Jiuquan City, the prosperity of the past is no more. The entire city of Jiuquan has been put under martial law, the four gates have been closed, and there are groups of patrol sergeants armed with weapons everywhere.

A small Erjin mansion in the east of Jiuquan City, this is the mansion given by King Liang when Li Yan Black Stone Cliff broke the Huns, and the Hu family has moved out of the dilapidated courtyard in the west courtyard of King Liang's Mansion.

In the backyard at this moment, Xin'er was talking with Linghu, looking extremely worried.

"Madam, the young man will be fine." Xin'er looked at the Linghu clan in front of her with a sad expression, so she had to comfort her.

"Xin'er, is there any news from Xihai County in the palace?" Linghu asked as he held Xin'er's small hand tightly.

"Madam, the sergeant who went to Xihai a few days ago to deliver the order brought back the news that Gongzi has successfully forced back the Rouran people, and this should lead the army back to Jiuquan City."

"This kid went to the West Sea without saying a word, and he will definitely talk about him when he comes back." Linghu was unhappy with Li Yan silently leading the army to guard the West Sea.

"What Madame said is that the young man has not even had a letter after leaving Jiuquan City for more than half a year, and the wife is worried about the young son." Xin'er said in response.

"If it weren't for Mingyue's child coming to accompany me and help me relieve my boredom these days, I don't know what to do." Ling Hu closed his eyes and let Xin'er rub his shoulders.

"Madam, if Sister Mingyue doesn't come, isn't there still Xin'er with you?" Xin'er said with a pout.

"Good, good! There is a well-behaved Xin'er to accompany me to relieve my boredom. Linghu said happily.

In the Liangwang Mansion of Jiuquan City, Li Wei seems to be more than ten years old these days, first the family of Xiliang is stingy with food, and then the prince Li Xin is disappointed, he thought that he could turn the tide, but he never thought that he would lose his troops in less than a few days, and the camp of Lejuan was broken, and he also let the Huns' stray arrows hit his arm. If it weren't for Ling Huqian leading the army to rescue him, he would have been captured by the Huns a long time ago.

"Second brother, is there any news from the Zhenbei Army and the Gaochang garrison of Xian'er?" Li Wei asked Song Xuan.

"Brother Hui, it is reported that Li Taishou has led 10,000 troops to march to Jiuquan non-stop, and he should be able to pass Dunhuang at noon tomorrow, and it is estimated that he will be able to reach Jiuquan City the day after tomorrow. General Zhang Jing's Zhenbei Army is estimated to be back early tomorrow morning. Song Miao saluted Li Wei and replied.

"Have all the people outside the city been arranged?"

Li Wei walked back and forth restlessly in the study, sighing from time to time.

"It's all arranged, the young men of Jiuquan City have all distributed weapons and incorporated into the army, but General Linghu is just him~"

"Pass the order down, let General Linghu return to the city!"

"Yes! Brother! Song Miao bowed and said.

Last night, the Xiliang army had withdrawn to Jiuquan City, but Li Wei took care of the people outside the city, so he ordered Hu Qian to lead 10,000 troops to stop the Huns, so as to arrange the people outside the city.

"Second brother, don't the big families in the city say anything?" Li Wei stopped and asked in a low voice.

"Except for Linghu Changshi, who sent the hundred and five parts of the family to defend the city, the rest of the families have not said anything at present."

In Jiuquan City now, there are as few as one or two hundred, and as many as thousands of subordinates in the families of the major families, all of whom are the private soldiers of the families, and they are nominally slaves of each family on weekdays.

Especially with the increase of displaced people in Hexi, the wind of slavery is even worse, and these displaced people have become slaves is the private property of each family, even if the Liangwang Mansion is not easy to ask.

"Got it. Second brother, go and give orders! Let General Linghu withdraw to Jiuquan City. Li Wei felt a sense of weakness in his heart.

Song Miao saluted Li Wei and then exited the study, arranging for the sergeant to go and give orders.

To the east of the Liangwang Mansion, in the courtyard of the crown prince Li Xin, as usual, it was magnificent.

Li Xin was sitting in the hall, a maid was giving medicine to his arm, the wound was already red and swollen, Li Xin gritted his teeth and the maid wiped the wound medicine for him.

"Bastard, are you trying to kill me?" When the maid took the medicine, it happened to sting Li Xin's wound, and Li Xin's face was black in pain.

The maid hurriedly begged for mercy, and after bandaging Li Xin's wounds, she exited the hall.

"The last general, Zhu Yuanhu, meet His Royal Highness the Prince." Zhu Yuanhu entered the hall and knelt down on one knee towards Li Xin and said.

"It's Yuanhu here, sit down!" Li Xin was overjoyed and led Zhu Yuanhu to sit down.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince!"

"How's it going?" Li Xin asked when Zhu Yuanhu sat down.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, now Jiuquan City is ready to defend the city, Li Taishou has already led the troops back to help, and Zhang Jing, the general of Zhenbei, estimates that he will arrive tomorrow."

"This time, I fell into the trap of frustration for a hundred years, so that I lost my troops and lost my generals, although my father did not blame me, but I can clearly feel the dissatisfaction in my father's heart." Li Xin said to himself.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry, if you don't let Hu Qian disobey His Highness's orders, it won't be like this." Zhu Yuanhu clenched his fists and said.

After Li Xin took over the Lejun camp, he first ordered Hu Qian to lead an army of 20,000 to guard the southern camp, and the rest of the sergeants were under his command.

The centennial design of Fuqu allowed Li Xin to lead the army out of the camp to capture the northern camp of Lejun City, but Ling Huqian strongly opposed it at that time, thinking that as long as the camp was held, the Huns would be helpless.

