Chapter 609

Leaving the corpses exposed in the wilderness is the best punishment for these Xiongnu.

On the other side.

Ever since Meng Tian learned about the village massacre, he had been wanting to find the Xiongnu and start a war.

However, for the past few days, the heavy snow had been falling incessantly.

Let alone starting a war.

Even walking outside was somewhat difficult.

Meng Tian could only dismiss his thoughts and wait for this heavy snow to pass.

The first snow of early winter.

It should be a good omen of a bountiful harvest.

Yet, there was absolutely no sign of joy on Meng Tian's face.

Deep within his heart, he suppressed a burning rage toward the Xiongnu.

And even more, he felt worry for the other villages along the border.

There were too many villages near the border, and they had no way to look after all of them.

And this gave those Xiongnu the best opportunity.

After all, these Xiongnu were hidden deep within the grasslands.

The entire group was not large in number, but they were exceptionally fierce and skilled in battle.

Compared to their ferocity, the Great Qin people were far inferior to these Xiongnu.

But if they were to disperse their forces to protect these villages.

That would definitely not be a good method.

This would be no different from breaking their greatest advantage into pieces, allowing the enemy to defeat them one by one.

Meng Tian immediately dismissed this idea in his mind.

"You all, tell me, how should we handle this?"

Inside the military tent, Meng Tian looked at the several generals beneath him.

On the faces of these generals, the same expression as Meng Tian's appeared.

"General, it is snowing heavily now; I am afraid those Xiongnu will not strike easily."

"Once they appear, they will definitely leave traces in the snow."

A young man with a very scholarly appearance spoke up.

He was not a general under Meng Tian, but a military advisor.

Although young, his learning was quite impressive, which is why he could be here.

"Qi Ziyi, do you know that with such heavy snow, in just a moment, the traces on the snow will be completely covered?"

Zhang Tian said, frowning.

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man named Qi Ziyi was suddenly rendered speechless.

He was, after all, still too young and only knew how to talk on paper.

"The main problem I am considering now is how to protect the villages along the border line."

"But our forces cannot be dispersed into every village to protect them."

Meng Tian spoke.

His voice was somewhat gloomy and somewhat solemn.

The several generals below returned to silence once again.

Because they also did not know how to prevent the Xiongnu from launching sneak attacks on these border villages.

"Could we not take the initiative to attack?"

One of the more hot-tempered generals couldn't help but ask.

He felt that no matter how one thought about it, it was just waiting passively for the result.

Only by taking the initiative to attack could they hold the power of decision in their own hands.

"The snow is too heavy."

"If we take the initiative to attack in this weather, I am afraid the soldiers will not be able to endure it."

Zhang Tian shook his head once again.

He had not followed Meng Tian from Xianyanggong.

He was once Meng Tian's soldier, and now he was Meng Tian's deputy general.

He had always been stationed at the border and had never returned to Xianyanggong.

It was only when Meng Tian arrived at the border that he became Meng Tian's deputy general once again.

"Although these soldiers are stationed at the border, resisting the Xiongnu's incursions day after day."

"But in such heavy snow, fighting on the grasslands, we have no advantage whatsoever."

"If our numbers are too large, those Xiongnu will not engage us in battle."

"We will once again fall into the same passive state as in previous years."

"They simply cannot engage us in battle, and we simply cannot afford to wear them down."

After Zhang Tian finished speaking, all the generals present frowned.

"Are we really left with no way to deal with this group of Xiongnu?"

One of the generals slapped the table and stood up directly from his chair.

His face was full of anger, and his eyes could not hide his annoyance.

"Then why don't we lure the Xiongnu into making a move?"

Qi Ziyi spoke up again.

"What idea do you have? Speak quickly."

The general who had stood up earlier immediately looked at this young man.

His eyes carried a sense of urgency.

Although they, who led troops in battle, looked down on these scholarly men the most in their lives.

But they had to admit that once they encountered trouble, the brains of these scholars did indeed turn faster than theirs.

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