199 BC.

At the time of another hundred years, on the territory between the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains, a tribal alliance returning to the east began a tragic long-distance migration.

The Huns chased all the way, killing the Aries tribesmen who were left behind one by one, and the soldiers of Maudun were not in a hurry to catch up, they didn't want to force too tightly, so that the prey in front of them was still fighting, and more importantly, the king of the Great Moon Branch had promised to help the Huns besiege and kill this group of invaders.

The siege and slaughter again and again gradually reduced the number of the Aries tribe, and difficulties and despair shrouded it, making people unable to see a little hope, and some tribes began to waver, and broke away from the large army and threw themselves into the arms of the Great Moon Branch.

In desperation, Bai Guangji had to lead the warriors of Hexi Qiang to open the way first, and then to cover after breaking off, and start a race for survival with the ill-intentioned Dayue branch people and the Huns who were wiped out.

There is an interception in front, and there are pursuers in the rear.

The Aries tribe struggled again and again in a desperate situation.

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Changan.

The fifteenth day of the first month.

The festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival has not completely dissipated, and the people of Qin have ushered in the grand festival of the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day, from beginning to end, the fifteen-day holiday, so that the Qin people have accumulated a whole year's desire to buy have been released, and the merchants of Chang'an City have made a full profit.

The prestige of Li Yuan, the king of Shenwu, has also reached its peak, for the ordinary people of Qin, in the past, the military victories in the past, most of the men of the Qin State were excited, and this time, those women who focused on firewood, rice, oil and salt also began to sing praises to Li Yuan.

The days are getting better day by day.

Compared with the initial emperor's period, today's new Qin has given the Qin people more freedom in terms of speech and materials, although some gossip about Li Yuan's personal private affairs is also circulating, but this circulation not only did not damage Li Yuan's prestige. On the contrary, it makes him more favored by women.

The king of a nation.

Which one is not a pile of women, or those small princes who are divided into one side, are also included in the beauties one after another, at this point, Li Yuan has only won Yushu, Gu Yunniang, and Xin Chai three women over the years, what is this dedication?

Ask the world, what is love?

In fact, how could Li Yuan have time to pay attention to what women were thinking, after solving Xichu, the loneliness of being in a high place made him have to immerse himself more in state affairs. The growing size of the Qin state also warned the central power of Chang'an that the governance of local counties needed supervision and support from the central government.

So, after staying in Chang'an City to accompany his wife and children for a festival, Li Yuan's car set off from Chang'an again, this time his route was to the south to inspect Hanzhong County, Ba County, Shu County, and then from Hanzhong County along the Bao Slope Road into Longxi County, Hexi County, Zuihou arrived at the destination of the trip: Loulan.

Loulan was an important city on the Silk Road, the first of the Western Regions, and an ally of the Qin State in the current sense. Whether the Qin State was dealing with the Xiongnu or advancing into the Western Regions, it needed the cooperation of the Loulan people.

At the same time, with the unification of the country. The task of maintaining local law and order in the future of the Qin State is also quite important, and the lesson of the riots in Hanzhong County is just around the corner, and Li Yuan hopes that his pro-people move can psychologically appease the Qiang and Di people in the Hanzhong area.

The actions of a county official. Whether honesty and self-discipline are good or not represents the image of the Qin State, once the chief officials such as the county guard have deviations in governance. It is not only the governance of the place that will be affected, but on a larger scale, it is more likely to lead to a series of uncertain events.

After Zhao Ben's failed example of governing the county, after the investigation of the central court and local recommendation, Zhaoping succeeded him as the county guard of Hanzhong, the hometown of the marquis of the Qin State was Nanzheng of Hanzhong County, and he governed Hanzhong, but also to appease the resentment of the people of Hanzhong against the killing of the Qin army when the rebellion was suppressed.

At the same time, the Qin general Zhang Ping, as the general of the station, will take on the task of guarding the construction of the water and maintaining the plank road traffic. The riots gave Li Yuan a new appreciation for the importance of the geographical location of Hanzhong County, a small and remote county located at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, which was not rich in its produce, but was of great importance.

