The night was like a curtain, and there was silence in the wilderness, except for the unknown insects that were unwilling to be lonely in the grass.

A group of cavalry stood quietly on the field, although there were as many as two or three hundred people, but they did not make the slightest sound, and the mounts left under their crotches only quietly bowed their heads and chewed grass.

This cavalry is the standard of the Qin army, but it is much better equipped than the ordinary Qin cavalry. Ma On Shan was not hung with ordinary bows and arrows, but with sophisticated crossbow machines, and the mounts were much taller than ordinary horses. The knights who stepped on were all straight, clenching their sabers, with a solemn aura.

Zhang Liang urged the horse to take a few steps, stepped forward and stopped side by side with Han Xin, and spoke; "General, the appointed hour has passed, after all, this is not a territory controlled by our army, in case the other party is cheating, I am afraid there will be danger."

Han Xin frowned and groaned; "Wait, it's still early, and it's normal for them to be delayed on the road."

Zhang Liang's face tightened, and his tone couldn't help but be a little aggravated; "You just believe that yellow-mouthed kid's words, what if they deliberately booby-trapped you? You must know that you are now the commander of an army, but you do not know how to love yourself so much and put yourself in danger, is this the way to general? ”

Although Zhao Wuji and those people are usually used to being casual with Han Xin, they are still respectful to him on the battlefield, and everything is respected by him. Zhang Liang is different from everyone else, he met Han Xin when he was young, and Han Xin is a lot older, and Han Xin often calls him the eldest brother in private. The relationship between the two is mostly on an equal footing, so Zhang Liang complained in his heart, so he didn't have to scruple to say it directly.

Han Xin didn't take it seriously at his accusations, but just explained; "The eldest brother taught me a lesson, but I knew that man in the old days, and I also knew his character a little thoroughly. Lou Fu is only a small country, naturally he can't tolerate that person's ambition, if he wants to replace the Huns in the sky, then he must cooperate with our Qin State. So nine times out of ten, the news brought by Meng Shi is true, and the remaining one or two percent, that is, it depends on luck. ”

"With the lives of 50,000 people in the three tribes, Mao Dun will not have such a big hand, and he will never know the old news between Kun Mo and me, if he knows, Kun Mo will only die."

Zhang Liang sighed slightly, knowing that Han Xin was natural! He loves to take risks, and since he has already said so, he must not be able to persuade him, so he has to keep his mouth shut now.

Han Xin saw the worry in his eyes, so he smiled and said; "Big brother, don't worry, I'll be careful. This place is only thirty miles away from Yuzhi City, even if the Huns have the intention to ambush, we can escape quickly by horse. ”

As soon as Han Xin's words fell, he suddenly heard a sharp night kite chirping in the wilderness, and his face suddenly became happy.

This is the signal that he and Kunmo agreed to meet, and it seems that Lou is annoying. Han Xin waved his hand and said in a low voice; "Raise the fire."

With his order, dozens of Qin soldiers neatly took the torches that had been prepared from the saddle and lit them with flint one after another. The sudden ignition of dozens of torches illuminated the wilderness.

I saw a pause in the distant chirping, and then a small group of knights galloped in the night. Without Han Xin's order, the Qin sergeant had already pulled out the crossbow machine in a neat manner, the arrow drooped slightly, and he looked ahead vigilantly.

Seeing that the comer was only a dozen horses, Qin Jun relaxed his vigilance slightly, but his arms were still close to the weapon.

Han Xin greeted him with a big smile, "Little prince, I haven't seen you for many years, everything is fine." ”

A knight broke away from the ranks, and it was none other than Kun Mo, the prince of Loufu. He also smiled all over his face, stepped forward to get close to Han Xin's cheeks, and hugged each other, which was the most dignified brotherly gift on the grassland, his face was full of excitement, and he said some words of longing loudly.

If people who don't know see the intimacy of the two, they still think that Han Xin is Kun Mo is a long-lost brother. In fact, the relationship between the two was just a mutual use in Mobei, and one was a prisoner, and the other was a lone soldier who was bent on escaping, even if they appreciated each other a little, it was not a friend relationship.

It's just that the politics between countries is like this, and since Kun Mo is willing to perform with a cheeky face, Han Xin is naturally willing to cooperate.

