Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 216
The Yuezhi Kingdom was originally located in the Hexi Corridor. Its sphere of influence collided with the Xiongnu in the east of the Hexi Corridor and Wusun in Dunhuang.

At that time, the overall strength of the Yuezhi Kingdom was stronger than that of the Xiongnu and Wusun.

Therefore, the rule of survival of the three countries is that Touman Shanyu of the Huns sent his eldest son Maodun to the Yuezhi as a hostage, and Wusun became attached to the Xiongnu after being defeated by the Yuezhi.

After defeating Wusun, the Yueshi brought the Qilian Mountains and the Dunhuang area into their sphere of influence.

Later, the situation was rewritten, because the Xiongnu became stronger under the rule of Maodun Shanyu, and Maodun led an army to plunder the Yuezhi.

Modun Chanyu sent the Hungarian-Ukrainian coalition composed of King Youxian and Wusun Kingdom, which inflicted heavy losses on the Yuezhi Kingdom. In the spring of the next year, King Youxian once again mobilized the army, and the Yuezhi Kingdom suffered a disaster. The king's skull was also Made into a wine vessel.

After two attacks, the Yuezhi Kingdom trembled and felt that there was no place to stand, so most of them moved westward, and the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled lived together with the Qiang tribe.

The part that moved west finally settled in the Ili River Basin and established the Yuezhi Kingdom.

The Yuezhi Land, which was originally located in the west of the Hexi Corridor, fell into the hands of the Huns, which was the primary goal of this army's northern expedition.

The rumbling army stepped into the west of the Hexi Corridor. The Hexi Corridor contains a fertile grassland, which was included in the territory of the Qin State a few years ago, and the vast desert in the Hexi Corridor is the territory of the Huns.

The poor soil, the lack of water resources, and the solitary smoke in the desert made the Xiongnu even worse. Fortunately, they occupied the Yuezhi land and occupied the Yuezhi grassland a few years ago, so that King Youxian's tribe survived.

According to a line drawn by the radar, you can directly reach the Court of Youxian King of the Huns.

But after Meng Tian weighed the pros and cons, he said: "No! If we approach the base camp directly, we will be surrounded and suppressed instead, which is not good for the army. It is better to fight steadily and gradually eat away."

But encroachment does not mean slow, but a blitzkrieg. Before the army reaches a place, it will set off a bloody storm. Corpses are scattered all over the ground, and the smell of corpses permeates the air, making many people unable to help but vomit.

Meng Tian ordered that anyone who meets the Xiongnu will be killed immediately, this time the purpose is to eliminate the resistance force, and no one is allowed to be spared except women, children and children.

Tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly appeared in the tents of the Xiongnu in the Hexi Corridor, which shocked many people. They were about to die under the swords, guns, swords and halberds of the Qin army before they had time to take up weapons.

Once they resisted, they had no choice but to die, and if they surrendered, they would be escorted to the territory of Daqin. It was called protection, but in fact, women, children and children were in charge of pounding rice, and Hun soldiers were in charge of Chengdan.

But there are still countless surrenders.

After all, King Youxian's court has just undergone a huge change, and the soldiers have not yet recognized the new King Youxian, so there is no need to work for him, they can only surrender, and it is much better to live than to die.

As a result, the frontier Hun territories were quickly conquered with little resistance.

It seems that the Xiongnu did abide by the covenant and did not fortify the frontier, but this saves trouble.

The army continued to gallop, but was attacked by a small-scale attack at a mountain range in the northern part of the Hexi Corridor.

About 5000 Xiongnu soldiers ambushed in the mountains and suddenly rushed out from both sides, rode down the hillside with their horses on their backs, and rushed towards Mengtian's army.

Meng Tian thought that the Xiongnu would gather all their forces to fight, but he didn't expect that there were only five thousand horses.

Meng Tian gave an order, and the army quickly changed its formation. The soldiers with long halberds in their left hand and thick shields in their right were displayed in front of the army. Immediately fall.

The crossbowman first holds a long bow, bends the bow and sets an arrow, and shoots with power. When the soldiers gradually approach, they change to a more lethal crossbow machine and shoot at the Huns soldiers.

In an instant, the Qin soldiers fired thousands of arrows, and the Xiongnu soldiers were shot one after another. They all fell down, but still no one flinched and stepped into the range of the crossbow. The Qin soldiers put on the crossbow and fired at the Xiongnu. After shooting suddenly, the Hun soldiers fell down, but they still rushed forward with raised arms and shouting.

Under the protection of the shield and the attack of the long halberd, many soldiers fell down, but many soldiers of the Huns cavalry were still able to cross the shield formation.

After breaking through the shield formation, the Qin army's heavy armored cavalry rushed forward to fight with the Xiongnu cavalry.

After half an hour of fighting, the battlefield was instantly reduced to a meat grinder, the ground was filled with the smell of corpses, blood was splashed everywhere, and the battlefield was reduced to a sea of ​​blood.

The Xiongnu soldiers were almost wiped out, and Meng Tian, ​​​​the rest who voluntarily surrendered, still has not been sent.

One of the lieutenant generals even asked: "General, they have already surrendered. Shouldn't the general be relentless and let them go like the common people?"

Meng Tian's eyes burst out with a trace of ferocity, his eyes were as cold as ice, and he said coldly: "Let them go? When they picked up their swords, guns, swords and halberds and pointed their spearheads at us, did they have any compassion in their hearts?"

"If you let them go, wouldn't the blood of those soldiers be lost in vain. Only by offering their blood as sacrifices to the dead soldiers can we unite the hearts of the soldiers!"

"Those civilians who are helpless deserve sympathy, but those who point the finger at us don't deserve sympathy!"

Meng Tian's words ignited the hearts of all the soldiers. Their robes were beheaded when they fought against [-] Huns cavalry. Only the blood of the Huns could comfort their spirits in heaven.

After stabilizing the morale of the army, the army temporarily repaired in the Huns' territory, killing the looted cattle and sheep to relieve the hunger of the soldiers.

It has been more than ten days since they entered King Youxian's territory, but their army still did not notice any movement of the large-scale new army, which made Meng Tian's expression solemn.

General Pi thought that the Xiongnu were afraid of the bravery of the Qin army and fled one after another, so he persuaded Meng Tian not to worry.

But Meng Tian still did not let go of his vigilance, and further adjusted his strategy, slowing down the pace of the army's attack, and marking it on the map, as long as there are mountains and hills that are not suitable for cavalry marching, they try not to go.

The army galloped slowly, and still suffered a lot of blows along the way, but they were just small scratches and injuries, and could not cause huge damage.

Slowly, the soldiers gradually lowered their guard, deducing that the new Youxian King was unpopular, and no one in the territory was willing to follow him, so they fled in all directions.

But Meng Tian still looked tense. It stands to reason that the new official has three fires when he takes office. The new Youxian King should quickly defeat Meng Tian in order to establish his majesty and better govern this territory.

But he didn't do that, as if he was intentionally allowing Meng Tian to attack. Could it be that the new Youxian King is really a coward?

The army rumbled forward, encountered very few confrontations and ambushes, and the soldiers gradually relaxed their guard, galloping directly when passing by hills and other places, but still did not encounter ambushes.

When the army came to the court of the Huns, the camp of the Chinese army was empty, and Meng Tian frowned.

Could it be that I'm worrying too much?Could it be that King Youxian really fled?
When the army lowered their guard and slaughtered cattle and sheep in the camp to celebrate, the bamboo forest around the Wang Ting unexpectedly ignited a crowd of fire.
(End of this chapter)