Chapter 234

Chanyu Modu had never broken his word!

But now... if he didn't break his word, it meant abandoning the grassland!

Leaving this homeland!

After thinking for a long time and hesitating for a long time, in the end, he slapped the table and said to Fan Zeng:

"I... I am not reconciled!"

"Oh!"

Fan Zeng nodded!

Chanyu Modu roared: "I am really not reconciled!"

"Heh!"

Fan Zeng smiled and said nothing!

Chanyu Modu said:

"Now, Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao should not have woken up yet, and we have an army of four hundred thousand. Let's take this opportunity to fight one more time!"

"Heh!"

Fan Zeng sneered and continued to say nothing!

Chanyu Modu became anxious and grabbed Fan Zeng's hand:

"Mr. Fan, Mr. Fan, let's fight one more battle!"

"Otherwise, I am truly not reconciled!"

"This is my homeland!"

"This is the grassland I spent my whole life unifying!"

"There are still over four million grassland people living here!"

"How can I abandon my homeland and abandon them!"

Chanyu Modu shouted, extremely unwilling!

Fan Zeng sighed: "I know you are not reconciled, but the consequences of not being reconciled are too heavy. I am afraid you cannot bear them!"

"However... suit yourself!"

"I came here to bid you farewell!"

"What?"

Once these words were spoken, Chanyu Modu was stunned.

He looked at Fan Zeng in shock, full of disbelief: "Why?"

"Why!"

His scalp went numb!

Fan Zeng said:

"I am originally from the Central Plains. When Yu'er wanted to come here, I was strongly opposed to it. In the end, I was really worried about him, so I came to the grassland!"

"I thought it would be over once Li Li Yuanba was killed!"

"But I didn't expect this Li Li Yuanba to be so hard to kill!"

"And the last battle left me in despair!"

"You cannot kill this Li Li Yuanba!"

"If you can't kill him, you can't possibly defeat Han Xin!"

"Therefore, this battle is doomed to fail!"

"And since it is doomed to fail, and there is nothing to be done, why should I stay here?"

"I'm leaving!"

"The Central Plains and the Xiongnu are mortal enemies, and there is no possibility of reconciliation!"

"Also, don't think I don't know what you want to do!"

"What will you do after defeating Han Xin?"

"You will invade the Central Plains, you will enslave the Central Plains, you will eat the flesh of my Central Plains people and drink their blood!"

"No matter how much of a bastard I, Fan Zeng, am, I cannot invite the wolf into the house like this!"

"Therefore, this battle ends here!"

"If you listen to me, you can still preserve the seeds of your Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu people won't all be wiped out!"

"If you don't listen to me and insist on continuing to fight, there will be only one result: self-destruction!"

"The Northern Snow Mountains will be the burial ground for all us Xiongnu!"

After saying these words, he stood up:

"Yu'er, let's go!"

"Stop!"

Chanyu Modu shouted!

He grabbed Fan Zeng's arm: "Mr. Fan, don't leave like this!"

"Chanyu Modu apologizes for his previous arrogance. I only ask that you do not leave me, Chanyu Modu!"

"Also, I promise that as long as you can help my grassland survive this crisis, I, Chanyu Modu, will leave a will that none of my descendants shall ever attack the Central Plains!"

"Mr. Fan, don't go! Don't go!"

He shouted, holding onto Fan Zeng's arm tightly, even kneeling on one knee!

Fan Zeng frowned, frowning deeply!

Finally, he sighed softly and said to Chanyu Modu:

"Withdraw the troops!"

"Withdraw the troops quickly!"

"Let's go!"

On the other side!

Inside Ying Su's tent!

At this moment, everyone was discussing how to attack the Hulun Grassland and take this place down.

And to wipe out all four hundred thousand of Chanyu Modu's new troops!

Actually, according to Fan Kuai, the plan was to send Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao to charge in directly!

What kind of place could stop these two?

