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

Chapter 1169: Guanzhong has no generals, Zhao Jiang serves as the vanguard? Are you using this to test the Qin generals?

"General!" Li Hong bowed to Li Mu who was leading the 30,000 central troops and said excitedly, "According to our scouts, there are more than 30,000 Xiongnu soldiers and horses more than 40 miles to the southeast! There are more than 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers and horses more than 10 miles to the east! There are more than 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers and horses more than 40 miles to the northeast!"

"Based on the total number of troops sent by the Xiongnu in this battle, our army has encountered the main force of the Xiongnu."

"No wonder the general forbade me to harm that captain!"

"As the general expected, the captain of the thousand-man army fled to the main force of the Xiongnu in a panic, allowing our army to discover their tracks!"

"If not for this, our army would not have known that the main force of the Xiongnu was so close to our army!"

Several Hun troops had been playing hide-and-seek with the Qin army all the way under the cover of the trees, and just now they had used the cover of the trees to carry out a long-distance, highly maneuverable attack, making it difficult for the Qin scouts to find out the specific direction of the Hun troops.

But this time, the scouts of Li Mu's army did not need to speculate the whereabouts of the Huns based on traces such as hoof prints and broken branches, and Li Mu did not need to make a judgment based on the information reported by scouts from all parties. He just followed Maodun all the way and found the whereabouts of the Huns.

More than half an hour ago, Li Hong wished he could chop Maodun into small pieces!

Now Li Hong wished he could kiss Maodun hard, and then chop him into small pieces!
Li Hong was so grateful to Maodun!
Li Mu's gaze remained calm, but there was a hint of confusion deep in his eyes.

Li Mu did not know that the captain was the prince of Hu State. Li Mu just thought that Maodun was the son of one of the top dignitaries of Hu State. Considering Maodun's age, position and ability to deal with emergencies, he thought that Maodun would panic and look for other Hu soldiers to survive. So he let Maodun go and followed him along the way.

But along the way, Maodun did almost nothing to confuse or disrupt the enemy. Instead, he seemed to be eager to rush to the main force of the Hu State.

If this happened in a flash, it would be fine, but Maodun escaped for more than half an hour! During this half an hour, didn't even Maodun and his remaining soldiers think about the safety of the main force of the Xiongnu?
It was hard for Li Mu not to suspect that Maodun's move was a deliberate attempt to lure Li Mu closer to the main force of the Huns and lure the enemy deep into his territory!

His eyes fell towards the direction where the main force of the Xiongnu was. Looking at the endless forests and mountains, Li Mu hesitated for a moment and said, "Order!"

"Commander Lu Gao led his troops north for eighty miles, then eastward into the mountains and forests to block the enemy's route north."

"Commander Li Hong, Commander Ma Chong, and Commander Zhao Jiang led their troops eastward into the mountains and forests."

"Captain Zhao Jiang will lead the front, Lieutenant Li Hong will lead the middle, and Lieutenant Ma Chong will lead the rear. Each unit will be separated by three miles. Go into the mountains to find the main force of the Xiongnu and fight them. If the situation is unfavorable or you hear the sound of the golden arrow, you must withdraw immediately. There must be no delay, so as not to fall into the enemy's trap."

"The rest of you will stay here with me, regroup and rest!"

Zhao Jiang's eyes widened: "I will be the vanguard?"

Li Hong followed Li Mu in his campaigns since he was young, and Ma Chong relied on his personal ability to rise from a small soldier to a commander of an important pass. There is no need to say much about the other generals, as they are all real killers. Only I was able to become a captain thanks to the legacy of my father and brother.

When it comes to making plans, fighting for power and protecting oneself, I dare to be the first.

But when it comes to military command, on-the-spot decision-making, and battlefield sense, what am I?
Even if there are no great generals in Guanzhong, it would not be my turn to be the vanguard!
Li Mu forced out a gentle smile and looked at Zhao Jiang and said, "I think Captain Zhao is more qualified to be the vanguard than the other two captains!"

Who says Zhebao is useless on the battlefield!

Feeling the gentleness and trust in Li Mu's eyes, Zhao Jiang's blood boiled in his heart, and he bowed his hands loudly: "I will not let the general down!"

Pulling the reins, Zhao Jiang shouted solemnly: "Pass my order! Enter the mountain!"

Zhao Jiang squeezed the horse's belly hard, urged the warhorse under his crotch to take the lead, and led his troops to rush into Jin A Lin!
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Seeing more than 30,000 Qin troops breaking into the Jin'alin Mountains from afar, Baoler breathed a sigh of relief and raised his hand to signal.

Beside Bao Leer, a messenger pinched his throat and made a hollow call like a young deer: "Yo~ Yo~"

The shout did not travel far, but it was loud enough to reach the ears of Dayar, a centurion who was lying in ambush in a ditch two miles ahead.

Dayar immediately raised his right hand and made a gesture. The thousands of Hu soldiers under his command immediately grasped the short bows with their left hands, drew out arrows with their right hands, and pressed their bodies against the ground. They checked for the last time whether the dead branches and leaves covering their bodies could still completely cover their bodies. They even dared not breathe too heavily, and lay on the ground quietly waiting for the prey to fall into the trap.

But the thousands of Hu soldiers waited and waited, but never received the order to stand up!

It was because Zhao Jiang's blood was boiling before he entered the mountain, but his blood immediately cooled down after he entered the mountain.

