Half an hour later, the battlefield was cleared, thousands of soldiers gathered in formation, a large number of adult Hun men's heads were cut off and piled up together, and the accompanying military officials counted their merits, and some heads with patterns on their faces were treated differently and were hung on their horses by some soldiers and brought back as trophies.

Pattern, is the symbol of the Hun warriors, only the bravest Hun men, can tattoo some special patterns on the face after the blessing of the wizard, the meaning of these patterns no one knows, the legend is that it originated from ancient witchcraft, but for the generals of Daqin, there are patterns means that there is a great military merit.

The Qin law stipulates that if an ordinary soldier kills an enemy officer, he can obtain a first-class knighthood and become a public officer, and he can get a hectare of land, a house, and a servant.

The Huns don't know how to make armor, so they generally don't wear armor, and all the people are soldiers, but not killing any of them can get military merits, generally at least adult men over fifteen years old will be counted as military merits, as for the guy with patterns on his face, that is, the most courageous tribal warriors, enjoy honorable treatment in the tribe, and definitely belong to the main force of the battle, generally a tribe of 100 people, only three or five people can have the opportunity to tattoo patterns, these people are actually equivalent to the Qin army in the commander or even the chief and other low-level armor officers, If you hack one to death, you can be tired of a military merit, ordinary soldiers can be knighted, and if you have two people in the family who commit crimes, you can be released directly, if your wife is a slave, you can change into a commoner, if you hack five to death, you can get five families as servants, you can be long, you can drive for the emperor, the land and real estate will naturally increase many times, and you can serve as an official such as a tour in the township.

However, the higher you go, the more difficult it is to get a higher title, and you need to kill several times the enemy who is in the same position as you or the enemy who is higher than your own position, for example, if you want to become a commander, then you must kill at least five enemies or one commander, and the enemy definitely does not have so many officers to kill everyone, and the final military merit is a pyramid-shaped distribution group.

However, there is another kind of military merit, that is, winning a battle, a big victory, the junior officer is promoted to one level, and the big official is promoted to the third level, so if ordinary soldiers want to be promoted, they can only win by all their efforts, and finally they can get the title of knight for meritorious deeds, which is why the Qin army is so fierce and hardworking.

"General Yu, the capture and prisoner count has been completed, and a total of 238 adult Hun barbarians have been killed, including 25 soldiers, 272 of the remaining minors or the old and infirm, 69 women, and the remaining 214 captives, old and young, cattle, sheep and horses cannot be counted, and countless people have escaped...... "A military official came to report.

"General, the prisoners have been interrogated after the counting, and some barbarians have escaped!" A lieutenant came running over to give a report.

"What?" Li Xin stood up suddenly, his face was quite angry, but he immediately calmed down and said: "It seems that it is no longer possible to continue the raid, the sentry is out of the thirty-mile alert, and I am afraid that there will be a tough battle next!" ”

"Hehe, it's good to fight hard, it's not fun to kill like this at all!" The lieutenant was covered in blood and licked his mouth excitedly.

"The Xiongnu general has not fought head-on, but according to the previous military reports, it is definitely not so weak in front of us, this time we are just because of the benefits of the harness, have you asked, where are the strong tribes of the Xiongnu nearby?" Li Xin said with some unhappiness.

"General, I have already inquired, there is a big tribe called Hutu a hundred miles away from here in the west, and the tribal leader is called Xubu Kunjia, who calls himself Kunjia Shan Yu, and has four or five thousand fierce warriors under his command......"

"Four or five thousand? If it is really a large tribe, plus men, women and children are estimated to be at least close to 20,000 people, get ready, this is a tough battle, don't underestimate the enemy in this battle, otherwise Ben will not help pull the corpse back, pass it on, hurry up and rest and eat, and prepare to attack after half an hour! ”

"Oh~" Du Wei hugged his fists and took the order.

Half an hour later, it was already late afternoon, although they had eaten and drunk enough, they were still sleepy and tired, but the soldiers still began to quickly pack up their weapons and harness and prepare for departure under the military order.

For three days in a row, he raided seven or eight Xiongnu tribes, and his own losses were negligible.

None of the five thousand horsemen died, only more than ten were wounded, and a few sentry spies were attacked by wild wolves in the middle of the night, but the results of the raid were also gratifying, and the attack killed nearly 3,000 Hun men, thousands of prisoners, countless cattle, sheep and horses, and Li Xin did not count, because these things could not run away if they were thrown on the grassland, his mission this time was not to capture or to take heads, let alone captured trophies, but to completely turn the Huns in Hetao into slag, which was the request of Qin Shi Huang when he came, and for an officer of Li Xin's level, the prisoners and supplies are useless to him, only by recovering Henan, he can get the final military merits, no matter how many Huns he killed, but in the end he did not succeed, then he will never have any chance to wash away the shame of the defeat of Chu.

Therefore, in this war, he can only win and not lose.

