"The Qin Army's cavalry is not large in number, probably around ten thousand people. This time they used their cavalry to quickly break into the camp and create chaos everywhere, making it impossible for me to organize my troops to fight back."
"At this time, the infantry of the Qin army who followed us arrived and killed us. The battle failed. From the beginning to the end, we had no ability to fight back and could only flee in a hurry. All of this must be blamed on Ma Lidi Bitch!"
Yi Hanxie's voice was low and he told everyone about the situation at that time.
Except for the final plot of "having a keen eye and disguising himself in advance to escape" which has a deductive element, the rest are all true, so they aroused his emotions, and the anger in his heart even infected other noble people.
"It's all because of a bastard like Ma Lidi who made this happen. He still dares to frame and slander the right general. It's unforgivable!"
Wuluxu scolded angrily.
Hu Yanzu and other nobles also agreed.
Touman Shanyu squinted his eyes. He carefully analyzed Yi Hanxie's words and saw no problem in them.
All logic makes sense, and the testimony of the Huns who had their ears cut off is enough to prove that the right general has no problem.
"The punishment for horse plowers is to be trampled by a group of horses."
Touman Chanyu set the penalty for execution, then stopped caring about the matter and focused his attention on the Qin army again.
He felt greatly threatened. The Qin people tore up the trade agreement, crossed the river at night, attacked General You, and even sent envoys to send him a letter. Is this to anger him?
Zhao Tuo has now entered the "trapped area" surrounded by two rivers. Will the Qin army cross the Beihe River and attack the Yinshan area?
If the Qin army goes north, where should he go?
The situation was different from what was originally planned, and Touman Shanyu was worried about what to do in the future.
"Da Shanyu, the Qin army is coming fiercely. We might as well retreat north to the north of Yinshan Mountain and leave this place to them. Winter is coming, and the Qin people are not suitable for the climate outside the Great Wall. They will never be able to stay on the grassland for long. The cold winter will take care of them. of!"
Hu Yanzi gritted his teeth and proposed the strategy of using the cold winter to fight against the Qin army as Touman Shanyu had said at the beginning.
The expressions of many Xiongnu nobles in the tent suddenly changed.
Nobles such as Wu Luxu who had lost their tribes long ago, leaving only young and strong cavalry behind, did not comment on this.
However, the Xiongnu nobles who originally grazed their cattle at the foot of the Yin Mountains and occupied vast pastures here, with a large number of cattle, horses, livestock and many tribesmen immediately stood up and expressed their objections.
"No! The cold winter is coming, and it will hurt not only the Qin people, but also us Huns! If we leave at this time and move to the colder north, our livestock will die in large numbers, and many of our tribesmen will die too. There is no need for the Qin army to take action. , we ourselves lost half of it first.”
"And why do you think that the Qin people can't withstand the cold winter of the grassland? Don't forget that this place was once occupied by the Zhao State. The Zhao people also built the Gaoque Fortress and the Great Wall here. Once we retreat, the Qin Army will occupy this place." A piece of grassland, rebuild the Great Wall, when that time comes, can we still come back?"
The speaker was Xubudang, King of Youguli of the Xiongnu.
The strength of his tribe was not as good as that of Wang Ting and King Zuo Guli. When the two parties fought, he remained neutral and silent, only caring about the interests of his own tribe.
Now when I heard that Hu Yanzi said that he would withdraw without a fight and leave the grassland to the Qin people, he immediately stopped him.
People's choices are often measured by interests.
People like Wu Luxu and others only have young and strong cavalry left under their command. They have no livestock and no old and weak people. They are equivalent to barefoot people who have no worries and can do whatever they want. But he must have many tribesmen and livestock to consider, so it is naturally impossible for him to agree to this plan.
Hearing Xubudang's words, other Xiongnu nobles grazing under the Yin Mountain responded with a loud voice of opposition.
Touman Chanyu's face was cold.
The northward retreat tactic Hu Yanzhu mentioned was what he had originally thought of, but it happened one at a time. The previous idea was that the Qin army would retreat to Helan, and then they would raid the Qin army when they sent people to trade.
At that time, if the Qin army wanted to counterattack, they would have to come from Helan again. As time went by, it would have entered the cold winter.
The Huns took the initiative, and a single retreat would make the Qin army's ferocious offensive come to nothing, and then be eroded by the cold winter, and eventually they would all be lost.
