The weather at the end of October is cold when it is cold.

The great river, which had been running for a summer, suddenly stopped roaring, and it was none other than the cold air from the Great Northern Ice Sheet.

At the frozen section of the river, Lingxun is forming, and a group of war horses with soft leather cushions are bowing their heads to feed on the grass roots from the frozen hard ground, and the juice in the grass stems is dripping into the mouth little by little, giving the war horses that have been running for more than a month the strength to continue to gallop.

The Huns retreated more than 200 miles.

As Mao Dun expected, the arrogant Qin army poured down from the loess plateau with high ravines and deep ravines, Cao Xin's temperament and temperament were no different from those years, the vanguard of the Qin army hesitated for a moment on the bank of the Wuding River, and immediately bit the tail of the Helian tribe, and in order to let the Qin army be fooled, Mao Dun issued five urgent orders in a row, forcing Helian Bi to make the appearance of being forced to engage in battle, so as to attract the Qin army to continue to follow.

In the end, under Cao Xin's fierce pursuit, the Helian tribe lost more than 1,000 warriors, and captured more than 6,000 people, about 10,000 cattle and sheep, all of which were recovered by the Qin army.

The Xiongnu tribes are just a union of interests, and these losses of the Helian tribe are impossible for other tribes to help them, which makes the Helian tribe who have lost their spoils of war complain, and even Helian Bi, who has always been obedient to Mao Dun, can no longer bear to be aggrieved, and hurriedly ran to Gaoque City to complain to Mao Dun.

On the one hand, every day I can see a team of captives and cattle and sheep escorted back to the grassland. On the other hand, the Qin army went one step further, and the whole army attacked the encirclement preset by the Huns.

As soon as the angry Helian Bi entered the king's tent, he saw the elated Mao Dun and the nobles of various tribes and the pawn drinking wine, and the Huns and men drinking. Of course, it is not the appearance of southerners who respect each other as guests, but pour a large cup directly into their mouths, and eat meat with a knife to cut a piece and eat a piece.

"Da Dan Yu, the Helian tribe has retreated to the north of the big river according to the order, how to act next, please also ask Da Dan Yu to make it clear." Helian snorted, knelt on one knee with resentment, and said loudly.

"Helian. Haha, the bravest warrior of my Great Huns, I have asked the minister to write down the credit of your department, and when the army returns in triumph, I will personally award the wolf banner to the warriors of the Helian tribe. Mao Dundaxiao said.

"Thank you for the gift. However, this time, in order to lure the Qin army into depth, our department suffered quite heavy losses, so please also ask the minister to write it down. Helian Bi's face turned pale. He bowed his head and said.

"Loss, Helian, don't worry, wait until you take Li Yuan's head, and your department will be the first to enter Chang'an City." Mao Dun's face sank. After being silent for a while, he stared at Helian Bi and said.

In the king's tent.

The atmosphere was tense because of Mao Dun's words, and anyone who was familiar with Mao Dun's temperament would understand. The threat behind Maudun's words just now.

He who is a superior person.

The most taboo thing is that a subordinate coerces in the name of inviting merit, even if the subordinate does work hard. Nor should this be used as an excuse to ask for benefits and positions.

The loss of the Helian tribe, Mao Dun naturally knew that the reason why he did not compensate Helian Bi for a long time was to test Helian Bi's loyalty. It's a pity that Helian Bi's performance disappointed him, this rising star of the Beihai tribe, like Hu Yanyi and Qiu Lijin, can only be a branch of the Xiongnu at best, and has no chance to become a cronie tribe under the command of Mao Dun.

People can share hardship, but it is difficult to share prosperity.

The Huns were the same.

In the face of the great joy of about to reap the fruits of victory, the mentality of Mao Dun, who had always been calm, began to change, among them, in addition to Zang Yan and other flattering people who surrounded Mao Dun, it was also because of the huge pressure brought by Li Yuan to Mao Dun.

Helian Bi turned back to his tribe from Gaoque City with a disgraced expression.

This young Xiongnu general was extremely disappointed in his heart, and his ambition when he had just gone south disappeared in the face of the results of the brutal infighting.

That's sometimes the way life happens.

A wise king will not always be wise and decisive, especially when he has achieved the goal in mind, in the praise of Zang Yan and others, Mao Dun gradually lost his initial wisdom of knowing people, and he began to take whether this person is obedient and whether he will cater to himself as the standard of ability, and for a disobedient and quite capable general like Helian Bi, Mao Dun suddenly felt a touch of jealousy.

On the grassland, the climate is harsh, human life is very short, Mao Dun is now nearly forty years old, this is still the strongest time for a man, but in a few years, his body muscle will decline, and when the time comes, whether he, the old male lion, can dominate the entire grassland lion group, it depends on whether the young male lion will challenge.

Who were the later contenders.

Helian Bi may be one, and there is Huyan Evil, this old guy is training the next generation of warriors of the Huyan tribe on the shores of Lake Kobdo, and maybe the cunning Chulijin.

Wine burns in the chest.

