Chapter 914: Reinforcements arrive, trading to redeem hostages

Ha Da remained silent for a long time.

Not until someone urged him.

Only then did he decide to speak out.

"The three hundred thousand Qin Ruishi guarding the Great Wall have all come!"

Ha Da's face was filled with sorrow.

At this moment, he had no choice but to speak.

If he didn't, Modu and the others would never give him the one hundred thousand horses to save the Chanyu.

Most of his own men had been captured; otherwise, with a single order, there would be no need for these people's consent.

He could have simply sent someone to deliver the horses and redeem the hostages.

But the people before him now were only a few of his former subordinates, and they were likely no longer loyal to him.

This was the reason Ha Da could not use forceful means to demand the horses.

Three hundred thousand troops—this was Ha Da's guess.

After all, he had seen some of those troops before.

For instance, General Meng Tian, the Grand General of the border defense army.

There were other generals he had seen as well, and he knew some information about them.

Therefore, upon seeing those people, his will to fight vanished completely.

The generals were collectively dumbfounded.

Because of Ha Da's words.

The scene fell completely silent.

Modu and the others had their eyes wide open.

They looked at Ha Da as if they had seen a ghost.

What had they just heard?

This news was far too shocking.

Three hundred thousand Qin Ruishi had all come?

Did they no longer need to guard the Great Wall?

Had they come here merely as reinforcements?

Was it confirmed they weren't the main force?

Why had all three hundred thousand Ruishi come?

There had been rumors earlier that Great Qin intended to attack the Great Xiongnu.

They hadn't really believed it.

But now, three hundred thousand troops had arrived all at once.

Could it be that Great Qin was truly preparing to attack the Great Xiongnu?

Thinking of this, everyone present immediately panicked.

Even Modu could not avoid it.

Otherwise, why would they need to mobilize three hundred thousand troops?

"Is... is this true?"

"So many people actually came?"

"This... what should we do now?"

"Th... three hundred thousand Qin Ruishi?!"

"We only have about two hundred thousand; can we beat them?"

"What do we do? What do we do?"

"Quick, think of a way!"

At this moment, the Great Xiongnu generals lost their composure.

They swallowed hard, unable to help themselves.

After a long while, Modu forcibly suppressed the trepidation in his heart.

"Are they behind that large earthen slope?"

Modu pointed toward the distant slope, his face turning slightly pale, and he swallowed involuntarily.

At this moment, he didn't know what to feel; should he be glad they hadn't rushed over?

Otherwise, wouldn't they have been the next to fall into an ambush?

Fortunately, they hadn't continued to advance but had stopped instead.

Otherwise, everything would be in peril.

This place was only three to five li away from where the Qin people were hiding; it was already very close.

Ha Da didn't say much, merely nodding.

"Ha Da, you've gone too far!"

"Damn you!"

"Why did you only say this now?"

"Are you trying to get us killed?"

Modu was furious, pointing at the tip of Ha Da's nose, his finger trembling slightly.

That finger was almost poking Ha Da's nose.

If not for a shred of remaining reason, Modu would have slapped him across the face.

At this moment, he felt immense disgust looking at Ha Da's rugged face.

Damn him.

Such important, terrifying news.

He had actually dragged it out until now to say it.

What were Ha Da's intentions?

"Prince Modu, you worry too much."

"The reason I didn't say it was that I didn't want to frighten you."

"I'm saying it now because of your lack of trust."

"As long as we have one hundred thousand horses, we can save the Chanyu."

"How many people the Qin have doesn't have much to do with us."

"We just need to exchange for the Chanyu."

Things having reached this point, Ha Da's face calmed down as well.

Now he only wanted to redeem Touman Chanyu.

Once the person was saved, they could just leave this place immediately.

He hadn't wanted to tell this news because he feared causing panic.

But now it seemed panic was inevitable.

It wouldn't be surprising if this group lost their will to fight entirely.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me."

Ha Da looked at the generals and shouted loudly.

This panic must not be allowed to spread.

Otherwise, a total defeat would be inevitable.

Fortunately, this was just a conversation among generals.

If this news reached the soldiers' ears, it would be disastrous.

"We don't need to engage the Qin in battle."

"We only need to hand over one hundred thousand horses."

"Once they release the Chanyu, we will leave this place immediately."

"You don't need to panic; just hand over the horses!"