But the current situation is that the Qin people were well prepared. They used a sneak attack to cross the river and go north, catching the Huns by surprise.
It was still late September, and there were still one or two months before the real cold winter came. If they retreated now, the Qin people would have enough time to prepare after occupying the grassland, and the result might be very different from what they imagined.
Moreover, the plan was the plan. He really wanted to retreat north and use the cold winter to drag down the Qin army. Touman Shanyu still couldn't make up his mind.
This Yinshan grassland is a God-given land with luxuriant water and grass and a pleasant climate. It is the most ideal pasture for nomadic people. How can he be willing to hand over this land to the Qin people without fighting?
Not to mention that a large number of Xiongnu nobles such as King Yougu Li have firmly expressed their opposition. Touman Shanyu counted and found that these people accounted for half of the Xiongnu's combat power. Once he chose to withdraw north, the interests of these people would be damaged and they would still be there. If you don't support him, that's a different story.
The alpha wolf who cannot bring benefits and benefits to the wolf pack will not be recognized.
Under various factors, Touman Shanyu temporarily gave up the idea of withdrawing to the north, but how to deal with the Qin army became a new problem. He asked the nobles of the tribe to think about the next response.
Some people suggest taking advantage of the cavalry to annihilate the Qin Army's cavalry first, and then use tactics similar to "flying kites" to annihilate the Qin Army's infantry.
Others say that the Qin army has strong armor and sharp swords and is difficult to defeat head-on, but the Qin people have long-distance expeditions and long supply lines.
They can use the mobility advantage of the cavalry to avoid the sharp edge of the Qin army, bypass the main force of the Qin army, and go to their rear to cut off the Qin army's food routes. The Qin people who have lost their food supplies will collapse without a fight.
Various strategies were proposed by nobles from various ministries.
Sujiasha and the Yaguda Yuemue clan, who were invited by Touman Shanyu to attend the meeting, looked at each other with mockery and helplessness in their eyes after listening to the various tactics proposed by the Huns.
Strictly speaking, these strategies proposed by the Huns are all good, and they are similar to the tactics used by the Yuezhi people to deal with the Qin army. After all, the people of the grasslands only used those strategies to deal with the army in the fortress.
Although the strategy was good, the Yueshi used their own disastrous defeat to prove that the Qin people's logistics and food channels were not so easy to break.
The terrifying formation of chariots and powerful bows and crossbows are enough to knock out the teeth of any prairie wolf who thinks the Qin people's food team is easy to chew.
Just when all the Xiongnu nobles expressed their opinions and proposed ways to deal with the Qin army.
The right general Yi Hanxie spoke.
"Da Shanyu, I have a plan to deal with the Qin army!"
He was a well-known brave man among the Xiongnu. When he spoke at this moment, his voice was very loud, and he immediately suppressed everyone's voices.
"Yi Hanxie, tell me what plan you have."
Wu Luxu shouted.
Because General You had fought with the Qin people, everyone paid a lot of attention to him, and now all eyes fell on him.
Touman Chanyu nodded slightly, signaling Yi Hanxie to speak.
Yi Hanxie took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice: "Use Beihe."
"Although the Qin army has crossed the river, there is still the water of Beihe River lying in front of them to the north. If they want to attack us, they must cross the Beihe River."
"We can hide the army first and send cavalry to patrol the river bank. When we find the Qin army crossing the river, don't attack yet. When they are halfway across the river and some people come ashore and others are still crossing the river, we will launch an offensive. Eat them in one bite!”
"At this time, the number of Qin troops ashore was not large, and they had not yet formed their formation. They must be in chaos. As soon as we launched the attack, they could not stop them. They were either killed by us or driven into the river. Qin in the river The Qin army and the Qin army on the other side were unable to come to our aid in time, so we could only watch helplessly as their men were killed by us."
"As long as this kind of thing happens a few more times, we can not only kill more Qin people, but also scare them so much that Zhao Tuo will not dare to cross the river again! When winter comes, they will not be able to defeat us, and they will not be able to defeat us. If you can’t withstand the severe cold, I’m afraid you’ll have to retreat in despair. What do you think, Great Chanyu?”
Yi Hanxie spoke out his thoughts in one breath, which made many Xiongnu nobles dumbfounded.
