I tried my best to help Zulong, and finally got my wife

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Chapter 113 The Big Pit Zhang He Digged for Li Mu

It has been more than half a month since Li Xin entered the desert, but there was no news from all sides, which made Zhang He start to worry. Could it be that they all died in the desert?

Zhang He immediately sent scouts to the desert to inquire about the news, but when Zhang He sent the scouts, he received a piece of great news.

Qin Zhong, who was guarding the Shahukou, captured more than 2 prisoners, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and countless supplies in the depths of the desert north of Daqingshan.

The letter said that under Zhang He's order, he sent [-] cavalry to go deep into the northern grasslands, and encountered a large number of Huns who were migrating north of Yinshan Mountain.

There were more than 2 Huns in this group, and most of them were nobles of the Huns, and they headed west with their families. However, this group of Huns was escorted by more than 5000 well-equipped cavalry.

The cavalry he sent out was only 3000, and they were uneven. They were all pieced together from the entire Yanmen County, and their combat power was simply unable to fight against this group of people.

So the thousand people leading the cavalry will immediately ask for help from the defenders in Pingcheng. At the same time, they will monitor the migrating Huns from a distance.

After Qin Zhong received the request for help, he immediately dispatched [-] crossbowmen and [-] infantrymen to march northward in person, and finally caught up with the [-] Huns who had migrated two days later.

Five thousand cavalry were wiped out in the first battle, and all the nobles of the Huns surrendered and were taken down by him.

After questioning, I found out that these people belonged to the clan of Zuoxian Wang Lang. They originally lived on the grasslands to the north of Yan Kingdom, but their king had taken refuge in Maodun and asked them to migrate to the grasslands to the west. Life.

As a result, the cavalry sent out by Qin Zhong discovered it, and called for reinforcements, and won it in one battle.

Zhang He was still puzzled before. King Zuo Xian’s territory was in the north of the Yan Kingdom. Why did he take the Hun cavalry to join Maodun regardless of the safety of the tribe? Wasn’t he afraid that Touman’s anger would wipe out his tribe?

It turned out that it had been arranged long ago to let the tribe migrate to the west to live.

Originally, there was nothing wrong with this arrangement. Whether it was the Spring and Autumn Period or the Warring States Period, the Zhao people and the Huns never fought across the Yin Mountains and went deep into the desert.

But this time he was not facing Zhao Ren, but Zhang He who was bent on capturing prisoners.

"More than 2 Xiongnu nobles, [-] war horses, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, and countless property, this time they got rich again..."

Holding the bamboo slips, Zhang He smiled brightly.

King Zuo Xian is not as good as the sky. I don't know if he will be pissed to death after learning about the situation?

But that's not what Zhang He should worry about, it's better to be mad.

"Shangqing, there is a battle report from Li Xin..."

As Zhang He's secretary, Yan Lingji now specializes in helping Zhang He organize documents, as well as confidential documents such as battle reports.

Zhang He hastily took the bamboo slips and quickly opened them. Li Xin was most worried now. There was a sudden snowstorm in the past two days. Once lost in the depths of the desert, the [-] cavalry would not be able to return.

After reading it, Zhang He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

According to the battle report, Li Mu galloped all the way and caught up with Touman's [-] cavalry after five days.

Because of the heavy snowstorm, Li Xin said that he did not continue to follow, so he helped Li Mu clean up the battlefield, captured [-] horses and [-] shi of grain. Because of the heavy storm, he did not dare to go deep into the grassland, so he returned the same way.

However, on the way back, I met two tribes of the Huns. Seeing that the Huns were living in difficulties, they brought them back by the way, and at the same time, they also took their [-] head of cattle and sheep with them.

In about half a month, they will be able to return to Cloud City.

As for Li Mu, more than 4000 cavalry were lost in that battle. It is not known how many cavalry can be brought back after going deep into the desert.

Zhang He clenched his hands tightly, put down the bamboo slips excitedly, and began to write the battle report for Xianyang himself.

The war in the north has been decided, the three counties have been restored, and Qin will take the second one. Yunzhong, Shanwu, and Pingcheng have all belonged to Qin.

The Xiongnu fought internally, Mao Dun returned to the desert with wolf ambitions, and joined forces with King Zuo Xian to steal the royal power. Touman fled into the desert with the remnants of his troops. Li Mu chased him, and defeated Touman's army in the First World War.

Li Mu encountered a blizzard in the depths of the desert, and has not yet returned. The [-] cavalry, half of them, are no longer able to pose a threat to the Qin army. I hope that the king will fight Zhao Yongbing soon.

It is not advisable to continue to use troops against the Huns. The terrain in the deep desert is complex and vast, which will only increase the casualties of the army, and it is difficult to supply food and grass. The Huns cannot be wiped out.

