Chapter 1217

Upon hearing that Xiongnu cavalry were approaching, Wang Ben also revealed a look of curiosity.

"Provocation?"

"What can a few thousand cavalry provoke?"

"Isn't this just coming to throw their lives away?"

"Perhaps they are here to probe our strength."

Meng Tian did not believe that a few thousand cavalry could come to provoke them.

"Pass down the order: if they dare to approach, kill without mercy!"

"Understood!"

The soldier turned to leave to relay the command.

"Wait."

"If they approach, do not fire for now; wait and see!"

"Even if we do fire, shoot the men, not the horses. We have use for the horses."

"Understood!"

The soldier went off to relay the command.

"What are these Xiongnu trying to do?"

Meng Tian frowned, unable to fathom what use a few thousand cavalry could have here.

Perhaps they were here to test the waters, wanting to know exactly how many Great Qin soldiers were inside the Great Wall.

But this was looking down on them far too much.

To come with only a few thousand men—they should have at least brought tens of thousands.

One must know that this Great Wall is three zhang high.

For the Xiongnu outside to want to get in is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

If no one were guarding the Great Wall, they might still be able to climb in.

But in the current situation, let alone climbing in,

even getting slightly close would result in being shot dead by Great Qin's crossbowmen.

Although the twenty thousand Commandant's archers led by Han Xin were still in Nanyue and had not returned,

over this period of time, the Great Qin's Lesser Treasury had also sent some super divine crossbows to them.

As long as the Xiongnu cavalry dared to approach, they would be killed without mercy.

Soon—

A few thousand Xiongnu cavalry approached.

When they were one li away from the Great Wall, their speed finally slowed down.

But they did not stop, instead moving slowly toward the position of the Great Wall.

Finally, they stopped at a distance of about two hundred meters from the Great Wall.

Once they stopped, they began muttering and shouting something.

"What are they shouting?"

"Don't know, the wind is a bit loud, and the distance is too far to hear clearly."

"What do these Xiongnu want to do?"

"They wouldn't be trying to challenge us to battle with just these people, would they?"

"How is that possible? This many people is more like coming to deliver food."

"Who knows?"

The soldiers on the Great Wall whispered among themselves.

None of them knew what these Xiongnu wanted to do.

But they did not lower their guard.

One after another, they aimed their super divine crossbows at the Xiongnu cavalry.

The Xiongnu cavalry had now entered the range.

With a single order, they could draw their bows and shoot these Xiongnu cavalry dead.

But the General had not given the order, so they could only wait.

Perhaps no one paid them any mind.

Before long—

A single cavalryman was seen leaving the Xiongnu crowd and continuing to approach the Great Wall.

Upon reaching the foot of the Great Wall, he began to shout loudly.

This left the soldiers on the Great Wall looking completely bewildered.

Soon, Meng Tian summoned a soldier from below who could understand the language.

He wanted to see what that Xiongnu man below was saying.

The soldier who understood the Xiongnu language listened for quite a while.

Only then did he understand the Xiongnu cavalryman's words.

"General, they have come here wanting... to... reconcile."

Meng Tian and Wang Ben were both stunned.

Reconcile?

Had they heard correctly?

It was not until the soldier spoke again that the two of them reacted.

"Reconcile? What kind of joke is this?"

"That fellow muttered for so long, and he only said reconcile?"

Meng Tian looked at the soldier with a suspicious expression.

The soldier immediately hesitated, stammering.

"What else is there? Say it all at once."

Upon seeing the soldier's appearance, Meng Tian knew there was more.

"General, he said... said to let us release the previous Xiongnu captives."

"As long as we release the people, they will reconcile with us and even send us some horses as a reward."

"Otherwise... otherwise their million-strong army will attack."

The soldiers felt some apprehension upon hearing about the million-strong army, and thus spoke with hesitation.

"Hahaha~~!"

"A ridiculous joke!"

"A million soldiers?"

"Do the Xiongnu have a million soldiers?"

"It is simply nonsense; they truly do not know what death is!"

Meng Tian did not believe at all that the Xiongnu could assemble a million soldiers.

Even if they had reorganized the Donghu and the Dayuezhi, they still could not organize a million soldiers.