Chapter 27: Despair

Early the next morning, the gates of the northern city were opened, and the Xiongnu army came out of the city and advanced south. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info The grain and grass were burned, so they had to find a way to get the grain and grass as soon as possible, and after the decision of the high-level, they attacked the barracks of the Qin border defenders and seized the grain and grass.

To be on the safe side, all the 30,000 troops in the city were dispatched and marched towards the Qin military camp under the leadership of the leader.

The 30,000-strong army came out together, and the momentum was amazing, and the thirty-mile journey was completed in only one hour. The 30,000-strong army stopped about 500 meters from the barracks.

The leader rode his horse and turned around and shouted, "Brothers, the Qin soldiers burn our grain and grass, then we must kill them all and rob them of their grain and grass, otherwise we will all starve to death, cheer me up!" ”

"Kill the Qin soldiers, seize the grain and grass, kill the Qin soldiers, seize the grain and grass......" The 30,000 army shouted in unison, and the momentum was mighty.

Listening to the cry of the 30,000-strong army, the leader raised the sword in his hand and shouted: "Attack!" ”

"Rush, kill, ......" the leader gave an order, and the soldiers shouted and killed.

The distance of five hundred meters was only in the blink of an eye, and when the army rushed to the front of the barracks, the archers made a first attack, and fired arrows diagonally upwards, and the arrows rained down on the barracks.

After a rain of arrows, the leader of the Huns waved his arm, and the army fell silent for a moment, and the leader of the Huns muttered: "Something is wrong, why didn't the Qin military camp react at all; Come and take a look at the barracks, why didn't you see the shadow of a single Qin soldier? ”

The voice of the leader of the Huns sounded, and immediately a soldier ran to the barracks behind him, and after a few minutes he ran out again and said: "Chief, there is no one in the barracks!" ”

"What!" The leader of the Huns said angrily: "Let me go in and search!" ”

Hearing the shouts of the leader, a small group of people behind him immediately went straight to the barracks and began to search.

A few minutes later, someone came out to report the situation:

"Chief, nothing has been found in the barracks!"

"I didn't find Qin Bing, and I didn't even have any grain and grass!"

"Chief, I've found a few of Aman."

When the leader of the Huns heard this, he immediately said: "Bring it to me"

Then, several soldiers came to the Xiongnu leader with the Aman, and when the Aman saw the leader, they immediately knelt down. The leader of the Xiongnu said: "We have come to find out the situation, and you have been arrested by the Qin soldiers. ”

"Chief, this can't be blamed on us, there is a strange team in the Qin soldiers, they are very powerful, we were discovered before we got close to the barracks!" Aman said.

"Hmph, I can only say that you are useless, someone told me yesterday that the Qin soldiers who burned grain and grass were wearing your clothes and mixed into the city." The leader of the Huns shouted, "Come on, drag a few of them down and behead them!" ”

Hearing the leader's words, several soldiers immediately stepped forward and pressed Ah Man and a few people down. The pressed Aman kept shouting: "Chief, please take my life, chief, chief......"

The leader of the Huns looked at the empty military camp in front of him, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly shouted: "Burn it for me!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers took torches and threw them at the barracks, the barracks were all wooden buildings and fabrics, and they could easily burn, and the Hun leader looked at the billowing smoke in front of him and said: "Now that the city is out of food, what can you do to solve it?" ”

As for the chief's problem, the surrounding generals don't know what to do. At this time, one of them said: "Chief, it's not completely helpless! ”

When the leader of the Huns heard this, he hurriedly said, "What way?" Speak quickly. ”

"Two hundred miles west of this place, there is also a Qin military camp, but where there are more than 10,000 troops, and our soldiers have not eaten today, if we attack the barracks after marching two hundred miles, I am afraid that the casualties will be very large!"

After hearing this, the leader of the Huns turned around and shouted to the army behind him: "Brothers, I am as hungry as you now, but we still have hope, there is still a Qin army camp two hundred miles west of this place, and when we get there, it may be tomorrow, we must be very tired, do you want to die on the battlefield or starve to death in the city?" ”

"Die on the battlefield, die on the battlefield......" the army shouted at the same time.

When the Hun leader heard this, he smiled and shouted: "Okay, the army listens to the order, changes its route to the west, and advances!" ”

Thirty thousand troops changed direction at the same time and advanced towards the west. When they arrived at Li Jin's military camp, it was already noon the next day, and the 30,000-strong army was already too tired to move, many people were unable to move, and even many war horses were already tired.

The leader of the Huns looked at the also empty military camp in front of him, and he now understood that the Qin soldiers had already guessed that he would attack and grab grain and grass, and they had already moved; The leader of the Huns suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted angrily to the sky: "Why! ”

"Chief, what do we do now?" At this time, someone around asked.

The leader of the Huns was silent for a moment and then said: "Slaughter all the war horses, let the brothers fill their stomachs and recover their strength first." ”

Several people around nodded when they heard this, and passed on the leader's words. At this time, on a sand dune not far away, there were three people lying on their stomachs observing the Xiongnu army, which were Qinglong, Li Jin and Gu Li.

Qinglong saw the actions of the Xiongnu army and said suspiciously: "What are they going to do?" ”

Seeing this, Li Jin said: "It seems that these Huns are forced to slaughter war horses to satisfy hunger; However, the needs of an army of 30,000 are not easy to meet, and this less than 1,000 horses can only provide these 30,000 people with a maximum of survive today, and tomorrow they will run out of food. ”

Gu Li said with a smile on the side: "In two days, these Huns will not have the strength to fight with us at all, and they will be annihilated in one fell swoop." ”

"Let's go, go back first!" Li Jin said. The three retreated from the dunes and rode back to their camp.

The heart of the Xiongnu leader at this time has begun to despair, as Li Jin said, these war horses can only make his 30,000 army survive today at most, hold on until tomorrow, what should happen after that; Although the people asking for help have been dispatched, he does not know if he will be able to hold out until help arrives.

At this time, Zhang Xiao appeared outside the military camp that had been completely burned down with the chengguan brigade, looking at the ruins of a pitch-black charcoal left in front of him, Zhang Xiao said: "The fire is really clean, I don't know if those Huns are hanging!" ”

"Sir!" At this time, the cry of a pheasant came from inside the ruins, "We have searched for it, but we have not found the corpses of those Huns"

"I guess I've been taken away." The white tiger replied.

When Zhang Xiao heard this, he said: "Even if you are taken away, you will not escape death, tell all the secrets in your city to the enemy, this crime is enough for them to die ten times!" ”

"Judging by the traces on the ground, the Hun army is heading west," the rattlesnake said, looking at the messy marks on the ground.

"Don't worry too much, as long as Qinglong is okay, the Hun army will not gain anything. We only need to wait two more days to join up with General Li Jin to counterattack and take that city in one fell swoop!" Zhang Xiaoying said.