() The eighth year of the Qin Dynasty and the sixth day of the ninth month.

In Gaoque City, two thousand Qin border army cavalrymen, wearing helmets and armor, one man and two horses, rushed out from the gate of the city. In the queue, the Chinese army commander Wang Xi, who was guarding the city, was prominently included.

Two hours ago, a small group of Qin troops patrolling and hunting outside the city were unexpectedly attacked by a small Xiongnu tribe. Under the disparity in strength, the Qin border cavalry killed more than thirty Huns.

All the commanders and others died in the battle, and only five or six of them escaped back to the city.

Wang Xi, who was accustomed to fighting with favorable winds, heard this and became furious. He immediately ordered an army of 2,000 men and horses, led by himself, to go out of the city and bloodbath the disobedient Xiongnu tribe.

Before leaving the city.

Wang Xi turned around from his horse, raised his head and glanced at the Qin flag fluttering on Gaoque City. An excellent Qin border general - just guarding a city is nothing, but what is more glorious and outstanding should be to drive

The army chased the enemy for hundreds of miles, causing the enemy to panic and dare not look south.

At this time, Wang Xi didn't know that what he was about to face when he left the strong city was the siege of thirty thousand string-controlling soldiers from the Helian tribe. With his two thousand soldiers alone, no matter how many more soldiers he had,

No matter how many crossbow arrows there are, machine crossbows cannot achieve victory in the face of human sea tactics.

September 8th, noon.

Wang Xi's army, which was chasing the remnants of the Xiongnu to the vicinity of Longcheng, met the Helian tribe who had set up an ambush there. The two armies engaged in a fierce battle. Although the soldiers of the Qin border army fought bravely and tenaciously, they emptied the last crossbow bolt in the quiver.

After that, they still failed to break through the Huns' encirclement.

Wang Xi was defeated and died.

Not only him, from Longcheng to the birthplace of Gonglu River, two thousand Qin soldiers fought and retreated. The loyal frontier army officers and soldiers kept falling. One after another, experienced frontier army officers at the middle and lower levels,

Lives were lost in this hopeless rout.

Wang Xi, a Qin army general who was immersed in the imagination of "paper war", only wanted to prove himself on the battlefield and achieve great achievements, but he never thought about whether he had such ability.

Wang Li's preference for his nephew also directly harmed him.

After losing two thousand elites, Gaoque City was in turmoil. Helianbi marched south without stopping. The Xiongnu's saddles were covered with the heads of Qin army generals. The bloody scene made people shudder. Compared with the southern Xiongnu, these Helian tribes

The Huns were called raw barbarians. They had been fighting with more primitive tribes such as Ding Ling and Qu She in the Beihai area for a long time. Their way of life and living habits were closer to the primitive state.

In Gaoque City, Jing Rui was brought out by Wang Xi. Although there were more than 4,000 remaining troops, more than half of them were baggage soldiers. Many of the remaining people were father-son, uncle-nephew relationships. These soldiers

Seeing their loved ones being slaughtered, they were so excited that they couldn't care less about observing military discipline.

The capable guards in the city were all squeezed out by Wang Xi. The remaining incompetent people usually only did things to please, but what was even worse was that one of them, the city guard captain, was Zang Yan's spy.

It was his betrayal that made every move in Gaoque City known to the Huns.

September 9th, dusk.

After a day and night of tenacious resistance, the defenders of Gaoque City finally failed. Only about 200 of the remaining troops withdrew from the south city. Most of the remaining soldiers died in the battle, and only a few were captured.

Seven thousand soldiers from the frontier army.

Due to the carelessness of the Qin general Wang Xi, he was overthrown. After Gaoque City was easily defended, the Huns obtained an important pass leading to the Hetao. Without the obstruction of the strong city pass, the Huns' cavalry could march straight in, plundering and plundering the Qin State.

The lush grassland that has existed for many years.

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Jiuyuan.

Qin border army station.

Wang Li, the general of the Qin army who was in charge of the entire army in Hetao, was so shocked by the news of the "accidental" fall of Gaoque City that he almost fell off his horse.

what to do?

He led his army to fight to the death with the Huns, fighting to the death. If he could win, he would be able to make up for his mistakes and at the same time avenge the death of the frontier soldiers.

However, today's border army is no longer the invincible army it was when Meng Tian led it. Julu was defeated, and the Qin border army group, known as an army of 200,000, lost nearly 100,000 elites at once.

With Li Yuan's help, Wang Li and Su Jiao led the remaining troops back to Hetao. However, there were different opinions among the frontier army generals. After Su Jiao, Yang Wengzi, Meng Hu and other Mengtian's old troops left one after another, the frontier army under Wang Li

Although the main body of the army has been retained, its strength is no longer what it was at its peak.

Today, the total strength of the border army is about 30,000. Gaoque City lost 7,000 men in one battle, accounting for nearly a quarter of the total strength of the border army. What made Wang Li even more regretful was that in order to take care of Wang Li,

Fortunately for this clan, the seven thousand soldiers in Gaoque City are all brave men selected from the frontier army.

The border troops were deployed mainly against the Xiongnu. The strategy adopted was to focus on border towns and ignore the inner lines. The remaining more than 20,000 border troops were scattered in Jiuyuan, Yongquan, Gaonu and other cities, with many such as Jiuyuan.

With only about 5,000 people, once the Huns are allowed to enter the hinterland, the frontier troops will be defenseless.

There is no way to fight.

