Early morning on August 25th, the first year of the Second Emperor of Qin Dynasty!
The sun hasn't risen yet!
Shangjun is close to Jiuyuan County, on the road from Xianyang to Jiuyuan. From here, less than 150 miles away, you will reach Jiuyuan City.
A fiery red Suzaku flag flutters high in the air!
Countless soldiers wearing black armor, with a lustful Suzaku branded on their right breasts, were lying on both sides of the galloping road in plain clothes. War horses were leisurely eating the green grass in the open space.
This is the resting place for the 75,000-strong Suzaku Army who rushed to aid the Nine Plains Army in the middle of the night!
Because the Suzaku Army traveled lightly, apart from the necessary dry food, crossbows, weapons, and armor, in order to minimize the load on the horses, they did not carry any marching tents or other things.
Fortunately, today's weather has just entered autumn, so it's not too cold for a group of people to sleep together! Even better, this is the territory of Daqin, so there is no need to worry about sneak attacks. The Huns can't attack Shangjun so quickly!
"Find General Wang Qian!" In the small post house next to Chidao, General Meng Tian has already gotten up!
This small post house can only spare a simple room for General Meng Tian to live. Even though Wang Qian, who is already the Marquis of Wucheng and General Suzaku, is crowded in like all the soldiers of the Suzaku Army, Lying down in a crowd of people, undressed.
Meng Tian was originally determined to sleep in the wild like all the Suzaku soldiers, but with the insistence of Wang Qian and many soldiers, he still moved into this only room.
Meng Tian is already old!
After running around for five or six consecutive days, anyone can see the deep fatigue on Meng Tian's face. Although Meng Tian's back is still as straight as a giant pine at all times, he is already over fifty years old after all.
"Yes!" Long Wei, who was waiting outside the house, responded in a low voice, and then the sound of slight footsteps gradually faded away.
In Meng Tian's hand was the message from Jiuyuan City that had just been sent by Long Wei.
The Huns divided tens of thousands of people and killed them in the direction of Yunzhong and Yanmen. Obviously, this was not good news for anyone.
Mo Dun is indeed not an easy character to get along with!
"General! The last general, Wang Qian, wants to see you!"
Wang Gan’s voice sounded low outside the house!
All the soldiers of the Suzaku Army were more tired than Meng Tian and others.
Every Suzaku soldier is wearing armor, carrying a saber, as well as a powerful crossbow and crossbow arrows! These things together weigh at least dozens of kilograms!
And whenever the war horses have to stop and rest, the way all the Suzaku Army rushes is on foot! Lead the horse and walk!
In addition, each person did not carry a lot of dry food, and the food, grass and baggage of the two thousand box cars escorted by the heavy armored cavalry obviously did not move as fast as the light cavalry, and they were already far behind the hundreds of people behind. Miles away.
Starting yesterday, all the soldiers of the Suzaku Army began to reduce their daily rations under Meng Tian's order. No one complained. Many soldiers even secretly saved part of the reduced dry rations!
After several days of traveling, today is the longest day of rest for the soldiers of the Suzaku Army! Three hours!
In the past five days, I never rested for more than two hours a day! Most of the rest of the time was spent on the road, either riding a horse or walking with a horse!
Therefore, both Long Wei and Wang Qian deliberately lowered their voices to avoid waking up the sleeping Suzaku soldiers around the post hall.
"Come in!" Meng Tian recovered his thoughts and said softly.
"I will meet you at the end, General!" Wang Qian came in and bowed to Meng Tian with his hands clasped in fists.
No matter from any aspect, Meng Tian deserves to be saluted by him now as the Marquis of Wucheng. And Wang Qian is indeed doing this.
"No need to be polite! Just take a look at this!" Meng Tian said and handed the message from Meng Hong to Wang Qian.
Wang Qian took it with both hands, and as he looked around, the expression on his face became more serious.
"General, please give the order!" Wang Qian put the letter in his hand on the bronze case in front of Meng Tian with both hands. He said in a deep voice. He knew very well that Meng Tian asked him to come and read the letter. Obviously, he already had it in his heart. planned.
"Okay! Wang Qian listens to the order! I order you to immediately lead 20,000 Suzaku troops along the Chi Road into Yunzhong County, search for traces of these Xiongnu cavalry, and be sure to kill these tens of thousands of Xiongnu barbarians who intend to plunder our people in the Qin Dynasty. Kill them all!"
Meng Tian didn't say much. He simply gave the order.
"General, take your orders!" Wang Qian knelt down on one knee and said solemnly.
"Go! I believe in the Suzaku Army and I believe in you!" Meng Tian stared at Wang Qian and said solemnly.
"Dong dong dong!"
The long sound of war drums suddenly resounded through the quiet earth in the early morning.
The soldiers of the Suzaku Army who were sleeping in their clothes jumped up one after another when they heard the sound of the war drums. They came to the stream beside the Chi Road and casually picked up two handfuls of water and wiped it on their faces, and then quickly found their war drums. Horse array assembly.
The drum beats down.
All the 75,000-strong Suzaku Army were already on horseback, neatly arranged in a long column that stretched for several miles, standing quietly on the galloping road.
