Huan Rong

Outside Shuofang City, the two armies set up camps respectively, with big flags and high teeth, and fierce banners.

Gaoche Wusun's army is all cavalry, occupying favorable terrain in advance, as long as the horn sounds, the cavalry can be mobilized at any time, swoop down from a high place, and attack the Qin army's camp.

Ignoring the repeated provocations by the bandits, Qin Jing ordered the armor to be held still, planted barbed wire and caltrops in front of the camp, ordered the soldiers to cut trees, and erected fences around the camp, with the tips facing outwards, becoming another barrier to stop the enemy soldiers.

During the day, the cavalry patrolled around to prevent the enemy from spying.

At night, the camps are densely packed, and bonfires are set up every [-] steps, and the torches are lined up.

The chariot is behind the fence, and the catapult is next to the chariot. If the enemy dares to charge into the camp, the stone will fall like rain, and all arrows will be fired.

Seeing the situation of the Qin army, Wusun Kunmi couldn't help feeling vigilant.After several trials, they all failed, and instead lost more than a hundred elite cavalry.

"In the past, Emperor Qin's sweep of Monan was all about strong against strong. I have never seen such a move."

In everyone's mind, although Qin Jing is a Han Chinese, his style is more sturdy than the Hu people.

Leading troops to sweep across the Monan grassland, charging forward in every battle.In the face of enemies who are redundant, cavalry is still used to hedge, and there has never been a matter of standing firm.

It's a god of killing.

Now that the card of avoiding battle is high, why do you insist on not fighting?

Wusun Kunmi's doubts also filled the hearts of the leaders of Gaoche's tribe.

After thinking about it, everyone was still at a loss. They didn't understand why Qin Jing would change his usual style, ignore provocations and scolding from his own side, and stick to the camp all the time.

If it were another person, everyone would probably think that it was due to the disparity in strength and the general's timidity in fighting.

But what he was facing was Qin Jing, the well-known killing god who could stop children from crying at night. Whoever dared to think that way would definitely be out of his head.

More importantly, the place where Qin Jing camped happened to be on the road that must be passed through to attack the city.

If you want to attack Shuofang City, you must first break through the camp outside the city.Judging from the scouts' reports, let alone attacking the camp, if they get close to the shooting range, they will be shot into hedgehogs immediately.

Advance and fail to make progress, retreat but not reconciled, do you continue to waste?

"How should this be?"

Wusun Gaoche joined the alliance in Mobei and jointly dispatched troops. It looked like a strong army, and its momentum was not small. Once the drums sounded, it would be invincible.In fact, there are no small shortcomings.

For one thing, the alliance between the two sides is not like Chang'an and Jiankang, which is based on the two countries, but a loose alliance of various ministries, destined to have different people's hearts, and the tribal leaders have their own thoughts.

The result is that the battle against the wind can be fought, but the battle against the wind is worrying.

Let alone the battle, if the situation is not good for him, all the orders of Kunmi and the military orders of the chieftain are all forgotten. In order to preserve the strength of the tribe, it is not uncommon for them to turn around and run away.

Second, the purpose of going south this time is to plunder.

The grassland suffered severe drought, the vegetation withered, the river was cut off, and a large number of cattle and sheep starved to death.Diseases were born again, and diseased wild animals and livestock polluted the remaining water sources, making the situation worse.

It is really a helpless move for Wusun Gaoche to join forces.

Both sides were afraid of the prestige of the Qin army, and they went south alone with no confidence, and they pulled each other's backs to increase their confidence.

According to the original plan, the rangers who harassed Yanmen, Guangning, Yuyang and other places were all pretexts, mainly to attract the attention of Qin soldiers, cover up the main attack direction of the army, and prevent Chang'an from discovering the main force and gathering troops in advance.

As the army approached Shuofang, Qin Jing led troops to rescue Yanmen, and the plan was half successful.

Wusun Kunmi and leader Gao Che were very excited, thinking that victory was just around the corner.

