When Montenegro arrived at Dayingcheng, Dayingcheng's elite heavy cavalry had already gone south a day earlier. Only more than 300 logistics personnel from the battalion, baggage battalion, and groom battalion were left, and their own military officials came to hand over the situation.

In September, although it did not snow, it was dry and yellow everywhere, and the autumn wind was like a knife, and it was bitterly cold.

Montenegro summoned the generals and confessed: "Every barracks must be clean, and everything should be arranged neatly." Training starts tomorrow. In addition to singing and learning Qin characters every day. By that not much, Baturu taught everyone the common language of the Huns, everyone has to learn! Assessed every month, there is a heavy penalty for those who learn poorly! ”

"Shuai Chang, no, Zuo Shuchang, you said that we should sing to improve morale, and you let us learn Qin characters for our future plans, we all recognize it, let me learn the Xiongnu language, what do you mean? Let's talk to the Huns? Mi Long asked puzzled!

"Yes! What use is this, brothers? Everyone said they didn't understand.

"Let me tell you a story! Once upon a time, a mother lizard, with a group of small lizards, was catching insects by the pond, and a large crocodile grabbed them and was ready to eat them in one bite. Mother Lizard, with an idea, hugged the crocodile's thigh and cried out loudly, 'Mommy, Mommy! The crocodile was stunned, thinking that the lizards were his own children, and said, 'Poor children, how did you get so thin?' Not only did they release the lizards, but they also caught some fish and shrimp to feed them. Afterwards, the mother lizard said to the lizards, "Do you now know how important it is to learn a foreign language well?" Today, I let you learn the Xiongnu language, also so that I can save your life at a critical moment. As soon as Montenegro finished speaking, everyone laughed and did not object again.

"Do as I say, learn two sentences of Xiongnu language a day, and sixty sentences a month. In the future, it will be assessed once a month, and the assessment will be divided into physical fitness, swordsmanship, equestrianism, Qin Yan, and Xiongnu Yan. The top 100 in comprehensive results will be given priority for meritorious service opportunities. Inform me of what I say. ”

"No!" The crowd went away.

Daying City is the first line of defense in the north of Daqin, and there are 10,000 infantry guarding the city in peacetime, and the infantry is under the control of the county lieutenants. And the more than 1,000 cavalry of Montenegro were under the command of the border general Meng Tian.

On the second day after arriving in Dayingcheng, Montenegro arranged the training work, and took Brother Ahei and meatloaf straight to Jingcheng (now Jingbian County) to meet the general Meng Tian. Jingcheng is located in the middle of Beidi County and Shangjun, 300 miles southwest of Daying City. Meng Tian's 150,000 elite border troops are here, which is not only the second line of defense of Daqin, but also the beacon smoke alarm wherever there is a beacon smoke alarm in the north border fortress, and within one day, the elite iron cavalry can arrive to help.

Meng Tian, the grandson of the famous general Meng Fei, and the son of Meng Wu. A friend of the same age as King Qin Yingzheng. He joined the army at the age of seventeen, and made many miraculous achievements in the wars with Han, Wei, and Zhao, and was already a cavalry general at the age of twenty. After the prince of Qin came to power, he reused Meng Tian even more, and handed over the 200,000 elite border troops in the north with the strongest combat power of the Qin army to Commander Meng Tian.

Jingbian City is several times larger than Daying City, and the largest mansion in the city is the shogunate of General Meng Tian. Meng Tian was talking with a group of subordinates in the shogunate hall about the current situation in the north, when a military official came to report: "General, 1,200 cavalry from Nanyang County to Daying City to change defense have arrived in Daying City, and a thousand cavalry generals have come to the Shogunate to receive orders!" ”

Small matters like this are usually handled by a subordinate official of the shogunate. As soon as Meng Tian heard that it was from Nanyang County, he asked: "There are more than 3,000 miles from Nanyang County to Daying City!" Many counties are much closer than Nanyang-gun! The change of guard will not arrive until the end of the month, why does Nanyang come so quickly? Let the Thousand Riders come in! ”

Montenegro walked into the shogunate hall, and several pots of dry horse manure in the hall were burned and baked warmly, and the air was filled with the smoky smell of horse manure, which made Montenegro very unaccustomed to it. Montenegro saw a large map on the side of the hall, and several young generals in black armor and white robes were standing in front of the map discussing something! Montenegro didn't know which one was General Meng Tian, so he had to arch his hand and say loudly: "I haven't sent Montenegro, meet the generals!" ”

Everyone looked at Montenegro, who was now more than eight feet tall, with a strong figure and a swarthy face with confidence. He wears a long silver crown on his head and an iron eagle badge on his chest!

