Ma Yunjiao said angrily: "Phew, it's still a foreign girl." No wonder you always think about sending someone to the Great Qin Empire, and honestly, are you worried about the foreign girl in Rome! ”

Hearing the words "Great Qin Empire", Liu Xin couldn't help but think of the black whirlwind, and a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes. Although it was only a flash, it couldn't escape Ma Yun's vicious eyes. Ma Yun snorted coldly: "Sure enough, there is a problem." ”

Liu Xin hurriedly explained: "What's wrong, I'm thinking of those Great Qin weapons brought back from the Western Regions, that is a powerful opponent!" ”

Ma Yun was suspicious, stunned for a moment, and still said: "Daqin is not far from here, at most a few caravans can come and go with each other, no matter how strong they are, it is impossible for them to come here, what is there to worry about." ”

Liu Xin said without thinking: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. In case the big Han's caravan is bullied there, will we care or not? If you manage it, you will inevitably make a big move. In short, I will not let aliens bully us Han Chinese. ”

Ma Yun nodded and said: "Yes, I'm not afraid of 10,000, just in case, it's better to prepare for everything in advance, since the Great Qin Empire was able to send envoys to Luoyang many years ago, and you really have to guard against them, what are your plans?" ”

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it yet." However, I have already ordered the research institute to analyze those Great Qin weapons to see what kind of materials they are made of, and it is estimated that the results should come out in the next few days, and then we will talk about it. By the way, you haven't told me yet, what kind of fun did Zhu Rong run there? ”

Ma Yun laughed and said, "If I'm not mistaken, she must have chosen a female guard." ”

The female guard was still formed by Liu Xin's order, and there were originally twelve Qiang girls, and their leader was the Xiongnu woman Lanier. After returning to Xiangyang, the state pastoral mansion was strictly protected by the Flying Tiger guards, and there was no need to worry about any danger, and these female guards were "laid off", Liu Xin had almost forgotten about it, and was heard by Zhu Rong somehow.

Zhu Rong is a real heroine and heroine among women, and when she heard that there was such a "women's army", she immediately came to her senses, and quickly begged Ma Yun, and quietly brought the twelve female guards into the house, and personally went down to organize them to practice.

In fact, Liu Xin also vaguely knows some of these things. However, as long as his women are having fun, Liu Xin generally doesn't bother to ask. But she didn't expect Zhu Rong to feel very happy with the twelve female guards, she really wanted the entire army to come out and be a general.

But it is not easy to expand the ranks of female guards, most of the Han women are weak, they can't even swing spears, let alone go into battle to kill the enemy. And Zhu Rong was afraid that Liu Xin would blame him, so he only dared to tell Ma Yun, but he didn't dare to say to Liu Xin that it was obviously unrealistic to want to select female guards on a large scale. Today, it happened that Cai He sent a group of interracial girls, these interracial girls were not only beautiful, but also tall and tall, and Zhu Rong couldn't wait to choose a few suitable people from them.

Liu Xin figured out what was going on, smiled, and said, "Actually, I still have a good idea." Last year's war in Xuzhou, leaving many orphans, the orphanage is now overcrowded, it is better to let Zhu Rong go there to choose the right girl, cultivate from an early age, so that the female guard must be more loyal. ”

Ma Yun suddenly realized, and said repeatedly: "Yes, why didn't I think of it." The weakness of the daughters of the Han family is mostly caused by the living environment, and the girls in our family are forced to practice by you every day, which one is not alive. I think this method will work! ”

With Liu Xin's approval, Zhu Rong's establishment of a female guard can be carried out publicly. However, it is good to choose the right girl to be cultivated from an early age, but far from quenching her thirst, Liu Xin still allowed her to select a group of girls from the barbarian, Qiang, Xiongnu and Hu people in the Western Regions, and temporarily set up a female guard of 200 people, and wait for those little girls to be able to take on great responsibilities after several years of training, and then gradually replace them.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the tenth day of October, and the second snow has fallen on the grasslands in the north. Although the snow did not fall much, it was likely to affect the livelihood of the herders for a year. However, this year's situation is different from previous years, and the two new cities built by the Han people on the grassland have played a role.

The herdsmen of the five Xiongnu tribes moved into the outer city of Xincheng early, and although there were only simple earthen enclosures, it was already a great improvement for the Huns, who could only rely on tents to shelter from the wind and snow. Not only that, but the Han soldiers also accumulated a large amount of forage in the outer city early, enough for them to survive the whole winter. Of course, the Huns themselves were not unprepared, even the most difficult people, forage had to be prepared, what they were most afraid of was just the white plague, and now with these two new cities, the white plague did not seem so terrible.

At night, as long as the weather is good, the Xiongnu herdsmen who have no worries will sing and dance in the earthen enclosures of the outer city. Horses and sheep herds on the steppe for many years, and even herders of the same tribe are far apart, and only then do they have the opportunity to gather together, and young men and women also take advantage of this opportunity to fall in love.

