At noon, 70,000 iron horsemen and 30,000 foot soldiers of Zhao State all crossed the river. Qin's Shangjun Sai, Yangzhou, Pingzhou, Gaonu, Huangcheng and other important cities were all lost. The Zhao army took advantage of the situation to go north to regain the territory occupied by Lin Hu, and finally returned to Zhao after more than 20 years of absence from the counties in the northwest of Hexi. Zhao Yong personally set up a high altar on the bank of the river to comfort the dead. Zhao Xie, Zhao Gu, Zhao Yunshu, Sima Wangzu and others all burst into tears.

They have been waiting for this day for more than twenty years.

This moment is unforgettable.

After comforting the dead, Zhao Xie led 10,000 soldiers and 1,000 troops to garrison Gaonu, and the rest went south to arrive at the dividing line between Qin and Zhao more than 20 years ago to prevent the Qin army from counterattacking. Zhao Gu led 10,000 soldiers in Lin Cheng, divided 1,000 troops to garrison Yangzhou, 1,000 to Pingzhou, 1,000 to Huangcheng, and the rest to the west to prevent Yiqu from sneak attack. Zhao Ying led 3,000 soldiers from Yangyi and garrisoned Shangjunsai to prevent a sneak attack by the Qin people and cut off the return route of the army.

Zhao Yong led 70,000 iron cavalry and 7,000 infantry to the north along the Great River, marched to Hudi, and opened up the territory.

On the south and north banks of the river, the terrain is flat, the water and grass are abundant, and there are a large number of grazing Hu people living here. Because these people live in a lot of forests, they are also called the Linhu people. Linhu, Loufu, and Donghu are entrenched in the north of the Central Plains. Donghu has the most extensive influence, the Lou Fu knights are fierce and good at fighting, and the Linhu people have excellent war horses. In the northern land, Donghu, Lou Fu and Lin Hu have the final say.

Donghu borders Yan and Zhao. The state of Zhao set up a military town at the Infinity Gate to block the southward movement of the Donghu people. Donghu had no hope of going south, so he set his sights on the territory and Yan Kingdom in the east.

Loufu is located in the west of Zhao Guodai County and north of Jinyang County. When the Zhao family founded the country, except for Zhao Xiangzi to open up Hudi, the eyes of the rest of the monarchs were placed on the Central Plains. Zhao Guo and Lou Fu got along quite peacefully.

Lin Hu is west of Loufu and occupies the north of the Great River. As Yiqu moved southward, Linhu moved south to occupy the territory south of the Yiqu River. The north and south of the river became the sphere of influence of the Linhu people. Lin Hu was close to Yiqu and Qin, and learned a lot about Qin from the Yiqu people. For example, the Qin State swept Yiqu, pressed the Sanjin Dynasty in the east, and expanded Bashu in the south, and attacked Chu and attacked Qi.

Recently, King Lin Hu saw that the people of Yiqu were not afraid of Qin, and they had the potential to attack Qin. Later, King Lin Hu learned from Yiqu that the young King of Qin died suddenly, the country was ownerless, and the Qin State was in chaos. King Lin Hu sent 10,000 knights south to tentatively launch an attack on Qin. Because of the civil strife, the Qin State was weak in Shangjun and was attacked by Lin Hu. King Lin Hu tasted the sweetness and marched south to conquer half of the territory of the upper county of Qin. King Lin Hu defeated the Qin state and his confidence was greatly increased. often said to his generals that defeating the Qin State was equivalent to defeating the princes of the world.

On this day, King Linhu led his tribe to graze cattle in the great river, and said to himself, "I am the greatest king in this territory. ”

Suddenly, the warrior Lin Hu crawled over and said urgently: "Your Majesty, it's not good. ”

King Lin Hu exclaimed, "What happened. ”

"All the Qin territories we have captured have been lost."

