readx; In late July, the Central Plains is still in the summer, but the wind in the northwest has gradually risen. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info The yellow sand in the Mu Us Desert north of Yulin, an important town in Shaanxi, was stirred up into the air by strong winds, covering the sky and dyeing the entire sky into a gray color.

In this bad weather, which was called "sandstorm" in the previous life, the Ming army defending the city at the head of Yulin City shrank behind the battlements, trying to cover their mouths, noses and eyes with clothes, but they still couldn't stop the attack of the yellow sand, and they all complained bitterly. Officers of more than 100 households, on the other hand, could comfortably hide in their well-cleaned rooms, drinking and having fun with their camp skills in their arms, and their vulgar and unbridled laughter was carried far away by the wind, and could even float outside the empty city.

However, in this extremely bad weather, there are countless people who have their heads and faces tightly wrapped and carry dozens of pounds of heavy burdens, lining up in long queues, braving strong winds, pushing heavy trucks, and trudging on the seriously damaged official roads in northern Shaanxi. When approaching Yulin City, they also deliberately avoided it far away, choosing those sheep's intestine paths, or the wilderness where there was no road at all.

The defenders knew that these people were small traders and peddlers who were smuggling from the Mongol tribes who had gone to the Hetao region. It's been the case for decades, and they're no stranger. When these people return, they can also knock on a bamboo pole, which is also good for themselves.

Therefore, the sergeants only watched from a distance, gloating: "People die for money, birds die for food, fortunately we eat military salaries, otherwise we have to drink the northwest wind like them!" Damn, the gale is really evil these days, and the Mongols won't run around in this kind of skybreaking, right? Let's go, what to keep the fuck, go down to the city to find a place to eat and drink and roll the dice! ”

However, after these people left the sight of the defenders, they suddenly increased their march, and it can be said that they are walking like a fly. The yellow sand was stained with sweat, and everyone had already turned into mud figures, but no one stopped, and no one spoke, only the chaotic footsteps and rhythmic wheezing soon disappeared into the wind of the call sign.

More than ten miles forward, is the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty. For thousands of years, in order to resist the invasion of the northern nomads, the Great Wall has been built repeatedly by successive dynasties since the Warring States period. The area of Yulin is an important border town, the Great Wall of Zhao, the Great Wall of Qin, the Great Wall of Han, the Great Wall of Sui all pass through this, the Ming Dynasty is a large number of construction, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, after decades to build more than a thousand miles of walls.

It is a pity that these lifeless bricks and tiles alone could not stop the iron hooves of the Mongols from moving south, and even the increasingly raging wind and sand could not stop them. The Mu Us Desert, originally located north of the Great Wall, gradually expanded to the south, and now many sections of the Great Wall have been submerged in the sand dunes, only some of the higher piers are still exposed, but they are also eroded by the wind and sand, like a dying dragon winding in the desert.

But on the south side of a long-abandoned pass in the northwest of Yulin, there is a scene that has been extremely rare for decades. Thousands of tents were held in place by huge wooden stakes, and with the help of the walls of the Great Wall, they stubbornly took root in the wind and sand. From time to time, there was the neighing of horses in the tent, and it turned out that in order to prevent the horses from fleeing in fright, all the riders were in the same tent with the mounts. The pungent smell of horse manure and horse urine filled the tents, so much so that some riders preferred to run out of their tents and be baptized by the wind and sand.

This also included more than a dozen young generals wearing dark armor, and a young man who was also dressed in military uniform.

The young man looked at the wind and sand in the sky and said hatefully: "The grassland area has little precipitation and a cold climate for most of the year, so the ecology is very fragile. But the Mongolians don't understand the truth of sustainable development, and they specialize in the stupid thing of drying up the water and fishing. Take this desert as an example, in the Tang Dynasty, it was still a grassland with abundant water and grass, but because of the overgrazing of the Mongols, the surface of the land was exposed, and finally it was seriously desertified, and it became the appearance of no grass growing now. It only takes more than ten years or even a few years to gnaw away a grassland; It takes decades or even hundreds of years of hard work to govern a desert! Once this king recovers the whole of the prairie, he will ban grazing for ten years, so that nature can rest well! ”

Another young general said with a hippie smile: "Your Highness knows a lot, and even the affairs of the Tang Dynasty are so clear. The last general didn't think so far, just thinking that since the Mongols lived on the steppe, it would be better to burn them down with a fire, burn all their livestock to death, and starve to death, and see if they are still arrogant! ”

The young man in the center was stunned for a moment, and then scolded with a smile: "Although you guy doesn't know how to learn, the tricks you come up with are enough to damage and poison!" You're letting this king be the murderer of the environment, but when it's a last resort, I don't think it's impossible! ”

This group of more than ten people is the Qin King Zhu Youzhen and his two favorite generals Hao Yongzhong and Li Laiheng, as well as the battalion commanders of the cavalry battalions of each regiment. Li Laiheng's proposal to set fire to the grassland just now made Zhu Youzhen's heart move, secretly thinking that the reason why the Mongols did not rely on supplies was precisely because the steppe itself was their supply, and with grass they could feed horses, cattle and sheep, and provide milk and mutton. If it really comes to the day when the fish dies and the net is broken, people can't survive, and they still care about the environment?

However, it has not yet reached that point, and Zhu Youzhen is more concerned about how to fight the current battle well. After more than half a month of secret marching, now the 5,000 cavalry is completely in position and hidden in the vast desert. Since a large number of compasses are prepared in advance, there is no risk of getting lost; The army also carried plenty of dry rations and fresh water, and as long as they crossed the Great Wall and advanced northward, they could reach the Hetao Plain in one day and one night.

At this moment, the scout hurriedly came to report: "Your Highness Qiqi, the commander of the first regiment, Xie Sheng, and the commander of the second regiment, Li Dingguo, led the infantry battalion and the car battalion to cross Yulin, and they are about to join us!" ”

Zhu Youzhen was in good spirits, braved the yellow sand in the sky and walked to meet him, and after less than half a mile, he encountered a long convoy. Xie Sheng and Li Dingguo, who could no longer see their true faces, hurried over, and said loudly while saluting: "The first and second regiments have arrived at the assembly point as scheduled, please give an order to Your Highness!" ”

Zhu You looked at the Qin soldiers who were dusty but had a resolute face, his mood was agitated, he quickly climbed to an earthen platform, and shouted loudly in the wind: "Soldiers! Now I can tell you that the target of our battle this time is the Mongolian Ordos Department entrenched in the Hetao area! The Mongols are robbers, occupying my rivers and mountains, taking my property, and giving money to my wife and daughter, should they be killed? ”

The soldiers of the Qin soldiers were actually mentally prepared, and at this time, when they heard the supreme commander Zhu Youzhen say it in person, they were even more excited and indignant, and they all raised their arms and shouted: "It should be killed, it should be killed, it should be killed!! ”

"Good! Our goal is to completely annihilate this bandit tribe without leaving any of them! Zhu Youzhen roared, "This king knows that you are all very hard, and you are about to face an unprecedented fierce battle, and some people may be sacrificed. But you are not fighting for others, but for your wives and children, your homes, your land, and the dignity of your soldiers! Do you have the confidence to defeat the enemy? ”

"Victory, victory, victory!" Thousands of Qin soldiers roared in unison, and even the call of the wind was suppressed!

Zhu Youzhen's eyes were already blood-red at this time, and he struggled to pull out the traceless sword and pointed it into the sky, and said proudly: "This king has nothing to give you now, so I will send you a poem: Huangsha wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken!" Enter!!! ”