In the wilderness.
At this moment, the mighty Huns army looked at the bottom of the mountains in the distance, and countless tribesmen began to run out.
Listening to those roaring sounds, at this moment, many Huns were frightened by the power of the Qin army's cavalry.
"Chanyu!"
Touman Shanyu was beside him, and the tribal leader Murto was full of panic.
In fact, not only Murto, but also other tribal leaders and all the Huns around them didn't know what to do at this moment.
This was the first time they had seen such huge casualties among the tribesmen with the same number.
More than 10,000 tribesmen had entered the canyon just now, but only 30% of the tribesmen exited at this moment, and the rest of the tribesmen all died in the canyon.
What scares them even more is.
The first group of tribesmen who went in still took prisoners of the Qin army and went in. After withdrawing now, if they try to attack the canyon again, the casualties will definitely be greater.
"Send ten thousand more people!"
Looking at the distant Qin army charging out of the canyon, Touman Chanyu was also panicking, but now he understood that he had no choice.
The elders of the clan had warned him several times that the Qin people had always held grudges, and since they decided to go south, they would definitely destroy Gao Nu's Bai family's cavalry.
Otherwise in the future.
The Huns will definitely be retaliated against.
"As you command!"
When the other Xiongnu tribe leaders heard Touman Chanyu's words, even though they were frightened, they could only obey his orders.
However, just as they were preparing to continue to recruit reinforcements from the tribe, some tribal leaders suddenly saw nearly two thousand figures coming from the north.
"what happened?"
"yes!"
Following the sound, other Xiongnu leaders and even the Xiongnu army behind them all saw the crowd coming from the north.
After a while.
Watching the group of figures approaching, the Huns all looked shocked when they saw who was coming.
Why did the tribe leader Sangjia come here with his tribe covered in blood and in a state of embarrassment?
"Didn't he lead the tribesmen in Yunshan?"
"Yes, why do you look like this? Is it the Yuezhi?"
Amidst the sounds of discussion, the hoofbeats of hundreds of horses approached, and Sangjia rode along the front of the army, all the way to Touman Chanyu.
Under the gaze of Touman Shanyu, Sanjia turned over and dismounted before the horse stopped, regardless of the wounds on his body.
"Chanyu, the Yuezhi killed all the people in my tribe, and now they have gone north!"
Sanjia cried to Touman Shanyu.
The words fell.
Touman Shanyu's eyes widened, and other tribal leaders also made a noise.
The Yuezhi killed more than 10,000 people in their tribe, but only these less than 2,000 people broke out!
"Chanyu!"
"Chanyu!!"
The tribal leaders all became nervous at this moment. The Yuezhi suddenly killed people from their tribe and now went north.
The tribe is in danger!
"go back!"
After Touman Shanyu came to his senses, he looked at the Qin troops at the entrance of the canyon in the distance, and finally decided to go north immediately.
Without the Yueshi's army, the Xiongnu alone would not be able to go south to plunder.
What's more, if we want to destroy the Qin army's cavalry, we don't know how many people will die! At present, the Yueshi have killed more than 10,000 people in their tribe from behind and are heading north. If they don't rush back in time, the tribe will be in danger.
"Yes! Go back!"
"go back!!!"
Under the command of Touman Shanyu, a man from the Xiongnu tribe led the tribesmen and rode toward the north on war horses.
Canyon entrance.
Bai Yan was covered in blood, even his arms and Qin Jian were covered in blood.
Bai Yan, who was standing there, gasping for breath, suddenly noticed the Huns army in the distance, all rushing towards the north.
Seeing this, Bai Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Behind Bai Yan, the cavalry soldiers covered in blood and with wounds all breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground, or lay down directly on the ground to catch their breath.
"General! The Huns retreat!"
Chai panted heavily and came to Bai Yan's side.
Chai, who knew Bai Yan's plan, saw the Huns' army leaving, and knew that the five hundred carriages sent to the Huns must have played a role.
"Go down and bandage it quickly!"
There was a particularly conspicuous wound on Chai's arm. Bai Yan turned his head and saw it, so he gave instructions.
Then Bai Yan looked at a famous iron cavalry soldier.
"Pass my order to the uninjured and lightly injured officers to immediately treat the seriously injured officers."
Bai Yan ordered.
"promise!"
"promise!!"
Following Bai Yan's order, the soldiers who were lying on the ground gasping for air got up one after another and began to treat the fallen soldiers around them.
Bai Yan handed the sword to Chai.
Chai blankly took Bai Yan's sword, looked at Bai Yan's back as he turned and walked away, and then laughed helplessly.
In his eyes, for such a general, no matter what order he gives, the soldiers will never hesitate.
Within the canyon.
Bai Yan looked inside the ancient road and saw corpses all around.
The corpses of Huns and the corpses of famous cavalry soldiers.
Bai Yan took off his armor and threw it aside. Then he took off the bloody clothes inside, tore a hole, took out a bloody cloth strip, and with the help of a soldier, tied up the wound on his shoulder.
That's why.
In the valley road, other cavalry soldiers who were rescuing people could clearly see that in addition to old wounds on Bai Yan's body, there were also several new wounds that were bleeding.
Bai Yan knelt down, moved a Huns corpse away, and looked at the cavalry soldiers below. After checking, his eyes dimmed and he saw that the soldiers were dead.
"General!"
"General!!"