"What do you say. All the territory we have conquered has been lost. King Lin Hu swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva, and his heart was horrified. Yiqu often talks about how powerful the Qin State is, and today I finally saw it. King Lin Hu never imagined that the civil strife in Qin would end so soon. King Lin Hu thought to himself: "The powerful Yiqu State has been beaten by the Qin State and is powerless to fight back, and its territory is constantly shrinking, and it is far away from the grassland to avoid disaster. He and Yiqu are equally matched. Now that Qin has returned, he is not an opponent. ”

Seeing that the situation was urgent, King Linhu shouted, "Quickly assemble all the troops." ”

Several Linhu warriors left in response.

After a short time, the leaders of the Linhu tribes scattered on the south bank of the river came to the account of the king of Linhu. When King Lin Hu saw that the leaders of the various tribes were coming, he said directly: "All the Qin territories we have seized have been lost. The Qin people are coming. What are we going to do. ”

A strong man with a beard on his face shouted, "If the Qin State dares to come, we will destroy them." ”

King Lin Hu said: "General Hu, the Yiqu people are not the opponents of the Qin State, we have beaten the Qin people?" ”

When everyone heard this, there was a lot of noise. The Yiqu people couldn't win against the Qin people, and they didn't have the confidence to be able to fight the Qin people.

General Hu shouted: "Does the king want to give up this territory to the Qin people? ”

"Naturally, I don't want to." King Lin Hu was worried about the Qin people's soldiers, "But the Qin people's soldiers are strong, and we can't win against the Qin people." ”

General Hu said: "If you can't win the fight, you won't know until you fight." If you don't fight, you will give up this land, and I will not agree. ”

When the tribal leaders in the account heard this, they were not willing to give up this land with abundant water and grass.

"The Yiqu people can't win against the Qin people, so we can only say that the Yiqu people can't do it. We are the masters of this territory, how can we give it to the Qin people. ”

"We attacked Qin Shangjun, and we didn't find out how powerful the Qin people were."

"We defeated the Qin people, and the Yiqu people lost their faces."

King Lin Hu was also stirred by everyone's words, and the man's blood surged into his chest. If he retreats without a fight, these people will not only despise him, but will not submit to him. King Lin Hu shouted: "You are right, we are the masters of this territory, how can we give it up." The Qin people are willing to fight, and we will fight it. ”

Everyone stood up and saluted: "We will support the king and start a war with the Qin people." ”

"You may be seated." The Linhu Dynasty shouted outside the big tent, "Bring that warrior up." ”

The corners of everyone's eyes also followed the voice of King Lin Hu and looked outside the camp tent. I saw a man wearing a torn armor and walking in scarred. King Lin Hu asked, "This warrior's name is Ali Wu, and he has just fought with the Qin people. Aliwu, tell us how powerful the Qin people are. ”

Ali Wu said: "The opponent's attack was too fierce, and they defeated us in an instant. ”

General Hu hesitated and said, "What kind of clothes are the Qin people wearing?" ”

Ali Wu said: "It's similar to us. ”

"You're panicking." General Hu shouted: "I have been to the Qin State. The clothes worn by the Qin people are the same as those of the Central Plains, but they are different from ours. The Qin State foot battle and car battle are indeed good. How could the Qin people defeat our cavalry in an instant. I think you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you are making things up. ”

General Fox also said: "General Hu is right. When we attacked Shangjun, the Qin people dressed differently from us. The king had also seen the Qin army killed in battle. Ali Wu is not afraid of death, nonsense. ”

King Lin Hu looked at Ali Wu with a grim eye.

Ali Wu fell to his knees in fright and defended: "Your Majesty, they are dressed in clothes similar to ours, and they are very good at riding and shooting. The subordinates did not dare to deceive. Speaking of urgency, Ali Wu took off his clothes, exposed his chest and said, "Your Majesty, this wound on my body was wounded by the opponent's arrow. ”

Seeing that Ali Wu was not lying, King Lin Hu pondered for a moment and asked, "The other party is dressed similarly to us, and he is good at riding and shooting." Could it be that the Qin people also have an iron horse? ”

General Hu vetoed: "The Qin people have cavalry, but it is impossible to have a strong subway cavalry. The Qin people really have an iron horse, and the Qin State has long gone deep into the grassland and destroyed the Yiqu people. ”

