Great Zhou Tianzi

Fleeing at the wind, this word is no longer enough to describe the current Rongdi people.

King Rong Di became a frightened bird, followed by Sa Xu, and fled to the southwest with the remnants of the defeated generals. It could be seen that they wanted to seek the protection of Qin State.

Seeing that it was difficult to expand the results of the battle, Ji Jie ordered to stop the pursuit, and everyone returned to the camp, trying to repair the damaged places in a short time. After this battle, everyone was very tired and had to take a good rest.

While repairing the burned tents, statistics of casualties were made.

In this battle, the Zhou-Yan coalition suffered 5000 casualties, more than [-]% of the total force. Nearly half of them died in the sneak attack last night and today's hand-to-hand combat. The ratio is one to five.

In addition to last night's record, more than 2000 Rong and Di people were wiped out in this battle, and the reduction reached about half. Among them, the Xirong tribe was the worst. They were chased by the three brothers of the Xiong family. Less than [-] people escaped, and King Xirong almost died in Xiong Ben's hands.

Nearly 7000 people from the Chidi tribe escaped, a one-third reduction in staff, and there were 7000 people left in the Baidi tribe, a reduction of more than half. Fortunately, King Rongdi withdrew early, otherwise there would not be so many people left.

Generally speaking, Zhou Yan's coalition forces won this battle, and it was a big victory, but Ji Jie was not happy about the failure of the previous sneak attack and the fact that the camp almost fell into the enemy's hands.

Nearly half of the tents and facilities in the camp were burned and trampled on, and the warehouses for storing food and meat were looted. What was looted was only enough to last the army for a few days.

The direct reason why the Rongdi people robbed things was that the coalition forces bombarded them indiscriminately last night, smashing their reserves to pieces.

After the repair work in the camp was completed, the soldiers of each battalion began to rest as required. Ji Jie sent someone to inform Zhaocheng quickly, asking them to bring more food and grass.

The scouts reported that the three remnants of Rong and Di joined forces in the west near the border of Qin State. The king of Rong Di sent envoys to Qin State to ask for help, intending to regroup and fight the coalition forces again.

Ji Jian came to apologize, and Ji Jie smiled and said: "It's not your fault, it's because I didn't expect this in advance, which led to the emptiness of the camp. Otherwise, how could they take advantage of it! However, we won in the end. King Rongdi paid a high price for this. You let Tai Shiyong return to aid in a timely manner, otherwise there is no fault and merit!"

Ji Jian bowed deeply to him, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty's demeanor is incomparable to others. It is obvious that I have lost the enemy and caused a crisis in the camp. Not only will you not punish me, but you will also say that I have meritorious deeds. The last general will never give up. Don’t make such a mistake again, please rest assured!”

Ji Jie patted Ji Jian on the shoulder and said, "You and I are united, we can't defeat the enemy! Let's go, everyone should be here, this summary meeting must be held properly."

The generals sat firmly in the tent of the Chinese army. Ji Jie analyzed and said: "I think it's just a statement of King Rongdi to regroup. If he doesn't say so, the people of Qin will definitely abandon them. A tribe that is frightened will naturally die." There is no use value!"

Zhao Ling nodded and said: "Your Majesty is right. After this battle, the people of Rong and Di were terrified, and it is difficult to recover their vitality in a short time. What are they going to use to compete with us!"

Then, everyone focused on analyzing the strategy against the Rongdi people. The focus of the debate was to continue to pursue or give up temporarily, and directly devote their energy to fighting the Huns.

Everyone expressed their opinions, and Ji Jie had to come up with the final idea.

Based on everyone's opinions, Ji Jie said: "Everyone said that there is a certain truth. If we continue to pursue, the Rongdi people will definitely flee in all directions to avoid direct contact with us. In this way, we will become led by their noses." Let's go, busy chasing every day can exhaust people to death, and it is likely that there will be no results for several months. If we go to fight with the Huns, it is difficult to guarantee that the Rongdi people will not be emboldened by this and attack us behind our backs!"

This is a very contradictory thing. Seeing the spring in the north is approaching day by day, if the Huns cannot move north as soon as possible, the Huns may go south, and the battlefield will have to be placed on their own territory, and they will be very vulnerable to them and the Rongdi people. Attack from both sides.

In the end, Ji Jie decided to fight on two fronts, leaving 3000 people under Xiong Kui's command, staying here to continue fighting the Rongdi people, and the remaining 3 people went straight to the hinterland of the Huns.

Ji Jian and Zhao Ling were still in charge of the left and right groups of troops, each leading 1 people. Ji Jie and Ji Lin were in the middle army, leading [-] troops. After the food and grass were replenished, the three groups of troops marched hand in hand towards the Xiongnu. Kill in the hinterland.

Some people would say that the Xiongnu had hundreds of thousands of cavalry, and Ji Jie was so small, how could he be his opponent?

The Xiongnu claimed to have 50 soldiers. Although this number is a little watery, in Ji Jie's opinion, even if it is less than 50, it must not be less than 40. It's just that they are divided into more than a dozen large and small tribes just like the Rongdi people , the tribal leader controls the troops in the headquarters.

Although the tribes often join forces to fight together, most of the time they fight on their own and defend their territories. This also brings opportunities for the coalition forces to defeat each other. Just like the throne, its interior is not monolithic.

The southernmost part of the Xiongnu belonged to the territory of the Nanyuan King, and the entire southern grassland belonged to him.The King of Nanyuan was originally a follower of the King of the Huns. Now he and his two youngest sons are being detained in Shanyu King City. The eldest son, Kuo Lun, acts as the acting patriarch. Wang and his two younger brothers will be executed.

At the same time, King Baishan made a generous promise. As long as he defeats Ji Jie, not only will his family members be released, but he will also be rewarded with 3 taels, [-] cattle, sheep and horses, and he will also be named the Zuoxian King of the Huns. above people.

Kuo Lun had no choice but to lead [-] troops to set up a formation on Ji Jie's path, intending to fight the coalition forces.

Rou Yue is very familiar with Kuo Lun. He is 36 years old this year. He is the eldest son of the Nanyuan King and the next successor of the Nanyuan King. less credit.

He has 5 troops, far exceeding the coalition's 3. It stands to reason that he should take the initiative to attack, but now he is honestly laying down his position and waiting for the coalition to attack.

Rou Yue's analysis is: "Although Kuo Lun's intelligence is average, he is very clear about how much he has, and he likes to think before and after when doing things. He would rather miss opportunities than do things that are not sure!"

That's right, on the one hand, it was not his original intention to fight the coalition forces, and on the other hand, he must have heard of Ji Jie's many deeds of winning more with less, so he took a defensive position and responded to all changes with the same.

"Tomorrow, let's fight!" Ji Jie said with a smile, "Rou Yue, you have to catch up with this big brother Kuo Lun and try to win him over!"