Once the nobles of the Qin Kingdom gain enough profits in the grasslands, they will make the nobles of the six countries greedy. At that time, the nobles of the six countries will go to the depths of the desert one after another to reap the benefits, which can curb the development of the Xiongnu, and even expel the Xiongnu from moving westward. Let the Huns fight with the countries of the Western Regions.

This will also create a good environment for Qin to unify the six countries.

As for how to use troops, Zhang He also raised a point. Naturally, the entire Central Plains would need to shout for Qin again, and obtain an excuse for Qin to use troops against Zhao.

Waiting for a large number of Xiongnu prisoners of war to go south, and the cattle, sheep, fur, and treasures of the grasslands are sold to the six countries. The people of the six countries will naturally know that the north has been stabilized, and the Qin-Zhao alliance will be invalidated.

When the time comes, Qin will only need an excuse to use soldiers against Zhao.

Li Mu will be blocked in the north by his Zhang He, unable to go south. At the same time, he will use troops from Daijun to go all the way south, and cooperate with Wang Jian's army to capture Handan.

After the battle report was written and sealed, it was immediately sent to Xianyang in a hurry for [-] miles.

After that, Zhang He issued several military orders.

Only [-] infantry were left guarding Yunzhong City, and all the rest of the army withdrew to Shahukou and Shanwu City. The infantry guarding all the cities in Yanmen County gathered together and marched north to garrison the Tanchuan Basin (now Ulanqab) on the back of Daqing Mountain. .

This arrangement has already blocked Li Mu's way of escaping from the Hetao area, unless he bypasses the northern part of the Yin Mountain, enters the desert, and enters the Zhao area from the northern part of the Yan Kingdom.

But the price is quite high. If you are not careful, you will all die in the depths of the desert, and there are various tribes in the desert, such as Xiongnu, Linhu, Loufan and so on.

Afterwards, he wrote another letter asking someone to send it to Shangdang, asking Wang Jian to send [-] Zhuge Liannu mass-produced and [-] crossbows to Yanmen.

And when Zhang He mobilized the army and launched various arrangements.

Deep in the desert.

With more than 1 cavalry, Li Mu pursued Touman relentlessly. So far, he finally wiped out the remaining [-] cavalry, but Touman disappeared. Two days later, I still couldn't find it.

"General, our army's rations are already less than five days. If this continues, the brothers will starve to death in this desert. Let's retreat first, and then make a long-term plan."

Li Mu took a sip of the wine presented by Zhang He, and only then did he feel a little heat all over his body.

Glancing at the blizzard and snow, feeling the biting cold wind, he sighed, if not for the lack of food he was carrying, he would definitely be able to find Touman.

"Let everyone eat and drink enough, and when the wind and snow calm down, we will go back the same way."

Only then did the subordinates breathe a sigh of relief, they were afraid that the general would be stubborn and insisted on finding Touman, now that there is not much food and grass, it would be troublesome.

Li Mu was in deep thought, wondering what happened to Zhang He?

Zhang He is full of tricks, if he captures Wuyuan City and takes it for himself, it will be a big trouble at that time, if he had known this, he would not have come to chase Touman.

And Lin Yi is still in Yunzhong City, will he be swallowed by Zhang He along with the food and grass?

But this was Li Mu's overthinking. Zhang He drove Lin Yi out of Yunzhong City on the second day Li Mu went north.

Lin Yi brought her food and grass back to Jiuyuan City to temporarily station in Jiuyuan, and this is also the home Zhang He arranged for Li Mu.

From now on, you, Li Mu, will stay in Jiuyuan, don't even think about going anywhere.

Chapter 114 Li Mu: It was fine when I went, but I won't go back

A long time after Li Mu's army left, on the silent snowfield, there was only the sound of the wind blowing and rolling snow beads. A half-meter-long marmot (ta) suddenly screamed and galloped out of a low-lying cave.

The marmot quickly disappeared into the vast snow field, and then, from the cave where the marmot escaped, a head was poked out, and his eyes were rogue looking around for a while, but Li Mu's cavalry was no longer there.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and shouted behind him: "Shan Yu, Li Mu has withdrawn his troops."

In the cave where the marmot lived, Touman Shanyu huddled tightly inside, hugged a fat marmot with both hands, and was fighting with the marmot.

But the marmot was obviously strangled to death by Touman, but Touman still held the marmot's neck tightly, not daring to breathe.

Hearing from the exorcist outside that Li Mu's army had retreated, Touman couldn't control his emotions anymore, and started crying loudly holding the marmot.

In his life, he had never suffered such a crime. He led a small tribe from weak to strong step by step, annexing hundreds of tribes in the grassland.

