More than 30,000 iron horsemen, like a black torrent on the grassland, rushed straight towards the Xiongnu royal court north of Yinshan......

Because all the horses are equipped with saddles and stirrups, the cavalry will not be too tired after a long run.

In this day, Li Yang traveled more than 800 miles.

Hurried all the way, when approaching Yinshan, I gradually began to meet some nomadic Xiongnu tribes along the way.

These scattered nomadic Xiongnu tribes in the grassland, when they saw the more than 30,000 Qin army iron horsemen who were attacking, they all fled in panic, obviously thinking that the Qin army was coming!

However, in order to cause unnecessary misunderstandings, when encountering these nomadic scattered Xiongnu tribes, Li Yang would make Yulin shout in unison: "President of the Great Qin State Government, envoy to the Xiongnu!" ”

Hearing the shouts of the Yulin soldiers, those Huns were extremely shocked and surprised, because no envoy from the Qin State had ever been to the grassland.

Is this a war letter? Or do you want to talk about the establishment of diplomatic relations?

Everyone was extremely curious, but since they were not here to attack, everyone was a little relieved, so they drove cattle and sheep to avoid the Qin army.

"Boss, for some reason, along the way, the last general always feels that today's grassland is different from the past!"

The scout lieutenant who was in charge of guiding Li Yang's army couldn't help frowning after passing through a small nomadic tribe.

Li Yang saw his thoughtful appearance, and couldn't help asking, "What's the difference?" ”

The scout lieutenant said: "I can't tell, it's that these scattered nomadic tribes that I will see on the grassland at the end of the past can always see men, and this time, I ...... It seems that he only sees old and weak women, young men, and hardly a single person. Strange ......"

Hearing this, Li Yang couldn't help frowning.

I have to say that this scout captain is a scout captain, and he observes carefully. If Li Yang hadn't heard him mention this, he wouldn't have thought of this aspect at all.

However, now that I heard this lieutenant say this, if I think about it carefully, it is true.

Along the way, several nomadic scattered tribes encountered along the way have indeed never seen young and strong men, all of them are old and weak women.

Thinking of this, Li Yang couldn't help but wonder: "Why, when you usually come to inquire about the military situation, what you see is completely different from today?" ”

The captain nodded: "Yes, the commander doesn't know, the Huns live on nomadism, and when there is no war, they are scattered into scattered small tribes and take nomadism as a business. And once the war began, the young men immediately mounted their horses and assembled into an army. And this time, all the scattered tribes seen along the way are old and weak, and there is no young and strong, so there is only one situation, that is, all their young and strong men have gathered into an army. ”

Hearing this, Han Xin and Li Yang were stunned.

Of course, Li Yang was also stunned.

"You mean...... The Xiongnu have already mobilized the steppe departments and have already organized a large army? ”

The lieutenant bowed his head slightly and said, "It should be so." Either they are preparing to meet the enemy, or they are ready to go to war. ”

Li Yang's brows tightened, his heart couldn't help but become solemn, and he muttered, "Could it be ...... They already knew so quickly that my Great Qin was going to conquer him? ”

Han Xin also became nervous, and said in a deep voice: "Dean, if the Xiongnu already know our true intentions, which are to unify the Xiongnu, then it will be extremely dangerous for you to go to the Xiongnu royal court this time. ”

Li You was also worried, and said: "What General Han said is extremely true, if Mao Dun knows that there will be a battle to the death between the Xiongnu and my Great Qin this time, then they will definitely do nothing and kill the dean first." ”

Li Yang didn't speak, because what Li You said was right.

If the Xiongnu really knew the true intentions of Great Qin, then they would know that this time he Li Yang persuaded him to surrender just to salute first and then to fight, since the big war could not be avoided, they would naturally strike first.

And in this way, you will really die.

"Boss, the general thinks that for the sake of safety, he must first find out the real situation of the Xiongnu before he can go to the Xiongnu royal court." The lieutenant suggested.

