Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 52 Cleaning in the Dark
King Zhao and his ministers discussed for an hour and finally made a decision.

The Donghu’s request must be agreed to, but Qin must also attack.

Zhao State currently has an army of 500,000, of which 100,000 are supporting Donghu, 300,000 are sent to Qin State, and 100,000 are left at home.

(The Battle of Changping was in 260 BC. Now it is 229 BC. There was a gap of 31 years in between, and the State of Zhao also recovered some of its vitality. Many readers confuse the Battle of Changping with the Battle of the Extinction of Zhao, so I would like to explain this here.)
Although it was a two-front war, so was Qin! Moreover, the threat from the north was greater for Qin, making it more difficult to deal with than Zhao.

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On the banks of the Saimu River, in the Huangpi tribe, the screams of horses, cattle and sheep filled the entire tribe.

Seeing the overwhelming army of 700,000 undead coming in the wind and snow, everyone in the Huangxi tribe was in a panic, and the children were crying non-stop.

If Huangpi Chanyu had not sent someone to inform them in advance, I'm afraid the entire tribe would have fled.

And now, despite the fear and anxiety in their hearts, no one dared to escape.

"My lord, my tribe is ten miles ahead."

Among the arriving undead army, beside Fusu's carriage, Huang Pi spoke respectfully to the carriage.

"Yes!" Fusu hummed softly in the carriage and ordered: "Badawan, the army will be stationed on the spot."

"Huangpi Chanyu, please go back to your tribe and arrange your affairs! You know what you need to do, so you don't need to stay with me!"

"Yes!" On the other side of the frame, Bada Wan immediately responded and gave the order.

"Your Majesty, I will take my leave!"

Huang Bin bowed respectfully to the carriage frame before leaving.

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On the other side, Qin State, Xianyang.

After some discussion and confirmation of the news, Zulong waved his hand and finally decided to send 250,000 troops from Yiqu Pass to attack the Hetao Plain. Meng Wu would lead the troops to attack the Mountains of the Dead to eliminate the threat from the north. It would be best if they could capture a certain rebellious son alive.

In fact, he wanted to send more troops, but he had to guard against surprise attacks from the Zhao State and also against the Chu State.

Now Qin and Donghu need to mobilize a large number of troops to attack the Mountains of the Dead. For Zhao, this is a perfect opportunity to attack Qin as there is no interference from Donghu.

In the short term, Qin could only adopt a defensive strategy against Zhao.

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Time flies, and it’s March in the blink of an eye.

Under the order of the King of Zhao, the famous Zhao general Li Mu personally led 10 Zhao troops from Yanmen Pass into the northern grasslands. Led by the Donghu cavalry, they quickly advanced towards the Xilamulun River.

At the same time, the invited Shanrong also gathered 50,000 troops and came to the Xilamulun River.

As for the State of Yan, it had few troops to begin with and therefore refused to send out troops this time.

The three parties met at the Ximulun River on March 25, with a total of troops.

The three armies were stationed in a triangle near the Ximulun River, 20 kilometers apart, so they could both guard each other and prevent sneak attacks from each other, giving them time to prepare.

The grassland at night.

The moon tonight is exceptionally round and bright. Under the moonlight, you can vaguely see the scene several hundred meters away.

"Old Zhao, I heard from them that the undead can't be killed. Do you think this is true?"

"How can it be true! How can there be an immortal being in the world? I have been on the march and fighting for so many years, and I have seen many dead people, but I have never seen a person who is immortal. It must be a rumor! If it is really immortal, the king would not let us participate in this war!"

On a small hillside five miles away from the Zhao army camp, an old man and a young man were lying on the withered hillside, covered with thick felt to keep warm, and chatting with each other.

As they talked, the two of them kept looking at the grassland in the dark.

The two people who were chatting were all paying attention to the grassland and did not notice that there were some more faint blue stars in the sky. These faint blue stars were in pairs and looked particularly strange.

In the sky full of blue stars, right above their heads, several pairs of blue flames were falling towards them like meteors. The young Zhao soldier suddenly asked the old soldier next to him: "Old Zhao, did you hear the humming sound?"

Hearing this, Old Zhao listened carefully and said with a smile: "Indeed, it is the sound of the wind. Don't panic..."

Before he could finish his words, Old Zhao's voice suddenly stopped.

The young soldier next to him also fell silent.

The same situation was happening repeatedly on the nearby grasslands. No one noticed the blue starlight and fire points falling rapidly from the sky, and no one was aware of it until they died.

And that blue flame was clearly the soul fire in the eye sockets of each one-foot-tall skeleton pterosaur with a pointed beak. They were like sharp arrows, swooping down from the sky at a speed comparable to the speed of sound, using their pointed beaks as arrows and themselves as rods, swiftly and accurately shooting the Zhao army sentries who were on duty on the grassland.

Even the sentry horses had their heads easily pierced by their sharp beaks.

During the entire process, there was no other sound except the whistling sound of the wind swooping down.

Even if these sharp-beaked pterosaurs were smashed to pieces or had their bones broken, as long as their heads were not shattered, they could quickly reassemble themselves and fly into the sky again. However, the soul fire in their eye sockets would be much dimmer.

In the Zhao army camp, corpse rats gathered from all directions of the grassland and entered the Zhao army camp, avoiding the soldiers on duty in the camp and quietly sneaking into the tents where the Zhao army was resting.

"Today the moon is bright and clear, nothing will happen!"

In the tent of the commander-in-chief of the Zhao army, after inspecting the camp, Li Mu looked at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, thought secretly in his heart, and walked into the commander's tent.

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"General, General, something bad has happened!"

Early in the morning, Li Mu was pushed awake by his own soldiers.

The first thing Li Mu did when he woke up was to look at the anxious look on the soldier's face and quickly ask, "What happened?"

Guards: "We have been surrounded by Donghu cavalry!"

"What?" Li Mu was shocked when he heard that. He reached out and grabbed the armor beside the bed and was about to put it on.

"Pah!"

As soon as he grabbed, Li Mu was stunned. He didn't grab the armor, but just grabbed a handful of armor pieces.

His armor fell apart!!!

The guard said with a bitter face: "General, the soldiers' armor has all been damaged by rats, and most of their bows, crossbows and long weapons have also been gnawed by rats."

"What?" Hearing this, Li Mu was stunned. Only then did he realize that this personal soldier was not wearing armor.

Afterwards, Li Mu didn't bother to put on his armor or ask the reason. He grabbed the sword beside the bed and ran out of the tent.

Outside the tent, most of the soldiers had already gotten up. Few of them were wearing armor, and they were all holding broken spears, bows and arrows, or scattered pieces of armor, looking dejected.

"General, the only armor and weapons still intact are those of the soldiers on duty last night! There is not a single bow and arrow left, they are all broken!"

The soldier next to him said with a disappointed look on his face.

"..."

At this moment Li Mu didn't know what to say.

Even though he was a veteran of the battlefield and was known as a famous general, this situation made him feel powerless.

There were no more than a thousand soldiers on duty last night, almost none.

But now they were surrounded by 100,000 Donghu cavalrymen. They had no armor, no long weapons, and no bows and arrows. Even he didn't know how to resist for a moment.

After thinking for a while, Li Mu ordered his personal soldiers: "Let all the armored soldiers gather and follow me to meet the Great Chanyu of Donghu. Let the rest of the soldiers return to the tents and not come out without orders."

　Chapter 2, the previous author should revise it. I always feel there is something wrong.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)