General Qin

To the north of the big river, the sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.

On the vast plain, cattle and sheep are everywhere. From time to time, herders on horseback can be seen galloping with whips, and teenagers on sheep can shoot mice with their bows.

People in the world say that the Huns migrated by chasing water and grass, and that the city of Wu was always used for farming.

This is true, but also incorrect.

As a nomadic people, the Huns would indeed drive their livestock to migrate and graze with the changing seasons. The people lived in dome tents and did not build houses or pavilions.

But the Huns did not stop building cities.

In the distant place to the north of the Yin Mountain, there is the Longcheng (Longcheng), the holy place for offering sacrifices to the heavens of the Huns.

And under this yin mountain, there is also a stone city standing in the wilderness.

The city is not big, and the construction is not very exquisite. Compared with the Zhuxia cities in the south, it looks simple and crude, with a primitive and wild flavor.

This is the place where Touman Chanyu of the Huns met with the nobles of various tribes, received foreign envoys, and handled government and military affairs. It was the political center of the Huns near Yinshan Mountain.

Head to Manchester City.

This city is a small city built in the wilderness with the stone materials from the occupied Zhao fortresses after the Huns went south.

The construction of this city has great symbolic significance, representing that the grassland under the Yin Mountain is the territory of the Huns.

At this moment, in this iconic city of the Huns.

Tu Shanyu, the Huns' supporter, was sitting on a wooden beard bed (a small bench), with his legs spread wide, his face was ashen, and his black eyebrows were wrinkled into a ball of thick ink on his round face.

"Still can't make it?"

Touman Shanyu spoke with a cold face.

Huyan Tiao, the Marquis of Left Bone, shook his head and said: "The people of Qin guard the river very tightly. There are a large number of cavalry patrolling along the river. There are even people stationed at the bend of the river in the west. Our Hun warriors can't get through. Once they are found, they will be killed." We will be shot and killed by the Qin people with their crossbows, their crossbows are too strong, we are no match at all."

"Hmph, trash."

Touman Chanyu cursed, stood up, turned around and kicked over the bed, and paced back and forth in the center of the room restlessly.

His heart is very irritated.

Since the first battle of Daidi, when the Xiongnu were injured and fled to the north, several Xiongnu tribes headed by Zuoguli King Wuluxu coveted Touman's Shanyu position and brazenly launched a rebellion.

During the war, many tribes participated in the rebellion, and some tribes remained neutral. Watching this wolf challenge among the wolves made it very difficult for Touman Shanyu to counter the rebellion.

One of the reasons for this result is that Touman Shanyu showed his incompetence on the battlefield.

The leader of a pack of wolves must be the most powerful and ferocious one.

In the past ten years, Touman Chanyu has been defeated twice by the crown belt people in the south, which can be called completely incompetent.

Many older Huns still remember that just over ten years ago, the young Touman Shanyu unified the grassland tribes and established a powerful regime comparable to the Yuezhi and Donghu, firmly occupying the fertile grassland in the center. .

At that time, Tou Mandan was the most dazzling sun on the grassland, known as the great plow supporter Gutu Shanyu of the Huns, and he was deeply respected by the Huns, and everyone obeyed him.

But when the Huns were in full swing, Touman Shanyu fell into the tricks of the Zhao people when he went south to invade the country of the crown belt. He was lured by Zhao general Li Mu and killed more than 100,000 Huns. Seriously injured, he could only flee back to the north in embarrassment to lick his wounds.

More than ten years have passed, and the Xiongnu, who had just recovered some strength, was taken to Daidi by Touman Shanyu. Once again, he was tricked by the Qin general Zhao Tuo, and was attacked overnight. Killed more than 10,000 people.

Getting hit twice in a row is enough to discredit Touman Shanyu.

In addition, Zhao Tuo, the general of Qin, seemed to be deliberately targeting him. During the night attack, he only attacked Shan Yu's royal elite and several tribes close to him. As a result, in the first battle of Daidi, the strength of the Xiongnu tribes was not much lost, except Touman Dan. was severely weakened.

Twice in the trap, the majesty was demolished, the elite was injured, and Touman Chanyu, the wolf king, lost his strength and lost his deterrent power to his followers.

Under such circumstances, the rebellion was difficult to quell, which made him very troubled.

Moreover, the Huns, who were greatly damaged in strength, also attracted the coveting of King Donghu.

Facing the mighty Donghu, Toumandan was terrified, so he could only send envoys to present his beautiful Yan family and a strong BMW to the king of Donghu, and even sent his son Maodun to Donghu as a hostage. So that Donghu can let them go.

Just at that time, the Qin people sent troops to recover Liaodong, posing a threat to Donghu, which saved the Xiongnu from the danger of being robbed by Donghu.

But even so, it was still difficult for Touman to defeat the rebels and reunify the Huns for a while.

At this time, the Yuezhi people helped him a lot.

Henan is the territory of King Zuoguli and some rebel tribes, because they mobilized people to compete with Touman Shanyu for the position of the wolf near Yinshan Mountain, resulting in the emptiness of Henan.

As a result, they were taken by the Yuezhi people. Except for some young and strong people who escaped, all the cattle, sheep and livestock were lost, and many clansmen who stayed there became slaves of the Yuezhi people.

King Zuoguli's strength was greatly weakened. In front of him was Touman Chanyu at the foot of the Yin Mountain, and behind him were the two Yuezhi tribes who had robbed Henan.