Anyway, they didn't plan to occupy the land, and it wouldn't take much time to break through Shuofang City, loot and run away.

But they never expected that the situation would change midway, and the two tribes that restrained the Yanmen defenders fled westward, which made the plan exposed in advance, and even attracted Qin Jing, the god of death!

All of a sudden, both Wusun Kunmi and the leader of Gao Che began to feel drums in their hearts.Some small tribes suffered from Qin Jun's losses, lost their previous confidence, and secretly wanted to quit.

If he wins, it's fine, if he loses, with Emperor Qin's style, his own tribe may be extinct, and the bottom will disappear.

This time going south, the six major departments of Gaoche were dispatched together.

Among them, the Di family and the Hulu family had Han and Di advisers under their tents.

It was the two Han people under the leader of the Di family who formulated the strategy for the army to invade the south.Having lived in Mobei for many years, he behaves like a barbarian, only his appearance is very different.

The ancestors of the two were originally Han officials. During the reign of Emperor Ling, they served as officials in Shuofang County.

After the Yellow Turban Uprising, Wei, Shu and Wu divided the world into three parts, the Sima family replaced Wei, the Yongjia rebellion, and the Wuhu chaos in China. His ancestors traveled to Bianzhou and were captured by the Hu tribe. To save their lives, they first attached themselves to the Huns, and then transferred to Xianbei. He did many evil things, and was denounced as a traitor by the border people.

When the Xianbei tribe was defeated in the Central Plains, his father and ancestor took the initiative to move the tribe northward and put them under the tent of the Gaoche Di family.

Today, these two people no longer regard themselves as Han people, but instead blame all their family experiences on the Han family, and hold a deep-rooted hatred for the Central Plains.Taking advantage of the catastrophe, they worked together to encourage the leader of Gaoche to go south to attack Shuofang, not for the sake of the tribe, but more out of selfishness.

They don't care how many Gaoche people and Han people will die, and they don't care who wins and who loses. Their only purpose is to let blood flow into rivers in Bianzhou, to avenge their father being kicked out of Shuofang, and to bury their father and brother on the grassland with their blood. hatred.

They hated the Han Dynasty and had little loyalty to the Hu people.

Due to the experience of the family and the hatred of his father and grandfather, his mind has already been distorted.

To say they are vicious is flattering.

These two people are pure and complete lunatics, and they are quite intelligent and extremely dangerous lunatics.

"According to my servant, Emperor Qin is waiting for reinforcements." A counselor said.

"Reinforcements?" There was a voice of surprise in the tent.

"Of course." The counselor had expected this reaction, glanced at the crowd, and continued, "All the tribes in Mobei are united, and with Wusun as an alliance, there are more than [-] soldiers capable of fighting. In addition, the sheep slaves who can control strings Shuofang's garrison is only [-], and Emperor Qin has only [-] under his command. The army is three times larger than the enemy, and the strength of the troops is so great. So what if the Qin soldiers are good at fighting, they will still be afraid."

"This statement makes sense!" The leader of the Di family suddenly realized, and a touch of excitement appeared on his dark face.

"According to my servant, Emperor Qin will surely dispatch troops from neighboring border counties, or recruit young and strong men. If the leader wants to attack Shuofang City and win a big victory, he must strike first and try to stop the cavalry delivering the letter. Even if he can't stop it, he will Break through the camps outside the city before the reinforcements arrive!"

When it came to dispatching troops, the leader of the Di family became less excited and showed hesitation.

"If it's the Qin army's plan, so what? If you send troops rashly, you will fall into the opponent's trap!" A counselor from the Di people retorted.

He has long been displeased with these two Han people, even if what the other said is reasonable, he will speak out against them.

As everyone knows, objecting for the sake of opposing this time just hits the key point.

The reason why Qin Jing stood still was indeed a trick.