Bai Yan heard the voice of a famous cavalry soldier and didn't pay attention. He looked at the concerned eyes of the famous soldier.
"Small injuries, save people first!"
Bai Yan said, then tore all the clothes into strips.
The wound on the shoulder was the most serious. It was originally intended to be stabbed in the chest, but it was deflected in time and a lot of the force was relieved.
Holding a strip of cloth in his hand.
Bai Yan followed the corpses on the ground and came to a tied cavalry soldier. When he saw that the soldier was still alive, he felt lucky and quickly untied the dying soldier.
At this moment, Bai Yan was a little lucky. Except for the soldiers who were killed by the Huns at the front, the Huns behind them hurriedly responded to the battle before they had time to kill, so some soldiers were able to survive.
"General~!"
Bai Yan was about to check the soldier's wounds when he saw a small eye slit open on the soldier's weak and pale face.
"The Huns are gone! Stop talking and have a good rest!"
Bai Yan looked at the soldier's slightly opened eyes, full of guilt, and chuckled softly.
Turn the soldier over and lie down.
Bai Yan suddenly saw a seriously injured soldier beside him and moved.
Seeing that the soldier's wound was still bleeding, Bai Yan hurriedly got up and bandaged the soldier's wound.
Under a mountain range, a carriage drove out of the valley.
"My lord! My lord!!"
The groom driving the horse in the carriage suddenly shouted in a panic.
Suddenly a voice came from inside the carriage.
"What's the matter, so panicked?"
The speaker was Meng Yu, an official of Qin State. After hearing the panicked tone of the groom, he sighed.
What's going on?
After lifting the curtain, Meng Yu looked blankly at the plains in the distance, where the head of Gaonu City was filled with thick smoke.
How is this going?
After regaining consciousness, Meng Yu sat down on the carriage and looked at the curtain that was once again blocking his eyes, full of surprise.
Meng Yu, who has been an official all his life, doubted for the first time whether his eyes were dazzled and saw something wrong.
Behind him, Meng Yu reached out and opened the tribe again. This time, Meng Yu could really see that the Gaonu City in the distance was really filled with fire and thick smoke.
Seeing this scene, two words instinctively appeared in Meng Yu's mind: Burn the city! !
"Sir, it's a cavalry!"
At this time, with the exclamation of the groom, Meng Yu looked over, and then he saw, in another direction in the distance, several cavalrymen rushing towards here.
Gulu gulu~!
As the sound of horse hooves approached, Meng Yu saw several cavalrymen and quickly arrived.
It was at this time that Meng Yu clearly saw that these cavalry soldiers were covered in blood and were even wet.
"who?"
Among the five cavalry officers, the leader of the cavalry general asked.
At this time, Meng Yu stepped out of the carriage and took out the wooden sign and cloth edict from the sleeve pocket of his official uniform.
"I am Meng Yu, the Prime Minister of the Censor, and I have been ordered by the King to come to Shangjun to investigate."
Meng Yu said.
The censor Zhongcheng is one of the two censors under the censor doctor, and is in charge of the censorship of each county.
"Greetings, my lord!"
"Greetings, my lord!"
The leading cavalry general, after confirming that the wooden sign was correct, quickly handed it over as a salute.
"Why was Gaonu City burned down? Where is the city guard Bai Yan now?"
Meng Yu put away the edict and wooden sign and frowned.
Especially looking at the Gaonu City in the distance, who set it on fire?
This is a city, and the loss is immeasurable.
Several cavalry officers frowned when they heard Meng Yu's inquiry.
"Don't you know the news about the Yueshi and Huns' 150,000 troops going south?"
The cavalry general asked.
"What?"
Meng Yu's pupils shrank and he doubted his ears again.
Yuezhi, Xiongnu, 150,000 troops went south?
Think of this.
Meng Yu looked at these cavalry soldiers again, their bodies covered with blood.
"If your Excellency had come an hour earlier, I'm afraid your life would have been in danger!"
The leading cavalry general looked at Meng Yu and said, then slowly told what happened.
Meng Yu listened with his mouth open.
Meng Su was frightened by the whole process.
"Shame on me!"
Meng Yu murmured and sighed.
Thinking of the resentment towards Bai Yan before.
Only then did he understand what the consequences would have been if Bai Yan hadn't told the Gaonu people to leave!
After gradually understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Meng Yu stood on the carriage with a dazed look on his face. Then he turned his head and stared blankly at the Gaonu City in the distance.
At the moment, he doesn't think there's anything wrong with Bai Yan burning the city. On the contrary, he wants to be grateful for the fire that burned Gao Nu!
"Take me to see General Bai quickly!"
Meng Yu said to the cavalry soldiers.
Gulu gulu~!
After a long time.
Led by the cavalry officers, the carriage drove slowly to the entrance of the valley.
Meng Yu just opened the curtain and saw corpses all around. The corpses of cavalry soldiers were neatly placed outside. The number was shocking.
These cavalry soldiers all died in the canyon.
"Sir, the general is in the canyon. I'm going to call the general out."
After the cavalry officer dismounted, he looked at Meng Yu and was about to leave when he heard Meng Yu shout to stop.
"No, Meng Yu wants to see General Bai in person!"
Meng Yu looked at the countless corpses of cavalry soldiers. His eyes turned red at this moment, and then he got off the carriage.
(End of chapter)
