When Qian Baijiang confirmed the identity of Xiao Wu who called at the gate of the city and rushed to where Zhang Mu and others were, except for Xiao Wu who could barely stand, the remaining nine people in Zhang Mu's scout team were already paralyzed on the ground.
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Shi Tietou, Fu Chuan, and Liang Sheng, the three most seriously injured scouts, had collapsed on the ground and were unconscious. When he realized that Shi Tietou was not dead, and that Jiuyuan City was right in front of him, Zhang Mu suddenly relaxed.
He also fell into a coma immediately..
After hurriedly making arrangements for Zhang Mu and others, General Qian Bai simply bandaged Xiao Wu's worn legs and thighs, and then personally carried Xiao Wu to General Jiuyuan, who is now the supreme commander of the Jiuyuan Army.
Xin Sheng's camp.
After the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, Xin Sheng followed General Meng Tian and led troops to station in Jiuyuan. Meng Tian was mainly responsible for building the Great Wall at that time. Although Meng Tian's power in the Jiuyuan army was unmatched, the specific military affairs were ordinary
It's all handled by Xin Sheng.
Although Xin Sheng's family members are all in Jiuyuan City, they spend most of the year in the Jiuyuan Army camp.
Xin Sheng had just laid down when his personal guard reported that there was urgent military information. When he heard that a scout had brought back urgent military information, Xin Sheng stood up without saying a word, put on a robe and came out.
Xin Sheng remained calm until Xiao Wu finished telling the information about the Huns army that he had tortured from the mouths of the captured Huns scouts and cavalry.
Could it be that there were other scout teams who also got information about the Huns army and reported it to the general? Xiao Wu couldn't help but think to himself. Of course, if Xiao Wu saw that the brush he had been holding in Xin Sheng's hand was already in two pieces, he would never be like this.
Think about it.
The Xiongnu Maodun Shanyu personally led 200,000 Xiongnu cavalry, deep in the grassland five hundred miles north of Yinshan Mountain. This news was like a huge stone weighing heavily on Xin Sheng's heart.
"Wang Wu, right? Your scout team has made such a great contribution, and I will definitely report it to the court to ask for credit for you. Now you go to rest first. The general will arrange this matter." Xin Sheng said, turning his head to face the court.
Loudly said,
"Come here, take this scout down and have a good rest. The other scouts who came back with him must also be treated carefully without any mistakes. Remember not to leak the news about Wang Wu today. Anyone who violates this rule will be killed!"
"Here!"
After the guards carried Xiao Wu down, Xin Sheng hurriedly ran back to the copper case, took out some pieces of parchment, picked up a pen and started writing quickly. After writing four letters in a row, Xin Sheng stopped writing, and then shouted: "Here comes someone!"
"Sir!" The guard came in and bowed.
"These four urgent military reports are sealed with fire paint and sent immediately to the imperial court, Yunzhong, Shangjun and Longxi. Remember, these four urgent military reports are personally escorted by the general's personal guards and sent to various places day and night.
In addition, all the prisoners in the forts and garrison of Jiuyuan Great Wall, especially those in Henan, were immediately moved to Jiuyuan City. From today on, the garrison soldiers in the border cities, fortresses, especially Langshan, will not leave their bodies, and they will be strictly guarded.
To be on guard, scouts should go out two hundred miles north of Yinshan Mountain to explore the enemy's situation day and night, without making any mistakes."
"Here!" The guard heard that the military situation was urgent, and the letter was about to be sent out.
"Wait a minute." Xin Sheng suddenly shouted, "Forget it, just go and act quickly!" After thinking about it, Xin Sheng waved the guard out.
Xin Sheng just wanted his guards to light the beacons (beacon towers), but after thinking about it, the Huns cavalry were still deep in the grasslands north of Yinshan Mountain, and he still had time. Lighting the beacons rashly at this moment would inevitably lead to the destruction of all counties in Jiuyuan.
The chaos of the land.
There are two main ways Mengtian built the Great Wall, namely the earth Great Wall and the stone Great Wall.
The Earthen Great Wall was mainly built on deserts and plains, and was built with slab construction using rammed earth; the Stone Great Wall was mainly built on mountains, and was built with stones or strips of stone.
Beacons, pavilions, border fortresses and military fortresses are the four main facilities of the Great Wall of Qin.
A beacon is a beacon tower, a high platform that transmits alarm signals. When encountering an enemy situation, it will light up thick smoke during the day and light torches at night. Pavilions are tall observation towers with a pavilion on top, so they are called pavilions.
