The younger brother of the First Emperor

Chapter 277: The Hu people are frightened by Li Mu's name, and Prince Chengjiao uses a surprising move in the duel, angering Bai Wuxia
Snowing.

In December, it is very common to see heavy snow in the desert.

The 13,000 Zhao cavalrymen felt cold.

The cattle, horses, sheep and people they drove were shivering, feeling the cold from the surface of their skin to the depths of their souls.

The 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry did not attack rashly, but followed the 13,000 Zhao cavalry for nearly a day.

They are scouting the enemy and biding their time.

They made a large circle, trying to surround these brave and weak Zhao dogs.

Is the desert a place where you Central Plains dogs can come?

Without that turtle shell, Zhongyuan would be a bird?

It's getting late.

Night fills the air.

In the darkness, the Hun army did not light any fires to avoid exposing themselves.

They knew they had been discovered by Zhao scouts.

But if they had less than a day's contact, the scouts could only observe an approximate number of people, but not their combat intentions.

There was no fire to illuminate the night, and they rushed forward from the darkness. Zhao Gou must have thought that there were Hun warriors everywhere, and he must have been scared out of his wits.

One hundred thousand surrounded ten thousand, and the Xiongnu warriors fought against Zhao Gou.

If we let Zhao Gou escape, the battle will not be perfect!

The Xiongnu army had a good plan, but the Zhao cavalry did not follow it.

When the night was so dark that one could hardly see one's hand in front of one's face, the Zhao cavalry instantly extinguished all the fires, threw away all the baggage, and let go all the cattle, sheep, horses, and people.

Soon, although it was difficult to see, the Hun army still sensed livestock, supplies, and people all over the mountains.

The sounds of cows mooing, sheep bleating, horses neighing, and the shouting of Hun captives came from all directions.

Through this chaos.

The Zhao cavalry galloped southward, with thousands of horses galloping.

The Xiongnu army, which was about to attack, did not move...

They were not in a hurry to recover the people, cattle, horses, sheep and food left behind by the Zhao army.

This time, the Huns dispatched most of their capable warriors, a total of 100,000!

With 100,000 people, wouldn't it be more than enough to collect food and supplies for a camp of 10,000 people? Why rush?
Let's wait and see, maybe we fell into Zhao Gou's trap of luring troops while he was on guard.

We have to wait until dawn.

The morning light shone down on the head of the Hun leader, making the fleshy face look even more ferocious.

Touman was the first Khan of the Xiongnu.

He integrated the scattered Xiongnu tribes into one, making the Xiongnu a Hu regime as powerful as the Linhu, Yuezhi (pronounced zhi), and Donghu.

Under Touman's command, after the sound of horse hooves gradually died down, the Huns first took over the food, supplies, personnel and livestock left behind by the Zhao army, and then followed the Zhao army at a distance of two miles.

It turned out to be just as Touman expected.

Central Plains equestrianism is just bad!
The State of Zhao, which was the best in equestrianism in the Central Plains, was still poor in equestrianism!
The Xiongnu soldiers did not even need to use their full strength to stay far behind the Zhao army who were trying their best to escape.

Since the surprise attack has failed and it has been confirmed that there are no ambushes along the way, let these Zhao dogs consume more horsepower and run for a while longer.

What does the Central Plains Art of War say?

After one vigorous effort, it will weaken again and again, and finally it will be exhausted!
If you look down from the sky, you can see that the 13,000 Zhao soldiers have been running in the encirclement of the 100,000 Xiongnu troops.

Touman not only knew about Cao Gui's discussion on war, but also knew the ten rules of encirclement in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

The Zhao army's horses were moving slower and slower.

Touman’s eyes became more and more cruel.

The first Huns Khan decided that if he continued for another half an hour, he would kill these Zhao dogs who could not run away!

In less than a moment, the Hun soldiers at the southernmost part of the encirclement came to report that many farmers were driving a large number of cattle and sheep to graze ahead.

