Thousands of cavalry stood quietly in the darkness, but none of them spoke, only the knights on the horses occasionally made the sound of armor rubbing, and the atmosphere was oppressive and terrifying.

At the forefront of the team were the Qin traitors Sima Xin and Dong Peng, who had defected to the Huns, both of whom looked anxiously at the head of Yuci City in the distance, which was flickering with lights.

Finally, Dong Peng couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help but say worriedly; "Do you think Huo Ji will change his hexagram temporarily?"

Although Sima Xin was also very worried in his heart, the city government was much deeper than Dong Fei, and he just replied lightly; "Rest assured, the conditions we offer are so generous. Huo Ji regards money as his life, he is your old subordinate, don't you know him yet? ”

Dong Fei hesitated and said; "That being said, but you and I are in this situation, the promise made to him is just empty words, he may not believe us, but don't be sold by him to invite credit to Han Xin."

Sima Xin shook his head and said affirmatively; "You can rest assured that he will never expose his private dealings with us, otherwise he will not be able to gain a foothold in the Qin army."

"Although you and I are down, it is impossible for him not to know who is behind us, it is the overlord of the entire grassland, the Xiongnu's Mao Dunshan Yu, and this 500,000 army is our confidence. We have already handed over Shan Yu's handwritten letter to him, if he is still not impressed, then we can only blame us for seeing the wrong person. ”

Dong Fei nodded, "That's right, then let's wait." ”

As time passed, Sima Xin's mood became more and more nervous, and a row of fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead in the cold wind. He stared closely at the head of Yuci City, for fear of missing a trace of change, but what disappointed him was that the head of Yuci City was still as bright as usual, and there was no change at all.

Just when Sima Xin almost couldn't help but want to order the withdrawal of the troops, there was a sudden change.

"Look, my lord!" A pro-soldier shouted excitedly, pointing to the head of Yuci City.

The originally calm city suddenly burst into flames, and the sound of fighting was faintly heard, but the closed gate of Yuci City in the distance slowly opened. Sima Xin hesitated at this time, pulled out his war knife and roared; "Follow me into Yuji."

More than 5,000 knights behind him drew their swords in unison, and roared excitedly; "Kill!"

When Liu Jia, who was celebrating, discovered the abnormality of the city gate, it was already too late. The iron cavalry rushing from the city gate quickly swept most of Yuci City, Liu Jia successively organized three groups of dead soldiers to fight back desperately, wanting to recapture the city gate and force the enemy out of the city, but they were repulsed one after another, but the cavalry took the opportunity to counterattack and expand the advantage.

By dawn, Yuci City had all fallen, and the large number of Xiongnu cavalry that followed entered the city one after another to reinforce Sima Xin and Dong Peng's troops. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Liu Jia desperately led the last group of dead soldiers to pounce on the Huns, and finally consumed them under the hooves of the Huns.

A thousand miles of embankment, destroyed in an anthill. Although the Great Wall is impregnable, it is a whole line of defense, and now Yuci's stubborn defense has opened a gap in the Great Wall, and the Xiongnu army has continuously poured into the Qin State through this gap, and suddenly the entire Great Wall defense line has lost its defensive significance.

When the bad news came, Xiao Guan's Tianshi was suddenly like a lightning strike, and after reacting, he quickly mobilized all the troops that could be recruited, and at the same time quickly sent people to Fu Shi Yu Zhao Wuji to send troops, wanting to recapture Yuci when the Huns were not firmly established. The Qin army stormed for a day and a night, but not only did not recapture Yuci City, but suffered heavy casualties themselves. Tian Shi, who still had some sanity, stopped this senseless suicide and instead retreated the army, wanting to retreat to the second line of defense before the main Xiongnu force entered the pass.

This is the excitement of Mao Dun, who has already entered the customs, he has not slept for several nights, and issued one military order after another with red eyes, urging the troops outside the customs to quickly come to Yuci to enter the customs. At the same time, he also knew the truth of the speed of the soldiers, and hurriedly led the cavalry that had just entered the pass to pounce on the retreating Qin army, biting tightly, wanting to annihilate the Qin army in one fell swoop when the follow-up army arrived.

In a small town in the south of Xiao Guan, the camp of the Qin army that urgently retreated south was located here. Tian Shi and Zhao Wuji both had bloodied faces, and their eyes were wide open around a map on the middle table.

