Chapter 12: The Bloody Path of Hegemony

At the southernmost end of the Mobei Grassland, the north of the 600-mile sand sea, flags fluttered, thousands of horses galloped, and the huge sounds were shocking. After nearly twenty days of long journey, the 150,000 Qin army cavalry finally came out of the sand sea and arrived in the Mobei.

At this moment, the Qin army quickly advanced northward and marched towards an unknown river more than ten miles away, preparing to camp here as before. Unexpectedly, when the army advanced seven or eight miles, a horse was reported: "General Meng and General Li, the big thing is not good. The Huns killed a large number of livestock in the river, which was rotten and smelly, and the river water was probably no longer drunk. Please decide!"

Meng Tian changed his expression and said anxiously: "What, what should I do? Hurry up, call the medical officer and go and have a look together; other military horses move slowly, and no one can drink water!" "Hey!"

At that moment, Meng Tian, ​​Li Xin and others rushed towards the river with their medical officers, and arrived in a moment. Looking around, they saw that the corpses of rotten cattle, sheep, horses, dogs and other animals were floating everywhere in the long river, and most of them had rotten and maggots. The smell was so stinking from afar, which made people frown. Meng Tian's face was gloomy and waved, "Water test!"

The Qin Army Order: The water you drink along the way must be tested by medical officers before it can be drunk, so as not to be killed by the enemy's poisoning, and those who violate the order will be killed. Therefore, the medical officers of the Qin army were well-trained and skilled. Soon, some bottles and jars for drug testing were taken out and the river water was checked. After a while, the three medical officers replied with concern: "General Meng and General Li, the result was out. These waters have been stained by the epidemic and cannot be drunk; and the army cannot get close to them, otherwise if they are stained by the epidemic, it is very likely that the three armies will suffer!"

Meng Tian clenched his fists and cursed fiercely: "Despicable, he actually relied on poisoning in the water to stop the enemy. Shameless Huns! Brother Li, if the army has no water to drink, it will collapse in three days. What do you think?" Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Brother Meng, don't panic, this matter is easy to deal with. In the past, we were in the Southern Wilderness and encountered the situation where poisonous springs were not to be drunk. Later, they were digging wells for drinking, and now we can do this. We immediately summoned the soldiers in the army who were good at this skill to stay away from this river and digging wells everywhere, so that the drinking water problem can be solved!"

Meng Tian was happy and nodded and said, "Yes, this is the only way to solve the problem at present! Let's go back to the army, we can't stay here!" The group of people quickly turned around and led the army to the northwest. After ten miles, they were far away from the poisonous water and set up camp. At the same time, a large number of experienced soldiers of all races living in the grassland and desert near the desert were selected to find water. The army was busy until night, and then they dug hundreds of clear springs, which made the Qin soldiers who were so thirsty that they almost smoked their throats were finally able to drink sweet fresh water!

But even so, Meng Tian also looked worried and said to Li Xin: "Brother Li, this move of the Huns is so cruel. Every time we arrive at a place, our army will dig the ground for a well, wasting a lot of time for pursuit, and we also have to be nervous about guarding against the plague. How much inconvenience will it bring to the march! If one is not careful and is infected by the epidemic, it will be miserable!"

Li Xin nodded and said, "Yes, just in case, we can strictly order the soldiers to approach the streams and lakes to avoid being infected; in addition, we will send envoys back to Xianyang and let Your Majesty quickly replenish enough relevant medicinal materials to the army. This will solve this problem!" Meng Tian shook his head and said, "It's easy to deal with the previous point. I'll just send envoys back to Xianyang, and it will take at least two months to raise medicinal materials, so there is no time! Maybe when the medicinal materials come, the war has already ended!"

Li Xin thought about it and suddenly had an idea: "Yes, aren't there a small number of Donghu soldiers in our army?? They have been in the grassland for a long time and should know which herbs to use to prevent and treat epidemics. They can draw them out. Whenever they arrive at a place, they will search for herbs and make them into medicine soup for the soldiers to drink. This will solve the urgent problem. As long as we can safely cross this epidemic area and catch up with the Huns' brigade, we don't have to worry at that time!"