After the greetings, Han Xin's gaze swept to the more than ten knights behind Kun Mo.

By the light of the fire, I saw that these Lou annoyance soldiers were burly one by one, and their faces were full of fierceness, although they were placed in the Qin army ten times their size, they had no fear, and their eyes were full of provocation.

Han Xin secretly praised: Lou Fu is really a country founded by elite soldiers, no wonder it was able to shake Hebei with less than 500,000 clansmen back then, which made the vassal states fearful, and it really has its proud capital. If all the soldiers can do this, it is a force to be reckoned with on the grassland.

Han Xin saw that most of Lou's annoying bodies and horses were stained with some blood, and many people were still injured, so he asked Kun Mo in some surprise; "Little prince, there is some trouble on the way here."

Kun Mo smiled and said lightly: "It's nothing, I met a team of Hun patrols on the way, and it took a lot of effort to kill them all." I have delayed a lot of time for this, and I hope you will forgive me, General Han. ”

Han Xin was slightly startled, but his face did not show it, he just looked at the subordinates behind him with a smile, and asked with a deep meaning; "The little prince brought such a few men and horses, aren't you worried that I will deceive you?"

Kun Mohaha smiled, his handsome face was full of smiles, "How can I doubt you, General Han, besides, if you kill me, the Xiongnu will only lose the prince of a tribe, and you will have nothing to lose; But if you believe me, it is very likely that the Qin State will get a firm ally. Which is more important, General Han is a smart man, so he naturally thinks more thoroughly than me. ”

Han Xin smiled, and there was more appreciation in his gaze at Kun Mo.

Believers do not doubt, doubtful people do not believe, this is the temperament that people who have achieved great things should have. If we look ahead and be careful in everything, how can we grasp the opportunity to succeed. From this point of view, this Kun Mo is a rare talent, but it is a pity that there are many heroes on the grassland in this era, and it is difficult for him to have a chance to stand out if he has a hero on the grassland for a day.

That's why he found Han Shin, because he knew very well that Han Shin needed him, and he also needed Han Shin. They don't have much in common, and the same enemy is one of them.

Since everyone is a smart person, naturally there is no more nonsense, so Han Xin went straight to the point and asked; "I don't know when your ministry plans to fight back and cooperate with our Qin army to attack the Xiongnu."

Kun Mo was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand; "General Han, I'm afraid you misunderstood, the Huns are powerful, and our building is less than one-tenth of it, if you openly resist, I'm afraid we will be served before you come." And then our people are still in the land of the Huns, and you have a sentence in the first place, I think General Han, you must be able to understand my feelings. ”

Han Xin originally just casually tried to say a word, and he didn't have much hope in his heart, but he deliberately pretended to be disappointed on his face, and said angrily; "Since you are unwilling to attack the Huns with our army, what did the little prince ask me to do, is it to entertain me?"

Kun Mo shook his head, opened his mouth to show a row of white teeth, and smiled: "General Han, don't be impatient, since you and I intend to form an alliance, naturally we must show sincerity to each other." You must know in your heart that it will be difficult for me to openly rebel against the Huns, but we can cooperate with you in other ways, such as now, I have a very important piece of information to tell you. ”

"Oh?" Han Xin's face suddenly showed an interested look, "I don't know what it is?" ”

Kun Mo's face showed smugness, "This matter is not urgent, why don't we talk about the conditions first?" ”

Han Xin raised his eyebrows, "The little prince is a shrewd man, and he is not willing to suffer any losses. ”

Kun Mo complimented, "Naturally, I have learned General Han's methods. ”

Han Xin laughed and said: "Look at this, you and I will fight the Xiongnu together, if the Xiongnu are destroyed, then my Great Qin will restore the border adjacent to the grassland three years ago, and you will accept all the territory of the Xiongnu north of the New Great Wall, and my Great Qin will fully support you as the new king of the grassland." You and I have agreed with each other that we will live together in peace and not invade each other. ”

Kun Mo nodded, agreed with Han Xin's opinion, and added; "Also, Qin Guo and Lou Fu opened a horse market with each other, and we sold horses to you in exchange for your salt, iron and weapons."

