Chapter 219

But Han Xin was different!

The one hundred thousand men he had brought out from Xianyanggong this time were each taught by his own hand, each one personally drilled by him!

Almost every single one of them was the apple of Han Xin's eye!

Before Ying Su arrived, Han Xin had been willing to fight steadily and advance step by step, unwilling to cause excessive casualties!

But now, there was no other way; Ying Su had come!

And, he was on the other side of the marshland!

If they were allowed to charge across, Ying Su would be in danger!

For this reason, Han Xin had no choice but to risk everything!

He would rather die himself than let Ying Su suffer even the slightest bit of danger!

And so!

He would risk it all!

No more holding back!

The cannons, cannonballs, and muskets that Ying Su had given him—these great killing weapons—would all be used in this battle!

And likewise, the goal of this battle was simple: total annihilation!

To wipe out this entire group of people!

And on the other side!

Not long after the Xiongnu army had charged into the marshland, they suffered an ambush!

Bows and arrows, lassos, and grappling hooks!

These things flew toward the entire Xiongnu army like rain!

In an instant, countless Xiongnu soldiers were either killed miserably or dragged down into the marshland by the lassos and grappling hooks!

In just a moment, over a thousand men had died!

But even so, no one retreated!

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu had never even thought about running back!

Because Fan Zeng had made it very clear!

This was the moment of their final breath!

Only by killing Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao at this time, and capturing Ying Su alive, would the Xiongnu have a way to survive!

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Otherwise, there was no way out, not even a sliver of hope!

Reaching this point was entirely forced by Han Xin and Li Li Yuanba!

No!

To be precise, it was forced by Ying Su!

If Ying Su had not issued the order to exterminate the Xiongnu, how could the Xiongnu army have ended up in this state today?

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

At that moment, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu roared.

Following behind thousands of cavalry, he charged inward!

And these thousands of cavalry in the front were the pathfinders!

If a man sank in, they would immediately pull him up and then change paths!

They relied on the lives of their soldiers to force their way through this marshland!

However, how could all of this be so easy!

Every time a soldier sank in, although others were attempting a rescue!

Yet with every rescue, more people would die!

Sixty thousand ambushers!

Han Xin had planted a full sixty thousand ambushers within this marshland, which spanned less than fifty li!

Every single one of them was either carrying a longbow, holding a lasso, or equipped with a grappling hook!

Every time a grappling hook was thrown, it would take a human life!

Every time a lasso was thrown, it was to drag a person into the marshland!

And under such dense attacks, the Xiongnu army had managed to charge forward over twenty li!

Now, they only had half the distance left to charge out of this marshland!

But... when Chanyu Modu reached a higher piece of ground and looked back, he was on the verge of weeping!

Because... the army behind him had become sparse!

Before, when their army emerged from the marshland, the troops stretched for over twenty li, a vast sea that one could not see the end of!

But now?

Did it even stretch for ten li?

Who knew!

Although on both sides of the formation, countless Xiongnu soldiers and Qin soldiers were still locked in slaughter within the marshland!

Yet... the attrition of the army was visible to the naked eye!

And, based on Chanyu Modu's many years of experience in leading troops in battle!

Just in these twenty-plus li, the army had lost at least one-fifth of its men!

One-fifth, which meant that at least forty thousand men had died within this twenty-five li range!

Forty thousand men!

When he, Chanyu Modu, conquered the various tribes of the grasslands, he had killed a total of only over three hundred thousand people.

But now, in just these twenty-plus li, over forty thousand had died!

Chanyu Modu's heart ached so much he wanted to cry!

However... with a roar, he still led the great army to slaughter their way inside!

Fan Zeng was right!

When two armies clash, what they fight for is that final breath; if you have one more breath than him, you win!

"Kill!"

"Charge through this marshland, kill Li Li Yuanba, slaughter Li Li Cunxiao! Capture Ying Su alive!"

"When this battle ends, I will lead you to slaughter into the Central Plains, enslave the men of the Central Plains, and eat the women of the Central Plains alive!"

"All the subjects on the land of the Central Plains will become our Xiongnu playthings, cattle, sheep, livestock, and slaves!"

At that moment, Chanyu Modu roared!

"Kill!"

"Charge through this marshland, kill Li Li Yuanba, slaughter Li Li Cunxiao! Capture Ying Su alive!"

"When this battle ends, I will lead you to slaughter into the Central Plains, enslave the men of the Central Plains, and eat the women of the Central Plains alive!"

"All the subjects on the land of the Central Plains will become our Xiongnu playthings, cattle, sheep, livestock, and slaves!"

At that moment, Chanyu Modu roared!

He led all the soldiers to continue charging forward, to continue killing forward!

However, just as the army was less than ten li away from charging out of the marshland, suddenly, a loud boom!

A cannonball exploded right in the center of the Xiongnu army.

121. What is despair? This is despair!

Boom!

The loud noise roared, even more deafening than thunder!

The fire shot into the sky, even more dazzling than the great sun!

This scene stunned everyone present!

Everyone's scalp went numb!

All the Xiongnu soldiers looked at the scene behind them, their faces full of shock and disbelief!

A large crater appeared there, and dozens of people had been blown up by this one shot!

The few people in the center of the crater were blown directly into fragments!