King Zuogu Li was also a bachelor, so he directly begged Touman Shanyu for his understanding, and together he dealt with Yuezhi.

Touman Shanyu wished to tear the traitor into pieces, but faced with the opportunity to reunify the Xiongnu and the threat from the Yuezhi, he still accepted Zuoguli King's submission with a smile and did not punish him.

It's just that the Huns after reunification are not as powerful as before.

To the north of Yinshan Mountain, many tribes who were originally subject to the Xiongnu left during the civil strife.

In Henan, many Rong tribes that originally belonged to the Xiongnu also fell into the hands of the Yuezhi.

Touman Shanyu pieced things together, the entire grassland was still under his control, and there were only about 90,000 cavalry left who could be recruited to the battlefield, which was not much more than the two Yue clans in Henan, so they did not go south to take them back for a long time. Actions in Henan.

Until Qin Jun came.

According to the information obtained by the Huns before the Qin army blocked the river, Qin's army to conquer Henan was 300,000 people!

The number of them is so large that every Hun who hears it will gasp.

Especially the name of the general Qin who led the army made the Huns' eyelids twitch even more.

"Zhao Tuo!"

Touman Shanyu gritted his teeth, and often mentioned the name of General Qin who lied to him.

However, he was very happy with Zhao Tuo leading the army to conquer Henan.

Good job!

Qin Jun is the enemy of the Huns!

The Yuezhi is also the enemy of the Huns!

When two enemies fight, it's really dog ​​eat dog.

Maybe in the end, both sides will be hurt, and he will be able to take advantage of the situation and lead the army to go south to clean up the Yuezhi and Qin people together.

Therefore, Touman Shanyu paid close attention to the situation in Henan, and while watching the battle, he was ready to intervene at any time.

Unexpectedly, before the news of the fight between the Qin army and the Yuezhi people came, a Qin army from Shangjun blocked the river.

Henan is surrounded by big rivers, and the places where the river can be crossed are extremely limited. The blocking of the Qin army directly cut off the communication of news from the Huns.

The strong bows and crossbows of the Qin people, and the strong armor and sharp blades were not something the Huns could easily break through. Therefore, Touman Chanyu, who did not know the specific battle situation, could only worry about in Touman City all day long, and had to send out scouts from time to time. , to see if he could break through the blockade of the Qin people by luck and bring him some useful information.

At this moment, in the face of the news that Zuoguduhou was powerless to cross the river.

After Toumandanyu scolded a few times, he felt bored, and asked about King Zuoguli again.

"Wu Luxu has been getting close to General You recently, and seems to be trying to win him over. Should we warn you?"

Huyan Tiao reported the latest status of Zuoguli King Wuluxu.

A cold light flashed in Tou Mandan's eyes.

That guy is so wicked.

But at this time, Touman Shanyu really didn't dare to attack Zuoguli King.

His prestige was completely lost in two major defeats. At this moment, the reason why the Huns were able to reunite was entirely because of the threat of foreign enemies, which prompted the tribes to temporarily put down their internal struggles, not because those rebels sincerely obeyed him, Toumanchanyu.

If he killed King Zuoguli at this time, the Xiongnu who had just been unified would probably fall apart and be difficult to gather.

After all, Touman Chanyu's headquarters was severely damaged, and he could not fully suppress and annex the rest of the departments.

"If I want to stabilize my position, the only way to show the strength of the alpha wolf is to kill a powerful prey."

"I was defeated by the Qin people, and the Henan land was captured by the Yue clan. If I can defeat either side, I can regain my authority and let them convince me."

Touman Chanyu whispered.

The reason why he paid attention to the war in Henan was precisely because he wanted to fish in troubled waters and win a battle to consolidate his authority.

Only when he wins the battle can he have the real right to speak.

Even if it's just defeating the partial division of the Qin army, or robbing the tribes of the few months' clan, it can make him feel ashamed and let the Huns obey him again.

As time passed, Touman Shanyu was feeling anxious because he could not get news from Henan.

The Qin army blocking along the river unexpectedly moved.

According to the investigation by the Huns scouts, this Qin army seemed to have received some urgent news. Except for a small number of people who continued to guard the main roads, the rest of the army pulled out their camps and headed south in a hurry.

"It must be the Qin people and the Yue clan who fought fiercely. The Qin people need to mobilize this army to go south to support!"

"I knew that although the total number of the Yue clan was not as large as that of the Qin army, the grassland was a place where cavalry galloped. Most of the Qin army was composed of infantry, and it was impossible for the Yue clan to have cavalry on the grassland. opponent."

"Hahaha, here's your chance!"

Touman Shanyu was thinking about the fierce battle in Henan.

He looked at Huyan Tiao who came forward to report the news, and said with a smile, "Do you still remember the old King Yan's story about the fight between the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman's profit?"

Huyan Tiao blinked, and remembered the story Yan Wangxi once told, and replied: "It seems that a river clam basked in the sun with its shell open. A snipe saw it and stretched out its beak to peck the flesh of the river clam. The mussel hurriedly closed its shell and pinched the snipe's beak tightly, but none of them would let it go. Finally, a passing fisherman saw them and caught them both."

Touman Chanyu laughed loudly and said, "Yes, don't you think that the current Yueshi is the river clam basking in the sun, and the Qin people are the silly snipe bird whose beak was pinched by the clam?"

"And my great Gutu Shanyu, who supports the plow, will be the last fisherman!"

Touman Shanyu's eyes were piercing.

He seems to have seen the scene where he wiped out Qin Jun and Yuezhi in one go.