Mid June.
It’s summer in Xianyang and the weather is hot.
Zhao Huaizhong received two battle reports in a row within two days.
The first battle report was that Lian Po took the initiative to attack and blocked the enemy hundreds of miles away from Dai City. He defeated the Xiongnu vanguard and killed 20,000 enemies.
When the news came back, the people of Qin, both the army and the people were overjoyed.
Lu Buwei has always been good at building momentum and immediately seized the opportunity to spread the news widely in the original Zhao territory to distinguish the current situation after Zhao territory returned to Qin and the previous situation when Zhao was under the rule of the Huns and faced the Xiongnu attack.
Even though Li Mu was the general at the beginning, due to the limitations of national power and military strength, he still did not have the power to take the initiative to suppress the Xiongnu.
Now returning to Qin, the Qin army killed the Xiongnu invading enemies hundreds of miles away.
Compare the two and make a judgment.
The Zhao people had suffered from the Huns' invasion in the past, and no news could calm the hearts of the Zhao people more than the defeat of the Huns.
The strategy implemented by Lu Buwei was very effective.
Within the boundaries of the original Zhao territory, there had been heated discussion for days about the Qin army's rejection of the Huns from hundreds of miles away.
In particular, Lian Po was originally a Zhao general, as famous as Li Mu, but now he united the army to defeat the Xiongnu, which further contrasts the gap between Qin and Zhao between now and then.
At this moment in Dai City, Lian Po suppressed his plan to take the initiative and continue to attack the main force of the Huns.
He still remembered the news from Ye Yu Mansion that there was a group of Xiongnu soldiers hiding in the dark, and their traces were still unknown, so he decided to take a stab at it and return to Dai City to wait and see the situation of the war.
Then you can advance, attack, retreat and defend, and establish an invincible position.
This is the advantage of being a veteran. When you should be cautious, you will never be rash, and when you should be rash, you will not miss opportunities.
Two days later, news came out that the Hun soldiers hiding in the darkness had appeared.
They originally set out from Bailang City and adopted a large roundabout strategy, moving all the way to the southwest. They strategically echoed the Xiongnu team that mainly attacked Dai City, but they were not marching in the same direction.
The Xiongnu soldiers hidden along the way are the elite of the Xiongnu.
They marched south from the original territory of the Quanrong people, marched rapidly, and forced the Qin army to the north.
This team of 15,000 people suddenly launched an offensive against the Qin Army's northern border town Zhangyi in the middle of the night in mid-June.
And Zhangyi, where he launched the offensive, continued to extend thousands of miles to the southwest, corresponding to Xianyang.
It was night, and the howling of wolves resounded throughout the north of the Qin Kingdom.
In the darkness, demonic wolves suddenly pounced and lay down on Zhangyi's city wall. They were like geckos swimming on the wall, climbing upright with astonishing speed. After several leaps, they approached the city wall.
On top of the city, the Qin army immediately blew the horn for enemy attack.
Fortunately, the mirror sentry for the border troops currently deployed in the Qin Kingdom has been iterated three times.
The leader of the frontier army discovered that the Huns were approaching fiercely, and immediately sent a message. That night, the Qin army came to help, and finally the combined forces drove back the Huns' wolf army.
At dawn, Qin general Yang Ruihe, who switched defenses to guard the northern border and had a keen sense of strategy, rushed to the rescue all night after receiving the news, stood on the city wall with a solemn expression.
Next to him stood Zhang Yi's guard general Sima Bao.
On the top of the city under their feet, the bright red blood stains had not yet dried up, and one could still see the remnants of the Huns' attack on the city last night.
There was a scar on Sima Bao's chest, which was deep enough to show the bone, and blood still leaked out after being bandaged.
Sima Bao is thirty-one years old this year. He has rough facial features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a slender figure, giving him a powerful impression.
He is a veteran general of the Qin people. He was born in the Sima family and has been a general in Qin for four generations.
Seeing Yang Ruihe's eyes falling on his wound, Sima Bao smiled bitterly and said: "It was attacked and bitten by a giant wolf before you came here. If you hadn't come to my rescue in time, I would have been in a critical situation.
Look outside this city."
Yang Ruihe looked down.
There were ravines everywhere on the wall at the head of the city, and the city defense formation system was almost completely destroyed.
"Obviously, the Huns have been studying how to fight siege warfare. The traces and ravines on the top of these cities were caused by the giant wolves they released and tore them apart with their claws."