Wang Gan roared and took the lead in galloping out. Not towards Jiuyuan County, but along the bifurcation of the gallop towards Yunzhong. Twenty thousand selected Suzaku troops galloped at the same time. , riding behind Wang Qian.
The flags are fluttering, the horses neigh, and the hoofbeats sound like thunder!
Meng Tian silently looked at Wang Qian's army that was gradually retreating, turned his head and said solemnly: "The army is moving quickly, we must get to the vicinity of Jiuyuan City today!"
"Here!"
The generals of the Suzaku Army surrounding him responded loudly.
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In the early morning, the sun has not yet risen, and most of the people in Jiuyuan City are still sleeping soundly. Although no one is not afraid of the ferocious Huns, Jiuyuan City, with nearly 200,000 Jiuyuan troops garrisoned, has been given to no matter who it is. The people of Da Qin still had great confidence in the small foreign tribes that protected them under the wings of Da Qin.
The Jiuyuan Army is synonymous with invincibility on the northern border of Da Qin!
And the news that General Meng Tian is about to return to Jiuyuan City has quietly spread throughout Jiuyuan City without knowing when!
The nearly 200,000 people of all ethnic groups in Jiuyuan City, who were originally a little panicked when they saw the overwhelming Huns, unanimously chose to believe it when they heard the news.
The restless mood in the city suddenly calmed down!
People who have never been in the northern border of Da Qin will never think of what the word Meng Tian represents in the northern border of Da Qin! It not only represents invincibility, but also represents peace and kindness!
This news was naturally released after discussion by Meng Hong and other shogunate generals. General Meng Tian is indeed coming back, and is already on his way. Although there may be elaborate tricks by the Huns in the city, so what?
The name Mengtian gave the people of Qin the belief of invincibility; but it brought countless nightmares to the Huns!
What's more, with the Jiuyuan Army heavily guarded, no Daqin people could approach the walls and gates of Jiuyuan City, let alone foreigners who looked different from the Qin people.
Therefore, they were not worried at all about the news that General Meng Tian was about to return to Jiuyuan City.
This was supposed to be a harmonious and quiet morning, but it was broken by the desolate sound of horns outside the city.
The soldiers guarding Jiuyuan City clearly saw that with the long sound of horns coming from the Xiongnu central camp, the originally quiet Xiongnu camp surrounding Jiuyuan City suddenly began to boil.
People shout horses neighing!
In a short time, the countless white felt tents that were erected around Jiuyuan City were put away by the Huns. Then the Huns' cavalry who had originally surrounded Jiuyuan City mounted their horses, drove their carriages and flocks, and began to assemble!
The desolate horn sound never stops!
It didn't stop until all the cavalry from the Huns' central camp in the west of the city mounted their horses and started heading north.
As the horns stopped and the main camp of Maodun's army moved, the Huns' cavalry gathered on three sides began to move toward the Huns' army in the north.
In less than half an hour, all the Xiongnu army had merged with Maodun's more than 100,000 Chinese troops in the north of Jiuyuan City!
Immediately, the hundreds of thousands of Huns cavalry who had gathered together left Jiuyuan City without looking back and began to head towards Yunzhong County behind Jiuyuan City.
Did Modu abandon Jiuyuan City?
Isn't he afraid that the nearly 200,000 Jiuyuan Army in Jiuyuan City will follow them and attack them from behind?
As early as when there was any movement in the Xiongnu camp, the soldiers guarding the city wall had already reported the movement in the Xiongnu camp to Meng Hong and other generals of the Jiuyuan Army! Now they are all on the north wall of Jiuyuan City,
Watching the large group of Hun cavalry leaving Jiuyuan City shouting and raising their whips!
"General! Maodun is leaving the Jiuyuan Army and going to Yunzhong County." Bangchui Li Gang asked stupidly.
When all the generals of the Jiuyuan Army heard Li Gang's words, they rolled their eyes helplessly. No one is blind. You, a guy with strong limbs and a simple mind, can see that the Huns are going to Yunzhong. Could it be that they are going to Yunzhong?
Can't others see it?
"Maodun is really not easy!" Meng Hong sighed, ignoring Li Gang.
"Yes! It doesn't matter if he comes here! What should we do? The general ordered us to drag the Huns under the Jiuyuan City!" said Wang Xu, the former general of the Jiuyuan Army, who was at the top of the city yesterday.
The general who asked the question first.
"Come here! Report the Huns' movements to the general immediately! Today the general will lead the army to Jiuyuan City! If Mao Dun leaves at this time, wouldn't all the previous efforts be wasted? Mao Dun's move is nothing more than to lure us out of the city.
It’s just one battle! Then let him do whatever he wants! We, the Nine Plains Army, have never been afraid of the Huns and barbarians!”
Meng Hong, who was gentle and gentle, suddenly had a fierce look in his eyes, and sneered!
"Exactly! Our Jiuyuan Army has never been afraid of these vulgar Huns barbarians! General, let the last general lead the army to fight the Huns barbarians, and we must delay this Maodun!" Li Gang heard Meng Hong's words on the side,
The leopard's eyes suddenly flashed with excitement, and he loudly asked for orders.