Meng Tian nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Brother Li is very knowledgeable. This time I want to see what tricks the Huns have!" Li Xin smiled: "Actually, the poisoning incident shows that the Huns are already lustful, otherwise they would not destroy their own homes by themselves, and act like they are either you die or I die. Wait and see, this time we must crush this boy Maodun's yolk!" Everyone laughed.

After temporarily solving the problems of drinking water and disease prevention, the Qin army did not dare to stay in the epidemic for too long. It was really a day and night, and it was advancing north quickly. It was a thousand miles away in one breath, and it took only four days!

On the evening of that day, the exhausted Qin army finally walked out of the Thousand Mile Epidemic Area and set up camp beside the Selen River, a big river in the depths of the northern desert.

In the past few days, relying on the rich war experience and strong medical rescue system of the Qin generals, 150,000 Qin cavalry finally safely walked out of the thousand-mile epidemic area. Due to the proper response, almost few soldiers were infected by the epidemic and the occasional infection were immediately isolated and imprisoned, and sent military doctors and soldiers to take care of them on the spot and no longer follow the army!

As a result, the Qin army finally survived the first difficulty and began a face-to-face confrontation with the Xiongnu royal court.

Three days later, in the evening, Selen Henan and Qin army camp.

In the tent of the handsome man, there are many stars gathering and discussing matters.

Meng Tian said excitedly: "All the generals, based on what they know about the siege and provocations in the past three days, the more than 100,000 main forces of the Huns are not far from here, and they are located south of the Krulun River, about 300 liters away. And hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Huns' royal court are located near the Krulun River, 500 miles away. In other words, the Huns have been caught up by us!"

There was a sudden burst of joy in the commander's tent. It was not easy. The Qin army traveled more than 2,000 miles long and was almost exhausted and vomited blood. Only then did they catch up with the Huns!

When Meng Tian saw the generals excited, he said happily: "Now, the fighter jets are more beneficial to our army. Because the tribes of the Huns' Royal Court are not far away, the main force of the Huns' Royal Court must fight with me in order to protect the tribe. Otherwise, we will copy their nests and make them rootless duckweed, and even starve them to death!" The generals were even more happy and were eager to try.

Ying Bu stood up and said, "General, but the current situation of our army is not optimistic. First of all, our army is running thousands of miles away from the logistics food route. With the food and livestock stored in the army, it will be less than three days' needs. The main force of the Huns will be out of food before they can defeat the main force of the Huns. It is probably at least ten days later, and the food route will pass through the epidemic area, which is even more difficult. If the food protection army is infected, the food route may be cut off. Secondly, our army is exhausted from traveling far away, but the Huns are waiting for their hard work. Moreover, in order to protect their tribes, the Huns will inevitably fight to the death. Therefore, you must not be careless!"

When the generals were reminded by Ying Bu, they were much more awake. The three-day food and grass were not enough to support the army in the decisive battle with the Huns. They were all worried at the moment.

The news that the Qin army once again led to the north was quickly discovered by the Huns. Maodun was shocked and quickly summoned the generals to discuss matters.

Mao Dun glanced at the generals with a heavy expression and said coldly: "The news I just received is that the Qin army has advanced north from the Selenhe River tug of war and is coming!"

The generals were stunned when they heard this: the Qin army not only passed through the thousand-mile grassland, the six hundred-mile desert, but also through the terrifying epidemic area that stretched for thousands of miles, but they actually had the ability to continue to rush to the north, which made the Huns generals stunned.

Ahu'er said in horror: "The Great Shanyu, the Qin army quickly passed through the thousand-mile epidemic area. The food and grass must be insufficient, otherwise they would not rely on hunting for food! Now they are going to continue to rush to the north. It seems that they will not retreat if they don't drive our army out of order this time!"

The commander Zuo jumped up and said, "The Great Shanyu, the Qin army has always been dominated by food and grass and supplemented by livestock. They can't stand the days of hunger and fullness alone! And we have retreated to the Kruren River, and further north is the extreme north. Not only is it bitter and cold, but the grass is gradually getting less and we can't retreat north anymore. Let's fight with them here!"

