Next autumn, the Xiongnu 20,000 cavalry entered the Han Dynasty and wanted to plunder Liaodong, but the prefect sent people to stop him.

——"Records of the Grand Historian-Biographies of the Huns"

Han Mo left, and life in Liaodong City was still calm.

After reading the letter of peace written by Han Mo, Chen Jiao held her chin with her hands, leaned against the windowsill and looked at Li Xi and Ji Zhen in the yard. Li Xi began to teach Ji Zhen’s martial arts personally since half a month ago.

"Jiaoer, aren't you going to the experimental area today?" Li Xi completed his homework with Ji Zhen and brought this little brother to Chen Jiao and asked.

"I'll go when Zhen'er goes to school." Chen Jiao smiled with a silly face.

"Sister, your hair is messy." Ji Zhen said, and he immediately shouted to the other end of the corridor, "Anu, come quickly!" Chen Jiao never learned how to comb the hair of a woman in the Han Dynasty. She was originally a palace maid from the Changmen Palace, and then Zhang Cui. Now combing her hair is an important task for her personal maid Anu.

"No need, I'll just combed it myself." Chen Jiao frowned. She really didn't want to appear so incompetent in this matter.

"Don't!" The person who grabbed her hand this time was Li Xi. Li Xi said with a smile, "If you have such good hair, you may be ruined if you tie such a few more knots. You might as well wait for Anu to come over."

"Brother-in-law!" Chen Jiao knew that Li Xi was talking about the embarrassing thing that she had knotted her hair when she arrived at their house first.

"Ha ha!"

Under the autumn sunshine, there is peace in Liaodong City.

"I don't know, what did Mr. Han say in the letter he sent this time?" Li Xi entered the house, poured himself a cup of tea to quench his thirst, and asked.

"He said he had arrived in Chang'an, and the answer was still satisfactory." Chen Jiao said without reservation. When Han Mo said in his heart that he had a long talk with the emperor, he was very incompatible, and he might have done something, he couldn't help but become more curious about Emperor Wu of Han.

"Is that?" Li Xi was not surprised by this. Han Mo is indeed a talented person, and going to the court can be regarded as a helper. However, Li Xi didn't realize that the song "The Wild Weeds" left by Han Mo inadvertently, and his eyes darkened. He thought to himself that Han Mo was also a good candidate for his sister-in-law. However, the sister in front of him is extraordinary. It would be fine if Han Mo was in the martial arts world. After entering the court, he would probably have a good result.

"However," Chen Jiao looked at Li Xi and said hesitantly, "Mr. Han has no foundation in the court. Why doesn't his brother-in-law say hello to Mr. Gongsun so that he can take care of him?"

"Jiaoer," Li Xi put down the teacup in his hand and turned his head and said, "Mr. Gongsun is a Confucian scholar who is cautious in obedience to his ministers. If he knew that we were the ones who established the city in Liaodong City, he would probably confess everything to the emperor without hesitation. At that time, Zhang Qian, Han Mo, you, me, and everyone in the city would probably have a life-threatening disaster."

"Mr. Gongsun is not..." Chen Jiao was shocked by Li Xi's analysis.

"Sir, you are not a person who will disrupt the Dharma with personal feelings. As long as he thinks what we do is harmful to the country, he will attack us without hesitation." Li Xi said lightly, "So, it's better not to let him know about some things."

"I understand." Chen Jiao nodded, feeling a little depressed. She was deeply impressed by her meeting with Gongsun Hong in Xinfeng more than a year ago, but she did not expect that there were many things that could not be said between herself and Gongsun Hong as Li Xi said.

While the two were talking, Gao Li rushed in: "Young Master! Someone just sent a letter. However, he must present it to you in person." Gao Li then took out a green bracelet from his hand and said, "The man said, this is a token."

When Li Xi saw the green bracelet, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes and asked, "Where is that person now?"

"It's in the hall." Gorry replied.

Li Xi came to the hall and found a man in black, holding his hands and waiting in the hall.