Fighting Dingling people in the north, kicking Wusun and Yuezhi Kingdom in the west, frightening the Hulinloufan tribe in the east to surrender voluntarily, even the Zhao army in the south, he has been fighting for more than ten years, robbing whenever he wants.

How majestic and heroic he was at the beginning, waving his hand was pointing the country, and the whole grassland was dominated by him.

Can……

Unexpectedly, this time he went south to snatch the Qin people in the Central Plains, but he suffered a devastating blow. Forty thousand warriors died in World War I. As the king of the Huns, he fled like a dog all the way, and finally ran to Yunzhong City.

But the alliance of Qin and Zhao countries chased him all the way from Yanmen to Yunzhong, and beheaded him [-] warriors.

But he miscalculated, the son of a bitch, Li Mu, led the cavalry deep into the desert, chasing him with nowhere to go to heaven and nowhere to go.

If it weren't for this little marmot burrow...

If it weren't for the expert help all the way, I'm afraid he would have been beheaded by Qin or Zhao people long ago.

"Woooooooo..."

"Da Shanyu, Li Mu's army is gone, come out quickly, we are on our way!"

Touman Shanyu also wanted to climb out, but why the hole became smaller, he squeezed for a long time but couldn't get out.

"Sir, help me!"

The exorcist was speechless, fuck, how did you climb in at the beginning?

You are more anxious than a monkey, and you have left yourself outside. Fortunately, the hole is relatively large, otherwise you will be killed by Li Mu's army.

The exorcist grabbed Touman's hands, pulled them hard, and finally pulled them out of the hole, but Touman's cheeks were covered with blood marks from the marmots.

"Is there another one in there?"

The exorcist asked suspiciously. When he climbed in, suddenly a marmot came out. He was afraid that the marmot would be discovered by Zhao Jun, so he held down the marmot. But just now, the marmot He broke free from his hands and fled.

Touman touched the blood on his face, climbed into the hole again, and grabbed out a dead marmot, which was as long as an arm, fat and big.

"The dog thing is dead?"

Touman Shanyu threw it far away, cursing: "You bastard, how dare you grab Ben Shanyu's face, isn't it just to use your cave, the whole grassland belongs to Ben Shanyu, and so do you..."

Exorcist: "..."

The exorcist hurried over and picked up the marmot that was thrown out. Now they have no food, so they rely on this marmot to maintain their lives.

You fucking threw it away, don't take me with you if you want to die!

"Master, do the math again, how can we go back to the royal court."

The exorcist looked helpless, how to go?I'm afraid I can only rely on these two feet.

Not to mention going to the royal court, it may be very difficult to find the nearest tribe. If we can't find the tribe, we will die in this desert sooner or later.

The exorcist looked at the snowflakes all over the sky and faced the biting cold wind, thinking about how he had never seen such a scene in his hometown when he was a child, he couldn't help feeling the urge to cry.

Thief Zhang, you killed my exorcist.

I want to go back, I don't want to be a spy anymore, I want to go home...

After a long time, the two broke down and hugged each other, and burst into tears.

This kind of desolation, encountering a heavy snowstorm, making the whole body stiff from the cold, and trembling from hunger, for the two nobles who used to live the life of a master, it was a heartbreak.

"Shan Yu, there is a Xiongnu tribe nearby. We must find a tribe now."

Touman smiled wryly, the Huns live by water and grass, there is no fixed place, and whether they can find the Huns tribe depends on the God of the Grassland.

Suddenly, Touman looked at the exorcist. The man in front of him was an expert. How could he not be able to figure out the nearest Xiongnu tribe? An expert only needs to ask the God of the Grassland.

"Master, you can ask the Prairie God again, where is the nearest tribe?"

The exorcist wanted to kill Touman.

"My lifespan has reached its limit, I can't do it anymore."

The two sighed, drew out their knives, and began to skin the marmot, filling their stomachs first.

Touman and the exorcist were unlucky, and Li Mu was even more unlucky.

"General, we seem to have lost our way again. We are going in the wrong direction. When we went, there was no such small hill in front of us."

Li Mu glanced at the mountain in front of him, and it seemed that this mountain really didn't exist in his impression!

Asked: "Did you not find the mark left when you went?"

"No, it seems to have disappeared. It's really strange."

Li Mu finally started to worry. He knew a long time ago that even if there is no snow in this desert, once he gets lost, it is very difficult to get out, not to mention that in the current winter, it is easy to encounter heavy snowstorms.

So when they chased the Huns, they all left marks on the way they passed.

When they walked back, the marks were there at first, but after the fierce battle with the Huns, they walked for dozens of miles, and the marks disappeared.

Now I have gone in the wrong direction three or four times, and this time I have been walking for a day, and I am still in the wrong direction.

This broke Li Mu's heart!