Soon it was dark, and Montenegro summoned his men. Asked: "When it gets dark, the Huns do not retreat, nor do they bypass it, but set up camp, will they wait for tomorrow to attack?" If it were you, what would you do? ”

"If it were me, I would sneak attack at night, especially in the second half of the night, by touching the mountain by moonlight, and the accuracy and location of the arrow at night will be greatly reduced!" The carpenter said. Everyone said that the Xiongnu would most likely do so.

"Now let's make food first, and the people are half full! Wait until we go down the mountain, they definitely don't think that we will fight back, kill them by surprise, and then go south overnight. Montenegro said.

"No!" Everyone split up and prepared to go!

When the time comes, everything is ready. Montenegro asked Xiao Hei to go around the mountain, and confirmed that the Huns did not set up an ambush at the foot of the mountain, so he ordered: "Shi Fatzi takes the lead, Baturu, that is not too flanked, directly into the middle camp of the enemy, the enemy's horsemanship and archery are stronger than ours, the number is several times ours, we can only kill them by surprise, we can't fall in love, kill in, set fire and retreat south!" ”

Everyone quietly descended the mountain, lined up in a cone-shaped battle formation, and went straight to the camp of the Xiongnu Chinese army to kill!

The Huns were indeed defenseless, originally thought that the Qin army was small, and they would definitely defend to the death, and wait for the second half of the night to touch the mountain to sneak attack, but they did not expect that the other party would give up the favorable terrain and rush down the mountain, and they were not up to the war horse, and they drew their swords and fought on foot. Organized attack against unorganized resistance, that is, massacre, Montenegro led everyone to rush left and right, and went straight to the big tent of the Xiongnu Chinese army! The guards outside the military tent only resisted slightly, and several Hun leaders, under the protection of the guards, turned over their horses and disappeared into the moonlight.

"Take all the horses in the stables and go south, and set fire to the rest! Let's go! Montenegro ordered.

"Don't you want all these heads and goods?" The veterinarian asked, a little reluctantly.

"The Huns still outnumbered us, and when they organized a counterattack, even if we could win, we would suffer heavy casualties. Withdrawn! Montenegro ordered.

Everyone rushed to the more than 2,000 war horses they had stolen, and happily went south, and under the bright moonlight, the Hun camp became a sea of fire!

At dawn, when I rested, I counted the number of people again. Twenty-three more people were killed in battle, and the corpses were tied to horses and brought back, and four others could not be found, presumably killed in the dark! Walked in a hurry, no body was found!

Two days later, at noon, he finally met with the 5,000 heavy cavalry sent by Meng Tian to meet him, and Montenegro breathed a sigh of relief. The brigade continued south, entered the Northland County and then east, and returned to Daying City!

On this expedition, although more than 100 soldiers were killed, more than 300 were wounded! but seized more than 15,000 war horses and several carts of gold, silver and jewelry. He brought back more than 4,000 slaves, as well as more than 4,000 Hun women and children. These women and children were actually women snatched by the Xiongnu from Yanzhao and other countries in the Western Regions, and voluntarily went south with the Qin army. There were only more than 400 men and nearly 1,500 women who were rescued, and Shangjun County guarded Mizhi County, south of Jingcheng, to find fertile land and settle the rescued slaves, women and children.

Montenegro wrote a detailed battle report on the battle situation, and reported the situation of Alina's brothers and sisters to General Meng Tian! Meng Tian's reward order was soon issued to the army, and those who did not have a knight were promoted to two levels, and those who were above the rank of doctor were promoted to another level in Xianyang, and everyone had a share in the reward.

On this day, Montenegro buried more than 100 soldiers who died in battle, and set up a clothing grave without recovering the body, and the tombstones were all facing the direction of Nanyang.

As a result of the new methods of disinfection and suturing, the cure rate of wounded soldiers was greatly improved, and the mortality rate of wounded soldiers was immediately reduced from 50 percent to 10 percent. After receiving the report, Meng Tian immediately sent all military doctors to study and prepare to vigorously promote it!

On this day, Montenegro officially accepted the big black bear as an apprentice and personally taught the big black bear Yongchun White Crane Boxing. Shi Fatzi took a group of old subordinates down to find Black Mountain and knelt on the ground, and said: "We have been learning Yongchun White Crane Boxing with Shuai Chang since Nanyang, and please accept Shuai Chang as an apprentice." ”

"You get up first," Montenegro said solemnly: "I have already taught you Yongchun White Crane Boxing, and your lowest position now is also a doctor, and in the future you will either be a general in the army or a local dignitary." If we are commensurate with our master and apprentice, the court will inevitably suspect us of forming a gang, and it will be dangerous at that time! Therefore, everyone is not allowed to mention this matter again in the future! We're just robes in the army! ”

Meng Hao and Shi Fatzi, who had read the book, understood Montenegro's hard work as soon as they heard it! I don't insist anymore, it's just that everyone works harder when they practice.

