I've been to a lot of weddings lately, so I'm sorry to be embarrassed.

The heavy snow on the grassland is a whole month at once, and there is no other color embellishment between the sky and the earth except for a white expanse. Riding on horseback and looking out, I only felt that there was a vast expanse, if the literati were here, they might poetically chant a swan song for the ages, but unfortunately the patrol soldiers were not in such a good mood.

Riding on horseback all day and patrolling aimlessly, the Qin army had already been tired of this boring life and just wanted to return to the warm city of Fushi, but Wang Li's order left more than 20,000 people of the right army in the south of the Saibei desert.

It was not difficult to get together winter clothes and supplies for 20,000 people, but the idleness of the past month had caused the morale of the right army to drop to the extreme. Everyone was complaining about this inexplicable task above, and instead of withdrawing the skin application in the cold weather, they repeated the inspection over and over again in this frozen place, but no one came out of the Han Sea, not even any animals.

Fortunately, at this time, the Huns had already retreated north to Mobei, and it was impossible for them to go south before the beginning of spring. With the retreat of the army to the north, the herdsmen of the Xiongnu also left Monan one after another to avoid the raids of the Qin army.

By the end of December, it was already approaching the beginning of spring, but the weather on the grassland was getting colder and colder, and it had reached the point where the water was dripping into ice. The phenomenon of freezing to death and frostbite in the right army was reported in an endless stream every day, and Jing Jun had to propose to Wang Jing that the army be withdrawn first, leaving only a small number of men and horses to respond. Although Wang Jing was worried about his son, he had no choice but to agree with Jing Jun's opinion.

Most of the right army had been withdrawn, leaving only a cavalry battalion of about 3,000 men and horses, which was divided into several teams to patrol around in Monan.

Looking in the desert was the leader of one of the small teams, he was a Quhou of the Qin army. Seeing that the blizzard had gradually stopped, he urged the soldiers to prepare to continue the search north.

The soldiers all came out of the tent with a curse, and got on their horses one after another, and the Qu Hou frowned, although his face was a little dissatisfied, but he did not speak. This month has really tossed this Qin army enough, who wouldn't have some complaints in their hearts, as long as the impact is not too big, generally no one will run out so boring and shout.

Although they kept complaining, the Qin army quickly packed up, and the team quickly set off, heading north to continue its aimless patrol. The team had only set off for less than half an hour, and suddenly saw something strange in the northern snowfield, and a few small black dots slowly appeared on the horizon, and Qu Hou, the leader of the team, waved his hand to stop the team.

There were more and more black spots, and it turned out to be a team of thousands of people, and Qu Hou decisively ordered the whole army to be on alert. The soldiers pressed their rifles on their saddles with their right hands, and their bows and crossbows tightened with their left hands, tightening the reins, feeling a little nervous and excited.

The cavalry was extremely heavy, and it was generally found that the enemy army was attacking with the help of horses, but this time Qu Hou just asked his subordinates to stand by. Seeing that the opposite team was getting closer and closer, a Qin army officer couldn't help but remind him if it was time to charge, but Qu Hou still just shook his head and did not give an order.

Ordinary soldiers may not understand the reason why they stayed on the grassland, thinking that it was just to prevent the Huns from going south, but this Quhou still knew the reason, so he saw that the enemy and I did not know, so he just ordered to be on guard.

That team had apparently spotted this Qin army as well and stopped.

The team was ragged, as if to protect themselves from the cold, and each of them desperately wrapped dirty animal skins and cotton cloths around their bodies, and their bodies and mounts under their crotches were so skinny that they seemed to be unable to hold their weapons. But as soon as these people saw that there was a team in front of them to intercept them, they immediately gathered their ranks and quickly discharged them, although they were a little chaotic compared to the ranks of the Qin army, but they had a more fierce murderous aura.

It's like a tense bow and arrow, ready to shoot.

The two sides were far away, and on the vast snowfield, they couldn't see each other's outfits clearly, but neither of them attacked first, just confronted each other, and seemed to be hesitating.

The Qu Hou's face was tense, and he suddenly ordered the trumpet to be blown. Above the vast plain, the horn used by the Qin army for triumph sounded, and the horn sounded far into the sky.

The opposite team suddenly erupted in a shocking cheer, and soon, the same horn sounded from the army, although a little out of tune, but firm and powerful, symbolizing the Qin army's commander-in-chief was erected high. The soldiers broke away from the ranks, galloped forward, shouting so loudly that many of them were already in tears, and no officer came to stop them, for they themselves were already in the midst of it.

