Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 89: Thirty thousand cavalry buried in the valley

After the Xiongnu cavalry broke through the city pass, they pushed down the city gates and killed more than 3,000 defenseless corvées. The earth in Shenmu City was stained with blood and corpses were everywhere, it was a horrific tragedy.

After a brief adjustment, the Huns left troops garrisoned and continued to move south, burning, killing and looting. They plundered the nearby villages and county towns. Smoke rose to the sky and the people wailed everywhere.

The news of the fall of Shenmu, Yulin and Yanchi city gates soon reached Meng Tian's military tent in Yanmen Pass. Meng Tian was very anxious and paced back and forth in the tent, thinking, but was at a loss as to what to do.

Now outside Yanmen Pass, the 300,000 Xiongnu troops led by Touman have not moved and are confronting his 200,000 troops. If he leads his troops to intercept them, Yanmen Pass will be empty and will be easily lost. Once the Yanmen barrier is lost, the Yan and Zhao lands that the Qin Dynasty has worked so hard to conquer will be in vain, and the six northeastern counties including Yanmen County and Dai County will be easily occupied by the Xiongnu. Then he will become a sinner for all eternity.

But if they are not intercepted, the three Xiongnu cavalry will plunder Shangjun with impunity, or even join forces and march south to form an army of 100,000 cavalry to threaten Xianyang. Although Xianyang is heavily guarded and is not afraid of 100,000 cavalry, it will inevitably cause panic in the court and bring shame to the national prestige. Your Majesty will be furious and blame him.

He has followed Your Majesty for many years, from assisting him in ascending the throne to unifying the six kingdoms today. He has made many secret orders for Your Majesty that are unknown to the public and is Your Majesty's most trusted general. That is why Your Majesty entrusted him with the responsibility of stabilizing the country.

However, this move taken by Touman was a far-sighted one. It must have taken a long time to plan and prepare, which put him in a dilemma. No matter what decision he made, he would be unworthy of the trust of His Majesty.

Although he knew in his heart that His Majesty would not kill him no matter what, and even understood him, it would be difficult for him to be reused again. He knew His Majesty's character best. A virtuous person would be allowed to display his talents, and when his talents were exhausted, his achievements would be like a blank sheet of paper.

"The most urgent thing is to hope that Meng Yi knows the current situation, volunteer to go to war, lead troops to stop the rampant Huns, and save some face!" Meng Tian said sadly.

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Xukotaku led 30,000 cavalry and had been attacking Shangjun for three days, but Meng Tian's army had not arrived yet. Looking at the devastated Shenmu, Wuzhan guessed that the Huns must have a large army at Yanmen Pass, which led Meng Tian to choose to abandon Shangjun and defend Yanmen. This choice was also within Wuzhan's expectations.

The cold wind was howling, his hair was flying, and Wuzhan looked from afar at the Hun soldiers guarding the gate, waiting for the opportunity to come.

A golden-eyed eagle flew from the sky in the distance, its golden wings were at least ten feet long. After a moment, it slowly landed next to Wuzhan and turned into Lingkongzi.

Ling Kongzi said: "The Qin army has sent 100,000 troops to rush here. The Xiongnu cavalry was blocked and chose not to fight. They are retreating here. They will pass by here in less than an hour!"

Wuzhan asked, "Who is the general of the Qin army?"

"The word 'Meng' is written on the flag. It should be Meng Tian's younger brother, Meng Yi. He is only about ten miles away from this group of Xiongnu, but the distance between them is getting bigger and bigger. I guess he can't catch up with the Xiongnu."

Wuzhan thought for a moment and said, "Send the order down, lie in ambush on the mountain and wait for my order!"

Ling Kongzi said, "Okay, I'll do it right away!" After that, he went down the mountain.

