Chapter 279

And upon hearing Ying Su's two decrees, everyone's eyes lit up!

Undoubtedly, even if Ying Su's first decree cannot kill Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu, Fan Zeng, and Seeing Xiang Yu, it has still placed them over a fire.

At the very least, it will create rifts between them, preventing them from remaining united!

As for the second decree, if it succeeds in moving the four hundred thousand troops over here.

The war to destroy the Xiongnu will truly end very soon!

Everyone is excited; everyone is cheering!

Next comes the detailed deployment.

Han Xin ordered Cao Can, Xia Houying, Lu Wan, Zhou Bo, and Zhou Yafu, these five, to each lead two thousand men to patrol the perimeter around Hulun Grassland!

While driving the livestock, if any sign of Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu's four hundred thousand great army attempting to flee is discovered, report immediately!

At the same time, he ordered the entire army to make preparations, ready to attack Hulun Grassland at any moment!

On the grassland!

Inside Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu's military camp!

Gazing at the snowflakes drifting down from the sky!

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu's heart was in immense torment.

Winter has come; this is a time the people of the grassland find incredibly hard to endure!

In past years, before winter arrived, many Xiongnu would head to the Central Plains to raid their women, supplies, and so on!

In this way, they would survive the harsh winter!

But this year... it is impossible!

We are at war!

Han Xin has blocked too many rivers, forcing the Xiongnu to migrate north!

As a result, the Xiongnu winter is even harder to endure!

But fortunately, this year the water and grass are abundant, and the cattle and sheep have grown very fat!

So, many people still have stored grain!

Hulun Grassland is even more so!

Wild cattle and sheep come to this place to graze almost constantly!

And the soldiers hunt and kill them!

In this way, they serve as military rations!

Beyond that, there is also grain and other provisions brought by Wan Yan Dailai!

All of this was raided from the Central Plains in the first half of the year!

Relying on this grain, plus the cattle and sheep the great army hunted previously, and the cattle and sheep herded by the herdsmen on Hulun Grassland, and so on!

All these reserves are enough for the four hundred thousand great army to eat for two or three months!

So, regarding grain and cattle and sheep, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu is temporarily not lacking!

But... gazing at this grassland, he still feels unwilling to let go!

Fan Zeng still proposed that he leave!

Saying that if he does not leave now, it will be too late!

Han Xin's army will surely surround them!

But... how can he leave? How is it possible to leave!

This is his own country and land; how can he bear to leave!

He is still in melancholy, still in turmoil!

But what troubles him even more is that Fan Zeng's mind is made up to leave.

No matter how he persuades him, Fan Zeng insists on going!

And the reason he has not left yet is entirely the consequence of his own house arrest!

This provoked Fan Zeng's great anger, demanding that Seeing Xiang Yu take him out!

But... Seeing Xiang Yu has also been placed under house arrest by him.

How can he prevent Fan Zeng from leaving?

He sighed!

At this very moment, he is worrying about this matter!

However, at this very moment, suddenly, a Xiongnu soldier ran over shouting: "Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu, there are Qin Army soldiers shouting outside!"

"Shouting?"

"Shouting what?"

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu did not understand!

The soldier said: "They are shouting Ying Su's decree: For any subject of Great Qin, for anyone who still considers themselves a subject of the Central Plains, whoever arrests any one of the three—Fan Zeng, Seeing Xiang Yu, or Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu—and brings them before the Sovereign, their crime shall be reduced by one degree!"

"Whoever arrests any two of the three—Fan Zeng, Seeing Xiang Yu, or Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu—and brings them before the Sovereign, their crime shall be reduced by another degree!"

"If one can arrest all three—Fan Zeng, Seeing Xiang Yu, and Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu—and bring them before the Sovereign, they shall be a meritorious subject of Great Qin, enfeoffed as a Marquis within the Pass, with an estate of ten thousand shi!"

"What?"

Upon hearing these words, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Modu Chanyu was incredibly surprised!

But then, thinking it over, he revealed an expression of wild joy, and without any delay, immediately headed toward the tent where Fan Zeng was under house arrest!

Then, looking at Fan Zeng, he said with wild joy: "You cannot leave!"

"Hmph!"

Fan Zeng sneered coldly and said nothing!

Chanyu Modu said not a word, simply dragging Fan Zeng straight to the swamp!

Over there, Qin soldiers were still shouting Ying Su's decree!

"All people of the Central Plains, listen well: whoever brings any one of Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu, or Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu before me shall have their crime reduced by one degree!"

"Whoever brings any two of the three before me shall have their crime reduced by another degree!"

"Whoever brings all three of them before me shall be enfeoffed as a Marquis within the Pass, with a fief of ten thousand shi!"

Outside the swamp, the Qin Army shouted loudly!

All of this reached Fan Zeng and Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu clearly!

Yet, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu was immensely excited: "How about it? The Qin Emperor treats you thus. Even if you wish to return, can you? Returning is to invite death!"

"Only by following me, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu, can you find a path to life!"

Fan Zeng looked at Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu, somewhat speechless: "You are happy just for this?"

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu sighed: "Without Mr. Fan Zeng, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu could not attain hegemony!"

"For the sake of hegemony, Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu is willing to face boiling water and blazing fire for Mr. Fan Zeng!"

As he spoke, he bowed down before Fan Zeng!

Fan Zeng drew a deep breath; at this moment, to say he was not moved would be false.

But he still sneered: "You fool, you are happy too soon. Do you not think why Ying Su issued such a decree?"

"He is sowing discord; it is a scheme of sowing dissension!"

"To sow dissension and undermine the trust between all experts of the Central Plains and us!"

"Moreover, this scheme is vicious, and it will surely succeed!"

"Just a few days ago, Ying Su issued only a single killing order, a decree to slaughter all disciples of the Zong Sect, which frightened that group of fools into trying to kill the Hundred Poison King and Master Master Xiaomeng!"

"Now, he issues no killing order, but instead issues this decree of crime reduction. Guess how this group of Central Plains experts will react?"

"Very well, even if they truly do nothing, then... will your Xiongnu generals and soldiers not grow suspicious?"

"They already look down on these Central Plains experts; now, with such an order issued, then... how can you not worry that your army's morale will crumble!"

"This is a poisonous scheme!"

Fan Zeng sighed as he spoke.

Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu merely chuckled lightly: "Does Mr. Fan Zeng truly think I cannot see through it? I simply do not care!"

"You people of the Central Plains are all selfish, cunning, treacherous, and cowardly!"

"This group of experts from the Central Plains is even worse; we have fought Han Xin twice in total!"

"Yet in these two battles, which time did this group of Central Plains experts rush to the front?"

"They always shrink to the very back!"

"The only time they exerted effort was in that battle in the swamp against Li Yuanba and Li Cunxiao!"