Qin Gong

Chapter 729: Massacre, Dikun's pleas for mercy

Chapter 729: Massacre, Dikun's pleas for mercy

Boom boom boom~!

In the Hun camp, men, women, old and young were walking together when they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.

From one or two people at the beginning, the sound gradually became louder later, and more and more Xiongnu women and old people noticed the increasingly clear noise. At this time, many people looked at each other in confusion.

Could it be that the Chanyu has returned from the south?

The voices of the Huns talking could be heard everywhere. Amidst the discussions, no one knew that just outside the Hun camp, two Hun men on horseback were galloping for their lives. They looked so panicked and frightened, not to mention how miserable they were.

While the Huns near their camp were watching and wondering what had happened to the two men, suddenly a mighty group of cavalry appeared behind the mound.

"Who are those people?"

"Yuezhi? No, no! It's the Qin people. The Qin people are coming!!!"

Seeing the surging cavalry, countless Huns turned pale. A few knowledgeable Huns had already recognized that those cavalry were all Qin cavalry.

Seeing this scene, accompanied by screams, all the Huns ran into the camp in panic.

"Run! The Qin people are coming!"

"Run! The Qin people are coming! The Qin people are coming!!!"

Exclamations continued to ring out in the intricate camp, and with the news, the Huns, young and old, who had been bullying the women in the Central Plains, were all stunned. The young Huns were fine, as they rarely left the Hun camp and moved with the tribe wherever they went. Therefore, most of their impression of the Qin cavalry still remained on the previous battle with the Chanyu and the draw with him.

The old Hun men, who were naked from the waist down and grinning smugly, turned pale in an instant after they came to their senses. Their hands and feet trembled uncontrollably and they didn't even have time to pull up their pants. When they heard the sound of horse hooves approaching, they ran frantically towards other places where they could hide.

These old Xiongnu people knew better than anyone whether the Qin people's previous battle with the Chanyu ended in a draw.

Now, upon learning that the Qin cavalry was suddenly approaching, these old Hun warriors who had lived for most of their lives knew that if they were caught, they would die instantly.

"Chief! Chief, it's bad, the Qin people are coming to kill us!"

Di Kui was preparing to leave after explaining things to some women with his confidants when he suddenly saw a Hun man running towards them in a hurry, pointing to the west with a pale face.

Hear the words.

Diqi's pupils shrank. Amid the exclamations that came from all around him, Diqi calmed down and looked carefully to the west. Sure enough, he soon heard some movement.

"Qin people!"

Diqi shook his head, looking somewhat surprised and as if in disbelief, he looked towards the west.

"How could the Qin people appear from the west?"

Diqi murmured something, and when he came to his senses, he vaguely heard the sound of killing coming from the west.

"Go and tell the Xiongnu to bring their people back immediately! Take all the women and run away! Quick! Let's stop the Qin people!"

Di Kun turned around and spoke to a confidant, then instructed the other women to take as many women in the tribe as possible to escape. As soon as he finished speaking, Di Kun jumped on his horse.

The other Hun men around him, after some hesitation, finally had to mount their horses. Like Di Kui, their parents, wives and children were all in the camp. They would not and could not escape.

the other side.

Inside the Hun camp.

As the Qin cavalry rode into the camp in a mighty force, the few Hun men were almost instantly overwhelmed by the cavalry army that was like a black tide. Unlike the Hun's bows, the powerful Qin crossbow, in the hands of the elite Iron Eagle warriors, could kill any Hun man in less than a breath.

As the Qin cavalry poured into the camp, they saw countless tents filled with Central Plains women who had been captured and raped. The Iron Eagle Warriors who had been stationed inside the pass all year round had never seen such a scene before.

At this moment, all the soldiers understood why Daliang Zao gave the order to massacre all the Xiongnu people, regardless of women, children, age or seniority.

"kill!!!"

Bai Yan rode on a war horse with the tip of his sword pointing into the camp. He gave a direct order to the Iron Eagle Warriors that no Huns should be spared.

Among the three thousand Iron Eagle Warriors, Bai Yan has dispatched one thousand cavalrymen to surround the camp in two groups. Any Xiongnu woman who wants to escape on horseback must not be let go.

Two thousand cavalrymen to massacre the tribe was enough for Bai Yan.