Qin Jun, who was originally on guard, looked at the robes running from the opposite side a little strangely, watching them running towards him like a flower child, and didn't understand why they were so excited. He just watched quietly, with a friendly smile on his face, and let them hug him tightly, crying, and muttering in a hoarse voice.

If they had experienced two and a half months of life and death, iron and blood, like this expeditionary force, I am afraid that there would be no doubt about their mood at the moment. It is often said in the book of war that if more than half of the losses are lost, the army will not be in chaos, but such an army, after paying more than seventy percent of the casualties, still stubbornly persevered, and finally returned triumphantly.

It was a brilliant but tragic, even tragic expedition, which lasted two months and seventeen days. The Qin army left nearly 8,000 corpses in Hanhai and Mobei, and almost lost all weapons and horses.

But such an army like a flower child, killed more than 60,000 Hun troops in Mobei, captured the Xiongnu's royal city Touman, captured Touman's favorite Yan clan and more than ten wives, killed eight generals from the right valley Liwang down, Da Danghu and Xiangguo, and countless officers such as Xiaowang and Qianfu.

This unprecedented expedition in the 37th year of the first emperor has become an eternal scar in the hearts of the Huns, which cannot be forgotten for a long time.

When the messenger who returned all the way reported the news of the expeditionary force's victory to the south, Wang Li was speechless with excitement. He was right, and gambled with the lives of 10,000 soldiers, even in the Mengtian period, the Northern Army had never achieved such fruitful results. He proved to the world that he Wang Li was not a mediocre talent thanks to Zuyin, and he was fully worthy of the position of the commander of the Northern Army.

The northern land was boiling, the Great Qin was boiling, and Wang Li used the fastest fast horse and the best knight to report three good news to Xianyang in a row. When the news arrived, the whole Xianyang was jubilant, and the second emperor happily summoned the ministers overnight, and the next day he reported to the whole city. The people of the city rejoiced and ran around to tell each other. Since the death of the First Emperor, there has been a trace of worry in the Great Qin, and this victory seems to have reshaped the inner self-confidence of the Qin people.

The Second Emperor was not stingy with his rewards, and he did not care about the twenty-four rank military lordship appointed by the Shang Dynasty like his father, the First Emperor.

Wang Li was exceptionally promoted to general, and he was named the Marquis of Guannei, and he was the third general in Great Qin after Bai Qi and Wang Jian since the Shang Dynasty reform. Even if Meng Tian's achievements in the world are only worshiped as a general and a lord, Wang Li is more than Meng Tian in the first war, and he has become a hot new favorite of the empire.

Wang Jing, the nominal general of the expeditionary force, was named the deputy general of the right army, second only to the right general Jing Jun, and was knighted as the fifth doctor. Wang Li also did not treat Han Xin badly, as the second person in the list of Xianyang's meritorious service, Han Xin was also named a deputy general, left in the camp to listen to it, and was knighted as a duke. Other meritorious people, as well as many generals and captains in the Northern Army, also received many rewards, and the entire Northern Army was immersed in a jubilant atmosphere.

At this time, no one seemed to remember Meng Tian who was imprisoned in Yang Zhou Prison anymore.

In Xianyang, Li Si and Zhao Gao had a heated argument over the disposition of Meng Tian, and this was the first time they had a head-on confrontation since the Dune conspiracy.

Zhao Gao has done whatever he wants in Xianyang City in the past few months, taking the will of the Second Emperor to slaughter the heirs left by the First Emperor, killing 12 brothers of Hu Hai in Xianyang at one time, and crushing 10 princesses to death in Du You, just because they are suspected of being dissatisfied with the new emperor.

And for these, Li Si turned a blind eye and didn't say much. Because he felt that killing dozens of heirs of the former emperor had no effect on himself and Great Qin, he simply let Zhao Gao do whatever he wanted. Unexpectedly, after Zhao Gao became addicted to killing, he suddenly remembered Meng Tian who was imprisoned in Yangzhou, and remembered that one of the people he hated the most was still alive, so he proposed that Meng Tian be executed. And said shamelessly in the court: "If Meng Tian does not die, I will not be able to eat, I will not be able to sleep, I will be like a fish in my throat, and I will not be able to sleep at night." ”

Li Si was really panicked now, he knew that the consequences of killing Meng Tian would most likely make the entire northern army chaotic and no longer used by the empire. Wang Li seems to be extremely beautiful, but his foundation is extremely unstable, if Meng Tian is executed, I am afraid that the entire Great Qin will be in turmoil. Li Si united with the right prime minister Feng Quji, the guard Feng Zheng and a large number of ministers to stand together, resolutely opposed the execution of Meng Tian, but only kept him under house arrest in Yangzhou.

