Chapter 254

"These two are both poisoned!"

"Even if they aren't dead, they've at least lost the ability to fight!"

"On top of that, the grassland people's army discipline is clearly higher than the Central Plains people's!"

"Grassland cavalry, brave and invincible!"

"When they usually raid the Central Plains, a few thousand troops can often scatter an army of tens of thousands!"

"Two hundred thousand against one hundred thousand, double the enemy's number — is there still any need to be afraid?"

"Huh?"

"This…"

A group of people knit their brows tightly!

But… no one spoke!

Fan Zeng continued angrily:

"When the enemy had Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao, we could only turtle up in the swamp. But now, we're completely certain both Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao are gone. So… are you all still going to be afraid?"

"What? After being defeated again and again, has Han Xin beaten all the fighting spirit out of you grassland people?"

Fan Zeng asked in an angry voice, at this moment, truly furious to the extreme!

He simply couldn't understand what exactly this group was afraid of!

When fighting Li Yuanba before, he hadn't seen anyone afraid to fight!

When they came out just now, they were even full of aggressive momentum, and he hadn't seen anyone show weakness either!

But now, how come the moment they heard the enemy had entered the swamp and was about to attack the swamp, they started getting scared?

Fan Zeng knit his brows tightly, at this moment, he truly couldn't understand why at all!

But probably even Fan Zeng couldn't have imagined!

Among his words, there really was one line that hit the nail on the head!

And this line also stabbed deep into every Xiongnu person's heart!

This line was: Han Xin has beaten the fighting spirit out of the grassland people!

In the past, the Xiongnu always called the Central Plains people two-legged sheep, easy to bully!

Even during the period when Li Mu was garrisoning the Zhao Guo Great Wall and could always achieve brilliant victories against them, in their view, that was entirely Li Mu's old turtle tactic — only knowing how to defend, not daring to attack, a cheap trick that didn't count at all!

In a straight-up fight, one Xiongnu soldier could take on at least three Central Plains soldiers!

Then came the Qin Kingdom's unification of the six kingdoms!

Even though General Meng Tian beat the Xiongnu army until they were crying for their fathers and mothers, and forcibly seized the Hetao region from the Xiongnu's hands.

The Xiongnu were still unconvinced!

What's so impressive about General Meng Tian? He just likes using more people to bully fewer, that's all!

Three hundred thousand against fifty thousand Xiongnu soldiers — what's there to be proud of winning?

Compared to archery and horsemanship, compared to stamina and endurance, compared to ferocity and bravery, the Central Plains people were far inferior to the Xiongnu people!

In one-on-one combat, head-on, in every aspect, the Xiongnu people were stronger than the Central Plains people!

But… along with Han Xin's army of one hundred thousand charging in, all of this changed!

Before, it was the Xiongnu entering the Central Plains, seizing the Central Plains' grain, population, and supplies!

Savagely enslaving Central Plains men, ravaging Central Plains women!

When they'd had enough fun, they'd slaughter the Central Plains women for meat!

But after Han Xin charged in, all of this changed!

Along with Li Yuanba slaughtering the Xiongnu time and again.

The Xiongnu learned to fear!

It was fear that started from the very bones!

One must know that when fighting Han Xin, the Xiongnu had never won!

Never winning is no big deal — the Xiongnu had been defeated plenty of times before anyway!

Zhao Wuling, Li Mu, General Meng Tian!

Each of these three Central Plains people had beaten them until they pissed themselves and ran.

But the Xiongnu truly refused to accept it from the bottom of their hearts!

From beginning to end, they believed the Central Plains people were weak, gentle two-legged sheep!

But… Han Xin is different!

He truly kills people!

And it's the kind where he casually kills tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands!

Since Han Xin charged in, almost every Xiongnu person dreams at night!

Dreaming of a scene where a skinny, sickly-faced fellow holds a pair of hammers in his hands, hammering the Xiongnu to death one strike at a time.

Han Xin has been charging into the grassland for almost four months now.

And in these short four months, the Xiongnu have already lost one million five hundred thousand people!

One million five hundred thousand!

How many people do the Xiongnu have in total?

Six million!

One million five hundred thousand is one-quarter of the Xiongnu's population!

All slaughtered by one Li Yuanba alone.

And Li Yuanba's aura of ferocity radiated onto the entire Han Xin army!

Could they not be afraid?

How could they not be afraid!

That was a fear truly born from the bottom of their hearts!

Indeed, the name Han Xin had already achieved the effect of silencing crying infants among the grassland people!

Whenever an infant cried, as long as the parents said Han Xin had arrived, the child would immediately stop crying.

Many people were afraid!

Therefore, when Fan Zeng now said they would attack Han Xin in the swamp, even though he clearly and plainly told them that Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba would not participate, many still felt fear in their hearts and showed timidity!

For a moment, they actually dared not go at all!

Seeing this scene, Fan Zeng seemed to understand something!

At that moment, his head buzzed with a faint sound!

For the first time, he felt the sky had collapsed; it was not that Han Xin's army was so strong, but mainly that the Xiongnu morale had collapsed!

In war, no matter when, what is fought is always morale!

If morale is sufficient, soldiers are brave and invincible, capable of fighting ten!

If morale is weak, soldiers feel fear, and ten are not worth one!

All of this was clearly stated in the Art of War long ago!

And Fan Zeng, who had studied the Hundred Schools of Thought since childhood, how could he not understand this principle?

At that moment, he sighed and said to Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu:

"Your Majesty, perhaps... we should retreat. Your Xiongnu soldiers are all afraid; what is there left to fight for!"

"Never mind that Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba are not on the other side now, never mind that the other side is currently in the swamp, and never mind that the other side currently has only one hundred thousand men!"

"Even if the other side currently had only one thousand men, and each was stripped naked and held no weapons whatsoever, you still could not win!"

"Why?"

"Because they dare not fight!"

"They are cowardly in battle!"

"One person being cowardly in battle is not terrifying!"

"What is terrifying is that all two hundred thousand of them are cowardly in battle!"

"They are all damn useless!"

"You Xiongnu people are all damn like this!"

"When you saw Li Yuanba, you were so afraid you wet your pants!"

"Even without Li Yuanba, you still wet your pants with a snap!"

"Stop fighting!"