Wang Jing was surprised and delighted, and immediately stepped forward and slammed a fist on Han Xin's shoulder, laughing loudly; "It's really you, I'll just say, we can all come back alive in a place like Mobei, how could you die so easily."

He looked Fan Hanxin up and down with joy, and couldn't help but be stunned when he saw his armor under the firelight.

Wang Jing is a general, and his grandfather has been a general and a general for three generations, so he naturally knew that Han Xin's armor was the dress of a general of the Qin State, and he suddenly looked at Han Xin with wide eyes and surprise.

Seeing his expression, Han Xin guessed what he was thinking, so he raised his eyebrows and said; "Now is not the time to talk, I'll talk to you when I get back to the city."

Wang Jing remembered that he was still in a fierce battle, so he suppressed the doubts in his stomach and laughed heartily; "Okay, let's see who kills more."

After speaking, he didn't wait for Han Xin to reply, so he couldn't wait for Han Xin to reply, and he couldn't wait for the horse's belly, and led his guards to rush towards the Xiongnu rout.

At dawn, the orderly resistance of the Huns was completely crushed, more than half of the 100,000 Huns were killed and wounded, and the rest rushed away. Because the Huns were all light horses and fast horses, it was difficult for the Qin army to be completely annihilated, but they fled 30,000 or 40,000 people, and the main general Helian Mountain also fled in the rout.

But in any case, this battle was still a beautiful victory, more than 100,000 Xiongnu elite cavalry who had besieged Yanmen for a long time were defeated, and the road for the Qin people to retreat south was no longer obstructed.

When the Qin army, which had returned from the great victory, returned to the city, the entire Yanmen was boiling. The soldiers in the city desperately waved the weapons in their hands, looking up to the sky and shouting again and again; The ladies flocked to the streets of the city gates, desperately squeezing forward to catch a glimpse of the warriors; The elderly people secretly wiped the tears from their eyes, they were glad that the Qin State had not abandoned them, the people who were still loyal to it.

Since the rebellion of the Six Kingdoms in the first year of the Second Emperor, the Qin State has experienced too many defeats, big defeats, and fiascos! Even the famous Iron Cavalry of the Northern Army was completely wiped out in the Battle of Julu, which had to make all Qin people have questions one after another.

What happened to the State of Qin? What happened to the tiger wolf Qin State who once looked down on He Xiong? When the empire's survival was in danger, where did the Tiger Ben army that once swept through the six countries go?

As if overnight, the once mighty Qin Empire collapsed in an instant, and the 10,000-mile territory that the First Emperor had created with his ambition was repeated in less than a year. The pride and pride that the Qin people had built up over the centuries were completely crushed, and the successive defeats left the Qin people at a loss.

Han Xin and Meng Jian's words were right, the Qin army was a monster that was constantly nourished and thrived with victory and honor, and the system of clear rewards and punishments for military merit made the Qin soldiers bloodthirsty one by one. They are eager to cut off the heads of their enemies, and they are eager to use the swords and halberds in their hands to change the lives of their families.

But when the imperial order collapsed, the soldiers of the Qin State lost the bravery and determination on which they relied most to sustain themselves. While they fought for their country on the battlefield, their families endured hunger in their distant hometowns, and one defeat after another made the Qin soldiers panic and the generals panicked. From the beginning of their desire for war, they finally had to go into battle to kill the enemy just to survive.

The Qin army lost the most precious thing, and that was the military soul! The indomitable spirit of the army!

And what Han Xin did was to use one victory after another to regain their military soul.

On the high head of Yanmen, Han Xin held the edict of the Son of Heaven and read aloud the praise of the King of Qin for their loyalty. He loudly told the hundreds of thousands of Qin people under the city in a sonorous voice that the Qin State had never given up any loyal people, and that in the distant Guanzhong, the new Qin Empire was being rebuilt, and now what he came to do was to bring all the hundreds of thousands of Qin people left in the north back to their hometowns.

The reality under the city was silent, and then the earth-shattering cheers erupted, and no one cared more about the survival of the Qin State than the Qin people who were left behind in the frontier. If the Qin State is still there, their roots will still be there, and if the Qin State is gone, they will become lonely ghosts, and they can only become slaves of others except death.