At that time, in order to facilitate observation of the enemy's situation, many beacons and pavilions were protruding far outside the Great Wall.
Border towns are many small towns surrounded by solid walls along the Great Wall. They are the residences of border guards and civilians. The areas that the Great Wall passes through are sparsely populated areas, and it is difficult to supply troops, so the troops guarding the Great Wall cultivate farmland near the border towns.
to ensure food supply.
Within the Great Wall, at a certain distance from the Great Wall, Meng Tian built military fortresses. These fortresses could not only accommodate a large number of troops, but also store a large amount of logistical supplies. When attacking the Huns, they became the forward base for large troops and the Great Wall.
The strategic depth of the defense line.
This is the Great Wall strategy led by Meng Tian. With this system, the troops can avoid a helpless field battle.
Although Xiao Wu and others had cleaned up the arrows and other objects that left traces of the Qin army, Xin Sheng knew that although some traces of the Qin soldiers were covered up, at most, this would only make the Huns later certain that they would be discovered.
You must know that apart from the wolves on the grasslands north of the Jiuyuan Army, only the scout cavalry of Great Qin can pose a threat to the Xiongnu scout cavalry. The Huns also understand this problem.
After dealing with the traces, the Huns will sooner or later guess that it was the Qin scouts who did it. I am afraid that by this time the Huns have already discovered that the scouts are missing. If the Huns are really targeting Jiuyuan, then after knowing that their whereabouts have been exposed, the Huns will definitely speed up their march.
Heading straight towards Jiuyuan.
This is also the reason why Zhang Mu and others kept running without sleep for two days and two nights.
With a journey of more than 500 miles, the Huns cavalry would reach Jiuyuan in five to six days at most. Xin Sheng calculated silently.
In fact, Xin Sheng, the 200,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen, was not worried at all. Although the Jiuyuan Army had been transferred to Xianyang with 100,000 soldiers at this moment, the Jiuyuan Army, which had defeated the 500,000 Huns cavalry with an army of 300,000 people, was now one-on-one.
, and are not afraid of the Huns cavalry.
Xin Sheng was worried about the people in the border towns and counties in Jiuyuan and the grain that had just been sown in Henan and other places. With the ferocious nature of the Huns, they would definitely burn, kill and loot everywhere. Under the trampling of a large number of cavalry, the crops would
There will definitely be very little food left.
In the past, every time the Xiongnu went south, there would always be news from the Jiuyuan Army in advance, so that Jiuyuan could have enough time to be on guard and report to the court. However, this time the Xiongnu's southward movement did not send any news, which made Xin
The worry in Sheng's heart became even more intense.
In the past when Meng Tian fought against the Xiongnu, the Jiuyuan army would march out to the west of Langshan Mountain and fight far away from the jurisdiction of Jiuyuan County. With the sophisticated military equipment of the Qin Dynasty, the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty were never afraid of facing the fierce Xiongnu cavalry in frontal field battles.
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Langshan is the place where former Zhao general Li Mu once resisted the Huns. It is a rugged terrain in the westernmost section of the Yinshan Mountains. It is also the place where the Huns must pass when they go south to Henan to capture the Hetao Plain. Li Mu once built a palace here.
There are a large number of Tibetan soldiers' streams and Tibetan soldiers' caves, which are used to ambush the Huns cavalry.
Now, Mengtian has built a large number of fortresses and trenches on Langshan to prevent the Huns cavalry from marching straight into the Jiuyuan area in the south. There are always at least ten thousand soldiers of the Jiuyuan army stationed in Langshan.
But now facing the 200,000 Xiongnu troops swarming south, these more than 10,000 soldiers are obviously unable to resist. But now the imperial court has not issued an edict. Although Xin Sheng is General Jiuyuan, he cannot mobilize a single soldier, and with the edict
Meng Yi has not reached Jiuyuan yet.
"Xin Yuan!" Xin Sheng said loudly.
"The last general is here!" A general in his thirties with a rough face came in and said to Xin Sheng, cupping his fists.
"Xin Yuan, you immediately lead my troops to Langshan Fortress. If the Xiongnu attacks, you will light the beacons immediately, and I will lead troops to help. However, if the troops of Langshan are not arrived before my troops arrive,
If the fortress is taken down, please come and see me!"
ps: There was another power outage last night! I just got a call.