This condition was reasonable and beneficial to both sides, the grassland lacked salt, iron and weapons, and the Qin State gradually couldn't keep up with the loss of horses because of the horse breeding land, so Han Xin agreed without thinking about it.

Now that the conditions have been negotiated, Han Xin said with a smile; "Now the little prince can speak."

Kun Mo pondered for a moment before speaking; "Maudun ordered our departments to rearm for war, I think there is some big movement."

"Big moves?" Han Xin Zou Mei said; "What does he want to do?"

Kun Mo shook his head, "I don't know, he doesn't really trust us people, and he won't tell us what to do until the last minute, anyway, you just have to be careful." ”

Han Xin nodded, stretched out his palm and smiled; "Let the little prince mention more, I will send someone to get in touch with you in the future, then I wish you and me a happy cooperation here."

The two high-fived and swore and looked at each other and laughed.

The agreement was made, and Kunmo did not venture to stay any longer, and after saying goodbye, the group turned their horses around and returned along the way they came.

Seeing Lou's annoying figure gradually disappear into the night, Zhang Liang, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly said to Han Xin, "How credible do you think what that person said?" ”

Han Xin said confidently; "Ten percent, I'm sure of it. Because it's very simple, he can't give him what he wants, and I can give it to him, how do you say he will choose, do you still need me to say? ”

Zhang Liang said with a smile; "You're so confident, well, then I'll trust your instincts."

"I just can't figure it out." Han Xin's brows furrowed, "He said that Mao Dun will make a big move, so where will he choose the battlefield?" ”

"Direct breakthrough? No way, Maudon is not a fool, if he forcibly fights us, he will only cheapen us, which is not his style. ”

"Crossing Luoshui from the east? No, the Huns lacked the means to cross the river, and even if they could cross the river, they would inevitably be small troops, helpless in the overall situation. ”

"What do you think?" Han Xin looked up at Zhang Liang and asked.

Zhang Liang didn't answer immediately, but pondered for a while, and then said; "Since you have already said that it is unlikely to be in the north and east, it is only Longxi."

"Longxi." Han Xin's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head and said; "There's a mountain range separating it, and Maudon would really choose there?"

Zhang Liang smiled, "Look, even you think so, let alone others." I have carefully read the map before, although Longxi and Beidi are separated by mountains and rivers, but there are still trails between the mountains and forests, although it is very difficult for the cavalry to pass, but it is not impossible. Maudun could have sent a squad of elite cavalry, secretly detoured behind our army from there, and then launched a fierce attack, so that we would be caught off guard, and there was a high risk that we would suffer a big loss, or even collapse the whole line. ”

"It's possible that you say that, and it's also in line with Maudun's character, he is curious about his soldiers, and likes to launch surprise attacks in places and times when his opponents least expect them."

"Do we want to change our plans?" Zhang Liang raised his head and asked.

"No, it's still according to the original plan." Han Xin shook his head; "We've been planning for days, and if we change suddenly, it's likely to make Maudon alarmed. Even if he sent cavalry to make a detour from Longxi, it would take a lot of time. We don't care about him, he fights him, we fight ours, as long as we can eat the main force of the Huns in front of us, even if this strange army succeeds in sneak attack, it will not be a big problem in the overall situation. ”

…….

The weather cleared for a few days, the temperature rose sharply, and the abundant sunlight soon dried and hardened the originally muddy ground, which made the Huns happy.

A few days ago, Mao Dun had sent Xiu Tu Wang Ji Congee with 50,000 elite cavalry to secretly bypass Beidi County, gallop all the way to the west, and insert Longxi along the trail between the mountains and forests.

In order to fight a decisive battle with the Xiongnu, Qin concentrated most of its domestic forces on the front line of Longbei, and the weak Qiang people next to Longxi were not enough to pose a threat to Qin, so there were not too many garrisons. This provides a great opportunity for Ji Congee's sneak attack.

Mao Dun meant that he wanted Ji Congee to lead the army to break through from Longxi, and then rush east into Guanzhong. Guanzhong must be extremely empty at this time, and the Hun cavalry will definitely be able to cross and close, and the road will be unimpeded.

