Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 223
"The Yuezhi Kingdom was attacked by the Wusun Kingdom?"

Qin Wangzheng frowned, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

If the Yuezhi Kingdom is captured by the Wusun Kingdom, then Wusun will be the leader of the Yili River Basin.

Wusun is a federal state of the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu and Wusun can jointly attack the territory of King Youxian, forcing Meng Tian to be attacked from both sides.

Therefore, Qin Wangzheng issued a royal edict: order Meng Tian to lead an army of [-] to repel Wusun.

After Meng Tian received the edict, he immediately turned around and led an army of [-] to Yuezhi Kingdom.

Seeing that the magic soldiers had arrived, King Yuezhi no longer swallowed his anger, but ordered his soldiers to take the initiative to attack and cooperate with Meng Tian to attack Wusun's [-] troops.

Wusun is a famous nomadic tribe in the north. They have the blood of the Huns, and at the same time, they have the wildness of the Western Regions. However, their combat effectiveness is really weak, one grade lower than that of the Huns.

When Meng Tian placed the thousand chariots, Wusun's army was terrified and didn't know how to deal with them, but the Qin army's chariots came in front of them at a fast speed, and the sharp halberds pierced through the horses. The soldiers of Wusun fell off their horses one after another, howling miserably.

In desperation, they compared Da Qin to the heavenly soldiers and generals, sent envoys to negotiate with Da Qin, took the initiative to sue for peace, and vowed not to invade the Yuezhi Kingdom again, nor to ally with the Xiongnu against Da Qin.

When the news reached Zhangtai Palace, Qin Wangzheng nodded slightly, as if this result was what he thought in his heart, his face was calm, he was not happy or sad because of it, it was uncharacteristically that Qin was invincible.

If he returned in triumph, the credit must go to Meng Tian's capital, so Qin Wangzheng gave Meng Tian a sword and ordered him to wear it.

Meng Tian's three generations of generals, together with the expulsion of Rong and Di, cleared the threat to the frontier, and it was only natural to give him a sword.

Meng Tian knelt down on one knee in the battalion commander, felt flattered, opened it and took the sword.

This is a kind of mission, Meng Tian immediately said solemnly: "Your Majesty has high hopes, and in the coming year, I will definitely take the head of Mao Dun to repay Your Majesty!"

Immediately, Meng Tian spread out a map of hundreds of miles, and set a mark on Helan Mountain.

The next target is Baiyang Mountain, which is honored as Dusitu by the Huns. The reason why it is described in this way is not only the slow speed of the flow, but also because the sand moraine in the area it flows through has turned into fertile silt. The water and grass in the watershed are rich and it is a good grazing land.

It’s just that compared with the vast Helan Mountain grassland two hundred miles to the south, it doesn’t look outstanding, so the Huns let go of this place and left the whole river to the Baiyang tribe, where the sheep slaves of the Xiongnu lived as herders.

Further east of the Baiyang tribe, the place where the grassland gradually turns into a forest is the dividing line between Baiyang and Linhu. violation.

The two departments will also do some trade from time to time. The Aries will drive cattle and sheep in exchange for Linhu's prey and bow materials. The two sides carefully guard the boundary and will not cross it easily.

The Qin State has already instigated the Linhu people. The patriarch of the Linhu people stepped into the Great Qin and said slowly: "The Linhu tribe knows the majesty of the heavens and dare not offend the Qin people. They are willing to lead the whole county to surrender to the Great Qin."

General Wang Lile opened his mouth. Originally, the main task this year was to conquer Yanyan and then attack Lin Hu, but he did not expect that Lin Hu would surrender on his own initiative. This is a great thing. No one would let him Run away, don't you?

Wang Li readily agreed, and said: "Those who follow Qin will prosper, and those who oppose Qin will perish!"

After agreeing to surrender, the Qin army pointed its finger at Aries
Among the four tribes in Henan, Aries has the closest relationship with Xiongnu Shanyu. There are often Aries women who become Shanyu Yan, and Xiongnu Shanyu also marries his daughters to Aries. For the sake of the hostages around him.

While the son of Lord Aries was still hesitating, the other party couldn't wait any longer. As the trees in the forest were felled one by one, the Qin army's large troops came to the Aries Department.

For the next half month, the entire Dusitu River Basin was filled with killing sounds and blood.The Aries people died in pieces, and the feet of the slowly advancing Qin Junjia formation were covered with blood mud and broken bones, submerging the yellow land.

After the dust settled, the Aries Department had been destroyed, all those who resisted were killed, and the rest fled and scattered. The innocent sheep stood at the foot of the mountain in a daze, looking at the blood-stained grass after the killing.

After conquering the Baiyang tribe, Wang Li satisfactorily listened to his subordinates' report on the number of captured livestock, which amounted to more than ten thousand, and ordered to kill all the captured Hu people.

A lieutenant general said: "If the general kills them all, I am afraid that the soldiers of the Huns will rise up to resist, and there may be no more people who surrender!"

However, it wasn't that Wang Li was born to kill. He brought an army of [-] to fight four hundred miles away from Shangjun. He consumed a lot of food every day. Could it be that he wanted to feed these Huns?
Naturally not.

Then, accompanied by howls all over the sky, blood flowed across the ground.

Wang Li, who was always reckless, suddenly said: "The next step is to gain the upper hand in the military operation against He Lan!"

"The Xiongnu Helan army heard that Baiyang was defeated, and knew that Shangjun and Beidi were marching towards Helan. Fearing that they would be surrounded, they would lead their troops to flee far away."

Regardless of Li You's dissuasion, Wang Li made a decision: "Three thousand chariots and riders go first, and the infantry rests for a day and then slowly goes on the road. Our goal is the northern foot of Helan Mountain!"

According to General Meng Tian's plan, this time in the spring of next year, the Xiongnu soldiers will be encircled and suppressed in the Helan Mountains, and the main force of the Xiongnu will be wiped out in one fell swoop so that the Huns will not dare to offend the Central Plains, dare not go south to the wooden horse, and bend their bows to complain within ten years!
But Wang Li frowned. The three major tribes of the Xiongnu have already surrendered to the Great Qin, and they can cooperate with the three tribes of Linhu, Yanwei, and Loufan to carry out an encirclement and suppression of the Xiongnu, stabbing their spirits, and taking down the northern foot of Helan Mountain. Pave the way for the final battle.

Li You said: "Our journey is going smoothly, but Mao Dun is by no means a fool. If we attack rashly, I'm afraid we will fall into their tricks!"

But Wang Li tried his best to resist all the opinions, and if he did not attack the [-] soldiers, his heart would be chilled, so he led his infantry to attack.

Three days later, at the lower reaches of the Dutu River, Wang Li's vanguard encountered more than a hundred chariots and riders who had fled back in embarrassment. All of them were tired and terrified. Six or seven died, and the rest were routed in all directions.

"Tens of thousands of Hun cavalry!" Feng Jie felt bad for a while, and his back was instantly wet with cold sweat. He thought that the Huns would be defeated and flee, and the entire Helan Mountain grassland could be directly brought into Wang Li's hands.

When the Qin army was cautiously camping on the spot on Baiyang Mountain, [-] to [-] Huns wearing felt hats and holding bows roared to them and surrounded them. The three ministries instigated rebellion and burned all the food, grass and supplies of Wang Li's army.

Right now, Wang Libuqi is surrounded by the Huns, and the food and grass are only enough to last ten days. There are many crises
(End of this chapter)