Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 464 An honest conspiracy

"What... does this mean?" Regarding Lao Tuqi's uncanny answer, Mao Dun still didn't quite understand the meaning, so he could only ask further.

Old Tu Qi glanced at Mao Dun again with his cloudy eyes. Why was he so ignorant when he should be smart?
  They’ve said it’s a pitch-black void, how do I know what it actually represents?
  "I don't know, but it's definitely not a good thing. It's best for King Zuo Xian to avoid it."

Mao Dun nodded to express his understanding, "I understand. I had no intention of getting involved in this matter. Please don't worry, Old Tuqi."

"But Shan Yu...should I inform him?"

"This, King Zuo Xian, you can make your own decision." Old Tu Qi did not express his opinion on the matter, he said casually, and then left Mao Dun's camp.

After Mo Dun thought about it alone in the tent, he made a decision - do nothing.

In fact, he didn't want Touman to suffer too much loss at the hands of Li Mu. After all, the loss was ultimately the strength of the Prairie Wolf Clan. But the problem was that even if he really sent someone to warn Touman, the other party would definitely not listen. Even if he used Lao Tuqi's name, it would be useless.

Ever since the only Tu Qi of the wolf tribe chose to join the camp of Zuo Xian King Mo Dun, Tou Man no longer believed in him.

It was all in vain anyway, so he might as well wait and see what happens and wait for the opportunity to act.

So, in the end, Mao Dun just arranged a large number of scouts to go outside Yanmen Pass to inquire about the situation, while the large troops were still fighting the autumn wind in Yunzhong. It happened that Li Mu had transferred a large number of troops, and the border defense line was empty, making him even more at home.

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A few days later, outside Yanmen Pass, the main camp of the Wolf Clan Royal Court was located.

At this time, King Yougu Li had followed Tou Man's instructions and led his soldiers to join here. The number of troops here reached more than 80,000. However, Mao Dun did not appear for a long time. With the strength of the wolf cavalry, Judging from the speed of movement, it is obvious that Mao Dun let Tou Man's pigeon go.

"This damn traitor!" In the royal tent of the Wolf Clan's Chanyu, Touman Chanyu, the first Chanyu of the Wolf Clan, was getting angry, his rough and black face full of anger.

He was dressed in gray-brown clothes, with some iron armor covering his shoulders for protection. He had a circle of shaved head, leaving a tuft of hair on the top, and a bun that reached the sky, like an isolated island in the Mediterranean, reaching up to his ears. The side hair grew thicker and thicker, and several small braids were made. The whole head looked narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, like a trapezoid, with sideburns and beard, a palm wide to protect the heart hair... This one didn't exist.

Touman was not a fool. He had promised to come, but he didn't expect anyone for several days, not even a letter... He naturally understood that his traitorous son would not come with troops, and he was naturally angry.

I asked you to die but you refused to die, and now you are asked to help deal with the great enemy of the grassland, the wolf hunters, but you still dare to disobey Shan Yu Wang’s order...

Touman was angry, but at the same time he was a little relieved.

Modun refused to obey the order for no reason this time. After the battle was over and he returned to the wolf royal court, Touman had enough reason to attack him directly.

King Yougu Li, who was Touman's loyal horse boy, was sitting at the bottom. At this time, he comforted him, "If Mao Dun doesn't come, he won't come. You don't have to worry about him causing trouble. Anyway, as long as we seize the right opportunity, we can use Shan Yu's ability to , plus our 80,000-strong army, it’s enough to deal with Li Mu.”

King Youguli is the weakest among the four great nobles of the Wolf Clan - King Zuoxian, King Youxian, King Zuoguli, and King Youguli - and he is also the most stupid one. This high position is entirely due to the loyalty of his opponent Man in exchange for his support, otherwise he would have been played to death long ago.

In other words, if he wasn't stupid, he wouldn't have come so diligently even after knowing that Touman was plotting against the wolf hunters. If it were King You Xian or King Zuo Guli, he would at least send someone to learn more about the situation. . "Huh...huh..." After taking two deep breaths, Touman calmed down and asked King Youguli, "What's the situation that the spies have found recently?"

"Chanyu, we can basically confirm that Li Mu has indeed personally led his troops out of the city recently to deal with our warriors. Each time he leads thousands of troops when there are few, and ten or twenty thousand when there are many. It seems that he must be the new leader of Zhao State. The king put pressure on him." When he mentioned this, King Youguli became a little excited. Judging from his limited brain, this was indeed a good opportunity to kill Li Mu.

As long as the few people Li Mu leads are surrounded by their soldiers, they are lambs to be slaughtered and can be manipulated at will.

Touman glanced at the cheerful and honest King Youguli, and did not explain anything to him. It was fine to just be naive. Anyway, it was all his own arrangement on how to do it. King Youguli could do it meticulously. requirements are enough.

Judging from Touman's cunningness, Li Mu was obviously trying to prey on himself as a Shanyu...

But for Touman, this was also his opportunity. He could take a chance and really swallow Li Mu's bait. Anyway, he had made up his mind. This time he must investigate the surrounding situation clearly, and he would not be blind again. As long as there is danger, he will immediately give up his plan to kill Li Mu.

Of course, Li Mu was fishing with bait, so there was of course danger, but in order to catch the big fish, Li Mu had to throw the line far enough, and what Touman really wanted to fight for was to eat the bait before the line was collected, and If Li Mu's line is not long enough and Touman directly judges that he is too late, then he will give up directly.

To put it bluntly, both of them were betting.

Li Mu bets that he can retrieve the line quickly enough, and Touman bets that he can eat bait quickly enough.

"Keep an eye on Yanmen Pass, and send small groups of troops intermittently, waiting for opportunities to lure Li Mu."

"Yes, Chanyu." King Yougu Li patted his heart-protecting hair a palm wide and took the order to leave.

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In mid-to-late October, winter has fallen, and the temperature in Yanmen Pass has gradually begun to approach zero. It may snow at any time, and the wolf invasion is coming to an end.

It won't work if it doesn't end. Once the snow falls, the wolves will have to withdraw their troops. It's not possible for the Central Plains army to march and fight in the snowy cold weather in winter. What's more, the wolves, who are short of supplies, will freeze to death in the wilderness in minutes.

Li Mu finally started his plan.

It can be said that this so-called baiting operation was basically based on the tacit understanding between the enemy and ourselves. Li Mu chose a wolf army that was obviously a bait, and led his subordinates to chase after them regardless of the cost. .

Although it is a formal pursuit and luring of enemies, it is not without its meaning.

The goal of the wolf army was to lure Li Mu to the ambush site that Touman had planned in advance, and Li Mu's goal was to drive the other party to the ambush site that he had planned in advance.

The outcome was obvious. The leader of the wolf clan couldn't defeat Li Mu no matter how long he was. Finally, driven by Li Mu, he successfully deviated from the original target location.

(End of this chapter)