188: Another tribe

"Depart!"

The White Horse Righteous Cavalry once again embarked on their journey!

However, unlike yesterday, after a night of rest and feasting, their fighting spirit was now high!

[Troop Type: White Horse Righteous Cavalry

Scale: 100,000

Training: 88

Morale: 93]

Lin Yue looked back one last time at the ruined Xiongnu people camp and another jing guan (corpse display), then moved away from the place where the air was filled with the smell of blood.

Now that the Army had Zhao Ponu, a living map, it saved a lot of trouble!

He not only remembered many routes from his years of wandering and fleeing, but he could also determine nearby water sources based on the terrain, and even pinpoint the locations of nearby Xiongnu people camps from subtle clues.

One could say, he was an extremely strong auxiliary!

"My Lord, it seems there are enemies nearby, but I'm not familiar with this area," Zhao Ponu said after bending down and poking around with a stick.

"How can you tell?" Lin Yue asked.

He also wanted to learn this skill, determining the location of a Xiongnu people camp from droppings; it sounded very practical.

"My Lord, look, this droppings are still very fresh, and they are in the shape of cow dung. Excluding seasonal factors, it should be from two days ago," Zhao Ponu explained.

Lin Yue looked but couldn't make anything out, so he nodded and said, "Hmm, you're right."

"At this time, green grass is growing vigorously. After a winter, the cattle have become much thinner and are now in urgent need of green grass.

If it were warhorses, it might mean Xiongnu people had passed by, but if it's cattle, it means the Xiongnu people must not be far.

And look, this entire patch of grassland is much shorter than the area next to it, indicating a large number of cattle. That's why This humble general can be so certain," Zhao Ponu explained in detail.

"Well said!" Lin Yue laughed. The White Horse Righteous Cavalry lacked such talent!

At this moment, Xing Daorong secretly came up to Lin Yue and asked, "My Lord, did you understand?"

Lin Yue glanced at him and nodded faintly.

"Please explain it to me. I didn't understand anything. How can one tell Xiongnu people from cow dung?" Xing Daorong said softly. He, too, keenly sensed the practicality of this skill.

But he noticed that all the surrounding Generals nodded in agreement, and only he was dumbfounded and hadn't understood. At this point, he was too embarrassed to ask again.

"Ask Po Nu," Lin Yue said.

"I'm too embarrassed, My Lord. Please, My Lord, explain it to me. After all, you are learned and talented," Xing Daorong chuckled.

He, a Military Marquis, was a bit embarrassed to ask a young man who had just been promoted to Squad Leader.

"A Rong, you must learn to not be ashamed to ask. I can't teach you for a lifetime, can I?" Lin Yue laughed.

But in his heart, he cursed, *You care about your face, don't I care about mine?*

He dared to say that among everyone present, except for veteran Soldiers like Du Tong and Du Song, who had been on the frontier for many years, half of the rest were only half-understanding, and the other half were pretending to understand!

Of course, that included himself.

Lin Yue saw that Xing Daorong still had something to say, so he preempted him and said, "Xing Daorong!"

"This humble general is here!" Xing Daorong instinctively responded.

"You lead the White Horse Camp to search for Xiongnu people camps nearby.

Once Xiongnu people are discovered, kill them immediately. Do not alert them and cause them to become vigilant!" Lin Yue ordered.

"Understood!" Xing Daorong replied. Although he hadn't grasped Zhao Ponu's technique, he had no choice but to accept the order and depart.

Then he led the cavalry of the White Horse Camp to spread out and search for traces of the Xiongnu people!

Lin Yue watched Xing Daorong's receding figure and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Ponu walked a few more steps, carefully observing the ground, and only returned to report after walking several hundred meters:

"My Lord, This humble general guesses it should be in the northwest direction."

"Good, let's go," Lin Yue said.

The Xiongnu people had no fixed long-term dwellings, so even Zhao Ponu could only rely on guesswork.

At such a moment, Lin Yue and the others could only choose to trust Zhao Ponu's guess, after all, the Army was raiding across the grassland, and just the fact that they hadn't gotten lost was a great achievement for Zhao Ponu!