The purpose is to lure Gaoche and Wusun to attack on their own initiative, restrain the opponent's forces under the city, and attack their camp with surprise soldiers to prevent them from retreating.

Long before leaving Yanmen County, Qin Jing wrote a letter with Qin Yu, who set off from Xihai County and was leading an army of [-] to Shuofang.

In addition, after arranging all the affairs of Yanmen, Qin Jiu also dispatched troops to the west, chasing after Qin Jing, and rushed to the Shuofang battlefield day and night.

From the map, the two armies, one east and the other west, together with Qin Jing stationed in Shuofang, happened to block Gaoche and Wusun's army on three sides. If they wanted to escape, they had to choose to go north.

Qin Jun will let these ducks fly away?

Obviously impossible.

Even if it is for the food in the south, people must be kept!

The goshawk and the golden eagle exchanged messages, and the movement of reinforcements was constantly sent to Qin Jing.

Calculating the arrival date of Qin Jue and Qin Jiu, Qin Jing contacted Qin Jue and Qin Yu in the city, and dispatched more than ten cavalry, pretending to ask for help, further confusing the enemy.

Sure enough, the enemy fell into the trap.

After catching the Flying Cavalry sent out to ask for help, Qin Jing's "handwritten" letter was seized without getting a solid confession. The last worry of the leader of the Di clan was dispelled, and he took the letter to see Wusun Kunmi regardless of it was getting late.

As for the captured Qin soldiers, they cannot be killed for the time being.To convince Wusun Kunmi, this person is still very useful.

Not long after he left, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the tent where Qin Bing was being held.

The guards in front of the gate let them pass without asking.

The person who came was the leader of a small tribe in Mobei. He wandered around the pastures near Monan all the year round and had a lot of dealings with caravans from the south.

Because they often trade goods with caravans, the tribe does not only rely on nomads for a living. The severe drought that spread throughout the grassland did not affect this small tribe too much.

There are indeed losses, but it's not that you can't live.

Going south with the army this time, I really had no choice but to do so.

To be honest, he didn't want to be an enemy of Chang'an, let alone cut off the tribe's financial resources because of this matter.

When a businessman who has been doing business all year round secretly contacted him, he was promised a lot of benefits, just to save the life of Qin Bing who was captured.The leader thought about it and readily agreed.He even sent a reply letter, saying that he was willing to rescue the man, and detailed the specific situation of the coalition forces, on the condition that he could take refuge in Chang'an, get the protection of Emperor Qin, and move his troops to Monan.

All of this happened under the watchful eye of Chief Di Shi, but the other party never noticed it.

Maybe it's a focus on sieges, or maybe it's a natural contempt for small tribes.

In short, this small tribe composed of Chile people has become a pawn that leverages the entire battle situation, and it is slowly starting to play a role. The losses brought to Gaoche and Wusun's army are almost devastating.

The guards in front of the tent were bribed by the leader.

Because he was born in the Di tribe, he was not reused under Di Shi's tent, and he was often suppressed for no reason, so he had long held a mouthful of resentment.The leader of Chile handed out an olive branch to lure him, and the two hit it off.

"The people are inside." A guard pressed his long knife, raised the torch beside him, glanced around, and said in a low voice, "The leader went to see Wusun Kunmi, and the two Han people followed. After half a hour The time will be rotated, and if you want to take people out, you need to do it as soon as possible."

"it is good."

Chief Chile nodded and walked into the tent.Seeing Qin Bing covered in whiplash, he first identified himself, took out the token brought to him by the businessman, and then opened the package. There was no time to treat Qin Bing's wound, so he could only feed him a pill of wound medicine in pain, and quickly tore it off. The blood-stained short robe, put him on the leather robe of the Chile Department.

"Follow me, don't make a sound."

Before the two left, they specially set up the tent. If they didn't get close, Qin Bing still seemed to be lying there, unconscious due to the whip.

"Walk."

The leader of Chile sent a signal to the warrior not far away, who immediately understood, quickly walked around the tent, and quietly pulled out the horse.