The right general also said: "Yes, Great Shanyu! Although the grass is fat this autumn, we keep moving northward, and the herds have not received good rest. There are many thin and sick people. The north of the Kruren River is gradually becoming poorer. If the Qin army is not defeated here and prepare enough for the winter, then if it is severe winter, not to mention that the livestock will die in large quantities because they do not prepare enough for the winter, even people will find it difficult to survive the long and severe winter!"

Near the Krulun River, the last large grassland in the Huns can be nomadic. If you retreat north, the difficult environment will be even the Huns who are good at cold and hunger cannot bear it! Especially when winter is about to come, the war will not end soon, and the various tribes of the Huns' royal courts will not have time to prepare for wintering. The cold winter in the northern desert is as cold as ice. A heavy snowfall makes hundreds of thousands of livestock die. Therefore, the Hun generals really don't want to retreat north anymore!

Maodun also knew the seriousness of the matter. He thought that the long grasslands and deserts would exhaust the Qin army's combat power, but he did not expect that the Qin army's perseverance would overcome many difficulties and still pursue the Xiongnu army relentlessly. Now that the Huns have no choice but to retreat, Maodun has to make up his mind to fight with the Qin people!

So Maodun gritted his teeth and stood up and said, "The Krulun River prairie is the only grassland for my royal tribe to spend the severe winter. We cannot retreat any longer. If we retreat, even if the Qin army will retreat in the face of difficulties, we Huns will be defeated by the long severe winter. Therefore, this Shanyu decided to fight the Qin army to the death here. Either he died or I died! Great Kunlun God, please bless us Great Huns!"

The Hun generals rose one by one, stretched out their arms, embraced the sky, and shouted: "Kun-Lun-God!"

Immediately, the main force of the 130,000 Huns immediately retreated northward and set up a camp a hundred miles south of the Kruren River, preparing to fight the Qin army to fight to the death to defend the troops behind them!

For a moment, the air on the grassland was immediately terrifyingly nervous, and the huge pressure was really a bit like an imminent smell!

Three days later, one hundred miles south of the Kruren River.

The 150,000 Qin troops were moving north quickly. Suddenly, a cavalry flew to report to Meng Tian. Li Xin: "General Meng, General Li, the main force of the Huns ten miles ahead, were densely packed, and I don't know how many! Please order the capture!"

"Oh!" Meng Tian suddenly looked very shocked and said happily: "These turtles finally stopped running. If they run, they can't hold on anymore. We're almost done! It's better that we can really decide the winner with real shots! He's like a man! Brother Li, let's go to the front of the formation to see the enemy situation!" "Okay!" Li Xin and Meng Tian led hundreds of personal soldiers to a hill several miles away in front.

After a moment, a group of people crossed the Qin army's vanguard army and arrived at the top of the hill. Meng Tian and Li Xin raised a pergola with their hands. Looking around, they were shocked: they saw that in the small valley at the foot of the mountain, tens of thousands of Hun cavalry lined up in dense formations, from the bottom of the valley to the other side of the mountainside, the sky and the earth were covered with snow-white color, which was really spectacular!

It is said that "there are more than 10,000 soldiers, dense; if the soldiers are more than 100,000, boundless." When this large area of ​​Huns is arranged, it really has a sense of majesty and a sense of decisive destruction on the battlefield!

Li Xin smiled: "Okay, Brother Meng, it seems that Maodun is trying hard to find us! Do you think we can win?" Meng Tian smiled and said: "Of course, my Qin army is invincible and will definitely laugh to the end. However, I think Maodun has always been cunning and seems to be unable to stop at this!?"

Li Xin was stunned and said, "Brother Meng believes that the Huns will not only have this frontal army in front of them, but also have ambushers!" "Yes!" Meng Tian nodded and smiled, "Mao Dun and Zhao Sheng have always been famous for their treacherous and cunning. How could they set up their formations so obediently to fight me in decisive battles! If what I expected was true, there should be ambushers from the Huns nearby! General Li, look at where these ambushers will be!"

Li Xin glanced at the nearby terrain. Except for the Huns in the valley, there was only one mangrove forest on the east and west sides of each side of the east and west sides! Li Xin smiled and said, "If there is an ambush, it must be within the mangrove forest on both sides! The terrain chosen by the Huns is really good. Once the two armies start a war, the Huns will entangle our army with their main force, while the rest of the army will protrude from the mangrove forest and attack our side! Haha, Brother Meng, if we don't pay attention, we may be successful by these Huns!"