After all, these two thousand cavalrymen are Iron Eagle Warriors, and the Xiongnu tribe is no longer the overlord that controls the entire grassland as it was in later generations.

"kill!"

Perhaps because he felt that his warhorse was getting in the way, Bai Yan dismounted directly and looked at those naked women from the Central Plains lying on the muddy ground, some of whom had been brutally slaughtered.

Bai Yan's eyes were colder than ever before. Holding a sword in one hand, he came to a tent and opened it. A sharp blade was chopped down, but Bai Yan, who was prepared, dodged it easily. He put his sword on the neck of the old Hun in front of him, stepped forward step by step, and then wiped it.

Accompanied by blood splattering.

When Bai Yan and the Iron Eagle Warriors behind him arrived at the tent, they saw a Xiongnu woman shivering in the corner while holding three Xiongnu children.

Bai Yan raised his hand to signal, and in an instant two Iron Eagle Warriors came forward with spears and stabbed the woman to death without hesitation. Seeing that the child was trying to escape, the Iron Eagle Warriors showed no mercy either. Another older child, about eleven years old, rushed to Bai Yan with a ferocious face and tearful eyes, as if he wanted to eat Bai Yan.

Seeing this, Bai Yan thought of the Central Plains women outside. Looking at this child, an unprecedented hostility instantly filled his heart.

Looking at the Hun child waving his fist, Bai Yan quickly used force from his waist and swept the sword with his backhand. In an instant, he saw the Hun child, who had originally had a hideous face, howling in pain, raising his hands, and surprisingly, one of his fists had only half of the fingers left, and blood was constantly gushing out from the five half fingers.

The Hun child's face was pale. He had never experienced such a scene before. He kept retreating as he looked at the blood gushing out. He watched the man from the Central Plains step forward in front of him, his pale face filled with fear.

The Hun child did not want to die, and just as he turned to run away, a sharp sword had already chopped off the back of his neck. A trace of blood splattered on the ground, and the Hun child fell to the ground.

After counting the breaths.

The curtain of the tent was opened. Bai Yan held a sword in one hand and wiped his cheek with his bloody hand. He looked coldly at the Huns who were screaming and fleeing everywhere in the Hun camp.

"Kill! Leave no one behind!"

Bai Yan saw the Iron Eagle Warriors around him looking at him and gave the order without any emotion in his eyes.

Then, Bai Yan walked in the camp, holding a sword in one hand and the head of a Xiongnu child who was over ten years old in the other. Looking at the Central Plains women running away, Bai Yan gradually noticed that there seemed to be sounds of fighting coming from the front.

After a while.

On the main roads of several camps, Di Di was waving his scimitar breathlessly, as his trusted men fell one after another. After his arm was cut, he quickly swung his scimitar, injuring a Qin cavalryman and forcing the others to retreat.

As the chief of one of the Xiongnu tribes and also the confidant of Chanyu Tuoman, Di Kun was looking at the warriors of the surrounding tribes being hacked to death one after another, and even being defeated by these Qin cavalry in a one-on-one fight. Di Kun had realized that this Qin cavalry definitely had an extraordinary origin and was definitely not the ordinary border cavalry he had encountered before.

"Who is your general?"

Diqi is not as reckless as Guhe. After knowing the other party's background and knowing that he is no match for him, negotiation or delaying time is Diqi's best option.

Just as he finished speaking, Diqi suddenly saw a figure through the gap between several Qin cavalrymen in front of him.

When he saw the figure clearly, his pupils were filled with horror.

"Bai! Bai...Bai Yan!"

Di Kun knew that he had not made a mistake in identifying the person. That figure had already been firmly imprinted in Di Kun's mind.

Diqi will never forget in his life that figure in the heavy rain, closing his eyes and letting the mud and water splash onto his face. Just when he and all the Hun warriors thought that Chanyu Tuoman would knock the opponent down and eventually win by strength.

In front of everyone's surprised gaze, the figure turned sideways and raised the sword, piercing through Touman Chanyu's body and pinning him to the ground. No matter how Touman Chanyu struggled, he could not move.

That scene not only shocked Dikui, but was also a scene that all the Huns who saw it could not forget, even though many of them were killed later.

And the sword is still on his back. He was originally planning to take it to the south and hand it over to Chanyu Tuoman.

at the moment.

Diqian couldn't believe that Bai Yan would appear here.

