The leader of the Xiongnu, Mandanyu, did not let go of Meng Yi and the others easily, but sent a lot of Xiongnu rangers to harass the Qin army all the time.

What is "a lot"? I don't know, anyway, Meng Yi can't count how many times his tens of thousands of Qin cavalry have been attacked.

"There are so many Huns, really good and many!" Meng Yi was a little melancholy, and said teasingly to Meng Tian, "Now that the Qin army is not worried about the lack of enemy cavalry, you see, it is in short supply!" ”

"Short supply? It's a novel term! But shouldn't the main force of the Xiongnu be in the direction of Longxi County? General Wang Jian should be confronting the other party. Meng Tian was also a little confused.

"I think eighty percent of the Huns followed Lou's annoying retreat to the grassland, and happened to bump into us. However, because we had three horses for one person, plus tens of thousands of war horses captured, it created the illusion of tens of thousands of troops, which frightened the Huns. The Huns couldn't figure out the situation, so naturally they wouldn't attack rashly. Meng Yi thought about it carefully and analyzed the general situation.

I'm afraid that even Meng Yi didn't expect that his analysis just explained the abnormality of the Huns.

At the foot of Longshan Mountain, the Hun camp.

The leader of the Huns, Mandan, had a headache at this moment.

Some time ago, the Xiongnu sent 50,000 elite cavalry, united with the nomadic tribes on the grassland, a total of 100,000 cavalry swept the three northern counties of Qin, and won a lot. The prestige of the Huns was suddenly unmatched in the steppe. Although the Qin State quickly sent a large army to conquer, the steppe people had enough of it and planned to retreat. The Huns, who came and went like the wind, were even more afraid of the Qin army, which was dominated by infantry and chariot warfare, because the cavalry of the Qin army only had tens of thousands of people in total, how could they besiege 100,000 nomadic cavalry?

But at this time, the leader of the Huns, Mandanyu, received Lou's annoying call for help.

"How many people are there in the Qin army that attacked the Loufu tribe? Lou Annoying told Ben Dan Yu in a convincing speech before: The Qin army is only 10,000 people. Why did my scout cavalry report that the Qin army had tens of thousands of cavalry? ”

"Dear Da Danyu, how can your servant deceive you? It is true that the Qin army only has tens of thousands of people, but in my opinion, they should be one person for several horses, so they can move quickly. And because of this, your scout cavalry can't figure out what's really going on. "The general Huyan Black Fox is the younger brother of the leader of the Lou Fu, Huyan White Fox, and he is also the most likely person to take over the position of the leader of Lou Fu.

"I see, Qin Jun is too rich, and he actually has more than one horse! But in this way, they will definitely be much faster than us, how can we catch up with them? The leader of the Huns, Mandanyu, asked with some concern.

"Dear Da Dan Yu, no matter how fast the horse runs, it needs to eat and rest, and no matter how fast the Qin army is, it will take at least two days and two nights to enter Shangjun. All we have to do is increase the number of harassments and slow them down. When they are sleepy, it will be the time for us to attack! The general of Lou Fu Hu Yan said flatteringly.

"Okay, when my Great Huns defeat the Qin army, you will be the new leader of the Loufu tribe." The leader of the Huns, Mandanyu, promised with great joy.

"Dear Da Danyu, you are so generous!" The black fox of Huyan, the general of Lou Fu, smiled ecstatically and praised gratefully.

The general of Lou Fu, Huyan Black Fox, originally had no chance to participate in the battle of leaders. Because the leader of Lou Fu, Huyan White Fox, is young and strong, witty and cunning, and his three sons are also very brave and popular with the clan, if nothing else, one of them should inherit the position of leader.

didn't want the Qin army to make a surprise attack, not only killed Huyan White Fox, the leader of Loufu, but also killed his two sons by the way. As for the remaining young sons, they had already been secretly slaughtered by Huyan Black Fox, the general of Lou Fu, who learned the news. The black fox of Huyan, the general of Lou Fu, controls most of the soldiers and horses of the old camp of Lou Fu, and it is easy to do this.

In the grasslands, the law of survival is the law of survival.

Even without the approval of the Xiongnu leader Mandanyu, he is the de facto master of the Loufu tribe.

Of course, with the approval of the leader of the Huns, Mandanyu, the general of Lou Fu, Huyan Black Fox, inherited the throne even more justifiably.

Touman was the founder of the Xiongnu Kingdom, and it was he who made the divided people condense into a strong group, and established Donghu in the east and Yueshi in the west as the three heroes on the Mongolian Plateau. According to the Qin and Han dynasties and other documents, the Xiongnu were active in the great northwest of China and Central Asia at that time. Their combat effectiveness and mobility are very high, and they are very strong in both mounted and hand-to-hand combat, giving them a military advantage, especially when fighting against some highly civilized peoples;

At that time, the Mongolian Plateau was full of yellow sand, boundless, like the sea, so the people at that time called it Hanhai, and today it is called the Great Gobi. According to the knowledge of modern geography, Hanhai is a plateau basin. In ancient times, people divided this basin into two parts, north and south, which are commonly known as Mo Nan and Mo Bei, which are roughly bounded by a rainfall line of 380 mm, which is comparable to today's Inner and Outer Mongolia.

