Chapter 142 People and Things in the South of the Kingdom (1) People from outside
Qiu Hao entered the military tent of Zhao's army, and everyone hurriedly asked the reason for the victory. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Li Mu said: "You have been walking for less than two incense sticks, and I vaguely feel that you have entered Wang Qian's trap, and I wanted to send a team of soldiers and horses to support you, but I didn't expect you to burn the Qin army's grain and grass to a fine light, and force Wang Jian to withdraw under the premise of having an absolute advantage."
Qiu Hao said: "General, I was just halfway when I met a man in gray coarse cloth clothes, who had an iron sword hanging from his waist, wearing a hat and covering his face.
He stopped us in our way and refused to let us go, and the men at the front, seeing that he did not look like a robber, wanted to see him get out of the way, and he said, 'Call your leading general, there is something important.'
The soldier felt that he was messing around and insisted on driving him away, so I quickly dismounted and walked to his side after the Chinese army saw it, and said to him: 'I don't think you look like a robber or a Qin soldier or a general, why do you want to block our way?'
One of the lieutenants thought that he was a spy sent by the Qin army and wanted to kill him, so I stopped the lieutenant and said to the man, 'Is it because of the lack of money, I'll give it to you and you get out of here quickly.'"
The man jumped off his horse and whispered in my ear: 'Count your fortune, I passed by here to save your life, and the 20,000 soldiers and horses of the Qin army have been ambushed within five miles not far ahead'.
As soon as I was about to speak, he said, "There are thousands of soldiers and horses of the Qin army in the woods next to the first hill in front of you, and when these soldiers and horses enter the ambush circle, they will quickly run to the back of the hill and wait for an opportunity to attack you, and you should know how to deal with them when you hear this."
I said, 'How do you know this?' and instead of answering me directly, he said, 'You don't have to know how I know, just know that I'm going to help you.'"
After the man finished speaking, he got on his horse and left, and I couldn't see in his eyes that he was lying to me, so I did what he said and found a Qin army hidden in the woods.
After dealing with this Qin army, I learned their contact information from the captives, and then I led my army to rush over and engage the Qin army for a short time, and then retreated.
On the way to lead the army in pursuit, the Qin generals raised their banners and ordered the soldiers and horses behind the hill to release arrows, and the soldiers I arranged stood up and fired a volley at the Qin army, and I took advantage of the situation to lead the army to cover the defeat of the Qin army and severely damage the leading Qin generals.
In this way, I burned all the grain and grass of the Qin army, and I would like to thank that mysterious person, but how did he know the detailed deployment of the Qin army, and who was he and why did he help us."
After listening to this, Liu Xiang thought in his heart: "Last time I attacked the Qin army at the foot of the Yanpo Slope, there was a man in black who helped, and now it will be this person who helps Qiu Hao defeat the Qin army."
Li Mu said to everyone: "Although we don't know who this person is, but now it is clear that he is on our side, since the Qin army has retreated, then we will also withdraw the camp and retreat."
Everyone heard Li Mu's order and quickly pulled out the camp, and the 20,000 horses of the Zhao army slowly retreated south in the night.
The Xiongnu became a wolf city in the south and the north
Zhang Tianhun and Lejia and his entourage only fled north after being defeated by Xu Xiao in the north of Daidi, and fled into the territory of the Xiongnu Nancheng State when the Qin army and the Xiongnu were at war.
Seeing that there are many nearby mountains and forests, Zhang Tianhun proposed to hunt to make a living, and Le Jia saw that the surrounding Huns lit a bonfire at night, so he proposed to cut firewood and pick up horse dung and wolf dung in exchange for money to make a living.
The two hit it off, Zhang Tianhun took a group of people to hunt in the woods, while Le Jia took another group to cut wood and pick up horse dung and wolf dung around the pasture.
Because there were no bows and arrows, Zhang Tianhun and his party had to hunt prey with long swords and big knives, while Le Jia and his party could only use swords to cut down trees.
In this way, more than 20 people stayed in this small city not far from the southern border of Nancheng Kingdom for half a year, until not long after Wang Jian conquered the fortress of Sheyanpo and went south.
At this time, Zuo Keyao, the king of Nanchengguo, no longer had the majesty of the previous attack on Yan, and in just a few years, he had become old, not to mention having the courage to lead his army south to conquer other lands.
Nan Chengguo's big and small affairs were all handed over to Qiang, Lei and Beiyan, and Zuo Keyao only stayed in the deep palace every day and lay quietly on the couch.
Qiang Lei's official position as prime minister overwhelmed Bei Yan, and Bei Yan became more and more unaccustomed to Qiang Lei's style of acting, so he led an army out to camp in the name of herding horses south.
After Bei Yan led the army to leave, I didn't take Qiang Lei seriously at all, Qiang Lei asked him several times to ask questions, but he postponed it for reason, and Qiang Lei also knew that King Nancheng would not care about these things, so he did not report what Bei Yan did.
Qin Ying couldn't stand it and wanted to lead the army to capture Beiyan for questioning several times, but Qiang Lei thought that internal contradictions would inevitably lead Nanchengguo to decline, so he stopped Qin Ying and only let him lead 30,000 cavalry to be stationed in the north of Nanchengguo in the name of grain.
At this time, Meng Tian was leading the army to defend the northern border of Qin, and he had just been appointed for a short time, and he had long planned to take the initiative to attack the Xiongnu to establish his own merits, and the southernmost Nancheng State of the Xiongnu naturally became his first target of conquest.
Seeing the Xiongnu Nancheng Kingdom under the river, Meng Tian was even more convinced of the confidence to destroy it, and after hearing the news that the king of Nancheng ignored government affairs, he immediately ordered the three armies to prepare for the northern expedition to Nanchengguo.
In the northern border of Qin, the pentagonal Chinese army fortress surrounded by several earthen cities is a bright spot in this green wilderness, Meng Tian's command post is located in this Chinese army fortress, several defense lines of the Qin army are composed of many small camps, and the Qin army defending against the Xiongnu did not choose to garrison on the Great Wall on the northern border of Qin in order to be able to effectively advance this huge nomadic people in the north for a long time, but to endure the wind and sun in the wilderness for twenty miles to the north.
But Meng Tian's ambition is not only to pacify the northern border, but to follow the army to stabilize the universe, his father Meng Wu's grandfather Meng Wei is a pillar of the king's siege of the city, so he also decided to inherit his ancestors for the Great Qin, now is a good time to prove himself.
The military city in the fortress
In the conference hall, Meng Tian sat on a low stool in the middle, his younger brother Meng Yi sat on the left, and several generals stood on each side of the stage.
Meng Yi said to Meng Tian: "Big brother, there are 50,000 Xiongnu troops facing us in the north, but it is observed that this army has not changed with other armies in the past two years, and they just came to the west with a group of men and horses who do not know who is in command, nor do they know their specific number."
"Second brother, I'll give you 50,000 troops and horses for you to stop this new army, and I'll take 30,000 people with chariots to attack this army that has been fighting with us for several years, I estimate that they are most of the main forces of Nanchengguo, if they are broken, they will be destroyed in Nanchengguo."
After finishing speaking, Meng Tian stood up and said, "The generals will listen to the order and follow me to attack the Huns."
"No"
The generals followed Meng Tian and Meng Yi out of the council hall and walked towards the barracks......