In fact, Han Xin still underestimated the determination and will of the Huns to take revenge, and the day after the Qin army left Toumancheng, the lightly armed Xiongnu vanguard had already arrived at Toumancheng.

Looking at the former Manchester City, which was in ruins, Maudon felt such anger for the first time. He was the Zuoxian king of the Huns, the crown prince of the Huns, and the future of Shan Yu, while his people were slaughtered in the royal city of the Huns.

Before leaving, the Qin army killed all the men in Touman City who were taller than the wheels, because they would soon grow into qualified Hun warriors. The gates were torn down, and a fire turned the former pearl of the grassland into a charred ruin. Everything that could be brought with it was taken away, and what could not be taken away was burned.

Mao Dun looked at the old and weak women and children who could be seen everywhere sitting on the ground and crying, and he couldn't help but be angry in his heart. The reason why the Qin people did not kill these people was not because of their benevolence, but because they wanted to consume the few stored food of the Huns through these old and weak women and children. Without the food in the city, the Huns would face severe hunger once the heavy snow came.

The only good news for Mao Dun was that the Yan clan died on the day of its destruction, and it was very likely that they were captured or killed by the Qin army. Over the years, as Tou Erjian grew up, the Yan family intensified his slander in front of Touman and persuaded Touman to change to a prince. Now that the Yan clan is missing and his life and death are unknown, this is definitely good news for Mao Dun, even better than the anger brought by seeing the tragic scene after the Qin army was killed.

Mao Dun didn't stay long, he asked the surviving Xiongnu people in the city, and learned that the Qin army had only gone west for less than a day, so he immediately led his troops to chase after him.

The vanguard led by Mao Dun was about 5,000 people, and it was the Golden Horde rider among the Huns.

The Golden Horde Riders were Shan Yu's pro-army, composed of warriors carefully selected from the direct tribes of the Xiongnu. Different from the shoddy weapons and armor of the ordinary Huns, the Golden Horde Riders wore exquisite armor smuggled from the Qin people, and wore the Vajra Treasure Knife, which was secretly produced by the Yue Clan, and had extremely strong combat effectiveness. In the previous battle with the Qin people, Touman was reluctant to use such an elite piled up with gold, but this time it was all handed over to Mao Dun, which shows the importance he attaches to Touman City.

Tou Mandan Yu was shocked when he received the letter from Subju Ciyun to warn him, and feared that the royal city would be lost, so he led the army to retreat north. In order to avoid being covered up by the frontal Wang Li's army, he just slowly moved north and gradually opened up contact with the Qin army.

Wang Li noticed the abnormal movement of the Huns, so he guessed that Han Xin had already made a move in Mobei, and he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered all the tribes to attack quickly, and caught up with some slow-moving tribes when the Huns retreated north. After a few days, there were many gains, and it was not until the end of the eastern foothills of Yinshan that the Qin army stopped chasing.

The north wind is bitter, the weather has turned cold, and once heavy snow falls, the northern army lacking winter clothes is definitely enough to kill. Although Wang Li was worried about his son, he had no choice but to return to the division, leaving only more than 20,000 horsemen of Jing Jun's right army to wait for the opportunity to meet the lonely division in the north of Yinshan.

On the way to the north, Touman received the news of the fiasco of Duli Huci, and he was even more anxious, for fear that Touman City would lose. You must know that Touman City is not only the royal city of the Huns, but also a large granary for the Huns to store grain on the grassland. The flocks of sheep and piles of corn in the city were the food reserves that the Huns relied on to survive the winter, and if they were missing, the Huns would spend the whole winter starving.

Zuo Xianwang Mao Dun took the opportunity to propose to Touman, and he led a group of elite horsemen first, accompanied by two horses, and rushed back to Manchester City to support. Mao Dun performed quite well in this battle with the Qin army, especially when he was attacked by the Qin army in time, so that Touman's Chinese army was able to retreat with all his body. This made Touman begin to re-examine this eldest son whom he had always disliked, and the nobles of the Huns were also full of praise for Mao Dun.

Maudun's proposal was so good that he gave him the Golden Horde horseman, and he was accompanied by the good horses of the army. Mao Dun led this elite army all the way to the royal city, and the people did not leave the saddle and the horses did not stop, eating and sleeping on horses. It was supposed to take more than ten days to travel, but he arrived at Manchester City in less than ten days.

It's a pity that it's still a step too late, I originally thought that no matter how bad Su Buju Ciyun was, he could hold on to the city wall for ten days, but unexpectedly, in less than two days, the head of Manchester City was breached. When the Hun reinforcements arrived, they were greeted by broken walls and devastation.

This made Maudun terrified in his heart, although the fall of Touman City had nothing to do with him, but who knows if Touman would be angry with him in a rage, so he must do something.

The anger made the Xiongnu soldiers forget their fatigue and tiredness, they were all warriors of the various tribes of the Xiongnu, how could they be willing to suffer such a huge shame from the Qin people, and they all brandished scimitars and shouted for revenge.

Seeing that the army's heart was available, Mao Dun chased westward regardless of the fatigue of men and horses.

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After several major battles, although the Qin army has achieved impressive results, its own losses are also very serious. Fortunately, after the capture of Manchester City, there were mountains of soldiers and armor in the royal court, and there were countless groups of war horses. This greatly improved the mobility of the Qin army, and everyone marched in turn with several horses.

The wear and tear of weapons and horses can be replenished, but the loss of personnel cannot be replenished.

