August 23 of the first year of Great Qin II.

The 500,000 Donghu and Xiongnu combined forces did not stop at Linhe City (near Bayannur in Inner Mongolia in later generations). The Huns left, leaving behind a riverside city that was basically in ruins, except for the strong city walls and the intact foundations of the houses in the city.

After the Huns plundered everything that was discarded by the people of Great Qin and could be considered valuable by them, Mao Dun issued an order to remove all the timber in the city.

In addition to grass, cattle and sheep on the prairie, there is still grass and cattle and sheep. Even some of the trees are dwarf shrubs that are not as thick as Makohito's arms. You simply can't and can't build a suitable siege machine.

Even the simple ladders carried by the Donghu cavalry were made after Mao Dun almost ordered the entire Xiongnu tribe and the Donghu tribe gathered around the Wolf Juxu Mountain to collect the timber from the Donghu tribe.

Even so, the 500,000 Xiongnu coalition army, the total number of cloud ladders did not exceed 1,000 times, not to mention the wooden shields to guard against the Qin people's strong crossbows and bows and arrows. More of a no.

If you want to attack Jiuyuan City, which you know is stronger than this fortified city with your toes, it is obvious that the number of ladders you need will definitely not be less.

And the timber in the fortress outside the Great Wall and the timber in this fortified city abandoned by the Qin people can be regarded as solving the urgent need of Maudun.

And the Huns, to the great Mao Dun Shan Yu's orders to carry out that is called a thorough. The timber in all the houses in the city was [***] destroyed by the locust-like Hun cavalry, no matter how big or small, whether solid or not.

Before leaving, the Huns did not forget the towers standing on the four gates of Linhe City and the huge gates on eight sides. It's a classic that you can't miss.

The four tall towers and the eight huge gates that originally stood on the walls of Linhe City were demolished, and the bare Linhe City trembled in the autumn of the prairie.

The mopping operations in Linhe City were all carried out by the Huns, and Mohuer's 300,000 Donghu cavalry looted many "curiosities" (if the copper night pot can also be considered a curiose). With 10,000 Hun cavalry as supervisors, he only stopped for less than an hour in Linhe City, and then set out, crossed the shallow Linhe River and ran to Jiuyuan City along the road that the Qin people walked out.

The reason why this is the case is, firstly, I don't want to give the Jiuyuan Army time to react, and secondly, if I can capture some Qin people, especially women, on the road, it will of course be the best.

At the urging of the Subu Page, the 300,000 Donghu cavalry advanced at a very fast pace.

In Jiuyuan County, except for the large and small rivers near the Henan and Hetao Plains and the Dalin River (near the Majia River in Inner Mongolia in later generations), most of the rest of the places are sandy, saline-alkali and desert areas.

In the pre-Qin period, the Lambqi Desert almost traversed the entire territory of Jiuyuan County from east to west (later called the Garangtu Desert in Inner Mongolia), so after leaving Linhe City, the 310,000-strong Xiongnu alliance army of Sububaye and Mohuer has been walking along the Lambqi Desert.

The Xiongnu had a complete map of the three counties of Jiuyuan, Yanmen, and Yunzhong in the northern frontier of Great Qin. After all, Jiuyuan County was occupied by the Huns more than 100 years ago, including Yanmen and Yunzhong, and when the Huns occupied the Hetao Plain and Henan, the two rich lands, it was the hunting ground of the Huns.

Walking along the Rambuqi Desert, walking all the way, although the more than 300,000 troops were all cavalry, and the Huns did not have the grain and grass of the brigade, but after all, the cattle and sheep used as military food and supplies with the army also needed to be grazing, and the war horses also needed to rest.

After walking for three days, the team of people and horses of Subu Baye and Mohuer had just crossed the Wuliang Suhai (later Inner Mongolia Wuliang Suhai), and crossed the Wuliang Suhai in the east, walking more than 200 miles to the east, which was Jiuyuan County and Jiuyuan City (near Baotou in Inner Mongolia in later generations).

Now, the vast majority of the soldiers and civilians in the entire Jiuyuan County have arrived or are about to converge in Jiuyuan City.

In one day at the latest, the more than 300,000 cavalry of Subu and Mohuer, who were the vanguard, would be under the city of Jiuyuan.

At this time, nearly 200,000 elite Huns led by Mao Dun, who had swept away the entire Linhe City, were carrying a large number of siege equipment, and had just crossed the Rambuqi Desert, nearly a hundred miles away from Sububai and Mohuer.

And after crossing the Wuliang Suhai, it was completely dead to pursue the Su Bu Baye who had not even seen a single hair of the Qin beauties, and he no longer urged the army to speed up the march every day. And Maudun's order also arrived in time, ordering them to slow down, wait for the army to converge, and then move south to Jiuyuan City in one fell swoop.

…… On the same day, Daqin Beidi County!

After receiving the emperor's edict, Xin Sheng, the general of Longxi, who led 50,000 troops to the direction of Jiuyuan, also crossed the Qingshui River (the Qingshui River of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, near Yinchuan) on this day, and reached the territory of Jiuyuan.

