Chapter 40: The Hun Camp
Five days later!
The Yue army on the northern border of the Yue clan was full of rumors, saying that the Qin state was going to attack the Qiang people, and the Qiang people sent people to the Yue clan to ask for help and gave the order to the commander of the 80,000 Qiang cavalry who assisted the Yue clan, but these news were hijacked and blocked by the Yue king.
The spread of this news caused friction between the 80,000 soldiers of the Qiang tribe and the more than 200,000 troops of the Yue clan, and Jiang Wen, the general of the 80,000 cavalry of the Qiang tribe, had repeatedly asked to see the king of the Yue clan but was rejected by the king of the Yue clan for various reasons.
Yue's northern border camp! Qiang camp!
In the tent, Jiang Wen, the 80,000 main general, was at the top, and the generals of the armies on both sides of the tent were sitting.
The faces of everyone in the tent were ugly and angry, even Jiang Wen had a sad face, and the tent was terrifyingly quiet at this time.
"General, let's withdraw, if it's too late, my Qiang people will not be protected! The strength of the Qin State is known to the whole world. A Qiang general stood up and said.
"No, in case this news is spread by the Huns, if we go back to save the Qiang people, won't we fall for their strategy, I think we should wait for this matter to be clarified before making a decision. One of the generals retorted.
"Jin Ming, you are an orphan, no relatives and parents, to put it lightly, the Qiang tribe can be in the family of all of you here, if the Qiang tribe is captured by the Qin State, what will happen to our parents, wives and children. If we go back and follow what you said, we won't even find their bodies. The first general to stand up rebuked.
Many of the generals present here are also full of hostility towards Jin Ming, if Jin Ming still insists on finding out this Yao Yan and then making a decision, they will definitely attack him in groups.
Jin Ming also discovered the hostility of the generals present towards him, he got up and said again: "I, Jin Ming, am not a person who cares about the life and death of the Qiang people, I am afraid that the news of the Qin army's attack on the Qiang people is a trap of the Xiongnu, and we may encounter an ambush by the Huns when we return to save the Qiang people." At that time, the Qiang people will really be finished. ”
At this time, a veteran got up and said: "Even if it is a trap of the Huns, we have no choice. Because we can't afford to gamble. ”
The generals in the tent also nodded to each other in unison, made up their minds, all got up, and said in unison to Jiang Wen, the chief general of the leader: "General, we ask the general to order the withdrawal of the army and return to save the Qiang people." Even if we want to die, we hope to die to defend the Qiang people and die for our loved ones. It's not for the sake of the Yue's death. ”
"Okay, let's withdraw our troops back to the Qiang tribe, if the Yue clan is ungrateful to stop us, then we will fight a bloody way. The three armies were ordered to set off immediately, and those who hindered us would 'die'. ”
"Yes, General. ”
Seeing the generals leaving, Jiang Wen touched his chest, where was a parchment roll, and his right hand that touched the parchment roll gradually slid down, slumped in the coach's seat, like a desolate old man, where was the domineering spirit that had just been in front of the generals.
Looking at the top of the big tent, he muttered to himself in confusion and helplessness: "Father, is this your choice?"
An hour later, the Qiang warriors were all ready.
Commander Jiang Wen rode on his horse, looked back at the Qiang soldiers behind him who had no end in sight, and then turned back to the direction of the Qiang and ordered: "The whole army listens to the order and goes!"
All their actions were in the eyes of the Yue Clan, and Jiang Wen didn't think about hiding it, because even if he did, he couldn't hide it.
As soon as the 80,000 cavalry walked out of their station, an army of 10,000 people of the Yue clan came in front, and the generals and soldiers behind Jiang Wen clenched their weapons tightly, their eyes fierce.
Ten thousand troops stopped a kilometer from them, and only a hundred horsemen came towards them. This made the tension on the Qiang side decrease, but the Qiang soldiers still looked at the 10,000-strong army on the opposite side with hostility.
The hundred horsemen who galloped over were led by Yue's Plastic Seal, and came to Jiang Wen to send the plastic seal and said: "I have seen the general, Shan Yu knows that the general led the army back to the Qiang tribe, and specially ordered the plastic seal to bring the general 10,000 bows, 30,000 feather arrows, and 10,000 weapons of various kinds. In order to thank the Qiang people for their help to my Yue clan, I also asked General Jiang to tell the Qiang clan Shan Yu that my Yue clan also has a heart to help, but the situation does not allow it. I also hope that the Qiang people will not be blamed, and when my Yue clan solves the matter of the Xiongnu, I will quickly send troops to aid the Qiang people. ”
Jiang Wen glanced deeply at the plastic seal, the pain in his eyes flashed, and said: "Thank you for the kindness of the Yue Clan, the grace of the Yue Clan, the Qiang Clan will never dare to forget." Leave. ”
Standing on the top of the hill, looking at the 80,000 Qiang cavalry who were going away at great speed, his eyes were full of complexity, and he sighed: "From now on, the Qiang tribe is no longer my Yue clan's ally, Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang, you are really terrible." 'Blocking the news', hehe, from now on, the hatred of the Qiang people towards your Qin State will be transferred to my Yue Clan, Shan Yu is right, with your Zhuge Liang's Qin State, my Yue Clan will not be able to sleep well!"
Day 2!
In the Xiongnu camp, in the king's tent, the head man of the Xiongnu sat on the throne, holding a charming and bewitching woman in his arms, and asked a man below with an unhappy face: "It's been more than two months, hasn't Mao Dun come back yet?"