Zhao Wuji pointed to several places on the map and said: "This, this, this, there are still 40,000 people in three places that we didn't have time to evacuate, and there is Ao Cang, where there are 200,000 stone of grain. ”

Tian Shi gritted his teeth, slammed the hammer on the table, and roared in a low voice; "We must not let the grain in Aocang fall into the hands of the Huns."

"Changfeng."

"The end will be." A seven-foot man answered.

"You lead 3,000 people to Aocang, burn all the stored grain with a fire, and you must not leave any grain and grass for the Huns."

"No." Chang Feng said loudly, and immediately turned around and left quickly.

Zhao Wuji stared at Tian Shi tightly, and asked anxiously: "What about the 40,000 brothers, and the pursuit of the Huns is getting closer and closer, although we have repelled several times, but once their reinforcements arrive, how can we be good." ”

Tian Shi and Zhao Wuji looked at each other, but they couldn't see anything they wanted in each other's eyes. All of them knew that the Xiongnu were all fast-horse cavalry, and the Qin army was mostly foot soldiers, how could a two-legged foot soldier outrun a four-legged cavalry in the field, and it was only a matter of time before the Xiongnu army caught up with the Qin army.

Once entangled by the Hun cavalry, the cavalry on the field was undoubtedly a slaughter of the infantry. Since Tian Shi and Zhao Wuji knew this truth, Mao Dun must have thought about it, and he must be chasing the Qin army's southward retreat troops non-stop at this moment.

Tian Shi's eyes slowly looked into the distance, and suddenly said to Zhao Wuji; "You immediately lead the army south and go to Yiqu to meet with the old general Wang Qi. My lord must have also received the news, I think the reinforcements from Xianyang will arrive soon, you just need to wait for help with Wang Qi, and you must not let Yiqu also fall. ”

Zhao Wuji was stunned for a moment, and then asked; "What about you, aren't you going south with the army?"

Tian Shi shook his head slowly, with a hint of perseverance in his eyes, "I'm not going, I'll take five thousand men from my headquarters to gallop to the aid of Eldest Son City." ”

Zhao Wuji's pupils dilated instantly, and he roared; "Lao Tian, what are you crazy about, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. Besides, we haven't lost yet, the boss is still there, the main force of Xianyang is still there, you can't go crazy like this. ”

Tian Shi said steadily; "I'm not crazy, I'm sober. The garrisons of Yiguan and Jiming Pass are all south, as long as we drag the Xiongnu army, they can retreat, but the eldest son city is different, there is the north end, now I think it has been entangled by the Huns and cannot get out. Our Qin army has never left behind the practice of robes, even if all of them die in battle, they will meet generously to die, and they will never steal their lives! ”

Zhao Wuji's eyes were about to split, and he roared angrily; "Fart, do you think I don't know. You clearly feel sorry for the boss and want to die. Is there a man like you, it's just that he lost a battle, and we'll get it back in the future, and he wants to apologize for his crime with death at every turn. ”

Tian Shi closed the door and took a few deep breaths before sighing; "This defeat is a big defeat, a fiasco! An unprecedented fiasco since the general took charge of the Qin State! Someone has to take responsibility, and if that person is not me, then it will be the general himself. If I don't die, the voice of anger in the country will surely shake the heavens and the earth, and according to the general's temperament, how could he kill me to apologize, and in the end he will definitely offend many people. ”

"In that case, why should I put him in a dilemma."

"Besides, the eldest son Guan still has nearly 10,000 troops who have not had time to withdraw, as the commander-in-chief, I will never leave my subordinates, only by dying with them can I be worthy of the fathers and elders who handed over these children to us."

Zhao Wuji jumped like thunder, "If you want to go, I'm the deputy marshal, you are the commander of the three armies, how can it be your turn." ”

What is Ren Tianshi's reason, Zhao Wuji just refuses to agree, and he has to go instead of him. Tian Shi saw that there was no dispute, but he was afraid that because he would delay the withdrawal of troops at this time, he yelled; "Zhao Wuji, I am the commander of the three armies, and I have the tiger talisman given by the Son of Heaven in my hand, do you want to rebel and disrespect the order?"

Zhao Wuji gritted his teeth and said: "What about the rebellion, I, Zhao Wuji, will never watch my brother die for me." ”

Tian Shi saw that Zhao Wuji was persuaded not to move, so he shouted: "Someone is coming." ”

"No." Several guards stepped forward accordingly. Tian Shi pointed at Zhao Wuji fiercely and said loudly; "Zhao Wuji disrespected the order, offended the commander, took him down for me, and escorted him to Yiqu to be dealt with by the general."

