August 19 of the first year of Great Qin II.

At the same time that Mao Dun commanded the 500,000 Xiongnu army and went south to Jiuyuan, and Hu Hai watched a group of beauties of all sizes chattering in the lobby of Sufu, the Great Qin Taibao, Jiuyuan Hou, and the Great General Meng Tian were escorted by dozens of dragon guards, and quietly left Xianyang for Jiuyuan to replace Meng Yi, who was already on the way back to Xianyang, to guard against the Xiongnu army that had unified the vast northern frontier of Great Qin and could go south at any time.

Meng Tian left Xianyang and returned to Jiuyuan, and basically no one in the court knew about it except for Feng Quji, Li You, the two prime ministers, and Yao Jia and other three princes and nine kings. Perhaps only when Meng Yi returned to Xianyang and received Hu Hai's permission to officially start showing up and acting, would the ministers of Great Qin know about Meng Tian's departure.

In order to keep it secret, only Wei Yi and Ying Yi, who came on behalf of the emperor, came to see Meng Tian off.

Meng Tian's departure from Xianyang this time can be said to be a light car. Except for the dozens of Dragon Guards assigned by Hu Hai to accompany the guards, he did not take a single member of the Mengshi clan from the Mengfu in Xianyang to serve with him.

Bidding farewell to Wei Yi and winning one or two people, Meng Tian and his party began to ride their horses and rush when they stepped on the avenue. Meng Yi has now left the Jiuyuan camp, and the original Jiuyuan general Xin Sheng has been transferred to the Longxi general, it can be said that with Meng Yi's departure, the entire Jiuyuan Army's 200,000 troops are now leaderless.

If Mao Dun led the Xiongnu army south to attack Jiuyuan at this time, then even if the Jiuyuan army was undefeated, it would definitely be in a worrying situation. Although Hu Hai and Meng Tian, including Wei Yi, did not think that Mao Dun would choose to go south at this time, but who can say for sure?

If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens.

The important surname of Jiuyuan is self-evident to Daqin, so from the beginning of the gallop from Xianyang to Jiuyuan, Meng Tian led dozens of dragon guards to run wildly all the way. In addition to the necessary rest, it is often at the post station along the way to change the war horse and rush immediately.

…… Night falls.

Darkness enveloped the whole world, and the vast earth was silent. Shrouded in infinite darkness, the Jiuyuan Fortress is brightly lit in the northern part of Daqin, overlooking the vast land of Henan and even the Hetao Plain.

Night fell, and Jiuyuan City, which had been noisy for a day, gradually fell silent. The huge city gate was tightly closed, and a group of stubborn Jiuyuan soldiers patrolled back and forth on the city wall.

It's almost dawn.

At this moment, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from the avenue outside Jiuyuan City, and the sound seemed to be galloping towards Jiuyuan City in the dawn.

There was a sudden bang on the quiet walls of Jiuyuan City.

The battlements that originally seemed to be empty were only a few dozen breaths of effort, and they were already full of soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army. Countless sculptural soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army stood quietly on the tall city wall, waiting for the knight who came straight to Jiuyuan City to appear.

As the elite who guards the northern border of Great Qin all the year round, the night guards on the city wall can easily hear how many people there are from the sound of horses' hooves. Obviously, there are less than ten knights running towards Jiuyuan City now.

The knights outside the city were advancing so fast that for a moment they could clearly hear the knights urging their horses, as if these knights, who had suddenly appeared at the darkest hour before dawn, were extremely impatient.

The sound of the swift horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and the rapid snort of the horses could be heard even on the ramparts.

"Who's coming?"

A loud shout suddenly sounded from the walls of Jiuyuan City.

It was the commander of the Jiuyuan Army who was on duty at night shouting.

Hearing the shouts from the city wall, none of the horsemen who came from the avenue replied, and they did not stop galloping.

"Smack!"

A few crisp whips were particularly piercing in the dull sound of horses' hooves. Obviously, the knights on the avenue not only did not mean to stop and answer, but even whipped the war horse under his crotch a few times, as if he wanted to use this few horses to break through the walls of Jiuyuan City.

The generals of the Jiuyuan Army on the city wall not only ignored their shouts when they saw the knights under the city wall, but even accelerated their gallop speed, and a pair of leopard eyes shot a terrifying light.

In this case, either the skulls of the knights rushing over below were caught in the door, or they were relied on. And to be able to ride a horse and gallop, obviously their braincase is still good, then there is only one explanation, they have something to rely on, and it is even likely to be Qin people.

A few cold glints flashed in the leopard-eyed general's eyes, and then he waved his hand lightly.

With the movement of this general, the sound of "creaking" suddenly became a piece of sound in the city.

The soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army, who were originally standing quietly at the head of the city like sculptures, opened the bowstrings of the strong crossbows in their hands one after another, and the small black crossbow arrows emitted a cold light under the reflection of the torches.

And the point of this light is obviously the upcoming knight of the city under the city.

The garrison under the command of the Jiuyuan Army is not something that anyone can break into. What's more, this is Jiuyuan City. Even the Qin people could not casually storm such a military point in the middle of the night.