They had previously been stationed at Dahe to confront the Qin army. All they wanted to do was guard the river bank and not allow the Qin people to cross the river. Who knew there was such a strategy of luring half of the enemy across the river and then launching an attack? This simply opened up a whole new world. New world.
Touman Shanyu thought carefully.
Lure the Qin people to cross the river, and then rely on the water of the Beihe River to cut the enemy in half. The Xiongnu army took advantage of the situation to attack, using more strikes and fewer blows to annihilate the Qin army that had already crossed the river. How do you think about how to win!
If he comes a few more times, he will be able to break the Qin people's courage and make them no longer dare to covet the grassland.
Touman Shanyu thought better and better, stared at the right general, and asked: "Yi Hanxie, how did you come up with such an idea?"
Before Yi Hanxie could answer, Hu Yanzi shouted at the side: "I know, this is what those Yan people said about striking halfway across, right?"
"When Taifu Ju and King Lao Yan were here before, I listened to them talking about waiting for the enemy to cross the river halfway and then hitting them. This is called attacking halfway across the river. It is said to be written by Sun Tzu. General Right, are you also a grandson?"
Yi Hanxie was startled, thinking of Taifu Ju and King Lao Yan mentioned by Hu Yanzi.
Those two people were dedicated to restoring the country and had many contacts with many nobles of the Huns. They also studied how to let the Huns go south to attack the people of the Crown Belt. They had several conversations with him.
Now being reminded by Hu Yanzu, Yi Hanxie also felt that these two people were better candidates to take the blame, which was more natural than his original reasons.
He nodded hurriedly and said: "What Lord Zuo Gudu said is that I heard the two Yan people say similar things before. Later, I was attacked by the Qin people in Dahe. On the way back, I was thinking about how to defeat the Qin people. I just thought of what they said about crossing over halfway and striking at the top. If we use this method, we will definitely be able to deal with the Qin people."
Hearing what Hu Yanzi and Yi Hanxie said, Touman Shanyu and many Xiongnu nobles nodded. They thought of Taifu Ju and King Lao Yan who had taken refuge in them, and no longer doubted General You's advice.
"It's a pity that the old King Yan and Taifu Ju fell into the hands of the Qin people. If they were still here, I would definitely not fall into the Qin people's tricks. What a pity!"
Touman Chanyu sighed sadly, thinking of the kindness of the old King Yan.
Hu Yanzi also sighed: "Yes, the old King Yan and Taifu Ju know many things, but it is a pity that they were plotted by the Qin people."
Seeing that the nobles were relieved and no one suspected him, Yi Hanxie couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He felt a little happy when he thought that the plan was about to succeed.
But soon, he felt a special gaze looking at him.
Yi Hanxie turned his head slightly and saw Sujiasha, the noble daughter of the Yue clan, staring at him with a half-smile.
Yi Hanxie shivered inexplicably, as if he had been seen through by the other party.
"There is no flaw in this matter, and it is impossible to be seen."
Yi Hanxie comforted himself in his heart and forced a smile towards Sugatha.
At this time, Touman Shanyu also looked at Sujiasha and asked: "The Yuezhi warriors under your lady have fought with the Qin people and have experience fighting the Qin people. Do you think we can use this half-crossing to defeat the Qin people?" How about using attack tactics to deal with the Qin people? Can we succeed in defeating these Qin people?"
Sujiasha thought for a while and said: "I think this is indeed a good strategy. If the Great Shanyu uses a half-crossing attack to deal with the Qin people, they will definitely be able to make it impossible to come back!"
Seeing Sugatha's approval, many Huns nobles also agreed.
Touman Shanyu didn't hesitate any longer. He made a calculation in his mind and became completely confident.
"I have more than 80,000 Xiongnu warriors and 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry. Adding the two together, I have 100,000 cavalry!"
"The Qin people have only 10,000 cavalry, so let's count the infantry as 70,000 or 80,000, which means the maximum number is 90,000."
"One hundred thousand versus ninety thousand, the cavalry beat the infantry on the grassland, plus one and a half to cross over to attack, using more to defeat fewer."
"This Shanyu will win for sure!"
"Sun Tzu's Art of War: Marching Chapter": If a guest comes from afar, do not welcome him into the water, but attack him with a half attack to gain advantage.
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