Chapter 191: The Huns are coming
The dream of the Great Huns rose and fermented in Mao Dun's heart.
It is east to the sea, west to the Tianshan Mountains, north to the ice field, and south to Xianyang.
The expansion of these four directions, the Xiongnu has completed the two goals, the opponent in the east of the Donghu people has completely lost the right to speak, and its entire tribe has been incorporated under the command of the Xiongnu Right Xianwang, the ice field in the north, just some barbaric primitive tribes that are not in the climate, and it is not worth the Huns' more trouble.
Now, the western rival Yue clan has basically given up resistance, after the split, the big Yue clan moved west to the Western Regions, where there is a vast expanse of Daze, as well as many rich small city-states, for the Xiongnu, the Western Regions is an important place to conquer in the future.
Of course, before the Western Expedition, Mao Dun's greatest hope was to be able to go south to Guanzhong, and Yixue's father Tou Mandanyu was deported to Mobei by the Qin army.
To prove that he was stronger than his father, Maudon had to do so, or he would not be able to dispel the suspicions within the tribe even if he defeated more tribes.
"Da Shan Yu, I just got the news that the Xiaoyue tribe has migrated eastward, and it is estimated that in three days, it will reach the border area of the Qin State, and I have ordered the warriors of the clan to catch up and kill this group of sheep to be killed in one fell swoop." King Zuo Xian stood up drunkenly, also carrying a skull wine vessel in his hand.
Of course, the owner of this head of his is just a member of the Yue Clan, and the delicacy of this wine vessel cannot be compared with that of Mao Dun.
"King Zuo Xian, your brain is in the water, kill this flock of sheep, how can we negotiate with the Qin State, quickly order your subordinates to withdraw!" Mao Dun's face changed, and he scolded sharply.
The Yueshi split.
This is what Maudon would like to see most of all, a divided opponent. It can't be considered an opponent anymore. And what makes this big single Yu even more pleased. The Xiaoyue clan tribe actually fled to the territory of the Qin State.
This is really a once-in-a-lifetime good excuse, as long as the name of chasing and killing the Yue clan to escape the enemy, the Xiongnu iron cavalry can enter the south of the Great Wall without any worries and loot the rich Qin people. Then he returned to the grassland with countless riches.
Mao Dun's idea is very ingenious, but unfortunately, King Zuo Xian, who is puzzled by his intentions, has destroyed his intentions, and now. The only thing that Mao Dun hoped for was that King Zuo Xian's remedial order would be delivered in time.
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Lintao.
It is the second largest city in Longxi County, the westernmost border town of the Great Wall in the Qin State, and suddenly became lively, and the entry of a large number of Qin army cavalry soldiers made the residents of the border town who were accustomed to desertion very uncomfortable, and over the years, except for the caravan from them, they had never seen so many people.
Excitement is not a good thing, but a curse. Just when the border people were nervous, Bai Guangji was dressed as a warrior of an alien tribe. Finally appeared outside the city.
Seeing the black daze of the Qin State from afar, Bai Guangji's heart couldn't help but be agitated. At the beginning, he received an order from Li Yuan and entered a foreign race alone, this loneliness was incomprehensible to others.
When Luo Jia, Wang Shang, Cao Xin and other generals of the Qin army made great achievements on the battlefield, Bai Guangji's name seemed to have been forgotten, and no one would mention it, this general who had followed Li Yuan's campaign early on.
Today, he's finally back.
With a mission, with the unwashed dust, he returned to his brothers.
Li Yuanying went out of the city gate and personally gave Bai Guangji a pick-up, which was an attitude, not only to give Bai Guangji an explanation, but also to all those who went deep behind enemy lines and engaged in intercropping affairs.
For the courtesy that Bai Guangji received on the side of the Qin State, the Yue Clan warriors who came with him did not have any other ideas, after their consecutive defeats, they had completely lost the demeanor that a strong man should have, and after a few days of bitter and tired trekking, someone could give a mouthful of hot food, which was a great gift.
"Qin people, what a good brother!" The simple Yueshi people looked at the pile of corn cakes in front of them with grateful eyes, this kind of flour cakes ground with corn grass were much more delicious than the milk buns they often nibbled.
In the city, the council chamber.
Bai Guangji changed his clothes, washed the dirt on his body for many days, and when he stood in front of Li Yuan again, the bearded uncle he had just met had changed back into a young and handsome junior lieutenant.
"Li Hou, the king of the Xiaoyue clan has decided to move into Qin, and now the brigade of the Xiaoyue clan is estimated to be in the Jincheng area of Hexi, if everything goes well, it will arrive in Lintao in two days, we must prepare early." Bai Guangji pointed to the newly completed Longxi and Hexi terrain sand tables in front of him and said.
"You have come all the way east, have you encountered the pursuers of the Huns?" Li Yuan asked, looking thoughtful.
"Nope. In the first few days, there were Huns following behind, and in the last two or three days, no Huns were found to have pursued. Bai Guangji said while thinking, and his face became solemn. The long-term scout experience made his acuity sharpen, and Li Yuan's reminder suddenly made him break out in a cold sweat.
