In the month, Daqin finally regained the situation from the previous disadvantage on the northern front of the river, and the horse army in the position of the governor of Anxi Dufu gathered 200,000 troops, made a frontal feint posture, mobilized the main force of the Huns, sent an elite division, ran for 800 miles, attacked the right flank fortress of the area occupied by the Huns in the river, and after paying the price of 30,000 people, destroyed the fortress, and burned all the grain and grass inside, after losing this fortress, the Huns turned from attack to defense in the river, In a short period of time, he was no longer able to launch a large-scale attack, after this battle, the Ma army for a while faintly had the momentum that could be compared with Li Ang, but he also knew in his heart that he won this battle in extreme danger, if the elite division of 50,000 people could not capture the fortress, it would be a situation where the whole army would be annihilated, and then it would demoralize the army that contained the main force of the Huns, and if it was not good, it would be a big rout, and compared with Li Ang's unpredictable use of troops, he was still a lot worse, The current fame is just deliberately raised by the families of the Western Army and some high-ranking families, in order to suppress the name of Li Ang's first general.

On the endless grassland, Ma Jun rode his horse and looked into the distance, and it was no one else beside him, it was Li Ang, who should be sitting on the Western Front, he was extremely secretive, even the personal soldiers next to Ma Jun did not know his identity. "Do you really want to buy back those 30,000 captives with the Huns?" After a long silence, Ma Jun still wanted to persuade this friend, you must know that the captured 30,000 soldiers, although the court did not express their position, but everyone in the world regarded them as traitors and cowards, and even their families were not ashamed of their surrender, and their family genealogy directly kicked them out and their wives and children, if these 30,000 people were redeemed and brought under their command. I'm afraid it will be discredited. Laughed at by the world.

"These 30,000 people just made a wrong choice, and we should give them a chance." Leon's gaze retracted from the far north, and he looked at his friend beside him. "I think if they are given another chance to choose, they will never surrender, they will fight to the death, they will fight to the death, braver than anyone else."

Ma Jun was silent, he knew that Li Ang was determined to do so, and no one could persuade him to give up. After a long while, he raised his head and said, "You came to me in person, how can I shirk it, and this matter is on me." Ma Jun jumped off his horse and said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for many years, let me see how powerful your kung fu is?" ”

Li Ang saw that Ma Jun had not changed as before. He also jumped off his horse laughing, drew the sword at his waist, and saw that he had a sword in one hand and a sword in the other. After Ma Jun was stunned, he shouted. "Don't use your swordsmanship, who in the world doesn't know that you use this kung fu, it's equivalent to two fighting one, but I don't suffer this loss, we compared swordsmanship back then, and this time it's the same."

"You're too stingy!" Li Ang laughed, threw away the broken steel sword in his hand, and said to Ma Jun, "Even if you use this knife alone, you will still win you!" ”

"Don't talk too much, the province will lose later, and say that I will take advantage of you." Although Ma Jun does not show weakness on his mouth, but his footsteps are a step, he has taken the lead in attacking, over the years, his knife skills have gone through the killing array, compared to that year, a little less change, but more tragic killing momentum, once the attack is successful, the long knife made of stainless steel, the knife is not far from Li Ang's vital point, fierce to the extreme.

In the face of such a fierce knife move, Li Ang did not back down, the cutting blade in his hand, constantly fighting with the long knife in the hand of the Ma army, he was called the god of killing by the world, when he shot with all his strength, the murderous spirit was a few points stronger than the Ma army, although it was to let the Ma army attack, but after thirty moves, his stronger and stronger sword strength was to suppress the Ma army, forcing the Ma army to turn offensive to defensive.

After more than ten moves, Ma Jun shook his long knife, but he jumped out of the battle circle and said, "How have you practiced all these years, I thought I could at least have a draw with you, but I didn't think that I wouldn't even be able to pass fifty times, so I won't fight." As Ma Jun spoke, he put his knife back into the sheath and said to Li Ang, "When you come back next time, I will compete with you again, and I will definitely win you then." ”

Li Ang picked up the broken steel sword from the ground, looked at the figure of his friend who jumped on the horse and galloped away, but shook his head and said to himself, "Next time, I don't know when I will see you again!" After returning the sword to the sheath, he got on his horse, pulled the reins of the horse, and galloped in the opposite direction, he could not reveal his whereabouts on this trip, he and the horse army as the commander of the northwest and northwest lines of the river, meeting in private, it was definitely a big taboo, if it was transmitted to Chang'an, it would definitely cause a storm.