What's more, with the saddle and stirrup this kind of labor-saving equipment, plus a strong bow and a sharp blade, this time even if it is five thousand military horses, he must gnaw Henan one bite at a time, and also with the advantage of harness can rest in the long-distance run, although the land of Henan has a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, but it is a grassland of a horse and a flat river, there are no mountains and no big rivers, the performance of the new horse equipment can just be perfectly played, plus there are two thousand troops on the side, There are still 3,000 troops behind him who are responsible for cutting off the enemy in Hebei, and if this is not enough, Li Xin feels that he can indeed be killed by a headlong crash.

"Where is General Su Jiao now?" Everything was ready to stop, and Li Xin called the commander of the army Shi over to ask.

"General Yu, according to yesterday's report, General Su Jiao's headquarters was three hundred miles away from the north of our army, and three small tribes were also wiped out along the way, and they have not received a report today, but they should be about two hours away!"

"Where's Captain Bully?" Li Xin yelled.

"The subordinates are here!" A young general of twenty-seven or eighteen years old stepped forward.

"Lead two hundred subordinates to the north to search for General Su Jiao's headquarters, don't be disturbed when you encounter the Xiongnu tribe on the way, after finding General Su Jiao, order him to approach the Hutu tribe, once the battle between our department and Hutu begins, let him attack from the flank and rear!"

"Oh~" The captain took the order and left.

"The whole army attacked, drove the captives to lead the way, and prepared for a decisive battle with the Hutu tribe!" Li Xin yelled after turning over his horse.

"Whoa!" A group of lieutenants around him were ordered to disperse.

Half an hour later, the 5,000-strong army set out again, a group of Xiongnu captives rode in front of their horses to lead the way, waving their banners and black armor like clouds, and tens of thousands of horses' hooves were like drums wrapped in a puff of dust to the west.

Their army was only responsible for the attack, which was Meng Tian's order, and as for the booty and prisoners, there was also the army leading the caravan that had already gathered at the pass of the Great Wall to receive it, and at the same time, there were also officials from the military department, the household department and the official department who were responsible for registration, and all the credit would still be credited to Li Xin's army in the end.

On the beautiful grasslands, there are only corpses, collapsed yurts, and unattended cattle, sheep and horses along the banks of the flowing streams, countless vultures and crows follow the smell of blood in all directions, and on the distant mountain packs, countless wild wolves are also howling in groups, ready to enjoy a feast of flesh and blood.

Less than an hour after Li Xin's army left, there was another vibration and the sound of horses' hooves on the ground, and a contingent of tens of thousands of people appeared again in the northeast direction, densely packed with black banners waving in the wind, in addition to the cavalry armed with bows and arrows, there were also a large number of chariots and horses in the ranks, it was the caravan that came to receive the booty along the direction of Li Xin's attack and the officials and household officials who were preparing to manage the occupied area.

According to the arrangement of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Officials, the occupied areas this time will be directly assigned to Shangjun, Beidi County, and Jiuyuan County, and the counties and townships will be placed for unified management.

Of course, these are all afterthoughts, and they can only be taken step by step.

A hundred miles away, there is a large tribe of the Huns, called Hutu.

The leader of the tribe was more than forty years old, burly and strong, with a violent and murderous temperament, and he spent ten years conquering more than ten small tribes around him, becoming the largest Xiongnu tribe within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, and now there are more than 20,000 people in the tribe, and the number of adult warriors in control of the strings has reached 4,000.

Subu Kunjia had an ideal, that is, to unify the land of Henan, become a noble Xiongnu Shan Yu, permanently occupy the vast grassland with abundant water and grass in Hetao, and wait for a suitable opportunity to break through the city wall and enter the Central Plains, robbing the grain, treasures and beautiful and docile women there.

Now in his big tent, there are hundreds of women snatched from the Central Plains, and his favorite is to destroy and humiliate these Qin women day and night, and he also heard that there are tens of thousands of beautiful concubines and palace maids in the emperor's harem of the Central Plains Great Qin, and when he thinks of so many young, beautiful, fair-skinned and smooth-skinned Qin women who can provide him with lewd pleasure, Xu Bu Kunjia was a little excited and couldn't help himself.

"When I unify Henan, I will also build a harem of 10,000 people, and I will rob the women of the Central Plains Emperor to live happily day and night!"

In the tent, Sub Kunjia pressed two naked Qin girls to the fur-covered ground, their bodies shaking and laughing maniacally.

"Report, Kunjia Shan Yu, there are Tuhua tribesmen from a hundred miles away to vote, saying that there is an emergency to report Shan Yu!" Outside the tent came a report from his subordinates.

"What kind of emergency will there be in the Earth Flower Tribe? Let him wait! Xu Bu Kunjia roared impatiently, and it took about half an hour for someone to bring the people of the Tuhua tribe in.

This is a middle-aged man with messy hair, his expression is frightened and his face is pale, and when he comes in, he kneels on the ground and says, "Kunjia Danyu, the Qin army has attacked our Tuhua tribe!" ”