Qingcheng, originally a small border city in the northwest of the Celestial Empire, was located on the edge of the desert. Because the land is barren and the weather is dry, the population has always been small. However, since the rise of Great Qin in the northwest, the imperial court has also begun to attach importance to this place, not only garrisoning troops, but also moving many people from the mainland. When there was no war, the Great Qin people also used furs and some local herbs to come here in exchange for some salt, grain, cloth, tea, etc. Many merchants in the inland have taken aim at this lucrative business, transporting goods here for thousands of miles, and then transporting furs and herbs back to the interior, which is more than ten times more profitable. In this way, Qingcheng, a small town with no name, suddenly became an important border town of the Celestial Empire.

Originally, Great Qin was not a centralized state, but composed of many tribes, and the tribes were constantly fighting with each other, and the so-called royal family was just the result of a check and balance. Although the Great Qin people were brave and good at fighting, they never caused harm to the Celestial Empire. A few years ago, there was a brilliant figure Yingji Chucai, who suddenly unified several major tribes of Great Qin, and actively learned smelting, planting, textile and other technologies from the Celestial Empire, and the national strength suddenly became stronger. Friction between the two countries has also begun to increase.

Yingji Chucai's ambition is not small, agreeing to Daqin is not his goal, what he covets is the fat of the Celestial Empire. The Celestial Empire has not experienced a major war for many years, and the whole country admires literature and military despise, but the combat effectiveness of the army claiming to be one million is not very good, and the top and bottom are just pampered and pampered.

Daqin's troops continued to harass Qingcheng, which made the rulers of the Celestial Empire anxious, expanding the army in Qingcheng and building city walls, but even so, when Li Duan was defeated, Qingcheng was still taken away by the Great Qin, although in the end Qingcheng still returned to the hands of the Celestial Empire, but still paid a lot of ransom. And if it weren't for Li Yi sneaking into Daqin back then and leaving a warning in Yingji Chucai's big tent, the people of Daqin would have been even more fearless, and the lion would have opened his mouth, and the losses of the Celestial Empire would have been even greater.

Yingji Chucai was originally just a not outstanding prince in the Great Qin royal family, but he stood out at the last moment of seizing the throne and won the throne of Great Qin in one fell swoop. After this prince ascended the throne, he changed his previous face of forbearance and gentleness, and with his eighteen warriors, he only brought more than 1,000 iron horsemen, and beat the strongest southern part of the country to the ground, and suddenly gained momentum and made a name for himself in Daqin. The rest of the tribes in the south saw that their resistance was useless, and immediately showed weakness, and they all used marriage and annual tribute to pay allegiance to the royal family of Great Qin.

Yingji Chu became the emperor of Great Qin, but this was not his ultimate goal, the Celestial Dynasty next to him was a big fat piece in his eyes. When he sent troops to capture Qingcheng, it was just to test the strength and attitude of the Celestial Empire. The Celestial Empire has been peaceful for many years, and the people in the upper position have long lost the ambition of the ancestors to dominate the world, so after Li Duan was defeated, he immediately sent people to negotiate peace, although he took back Qingcheng, but he had to pay a lot of tribute to Daqin every year A lot of gold and silver, medicinal materials, grain and other things, and set up a market in Qingcheng to allow Daqin people and the Celestial Dynasty to trade.

In fact, at that time, Daqin had no spare strength to continue to advance, and it was only through Li Duan's stubbornness that he used to fight bravely with the Great Qin cavalry. It's a pity that at that time, the courtiers led by Wang Daxue were all in favor of peace, and finally lost gold, silver, grain and grass in vain, and after a few years of recuperation, Daqin's strength suddenly increased a lot, and he faintly had the capital to compete with the Celestial Empire.

In the past few years, Yingji Chu has known that his troops are insufficient, where can he directly declare war on the Celestial Empire, but that conquering heart has never changed. He also constantly sent spies to inquire about the internal situation of the Celestial Empire, hoping to take advantage of the internal strife in the Celestial Empire to get a piece of the pie. The discord between the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty and his younger brother King Fu naturally couldn't hide it from him. After receiving the news, he thought that this was a godsend, so he summoned his eighteen warriors to discuss the matter of sending troops.

Ji Gri, who killed Li Duan back then, was the most anxious, and as soon as he heard Yingji Chucai's words, he immediately shouted that he wanted to be a pioneer. However, some people immediately raised objections, arguing that it should be considered in the long term and that troops should not be sent blindly. The person who spoke was none other than Chagheri, who was both wise and brave among the eighteen warriors. Ji Gri was about to turn his face when he heard it, but Ying Ji Chu hurriedly stopped it. Gigri is brave and good at fighting, and is very loyal to Yingjichucai, when Yingjichucai was the prince, many assassinations were under the protection of Jigri, so he also trusted Jigri.

Chaghari was the most resourceful of the eighteen warriors, and was deeply appreciated by Yingji Chucai. Whether it was defeating a few brothers and seizing the throne or subduing a few tribes, thanks to Chaheli's advice, Yingji Chucai also attached great importance to Chaheli's opinions.

Yingji Chucai Jigri is a little restless,

"Don't be afraid that you won't be useful, the battle must be fought, listen to what Chaheli has to say first. ”

Chaghari nodded,

"We all know the emperor's ambitions. "The monarchs and ministers of Great Qin did not have those strict etiquette like the Celestial Empire, and everyone spoke more casually, so Cha Heli called himself "I" in front of Yingji Chucai.

"Your Majesty, now the garrisons of Qingcheng and Xincheng have a total of 200,000 people, but our army is only 80,000 people......

"But our sons are all heroes, and there are more than ten of them at the top, so why can't they fight?" Gigri interrupted Chagari.

"Yes, our combat power is stronger than that of the Celestial Empire, but these 80,000 people are all of us, and the Celestial Empire, more than a million, not to mention that even if we take Qingcheng, we still have to garrison to guard it, don't we need people?"

Chagheri refuted Gigri's questioning one by one. Jigri was silent for a while, and Yingji Chu smiled and said to Cha Heli:

"What do you mean?"

"In my opinion, the day we should start should be when the Celestial Empire's Fu Wang Ye raised his troops, which will inevitably involve part of the Celestial Empire's troops, and the emperor can also send people to contact Daxia in the west and Nanzhao in the south to raise troops together, so that they can be overwhelmed by the enemy. ”

"But in this way, wouldn't Great Xia and Nanzhao take away a lot of land?" said Edushiro, another of the Eighteen Warriors.

"There is a saying in the Central Plains, 'reluctant children can't trap wolves', give them some sweetness now, and let them all come back when the time comes, and when they take the Celestial Empire, it's not too late to clean them up. Chaghari said confidently.

Under Chaheri's persuasion, Yingji Chu dispelled the idea of sending troops immediately, and sent people to Daxia to contact Nanzhao to send troops together. On the other hand, the soldiers and horses were reorganized, food and grass were prepared, and they were ready to attack Qingcheng at any time.