General Qin

After crossing the main road of the great river, Zhao Tuo did not pursue the style of fighting that is expensive and fast like he did in the first battle of Helan.

Instead, he marched in parallel with cavalry and infantry, and slowly advanced towards Beihe, sweeping away the Xiongnu and Rong tribes in the Hetao along the way.

In the eyes of many people, General Zhao's slow action gave the Huns time to react, which was delaying the opportunity of the war.

Sima Liang and Wang Li even advised Zhao Tuo that cavalry should be dispatched to the north quickly to cooperate with the boat division that detoured through the Beihe River to quickly cross the river and seize the river bank to prepare for the subsequent army crossing the river.

Otherwise, once the Huns reacted and stood guard along the river, it would be more difficult for the Qin army to cross the river, and they would have to pay a lot of casualties.

For these suggestions, Zhao Tuo responded with a smile, and only knew when the time came.

Sima Liang, Wang Li and others were puzzled, but due to the invincible record of this general, they suppressed their doubts and focused on directing the troops on their way.

"Why didn't the general tell the generals about the plan?"

Chen Ping asked suspiciously.

Only a few of their confidantes know about the general's plan, and no one under his command knows, so Wang Li and the others came here to offer advice in doubt.

Zhao Tuo glanced at Chen Ping and said, "It's useless to tell them, because whether or not our plan will be successful is not here, but depends on Shanyu Wangting, the right general, and Touman. Absolutely sure, if things change at that time, it will affect the thinking of the generals in advance, so it is better to adapt to the situation."

"The general is really well-intentioned."

Chen Ping nodded in praise, his eyes thoughtful.

Zhao Tuo looked calm.

In addition to telling Chen Ping the reason, the more important thing is that as the chief general of the first army, he does not need to speak out all his thoughts, and sometimes the more he speaks, the worse it is.

His plan this time is not absolutely successful. If he informs his subordinates in advance that they have expectations, if the result is unsatisfactory, his prestige will be greatly lost, and his subordinates will think that this general is nothing more than that, and even become a joke.

But if you pretend to be mysterious in advance, even if the final result changes, there will be no side effects. On the contrary, the plan was successful, but the mysterious gesture made in advance can surprise the subordinates, thinking that the general has a strategy in his chest and plans in advance, which is admirable.

This is something that Zhao Tuo slowly comprehended as a superior, and it belongs to the advanced skills of leaders.

Zhao Tuo asked again: "How about our right general?"

A strange smile appeared on Chen Ping's face, and he lowered his head and said, "The right general of the Xiongnu is extremely cunning. When we attacked at night, he asked his cronies to wear his clothes and walk north, while he himself fled west."

"What we caught was a fake Hun right general, who has been identified by many Hun captives. Now he has been beheaded in public, and the news has spread throughout the army. The selected Huns should all know about it."

Zhao Tuo nodded and said, "That's very good, cut off the ears of those Huns and let them bring my letter to Touman."

With that said, Zhao Tuo turned his head and looked to the north.

All the chess pieces have been laid out, whether they can succeed or not depends on Touman's choice.

...

In Touman City, south of Yinshan Mountain.

Touman Shanyu looked at Yi Hanxie, the general on the right, who was dressed in ordinary herdsmen's attire and looked embarrassed. He was furious, and beat him with the whip in his hand.

"Yi Hanxie, you idiot, Ben Shanyu asked you to patrol day and night to guard against the Qin army's sneak attack, you took it as nonsense, didn't you? If you hadn't been drinking and having fun and ignored Ben Shanyu's words, you wouldn't even send someone on patrol How could the people of Qin cross the river so easily?"

"Even if you have a small number of people, you can't stop the Qin people, and there are people on patrol to warn you, you will never be successfully attacked by the Qin people, and you will lose thousands of people. It's all your fault, idiot!"

Tou Manchanyu was furious, and the more he spoke, the more angry he was, and he beat him with a whip.

Yi Hanxie hurriedly dodged Touman Chanyu's whipping, and screamed: "I sent the horse plows under the tent to patrol the river, but this bastard refused to drink, which made the Qin army's sneak attack successful. Big Chanyu, this is not my fault!"

"You still dare to lie to me. It is your fault that you lost the Dahe defense line and the tribe!"