Li Xin did not listen to the dissuasion and asked Ling Hu Qian to divide half of his troops to help him capture the camp in the north of the city, Ling Hu Qian refused Li Xin on the spot, but when Li Xin led the troops to attack the camp in the north of the city that night, he was ambushed by the 40,000 troops of the Huns, and Ling Hu Qian could only abandon the camp of Le Jun in order to rescue Li Xin.

Without the defense of the Lejuan camp, the Huns threw away their armor and abandoned the armor killed by the Xiliang army, and more than 30,000 people were killed by the Huns, and less than 50,000 sergeants fled back.

"Let's not talk about these for the time being, we must guard the city passes, and there will be no accidents." Li Xin commanded.

"Yes! The last will obey! Zhu Yuanhu hurriedly said.

In order to gain time for the people outside Jiuquan City to enter the city, Ling Hu Qianzheng led the troops to guard here, and in order to gain time for the people outside Jiuquan City to enter the city, Ling Hu Qian led the troops here for almost a day.

There were only six or seven thousand left of the 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the arrows of the Huns were black and pressing, and there were soldiers with arrows everywhere.

"Report! General, someone from the Liangwang Mansion is here. A sergeant walked into Ling Huqian's big tent and reported.

"Oh? Hurry up and invite him in! Linghu Qian stood up and said.

"I've seen General Linghu, the prince has an order, and he ordered the general to immediately lead the troops back to Jiuquan City."

"Good! After the general reorganizes the army, he will return to Jiuquan! Linghu Qian's heart was overjoyed.

It's been almost a day of blocking here, thousands of sergeants have been lost, and now the pass has been broken and it won't last long.

"Someone came to pass the general's order, the pass was full of flags, the pass was beaten loudly, the infantry retreated first, and the rest waited for the general's order!" Ling Hu Qian ordered.

With the order of Linghu Qian, the defenders of the pass began to withdraw towards Jiuquan City, and the drums in the pass were loud and the shouts were loud.

In the Xiongnu camp, Frustrated Qu looked at the pass in front of him, his heart was extremely angry, he had blocked the army for almost a day, he could have reached Jiuquan City last night, but now he was hindered by a small pass.

This pass is the only place to pass through to Jiuquan City, located between two mountains, the terrain is very dangerous, and the Xiongnu army must arrive in Jiuquan from here.

This time, he had already brought siege equipment, and he could dominate Hexi just by capturing Jiuquan City, so that the great achievement of destroying the country would fall on his head, but he was blocked by a small pass for a day.

Suddenly hearing the sound of drums in the Guannei, he was frustrated and felt that for some reason, he could only order the whole army to strengthen combat readiness, and not to let the Xiliang army have a chance.

"Dudu, what the hell is this making Fox Qian? Could it be that with his soldiers and horses, what big waves can be turned? Frustrated Qu Bainian said in a deep voice.

"Don't be careless, this Ling Hu Qian is not a waste like Suo Xun after all, and the siege equipment will arrive in another hour, and then the hundred-year-old general will no longer have to worry about this city pass. Ha ha! Frustrated Qu told Frustrated Qu for a hundred years, and then laughed.

"Good! I heard that the woman in Jiuquan City is much more charming than the woman in Jiankang City. Ha ha! Frustrated Qu Bainian's tongue licked his lips and smiled.

"Pass the order, and the ban will be lifted for three days after the army breaks through Jiuquan City!" Frustrated Qu said coldly after shaking himself up.

"Yes! Thank you, Governor. Fuqu Bainian knelt down on one knee and saluted Fuqu.

The Hun army heard that the ban was lifted for three days after the city was broken, and all of them were bright-eyed, and the three days of lifting the ban were burning, killing, looting, raping, and plundering. There is not a single woman in the military camp all year round, and these Huns have long been eager to break through Jiuquan City.

"General Qiyu, everything is ready, and you can withdraw to Jiuquan City at any time." Ling Hu Qian's personal guard stepped forward and said.

"Good. The general ordered the army to withdraw to Jiuquan City immediately. Ling Huqian said and jumped on the horse's back.

Thousands of Xiliang troops retreated towards Jiuquan City, and the pass suddenly seemed quiet.

Half an hour later, in the Hun camp. Frustrated Qu paced back and forth in the tent, and suddenly shouted: "Come on, please come to the hundred-year-old general to discuss the matter." ”

After a while, Fuqu Bainian walked into the big tent and asked Fuqu, "Governor, what are your orders?" ”

"Listen, there is no drum sound for half a day in the city, and there is no one in the city, isn't it~?" Frustrated, he turned sideways and looked out of the tent.

"Governor, you mean? Linghu migrated away? Fu Qu Bainian asked with a shocked face.

"Centennial General, you immediately lead the troops to attack Chengguan, you will know whether it is a try or not." Frustration and shooting.

The moment he walked up to the city pass, he looked at the empty pass in front of him, and his face was red with anger.

"Governor, the Xiliang army has withdrawn towards Jiuquan City." Fuqu Bainian is now on the ground, and he clenched his fist at Fuqu on horseback and said.

"The order went down, and the army immediately marched out and besieged Jiuquan. Tomorrow morning, we will wait for all the siege equipment to arrive, destroy Xiliang in one fell swoop, and unify Hexi. Frustrated Qu pulled out his long sword and slashed in the direction of Jiuquan City.

Under Jiuquan City, Ling Huqian had already led the troops back, and after the guards confirmed their identities, they put the army into Jiuquan City.

The Xiliang army in Jiuquan City combined was less than 50,000 people, and the menacing 60,000 Xiongnu army was rushing towards Jiuquan City, and the entire Jiuquan City was suddenly shrouded in panic.

On the head of Jiuquan City, the forcibly requisitioned people were moving the city defense equipment to the city, and fire oil, logs, and boulders were placed on the top of the city.