Qin Official

Kill the prisoners! "

Roaring loudly, Zhou Bo angrily slashed his sword into the neck of a Huns who had not had time to mount his horse, and blood spattered everywhere in an instant.

This time, it was to avenge his wife.

Zhou Bo was originally from Peixian County. He made a living by weaving silkworm foil and playing dirges for others. Nine years ago, Emperor Qin Shi Huang launched a large-scale army to attack the Huns in the north. The army spent a lot of money and needed tens of thousands of men to carry grain. As civilian men, they Under the leadership of the pavilion chief Liu Ji, he went to serve in the northern part of the Great Wall.

After the victory of the war, Shuofang County was established in Beijia and Henan, and a group of single servants were forcibly left behind. As the first batch of immigrants, Zhou Bo was also among them.

Although he was forced to stay by the government, the treatment was not low, and he was rent-free for three years. The government allocated houses and granted him titles. Zhou Bo had always been a simple, strong, honest and loyal character. He did not feel sorry for himself, but relied on his tallness and ability to shoot a hard bow. , got out of Mingtang in the local area, and is now the head of the village. He is also married to the daughter of a wealthy family from Neijun, and has two sons.

I can only regret that after the summer, as the Great Wall Corps moved south, the Huns began to invade in large numbers. Last month, the five hundred masters of Woyebao ordered the young men in the surrounding area to train intensively to prepare for the barbarians. Zhou Bo sent his wife and son to his wife's house. In Dengkou Fort, it is located in the safer south and the city walls are higher.

But who would have expected that after the Hulu stumbled at Woye Fort, he arrogantly took a detour and headed south. Smoke erupted from Dengkou Fort. Zhou Bo was shocked. He wanted to save him, but was blocked by the county officials. He was so uneasy. After staying for a few days, a ship from upstream told the bad news: Dengkou Fort had fallen...

Fortunately, Zhou Bo's two sons escaped by chance, but his wife, when the city was broken and boarded the ship, only had time to push the two children onto the ship, she was shot by a barbarian arrow and fell in a pool of blood!

Zhou Bo felt regretful and resentful. Now the barbarians came to surround Woye Fort again. More than a hundred riders dared to show off their power outside the city. They also brought a group of survivors from Dengkou Fort with them, humiliating and whipping them wantonly. Zhou Bo had good eyesight and took a closer look. The old man who was tied behind the horse and dragged was his wife!

Zhou Bo couldn't stand it anymore and asked for a fight several times, but the county officials were unwilling to comply. He decided to tie up the county officials with a group of Xinqin people who couldn't stand the cowardice and made an appointment to go out of the city and fight to the death with these barbarians. .

Now he saw the right opportunity to shoot a Huns to death, jumped down from the top of the city, and divine soldiers descended from the sky. Then he came out with a group of young and strong killers in the city, and killed the Huns who were sitting cross-legged on the ground and laughing at the people in the city. The man fell on his back and his horse fell over.

But Zhou Bo still underestimated the Huns. Seeing that hundreds of them were about to rush out, a whistle immediately sounded in the woods several miles away. A total of three to four hundred Huns on horseback came out of the woods and began to march towards the city. In the direction of the door, launch a scattered charge!

"not good!"

When Zhou Bo saw the Hu people ambushing the troops, he thought something was wrong. He quickly reminded everyone not to be too eager to fight and to evacuate quickly. However, the Huns who had just fled turned back again. The rough saddles and stirrups made of leather and wood allowed them to ride and shoot even more. He is very skilled, and he can turn his head and fire his bow while turning his body, preventing everyone from retreating to Woye Castle.

Seeing that the enemy's reinforcements were about to arrive, Zhou Bo gritted his teeth and asked everyone to simply turn around, shoulder to shoulder, feet to feet, holding up their long soldiers, to make a desperate fight in front of the city gate, and never let the Huns enter the city. .

At this critical moment, I heard a horn coming from the ridge on the other side...