When Wuzhan was supervising the construction of the city wall, most of the corvées knew that Wuzhan had a close relationship with Wei Pianjiang. All matters were assigned by Wuzhan, and Wei Pianjiang gave him full responsibility and never asked any questions. They guessed that Wuzhan must be an official in the court. Moreover, since Wuzhan supervised the construction of the city wall, the corvées suffered less, were able to get better rest, eat a little more, and the epidemic was effectively controlled. The number of deaths every day was greatly reduced. They all had a good impression of Wuzhan and did not doubt the orders he gave.

More importantly, Wuzhan anticipated the invasion of the Huns and moved nearly 20,000 people to the barren mountains of Shenmu one day in advance on the pretext of moving stones. They were not massacred by the Huns and their lives were saved.

These 20,000 corvées are now all behind the mountains in the narrow valley outside Shenmu Pass. As long as the Xiongnu cavalry returns to the valley, they will be allowed to stay in the valley. Wuzhan is waiting for this opportunity to become famous in one battle, an opportunity that has been ignored by the Xiongnu.

Not long after, Jin Xingzi and Ling Kongzi came to Wuzhan with several strong men. These strong men were centurions selected by Wuzhan. They were needed to execute orders, so Wuzhan immediately deployed them.

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The Huns' iron cavalry swept up the yellow sand with the sound of rumbling hooves. They were loaded with loot and shouted as they galloped from the inside of the pass to the gate. This time they reaped a lot. They looted for three whole days, and every cavalryman had a smile on his face.

The Xiongnu guarding the city were overjoyed to see Sukotaku returning with his cavalry. They hurried forward to greet him and reported the situation of the past three days to him. Sukotaku nodded and looked back inside the pass, as if unwilling to give up. After hesitating for a moment, he waved his hand and shouted, "Retreat!"

Once they leave Shenmu Pass, Meng Tian will lose the chance to intercept them, and Meng Yi, who is chasing them from behind, will also be disappointed, and the Huns will escape.

The Xiongnu cavalry formed a long team and slowly passed through the narrow valley. Everything was very calm. Not long after Xu Ketuo entered the valley, the sitting Xiao Tianhu suddenly stopped, as if he had smelled something, bared his fangs, and growled a few times. Xu Ketuo knew that Xiao Tianhu must have discovered something unusual, which was why he reacted like this, so he immediately shouted: "Stop!" The sound shook the valley, and the Xiongnu cavalry immediately reined in the reins. The long cavalry team stopped in the valley, and the valley became extremely quiet. Only the sound of the wind in the valley could be heard. Xu Ketuo looked around for a long time and did not find any problems. But he thought that if Meng Tian had led his troops to block him, he would have received the news from the Khan long ago, and Meng Yi would not have come to stop him so quickly, which prevented his Tiger Division from joining Hu Yanlieri's Wolf Division and had to evacuate from Shenmu. The defenders of Shenmu were all killed, and even the corvées were killed. There was no one here, so how could someone ambush in this valley.

Xu Ketuo ordered, "Keep going, fast!" He patted Xiao Tianhu's head and laughed, "I didn't let you eat Meng Yi's meat, so you are being stubborn. Don't worry, his meat will be yours sooner or later!"

Xiao Tianhu sniffed again, but didn't seem to find anything. He stretched out his head and took steps with his sturdy legs. "Puff! Puff!" He walked slowly and continued to follow the team. Soon, the entire cavalry was already marching in the valley.

"Boom..." A series of loud noises came from the top of the mountain, thick smoke billowed up, flames filled the sky, the whole valley shook, huge rocks burst out from the top of the mountain, dust rolled up, whistling and rolling down, like a mountain torrent, raising a huge wave of rolling rocks several feet high on the hillside.

Previously, the faces of the Hun cavalry were still filled with joy, but now, with their eyes wide open and mouths open, they were completely replaced by desperate fear. The mountain was angry and the sky had collapsed, and they were going to bury them alive.

Sukotaku couldn't understand why he would encounter such a situation. Even though he was extremely brave, he could only stare in dumbfounded at this moment. Even if he had three heads and six arms, he could not stop this sudden disaster. This disaster was irresistible by human power, and this disaster must not be caused by human power.