A few days later, in the Xiongnu prisoner camp, a team of Daqin soldiers carrying heavy shackles were taken out of the camp, and there was a group of blonde and blue-eyed Hu merchants outside who were discussing their prices with several Xiongnu nobles, these blonde and blue-eyed Hu merchants were actually not Hu people, they were all wealthy merchants from Wanzhou, entrusted by the Ma Army, pretending to be European slave traders to buy back these surrendered soldiers that Li Ang wanted, originally they didn't look down on these surrendered soldiers too much,

They couldn't help but soften when they saw that they were so hungry that they were skinny and skinny, and they couldn't help but soften their hearts when they saw that they were still in a heavy shackle, and they no longer bargained with those Hun nobles, anyway, they didn't pay for the money, and they could take these soldiers away as soon as possible.

In the end, the soldiers of less than 30,000 were sold for a high price of nearly 5 million gold baht, which made those Xiongnu nobles overjoyed, and when they heard those 'Hu merchants' say that they wanted to open the shackles of those Great Qin soldiers, they kindly reminded, "These Han people are very bad, as soon as they remove the shackles, they will rebel, it is better to be in shackles." In this way, the Hu merchants dressed as the wealthy merchants of Wanzhou could not say anything, so they took these shackled soldiers and began to break into pieces and go to the river, under the arrangement of the Ma army, they entered from an inconspicuous border defense area, and rushed to the west where Li Ang was located, day and night, so that they could rush for a month and a half before they arrived at the place where Li Ang had set the handover.

Along the way, the Daqin soldiers who had eaten and drunk well and recovered vaguely felt that these Hu merchants who were good to them were wrong, but they never thought that these Hu merchants were actually Wanzhou Han people, and they were entrusted by the military god in their minds to redeem them from the Huns, when the shackles on their bodies were opened, and when they saw the black Daqin military flag again, everyone knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, they had already known from the mouths of those Wanzhou wealthy merchants how the people of Daqin viewed them, How did their wives and children suffer from the stigma and even be kicked out of the family tree by the clan. They regretted why they didn't fight to the death in the first place, and they spent every day in torment when they became prisoners.

"Grandpa, I don't understand, why redeem these people, they're just cowards." Among the generals who followed Li Ang, Chen Baxian looked at these Great Qin soldiers and couldn't help but shake his head.

"It is inevitable that people will do wrong things in their lives, and it would be too cruel not to give them even the opportunity to make amends." Li Ang glanced at Chen Baxian, looked at those soldiers and said, "They live in the peaceful era, they joined the army with enthusiasm, they only trained for less than a year before they set foot on the battlefield, fought that tragic battle, and it is understandable that they surrendered in battle, they just can't bear their wives and children, and want to go back to see them alive." ”

"Grandpa's words are good, but their surrender is just a harm to their family, if they die in battle, they will not bear the stigma, and their families can also receive a heavy pension from the imperial court, which will be looked down upon." Chen Qingzhi couldn't help but say when he thought of what happened to the wives and children of these soldiers in Daqin because of them.

Seeing that it was difficult for such a generous person as Chen Qingzhi to accept these surrendered soldiers, Li Ang couldn't help but sigh heavily, the name of the Great Qin Army's one hundred and fifty years of undefeated has made it a matter of course for everyone to fight to the death and not surrender, but these 30,000 soldiers have disgraced the name of being undefeated for one hundred and fifty years, which is definitely an unforgivable group of people for all the people of Great Qin.

"I know it's hard for you to accept them, but I'm sure they won't disgrace themselves again." Looking at the generals beside him, Li Ang's voice was calm and firm, and after speaking, he looked at Li Cunxiao beside him and said, "Cunxiao, you take the broken guards to tell them that I am willing to accept them as pro-soldiers, if they are willing, they will stay, if they are not willing to be soldiers again, I will give them the passage fee and let them go back." ”

Li Cunxiao has always respected Li Ang's father-in-law in his heart, he only knows that his father-in-law will never see the wrong person and the wrong thing, and after saying yes, he took the broken army guard to these soldiers and announced Li Ang's order. As a result, no one left, for them, Daqin no longer had a place for them, because they had done shameful things on the battlefield, they surrendered to their enemies, and the prestige of the Great Qin Army's undefeated army for one hundred and fifty years was disgraced from now on, the people of Daqin spurned them, and their families looked down on them, and the reason why they were still alive was to atone for their sins on the battlefield with their lives, their own blood, and their lives.

When Leon appeared in front of them on a purple horse, they knelt on the ground, and from now on, their lives belonged to the god of war in their hearts, because he gave them the opportunity to atone for their sins, because he did not look down on them.

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"From now on, you are my soldiers, and you will do according to my commands, and I ask you again, will you do what I command?" Looking at the soldiers who were kneeling on the ground with a military salute on one knee, Leon shouted loudly, and his voice was like thunder, and it exploded in the ears of every soldier.

After a brief silence, the shouts of 'willing' tore through the sky and echoed for a long time, and the soldiers, who had been defeated and surrendered, puffed up their chests and roared hoarsely at the horse-mounted figure in their sight, until their throats were hoarse.