Looking at the hundreds of Fangshi who were divided into more than ten groups and gathered together nervously whispering, Hu Hai smiled faintly.

There is pressure to be motivated, and competition is of course more motivating.

"These people, Tian Aiqing, you pay attention to them. I have asked your chosen papermakers, iron smelters, and several groups of craftsmen from your Mo family to enter this forbidden place. Just let them not go near the monks in the northern part of the forbidden land, and the workshops have already been built in the east, west, and south directions. Let's take care of each one. ”

Hu Hai smiled at Tian Ren, who was standing aside.

"Your Majesty obeys!"

"Have you made it clear to those craftsmen and your Mo family? Entering this forbidden place, I will order the court to give preferential treatment to their families, but no one is allowed to leave this forbidden place without my edict. Hu Hai frowned, suddenly remembered this matter, and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, all the craftsmen and the people in the old Chen Mo family have already understood this matter, and they are honored. The ministers are willing to die for Your Majesty! Tian Ren patted the horse lightly.

"Well, then I'm relieved! I will hand over all the things in Shangfang to Tian Aiqing, and not even half of the things in this forbidden place can be leaked. Hu Hai admonished.

"Your Majesty obeys!"

"Well, I'll be there soon. After I left Xianyang, Shang Fangdan had what he needed, Tian Aiqing took the edict I gave you to find Winyi, and he would arrange it for Aiqing. I hope that when I sweep away the rebellion and return to Xianyang, Tian Aiqing can present me with good news! ”

Hu Hai stared at this small forbidden land with a radius of less than two miles, surrounded by a tall rammed earth wall, his eyes leisurely.

This small forbidden land will carry Daqin's first step to lead the whole world, but it is also the most difficult step. But fortunately, I still have a lot of time to wait.

Hu Hai was very glad that he had a cheap Lao Tzu who could be called the first emperor of the ages, although his sudden death left behind a huge empire full of holes and contradictions. But it also left him with an abundant treasury that could be squandered by him, which could be said to be almost endless compared to the population of the entire Great Qin today.

If he hadn't had so many craftsmen, so much money and grain, and no Great Qin Shangfang, even if he had traveled back to this Great Qin from the 30th century, he would not have been able to always hold the initiative in the general trend of the world as he did today.

It is this abundant treasury, countless talents and craftsmen, that has given him the capital to dominate the world again and even bring Daqin to a higher level. He also dared to start a war against the Huns at the same time in the case of civil strife.

"At any time, there must be no less than one lieutenant in this place. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my edict. Tian Aiqing sent ten dragon guards to protect him! ”

"Whoa!"

…… August 20 of the first year of Great Qin II.

The Great Wall of 10,000 miles, built by Meng Tian and countless people after more than ten years, is like a giant dragon from east to west on the northern frontier of Great Qin, blocking the wreak havoc of many foreign barbarians who only know nomadism from outside the country to the people of Great Qin and the ancestors of China.

Today, in less than two months, the Great Wall beacon tower, which has not been lit for more than ten years, is again lit with billowing smoke.

The thick black pillar of smoke pierced the sky from the beacon tower of the Great Wall on the border of Jiuyuan. On the vast plains, it can be seen clearly from hundreds of miles away.

Looking at the thick black pillar of smoke, Zhang Mu was silent. After more than ten years of calming the Great Qin Frontier, the beacon fire finally ignited again.

"Drive!"

A ten-horse scout squad galloped across the vast grassland.

In addition to the county governance of Jiuyuan City, there is only one county in Jiuyuan County, Linhe County. With the exception of these two cities, most of the rest were reclaimed by convicts or slaves.

Since receiving the news that the Hun army was coming to Jiuyuan from the five dragon guards of Ding No. 3 last night, and after the five dragon guards promised to testify for the generals at all levels of the Jiuyuan army, Meng Hong issued a series of orders in an orderly manner.

All the convicts and slaves who had reclaimed the famine were rapidly moving to Jiuyuan City, and tens of thousands of people and traveling merchants in Linhe County also gathered towards Jiuyuan City with their families under the orders of the Jiuyuan Army.

Meng Hong knew very well that the reason why he was able to transfer troops and personnel now was because the series of orders he issued was not to prepare for battle, but to prepare for minimizing losses.

Now that there is no main general in Jiuyuan City, he can't and can't mobilize the entire Jiuyuan army of 200,000 people to fight directly with the Huns. He didn't have that power, and he didn't dare to do that.

He could only wait until the emperor's edict arrived, or pray that the new general would arrive in Jiuyuan as soon as possible. in order to launch an action against the Huns under the command of the general.

A large number of scouts of the Jiuyuan Army were pulled out of the camp under the order of Meng Hong, and roamed on the Yinshan grassland outside Jiuyuan County, on the land of Henan. Regardless of whether the emperor's edict arrived or not, no matter what the emperor's edict was, and no matter when the new general arrived, he had to first find out how many troops the Huns had dispatched to the south.

This is what you must do as the head of the shogunate of the Kuhara Army.

In this way, after the arrival of the emperor's edict or the arrival of the new general, the most appropriate response to the Xiongnu could be formulated.