The guard in front of the tent drew out his long knife and signaled to the leader.

Immediately, more than a dozen people stepped forward, quietly walked around behind the lonely Di's warrior, killed him with a knife, dragged them to the front of the tent, supported them with spears, and pretended to be guarded.

"If you can delay for a while, when the person on duty comes, you will definitely find something wrong."

"It's useless to worry about these things now. Get on your horse, someone outside the camp will respond!"

Small tribes also have the benefits of small tribes.

The big tribes send out troops, often hundreds or thousands of people, and this Chile tribe has less than two hundred warriors who can fight.

Before going south this time, the leader had another thought and used the disaster as an excuse to bring out only fifty cavalry, which was very convenient.Now, with the help of a caravan, they decided to go to Nantou, and secretly sent a letter to the tribe, ordering them to go south and meet at the predetermined place.

Taking advantage of the cover of the weather, fifty riders quietly left the camp.

There are no fences around the camp, but by chance, they encountered a cavalry patrolling the camp.

"kill!"

"Not a single one!"

Knowing that there was only one way to die if he was found out, the leader of Chi Le became ruthless, picked up a knife, and hacked and killed all the people as quickly as possible.Immediately, he got on his horse and galloped away in the agreed direction.

When Di's cavalry found out that something was wrong, the fifty cavalry rushed out several miles earlier to join the corresponding caravan.

Jia Ke was wearing a short robe, sitting in front of the military chariot, and when he saw the galloping leader Chile, he immediately whistled.

The team gathered in one place and turned to the Qin Army camp.

Turning his head to look at the Gaoche camp behind him, Jia Ke squinted his eyes, estimated the number of prisoners Qin Bing would get after the war, converted it into food, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The official sent a letter telling him not to return to Chang'an in a hurry, but to turn northward, did he expect it?

Outside Shuofang City, the camp of the Qin Army was brightly lit.

Jia Ke and his party rushed to the front of the camp, and there were already soldiers waiting here.

"General Xiahou."

Seeing Xia Houyan in armor with a serious face, Jia Ke jumped off the shaft of the car and opened the door, revealing Qin Bing lying in the car.

"Trouble shopkeeper Jia."

Xia Houyan thanked Jia Ke and let the chariot into the camp.Turning to the leader of Chile, he said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is in the army, the leader will follow me."

The leader of Chile got off his horse and glanced over. Several strong men happened to pass by in the camp. Because they were not wearing leather armor and their sleeves were rolled up, the totems on their arms were clearly visible.

After recognizing the totem, the leader of Chile felt a lot more relaxed.

Although they are not from the same department, the other party is undoubtedly from Chile.

In the big tent, Qin Jing was wearing only a black robe and a jade belt around his waist, and was writing a letter at his desk, which was tied to a pigeon's leg.

The leader of Chile was brought to the tent, peeking into a corner of the tent through the raised curtain, he couldn't help but wonder: the person in the tent is the God of Killing who first went to Yecheng, then broke Chang'an, and swept across Monan?Why doesn't it look like it?

It wasn't until he was brought into the tent, face to face with Qin Jing, and felt the evil spirit pressing on his head, that the leader realized that he was terribly wrong, completely wrong.

At the same time, Huan Rong, who was far away in Jiankang, also wrote a letter and sent it to Gushu.

The new year will be two months later, taking the opportunity of the first month, I will leave a few nephews to stay in Jiankang for a little longer, because of affection, I think my uncle will not refuse.

In order to prevent brother Cong from finding out his intentions and finding excuses to stop him, Huan Rong specially wrote in the letter that people must come, and not coming is not allowed!

Thinking of the upcoming nephews, Huan Rong was in a good mood.Putting down the pen, he stretched his waist in a very ugly way, got up and walked to the front of the hall, looked up at the silver moon hanging high in the sky, calculated the time, the letter from the north should be arriving soon, right?