Meng Tian, as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses who resisted the invasion of the Xia Kingdom, sat in Fenglin County and commanded the soldiers and horses of the world.

The soldiers of the Xia State were divided into eight routes, and he also had to divide the troops into eight routes, and they were drawn into three lines of defense to resist, especially the middle army of the Xia army, which was the route of the Xia Emperor Xiao Rui's personal expedition, which made him the most concerned.

But when the news of Zhang Chao's defeat in defending the county town of Balcony came back, Meng Tian was full of expectations and was disappointed.

He walked over to the table, looked at the map on the table, and thought about how to defend himself next.

At this moment, Bai Meng lifted the curtain of the tent and walked in, and the cold sound of the whistling sound blew into the camp tent, making the coals in the pot of fire make a thunderclap sound, and the cold wind poured into Meng Tian's neck, making him shiver.

"It's so cold!"

Meng Tian came back to his senses, and his attention was on the outside.

Bai Meng nodded and said, "It started to cool down last night, and the ice in the river is all a thick layer of freezing. ”

Now that the winter solstice has passed, the cold winter has been carried out thoroughly, the winter temperature of the Qin State in the past is not cold, and the river surface will have a thin layer of ice at most, but now it is cold to the bone, and after a winter, the ice in the river is thick.

And it's getting colder every year.

Meng Tian's heart sank, and he sighed: "The weather is getting colder and colder, and the crops will be endless again." And on such a cold day, how can the soldiers stretch out their hands and feet? Lao Bai, have you inspected the barracks? What is the situation with the soldiers? ”

Bai Meng sighed and said: "The winter clothes prepared by the imperial court are like that, you don't know, mainly hemp, add cotton wool to it, change it to the previous temperature, and it will pass after a while, but now it is shivering from the cold!" Over time, soldiers will develop chilblains and lose their physical fitness, let alone fight. I have ordered to go down and boil the broth to warm the soldiers, but this is not a long-term solution. ”

Meng Tian nodded and sighed, "What I was most worried about happened!" Daxia has cotton, and the cotton clothes prepared for the soldiers have a good warmth effect, the body is not cold, and the hands can hold the blade tightly, once they fight with us, they will have an advantage. Why was the Xia army marching so slowly? They're just waiting for it to cool down. Zhang Chao can't hold the balcony county town anymore, and he will soon lose it. The Xia Congress will speed up its march, and our defeats will follow. ”

Bai Meng also sighed and said, "Xia Guo uses the time of the sky, which is simply impossible to stop by manpower, and now the weather will get colder and colder, and our situation will be even more difficult." You must think of a good plan that works, otherwise Daqin is in danger! ”

It's not about scaring yourself, it's about what happens. When the soldier is so cold that he can't hold his weapon, he is a lamb to the slaughter, how can he be the attack of the Xia army?

Meng Tian once again focused on the map, and then said: "Your Majesty sent a secret letter, Prince Xiang has gone to the Yuan Kingdom in person, and will do his best to persuade the Yuan Kingdom to attack the Dongqi region, this is also a great opportunity for our Jedi to fight back, but time waits for no one, we have to delay time!" ”

"What do you want to do?" Bai Meng knew that Meng Tian had already thought of a strategy.

Meng Fang gritted his teeth and said, "I am ready to withdraw the third line of defense and place my troops in the main county and capital cities, not to resist the Xia army, as long as I can slow down the opponent's march!" In this way, you can create enough time for Prince Xiang! ”

Bai Meng nodded and said, "For today's plan, there is only this way." But this is very risky, we disperse our forces to the cities, if the Khan of the Yuan State can't take the Dongqi region, or even loses, then the Xia army can easily break through one by one, and we have no room for maneuver, and in the end only the Qin capital is left. ”

Meng Tian replied: "So I've been hesitating, this is a risky move. In fact, the Khan of the Yuan State is also very anxious, the weather is getting worse and worse, and now the main forces of the Xia State are dealing with our Qin State, if he does not take advantage of this God-given opportunity to loot the Dongqi region, then there will be no chance in the future, so the Khan of the Yuan State will definitely attack the Xia State at any cost, he is helping us, but also helping himself. ”

Bai Meng slapped the table and shouted: "When you are constantly suffering, Lao Meng, I support you!" ”

Meng Tian nodded, and then made up his mind.

Subsequently, one after another orders were issued from the military tent, and Meng Tian distributed his army to various county towns or prefectures, forming chess pieces blocking the road and blocking the marching speed of the Xia army.

At this time, Han Xin had already taken the Balcony County of the middle road army.

There were few troops in this city, and most of them were forcibly recruited people, and the weather was very cold, they stood on the city pass and shivered, facing the strong bows and crossbows of Great Xia, it was not much difficulty to take this city.

Subsequently, Xiao Rui's military order was sent to the other seven-way soldiers and horses in the form of an eagle report, and he could finally increase the speed of the march, and now he began to exert his might.

Next, the speed of Xiao Rui's mid-lane army also increased significantly. Although the weather was very cold, the imperial court had prepared warm clothes for the soldiers. In addition to cotton clothes, there are gloves, hats, and cotton shoes, although it is difficult to travel against the cold wind, but compared with the Qin army, the soldiers of Great Xia are already very happy.

After passing through Balcony County, you will enter Shannan County.

Soon, when the army of the middle route passed through a prefecture city, they found that there were thirty or forty thousand Qin soldiers stationed in the mansion city, blocking the way.

