Chapter 206

Yet even the Roman Empire, which Westerners have blown sky-high, was often bullied by the Xiongnu in that era to the point of being unable to lift its head!

And all of this was the foundation laid by Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu!

Without Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu, the later Xiongnu Empire could never have existed!

But in history, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu killing his father to seize the throne occurred only at the beginning of Qin Ershi Hu Hai's ascension!

Yet now, perhaps due to the butterfly effect, the current Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu has not only killed his father but has already, three years ago, completely annihilated the Donghu, Loulan, Wusun, and many other states!

Yes, it was he who annihilated Princess Princess Jieyou's state of Wusun!

After annihilating over twenty states, three years ago, Xiongnu King Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu accomplished a miracle in the history of the northern grasslands!

Unifying the entire grassland tribes!

He became the first Xiongnu King in the history of the northern grasslands to achieve great unification!

And after three years of diligent governance, the current grassland has reversed the decline suffered after being defeated by General Meng Tian, and can truly be described as having strong soldiers and vigorous horses.

But because the grassland tribes have just been unified, the current grassland needs rest and recuperation.

To allow the grassland to develop well, several months ago, he proposed trade to Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng.

Hoping to exchange the cattle and sheep of the grassland for grain, silk, cloth, and other goods from the Central Plains.

But all of this was rejected by Facing Ying Su, who had just usurped the throne.

Furthermore, he sent a reply telling the Xiongnu King to get as far away as possible!

Xiongnu King Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu, with his violent temper, upon receiving this reply, was so angry he blew his mustache and bulged his eyes, wishing to attack the Great Qin immediately!

But ultimately, he was deterred by the thirty thousand garrison troops of the Great Wall under General Meng Tian and dared not act rashly!

However, his not acting rashly did not mean he was not seeking opportunities!

Attacking the Central Plains has always been Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu's goal!

There was no choice; the grassland was poor!

The land of the grassland can only raise cattle and sheep; it cannot be cultivated!

And without cultivation, it means there is no grain!

He also wanted that kind of grain that could be stored for over a year.

In this way, all the Xiongnu people could survive the harsh winter!

And just as he waited bitterly.

The opportunity finally arrived!

The Great Qin's new emperor, Facing Ying Su, created some kind of land tax, making all the nobles of the Great Qin extremely dissatisfied.

Thus, everyone began to resist the Qin state.

Against this backdrop, someone found him, saying that taking advantage of the internal chaos in Qin was a good opportunity to destroy the Great Qin!

For such a golden opportunity, he wasted no time and directly dispatched three hundred thousand troops to attack the Great Wall!

This attack truly yielded a massive profit!

Not only was the Great Wall breached, but several hundred thousand common people also followed south to plunder.

Everyone plundered vast amounts of grain and supplies!

Just as the Xiongnu King was filled with pride and satisfaction!

Suddenly, terrible news arrived!

A single Li Yuanba actually killed thirty thousand Xiongnu troops, leaving only twenty thousand; the common people who went south to plunder with the army were even killed by him, over three hundred thousand!

"One person killed sixty thousand Xiongnu soldiers and civilians?"

"This person... so terrifying?"

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu was stunned on the spot, and after receiving a detailed report and learning the specifics of Li Yuanba's achievements, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu kept swallowing saliva!

Facing Ying Su relied on killing fifty thousand garrison troops of the Great Qin's Outside Xianyanggong by himself, thereby forcing Seeing Ying Zheng to abdicate and becoming the new emperor of the Great Qin!

Afterwards, in the Neishi Society battle, he defeated the four hundred thousand noble coalition army led by Seeing Xiang Yu by himself.

More than three hundred thousand were killed by him alone!

"This... this..."

Seeing such achievements, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu was simply scared senseless.

And what terrified him even more was that Facing Ying Su had actually dispatched Wang Jian and Han Xin to attack the Xiongnu!

Moreover, the banner raised for this attack against the Xiongnu was not something like "defeat the Xiongnu," but "annihilate the Xiongnu"!

Yes!

It was indeed "annihilate the Xiongnu"!

"Annihilate the Xiongnu?"

"Hahahaha... those two-legged sheep of the Central Plains, can they annihilate us Xiongnu?"

"And they only dispatched one hundred thousand troops?"

When this news first arrived, many ministers on the grassland laughed until they bent forward and backward!

They simply did not believe that a mere one hundred thousand troops could annihilate the Xiongnu!

But... Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu could not laugh at all.

Because he received news that Li Yuanba was among them!

He was extremely wary of this person.

And he ordered avoidance of battle!

If that fails, then retreat!

Retreat along the grassland all the way to the west!

There lies the Roman Empire; the Xiongnu can survive by plundering the Roman Empire!

"What?"

The moment these words left his mouth, the multitude of courtiers were completely stunned into idiocy.

They felt the term 'Xiongnu King' was simply absurd!

One hundred thousand men!

The enemy numbered only one hundred thousand!

Could one hundred thousand men frighten them into retreating?

Some even angrily cursed Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu as a coward who dared not fight!

Although Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu slaughtered every single person who cursed him!

Yet the fact remained that the multitude of courtiers were unconvinced!

The fact remained that they wanted war!

With no other choice, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu decided to fight this battle!

He dispatched three hundred thousand men to collide head-on with Han Xin's great army.

At this, the multitude of courtiers all shouted loudly and performed kowtows without exception!

However, this battle was tragic!

Two hundred thousand against one hundred thousand!

On the surface, that was how it appeared!

But... when the actual fighting began, they discovered that the two hundred thousand faced only a single person!

As for the remaining one hundred thousand, the enemy had not come to fight at all.

Instead, they formed battle arrays and then executed an encirclement!

The one hundred thousand completely surrounded the two hundred thousand, then allowed Li Yuanba to carry out the slaughter!

Judging from the battle reports, it was truly a massacre!

The two hundred thousand Xiongnu were beaten until they were utterly powerless to fight back; even if they wanted to flee, they could not escape!

This was because the military formation composed of those one hundred thousand men was far too solid!

Moreover, Han Xin had chosen an excellent geographical position, with mountains on one side and a river on the other.

There was nowhere to run!

The two hundred thousand Xiongnu could only become souls lost beneath Li Yuanba's hammers!

"Retreat! As long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood!"

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu once again conceived this thought.

There was no helping it!

This Li Yuanba was simply too monstrous; facing such a person, he could not even conceive of how to fight!