Han Xin also took the opportunity to read out the court's reward for the Northern Army, Wang Jing because of the strength of Wang Raglan to support the endgame of the Northern Xinjiang, was worshiped as a general for meritorious service, continued to lead the Northern Army, other generals and other officers were all promoted to the next level, and the Qin people were exempted from taxes for three years after returning to Guanzhong.

After the victory, Han Xin and Wang Jing immediately began to retreat, they knew very well in their hearts that the Xiongnu had been defeated by only one of the large armies, and there were still hundreds of thousands of main Xiongnu troops in the west, and it would not be long before they would get the news of the rout.

In the early morning, the army entered the city, and by noon the whole city had already withdrawn from Yanmen City. In order to lighten the load, all the baggage and sundries were discarded, and each Qin soldier and Qin person was only allowed to carry two things, weapons and dry food, and all the others were discarded. Fortunately, there were a large number of livestock vehicles in Yanmen City for the elderly, women and children to ride, which also made the procession much faster.

In the eyes of hundreds of thousands of people, the former homeland of Yanmen City was burned into a sea of fire, and thousands of elderly people who were unwilling to leave were buried with them. Although they are Qin, they have lived in northern Xinjiang for nearly 20 years, marrying wives and having children here, and have long regarded this place as their hometown. Moreover, they are all too old to bear the bumps of escape, and on the road will not only kill the guests, but also slow down the speed of the team's escape.

But if they remained in the north and became captives of the Huns, they would have been killed without hesitation, for the Huns wanted women and strong efforts, and the old men were of no value to them. So these old people chose a tragic way, that is, they were reduced to ashes with Yanmen City, and at least they could have wives, sons, and daughters to send them to their deaths.

After the fire burned out, the grieving Qin people wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes and embarked on the road back to Guanzhong towards the south. An army of nearly 90,000 men and 340,000 Qin people retreated all the way south, and the Qin state was still far away, and they had to cross the entire Zhao state to reach the great river, and after crossing the river, they could return to Guanzhong.

And there is not much time left for Han Xin, Yanmen is only two days away from the location of the Maodun army, and the round trip is four days. If Maudun had been smarter, he would not have waited for the army to assemble before attacking, but would immediately lead his troops in pursuit, so that the Huns' pursuers might arrive in four days at the earliest.

Therefore, the Qin army had to rush to Taiyuan County in the south within four days, where the hills were not suitable for the Hun cavalry, and only by hiding there could they have a chance to get rid of the pursuit of the Huns.

In order to speed up the team, Han Xin and Wang Jing almost racked their brains and exhausted all means. However, there are too many civilians in this team, and they are often blocked on the road, and they can't be as orderly as the army. As time passed, Han's worries became more and more intense. Finally, in the afternoon three days later, the scout reported that the Hun vanguard had been found thirty miles away.

Han Xin didn't expect Maudun's cavalry to catch up so quickly, but he also guessed that he must have chased with light cavalry, not the main army, so he immediately divided the team into two, Wang Jing escorted the team with 40,000 troops to continue to flee south, and he took 50,000 cavalry to the north to meet it.

Han Xin guessed correctly, and Mao Dun was furious after receiving the report of defeat, and immediately ordered the 70,000 cavalry of his headquarters to chase south, and at the same time ordered all the large armies to quickly return to his retreat. He originally thought that Han Xin would only speed up his escape when he saw the pursuers coming, and he just stepped forward to fight and wait for the arrival of the army, but he didn't think that Han Xin didn't play his cards according to common sense at all, so he actually left the team and led the army to fight back.

The Huns' striker was suddenly caught off guard. In a panic, Mao Dun had to lead his troops to retreat, although he was not defeated, but there were some rumors and fears.

Mao Dun had already learned from the captives that the coach on the other side was Han Shin, who had defeated him three years earlier, and he was both surprised and excited. The Huns advocated a tooth for a tooth, blood for a blood, and the lost dignity of the warriors must be regained from the victors, so that they can become stronger and more powerful.

So Mao Dun was faintly excited in his heart, he really couldn't think of a reason why he would fail, he had nearly three times the elite cavalry of the Qin army in his hands, and the most fatal thing for the Qin army was that they still had hundreds of thousands of people dragging them down, which was enough to kill all of them.

