My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 1164 Touman: You are my bravest goose! Li Mu: Welcome~
After making the decision, Touman Chanyu no longer hesitated and immediately ordered his soldiers to mount their horses.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the vanguard of the Touman tribe had already set out on their journey, running northward along the valley.

In just one hour, only a pile of leftover bones and still warm ashes were left at the source of the Yarlung River, and more than 30,000 soldiers of the Touman tribe had disappeared!
The Touman tribe climbed over mountains and crossed rivers, and their horses kept galloping through the mountains and forests. They finally reached the western foothills of Jin A Lin on June 28, the 17th year of the reign of Qin Shi Huang.

"Report! Lak Shen's 10,000 Cavalry Commander is about a hundred miles away from our army, and has not yet encountered the Qin army."

"Report! Chenggel's 10,000-horse cavalry is about 80 miles away from our army, and has not yet encountered the Qin army."

"Report! The Qin army is still chasing us from behind, about a hundred miles away from us!"

Hearing the messenger's successive reports, Bao Leer laughed out loud: "Hahaha~ Prince, this is a brilliant plan!"

"Our army has indeed broken out of the Qin army's encirclement. The Qin army can only follow behind us and eat dust, and we can only let them escape!"

Baoler praised him endlessly, but Maodun just shrank back to reduce his presence.

Touman Chanyu glanced at Maodun and said calmly: "It is not difficult to break out of Jin'alin. The difficult part is how can our army deceive the Qin scouts and escape into Jin'alin again!"

"Prince, do you have any good advice?"

Mao Dun felt bitter and quickly rejected the suggestion: "I have no good advice."

"Such a major military matter should be decided by Echige and the generals."

In Maodun's view, this was a very simple matter. Even if Maodun didn't say it, Touman Chanyu would definitely be able to think of it himself.

If that was the case, why would Maodun provoke the Chanyu Tuoman's vigilance for no reason?

Touman Chanyu frowned and asked in dissatisfaction: "More than 100,000 soldiers of our army have all followed the prince's advice and led their troops here, leaving Jin Alin's protection."

"And now, the prince says he doesn't know how to complete the most important part of the prince's tactics?"

"Your Highness, are you treating the lives of hundreds of thousands of our warriors as a joke?"

How dare Mao Dunan bear such a reputation?

Not daring to hide his incompetence any longer, Mao Dun quickly said, "I respect our Great Hu warriors and will never treat their lives as a joke!"

"But I only have a superficial opinion on this, and I dare not speak it out loud, for fear of making Echige laugh!"

Touman Chanyu waved his hand and said dissatisfiedly: "I have fought in many battles and have heard all kinds of advice, no matter how incredible it is."

"Your Highness, please speak freely. I can guarantee that I will not laugh!"

Baoler winked at Maodun.

Prince, please speak quickly, it's time for you to show your skills!
Mao Dun felt even more helpless and could only speak frankly: "I think we can send a group of soldiers to rush out of Jin'alin, trample a large number of horses' hooves to the grassland, catch up with the main force, and at the same time clear the horses' hoof traces for the main force."

"In this way, when the Qin army's scouts arrive, they can only run to the end of our forged horse hooves to find out that our army did not run to the grassland, and then return to the Qin army's central army to report, and then Qin Chang'an Jun will judge our army's movements."

"This period of time is enough for our main force to completely leave the Qin army's pursuers behind!"

Chanyu Touman looked around and said with a smile: "I think the prince's plan is very good!"

"Why am I laughing? I am so happy!"

"Since this strategy was suggested by the Crown Prince, then the Crown Prince should lead his troops to confuse the enemy!"

"If the prince can accomplish his mission, I, the Chanyu, will grant him the title of the leader of ten thousand men as a reward!"

Hearing this, Maodun's heart sank suddenly.

He was still wondering why Touman Chanyu suddenly promoted him to the position of captain of a thousand men. It turned out that Touman Chanyu's promotion that day was just for the purpose of eliminating him today!

Even the somewhat naive Bao Le'er felt something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Chan Yu! I will lead my troops to set up a trap to confuse the enemy's horses!"

Touman Chanyu waved his hand and said, "No!"

"Although the Baoler tribe suffered heavy losses, it still has more than 70,000 soldiers. The total strength of my tribe is only more than 30,000."

"If Baoler goes to set up the trap to confuse the enemy, it won't be a small group of soldiers who are doing the work of confusing the enemy. Instead, more than 30% of our troops will be running away. Once we encounter the Qin army's pursuit on the way back, our troops will suffer heavy casualties!"

Baoler's voice became more and more anxious: "Chanyu! The prince is the foundation of the country, we can't take risks!"

Touman Chanyu's eyes turned cold: "Baoler means that I can take risks?"

Bao Leer waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, no! I have absolutely no such intention!"

"I will only, I will only..."

But Bao Le couldn't say what it was.

Because Touman Chanyu directly gave Baoler and all the other Xiongnu generals a multiple-choice question.

Should you choose to let Chanyu Tuoman take the risk, or let Crown Prince Maodun take the risk?
Even if Bao Le'er was a general of Maodun's mother's clan, he would not dare to let Touman Chanyu take the risk!
Chanyu Touman turned to look at Maodun and asked with a smile: "Prince, are you willing to obey my order?"

"If the Crown Prince is unwilling to take risks and dares not obey orders, then the Crown Prince can also choose other troops to complete the Crown Prince's orders."

"I believe that the prince is intelligent and the troops he has selected will be able to carry out his orders!"

