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"Border Army, it's over!"

Wang Li looked in the direction of Yongquan City and muttered to himself. In more than a month, Wang Li's beard has changed from gray to completely white, he has always been in good spirits, and now he is an old man who is as faltering as twilight, he is five years younger than Su Jiao, and judging from his appearance, he is no longer as young as Su Jiao.

Where are the reinforcements?

These days, Wang Li has been looking forward to it day and night, and he has been waiting for news from Chang'an even in his dreams, but there is no news at all, not only the news from the outside cannot be returned, but even the scouts sent out have not returned.

"Away from guilt, regret shouldn't let selfishness ruin this Wang Shi formed by three generations of border generals! When he arrived at the Nine Springs, he didn't know how to face his ancestors and fathers. If you meet General Mengda, what should you say? The soldiers were in a desperate situation, and Wang Li's heart finally came back to his senses from irritability and selfish thoughts.

Gaoque City was lost, and the elite of 7,000 border troops perished. Several passes along the Yinshan Mountains were occupied by the Huns, and the Henan land, which the border army had painstakingly managed for several years, fell into the hands of the Huns.

Jiuyuan and Yongquan are sister cities on the Hetao Plain, and together with Gaoque City, they form a triangular defensive formation.

Now that Yongquan has fallen, Yang Chong has no news back, and it is estimated that he has also died, and in the entire Henan area, one of the cities of the border army is Jiuyuan City.

Wang Li in the siege of the city was almost desperate, he waited for several reinforcements did not appear, the nearest Sujiao Qin army was attacked by the Huns in Mayi, and could not move, and the scouts sent by Wang Li could not break through the heavy encirclement of the Huns even if they had the ability.

After taking control of the entire Hetao, the Huns blockaded the entire area. With Mao Dun's military ability, it can naturally be judged that the Qin army in Jiuyuan City has reached the point where it is unsustainable, and those scouts who escaped in the dark night are the only hope of the Qin people.

Go it alone.

The Qin people were certainly no match for the Huns.

In the case of one-to-many, it is even more difficult for the scouts to avoid pursuit, although the night can give some protection, but still can't block the sharp arrows of the Huns.

The border army is always the border army.

Unlike the army of Xinqin, in such a grim situation, perhaps. Li Yuan, the king of martial arts, also hoped to borrow the hands of the Huns to solve the itch of the border army in one fell swoop.

A strong sense of loneliness of being abandoned surged into Wang Li's heart, not only him, but also the other soldiers of the Jiuyuan Border Army.

Although the border army has been working hard to integrate into the new Qin system, due to Wang Li's personal selfish thoughts, this integration presents a pattern of "basic unification of internal affairs, while the military is still relatively independent". The most obvious point is that the promotion of middle and lower-level generals in the border army is still determined by Wang Li's Jiuyuan County Guard.

Wang Li's personality flaws made him miss the opportunity to integrate into Xinqin again and again, and this time. Apparently he was wrong again.

Border Army.

It is not his king who leaves the army alone.

The border army is the crystallization of the hard work of several generations of Qin army generals, and it is the glory won by thousands of border army soldiers in bloody battles, and what did he Wang Li do?

In the battle of Julu Zhangshui, he only cared about competing for power with Zhang Han. As a result, Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and sank the boat, each of them was broken, and the 100,000 elites of the border army were buried on the bank of Zhangshui.

In the past few years. The border army finally regained its vitality with the support of Li Yuan, the king of martial arts, but he was not allowed to leave anyone, and let the border generals such as Su Jiao, Yang Wengzi, and Meng Hu leave one by one, before, he always felt that the border army was a powerful group, he Wang Li was the best leader, and the departure of one or two people would not affect the root of the border army, but now looking back, he was wrong, and he was ridiculously wrong.

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In the city of Jiuyuan.

It was solemn, on the two long streets, the shops along the street had long been closed, only the craftsmen and shops belonging to the border army in the east were still open, and the tired border soldiers went in with broken weapons, and numbly came out with repaired haode killing weapons.

Among the various instruments repaired, the crossbow machine is the most numerous. This kind of bronze craftsmanship to create the perfect weapon is having to go through a devastating shiyan, and the theme of shiyan is what percentage of the crossbow machine will be damaged in the face of opponents with a huge disparity in strength and strength.

Battle for the Defense.

Condescending, the role of arrows is crucial, the border army is good at crossbows but not bows, the Huns are good at bows and not crossbows, the competition between the two sides at this level has always been the Qin army has the upper hand, but this time, Wang Li's troops because of the loss of Gaoque City and not time to conclude, one by one by the border army small troops guarded by the city of the city under the attack of the enemy.

Wang Li's army is less than 2,000 people, which also includes the men recruited from the city, under the siege of the Huns, the border army soldiers fought bloodily, but the huge disadvantage in numbers, coupled with the low morale after the loss of Gaoque City, made it extremely difficult for the border army to defend the city.

