"You want to follow this king?" Although Qin Dong hates people like Faun very much, as a superior person, he can't show his dislike for a certain person, otherwise no one will come to serve him in the future, not only can he not show his disgust, but he also has to show that he is a corporal and likes the appearance of talents, only in this way can he attract real talents to come and serve allegiance.

"Yes, the king, the villain is willing to serve the king as a slave for the rest of his life, and is willing to become the king's eagle dog!" Faun strongly recommended himself, and did his best to flatter, and the tone and demeanor of his speech made Toron, Afalde and others around him frown.

Qin Dong asked, "What will you do?" ”

Fahn hurriedly said: "Great king, the villain can ride a horse and shoot arrows, can raise horses, and can skillfully speak Ostrogothic, Visigothic, Frankish, Burgundian, Vandal, Avar, Slavic, Anglo, Saxon, Persian and other languages!" ”

Qin Dong was a little surprised, this Faun turned out to be a language genius, who could speak so many languages, although there were many people who could understand several other languages during this period, but there were very few people who could talk to others in other languages.

Qin Dong pondered for a while and said: "Okay, since you don't want to reward, this king can't just let you leave empty-handed, you can be a groom for this king first, if you can do a good job of this groom, it means that you are still a little useful, and this king will hand over more important things to do in the future, but if you can't do this groom well, then this king can only give you a little money to let you leave!" ”

Sometimes the opportunity comes but you don't know how to seize it, so you miss it, and being good at seizing the opportunity is also an extremely important ability. A person may only seize the opportunity once in his life, and he will not have to worry about it in this life, and Faun is obviously such a person. He immediately said: "King Xie, the villain will definitely do a good job of this groom!" ”

"Well, when the king doesn't use a horse, the king's mount will be taken care of by you!" Qin Dong said and waved his hand, and a guard behind him led his mount and handed it to Faun, Faun got up and took the reins and stroked the mane of the war horse to soothe its feelings, Qin Dong saw this and left with Toron and Alfald and others.

Soldiers are fast. After Qin Dong and the others rested for a night, he left some people to continue to clean the battlefield, bury the corpses, take care of the wounded and booty, and continued to advance in the direction of Oman with most of the men and horses of the Third and Fifth Legions.

Before you go. Qin Dong rode on his war horse and said to Afald: "Send someone to inform Su He, let him take the First Legion, the Seventh Legion, and the Eighth Army to approach Oman from west to east, and we will meet in Oman!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Just about to go. And messengers came galloping from afar on horseback. "Your Majesty, General Batu has sent a villain to report to the King that he has besieged Bershad late last night, and captured the two thousand guards left behind by Deng Zhixik, and the other seven thousand captives have also been received, and General Batu is escorting the nine thousand captives here."

Qin Dong thought for a while and said, "You go back and tell Sù Batu and let him take the captives and go directly to Oman to join us!" ”

"Yes, King!"

Around three o'clock in the afternoon. Qin Dong arrived at the outskirts of Oman with the Third and Fifth Legions, and came back after the reconnaissance cavalry went to reconnoitre, reporting that Oman was empty. Deng Zhixik and his 10,000-strong army, as well as tens of thousands of Huns living in Oman, were all gone, and a large number of camp tents were also gone, leaving only the waste on the ground and a large amount of cattle, sheep and horses dung.

"What? It's gone? Qin Dong asked loudly.

The scout cavalry who reported the message reported: "Yes, my lord, there is nothing left of the original bustling Oman except for a large number of holes in the ground where tent pillars were once pierced, and countless cattle, sheep, horses, and bandits, and these are the only things that can prove that this was once Oman." However, we have detected the whereabouts of the inhabitants of Oman, and there are traces of a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, and ruts in the east and north, and they must have split into two groups to the east and north! ”

In the west, Su He with the First Army, the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army was approaching, Deng Zhixike must have gotten the news, and Qin Dong came from the south with the Third Army and the Fifth Army, so Deng Zhixike only had two directions to go, that is, the east and the north.

Deng Zhixik will definitely not disperse his forces and escape, the northern grassland is vast, and now it has begun to enter winter, the climate is beginning to be cold, and it may be very difficult to get together again after a group of men and horses is dispersed into two groups, so it is impossible for Deng Zhixik to disperse his troops, the only explanation is that one of them is a decoy, and the other road is really the main force of Deng Zhixike.

What is a decoy? The bait is the Xiongnu people who were coerced, these people had to move with their tribes under the obscenity of Deng Zhixike, and there must be soldiers and horses sent by Deng Zhixike to escort them along the way, otherwise how could these ethnic groups migrate voluntarily?