Touman looked up at the sun and felt a little moved.

It is not uncommon to graze in winter. A dog needs to be walked every day, and large livestock such as cattle and sheep also need to move around and defecate.

"So early?" Touman said to himself.

In winter, herding requires going out late and returning early, and taking a stroll when the sun is strong.

The sun is just rising.

"Let a thousand people go and rob." Touman gave the order, his eyes, sandwiched between fat pieces, flashing with a cunning light.

"Chanyu." The soldier who reported the news was very excited and gestured with his hands: "A thousand men are not enough! Not enough! There must be more than ten thousand pigs, cattle and sheep! They must be raised by Li Mu, the Zhao dog!"

Li Mu raised a large number of cattle and sheep on the border, which could provide meat for the soldiers every week.

"One thousand." Touman repeated the order.

If they are herding farmers, one thousand are enough to control them.

If there were a large number of Zhao troops waiting to ambush, Touman would order the entire army to withdraw into the depths of the desert.

On the way back, the Xiongnu warriors will kill more Zhao dogs in the encirclement.

Touman was well aware that the Huns' advantage over the Central Plains was horse warfare.

If they were ambushed by the Central Plains and engaged in close combat, the Huns would really be no match for the Central Plains.

Fight if you want to fight, run if you want to run.

This is why the Hu people kept losing land but were able to continue to plunder southwards.

The soldier who reported the news responded reluctantly and rode away to deliver the message.

Touman, who had just unified the Xiongnu, had not yet established sufficient etiquette to maintain a regime.

Touman has worked very hard to let all the Huns know that Shanyu is the supreme leader of the Huns.

Less than half an hour later, the soldiers came again with the news, ecstatic:

"Chan Yu! Send more people! The cattle and sheep are running everywhere, and a thousand people can't catch them all! If you don't send more people, the pigs, cattle and sheep will run back to Zhao Gou's side!"

Touman looked into the distance and could vaguely see the city of Zhao.

After a night of chasing, they had arrived at the edge of the desert, the land bordering the Central Plains.

If there were a thousand Xiongnu warriors and a Zhao dog ambushed in a group of livestock nearby.

Even if Zhao Gou did not attack, he would definitely be discovered by the Xiongnu warriors who had eyes as sharp as an eagle's.

"Didn't you meet Zhao Gou?" Touman was very cautious and asked more questions.

"No!" the soldier answered readily, his eyes burning with passion.

Touman narrowed his eyes and began to issue military orders one by one, commanding the various Xiongnu tribes.

Although Touman unified the Huns, they still gathered together in tribes.

The Chanyu Touman was somewhat similar to the Zhou emperor, and the various tribes were vassal states.

Orders came out of Touman's mouth one after another, and the Hun warriors rode their horses to deliver the orders.

Touman had to draw Hun warriors from other directions of the encirclement to support the southward movement, to ensure that the encirclement was not broken and to capture pigs, cattle and sheep.

Touman can wait.

The Xiongnu tribes surrounding the Zhao army in the south could not wait.

The Xiongnu people, who made their living by herding, watched the animals running around in the mountains but could not catch them...

Unbearable!

Grasp!
Grasp!
Grasp!
Before Touman's order arrived, most of the Huns in the south had already gone to capture animals.

These Huns, who were intoxicated by the beasts, still retained a trace of rationality, and 30% of them were left behind.

They thought this was enough to deal with the Zhao dogs who ran around in the middle of the night.

They came with most of the Xiongnu warriors, a full 100,000! What's wrong with sending a few thousand people to catch the beasts? Wouldn't that leave more than 90,000 people?

As soon as the Huns in the south moved, the Huns nearby in the south also moved and sent people to capture animals.

When the Huns fought, they took care of the spoils themselves.

These pigs, cattle and sheep all over the mountains belong to whichever tribe catches them.