Meng Tian smiled and said, "The so-called ambush is only effective if the enemy doesn't know it. Now that we know, this ambush is useless! What I care about now is not the ambush of the Huns, but where is the army of King Dingling! When the chaos comes, don't kill the wrong one!"

Li Xin nodded and carefully looked at the battle formation of the Xiongnu with Meng Tian. Soon, he found eight banners: the left and right generals, the left and right masters, the left and right masters, the left and right Gudu Marquis, the Xiongnu Grand Chanyu Maodun, and the military advisor Zhao Sheng. Meng Tian smiled: "As it turns out, the three banners of the left and right commanders and King Ding Ling are missing. If nothing unexpected happens, they will definitely be in the mangrove forest on both sides of the left and right! Brother Li, King Ding Ling will definitely send secret envoys to contact us. Let's wait a moment and don't rush to use troops. What do you think?" Li Xin said in a 'smile smile': "Yes, no hurry! I want to see what Maodun's expression is when the Huns ambushed soldiers attack them!" Meng Tian and Li Xin laughed loudly.

At this moment, the Qin army quickly set up a formation at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, ready to obey the orders forward at any time. As soon as the formation was set up, a gambler came to report urgently: "Report—— General Meng, General Li, we were exploring the right wing, and captured a Xiongnu gambler. He said that there was an important matter to ask to see the two generals. Please order the capture!"

Meng Tian smiled and said, "It's true! Go quickly and invite him, remember, don't move too much!" "Hey!" The scammer went down quickly and soon brought a young and capable Hun!

When the Huns saw Meng Tian and Li Xin, they hurriedly gave a graze on the grassland and bowed their chests and said respectfully in the Huns: "I am Lulu, a native of Dingling. I am specially ordered by the King Khan of our clan to meet the two Qin generals!"

Meng Tianjiu also spoke some Xiongnu words when dealing with the Huns, and hurriedly said, "You don't need to be polite. What do you mean by the noble Ding Linghan?"

Lulu hurriedly said: "Wang Khan said that there are 20,000 Huns ambushed in the mangroves on both sides. Wang Khan was ordered to lead 20,000 Dingling headquarters to lie on the right. May I ask the two noble Qin generals, how can I help me when the war begins later?"

Meng Tian smiled and said, "This is very simple. I will use 100,000 light cavalry to confront the enemy's formation later. At that time, the 20,000 Huns ambushed soldiers in the mangroves on the left will inevitably come to support. I will fight with the heavy cavalry with a superiority of 40,000. After defeating them, I will invite the main force of the Huns from west to east to attack the left wing of the main force of the Huns from east to west. In this way, the Huns can be defeated and captured! How do you think this deployment?"

Lulu smiled and said, "It's great. I, Wang Khan, mean the same thing, so let's make a decision. Also, I, Dingling Cavalry, have traditional gray armor. Don't kill the wrong one later!" Li Xin smiled and said, "This is natural, please rest assured!"

Lulu said, "Since that's the case, the villain said goodbye. Wang Khan is still waiting for my news!" Meng Tian nodded and said, "Come on, help me send the envoy Ding Ling for a journey!" "Yes!" Two snatchers left the line and escorted Lulu secretly back to the mangroves on the right!

After seeing off the envoy Ding Ling, Meng Tian and Li Xin turned back to the foot of the hill. Zhu Zhu hurriedly came up to meet him. Ying Bu said anxiously: "Two generals, what is the situation of the enemy? When will the war start?" Meng Tian explained the situation of the enemy in detail. The generals were stunned when they heard this. Guan Ying said strangely: "Why did King Ding Ling help our army? Didn't he take the wrong medicine!?"

Meng Tian smiled and looked at Li Xin. Li Xin shook his head and said, "Don't ask me, I don't know! This is what Your Majesty told me, and from Your Majesty's tone, this personal relationship between King Dingling and Your Majesty is not bad! You should pay attention later. Don't kill the wrong person, otherwise it will cause a dispute. Your Majesty will not spare us!" The generals nodded in the fog.

