Chapter 947: The Xiongnu annihilated, the death of Modu!

The war between the Xiongnu and the Qin Guo quickly reached its conclusion.

What truly brought this war to an end was not just Meng Tian leading his army, divided into several groups, to wreak havoc in the Xiongnu's rear, but Li Mu leading another army, crossing the Yinshan Mountains from the front, and launching an attack on the Xiongnu.

If Meng Tian's army was the surprise force, constantly harassing the Xiongnu and dismantling their power, then Li Mu's army was the righteous force. Utilizing the tiger tally left by Meng Tian, he directly mobilized the remaining troops to launch a frontal assault on the Xiongnu.

In this battle, the Qin army fought very fiercely.

But, in the end, they won.

Just as Touman was routed and fleeing completely toward Touman City, he suddenly discovered that the Xiongnu royal flag above Touman City had changed hands, becoming the flag of the Qin Guo.

It turned out that while Li Mu was engaging and contending with the Xiongnu army from the front, several of Meng Tian's troops had surrounded the Xiongnu royal city from multiple directions, directly capturing the Xiongnu's royal city in one fell swoop.

With the Xiongnu royal city changing hands and Li Mu's army pursuing Touman's remnants from the rear.

The outcome of this war was already doomed.

From the earlier defeat of the two hundred thousand Xiongnu troops by Meng Tian and Li Mu's armies, to Meng Tian crossing the Yinshan Mountains to strike directly at the location of the Xiongnu tribe, today, with the beheading of the Xiongnu leader Touman, the Xiongnu, a powerful tribe that had existed on the Mobei grasslands for hundreds of years, had completely become a thing of the past.

When this news arrived, the Yuezhi and Donghu tribes on the Mobei grasslands were simultaneously shocked.

They were well aware of the Xiongnu's strength. Now that the Xiongnu had been annihilated by that powerful empire in the south, would the other party's next target be them?

This was a question worth deep reflection.

Within the Yuezhi tribe, after the news that the Xiongnu had been annihilated by the Qin Guo spread, a young man was extremely shocked. Afterward, he decided that he must find a way to escape the Yuezhi.

Although the Xiongnu had been annihilated by the Qin Guo, he firmly believed that many of his people must have survived. This time, he only needed to escape the Yuezhi, gather these people, recuperate, and silently accumulate power for a few years; one day, he could make the name Xiongnu return.

The young man's name was Modu.

He was Touman's son, but although he was a son, in Xiongnu culture, there was no such thing as father-son affection. Touman was extremely wary of this son because Touman was already old, while he was still young. In the Xiongnu tribe, the elderly had no value; keeping them only wasted food.

It was because Touman was wary of his youth and feared he would seize power that, when the Xiongnu sent troops to invade the Central Plains earlier, he had first sent him to the Yuezhi as a hostage.

One reason for sending him here was that he was far from the Xiongnu royal court, making it impossible for him to usurp power while Touman was in the Central Plains. The second reason was to appease the Yuezhi and befriend them, preventing the Yuezhi from taking the opportunity to attack the Xiongnu and reap the benefits.

The Yuezhi were also good people; seeing Touman send his son as a hostage, they immediately concluded an alliance with the Xiongnu. Little did they know that the Xiongnu had other intentions in sending Modu; even before having ideas about the Central Plains, the Xiongnu had once had ideas about the Yuezhi.

If it weren't for the situation in the Central Plains changing too quickly, making the Xiongnu think there was an opportunity to be exploited, the Xiongnu would have actually attacked the Yuezhi first.

Unfortunately, Touman was clever for a lifetime but confused for a moment; he ultimately chose the wrong opponent. Marching into the Central Plains was the most erroneous decision he had made in his life, and it was this decision that led to the annihilation of the Xiongnu and his own death.

Modu scoffed after learning of Touman's failure. Therefore, if he could return, he would not temporarily clash with that powerful empire in the Central Plains. This grassland was vast, and the area where the Xiongnu lived was only a very small part of it. If he were the leader of the Xiongnu, he would choose to first annihilate the many tribes of the grassland, imitating that emperor of the Central Plains, first unifying the grassland, and then, after there were no more enemies on the grassland, march toward the Central Plains.

With the help of the Yuezhi's laxity and the assistance of internal agents bribed with wealth since he had been a hostage in the Yuezhi, Modu escaped from the Yuezhi very easily. He rode a swift horse and headed rapidly toward the area where the Xiongnu lived.

The vast heavens and earth receded rapidly to his left and right; ahead and behind were boundless grasslands.

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At this moment, after breaking free from his shackles, although the Xiongnu had nominally been annihilated and his father Touman had died, Modu felt as if the sky was high and the earth was vast, allowing him to soar freely. That was the feeling of freedom.

However, in the next instant.

A cold voice sounded beside his ear: "Are you Modu?"

Modu at this time, because he was still young and had not yet regarded the Central Plains as his opponent, did not understand Central Plains culture, let alone the Central Plains language.

Hearing this strange voice, he could not help but turn his head to look.

He only saw a figure dressed in black, quietly floating in mid-air, the other party reaching out a palm.

In an instant, the vast heavens and earth shrank rapidly. In Modu's eyes, there was only this one palm, and immediately after, his life faded away.

Watching Modu die, Su Xuan nodded with satisfaction.

Although the Xiongnu had been defeated and Touman had died, he had not forgotten that Touman had an extremely formidable son, Modu. Therefore, after Touman died, he immediately sent his Primordial Spirit out to the battlefield, captured Touman's soul, and then, through a certain secret technique, borrowed his perception to find the whereabouts of Modu, his blood relative.

During this time, Su Xuan's Primordial Spirit walked between Heaven and Earth, all to slaughter all of Touman's blood relatives.

Until he met the person before him, Su Xuan recognized almost immediately upon seeing the other party that he was Modu; all of this was presented in Touman's soul memories.

He did not give Modu any chance to turn the tables.

Su Xuan struck fiercely, taking the other party's life.

A generation of heaven's pride, not yet grown to his peak period, was slaughtered directly in advance because Su Xuan knew of his future deeds.

Afterward, Su Xuan did not pay attention to Modu's corpse, his Primordial Spirit continued to roam Heaven and Earth, returning to his body in Xianyang.

After a period of time, the news of the Xiongnu's annihilation reached Xianyang. In an instant, the whole country was shaken, and everyone was immersed in joy.

Although the Qin Guo had also annihilated Baiyue earlier, the name of the Xiongnu was far more resounding than Baiyue. ===== CHAPTER 949 =====