Touman Shanyu didn't listen at all, and hit the right general's chest with a whip, causing him to jump up and down in pain, screaming loudly.

Seeing that Yi Hanxie was beaten badly, he kept defending himself.

Wu Luxu, the king of Zuoguli who had a good relationship with him, couldn't help but said: "Da Shanyu, I think Yi Hanxie has always been cautious in doing things, he doesn't look like this kind of person, that Ma Lida is also in the royal court, why don't let him He came to confront!"

"Confrontation, Ma Lida of the Mustang Day broke a big deal, and dare to frame me, Da Shanyu, I want to confront him!" Yi Hanxie screamed.

Tou Manchan put down his whip with a gloomy face.

He slapped the right general just now, just to vent the anger in his heart. With his intelligence, he could still see the tricks in it, so he sent someone to call Ma Lida.

When the two confronted each other, Ma Lida immediately revealed his secrets.

The reason why he put all the responsibility on the right general was that after he escaped, he heard that the right general and other nobles of the Huns were all captured by the Qin army, so he returned to Shanyu Wangting with peace of mind. How could he know that Yi Hanxie Can actually come back alive.

Feeling Touman Shanyu's fierce eyes, and Yi Hanxie's appearance of wanting to eat him.

In order to save his life, Ma Lida could only bite the bullet and bite wildly at this moment: "Da Shanyu, I heard that the right general has been captured by the Qin army and has become a prisoner of the Qin people. How can he be innocent under such circumstances?" The wounded one returned to the court, I think he might have surrendered to the Qin people secretly, and was sent back by Zhao Tuo to be a traitor!"

Yi Hanxie's eyelids twitched, he saw Touman Shanyu looking over coldly, and the suspicious eyes of many Xiongnu nobles.

Yi Hanxie took a deep breath, and then yelled at Ma Lida: "You bastard, I clearly sent you to patrol the river, but you didn't go after getting drunk, which caused the people of Qin to cross the river without warning, making the My army was attacked by the Qin people, all of this is your fault!"

"Now you still dare to frame me in front of Da Shanyu! Let me tell you, why I came back alive is because I changed clothes with my cronies and told them to go north, and I fled west. I was attracted by my cronies, subordinates and other people, which made me escape."

"You can escape, why can't I escape! Bitch, you dare to frame me, I will cut your tongue off!"

Yi Hanxie was furious and rushed towards Ma Lida.

As soon as the two were about to fight, Touman Shanyu snorted, and the guards of the Wangting rushed up and pressed the two of them to the ground together.

"Da Chanyu, this bastard framed me, I'm going to kill him!"

Yi Hanxie screamed angrily.

Touman Shanyu stared at him coldly.

Zhao Tuo's treachery, Qin Jun's scheming, and being deceived by the Qin people twice in a row made him full of vigilance. What Ma Lida said must be guarded against.

"Yi Hanxie, where are your personal guards? Could it be that none of them ran out with you?"

Touman Chanyu asked coldly, finding out all kinds of doubts.

Yi Hanxie blushed and said, "Da Shanyu, do you really listen to this bastard and doubt me?"

"At that time, the Qin army was chasing us everywhere. In order to escape, I changed into ordinary clothes and fled. In addition, it was dark and chaotic everywhere. Naturally, I was separated from my personal guards. I wanted to report to Da Shanyu as soon as possible. That's when I gave up the time to collect the remnants, and rushed to the royal court with all my strength, Great Chanyu, you can't doubt me!"

Hearing Yi Hanxie's argument, Touman Shanyu looked at him coldly, and finally waved his hand: "Take it down first, lock it up."

"Da Shanyu, I have done meritorious service for you! I have shed blood for you!"

Yi Hanxie screamed and was pulled down by the guards of the royal court.

The horse plow next to him didn't run away either, and they were taken down together.

The house returned to calm, and the nobles looked at each other in blank dismay.

Wu Luxu said cautiously: "Da Shanyu, the right general is a warrior of our Huns. He has always been brave and vigorous, and he will never surrender to the Qin people easily. Moreover, from the time when the Qin army crossed the river to sneak attack, and then the right general returned, there was a gap between the two. The time is not long, even if the people of Qin really captured him, it is impossible to subdue him and release him in such a short period of time, I think he should be innocent."