"Ben will say it again, who is under the city? Report the name, if you don't reply, after ten breaths, don't blame me for the crossbow arrows of the Jiuyuan army without eyes. ”

The leopard-eyed general listened to the sound of horses' hooves getting closer and closer under the city, raised one palm, and his expression was cold.

Hearing the words of the leopard-eyed general, the soldiers of the Jiuyuan army on the city wall raised the strong crossbow in their hands slightly with a little angle, just waiting for the palms of the leopard-eyed generals to be put down, so no matter who is in the city, the crossbow arrows in their hands will immediately burst out, and the offender will be shot on the spot.

Above the city, the undisguised murderous aura of thousands of Jiuyuan soldiers was released overwhelmingly along with the atmosphere of sudden slaughter at the head of the city. Most of these Jiuyuan soldiers had participated in the fight with the barbarian Huns, each of them killed at least one or even several Huns, and the murderous aura on the bodies of thousands of soldiers gathered together, which immediately made several knights under the city wall shocked and angry.

As dragon guards, they originally walked in the dark, and they can be said to be the most sensitive to murderous aura. Because the traitors who died at their hands do not know how many. However, at this moment, they didn't expect that there would be such a terrifying murderous aura on the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army.

Feeling this rich murderous aura, they did not doubt at all that if they and the others did not stop answering, they were afraid that they and the others would be overwhelmed by the overwhelming crossbow arrows on the city wall as soon as ten breaths passed.

The reason why they didn't answer before was because they had galloped for nearly 300 miles in the middle of the night that day, and there was not a drop of water. They were afraid that when they opened their mouths, they would let out the breath they had been holding in their hearts and fall to the ground.

But nowadays, it is clear that it is impossible to rush all the way to the bottom of the city walls.

One of the knights in the lead stopped the horses a hundred and fifty paces outside the walls. The four fast horses that followed him also stopped behind him. If anyone can be by their side at this time, they will find that as they stop galloping, the five knights, including the war horses under their crotches, are all crumbling one after another. It seems that the next moment he will fall to the ground.

"The tenth lieutenant of the Great Qin Longwei Ding Zi No. 3, there is an urgent military situation that needs to be reported to His Majesty the Emperor through the Jiuyuan Army channel. Speed to open the door. The leading horseman, who was obviously a little lacking in qi, forced himself to raise his voice and answer.

The remaining four knights, hearing the words of the knight in advance, involuntarily straightened up their already exhausted bodies on horseback.

Great Qin Longwei, this is the name given to them by His Majesty the Emperor, and it also gives them the power to walk freely from the darkness on the vast land of Great Qin. Every Dragon Guard Dead Soldier takes it to heart.

Through the faint light of the fire shining from the city walls, the leopard-eyed general could clearly see five dark shadows standing in the darkness.

Great Qin Longwei, although this name cannot be said to be well-known to everyone in the entire Great Qin, at least as the general of the Jiuyuan Army, he is very clear. After all, Meng Yi, who had just left Jiuyuan City for less than two days, had more than ten Great Qin Dragon Guards by his side.

Now, the people of the Great Qin government and the opposition all know that whenever a general leads the troops to go on the expedition, Long Wei will inevitably appear by his side. It's not that no one has suspected that His Majesty is secretly spying on or guarding against these generals, but people with a clear conscience obviously regard this as the kindness of His Majesty the Emperor Hu Hai. After all, Long Wei was powerful and fierce, and no one among the Great Qin courtiers could question it.

With the official appearance of Long Wei and Black Ice Platform in various parts of Guanzhong, the murderous names of Long Wei and Black Ice Platform also made everyone's hearts palpitate.

Why are there suddenly so many fewer thieves and games in Guanzhong? It's all from the hands of Long Wei and Black Ice Terrace. None of the giant bandits escaped the sniping and pursuit of the dragon guards.

However, although he was jealous of the Great Qin Longwei in the mouth of the knights under the city, the leopard-eyed general on the city wall did not put down his raised arms. How could Long Wei suddenly come to Jiuyuan City at this time? Didn't Long Wei all escort Lord Meng Yi back to Xianyang?

More importantly, Meng Yi is no longer in Jiuyuan City now, and the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army in Jiuyuan City, including generals at all levels, are not clear at all who will lead the Jiuyuan Army to resist the Xiongnu barbarians who may go south at any time when Meng Yi leaves.

In general, the leopard-eyed general on the city wall can't be careless.

"Do you have a certificate?"

The leopard-eyed general's eyes shrank slightly, and then burst into a shout.

"Ang"

The leopard-eyed general's words fell, and the war horse of a knight standing behind the black-clothed man suddenly let out a miserable neigh, and fell to the ground foaming at the mouth. On horseback, the knight, who had come from the north, was exhausted, and fell to the ground.

put in the plague, with the death of the first batch of war horses, behind the man in black there were two successive screams of war horses, and they all died of exhaustion. The two men in black who were originally agile behind the horseback fell to the ground and did not move, just like the first man in black to fall to the ground.

(To be continued)