Chapter 261

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu watched helplessly as the marshland less than two li away lay before him.

He glanced back at the Xiongnu soldiers behind him; at that moment, he truly felt unwilling to give up!

He was so incredibly unwilling!

This fifty-li marshland; they had already charged through forty-eight li!

Only the final two li remained, yet they simply could not break through!

Just as those generals had said, such weapons were too formidable!

They were truly too formidable!

Places where arrows could not reach could still be struck by cannon fire!

Moreover, the power was this immense!

Every time the cannon spat its fiery tongue, it took dozens of lives!

It was truly too terrifying!

"Retreat!"

He was unwilling, but... even if he was unwilling, at this moment, he could only choose to retreat!

Because although there were still one hundred thousand men, many among them were wounded, and those truly possessing combat capability numbered less than sixty thousand!

Sixty thousand men; even if they charged through, what could they do!

There were still countless people within the marshland!

On the opposite side of the marshland, ten thousand men were waiting!

They had set up their bows and arrows and were waiting!

And even more terrifying were those on both sides!

The Qin Army was rushing out from within the marshland to kill them!

"Retreat!"

At that moment, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu cried out in utter despair!

At this very moment, he even regretted listening to Fan Zeng; why had he charged in!

But... what Fan Zeng said truly made sense!

If you hadn't charged in, how could you kill Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao!

If you had just let them be, once Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao recovered, the entire Xiongnu would be finished!

That's right!

Fan Zeng was right!

The fault lies with the Qin Army being 1.2 times too strong!

Han Xin was too treacherous!

And their weapons were too formidable!

And Li Yuanba, Li Cunxiao!

"Ahh!"

Chanyu Modu cried out in despair again and again!

At this moment, despite a thousand unwillingnesses and ten thousand reluctances, he could only order a retreat!

He had to preserve the spark!

The two hundred thousand Xiongnu troops could not all be left here!

Some spark had to be brought out!

"Retreat!"

He shouted loudly again, turned his horse around, made the rear army become the front army, and began to retreat!

But... the road back was not so easy to travel!

Because the sixty thousand troops who had ambushed in the marshland earlier all surged out!

Not only that, the cannons behind were still pursuing, and on both sides, many people were still loosing arrows!

Yet despite this, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu still led everyone to fight their way back.

They fought all the way to less than five li from the marshland exit!

However, upon returning, when Chanyu Modu glanced back, his heart nearly died!

Fifty thousand men!

When they charged in, one hundred thousand were lost!

Among the remaining one hundred thousand, there were countless wounded!

And this time, after charging out, only fifty thousand remained!

Moreover, among these fifty thousand, everyone was injured!

Those missing arms or legs also accounted for a very large number!

Even more had their shoulders and chests filled with crossbow bolts!

They were kept alive solely by a single thread of breath.

Those truly possessing combat capability numbered less than thirty thousand!

"Ahh!"

Chanyu Modu roared again!

However, this was not the most despairing part!

The most despairing thing was that suddenly, a thunderous boom shook the heavens!

Cannons!

Ahead, it was still cannons!

The five thousand troops Han Xin brought and the two thousand under Lu Bu and Xu Chu merged into one force!

Both sides had cannons, muskets, and bows!

Boom, boom, boom!

The sky-shaking cannon roars sent fierce cannonballs raining down upon Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu's remaining fifty thousand men!

122, you won the battle yet still beg for punishment? Han Xin, you've learned some bad tricks!

"This... this..."

The scene before their eyes truly stunned the entire Xiongnu army!

Likewise, they fell into endless despair!

But even in despair, there was no better option!

Under Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu's leadership, all the Xiongnu troops charged toward Han Xin!

Within the swamp, cannon fire roared and the clash of battle shook the heavens!

The Xiongnu army and the Qin Army fought until rivers of blood flowed and bones littered the ground!

But outside the swamp, inside the tents!

There was singing and dancing!

Those stunning Xiongnu beauties, clad in impossibly revealing garments that exposed their lovely legs and arms, began to dance to the musicians' playing.

Their dance was very beautiful.

Facing Ying Su watched, unable to tear his eyes away.

Yet he still, together with Wang Jian, played chess while eating roasted meat, and then enjoyed that incredibly graceful dance!

This scene left Wang Jian utterly speechless.

Time and again, he thought to himself: Can't you focus on just one thing?

Either drink wine, eat meat, and watch the dance properly, or play chess properly.

What are you doing!

Why must you play chess, watch the dance, and eat roasted meat while drinking wine all at once?

With you like this, how can I play chess!

Wang Jian thought this with utter speechlessness.

Of course, playing chess with Facing Ying Su was, for Wang Jian, actually a kind of torment!

Mainly because... Facing Ying Su's chess skills were simply too terrible!