There is no need to give any orders at this moment, because there is a roar in everyone's ears. There is no need to run away at this moment, because the hillsides on both sides of the long valley are roaring, and there is no escape, and no way to escape. There is no need to think too much at this moment, because everything is too late.

In an instant, huge falling rocks hit the cavalry who were unable to dodge in time, and people and horses fell to the ground, blood and flesh flew everywhere, it was a horrific sight.

In the valley, huge rocks were rolling, gravel was flying, screams and roars were completely covered by the rumbling sound, and the corpses were crushed again and again, and finally buried.

Roaring Tiger roared, leaped up, and carried Xukotaku to avoid the flying boulders. Xukotaku didn't have time to think, his eyes widened with anger, and he swung his goose-wing long sword, smashing the boulders that he could not avoid with all his might, with infinite strength.

The mountain collapsed for a long time, and the valley was full of fallen rocks, which piled up the valley several feet high. The rumbling sound gradually stopped, the north wind blew, the dust was blown away, blood was flowing underground, and the cries of people and horses could be clearly heard from near and far.

Sukotaku held his long sword at his side, his face was covered in dust and sweat, he looked towards the long and narrow valley, 30,000 cavalry were buried in an instant, only a few dozen seriously injured were left, how could he accept such a result, these were the elite of his entire clan, with them his clan was not bullied by foreigners, and had a place among the Huns, but this natural disaster for unknown reasons took them all away, his heart was bleeding, his whole body was shaking, suddenly he looked up to the sky and howled, "Why!" the sound shook the valley.

Suddenly, I noticed a thin figure appeared on the top of the mountain, with fluttering clothes and a cold look. Several people gradually appeared behind him. Looking at the mountaintops on both sides of the valley, they were all full of people.

Sukotaku immediately understood that this was not a natural disaster, but their own doing. But where did these people come from? Why did they suddenly appear here? He looked up to the sky and shouted, "Who are you? Why did you ambush us?"

Wuzhan did not answer. Lingkongzi behind him shouted, "We are corvées! Avenge the corvées!"

Even though Sukotaku was filled with anger, he was still puzzled. He had already killed all the corvées here, so why did so many of them suddenly appear? If it was an ambush, why didn't he ambush them when they came, but ambush them when they left, leaving them defenseless? Moreover, this ambush didn't involve even one person, and they pushed the mountain down. They must have used a mysterious magic circle. Who is this thin young man, and why did he do this? He was so calm, how could he be an ordinary corvée? He pointed at Wuzhan angrily and said, "Tell me your name, and I will avenge you!"

Ling Kongzi said: "Little Master!"

When Sukotaku heard this, he became even more furious and shouted, "Come down if you dare, and fight your grandfather to the death!"

Ling Kongzi laughed and said, "You can only live for a few years, yet you call me grandpa. Your younger generation must have died in the womb. Don't worry. Now is not the time to kill you. You must be in a bad mood after so many people died. Take a breath and calm down!"

Sukotaku was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, "I'm going to kill you!" He jumped up like a tiger, furious, holding a long goose-wing sword, and leaped to the top of the mountain.

Before he reached the mountainside, Lingkongzi leaped down, opened his mouth and let out a sharp "Ouch!" sound, which stirred up a strong wind. The Roaring Tiger was shocked by the sharp sound and immediately turned its head and rushed back down the mountain like crazy, almost throwing Sukotaku away.

Ling Kongzi laughed loudly: "You, Roaring Sky Tiger, are so cowardly that you were frightened to death by my roar. What's the point of riding a mount like this?"

Xu Ketuo was helpless at this time. He suppressed his anger and heartache, stabilized Xiao Tianhu, and said angrily: "Since you don't dare to duel with me and don't dare to tell your name, well, I remember what you look like, and I will definitely avenge you!" He leaped Xiao Tianhu and prepared to leave with dozens of remaining soldiers.

But before they had gone far, they discovered that the exit outside the pass had been surrounded by tens of thousands of corvées, led by a smiling Taoist priest with long teeth.

(End of this chapter)