Chapter 471: The Huns were defeated, with heavy casualties and serious injuries!
Everywhere you look, there are wild grass and blood. The Hun cavalry who were howling like wolves just now have already fled ten miles away and can no longer be seen.
The drumstick that he had just been waving seemed to weigh a thousand pounds. Ying Jianglu, who liked the Chanyu but not the title of the Third Prince, could no longer lift it. The drumstick fell and the drumbeat stopped.
"I won..."
He muttered to himself, his eyelids heavy, and the surging sleepiness overwhelmed the numbness and swelling in his arms.
He fell on the platform, and when he opened his eyes again, a day and a night had passed.
In the smelly tent, good brother Li You was lying beside his bed catching up on his sleep.
Ying Jianglu only felt sore and weak all over, and his lips were dry.
He supported himself with his forearms and moved his body upwards, trying to get up. With the slightest movement, Li You woke up.
The moment Li You opened his eyes, who had slept for less than an hour, his eyes shone with brilliance like two little suns. This son of the prime minister, who should have been studying law, had tempered his iron will in the northwestern border county and had long been chosen by Meng Tian as the next generation of generals of the Qin State.
"Drink some water."
If Li You hadn't said it, Ying Jianglu wouldn't have had this feeling.
It is said that every cell in the body craves for the nourishment of water.
The clear water temporarily blocked Ying Jianglu's words, but the warm water flowed into his mouth and gurgled into his stomach.
Breathing a satisfied sigh, Ying Jianglu grabbed his good brother's wrist and said impatiently:
"Did we win? Did we win the battle?"
Li You nodded heavily and said only one word.
"yes!"
Ying Jianglu laughed, not loudly, but one could hear that he was laughing.
As he laughed, he lowered his head and some vague words came out of his mouth.
"Brother Li... leave me alone for a while."
Reason looked at his good brother who was lowering his head and trembling. He stretched out his hand to pat his shoulder, paused for a moment, and then retracted it.
"promise."
After hearing the sound of the curtain being lifted, Ying Jianglu slowly raised his head, his lips curled up, but tears were hanging from the corners of his eyes.
"Father, uncle, if my elder brother comes to fight this battle, can he win?"
Wiping away his tears with his sleeve, Ying Jianglu asked himself questions and answered them himself.
“No one can win except me, Ying Jianglu.
"Fusu is not good enough, Gao is not good enough, Zhi, Yin Man, and those younger brothers and sisters who are just starting out are not good enough.
"My stupid brothers and sisters, they all cherish their lives very much, hahahaha!"
Five days later, news came from the northwest.
[Third nephew, I have captured the Xiongnu royal court. Come over and take over.]
Before the overjoyed Ying Jianglu could set off, a message came from the south. The messenger was the Lord of Jiuyuan, Meng Tian!
Ying Jianglu sneered, he would never forget the humiliation that Meng Tian had brought upon him.
Repaying evil with kindness is his foolish elder brother's style. He, Ying Jianglu, has always been eager for revenge!
He ordered the soldiers to bring Meng Tian to the yurt. Ying Jianglu sat astride the upper seat with a big horse and a golden sword, glancing at Meng Tian who was about to be attacked.
"General Meng has arrived at the right time. My uncle has just sent me a letter saying that the Xiongnu king has come down. The general will go with Jianglu to see him."
Didn't you, Meng Tian, trap me in Jiuyuan for your elder brother? Didn't you withhold 50,000 of my troops and prevent me from marching north? I, Ying Jianglu, will let you see me become the king of the Xiongnu with your own eyes! I'm sure this guy will look very happy when that happens!
...Even if you can’t tell from his facial expression, Meng Tian must be feeling very complicated!
Ying Jianglu was thinking that if Meng Tian refused to obey, he would use the soldiers from both sides to capture him and forcibly take him away.
You have the final say in Jiuyuan, and I have the final say in Gaoque! He, Ying Jianglu, is such a person who will take revenge if he has a grudge!
"Third Master, please send your attendants away!"
Meng Tian had a gloomy face, bowed his head and clasped his fists, with an expression that showed an undisguised anxiety.
The more Ying Jianglu watched, the happier he became, and the bigger Meng Tian's reaction, the happier he became.
Just like he used to seek sexual pleasure from palace maids, after he got over the period of enjoying the pleasure, he preferred to find those who were willing to accept but also reluctant. That was more fun to play with. It was boring to just cater to them.
He slowly pulled the edge of the sleeve, brought it to his eyes for a closer look, and pulled at the fluff.
"Why? Gaoque and Jiuyuan are different. General Meng has to have rules for everything he wants to do. We can't just do whatever General Meng says."
"Third Master! Tian begs you! Send your attendants away ! Tian has something important to tell you!"
The eyes of the iron-willed man were bloodshot, and his whole body looked like he had been pulled out of mud and sand. He pleaded in a deep voice to the Third Young Master, who had been suppressed to the point where he had to seek help from outside.
Ying Jianglu's movements paused.
He and Meng Tian had been together for quite some time, and they even had a honeymoon period. He knew very well what kind of person Meng Tian was.