In December of the 17th year of King Qin, Zhao gave up the two counties of Jiuyuan and Yunzhong, and Li Mu took the military administration of the two counties and some of the common people to retreat to the two counties of Yan and Dai. The Qin State did not immediately send troops to take over the two counties, and because the Qin State had already prepared and propagandized, more merchants and ordinary people withdrew to the northern and upper counties of the Qin State. The 1,000 elites that Meng Yiba gave to Montenegro also arrived in Daying City! The originally deserted camp city suddenly became more and more lively, with many merchants, people, and soldiers. Montenegro checked the roster, and sure enough, all of them were veterans of battle, and they were all second- and third-level titles. Distribute these thousand cavalry to the accounts of each thousand cavalry generals, and act as cavalry commanders, commanders, and hundred commanders.

A few days later, the newly replenished recruits also arrived one after another, it was the coldest time of the year, and the barracks, clothing, food, training and other things were arranged for a while, and they were very busy, but fortunately, with the help of Wang Xi, Li Jie and a thousand veterans, Montenegro was not in a hurry.

"Li Jie, when will all our light cavalry personnel arrive? How many people are full? Montenegro asked Sima Li Jie.

"I read the post, and it will take six or seven days for the last batch to arrive, and when it is full, there are 13,446 combatants, 20,000 horses, 1,100 horsemen, more than 2,000 baggagemen, more than 1,700 men and wives of each battalion, and more than 20 military doctors. The total number of people is more than 17,000! Li Jie counted with his fingers.

"There are so many of us, how come there are only more than 20 military doctors? After a battle, what will happen to hundreds of thousands of wounded? Montenegro asked.

"There's really no way around this problem! It's so hard to recruit a doctor! There aren't many doctors in a county! Li Jie sighed.

Montenegro said: "Then we can only rely on ourselves!" He turned his head and shouted to the soldiers at the door, "Call the veterinarian to see me." ”

After a while, the veterinarian came in a hurry. Montenegro said: "In the future, Zhang Jin will take over the short soldiers, you are only responsible for the military doctor, and you will go to the army to pick 200 people who are a little more dexterous, and let them practice suturing, disinfection, bandaging, etc." Medical items such as alcohol, bandages, and cotton are also produced by you! Do you have any comments? ”

"I'll do whatever the handsome man asks me to do! It's all for my face! The veterinarian replied with a smile and turned to pick someone.

Montenegro took his apprentice Da Hei Xiong to the Daying City Iron Workshop, and in these years, the weapons were only knives, swords, Yu, and Ge. The big black bear feels light on anything, and it's not easy to use! Hei thought about it, and in his later life, he had only learned the stick technique of Yongchun White Crane Boxing with ten strokes, and decided to pass it on to the big black bear, so he asked the engineer to beat the big black bear with an iron rod. The black bear himself compared with the ironworker, and finally decided to hit an iron rod that was one foot long and had a thick arm.

"Such a big iron rod, at least more than a hundred catties, can it not be moved?" The ironsmith asked suspiciously.

Although the black bear couldn't understand the Chinese language, he guessed the meaning of the engineer, and saw a pair of big stone locks in the corner of the workshop, one weighing seventy or eighty pounds. The black bear walked over, one hand and one hand danced around, with his weight of two meters tall and four hundred and three pounds, two stone locks in his hands like toys.

Dozens of craftsmen in the iron workshop were stunned and cheered.

The ironsmith said: "This general is really born with divine power, the iron rod seems simple, but it is actually complicated, and it takes seven days to do it!" ”

"Then there are all the engineers, seven days later, I will pick it up!" Montenegro said goodbye to the ironworker, and as soon as the two returned to the shogunate, someone came to report: "The envoy of the King of Qin has arrived!" ”

Montenegro hurriedly led his men to the gate of the shogunate to greet him! Arrived was a civil official of the Five Lords, riding in a bronze chariot, followed by twenty horseback guards. The five doctors were obviously not used to the bitter cold of the borderland, their lips were slightly purple, and their feet were shaking all the time as soon as they got out of the car.

"It's cold outside, please enter the shogunate and read the king's book!" Black Mountain arched his hands and let the royal envoy into the shogunate! The rest of the retinue had their own military officers to entertain them.