After thinking for a while, Qin Dong said: "Alfard, send a regiment of light cavalry to pursue to the north, if you find that it is the main force of Deng Zhixike, don't engage in the battle casually, you must immediately send someone to report, if it is not the main force of Deng Zhixike, but the people who are being coerced, then destroy the escorted army and rescue those people who are being coerced." Tolon, you also send a regiment of light cavalry to pursue to the east, and the way to deal with the situation after discovering it is the same as that of Afald! ”

The two bowed and agreed: "Yes, King! ”

A day later, Su He rushed to Oman with the main forces of the First, Seventh, and Eighth Legions to formally join Qin Dong. In the afternoon of the same day, Su He, Scott, Zheli and others respectively reported to Qin Dong on the combat situation of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the situation of the territory occupied.

Zheli said: "The king, the last general went all the way north according to the king's instructions in advance, after each occupation of a tribe, the strong men of the entire tribe were transferred, leaving only the old and weak women and children, and each tribe left a hundred horses to garrison, and distributed the pastures around the tribe to each family, and eradicated those big households who were powerful and blessed, so that the herdsmen not only did not care about our transfer of strong men, but also supported the rule of the king very much, and some people even wanted to let their sons who were not yet thirteen years old join the army of the last general, but the last general refused!"

In addition, after the king sent an order, the minister had already sent 3,000 cavalry to Itur's territory, 3,000 people were indeed not enough, but with the king's order, they recruited Xiongnu strong men on the spot to expand the army, and it was very smooth to take over Itur's territory, but because our troops are too small compared to the huge area, we can only control the plain area, but in the forest area is unable to control the zhì, and the farther to the north, the colder it becomes, and some places have begun to snow heavily, In the west we can only control zhì to the coast of the North Sea, in the east we can control zhì as far as here! ”

After Zheli finished speaking, he took out a simple map and pointed to one of the locations with his finger, Qin Dong took the map and looked at it, judging from the various terrains on the map, combined with the situation of mountains and rivers, the location that Zheli pointed to was roughly on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea and the line of Minsk, Belarus.

The North Sea that Zheli said actually refers to the Baltic Sea, because the Baltic Sea is in the north, and the original inhabitants living in Sweden, Norway, England, the Netherlands, and Germany during this period all called the Baltic Sea the East Sea, and the original inhabitants of the Barbarian tribes, including the Slavs, who lived on the east coast of the Baltic Sea, called the Baltic Sea the West Sea, and the name of the Baltic Sea was only related to their location in the Baltic Sea.

After Zheli's report, Su He and Scott also reported one after another, Qin Dong decided to send Zheli to lead the Eighth Army to the north after listening to their report, and included all the territory along the Baltic Sea coast, although there were actually not many people in Northern Europe during this period, but there were still many barbarians living in Northern Europe, these people were not civilized, but these barbarians were very good warriors.

Northern Europe actually refers to Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland in later generations, but Iceland is too far away from the European continent to reach it with its current seafaring capacity. Scandinavia in Northern Europe has a higher elevation, while the rest of the country is generally relatively low. The terrain is mostly plateau and erosion mountain, and the main geomorphological features are glacial erosion lakes, sheep's back stones, serpentine mounds and drum mounds. The Scandinavian Mountains run through the middle of the peninsula, between Norway and Sweden, the southern and northern sections of the mountain range are high, the middle section is low, the northern section is located in Sweden, and the southern section extends into the territory of Norway, with a peak of more than 2,000 meters; The western slope of the mountain range is steep, approaching the coast of the Norwegian Sea, and the eastern slope is gentle, gradually descending towards the Gulf of Bothnia.

The main purpose of Qin's eastern control of Northern Europe was to prevent his backyard from being attacked, and once a war broke out with the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire in the south, or even the Persian Empire, he had no time to take care of the north behind him, so it was best to take one step at a time, and use the time of the Northern Expedition to fully control all the barbarians in the entire north, so that they would submit to their feet and serve themselves.

Qin Dong thought for a while and said to Zheli: "There are still many barbarian peoples in the north, the population of these peoples is not large, some only have a few thousand, some have tens of thousands, these barbarians have no writing, and even live the life of savages, but their combat effectiveness is good, and after we calm down the internal war, we will definitely point the knife to the south, but if the rear is unstable, then our actions will be restricted, so this king has decided to solve the problem in the north now, and this king wants to send you with your eighth army to go around the North Sea and continue north." There is still a vast land there, and this king needs you to subdue all the barbarians there, are you willing? ”

Zheli saluted and said, "The direction pointed by the king's long knife is the destination of the last general's battle!" ”

"Very good, this king allows you to act cheaply, and conquer all the barbarians in the north of the North Sea within two years!"

"The last general obeys!" (To be continued......)