"How is the war on the frontier now?, but the latest news is coming?" Sitting in the big tent of the Chinese army in the camp of the Meng family's army, Meng Tian looked at the many generals in the tent and asked.

The big tent of the Mengjia army was crowded with people, and a small half of these people were the generals of the Mengjia army who had not been sent out, and most of the rest were the rest of the army generals who were going to follow Meng Tian on the expedition this time. This time, the Hu people were huge, and it was far from being able to be cleaned up by an army stationed on the Great Wall of Northern Xinjiang and the Mengjia Army.

"General, this is the latest news from the northern Xinjiang that we just received an hour ago, the Hu army is nearly 600,000, since the Yumen Pass broke the Great Wall of our border pass, it has burned and plundered along the way, and now it has reached the city of Beijun. There are less than 100,000 of our army in Beijun, and they are in danger, so Beijun Feige came to ask for help. Meng Li said.

Beijun, that is Zi Yanran's home! Now Beijun, with less than 100,000 troops and 600,000 Hu people's army, is not a level of strength at all, even if Beijun's city is tall and strong, I am afraid it is not the opponent of the 600,000 Hu army.

When everyone in the tent heard that the Hu people had gathered 600,000 troops to attack this time, they almost gasped. The Hu people live in the grasslands outside the Guan, and no one knows how many of them there are, not only because of their vast territory, but also because of the intricacies of their sphere of influence. At present, the Xiongnu, the most powerful Hu people outside the Guan, have nepotism with the Qin State, and they should not send troops to attack the Qin State, so where did the Hu people find so many people to attack the Qin State?

Meng Tian frowned, 600,000 people is indeed extraordinary. At present, the total number of troops in the Qin State is less than 1.2 million, of which more than 100,000 are fighting against the local natives in the southern Baiyue land, and most of the rest are scattered in various cities, and there are 500,000 Qin troops distributed on the Great Wall. In addition to the 150,000 troops in the Mengjia army, Meng Tian was able to use this time, as well as the soldiers and horses under the command of all the people in the tent, adding up to just 400,000, and there was still a gap of 200,000 with the Hu people's troops.

"There are less than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Beijun, and it really can't last a few days. This time, the 600,000 army of the Hu people traveled all the way, probably with the intention of destroying my Great Qin in one fell swoop. Beijun is only five days away from Xianyang City, and if you take the straight road we repaired, you can reach Xianyang City within two days. I don't think they dare to do this, if they do, then we can outflank them, and what about 600,000 people, it's just a dish for our Great Qin soldiers. ”

After Meng Tian finished speaking, everyone in the tent laughed, making the atmosphere in the tent not as dignified as before.

Meng Tian slapped the table in front of him, and everyone's laughter stopped instantly. "But the Hu people didn't do that, that means that they planned to attack our Qin State this time, and we fought with the Hu people before, and we won more than we lost. But Ben Shuai would like to remind you here that the Hu people are not a bunch of idiots, and their cavalry and archery skills are still better than our strongest cavalry, so this expedition must avoid fighting with the Hu people in the plains. As long as the Hu people don't have their war horses, then their combat effectiveness will be at least half, and our soldiers are good at foot combat, so we must use our strengths to fight the enemy's shortcomings. ”

After Meng Tian finished speaking, he asked Du Hui, "By the way, is there any news from Xue Bin?"

Du Hui shook his head, and he said: "Since the last general learned the news of the Hu people's attack, he immediately sent someone to contact Xue Bin, and there is no news yet. ”

"Okay, report it to me as soon as you have news. ”

"No, the last will obey. ”

Meng Tian looked at Wang Li, who was standing in the crowd, Wang Li also asked his father Wang Ben for this expedition, and Wang Ben reluctantly agreed to him. Wang Li had been a general in Yandi before, and this time he took 100,000 descendants of the Wang family to follow Meng Tian out.

"Wang Li, how is the trump card in your hand trained?" Meng Tian knew that the Wang family had been building a mysterious army over the years, according to what Wang Ben said after drinking too much at one time, that is, once this army was on the battlefield, it would be a killer weapon. Moreover, Wang Li happened to come with this army this time, so Meng Tian was very interested in this army.

Wang Li clasped his fists at Meng Tian and said, "Marshal, rest assured, this is the first time that my Wang family's armor-piercing soldiers have gone to the battlefield, and I believe they will satisfy the marshal." ”

"Okay, then I'll be relieved. In the past, General Wang Jian had this idea, but he has not been able to realize it, and now I want to see how powerful this army is. This time, you led 100,000 people to sit in the Chinese army with me, and our brothers joined forces to drive the Hu people back to their hometowns. ”

Beijun has always been the gateway to the northwest of the Qin Kingdom, where the Yiqu people, Qin people, Hu people and the people of the Western Regions outside the Guanguan originally lived here, and it is also the largest city within a radius of hundreds of miles. There are more than 96,000 Qin troops stationed in the northern county, and at the same time, it also supplies the grain, grass, and heavy military supplies of the border pass and the Great Wall, which is rare in the Qin state, which also shows the wealth of the northern county. schoolgirl

With the siege of the 600,000 Hu army, the originally lively Beijun people were panicked, and many people had already begun to go south to escape the war when they learned that the Hu people were going south, and now there are still 70,000 or 80,000 people in the city who have not left.

