190: Chapter 190 Great Chanyu, the Qin army is making unusual movements!

"Only a thousand orders a day? That's far too few. I'll have to come earlier to queue up tomorrow."

A young man said with a frown.

"Yeah, who wouldn't want to buy a few more of these nice and cheap wool sweaters? It looks like I'll have to come early to grab some."

An older woman chimed in.

...

Just as Zhao Fusu had anticipated, hunger marketing had the people of Xianyang City talking about wool sweaters.

Zhao Fusu also understood that he couldn't keep limiting purchases forever.

This would only give rise to scalpers.

It wasn't conducive to his goal of getting more commoners into wool sweaters to enhance their ability to withstand the winter cold.

To increase the production capacity of wool sweaters, besides increasing the number of workers, he also had to obtain a large amount of wool.

"Xiongnu!"

Zhao Fusu's gaze shifted toward the north, the land of the Xiongnu.

Conquering the Xiongnu had become an urgent matter that had to be done!

Over the past week or so, under the high-intensity work of tens of thousands of personnel in the munitions factory working two shifts, a large batch of weapons and ammunition had been produced.

Before the troops move, provisions must go first; a large amount of grain was also relayed by farmers layer by layer towards Shangjun.

Ever since Meng Tian received Zhao Fusu's order to move against the Xiongnu, the Great Wall Legion had been mobilized.

A large number of farmers were mobilized for logistical work.

At the Xiongnu Chanyu Court, Modun had already issued notices to the various tribes he ruled three or four months ago, asking them to send warriors to cross Yangshan Mountain on a large scale and attack the Qin people farming on the Hetao Plain during the Qin people's autumn harvest.

Yangshan Mountain is a mountain range spanning hundreds of kilometers, roughly in places like Langshan north of the Wujia River in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

The First Emperor built the Great Wall on Yangshan Mountain to increase the difficulty for the Xiongnu people to move south, while also serving as a warning line to discover large-scale southward movements of the Xiongnu people in advance, allowing for the early assembly of troops to prevent an invasion.

Modun sent out a large number of scouts who, after disguising themselves, infiltrated the Hetao Plain to observe the movements of the Great Wall Legion and scout out their deployment and the locations of their granaries.

In terms of troop numbers, Modun suppressed the Great Wall Legion, but the Great Wall Legion controlled the important passes of Yangshan Mountain.

During the two years the Great Wall Legion occupied Yangshan Mountain, they connected many of the Great Walls previously built by the Wei State and the Qi State.

Although they were not yet fully connected, they already presented a massive scale.

If the Xiongnu people wanted to head south, they could only advance through these gaps, pushing into the heart of the Great Qin Empire in multiple batches and routes from Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, Zaoyang, Liaoxi, and Youbeiping.

The Xiongnu people were located on a plateau; as long as they could cross these passes, they could head south from a commanding height all the way.

It was much easier for them to go south to attack the Central Plains dynasties than for the Central Plains dynasties to climb the plateau to fight them.

After entering the Great Qin Empire, they would start using the mobility of their cavalry to seize grain.

Modun had no intention of besieging cities.

Although the gains from besieging cities were higher, the casualties were also greater; it was better to pillage in the countryside.

When the Great Qin troops assembled to expel them, they would then retreat back to the grasslands.

Modun's original plan was to assemble on the Hetao Plain after entering the territory of the Great Qin Empire, attack the Great Wall Legion, defeat them, and reclaim the fallen Hetao Plain.

After the other Xiongnu Royal Courts gathered, his proposal was rejected by the Left Worthy King, the Left Guli King, the Right Worthy King, and the Right Guli King.

Two years ago, Touman Chanyu was defeated by Meng Tian's Great Wall Legion on the Hetao Plain and was driven out of Yangshan Mountain. After arriving in the Yinshan Mountains area, he summoned them to head south and attack Meng Tian's Great Wall Legion.

Another great battle broke out in the Yinshan Mountains; this battle also ended in a crushing defeat for their Xiongnu Royal Court.

The Qin Crossbows were too powerful; large Qin Crossbows could hit targets eight hundred meters away, and the arrows fired were as thick as a child's arm!

In a head-on confrontation, they were simply no match for the Great Wall Legion led by Meng Tian.

When encountering the Great Wall Legion, it was better to run as far away as possible; the Xiongnu people couldn't beat the Great Wall Legion, but if they wanted to flee, the other side still couldn't catch them.

Therefore, the Left Worthy King, Left Guli King, Right Worthy King, and Right Guli King were all persuading Modun.

They could unite to pillage the Great Qin by heading south, but they should not actively seek death by going head-to-head with Meng Tian; that would be looking for trouble.

Modu Chanyu was dissatisfied with the attitude of the Four Horns.

But the words of the Four Horns made sense.

Meng Tian used war chariots to block their cavalry charges, while the Qin Crossbows took advantage of their range to provide suppression from behind.

In a head-on confrontation, they...

Even if they used small units to harass and employed horse archery to attack Meng Tian's Great Wall Legion, the Great Wall Legion also had cavalry that was no weaker than theirs, or even stronger.

This cavalry of thirty to forty thousand men hadn't been of much use in Wang Li's hands. There were rumors that this cavalry had fallen into Xiang Yu's hands. Relying on this cavalry, he had actually beaten Liu Bang's army of 560,000 until they had no fight left in them.

Small unit of cavalry against small unit of cavalry, the Xiongnu people were no match.

When large bodies of cavalry charged the Great Wall Legion, they were blocked by war chariots and shot down by Qin Crossbows.

The Four Horns had already been psychologically scarred by Meng Tian.

Their point was: let's just grab what we can and run, don't go looking for trouble.

Modun was no fool to have integrated such a large territory.

He had a far-reaching strategic vision.

Meng Tian was not as easy to deal with as the Donghu King and the Greater Yuezhi.

With Meng Tian there, if they went head-to-head with the Great Wall Legion, not only would they be unable to drive Meng Tian out of the Hetao Plain, but they would instead suffer heavy losses once again.

The Xiongnu had suffered two major defeats at the hands of Meng Tian; the Qin people's morale was soaring, while theirs was low.

Under these circumstances, it was not advisable to go head-to-head with the Qin Army now.

They had to successfully pillage the Great Qin multiple times to restore their morale before they could challenge the Great Wall Legion to a battle again!

"Report!"

Just as Modun and the Four Horns were discussing how to attack the Great Qin, a scout returned to report.

"Grand Chanyu, there is unusual movement in the Qin Army!"

"A large number of Qin troops have crossed Yangshan Mountain and are assembling towards the Yinshan Mountains area."

"What does this mean!"

Upon hearing this, the Four Horns couldn't sit still; was Meng Tian coming to attack them again?

They trembled now at the mention of Meng Tian's name; they were truly terrified of him.

The scout said, "The Qin Army has also sent out a large number of scouts to search for our location all over the grasslands."

"Grand Chanyu!"

The expressions of the Four Horns changed again.

They were now gathered together with 300,000 to 400,000 troops; the target was too large. Meng Tian's scouts could easily find them.

The Four Horns really didn't want to fight Meng Tian.

Modun, however, became thoughtful; taking the initiative to attack might be the best defense.