To the First Emperor of Qin: The state has decreed this!

Chapter 415 Appointment as Left General!

"What should we do? What should we do now?"

The Chanyu grabbed Ji Dan by the collar. "Immortal Master! The person is almost here! Tell me, shall I accept them, or kill them?"

Ji Dan's face turned purple from being strangled, but he couldn't utter a single word.

Xiang Liang, standing to the side, gasped for breath, forcibly trying to calm himself.

He turned his head and stared intently at Ji Dan.

"Immortal Master, you are a celestial being descended to earth, with profound and far-reaching strategies. Now that we are at a critical juncture of life and death, you must come up with a solution!"

Otherwise, not only the Great Chanyu, but all of us will die in this icy wasteland! Xiang Liang urged urgently.

Feeling the immense grip on his neck and the undisguised killing intent in the Chanyu's eyes, Ji Dan knew that if he didn't speak up, he would never leave this royal tent today.

At the critical moment of life and death, Ji Dan forced herself to calm down.

He breathed heavily in the thin air inside the tent, mentally rehearsing the current situation.

To accept is to die, and to not accept is also to die.

The core of the Qin army's tactic of "driving away the old and weak" was that those who were old, weak, sick, or disabled would reach the tribe alive.

If they manage to reach the tribe's camp gates alive, this dead end will be sealed.

What if... what if they can't even get there?

A glint of light flashed in Ji Dan's eyes. He slapped the Chanyu's arm forcefully, indicating that he had something to say.

The Chanyu snorted coldly and released his grip.

Ji Dan slumped onto the carpet, coughing violently a few times. Ignoring his disheveled clothes, he immediately turned to look at the centurion who had just delivered the message.

"I'm asking you!"

Ji Dan's voice was shrill, tinged with a frantic urgency, "How far are those 30,000 driven old people, women, and children from our nearest tribal camp?"

The centurion swallowed hard and quickly replied, "Reporting to the Immortal Master, when the scouts came to report, they were about fifty li away from our southernmost small tribe."

"Fifty li..."

Ji Dan slapped his thigh suddenly, and his originally pale face instantly filled with wild joy!

"There's hope! Great Chanyu, there's hope!"

Ji Dan disregarded his image and got up from the ground, pointing outside the tent, "The Qin army is indeed ruthless, but they made a mistake!"

Fifty li (approximately 25 kilometers) is an insurmountable chasm for the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled on the snow-covered grasslands!

Touman Chanyu frowned, stepped forward, and pressed, "Stop beating around the bush! Just tell me your strategy!"

Ji Dan steadied his breathing and said with a sinister tone, "Great Chanyu, the Qin army only provides them with three days' worth of rations, right? Moreover, the weather on the grassland is extremely cold, and they lack warm clothing and tents."

"The Chanyu should immediately order the mobilization of our most elite and fastest light cavalry. Raise the Great Chanyu's banner and declare that we are going to 'rescue' our people who have been driven away by the Qin army!"

Both the Chanyu and Xiang Liang were taken aback by these words.

rescue?

If we go to rescue them now, are we just going to bring them back and have them starve?

Ji Dan noticed their confusion, gave a cold laugh, and continued to explain.

"We are going to rescue them, but our objective is not to bring them back, but to attack the Qin cavalry responsible for driving them away! We must constantly harass, charge, and form ranks around them."

"In this way, in order to guard against our surprise attack, the Qin army had to slow down its march and even had to stop and form a defensive formation."

And the 30,000 elderly, weak, women, and children were naturally forced to remain stranded in the wilderness!

Ji Dan said, enunciating each word clearly: "Every day the Qin army stops, the elderly, women, and children have to endure another day of freezing in the snow!"

Three days' worth of rations, if we can hold out for five or seven days...

Upon hearing this, Xiang Liang gasped sharply, instantly understanding Ji Dan's treacherous scheme.

Touman Chanyu was also shocked and suddenly realized.

Ji Dan, panting heavily, gave his final conclusion: "The Great Chanyu, we don't need to lift a finger to kill him, nor do we need to open the camp gates to welcome him. Heaven and the Qin army will solve this problem for us!"

"If we just drag them to their deaths in the wilderness fifty miles away, the old, weak, sick, and disabled will starve and freeze to death!"

"And you, Great Chanyu, not only did not abandon your people, but you were also a hero who sent troops to fight a bloody battle against the Qin army in order to 'rescue' them!"

"Once this is over, you can simply blame everything on the cruelty of the Qin army and this once-in-a-century white disaster!"

In this way, the food crisis will be resolved, your prestige will be preserved, and the utmost hatred of the twelve tribes towards the Qin Dynasty will be intensified!

A brief silence fell over the royal tent.

After hearing this plan, the Chanyu felt as if the clouds had parted and the sun was shining, and the gloom in his heart was swept away.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Touman Chanyu was so excited that he exclaimed "Good!" three times in a row, then slapped Ji Dan on the shoulder. "The Immortal Master is indeed a celestial being! This move of using someone else to do the dirty work and deceiving everyone is truly brilliant!"

The Chanyu, who was just on the verge of exploding with rage and about to kill, now looked at Ji Dan with eyes full of admiration.

Without bearing the infamy or wasting a single grain of rice, he could neutralize the Qin army's plan to exterminate their entire population, and even use the incident to boost morale.

This is a true miraculous escape from a desperate situation!

Standing aside, Xiang Liang watched the ecstatic Chanyu and the relieved Ji Dan, and had to admit that this plan was indeed extremely insidious and effective.

"Great Chanyu, there is no time to lose; the Qin army is advancing at any moment."

Xiang Liang cupped his hands in a gesture of respect and reminded them, "We must send troops immediately; we absolutely cannot allow those people to get even a step closer to our camp!"

"This chieftain understands!"

Touman Chanyu strode to the tent entrance, threw back the felt curtain, and roared into the cold wind outside: "Issue my order! Assemble three thousand of the fastest light cavalry, carrying my wolf-head banner! Follow me to 'rescue' our people!"

"Tell the warriors that the Qin army is brutal and is driving away our people! We must use our scimitars to slow their advance!"

As soon as the military order was issued, the Xiongnu royal court quickly sprang into action.

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at the same time.

North of the Yin Mountains was the former outpost camp of the Xiongnu.

Within the army's encampment, banners fluttered and warhorses neighed in the wind.

"All troops, form ranks!"

A powerful shout echoed across the command platform.

Zhang Fan stood on the tall wooden command platform, hands on his hips.

He was wearing heavy black iron armor and a helmet with a red plume.

This suit of armor is extremely well-made, with very smooth edges, and it looks very imposing when worn.

Below the command platform was a vast, dark array of Qin troops.

Spears stood like a forest, and shields stood like a wall.

At Zhang Fan's command, the thousands of Qin soldiers below moved in perfect unison.

"Left wing! Raise your weapons!" Zhang Fan waved his hand, pointing to the left.

"ha!"

The Qin soldiers in the left flank raised their long spears in unison, their movements without the slightest hesitation.

"Right wing! Crossbows!" Zhang Fan pointed to the right again, his face full of a triumphant smile.