On the grassland in early summer, the endless green shade is like a huge green carpet spread under the sky, and the huge Yinshan Mountain Range stretches south across the Yellow River, stretching for thousands of miles like a giant dragon. At the end of the mountain range is the great river that turns to the south at the loop.

Shangjun is located in the west of the river and is one of the 36 counties originally set up by Daqin. Shangjun is bordered by the Great River in the east, Luoshui in the west, and Jiuyuan County, a newly acquired land in Henan, to the north. The Yinshan Mountain Range extends across the north and south, and there is a large river Luoshui terrain barrier, the terrain of Shangjun is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, known as the mountains and rivers in the surface. Therefore, the majestic and strategic First Emperor chose Shangjun as the camp of the Northern Army, and with this as the center, 300,000 troops were stationed in the eight northern counties of the empire to resist the powerful Xiongnu.

The danger of the above counties, even if the northern Yunzhong, Yanmen and other counties are lost, they can also rely on this terrain to block the Xiongnu's iron cavalry from going south. In the thirty-third year of the first emperor, Meng Tian led the army to carry out the largest battle against the Xiongnu, but the Xiongnu took the land of Henan for more than 700 miles, and set it as Jiuyuan County as the barrier of Daqin.

With the barrier of Jiuyuan County, the pressure on Shangjun was greatly reduced compared to when facing the Xiongnu directly, and the residents gradually became more peaceful. At the same time, the water and grass here are abundant, and there is a large army to protect it, so there is a continuous influx of herdsmen to settle down, and even small tribes in the north that are oppressed by the Huns often go south to attach themselves to Daqin.

As a result, the number of residents in Shangjun gradually prospered, and the grassland was full of tents, herdsmen wielding whips to drive sheep, and women kneeling in front of cows milking milk, a scene full of life.

Suddenly, there was a dull thunder on the horizon, and dark clouds suddenly poured out at the end of the endless grassland. The hound pricked up its ears vigilantly, and the herdsman on horseback craned his neck out and looked into the distance with a worried expression.

The thunder was approaching, and a black line came out of the grassland in the distance, and it was not thunder in the sky, but the galloping hooves of thousands of horses. In a moment, nearly 10,000 cavalry galloping galloping had rushed to the nearest place, and the herdsmen looked at the big banner of the word 'king' erected high in the army, and then they breathed a sigh of relief and let go of their long-hanging hearts.

This is the marshal of the Northern Army's Fushi battalion, and it seems that the new commander of the Northern Army, Wang Li, has returned from his northern tour.

The army was like a howling tide, and the herdsmen did not have time to drive the sheep to scatter. However, the Qin army was extremely disciplined, well-trained and skilled, and although it was a galloping procession, it was not chaotic at all, and it was dangerous to pass by the herdsmen and sheep, unharmed. The shields, spears, war knives, bows and crossbows hanging from Ma'anshan are all available, the knights have serious expressions, and the tall horses are snorting and panting in the gallop.

This army is the elite of the Northern Army stationed in the Fushi camp, and half a month ago, Wang Li, the newly appointed commander of the Northern Army, left the north to drive away the Xiongnu Zuoxian Wang's troops in the south, and only today was able to return triumphantly.

In the distance, the towering walls of Shangjun Zhifu Shi City were faintly visible, and one of the current Qin generals of the army suddenly stopped his horse and raised his hand to signal his subordinates to stop. Behind him, the herald's neighing voice was heard: "Stop, stay put." ”

When more than 10,000 troops heard the order, they narrowly stopped their horses in the gap separated by the ranks, and the entire army stopped without the slightest obstruction.

The herald rode forward, and Wang Li looked at the city tower in the distance and said in a deep voice; "Erect my great trumpet, and the trumpet tells the return of the army."

"No." The herald replied loudly. In the army, the big commander, who symbolizes the identity of the marshal, was erected high, and the horn sounded like thunder. Soon, the defenders on the upper floor of the city also responded, the drums on the city tower sounded, the city gate slowly opened, and thousands of troops lined up to meet them, and a black-faced Qin general took the lead.

Wang Li greeted him, and recognized that it was the black-faced Qin General who was his deputy, Su Jiao, the deputy marshal of the Northern Army, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned. Although he is the commander of the Northern Army, he does not need Su Jiao, the deputy marshal, to respond in person. Thinking of Su Jiao's urgent letter urging him to come back, Wang Jiao was faintly uneasy, so he asked; "Old Su, what's wrong?"

Su Jiao looked worried, and he didn't have much joy when he saw Wang Li, he looked around, and just replied lightly; "There are a lot of people here, let's go back to the camp."

Wang Li nodded, seeing that Su Jiao's face was heavy, and he was more and more sure that something big had happened, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart.

He has only been sitting in the position for a month, and he is replacing Meng Tian, who was dismissed by the first emperor. Wang Li and Su Jiao were originally Meng Tian's deputy marshals, and were appointed by the First Emperor to garrison northern Xinjiang to assist Meng Tian. Unlike Su Jiao, who was born in Caojiao and relied on military merits to sit in the position of deputy marshal, Wang Li is the grandson of the general Wang Jian and the son of Wang Ben, so after Meng Tian was dismissed and imprisoned, he was naturally appointed as the commander of the Northern Army.

didn't say much at the moment, just rode to the camp in the city with Su Jiao, and the rest of the army followed the generals back to the camp to rest.

