The Great Wall of Yinshan.

The ragged and numb subordinates are like emotionless robots, moving bricks and building walls.

The earth trembled rhythmically, and in the distance, herds of cattle and sheep and 50,000 cavalry were mighty. Most of them just raised their eyelids and looked into the distance for a moment, and then went back to the task at hand.

Whether the people who came were Xiongnu or Qin army had nothing to do with them, they were slaves and not people. Whether they lived under the control of the Xiongnu or the Qin State, it was the same.

There is no hope in their lives for a long time, and they work just to live. They don't read much and work hard all day long, and they don't think about the difficult question of what it means to live.

All they have in their minds is that time can go faster, faster. I get up in the morning and look forward to eating at noon, and I rush to work in the afternoon and look forward to the sunset.

Their lips are not intact, either cracked or peeled. Traces of sunburn and frostbite on the body are present at the same time, as well as whip marks, both old and new.

Qin Bing, who was holding the whip to supervise the work, was overjoyed when he saw the big banner with the word "Qin" that seemed to be about to be stabbed into the sky. Looking at the large group of white-flowered sheep in front of him, in the eyes of Qin Bing, it is mutton skewers and shabu mutton!

The Great Wall is not just an interception wall, but a sharp weapon for both offense and defense, and a great weapon for agricultural civilization in the face of nomadic civilization!

Meng Tian led 50,000 Qin troops through the Great Wall Pass, leaving three big sheep to sacrifice to the defenders of the pass. Fresh water, dry food and other supplies were replenished, and they continued to march all the way back to Jiuyuan.

After resting in Jiuyuan for ten days, Meng Tian prepared for the Qin army of Jiuyuan to transport grain and grass to the Great Wall Pass near Yinshan, and built a garrison pass here.

After the order was given, he set out again with a rested army of 50,000.

Ten days ago, due to the lack of supplies and too many captures, Meng Tian did not take advantage of the victory to pursue him. This time, Meng Tian has made sufficient preparations, he is going to have a big one!

The court of the Xiongnu royal court covers an area of 500 square meters in the royal tent.

The top of the tent was a foot and a half from the ground, and the flames in the brazier could not burn the top no matter how much they flickered.

The brazier was not burning wood, but dry cow dung, which made the smell of animal life in the air extremely strong, and the people of the Central Plains felt as uncomfortable as poisoning when they smelled it.

The large tent was guarded by guards, separated by a sturdy cloth of several tents, and the front was also the largest one.

The king of the Huns, known as Shan Yu, had a face full of meat, his naked upper body exposed his strong arms, the fat on his belly fell slightly, and there were five tires when he sat down.

The lower half of the body was wearing a dirty sheepskin skirt that had never been washed since she put it on, and she was staring at a pair of copper bell eyes, and she was extremely angry.

"You can't kill it, you can't kill the Qin people! The iron clothes they wore could not be pierced by even the sharpest arrows, and the three layers of cowhide stacked on top of each other could not be compared. Their horses also wore iron cloaks, the same as they wore them! ”

"All of them are like the bravest warriors, they can draw their bows and shoot arrows on their horses, and they will not fall!"

"Shan Yu, Gaoque was occupied by the Qin people, the cattle and sheep were driven away, the women and children were killed, and the Qin people did not leave a single person!"

The four Hun cavalrymen who were in Gaoque City all the year round and were brought to the king's tent by the leaders of their own tribes said a word.

Say how powerful and terrible the Qin people are, say how hateful the crimes committed by the Qin people, say that the Qin people took away their cattle and sheep so that they can't live.

After saying a half, Touman asked the guards to expel the four people, and turned his head to look at Xianlong, who had brought the four people over.

"Xianlong, my good brother, you tell me personally, is this what they say? The clothes of the Qin people could not be shot with arrows, and every Qin person was like the bravest warrior, who could shoot arrows while riding a horse. ”

Garrisoned in Gaoque City, the leader of the Xianlong tribe, Xiang Long, was a middle-aged man, his face was yellow, and the wounds on his face had not yet healed.

"Shan Yu, you are doubting me, suspecting that I have deceived you! Suspect Xianlong who has defended the Qin people for ten years for you! My tribe is gone, and you don't call me back, but you suspect me! ”

Blood flowed from the wound, and Xianlong jumped up from his seat, his yellow face instantly turning red. He yelled at Shan Yu, hysterical, and released the madness he had suppressed all the way.

The tall, fat, and strong head man pounced on Xianlong like a mountain of meat, grabbing his good brother's sheepskin jacket and lifting it up.

With his feet off the ground and a slight difficulty in breathing, Xianlong still kept scolding, and the madness in his eyes did not weaken a little. A look of being carried away and unable to live.

Bang~

Touman grabbed Xianlong's two plackets and threw them on the ground, and this time he fell Xianlong's meat and eight vegetarians, and temporarily fell off Xianlong's language ability!

