Chapter 207

Yet this time, although some Xiongnu ministers still voiced opposition to fleeing!

But those voices of opposition were clearly far, far fewer!

The vast majority remained silent.

They still could not accept the fact that nearly six million Xiongnu people were being driven to flee by just a hundred thousand Qin Army soldiers!

For the fierce people of the grasslands, this was simply a disgrace!

Many hearts still refused to submit!

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu said, "Let us go. As long as the green hills remain, there will be no shortage of firewood. No matter how formidable Li Yuanba is, there will come a day when he dies!"

"After he is dead, we shall return to this land!"

"And the grasslands are vast; even if the Qin people conquer the grasslands, they cannot occupy them!"

"Thus, fleeing is the best strategy!"

As he spoke these words, he recalled his plan to lead the Xiongnu people westward!

He truly believed this plan was feasible!

If all the people of the Central Plains were to flee west, that would be unrealistic.

After all, the people of the Central Plains regarded their land, their houses, and everything else as infinitely important!

But what of the Xiongnu people?

The Xiongnu people were a nomadic tribe themselves, driving their cattle and sheep every day in search of places with lush grass and abundant water!

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Wherever the grass and water were lush, they would set up camp!

All Xiongnu people spent their entire lives in migration.

Migration was truly a common occurrence, so for the Xiongnu people, this really meant nothing!

Driving cattle, sheep, and fine horses westward was truly an excellent method to preserve their strength!

However, the many ministers still refused to submit; they still felt such a course of action was too humiliating.

They could not swallow this indignity!

Thus, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu continued to persuade them.

After persuading them continuously for nearly half a month, finally, more than half the people agreed to his migration plan.

And just as this method was about to be implemented, suddenly, someone reported, "Your Majesty, the people of the Central Plains have organized and gathered all their experts to come to the Xiongnu lands and kill Li Yuanba!"

"Ah?"

"Kill... kill Li Yuanba?"

"And they are people from the Central Plains?"

"Why?"

"Why?"

At that moment, almost all Xiongnu ministers were stunned!

Their faces were filled with shock!

The Xiongnu people had always been raiding the Central Plains!

The people of the Central Plains hated the Xiongnu people to the bone!

And Li Yuanba had slaughtered the Xiongnu people in massive numbers!

Now, a million Xiongnu people had died at Li Yuanba's hands.

Shouldn't such a figure be a hero in the eyes of all people of the Central Plains?

Why kill Li Yuanba?

All the Xiongnu ministers who received this news wore expressions of utter confusion!

They completely did not understand why this was happening!

But soon, a capable administrator under Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu laughed: "The people of the Central Plains, two-legged sheep, are still good at infighting!"

"Oh? How so?"

One minister did not understand his meaning!

That minister said, "The people of the Central Plains love scheming and intrigue. When facing external enemies, they may unite briefly, but once their own interests are involved, they fall into endless internal strife!"

"And in this internal strife, they spare no means!"

"For example, the Crown Prince of Zhao Guo in years past, in order to seize the throne, actually guided us Xiongnu people, urging us to attack his own state!"

"And Li Mu from those days; do you remember how he died? He was killed by his own King of Zhao and his Prime Minister together!"

"Bai Qi, Lian Po, and Guan Zhong, and other famous generals and capable ministers; none of them died in external wars, but rather in internal strife!"

"Internal strife is a topic the people of the Central Plains can never avoid!"

"And now, internal strife has begun between the nobles of the Central Plains and the new Emperor!"

"The new Emperor of Great Qin, Ying Su, is determined to destroy us Xiongnu and permanently secure peace in the north!"

"But some believe that once Ying Su destroys the Xiongnu, he will establish unparalleled merit. At that time, his people will adore Ying Su, his imperial throne will become even more stable, and many, many people will lose their opportunities!"

"Therefore, they want to kill Li Yuanba!"

"After killing Li Yuanba, the new Emperor of Great Qin, Ying Su, will lose his right and left arms, and then they will be able to obtain what they desire!"

"Hahahaha... The people of the Central Plains are truly laughable!"

One minister laughed heartily.

Another minister was excited: "If they can truly kill Li Yuanba, then for us, it will be a huge opportunity!"

"Killing Li Yuanba means not only that we Xiongnu need not migrate, but even... we will have the chance to strike into the Central Plains, destroy Great Qin, and seize all the grain, silk, cloth, and other goods of these people of the Central Plains!"

"Seize? Hahaha... Why bother seizing? If we strike into the Central Plains, we will enslave all the people of the Central Plains; all people of the Central Plains will become slaves to us people of the grasslands!"

"I've heard those noble ladies all have skin smooth as silk. I once had the fortune of tasting one, and that flavor, truly was…"

A minister spoke, his eyes gleaming!

And the others, thinking of the beauties on the Central Plains lands, likewise had their eyes gleaming!

"Kill Li Yuanba! Once Li Yuanba is dead, the Qin kingdom on the Central Plains will surely face a great internal upheaval!"

"Once Facing Ying Su, this new emperor, is overthrown, that will be the perfect opportunity for our Xiongnu Empire to enter and rule the Central Plains!"

"Kill Li Yuanba! We must kill Li Yuanba!"

At that moment, light shone in everyone's eyes.

But at the same time, they were also deliberating on how to carry it out in detail.

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu said: "First, lure all those Central Plains experts over here. For someone like Li Yuanba, if we Xiongnu want to defeat him, it's simply impossible!"

"Because we Xiongnu, whether in battle or in governing the nation, are far too honest and simple!"

"But… the Central Plains people are skilled at scheming against each other, skilled at using plots and tricks. Under such scheming and tricks, too many, too many of their formidable figures have died!"

"Likewise, any powerful individual can be destroyed under the Central Plains people's plots and tricks!"

"I believe that even Li Yuanba, brave as a heavenly god, cannot possibly escape the Central Plains people's various open spears and hidden arrows!"

"Let them fight amongst themselves. Give them our grasslands as their battlefield. If we can kill Li Yuanba, that will be the perfect opportunity for our Xiongnu to occupy the Central Plains lands and forever escape our barren poverty!"

102. Han Xin's Plan: A Hundred Thousand Slaughter Six Million Xiongnu!

Vast grasslands, stretching beyond the horizon!

And across these boundless grasslands, countless tents of varying sizes were scattered about!

These were the Xiongnu people's dwellings, one could also call them the Xiongnu people's houses!

Generally, the higher one's status, the more spacious and luxurious their tent!

And today!

Within the largest, widest, most luxurious of these tents, a great many people had gathered!

Gaining Nie and Weizhuang! They were the first batch to arrive here!

Although they were usually at odds, the moment the topic of killing Li Yuanba came up, they joined forces without hesitation!

Because… they too knew that relying on just one person, it was impossible to defeat Li Yuanba!

Even the two of them combined might not necessarily be able to defeat him!

And besides these two joining forces.

There were also the Daoist sect members joining forces!

The Tianzongren Sect, these two branches of the Daoist school, because of their differing understandings of the Dao, had been fighting each other for nearly three hundred years!

Nothing could make them unite, yet on this matter of killing Li Yuanba, they joined forces.