Since ancient times, the south has been weak and the north has been strong!

Every time there is a great chaos in China, a force will take the opportunity to rise in the vast Gobi grassland. The Xiongnu rose in the great melee between Chu and Han; the Turks rose in the late Northern and Southern Dynasties; the Uighurs rose in the Anshi Rebellion; and the Khitan rose in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Wang Zhu knew that the most effective weapon used by the Central Plains to resist the nomads was the Great Wall.

The Great Wall of Qin State starts from Liaodong County in the east and ends at Lintao in the west, connecting the inherent Great Walls of Qin, Yan and Zhao. The border defense reaches more than 10,000 miles. From east to west, it connects Liaodong, Liaoxi, Yuyang, Shanggu, Yunzhong

, Yanmen, Taiyuan, Shangjun, Beidi, Longxi and other important towns bordering the grasslands were protected.

At that time, Meng Tian led 300,000 Qin soldiers out of Yanmen Pass and drove the Xiongnu forces from Hetao to the north of Yinshan Mountain. From then on, the northern barbarians had to pay a heavy price before they could break through the Great Wall and enter mainland China.

The entire Great Wall stretches across steep mountains, through wasteland, across the vast sea, through cliffs, and for tens of thousands of miles. You can see endless dragons, beacons, and passes, rising and falling, dancing and circling.

'There are nine fortresses in the world, and Yanmen is the first.' Yanmen Pass is surrounded by dangerous mountains. The city gate is soaring in the sky and built with huge stone barriers. It has 10,000 crenellations and 18 watchtowers. The situation is even more dangerous than Hangu Pass. The so-called Yanmen Pass,

Even wild geese cannot fly and can only pass between two peaks, so it is called Yanmen. General Li Mu of Zhao once resisted the Huns cavalry in this generation.

But these are of no use.

Wang Zhushuai's army had just arrived in Beidi County, and the battle report from the front came. Yang Duanhe failed to defend Yanmen Pass, the Huns army had entered Hetao {Ordos Plateau}, and Jiuyuan County fell. The role of the Great Wall was completely scrapped!

Wang Zhu immediately held an emergency meeting. Looking at the map, he wondered: "What does Modu mean? Why not attack Mayi, Pingcheng, and Jinyang eastward, but point the finger at Guanzhong."

Wang Ben said: "Firstly, the Hetao area is rich in water and grass and suitable for nomadic herding. Meng Tian originally snatched it from the Huns. Secondly, it was reported that the Huns sent troops this time. Touman and Zhao Wangxie had an agreement to share the land in Guanzhong. Ma

The city and Pingcheng are now in the hands of Zhao Xie, so the Xiongnu soldiers will naturally not go eastward."

Wang Zhu scolded: "Traitors, beasts that eat inside and outside! It turns out there are domestic thieves. No wonder this Maodun in the ice and snow doesn't take a rest."

Wang Ben smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the Huns are different from us. The more the trees wither in winter, the scenery is depressed, and the life is cut off, the more they know how to use troops!"

Wang Zhu was stunned: "Why?"

Zhang Han rushed to the side and said, "Your Majesty, when you are poor, you want to change. In winter, when there is insufficient food and grass, they come out to rob!" Wang Zhu cursed, "A bunch of wild beasts!"

"Now the entire Hetao is occupied by Maodun. The Xiongnu cavalry is only four hundred miles away from Xianyang. The cavalry can reach the city in one day. What strategies do you have to defeat the enemy?" Wang Zhu asked worriedly.

Zhang Han said: "It's better to go to Shangjunhui and make plans with Yang Duanhe first! He knows the Huns' tactics better!" Wang Zhu sneered: "He knows nothing, useless things, and he was defeated again and again.

, what are you still doing alive?”

Zhang Han was embarrassed to speak, and Wang Bi replied: "Yang Duanhe is cautious and flexible in his tactics. He is by no means incompetent. There is a reason for his defeat this time. He is a man who knows how to repay kindness. If others treat him seven times, he will definitely treat others."

Very, Your Majesty comforted him, Yang Duanhe will definitely repay the favor to the death."

Wang Zhu said nothing, feeling very dissatisfied with Yang Duanhe!

The military situation was urgent and they galloped forward. Wang Zhu, Wang Ben and Meng Duo rushed to the county with only 30,000 cavalry. The rear army, led by Li Xin, Zhang Han and Sima Xin, came later.

When I saw Yang Duanhe at noon the next day, the Xiongnu's forward army was still more than a hundred miles away from Shangjun.

"Your Majesty -" Yang Duanhe was helped into the room and knelt down in front of Wang Zhu. He said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, I am sorry for you!"

Wang Zhu, Wang Ben, and Meng Duo saw Yang Duan and his bloody face, in ragged clothes, with holes all over his body, like a broken glass bottle, with a gunshot wound on his right shoulder, a knife wound on his left chest, and all over his body.