Wang Li had no choice but to appeal to Chang'an and send messengers to Yunzhong, Yandai, Longxi and other surrounding counties to request reinforcements.

Among the three places, Su Jiao's troops are stationed in Yunzhong County. This is the closest to Jiuyuan and Wang Li's most reliable support force. Su Jiao and he were both important generals in the frontier army at that time. Although they were in the Qin army

When attacking Zhao Di, Su Jiao led his troops to attack the Yunzhong and Hedong areas, which was regarded as breaking away from the frontier army system, but in terms of personal friendship, Wang Li and he maintained a good relationship.

It is unlikely that reinforcements will be sent from Yan and Dai areas. In addition to the bad relationship between the two Qin generals Han Xin, Yang Wengzi and Wang Li in Yan, the city of Mayi is being attacked by the Xiongnu because of the important nodes connecting the two places.

The attack of Zuoxian King Qiu Lijin's tribe made it difficult for the Qin army in Yanbei to come to help.

As for the direction of Longxi, Wang Li was not sure how many soldiers and horses were still stationed here. Longxi and Hexi were only separated by a river. As the battle in Hexi became more and more intense, the Qin army in Longxi might mobilize westward at any time. If

The county's troops are empty, and it is impossible to rush to the Hetao to aid.

The Huns ravaged Hetao.

Each Xiongnu tribe was like a wolf wading into a flock of sheep, looting everything they could find on both sides of the river. By the time Moton's royal tent arrived at Gaoque City, the Xiongnu tribes had already destroyed the Hetao grassland.

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Chang'an.

As the emergency military situation in Hetao came, the people in Guanzhong began to become more and more uneasy. The Huns' invasion this time was completely different from the previous small attacks. Instead, they devoted all their strength to the invasion. For a full six months, the Qin State

In the northern border of the country, from Yandi in the east to Hexi in the west, beacon fires were everywhere.

Now, it is the turn of the war to break out in Henan, the area closest to Guanzhong. Judging from the news coming one after another, Wang Huang, the Great Chanyu of the Huns, has also appeared.

What happened to Da Qin?

In the first two years, the Qin army also defeated the Huns in Yan and Hexi, and captured nearly ten thousand enemies. This was only less than two years ago. Where was the invincible Qin army that even wiped out the princes of Guandong?

"King Wu, what's going on? Why haven't you appeared yet? Could it be that after a brief revival, Great Qin will fall into disintegration again?"

"Let's go to the Shenhou Mansion and wait. No matter what happens to King Wu, there must be an explanation. If anything happens to King Wu, it should be true. The so-called country established by the princes in the Warring States Period in the early autumn is actually just a prince doing whatever he wants.

private territory, and the people of various countries are slaves who work hard to survive on the territory. They work hard every year just to have a little food to feed their families.

As for the dignity of a person, it is undoubtedly an unattainable luxury for ordinary people.

People's hearts unite.

Just in a subtle way.

When foreign enemies invaded and the Qin Dynasty fell into crisis, they suddenly gathered together. This has never happened since the founding of the Qin State. Even when the First Emperor was on the throne, most of the people of the Qin State just silently carried out the orders from the government.

, they are like machines without thoughts, they only know how to dedicate everything in their own position.

Now, under Li Yuan's rule, a vibrant new country is gradually taking shape. It not only gives the people of Qin a stable life, but also allows the concepts of "equality, freedom, and mutual love" to slowly penetrate

In the hearts of the Qin people, the bloody battles of the frontier soldiers made every Qin people extremely proud; the busy scene on the streets of Chang'an filled every Qin people with happiness; and the life and death of Li Yuan, the leader, made them even more proud.

Worry about it, pray about it——.

In front of Prince Shenwu's Mansion.

On the long street, more and more people gathered, and in the mansion, Li Yuan, who had not been seen for many days, although he was tired from the journey and looked a little tired, his body did not appear to be seriously ill as rumored.

Next to Li Yuan, Cao Xin, a rough and single-eyed man, had an excited face. The grievances he had felt over the past few days made him have the urge to express his feelings when he saw Li Yuan.

"King Wu, you are back. If you don't reply, Xin will not be able to scare away the people outside the door even if he puts on a fierce look." Cao Xin pressed his sword and said loudly.

"General Cao, it is not easy to make the Huns' spies believe that I am seriously ill. Now, it is time to teach the Huns a profound lesson." Li Yuan's eyes flashed, and a fierce murderous aura filled his body.

Come on.

The period of time when the illness disappears.

In fact, Li Yuan did not stay far away from Guanzhong. He mysteriously arrived at the Ordnance Building in Jushui. There, Peng Yue, the second division commander, had an accident while researching "Sky Fire". In scientific terms, it was due to the proportion of black gunpowder when developing it.

There was a problem with the deployment, resulting in the loss of nearly half of the entire ordnance craftsman team responsible for skyfire.

Without professional guidance and relying solely on some alchemy experience, it would be difficult to obtain the more powerful "Sky Fire" stably. During his time in Jushui, Li Yuan worked with Peng Sheng to study to obtain a stable formula for "black gunpowder"

, at the same time, he also hopes to take this opportunity to provide some guidance to Peng Sheng and others, helping them to continue to deepen their progress in the development trajectory of gunpowder history.

The future of Qin.

Weapons more powerful than iron are needed. Although it is impossible to jump from the cold weapon era to the hot weapon era, if there are some attempts to allow the Qin army to obtain more reliable advanced weapons, Li Yuan thinks it is still possible. rs
Chapter completed!