Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 133
In Jiuyuan, the situation inside and outside the city has become quite tense, almost to the point where everyone is in danger.

Recently, cavalry from the Xiongnu and Yuezhi often harassed the caravans outside the city, and every day in the city, people heard that someone was attacked and killed by the Huns or Yuezhi cavalry.

And when everyone was in panic all day long, Li Xin, Qiang Li and Yang Duanhe led an army of [-] troops and stationed in Jiuyuan, bringing the situation under control in one fell swoop.

The people of Jiuyuan City saw a large number of elite Qin troops entering the city, and their previous tension was instantly swept away.

"It's the Northern Army, it's my Great Qin Northern Army, the most powerful army, it's really great, don't worry anymore!"

"I heard that General Li Xin is leading the army this time, as well as Qiang Yan and Yang Duan and the other two generals. With such a strong lineup, the Yuezhi and the Huns must not dare to be rampant anymore!"

"Hmph, dare to be rampant, let them taste the power of my great Qin army, General Li Xin is not in vain."

"That's right, even if it's just Qiang Li and Yang Duan and the generals, they can kill them all!"

The people were discussing excitedly. After Li Xin and others led the army into the city, they immediately arranged for the army, and quickly divided into three groups, advancing side by side, and orderly put pressure on the Yuezhi and Xiongnu coalition forces outside the city.

However, the two sides did not fight immediately, but at sporadic locations, the scouts from both sides made some unfriendly contacts.

And on the second day after Li Xin and others entered Jiuyuan, the first batch of refined salt from the Salt Mansion, a thousand catties of refined salt, had already been sent to Jiuyuan City.

When one thousand kilograms of refined salt was transported into the military camp, the soldiers of the Qin army in the military camp were all ecstatic when they saw it.

Zhang Han was personally responsible for the escort of the salt, and he also brought a thousand black ice warriors with him. Seeing the excitement of the soldiers seeing the salt, Zhang Han couldn't help laughing.

"Soldiers, this is just the first batch of refined salt, and there will be more refined salt in the future. Don't worry, you will be able to eat refined salt like this every day in the future, and you will never have to eat coarse salt again."

"This is all the grace of His Majesty and the Crown Prince. It is to enable the soldiers to have the capital to make contributions on the battlefield..."

Zhang Han's words immediately made Ying Zheng and Zhao Yi gain enough favorability among the soldiers.

"My God, this is refined salt for us to eat. Doesn't it mean that only His Majesty the Palace is qualified to use refined salt?"

"Didn't you listen to what the general said? Your Majesty and the Prince specially brought this to us. From now on, we can eat it every day, so that we can serve the country!"

"There are so many, and it's only the first batch. Thank you, Your Majesty and the Crown Prince!"

"Of course, I must thank Your Majesty and the Crown Prince. In the future, on the battlefield, I will meet the cavalry of the Yuezhi and the Huns. Don't be cowardly. For Your Majesty's sake, for the Crown Prince, kill all those beasts!"

Looking at the snow-white refined salt, the soldiers screamed excitedly, and the morale of the army camp rose to the peak in an instant.

Li Xin and others welcomed Zhang Han into the big tent, and immediately thanked him, "Thank you, General Xingye, for bringing the refined salt. Oh, there are so many refined salts. With them, I don't have to worry about it anymore."

Zhang Han waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's all for the country, to share the worries for His Majesty, not to mention, it's just a little bit of the prince's wish, your army is fighting with their lives in front, you can't say that the soldiers can't even eat salt! "

Qiang Yan laughed loudly and said, "Oh, I didn't expect that one day I would be able to eat refined salt in the front line. In the past, this was something that I would never have dared to think about!"

"Yes, yes!" Yang Duanhe also echoed, "It's all thanks to His Majesty, who let the prince set up a salt-making mansion. With the prince's salt-making mansion, our army can actually eat refined salt every day!"

Zhang Han smiled, turned to look at Li Xin, "Generals, now that the military supplies are ready, how is the battle going?"

Li Xin said confidently: "Everything is under control. The Yuezhi and Xiongnu coalition forces, led by King Zuo Xian of the Xiongnu, are currently lurking in the valley a hundred miles away from Jiuyuan City."

"They don't know at all that our army has formed a north-south attack on them, and the general prisoner has brought in a sufficient number of crossbow arrows. Now they just need to wait for the right time for the decisive battle, and they will be able to go down!"

"That's great!" Zhang Han cupped his hands, "I've entrusted some generals to the front line, then the generals will stay here soon, and I have to deliver the next few batches of refined salt. I must ensure the military supplies of the generals!"

"Okay! Wait for our good news!" Li Xin and others sent Zhang Han out of the barracks, where cooking had already begun.

Of course, the freshly delivered refined salt was used for cooking today. After a while, the aroma of the dishes made with refined salt spread throughout the entire military camp in an instant.

After the meal, the soldiers of the Qin army were full of energy, and even excited like never before. They all wished to serve the country immediately, serve the court, and make contributions to their emperor and prince.

But at this time, scouts came to report that the allied forces of the Xiongnu and the Yuezhi were pressing forward at night, and the vanguard had already fallen into an ambush.

Li Xin cried out well, now that the army's morale is available, the soldiers under him are worrying that they have no place to vent their fighting spirit, but they didn't expect that these Huns and Yuezhi people would come to their door by themselves.

So according to the military strategy arranged earlier, the [-] troops marched out together, silently outflanking the Xiongnu and Yuezhi coalition forces.

King Zuo Xian of the Huns actually didn't want to go to war, because he knew that Jiuyuan had reinforcements, but King Yuezhi and Xiongnu Shanyu were eager to open up the situation, so they ordered him to attack Jiuyuan immediately.

So when I found out that only 9 people had come to Jiuyuan, and King Zuo Xian had [-] coalition troops under his command, I thought about giving it a go.

But when they marched to a steep mountain outside Jiuyuan City, when the whole army entered the mountain, countless torches suddenly lit up on both sides of the mountain.

King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu was stunned at that time. He didn't expect that the Qin army would set up an ambush on both sides of the mountain so late, and he panicked immediately.

Originally, the Yueshi army and the Xiongnu army were not unified in command. Now the Xiongnu Zuoxian King panicked, and the coalition forces suddenly fell into chaos.

And when the morale of the Qin army was like a rainbow, when Li Xin gave an order, the Qin army's ten thousand crossbows fired at the same time, all kinds of wood and rolling stones filed down, and the Xiongnu and Yuezhi coalition forces became even more chaotic.

When the soldiers of the Qin army entered the battlefield with their swords, countless Huns and Yuezhi people had fallen in a pool of blood, and none of them could resist.

King Zuo Xian of the Xiongnu originally wanted to run away with the remaining cavalry, but he didn't expect to be bumped into by the Qiang who was blocked at the entrance of the mountain pass.

Qiang Xie's horse was so fast that he raised his sword and cut off the head of King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu. The coalition forces lost their leader and all knelt down and surrendered. The battle was completely over in less than two hours. The coalition forces of the Xiongnu and Da Yuezhi completely annihilated!
(End of this chapter)