After Chen Yu was killed, Zhao Tuo was a little settled in his heart.

Fighting with his skills on the frontal battlefield, he is not afraid of anyone.

But for those assassins who hid in the gutter and planned to assassinate at any time, Zhao Tuo was still a little worried.

As far as he knew, there were many strong people who were killed by assassins in history, including Wu Wangyi and Han Xiangxia in the past, and in later generations, there were also Eastern Han Dynasty Dacheng She, Cen Peng and others, and even he himself had just experienced an attempted assassination.

"Fortunately, Chen Yu is dead. In addition to capturing Zhao Jia, this time the war dynasty killed Chen Yu and Zhao Xie by the way, and even gave a Yan Guo Taifu, which was really unexpected, and now only that Yan King is missing. ”

Zhao Tuo's gaze looked to the north.

There is the direction of Takayanagi.

On the second day, Zhao Guang prepared grain and jade cloth as ordered.

Zhao Tuo personally led the army north, escorting these things to a plain between Pingyi and Gaoliu.

It was the agreed trading place between Li Shiqi and the Xiongnu yesterday, and because of the open terrain, it could prevent an ambush.

They will buy and sell the king of Yan there.

The Qin army was the first to arrive, and under the command of military officials at all levels, they lined up their military formations, and at the same time sent sentry cavalry to roam around.

Zhao Tuo stood on the chariot and looked in the direction of Gaoliu City in the distance.

Before Yan Wangxi arrived, he did not want to conflict with the Huns.

Get the people in your hands first, that's the most important thing.

But as time passed, the Xiongnu Shan Yu, who had originally agreed to come here to trade with the Qin people, did not appear.

"Brother, that wouldn't be a repentance, would it?"

Li Shang couldn't help but ask Li Shiqi.

His brother had single-handedly brought about this.

An embarrassed look appeared on Lishiqi's pale face.

"Don't worry, I see that those Huns have never had a sense of time, and it is possible to be later."

This Gaoyang drunkard rested for the night yesterday, and although his body was still a little weak, he still came with his sick body. Just because if this thing is done, he will have merit to be taken. If things are repeated, then his day and night of tossing will be in vain.

An hour later than the agreed time, the Huns finally came.

I first felt the earth tremble, it was tens of thousands of war horses galloping on the ground.

This was followed by smoke and dust rushing into the sky, and the sound of people neighing horses.

Then there was an untold number of cavalry rushing towards it.

"That's a lot of horses."

In the Qin army's military array, many people's faces changed.

There was no shortage of cavalry in the Qin State, but it was difficult to come up with tens of thousands of cavalry at once in a war.

The Zhuxia War of this era was still dominated by infantry, and chariots, cavalry, and infantry fought together.

Therefore, few people have seen such a scene full of cavalry and thousands of horses galloping, and in their eyes, they can't help but be a little frightened.

"Battle Array."

Zhao Tuo ordered.

The Qin soldiers immediately changed formations, with strong crossbows in front and spears and beryllium in the back.

The halberders, swords and shields immediately lined up and were ready for battle at any time.

Pairs of eyes stared at the approaching steppe army.

Perhaps intimidated by the immovable momentum of the Qin army, the tens of thousands of people of the grassland who galloped finally stopped before approaching the black army formation in front.

The two sides were separated by hundreds of meters and confronted each other.

"Although there are a lot of Xiongnu in this era, the equipment and organization are not very good."

When Zhao Tuo saw the Xiongnu army for the first time, he naturally had to observe it from a military perspective.

These northern Hu people had tens of thousands of cavalry, and they ran with incredible momentum, as if they could be crushed by any enemy.

But according to Zhao Tuo's observation, they didn't actually have any formation, and they ran in a mess.

Moreover, these steppe armies do not have a strict herald system, no various military flags, no golden drums representing different meanings, and they rely on one mouth to issue military orders.

Such a combat system is nothing less than a piece of scattered sand in the eyes of a veteran like Zhao Tuo.

And according to the information obtained by Meng Tian after fighting with the Huns, the equipment of these Huns is also very poor.

Except for a very small number of nobles and elites, most of the Hu people have no armor, their weapons are rudimentary, and even the arrows they use are bone clusters, and their lethality is very limited.

However, although these Huns have such and such shortcomings, it is undeniable that they also have a huge advantage over the army of Zhuxia.

A large number of cavalry, superb equestrian skills, the people who lead the bow ride and shoot, and shoot the bow left and right, these are all difficult to compare with the cavalry of the Qin army.

"It is not difficult to break the army of the Huns, but it is very troublesome to annihilate it. Unless it takes a long time to lure the enemy with tricks like Li Mu, there is hope of annihilation. Or get that thing out and have a lot of cavalry...... But now is not the time. ”

Zhao Tuo was secretly worried in his heart.

At this time, among the Xiongnu army, there were nobles with a few horsemen who rode from the side of the Qin army.