However, Han Xin's unreasonable play of cards also disrupted his subordinates, and his original plan was to entangle the Qin people's team in the vanguard, and then the other armies would swarm like hungry wolves and bite the Qin people to death. In the face of the Qin army's counterattack, Mao Dun was very cautious, he was worried that his troops would be too weak and the Qin people would take the opportunity to annihilate him, so instead of following closely, he slowed down and waited for the arrival of the follow-up army.

Prudence is the two words that Mao Dun always remembers, when he was chasing Han Xin in Mobei, it was because of his carelessness that Han Xin was successful, which became the shame of his life. So from then on, he was cautious when encountering things, especially when he met someone like Han Xin, who liked to be curious, he became more and more cautious, for fear of being taken advantage of by Han Xin.

Therefore, he turned a deaf ear to the repeated provocations of the Qin army, but tightly shrunk the army into a group, patiently waiting for the arrival of the successor army, and did not give Han Xin any opportunity to take advantage of.

If you already have the stakes in it, why take the risk? Anyway, the Qin people's team would definitely not be able to escape his palm.

As everyone knows, what Han Xin wants is his caution, if Mao Dun breaks the team into pieces to avoid a fight, and instead makes a detour to attack the retreating team of the Qin people, it will definitely give Han Xin a great headache. Mao Dun's caution also brought more time to Han Xin, and he sent people to urge the team to go south quickly, and on the other hand, he sent envoys south to negotiate with Zhao Xie.

Zhao Xie was one of the first princes to raise troops, he was originally the son of Zhao State, is the great-grandson of King Huiwen, after the fall of Zhao State, he went to the people, in the market by carrying sundries for people to make a living. When Chen Sheng sent Wuchen to pass through Hebei, Zhang Er and Chen Yu followed Wuchen to rebuild the Zhao State, and persuaded Wuchen to break away from Chen Sheng and establish himself as the king of Zhao. Later, Wuchen was killed by the rebel general Li Liang, Chen Yu and Zhang Er escaped from Handan, found Zhao Xie and returned to Handan, and made him the king of Zhao.

Later, Zhang Han's army went north to besiege Julu, and Chen Yu went north to Dai County to collect tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and went south to hoard troops in the north of Julu.

At that time, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er, who were besieged in Julu, sent brave men to break through the siege and ask Chen Yu for help, so that he could attack Wang Li's besieging army and relieve the siege of Julu. Chen Yu was afraid of the strength of the Northern Army, so he refused to send troops, which made Zhang Er feel cold, and the two were originally friends and brothers who had lived and died together for many years, but there was a rift because of this.

After the Battle of Julu, Zhang Er asked Xiangguo Chen Yu to resign in order to express his dissatisfaction, but he didn't expect Chen Yu to agree, which made Zhang Er angry, and finally led the army to follow Xiang Yu into the customs. Zhao Xie listened to Chen Yu's idea and planned to sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight, sit back and watch the life and death battle between the Chu State and the Qin State, and did not follow Xiang Yu into the customs.

Zhao Xie and Chen Yu's wait-and-see attitude made Xiang Yu very annoyed, after he established himself as the overlord of Western Chu, he deliberately changed Zhao Xie from King Zhao to acting king when he divided the world, and Chen Yu, who had made significant contributions to the anti-Qin, was just a marquis. Zhang Er, who followed him into the customs, was named the king of Changshan, and his fiefs were in Handan County, Julu County and Hengshan County, where the essence of Zhao Land was located.

Xiang Yu's injustice also made Zhao Xie and Chen Yu hate him to the core, which also gave the premise for Qin and Zhao to cooperate.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend, and the people of the Qin Dynasty understood this truth. When Han Xin's army set out on the expedition, the envoy Yanshi Dao sent by the Qin State had already crossed the river and set foot on the territory of the Zhao State, and he was ordered to go to Jinyang to negotiate with Zhao Xie about the secret alliance.

Although Han Xin still did not know the outcome of Yanshidao's negotiations, he expected that Zhao Xie would not interfere in his battle with the Xiongnu. The troops in Zhao Xie's hands were not much, and if the loss was on the groundless, then Mao Dun would definitely not mind destroying Zhao and turning the land east of the river into the pasture of the Xiongnu.

Therefore, no matter what the outcome of the negotiation is, Zhao Xie must have sat on the fortified city and defended himself, allowing the Qin army and the Xiongnu to fight.