Meng Tian smiled and said, "Okay, don't think about it anymore. There must be other hidden secrets in it. Your Majesty doesn't say it, and it's hard for us to be ministers to ask. We just need to fight a good war! Now, the rushing battle is about to happen, which general is willing to take the lead?"

This sentence immediately ignited the fighting spirit of the generals. The generals rushed forward in a hurry, each trying to grab the front. Meng Tian smiled and said, "Don't rob, this way, General Yingbu and General Wang Li led 100,000 light cavalry to take the Xiongnu's main formation, and be sure to give the Xiongnu a headache. Then, after the ambush in the mangrove forest on the left side of the Xiongnu, General Guan Ying led 40,000 heavy cavalry to attack the Xiongnu's left side. Finally, what do you think this deployment is done?"

Ying Bu, Wang Li and Guan Ying were overjoyed and nodded repeatedly. Weng Zhong said unhappily: "General, why don't you have my share? You have to put me behind the formation?" Meng Tian smiled: "Don't worry, with your physique, how can you keep up with the cavalry charge!? Just stay behind the formation with me and be the last reserve team!" The generals laughed secretly, and Weng Zhong sang his mouth, looking annoyed!

Immediately, Ying Bu and Wang Li returned to the army, and at the point where the movement was made, the 100,000 black light cavalry of the Qin army left the formation, blew a shrill wind, and the sound of hooves rolled, and the momentum was like thunder, and they came straight to the Huns' formation!

When the Huns were waiting anxiously, they heard the thunder and thunder in the south. Countless shrill black-armored iron cavalry spread across the low hills like a huge torrent and poured down into the valley. The huge and majestic momentum made the Huns' troops tremble in their hearts.

Maodun was angry and pulled out a huge golden scimitar and roared: "The warriors of the Great Huns, today they either die in the enemy or I die. For the sacred prairie, rush! Kunlun God bless us!" "Kun-lun-ghost!" The Huns army howled wildly, and then as Maodun set off a huge white wave, he rushed towards the black torrent with murderous intent!

Hundreds of thousands of war horses trampled on the verdant earth, stirring up grass clippings all over the sky, and the thunder rolled in the sky, and the sound was like thunder, with a sudden change in the wind and clouds and a terror in the world!

In an instant, two crazy and surging torrents of steel storm violently collided together. The scimitars chopped each other, like millions of light wheels whirling rapidly; the long tassels rushed, like countless angry dragons roaring, standing in time, blood splashed, and the remaining limbs flew. The huge screams desperately tear the hot air and echoed between the small valleys.

Maodun took the lead and broke into the Qin army formation first. The huge golden scimitar flashed a very beautiful and powerful arc, tearing a Qin army lieutenant and his armor to pieces! Seeing this, the Qin army roared, their eyes turned red, and they all rushed towards the most hateful and tempting enemy chief!

The wolf howled, and waved the golden scimitar in his hand. For a moment, under the sun, the golden light flashed in a flash, and the sword energy was ruthlessly shattered. The Qin army soldiers were ruthlessly slashed by the sharp golden swords. All of them had their armor and their bodies were shattered, and their death was extremely tragic!

Maodun was originally a famous general in the Huns' army. At this time, as the leader, he was naturally more ferocious!

Seeing that the Great Shanyu was so brave and invincible, the Huns were also very brave. They all soared into the sky and then captured the Qin army and killed each other!

Soon, the torrents of black and white blended into each other, and the soldiers on both sides fought hard to kill each other. The sound of hooves in the small valley was roaring, and the sound of killing was shaking the sky, and it was clearly heard from dozens of miles away!

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Ying Bu suddenly broke into the enemy formation and waved his long halberd and let out a long roar. His eyes seemed to be burning with red and strange flames. He rode a horse and a halberd, wherever he passed, he killed the Hun soldiers' armor and armor flattened and fell one after another. In a moment, Ying Bu's black armor was stained with blood and his body was covered with debris from the human body, and he looked like a god of killing who had just run out of hell!

"Hahaha, please feel good! Happy!" Ying Bu roared while fighting, as fierce as a madman. Suddenly, he was killing him, and a Xiongnu light cavalry came. The leading Xiongnu general screamed strangely. The steel scimitar in his hand shone in the sun, and the flames were fierce!

