Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 335

And even if they knew the direction of the Qin army, Maodun's army didn't have the energy to pursue it.

Although Ziying's [-]-strong army had suffered due to inexperience, the Qin army that swept the entire Zuoguli king's court in general had sufficient material preparations in all aspects.

However, Maodun's party had no intention of crossing the desert at all, but was led off the route by Ziying, and had to follow Qin Jun closely.

Crossing the desert, although the Huns have rich experience, they will make all kinds of preparations before crossing. However, the largest nearby Hun settlement, Zuoguli King's Court, has been taken over by the baby, and Maodun has no ability to gather in a short time. Sufficient supplies.

If the supplies are mobilized from distant tribes, it will be too late when the preparations are complete.

So even though he was not prepared enough, Maodun could only bite the bullet and lead [-] Hun cavalry to fight hard.

So the most direct consequence is that the food and drinking water for Morton's army is not so sufficient before they have crossed the desert.

Although there are only a small amount of water supply places on the route chosen by Mao Dun, the supply of [-] cavalry and their horses is not enough for this water source.

In the last two days of leaving the desert, the Xiongnu army had been forced to kill war horses to drink blood and flesh.

On the other hand, on the side of the Qin army, in addition to the [-] war horses that the five hundred strange soldiers were equipped with as standard, they also carried an additional [-] horses to confuse Maodun. These horses more or less carried some supplies.

So although Qin Jun was a little embarrassed, he didn't reduce his staff because of food and drinking water.

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Ziying's guess was not wrong. Qin Jun had been galloping against the stream for less than an hour, and a small settlement of the Huns in the distance had slowly appeared in front of Qin Jun's eyes.

It is an exaggeration to say that it is a settlement. This miniature settlement is more like a nomadic settlement of a Hun family. From a distance, it is nothing more than a few tents, and the number of livestock does not seem to be large.

Without the slightest resistance, this small Hun settlement fell into the hands of the Qin army, with a small number of only a dozen or so shepherds.

After some questioning, Ziying finally figured out where he was now. It turned out that this place was on the edge of Zuo Daqiequ and You Da Danghu's territories.

The creek on one side turned out to be Gonglushui.

"From Dai Youbeiping more than [-] miles to Jigonglu. Fenglang lived in Xushan, Zen in Guyan, and climbed to Hanhai."

Hearing the word Gong Lushui, the first thing Ziying thought of was this sentence in "Hanshu. Huo Qubing Biography".

Although I don't know the topography of Mobei, according to the historical records that Ziying knew in his previous life, it seems that he is going upstream along the Gonglu River, and not far away should be Langjuxu Mountain.

Ziying, who has always been cautious, does not have the guts to do something exclusive to emperors such as Feng Chan, "Feng Lang lives in Xu Mountain, and Zen in Guyan". However, it is more interesting to go to the holy mountain where the Huns originated and do a little damage. .

Langjuxu Mountain, which is today’s Mount Kent in Mongolia, is not only regarded as the place of origin by the Mongolians of later generations, but also by the Huns today.

According to the legend of the Huns, there are even many gods living in Langjuxu Mountain, and it enjoys the honorary title of the Holy Mountain among the Huns.

Even for offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, the Huns did not dare to rely too close to the Langjuxu Mountain, but chose to live in the Longting to the west of the Langjuxu Mountain, fearing that it would be too loud and disturb the residence of the gods.

Although Wolf Wolf Juxu Mountain was a sacred mountain to the Huns, it was just an ordinary mountain to Ziying.

Now that you have come to Mobei, you can make as much noise as you can. As for how to leave Mobei after angering the Huns, you can only take one step at a time.

Anyway, relying on what the Qin army committed on the grassland, the two parties have long lost hope of reconciliation.

Ziying, who had a clear goal, naturally would not waste time on the other "little things". After a brief rest, Qin Jun stepped on his horse and rushed up Gonglushui with all his strength at the fastest speed.

Along the way, some of the small tribes that Qin Jun met didn't even pay attention to them at all. Anyway, except for the Maodun Army in the rear, there are not many forces in Mobei that can threaten him now.

Only the remaining forces of several royal courts can surpass their own forces.

Ziying can still distinguish the priorities. Going to Langjuxu Mountain to play will have a greater impact on the Huns than taking away a hundred or eighty tribes.

If every small tribe passing by was killed one by one, time was wasted, and when Morton's army came after him, he would have no choice but to run away.

Two days later, a continuous mountain range appeared in front of Qin Jun, and Ziying knew that Langjuxu Mountain had arrived.

Langjuxu Mountain is not just a single mountain, but a continuous mountain range composed of high mountains.

Although Ziying didn't know which one was the most important one, there was an easiest way to know by looking at the number of altars piled up at the foot of the mountain.

Although the place where the Xiongnu sacrificed to heaven was in Longcheng, after the sacrifice, the gods had to be followed. Therefore, every time after the sacrifice to heaven, the Xiongnu Shanyu would lead the chiefs of the Huns' major tribes to the foot of Langjuxu Mountain to set up an altar to comfort the gods. .

When comforting the gods, the nobles of the Xiongnu were only at the foot of the mountain and did not dare to go up the mountain to disturb the gods, and ordinary Huns did not dare to come here.

Therefore, since Ziying entered the range of Langjuxu Mountain, not a single one of the Huns has been found.

Whichever mountain has more altars at the foot of the mountain can determine which mountain is more important in the eyes of the Huns, and which mountain is the residence of the gods considered by the Huns.

Following this line of thought, Qin Jun quickly found the tallest mountain among them.

At the foot of the mountain, there are dozens of altars built with crushed stones.

"Destroy all the altars." Ziying ordered.

The altar is just piled up of stones, and it is easy to dismantle it. With 500 people going up, it will probably be dismantled in a short time.

The Qin army demolished the gaps in the altar of the Huns, and Ziying rode a horse and slowly inspected the legendary holy mountain of the Huns.

Although it is located in Mobei, the forests on the mountain are very dense, and all kinds of tall pines and cypresses decorate the whole mountain range with lush greenery.

Because the ecological environment is better at this time, and the Huns dare not enter Langjuxu Mountain to cut down trees, the natural ecology of Langjuxu Mountain can be said to be extremely well preserved.

Even the dead grass on the ground was piled up layer by layer on the ground, and no one cleaned it.

Seeing the thick layer of withered grass on the surface of the mountain, Ziying suddenly thought of what to do.

There has been no snow on the grassland since last winter, and there was a precious rain in the southern part of the desert a few days ago, but in the northern part of the desert, there are still continuous droughts, without a trace of precipitation.

Even the Gonglu water that Ziying passed by before had dried up and turned into a creek, which was enough to show the severity of the drought.

Therefore, although the weather has turned warmer now, due to the drought and lack of water, except for big trees such as pines and cypresses that are deeply rooted in the ground and are evergreen all the year round, the ground is still a dry scene.

Even the dry grass and fallen leaves from previous years have been piled up on the ground layer by layer due to no one cleaning them all year round.

Looking up at the tall and majestic mountains, Ziying sighed inwardly, then turned her head and ordered: "Fire, set fire to the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)