"No." Several guards with tigers on their backs swarmed up, and Zhao Wuji drew his sword angrily and said loudly; "Who of you dares to take me."

Tian Shi gritted his teeth and said; "Take it for me."

There was a sound of Jin Ge handing over, but Zhao Wuji started to work with the guards. Zhao Wuji had no intention of killing his own people, and he owed most of the momentum in terms of momentum, so he fell behind in a hurry, and was forced to abandon his weapons by several masters in the guards.

Zhao Wuji was held hostage and pressed down, shouting desperately in his mouth; "Lao Tian, you have to think clearly, think clearly, don't come nonsense!"

Tian Shi was unmoved, took a deep look at Zhao Wuji's back, and said loudly; "Han Ponu."

"The end will be." A sturdy man with a tiger's back answered loudly.

"With your temporary position as commander-in-chief, lead the army south to Yiqu immediately, and after you arrive, everything will be subject to the arrangement of General Wang."

"No!"

It was a desperate sniper attack, and the Qin army, which was less than 15,000 men, was defending a small city with a wall only one foot high, but had to face an army of more than 400,000 Huns. No one thought that they could hold it, in fact, Tian Shi himself never believed that he could hold it, there was only one thing he had to do, and that was to be as tightly nailed as a nail on the way south of the Huns.

The eldest son city is this nail, it is located on the north-south artery, and it is tightly choked by the throat of Shangjun to Guanzhong. Whether it is from Guanzhong to Shangjun Saiwai, or the northwest border land wants to return to Guanzhong, if you want to go quickly, you must pass through this important place, otherwise you will have to bypass more than 600 miles and take the Yinping Trail.

It's just that Shangjun has been the territory of Qin for more than 300 years, and the eldest son city has long been the inner belly of Qin, so it naturally has no strategic significance, but it is more suitable as a place for deployment in the logistics army.

Since it is not a strategic location, Tianshi only stationed less than a few thousand old and weak soldiers here, as the key point of the central strategy. After the Qin army retreated on all fronts, nearly 10,000 people who withdrew from the Great Wall were blocked in this city, and the road to the south was cut off by the cavalry of the Huns.

At this time, most of Maodun's army had passed through Yuci, and he was quickly pursuing the retreating Qin army in the south, wanting to swallow the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops in one go.

Hearing that there were more than 10,000 Qin troops here who had not yet withdrawn, more than 100,000 iron horsemen of the Huns swarmed over and surrounded the eldest son city, wanting to eat the more than 10,000 Qin troops in one fell swoop.

The Xiongnu army has not yet completed the encirclement, but a Qin army of iron cavalry suddenly launched a fierce attack from the south, and the Xiongnu army was caught off guard, and retreated in defeat again and again, and was surrounded by this Qin army into the city of the eldest son.

Soon, the commander symbolizing the commander was erected high at the head of the city, and the Huns besieging the city were pleasantly surprised to find that the city was trapped in the city by the commander Tian Shi, the commander of the Great Wall of the Qin Army.

Soon the news was reported to Mao Dun, who was suspicious and couldn't think of the reason why a master general in Tian Shi would be trapped in such a small city, so he sent the Qin people who surrendered in the army to check, and then it was determined that Tian Shi was really standing at the head of the city, and he was overjoyed.

In order to evade responsibility, the Xiongnu army that besieged the city before naturally boasted that the Qin army that defeated them was extremely powerful, saying that it had at least tens of thousands of people. Based on this, Mao Dun judged that the commander Tian Shi was very likely to lead the main force of the Qin army, and he returned to the eldest son city before he had time to withdraw. So he ordered his troops and horses to stop the pursuit and turn to surround the city of the eldest son with all his might.

In order to take the eldest son city as soon as possible, as soon as Mao Dun arrived, he hurriedly urged all the troops to start attacking the city, without giving the Qin army in the city a chance to breathe.

The eldest son was just a small city, with low walls and low walls, and the Huns only had to ride horses to climb up with flying locks, and did not need to climb with ladders at all. And the Qin army had nothing to rely on, so they had to fight to the death at the head of the city and kill all the Huns who climbed up to the top of the city.

The fierce battle continued throughout the day, from early morning to dusk. The Huns climbed up the city wall one after another, and there were rich rewards behind them, while the Qin army at the head of the city fought to the death, refusing to back down half a step, because they had no way to retreat, and if they retreated, the city would be broken, and the city would be broken.