But... as soon as these words were spoken by Fan Kuai, they were rebuked by Wang Wang Jian:

"Not to mention that Li Li Cunxiao and Li Li Yuanba haven't recovered yet, even if they had, we couldn't let them attack the Hulun Grassland alone!"

"Uh..."

Once these words were spoken, Fan Kuai was stunned!

Wang Wang Jian said: "The Hulun Grassland is different from other places!"

"The Hulun Grassland is a grassland covered by marshland!"

"And this marshland is huge, covering a full hundred miles!"

"With such a huge area, even if we used one hundred thousand troops to scout for a month, we couldn't mark out all the marshland!"

"Even to open up one path, we would need ten thousand people to scout the way slowly!"

"In such a huge place, if Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao rush in, they could easily fall into an ambush, and besides, there is poison to assist!"

"If we let Li Li Yuanba and Li Li Cunxiao go in again, the outcome would be no different from last time!"

"Poisoning!"

"And last time they were poisoned, they were saved by the experts brought by His Majesty. What about this time?"

"It won't work!"

"It's too dangerous!"

He explained!

Ying Su agreed with this statement!

He thought for a moment and said to Wang Wang Jian: "Then let's surround them, cut off their supply lines, and starve them to death!"

Wang Wang Jian bowed to Ying Su: "Your Majesty is wise!"

"I was just thinking of using this method!"

"Send five thousand men to each of the eight directions: east, west, south, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest!"

"These five thousand men are not for anything else, but to drive away the cattle and sheep entering the Hulun Grassland!"

"In this way, we will cut off their supply lines!"

"And on this basis, we will slowly scout this area and open up eight paths to the Hulun Grassland from the eight directions!"

"Once our encirclement shrinks to a certain range, they will have no choice but to come out and fight us!"

"However, with Li Li Cunxiao and Li Li Yuanba, plus the cannons!"

"Even if they have four hundred thousand troops, they won't be able to beat us!"

"No matter how many come, they will all die!"

"In this way, we will wipe them all out!"

Wang Wang Jian explained.

This battle plan made all the generals nod!

Fan Kuai was the first to express his stance: "I will lead five thousand men to cut off the north!"

Zhou Bo said: "I will lead five thousand men to cut off the south!"

The generals all shouted!

However, while everyone was discussing so intensely, Han Xin hadn't said a word!

"Han Xin, what are you thinking about?"

Ying Su looked toward Han Xin!

Han Xin bowed to Ying Su: "Your Majesty, I am thinking, after Fan Zeng suffered such a big loss, will he still fight this battle?"

"Hmm?"

Once these words were spoken, Wang Wang Jian's expression changed, and he looked at him in disbelief: "You mean... he will run?"

Han Xin said: "There is such a possibility, but... I cannot guarantee it!"

"After all... they have an army of four hundred thousand, and the Hulun Grassland is so important, it almost relates to the lifeblood of the entire Xiongnu's rivers!"

"Can Chanyu Modu be willing to give up this area?"

"And even if they really want to run, how should we stop them?"

"An army of four hundred thousand, within a radius of nearly a thousand miles!"

"And within this thousand miles, they can break out from any direction!"

"We only have one hundred thousand men, how can we stop them?"

He explained, and Ying Su's eyebrows tightened!

Wang Wang Jian's eyebrows also tightened!

Han Xin said: "Your Majesty, I would like to send ten thousand men, riding horses, to roam the outermost edge of the Hulun Grassland first to see their movements!"

"If we see them wanting to leave, once we know their retreat direction, we can find a place to set an ambush!"

"And if they don't leave, then we will use the old general's method to surround them!"

He explained, and Ying Su nodded: "Okay, let's do as you say!"

"In addition, I have two edicts to announce!"

"First, send someone to the Hulun Grassland to deliver my edict. I will wait here. All subjects of Great Qin, all those who still consider themselves my Central Plains subjects, listen well: whoever brings any one of Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu, or Chanyu Modu to me, their crime will be reduced by one degree!"