What made Diqian even more desperate was that when Bai Yan led the Qin cavalry here, the camp was empty and there were not many strong men defending it.

"Da Liang Zao!"

When Qin Sui saw Bai Yan, he held the bloody Qin sword in his backhand, stepped back to make way, and bowed to Bai Yan.

"Qin's Great Minister, we the Xiongnu are willing to submit to Qin. Please order us to withdraw our troops. We are willing to ask Chanyu Touman to withdraw our troops immediately!"

Diqi spoke with rapid breathing, ignoring the bleeding wounds on his body, and quickly saluted Bai Yan, expressing his submission to Bai Yan with the highest etiquette of the Huns.

While Di Ku was speaking, the other two Xiongnu men behind him were instantly killed by the long spears of the Iron Eagle Warriors. As the long spears were pulled out, the two men immediately fell together with the other corpses.

At this moment, there were no more living Huns around Diqi.

"Da Liangzao, we the Xiongnu are willing to submit to the Qin State, pay tribute every year, and serve the King of Qin. Please spare our lives, Da Liangzao!"

Di was afraid that Bai Yan would not be able to understand his poor words, so he knelt on the ground immediately.

For the sake of his people, at this moment Di Kui chose to discard the scimitar in his hand. He was a very famous wise man in this grassland tribe, also a tribal leader and a Huns warrior. He chose to kneel down and submit to Bai Yan, and kowtow to Bai Yan in the simplest and most straightforward way.

However, under the watchful eyes of all the Iron Eagle Warriors around him, Bai Yan stepped forward and then walked past Qin Sui.

"It's you!"

Bai Yan looked at the Huns in front of him, whom he had some impression of. As he spoke, he threw the head in his hand to the ground and walked towards Dikui step by step.

"Da Liangzao! We, the Xiongnu, are willing to submit to the Qin State! We are willing to be the dogs of the Qin State. Please show mercy, Da Liangzao. All the women and children in our tribe are innocent. In the future, we can all raise sheep and horses and pay tribute to the Qin State!"

Di Kun was panicked, completely panicked. Bai Yan's words were very soft, but Di Kun could see that there didn't seem to be any kindness in Bai Yan's eyes.

Looking at Bai Yan stepping forward, Di Ku's eyes revealed despair. When he saw the bloody sword in Bai Yan's hand, Di Ku was horrified and scared, but he had no choice and did not dare to stand up.

"Wumuhu! Wumuhu, Wumuhu! Please help me tell Daliangzao that we, the Xiongnu, are willing to submit to the Qin State for generations and are willing to pay tribute and serve the Qin State!"

Suddenly, when he saw a figure not far away that he had some impression of, he shouted loudly, his words full of prayers.

If Di Kun remembered correctly, that man was a Hun named Wumuhu. He no longer cared why Wumuhu, a Hun, was with the Qin people. Now Di Kun only wanted to get Bai Yan, the chief military commander of Qin, to accept the Huns' submission and spare their women, children and the elderly.

Perhaps I should never mess with this man, this general of Qin, in this life!

In his mind, this is the most straightforward and touching thought at the moment. Thinking back to the past, Touman Chanyu and Guhe and others, they were always waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.

Compared with the tragic scenes around him, where tribal women and children were being slaughtered everywhere, and the figures of Qin cavalry killing people were everywhere.

Maybe I shouldn't have offended this person from the beginning.

Maybe I shouldn't have been thinking about going south to plunder, and shouldn't have been thinking about seeking revenge on this person!

Perhaps without all this, their Xiongnu tribe would not have experienced the current slaughter!

"what!"

"kill!!!"

Screams, cries, and pleas for mercy were heard. Women and children were stabbed to the ground by Qin cavalrymen holding Qin swords or long spears. Young Xiongnu children cried and shouted, and kept running away with looks of fear on their faces.

When Wumuhu heard what Diqi said, he thought about it, and when Bai Yan stopped, he translated it to Bai Yan.

Wumuhu did not stop Bai Yan, but put another option in front of Bai Yan.

Looking at Bai Yan who had stopped, not only Wumuhu was looking at Bai Yan, waiting for Bai Yan to make a decision, but Qin Sui and the other Iron Eagle soldiers were also waiting for Bai Yan's order.

There were traces of blood everywhere on the ground, and messy tents were everywhere. One after another, the women from the Central Plains who had experienced despair and now saw hope again, crowded together, squatted on the ground, and looked at the young figure.