The stubborn resistance of the Qin army strengthened Mao Dun's thoughts, and he was even more convinced that the city was the main force of the Qin army, so he redoubled his urging his subordinates to launch a fierce attack. Relying on the advantage of numbers, the Huns seized the city little by little, but forced the Qin army to go down the city, the two sides turned to a fierce street battle, every street, every house became a place for the two armies to fight and fight, the city was densely packed with the corpses of the Qin army and the Hun army, so that the subsequent reinforcements had to move away the layers of corpses to fight again.

From dusk to dawn the next day, and then to the afternoon, under the tireless onslaught of the Huns under heavy rewards, the Qin army with a huge disparity in strength finally collapsed, and there was no Qin army in the city to resist it. Tian Shi fought hard to kill the enemy, and finally died of exhaustion, and after his death, the body of the Xiongnu generals who were attacked was divided into four parts, all of whom wanted to ask for credit from Mao Dun. Although Mao Dun was angry at his deception, he still admired his loyalty, so he merged his body together and buried him on the west bank of the Yellow River.

It was precisely because of the Jedi resistance of Tianshi that the Xiongnu army was held back for three full days. In these three days, the main force of the Great Wall garrison has withdrawn, although the losses are heavy, nearly 50,000 horses have been lost, but the remaining 70,000 main forces have been preserved, and the successful retreat to Yiqu and Wang Qi Huihe.

When the wail came, Xianyang changed color, and in an instant, the entire Xianyang seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar. Everyone knows that without the support of the Great Wall, it must fight a decisive battle with the Huns in the wilderness, which is undoubtedly a great challenge to the Qin Empire, which was founded on foot.

Every Qin person couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, could it be that the siege of the princes a year ago was going to be staged again in Xianyang, but this time, the Qin State couldn't hold on?

The imperial court headed by Han Xin reacted quickly, on the one hand, he was martyred for Tian Shi and posthumously named him a general; On the one hand, an advance team of more than 10,000 people was sent to the north along the Qin Straight Road; Han Xin personally led an army of 130,000 priests to the north and met with Wang Qi's army to reach the Xiongnu.

On the side of Xianyang Qin's straight road, the two were saying goodbye immediately.

Han Xin raised his wine glass, "Come, dry this glass, you must know that you will never have such a good wine to drink when you come out of Xianyang." ”

Wang Jing smiled, "Don't be here to me, do you think I don't know, there is never a shortage of fine wine in the city, there are hundreds of jars of fine wine under the 'old man', if I lead the soldiers to beg for it, does the boss dare to say no?"

Han Xin laughed and said; "This is like the Jing Shao who was rampant and domineering, and those who obeyed me prospered and those who rebelled against me died, no wonder he was known as the 'little overlord of skin'."

Wang Jing was upright and said in a deep voice; "Seriously, if you can let me take charge of the army again this time, aren't you afraid that the spit of the hundred officials will drown you? I want to, but I don't want to hurt you. ”

Han Xin smiled, "You think this is a beautiful difference, I told you the truth, I don't know the situation of Fu Shi City now, Zhao Wuji was defeated by the Xiongnu after sending troops from Fu Shi, and he was able to escape by going south to Huitian City." Now I don't know whether Fu Shi survives or dies, whether it is still in the hands of my Qin State or still in the hands of the Xiongnu. Your 10,000 people are just a bet I made, and my bet is that the skin has not yet fallen. I very much need to firmly nail a nail in the back of the Huns, to curb the southward trend of the Huns, and make it difficult for Mao Dun to sleep and eat. ”

"But this mission is not an exaggeration to say that there are nine deaths and one life, if the skin is still lost, your ten thousand people in the past will not even be enough for the teeth of the Huns. Even if the city of Fushi is still there, whether it can hold it under the onslaught of the Xiongnu army is also a question. I can't think of anyone but you who would want to do such a thing. If anyone has an opinion, I will ask him to go in your place and see if he will say more. ”

Wang Jing smiled heartily, patted Han Xin's shoulder with a smile, and stopped smiling for a long time; "It would be too much to say thank you between us, but I have received this favor from you, brother. If I am allowed to sit there and wait for death for the rest of my life, it is better to die vigorously on the battlefield. Anyway, I already have a son, and I'm afraid of a bird. ”

Han Xin smiled, but his face was a little bitter, "It's still the same sentence, be careful in everything, if something is wrong, immediately turn around, don't be reckless." ”

Wang Jing smiled slightly, "I know, you don't have to worry." After saying that, he spurred his horse and walked away.