Chapter 232

"This..."

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu frowned wildly!

Fan Zeng said:

"Do not forget, Ying Su's goal is to annihilate the Xiongnu, not to defeat the Xiongnu!"

"Annihilating the Xiongnu and defeating the Xiongnu are two different things!"

"To defeat the Xiongnu, it is enough to capture you, the Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu, alive, or kill you, the Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu, or simply slaughter all your Xiongnu armies!"

"But... to annihilate the Xiongnu is to slaughter every single one of you Xiongnu people!"

"These are two different things!"

"This has always been Han Xin's goal as well!"

"Otherwise, he would not have gone to such great lengths to cut off the river!"

"He could have simply had Li Yuanba lead five thousand men to charge into your tent and capture you alive; that would have been enough!"

"Why make it so troublesome?"

He shouted.

At that moment, everyone's scalp went numb!

Especially the experts on the Central Plains, who, upon hearing these words, could not help but swallow their saliva!

Before, when they heard Ying Su shout the slogan of annihilating the Xiongnu, they only thought it was empty boasting, even somewhat laughable!

But... now it seems all this is about to become real!

Li Yuanba has already killed over one million five hundred thousand people, yet he has not stopped.

If this were a war, it could have been declared won long ago.

Moreover, it is an achievement no general in all of history has ever accomplished!

But... he has not stopped!

Nothing has stopped!

Even... Han Xin has not even tried to induce surrender!

All of this clearly shows he intends to annihilate the Xiongnu!

If the goal is to annihilate the Xiongnu, what chance for negotiation is left for you?

There is only one word: Kill!

Slaughter all the Xiongnu people!

At that moment, everyone's heart trembled with fear!

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu could not help but swallow his saliva as well!

Fan Zeng continued:

"Precisely because the slogan Ying Su shouted is to annihilate the Xiongnu, the Tuermuhe and the Hulun Grassland are so important!"

"If the Tuermuhe is not cut off, this river will continue to nourish the grassland. Even if Han Xin conquers much territory, the time they control these lands will be limited only to the period they are stationed there; once they leave, the nomads on the grassland will reoccupy them!"

"And in this place called the grassland, where there are people, there is no shortage of soldiers!"

"When there are many people, tribes naturally form; at that time, an army will be re-established!"

"In this way, it would be as if all the territory they conquered was conquered in vain!"

"Only by cutting off the major rivers on the grassland, leaving the people on the grassland with no water to drink, and forcing you to migrate northward continuously..."

"... can all you Xiongnu people be gathered together, and then, all slaughtered!"

"Only thus is the Xiongnu truly and completely annihilated!"

"Looking at the present, the Tuermuhe has not been cut off, and the Hulun Grassland has not been occupied!"

"In all major regions of the grassland, there are still countless nomads grazing their herds!"

"In this case, how could this be the decisive battle timing Han Xin wants?"

"It is impossible!"

"He must conquer the Hulun Grassland, and then cut off the Tuermuhe!"

"Otherwise, the timing cannot be ripe!"

"Therefore, do not believe he is heading north!"

"Even if he heads north, it is merely to lure us out!"

"He hopes we will come out!"

"And as long as we continue to lie in ambush and hide here, even if he suspects further, he cannot be certain we are hiding here!"

"And as long as we are patient enough, Han Xin will surely take the bait!"

"Because the strategic significance of the Hulun Grassland for annihilating the Xiongnu is truly too great!"

"Do you understand this principle now?"

Fan Zeng grabbed the Xiongnu King's arm and kept pleading!

And at that moment, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu felt as if a knot in his mind had suddenly untied!

He could not help but flip off his horse, grab Fan Zeng's hand with his other hand, and said: "I know you are right, but... the problem now is... we have been lingering here, and we cannot hold out much longer!"

"If we were allowed to light fires and cook, and pitch tents, that would not be so bad, but not lighting fires to cook, not pitching tents, this is truly too hard to endure!"

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu sighed and spoke at the same time!

Fan Zeng said: "Give me thirty thousand men, and I guarantee three days!"

"Within three days, Han Xin will surely come!"

"If he does not come, I will twist my own head off and give it to you as a chamber pot!"

Fan Zeng said viciously.

And Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu was shocked!

Shocked by Fan Zeng's tone!

But suddenly, he widened his eyes and looked at Fan Zeng in disbelief: "You... what do you intend to do?"

"You... what do you want three thousand men for?"

Fan Zeng clenched his fist hard: "I will use three thousand men as bait to lure Han Xin here!"

"I don't believe Han Xin won't be tempted by this!"

"You..."

Chanyu Modu was utterly shocked!

But he didn't ponder for long and agreed directly!

"I'll give you thirty thousand men!"

On the battlefield!

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu watched Li Yuanba and Fan Kuai, who had now charged into the swamp.

At that moment, his eyes were practically shining!

"They've come!"

"Mr.!"

"They've come!"

He shouted, incredibly excited, incredibly agitated!

At that moment, he tightly gripped Fan Zeng's hand, almost crying out loud!

It wasn't easy!

It really wasn't easy!

A full two months without making a fire to cook, a full two months without setting up camp!

These two months!

Everyone lived like ghosts!

And just today, they finally came!

He looked at Fan Zeng with even greater admiration!

Likewise, he felt immense relief!

Fortunately, he trusted Fan Zeng at the critical moment!

If that day he had really led his men out of the grasslands.

Without a doubt, the three hundred thousand men dead here now would be his, not the thirty thousand men before him!

He was so excited he almost wanted to shout!