Touman's hands never left Xianlong's clothes, and he pressed Xianlong to the ground, his face closer, so that Xianlong could clearly see the expression on it—the expression of wanting to kill.

"My good brother, your tribe has 30,000 warriors, 30,000 sons who can ride horses, and they were defeated by the Qin people so easily. Defeat was defeated, and the men and horses brought back were only 3,000, and told me that the 27,000 warriors were all killed by the Qin. Ninety percent of the 30,000 people died in battle, and you tell me, when did your tribe become so brave? ”

The Huns sitting around also looked skeptical and unbelieving. These people are the leaders of large tribes, just like Xianlong.

More than ninety percent of the casualties were outrageous, and no tribe's warriors could be so brave. In a big battle, more than 30% of the total number of dead and wounded should be defeated and fled, they have not seen a big battle with more than 90% of the dead.

They were sure that Xianlong was preserving his strength and didn't want to continue to stay in Gaoque, so they made up a reason to deceive Touman.

The Xiongnu were tribal, and Shan Yu, who was revered as the leader, was far less powerful than the emperor.

The leaders of some of the mega tribes don't even have the Touman, and the Touman doesn't have much to do. Most of the leaders of these large tribes can only be wooed, regarded as the same rank, and do not dare to be ministers.

Xianlong touched the spit on his face, and there was blood, hehe, laughed, laughed, the laughing head man was murderous, and wanted to kill him with a scimitar!

But it didn't take long for Touman's killing intent to dissipate, and his hand loosened.

Because Xianlong laughed and cried, and cried loudly.

Although the Xianlong tribe is not the most top-notch of the big tribes, it is definitely not the bottom of the big tribes, but belongs to the middle and upper reaches and can be called brothers and sisters with Touman.

The leader of the Xianlong tribe, who usually wanted face among the leaders of the big tribes, led Long, but today he was crying in the king's tent, crying breathlessly.

Touman somewhat believed the words of the four cavalrymen of Xianlong, the Xiongnu were a noble nation, and tears would not attract sympathy, but only contempt.

If there was no big problem with the Xianlong tribe, Xianlong would definitely not cry in front of so many tribal leaders. This will make the tribal leaders think that the Xianlong tribe is weak and can be bullied, and when the meeting is dispersed, they will gather and unite to attack the Xianlong tribe.

The Xiongnu were not monolithic, and the tribes were like the countries of the Central Plains, and there were wars and annexations.

Although Touman is a single Yu, his tribe is the most powerful tribe. But when faced with the union of more than a dozen large tribes, he also had no picture.

Xianlong cried loudly while intermittently recounting what had happened.

50,000 cavalry of the Qin army came along the Yinshan Mountain Range, and Xianlong sent scouts to inquire about the situation halfway, and fought with the Qin army scouts, and there were many defeats and few victories.

This is a normal situation, after all, the Qin army has high-tech Qin crossbows, and small-scale fighting is extremely unreasonable, and many Hun scouts were shot off their horses by crossbow arrows.

Not only that, but the equestrian skills that the Xiongnu were proud of could not be taken advantage of in front of the Qin army scouts.

The overall equestrian skills of the Xiongnu are stronger than those of the Qin people, but individually, the Qin people are not inferior at all - there are always a few people who are born to ride horses, which means that the top equestrian level of both sides is about the same.

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible.

The scouts who seek intelligence for the army are the most dangerous and important troops, and the soldiers on both sides who can scout are also the elite of the elite.

Whichever side is more powerful will ensure that the army can take the initiative in the test and guerrilla attacks before the big war, get more information, and lay the foundation for victory.

It was normal for Qin scouts to be able to shoot arrows with bows while riding horses. Xianlong only regarded it as an exclusive skill for scouts, and he didn't expect that these 50,000 Qin troops were all ordered.

As for the armor, Xianlong was deceived by Meng Tian.

The Qin scouts were not wearing iron armor, but black clothes made by Meng Tian during the training of 50,000 cavalry.

The Xiongnu arrows hit the black clothes, and the Qin army would also bleed, and they would also be injured and fall from their horses.

Under the desperate interception of the Qin army scouts, none of the Xiongnu scouts were able to get close to the Qin army. The Hun scouts didn't see the iron armor, so they naturally wouldn't report it, and Xianlong didn't know that the 50,000 Qin troops were wearing iron armor.

Looking at it from afar, even if you tell it in advance, there are few people who distinguish between the clear iron armor, and the black clothes that are deliberately made to be almost the same as the iron armor.

Meng Tian used the death of more than a dozen scouts to hide the ironclad information under Xianlong's nose.

