The wind is blowing in Longxi.

Although it is the height of summer in May, because of the altitude, the wind in Longxi still carries a hint of coolness, the wind blows from the north, roars through the mountain valleys, runs to the Great Wall, and blows in front of Li Xin.

Li Xin, the lieutenant of Longxi County, did not move, he stood on the top of the Great Wall of Didao, looking to the west, and let half of his white hair flutter in the wind.

Four hundred years ago, Qin Mu Gong used the strategy of Yu to open up to the west, so that the eight kingdoms of Xirong submitted to Qin, and the Mianzhu, Qirong, and Zhai Rongzhi to the west of Longdi were successively conquered by Qin. When the king of Qin Zhao fell, the Yiqu had been destroyed, so he set up Longxi and Beidi, and set up "county" and "dao" management in the local area, and Didao was the westernmost point of these newly conquered lands.

The second Longxi county guard is called Li Chong, who is Li Xin's grandfather, Li Xin lived in Didao for many years when he was young, although his family is in Guanzhong Huaili, but he is half of Longxi.

And this Great Wall, which was built by Li Chongren too punctually, starts from Lintao in the south, goes to Shangjun in the north, winds along the hills, and finally disappears into the horizon. The Great Wall is not high, more than two feet, rough stone and earth, coarse cloth tile, but it is across the pass, both sides are big mountains, occupy the natural danger. Build a beacon tower every two miles, send a shi to station, five people to guard the Sui, five people to patrol the head of the city, to prevent the Qiang and Rong outside the Great Wall from crossing the border to invade the people in the territory.

Guarding the border, this is the main responsibility of the county lieutenant of Longxi.

While welcoming Li Xin's return to Longxi as the county lieutenant, his grandfather's former officials were also secretly discussing two words.

"Derogatory!"

As early as eight years ago, Li Xin had been a lieutenant, out of Taiyuan, Yunzhong, and Wang Jian together to attack Zhao, he led the army to cross Xiawushan, capture Zhao Hengshan County, and made great achievements.

Seven years ago, in the battle to destroy Yan, he even went out as a general, and broke the Yan army by Yanshui, which frightened Yan Wangxi to cut off the head of Prince Dan to sacrifice.

At that time, Li Xin was very trusted by His Majesty, and his status was much higher than that of the county lieutenant, and sure enough, in the first attack on Chu, he actually replaced Wang Jian and sent an army of 200,000.

It's remarkable that a 30-year-old can achieve this.

It's a pity that the sentence was confirmed, the higher you rise, the worse you fall, the first time you cut Chu, ended in a fiasco of Li Xin, the seven captains were killed, and tens of thousands of divisions were destroyed.

Since then, Li Xin has lost the trust of His Majesty, his title has been reduced, his position has been stripped of his position, and he has been driven to guard the border in western Liaoning.

Although Li Xin made some achievements in the war of destroying Yan, Dai and Qi, it was still difficult to hide the defeat of the year, Meng Tian had returned to the center, but he was still circling around the border county, and after going around, he returned to Longxi County.

But the people who knew Li Xin in Longxi County found that Li Xin was not only white and full of black hair, but also had a huge change in his personality.

In the past, Li Xin was a sunny and free teenager, galloping in the mountains, laughing inside and outside the Great Wall, and he also liked to go off the rails with his sword.

But today's Lieutenant Li is silent and unsmiling, he arranges daily official duties step by step, applies for public security in various counties and provinces, and regularly inspects the Great Wall.

"Forests outside the Great Wall should be cut down on time."

Inspecting the Great Wall today, Li Xin taught the head of a beacon tower: "Do not extend it to within a mile near the Great Wall." ”

An open space had to be carved out of the beacon's field of vision, so that no enemy could attack without being detected.

The lieutenants and officials behind him looked at each other, many of them were Li Xin's partners who rode out of the fortress together when he was young, how could he care about such a trivial matter at that time?

In addition to being concerned about the growth of trees outside the Great Wall, Li Xin also focused on checking the armament of each outpost during this inspection, and also ordered for the first time that from now on, the garrison of each beacon tower will be increased to one! And it is necessary to increase the number of rangers, go to the Qiang land outside the Great Wall to inspect and explore, and find out the details of the roads and tribes.

This order made the officials of the county governor's mansion excited.

"County Lieutenant, are you going out of the Great Wall to collect firewood?"

Collecting firewood is the name of the Qin army in Longxi, which exterminated and killed the restless Qiang tribe.

The Qiang Rong tribe was rich in species, and the powerful self-proclaimed "chieftains" regarded death in battle as auspicious and death from illness as unlucky. Therefore, they like to plunder and invade each other, dominate with violence, and even risk internal invasion, after all, in their eyes, the Qin people are very rich.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Qin army in Longxi, Diqiang is like a forest that continues to grow outside the Great Wall, if it is not chopped on time, it will be out of control, deeply rooted in the shadow of the city wall, and even cross the Great Wall and invade the city of Senei.