"This is the left bone of the Xiongnu, Hou Yanyu, the special representative of the plough Gu Tu Shan came to discuss the transaction with the general of the Qin State."

An accompanying interpreter spoke loudly and informed him of the identity of the comer.

"Left Bone Marquis? What kind of Hou is this, and how can it still be divided? ”

The Qin generals were chanting this strange title.

Zhao Tuo asked people to bring that Hu Yanyu up.

I saw that this Hu Yanyu was in his thirties, with a short and stout body, a big head and a round face, and lap legs.

This person also has a thick upper lip beard, pierced earlobes, and a round earring, which looks very different from the people of Zhuxia.

Hu Yanyu saw that Zhao Tuo was surrounded by all the Qin troops in the middle, and he knew that this young man was the main general of the Qin people.

He couldn't help but be surprised by the youth of the Qin generals in front of him, and shouted, "You are the general of these Qin people? How small! ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shang and all the short soldiers drew their swords one after another, and scolded sharply: "Bold Hu people! ”

Behind Hu Yanzu, the knights of the Huns also raised their swords one after another and glared at the Qin people.

Zhao Tuo raised his hand and asked the short soldier to put down his weapon, and he stared at Hu Yanyu in front of him with some surprise.

This person can actually speak the words of Zhuxia, no wonder that Mandan Yu will send this person to negotiate.

Zhao Tuo didn't want to entangle with the Hu people in these small matters, so he asked directly: "The envoy of our army has made an agreement with Shan Yu yesterday, and today we are here to trade King Yan, we have brought grain and jade cloth, and you can bring King Yan over." ”

Hearing this, Hu Yanyu laughed and said, "Hahaha, what a cunning Qin general, and he still wants to deceive us." Don't we really know that the king of Qin has rewarded King Yan with thousands of gold, and you can get great wealth if you bring people back. But now he wants to exchange people for a few thousand stones of grain and a few carts of things, this transaction is very clever! ”

The faces of the Qin people changed.

Li Shang was straightforward and said angrily: "You Hu people are all nonsense, King Yan's reward is obviously only two hundred gold, how can you get a thousand gold!" A mere king of a dead country, is there also a reward for a thousand gold! ”

Hu Yanyu blinked, how did he change from a thousand gold to two hundred gold again.

He shouted: "No matter how much you get, anyway, Da Dan Yu said, if you Qin people still want to buy people, the little thing you said yesterday is not enough." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shiqi first said angrily: "I obviously made an agreement with you Shan Yu yesterday, why do I have to regret it today." ”

Hu Yanyu snorted: "Repentance? Phew, let me tell you cunning Qin people, the warriors of the grassland will never be deceived by your tricks, if you really want to trade, then you have to add money! ”

When the surrounding Qin people heard that the Xiongnu were going to break the contract, they were immediately angry.

"General, let's go straight over, the Hu people and barbarians dare to break the contract and blackmail, how can we bow our heads!"

"Dare to break the promise when you say good things, such a country without faith, we can trade with him!"

"Yes, what if we agree to their current conditions, and they continue to demand more demanding things, we would rather fight to the death than agree!"

In the face of everyone's anger, Zhao Tuo stretched out his hand to stop, his face was calm, and he asked, "How much do you want?" ”

Hu Yanyu saw that those Qin soldiers were angry, and he was still a little worried, after all, the equipment of these Qin troops was too good, and he felt that facing each other, the Huns were really not necessarily opponents.

But now seeing Zhao Tuo's calm face, he not only stopped the clamor of his subordinates, but took the initiative to ask the price.

In addition, Zhao Tuo is young and young, which makes Hu Yanyu look down on him.

He laughed and said, "Well, I only need you Qin people to provide 30,000 stones of grain, ten carts of pearl and jade cloth, and ...... You Qin people have a thousand sets of armor and weapons. That's not a lot to ask, isn't it? I think this general of the Qin State will definitely agree. ”

The original grain price of 5,000 stone rose to 30,000 stone.

Five carts of jade cloth became ten.

A thousand more sets of armor and weapons.

As soon as this condition was said, it immediately caused everyone in the Qin army to become more and more angry.

"The armor weapon, the blade of the country, An can be handed over to the Hu people."

"The Hu people are greedy, we will fight with them!"

In the anger of the Qin soldiers, Li Shiqi's face turned pale for a while, he didn't expect that what he did yesterday would be repeated today, this was a slap in the face on the spot.

Li Shiqi whispered, "General, let me go to that Mandan Yu again and bargain with him again." ”

Zhao Tuo shook his head.

He raised his head and glanced into the distance, glancing at the Hun army in the distance.

Tens of thousands of steppe cavalry eyed them, which was supposed to be a kind of deterrent to the Huns, proving to the Qin people that they had strong force.

Zhao Tuo's gaze fell on Hu Yanyu's face in front of him again.

Hu Yanyu was also glaring at him.

Zhao Tuo grinned, revealing a mouth full of white teeth.

"I promise you."