However, this year's grassland party has many more fresh faces, and it is the young Han soldiers stationed in the inner city of the new city. Now these two new cities, one is personally in charge of Zhao Yun, and the other is handed over to Ma Chao, the new champion. The two of them were not very old, and they got along very well with the young soldiers under them, and they knew the needs of these soldiers better than anyone else, and after a little discussion, the two of them agreed that the soldiers who were not on duty could go to the outer city to party with the Hun herdsmen.

These Han soldiers were all cavalrymen, and more than a year of grassland life made them develop the same bold and rugged character as the Xiongnu herdsmen. They were more proficient in riding and archery than the Huns, and they were more powerful and powerful, and soon won the eager eyes of the Hun girls. The Xiongnu woman is much more open than the daughter of the Han family, as long as she falls in love with the right lover, she will find a dark corner and hum and chirp to do that thing, and many young Han soldiers will "pay" their first time in this new city. In the end, no one knows whether the two sides can come together, but in this way, the restless hearts of these young soldiers who are far away from home have quieted down, and the two new cities have finally taken advantage of this winter to establish a foundation on the grassland.

When the grassland needs to put on a leather jacket and wrap it in a quilt, the south has just changed into a single coat. Liu Xin's four-way army finally made a full-scale attack on this day.

The first road was led by Zhang Fei and Yan Yan, and their targets were the three counties of Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan, which were later the northern and eastern regions of Vietnam, but the Han Dynasty was indeed part of Chinese territory.

When Liu Hong was still in power, Jiaozhi did not listen to the call of the imperial court. Later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and as soon as Liu Hong died, Jiaozhi Taishou Shixie had the dream of being the emperor of the soil, and he wanted to stand on his own feet from the Han Dynasty, and even cut off the trade route to Yizhou, prohibiting caravans from coming and going.

The reason why Shixie dared to be so fearless was that in addition to Emperor Tiangao Yuan, he relied on the dense mountain forest at the junction of Jiaozhi and Yizhou, which almost became a natural barrier between Jiaozhi and Yizhou. The Han soldiers had no problem attacking and defending the city, but it was much more difficult to get through this mountain forest.

However, Shi Xie miscalculated this time. The Han army was led by 7,500 men from the Seventh Legion, who were experts in mountain warfare. Liu Xin was dividing the Seventh Army into the Four-Way Army, which was to use their expertise to avoid being ambushed by the enemy in the jungle.

But Liu Xin was too careful this time. Shi Xie cut off the connection between himself and Yizhou, and he didn't know anything about the movements of the Han army, and he didn't expect the Han army to dare to cross that jungle, so he didn't set up any ambushes and traps in the jungle at all, and he didn't even arrange a patrol of scout horses.

The soldiers of the Seventh Legion carefully cut through the thorns, and after a day and a night of fighting, they managed to carve a way through the jungle with their machetes and hands. When the Han army passed through this dense forest without danger and came to the plain, it was just the middle of the night. Zhang Fei and Yan Yan discussed it and decided to attack Wanghai City overnight.

The terrain of Cochin County is surrounded by mountains to the north and plains to the south, and almost all the cities are surrounded by the dragon weaving castle, forming a strong defense line around the dragon weaving city. However, this layout also has a fatal weakness, that is, as long as a city is breached, the dragon weaving will be directly exposed to the enemy's blows. And Wanghai City is the barrier to the northwest of the dragon weaving.

Wanghai City is not high, and the long ladder can be taken to the head of the city, which is not the slightest difficulty for the Han army after a long period of strictness. With the experience of studying in the advanced seminar, Zhang Fei and Yan Yan were much calmer, and the two of them commanded in the back side by side, instead of rushing to the front as in the past.

The defenders of the city were unaware of the impending danger, and even the soldiers on duty at night fell asleep with their spears in hand. The Han soldiers silently climbed to the top of the city and wiped out the defenders at the head of the city in three or two strokes. With a "squeak", the city gate was opened, and the Han army swarmed in, and Wanghai changed hands. At this time, dozens of miles away in the dragon weaving city, Shi Xie was hugging two petite concubines and did not wake up.

After entering the city, the Han army did not take too many rests, but immediately pulled out and smashed the dragon weaving. Zhang Fei is good at attacking, Yan Yan is good at defending, and the two people who have cooperated for many years have a tacit understanding of the division of labor, Yan Yan stayed in Wanghai to consolidate the city defense, and used it as a base for advancement, and the task of attacking the dragon city was naturally undertaken by Zhang Fei himself.

The people of Jiaozhi have both Han Chinese and local indigenous people, and the folk customs have always been strong. Shi Xie has been in the dragon weaving for many years, and he is used to being arrogant and domineering, and he is the eldest and the second, and he no longer knows how many catties and taels he has. When the sleeping Shixie learned that the dragon weaving city was surrounded by people, his first thought was not to defend the city, but to go out of the city to fight the enemy. At the opening of the city gate, Shi Xie jumped on his horse with a horizontal sword and shouted: "Who is the thief, dare to offend me, who will fight to the death with someone!" ”