Great Qin Shi Empress

==·Doubt·==

Han Xin didn't understand that whether it was Touman Chanyu or Yan and his youngest son, there must be many guards. Even though it was a little chaotic last night because people surrendered one after another, Touman Shanyu and others were surrounded by guards. The guards must not dare to leave their posts without permission.

Even if Touman Shanyu's status in the hearts of his people is not high, it is impossible for someone not to take his safety seriously, right?

but……

Mao Dun smiled, and had no intention of explaining to Han Xin.

Han Xin was a little upset, but when he just killed his family members, he was in a state of unrest, so he could only keep quiet, thinking about waiting for the end of the war, or asking why in a few days.

After all, the most important thing right now is to win the Touman tribe.

……

But this is actually not a difficult task. These Huns have been hungry for several days, their morale has dropped, and they have no desire to fight. Now Touman Shanyu and Yanshi were directly assassinated in the tent again. The entire Touman tribe can be said to have no leader, and their morale is almost nonexistent.

Li Xin originally thought that this battle would not end until tomorrow, but now that he saw such a good opportunity, he certainly didn't want to let it go.

So he directly asked those Xiongnu soldiers who surrendered last night to stand up and shout at the clansmen. Needless to say, just saying "General Li promised us that we will receive the same treatment as Lieyang Tribe and others" can completely shake them. The military spirit of the Huns.

Soon, many Hun soldiers put down their weapons one after another.

Seeing this, a nobleman was about to slash at those soldiers with a scimitar, but only heard a "swoosh", and a sharp arrow pierced his neck, directly killing the nobleman.

For a moment, the nobles were panicked, but the ordinary soldiers put down their weapons as if they were encouraged.

Li Xin took the opportunity to launch a general attack, and a group of soldiers from all over the country rushed into the Huns' camp like wolves and tigers, and soon captured all the nobles alive and took down the entire Touman tribe.

After that, it's time to clean up the battlefield.

Han Xin jumped up and down beside Li Xin and asked him about his previous experiences.

But Li Xin laughed: "Where did so many interesting experiences come from? I was stationed in Shu County to defend the Western Qiang tribes. What kind of life does Meng Tian live every day, what kind of life I live."

Han Xin was a little disappointed: "Isn't Xiqiang's territory quite large?"

Li Xin paused and looked at him amusedly: "The place is big, but the people are more peaceful than the Xiongnu, and there are fewer conflicts on the border than in Jiuyuan County."

Han Xin curled his lips boredly.

Seeing that he was really interested in fighting, Li Xin couldn't help laughing and said: "If you really want to fight, you have to grow up quickly, otherwise, given the current situation of Qin, it may not be long before you send troops to Xiqiang. .”

Han Xin paused: "I have grown up and can go to the battlefield at any time!"

Li Xin was funny, and didn't take his words to heart at all.

How old are you?One kid!

While Li Xin successfully took down the Touman tribe, Meng Tian also led his soldiers to recruit many nomadic peoples who were close to Qin.

Because these tribes are close to the state of Qin, they are the clearest about the changes in the lives of the people of the state of Qin over the years, and they can be regarded as witnesses who have seen the lives of the people of the state of Qin getting better day by day.

It would be fine if they just watched the people of Qin get better, but they also saw some changes in the Huns.

Those Xiongnu tribes who were just like them and also had an awkward relationship with Qin were successfully accepted by Qin and became a member of Qin just because they formed an alliance with Qin and beat the Touman tribe. They lived an enviable settled life. Not only did they increase the number of cattle and sheep raised several times, their daily basic necessities of life were much better than before.

Others watched with envy.

So when they found out that Meng Tian led troops to attack them, and they couldn't beat them at all...

Cough cough, surrender is also a very good choice.

Anyway, after surrendering, their lives will only get better and not worse, and it would be too uneconomical to lose their lives for nothing.

But in places farther away from Qin State, the nomadic tribes living there don't know much about Qin State. Apart from knowing their strength, they have almost no understanding of Qin State, and they don't have any yearning for Qin State, so When it was discovered that the Qin army had sent troops to fight, in addition to fighting back, it was to flee.

Surrender was not an option for them—

It's not because the Qin army is cruel, but almost all nomads today are in a slave society.In order to compete for better pastures and resources, they will also attack each other. Wars are just commonplace for them. Whether the enemy is fierce or powerful does not make these people feel intimidated.

But the war between these nomadic peoples still stayed in the Central Plains hundreds of thousands of years ago. After the big war, the victor will kill all the men of the losing side, and then plunder all the women and children. Raised as a slave, a woman can only be a slave who works hard and allows others to bully and vent.

To some extent, it is a good thing that Qin Jun's brutal style does not implicate his family.

But the problem is, they don't know it.

Because they have never dealt with each other, other nomads will only think that the Qin army is no different from them. Once the war is won, they will attack their women and children. Therefore, once they find that they are invincible, they will naturally choose to escape immediately. .

If they can't run, this group of people will fight to the death.

Because the nomads he met before were too "friendly", Meng Tian inevitably suffered some losses when he first fought with these completely different people.

