Chapter 275: A Little Afraid It's a Trap

The Xiongnu cavalry retreated in a hurry, leaving behind thousands of corpses and some wounded.

The Ming Army erupted in cheers of victory.

"Woohoo! We won again!"

"The Xiongnu are nothing more than this, we aren't made of dough!"

Jiang Jinshi, however, had no joy, walking quickly into the tent, not even having time to tell the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

In front of the map, he stared at the positions of the three cities, his fingers tapping the table lightly.

"Where is the Chanyu's true goal?" he muttered to himself. "He definitely has more than this ability, otherwise how would he make the various tribal leaders submit to him!"

Outside Frost City, under the Chanyu's command, the Xiongnu began to leave under the cover of night. In order to prevent their tracks from being exposed, he even let everyone act in batches.

He thought the heavy snow at night would cover all traces, but the Right Worthy King didn't expect that there was a figure lying quietly in the snow, just watching them retreat, and even after confirming the direction the Xiongnu left, he ran toward Frost City.

"Report! Captain Xie, the patriarch of that Lan tribe outside the city gate asks to see you!"

Before Jiang Jinshi successfully killed his way back from the Xiongnu hinterland, Jiang Jinshi didn't make things difficult for the old and young of the Lan tribe, arranging everything according to what Jiang Jinshi had negotiated with them, so the tribesmen of the Lan tribe had been active outside Frost City during this time.

It was just that after the Xiongnu army came, they became more and more low-key, quite having the meaning of hiding from the other side, just didn't expect that at this juncture, the other side would come to the door.

Xiexiezi asked, "Did he say what it was for?"

"He said it concerns the Xiongnu, and asks to see you, Captain Xie!"

"Bring him up!" Xiexiezi had some interest, wanting to see what the other side was prepared to say.

Su Lei stepped forward, completely ignoring his frozen arms and cheeks. "General, the Right Worthy King left with people late at night, taking at least ten thousand men and horses!"

"Direction?"

"East! Toward Yin City!"

Xiexiezi narrowed his eyes, his face showing no joy or anger. "Good! I know, you go down!"

Su Lei paused, wanting to continue saying something, but still obeyed the order and left.

He himself was a Xiongnu, and it was understandable that the other side didn't trust him.

It was just that now that he was living under someone else's roof, if Su Lei wanted his tribesmen to live well, he had to reflect his own value.

Just take the simplest thing, so many tribesmen couldn't go without salt for a long time, and they could only choose to buy from the Ming Army. Originally, he wanted to mention this tonight, but his intelligence hadn't been verified by the other side yet, so he thought if he said it, they wouldn't agree.

"Captain, is this Su Lei credible?"

Xiexiezi pondered slightly. "The several pieces of intelligence he provided to us have been verified, so the credibility is still there, but don't be careless. Immediately send scouts to explore, find a clever one, don't expose the tracks."

"Yes!"

Soon Su Lei's statement was verified. The footprints of the ten thousand men and horses leaving were still clearly visible in the snow. If they waited until dawn, they would really be covered by heavy snow, but at this moment they were clearly revealed.

Xiexiezi immediately made a judgment. "Leave half the manpower to guard the city, and the rest follow me to support Yin City."

"Ah? Captain, don't wait for the Commander's order?"

"Soldiers value speed!" Xiexiezi's eyes were extremely firm. "If we pass the news to Lin City, and Lin City then orders the mobilization of troops, the Xiongnu's men and horses would have already arrived at the gate of Yin City."

"But... what about Frost City?"

"Didn't they leave half the manpower here to 'sing a play'? We will accompany them too. The number of garrison troops on the city wall cannot be less every day, and the clues cannot be seen."

"Obey!"

Xiexiezi had always been a resolute character. Since he had made a decision, there was nothing to hesitate about. He immediately led the troops to travel within the Beijiang range under the cover of night, all the way toward Lin City.

Going to Yin City also had to pass through Lin City, incidentally bringing this news to Jiang Jinshi, so that both sides could combine and wait for the Xiongnu to take the bait in Yin City.

The Chanyu's men and horses had already gathered twenty li outside Yin City. In order to prevent being scouted by scouts, they didn't even light fires, without a trace of exposure.

The Chanyu's gaze seemed to be able to see Yin City through the wind and snow: "Is the Right Worthy King's side ready?"

"Already on the way, Chanyu. Jiang Jinshi, if he sees through this plan..."

"Impossible!" The Chanyu expressed extreme confidence. "There are a total of forty thousand cavalry outside the two cities. Such a big move, he has to pay attention."

Of course, the Chanyu had one more sentence he didn't say, and that was that there were twenty thousand cavalry outside the city gate staring like a tiger, even if Jiang Jinshi guessed that he was going to attack Yin City, he was afraid he wouldn't dare to act rashly.

It could even be said that such a situation was what the other side's general wanted to see.

The other side's troops were divided into three parts to guard the three cities, while his Xiongnu troops were gathered together. Now such a deployment that seemed to divide the troops, he was afraid the other side was proud in his heart!

It was just that the other side would never think that he would mobilize manpower during the snowy night, preparing to give Yin City a fierce blow.

With the Xiongnu cavalry outside the city gate containing them, even if the Ming Army knew the news of his attack on Yin City, they wouldn't dare to act rashly.

And as long as the Ming Army hesitated a little, this time difference was completely enough for him to take Yin City!!

Adunla's disastrous defeat last time caused the Xiongnu to lose quite a few men. This time, all the sons of all tribes were dispatched, but they only gathered eighty thousand cavalry.

Frost City and Lin City seemed to have twenty thousand cavalry each, but in fact, after the secret transfer, there were only ten thousand, so the cavalry that could be gathered outside Yin City reached a staggering sixty thousand.

Sixty thousand cavalry attacking Yin City, which only had thirty thousand Ming Army soldiers, the Chanyu believed that if he still couldn't take it, he could really go to the rear to retire.

Just when the Chanyu was silently waiting for the Left and Right Worthy Kings to bring their men, the Ming Army was not idle either. Xiexiezi went all the way east, arrived at Lin City, and then urgently went to the military tent to find Jiang Jinshi.

"Big Brother! I know the Xiongnu's movement, their target is Yin City, it's Jiang Ze's place!" Xiexiezi started shouting as soon as he entered the tent, only to find that the others were also there besides Jiang Jinshi.

"You came?" Jiang Jinshi's expression didn't change at all when he heard this news. "Sit down and rest for a while, we already know this news and are preparing to send troops to support Yin City!"

"Ah?" Xiexiezi was a bit surprised.

"How did you know this news?" Jiang Jinshi asked.

Xiexiezi told the news of the Lan tribe, and also explained that he went to verify it.

Jiang Jinshi nodded. "We are in the same situation here. That Xiongnu feigned setting up camp last night, but was discovered by our scouts that many people were secretly transferring."

"Could this be a trap?" Jiang Jinshi suddenly felt a bit unconfident, because the news from both cities leaked at the same time, it always felt like it was designed.

Jiang Jinshi smiled bitterly. "Actually, I thought so too. If Old Xie hadn't come, it would have been fine. Now that Old Xie has come, I'm a bit hesitant instead!"

Jiang Jinshi paused and organized his thoughts before saying: "This feeling is like...

A rigorous game between the two sides, but suddenly discovering the other side's loophole, a bit afraid it's a trap!" ===== CHAPTER 276 =====