After leaving Yiqu City, Meng Tian and Zhao Li did not delay much time on the road, the two rode horses during the day, rested at night, and advanced towards the Great Wall on the northern border of Qin. Despite this, it took the two of them three days to reach the northernmost pass of the Qin State - Fushi in Shangjun, and beyond Fushi City to the north is Yulin, which is at war, so the Qin army currently regards Fushi as a forward pass and stationed all its troops here.

Because it was wartime, the city gates in the four directions of Fushi City were closed except for the south gate, and when Meng Tian and Zhao Li came to the south gate of Fushi, it was already dark, and the Fushi city gate happened to be closed. Meng Tian and the two came to the city gate, Meng Tian found that it was Du Hui who was on duty at the city gate today, and Du Hui also saw Meng Tian, so he hurriedly ordered the soldiers below to open the city gate and welcome Meng Tian and the two into the city.

Meng Tian and Zhao Li entered Fushi City, then dismounted, handed the horse to the Qin soldiers behind him, ordered him to feed it well, and then took Zhao Li and walked towards Du Hui. Meng Tian and Du Hui didn't see each other for several days, and as soon as they met, the two hugged each other. After separating, Meng Tian introduced Zhao Li behind him to Du Hui, and after Du Hui and Zhao Li hugged each other's fists and saluted, Meng Tian asked Du Hui about the recent battle situation. Du Hui told Meng Tian that since he was separated, Meng Wu took the Qin army to Fushi, and had been fighting with the Hu people for three days, these Hu people will play their hunting skills on the grassland to the fullest, and they do not confront the Qin army head-on at all, and run to the city wall every day to shoot a burst of bows and arrows, and then just when the Qin army sent men and horses out of the city to meet the battle, these Hu people turned around and ran, once Meng Wu and Wang Yi led a Qin army to chase after them, not wanting to chase the enemy too deep, and fell into the enemy's ambush, Meng Tian and Wang Ji led the soldiers to fight out of the siege, and only one of the ten cavalry remained。

When Meng Tian heard that his father had been ambushed by the enemy, he hurriedly asked Du Hui how his father was and if he was injured. In addition to learning that his father was safe and sound, but only suffered a slight injury, Meng Tian breathed a long sigh of relief, this group of barbarians on the grassland is really hateful, but the tactics are not very clever, after all, the largest number of Qin troops is still infantry, because in the war between Qin and the Central Plains vassal states, most of the time is a siege battle, and cavalry can rarely be sent to the battlefield, so the cavalry is in the Qin army, only the border army will have a certain number, but compared to the number and quality of the Hu people on the grassland, the number and quality are too bad.

Du Hui took Meng Tian and Zhao Li to the camp where Meng Wu was. In addition to the Qin army stationed in the north wall of the city, there are still some Qin people living in the city, and they can send some supplies to the Qin army stationed in the city. The city is not big, only about a quarter of the size of Xianyang City, but there are nearly 100,000 Qin soldiers stationed in the city and nearly 10,000 ordinary Qin people, the city is divided into two halves, the south of the city is the area where the people live, and the north of the city is the barracks. After passing through the living quarters where ordinary Qin people lived, we arrived at the barracks in the north of the city.

Although he was the general's son, and Du Hui was leading the way, the soldiers guarding the barracks still checked Meng Tian's seal before putting him and Zhao Li inside, which shows the strict military discipline of the Qin army. After entering the barracks, Meng Tian and the three of them went straight to Meng Wu's camp. Although it was already dark, there were still many voices of people talking in Meng Wu's tent, Meng Tian took off the helmet on his head, walked in with Zhao Li, and after seeing Meng Wu, he said, "Father, I'm back." ”

Meng Wu, who was discussing the military situation with everyone, didn't hear his son's voice, and it wasn't until Wang Di, who was beside him, saw Meng Tian standing at the door and patted his shoulder, that Meng Wu raised his head and saw Meng Tian. Meng Wu was very happy to see that Meng Tian had returned, and it happened that the military situation with everyone had been almost discussed, so Meng Tian asked everyone to return to their camp first, and discuss how to deal with the enemy's attack tomorrow.

The generals in the tent had already heard the name of this major general of the Mengjia army, and when they walked out of the camp and passed by Meng Tian, they saluted him one after another, everyone called the major general, and Meng Tian also returned the salute one by one, and did not put up a fight at all with these seniors who joined the army earlier than him.

After everyone left, there were five people left in the tent, Meng Wu, Wang Di, Meng Tian, Du Hui and Zhao Li, Meng Tian stepped forward and knelt on the ground to bow to his father, and after being helped up by Meng Wu, he introduced Zhao Li's identity. When they heard that Zhao Li was a member of the Wei killer organization Dark Bird, Meng Wu and Wang Yi were also taken aback, because the name Dark Bird was too terrifying, and there were no less than a few officials and generals on the border of Qin who died in the hands of Dark Bird every year. Meng Tian said to his father and Wang Di that he planned to cultivate a team of killers in the Meng family's army, which was specially used to assassinate enemy generals and defend against enemy killers' covert attacks.

