The team started from the Rongdi tribe and marched northward, and after the discussion between Meng Tian and Zhao Li and Du Hui, it was decided to change the route of the march, rather than cutting off their grain and grass so that the Rongdi people were forced to retreat, it was better to directly attack their royal court, so that the rear side was in chaos, so that the border of Daqin could be exchanged for several years of peace. After setting the goal, Meng Tian ordered the remaining women and old people of the Rongdi tribe to be driven out of the tribe, and then asked them to take the remaining cattle and sheep, and then burned the Rongdi tribe to ashes.

After leaving the tribe for a long time, Du Hui rode his horse to Meng Tian's side and asked, "General, why did you drive those Rongdi people out of the tribe and then set fire to the tents where they lived?

Meng Tian didn't speak, and when Zhao Li on the other side of Meng Tian spoke: "General Du, you don't know, the general is actually doing this for our good. Think about it, what will the Rongdi people do after this incident against the Rongdi tribe?"

Du Hui didn't think much about it, and said, "Needless to say, we will definitely send men and horses to hunt us down." ”

Zhao Li nodded, and then said: "You are right, I think it will not take two days for the Rongdi people to know that a team of the Qin army has appeared on the grassland, and then many Rongdi people will come to hunt us down." However, the speed of information spread on the grassland was slow, and we did not leave horses for the women and old men of Rongdi, so we would be safe for at least three days. ”

"And what about three days later?"

Meng Tian rode in front and said: "Three days later, I think we are almost close to the royal court of the Rongdi people, and then the Rongdi people are looking for us outside, but we suddenly appeared in the royal court of the Rongdi people and stabbed them fiercely, I think the Rongdi people will definitely be disrupted, and then we will be able to return to the territory of Daqin while they are in chaos." ”

Du Hui thought for a moment and said, "The last general still doesn't understand why the general wants to let go of those women and old people. ”

Meng Tian looked at the blue sky above his head and said: "The reason why I ordered to kill those men and children is because they may be our future enemies, so I will order them to be killed, as for those old men and women, although they are also Rongdi people, we Qin people have never been in the habit of killing women." Another reason is that I don't want to be a cold-blooded person right now. ”

After listening to Meng Tian's words, Zhao Li and Du Hui both rode quietly on their horses and did not speak, compared to Meng Tian, they had experienced more, and they had killed many enemies on the battlefield, but for those women and old people who had no resistance, they really couldn't bear to kill them, this was not done by a man.

Continue to march for a day, this day because Zhao Li has been leading people as scouts to collect intelligence for this group of men and horses in front. Because of the temporary change of the marching route this time, Meng Tian did not let the team contact the Rongdi people again, in case there were wise people among the Rongdi people who could see the direction of his own team, thus putting himself in a situation from which he could not recover. At the end of the day, the team bypassed two tribes that were larger than the Rongdi tribe they met the day before, and in order not to startle the snake, Zhao Li sent the information back early, and then the team changed its route.

Despite a cautious march for two days in a row, by noon on the third day the ranks were resting. Zhao Li hurried over, only this time he didn't come from the front of the line, but from the back of the line. Zhao Li found Meng Tian, who was feeding grass to Hei Feng, and said, "General, something is wrong, our whereabouts seem to have been discovered. ”

After hearing this, Meng Tian dropped the grass in his hand, Hei Feng lowered his head and continued to eat the green grass that he hadn't finished, Meng Tian didn't care about it, took Zhao Li to the side, and asked, "What's the matter, haven't we been marching very carefully, how can we still be discovered?"

Zhao Li shook his head and said, "The last general didn't know either, but last night the last general heard a few dog barks from behind us, and it was far away, so the last general didn't pay attention either." At the end of this morning, the general noticed that there were some traces of weeds being trampled not far from the place where we had camped last night, and it seemed that some Rongdi people had found us, but our brothers who were standing guard did not. ”

Meng Tian put his hands in front of his chest, paced back and forth, and asked Zhao Li: "Brother Zhao, don't tell our brothers below about this matter first, you can carefully explain it to the brothers who are responsible for exploring the way in front and clearing the tail at the back of the team, always pay attention to the enemy's movements, and we can prepare." Looking at the distance, tomorrow we should almost arrive at the royal court of the Rongdi people, and at this juncture, we can't make a wrong step and lose everything. ”

"The last will understand. After Zhao Li saluted Meng Tian with a fist, he turned around and left, and went to give orders to the soldiers in charge of the team's exploration and tailing.

Meng Tian looked at the north, that is his goal this time, if this time can eliminate the royal court of the Rongdi people, then the Rongdi people will definitely have civil strife, and then not only the Rongdi army that invaded the border of Daqin will be withdrawn, after the end of the Rongdi civil strife, the Rongdi people will also have to deal with the neighbors around them who are eyeing their own grasslands, the Huns have been coveting the Rongdi grasslands for a long time, presumably they will not let go of this opportunity this time.

