"Report, Chanyu, there is nothing unusual in the Houtao Plain. I can even see wisps of smoke from afar.”
As they ran at high speed, the Xiongnu scout reined in his horse and reported the information he had found.
"Hahaha, very good, very good. There's even a clear wisp of smoke. It seems that the Qin people still don't know about our movements.”
Hearing this, the first Xiongnu Chanyu, Touman, immediately laughed.
The black smoke was the symbol of the Qin people making a fire to cook. With such a peaceful side, how could they notice their movements?
"From the looks of it, the first spoils of war that we'll get from the south will be the Qin people in the Houtao Plains. Perhaps we can even eat there along the way.”
The Qin people did not know that the Xiongnu had arrived here. The younger brother of Touman, Chris, also smiled, as if he saw the Xiongnu robbing the Qin people of their money and women.
"Chanyu is still wise. Taking advantage of the internal power transition of the Qin people and the instability, he went south to seize the Hetao area.”
In this regard, the leaders were even more confident and all of them shouted that Chanyu was wise.
"Of course. Otherwise, why would I mobilize the main force of the Xiongnu, a total of 150,000 elite cavalry?”
The elite main force was equivalent to the backbone, the essence of the entire Xiongnu. Touman revealed a proud expression. He could finally monopolize the Hetao region.
It was not easy to wait until the Qin monarch, Ying Ji, died. The Xiongnu could not miss this opportunity because the Hetao area was enough to increase their strength by several times.
Otherwise, when the Qin army stabilized, the Xiongnu would return to the same situation as before, unable to break into the richer hinterland.
"The Xiongnu's main force of elites has finally arrived. Just as the information said, they arrived as scheduled.”
He led his army to hide in the Yinshan Mountain Range and rested for a few days. When Meng Wu, who was looking forward to it, saw the Xiongnu cavalry, he immediately became spirited.
"General Meng, in order to seize the Hetao region, the Xiongnu barbarians are really willing to pay a huge price. They have directly mobilized about fifteen elite forces.”
At this moment, there was no Li Xin, who was still a young general at the age of 30. He looked down at the large area of Xiongnu cavalry at the foot of the mountain.
"To be honest, if the Xiongnu didn't send out their elite forces, they would have already started fighting with the Xiongnu.”
After waiting for so many days, Meng Wu, who wanted to beat up the barbarians beyond the Great Wall like the Xiongnu from the bottom of his heart, felt a little itchy.
As for what he wanted to do, he wanted to kill the Xiongnu cavalrymen. The weapons in his hands had to be stained with blood.
"With the strength of the palace guards, defeating the elite main force of the Xiongnu shouldn't be a problem. It's just that they are too few in number and can't form a complete encirclement.”
As a general who started from the palace guards, Li Xin only felt that it was a pity that the number of palace guards was relatively small.
Defeating a situation where there were still captives or the enemy had escaped, and annihilating them all without missing a single target.
"Defeat 150,000 Xiongnu elites?”
Meng Wu, who had just arrived and was still confused about the combat strength of the palace guards, was shocked. What he said just now was too exaggerated.
The elite main force was the core of the Xiongnu. It was easy to imagine how strong the combat power of the force that was ranked first in the northern grasslands was.
Although he could tell that the palace guards were also very powerful, it sounded a little unbelievable that 30,000 of them could defeat 150,000 elites.
After all, even the elite Lantian Army didn't have such a shocking battle record.
"That's right. The palace guards have such high combat strength. If not for the fact that they have fewer people, they could completely wipe out the Xiongnu on their own.”
Speaking of which, Li Xin, who was considered the old man of the palace guards, replied firmly.
"Then this general will have to experience it.”
From their interactions in the past few days, Meng Wu understood that the other party was not someone who would speak without thinking. However, he was still skeptical in the end. Was his combat strength really that terrifying?
"Then we'll wait…"
Seeing that Meng Wu still didn't believe it, Li Xin didn't explain anything. Instead, he said that he was waiting and continued to look at the Xiongnu cavalry at the foot of Yin Mountain.
“………”
Seeing this, Meng Wu didn't reply. He also looked at the foot of the mountain and controlled the movements of the Xiongnu cavalry.
"Before we enter the Houtao Plain, Chris, I will leave you twenty thousand elite cavalry in the Yin Mountains to guard the only path of retreat for the Xiongnu.”
Even though he wanted to seize the Hetao area, he didn't lose his rationality.
The rest of them could not be trusted at all. In the end, they chose their younger brother to stay behind and guard their retreat.
If they succeeded in seizing the Hetao region, they wouldn't have to worry about the Qin army cutting off their retreat route. If they failed, they could return to the grasslands safely from the Yin Mountains.
"Yes, Chanyu, I will definitely guard the retreat route. Even if the Qin army comes, we are not afraid of them.”
Knowing how important the Yin Mountain was, Chris did not show any emotion and immediately responded with a yes.
"The rest of the 130,000 elite forces will follow me into the Houtao Plain and prepare to occupy Jiuyuan County.”
After giving out the most important order, the relieved Touman looked at the group of leaders and spoke.
"Break into Houtao Plain and occupy Jiuyuan County!”
Hearing Chanyu's words, greed appeared in the eyes of the leaders of the tribes again. They repeated the same sentence excitedly.
The more effort they put in now, the more they would be able to obtain a good grazing ground after they seized the entire Hetao area.
"Da…da…da…"
The sound of horse hooves rang out once again. With Chief Touman at the head and the various leaders behind him, the 130,000 elite cavalrymen left the Yin Mountains in a grandiose manner.
"That Chief Man isn't stupid. He knows that there can't be any mistakes in the only way out. Unfortunately, his plan is destined to fail.”
Halfway through his sentence, Meng Wu thought of the King who knew the Xiongnu like the back of his hand and was prepared to annihilate their forces in one fell swoop, and a sense of reverence welled up in his heart.
"The twenty thousand elite cavalry of the Xiongnu is just an appetizer for blowing the horn before the siege.”
Seeing the 20,000 cavalry left behind by the leader, Li Xin, who originally maintained a serious expression, suddenly laughed, as if it was the prelude to the arrival of bloodlust.
"Swoosh!"
Noticing General Li Xin's sudden smile, the palace guards hidden in the depths of the Yin Mountains stood up as if they had received some kind of signal.
His eyes, which had originally returned to calmness, instantly became piercingly cold, and his entire aura underwent a qualitative change.
"Although he has just taken office and is only a general, he knows very little about the palace guards.”
"Next, I have to display my standards and command the palace guards well, so as not to waste the trust of the current king.”
Having experienced many battles, Meng Wu could keenly sense the subtle changes in the soldiers. He could not help but smile bitterly. In the future, he needed to understand the palace guards better.
That was because it was a temporary calm before the battle. Killing intent was hidden in everyone's body.
To put it this way, soldiers who had been on the battlefield usually had killing intent. The difference was the concentration. The most terrifying thing was that it was rarely seen.
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