Meng Wu listened to Meng Tian's plan and said, "Yes, this idea is very good. Some ministers had mentioned this matter to the former king before, but at that time, Qin State did not have the right person to be in charge of this matter, and the cost of cultivating a killer was no less than the cost of training a heavy armored soldier, so this plan has been shelved. Since you have such a good candidate this time, then you can do it, tell me what you want, and Brother Wang and I will try our best to satisfy you. ”

Wang Yi nodded beside him, feeling that Meng Tian's method was feasible, and said: "Yes, Meng Tian, since you have a plan to do it, your father and I will vouch for you in the back, whether it is someone or something, even if you come to me, there is nothing here, and I will hand it over to you when I return to Xianyang after I have defeated the Hu people." ”

Meng Tian was naturally very happy when he saw that his father and Wang Yi agreed with his idea, and said, "Thank you Uncle Wang and my father for their trust, I will definitely not live up to your trust." ”

As soon as Meng Tian finished speaking, a soldier outside the tent came in to report that there was an enemy situation and whether he was ready to fight. Meng Wu first said no, and sent people to gather all the generals and go to the city wall to observe the enemy army together. Meng Wu and Wang Di took Meng Tian and others to the city wall, because Meng Tian was fighting with the Hu people for the first time and did not understand the Hu people's combat methods, so when they heard that Meng Tian wanted to go out of the city to face the battle, Meng Wu did not agree, saying that he would take him to see the Hu people fighting first, and then make plans.

When he arrived at the city wall, with the faint light of the torches, Meng Tian saw that there were many people and horses in the open space outside the north gate of Fushi City. These Hu people came on horseback, wearing only a piece of leather armor, and the weather in the north had gradually cooled down at this time, so many Hu people had already put on their hats and looked a little nondescript. Meng Tian looked at the scattered Hu people in the city, and said with a smile that these Hu people dare to attack our city like this, isn't it a little too self-conscious.

When Meng Wu heard this, he reprimanded Meng Tian: "Don't talk nonsense, I didn't bring you here to let you come to the play, but to let you see the uniqueness of these Hu people." ”

Meng Tian pointed to the Hu people under the city and said, "Father, you see what is unique about these Hu people, I think it's just ridiculous." As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Tian was pushed by Zhao Li beside him, staggered to the side, and as soon as he stood firmly, he saw a bow and arrow flying past where he was standing just now. If it weren't for Zhao Li just now, he might have to lie in bed for half a month just after he arrived in Fushi City.

"Thank you, Brother Zhao. Meng Tian regained his mind and said to Zhao Li.

Zhao Li said: "Don't be polite, young general, this is what I should do." These Hu people like to hide some archers on the grassland in the crowd, and then do not attack the city, after the enemy generals on the city wall come out to watch the battle, these marksmen will be killed by an arrow. Especially in such a night, the arrows used by these marksmen are all painted with black grass juice, and it is impossible to resist when shot in the crowd. Therefore, the major general must be careful when observing the enemy army. ”

Wang Yi asked Zhao Li, "Are you familiar with these combat methods of the Hu people?"

Zhao Li clasped his fists to Wang Di and said: "General Hui, when the villain was trained in the Wei State before, he once went to the grassland and lived in a small Xiongnu tribe not far from the border of the Wei State for a period of time, so the villain knows better the bows and arrows used by these marksmen, and also knows the reason why they still come to attack at night even though they are not attacking the city. ”

Meng Wu listened to Zhao Li's words, nodded and said, "Yes, we suffered a loss at the sharpshooters of these Hu people when we first arrived before, if it weren't for the fact that there was an adjutant general by my side at that time, maybe you wouldn't be able to see me today, Tian'er." ”

Meng Tian understood that he had made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and bowed his head to Meng Wu and said, "Father, I was wrong, I was too underestimating the enemy. ”

Meng Wu nodded, "It's good that you know, you are still young, in the future, you will lead the army to the battlefield to kill the enemy, you can't despise any enemy, otherwise if something goes wrong, you will not harm yourself, but also Qin Guoerlang behind you." ”

"I see, father. Because this time the enemy almost lost his life, Meng Tian warned himself that he could not make the same mistake in the future, so that in the later Meng Tian's lifelong battle of leading the troops, the record of almost complete victory against the enemy made the soldiers and generals of the six major vassal states of the Central Plains talk about Meng's color, and everywhere the Mengjia army went, they bowed down to the Qin State.