It is said that this is the rule established by the northern garrison when Wuzhonghou was a county lieutenant. One sound means friendly troops, two means barbarians, and three means encountering ghosts outside the Great Wall.

Following the sound of the horn, a long row of riding figures appeared neatly on the mountain ridge in the setting sun...

A small leather hat, light armor, narrow cuffs, tight pants, long riding boots, and a fixed blade knife - this is the new equipment for riding in the Northland starting two years ago.

A dark Qin flag was also fluttering prominently on the beam.

The cavalry commander Guan Ying raised his straight-edged sword in front of his nose, then leveled it and pointed it at the Huns in the distance who were about to defeat the city.

Following his movements, there was an endless sound of clanking, and two hundred straight-edged iron knives were unsheathed and held neatly in front of their foreheads. At this moment, among them, there was no longer a distinction between new and old Qin people.

We all know the truth of having a robe on your side and an enemy in front of you. Uniting makes you strong, and dividing makes you weak.

"Northland Ride!"

"Follow me!"

The legs clamped the horse, the muscles of the four legs tightened, and the horse's hooves left the ground, bringing up the wet soil. Guan Ying took the lead and trotted forward, followed by two hundred horses.

From Zhou Bo's perspective, those Qin cavalry were like a beautiful arc, bouncing down the mountain ridge and galloping towards the fertile fields!

…

Maodun already has a new family.

At this moment, the Xiongnu chief Danyu, with a green eagle crown on his head, was outside the Jiuyuan City (Baotou, Inner Mongolia) that was destroyed by the Huns. He was holding the younger and more beautiful Xinyan family in his arms, asking the messenger to write down what he wanted. Oral transmission.

"Tell King Youguli that according to my order, only take the northern vacation, do not cross the river, and waste time in some small cities in Henan..."

Since the Xiongnu defeated the Donghu in Outuo two months ago, Maodun used the power of the victory to make some changes to the entire tribal system:

He, Maodun of the Luotang clan, was born from heaven and earth, and was placed by the sun and moon as the supreme ruler of the Xiongnu. Under him were the left and right kings, the left and right kings of Guli, the left and right generals, the left and right captains, and the left and right captains. In charge of the household, the left and right Guduhou, etc., each of the twenty-four chiefs also assigned the subordinates of Qian Chang, Bai Chang, Shi Chang, Xiao Wang, Xiang, Feng Duwei, Dang Hu, and Qiqu.

This was the first time that specific official structures were given to the leaders of the Huns.

After integrating the tribes, following Maodun's order, the Xiongnu tribes began to launch attacks on the empty Qinsaibei area under the leadership of their respective commanders...

The first was to recapture Touman City at the foot of Yin Mountain and re-establish the royal court of the Great Chanyu. Immediately, Mao Dun ordered King Youxian, the remnants of the Yuezhi, with thousands of people to attack Helan Mountain as a test. King Youguli sent five thousand cavalry to attack In Beijia, that is, the Hetao area, King Zuo Xian and King Zuo Guli used ten thousand horses to attack the clouds, trying to open the road to Shangjun.

Mao Dun himself led 20,000 horsemen, crossed the Great Wall, and uprooted the Qin people's largest stronghold in the north of the Great Wall, Jiuyuan City, the capital of Shuofang!

All parties have achieved great results, but recently Mao Dun heard that King Yougu Li was greedy for the land south of Henan and crossed the river to divide his troops and besiege those small towns, which made Mao Dun a little dissatisfied.

"Only take Beijia, Jiuyuan, and Yunzhong, and leave Henan and Helan alone for the time being."

For this war, Mao Dun had three purposes.

The first is to recapture Touman City, rebuild Shan Yuting in Monan, and destroy Jiuyuan City to establish prestige and let the grassland people put down their fear of the Qin people.

The second is to plunder the population. The Huns have stayed in the cold and cold land of Mobei for a long time. Now that they are returning to the south, they want to plunder all the people and wealth they see - especially women. Maodun Chanyu said that the Huns have too few people. , the plundered Ding Ling and Dong Hu were not enough, and a large number of Central Plains women were needed.