In the Great Gobi, there is a basin called Juyanhai, into which the famous Ejina River flows. The water and grass along the river are abundant and the trees are thick, making it a good place for grazing. Its south side is the Yinshan Mountain Range, with lush vegetation and many birds and beasts, which is very suitable for hunting and resting, and is the main place for the survival and reproduction of the Xiongnu people. Spring in Yinshan is short-lived, summer and autumn pass in a hurry, and the longest time of the year is winter. Winters here are terrible, with a large temperature difference between day and night, and occasional strong winds and snowfall. Such a harsh natural environment has created the nomadic style and tenacity of the Xiongnu people.

The wandering life created the martial style of the Huns. From childhood, they rode on the backs of sheep and carried small bows, and shot birds in the sky and voles on the ground. When you grow up, you can shoot foxes and rabbits. When he became an adult, he rode a horse and became a cavalryman of Shan Yu. He usually herded cattle and hunted as a profession, but when there was a change, he would all enlist in the army and go into battle. When attacking the enemy from a distance, they rely on hunting bows and arrows; In hand-to-hand combat, a knife collar (a small spear with an iron handle) is used to cut flesh and debon. The tools of hunting are the weapons of their fighting. They don't have a city to protect, so they never stick to one place. When the battle goes well, they move forward bravely; If the battle is not good, it will be quickly withdrawn, and it will never be ashamed to retreat later.

At the same time, the martial style is still strong, and young people are the representatives of strength, so the Huns respect the young and strong, and discriminate against those who are old, weak, sick and disabled. The young eat fatty meat, while the old people are left with only the scraps and the cold roast.

At the foot of Yin Mountain, Meng Yi and his party were hurrying with difficulty.

"Brother, did you find it? The Huns' raids became more and more frequent. Perhaps they have seen through our hypocrisy, and are now planning to drain our energy, and when we are sleepy, it will be time for them to launch a general attack. Seeing that the situation was getting more and more strange, Meng Yi couldn't help but guess the enemy's true plan.

"There's no way around it. The Huns are now not only attacking several times more often, but even the number of people is increasing, and there are thousands of people at every turn. God, we only have tens of thousands of men in total, and we have to leave 2,000 cavalry to take care of the extra tens of thousands of horses. In this way, how can you not get tired? Meng Tian also complained bitterly, and of course understood how far the situation had deteriorated.

"Brother, have you ever remembered Sun Bin's plan to increase troops and reduce the focus?" Meng Yi's brows, which he had been thinking about, suddenly relaxed, and a clever plan flashed in his mind.

Battle of Maling in the middle of the Warring States period: In 342 BC, Wei attacked Korea, and Korea also asked Qi for help. The following year, the state of Qi still took Sun Bin as its military advisor and sent troops to besiege Wei to save Han. Wei sent Pang Juan to lead 100,000 troops to meet the battle. Sun Bin took the initiative to retreat and adopted the reduction of stoves (on the first day, the military stoves left behind in the withdrawal camp were enough for 100,000 people to eat; On the second day, only 50,000 people were left to eat, and on the third day, it was only enough for 30,000 people to eat. Pang Juan observed the changes in the military stove and thought that the Qi army had fled in large numbers. So, he advanced lightly and chased him to Maling. At that time, it was already dark, and the Wei army lit a fire and saw a tree with the words "Pang Juan died under this tree". At this time, the Qi army fired thousands of arrows, the main force of the Wei army was annihilated, and Pang Juan drew his sword and killed himself. Since then, the Wei State has been greatly weakened, the Qi State has become strong, and Sun Bin has become famous all over the world.

"Of course I remember, but we can't increase our troops, so what's the use of reducing the stove?" Meng Tian was stunned for a moment, and his brain hadn't turned a corner yet.

"What if we increase both the army and the stove?" Meng Yi smiled a little like a little fox, blinking at his brother Meng Tian.

"I see, you just want to pretend to be a tiger to scare away the wolves!" Lin Yue, the princess of Linhu, appeared beside the two of them at some point, and said excitedly.

"Oh, I get it, too. However, if you want to confuse the Huns, you must first fight a few tough battles and drive the Huns' reconnaissance cavalry far away. Secondly, two thousand cavalry, one man and two horses, scattered to the east to break through, using clothes to bandage them into straw men, disguised as 4,000 cavalry. Finally, wait until the sky is dark, and then swagger back. After several days in a row, the Huns thought that we had reinforced a large number of cavalry, and they must have been surprised and frightened, and retreated without a fight! ”

Meng Yi learned and put it into practice, and was naturally inspired by Zhuge Liang's reduction of troops and his clever plan to get out of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms records: In 230 AD, in a battle of Shu Wei, Zhuge Liang (Kong Ming) withdrew due to exhaustion. When retreating, Zhuge Liang decided to adopt the strategy of "increasing the number of stoves and reducing the troops" to deal with the pursuit of the Wei army according to the situation of Wei being strong and weak and the Wei army's chief general Sima Yi was cautious in his use of troops and suspicious decision-making due to being ambushed by the Shu army many times. On the one hand, the Shu army retreated, and on the other hand, they dug more pots and stoves, "digging 3,000 stoves today, digging 4,000 stoves tomorrow, retreating every day, adding stoves and walking", so as to confuse Wei Sima Yi for fear of falling into Zhuge Liang's plan, and did not dare to pursue lightly. He sent people to the camp left by the Shu army every day to check the number of stoves, and when he found that the number of stoves was increasing day by day, he said to his subordinates: "I know that Zhuge Liang is resourceful, and now he continues to increase his troops and add stoves, if we continue to catch up, it is bound to be a plan, or not to chase it." The Wei army really stopped the pursuit of the Shu army. The Shu army retreated smoothly and got rid of the dangerous situation of being pursued and annihilated by a superior enemy.