Chapter 426: Buying the Yan King
At dusk, the south side of the water is controlled, outside the city of Anyang.
More than 40,000 Qin soldiers have set up camp here, and they will be stationed here for one night, waiting for the return of the chariots and horsemen from the north, and then decide on the next strategic deployment.
In the tent of the Qin military camp.
"If General Meng captures Zhao Jia and Yan Xi, the matter of destroying the dynasty will be considered a decisive situation, and at that time, he only needs to send troops north to take down several Daiguo cities on the north bank of the water, and the general can report to the king. At that time, the envoys will come and go, and the time is estimated to be after the autumn harvest, so that the general can continue to lead the army south and wipe out the Qi State in one fell swoop."
Lishiqi's eyes lit up as she spoke.
This battle of annihilation is because the enemy is too weak to need a lobbyist. General Zhao is quite wise and does not need to be strategic, which makes his position very embarrassing. Therefore, he only wanted to launch a battle to destroy Qi as soon as possible, so that he could take off as a lord.
Not only Li Shiqi, but also generals such as Black Buttocks and Zhang He also echoed, listless one by one.
Zhao Tuo smiled, knowing the voice of the generals under his command.
This time, the dynasty was destroyed, and there were not many gains, and there were only more than 10,000 beheadings and prisoners on behalf of the army, and the military merits of the generals were basically not much. They still had great achievements in capturing the king before, but now Meng Tian has captured the two kings with one hand, but he has cut off their thoughts of meritorious service, and can only focus on the big meat of Qi State.
At this moment, a short soldier from outside the tent came to report that the pursuing chariot had returned.
Zhao Tuo immediately led the generals to greet him.
Soon, thousands of chariots returned from the north, and the knights knew at a glance that the two days of pursuit had been hard.
"General Meng's efforts to capture the two kings this time have made a great contribution to the world, and he will definitely become famous all over the world."
I saw Meng Tian dismount and walk.
Zhao Tuo praised with a smile on his face.
Just like Su Jiao captured the two kings, the credit should be counted on Meng Tian's head. Meng Tian's great contributions are naturally the credit of his Zhao Tuo, as the main general, he is naturally happy to lie down and take the credit.
But Meng Tian, who should have been full of joy, had a calm face, and when he heard Zhao Tuo's words, his face was even more embarrassed, and he confessed: "The last general is guilty, this time the military situation was wrong, and he did not capture King Yan."
As soon as these words came out, the generals who followed Zhao Tuo were in an uproar.
"Since General Meng didn't capture King Yan, why did he lie about his capture."
"yes, the capture of two kings scares me."
Just in the midst of the discussions.
Zhao Tuo raised his eyebrows and said, "With my understanding of General Meng, I would not do such a thing of lying about the gains, and there must be something wrong in it. Although King Yan has not been captured, Zhao Jia, have you been caught?"
Seeing that Zhao Tuo's words were gentle and he didn't blame, Meng Tian's heart warmed, and he hurriedly said, "General, Zhao Jia has caught it. The matter of King Yan is mainly that the thief is too cunning. Alas, Su Jiao, come on."
Su Jiao walked over, his face flushed, he couldn't see the arrogance he had when he captured the two kings before, he lowered his head and reported the situation to the generals.
"King Yan kicked the king, and asked Taifu Juwu to pretend to be him, and let the emperor ride a horse to escape, confusing you?"
Zhao Tuo was stunned when he heard it.
Especially the fact that Yan Wangxi kicked Wang Jia on behalf of him reminded him of the scene he saw in Yandi back then.
"This old Yan King is really enough for a woman to cheat, and I don't blame you for being tricked."
Zhao Tuo shook his head and sighed.
Looking at the ashamed Su Jiao and Meng Tian in front of him, Zhao Tuo did not blame, but smiled and comforted: "Why are the two generals full of sadness, although the king of Yan fled in this battle, but you captured a acting king, as well as the fugitive Taifu Juwu of the Yan Kingdom, this kind of capture of the king is enough to make the two promotions rewarded." And Zhao Jia was captured, and the destruction of the dynasty was completed, which is a good thing."
Meng Tian said in a low voice: "What the general said is true, but since King Yan appeared, we did not catch him, if he escaped north with the Huns again, the king would definitely not be happy when he heard it."