Especially after his uncle gave Meng Tian a very high evaluation, he dared not underestimate Meng Tian.
It would be impossible for Meng Tian to beg him, not to mention that he was not the King of the Xiongnu yet, even if he became the Khan of the Xiongnu.
He had a bad premonition in his heart, sat up straight, waved his hand to dismiss the people around him, took a deep breath, and said seriously:
"General Meng, if you have something to say, just speak frankly."
Meng Tian did not say anything, but took a few steps towards him.
With every step Meng Tian took, Ying Jianglu's heart beat faster!
What on earth was going on? In the tent where no one was around, Meng Tian had to be on guard against eavesdropping. Why did he have to get so close to tell her?!
Ying Jianglu never doubted that Meng Tian would do something bad to him. As long as his father, the emperor who dominated the world, was still alive, Meng Tian would never rebel!
But, what if he's gone...
"His Majesty passed away at Mount Tai, and his will required Lord Chang'an to return to Xianyang as soon as possible and ascend the throne to be crowned emperor!"
After hearing only the first six words, Ying Jianglu fell to the ground, and he didn't hear what Meng Tian said afterwards.
He sprang up from the ground like a venomous snake that had been gathering strength for a long time, grabbing Meng Tian's chest with great force, with his knuckles bulging and the white protrusions were extremely obvious.
"Meng Tian! Do you want to rebel? I will exterminate your entire clan!"
He would rather believe that Meng Tian, who he had just been sure would never betray his father, would rebel than believe that his father would die.
"Third Master, you can tie Tian up here. Tian only asks that this news be reported to Lord Chang'an as soon as possible. Quickly! Quickly! Quickly!"
Meng Tian roared in a low voice, and blood was oozing out of his eyes!
Ying Jianglu was not prepared for the death of his supreme father, the Emperor, but Meng Tian was prepared for the death of both his majesty and his childhood playmate?
But he couldn't waste time here like the Third Young Master.
He, Meng Tian, is a general of the Qin State. He has to protect this beautiful land for the sake of the Meng family and for the First Emperor.
The Third Prince was young and did not know the capabilities of the Six Kingdoms. His understanding of the Six Kingdoms was only the women who played music and danced in the Six Kings’ Palaces in Xianyang.
Meng Tian, who had lost 200,000 soldiers and horses in Chu with Li Xin, the Marquis of Longxi, knew clearly that the six countries were now acting harmless because they had the first emperor who made them despair.
On the day Meng Tian left Jiuyuan, he heard that some people in Han were shouting the slogan "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers all born of different races?" and starting an uprising .
This was before the news of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's death was made public.
Every day of delay would increase the chances of information leakage. It really came to the point where the truth could no longer be concealed. The smoke of war was everywhere, and the new king of Qin had not yet ascended the throne. The Qin State was in danger!
The remnants of the six kingdoms discussed the death of Qin and heard a chorus of opposition.
Ying Jianglu had been in a very good mood these days, humming Xiongnu folk songs while walking, and tried his best to stay calm.
As he took a deep breath, his body trembled uncontrollably, as if he was in the Arctic ice field.
"If you lie, even Big Brother can't protect you."
Ying Jianglu straightened his messy clothes and put his trembling hands behind his back.
"Come here, prepare the horses, and go to Langjuxu Mountain."
He gave the order in a calm manner.
Then the soldiers on both sides were asked to take Meng Tian downstairs to change clothes and wash up.
Finally, he called Li You and asked him to follow Meng Tian back to Jiuyuan County to observe whether there were any changes in the distribution of troops in Jiuyuan before coming back.
He would not bring Meng Tian to see his uncle, because his confused mind could not tell whether the news was true or false, and whether Meng Tian was loyal or treacherous.
So he took two approaches at once. He went to bring the news to his uncle and asked his most trusted brother Li You to find out whether Meng Tian had any intention of rebelling.
Two cavalry units emerged from Gaoque City, one to the south and one to the north.
There were three thousand people going north, and twenty people going south.
…
The fleeing Lao Zhong and Tusha returned to the Xiongnu army's camp with more than 23,000 remnants of the army.
They entered the king's tent covered in dust and dirt to look for Chanyu. The moment they opened the door, they saw Touman standing up angrily, staring at the soldier in the field as if he wanted to eat him.
"The rebellious son returned to the royal court?"
The Chanyu had an angry look on his face and a strong build. He walked as fast as a bear. He grabbed the collar of the leather coat of a Xiongnu soldier coming from the royal court, pulled him outside, pointed at the black-armored soldiers on the opposite side and shouted:
"Then tell me, who is on the other side!"
The envoy sent the day before yesterday just saw the rebellious son on the opposite side. The Qin army has been keeping its troops here for the past three days.
The 160,000-strong Hun army surrounded the enemy completely, and no one from the opposing corps escaped. Did the rebellious son grow wings and fly back?
After venting a little of his recent anger, Touman dragged the soldier back to the royal tent like a chicken and threw him to the ground.
