the army. After some thought and calculation, he said: "It will take about three to five days for our Qin Zhou division to arrive."
Zhao Tuo nodded.
The Qin army has always relied on water transportation to transport food and soldiers during its expeditions, which can greatly save manpower and material resources.
This time to capture Henan, naturally there were many calculations.
Before the war began, the Taiwei Mansion used Wushi and other border merchants to inquire whether the river surrounding Henan could be passed by large ships.
The answer is that except for a few sections of the river where there are reefs, the river is wide and has huge water volume, which is suitable for ships to navigate. The Rong people and Huns here often use sheepskin rafts to cross the river.
Therefore, when Zhao Tuo was training cavalry in Beidi County, Qiang Yu in Longxi County was not idle. He was responsible for supervising the shipbuilding. He used 50,000 partial troops as labor force, plus shipbuilding experts recruited from various counties, to build ships day and night.
Although Qiang Yu was not very reliable when it came to intercepting the Yuezhi people, he did not fail in the shipbuilding matter.
After several months of preparation, a sizable boat division was built for the army, which was now transporting a large amount of baggage, food, weapons and equipment from the upper reaches of the river.
After all, the army needs to cross a large desert from Helan to the north. It is naturally difficult to carry heavy equipment, so it can only rely on the navy to transport it.
When the boat division arrives with a large amount of equipment and supplies, the Qin army can cross the river and attack the Huns at the foot of Yin Mountain.
Zhao Tuo raised his telescope and saw that the boat carrying Li Shiqi and Fan Kuai was almost reaching the other side of the river in the rolling waves.
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To the north of the river, there is a fertile grassland not far away. There are felt tents everywhere, and Huns' cavalry are everywhere passing through.
After hearing that the Qin army had arrived on the south bank of the river, Touman Chanyu naturally could not sit down in Touman city. He led his army to station near the river and sent scouts to patrol along the river to keep an eye on the Qin people's movements.
If it is found that the Qin people are trying to cross the river, Touman Chanyu does not mind attacking them halfway across the river.
"The Qin army is powerful because of their strong bows, powerful crossbows, strong armor and sharp swords. On the grassland, their cavalry is far from the opponent of us grassland people. Our Yuezhi warriors are enough to match three Qin cavalry, so they are so big We must not attack the Qin army's infantry, but we should give full play to the advantages of our grassland people and win with cavalry."
Sujatha was wearing a red robe and gorgeous gold ornaments on her head, which made her look even more radiant. At this moment, in Touman Shanyu's felt tent, she spoke about ways to deal with the Qin army.
Touman Chanyu nodded slightly but did not speak.
On the contrary, Wuluxu, the king of Zuoguli who was also discussing matters in the tent, could not sit still. He looked at Sujiasha fiercely.
Whenever he looked at this Yuezhi woman, he thought of how he originally had an advantage in the fight with Touman Shanyu, but accidentally, the Yuezhi people took advantage of him. As a result, he had no way to retreat and could only The tragic story of Xiangtouman Shanyu's surrender.
With resentment in his heart, Wu Luxu couldn't help but sarcastically said: "You Yuezhi people are so powerful. One of you can defeat three Qin people. Why were you driven away by the Qin people? The Qin people were defeated. What qualifications do you have against the Huns?" Talk on the turf.”
Sujiasha was not angry, but smiled at Wu Luxu and said: "The reason why our Yue clan was defeated by the Qin people was precisely because the Qin army was afraid of our cavalry. That's why they sent envoys to deceive the Marquis of Xi and make us. They fell in love with the Qin people's night attack plan and suffered heavy losses and were defeated one after another. If the Qin people were really confident that they could deal with us on the frontal battlefield, they would not use such treacherous tactics."
Hearing these words, Touman Shanyu nodded repeatedly, feeling the same.
Yes, the reason why he failed in Dai was because he believed the lies of the Qin people and was defeated by the Qin people with a night attack.
Isn't the reason why the Qin people carried out sneak attacks because their cavalry could not defeat the prairie cavalry in a frontal battle?
"Damn Qin people, I will never fall into your trap again this time!"
Thinking of the tragic past, Touman Chanyu couldn't help but think of the smiling envoy of the Qin State, Li Shiqi.
It was he who deceived the great supporter Gutu Chanyu.
"If I ever see you again, I will string you up and roast you over the fire!"
Touman Chanyu gritted his teeth.
Outside the tent, a Hun nobleman walked over quickly.
"The Great Chanyu, the people of Qin sent envoys across the river to see the Great Chanyu!"