As Meng Tian said, it was fine that Yan Wangxi didn't appear, but if he did, they didn't catch him, but let Yan Wangxi run away, which made Qin Wangzheng, who had always had obsessive-compulsive disorder, know, wouldn't it be very unhappy in his heart.
Zhao Tuo frowned, and asked instead, "According to what you said, the Xiongnu have already gone south outside Gaoliu City?"
Meng Tian nodded and said, "According to the confession of the captured Huns, this time the Xiongnu army was led by Tou Manshan Yu, with nearly 100,000 people, and they were originally going to rely on King Yan as an intermediary to unite the army to confront us, prevent us from destroying the dynasty, and make profits from it."
"But the Huns didn't expect that our army would defeat the Dai army in advance, and now Zhao Jia has also been captured, judging by the last general, those Huns will definitely lead their army north when they see that it is not profitable, and then the king of Yan will leave, and it will be difficult for us to capture it."
"Tou Man Dan Yu ......"
Zhao Tuo's eyes were slightly condensed, and the name was whispered in his mouth.
Many people think that the Xiongnu began to be strong from the Maodun era, and think that the Xiongnu before Maodun were not only weak, but also scattered, but if you really understand the history of the Xiongnu before Maoton, you will notice that the Xiongnu in the Touman era were not weak.
Touman Danyu, the father of Maudun, the real founder of the Xiongnu state, was the first to record "supporting the plough lonely Tu Shan Yu".
The Xiongnu developed and grew in his hands, so that the borders of Qin, Zhao, and Yan were on the border of the Xiongnu, and they needed to build the Great Wall to protect Hu. Until more than ten years ago, Zhao general Li Mu dispatched more than 1,000 military vehicles, 13,000 cavalry, 50,000 warriors, and 100,000 soldiers.
What is the concept of killing more than 100,000 Huns?
In the future, when Mao Dun was strong, the total number of people who controlled the strings was only 300,000, which shows the number of killers in that battle, and it can also be seen that the Xiongnu during the Warring States period were not weak, otherwise Li Mu would not need to dispatch such a huge army, and he would have to use tricks to break the enemy.
Historically, the strength of the Xiongnu made even the unified Qin Empire feel threatened, so in the sixth year after the unification, Meng Tian led 300,000 troops to attack the Xiongnu in the north, inflicted heavy losses on them, and built the Great Wall for defense.
Therefore, Zhao Tuo knew that Tou Manshan Yu led 100,000 Hun cavalry to replace the land, and he couldn't help but feel a little tricky.
It's not that he is afraid of the other party, if he fights simply, the Qin army under his command will not say that he will annihilate 100,000 Huns, but he will definitely not fall behind.
His main concern was that the Huns had always advanced when they saw the advantage, and retreated when they were unfavorable.
Tou Mandan went south for the benefits promised by Yan Wangxi, ready to take advantage of the chaos, and now seeing that the Qin army had destroyed their original ally Daiguo, seeing that it was unprofitable, maybe after looting, he would go north directly, not fighting with the Qin army at all, and would not give Zhao Tuo a chance to capture Yan Wangxi.
Yan Wangxi, that's the person he Zhao Tuo wanted.
"King Yan took refuge in the Huns......
Zhao Tuo whispered, and suddenly his eyes lit up, thinking of an incident that happened before, which was very similar to what he was looking for.
North Hu and South Vietnam, the same?
Do the Huns, who advance when they see the advantages and retreat when they are unfavorable, really care about an ally who has lost their value?
He turned his head, stared at Li Shiqi, and said with a smile, "Doesn't Sir want to make meritorious contributions? There is a great merit in front of me, and I don't know if the gentleman is willing to take it."
Li Shiqi's eyes rolled, stroked his beard and smiled: "What the general said, is it that he wants me to send the Huns."
"Yes, of course."
Zhao Tuo grinned.
"Please sir be my envoy to the Qin State, bring the translator, send the Xiongnu, and meet that Mandanyu."
"Tell him that I'm willing to spend money on Yan King!"
……
Outside Takayanagi City, countless felt tents are everywhere.
In a felt tent.