"Sky Eye!" Li Xi said to the man.

"See the Lord!" The man turned around and bowed to Li Xi. He was a very ordinary middle-aged man. He would not be recognized by anyone once he got into the crowd.

"Sky Eye, what happened?" Li Xi waved his right hand and signaled the man to get up, then asked.

"Return to the master, my subordinates have an emergency military report." Tianyan said.

"Emergency Military Information?!" Li Xi felt a little uneasy.

"Yes, according to the news received by his subordinates, the Xiongnu King Zuoguli will lead 20,000 cavalry to attack Liaodong City and will arrive in two days."

"What!" As soon as this said, Chen Jiao and Gao Li were shocked. What is the concept of 20,000 Hun cavalry? Last year, thousands of Hun cavalry entered the valley and plundered the Han court, and 20,000 Hun cavalry were probably enough to trample the entire Liaodong city into pieces.

"Why is it Liaodong City?" Chen Jiao asked excitedly. Since last year, the Huns and the Han Dynasty have fought fiercely on the border. The caravans and the refugees who have come one after another have given her a little understanding of the war in this world.

"Miss, since the second year of Yuanguang, the Huns and our Han commerce have been cut off. Although they have been harassing the border, they have not gained much. Now, the name of our wealthy city in Liaodong is spreading far across the grasslands. It is not surprising that the Huns have the idea of ​​plundering." Tianyan reported to Chen Jiao.

"This..." Li Xi walked back and forth in the hall, "It was only two days, and it was too late to send someone to Youbeiping to ask for help right now. Moreover, General Han Anguo was not the one who had the courage to come out of seclusion and block the enemy."

"Gauli, go and invite your Lord Father to come right now." Li Xi said to Gaulli.

"yes!"

While Li Xi was extremely worried about how to deal with this matter, Chen Jiao's mind was also running at high speed. Although Liaodong City was made of bricks and stones, there were a shortage of soldiers in the city, and ordinary people might not be the main force in defending the city. Although after Zhufu Yan arrived, he had been trying to build this city into a border fortress, in just a few months, even Zhufu Yan failed to achieve much effect. With the current individual quality of the Han soldiers, it is absolutely impossible for the thousands of soldiers in the city to deal with the upcoming 20,000 cavalrymen.

"Brother Li Xian, come and come, don't know what's going on?" The Lord's father Yan's heartfelt laughter came from outside the door. He lived a very comfortable life in Liaodong City. Li Xi knew his character well, so he asked Chen Jiao to leave him shares in the glass workshop he established. The huge profits he got from this company made Lord Yan so happy. At the same time, his life in this city was extremely comfortable. Lord Yan knew in his heart that he might have used some things that the emperor had not enjoyed at this moment.

"Master, brother," Li Xi looked at Master, and smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid our good days are over."

"What happened?" Master Yan looked at Li Xi's expression and felt that things might be a little bit unpleasant.

When Li Xi told the Lord Father Yan the news that the 20,000 cavalry of the Huns was about to arrive, he was not a little stunned. After all, although he could give advice, he was a scholar after all.

"Master, my father and brother, what I want now is, if you and I work hard, will all the 70,000 existing people in the city be sent out of the city within two days?" Li Xi asked with a wry smile. In the era when Wei Qing and Huo Qubing had not successfully defeated the Huns, the Han Dynasty's war against the Huns often had more attacks with less attacks, and even if they had the advantage, they might not be able to return to victory. Therefore, under this situation, the first thing Li Xi thought about was how to completely protect the people in Liaodong City.

"Brother Li Xian, there is a deserted place outside the city. Where can we send people? And there are only two days. Once the city wall is lost, these people will become ghosts under the hoof of the Huns' Iron Cavalry." Master Yan was also helpless.

"Can all this prosperity be turned into ashes under the iron hooves of the Huns?" Gao Li said blankly, hitting the point that everyone was most worried about, and putting the room into silence.