"The Qin army did not cross the Beihe, but camped three miles away from the Beihe, buried the pot to cook, and rested the whole army. At that time, I was glad that the generals of the Qin army did not cross the river quickly, otherwise the army would have overwhelmed us and we would have to move back. ”

Fighting head-on, the Xiongnu have never been the opponent of the Qin army. In the era of the First Emperor, no country could face the tiger and wolf army of the Qin army.

The Xiongnu only relied on their high equestrian skills and strong ability to attack and harass, so they could only fight guerrilla attacks and could not just face it.

"The North River is wide, and the Qin army can't use it in the water when they cross the river, so I will lead 25,000 sons and daughters to run, stand at the water's edge and wait for work, ready to give it a fatal blow when the Qin army crosses the river.

"Before the battle, I sent people over to ask what the Qin army meant by coming, and they were all beheaded. I was so angry, and so did my sons. We grabbed our bows and arrows, and prepared to ask them to fight bloody battles when the Qin army crossed the river, and wanted these Qin troops to die in the North River.

"The question of why Qin Jun didn't cross the river earlier was left behind me, and now that I think about it, they did it on purpose, they were afraid that we would run! They want to kill my Xianlong tribe cleanly!

"They deliberately fell into the water when they were shot by arrows while crossing the river, pretending to be off their horses, and continued to follow their horses in the water. When the first batch of Qin soldiers emerged from the water, they were less than ten meters away from the shore!

"They rushed up with their swords in their hands like ghosts! The Qin troops in the river all stretched out their bows and arrows, and the power of the water flow seemed to be nothing, and they could not mess up their figures.

"The sons and daughters of my Xianlong tribe were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, and the sons and daughters fought back, but the arrows did not wear iron clothes. The Qin army that came out of the water, the sons and daughters thought that they had come back from the dead, and they all lost their fighting spirit and turned around and fled for their lives.

"I was escorted back to the tribe, and together with the five thousand sons and daughters left behind in the tribe, I drove the cattle and sheep back. I didn't burn down the house, I left the woman behind, and I wanted to buy time to retreat. But that group of Qin Jun was like the most cunning wolves, and they quickly bit up!

"The cattle and sheep were all given to them, and only three thousand people were killed, the Xianlong tribe is gone, the Xianlong tribe is gone, it's gone, it's gone, hahahahaha!"

Xianlong once laughed, laughing wantonly and rampantly, laughing and rolling on the ground, as if he had encountered the greatest joy in his life!

Meng Tian was able to cross the North River early without crossing it, except for the full rest before the war. The main reason is the weakness of self-detonation across the water, so that the Huns think that they can fight with it, and gather troops and horses to wait for the water.

The camp was set up three miles away from Beihe because this distance was enough to ensure that the Xiongnu could not see the iron armor when standing on the opposite bank.

And once the Xiongnu want to cross the river to meet the battle, the distance of three miles is enough for Meng Tian to rush to the North River before the Xiongnu cross the river. At that time, he will give the order to shoot all the Huns in the water, just as the Huns did.

The killing of the three Xiongnu envoys was also to prevent the iron armor from leaking information. The Huns who have seen the iron armor must die, and Meng Tian will not let them go back alive.

"Xianlong! Xianlong! ”

Touman grabbed his arms and drank vigorously.

"It's gone, it's gone, the women are gone, the cattle and sheep are gone, the Xianlong tribe is gone, it's gone, it's gone, hahahahahaha!"

Xianlong swayed his body, as agile as a monkey, leaning forward and backward, swaying from side to side, scratching his ears and cheeks, and yelling on his face.

"Shan Yu, Xianlong is crazy."

The leader of the Helian tribe said, his face was very ugly, and he believed Xianlong.

He took the place of Xianlong and was shocked to find that his fate would be the same as Xianlong.

"Who is the general of the Qin army this time! Even more cunning than the most cunning fox! ”

The leader of the Gailou tribe roared angrily, he was terrified in his heart, and he screamed for catharsis.

"Find out what happened to the Xianlong tribe! Who is the leading general! If what Xianlong said was true......"

Touman pressed the crazy Xianlong to the ground and said in a deep voice:

"When I see the Qin army, I will retreat, I will not send troops."

Meng Tian sent troops.

Gaoque on the other side of the Beihe River was taken, and the Yangshan Mountain north of Gaoque also disappeared from the Xiongnu.

It rained for three days, and it still washed away the blood on the ground.

For more than a month, Meng Tian lost 3,000 cavalry, but the Huns were more than 700 miles.

He stepped on the stirrups, sat in the saddle, took the whip, and looked north. There is no satisfaction in his eyes, and he is still unwilling.

He wanted to continue fighting, but he was too weak to do so, and the supply problem arose again.

The rations that the men and horses could bring were only enough to travel the seven hundred miles, and he had to keep enough rations to return.

Generals, do not think about victory, first think about defeat.

He can only fight this.