Ying Bu looked up at the banner, but it was the left general of the Huns. He couldn't help but say happily: "It's boring to bully Xiaoyu Xiaoxiao, you are the big tiger!" He destroyed the war horse and roared and killed the general. No matter how many times he was, a huge light wheel flashed by, and the black iron halberd desperately tear the hot air, and the general came like lightning and thunder.

Seeing this, General Zuo was startled and knew that he had hit the iron plate. He quickly raised his strength to wield the huge scimitar in his hand to welcome the general.

"Dang--" With a loud bang, the scimitar and the war halberd rubbed violently, hitting, bursting out the fiery sparks, making a terrifying sound!

"Good boy, eat my halberd!" Seeing that General Zuo actually took his halberd, Ying Bu felt that his face was gone, and he couldn't help but roll up again with a fierce momentum. Without saying anything, the halberd rolled, roared rapidly, and a hot wind spun up to slash General Zuo's chest.

General Zuo screamed strangely, but he was not showing any weakness. The scimitar roared rapidly, and the cold light shone in the sunlight, bringing a shiny arc of light to fight against it.

"Dang--" At another loud bang, the rapidly rotating halberd quickly locked the scimitar with the crescent oblique branches, and pulled it out with the splash of Mars!

General Zuo didn't know much about weapons like halberds, and he suffered a loss. He felt a huge force suddenly coming from the scimitar. The palm of his hand was burning with a burst of pain. The scimitar was pulled out by the long halberd that was swirling by the passing halberd. The scimitar disappeared immediately in the middle of the chaos!

"Hahaha!" Ying Bu laughed loudly, and at the stirrup between the two horses, he aimed the tail of the battle halberd at the back of General Zuo's head. "Pu" a strange sound that made people's belly turn over, and the back of General Zuo's head suddenly showed thousands of peach blossoms.

At the point where the brain burst, General Zuo was killed immediately and turned over and fell under the horse!

Seeing General Zuo's death, his elite soldiers suddenly turned red. The grassland people were about to rise up with blood. There was no fear. They suddenly rushed up like crazy and rushed towards Ying Bu.

Ying Bu didn't wait for the personal soldiers behind him to come to help, so he smashed his horse into the Xiongnu army formation. The black halberd was swung everywhere. It was a light wheel, and the halberd was swaying everywhere. The Xiongnu army within two feet was full of corpses rolling and they were all killed!

Just as Ying Bu was proud, a bowstring suddenly broke out in the chaos army, and a wave of arrow shot from nowhere, and immediately hit Ying Bu's right shoulder. Ying Bu was unprepared and shouted, turning over and falling off the horse. Seeing this, the personal soldiers behind Ying Bu were shocked and rushed forward desperately to rescue Ying Bu.

Seeing the advantage, the Huns were about to come up, and countless scimitars roared and rushed to take Yingbu.

Ying Bu suddenly fell to the ground, and his halberd was thrown away. Just as he was about to get up, two light wheels rushed towards the ground and saw it approaching. Ying Bu was shocked. He rolled to the left in a flash, and two scimitars were suddenly lost. The two Hun soldiers who had killed the air refused to give up and quickly pulled back. The scimitars ran towards Ying Bu again.

Ying Bu was furious, and a terrifying rainbow rose into the sky. A Hun soldier was cut into two pieces by Ying Bu's sword and his horse. The blood rain immediately splashed Ying Bu's face. Before Ying Bu could turn around, several Hun soldiers surrounded him in front of him and behind him. Ying Bu had no choice but to use his long sword to fight against the four-sided siege of the Huns. For a moment, danger was everywhere!

At this moment, a Qin army cavalry quickly broke through the enemy formation and came over. The general led the team shouted: "General Ying, don't panic, I'll help you!" A bow shot hard like a bead, and six arrows were shot in a row, and they immediately shot all the six Huns in front of Ying Bu to death.

This person is no one else, but the eldest son of the famous general Li Xin - Captain Li Hu. He has been well-known for the family history of Li Xin and is invincible in the sharp shooting!
To be continued...