When the Huns in the south moved, the Huns in the southeast and southwest followed suit, and soon... all the Huns in the entire encirclement followed suit.

The encirclement is still there, just not as thick.

Touman was furious, but there was nothing he could do.

If a tribe disobeys his orders, he can punish them.

All the tribes disobeyed his orders. If he dared to impose sanctions, he would be sanctioning himself.

It's a mistake, if we delay any longer we will reach Zhaogou City, and the time for the attack scheduled by Touman will soon be up.

The Xiongnu Chanyu issued an order: Capture the beasts while killing the Zhao dogs!

The encirclement narrowed and shouts of killing were heard everywhere.

Inside the encirclement, Li Mu heard the shouts and ordered calmly:

“All ten battalions are ready for battle.

"When the battle starts, beat the drum to send the message." When the battle started, the southernmost Xiongnu cavalry was the first to collide head-on with the Zhao cavalry.

Both sides fired several rounds of bows and accelerated their horses.

When the distance was within a hundred steps, he threw away his bow and arrow, crouched low, and rode his horse to charge forward.

There was no winner in the first clash, and almost all the Zhao and Xiongnu people died.

When flesh and blood collide with flesh and blood, under such a huge impact, those who can survive are either lucky or have extremely strong powers.

The collision continued.

The Zhao army charged, and the Huns also charged.

The Zhao army continued to charge, and the Xiongnu were left with no one left.

The Xiongnu tribe in the south, who thought that 30% of the Zhao army's cavalry could stop the attack, was broken through.

The empty bag broke.

At this point, the battle would last no more than a moment.

The fighting Huns were horrified and died in shock.

The Xiongnu Chanyu Touman, who ordered his men to chase at full speed but still failed to catch up, was shocked.

How come these Zhao dogs are so fierce and so fast!
Touman realized it instantly.

In the past midnight, the Xiongnu did not try their best to chase, and Zhao Gou did not try his best to escape.

These more than 10,000 Zhao dogs are more powerful than Touman thought.

But Touman was not afraid and never thought of escaping.

No matter how powerful you are, you can't catch up with the Hun warriors!

Horse warfare, Central Plains is not good!
How could one hundred thousand Xiongnu warriors lose against more than ten thousand Zhao dogs?
The Hun army accelerated and attacked.

The Xiongnu tribes in the southeast and southwest surrounded the Zhao army from both sides.

At two o'clock in the morning, the Xiongnu army surrounded the Zhao army at close range, and the Zhao army was in a desperate situation.

At this time.

The mighty drum beats shook the earth.

Followed closely.

The dense rain of arrows covered the sky and the earth.

One by one, the Zhao people appeared around the Hun army as if they had dropped from the sky.

They actually surrounded the Hun army, drew their bows and shot arrows intensively.

Touman was horrified.

Where did these Zhao soldiers come from? They had clearly investigated before!

The Xiongnu Chanyu looked up to the sky with a look of despair and asked:

"Is he really a flying soldier?"

The Huns were capturing animals all over the mountains and plains in front of the Zhao army which was marching in formation.

There is some power to resist, but not much.

The Zhao army cooperated internally and externally to attack the Huns.

In less than half an hour, there was a loud rumbling sound.

The Huns, who were dragged into an infantry battle and unable to take advantage of their cavalry, were delighted to be able to take a breath when they discovered Zhao Gou was retreating.

Before they could even catch their breath, a loud roar shattered all their hopes.

The chariot is coming.

Central Plains Chariot.

Each chariot was equipped with four horses and three people standing.

The person in the middle of the chariot is the driver, the person on the right side is the archer, and the person on the left side is the spearman.

The chariot drove from the Central Plains to the desert and crashed into the Hun crowd.

Compared with cavalry, chariots are far less mobile.

But in terms of impact force, it is far superior!
One thousand three hundred chariots broke the backbone of the Huns.

After the chariot crashed in, the Zhao infantry were not idle either.

