Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 234 Take the initiative to quit

"The whole army stayed in the royal court in the north for three days, and after three days, they approached Helan Mountain and went to the north to find out!"

Meng Tian said to the soldiers of the three armies.

The rest of the generals nodded slightly, with a faint smile on their faces.

As the main force of Nine Plains, Meng Tian arrived at the Beijia Wangting first. He didn't expect General Li You to arrive ahead of time, which really surprised him.

Right now, it will take three days for Qiang Yan, and seven or eight days for Li Xin to make a detour, so Meng Tian ordered his subordinates to correct here for a few days, waiting for the army to converge.

There are only some old, weak, sick and disabled people here, like shepherds. From their mouths, they learned that Maodun had already fled upon hearing the news. Beijia was already an empty base camp, and the Qin army occupied the royal city without any effort.

And Maodun was really shrewd. Except for thousands of shepherds, all the utensils, cattle and sheep, horses, and weapons were taken away, leaving nothing for the Qin army.

But the shepherds were kind. They knew that Maodun had given up on them, so they vowed not to serve him again. As long as Qin Jun didn't mind, they could be Qin people.

Naturally, Meng Tian didn't object. Seeing that the general agreed, the shepherd showed a slight smile on his face, and decided to kill the sheep at home to reward the soldiers of the three armies.

Meng Tian wanted to refuse at first, they are not entitled to get the food of the common people, but the army galloped all the way without bringing anything other than the steamed buns for ten days, and the steamed buns were almost gone.

However, Zhang Han reported that it would take five days for the food, grass and supplies to arrive. He thought he could occupy the Huns' cattle and sheep to relieve their hunger, but he did not expect that Maodun would take away even the bones.

In desperation, he could only accept the shepherd's kindness, but after experiencing the loss of vigilance last time, Meng Tian was extra vigilant this time, letting half of his subordinates eat and half stand guard, guarding against the nearby forests.

In the Chinese army camp, Meng Tian frowned.

"Although we galloped thousands of miles and occupied the highlands of Helan Mountain, even if the army occupied Helan, they would not be able to obtain livestock as supplies from the local area. Instead, the supply lines would be lengthened."

The Qin army was dominated by infantry, and the longer the supply line, the fewer soldiers could advance.

In this way, the Huns were given the opportunity to concentrate their forces and defeat each one. They did not need to take care of the strength of their families. They could mount horses and carry bows and arrows. Pointing at it, it can roar towards it, enough to travel hundreds of miles a day and launch a surprise attack.

Therefore, the three armies of Qiang Yu, Li Xin, and Zhang Han may have become the focus of the Huns.

Immediately, Meng Tian realized something bad and immediately ordered his scouts to inform Zhang Han's army.

This army transported the army's food and supplies, and once it was occupied by the Huns, it would suffer heavy losses.

The lightning raid was indeed formidable, but Meng Tian did not prepare a backhand for the lightning raid, and the first attack of the Huns was the army with food and supplies.

Zhang Han's army walked along the Hetao grassland, approaching Beijiao, ten days away from Wangting. This army is infantry, and its marching speed is slower than theirs.

Although there was a reminder that "soldiers and horses are not moved, food and grass go first", Zhang Han was on guard against the harassment of the Huns along the way, and did not dare to be aggressive.

As soon as he heard that the Northern False King's Court was empty, Zhang Han also began to worry, and said lightly: "The Huns are notoriously bullying the weak and fearing the hard!"

"The Xiongnu did not dare to confront the cavalry allied forces of the Great Qin, so they had to flee in defeat."

"But our prisoner army is weak in fighting power, but it is rich in food and grass, and I am afraid it will be attacked."

Thinking of this, Zhang Han felt that he was in danger!
He ordered the waiting cavalry: "Immediately go and tell General Li and General Qiang to get up and join us, and the two armies will escort the food and grass to the Northern False King's Court.

Qiang is the closest. I believe that Zhang Han's envelope will come to support tomorrow. The two armies will immediately gather in the camp tomorrow and slowly advance northward together to find the whereabouts of the Huns!
Zhang Han's army also had these five hundred iron cavalry as a scouting force, so Zhang Han ordered them to scout out the movements of the Huns.

But when they came back, they all had smiles on their faces, saying that they hadn't seen any movement from the Huns. Could it be that the general was worrying too much?
Zhang Han didn't nod his head, his expression gradually turned solemn, and he ordered the army to correct on the spot. It happened that a troop of fifty cavalry came, and it was Meng Tian's scout.

The scout handed the bamboo curtain paper to Zhang Han. Meng Tian's plan was also to let the three armies join together and go to the Northern False King's Court together. It seems that the two wanted to go together.

After watching the scouts leave, the army quickly made adjustments. Taking advantage of the darkness, the general camp was placed in a hilly area, and the soldiers were ordered to find some rolling logs and stones to prevent the Huns from attacking. The Qiang army should arrive in two days, so they Setting up camp requires two days of defense.

Just as Zhang Han gave the order, Ye Lu raised his head when he heard horseshoes and whistling in the distance, with scales still on his mouth.

After all the Huns in the Helan Grassland migrated west and north, they stayed behind as a reconnaissance force. A cavalry force of two thousand troops, after spying on Zhang Han's march from a distance, launched an unstoppable attack. .

According to the news from the inquires, the army of the Qin people is relatively large, which is more than ten times their slaves combined.

Moreover, Qin Jun also trained good cars to defeat ten o'clock with one enemy, which was relatively difficult.

So they first sent a signal to Mao Dun, ordering them to come to support, and that night Lu led the cavalry to harass.

Although it was just an army of prisoners, the Qin army was still well-trained. When they pointed their spearhead at the Huns, they actually formed a long formation to fight against the cavalry, and even chariots rushed down to the front, which frightened the Huns.

The Xiongnu scouts suffered a complete defeat, and only Yelu's leader who was skilled in riding and shooting could escape. His subordinates either died or died, and only Ulan escaped alone.

He entered the forest and escaped the pursuit of Qin cavalry in the dark.Thanks to his many years of hunting in this land and his familiarity with the terrain, Ye Lu bypassed the dense scout troops of the Qin army that night, and rode northward along the big river at night.

An overwhelming black wave swept across the sky, and that night Lu encountered more and more scouts, and Qin troops camped everywhere.

Finally, they encountered Maodun's main army not far away.

The ten-mile felt tent is the center of the camp
Outside the big tent, a tall flag was inserted in the pile of stones, on top of which was a silver disc, along which was fixed a tassel made of silver-white stallion mane, and in the center of the disc stood a Golden eagle.

Even if Ye Lu was the Marquis of Gudu, he only had to bow, but when he saw the flag, he dismounted solemnly, knelt down on one knee, put his hands on his chest, and lowered his head.

After entering the camp of the Chinese army, Ye Lu knelt down slowly and explained what had happened in the past few days. Mo Dun nodded frequently without any intention of blaming, but immediately mobilized the army to approach Zhang Han's army.

This time they want to destroy the Qin army's food and grass, make the Qin army's morale unstable, lose their fighting spirit, and voluntarily withdraw from the Northern False Royal Court!
(End of this chapter)