"The rebellious son was either killed or locked up."
The soldier said tremblingly:
"Both, neither. The prince forced us to shoot Wusun Yanshi and the little prince and stay in the royal court to wait for the Chanyu. He said that since the Chanyu's concubines have been eliminated, the Huns will not fight the Huns. The prince wants to follow the example of the Central Plains and apologize to the Chanyu."
Touman was stunned for a moment, looking at the soldier who was lying on the ground and dared not look up, he said:
"What did you say? Say it again."
The soldier kowtowed to the ground and repeated it again with tears in his eyes.
"Ah! Treason! Treason!"
Touman roared, his cheeks bulged with flesh, and he pulled out his scimitar and stabbed it into the soldier.
Unplug it, plug it back in, and repeat this process.
Blood splattered on his face, eyes, and mouth, making him look like a ghost.
The poor soldier was stabbed again and again, bearing the wrath of Touman on behalf of the prince who occupied the royal court.
His leather jacket was gradually stained with blood. He opened his mouth to say something, but all he could hear was blood gurgling up.
His eyes quickly lost their luster, his neck tilted and he fell to the ground, without a sound.
The Chanyu seemed unaware that his soldier was dead, and continued to stab him as he rode on the corpse, his scimitar turning red, completely losing its original color.
Among the old Chinese who was watching, Tusha originally planned to exaggerate the richness and difficulty of conquering Gaoque City, and wanted Touman's army to invade and conquer Gaoque.
But after hearing news that they shouldn't have heard, the two looked at each other and chose to remain silent.
If they had not already entered the king's tent, they would have left now and would not have stayed in the king's tent where the bloody smell lingered for a long time.
An hour later, the Hun army broke camp and hurriedly headed deep into the enemy territory.
Only rows of tents to confuse the Black Armored Army and a few soldiers were left at the original site.
The place where the Xiongnu army and the Taotie army fought was very flat, with the highest point no more than two feet away from the lowest point. That's why the Taotie army was able to form a circle with their war horses a few days ago. What Touman didn't know was that there were not 60,000 soldiers and horses, but 50,000.
Touman was able to deceive the world without even thinking about the possibility of an ambush, so he was beaten by Fan Kuai and had to flee in panic.
This time the Huns also wanted to use the same trick to confuse the Taotie army. Because the distance was far, they could not see the Black Armor Army camp over their horses, so the Black Armor Army naturally could not see them either.
Liu Bang wore a telescope and lay on the soldier's shoulder, looking at the crowds of horses in the distance with a smile, and the scattered Hun camp could be vaguely seen through the gaps.
"You want to run? That's not possible."
He asked his personal soldiers to pass the news to the veteran general Wang Xi, and then joked with interest:
"Brother Maodun, your father has been fighting for so many days, and he still doesn't know that we have clairvoyance? This scout is no good."
Maodun, who had always been kept by Liu Bang, looked at the telescope in Liu Bang's hand, pursed his lips and said nothing.
Is this a scout problem? This is not it.
Who would have thought that the Qin generals would have a legendary device called the Clairvoyance? It shouldn't even exist!
Although his father, Touman Chanyu, wanted to put him to death, he would not belittle his father's abilities. His father, who was able to gather a group of scattered people together, was definitely the most powerful leader of the Xiongnu in thousands of years!
The reason why he kept losing was because my father had no idea how powerful the enemy he was facing was, or what kind of magic weapon he had in his hands.
Maodun couldn't believe how they had captured Jiuyuan and Yanmen facing such a powerful Qin army.
An unknown Chang'an Jun, the third son, was able to sweep across the Xiongnu territory. How powerful were the long-renowned Wang Jian and Wang Ben of Qin? How did the six kingdoms survive for ten years?
Liu Bang waved in front of Maodun.
"What are you thinking about?"
Maodun forced a smile.
"I was thinking that Brother Liu was going to make great achievements again."
"Haha, that's right! I, Liu Bang, was born to be a marquis! The wind blows and the clouds fly! My power spreads across the country and I return to my hometown! How can I find brave warriors to guard the four directions!"
Liu Bang sang loudly, shaking his head, which made the soldiers around him roll their eyes.
Other generals, such as General Fan Kuai, were extremely fierce in charging into battle.
And this general of theirs, who was said to be from the same hometown as General Fan Kuai and also General Fan Kuai's elder brother, how could he only talk big?
"By the way, Brother Maodun, do you know where Mount Baideng is?"
Maodun shook his head.
"I really don't know. What's so special about this mountain?"
Liu Bang laughed and was about to say something else to Maodun when the messenger came with the military order.
"The deputy general has given the order! Throw away all the baggage! Light cavalry will attack!"
This day.
There were less than 70,000 Taotie soldiers, only 50,000 of whom were wearing black armor. They did not take any of the sheep they had captured with them except for three days' rations, and left them all on the battlefield.
Thousands of troops galloped together, chasing after the Hun army, who were determined to return to the holy mountain and had no intention of fighting.
The Huns were defeated, suffering heavy casualties and serious injuries!
