Eccentricity off

The twilight sun on the western mountains shone a tired and dim sun, and the dusk sunlight shone on the pale black earth that had just been dyed with night.

At this time, it is the time of the day when yin and yang alternate, and it is also the time when hundreds of people in Kannai return home.

But at this moment, a group of people dressed in sackcloth and holding sickles in their hands were bending down and trying to harvest the grain in the fields, without the slightest idea of the sunset.

Although sweat beaded on their faces, their faces were full of joy, because when they saw the grain in the fields, they knew that this year was a good harvest year, and they would not starve to death in winter.

Gong Boli was dressed in military uniform, walking in this golden field, looking at the smiles on the faces of these people, and there was a hint of relief in his eyes.

As a major pass in the border defense against the Xiongnu, the most important thing is a big granary.

The location of the Bitouguan is superior, in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the silt washed up by the Yellow River has formed a large fertile area, which is extremely conducive to planting.

Luoshui, Zhangshui, Fenshui and Weishui in its territory have brought extremely convenient irrigation conditions to this fertile soil.

Therefore, in order to keep this fertile land, the Qin State set up a pass on the bank of the Yellow River, and this pass is the partial pass.

The establishment of the Bitou Pass completely made use of the natural danger of the Yellow River, and blocked the Xiongnu, who often went south to plunder, and did not dare to risk their lives.

Moreover, it is also a supply station and a large granary for the fortress on the nearby border defense line.

So the importance here is self-evident.

However, as a large granary, the partial head of the pass has shrunk by nearly 30% compared with previous years due to the war.

This thirty percent is enough for a city to eat a year's rations.

And this year's autumn harvest finally ushered in a bumper harvest, at this moment not only the people in the customs are sincerely happy, even Gong Boli is also extremely pleased.

even sent a lot of soldiers to help harvest together, and the autumn harvest, which has been going on for nearly a month, is finally coming to an end.

"At most, the autumn harvest will be almost over in a few days, right?" Gong Boli stood on the ridge and asked a soldier.

"Back to my lord, the autumn harvest will be almost complete in three days at most." The soldier bowed and replied,

"How much grain has been harvested? Gong Boli asked again.

"A total of almost 100,000 stone of grain has been harvested."

(One stone here is equal to 100 catties, and the standard of the Qin Dynasty seems to be 109 catties.) It's all for the convenience of calculation, so don't get too focused on the numbers. ）

"100,000 ......" Hearing this number, Gong Boli was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on the old face.

"Yes, yes. This year, not only are we hungry, but even the soldiers in the neighborhood are hungry. ”

Then Gong Boli's eyes turned again, looking at the north, and his face sank again.

"Send another 1,000 men to help with the harvest, and try to harvest it all within two days. Those barbarians haven't stopped in the past few days......"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then immediately agreed, and turned to leave.

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At the same time, dozens of miles away was a different story.

Yanmen Pass, since the Warring States Period Zhao Wuling King, successive dynasties have regarded this place as an important strategic place, and Yanmen County has been set up here.

Since the Zhao State was destroyed by the Qin State, it was changed from Yanmen County to Yanmen Pass.

And its importance is even more than the Yatou Pass hundreds of miles away, because this can be said to be the gateway of the Qin State, as long as it captures here, the Xiongnu can directly enter the Central Plains.

Therefore, this place has always been a place that the Qin State attaches great importance to, otherwise Yingzheng would not have sent Meng Tian to build the Great Wall here to fight against the Xiongnu.

But it is not easy to capture this place, after all, Yanmen Pass is known as the first of the nine Xiongguan, and it is too unworthy of the name if it is so easy to be breached.

And the pass of this dangerous pass presents a V-shape, with a width of ten zhang at the top and three battles at the bottom. Its situation is steep, the walls are deep and strict, the city wall is 20 meters wide and 200 meters long from north to south.

The city wall is a natural access point almost sandwiched between the two mountains, blocking all intruding enemies.

At this moment, in the Yanmen Pass City, which was shrouded in night, a tall and heroic man in military uniform was sitting in a big tent, his brows furrowed.

And the light on his desk swayed his delicate body, shining brightly on the man's handsome and resolute face.

Light and shadow were intertwined on this face, making the man's thoughtful mood completely come to the surface.

This person is the first general of the Qin State - Meng Tian.

After the Qin State was stabilized, Ying Zheng was forced to transfer Meng Tian to Yanmen Pass to guard the border of Qin.

And the 300,000 Mengjia counties in this belt have beaten the Huns in fear of the Huns in the past three years, and all of them are afraid of the name of Meng Tian.

But that's it, Meng Tian was suspicious when he heard the report from his subordinates.

Because the spies from his subordinates just came to report that a large number of Hun soldiers had gathered outside the pass, and they even set up camp and sat in a posture ready to attack.

"Which play do you think the Huns are going to play?" Meng Tian asked his subordinates in the big tent.

Hearing the general's question, a general replied: "It's autumn at the moment, according to the experience of previous years, at this time, those barbarians should be accustomed to going south to fight the autumn wind." It may just be more than half a month in advance. ”

After the general finished speaking, the other general stood up again and said,

"Fighting the autumn wind is an inferior nature that this group of barbarians can't change, but some spies arranged by the last general will report back, and there seems to be a Hun general and two captains in that group of barbarians."

"And looking at the scale is even more than in previous years, although I can't figure out what they are going to do, but it is definitely not just an ordinary attack like in previous years."

After the general finished speaking, the rest of the generals began to elaborate on their own.

"In that case, we will rush out and kill him by surprise while they are still in a stable position."

"You should send someone to find out the situation first, what if it's a bait?"

“……”

After a while, the atmosphere in the whole tent was a little noisy.

Meng Tian rubbed his forehead, then looked at the group of generals and said, "Okay, don't make any noise." ”

A whisper, but it drowned out the voices of everyone in the big tent, and the generals immediately shut up when they heard this.

"Send someone to find out the situation first, and then remind all the border guards in the vicinity to not be caught off guard by the Huns."

Just as Meng Tian was elaborating, a soldier ran in briskly, and then bowed down to report.

"Report! Outside the city, the Xiongnu army opened and was coming towards the pass. ”

Hearing the soldier's report, the eyes of everyone in the big tent widened at this moment, and they looked incredulous.

The Huns, who were beaten by them and cried for their fathers and mothers, actually took the initiative to find them this time, are they here to send the heads?