"There is this possibility, however, there is also a possibility that the Huns are accumulating liliang and preparing to eat the Xiaoyue tribe together, and the wolves on the grassland are far behind the prey before foraging, until they have gathered enough companions before launching Zuihou's attack." Li Yuan said in a deep voice.
"Ah, what then? On the side of the king of the Xiaoyue clan, there are only less than 2,000 people who can fight, and with these remnants of the defeated generals, they will definitely not be able to defeat the Huns? Bai Guangji was said by Li Yuanyi, his face turned pale, although he was only hidden in the Yue tribe as a secret room, but after many days of getting along, the feelings between each other were constantly abandoned, and now when he heard that the Yue tribe was in trouble, Bai Guangji's heart suddenly became nervous again.
"Luo Jia, you go and order three thousand cavalry, and together with Captain Bai, you can meet the king of the Yue clan! Remember, just get it, and don't fight the enemy. Li Yuan thought about it, and Zuihou commanded.
"No!"
Luo Jia and Bai Guangji glanced at each other excitedly, and hurriedly went down to prepare. The internal migration of the Xiaoyue tribe has advantages and disadvantages for the Qin State, of course, from the overall analysis, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages.
The advantage is that the addition of the Yue tribe can increase the liliang of the Qin State, and these tribes on the grassland are natural horseback peoples, as long as they are good at recruitment, they are an excellent cavalry force.
The disadvantage is that the internal relocation of the Xiaoyue clan will inevitably lead to a series of border conflicts, as long as there is a slight carelessness, the war will spread to the hinterland of Guanzhong, although Li Yuan has been prepared for this, but once the war is connected, the national strength of the Qin State that has finally recovered will be damaged a lot.
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Li Yuan's prediction of the current situation in Lintao was very accurate.
The idea of the Huns is to encircle and annihilate the Yueshi people on the bank of the river in one fell swoop, according to the meaning of the Qianchang under the leading Xiongnu Zuoxian King, these cowardly old and weak Yueshi people are not even worthy of being captive slaves, and the most haode way to deal with them is to drive them down the river and make them a floating corpse on the river.
Bai Guangji didn't care about the pain in his buttocks, and hurriedly changed to a war horse with a soft saddle in the Luo Jia cavalry, and the three thousand Qin horses with Luo Jia galloped west towards the road they came.
Although the Xiaoyue tribe lost nearly 5,000 tribal warriors in the battle of Gaizang, compared with the Dayue clan, which suffered greater losses, the vitality of the Xiaoyue tribe is still there, as long as it is given a few years, when the teenagers in the tribe grow up, this grassland nation will have another day of revival.
And if it was surrounded by the Huns in Hexi, all the efforts and plans of the Xiaoyue clan would be in vain, and similarly, the Qin people's hope to contain the Xiaoyue clan in order to strengthen the strength of the cavalry army could not be realized.
The sound of killing.
With the gusts of northwest wind, it was extremely harsh to Bai Guangji's ears.
"Quick, faster!" Under the continuous kicking, the sturdy war horse neighed loudly, raised its four hooves with all its might, and ran in the direction from which the shouts of killing came.
September 24 of the Qin New Calendar, twilight.
After several days of trekking, the small Yue people finally came to the bank of the big river that nourished the grassland and the Central Plains civilization, and many of the Yue people shed tears of excitement.
The ancestors of the Yueshi people also used to graze on the banks of this big river, but only later, they slowly began to migrate to the west of the river, and now, they have finally returned, back to the place where their ancestors lived.
However, just as the people of the Xiaoyue clan were excitedly holding the river water to drink and freshen up, the Hun cavalry who had been following appeared.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the people of the Yueshi have completely relaxed their vigilance!" The Hun Qianchang, who was in charge of chasing and killing, sneered, and his eyes revealed a cruel killing intent.
After contact and rendezvous, the pursuing Hun cavalry added up to a total of more than 1,500 horsemen, although the number is not large, but all of them are grassland warriors who can fight well, and now they have to deal with a group of remnants of the Yue clan who have lost their fighting spirit and want to protect women, children, old and weak, it is not a matter of being captured.
"Kill!"
The sound of horses' hooves accompanied by the unique shouts of the Huns came from far and near, and soon caused a great chaos on the river beach, and the Yueshi people, who were scared of being killed, ran around like headless flies, but they did not know which direction to flee in any way.
The knife splattered.
After a burst of blood mist, the Hun Qianchang, who took the lead in the charge, had already carried the head of the Yue clan in his hand, but after a disdainful glance, he was thrown far to the ground.
"A despicable wine vesselβ!" Chicho spat dissatisfied, and raised his eyes to find the next valuable wine vessel.
Beside him, the Hun cavalry rode one after another shouting and rushed into the panicked Yueshi fleeing crowd, there were triumphant Hun strong men possessed and swept up the young women who could not escape, carried them in their hands, and then pressed them down on horseback, compared with men who could only be slaves and wine vessels, women, especially women who could give birth to children, were also the most favorite trophies of the Huns.
Note: The zuihou chapter in July, some emotion, some gratitude, and in this chapter, xiexie everyone, in August, please follow in the footsteps of Li Yuan, all the way to the west-. (To be continued.) )