It is far away from Qintu, and there are no medical conditions, so it is very easy for soldiers to deteriorate after being injured. On the way to the rapid march, in order to ensure the mobility of the troops, if the wounded soldiers could not follow the army, they could only be left behind.

This is also a helpless move, no one will complain, and no one will complain.

After several major battles, the number of the Qin army has been sharply reduced to more than 5,200 people, and the establishment of many parts has been completely disabled. Seeing this, Han Xin cancelled the formation of the three battalions and temporarily combined them into two departments. There were more than 2,000 people in the front, which were relatively elite, and he personally led the way as the first army.

In the rear, there are more than 3,000 people left, which are handed over to Wang Jing as commander. Many of them were lightly wounded, and there were dozens of carriages, which contained treasures and noble women and children, as well as hundreds of heads of Xiongnu nobles, who moved slowly as a rear army. The two armies were separated by miles and echoed each other from afar.

Han Xin's intention was obvious, which was to turn west and go south through the Yue clan.

There are no more than three routes to return to Daqin in the south. Now that the Huns have received the news, it is absolutely impossible to return along the Hanhai. In the desert, the Huns, with their rich experience in the desert, could definitely easily catch up and kill the weakened Qin army.

To the east, it is the main army of Touman, even if the two divisions of Aries and Lou Fu who return to the south are removed, there are nearly 30 troops. Although Han Xin was extremely confident in himself, he would not be so blindly confident that he would think that 5,000 people could calmly get out from under the noses of an army of 300,000.

After thinking about it, the Qin army had only to borrow the road of the Daoyue clan to the west.

Yue's is at the source of the big river more than 100 miles west of Yinshan, spanning thousands of miles, controlling more than 200,000 strings, and is the largest country in the Western Regions. However, because it is separated from the Qin State by the Qianghu and the quicksand tribes, it has no contact with the Great Qin, and for the Qin people, the Yue Clan is a completely unfamiliar land, and the Qin army's entry into the Yue Clan is very likely to attract the Yue Clan army to besiege it.

But there was one thing that was extremely beneficial to the Qin army, and the Yue clan and the Xiongnu had been at odds for generations. Although Touman has intended to marry the Yue clan in the past few years, which has eased the relationship between the two countries a little, how can the hatred of more than a hundred years be so easy to let go.

Han Xin pondered the sentence 'The enemy of the enemy is a friend', thinking that as long as the people of the Yue Clan could understand the current situation of the Qin army, they would definitely not embarrass them. If the Huns are unlucky, the Yueshi people will be quite happy to see it.

After a few days of marching, it has gradually approached the junction of the Xiongnu and the Yueshi.

The nomadic tribes on the steppe all live by water, and the concept of the border is vague. The Yueshi and the Xiongnu have not had any wars in recent years, so the tribes on both sides often cross the border to graze and live in places with abundant water and grass. As long as they do not go too far into the country, neither country will send troops to expel them.

The closer he got to the Yue Clan's border, Han Xin became more and more cautious, for fear that if the Qin army clashed with the Yue Clan people who did not understand the language, he would suffer from the enemy and face the catastrophe of annihilation. The reason why he took the risk of bringing several cartloads of gold and silver wealth with him was that when he came into contact with the Yueshi people, he could use these to buy a road to the south.

Money is the universal language of the world, and this is the essence of Han Xin, which came from later generations.

It has been five days since the first Manchester City came out, and if you count from the day of the Northern Expedition, the Qin army has not rested for more than 50 days. The soldiers were already exhausted, and it was only by relying on the confidence brought by one victory after another and the desire to return home that they still maintained their strong morale.

At dusk on this day, seeing that the soldiers behind him were tired, Han Xin waved his hand to stop the army, ordered him to go down and set up camp, and asked his relatives to follow the dog to report to Wang Jing, and asked him to lead his troops to converge.

The soldiers of the Qin army were shirtless, shouting and lifting the sledgehammer high and slamming it into the wooden stake used to tie the tent. The air was filled with the enticing smell of mutton soup, and groups of soldiers gathered around a large pot of mutton soup, salivating and their faces full of joy.

Han Xin sat on the ground, casually chewing the jerky in his mouth, thoughtful.

From the captured Xiongnu herdsmen, it was learned that six hundred miles further there was a market of the Yueshi people, where the army was stationed. This made Han Xin a little entangled, and wanted to send someone to negotiate with the Yue's people first, but he couldn't find anyone who knew the Yue's language.

Looking up at Tian Shi beside him, Han Xin asked angrily; "Aren't you a horse thief across the Hanhai Sea, how can you not even speak the Yue clan, then how can you come out and mix up."

Tian Shi smiled and said; "What's so difficult about this, when I encounter the caravan of the Yue clan, I only need to be able to say two words, 'robbery' and 'surrender without killing'."

Han Xin was speechless for a moment and rolled his eyes at him. Tian Shi said again; "Actually, the Yueshi people are a very strange people, they don't like to fight very much, and they have different beliefs from all the tribes on the grassland. They did not believe in the immortal heaven, but the evil god of fire in the eyes of the Huns, which was the main reason for their two generations to attack. ”

Han Xin nodded. I don't like fighting, and I have religious differences with the Huns, which is a trouble.

I was thinking about how to get in touch with the Yue's people, and suddenly I saw a Qin horse galloping from a distance, and the knight on the horse was desperately whipping his horsewhip, and when he saw the Qin army's camp, he tried his best to scream, and when he got closer, he heard the word 'enemy attack'.

Han Xin and Tian Shi glanced at each other, and they both saw surprise from the other side's expression.

The pursuers of the Huns turned out to be so fast.

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