As expected, Lin Yue's choice was correct, because soon a scout reported that there was indeed a Xiongnu people camp ahead, nearly twenty li away, but the camp had a scale of about 100,000 men!

"Xing Daorong, you lead the White Horse Camp to flank them. The rest of you, charge with me!" Lin Yue said in a deep voice.

The enemy also had 100,000 men, so they couldn't be surrounded. If the enemy combined their forces and attacked one side, the White Horse Righteous Cavalry could be overturned by the enemy with a slight mistake!

Deep in Xiongnu people territory, it was better for them to be cautious.

After all, ultimately, the Xiongnu people understood the grassland better, as it was the place where their ancestors had lived for generations!

In the Central Plains dynasties, only a handful of individuals could deeply penetrate enemy territory and launch long-distance raids to achieve great victories.

Most of the others ended up shedding their blood on the grassland, suffering regretful defeats.

After Huo Qubing's death during the Han dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han also considered replicating the Champion Marquis's tactics, but the Xiongnu people, having suffered heavy losses, no longer fulfilled his wishes!

First, Gongsun He and Zhao Ponu ventured deep into the grassland and returned without success; then Zhao Ponu was defeated in battle and captured.

Immediately after, Su Wu was detained. Emperor Wu of Han ordered Li Guangli, Gongsun Ao, and Li Ling to dispatch troops. The outcome was that Li Guangli, after winning in the Tianshan Mountains, was pursued by the Xiongnu people and suffered heavy losses; Gongsun Ao returned without success; Li Ling, when only a hundred li from the Han border, was surrounded by the Xiongnu people Army and, with his arrows and food exhausted, reluctantly surrendered.

The last time was Emperor Wu of Han's final gamble in his later years, with three armies totaling 140,000 troops, hoping to resolve the Xiongnu people once and for all!

Li Guangli, with the largest force, swept north, invincible, beheading the Left Great General under the Xiongnu people Left Wise King, which for a time gave Emperor Wu of Han hope of success!

But later, due to venturing too deep, he was intercepted by the Xiongnu people Chanyu. Ultimately, Li Guangli died in battle, and the Han Army was completely wiped out!

Emperor Wu of Han's four campaigns against the Xiongnu people all ended in disastrous defeat, with over 100,000 Han Soldiers dying tragically on the frontier.

Facts proved that this tactic truly couldn't be executed without Huo Qubing.

But unfortunately, Emperor Wu of Han, until the end of his life, never again met a General like Huo Qubing, who was naturally blessed, never constrained, and won every battle.

The closer Lin Yue got, the more shepherds he encountered, but without exception, they were all lying on the ground, already dealt with by the scouts.

Crossing a dirt slope, the Xiongnu people Encampment, stretching for several li, appeared before their eyes!

"Kill!"

Lin Yue shouted!

"Kill!" the Generals and Soldiers responded, their voices shaking the heavens!

The Soldiers in the Xiongnu people camp were somewhat shocked by the sudden shouts and instinctively looked over.

They saw a white Army, forming a line, surging towards them like a tide!

The Xiongnu Danghu in the main tent dropped his wine cup to the ground, and everyone ran outside to investigate the situation.

"What's going on?" the Xiongnu Danghu asked drunkenly.

"It seems... it seems to be the Qin Army!" a leader said, trembling.

"Hahaha, you must have had too much to drink, where could the Qin Army possibly reach here?" the Xiongnu Danghu laughed loudly, picked up his wine cup, and poured himself another drink.

"Come, come back and keep drinking!" the Xiongnu Danghu laughed.

"My Lord, there really is a Qin Army!" the Xiongnu people leader shouted anxiously.

Then he drew his scimitar from his waist, but before he could even turn around, a long spear pierced through his chest, the tip emerging, a few drops of blood slowly dripping.

"What are you doing, do you intend to rebel?!" The Xiongnu Danghu clearly hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation. Seeing someone rush into the main tent, he reprimanded them.

Then Lin Yue approached the main tent, sniffed, and asked, "Drunk?"