The man replied with some fear: "Qiyu Shan Yu, Prince Maodun sent back news a month ago that he had snatched 10,000 stones of grain and more than 30,000 slaves from the Qin State. If he returned west from Longxi, the crown prince was worried that he would alarm the Yue clan and cause unnecessary trouble, so he decided to cross the Yellow River north and make a detour. The minister calculated, in about ten days, the prince will be able to come back with these grains, and we will be able to solve our current predicament, and we don't have to worry about food problems before the beginning of spring. ”
Touman's eyes widened, and he said, "What you said is all nonsense, and this is not known to the meeting." Waste of time. ”
Hearing this, the man collapsed to the ground in fright, and prayed: "Just spare your life, your subordinates know their mistakes!"
Touman ignored the man's plea for mercy, and instructed the two Hun soldiers in the tent in disgust: "What are you doing in a daze, drag it down, and kill it." ”
The two Hun warriors and one spirit, hurriedly said yes. dragged the man who begged for mercy out.
Tou Man looked at the beauty in his arms and said, "Beauty, this is ......"
Before he finished speaking, a "report" came from outside the account to interrupt his words, and Touman's face suddenly became gloomy and terrifying.
After receiving the order, the messenger entered the tent, and when he saw Touman's expression of wanting to eat people, he trembled with fright, and hurriedly said: "Yushan Yu, there is movement in the south of the Yue clan, after investigation, it is the 80,000 cavalry of the Qiang tribe leaving, and the direction is the Hui Qiang tribe. ”
After listening to the scout's words, Tou Manhaha laughed and said: "Okay, after waiting for so long, Qin Guo finally took the bait, Ben Dan Yu thought that they were frightened by this heavy snow and didn't dare to go on the expedition!"
"The order, the Hun patriarchs and generals came to the king's tent to discuss matters. ”
"Yes" The scout quickly got up and left, as if fleeing from the devil.
Soon, the patriarchs of the various tribes and the generals of the unified army who followed Touman to the expedition all rushed to the king's tent, and the personnel arrived.
Touman told everyone in the account the news he had just received, and when the patriarchs heard it, they all smiled and claimed that the time had come.
After some deliberation, Touman ordered, "Where is Timo?"
"The last will be, please be alone. Teemo stepped out.
Tou Man nodded with satisfaction and said, "You led 100,000 cavalry to pursue the 80,000 cavalry of the Qiang tribe, and the pursuit was just a pretense. After you chase to the east of the Yue Clan, you will lead the army back to the northwest, go straight to the place where the Yue Clan's king tent, and capture the Yue King alive. Even if you can't catch the king of the Yue clan, you will have to cause panic in the Yue army, and the Yue clan is the enemy before and after, and the army is unstable, and my Huns will definitely win a big victory, this is one of them. The second is to rob them of their grain, and it is only to see what they can do. ”
"Shan Yu, if the Qiang and our army fight to the death, they will disrupt the deployment of Shan Yu, and the last general will not fight with him. Teemo asked.
"General Timo rest assured, how can the cavalry generals of the Qiang tribe risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of Qiang people to fight against the general, they will only run faster like a frightened flock. They are very familiar with the Qiang grassland, and then they will find a way to stop the general in the Qiang grassland. ”
"What the general has to worry about is how to clean up the tail sent by the Yue clan to spy on the general, so that the general's true intentions will not be exposed. ”
A member of the Huns said.
Timo thought about it, and felt that this was the truth, so he said: "Don't worry about the scouts of the Yue Clan, everyone is riding horses, and my Huns' horses are much faster than the horses of the Yue Clan. Shan Yu and the patriarchs are waiting for Timo's good news. After saying that, he left the account.
The Hun patriarch of a tribe in the tent smiled even more when he saw Touman on the throne, and his inner thoughts continued: many people said that Touman was a simple-minded, female-loving, greedy for life and afraid of death, and cruel in temperament.
Three days later, hundreds of miles east of the Xiongnu camp, from a distance, a man in tattered clothes, like a beggar, rode a white horse towards the Xiongnu camp.
If you look at this man closely, you can see that he is so emaciated that he is reduced to a humanoid skeleton, the kind that will fall when the wind blows.
The man had no strength, and rode on horseback, but he had to look back at every moment, his eyes full of fear, as if some terrible monster was chasing him behind him.
He no longer had the strength to swing the whip, the horse was not so fast, and the horse was tired.
A voice came from behind, and the skeleton man on the white horse showed a desperate look, but he didn't even have the strength to raise his hand, or he was so cold that he couldn't feel it.
Fear spread in his heart, looking at the dozen or so horses galloping towards him, the dozen or so people getting closer and closer to him, it was as if death was chasing him, 'no', for him, it was more terrible than death.
He was unwilling, he was unwilling to accept his fate, he finally escaped, he had not completed his mission, he was unwilling to die like this.
He waved his right hand with all his strength, but unfortunately, it had no effect.
He, desperate, closed his eyes and rested his head on horseback, the only thing he could move now was his head.
He gritted his teeth fiercely on the horse's back, how he hoped that the dozen or so people behind him could be bitten to death by him so easily.
The white horse neighed and sped up the speed of running, and the skeleton man was stunned for a moment, and then a bright smile appeared on his face, which was the yearning to be alive.
Ignoring the white horsehair in his heart, he opened his mouth wide again and bit down, biting so hard, so ruthless, the joy in his eyes turned into madness, the desire to live.
The white horse neighed louder, ran faster, and was closer to death!