The county governance of the entire Beidi County such as Niyang, Jingyang, Wushi, Chaona, and Fuping, these county governments are gathered near the Zhiyi Canal of Beidi County (later the west peak of Gansu), and the western part of Beidi County is basically a deserted land.

The 50,000 troops of the Longxi Army are all cavalry, and the two counties of Longxi County and Beidi have three of the top ten royal horse farms in Daqin.

This time, the Huns' troops invaded Jiuyuan in the gap between the arrival of the great general Meng Tian and Meng Yi's return to Xianyang, which was not expected by everyone. And Jiuyuan is Xin Sheng's hometown. He has spent most of his life in Jiuyuan.

Less than two hours after Huhai's edict arrived in Longxi, 30,000 elite Longxi troops carrying five days of dry food had already pulled out of Zhidi Dao in Longxi County (Lintao County, Gansu in later generations).

On the way north of Jiuyuan by Xin Sheng, 20,000 Longxi troops came from Beidi County one after another to join Xin Sheng. The 20,000 Longxi army also carried some of the grain and grass that was supplied to Xin Sheng's 30,000 army.

Xin Sheng knew very well that the grain and grass he carried could support his army for several days, so he had to rush to Jiuyuan within three days. But now it seems that it is obviously a difficult task to complete, and it is impossible for him to enter Jiuyuan City under the siege of hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu troops. Not to mention getting food and grass supplies. However, if the grain and grass are transported from the rear, not to mention that there are not so many people in Northland County now, there is no hurry in time. After all, the road is too long.

The dilemma faced by the Longxi Army is very clear to every soldier of the Longxi Army. They all knew very well that the food carried by their army now could only last for five days at most.

After five days, if they can't get supplies, the 50,000 of them can only choose to survive by storming the Hun camp.

However, the arrival of General Meng Tian's letter today suddenly made Xin Sheng breathe a sigh of relief.

Meng Tian's order was simple, ordering Xin Sheng to immediately operate in the direction of Linhe City, and bury a large amount of grain somewhere outside Linhe City. After Xin Sheng arrived at Linhe City, he had replenished enough food and led the Longxi army along the Langbuqi Desert across the Wuliangsu Sea, and then waited for orders.

Although he didn't understand Meng Tian's plan very well, his habitual surname of listening to orders under Meng Tian for decades made Xin Sheng choose to carry out the orders of the great general Meng Tian without hesitation. Moreover, Xin Sheng had vaguely guessed that the general seemed to be ordering his 50,000 men to cut off the back road of the Huns. However, the general has just returned from Xianyang, and he does not have any soldiers under him, and he can't even enter Jiuyuan City.

Don't...... His Majesty sent troops north?

It seems that only such an explanation can explain Meng Tian's arrangement.

Thinking about this, Xin Sheng, who was already a little old, seemed to be more than ten years younger.

I miss the sound of the battle......

Now the 50,000 Longxi army is only less than 200 miles away from the Great Linhe, and the Longxi army will definitely be able to rush to Linhe City tomorrow.

…… It's still this day, Daqin Shangdi County!

Densely packed with countless strangely dressed cavalry galloped on the wide galloping road from Shangdi to Jiuyuan. Anyone could see the traces of exhaustion on the faces of these cavalrymen, but anyone could also see the burning intent in the eyes of these cavalrymen.

The closer they got to Jiuyuan, the more vigorous the fighting intent that had been burning since they left Xianyang in the hearts of the Suzaku Army.

Great Qin is the most elite, and the five major legions established by His Majesty the Emperor himself, the first battle is about to start from the hands of the Vermilion Bird Army.

Months of training, countless money and food, supreme glory, all of which were given to them by His Majesty the Emperor. Now it's time for the Suzaku Army to repay His Majesty the Second Emperor for his trust and bounty with a resounding victory.

At ten o'clock in the middle of the night last year, Meng Tian, who had deliberately slowed down after receiving the emperor's letter, finally joined up with the Suzaku Army led by Wang Qian.

When he really saw these emperors single-handedly building the Great Qin Vermilion Bird Army, which was mostly a prisoner before, and single-handedly founding Meng Tian, who was known as the world's first elite Jiuyuan Army, he felt shocked and surprised for the first time.

Leaving Xianyang two days later than himself, and still chasing after him in full armor, Meng Tian still did not feel any fatigue from these Vermilion Bird soldiers. They only have one horse!

The entire Vermilion Bird Army was like a peerless sword that had been unsheathed, exuding a formidable battle intent.

Meng Yi and Meng Tian staggered, and the two brothers did not stop for a moment, one to the north and the other to the south.

Meng Yi and the Vermilion Bird Army were also staggered. Meng Yi, who didn't know about the existence of the Vermilion Bird Army in advance, was originally worried about learning that hundreds of thousands of Xiongnu barbarian troops were going south to invade Jiuyuan, but the moment he saw these straight and warlike Suzaku Army, he was gone.

A peerless general, leading the most elite soldiers in the world. The effect is far more than one plus one equals two.

Whether it was Meng Tian or Meng Yi, they knew it when they saw the Vermilion Bird Army. Even if the Jiuyuan Army only has less than 100,000 cavalry, it can make the Huns go and never return.

(To be continued)