Chapter 740: The Hesitant Gift

After hearing Li's question, King Zuo Xian cried loudly,

"O eldest prince! All our people were struck to death by thunder! The gods have given up on us, and the gods are protecting the people of Qin!"

"The barbarians betrayed us, they raided our royal court!"

"The Great Prince! Let's... Let's return for reinforcements quickly!"

King Zuo Xian cried extremely sadly. He led his people directly to besiege the county seat and was not on the battlefield.

So most of the people he brought with him are still there.

Why say most.

At that time, he was thinking about how to enslave the Qin people in the city in the future. Suddenly, bursts of thunder came from the direction of the battlefield.

He also looked at the sky. It was very clear. How could there be such a big thunder?

He didn't pay much attention to it, but when he looked at the battlefield, he realized that there was a straight line of smoke over there.

He was still wondering what it meant.

The city gate suddenly opened wide. Just when he thought the other party was about to surrender, groups of Qin troops came out.

He is not vain, he even wants it!

They fought directly with the opponent, but not long after the battle, a spy ran over and told him that the army was killed by thunder. .

He was stunned, and of course he ran away.

But when he was escaping, after he calmed down, he actually didn't panic and was even a little bit happy.

Most of the dead were people from other tribes, and his people also suffered losses, but the elites were all by his side and followed him to the county seat.

Not to mention, there are still many people in his own tribe.

In this situation where defeat is certain, he may replace Mao Dun and become the new chanyu of the Huns!

But when the next wave of spies brought news that the rear of the royal court had been breached, his mentality collapsed.

Now I just want to go back, but I don't think much about anything else.

Li listened to the other party's words, but his heart felt cold.

Yi and Lian on the side were full of excitement and were about to say something, but Li said in a deep voice at this time,

"King Zuo Xian, you lead your people into the pass immediately! We have to defend this place until my father comes here!"

King Zuo Xian, who had no idea, could only nod his head when he heard this, and then left with his people.

After King Zuo Xian left, Lian on the side shouted almost immediately,

"Hahaha! Big brother! Big brother! Did you hear it! Uncle won! I knew it! Uncle will definitely win!"

The Qin army had been losing before, and his confidence was actually a little shaken.

But now I realize that all this was arranged by my uncle!

Now that his uncle has won, how could he not be excited?

Yiye said with bright eyes,

"Brother! Uncle is uncle, the plan is so long-term!"

"Let's quickly gather the followers of the Tianshen Sect and seal the pass! Wait for uncle to come back!"

"Brother? Brother, what's wrong with you? Why don't you look good?"

After Yi talked for a while, he realized that Li's face didn't look good.

After hearing the question, Li glanced at the extremely excited Yi and Lian, thought about it, and then said with a bit of dignity,

"I just felt like something wasn't right."

"Too many of our people died."

This time the grassland army exceeded 300,000!

But now, excluding the Qiang and Yueshi, their hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu troops were almost wiped out.

Coupled with the ruined royal court, the Huns as a whole have lost almost half of their youth!

This is different from what his uncle told him before.

Yi and Lian on the side said somewhat disinterestedly,

"Brother, don't you yourself often say that now, harm is help?"

Li shook his head and replied,

"Necessary harm is help, but it should not be massacre."

This principle was taught to them by their uncle and Teacher Kong.

Lian, the youngest, curled his lips and replied,

"Brother, if you want to blame, blame that person for being too greedy! Too cruel!"

"If he doesn't attack Qin! How can uncle fight back?"

"Uncle is a god, with the power of thunder! He has tolerated it until now and didn't fight back. This is already a great mercy to our people!"

"Hmph, brother, did you listen to that person's words? Or are you greedy for the position of the tribe's chanyu? Are you afraid that if the tribe loses, your position will be gone?"

In Lian's heart, his uncle is a god!

He is also a little jealous of the title of Holy Son of Li. He is so good, he should be the Holy Son!

Hearing this, he couldn't help but frown slightly. He knew that his eldest brother was not a greedy person.

When a few people are together, good things are always given to them.

That means being beguiled by that person's words.

He did see it a few times, and that person always asked the eldest brother to go out and talk.

Soon, Yi's face became a little gloomy.

Li sighed slightly at this time. Indeed, if his father had not taken the initiative to attack Qin, such a thing would not have happened.

However, it is impossible to say that the death and injury of so many tribesmen did not have any impact on their hearts.

After pondering for a while, he said,

"I understand. Now that the Qiang and Yuezhi have heard about the failure of the army, there will definitely be trouble."

"We need to be prepared for them and tell our people to be prepared."

He was actually only a teenager now, and with such a change, he was indeed a little undecided for a while.

Now, he could only wait.

Sure enough, when the sky darkened slightly, the Qiang people and Yuezhi leaders who went out to plunder also came back.

Directly leading people to force their way through the pass.

The well-prepared ritual relies directly on defense.

They had long known how powerful the pass was. Seeing Li's tough attitude, the Qiang and Yuezhi did not attack.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while.

But Li knew that if he couldn't come up with a solution tomorrow, the other party would definitely take action.

He had doubts about his uncle, and he still felt a little hesitant in his heart.

That night, he did not sleep in the tent where he was discussing.

When the sky started to get brighter, there was a noise outside the tent, and soon a Hun messenger arrived in Li's tent and whispered,

"The eldest prince! The eldest prince! Shanyu has arrived outside the pass and wants you to see him!"

As he spoke, he also took out a token given by Mo Dun as a voucher.

Li was shocked when he heard this. Facing his father's request, he felt slightly hesitant.

He looked around, but there was no one to give him any advice.

After thinking carefully for a while, Li finally nodded and followed the messenger out.

At this time, in a small forest outside the pass.

Modun looked at Guankou expressionlessly. He still had some doubts about his son.

In the court of the Huns, he knew very well whether the relationship between father and son was reliable.

Today, his son is here and he is still his son.

If you don't come, you are the enemy!