However, in the past ten years, because of the focus on sweeping the Six Kingdoms to the east, the Longxi garrison has been greatly reduced, and everyone has not gone to the Great Wall to "collect firewood" for many years.

In the face of his subordinates' inquiries, Li Xin did not answer, and only took out an edict written on paper for the Wei Shi and Chang Shi to see.

"Is it a new secret order from His Majesty?" Seeing the bright red seal, the captains were a little excited.

"It's not just an edict."

Li Xin couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, but he still said lightly: "It's Xuanwen!" ”

The crowd bowed down to each other, and then they began to read.

"King Zhou Li has no way, the princes or rebel, Xirong is against the royal family, and the clan of the Great Luo of the Dog Hill is destroyed, the Great Luo is the one who is the one who is the other sect of Qin."

"King Xuan of Zhou ascended the throne, but Qin Zhong was the doctor, punished Xirong, Qin Zhong entered Xirong, was outnumbered, died without spinning, and Qin and Rong became feuds."

"Qin Zhong has five sons, and his elder is called Zhuang Gong, who summoned five Kundi to borrow 7,000 Zhou soldiers to attack Xirong, and broke it for the Xizhui doctor."

"Zhuang Gong lived in the West Dog Hill and gave birth to three sons, the eldest male father. The father said: 'Rong killed my eldest father Zhong, and I didn't dare to enter the city unless I killed the king of Rong.' So he let his brother Xianggong fight his own people. ”

"In the seventh year of Xianggong, Xirong Dog Rong and Shenhou Vazhou killed Youwang Li Mountain. And Xianggong's generals rescued Zhou, fought very hard, and had merit. ”

"Zhou avoided the dogs, migrated eastward, and Xianggong sent King Zhou Ping with soldiers. King Ping made Xianggong a prince and gave the land west of Qi. He said: 'Rong has no way, invade the land of my Qi and Feng, and Qin can conquer Rong, that is, there is a land.' 'With the oath, knighted. Xianggong was the first country, and the princes were hired as gifts. In the twelfth year of Xianggong, he died in the army, and before his death, he still shouted to his sons: 'It will be warned!' ’”

"In the sixteenth year of Duke Wen, he fought with soldiers and was defeated. So Duke Wen then collected the remnants of the people of Zhou, and the land was Qi. ”

"In the following hundred years, Zhugong destroyed the Society, Xiaoyu, Peng Xishi, Hao, Qi, and Ji Zhurong, and then related to the middle of the land."

"As for Mu Gong, between Qi Yong, cultivating virtue and practicing martial arts, Dongping and Jin Chaos, with the river as the boundary. In the thirty-seventh year, he used Yu to plot against the king of Rong, benefited the country twelve, opened up thousands of miles, and then dominated Xirong. The Son of Heaven to the Uncle, the princes Bihe, opened for future generations, very beautiful. ”

"However, it is Shi Yiqu and Dali who are still strong, building dozens of cities, and all claiming to be kings. Qin Li divided the Dali and took its land. King Hui of Qin sent the general to define the canal, and the righteous canal was subordinate to Qin, and then rebelled, and the king of Zhao was destroyed because of the army, and he was placed in the county of Longxi and Beidiyan......"

In this secret order sent to Li Xin and the officials of Longxi, Qin Shi Huang did not mention the matter of finding the state of the Queen Mother of the West and seeking immortal immortality, and talked about the enmity between Qin and Xirong throughout the article.

After reading it, Fang Zhi has had a seven-hundred-year entanglement with Xirong since the emergence of the "Qin" state......

Until today!

Everyone continued to look down, but saw that the edict read: "Today, I am in a blinking body, raising troops to punish riots, the spirit of Lai Zongmiao, the six kings are subdued, and the world is decided!" ”

"However, Longxi, Beidi, and Shangjun are not peaceful, and outside the Great Wall, they are all Qiang, and I want to succeed the 35th ancestor Yu Lie, and Feng Xianggong's last words: 'Will be destroyed!' Changda West Soil, so that Pi Diqiang, don't dare not come to enjoy, don't dare not come to the king! ”

"Your Majesty will be defeated!?"

The officials were overjoyed at this time, they did not know that this was only a small part of the plan for the "great development of the western region" that Heifu had proposed......

Li Xin knew that he was the most supportive of the strategy of Western Expansion.

Although he was relegated to Longxi to blow the wind and eat sand, he never forgot the shame before the snow in his heart.

But the Six Kingdoms have been destroyed, and he has lost the opportunity to gallop in the Central Plains......

Now, His Majesty wants to inherit the tradition of more than 30 generations of Qin Jun, and attack Xirong Diqiang, as the lieutenant of Longxi County, as a general who is good at chariots and horses, Li Xin is naturally the best candidate to lead the army to the west!