"No, no." Chen Jiao looked at the master Yan and Li Xi who were in painstaking thoughts, and knew that the crisis of the Huns was also very difficult for them.

Or there is still a way, think about it carefully, think about it carefully. Chen Jiao told herself in her heart. If she can't rely on the manpower she has now to win, then...

"Gaoli!" Chen Jiao looked at Gao Li who was staring blankly on the side and suddenly thought of something.

"Miss, what's the matter?" Gao Li was sad that the commercial city he dreamed of was about to disappear, but was shocked by Chen Jiao's sudden scream.

"Are the hot oil I asked you to put before, are you still there?" Chen Jiao asked.

"Hey, they are all locked in the warehouse." Gaoli nodded and said, "Because you said this thing cannot be ignited, my subordinates have never taken it out since they moved it into the underground warehouse. I think they are still there."

"Gaoli, go get some, be careful not to light the fire." Chen Jiao thought for a while and said.

"Yes!" Gao Li immediately responded.

"Jiaoer, do you have any good ideas?" Li Xi looked at Chen Jiao and asked without any hope.

"Or there is." Chen Jiao sighed and said, "Brother-in-law, do you have a map of this area? No, tell me if there are any places for ambush on the way to the Huns?"

"It is convenient for ambush?" Master Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this, but immediately became darker. "Miss Li, this is impossible. Even if there is such a place, relying solely on our existing forces, it is impossible to block these 20,000 cavalry outside the city, at most it will only slow down their marching speed. Moreover, doing so may anger the Huns, and by then, the people in the city will have no good fruit."

"I just want to know if there is such a place." Chen Jiao ignored the explanation of Zhufu Yan and looked straight at her brother-in-law, Li Xi.

"There are several places like that, but, as the master's father and brother said, it is impossible for us to fight against the Huns." Li Xi and Master's father Yan agreed on this matter.

"If so, let's plan carefully, or let the Huns retreat." Chen Jiao looked at Li Xi and Master Yan and sighed. Although she didn't understand the war, she had to take risks at this moment. If she let go of the city people and left at this time, she wouldn't have to take them away.

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"King, it's late now. Are we camping here?" A big man said to a man in a gorgeous dress beside him.

The man turned his head and was a man with a beard. From the fine lines at the corners of his eyes, he was a little old. He was the current King Zuo Guli of the Xiongnu, the younger brother of Junchen Shanyu, Yi Zhixie.

"Well, let's camp here." Yi Zhixie looked around and thought it was a camping place, so he nodded and agreed.

At Yi Zhixie's order, the Xiongnu troops stopped moving forward, camped on the spot, piled up fire racks, set up meat, and planned to start roasting today's dinner. At this time, a huge change suddenly broke out. Some of the torches hit the ground first, and after falling to the ground, the fire quickly ignited. The grasslands in autumn were dry and flammable, and the Huns did not care about it, and planned to step on the sparks. However, the fire spread rapidly beyond the expectations of the Huns. Soon the grassland where the Huns camped started a raging fire. Some of the soldiers who were resting were burned to death by the tent, while others were covered in fire and were in a mess. At the same time, the burning of the fire was mixed with the explosions, which added a lot of psychological pressure to the Huns. Many people even knelt on the ground, begging the heaven to calm their anger.

"What happened?" Yi Zhixie comforted his irritable mount and shouted angrily at the big man beside him, "Go and figure out what's going on right away and let these guys calm me down."

Although the Hun cavalry were all tribal warriors who had been strictly trained, humans' natural fear of unknown things inevitably appeared on them. It was not until Yi Zhixie personally took people to comfort them and slashed several cavalrymen who could not get up with a horse whip that they finally woke up.

"Sprinkle water on me!" Yi Zhixie directed his subordinates who had already woken up and asked them to fetch water to put out the fire.

"This fire cannot be extinguished with water." In the northeast, quite far from the Huns' camp, Chen Jiaoya looked at the raging fire in the west and said to Li Xi.