"How old are you, and whose title are you?" A heroic young general, who was not yet thirty years old, asked.

"General, I only turned sixteen last month. The ancestors of the last general are all farmers in Nanyang, and the title is earned by me! Montenegro replied.

"Sixteen? Are you still the Iron Eagle Sharp? Why did you confer the title of Zuo Shu Chief? The general asked again.

"My hometown was only returned to Daqin in July last year, and in August last year, I offered a new sickle, which made the harvest several times faster, and I won the gongshi. In the spring of this year, he assisted the government in arresting six assassins, cracked the Han spy case, and arrested more than a dozen people, so that the Tongbai County arsenal was saved from fire, and he was promoted to a doctor with meritorious service. A month ago, I offered ...... again" Montenegro looked at everyone, not knowing whether to say it.

"But if you say that there is no defense, I am Meng Tian, these are the commanders of various armies!" Said the young general.

"During the battle to destroy Korea last month, I dedicated the method of nailing a horseshoe to the horse's hooves, and I was promoted to the rank of Zuo Chief." Montenegro Hao replied without hesitation.

"You're the Black Mountain who offered horseshoes?" The crowd asked. The horseshoe is definitely no less than an increase of 100,000 elite iron horsemen for the Mengtian Iron Cavalry army, and it is now in the stage of secrecy, and no one can talk about the horseshoe in private! You can't say it to outsiders.

"Good! Sure enough, the hero came out of the youth, I enlisted in the army at the age of seventeen to be a military leader, and I was beheaded several levels in every battle, and at the age of eighteen, I became a thousand cavalry generals, and I got the Iron Eagle Sharp Soldier badge! I thought I was doing it fast enough! Didn't expect you to be faster than me. Since the horseshoe is offered by you, you deserve it! Meng Tian said appreciatively.

"General Shemon compliments! General Meng's order, please! ”

Montenegro asked Meng Tian for an order.

"Set up a military banquet, I want to entertain Montenegro well!" After Meng Tian finished speaking, someone immediately responded to the order. Then he turned to Montenegro and said: "Your task is to train your more than 1,000 horses into elites in Daying City, and send elite scouts deep into the steppe every day to keep an eye on the movements of the Huns!" Send someone to report to the shogunate in time, and I want to know what is happening every day north of the big camp castle. ”

"No!" Montenegro promised, and said: "The north is bitterly cold, can the soldiers from Nanyang bring back the winter clothes and bedding!" Otherwise, if the weather is a little colder, my soldiers will have to hide in the barracks and burn horse manure to keep warm! ”

"Sima, you arrange this matter for him, send it down as soon as possible, and pull out some herbs, the southerners have just arrived in the north, and it is easy for the water to be unconvinced." Meng Tian commanded.

A few people sat down in priority and priority, and their own military officials carried a few cases of wine and food, and everyone talked while drinking!

"Montenegro, the horseshoes you offered have improved the combat power of the war horse a lot, how did you come up with it?" Meng Tian asked.

Montenegro told him about the injury to the snow hooves of the dark clouds and the fact that he was trying to remedy it.

"Good! Everything loves to ponder! I also like to get gadgets! Meng Tian said and took out a delicate box, handed it to Montenegro and said: "This is the brush I improved with wolf hair, and the King of Qin personally gave the name Meng Tian pen one by one!" I also sent many craftsmen from Xianyang to come to me to learn how to make pens. I made this set with those craftsmen! I gave it to you, how about you take a look? ”

"Give it to me?" Montenegro was a little puzzled, and when he opened the exquisite box, he saw that there were three brushes of different sizes inside. The barrel is carved from hardwood and then painted with black paint, and the nib is soft and hard, almost the same as the brush 2,000 years later. "It's so beautiful, this pen is the same as a horseshoe, one makes writing faster and better; One made the horses run fast and far. ”

"Hahaha! King Qin said the same, and also said that he would promote Meng Tian's pen to the whole world! Meng Tian said proudly.

"General Yu, Langguan Li You led more than 1,000 horsemen from the Inner Officials County to arrive at the destination Mizhi City today, and General Li went outside the door to wait for orders." A military officer came to report.

"It's another one who is here to mix qualifications, you go and arrange it, and send him back to Mizhi City!" Meng Yi ordered Sima Dao a little impatiently. Mizhi City is three hundred miles south of Jingcheng, and for more than 100 years, the Xiongnu have never fought there.

"General, the son of Li Si, the commander of Li Younai. It was appreciated by King Qin again, and the general still saw it. Sima persuaded.