In the end, Zhao Gao's words to Hu Hai moved the second emperor. He said that when Meng Tian often accompanied the First Emperor, the First Emperor wanted to make Hu Hai the crown prince, but the two brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi stopped him, saying that the establishment of Hu Hai was really a move that endangered the community.

When Hu Hai heard this, he was furious, and he was furious in the main hall, shouting and ordering to send a messenger to Yangzhou immediately to give death to Meng Tian. Meng Tian took the emperor's edict to commit suicide, grieved and indignant, and shouted: "What crime do I have, and die without fault? He committed suicide by swallowing medicine. The poor generation of famous generals was invincible and did not sacrifice their lives, but died tragically at the hands of despicable villains.

Before Zhao Gao wanted to kill Meng Tian, he had written to ask Wang Li's opinion. Wang Li became famous in the first battle, and he felt that the northern army was convinced of him, and he must be able to control the 300,000 proud soldiers of the northern army after Meng Tian's death.

And if Meng Tian does not die for a day, he will be unjustifiable for a day, and the commander in the hearts of the soldiers of the Northern Army is still the general Meng Tian, not him, the general Wang Li, and he also hopes that Zhao Gao will kill Meng Tian as soon as possible.

But Wang Li still overestimated his influence, when the news of Meng Tian's death came, the soldiers of the Northern Army were sad and indignant, weeping day and night, and spontaneously wearing linen and filial piety for Meng Tian was countless. There was even more General Zuo, Yue Qian, who was extremely angry, led the left army straight south from Jiuyuan County, and directly killed Guanzhong, threatening to avenge Meng Tian.

Wang Li was shocked when he got the news, and hurriedly led his pro-army to attack overnight, directly attacking the Chinese army camp of the left army, and killing Yue Qian and several generals.

Yue Qian's death made the northern army feel sad about the death of rabbits and foxes, and everyone was in danger for a while. The generals and captains of all the departments were distracted from Wang Lisheng, and the soldiers were even more panicked all day long, and more than 30,000 people fled in ten days. Wang Li was forced to set up a company system in each army, so that each army could supervise each other, and if someone in the first army fled, the whole army would be killed, and if the commander of the army fled, the tun commander would be killed, and so on until he was the commander of the northern army.

Only then did the northern army stop fleeing, but it was already in turmoil, and the soldiers were separated.

Seeing that Meng Tian's influence on the Northern Army was so heavy, Wang Li also regretted it. He wanted to reunite the northern army through the military exploits of the war, so in March of the first year of the second year, when the ice and snow on the grassland had just melted, he couldn't wait to lead 200,000 troops out of the northern expedition again.

This time, the army chose the middle road as the main line of attack, and the army went out of Dai County for several months, and strengthened its morale to defeat the subordinates of the Xiongnu Youxian King on the south bank of the Heihe River, and was planning to continue to move north. An edict was sent from Xianyang, but Wang Li's heart was stopped from expanding the results of the war, and the northern army quickly changed the rear army into the front army, and the front army became the rear army, and returned south along the original road.

Although Wang Li ordered it to be deliberately concealed, the panicked news from Xianyang quickly spread throughout the army.

The Great Qin was in turmoil, and the leaders of the Qians killed the local Qin officials one after another, and stood up for a man named Chen Sheng as the king. The soldiers of the various counties were no longer loyal to their Emperor Majesty, but instead heeded the call of the Yu Gui of the Six Kingdoms to turn against him.

More than 20 counties in Guandong are no longer the territory of Qin, and an army of 200,000 people is advancing towards Guanzhong under the leadership of Zhou Wen, but Guanzhong is extremely empty at the moment, and Daqin is already in danger.

PS: The second volume of "Imperial Sunset" is over, so stay tuned for the third volume of "Qin Lost Its Deer".

Qin Zhigang is absolutely relaxed, Shandong is disturbed, different surnames are combined, and handsome Wuji. Qin lost its deer, and the world chased it, so those with high quality and foot were the first to get it.

At this time, it is the time for the heroes to take advantage of the situation.