But not everyone has the sobriety and restraint of Mo Dun. Captain You felt a little pity: "But how can a hungry wolf bear to look at the unattended fat sheep on the other side of the river?"

But Mao Dun smiled and said: "Since the sheep have been enclosed in the pen, they will not leave. The shrewd old wolf hunts and knows how to kill only the old sheep and keep the lambs to eat in the coming year. The Qin people in Henan, Can’t run away.”

"Therefore, the fertile pastures to the north of the river are enough for the Huns to graze. King Youguli will collect them when he sees them good, and let the land of Henan go. He will take the plundered women and children to Shanyuting, and then join me with his troops. We We must send troops to the county immediately..."

This is Mao Dun's third purpose: to use all means to keep the Qin Dynasty divided!

Eight years ago, he had seen the horror of the powerful Qin. A reunified Central Plains had a population dozens of times that of the Huns. They could mobilize huge armies, rely on their skilled craftsmen to build city walls, and firmly occupy the grasslands. The Huns were definitely not able to deal with it. of.

Therefore, it is best to maintain this situation of numerous vassals and fragmentation forever. The Huns only need to walk around the border, and those small countries can obediently pay tribute and hand over their children and wealth.

More than ten years later, the children of the Central Plains women who were plundered by the Huns could already ride horses and shoot bows, doubling the Huns' fighting power. By then, the Huns would be expected to expand their territory and invade cultivated areas on a larger scale. , turning them into pastures…

“The Central Plains is strong when united, but weak when divided!”

“That’s why this Shanyu is willing to form an alliance with Chu!”

…

In Dali City (Dali, Shaanxi), Xihe, near Guanzhong, the main force of the Chu army has just gathered here from Xia Yang, Linjin and other places.

After more than two months of trekking, Xiang Liang finally caught up with his nephew from Saibei via Hengshan, Zhaodi, and Hedong.

Here was the Luoshui River. The land under the horses' hooves was so soft that it slowly sank under the tread. They passed by campfires with smoke rising from the stoves, and rows of cattle and horses, loaded with grain shipped from the east of the river.

Although it was still far away and the pattern on the flag could not be seen clearly, through the mist, Xiang Liang could still see that it was a red flag, and the bird pattern with wings spread in the middle must be the fire phoenix representing Dachu!

The dazzling bright red flag, the dazzling red armor, and the Huainan Chu sound can be heard everywhere. This is the Chu army camp that Xiang Liang is familiar with.

Along the way, many familiar faces recognized Xiang Liang and knelt down to show their high respect to Xiang Yan's second son who had returned from suffering.

Xiang Liang nodded to them and was led along the way. On the bank of the mighty Luoshui River, he saw a figure standing tall and tall.

Among the short Chu people, he stood out from the crowd. He was eight feet two inches tall. Facing Guanzhong on the other side of the river, he held a big red phoenix flag in one hand, and the flag buzzed above his head, like a restless heart.

"Ji'er."

Xiang Liang dismounted, stepped forward, and called his nephew's name affectionately.

"In a hundred years, since the defeat of Lantian, there has never been a Chu army that penetrated so far into Qin and was so close to Xianyang, where King Chu Huai died!"

"As expected, you did not disappoint Father Zhong!"

Xiang Yu turned around, and his familiar heavy eyes met Xiang Liang's eyes. There was joy in meeting Xiang Liang after a long separation, but also anger after seeing Xiang Liang's broken ears.

But immediately, all these emotions disappeared and were replaced by another look.

pride.

"But Father Zhong, you have disappointed Xiang Ji!"

There was some sullenness and dissatisfaction in Xiang Yu's eyes, as if it was Xiang Liang, his beloved father-in-law, who had tarnished the justice of this war.

"How can the proud and noble Jingchu Phoenix form an alliance with the despicable Hu Ying?"

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