The envoy entered the shogunate, which was warmed by the brazier, and sneezed several times in a row before his face eased! The chick immediately handed over a bowl of steaming honey ginger soup! The king drank it all and shouted with joy!

"Prepare a military banquet to receive the king's envoy!" Montenegro commanded the people around him.

"General Montenegro, General Baturu, take the book of King Qin!" The messenger said, taking out a piece of parchment.

Everyone immediately stood and bowed to the envoy, and Montenegro and Baturu stood at the front and said, "Minister Heishan and Baturu receive the book of the King of Qin." ”

"With the left more black mountain, the left chief Baturu escorted Prince Andrei and Princess Alina of the Illish Kingdom into the Xianyang Face King. On the 28th day of December in the 17th year of the reign of King Qin, the envoy finished reading it, handed over the king's book to Montenegro with both hands, and said: "I am Liu Yu, the young secretary of the Dianke family, and I am responsible for the etiquette of welcoming the prince and princess of Yilie into Xianyang. Thank you two adults! ”

"The prince and princess of this country have been trapped in the Xiongnu for nearly a year, and they have long been tortured like slaves and slaves! If you see King Qin, I'm afraid it will be a big loss! Montenegro said.

"Since Wang Shu said that it was a prince and a princess, we will prepare the costumes, chariots and horses of the princes and princesses of the Illes Kingdom, and send them to Xianyang!" Liu Yu said.

"They are now in Yilie Township, Mizhi County, and I will send a fast horse to inform them to wait at the Shangjun City Pavilion tomorrow. Let's prepare, and tomorrow we will go south to the upper county town to meet with them and agree on specific matters. Montenegro suggested.

"That's exactly how it should be!" Liu Yu said.

The next day, Montenegro summoned all his subordinates and gave an explanation. A team of 100 people was sent to escort five carts of corn and several pieces of cotton captured in the two wars, and a full twenty carts of spices, spices, gold and silverware, and jewelry from the Western Regions were pulled south, and two hundred-man teams were the escort of the prince and princess of Eli.

Two days later, Montenegro arrived at the city of Upper County to meet Alina, and the Alina brothers and sisters also brought twenty or thirty men and women with them, including tailors from the country of Ile, who were busy procuring cloth and pearls to make the clothes of the country of Ile. A few days later, the princes, princesses, and male and female retinues of the Illegite kingdom were all dressed in rich and bright clothes, and Prince Andrei and the male servants were all more than 1.9 meters tall, although their spirits were much better than before, they were still thin and thin. Princess Alina, Ile, is dressed in a white dress, with a delicate figure and a mink cape, showing her noble temperament! Everyone widened their eyes and opened their mouths when they saw it.

More than 300 people from Montenegro, all of them strong and brightly armed, escorted the chariots of the prince and princess of Illes and twenty carts of booty all the way south.

Along the way, many soldiers and men from various places were driving the ox carts full of grain to the north in groups, and the procession was nowhere to be seen.

It took seven days to come to the north gate of Xianyang City, and the King of Qin sent a pawn to preside over the suburban welcome ceremony, but the two sides were surprised when they met. It was the first time that Qin officials were surprised to see a tall, blond, blue-eyed, snow-white-skinned race. And the Ile people were surprised to see such a tall Xianyang City for the first time! Because their city of Iliel is not half the size of the upper county city, let alone one-tenth the size of Xianyang City. And Montenegro and others were full of emotion when they saw the imperial capital for the first time.

"Playing music!" With the order of the ceremonial officer, hundreds of palace musicians played a variety of ancient, qin, drums, bells, flutes, pipes, xun, sheng, etc., in the solemn and elegant music, the prince and princess of Eli were welcomed into the Xianyang Palace by the ceremonial procession!

Montenegro's escort was arranged to a post house in another way, while Montenegro's Baturu was taken by the celebrant to the official residence dedicated to entertaining officials above the secretary of state.

"Zuo Geng, Zuo Shu Chang two adults, Zuo Shu and above the title, must personally enter the court by the King of Qin personally to give the knight, the two are generals with troops outside, the etiquette is simple, only sent a messenger to pay homage. King Qin summoned two to escort Prince Yilie and princess into Xianyang this time, and he also had the intention of rewarding him in person! A tailor has been called in to tailor the official uniform for the second residence. If you are going out to meet friends, you need to explain your whereabouts to the porter, and the king of Qin will summon you in the next few days, so as not to find you. The celebrant bowed his hand and confessed.