Li Yuan's trip to Hanzhong this time was to instruct Zhang Ping and Zhaoping not to have any contradictions in cooperation, after all, one is in charge of the government and the other is the main army, and it is normal for them to have different emphases, and it is normal for them to have differences of opinion.

Li Yuan's car stayed in Hanzhong County for ten days, of which more than three days were spent in the Fushui Army, Peng Sheng's research and development of primitive gunpowder has entered the critical stage, Li Yuan hopes that Peng Sheng can make persistent efforts to make a "heavenly fire" that is easy to carry and powerful enough as soon as possible.

From the age of cold weapons to the age of hot weapons, the use of gunpowder was symbolized.

The cavalry of the Huns is the sharpest type of troops in the era of cold weapons, although the Qin army also has two pastures in Hetao and Hexi, but there is still a gap between the Huns and the Huns, who were born on horseback, if they can sacrifice more advanced weapons on the occasion of the decisive battle with the Huns, the pressure on the Qin army will be reduced a lot.

In order to reward Peng Sheng's "invention" contribution, Li Yuan directly appointed Peng Sheng as the second division of the Great Qin Army, whose status is second only to Sima Yin, this appointment made Peng Sheng's mood change from uneasy to full of confidence, originally "Tianhuo" was just a failed attempt by him unintentionally, but he didn't want to become his reliance on reuse.

However, the instability of gunpowder is still a difficult problem to be overcome, and if the problem of carrying and guiding cannot be solved, Peng Sheng's invention will at best be used to liven up the festive atmosphere, and will not play a real decisive role on the battlefield.

After the inspection of Hanzhong, Li Yuan, accompanied by Li Shang, Wang Shang, and Luo Xian, began to make a second tour of the Ba County and Shu County where the Ba people lived.

After being occupied by the Qin State, after the occupation of the Qin State, after the reinforcement and dredging of Dujiangyan by Li Bing and his son and Wang Shang, the planting area of corn in the Chengdu Plain was expanding at an exponential rate, which also brought more new immigrants from other places to join.

Rice from the south has been introduced to Bashu from the south of the Yangtze River, and has been tried to be planted in some places close to the river, although due to climatic reasons, its yield is not much, but Li Yuan is still very interested in this, after all, rice is a more valuable crop than millet to replace another eliminated crop.

In addition to agricultural advances, the Wuchi Road from Ba County to Yelang and the ancient Dian Kingdom is being dug intensively, and this road is also an important trade route on the Southern Silk Road of the Qin State.

One south and one north.

With Qin as the fulcrum in the middle, trade routes in different directions will give wings to the development of Qin, and those gems and agate from South Asia will inevitably trigger a tide revolution if they appear in front of the tribal nobles in the north.

January 27th.

Li Yuan was on the Shiniu Road when he received an urgent military performance from Hexi County, which was sent by the post guards all the way from the county administration of Hexi to cover the Tibetan City.

As soon as the military performance was handed over to Li Yuan, the tired post man fell headlong under the horse, and his mouth overflowed with bursts of blood.

Li Yuan unfolded the sheepskin fold, and at the first glance, his face changed as if he had been struck by lightning, and the military information written on the parchment scroll surprised him: "On the eighteenth, Hexi Qiang and the Xiongnu fought fiercely in the Devil's City, and the leader Bai Qin was killed-!" ”

Bai Qin.

That is, Bai Guangji's pseudonym.

Li Yuan's eyes widened, the word death was so eye-catching, he didn't want to admit it in his heart.

In the past few years, although the Qin army has also experienced a lot of battles, many of which are difficult battles, it is the first time that an important general has been killed.

Bai Guangji died on the battlefield.

For Li Yuan, it is the loss of a trustworthy general, and for the Qin State, it is like a broken arm, without Bai Guangji, who is familiar with the situation in the Western Regions and the Xiongnu, the Qin State will have less confidence and calmness in the face of the Xiongnu.

"With Bai Guangji's ability, it shouldn't be a problem to avoid the pursuit of the Huns, why did he lose his life instead!" Li Yuan covered the military scroll and immediately ordered the car to gallop towards Hexi County without stopping. (To be continued......)