Han Xin said: "Do you have any way?" ”

The lieutenant said: "It's very easy, the last general will take someone to catch a few Huns and ask them." ”

"Okay, you investigate as soon as possible, and the army will rest at the foot of Yin Mountain first!" Li Yang nodded and made a decision.

"Whoa!"

The lieutenant received the order, immediately took a few people, and left the army......

It wasn't until an hour later that the lieutenant returned.

"How?"

As soon as the captain came back, Li Yang couldn't wait to ask.

"Back to the commander, the last general has made it clear that the Huns have indeed mobilized the whole country and gathered 70,000 troops, and set off yesterday to attack Donghu!" The lieutenant replied.

"What? Attack Donghu! ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Yang was stunned.

"Exactly." The lieutenant nodded.

Li Yang was stunned, the Xiongnu attacked Donghu, this is big news.

Li Yang pondered for a moment, and quickly asked, "Is this news reliable?" ”

The captain said with an affirmative face: "It should be credible, the last general claimed to be the captain of the mission to the Huns, and he went to inquire about the news under the pretext of inquiring about the direction of the royal court." The Huns said that at this time, Mao Dunshan Yu was not in the royal court, but led the army to attack Donghu, so there should be no fake. ”

"Oh? In this way, there is indeed a certain amount of credibility. ”

Li Yang muttered, and then said, "What else did they say?" Why did Mao Dun attack Donghu at this time? ”

The lieutenant said: "It is said that three days ago, the king of Donghu sent an envoy to the court of the Xiongnu to find Mao Dun to ask for the land of the Xiongnu, Mao Dun was angry, killed the envoy of Donghu, and then immediately ordered to gather the troops of the Xiongnu country, amounting to 70,000 people, and set off for Donghu two days ago. ”

"King Donghu claiming land?"

Hearing this, Li Yang slapped his thigh and suddenly realized.

At this time, he also remembered the original history.

Because historically, King Donghu thought that Maudun was weak and could be bullied, and indeed asked Maudun for land. This time, Mao Dun said that land was the foundation of the country and could not be given, so he sent troops to raid Donghu.

Moreover, according to the original history, it was this raid that caught Donghu off guard, resulting in the killing of the king of Donghu, and his people and livestock were all obtained by the Xiongnu, and Donghu was destroyed.

More importantly, with this victory, Maudun not only made the strength of the Huns soar, but also won the admiration of the Huns himself.

So, he took advantage of the victory to attack the Yueshi in Yongzhou in the Hexi Corridor and forced it to migrate westward, thus removing the threat from both sides.

Subsequently, he completely opened the mode of bull people hanging and bombing the sky, and led the Xiongnu to conquer more than 20 countries such as Loulan, Wusun, and Hujie, and controlled most of the Western Regions. To the north, it conquered the countries of Hunyao, Qu She, Ding Ling, Qi Kun, and Xinli, and to the south, annexed the territories of the south kings of Loufu and Baiyang Henan, and reoccupied the land south of the Hetao. It is known as the people who lead the bow and are one family, with more than 300,000 people who control the strings, and have become the most powerful nation in the north.

In short, after destroying Donghu, Mao Dun will not be awesome.

Thinking of this, Li Yang immediately realized that Donghu must not be destroyed by Mao Dun.

In other words, Mao Dun's attack on Donghu this time can only be defeated, not won.

Because, if Donghu is really destroyed by Mao Dun this time, he will not only stabilize his position within the Xiongnu, but also make the most of Donghu's countless livestock and millions of people, which is a lot of wealth, which will directly double the strength of the Xiongnu.

If this is the case, then the result of his own expedition to the Xiongnu will become hopeless.

Let's ask, the other party won a big battle, the hearts of the people within the Xiongnu were unified, and the livestock production was even richer, so how could they force them into a desperate situation?