Although Zhao Jiang didn't know why Li Mu valued and trusted him, how capable Zhao Jiang himself was, didn't Zhao Jiang himself know?
Zhao Jiang never thought about making achievements on the battlefield. Zhao Jiang only hoped to reach Xianyang City alive. On this premise, he would try his best to protect Li Mu and reach Xianyang City alive, and then hold on to Li Mu's thigh and compete for the first place in the court.

As long as you are alive, you have everything!
Therefore, since entering Jin'alin, Zhao Jiang looked around with every step he took, turned back every three steps, and sent out scouts frantically. He didn't care about the great achievement of capturing the head of Touman Chanyu, but was only afraid of the slightest danger to his life!
"Report! There are no traces of enemy troops three miles ahead!"

"Report! There are no traces of enemy troops three miles ahead!"

"Report..."

Listening to the continuous reports from the scouts, Zhao Jiang's reply was the same: "Report again after further investigation!"

The people of Baoler were dumbfounded as they watched the scouts of Zhao Jiang's army not only maintaining a rough reconnaissance of the surrounding twenty miles, but also conducting a carpet reconnaissance within a three-mile radius to Zhao Jiang's side, and even poking the dead branches and leaves on the ground with their spears from time to time!

"This general?" Bao Leer murmured in astonishment: "Is he sick?!"

"Is this general a vanguard general coming to attack our Dahu, or a shaman coming to explore for gold?"

Bao Leer followed Chanyu Yu Touman in battles for tens of thousands of miles. What kind of scenes had he not seen? But Bao Leer had never seen such a scene before!

How can there be such a vanguard general who fights like this!

Seeing that the scouts of Zhao Jiang's army who were responsible for the carpet search had already reached the ditch where Bao Le'er's troops were hiding, Bao Le'er did not dare to wait any longer and had to shout in a low voice: "Pass the order! Kill the enemy!"

"Mm~~~"

The messenger beside Baoler let out a clear bird cry, which marked the beginning of the attack.

The centurion Dayar was the first to emerge from the dead branches and fallen leaves. He drew his short bow and aimed at a Qin scout in front of him. He shouted, "Find your target and shoot ten arrows in a row!"

Thousands of Hu soldiers stood up at the same time, aimed at the Qin soldiers closest to them and shot arrows.

At this time, Dayar had already pulled out the second arrow from the quiver, but when he looked around, he did not see even a single intact Qin soldier!

He looked down at the more than forty Qin soldiers' corpses lying like hedgehogs not far in front of him, and then looked up at the shadowy Qin army of Zhao Jiang's army three miles away. Dayar was completely stunned.

Thousands of my people lay in ambush for such a long time, but in the end we only shot and killed more than forty scouts, and even exposed our tracks to the enemy?

Could it be that the bird singing just now was not the commander's order, but the singing of a real bird?

It’s over!

I never dreamed that I would cause such a big mess at work!

"cracking!"

A slightly shrill bird cry reached Dayar's ears. Dayar looked back uncertainly, but could not see any flying birds or Hu Jun. He could only bite the bullet and shout: "Qin dog, get out of our sacred mountain!"

"Otherwise these Qin dogs will be your price!"

Thousands of Hu soldiers from the Dayar tribe also shouted in unison: "Qin dogs, get out of our sacred mountain! Otherwise, these Qin dogs will be your price!"

After shouting, Dayar led his troops and ran away!

Baoler turned his gaze from Dayar to the distance, and murmured in anticipation: "The Qin army counts the heads of the enemy as military merits, and Dayar's tribe has only a thousand people, and they don't ride horses, they just run on their legs."

"With just one charge, I can chop off a thousand heads and avenge my soldiers."

"Who can resist such an easy-to-obtain military achievement!"

The Qin army on the opposite side was actually an ambush arranged by Qin Chang'an Jun in the northwest direction of Jin'alin to ambush and kill our army. Our army did fall into the enemy's trap as expected. Moreover, the Qin army has won consecutive battles in recent years and had just destroyed the three kingdoms of Dai, Zhao and Yan some time ago. It should be the time when the desire to attack is the strongest and the pride and self-confidence are at their highest.

No normal Qin army general could withstand the test of a thousand-level first merit that was so close at hand and within easy reach!

As long as this Qin army rushes forward and pursues, they will fall into my trap!

At the end of Baoler's sight, Zhao Jiang heaved a sigh of relief, patted his saddle with some excitement, and said excitedly to his subordinates beside him: "I said the enemy would set up an ambush! My prediction was right! My prediction was right!"

"My order to send more scouts to conduct a thorough investigation was correct!"

"It is precisely because I sent more scouts that the enemy had nowhere to hide and had to take the initiative to attack in advance. Just now, they only killed more than 40 of our scouts, but failed to inflict heavy damage on our troops!"

I will be proud! I will be proud!
I am not a coward! I have made contributions!
The corner of Di Dao's mouth twitched slightly as he reminded: "Captain, you are now the vanguard!"

"Moreover, the enemy has killed more than 40 of our comrades. According to the Military Law, your gains so far in this battle will be considered a loss. If this continues after the battle, you may be punished by the commander-in-chief!"

Zhao Jiang said indifferently: "I know!"

"Pass this general's order!"

"Di Dao led his troops to dismount and charge forward on foot, chasing down the scattered enemy soldiers."

"Send another thousand scouts and make sure they thoroughly explore the surroundings!"

Di Dao was speechless.

Looking at the armies of Qin, Zhao and Dai, he had never seen such a cowardly general!

Where did your courage and heroism go when you planned to capture Wu'an Jun?
Take it out!

But Di Dao was only a lord of 2500 men after all, and even though he was full of complaints, he had to bow his hands in awe when facing the commander's order: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)