"This time the Huns are unprepared and will lose a lot of people." Master Yan stroked his beard and said, "I don't know what this thing is? It's really a weapon on the battlefield. If I can own it, then the Huns will not be afraid."

"This was discovered by a disciple of the Mo Sect by chance, and the little girl didn't know it." Chen Jiao lowered her eyes slightly and said. She did not want the court of this era to have such extremely dangerous weapons of destruction, especially when the relationship between the court and herself was still very complicated. Moreover, the Longmen Inn, which has a friendly attitude towards her, was a great help to her, and she did not want the court to harass them.

"It just so happens that it's autumn again, and there are so many dead grass on the grassland. The spread of the fire is probably not something that can be extinguished in a day or two." Li Xi bent down and picked up a dead leaf and said lightly.

"Sister, the master said they are ready." Ji Zhen trotted to Chen Jiao and Li Xi, turned over and dismounted and said to them.

"Is that true?" Chen Jiao touched his head and smiled at him, "Thank you for your hard work in Zhen'er." Then he said to Li Xi, "Brother-in-law, be careful on the road. Remember, our goal is just harassment. You and the soldiers must be careful, don't fight for your life."

"You brother know. Stay here first." Li Xi nodded and said to Master Yan, "My father and brother, my sister will ask you first."

"Brother Li Xian, please leave with confidence." The master Yan bowed and said solemnly.

"Sister, please let me go too. The master said, my skills are no longer inferior to him, so let me go too." Ji Zhen saw Li Xi leaving, quickly grabbed the corner of his clothes and turned to beg Chen Jiao.

"No!" Chen Jiao couldn't help frowning, "You are just a child, it's not your turn to do this. Come here and wait until your elder brother comes back."

"Brother!" Seeing that the begging did not work, Ji Zhen turned to Li Xi again, almost burst into tears.

"Little kid, don't play this trick at me." Li Xi bounced his forehead and said, "When you turn 18, you will not stop you from anything you do," he said.

"It will take six more years for 18 years." Ji Zhen whined, "That's too long. I want to go to the battlefield now."

"Okay, don't waste your time on my brother." Chen Jiao looked at him like this, and walked up to him and pulled him down with anger and amused look. Although she might not have used much strength, Ji Zhen did not dare to break free and could only be pulled away from Li Xi's side.

Li Xi looked at the younger brother and sister in front of him, smiled, bowed to the master's father, and set off.

Yi Zhixie suffered a lot in this sudden disaster. Because he was stationed near the water source, it was very convenient to withdraw water, but the common sense of splashing water to put out the fire seemed to have no effect on this fire. No matter how much water was poured in, the fire did not tend to decrease. The result of the fire's lasting endurance was that people who had finally calmed down once again fell into a state of madness.

"King, let's go quickly. This is God's punishment." A man with burns all over rushed to Yi Zhixie.

"Bastard!" Yi Zhixie whipped him hard, "We, the Great Huns, have been here to fight the autumn wind from the great Maodun Shanyu. When did the great god punish us for this?"

"King, this fire is very evil, we can't save it. Why not leave quickly?" Another man said carefully as he looked at his companion who was pulled to the ground.

Yi Zhixie looked around and saw people and horses trapped in the fire everywhere. Some people had already started to trample on their companions, and some horses threw their owners off and wanted to escape on their own. He lowered his face and knew that if he didn't leave this place, he wouldn't be able to control the situation even if the camp exploded. He should leave here and make plans.

"The king has an order, everyone, go east, cross the river, and stop to rectify the situation without fire." A messenger beside Yi Zhixie rode his horse and ran past the camp. With his shouts, all the Huns seemed to have found a flood in the gap and rushed to the east. Of course, some injured people were left behind in the middle, and some were shocked.

"Hu, Hu!" After galloping for about 10 miles, the Huns finally stopped one after another, and most of them were lying on the horse's back to breathe, while some burns even fell off their horses, sat on the ground, and kept moaning.
To be continued...