Han Xin sent him to call for battle, but the other party was silent, and he did not come out of the city, and the persuasion to surrender did not work, so in desperation, he could only forcibly attack the city.

Continuing to march, they were again blocked by a Qin army with the help of the terrain. There are only more than 20,000 people on the other side, who gave them the courage?

The army pressed the border, and the other party was defeated and fled in a hurry, but this delay was a few days.

At the same time, the other seven routes also encountered this situation, and the Qin army was dispersed from its original concentrated forces into various points, harassing and blocking the advance of the Great Xia soldiers and horses. Obviously, their intention was achieved, and it did affect the marching speed of the Great Xia soldiers and horses.

"It seems that the Qin State has begun to collude with the Yuan State."

When night fell, the army camped and rested, and in the military tent where Xiao Rui rested, Han Xin, Zhang Liang and others were there, Xiao Rui said with a smile.

With a clever commander and resourceful strategists, how could they not see the true intention of the Qin State to change its strategy, which was nothing more than to delay time, after all, the Khan of the Yuan State gathered troops to kill the Dongqi region, at least a month's journey, and the Qin State had to delay time.

Zhang Liang said with a smile: "This is inevitable, if the Qin State wants to repel us now, we must draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, once the Yuan army takes the Dongqi region and captures the three passes of the Qinling Mountains, then we will become rootless." This is a good strategy, the Khan of the Yuan State will definitely attack, but they have not calculated it in a thousand calculations, how can we not be prepared if we raise troops to fight the Qin State? If you are not afraid of the actions of the Yuan army, you are afraid that they will not act. ”

"Yes, I am not afraid of them moving, but I am afraid that they will not move." Xiao Rui also smiled.

Why did you leave Huo Qubing in the northern part of the Dongqi region? Isn't it just to guard against the Yuan army?

Moreover, in the eastern part of the Dongqi region, there are Suzhou and Ganzhou in Anbei, where Changsheng Hou Tian and Zhenyuan Hou are stationed, and they can respond to Huo Qu's illness at any time.

Xiao Rui has left enough troops behind, and then he can't wait for the Yuan State cavalry to attack.

Also, why didn't Temujin cooperate with Qin? Naturally, it's because of Guo Jia. Guo Jia persuaded Temujin that for Temujin, unifying the Yuan Kingdom and becoming the new Khan was his highest pursuit at this stage, so that the Xia Kingdom would consume the Khan's troops, and Temujin would really rise.

Therefore, at Guo Jia's suggestion, Temujin would take advantage of the ripe time to stab the Khan of the Yuan Kingdom in the back.

At that time, the Yuan Kingdom will be in chaos.

"Han Xin, since Qin Jun wants to delay time, then report according to their thoughts. Although it has delayed our speed, the loss of each city will make the military and people's morale of the Qin State even more porous. Xiao Rui commanded.

Han Xin got up and said, "Humble command." ”

Xiao Rui nodded and took out another eagle newspaper.

This is the latest war situation from the Wei State, Daxia sent a total of 500,000 troops to aid the Yan State, not only helped the Yan State reverse the situation, but also started the counteroffensive from being beaten, and the Wei State has been defeated and retreated.

However, with the temperature plummeting now, the fighting between Yan and Wei has also decreased, and their soldiers have no winter cotton clothes.

For this reason, Yan Linglong pleaded with Daxia many times to buy cotton, but was refused.

Now the focus of Great Xia is to destroy the Qin State, and after the Qin State, the targets are naturally the Wei State and the Yan State.

Why did Xiao Rui provide reinforcements to Yan State, it was nothing more than to use the hand of Yan State to destroy Wei State. The fact that the Yan State was able to destroy the Wei State was also a great drain on himself.

Even if Yan Linglong knew what Da Xia's plan was, she couldn't refuse, so she could only obediently enter the trap. However, Xiao Rui is also very curious, how will Yan Linglong guard against Great Xia? Xiao Rui thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of it.

Even Zhang Liang and Jia Xu couldn't guess what Yan Linglong would do.

In the following days, the soldiers and horses of the Eighth Route continued to advance, and the speed of the march that had just been mentioned was slowed down by the cities along the way.

Half a month later, the mid-lane army walked out of Shannan County and entered Fenglin County.

Since Meng Tian changed his strategy and canceled the third line of defense stationed in Fenglin County, the Great Xia soldiers and horses continued to advance, taking cities one by one along the way, which was simply overwhelming.

At this moment, several counties in the eastern part of the Qin State have fallen, and the people of the entire Qin State have lost confidence, and there has been chaos in some places.

As early as ten days ago, Qin Zheng received an eagle letter from Qin Yu, the Khan of the Yuan State had sent 150,000 elite cavalry, led by his own brother, and was rushing towards the Dongqi region.

Therefore, Qin Zheng and Meng Tian were both waiting eagerly, waiting for the Yuan cavalry to enter the Dongqi region, so that they could transfer from their disadvantage and their efforts would be rewarded.

When the soldiers and horses of Great Xia advanced into Heishui County, and only one Xianyang County was left from the Qin capital, the cavalry of the Yuan State finally killed to the north of Mohe County in the Dongqi region.

One hundred and fifty thousand cavalrymen bared their hideous fangs and prepared to plunder south.

At the same time, the scout also passed on the situation of the Yuan cavalry to Huo Qubing through the Eagle Falcon.

"It's finally here!"

Huo Quzhi picked up the hook and sickle, and his delicate face showed a stern murderous intent.