All kinds of obsessions breed in my heart, and a strong sense of crisis strikes, which makes Mao Dun want to stop.

――。

The Qin army broke all the way.

Cao Xin took the Xiaoyue grenadiers as the lead, all the way to pursue the Xiongnu tribe, every time the enemy stopped to return to the battle, the tall soldiers of the Xiaoyue clan used the giant shield as a defense, and the spear as a weapon, the Huns who wanted to make a little cheap were killed and fled.

Giant shields, throwing guns.

These two weapons on the European battlefield, after being re-polished by the Qin Army, are increasingly exerting their unique power.

Different from the stubbornness and cowardice of the Dayue people, after the Xiaoyue people moved to Longxi, after several years of integration, they have gradually integrated into the Qin State, and many of the Qin people in Guanzhong have newly married the women of the Xiaoyue people, and their descendants belong to the mixed race of the yellow race and the Sai race.

The fact that the king of the Dayue clan believed the false words of the Xiongnu envoys and led to the end of the destruction warned the Xiaoyue people to be more dependent on the Qin State, and also made them even more resentful of the Huns.

On the banks of the bend of the river.

A group of Xiaoyue clan Qin army under the command of their respective generals, is building a high platform Chai Yan on the spot, the Qin army all the way to here, has penetrated into the Hetao Plain for more than 100 miles, and more importantly, Jiuyuan City is on the opposite side of the river, as long as the Qin army breaks through the Hun defense line not far from the opposite bank, it can meet with the defenders in the city.

The Jiuyuan defenders who were struggling in a desperate situation, as long as they climbed high and looked, they could clearly see the banner of the Qin army on the south bank of the river, which was no less than a shot in the arm for Wang Li and other Qin soldiers who had been guarding the city wall for nearly two months.

However, Cao Xinjun arrived here.

There will be no more crossings of the river to attack.

Crossing the river assault, for the Qin army, the danger is too great, although the river is frozen due to the cold, but below the ice, is still rushing big river water, and on the ice on the Qin army soldiers want to pass safely, it is not easy, in this case, once the Qin army across the river is surrounded by the superior forces of the Xiongnu, it is difficult for the vanguard of the Qin army to get life.

Rather than that, it is better to hold on to the south bank, and when the main force led by Li Yuan arrives, the Qin army has chariots, crossbowmen, cavalry and secret Tianlei troops as support, just to give the Huns a heavy blow.

October 26.

Cloudy.

The north wind howled and swept across the grassland, and Li Yuan led the main force of the Qin army to finally reach the south bank of the Great River after more than 20 days of trekking.

At the same time, the royal court of Maodun also moved south from Gaoque City, and the Xiongnu tribes approached the Qin army in the posture of wolves, and a fierce battle of encirclement and annihilation was about to begin.

Twenty-seventh, morning.

Under the instruction of Mao Dun, Zang Yan, the general of the Xiongnu tribe, led a group of soldiers from his headquarters to start an attack on the ruined Jiuyuan City, these troops under Zang Yan's command, in fact, there are not many real Huns, they come from Yandi, Zhao and Chu, these traitors of the Central Plains ethnic groups are entangled in one place for their own selfish interests, and Zuihou has become a lackey of the Huns.

In the city of Jiuyuan.

In the past few days, the grain and straw in the city have run out, and the soldiers and civilians have to kill war horses, gouge wild grass roots, and catch small animals in the city for food, and some wounded soldiers have died of severe cold and disease.

In such a desperate situation, Wang Li suddenly returned to the light, bursting out of all his energy as the grandson of the famous general Wang Qian, he rushed forward again and again, repelled the attacks of the Huns again and again, even if he was wounded in several places, he was still high-spirited.

"Great Qin, Great Qin!"

"Great Qin warriors, never retreat, border army athletes, never truce!" The shouts of the soldiers of the Qin army, zuihou, sounded from time to time at the head of Jiuyuan City.

The ladders that had been put up on the city walls were knocked down, and the Huns who had climbed the city rolled down with them, as well as the remaining guards in the city who had put life and death on the line.

The crossbow arrows in the city had long been shot, and in the face of the sharp arrows fired by the Huns, the defenders lined up one after another to the battlements as if they had not seen them, and their faces were not afraid, but some were sneering and mocking.

Die!

It's not that scary.

Before dying, it was worth it to be able to bring so many enemy soldiers to the burial together.

With such an idea of seeing death as home, the border guards jumped down with the Huns on the ladder, they fell together on the extremely hard ground, broke their bones and tendons together, raised their heads side by side, watched the dark clouds roll in the sky, and watched another group of companions fall on top of them.

"Come on, Hun barbarian, my king's sword is still there, come!" On the city tower, Wang Li leaned on the wooden pillar, and the corpses beside him were stacked on top of each other, including the border soldiers and the Huns, and Wang Li had also been killed covered in blood, and the wounds in many places burst out, and the blood stained the robe red.

At dusk.

Jiuyuan City fell, the main general of the border army Wang Li was killed in battle, and more than 600 guards in the city were all killed, and no one survived. (To be continued......)