Standing at the head of the Great Wall again, looking out at the vast west, the wind still tore Li Xin's clothes like an eager lover, making it hunt and rattle.

"The wind in Longxi has never stopped."

He shook his sword and said secretly: "But this time, it will be blown out from within the Great Wall." Such as the sound of thunder, fluttering, agitating and angry, stepping on rocks and logging, killing forests, and traveling three thousand miles without stopping! ”

……

At the beginning of May, after the imperial driver left Ji County, Qin Shi Huang first went to Lintao to see the legendary "giant footprints", and there was really something, although Heifu guessed that this was also the "auspicious" made by the Lintao magistrate, but no one was confused enough to expose this lie, and the emperor was happy.

They didn't stay in Lintao for long, and went directly north along the Great Wall to Didao......

The emperor's itinerary was kept secret, so when Li Xin received the news, the imperial car had already arrived outside the city of Didao.

After Li Xin heard the news, he could only hurriedly dress up, step on his mount, and gallop with his attaché.

The horse is an old horse, it was the most wild and untamable horse in Longxi Gong, and it was sent to Xianyang ten years ago.

With a wave of his hand, His Majesty asked his guards to train their horses themselves, and if they could be tamed, they would be given to them. Li Xin was in charge of the palace in Zhangtai Palace at the time, and he didn't like other horses with docile personalities, but he chose this guy with pure white hair and shiny hair, and a temper as irritable and untamable as himself.

One man and one horse experienced a difficult game in the school field, and it took half an hour, and the horse lost the strength to toss and reluctantly obeyed Li Xin. (See Chapter 162)

It was also because of Li Xin's superb riding skills that Qin Shi Huang noticed him for the first time, so he let him be a Lang official by his side, and gave him the opportunity to express himself on the battlefield......

Now, ten years have passed, the horse is old, and the young man is white-headed.

But his hip has not yet come back to life! The fire in my heart is not extinguished!

He also wanted to ride his beloved horse, holding the black Qin flag, galloping between the reckless heaven and earth, the horse's hooves crushing the glacier, and the sword cutting through the Qiang tribes, so that they would surrender to Qin like cattle and sheep......

Only on the battlefield can Li Xin feel that he is still alive.

After thinking about it, Qin Shi Huang had arrived, and he was still familiar with the huge convoy, but the most important upstart beside the emperor was no longer Li Xin, but Heifu......

"Lieutenant Lee!"

Heifu waved in front of the horse: "Your Majesty asked the subordinates to welcome the general!" ”

Li Xin turned over and dismounted, and also returned the salute to Heifu, but he didn't know how to call him.

Eight years ago, when Li Xin first appeared as a lieutenant, Heifu was only the head of An Lu and Qianjie, and the day was precarious.

Seven years ago, when Li Xin broke the Yan Army in Yanshui and became famous all over the world, Heifu just listened to his legend and amazed the little pavilion chief with his companions.

Five years ago, when Li Xin held the tiger talisman and commanded an army of 200,000 to attack Chu, Heifu was still only a little-known little general.

But in the next few years, when Li Xin fell like a meteor, Heifu was rising......

Now, their status is equal.

No, Li Xin knew that he was not even as good as Heifu, although the title was one level higher than him, but in His Majesty's heart, the young strong man on a white horse was already a general of the defeated army, and he didn't even want to see him. However, the Genhei Tengu from Anlu can participate in the national policy and is highly trusted......

Li Xin, who has changed the past, may be unwilling and uneasy, but he has experienced ups and downs and has reached maturity.

So, Li Xin took a deep breath and bowed back to Heifu with a flat salute!

"The minister who treats the sin, how dare you let the right chief come to greet you?"

Heifu didn't dare to even say anything, so he led the way, and Li Xin bypassed the heavy riding pet chariot, Lang Wei armor, and came to the front of the royal car.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister Li Xin is late and guilty!"

The curtain of the car was opened, and after more than a month of cruising outside, Qin Shi Huang, who had a tired face, walked out, looked at Li Xin, who was on the ground, and was speechless for a long time.

It has been five years, and this is the first time that Qin Shi Huang has received Li Xin after his humiliation of his teacher.

looked at the brave young man in the past, but now he is full of gorgeous hair, and he seems to be older than himself.

Qin Shi Huang didn't speak, but just looked at this former favorite general who disappointed him greatly.

He couldn't help but think of ten years ago, when he was taming horses in the school yard, he noticed Li Xin for the first time and casually gave him his name, and suddenly felt that everything seemed to be predestined providence.

The emperor moved his steps, stepped forward, and Li Xin, who had been choking and sobbing and not daring to raise his head, patted him on the shoulder and said:

"This son, he should be my 'White Horse General' one day?"