In the seventh year of King Wucheng, August.

Bai Qi, the general of the Qin State, stood on the tower of the Hangu Pass of the Qin State, watching the 100,000 Qin troops led by him to attack Zhao retreat to the pass in an orderly manner.

Bai Qi had to look at the front of the gate from afar, and said unwillingly to the deputy general Wang Yi beside him: "If the king can let me lead 100,000 more soldiers to attack Zhao this time, it is Tiandan, what are we afraid of!" ”。

Deputy General Wang Yi, after listening to Bai Qi's words, nodded and said: "I really didn't expect the Qi State to send troops to rescue Zhao State, this time I, Qin and Yan and the two countries attacked Zhao State from north to south, and even Xiongnu Shan Yu led a wolf to ride 100,000 to invade Zhao State." Such a good opportunity to kill Zhao is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! What a shame! ”

Since May, Bai Qi led 100,000 Qin troops to attack South Korea, and the momentum was overwhelming, connecting the two cities of Shaoqu and Gaoping in Korea. and forced Han Ran, the king of Han, to lend the way to the Qin army, so that the Qin army could attack Zhao from the north of Korea.

In June, King Wucheng, the grandfather of Ji Kang of Yan State, sent the general Rong Yan to lead 100,000 Yan troops south to attack Zhao State; At the same time, the grassland Xiongnu Shan Yu, seeing the opportunity, also personally led 100,000 wolf horsemen to invade Zhao State.

And Ji Kang's grandmother, Zhao Wei, sent an envoy to Qi to ask for help. The State of Qi sent the general Tian Dan to lead 100,000 Qi troops to the west to rescue Zhao. After Tian Dan arrived in Qi, he joined up with Lian Po, the general of Zhao, divided his troops to attack the Qin army, and launched a fierce battle with Bai Qi on the border of Zhao for nearly a month.

Due to the outnumbered Qin army, the Qin army was forced to retreat, abandoning this attempt to attack Zhao.

And Tian Dan led the Qi and Zhao coalition forces and defeated the Qin army. He turned his head and led the army to join up with Pang Xuan, the general of Zhao State, and prepared to flank the 100,000 Yan State army led by Yan General Rong Yan, who was fighting with Zhao State.

Yanzhao border, Yan State military camp.

Rong Yan, the commander of the Yan army, was in the big tent of the Chinese army, and he was looking at the hanging map of the situation of the enemy and us at the moment, and after half a ring, he turned around and said to the generals of the Yan State under the tent: "I didn't expect that the Qin army led by Bai Qi was actually defeated by Tian Dan and has now withdrawn to the Qin State." And Zhao Jun Pang Xuan has now converged with the Qi army led by Tian Dansuo, and the situation of our army is not good! Let's talk about it, how to deal with it? ”。

There was an uproar in the tent. Deputy General Qing Qin bowed down and said: "General, now that the Qin army has retreated, without the containment of the Qin army, our Yan army has become a lone army." In the face of the Qi army led by Tian Dan and the Zhao army led by Pang Xuan, it is impossible to attack Zhao now. If our army makes the slightest mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Rong Yan looked at the map again, sighed and said, "If the interruption continues, there will be trouble!" If our army retreats now, Tian Dan and Pang Xuan Lao'er will lead the army to cover up and kill, and the consequences of our army will be unpredictable! ”

After a pause, he said to the generals: "I order, while the Qi army led by Tian Dan has just arrived, and the foothold is not yet stable, tomorrow our whole army will attack the Zhao army." ”

The generals of the Yan Kingdom were stunned, thinking that they had heard it wrong, in the case of being outnumbered by the enemy, shouldn't they be defended according to common sense. But seeing the unquestionable expression on the face of the commander Rong Yan, he didn't dare to disobey, and shouted in unison:

"No."

The next day, the whole Yan army went out to attack the Zhao army, and the Zhao general Pang Xuan led the Zhao army to resist desperately, and asked for help from the Qi army led by Tian Dansuo. After the Qi army arrived, the Yan army slowly retreated under the order of Rong Yan.

At night, under the order of Rong Yan, the Yan army abandoned all the heavy grain and grass, and did not burn it, and retreated to the Yan country overnight. After the Tianming Qi and Zhao coalition forces reacted, they sent a small army to chase after them, but they were defeated by the Yan army ambushed by Rong Yan.

After the news came, Tian Dan and Pang Xuan hurriedly led the army and pursued the Yan army again. But at this moment, the Yan army has all withdrawn to the Yan country, and it is too late to pursue.

Tian Dan laughed in the big tent of the Qi army, and said to Pang Xuan, the general of Zhao State: "I didn't expect Rong Xuan's plan, and he really didn't lose himself as a famous general of Yan State, and he could survive with such a broken wrist." ”

Pang Xuan also nodded beside him and said, "Yan's famous general, it really deserves its name." ”

Since then, Ji Kang's grandfather, King Wucheng and King Yingji of Qin, have completely bankrupted their plan to attack Zhao in the north and south. The general of the Yan State, Rong Yan, led the Yan army to withdraw to the Yan State, but found nothing.

At the same time, in the Daijun of Zhao State, Li Muzheng, the general of Zhao State, confronted 100,000 wolf horsemen led by Xiongnu Shan Yu, and a great war that shocked all countries was about to begin.

The Xiongnu have always wanted to go south and invade the Central Plains.

But after facing the armies of Yan and Zhao, they didn't eat good fruits. Repeatedly mobilized troops, they were defeated by the armies of Yan and Zhao.

In June of this year, the Xiongnu saw Qin and Yan and attacked Zhao in the north and south. Thinking that the time had come for him to attack Zhao, he personally led 100,000 wolf horsemen to attack Zhao.