Sima Bao said: "When the Huns came this time, their military strength increased significantly, especially their lethality in instigating the demonization of prairie wolves.
Can you imagine hundreds of wolves lying on the wall and running upright, attacking the city defense?
If you had arrived two or three hours later, Zhangyicheng might have been breached."
Sima Bao said with emotion: "If the city is defeated, I will become the first defender in our Qin Dynasty to be breached in the past few years. Not only will it bring shame to our Qin Dynasty, but our Sima family will also be unable to hold its head high."
Yang Ruihe said: "The attackers should be the elites under the Xiongnu Central King's tent. According to the information discovered by Ye Yufu, this white wolf army was able to breed wolves and become demons because of the help of the demon tribe.
The Zhangyi station you were stationed in was not attacked by the Xiongnu, so there is no need to blame yourself so much."
Sima Bao said angrily: "I just feel aggrieved.
Our country, Qin, has not been actively attacked for several years. When we came here, we were almost attacked. I have never suffered such a loss."
Zhangyi City in the north was attacked, and the news was sent to Zhao Huaizhong in the early morning.
After the court meeting ended, Yu Gui sent another detailed battle report.
In the study, Zhao Huaizhong read the battle process that Zhang Yishou sent back with his own handwriting between Sima Bao and Yang Ruihe overnight.
Zhao Huaizhong put down the battle report and said: "The Huns have become more capable."
Yu Gui said: "The battle report said that thanks to our Qin border army's quick response, Yang Ruihe rushed to the rescue overnight, and the Huns were forced back."
Then he said: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to go to Zhangyi personally... The purpose of the Huns should not be as simple as harassing Zhangyi.
This elite cavalry of the King of the Huns, which traveled thousands of miles, should not just attack a border city in our Qin territory, and then withdraw without a trace. There must be something wrong with this."
Zhao Huaizhong said: "You will send two thousand elites from the palace to accompany you, and also bring this map with you." After saying this, he waved his hand and presented the Sheji Map.
Yu Gui took the Sheji Tu and took the order to leave.
Two days later, Yu Gui, who was galloping along the road, commanded the elite of Ye Yufu and entered Zhangyi.
At the same time, two days after Zhang Yi was attacked, 15,000 Huns cavalry who attacked Zhang Yi camped in the wilderness more than 300 miles north of Zhang Yi.
Inside the Chinese military tent.
Two charming-looking women with different styles sat opposite each other.
There was a bronze furnace in front of them.
What was flowing out of the copper stove was a cold air. It was hot in summer, but the air inside the tent was cool and comfortable.
Of these two women, one is wearing a moon-white dress, with delicate features and graceful temperament. They are one of the three sects and nine sects. Yue Qing, one of the two sect leaders of the World-Destroying Dao who moved the sect to the Huns in their early years.
Opposite her was Xia Si, the princess of the Huns who had fled to the Huns.
Xia Si was wearing an aqua skirt, her appearance remained the same, and her eyes were moving with a flirtatious temperament, but she was not frivolous.
She also hid in the Xiongnu army and returned to China with her.
"Why are you so careful when you go south to plan things? You don't even go into the Qin territory. How can you determine the progress of what you are doing?" Yue Qing said.
Xia Si: "I released a ghost body into Qin, and I am connected with its soul. It doesn't make much difference if you go with me.
I don’t want to enter Qin. Don’t you know why?
Although we are far away in White Wolf City, we have not stopped collecting news from China. You should know what level King Qin is.
Only by not entering Qin territory can you ensure your own safety.
If your life is gone, all your plans will be false."
Yue Qing laughed and said, "Since you are so afraid of the King of Qin, why did you follow the army south to plot against Qin?"
Xia Si said calmly: "I don't want to come to Qin unless I have to, but I have to come this time.
Our five sects were originally one family in ancient times. Our Yinnu Sect has been looking for something since hundreds of years ago. You must have heard of it.
I worked hard and found the trace of that thing, but I was only one step away. The people I sent out did not get the thing."
Yue Qing's mind moved slightly.
She had always wondered about Xia Si's original intention of going to the Xiongnu, and now a clue seemed to be revealed.
The Yinnu Cult has indeed been looking for clues to something for thousands of years:
"What does this have to do with your coming to Qin this time? Things fell into the hands of Qin people?"
To be continued...