There was only one task that Mao Dun gave to Ji Congee, which was to kill and loot as much as he wanted, so that the Qin people would tremble with fear when they heard the names of the Huns for hundreds of years. Fear will inevitably make the Qin soldiers on the front line panic, they will not think of advancing, the soldiers will not think of fighting, and it is only a matter of time before they collapse.

At the same time, Mao Dun also made his main army move south, in order to attract the attention of the Qin army.

At this time, Mao Dun suddenly found that the troops at hand were a little insufficient, originally when the Xiongnu went south to attack Qin, there were 500,000 mighty troops, in order to defend the Qin army that was firmly defending the city of Fushi, 40,000 were divided, and tens of thousands of people were successively distributed to cover the flanks to protect the various tribes, plus the 50,000 elites taken away by Ji Congee, as well as many soldiers and horses lost in the previous battle, there were only 300,000 soldiers left in the hands of Mao Dun. And not much more than the Qin army.

This also made Mao Dun anxious, and he increasingly hoped that the strange soldiers of Ji Congee could achieve miraculous results. At the same time, it no longer attacked the various cities of the Qin people, and stopped the kind of siege warfare with great losses.

Just as Mao Dun was in full swing to lay out his attack plan, the sudden counterattack of the Qin army caught him off guard.

A large army of Qin suddenly protruded from the westernmost direction of the city of Quyan, and quickly routed a Xiongnu army to the north, but then did not stop as usual, but returned to the division and continued to go north, breaking several battles of the Xiongnu, and even ventured into the territory of Shangjun and went around to the rear of the Xiongnu camp.

Mao Dun was caught off guard, and at first he thought that Qin Jun was deceitful and lured him back and forth, because he was worried that the rash transfer of troops would affect his carefully arranged plan, so he ignored it. But when the reports of defeat came one by one, Mao Dun couldn't sit still anymore.

The Qin army was like a bamboo, the lone army went deep but was not afraid, if they didn't stop this crazy Qin army, then if they were to make peace with the Qin army that insisted on skin charity, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The nearest Lou Fu and Aries tribes urgently ordered the nearest Lou Fu Department and the Aries Department to urgently move their troops north, and be sure to intercept and kill them on the way.

Lou Fu has 40,000 elite soldiers, and Aries also has 20,000, and this 60,000 iron cavalry is enough to completely wipe out this adventurous Qin army. Maudun thought so.

But the result was greatly unexpected by Mao Dun, not only did Lou Fu not win, but lost again and again. The battle report sent by Kun Mo said that the Qin army was extremely powerful, with no less than 100,000 troops, and his own side could not stop it.

Mao Dun couldn't help but be moved, an army of 100,000, this is nearly half of the strength of the Qin army, does Han Xin want to make a desperate bet? What exactly does he want to do?

couldn't help but think about it for a while, he quickly led the army of his headquarters to the north to reinforce, leaving only a few light cavalry to warn the Qin army in the direction of Yiqu.

……

Shangjun, Yangzhou.

If it weren't for Meng Tian being imprisoned and given death here, Yangzhou would still be just a small city with no name.

In fact, Yangzhou is indeed a small city, the city is only ten miles, and the only city wall that can rely on the height of two zhang was also pushed by the occupied Huns.

The cavalry on the steppe did not need city walls, so the Xiongnu pushed all the city walls in the occupied territory, and Yangzhou was naturally no exception.

At this time, the small Yangzhou City was noisy, and the city wall, which was originally a ruin, was full of people, constantly piling up the broken city wall into a low female wall.

Zhao Wuji stood on a high ground with a tense face and roared loudly; "Quick, quick, the parapet must be built within half a day, and if the hour is delayed, all of them will be decided."

PS: I'm very happy today, with a big seal push, this recommendation is also something that Jiangnan has been fighting for a long time. I think it was because the editor saw that I had been working hard for more than half a year, and I had never slackened, so I was rewarded with a big push.

Hehe, I'm still happier after all.

I also saw that there were a lot of abusive voices in the book review area, and Jiang Nan said that he was very calm.

"What should I do if someone in the world slanders me, deceives me, insults me, laughs at me, despises me, deceives me, or deceives me?"

"Bear with him, let him, avoid him, let him, bear with him, respect him, ignore him, and you will see him in a few years."