Chapter 191 Believe and you will live up to your mission!
What's more, relying on tens of thousands of infantrymen to cross thousands of miles and deliver food and grass safely to Meng Tian under the surveillance of 100,000 enemy cavalry is nothing short of a fantasy!

Did the Thirteenth Prince underestimate the strength of the Xiongnu cavalry?

In front of those cavalry, the Snow Dragon Cavalry Regiment of more than a thousand could play a very small role, and the 80,000 infantry had almost no resistance in front of the 100,000 cavalry.

Before Han Xin responded, Wang Ben could not help but express his concerns.

"My lord, the Xiongnu cavalry is extremely fierce, and each of them is a skilled rider. They come and go like the wind. Without more than three times the number of people, it is impossible to resist them head-on!"

This matter concerns the life and death of Meng Tian and his brothers and the safety of northern Qin. Meng Yi also gave advice: "That's right, sir. We can't take it lightly when dealing with the Xiongnu."

"I propose to recall the 300,000 Nanyue troops led by Zhao Tuo to help us march north!"

"With this large army escorting the food and fodder, it should be delivered to Meng Tian smoothly within two months."

"In this way, our 500,000-strong army will be able to fight against the 100,000 Xiongnu cavalry and drive them back outside the Great Wall!"

Meng Yi's strategy was to drive the Xiongnu cavalry back to the grassland rather than annihilate them completely.

Everyone was silent, because everyone understood that the Hun cavalry was as fast as lightning.

It might be easy to drive them away, but it was much easier said than done to destroy them! If they were not driven back to the grasslands, even if the 100,000 cavalrymen wreaked havoc in the Qin territory, it would be difficult to capture them even if ten times the number of Qin soldiers were dispatched.

As for the bold idea proposed by the Thirteenth Prince to annihilate 100,000 Hun cavalry within the territory of Daqin, no one believed it.

Not to mention that what Han Xin said, that they only needed to add another 200,000 infantrymen to completely destroy them, sounded more like empty rhetoric.

Even if we add another two hundred thousand, we will not be able to confront the Xiongnu cavalry head-on, let alone annihilate them completely!

How is it possible to completely wipe them out? !

At this moment, Ying Heng had only one urgent idea in his mind, which was to transfer all the Qin troops in Nanyue to the northern border, take advantage of the brief peace after Xiang Yu's demise, expel the Huns in one fell swoop, and rescue the 300,000 troops under Meng Tian's command.

As for South Vietnam, if they dare to take advantage of the situation, their fate in the future will be duly settled, and for now they can only bear the possible losses with great pain.

However, they were not Ying Heng, and could not see through his advanced tactical ideas, nor could they understand Han Xin's military talent that subverted the times.

Ying Heng knew very well that it was useless to talk too much, so he no longer tried to explain to this group of confused people and no longer made unnecessary explanations.

He decisively ordered: "Huo Qubing, you will be the vanguard, lead 1,700 Snow Dragon Riders, set off immediately, head straight for the northern border, and swear to protect the people of the Great Qin from being harassed!"

"The army will follow soon. You will be dispatched by Han Xin to recapture the Great Wall defense line and ensure that the Xiongnu cavalry cannot escape."

"I will send another 5,000 auxiliary soldiers, 1,700 heavy armored soldiers, 1,700 Zhuge crossbows, and each soldier will be equipped with 20,000 crossbow arrows!"

"Can you... finish it?"

Huo Qubing saluted firmly in response: "I obey your orders, General!"

Those 1,700 Great Snow Dragon Riders were the elite troops that had not yet been activated in the Ying Heng system.

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"Han Xin!"

"The general is here!"

"You will be the commander-in-chief of this battle. Your only goal is to annihilate the invading Huns!"

"I grant you 1,300 Great Snow Dragon Riders, each equipped with a Zhuge Crossbow, 10,000 crossbow arrows, and 10,000 Golden Spear Soldiers, led by General Mu Guiying."

"Three thousand divine arrow troops, led by General Lu Bu, will fight with you." "Eighty thousand Qin warriors, with Wang Ben as the chief and Wang Li as the deputy, will be at your disposal."