"Submission? Tribute?"

As Bai Yan spoke, he looked at the killing all around him, and then saw the eyes of those Central Plains women, which revealed hope.

At this moment, Bai Yan seemed to see that behind these women were Central Plains families.

The shrill wails continued to ring out all around, some louder and some softer.

Di Ku knelt on the ground and watched Bai Yan walk forward step by step. With every step Bai Yan took, Di Ku's expression became more and more tense, and his body felt so pounding that it felt like his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

At the moment, Di Kui's only thought was to pray that Bai Yan would forgive the Xiongnu's previous offense and accept their submission.

Seven steps, six steps, five steps...

Perhaps it was because the battle between Bai Yan and Touman Chanyu in the heavy rain was still fresh in Di Kun's mind, so even now, Di Kun did not dare to suddenly attack and hold Bai Yan hostage.

When Bai Yan walked past, Diqi's tense body suddenly relaxed.

It seems to be no surprise... everything is still going to turn around!

"Hmm~!"

Suddenly, there was a fleeting sound of a sword breaking through the air, accompanied by a smear of blood. Diqi's eyes widened, his pupils trembled, he raised his hand and touched his neck in disbelief, then looked at his hands covered in blood.

After a moment, Diqi's body fell to the ground, stiff and twitching continuously.

"Today, don't let a single Hun leave this place alive!"

Bai Yan held the bloody Qin sword, looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, and gave orders to Qin Sui and other Iron Eagle soldiers. When he looked up at the surroundings of the camp, he saw the wailing Xiongnu women and children being hacked to death by the Iron Eagle warriors.

"If the Xiongnu want to pay tribute, then we should send the heads of all Xiongnu women and children to Xianyang as tribute!"

Bai Yan said, his eyes revealing a sense of indifference.

Qin Sui and other Iron Eagle soldiers heard this and continued to search the tents one by one without any hesitation. There were Iron Eagle soldiers patrolling and guarding the periphery. As long as the Huns women and children were in the camp, they would have no chance of getting out alive.

As for the massacre of Hun women, children, the elderly and the weak, after seeing the tragic scene of those Central Plains women being tortured to death, no Iron Eagle soldier would show mercy.

Whether it is the crying and begging Hun women or those little Hun children, they will not be able to leave alive today.

"After slaughtering the tribe, take them away from the grassland and return to the Central Plains!"

Bai Yan turned his head and looked at Wumuhu.

If Wumuhu could not bear to see the women and children of the Xiongnu being slaughtered, then leading these Central Plains women back to the Central Plains in the south might be a good choice. Bai Yan knew that if no one led the way, these Central Plains women who were captured on the grassland would have no idea how to walk back to the south.

More importantly, there was still fighting in the south. No matter how the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu fought, or who won or lost, as long as a small number of Xiongnu fled north and encountered these Central Plains women, these Central Plains women would face a massacre and would never be able to return to the Central Plains alive.

In addition to the information provided by Yangjin, Wumuhu's guidance also played a crucial role. Bai Yan also knew that this trip was really difficult for Wumuhu and his son.

"As ordered!"

Wu Muhu nodded in response.

"After returning, Akan's contributions will be enough to make him a general!"

Bai Yan promised softly.

Bai Yan knew very well that compared to any other words of comfort, none was as important as mentioning Akan. Wumuhu was Akan's father, and he cared about Akan more than anyone else.

"Thank you, Dairyōzo!"

As expected by Bai Yan, Wumuhu's pale and uneasy face instantly showed a hint of joy after hearing Bai Yan's words, and his expression gradually became excited.

Wumuhu, who had been traveling for business for many years, knew better than anyone that in Qin, one could overcome the gap in status just by being rich.

The identity of a general undoubtedly allowed Wumuhu to see the future prospects of his eldest son, and his future status in the Qin State would undoubtedly make him and his wife proud.

More importantly, the person who said this was the Great Liangzao of Qin State.

"You deserve this!"

Bai Yan had just finished speaking when Ji Heng suddenly came hurriedly with two soldiers. He came to Bai Yan with excitement on his face and raised his hand to report to Bai Yan that the soldiers in front had captured many hidden Huns, including not only the wife, two sons, and other elders of Touman Chanyu, but also the wives of the chiefs of other Hun tribes.

(End of this chapter)