Chapter 299

Since ancient times, rulers have never treated the people's lives as lives!

If they say live human sacrifice, then live human sacrifice it is; if they say live human offering, then live human offering it is!

For a moment of pleasure, they scour the people to the death, treating them like livestock!

The same applies to a General!

How many Generals, for the sake of a single victory in war, have used soldiers' lives to fill the gaps!

And how many Generals, in a moment of displeasure, have killed to establish their authority!

Yet, like Han Xin, those who truly treat soldiers' lives as human lives are truly few.

But without a doubt, once such a commander appears, his prestige within the army is extremely high!

Take the Great Qin's Wuan Lord Bai Qi, for example!

Or the Great Qin's God of War Wang Jian!

And the Martial Sage Sun Wu!

And Pang Juan, Wu Qi, and so on!

Each and every one of them loved their soldiers as their own children!

Precisely because of this, they achieved the beautiful reputation of a generation's God of War!

Hulun Grassland!

Inside Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu's military camp!

During this period, the weather has grown increasingly cold.

And as the weather grows colder, many Xiongnu soldiers have begun to panic!

Because... all the marshlands on the grassland are freezing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Remember, when the marshlands first began to freeze, people only needed one footstep to break through!

Later, after freezing for three or five days, it took two people to step onto the mud!

Now, ten days have passed!

A full ten days have passed!

Even if three or five strong men jump heavily upon it, the marshland shows not the slightest reaction!

"It's over!"

"It's over!"

"Li Yuanba is about to attack!"

"He is about to attack!"

At this moment, many Xiongnu soldiers were weeping.

The entire camp was filled with a thick atmosphere of despair!

This situation was very dire; even Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu, upon seeing it, felt his heart race with anxiety!

Before, in a fit of rage, he had been shouting that he would fight the Qin Army to the death.

But... as time passed, his anger subsided, and naturally, he calmed down.

And only when truly calm did he realize how severe the crisis he now faced was!

First, the soldiers' morale was low, and they feared battle!

Second, Li Yuanba was invincible in his bravery, capable of fighting hundreds of thousands alone!

Third, Han Xin's great army had soaring morale, and moreover, that side was full of experts, with many soldiers and numerous generals!

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Any one of these three, taken alone, would be a fatal blow to him; how much worse when all three were present!

Add to that the marshlands freezing ever firmer, the loss of geographical advantage, and the fact that the experts from the Central Plains were not united, unable to form a single force, and so on.

Everything, everything, seemed to foreshadow defeat in this battle!

Now, he was truly panicked.

He began to seek Fan Zeng's help!

And Fan Zeng did have ability!

He directly offered a strategy, urging Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu to inspire the soldiers with the great cause of the nation!

Tell them how many grassland people Li Yuanba had killed, and use hatred to ignite the soldiers' fighting spirit!

Finally, tell them that Li Yuanba is not invincible; poison is Li Yuanba's fatal threat.

He had Chanyu Modu Chanyu Chanyu Modu use these three points to boost morale.

As expected, the morale was ignited.

Not only was the Xiongnu soldiers' morale ignited.

Even the morale of the experts from the Central Plains was ignited!

"What is there to fear? No matter how powerful Li Yuanba is, wasn't he knocked unconscious by my poison?"

"If Qiao Feng hadn't saved him, he would have been dead long ago!"

"And Li Cunxiao, so what if he is invulnerable to blades and spears?"

"Isn't it the same?"

"No fear!"

"No fear!"

"Start the battle! Start the battle!"

At that moment, many people roared!

The soldiers' morale quickly rose!

Even... quite a few people wanted to start the battle immediately!

However... the momentum that had just been raised, following Han Xin's series of maneuvers, instantly caused the army's morale to waver!

Because... Han Xin adopted the tactic of surrounding without attacking.

This tactic looked as if they were about to fight, yet also as if they were not!

Every time they saw Han Xin's great army approaching, everyone wanted to charge out!

But at the critical moment, Han Xin stopped!

And those soldiers who had already charged out, one by one, were all smashed to death by Li Yuanba!

Watching helplessly as those around them died, and helplessly witnessing Li Yuanba's ferocity!

The morale that Fan Zeng had so laboriously raised collapsed outright!

However, this was not the most fatal blow!

The most fatal thing was an imperial decree issued by Ying Su!

"People of the Central Plains do not kill people of the Central Plains; Qin people do not kill Qin people!"

"After much deliberation, I have decided to give you all a chance to reform and start anew!"

"As long as you are people of the Central Plains, if anyone wishes to flee, then go. As long as you leave this place of strife before the formal battle begins, I shall forgive all past offenses!"

"What?"

"What?"

The moment these words were spoken, many people of the Central Plains were stunned!

At that moment, many, many experts of the Central Plains could not help but weep tears of joy!

Even... some went so far as to kneel on the spot and shout loudly toward the direction where Ying Su was located: "The Emperor is benevolent! The Emperor is benevolent!"

They shouted loudly, truly deeply moved!

It must be remembered that Ying Su had previously declared he would wipe out their entire Manmen!

And now... he explicitly stated he would grant them a path to life!

"Go!"

"Go quickly!"

"We are all people of the Central Plains; there is no need to sell our lives for the Xiongnu!"

"People of the Central Plains do not kill people of the Central Plains!"

"People of Huaxia do not kill people of Huaxia!"

"Ying Su is still benevolent; he is not as cruel as everyone imagined!"

"Go quickly!"

"Once you are out, serve Your Majesty the Emperor well!"