General Qin

"fire!"

"How could there be fire!"

The Huns looked back to the north, and all shouted in horror.

There are raging flames soaring to the sky, even after dozens of miles away, they are still eye-catching in the dark night.

The red light stung their eyes.

Nomads are most afraid of grassland fire, which is their nightmare.

The location where the flames were burning was exactly in the direction of their tribe.

"Why was there a fire in the rear when I attacked the Qin army at night?"

"Who set this on fire?"

Doubts popped up in Touman Chanyu's head.

The people of the grassland are very cautious about the use of fire. Once there is a sign of fire, they will immediately put it out at all costs.

The soaring fire that reflected dozens of miles away must have been done on purpose!

It's just that before Touman Chanyu could think more, the frightened and urgent voices of the nobles of the Xiongnu rang in his ears.

"Da Shanyu, let's go back quickly!"

"Our clansmen and livestock are all there, hurry back!"

"Hurry up, go back to the north!"

There were screams one after another, and even some impatient Huns ran back on their horses regardless of the order of the Great Chanyu.

Now that there is fire in the rear, all the Huns are worried about their own clansmen, cattle, sheep and horses, and no one has the intention to continue fighting the Qin army here.

Not to mention that the camp of the Qin people was as solid as a rock, and they couldn't chew it down at all.

When Touman Chanyu was told this, he remembered the tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of livestock he had left near Touman City, which were his most precious possessions.

He didn't know if the place where the fire was burning was Manchester City. If it was, then everything was over.

Thinking of this, Touman Shanyu anxiously issued an order: "Order all the ministries to withdraw their troops, give up attacking the Qin army's camp, and go back immediately!"

"Walk!"

Xu Budang, king of Youguli, cared about his tribe, and immediately rode his horse and led his tribe to the north.

In an instant, the Huns threw down the corpses of horses and horses all over the ground outside the Qin camp, one by one shouting and galloping their horses back to the north.

Before leaving, Touman Shanyu also had someone notify the 20,000 Yuezhi people who were ambushing in the south of the Qin army, telling them that there was a change in the rear, that the plan was cancelled, that the Qin camp was abandoned, and that they would return north immediately.

...

Ten miles away from the southern camp of the Qin army.

Su Jiasha received a letter from the Huns and learned about Touman Shanyu leading his troops to retreat.

Yaguda chased away the Huns envoys, came over on horseback, and whispered to Su Jiasha: "Your Majesty, there is a fire rising behind the Huns. Is this something Qin people did?"

The corners of Su Jiasha's mouth curled up, and she smiled lightly: "This is naturally the method of the general. He took advantage of the opportunity of the Huns to attack the Qin camp at night, and led troops to raid Toman City, burned the grassland with fire, and forced the Huns to return. , and then you can defeat the enemy in one battle. General, you are really a god!"

Su Jiasha explained Qin Jun's plan in one word, and as she spoke, she looked up at the red light reflecting the northern sky, and her eyes flickered with splendor.

Ya Guda's face was ugly, and he whispered: "But Qin people are using fire, burning the grassland with big fire, which is cutting off the livelihood of all grassland people."

Su Jiasha turned her head suddenly, staring coldly at the old man from the Secret Department in front of her.

Ya Guda couldn't help shivering from that icy gaze, and lowered his head in fear.

"This is not our grassland."

"The general will only attack the enemy. If you don't want to betray Daqin, why are you afraid? Xiumi Xihou fled back to Hexi. If you still think about him, you will only bring disaster to the entire tribe. If you want to keep the Xiumi Ministry, Only sincerely submit to the Great Qin Emperor, surrender to the general, do you know that?"

Ya Guda tremblingly said: "Yes, what your lady said is true."

Su Jiasha nodded in satisfaction, then looked north again, looking at the dazzling red in the distant sky.

"Let's go, take our people to the north."

"It's the last battle."

...

In the camp of the Qin army, with the appearance of glaring fire in the distance, the Huns retreated like a tide, leaving only the air filled with a faint smell of blood.

"Why did these Huns leave? Nai Gong hasn't killed enough yet."

Wang Shui sighed in disappointment, still a little unwilling.

Xi Juan laughed and said, "Isn't that good? Just now, we had already earned enough heads to be promoted. I heard that if you want to go up to the rank, the head is useless, you have to rely on It’s about leveling up, so it’s useless for you to kill a few more. It’s better to wait until the end of the battle and return to Pei County. At that time, I’ll get a pavilion chief, and you can also be a village chief. Wouldn’t you be happy? !"