Although Meng Yi did not reveal who would take over the post of general of the Jiuyuan Army when he left, judging from Meng Yi's relaxed expression, Meng Hong had faintly understood in his heart that with the rumors he knew about the current emperor, he could only think that it could only be Meng Tian, the general who had been promoted to the position of Taibao.

Every time he thinks of this, Meng Hong's heart is hot.

It's been more than ten years, and the Jiuyuan Army has been silent for too long.

As long as General Meng Tian arrives, what if the Huns come with another 500,000?

And the only thing he has to do now is to try to preserve his strength and wait for the moment of the decisive battle.

The soldiers of the Jiuyuan army, who were originally stationed on the long castle on the border of Jiuyuan, except for the necessary soldiers guarding the beacon tower, have all been ordered to converge towards Jiuyuan City, even if they take down the Jiuyuan soldiers who stayed behind in the beacon tower, they will immediately retreat to Jiuyuan City after discovering that the Xiongnu army has lit the beacon fire.

Meng Hong wanted to gather all the soldiers of the Jiuyuan army from the Great Wall to the middle of Jiuyuan to Jiuyuan City, leaving not a single grass or tree for the Huns. Then wait for Meng Tian to arrive and then fight the Huns.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

The nearly 10,000 scouts of the Jiuyuan Army were densely distributed on the grassland of a hundred miles outside the border of Jiuyuan.

This time is different from the past, what they have to do is not to kill the Huns' scouts, but to find out the leading generals of the Huns' southward army and how many soldiers there are.

Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will not be defeated in a hundred battles.

Although the Jiuyuan Army is not afraid, it never fights uncertain battles.

The scorching heat is gathering little by little. In northern Xinjiang in the past September, the night has begun to get a little cold.

The red sunset was already about to set, and only half of the red face was still struggling between half covering and half covering. If you are not afraid of being pulled by someone, you will completely disappear under the horizon.

The roar of horses' hooves resounded throughout the earth with the last rays of sunlight that had not yet dissipated.

Even after more than ten miles, the faint thunderous roar of horses' hooves made the faces of countless Jiuyuan Army scouts cruising on the grassland change.

The Huns, at last, are here.

The retreat of the scouts of the Nine Plains Army, rushing towards the roar of hooves, was clearly distinguished.

Zhang Mu's scout team was one of the many scouts of the Jiuyuan Army who galloped towards the roar of horses' hooves that were getting louder and louder.

Far away, in the light before dusk, you can clearly see that there are already many scouts of the Jiuyuan Army fighting with the Hun scouts who went out to explore the way, and from time to time someone is cut off the horse.

The bright red blood, reflecting the blurry light of the sunset, made the entire prairie suddenly overflow with murderous opportunities.

With Zhang Mu's roar, the ten-person team he was in made a detour towards the west. There are already a large number of scouts of the Jiuyuan Army who are trying to kill the small group of Hun scouts who dare to come to explore the way, and it is useless for their team to step forward again.

What's more, it was found that so many Qin army scouts were cruising on the way of the Xiongnu cavalry, and it would not be long before the Xiongnu army that received the news would send a large army to clear the field.

Zhang Mu's prediction was right, his team had just walked out of a few miles, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder came loudly.

The Huns sent at least 30,000 troops to kill in three directions, east, west and south. Obviously, he wanted to leave all the scouts of the Jiuyuan Army who had killed many Hun scouts behind.

However, the idea is good, how could the scouts of the Jiuyuan Army be stupidly waiting for these tens of thousands of cavalry to kill?

Without anyone to greet them, a group of scouts of the Jiuyuan Army had already cut off the heads of the slain Hun cavalry and hung them on their waists before the Huns arrived on the battlefield, and then urged the horses to gallop in the direction of Jiuyuan County.

When the Hun cavalry arrived, all they saw was the corpse of a headless Hun scout and the hot blood still steaming. Even the horses of these Hun scouts, as long as the Jiuyuan Army scouts had time, they didn't let go of them, and they were all taken away.

Treating the Hun cavalry like nothing like nothing, how could it not make the Hun cavalry with high morale and want to crush the Jiuyuan Army angry? The commander of the ten thousand cavalry, who did not need to lead the troops, ordered, and tens of thousands of Hun cavalry formed three arrows and chased after the scouts of the Jiuyuan Army who fled in the desert.

Obviously, he will not stop until these hateful Qin people are killed.

As soon as he chased and fled, the Great Wall in front of him, like a giant dragon across the grassland, was already in sight.

The scouts of the Jiuyuan Army entered the territory of Jiuyuan along the gate of the fortress with wide open, and the Hun cavalry who had been following the butt of the scouts of the Jiuyuan Army had to stop outside the fortress.

No one dared to attack at will without the order of Maudun.

This kind of chase can be seen everywhere in the vast grasslands outside Jiuyuan County.

But this has nothing to do with Zhang Mu and others who detoured back to the vicinity of the Xiongnu Chinese Army, of course, in addition to Zhang Mu's team of scouts, there are also a large number of Jiuyuan Army scout squads that also moved to the vicinity of the Xiongnu Central Army.

It's just that the closer the road in front is to the Huns, the more difficult it will be!

(To be continued)