Zhao Xie's wait-and-see also eliminated the obstacle for the Qin army to move south, and hundreds of thousands of troops retreated south and rushed towards Taiyuan County with all their might. When Han Xin learned that the rendezvous army of the Xiongnu had arrived, he immediately turned around and ran, fleeing before Maudun could catch up with him.

He is not a fool, let the Qin army fight head-on with the Hun army several times his size, that is not to send him to death, what is that. If it weren't for the drag of the south-retreating team, Han Xin might have been able to rely on his strategy to not weaken the upper hand, but with the drag of the south-retreating team, his cavalry would have lost the most important mobility. The retreat has become a dead knot for him, and he must do his best to protect it and not ignore it.

After Han Xin broke away from contact with the Xiongnu army, he galloped back to join Wang Jing. Relying on the time of these two days, the Qin team that retreated south finally arrived at a small pass at the junction of Yanmen County and Taiyuan County.

The Zhao army guarding the pass did not know whether they had received orders from above, or because they were afraid that the Qin army would be strong, and the people who had fled before the Qin army arrived, went to the empty city. Wang Jing sent people to quickly take over the pass, and the city gate was opened to allow the southward retreat team to pass quickly.

When Han Xin arrived, the procession was passing through the customs, and most of the Qin people were still waiting in line outside the customs. Han Xin looked at Wang Jing and the others who were coming towards him with a gloomy face, and said with some annoyance; "The Huns are not far behind me, they will catch up in an hour at most, and the team must speed up."

Wang Jing lowered his head a little ashamedly, he knew that these precious times were earned by Han Xin at great risk, but Qiu Shi on the side couldn't stand it, and couldn't help but speak; "General, you can't blame the general, those ordinary people are really slow, and we have done our best."

Han Xin knew that he blamed Wang Jing for his mistake, but he didn't have the heart to apologize, at this moment, the Hun army was approaching, how could he not be anxious. He ventured north from Guanzhong, and it took a lot of hard work to get to this point, and he was about to succeed, so he couldn't give up his efforts no matter what.

Han Xinqiang calmed down, stretched out his hand to ask his relatives about the map, spread it out and looked at it carefully, stretched out his hand and pointed to a place and said in a deep voice; "This is the place where the two mountains meet, and it is the only way to go south, if we set up a foot defense line there, relying on a dense sword and shield array to resist for a while, it is only ......"

Han Xin paused here as he spoke, looked around at everyone and said slowly; "It's just that this foot soldier will not have reinforcements, and it will not be possible to outrun the fast horses of the Huns."

Although Han Xin didn't say it directly, everyone heard the meaning of his words. This broken team is an outcast, and the only task is to stop the Huns, buy time for the team to retreat south as much as possible, and complete the task until all of them are killed.

Han Xin didn't look at everyone, but looked away, because he didn't want to force anyone to die. After being silent for a long time, Wang Jing spoke; "I'll go."

"Nope." Han Xin shook his head, "You are one of the commanders, if you die, the loss of morale will be very large, besides, you are far more familiar with the situation of the Northern Army than me, I need your cooperation." ”

"I'll go!" Meng Shi shook his head and shouted loudly, his heart was already boiling with blood, and he had no fear for a long time, isn't it death, what is there to be afraid of.

This time, Han Xin didn't speak, but it was Wang Jing who opened his mouth and scolded: "Go back, have you forgotten that you are the only descendant of the general?" Do you want the Meng family to become an heir? ”

Meng Shi gritted his teeth, blushed and had a thick neck, and finally lowered his head and stopped talking.

There was silence again, and it was a long time before a soft voice sounded from the corner, "I'll go." ”

Han Xin turned his gaze to Ding Feng, and Ding Feng smiled back, but his smile was a little reluctant, and he said in a calm tone: "I'll go, I am the marquis of the Northern Army, and I was promoted to a deputy general by His Majesty's holy family, and I can be loyal to the country." ”

"Ding Feng......" Wang Jing couldn't help but open his mouth and shouted, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't know what to say, so he could only look at him tightly.

Ding Feng smiled slightly, looked at Wang Jing and said; "Jing Shao, you don't give up, you have always treated me as a brother. The brothers in Guanzhong came all the way to rescue us, how could we let people go to the back of the break, and it should be the people of our northern army who want to break the back. You don't have to say any more, I've made up my mind. ”

"I, a boy in the Northern Army, why should I be afraid of life and death!."