Black September.

The fertile Hetao Plain, where the great river bends, was tossed by the invading Huns everywhere with ruins and broken walls, corpses and burned villages.

In recent years, under the protection of the border army, many Qin people in Guanzhong chose to leave their homes and settle in the grasslands of this northern land.

life, no matter which dynasty.

It's not easy.

The abundance of the Hetao Plain brought the Qin people who were eager for change to come here, and now, they had to bear the pain that this place already had.

Perhaps, only when the Qin army officially expelled the Xiongnu from Mobei, and only when the Qin State was really strong enough that the grassland tribes did not dare to act rashly, would the Hetao truly become a happy land.

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Gaoque City.

This Yinshan area of the pass strong city, after being occupied by the Huns, gradually become an important place to connect the north and south, every day, a large number of looting materials, population will be transported from here to the north, the city tower is high, the Huns Da Dan Yu Maodun with a group of cronies and generals, the attendant Zang Yan overlooks the endless long migration procession, the mood is particularly comfortable.

"Da Shan Yu, look over there, it's the Qin army prisoners of war captured by the Helian tribe-!" Zang Yan put his hands on his eyebrows, pointed to a group of captives not far away and shouted.

"Haha, don't the Qin people boast that they are fierce and not afraid of death, saying that they don't shed blood and don't die without a truce? Now, it's just rhetoric. When the Hun nobles heard this, they all got up.

"Da Danyu, the Qin people are only left in Jiuyuan and a city are still resisting, according to the current battle situation, it is estimated that it will not take long to break through the city, and the last general will ask for an order, willing to take the head of the Qin general Wang Li, and dedicate it to the king." Zang Yan rolled his eyes, hurriedly took a few steps forward, and bowed his head to give orders.

"Da Danyu, this matter of breaking the city is still handed over to my Subu tribe, within three days, if the nine plains are not broken, I am willing to come to see me."

"Big Order!"

Hearing that Zang Yan had taken the lead, a group of proud Xiongnu nobles began to react, they only cared about making fun of others, but they didn't think of how to make merit again.

Mao Dun stood at the top of the city tower, coldly watching the border people of Qin State being tied up by the Huns with ropes, and going north like two-legged sheep. On the burnt cheeks, a grim smile appeared.

This shijie.

It is the era of the jungle.

The Liliang of the Great Huns is the most powerful, even if they are defeated for a while, as long as they continue to confront each other, the opponent will make mistakes and will be dragged down by the Huns.

Li Yuan, a once powerful opponent, of course, could not be defeated with just one blow. It is said that Li Yuan decided to go out with illness and led 50,000 Qin troops from Chang'an to the north to fight to the death with the Xiongnu.

50,000 people.

Li Yuan really thinks that he is an immortal who scatters beans into soldiers, and can win more with less again and again, and turn defeat into victory?

In the Hetao area, nearly 150,000 warriors under the command of Mao Dun were gathered, while the Liliang and border armies on the Qin side had been crippled and scattered, so there was nothing to worry about. Most of the men and horses from other places were only 20,000 or 30,000, and the few were only a few thousand.

The five fingers are spread out, and the force is beyond reach.

Five fingers clenched into fists, fists out of regret stones.

In terms of battlefield experience, Mao Dun's military vision can not be doubted, this time, the Huns poured out, Mao Dun did not leave any back, he wanted to take a good look, what kind of tricks would Li Yuan have?

"Jiuyuan, besiege but not attack, if there is a messenger in the city out of the city, let him pass. At the same time, he ordered Helian Bi, after the forward entered Gaonu, to send a small group of rangers to harass the Wuding River area, but remember, when encountering the main force of the Qin army, it must be slowly retreated, so as not to give the enemy a chance to take advantage of it. Mao Dun ignored the eager faces of Zang Yan and the others, and slowly drank the order.

"In addition, quickly order the heads of the various departments, the householders, and the captains of all the tribes to come to Gaoque to discuss matters, and tell them that within two days, if they do not meet them, they will be immediately beheaded and will not be amended, and their departments do not need to exist."

The Hetao Plain is vast, and the great plain on the edge is the best natural battlefield for the Huns, and for the Qin army, which is dominated by infantry, the unobstructed terrain here is not conducive to the Qin army to set up an ambush.

And the purpose of the Qin army that kept Jiuyuan was to let those brave and reckless people in the Qin army be fooled, especially when he heard that the vanguard general of the Qin army this time was Cao Xin, an old acquaintance, Mao Dun was even more confident.

Cao believes in this person.

If it weren't for the luck of meeting Li Yuan, such a person would have been buried in the middle of nowhere, how could he be in vain. (To be continued......)