And Li Mu, the general of Zhao State stationed on the border, ignored the request of the generals of the Zhao army, nor did he take the initiative to attack according to the requirements of the Zhao court. Instead, relying on the cities and fortifications of Zhao State, they resisted the Xiongnu army step by step, and slowly consumed the edge and fighting spirit of the Xiongnu army.

The continuous retreat of the Zhao army made the Xiongnu Shan Yu think that the Zhao army was no longer able to resist his own army, and the Xiongnu generals were also arrogant, and forced the Zhao army step by step, robbing the property.

Until September, Li Mu, who confronted the Xiongnu army, switched and closed the grazing of livestock, lured the Xiongnu to plunder, and the Zhao army was defeated, deliberately allowing the Xiongnu to take away thousands of people and animals.

The Xiongnu Shan Yu and the generals, seeing the Zhao army's move, thought that the Zhao army could no longer resist their own army, and raised the strength of the whole army to pounce on the Zhao army led by Li Mu.

Li Mu used the terrain to lay out chariots and crossbowmen in advance, forming a criss-crossing position that was not conducive to the Hun cavalry but to the Zhao infantry army. It also organized a strong mobile cavalry unit to control the flanks and rear of the position.

After the Xiongnu Shan Yu led the whole army to pounce on the Zhao army, Li Mu led the Zhao army to retreat step by step, leading the Xiongnu army into the position he had prepared in advance.

The Hun cavalry rushed into the Zhao army's formation, and the Zhao army's formation was constantly changing, and the two sides formed a stalemate. At this time, Li Mu ordered the mobile troops on both wings to launch a pincer attack, encircling the opponent, and more than 10,000 cavalry cut off the enemy's retreat in a roundabout way, breaking the strong enemy Xiongnu. The Xiongnu were defeated, and the Xiongnu Shan Yu led the remnants, and the Zhao army led by Li Mu chased them for hundreds of miles.

In this battle, Li Mu surrounded and annihilated the cavalry with infantry, shocking the Central Plains countries.

At this time, Liaocheng Jun Ji Kang had no time to worry about the ups and downs of the Central Plains countries. Because, Donghu's cavalry came to Liaodong County.

At this time, the more than 4,000 tribal troops of the Tubuda tribe of Donghu, under the leadership of the leader Tuobda, had assembled at the junction of Donghu and Wangping County, Liaodong County.

Standing on a hill overlooking a village on the border of Wangping County, Tubuda said to the tribesmen behind him: "Sons, the current Yan people continue to tempt our herdsmen and slaves to join them, and now is the time for them to suffer revenge." Sons and daughters, countless women and belongings are waiting for you in the vast land ahead, come with me and rob them all. ”

With that, he rode forward.

The more than 4,000 tribal cavalry who followed Tupuda let out a loud shout of "Huha, Huha", and with Tupoda, they rode their horses towards the villages of Wangping County.

On the border with Wangping County, which borders Donghu, several beacon towers ignited two puffs of black smoke. According to the regulations, the black smoke burning from the beacon represents the invasion of foreign enemies, the burning of white smoke represents the rebellion of the people, and the burning of green smoke represents the mutiny of the army; One column of smoke means that the number of people is less than 1,000, two columns of smoke represent the number of people between 1,000 and less than 5,000, and three columns of smoke represent more than 5,000 people.

Now two puffs of black smoke are ignited, which means that there are more than 1,000 medium-sized Donghu troops who have come to Liaodong to plunder. Suddenly, the entire Wangping border village sounded a dense gong, and the people who were still busy in the fields, the people with the walled fort hurriedly ran to their own villages, and the people without the walled forts hid in the mountains or to the villages with the walled forts.

Because this kind of scene often happened on the borders of Liaodong and Donghu, Goguryeo and other countries, most of the villages bordering these countries had already built forts, and the people did not seem panicked.

The Liao army stationed on the border of Wangping also urgently assembled and informed Xiangping of the news as quickly as possible.

Ji Kang, who was taking classes at Xiangping Academy, was stunned for a moment after hearing the news of the invasion of the Donghu army. Although I knew that I would have to face war sooner or later, I didn't expect it to come so quickly.

said to Bo Wang next to him: "It seems that in this era, there is really no peaceful place!" How many people are there in this invasion of enemy forces? ”

Bo Wang replied: "Judging from the information we have obtained so far, there are at least three or four thousand people. ”

"How many of our troops are there in Wangping County?"

"Qiyu Gongzi, there are only 3,000 people, and now it seems that he can only protect himself."

Ji Kang chopped his feet and said to Bo Wang: "What are you waiting for?" Mobilize the army to support it at once, and I'll go with you. ”

Bo Wang was shocked and hurriedly said: "Childe, don't!" Now that the 10,000-strong army of Xiangping and nearby counties has been assembled, a certain general can lead the army forward. The identity of the son is noble, don't go! ”

"General, aren't you sure to expel a foreign enemy?"

"Childe, rest assured, my Liaodi army is several times larger than the enemy's army, and a certain general will be able to expel foreign enemies."

"General, aren't you sure you're going to protect my safety?"

"Childe, a certain general will be able to protect the safety of Childe. But ......"

Ji Kang immediately interrupted Bo Wang's words, looked at Bo Wang, and said, "General Bo, that's it, don't persuade me, let's go immediately!" Go to Xiangping City and tell my mother that you can talk to each other. ”

After Tian Guang and Shi Dare of the academy learned the news, they strongly asked themselves to accompany Ji Kang as well, and got Ji Kang's permission.

Bo Wang had no choice but to take Ji Kang and them to Wangping.

And by the time his mother Ji Zhao and Jun Xiangju Xin got the news, Ji Kang had already accompanied the army on the way to Wangping County.