But with years of experience in fighting the Huns, Meng Tian quickly reversed the situation.

In the end, it was a fierce man who succeeded in "removing the Huns for more than three hundred miles" and beat the Huns so that they would never dare to invade during the Qin Dynasty. Meng Tian was quite easy when fighting nomads.

So it didn't take long for him to lead people all the way to flatten and push, and successfully took down Donghu, Sushen and other tribes.

After that, he continued westward and led his troops to the place where the Ding Ling tribe was located...

However, it took more than a year to take down the entire prairie, and before completely taking down the prairie, Li Xin, Han Xin and their party had a little unknown accident on the way.

After Li Xin took down the Touman Tribe, both the people of Qin State and the Touman Tribe completely relaxed, and they could finally eat a full meal and sleep well.

But it was also at this time that someone finally recognized Mao Dun dressed as a Qin soldier.

Everyone who knew what Touman had done to this young man almost immediately guessed what happened to the death of Touman's family of three.

They were shocked and completely in disbelief.

Those who are so impulsive even immediately want to charge forward with weapons.

Mao Dun was stingy with giving them alms even with half of his eyes, and left with Han Xin after just looking at them lightly.

Han Xin glanced at those people, and hurriedly asked the soldiers to guard them strictly.

After finishing the order, Han Xin looked at Mao Dun strangely: "Why don't you seem to be affected at all?"

Since Mao Dun reunited with the Touman tribe, he has been in a bad mood.

Hearing Han Xin's words, he twitched the corner of his mouth: "It's just some old people with malicious intentions, and now they are prisoners of Qin State. Why should I be influenced by them?"

Han Xin glanced at Maodun, but did not poke his stubbornness.

He didn't speak, and Mao Dun simply shut up.

……

Li Xin quickly called the two over, mainly to inquire about the deaths of Touman and the other three.

Mao Dun didn't make any excuses, and directly admitted that he killed the man himself: "They want to kill me again and again, so I naturally have to retaliate. Besides, although Touman is fatuous and incompetent, he himself has many loyal fans. Such a person It’s quite a hidden danger to keep it, wouldn’t it be good to die?”

Li Xin frowned, looking at Maodun with more scrutiny and guard.

It's not that he thinks that Modu's approach is wrong——

No matter what the circumstances, it is perfectly normal to kill someone who has no good intentions for you to take revenge.

But after Mao Dun killed his father, this understatement made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Mao Dun noticed it, but didn't take it to heart.

Seeing this, Li Xin simply asked, "How did you sneak into the Xiongnu tribe?"

If it was so easy to lurk in, he would have sent someone to cut off Touman's head, why would he wait until Maodun made his move?

Mao Dun smiled and said, "I have grown up in the Touman tribe for over ten years."

Li Xin looked at Mao Dun, dubious about this statement.

Mao Dun had indeed lived in the Touman Tribe for more than ten years, but the so-called ten years were from the time he was born until he was sent to the Yuezhi Tribe.

One is that it was already several years ago. Even if Modun still remembers the people of the tribe, the people of Touman tribe may not have any feelings for him, and his peers may even have forgotten him; Dun was only about ten years old when he was sent to the Yuezhi tribe. How much power can he cultivate at such a young age?

But even if he didn't believe what Modu said, Li Xin didn't ask too much.

After all, when the troops were divided into two groups, Meng Tian had told him in advance not to worry too much about Maodu along the way.

Although he didn't know what Meng Tian was planning, Li Xin had no intention of intervening—

It would be bad if it ruined Meng Tian's arrangement.

==·Against ·==

Mao Dun and Han Xin quickly left Li Xin's military tent.

Han Xin couldn't help asking him, "How did you sneak into the Touman tribe?"

Mao Dun smiled: "Didn't I already say it? Relying on the help of people I knew before. You don't think I didn't even have a friend when I lived in the Touman tribe?"

Han Xin looked at Mao Dun, not believing it.

but……

He shook his head in disappointment: "If you don't want to say it, forget it."

After speaking, he turned and left.

Mao Dun looked at Han Xin's back, paused, and left the place straight away.

That night, at midnight.

Mao Dun suddenly got up and came out of the tent, and came to the place where the Huns were being held.

Almost as soon as Mao Dun first appeared, someone immediately opened their mouths to scold him as a traitor and enemy who had betrayed the tribe.

But it was also at this time that a sound of "quiet" completely suppressed everyone, and then all the Huns were shocked to find that the Huns soldiers who were in charge of guarding Touman and the Yan family stood up one after another, and then Under their watchful eyes, he walked firmly towards Modun.

Everyone was blinded.

"Aren't you Shanyu's confidantes? Why did you seek refuge with Maodun? So many of us were killed by the Qin army he brought, and the blood of our clansmen has already infected the ground, dyeing the entire grassland red, and you can turn a blind eye to it." ?"

Facing the accusation of the tribe, one of them replied coldly: "But isn't Touman causing all these disasters for the sake of the Yan family and her youngest son?"

The person who asked the question was dumb.