Touman Shanyu gave Wu Luxu a cold look, and said, "Zhao Tuo is too treacherous and cunning, so we have to guard against it."

Hearing this, all the nobles of the Xiongnu thought of the treachery of the Qin army, and couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

However, most of the nobles' doubts about General You were dispelled by the next day.

Because Zhao Tuo sent envoys to Touman Chanyu again.

Perhaps it was because of the fear that the Huns would kill the envoys. This time the envoys sent by the Qin army were several captured Huns.

They had their right ears cut off by the Qin people, and their foreheads were marked as slaves, and they were asked to bring a letter from General Zhao Tuo of the Qin State to Tou Manchanyu.

These Huns did not dare to run away and refuse this mission, because the Qin people threatened that if the Qin army defeated the Huns and found that these people did not bring the letter, they would offer rewards and find them, and give them the cruelest punishment.

They were marked by the Qin army, and they were very recognizable. They were terrified by the warning, so naturally they did not dare to disobey, and brought Zhao Tuo's letter to the royal court.

"What's written on it?"

Touman Chanyu held the silk letter and looked at the nobles under him with a confused expression.

All the nobles looked at the strangely shaped Qin characters on the letter, and shook their heads in confusion.

The Huns only had language but no writing, so Zhao Tuo credited Qin Wen, which they couldn't understand at all.

Sending a letter to Touman Chanyu that the Huns could not understand was a blatant humiliation.

What humiliated the Huns even more was that in addition to the letter written by Qin Wen, Zhao Tuo also thoughtfully sent a silk painting along with the letter.

It seems that considering that they can't understand the text, they deliberately illustrated it with pictures.

In the middle of the painting is a mountain, with grasslands and a big river at the foot, and then a group of herdsmen wearing felt hats walking north in horror, and a group of Qin people in armor crossing the river, and there are many dead herdsmen lying on the ground .

The Qin people in the painting are majestic and majestic, while the herdsmen are short and wretched, and they are all bow-legged, full of naked ridicule and intimidation.

"You brat Zhao Tuo, are you protesting against me?"

"Damn it, I must kill him!"

Touman Chanyu threw the letter and the silk painting on the ground, looking at the Huns whose ears had been cut off, his lungs exploded.

But after all, he was a hero of a generation. When he saw these Huns sent back by the Qin people, he suppressed his inner anger and asked them about the situation of the Qin army. By the way, he happened to ask about General You.

"The right general captured by the Qin people was a fake. I heard that he was disguised by his personal guards. The real right general changed his clothes and ran away at night."

"After the Qin people captured General You, they asked many people to identify him, but they all said no. In the end, Qin angrily beheaded the warrior pretending to be General Right, and passed it on to all the captives in an attempt to intimidate us."

These Huns confessed honestly.

Touman Shanyu was worried, and ordered someone to separate them for interrogation, but the answers were all the same, which shows that the things are true.

In this way, it matched the rhetoric of Yi Hanxie, the right general.

"This guy did a pretty good job of escaping."

Touman Chanyu cursed.

After all, what Wu Luxu said made sense. The time for Qin Jun to cross the river and defeat the Huns, and then for Yi Hanxie to return to the royal court was too short.

With such a short time, it is hard for them to believe that the brave and vigorous General You of the Huns succumbed to the Qin people and even acted as a spy for the Qin people. This is almost impossible.

The reason why Touman Chanyu took precautions was just in case. Now that these few Huns supported General You's statement, it naturally dispelled all Touman Chanyu's doubts.

"Bring Yi Hanxie here, I want to ask him about the Qin people."

After a while, Yi Hanxie was released.

He walked to the door here and saw Tou Manchanyu sitting on the Hu bed in the middle, and the Xiongnu and Yuezhi nobles on both sides were all staring at him.

Yi Hanxie felt her heart beating violently.

The scene of being tortured by Qin people using water torture came to his mind again.

It was so painful that he wanted to live, it was simply unimaginable torture, and he didn't want to suffer a second time in his life.

At the same time, what the man named Li Shiqi said to him in a seductive voice rang in his ears.

"If things are successful, the Xiongnu will become the dogs my Great Qin raised outside the Great Wall, and you, Yi Hanxie, will also become the king of dogs, a new Xiongnu Shanyu."

Torture punishment, profit temptation.

Yi Hanxie took a deep breath and strode in.