"Withdraw the banquet and call Li You in." Meng Tian shouted.

As soon as several soldiers carried down the wine table, a young man wearing black armor, lined with gorgeous satin, and wearing a long mink coat outside, was in the Jingren tent, and shouted to Meng Tianyi: "The last general, Li You, was ordered to lead the army to defend Mizhi City, and came to ask for orders." After speaking, he bowed to the others one by one, and his attitude was very modest.

"General Li You, your task is to train your more than 1,000 horsemen in Mizhi City, although you are the third line of defense, you can't take it lightly, and you are ready to obey the general's call at any time." Meng Tian said.

"General Meng, the last general has a request, please General Meng transfer us to the first line of defense, Li You and more than a thousand soldiers are willing to fight on the front-line battlefield, shroud in horse leather, and serve the country." Li You bowed again.

Meng Tian listened, the disdainful expression just now was a little better, and said: "I can understand your feelings of fighting with those more than a thousand children of Neishi County!" However, in the past two years, the Xiongnu fled far away, and the border cities have not fought for two years, and they are only actively preparing for war. You go back and tell those rabbit cubs that if you want to fight, sharpen your claws first and wait, General Ben has his own arrangements! In a month, I will go around the country. The wolves in the grassland are not vegetarians when it gets dark, so you should start early and rush back! ”

Montenegro said goodbye to the shogunate and said to the two subordinates: "Brother Hei, you stay and count the winter clothes and quilts, I will go back with the meatloaf first, and send someone to retrieve it tomorrow!" ”

Returning to Daying City, Montenegro went straight to the arsenal and the granary, and saw that the grain and dried meat in the granary were stacked neatly and neatly, and the granary was also very clean, so he called the warehouse official and said: "The warehouse is well managed, how long can the grain and dried meat be edible?" ”

"General, grain and forage can keep the army full of food for three months. Dried meat is a ration that the scouts bring with them when they come out of the stopper! You can add it right away. The meat of the soldiers in the battalion is one pound of mutton per day, and the fresh meat is provided by the military herding camp in the city, and we settle with them at one pound and two pennies. The barn replied.

A pound of mutton costs two pennies, which is many times cheaper than Nanyang County! Montenegro thought about it and explained: "It's snowing soon, the warehouse should be carefully inspected, leak-proof and rat-proof, don't be careless!" ”

"General, we search every day, who dares to slack off, Qin Law has a rule, one warehouse and three rat holes, and all the warehouse officials will be whipped twenty. The brothers checked every day to make sure that not a single mouse hole was spared. The barrister replied confidently.

"What are these? How did you get it? Black Mountain asked, seeing a warehouse next to him piled up with many scimitars and cowhide armor.

"Eighty-three of these Huns' scimitars and leather armor are intact, and one hundred and thirty-four are broken. The two hundred and fourteen pieces of cowhide armor are all damaged to varying degrees, which were obtained by the last batch of Qin army scouts who had been out of the customs to kill the enemy for more than a year, and when the number was more, they were transported to the workshop to be rebuilt into Qin Sword and Qin Armor. The barn replied.

Montenegro picked up a scimitar and looked at it carefully, the Huns' knives were much worse than Qin Jian in terms of workmanship and quality. With a scheming mind, Montenegro called the craftsmen of the workshop next to the warehouse and said to them: "The people of your workshop, can you repair all the scimitars and armor of these Huns as soon as possible?" It's best if the scimitar can be as sharp as the Qin sword, I have my own magic to use it. ”

"It's no problem to fix it, but if you want to create the same quality as Qin Jian, you can only melt it all down and build it again!" The engineer replied.

"How long will it take to fix! How long will it take to rebuild! Montenegro asked.

"Ten days for repair, one month for reforge! If it is to reforge so much, you must have a document from the general's side. The engineer replied.

"You arrange for someone to repair the cowhide armor first, and I will immediately ask the general for orders!" Montenegro replied.