General Fox said: "Yiqu is the biggest hidden danger in the northern Xinjiang of Qin. If the Qin people have this iron cavalry, they will take the lead in attacking Yiqu in the north, instead of attacking us. ”

King Lin Hu thought about it, and also felt that it could not be a Qin person, "Could it be that the Yiqu people were scared by the Qin State, and in order to vent their anger, they attacked us." ”

General Hu stepped forward, came to Aliwu, and ripped open his clothes with his hands, exposing the wound on his chest in contrast to his. After a while, General Hu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, judging from the wounds on Aliwu's body, it was not the Yiqu people who did it. ”

"It's not a Yiqu person." King Lin Hu thought for a while and asked, "Could it be a Donghu person?" ”

Aries said: "The Donghu people are thousands of miles away from us, and we have never been guilty of well water with them, and there is no territorial dispute. How could the Donghu people send troops against us? Even if the Donghu people want to become the overlord of the steppe and submit to us. The Donghu people should also attack the north bank of the Great River first, and then cross south to attack us. How could they attack us from the territory of the Qin State from the south to the north. ”

"It's not Donghu." Lin Huren thought for a while and said, "Could it be that the building is annoying." ”

General Hu said: "Aliwu's arrow wound was caused by the arrows of the Central Plains, and it could not have been done by Lou Furen." The king of Lou Fu was afraid of our strength, and he did not dare to start a war with us easily. ”

"It's not Yiqu people, it's not Lou Annoying, and it's not Donghu people." King Linhu asked, "Tell me who is attacking us." ”

The Aries asked, "Aliwu, think about it again, what is the difference between the iron cavalry that attacked us. For example, clothes, armor, horses, bows and arrows, and weapons used. ”

Aliwu thought for a moment and said, "Their clothes are not made of the skins of wild beasts, but of fine clothes; The armor they wore was not animal skins; The weapon used is a sword; The war horse is not from us and Lou annoying, but a bit like the horse of the Central Plains. ”

General Hu was shocked and said, "Impossible, impossible." ”

Seeing that he was out of shape, King Lin Hu hurriedly said, "General Hu, what have you thought of." ”

General Hu stabilized his heart and said, "What Ali Wu said is Zhao Ren." ”

"Zhao Ren." King Lin Hu was shocked: "How could the Zhao people appear here. ”

General Hu said: "The territory of the Qin State that we occupy belonged to the Zhao State twenty years ago. We can take advantage of Qin's internal strife to go south, and Zhao can also take advantage of Qin's internal strife to cross west. ”

The Aries clan asked, "The Zhao country is also a country in the Central Plains, how can they have iron horses and wear clothes similar to ours." ”

General Hu said: "Do you still remember that a few months ago, we had a conversation with King Loufu. King Lou Fu accidentally said that Zhao Guo was promoting Hufu cavalry shooting. ”

"Yes, there is such a thing."

The Aries Fox was suspicious: "The people of the Central Plains have always been arrogant, how can they put down their bodies and promote Hufu riding and shooting." Zhao State's implementation of Hufu cavalry archery could not be tolerated by the princes of the Central Plains. ”

General Hu said: "Don't forget that Zhao Guo has a Zhao Xiangzi." How the kingdom was destroyed. Zhao Jun has the courage and courage of his ancestors. Our opponent is likely to be Zhao Ren. ”

"Who Zhao Xiangzi is and how Daiguo was destroyed, I don't care. All I know is that I have the final say on this territory. King Lin Hu said contemptuously: "Zhao people dare to challenge our strengths with their shortcomings. Zhao people forgot that we are the kings right away. Let's use riding and shooting to teach the Zhao people who don't know the height of the sky. We want Zhao people to know that we dare to say second, and no one dares to say first. After only a few months of Zhao Guo's implementation of Hufu cavalry shooting, he thought that his iron cavalry was brave and invincible, and he was rampant all over the world. Hmph, what a joke. ”

Aries said: "Zhao wants to become a strong country through Hufu cavalry shooting. ”

King Lin Hu said with a hideous face: "We will destroy the Zhao people's dream of becoming a strong country with our own hands." ”