It's blood stains. All stains are stained.

Seeing Yang Duanhe's miserable state, Wang Zhu hurriedly stood up, walked to Yang Duanhe, helped him up with both hands, and asked with concern: "General Yang, how did you do this?" After that, he wiped Yang Duanhe's face.

There were blood stains, but as soon as he raised his right hand, Yang Duanhe collapsed on the ground.

He supported Yang Duan and the attendant who came in and said: "Your Majesty, General Yang's attendant crawled back into the city from a few miles away. He has six gunshot wounds and four knife wounds on his body. He is seriously injured."

Wang Zhu sighed; "How could it be like this?"

Yang Duanhe cried, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. All my brothers are dead. That's 50,000 soldiers! They are all dead. The Huns are so cruel! With a wave of the long knife, the heads are rolling everywhere -

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Wang Zhu snorted: "Didn't I tell you to wait for me to come over? If you can't come out, if you can't come out, why don't you listen?"

"Your Majesty, as a general of the Qin Dynasty, I have been greatly favored by two generations of emperors. Faced with the devastation of the Qin people outside the Pass, with countless casualties, how can I sit idly by and ignore it? I really can't bear to see the people being slaughtered!"

The attendant also cried: "Your Majesty, the Huns are too cruel. They are like wild beasts in the mountains, without any humanity. They captured Yanmen, and all the people of Jiuyuan, regardless of gender, stripped their clothes and left them in the ice and snow.

Here, the men chopped off their heads and piled them into mountains, and lit them for heating at night. The women had fun, no matter how old or young, and they would not stop until they died. Within three to four hundred miles nearby, no one who could breathe could escape.

Those who had bad luck. They killed the Qin people to take it, drank the Qin people's blood, and ate the Qin people's flesh. General Yang couldn't bear it anymore and risked his life. He personally led his troops out of the city to rob the camp and rescue the people.

.Who would have known that the Hun Prince Maodun was a treacherous villain. He had already anticipated this move and had replaced the common people with powerful and elite Hun soldiers. Two teams of main cavalry were deployed on the fork outside. Our army entered

When the camp was trying to save the people, the Xiongnu soldiers came out from inside. Our army suddenly burst into flames, fled in all directions, and retreated in a rout.

General Yang knew that he had fallen into the trap and led us to fight to the death. We ran to a fork in the road and were chased by two groups of cavalry for a while. He lost his body and fled back to the city. The Hun cavalry was so powerful that it came and went without a trace like a ghost in the middle of the night.

They come and go like lightning, and they come and go like wind. We can't see anyone, we only hear the sound of bowstrings. Every time they sound, a brother's life will be taken away. They release arrows when they come, and they release arrows when they go. They release arrows all the time.

Arrow, we can't even catch someone's shadow, how can we hit it? We can't hit it? So - we lost -" The attendant seemed to be risking his life to say this, and after finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground.

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"Modun, Modun, you are indeed a traitor of a generation, cunning, treacherous -" Wang Zhu knew this Modun very well. He can be described as cunning, murderous and ruthless. The Xiongnu began to prosper since Maodun.

Wang Ben said, "This Maodun is different from other Xiongnu generals in that he knows how to lure the enemy deep. This person is difficult to deal with!" Meng Duo said, "I heard that Toumandan is a rough man. It's not a big deal."

Wang Zhu sneered and said, "This son, if you don't think of me, is someone's bastard. He is a bastard." Wang Zhu helped the attendant up with his own hands and said to Yang Duanhe, "Although the general is defeated, he has mercy, even if it is me.

Seeing such a situation, I can't help but go out and fight. I don't blame you."

Yang Duanhe said, "Although Your Majesty does not blame me, I cannot forgive myself. I originally wanted to save people, but I did not expect that the Huns' cavalry drove straight into the river, and the number of people injured was ten times more than before. This

Swarms of animals are like locusts passing through the country, and wherever they go it is desolate, with no grass growing. It is all my fault."

Wang Zhu said, "We will discuss your merits and demerits later in court. The most important thing right now is to drive Modu out of the Hetao and regain the lost territory. Do you have any plans?"

Yang Duanhe said: "The Huns' fighting methods are very different from those in the Central Plains. Their military does not have any complicated defensive formations. It is an all-attack type. The more they are on flat ground, the more powerful they can show. When they come, there is a hail of arrows.

When we left, there was another rain of arrows, and our cavalry couldn't resist it. The general only wanted to defend the city!"

Wang Ben said: "The Huns are good at riding and shooting, and their individual soldiers are better than our army. Almost everyone has excellent riding skills and can even sleep on horseback. It would be a big loss to fight with them in a cavalry battle."