Another person sneered: "Don't you know? The last time people from our tribe went to the Qin State to trade but were completely wiped out by the Qin State, it was because the Yan family secretly told Amu that they would distort Touman's will The transaction turned into robbery, and even wanted to attack Qin to force Qin to kill Prince Maodun?"

The people of the Man tribe had heard about this matter, but not many people believed it before.

But look at the reactions of these people...

Some people still defended Touman: "Even so, what is the relationship between Yanshi, Amu and others who committed such a big thing, and Touman Shanyu?"

"Relationship? The relationship is great!"

"You are still willing to speak for Touman now, just because you have no relatives who died in that war..."

"Why not? My father..."

"If your father knew that you would speak for Touman, he would have wished to go back to the past and strangle you to death when you were just born! I have never seen anyone who speaks for his father-killing enemy!"

"What are you talking about?"

"That's right, now it's only you who don't know anything..."

There was a cold shout from outside the door: "It's the middle of the night, don't go to bed soon—"

Mao Dun glanced at the door, and said coldly: "Enough, don't waste time."

The guards paused for a moment and immediately fell silent.

The place was dead silent.

Soon, after the sound of footsteps outside the tent completely disappeared, Mao Dun lifted his foot and walked out.

The guards looked back and left the tent.

The people who had been pestering them to inquire before felt unwilling, and were about to ask again, but an old man beside them covered their mouths.

After the people left, the old man let go of his hand, and then said: "Your father was considered the strongest warrior in our tribe back then, and he probably managed to escape after that battle."

"How is it possible? I saw it with my own eyes..."

"On their way back, they were attacked and assassinated by Amu and others who were worried that things would be exposed."

The boy froze: "What did you say?"

The old man opened his eyelids and glanced at him, then slowly closed his eyes: "I said that you have been avenged, and your father's soul can truly rest."

……

Mao Dun is indeed familiar with everyone in the Touman tribe, so when Qin Guo wanted to sow discord, he could only barely do it through the hands of other tribes, but he almost caught up with the Touman tribe on the same day. We have already contacted the people of the Touman tribe and found the exact family members of the victims of the war.

And these people are all willing to open the door for Mao Dun's assassination.

But that's not enough...

Mao Dun led his people around the Qin army's patrol route, and quickly left the barracks, and came to a small river not far away.

Immediately afterwards, Mo Dun took out a few glass bottles from his arms, and was about to hand them over to others.

hum-

The long sword was unsheathed and pointed at Maodun's throat.

The voice of friend Han Xin suddenly sounded behind him: "Can you let me see what's in these bottles of yours?"

The others drew their swords and knives in unison, all aiming at Han Xin.

But Han Xin's eyes were calm, showing no fear at all.

Mao Dun turned his head and met Han Xin's eyes that were as calm as a deep pool under the moonlight.

The two faced each other in silence without saying a word.

After a while, Mao suddenly said: "I want to become an eagle in the sky, conquer the vast land, and become the unique king in that land. Han Xin, if you walk with me, I will definitely give you unique rights and status."

"Oh," Han Xin said coldly, "it's not rare."

Mao Dun paused: "You are indeed loyal."

Han Xin didn't want to talk nonsense with him: "Give me the glass bottle."

Mao Dun raised his head: "You don't believe me?"

Han Xin finally gave him a look: "If I didn't believe you, you would have turned into a corpse by now."

Mouton froze for a moment, the smile on his face grew a bit.

He handed the glass bottle to Han Xin.

Han Xin took it with the hand that did not hold the sword, and then shook it in front of his eyes, then uncorked the bottle and smelled it.

Um?No smell?

Han Xin looked at Mo Dun suspiciously: "What do you have in it?"

Mao Dun smiled: "Flour, dyed flour."

Han Xin was dubious, but he still corked the bottle and fell silent.

Mao Dun looked at the long sword across his neck, and already knew Han Xin's plan, but he didn't say anything more.

On the contrary, those subordinates who came out with him now looked anxious.

But soon, they heard a series of hurried hooves.

They were surrounded.

After Han Xin confirmed it was safe, he took the glass bottle and checked it himself. He even went to catch a rabbit to feed it. As a result, the rabbit did not show any abnormality after eating the strange powder.

Really flour.

Han Xin didn't understand why he was making such a fuss.

Mao Dun smiled and said: "Don't worry, Qin State is now extremely powerful, and I'm not crazy, thinking of starting a new stove to fight the country. Will I be beaten by Qin State again?"

As for the flour...

Mo Dun smiled: "I just want to test whether they are absolutely loyal to me."

Han Xin looked at Mao Dun, gritted his teeth and said, "You madman!"

……

This change did not affect the overall situation. After Li Xin took down the Touman tribe, he immediately led his troops northward, and soon joined Li Xin in Dingling.

After the two discussed the battle plan for a while, the two sides separated again and divided their forces to outflank the various tribes. They quickly captured the nomads such as Dingling, Gaokun, Hujie, Wusun and Yuezhi, and successfully conquered the entire prairie. Included in the territory of Qin State.