"Three thousand wooden oxen and flowing horses are used to transport food and fodder. At the same time, Xiao He from Pei County is dispatched to assist you in managing the food and fodder."

"You can come to my tent later to discuss the specific action plan. In this battle, you can only win, not lose! Can you do it?"

Han Xin's face was solemn: "Xin, I will not fail in my mission!"

"Meng Yi, you will accompany the central army and serve as the military supervisor. Assist Han Xin and other generals to ensure that the army is united and forms a strong fighting force!"

Meng Yi accepted the order, but his eyes lingered on the First Emperor for a moment, which was meaningful.

Ying Heng turned to the First Emperor and said sternly, "Zhao Zheng, I appoint you as the captain of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, commanding 1,300 Great Snow Dragon Cavalry."

"Another 5,000 dragon cavalry auxiliary soldiers, 1,300 heavy armors, and 1,300 Zhuge crossbows will be deployed to assist Han Xin in carrying out special strategic tasks, rescuing Fusu and Meng Tian, ​​and destroying the Xiongnu in one fell swoop on Qin soil."

"Are you up to the task?!"

In the face of the invasion of the Xiongnu, the safety of his son Fusu, the life and death of Meng Tian and 300,000 frontier troops, the First Emperor did not hesitate. He clasped his fists and responded: "I will serve you till death!"

Ying Heng's deployment was like a military order, and no one could disobey it, but various questions still lingered in everyone's mind.

Who are these ten thousand golden spear soldiers?
What are the origins of Mu Guiying and Lu Bu?
What kind of army is the Three Thousand Divine Arrow Battalion?
Ying Heng was fully aware of the current military urgency, so he gave the order decisively without further explanation.

Huo Qubing accepted the task and led 1,700 mighty Snow Dragon Riders out at full speed. Their mission was to protect the millions of people on the northern border, which could not be delayed.

The infantry armies of Wang Ben and Wang Li followed suit, as resolute as a steel torrent.

Immediately afterwards, Ying Heng summoned Mu Guiying and Lu Bu to discuss the plan with everyone.

Afterwards, he pulled Han Xin aside, explained important matters to him in private, and taught Han Xin the secrets of using the golden spear soldiers, archers, and wooden oxen and flowing horses.

Only Han Xin is capable of mastering these secret weapons.

At this moment, after Ying Heng communicated with the system in his mind, the 10,000 golden spear soldiers in the distance completed their formation. They held eight-foot-long spears in their hands, possessed unique skills, had deep internal strength, and were as powerful as a rainbow. They were the invincible elite on the battlefield.

Back then, the Yang family relied on this army of golden spears to terrify the Liao army and cause it to be defeated.

After being strengthened by the system, the strength of these 10,000 Golden Spear Soldiers has become even stronger than before, second only to the Great Snow Dragon Riders, becoming the strongest melee force in the world.

The three thousand warriors of the Divine Arrow Camp are all strong, with broad backs and strong arms, as if they contain infinite power.

They carried nine-stone bows on their backs. Ordinary archers could only pull one stone, but these archers could pull nine stones, and their range and accuracy far exceeded that of ordinary people.

Lu Bu, the strongest archer, could pull a strong bow of twenty to thirty stones and take the enemy's head within a thousand meters as easily as taking something out of a bag.

The three thousand warriors of the Divine Arrow Battalion given by the system also possessed this ability. They could shoot arrows without missing a target within five hundred steps. If they used projectiles, they could also cause fatal blows from seven or eight hundred steps away.

Such a sharpshooter is hard to find in normal times, but now there are three thousand of them!

The wooden ox and horse, with only one person driving them, could easily drag hundreds of kilograms of food and fodder across the land, greatly reducing the burden of human and animal power and ushering in a new era of logistics and transportation.

What's even better is that they have mechanisms hidden inside their bodies that will launch unexpected counterattacks if the enemy has any ill intentions.

Note: Lu Bu and the Three Thousand Divine Arrow Battalion are rewards given by the system when defeating the Chu army. For the sake of narrative coherence, they are mentioned here and a brief explanation will be given later.

(End of this chapter)