Meng Duo said, "The problem is that there are still two to three thousand households around Shangjun. If it is obviously too late to move inward at this time, and if they are ignored, they will inevitably be massacred. What should we do?"

Wang Zhu let out a sigh of relief: "Yes, how could I let these people be brutally killed and watch helplessly!"

Wang Ben drooped his eyelids: "Your Majesty, do you mean to go to war?"

Wang Zhu said: "If you go to war, you must go to war. Before Mao Dun arrives in person, give him a head-on blow and let them know how powerful the Qin army is."

"But the Huns cavalry?" Wang Ben was very worried! Wang Zhu said: "There is no other way. I will go meet these cavalry. The old general will immediately organize the people to move inward. I will try my best to hold them back."

Wang Ben said anxiously: "How can this be done? How can your Majesty take the risk himself? Is it better for me to go -" Wang Zhu said: "You can't go, don't forget that I have invulnerable armor, and I can boost morale when I go. The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty will definitely

Use one as ten to defeat the enemy and create a powerful reputation."

Wang Zhu said: "Besides, I want to see if these Huns have any flaws!"

Yang Duanhe was seriously injured and could not stand firmly. He was unable to fight and stayed behind to assist Wang Ben in relocating the people.

Half an hour later, the army finished lining up. As the city gate creaked open, a total of 30,000 cavalry rushed out of the city gate. According to reports, the Huns' leading troops totaled less than 20,000 people.

On Wang Zhu's side are brothers Qin Ai and Qin She, the newly recruited escort generals. The fathers of these two men are famous knights in the Qin State. They have a long family background and are highly skilled in martial arts, especially archery. The left half of the short one is the arrow.

' means arrow, and the word 'Wei' on the right side represents tallness, so he was named Qin Aiao. Because his younger brother was short in stature, he combined his 'body' and 'inch' and named him 'She'.

The two brothers were personally promoted by the emperor to rise through the ranks and join the army. They were eager to try and achieve military exploits, so they followed Wang Zhu every step of the way. Next to the two brothers were Meng Duo, Wang Ling, Li Shiqi, Zhang Han, Sima Xin, etc.

General. can be considered a strong lineup.

Fifty miles away from Shangjun, there is the Ordos Prairie, which was called Hetao at the time. This was the only land for the Huns and even the barbarians in the future that could be cultivated and cultivated. Here there were abundant water and grass, four seasons, flocks of cattle and sheep, and a warm climate. The Huns

It is as important as Rouge Mountain and is often heavily guarded.

But this place was too close to Xianyang, and the cavalry could reach it in one day. The First Emperor would not allow them to live here, and ordered Meng Tian to build a "Qin Straight Road" from Xianyang to the Hetao for transporting troops and grain. Within a few years

, drove the powerful Huns cavalry out of Hetao, and Meng Tian relied on his superb martial arts to cross the Yellow River and sent Touman to the north of Yinshan Mountain before returning. Touman was unable to fight back and looked at the mountain with a sigh.

The endless prairie is dominated by the cavalry. The Huns galloped across this unobstructed area quickly and unscrupulously, like fish active in the water, which was difficult to catch.

The grass is blown by the wind, and snow falls in August.

The weather here is naturally much colder than in the Central Plains where the streets are lined with high-rise buildings. In the weather in January, the north wind is like a knife. Riding a horse and galloping is like running against a flying knife, and your face is almost blown by the north wind.

Cut out the bleeding groove.

In winter, the entire prairie is like a light gray felt blanket, spread out under the hooves of horses, boundless. Although the grass is dry, it is not dead. It still holds its head high and sways, waiting for the coming green. Wang

The lush meadow that Bamboo passed through was as long as calf height, and wild beasts were hidden in the decayed grass, waiting for opportunities to move. When the north wind blew wildly, their bodies could be slightly seen.

The further you go, the denser the vegetation and the stronger the smell of blood!

A gray track stretching for ten miles suddenly appeared in front. It was the Hun cavalry waiting in full formation. They were on the horizon, thirty miles apart, and they could be seen at a glance. The sound of hoofbeats was faint, the dust covered the sky, they were sonorous and murderous!

After the pasture, there was a wild land of sand and rocks! As they moved forward, the gray lines turned into a gray jungle, standing vertically, horizontally, and row by row. Straight poplar trees and dense

Locust trees grow close together, surrounding a small, silent and turbid lake.

The lake was filled with dead air, which was suffocating. The grass along the way revealed the white skeletons of countless animals that had fallen dead by the lake!

Wang Zhu led the cavalry and passed by quickly. He couldn't help but look back, and his heart suddenly shook, as if he thought of something!

There seems to be a gray-black wave jumping towards this side on the horizon, with fierce momentum and overwhelming speed; it is extremely fast, running with thunder and lightning!!

"Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!" The strange screams of the savages could be heard endlessly.
Chapter completed!