Yan Wangxi was standing on the ground, holding a roasted half-cooked leg of lamb with both hands, gnawing on it, the beard and clothes he ate were full of oil stains, coupled with his dirty appearance, people would only think that this was a sloppy old man in their eyes, and they would not think of the body of a monarch at all.
On the side, Chen Yu frowned, looking at the bag of mare's milk in his hand, and couldn't swallow it.
Yan Wangxi glanced at him and snorted, "Eat, eat more and get used to it."
Chen Yu rolled his eyes, and a look of sorrow appeared on his face.
Now he has nowhere to go,
South of Gaoliu, it has been occupied and controlled by the Qin army, if he, a man with a foreign accent, enters the city under the rule of the Qin army, he will be easily discovered, and if he is caught by Zhao Tuo, I am afraid that his head will not be moved on the spot.
As for Shanggu in the east and Yanmen in the west, they are also in the hands of the Qin people, and because of Zhao Tuo's war, these two counties are on military alert, and he does not dare to go without permission, in case he is caught and interrogated by the local Qin army, he will not end well.
Thinking about it, Chen Yu could only pinch his nose and go to the dark with the Hu people, but fortunately, there was also Yan Wangxi to carry him, so that he would not be treated as a slave by the Huns.
Chen Yu put aside the mare's milk in his hand and asked, "Did the acting king really fall into the hands of the Qin army?"
Yan Wang Xi snorted and said, "That's natural, when the Qin army attacked, there was chaos. Even the lonely carriage didn't know where it went, but fortunately, the lonely Zhongliang Ju Taifu found a horse and let the horse be lonely, so that the lonely could escape."
"As for the acting king, his horse was ridden away at that time, and there was no horse to ride, so he could only be left behind, and he was not captured by the Qin people, what else could he do?"
Saying that, Yan Wangxi couldn't help but sigh again: "Taifu Ju, he is really a loyal minister of Lonely, if there is no him, Lone will have no horse to ride, and he can live."
When he heard that Dai Wang Jia had no horse to ride and was captured by the Qin army, Chen Yu couldn't help but blush, and he felt ashamed in his heart.
He simply skipped this question and asked, "Since the acting king has been captured by the Qin people, the destruction of the Qin army is a foregone conclusion. What do we do next?"
Hearing this, Yan Wangxi's eyes flashed with a glint of hatred, and he whispered: "Zhao Jia Xiao'er, don't listen to Lone's words, and make the great thing of forming an alliance with the Xiongnu to fight against Qin like this, Lone is very evil. Now that the country was destroyed by Qin, it was a foregone conclusion, and with the understanding of his lonely opponent Manshan Yu, he saw that there was no profit here, and he would definitely lead his army to the north and not fight with the Qin people."
"But it doesn't matter, with the Qin general Zhao Tuo here, even if the Xiongnu go south, they can't bargain, and they can save their strength if they go north. We will leave with the Xiongnu for the time being, and when the Qin army withdraws, we can say that we can move the Huns south, plunder Yanmen and Daidi, kill and plunder, and we must let the Qin people not rest day and night.
Hearing this, Chen Yu's eyes flashed with excitement.
The reason why he resisted Qin was that Zhang Er was killed in the past, and he had made an oath to take revenge on Qin.
Now that Chen Yu has seen the Hun cavalry, the power is so great, if he can help them enter the northern frontier of the Qin State, it can be regarded as fulfilling his oath.
"In the world, the only one who can fight the enemy of Qin is Hu Ye."
Chen Yu thought secretly and whispered, "I should learn Hu as soon as possible."
At that moment, the felt tent was scooped up.
A sour Hun man walked in and shouted in Hu language, "You two, come with me, just summon me."
Yan Wangxi immediately threw away the leg of mutton and said with a sneer: "Just in the call, we will go immediately."
As he spoke, he pulled Chen Yu, who looked confused, and shouted, "This is Shan Yu's personal guard, he said that Shan Yu summoned us, hurry up."
Yan Wangxi and Chen Yu nodded their heads and immediately followed Shan Yu's guards out of the felt tent.
The Hun took two steps, couldn't help but look back, and glanced at Yan Wangxi and Chen Yu.
His eyes were like looking at the goods.