"Hahaha, yes, we will be able to collude openly in the future and run rampant in the countryside."

Wang Xi laughed, and asked Wang Ling again: "Brother, at least this time, he will not change. When he returns to Pei County in the future, with his relationship, he can enter the county temple and become a petty official. It can cover us both."

"Look at that fire!"

Wang Ling did not answer, but pointed to the north.

Xi Juan and Wang Chi were stunned, looked over, and muttered, "Did the Huns retreat because of the fire in the rear? The fire must have happened by coincidence."

Wang Ling said in a low voice: "In my opinion, the general must have sent someone to raid the Huns' lair. It was our people who set it on fire!"

Both Wang Xi and Xi Juan were shocked.

It is naturally impossible to disclose the military actions of the Qin army to these small soldiers.

Now that they heard Wang Ling's words, after thinking about it, they felt that it was indeed very possible, and they suddenly showed surprise. They didn't expect that wars could be fought like this!

"Using the Qin camp as a bait to lure Shan Yu to come, and the villains attack the Xiongnu's lair, the general's use of troops is really a god!"

Everyone was amazed, and they all showed admiration.

These rangers from the Chu region now admire Zhao Tuo very much.

Wang Ling even remembered what happened in Chu, and he couldn't help but secretly sighed: "Liu Ji, Liu Ji, how dare you mess with this kind of person, no wonder the dead are not even found."

...

Thousands of horses are galloping on the grassland.

With the passage of time, the dawn was twilight in the sky, and the nearly 100,000 prairie army that attacked the Qin camp that night was getting closer and closer to the fire while galloping.

Although the army of the Xiongnu gathered, their respective tribes did not gather in one place, but scattered on the vast grassland to graze.

At this moment, the direction of the fire is the location of Touman City, which is also the location of Touman Chanyu's followers.

The tribe of Xu Budang, the king of Youguli, is located on the grassland further east.

After seeing the burning light of the fire, Xu Budang waited for the nobles of the Xiongnu, worried about the safety of his people and livestock, and thought of leaving the army and going back to their respective homes.

But it was stopped by Touman Shanyu.

"This fire was definitely set by the people of Qin!"

Touman Chanyu gritted his teeth and growled to the nobles: "It must be the cunning Zhao Tuo who sent his cavalry to set fire to the grassland while we were attacking the Qin army's camp. We must not let these Qin people go. !"

"Your clansmen are far away. When they see a fire, they will naturally migrate around to find water sources. Don't worry about that."

"You have to follow me to the king's city, to help my tribe escape, and to kill those Qin people with me! You dare to burn the grassland, it is unforgivable!"

Touman Chanyu's roar aroused the righteous indignation of all the Xiongnu nobles.

Burning the grassland is a heinous crime, and it must not be let go!

Under such circumstances, except for a small number of Xiongnu nobles who led their people away halfway, there were 60,000 Hun cavalry who followed Touman Shanyu to Touman City to rescue the tribe and livestock.

And, 20,000 Yuezhi cavalry who followed closely.

With 80,000 cavalry in his hand, Touman Shanyu was comforted in his heart, which made his fear of Zhao Tuo and Qin Jun lessened a lot.

What followed was worry and worry about their own tribe and livestock.

Therefore, Touman Shanyu ordered the whole army to run quickly, trying to reach his tribe as soon as possible.

At the same time, he is also full of hatred for the arsonist.

"The fire must have been set off by the cavalry of the Qin people. How many of them are there?"

"Hundreds of cavalry? Thousands of cavalry? Or are Zhao Tuo's 10,000 cavalry all here?"

Touman Shanyu guessed the number of this Qin army.

As far as he knew, it was impossible for the Qin people to have more than 20,000 cavalry. Even if they sent all of them, they would not be able to fight against the 80,000 grassland cavalry.

But reality proved him wrong.

After galloping for dozens of miles, the horse under the Huns was already panting from exhaustion.

At a distance from the fire, the Huns saw the Qin army who set fire to it.

They were all cavalry, standing in the east with the rising sun behind them.

The light of the morning sun fell on the cavalry, as if they were inlaid with a layer of gold, shining brightly, like an army descending from the sky.

And their number is not more than 10,000 riders as Tou Man Shanyu guessed.

Instead, thirty-five thousand rides!

At three o'clock tomorrow, the Battle of the Prairie will end.