Back in the barracks, Montenegro immediately wrote a letter to Meng Tian: "The thousand horsemen of Dayingcheng visited Montenegro to meet the general Meng, and I want to personally lead more than 100 elite scouts, pretend to be the Hun army, and go deep into Mobei to explore the reality of the enemy army. A batch of Hun scimitars and armor need to be crafted. Hope for approval. If you meet Zhao Jun on the road, how to deal with it? Please instruct! ”

Early the next morning, he sent fast horses to the Mengtian shogunate. In the afternoon, he received a reply: "General Meng Tian sent a letter to Montenegro, this strategy is feasible, and hundreds of sets of Xiongnu scimitar armor have been selected and sent to Daying City." If there is a demand, the workshop can be ordered to build it. Qin and Zhao have never had any conflict on the northern border for more than a hundred years! Here, there was only one common enemy, the Huns. If the other party is in distress, they can help according to the situation, but they must not fall into the ground. If Zhao Jun makes the first move, he can defend himself appropriately, quickly break away, and then report to the shogunate! ”

After receiving Meng Tian's reply, he immediately asked the workshop to make a scimitar. Let Baturu teach everyone how to practice the scimitar. He also deliberately let his subordinates have the same short beard as the Huns.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and the first year of the Qin State was approaching, and the merchants of Xu Bian Trade ended their business for a year and rushed home to reunite with their families. Almost all of the merchants left behind are merchants from the six countries of Shandong, and Daying City feels a lot more spacious! Montenegro routinely goes up the city wall every day to go around, check the city defense, and then look at the beacon tower in the city. Four soldiers were on duty day and night on the beacon tower, with horns, matchsticks and wolf dung heaps. There is also a barrel of fierce fire oil next to it. On the beacon tower, the wind was blowing very strongly, several soldiers were wearing thick leather coats and fur hats, and the whole person was wrapped so that only their eyes and nose were left, standing straight in the snowflakes, if it wasn't for the hot breath they exhaled, Montenegro would have thought they were frozen there!

"Is it bitter?" Montenegro asked.

"Bitter!" A soldier replied.

"Homesick?"

"Yes!"

"I'm homesick too, but someone has to guard the side!" Montenegro sighed and stepped down from the beacon.

"Want Want!" When Montenegro came to a corner, Xiao Hei next to him barked twice at a pile of rags in the corner.

There are no such piles of garbage in the city of Qin, and when Montenegro got closer, a dirty young man shrunk and hid in his torn clothes shivering, his face was flushed, and he obviously had a fever! Montenegro thought secretly: "It is a crime for the people of the Qin State to beg and wander in the city, how can this young man be here?" Forget it, let's save people first! ”

"Xiao Hei, go back and call two people!" Montenegro said to Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei will immediately run to the camp.

After a while, Xiao Hei came in with meatloaf and Zhang!

"Carry this man back, call the military doctor to check him, and save him!" Montenegro said to the two.

"No!" The two answered, picked up the man and left.

The next day, Montenegro came to the barracks of the rescued young man and asked the military doctor, "How is that man?" ”

"The fever has subsided, and there is no life-threatening situation, but his leg is too badly injured and there is no way to fully recover!" The medic replied.

"What's wrong with the legs!" Montenegro asked.

"It should be a few days ago, his thigh was trampled by a cow and horse, and he was not treated in time, and his muscles were necrotic, and if he was a day late, his foot would have to be cut off. Even if it is cured now, it is still lame! The medic replied.

"Where am I?" A faint voice cried out. The young man was awake by this time, and was sitting up with his hands propped up.

"This is the military camp of Daying City, and it was this general who saved you!" The military doctor said to him!

"Thank you!" The young man straightened up and wanted to salute Montenegro.

"Come on, bring him a bowl of hot mutton soup first, and then get some food!" Montenegro commanded, "You take a rest first, don't move." I'll come back when I'm full! ”

An hour later, Montenegro came to the hospital bed again, and when the young man had eaten his fill, his face became ruddy, and his spirit was much better! When the young man saw Hei San coming, he was about to sit up and salute, but Heishan motioned for him not to move and asked, "Who are you?" How did you end up here? ”

"The villain thanks the general for saving his life! The villain was originally a slave in the city of Linzi in the Qi Kingdom, and had no name. More than 10 years ago, a Hu merchant bought me, and since then I have been called a black slave, and I have followed them back and forth between the Xiongnu and Linzi and Luoyang to sell silk and furs. Half a month ago, the horse was frightened, fell off the horse, and the calf was trampled by the horse's hooves. The black slave said.

"Two hundred dollars! Eating and living in a hotel also have to treat a foot injury, which is to let you stay and recuperate, it is obviously to abandon you and let you fend for yourself! What is the name of this Hu Shang? In which direction did you go? How many days? Montenegro asked continuously.

"His name is Wuli Ji Chagan, and this time they went south to Xianyang, and then east to Luoyang and Linzi. Go back the way you came. The slave replied.

"Are you familiar with the road of the Huns? Can you find their location? Montenegro asked.

"A few years ago, I bought skins and sold silk in the north, and I visited every one of their settlements!" The black slave said.

"Rest well! Take care of your body first! Montenegro comforted him, and said to the military doctor beside him, "Do your best to save his leg!" ”