"Whoever brings two of Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu, or Chanyu Modu to me, their crime will be reduced by another degree!"

"If you can bring all three of Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu, and Chanyu Modu to me, you will be a hero of our Great Qin, granted the title of Marquis of Guannei, and a fief of ten thousand shi!"

"What?"

"What?"

Once these words were spoken, Wang Wang Jian, Han Xin, and the others all widened their eyes!

This... what is this?

A strategy of sowing discord?

They were incredibly shocked; at this moment, their scalps were all numb!

However, Ying Su's next words shocked them even more:

"Send an edict to Fu Su, Meng Tian, Meng Wu, and Wang Ben!"

"The situation in the Xiongnu war is urgent. Don't just sit on your fifty thousand troops. Order Meng Wu, Meng Tian, and Fu Su to lead forty thousand men here to take orders from Han Xin!"

"Wang Ben will lead fifteen thousand men to guard the Great Wall against any unforeseen circumstances!"

128. Body Inspection!

On the grassland!

In the tent!

When this edict from Ying Su was issued, the first person to be excited was Han Xin!

He had already told Ying Su that if he could borrow two hundred thousand troops from Meng Tian, the Xiongnu could be completely wiped out in at most a year, or at least half a year!

And Ying Su had indeed done so.

He hadn't just asked Meng Tian for troops once or twice!

However, the first time he wrote to Meng Tian, Meng Tian played dumb and ignored him!

The second time, he even asked Wang Wang Jian to go to Meng Tian for men, but... he was refused on the grounds that the First Emperor had not issued an order.

The third time, Ying Su wrote to Meng Tian again, and Meng Tian still played dumb and ignored him!

It was because Meng Tian wouldn't lend the troops that wiping out the Xiongnu became difficult!

Yes!

Even with Li Li Yuanba, it was difficult!

After all... this was wiping out the Xiongnu, not just defeating them!

And to wipe out the Xiongnu, not only did you need powerful military strength and military deployment, most importantly, you needed people!

No matter how well you can cut off the rivers, the cut-off rivers still need people to guard them!

No matter how well you can fight, if the Xiongnu play guerrilla tactics with you, leaving when they see you and running when they don't, what can you do?

A few hundred or a few thousand people doing this is manageable, but what can you do if tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even a million people all do this?

Killing people is easy, chasing them is hard!

Especially the grassland people; they all have horses, they all have good steeds. Even Li Li Yuanba's Wanli Wanli Yanyunzhao would need a long time to catch up with and kill so many people!

But if you had a large army, it would be different!

Forty thousand people, you could completely carry out a carpet-style strike along the rivers and grasslands!

Under such a carpet-style strike, no Xiongnu could play any guerrilla tactics.

They would all be driven to the north, to the foot of the snow mountains, for a grand, decisive battle!

Han Xin was excited; he was incredibly eager for the arrival of these forty thousand men!

And compared to Han Xin's excitement, Wang Wang Jian showed worry.

Because he heard clearly that this time Ying Su didn't send a letter, but an edict!

Once the edict is issued, if Meng Tian and the others don't obey, that is rebellion, treason!

This is a capital offense!

Even Fu Su is the same!

Anyone who dares to rebel or commit treason will face the death penalty!

At that moment, he couldn't help but tremble. Was this Ying Su planning to make a move against Fu Su?

He was panicked to the extreme!

But at the same time, he also felt a bit of gratitude toward Ying Su!

Because... the edict Ying Su issued was for Wang Ben to lead fifteen thousand men to guard the Great Wall!

In this way, it avoided a direct conflict between Wang Ben and Meng Tian and Meng Wu!

It even avoided the question of whether to obey the edict!

Ying Su had still shown mercy to their Wang family!

At that moment, he was truly fortunate!

Fortunate that he had taken a side at the critical moment! Only then did he avoid the destruction of his family!

But... what about Fu Su, Meng Wu, and Meng Tian?

Would they obey the edict?

Wang Wang Jian was very worried; at this moment, he frowned deeply!