They relied on chariots and followed them to reap the lives of the Hun dogs.

Infantry and tank coordinated operations!

The shouts of killing shook the sky.

The shouting and killing ended.

The sun was high in the sky, and it was time for winter grazing.

Cows and sheep all over the mountains were licking human blood.

Pigs were everywhere in the mountains, eating the Huns.

In this battle, Li Mu dispatched 13,000 cavalry, 1,300 chariots, 100,000 archers, and 50,000 infantry.

Nearly 100,000 Huns were killed, including the 100,000 most elite Huns.

The sun is shining brightly, bringing a touch of warmth.

Li Mu looked to the north, at the blurry back of the fleeing Xiongnu Chanyu Touman, and laughed out loud:

"Hun dog! Who's so fierce?"

The bloody Zhao army also laughed out loud, and many of them laughed to tears.

With red eyes, they followed their general and shouted:
"Hun dog! Who's so fierce?"

Five years of depression.

Spit it all out in one day.

This battle was recorded in history as "The Battle of Zhao Defeats the Huns".

After this battle, the Huns did not dare to invade the border of Zhao for ten years.

After collecting the spoils, Li Mu led his troops back to the city, sent away Yan Ju, who was confused and thought he was dreaming, and threw Wang Ling into the flames.

When a general is away from the court, he may not obey some of the king's orders.

The Zhao border troops had won a great victory, the greatest victory since the establishment of the Zhao State, and were rejoicing.

Li Mu led them to fight again.

Since King Wuling of Zhao adopted the policy of wearing Hu clothes and riding and shooting, many people in the Zhao army were Hu people.

These Hu people do not consider themselves Hu people, but Zhao people. They are very skilled in cursing "Hu dogs".

Li Mu used these Hu people as guides to destroy Chan (the first tone is the first) and Lan (the second tone is the second tone is the second), defeat the Donghu (the first tone is the first) and subdue the Linhu (the second tone is the second tone is the second tone).

During this winter, the Zhao cavalry trampled all the Hu people around the Zhao border.

The Hu people became frightened when they heard the name of Li Mu.

At this point, the only thing that could stop Li Mu from dominating the world was time.

Time can't hold you back for too long.

Qin State, Xianyang.

Ying Chengjiao had a big quarrel with King Zheng of Qin.

By the end of the argument, both of them had deviated from their original intentions and only thought about winning.

Ying Chengjiao could fight back in other places, but he couldn't fight back when Li Mu won.

King Zheng of Qin kept pursuing this point.

If you don't know how to win, he will lose. If he loses, Zhao will be destroyed. Zhao is destined to be destroyed, so we should send troops first.

The angry boy ran out of the palace and came to Bai Qi's residence.

He studied military tactics with Bai Qi for a long time.

He doesn't understand the art of war, but Bai Qi does!
It’s hard to solve a difficult problem, but isn’t it easy to work backwards after knowing the answer?
The young man told Lord Rentu in a decisive tone that Li Mu would win, definitely win!
Then, Lord Ren Tu called his granddaughter Bai Wuxia:

"This kid is not in the right place in the head. Beat him up and make him sober up."

The young boy, who was holding back his anger, fought with the energetic girl with bare hands for twenty rounds, and his anger immediately disappeared.

The boy was pinned to the ground and beaten by the energetic girl.

"Did Gai Nie teach you these despicable tricks? Ah!" The girl scolded as she hammered, her pretty face flushed red.

"That won't work on you! Why don't you hide?" The boy curled up into a ball and shouted with all his might.

Just now, the boy, knowing that his swordsmanship was no match for his teacher, proposed to fight with his bare hands.

During the fight, the boy used tactics such as grabbing the mountains, touching the grass, and licking the pretty face.

Whenever Bai Wuxia judged that the attack would not cause much damage, she would just take it.

As a result, the girl still has the boy's saliva on her face.

(End of this chapter)