If the livestock are rich, it will be difficult to force them into a desperate situation, and with the unity of the people within them, all the Xiongnu tribes will only resist Qin Xin wholeheartedly, and they will not have the intention of surrendering at all.

"Dean, what now?" Han Xin asked.

"Now that things have changed, we need to change our strategy!" Li Yang glanced at everyone, and then said, "Cancel the mission and start the war immediately!" ”

"Attack the Huns now?"

Everyone was stunned and looked at Li Yang.

Li Yang nodded, the corners of his mouth grinned slightly, and said with a smile: "Although the situation has become a little unexpected, but ...... I have to say that this may be a great opportunity for us! ”

"Now, the Xiongnu army has all gone out to Donghu, and now the Xiongnu royal court, and even the entire Xiongnu grassland, there is almost no soldier now, doesn't this just give us a good opportunity to sweep his Maodun royal court?"

Li Yang smiled.

"yes, I didn't think of that!" Li You patted his head, and was immediately overjoyed, and said excitedly: "The army of the Huns has gone a fine way, and only the old and weak women who guard the livestock are left on the entire grassland. Wowhaha......"

Li You's eyes lit up with real joy, as if he had seen my Great Qin's army, driving the cattle, sheep and livestock on the grassland into the Great Wall in groups......

Han Xin was also excited, eager to try, and couldn't help but want to rush directly into the royal court of Maodun to have a three-light policy.

He had even begun to wonder if he would snatch the Maudun clan and give it to the dean......

"Dean, will we go straight to the royal court now?"

Han Xin and Li You couldn't wait, and hurriedly asked.

Li Yang pondered for a moment and said: "Now the soldiers are divided into two ways, Zhang Han, you lead 20,000 iron cavalry, give me a direct attack on the court of the Huns, and sweep the livestock of the Huns!" ”

"Whoa!" Zhang Han immediately received the order.

Li Yang said to the scout lieutenant again: "You send someone to return to the Great Wall camp immediately, and ask him to send a large army to sweep the Hun steppe!" ”

"Whoa!" The lieutenant received the order, followed by a scout, who immediately broke away from the army and ran in the direction from which he came......

Li Yang said again: "Han Xin took 30,000 iron horsemen, and the Yulin army, and immediately set off to Donghu with Ben Shuai!" ”

"Huh? Departure to Donghu? ”

Everyone was stunned and surprised.

Han Xin asked, "Dean, why are we rushing to Donghu?" ”

Li Yang said thoughtfully: "Mao Dun sent troops to raid Donghu, Donghu was caught off guard, and he was bound to be defeated or even destroyed!" Therefore, we should naturally rush over, even if Donghu surrenders, it must also surrender to my Great Qin, how can this commander give Mao Dun a chance to win? ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at Li Yang with admiration.

Li Yang's meaning is very clear, if Donghu wins, the Qin army and Donghu will be caught back and forth, and the main force of Maodun will be wiped out.

If Donghu is defeated and the Qin army arrives, Donghu will attack his Xiongnu with his surrender, and he must be more willing to surrender to Daqin. Therefore, Maudun still did not reap the benefits.

Thinking of this, everyone's eyes lit up, stretched out their thumbs, and praised: "The dean is really majestic, wise and powerful, and the tactics are even more superb, endless, I admire him!" ”

I admired it like this, but I was thinking in my heart that the dean's idea was really lacking in virtue.

If Mao Dun was defeated in Donghu and fled back to the Xiongnu court, only to see that the Xiongnu had been swept away by the Qin army, I wonder if he would be so angry that he vomited blood and died?

Thinking of this, everyone is a little full of expectations for this......

"According to the plan, the soldiers will divide into two ways and go!"

Li Yang waved his hand, and suddenly the army of 50,000 was divided into two roads, one led by Zhang Han, and went straight to the Xiongnu royal court. One route was led by Li Yang, and it was changed to the east and ran to Donghu......