The camp was the camp of the Northern Army. Most of the 300,000 northern troops were scattered in the eight counties of Shangjun, Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, Shanggu, Yuyang, Daijun, and Youbeiping. The camp is used as the center, and 60,000 troops have been stationed for many years and belong to the relatives of the marshal, so the specifications of the camp are very grand, stretching for dozens of miles, enough to accommodate 100,000 troops.

Wang Li and Su Jiao passed through the camp gate and the martial arts arena, and the journey was naturally unimpeded. Hu Feng prevailed in the northern frontier, so the big tent of the northern army was also built in imitation of the royal court tent of the Huns. Wang Li opened the door and saw that there were already more than a dozen people sitting neatly inside, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

More than a dozen people here are the core of the high-level of the Northern Army, including three deputy generals and eight county lieutenants, except for the deputy general Zhao Ji who led the army in Mobei, the high-level of the other northern army gathered here.

A hint of anger flashed in Wang Li's eyes, Su Jiao actually summoned the generals behind his back, even if there was really any urgent military situation and he was not in the camp, he should write to ask for instructions. It seems that his prestige in the Northern Army has not been established, and the attitude of these generals who used to call him brothers and sisters is still as casual as before, and they are not as respectful as they are to Meng Tian.

However, the anger was only a flash, Wang Li did not show it, at this time, the northern army is the most in need of unity, and there must be no internal strife.

Wang Li smiled and stepped forward to greet everyone; "Lao Lian, I heard that you have taken on a new concubine, is your kid physically okay, if not, I'll help you get on."

"Leopard, even you guys are here, we haven't seen each other in a while."

The Qin general, who was called a leopard, said in a rough and rude voice; "Do you think I want to come, it's not that Lao Su gave me a death order, I must arrive within ten days, my God, I arrived in ten days from Youbeiping to Fushi, do you know how many horses I ran and died?"

The crowd laughed, and quipped; "Leopard, isn't it that the Hu people over there in Beiping are too strong in bed, you kid can't do it, you only ran for ten days and then collapsed, think about how many days we forcibly marched when we followed the general to the north."

Meng Tian was suddenly mentioned, and the atmosphere in the tent suddenly cooled. Only then did the Qin Jiang who spoke realize that he had said the wrong thing, and he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, so he sighed violently, and slammed his fist on the table with a dull face.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Shijian hurriedly stood up and said with a smile; "Okay, okay, don't worry about the general. The general was not at fault in the first place, and now he is only temporarily dismissed from his post and imprisoned, presumably His Majesty is dissatisfied with the prince of Fusu so he is angry with the general, I think it will not be long before the general will be re-favored. ”

Su Jiao, who had been muffled and didn't speak, suddenly interjected. "I'm afraid that the general is already more than lucky."

One of the generals who sat down listened to his words and didn't do anything, slammed the table Huo De stood up, pointed at Su Jiao's nose and said angrily; "Su Jiao, what the hell are you talking about bastards, the general's achievements are high, and Your Majesty is so wise and powerful, how can you kill the general. And you, it's okay to use Hongling's urgent order to summon everyone to Fushi, but you don't want to say anything when we all come, you have to wait for the big shuai to come back, okay, now that the big shuai is back, you don't want to say anything quickly. ”

Su Jiao was silent, took out a roll of cloth from his arms, and handed it to Wang Li, "See for yourself." ”

Wang Li glanced at it, it was a scroll wrapped in burlap, and the beeswax was broken, presumably Su Jiao had opened it.

According to the rules of the Northern Army, the commander is not in the camp, and the deputy commander does have the right to open any urgent items, so Wang Li doesn't care.

A few steps forward, Wang Li sat on the handsome seat high in the tent, the cloth was opened, his face changed several times, he was stunned, and he didn't speak for a long time.

A lieutenant who sat down couldn't wait, and asked; "Dashuai, what's written on it?"

Wang Li slowly put down the strip of cloth, his eyes were full of horror, and he said for a long time; "Your Majesty has died, and Li Si and Zhao Gao have already set up Prince Huhai in Xianyang, saying that it is on the edict of His Majesty."

There was a deathly silence in the tent, and everyone was speechless with their mouths wide open. If they can sit in today's position, they will never only have the courage of a horseman, His Majesty died, and the new emperor was canonized, but at this time, the eldest son was killed, and the border general was imprisoned, and anyone guessed that this was a well-arranged conspiracy.

After a long time, it was Wang Li who was the first to open his mouth to break the silence, he raised his head and said slowly; "Okay, Lao Su did the right thing, at this time, we should indeed get together and discuss how our northern army should deal with itself in the future."

Li Guangli, the lieutenant of Yanmen County, was the first to come back to his senses, and Huo De stood up and roared angrily; "What else can I do, fuck it, let's order all the soldiers and horses to kill Xianyang and rescue the general."

"Fools can figure it out, Your Majesty obviously let Fusu Gongzi supervise the country in Shangjun, and everyone in the world knows that he will be the future emperor, I will say how can Your Majesty be so mediocre, he actually gave Gongzi to death inexplicably, and dismissed the general from prison and imprisoned, now it seems that it must be the will of the two bastards Li Si and Zhao Gao."

Li Guangli looked at him angrily, his eyes were about to split, he stood in the camp and pointed at the generals, and shouted; "I, Li Guangli, are here today, the general has the grace of knowing us, who wants to care about the life or death of the general, I, Li Guangli, will not have him as a brother from now on."