"Got it, you're bothered!" Montenegro replied, looking at his own residence. This is an independent small courtyard with flowers and trees. There are bedrooms, living rooms, concierges. There are also two men and two women, and four official servants are ready to be used.

Montenegro took a hot shower and changed into clean clothes. Seeing that it was getting late, when he was about to go out for a stroll, an official came, bowed to Montenegro and said, "Lord Lieutenant Weiyi, please ask General Montenegro to come over to the mansion." ”

"Even if the Captain wants to see me, please lead the way, and we will set off immediately!" Montenegro replied, following the people out the door. Montenegro has long known the name of the master of the art of war, and he is looking forward to seeing such a celebrity soon.

Guowei is one of the three princes of the Qin State and holds a high position. The Governor's Mansion is not only the residence of the Captain, but also the official residence of the State Military Affairs, with black lacquer and blue tiles, bluestone paving, very large. In the front yard, there is a gatehouse, a carriage and horse farm, and a council hall. There were 300 soldiers standing guard and patrolling alone. When night fell, the house was brightly lit, and people were still coming and going, and the officials were dealing with all kinds of military affairs overnight.

Montenegro was taken to the side room, and the official who led the way bowed his hand and said, "General Montenegro, please wait!" I'll report to the Lieutenant right away. ”

While drinking the tea sent by the officials and servants, Heishan thought in his heart that the three major soldiers of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were Sun Wu, Wu Qi, and Wei Yi. "The Art of War" and "The Art of War" mainly talk about marching and fighting. However, "Wei Xuanzi" is about how to develop the economy, enrich the country and strengthen the army. As soon as the King of Qin read "Wei Yuzi", he immediately knew how much grain he could collect and how many soldiers he could raise. Just as he was thinking about it, someone came and took him into the lieutenant's parlor.

Montenegro saw that a person in the living room was nearly fifty years old, with a posture, wearing a jade crown with the title of the eldest lord, wearing a wide black silk brocade official robe, with exquisite patterns embroidered on the neckline, sleeves, and belt, looking noble and majestic, and looking at Montenegro with a smile.

Montenegro bowed and saluted: "The last general, Montenegro, meet Lord Guowei." ”

"Don't be inhibited, sit down and talk!" Wei Yu stretched out his hand and motioned for Montenegro to sit down.

"I transferred you to Xianyang this time, first, I am a general of the higher lord of the left, and I have never thanked Wang En in person for not complying with the system. The second is that I am very curious, a young man who has never ridden a horse invented the iron horsehoe, and a man who has never led a soldier can take a hundred sharp soldiers into the Xiongnu steppe for more than 1,000 miles, behead more than 800, and capture countless war horses. When I saw it today, I really had an extraordinary bearing! Wei Yi smiled and said, "I heard that you should get up an hour early to practice Zama walking with your troops, and learn singing, literacy, and Xiongnu language at night. It's impressive! ”

"Thank you for the compliment, it's all a little skill of carving insects, not enough to worry about!" Montenegro replied.

"In your opinion, how is the combat power of the Huns?" Wei Yu asked.

"Compared with the Huns, our light cavalry is superior to them in weaponry, but inferior in horsemanship and archery. I went on two expeditions, both dressed like the Huns, unprepared, if it was a head-to-head duel, we could only skillfully use the three-horse cone combat method, cooperate with each other, in order to win. Montenegro replied!

"If my hoplites and hoplite cavalry are to fight against them, what are the advantages and disadvantages?" Wei Yu asked again.

"My heavy infantry, heavy cavalry, and crossbow array can defeat them head-on. However, the Huns were mainly light cavalry, and they were very mobile, and they could not defeat and retreat, and our heavy cavalry would definitely not be able to catch up. If they miss a single blow, they will retreat to the depths of the steppe and constantly harass the 2,000-mile border with cavalry, and our army will be in a dilemma. Montenegro replied.

"That's what worries us the most right now, ah! This time, nearly 300,000 troops were transferred to the north, plus 200,000 people, 200,000 permanent border troops, and 700,000 mouths, and grain was transferred from Ba and Shu counties to the north. If we fail to achieve a quick victory, in half a year, our army will collapse without a fight. Wei Yu said.

"In the past, King Wuling of Zhao and Li Mu defeated the Xiongnu twice, both of which lured the enemy deep into the depths and surrounded and annihilated them. The Xiongnu headed Manda Danyu, unified the Xiongnu tribes, swept dozens of countries in the west, and never encountered an enemy. With no one in sight, we may be able to exploit their hubris. Montenegro replied.

"I hope General Meng Tian won't disappoint everyone!" Wei Yu sighed!