After a short period of repair, the team set off here, and due to Zhao Li's alarm, Meng Tian summoned Du Hui and asked him to tell all the soldiers to be ready for battle, maybe this time he will face a hard battle, but as long as everyone works together, he will definitely lead the team to victory.

After not far on, the soldiers who were exploring the road in front reported that they had found an army of the Rongdi people in front of them. Immediately after that, Zhao Li also rushed over at the back of the team, saying that a cavalry of the Rongdi people had caught up.

After hearing these two news, Meng Tian said to Zhao Li: "Brother Zhao, what you said is right, our whereabouts have indeed been exposed. Then Meng Tian pulled out the spear wrapped in cloth tied to Hei Feng's belly, and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone is ready for battle, Brother Zhao, you take people to the grove over there, wait for the cavalry in the rear to arrive, and attack them with bows and arrows." Brother Du, you and I will lead the troops to deal with the Rongdi army in front, wait and listen to my orders, everyone will ride forward together, if we rush away from the Rongdi people in front, we will send you a signal, Brother Zhao, you are leading people to rush over to join us. ”

"Yes. ”

The cavalry in the rear was getting closer and closer, Meng Tian could already feel the vibration caused by the horse's hooves stepping on the ground on the horse, after seeing Zhao Li lead people into the woods to prepare, Meng Tian nodded to Du Hui, then turned the horse's head, shouted "Ride", and then led the rest of the people to charge towards the Rongdi people in front.

Meng Tian and Du Hui had not gone far to lead the men and horses to charge forward, when they heard the sound of arrows shooting behind them and the sound of arrows in the human body, and then the screams of people and the neighing of horses rang out. Meng Tian didn't look back to see these scenes, just led the troops forward with Du Hui, this time he encountered the front and back attacks of the Rongdi people, it seems that the royal court of the Rongdi people has received the news, otherwise they will not send an army here to wait for him to send it to the door, but in this way, it seems that the Rongdi people do not have much army to use, and the adult and strong men in the Rongdi tribe have been sent to attack the Qin State, and now the remaining troops should be the garrison troops around the royal court and the Rongdi soldiers left in various tribes to defend their homes.

The charging team had already seen the Rong Di people in front, and the Rong Di people in front saw the Qin people riding horses towards them, and hurriedly took out their bows and arrows to team this Qin army that was not afraid of death. After seeing the Rong Di people in front of him raise their bows and arrows, Meng Tian's legs clamped the black wind under his crotch, and the black wind instantly rushed out of the team like an off-string arrow, and then shot towards the Rong Di people who were about to shoot arrows.

The Rong Di people in front did not expect that Meng Tian's mount would be the mount of the gods on the grassland, and the speed was even faster than the speed of their bow and arrow, but in a few dazzling times, Meng Tian had already arrived in front of the Rong Di people's team, only to see the black wind's front hooves off the ground, and then the hind legs kicked violently on the ground, crossing the defense line of the Rong Di people, and reaching the rear of the Rong Di people.

This force that came to intercept the Qin army was half of the strength of the Rongdi royal court, less than three hundred people, and most of them were archers. Because of the scarcity of iron tools on the grassland, the iron ore produced was turned into weapons and used to arm the army, so now the bows and arrows of the Rongdi people are made of wood, and the arrows are only sharpened with knives and used. It's just that this time they encountered the Qin people, and the Qin people on the horses were wearing armor, so the damage caused by the arrows shot to the Qin people was negligible.

The cavalry charged quickly, and after the Rongdi people shot two rounds of arrows, Du Hui led the men and horses to the Rongdi people. Since the previous Meng Tian had already arrived behind him, Rong Di people were in chaos and began to flee for their lives. However, how could their two legs outrun a four-legged horse, so after a charge, most of the Rong Di people had been killed and wounded, and then Meng Tian and Du Hui and their soldiers began to dismount and fight, killing the Rong Di people to the point of calling their father and mother, and only a few people escaped and fled in the direction of the royal court.

After Meng Tian and Du Hui had all the Rongdi people who could not escape in the future, Meng Tian ordered the people to fire arrows and notify Zhao Li to come to gather. After Zhao Li arrived, Zhao Li first reported the results to Meng Tian, and the Rongdi people who came to besiege and killed sent a total of more than 300 cavalry, but a round of arrow rain on his side instantly killed a quarter of the manpower, and then the two sides abandoned the horse and the bow and arrow and began hand-to-hand combat, and finally lost more than ten people on their side, and cut all the opponents under the horse.

After listening to Zhao Li's report, Meng Tian raised the spear in his hand, and then rode on the black wind, and pointed his spear in the direction of the royal court, "Brothers, the royal court of the Rongdi people is ahead, and there is a cloud in military law that 'capture the thief first captures the king', so we step through the royal court of the Rongdi people and capture their Great Khan alive." ”

"Break through the royal court and capture the Great Khan alive!" Du Hui took the lead in shouting, and then everyone shouted.

"Okay, let's go. Meng Tian waved the spear in his hand, and then took the lead in rushing towards the royal court, behind Zhao Li and Du Hui, as well as all the Qin soldiers, quickly mounted their horses and followed.