Touman Chanyu threw another life-threatening question to Maodun.

Maodun could choose to let other soldiers and horses complete his plan on his behalf, but in this way, Maodun's image of being afraid of death would spread throughout the Huns!
In this case, Maodun would not be able to inherit the position of Chanyu, and he might not even be able to keep the position of Crown Prince! If Maodun had a great wish, he would have only one choice!

Maodun bowed solemnly and said: "Echige! I am your son, and I should inherit your bravery."

"I, your son, would like to lead our troops to complete the task of confusing the enemy!"

Looking up, the father and son looked at each other again.

This time, Maodun no longer concealed the fighting spirit and ambition in his eyes, because Maodun knew that once he made the decision, he would no longer be able to continue pretending to be incompetent in front of Tuoman Chanyu!
Touman Chanyu laughed loudly towards the sky: "Hahahaha~"

After laughing for a while, Touman Chanyu rode his horse close to Maodun, looked at him with burning eyes and said, "You are my son."

"You must be my bravest son!"

"Go!"

"Echige is waiting for your triumphant return!"

Maodun hit his heart with his right fist and shouted solemnly: "I, your son, will not disappoint Echige!"

"Comrades, follow me out of the mountains!"

As they passed each other, Maodun took one last look at Touman Chanyu, and then led a thousand Hu cavalry out of Jin'alin and headed towards the vast grassland!
Baoler opened his mouth, but in the end he could only sigh softly and asked, "Chanyu, should our army move north and enter Jin'alin?"

Chanyu Touman raised the corner of his mouth slightly, looked at Maodun going away, and said in a gentle voice: "I am Chanyu Chengligutu, but I am also an Echige."

"My bravest son is completing a dangerous mission for Dahu."

"I want to look at him and remember his heroic back!"

Anyway, the pursuers are still a hundred miles away from me, so there is no need for me to be too anxious.

What should I do if I leave now and the prince rides back before he has run far, and the matter is hastily resolved without facing any danger?
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Half an hour ago.

Phoenix Mountains.

Li Mu sat on the top of Phoenix Mountain, carefully reading the military reports sent back by various units.

After Li Mu divided his troops, they were unstoppable and they penetrated the grassland almost non-stop. They had rested on the west side of Phoenix Mountain for more than a month. During this period, Li Mu successively dispatched troops from various divisions to wipe out the various tribes on the grassland. With Phoenix Mountain as the center, he almost blocked the north-south line with 170,000 troops. Even the military report from Manchester City seeking help was intercepted by Li Mu six times.

But all these arrangements did not require much brain cells for Li Mu. He only needed one or two hours a day to complete his work. The rest of the time was spent either reading military reports sent back by friendly forces or reading Ying Chengjiao's past military reports to carefully review each of his failures.

"Ah!" Suddenly, a group of knights rode up Phoenix Mountain. The leader, Li Hong, called out repeatedly, "We vaguely saw a group of knights in the direction of Jin Alin, and we even heard a burst of laughter!"

"We don't know whether the other party is an enemy or a friend, so we don't dare to disturb them. Therefore, we haven't approached to investigate, and we will report back as soon as possible!"

Li Mu put down the bamboo slips in his hand and said calmly: "According to the commander's estimate, the main force of the enemy should arrive near Phoenix Mountain today. I have not received any military reports from other friendly forces intending to go to Phoenix Mountain."

"The one coming here is an enemy, not a friend!"

"Send the general's order."

"The army used the grass and trees to hide their bodies. The fake lieutenants Li Hong, Li Xian, and Lu Gao led their own troops and hid on the top of the mountain with me to observe the enemy situation."

"The whole army is ready for war!"

All the generals quickly followed the order. Li Hong, Li Xian and Lu Gao gathered around Li Mu and lay together in the grass on the top of Phoenix Mountain, using the half-human-high weeds to hide their bodies.

After waiting for a while, a black shadow jumped into everyone's sight.

As time passed, the black shadow gradually took on a human shape.

But the more Lu Gao looked, the more he felt something was wrong: "Looking at the enemy's strength, it seems that there are only about a thousand people?"

Li Hong said uncertainly: "When my troops saw the enemy from afar, they certainly did not feel the vibration of a large number of troops marching."

"This group of soldiers should be the enemy's scouts, right?"

They are called scouts, but the number of troops in this scout group is a bit too large.

Although it is called a detachment, the strength of this detachment is too small.

In short, this army looks weird no matter how you look at it!
Li Mu said softly: "Let's observe first."

Maodun didn't know that Li Mu was leading 40,000 elite troops including Li Hong, Li Xian, Lu Gao, etc., lying on the hillside to spy on his whereabouts.

Maodun only knew that Touman was still looking at him from afar!

"This thief wants me dead!"

"It is impossible that there are only a thousand people on the confusing horse hooves. We have to run back and forth on this road at least ten times. If we need to run so far, I am afraid that the Qin army's pursuers will arrive just after we have arranged the confusing horse hooves!"

Maodun was filled with hatred and anger, and his dissatisfaction with his enemy, Tuoman Chanyu, grew stronger and stronger.

Seeing a mountain in the distance, Maodun's mind changed.

This mountain is high enough to block the view of Touman Chanyu!
As long as they can cross this hillside, Touman Chanyu will find it difficult to detect Maodun's whereabouts. Instead, Maodun can lie in the grass and look from afar to see if Touman has left, thus giving him some initiative in an extremely unfavorable situation!
Maodun immediately ordered: "Turn southwest and cross the high mountains ahead!"

(End of this chapter)