189: Maodun's envoy

“Is he drunk?”

“This humble general thinks so,” Zhao Yun nodded.

“Kill him,” Lin Yue said.

Zhao Yun then thrust his spear. Although the Xiongnu Danghu was in a drunken state, years of martial arts instinct still made him instantly sober up and draw his saber to block.

But how could he be a match for a First-rate Military General like Zhao Yun!

After a few breaths, he lay on the ground in a 'big' character shape, his hands and feet pierced by spearheads, with several large holes gushing blood like a spring.

Lin Yue smiled at Zhao Yun, drew his Miao Blade, and struck the Xiongnu Danghu, who had no power to resist, ending his torment.

This was a pre-arranged kill-stealing act between the two. Although somewhat shameless, Lin Yue didn't care at all!

He only cared about rewards!

Zi Long was alone, and his weapons and warhorse were both top-tier equipment gifted by Lin Yue, so merit points were naturally useless to him.

But Lin Yue was different; he had a town of people in Crane Wild City waiting for him to support!

With so many mouths to feed behind him, the town needed to develop, and the Guard needed equipment, which forced him to do this.

【Congratulations to the player for slaying a foreign High-level Military General!】

【Reward to player: 10,000 merit points!】

“33,140 merit points now,” Lin Yue murmured to himself.

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the shouts of battle outside gradually subsided. At this moment, Zhao Ponu came in and said:

“My lord, I have inquired among the Xiongnu people and found out that this Local Official supported Modu, the Xiongnu people Prince, and Modu's envoy is also here!”

“Modu?” Lin Yue said in surprise. Modu's reach was too long, and he even sent an envoy for a mere Local Official.

Indeed, he was a man of great ambition, never looking down on even small gains!

He wouldn't even let go of mosquito legs!

“Where is the envoy? Bring him up,” Lin Yue asked.

Zhao Ponu said, “They said the envoy was drinking with the Xiongnu Danghu, so he should be with the Local Official now.”

Lin Yue looked at the corpses strewn across the ground and sighed:

“Search them, see if anything useful can be found.”

Seeing Lin Yue's expression, Zhao Ponu understood that Modu's envoy had truly become a dead man on the ground.

He bent down and rummaged through the bodies of several people, and indeed, he found a letter.

“My lord, I found a letter,” Zhao Ponu handed the letter up.

Lin Yue opened it and saw that it was written in Xiongnu people script. Since he possessed the 'Xiongnu people Language Proficiency' skill, he read it carefully.

Then Lin Yue handed the letter to Zhao Yun: “Send a few people who know the way to deliver this letter to General She Jian.”

“Understood!” Zhao Yun took the letter and responded.

Modu truly had great ambition, Lin Yue thought to himself.

Touman Chanyu wasn't even dead yet, and Modu was already making such big moves. No wonder Touman couldn't bring himself to like him.

This was a veritable wolf, currying favor with the Left Wise King, dividing the Right Wise King, and attempting to unseat King Baiyang to install his own people.

This fertile Hetao Plain, if not for the large-scale invasion of their Qin Army, would probably have fallen into his hands in a few more years!

By then, with the assistance of the Left Wise King, the first king below the Chanyu, and the support of half of the Ordos Loop, his strength would greatly increase.

At that time, he might prematurely execute his plan of patricide, and a great change would occur on the steppe, giving birth to a more powerful Xiongnu people dynasty, entrenched on the border and eyeing the Central Plains covetously!

If the plan were to advance, he might invade southward during the Central Plains' internal strife, and by then, the Central Plains would be engulfed in war.

After all, Modu was the man who forced Emperor Gaozu of Han to break through at Mount Baideng and ultimately escape by bribery.

He also initiated the precedent of the Han Dynasty reluctantly adopting the Heqin policy towards the Xiongnu people.

For such a fellow, if he could be suppressed for a period, he must be suppressed for a period!

Moreover, suppressing Modu was also beneficial to little brother Wuluoli. If Wuluoli could come to power, it would definitely be a great thing for Great Qin!

Suddenly, Xing Daorong stepped into the main tent: “My lord...”

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Yue said, “Slaughter them all.”

Xing Daorong was stunned, then nodded and walked out.

“My lord, killing surrendered enemies is inauspicious...” Li Mu did not know the contents of the letter; he only felt that with Bai Qi's example, he worried that misfortune would befall Lin Yue.

The previous Xiongnu people camp was utterly depraved, so slaughtering the camp was understandable, but surely one couldn't kill at every place they arrived.

Once the title of 'butcher' was placed upon Lin Yue, it would be a severe blow to his reputation, and his future path would also be very difficult.

Others might not feel much about killing captives, but Li Mu, as a native-born second-generation official of Great Qin, had heard of Bai Qi's great name and his fate since childhood.

After all, Bai Qi's incident was only forty years ago, and many of the eyewitnesses from back then were still alive today!

This made him unable to help but worry!

“Li Mu, you don't need to say anything more, I understand the reasoning.

But for the sake of the Qin People, what does it matter if I am cursed by the world? Moreover, I am killing Xiongnu people, and blood debts must be paid with blood.”

Lin Yue felt a warmth in his heart upon hearing Li Mu's advice, but his resolve did not waver in the slightest.

Li Mu wanted to continue speaking, but Lin Yue did not give him the chance, walking directly outside.

“A Rong, leave some of the leaders for me, I'll do it myself!” Lin Yue shouted!

This shocked Li Mu immensely, thinking, could it be that Lin Yue had killed too many Xiongnu people recently, leading to an evil spirit possessing him? Slaughtering camps consecutively wasn't enough, and now he even wanted to personally act?

Lin Yue was not like this in the past!

If Lin Yue knew what Li Mu was thinking, he would surely burst into laughter.

He was a good person, never wanting to stain his hands with blood, but being in Great Qin, he had to consider the Qin People.

Eliminating one more Xiongnu people today meant a few less Qin People would die tomorrow.

Ancient inter-ethnic wars were always unending, especially when both sides were powerful.

The tragic events of the Five Barbarians' Uprising in China were vivid in his memory, serving as a warning to Lin Yue.

Of course, the most important thing was that he had forgotten to act personally before; these people were all merit points!

Thinking of the merit points he had missed before, Lin Yue felt immense heartache!

But what was done was done, the dead could not be resurrected. He couldn't revive them and then have Lin Yue kill them again, so Lin Yue could only accept this outcome.

“Pfft!” Lin Yue, imitating an executioner, spat a mouthful of wine onto a great saber, then swung it down with force!

【Congratulations to the player for slaying a foreign Mid-Level Military General, reward to player: 5,000 merit points!】

【Congratulations to the player for slaying a foreign Initial-stage Martial General, reward to player: 1,000 merit points!】

...Lin Yue killed sixteen Xiongnu Generals in a row, and his merit points accumulated to 62,140.

He had never felt that obtaining merit points was so simple!

Lin Yue washed his hands and returned to the main tent.

After another jing guan (corpse display) was built, the White Horse Righteous Cavalry, fully loaded with replenished food, set off again towards King Baiyang's camp!