Han Jin, the warden of the northern gun, and Abra, the general, patrol the castle and inspect the castle defenses. The two of them walked on the tall city wall that was constantly being repaired in Beijun, looking at the fire of the Hu people's camp ten miles outside the city, without a trace of a smile on their faces. After all, it was 600,000 people, and the defenders and the people in the city combined were less than 200,000, and according to the soldiers who had retreated from the Great Wall before, these Hu people did not leave prisoners, once the city of Beijun was broken, then it is not difficult to imagine what kind of hellish scene the city would be.

"The Hu people have surrounded us, and it is expected that after dawn tomorrow they will attack us. Stopping at the North City Gate, Han Jin and Abra looked at the Hu camp outside the city and said worriedly.

Abra nodded heavily and said: "Originally, I thought that the 600,000 army that the Hu people said was a joke, but even if there is no 600,000 today, I am afraid it will not be less than 500,000. ”

Han Jin heard Abra say that he would hold on for two or three days, he said with a wry smile: "The general said lightly, two or three days is not long, and it is not short, but I think you are also clear about the situation in the city, how can we rely on our people to hold on for two or three days under the attack of so many Hu people?"

Abra didn't know how, he said: "The current situation is no longer something we can control, according to my calculations, we should have no problem withstanding the attack of the Hu people for two days." Not to mention anything else, there is plenty of food and grass in the city, and in addition to our soldiers, I have already begun to recruit soldiers in the city, and it should be no problem to gather 150,000 men. In addition, over the years, we have continued to repair and raise the city wall, and it is impossible for the Hu people to attack the process so quickly. ”

Han Jin looked at the Hu people's camp for a long time and didn't speak, the eastern sky had gradually turned red, the sun was about to rise, he could even see the smoke rising from the Hu people's camp, he knew that the big war was coming.

"How's Lady Zi's condition?" Han Jin suddenly asked.

Seeing Han Jin ask about his eldest brother's condition, Abra sighed and said: "The eldest brother's health has not been good in the past few years, since Yan Ran came back to see him a little better the year before last, I heard the news of Hu Ren calling him in the past few days, and his condition has deteriorated a little, and even the doctor can only say that he is doing his best to obey the fate of God, I think the eldest brother has been holding on to his last breath, and he should still meet Meng Tian and his grandson." ”

Zi Mingdu has been sick and bedridden for several years, and he has taken many medicines in the middle to no avail, and in the past few days, he has heard the news that the Hu people have attacked the northern county city, and his condition has become more and more serious.

"Now I just hope that our reinforcements will arrive sooner. ”

This time the troops were sent to the north again, and the troops were much larger than before, but this time the ceremony of sending troops was very simple, Yingzheng sent Zhao Gao to read out the edict of sending troops, and then Meng Tian let the army set off.

Out of the barracks, Meng Tian and Meng Li, Du Hui, Zhou Zhe and Wang Li and others rode together, in front of them was a vanguard of 100,000 people, and behind them was a long army of grain and grass and 300,000 troops.

"Big brother, I don't understand, why did you give us a prison army in His Majesty's Fortress this time, wouldn't this cause us chaos?" Wang Li looked at a very unusual carriage in the army not far behind him, and there was a eunuch sitting in it, who was a prison sent by Ying Zheng.

Meng Li is also not used to it, every time he goes out in the past, he has never heard of sending a prison army, why did His Majesty the Emperor send a prison army who does not know military affairs to follow him this time. "Marshal, this is the prison army, I think it's about the same as spying on us. ”

Meng Tian also felt a little strange about Yingzheng's edict, but the biggest thing now was to fight against the Hu people, so he didn't have the heart to care about it. "Okay, don't think about it so much, let's just fight our battle, this prison army will just treat him as if he doesn't exist, and when this battle is over, I think we should make a break with Zhao Gao. ”

"Does the marshal mean that Zhao Gao is the one who supervises the army?" Meng Tian said this, and everyone seemed to understand. Now Zhao Gao's support for Hu Hai Gongzi is basically known to both the government and the opposition, and Meng Tian is Fusu's teacher, so the gap between the two can be said to be very large.

For the matter of supervising the army, Meng Tian is indeed a little unhappy in his heart, if it is someone else to Meng Tian, maybe there is not so much resistance, the key is that this person is a eunuch, or a person under Zhao Hao, which makes Meng Tian's heart extremely uncomfortable, he thinks that after this battle, it is time to make a break between him and Zhao Gao.