"Folks, the Hu people are about to go south to fight the grass valley, Lord Chen ordered, recruit 8,000 young people to defend the city, three taels of silver per month, and those who unfortunately died in the battle, compensate their families with two hundred taels of silver, and the heroes who intend to defend the city will go to the county government to sign up immediately!"

One by one, the officials ran through the streets, striking the gong vigorously and shouting loudly.

Relying on more than 1,000 soldiers, more than 200 catchers, as well as groomsmen, palanquins, and servants, there were more than 1,500 people, and even with mines and grenades, it was difficult to hold the county town with four gates.

Although most of the Hu people will not attack from Jinghe County, it is not wrong to prevent trouble before it happens.

What's more, when the Hu people came to attack, the people would volunteer to help the soldiers defend the city.

"Three taels of silver a month, it's done!"

"Fight hard, even if you die in battle, you will have two hundred taels of silver in compensation."

"Lord Chen is a talker, do it with him!"

One by one, young and middle-aged people rushed to the county office.

Some of the people, fearing the Hu people, had left the south gate, but many more were still watching from the city.

Once you leave Jinghe County, your own house and land will be confiscated by the county government.

Without land and houses, and without silver, the farther you run, the faster you die!

Now in the county, there are more than 100,000 people, and the county government only recruits 8,000 people.

In less than half a day, the 8,000 young and strong people who participated in the defense of the city were filled one by one.

"Lord Chen, there are more than 10,000 young people outside the county government...... They also want to help us defend the city. Ma Wencai said.

"Put them into the reserve team, responsible for transporting supplies, and pay a tael of silver a month." Chen Yu said.

"Yes, Master Chen." Ma Wencai nodded in response.

The Hu people of the grassland come and go quickly, and if they hold on for two or three months, the Hu people will retreat.

In the grasslands of the north, although there are more than 3 million Hu people, those Hu people are not from a tribe.

The population of the Great Xia Empire is as high as more than 130 million, and if it weren't for the strong enemies around it, it would have exterminated the Hu people in the north long ago.

There are more than 100 Hu tribes in the north, and the Yuanqiang tribe is currently the strongest, followed by eighteen large tribes......

Every time they invade the south, on the surface they are under the unified command of a certain tribe, but in fact they are not, once they find an opportunity to take advantage of it, eighteen large tribes will lead their small and medium-sized tribes to take the opportunity to launch an attack and plunder.

When food is abundant, the Hu people will do business with the Bactrian people, and when there is a shortage of food, the Hu people will go south to fight the grass valley.

Successive emperors of Bactria wanted to annihilate the Hu people, but unfortunately the grassland was too big, and the Hu people were nomads, and all the northern expeditions ended without a problem.

In the northern frontier of the Great Xia Empire, more than 300 miles away, in a large cowhide tent.

"Patriarchs, this king has decided to divide his troops into three routes, one of which will attack the Great Victory Pass head-on, and the other two will bypass the Great Victory Pass, and go south to the Great Xia Empire to loot enough supplies for the winter." Yuanqiang patriarch Asfu said.

"Great King, there are 100,000 soldiers in Daxia in Dasheng Pass, the metropolitan governor in Dasheng Pass, and Han Fei who can fight well, we must mobilize at least 300,000 troops so as not to be defeated." Sukel, the patriarch of the Hun barbarians, said.

"Great King, why don't we attack the western kingdom of Ula?" The Xiannu patriarch Habat asked.

"You don't know that there is a great drought in Ula this year, and even if we attack on a large scale, it will be difficult to gain anything." Asf said.

The Hu people are unparalleled in cavalry and shooting, fighting on the plains, and have always been invincible, but the power of the Great Xia army formation makes the Hu people afraid.

If there was a choice, no Hu tribe would be willing to plunder the Great Xia Empire.

Since ancient times, people in the world have often said that you are dead and I am alive, and you are not dead, how can I live?

As a nomadic people, the Hu people have no grass to eat for the horses, cattle and sheep they raise, so they can only starve.

The snow was falling, the weeds were covered with snow, and the horses, cattle and sheep were either frozen to death or starved to death.

It doesn't rain all the time, and if there is another fire, a large area of the grassland will be burned.

Arson, spontaneous combustion of corpses, and thunder and lightning may burn the grassland.

In order to survive, the nomads who lack food can only plunder unreasonably and blood-type murderously.

The population of the tribe has plummeted, it's okay, go grab some people.

There is no food for the winter, it doesn't matter, go south to plunder some grain.

In the eyes of nomads, food and population are far more important than gold and silver.

"This time to gather an army of 800,000, this king is ready to transfer 500,000 troops to attack the Great Victory Pass, and the remaining 300,000 troops will be divided into two, bypassing the Great Victory Pass, and from these two places, all the way to the hinterland of Great Xia." Asf pointed to the map.

"King, how do you divide your troops?" Sucker asked.

"The Yuanqiang tribe transferred 150,000 troops to attack from Jinghe County, your eighteen tribes transferred 150,000 troops to attack from Qingshan County, and the remaining 500,000 troops attacked Dashengguan, led by this king himself." Asf said.

The patriarch of the eighteen Hu tribes glanced at Zamusen, who was sitting on the side, and nodded helplessly.

A few hours later, an army of 800,000 Hu people rushed from all over the country to Dashengguan, Jinghe County, and Qingshan County.

There are more than three million Hu people in the grassland, and only Zamusen of the Yuanqiang tribe has broken through to the early stage of congenital by luck.

Originally, it was only a medium-sized tribe of the Yuanqiang tribe, because Zamusen became a congenital warrior, some small and medium-sized tribes took refuge one after another, and annexed some tribes, and in just a few years, the Yuanqiang tribe became the strongest Hu tribe......

"Report, hundreds of thousands of Hu troops ......" a soldier reported as he rushed into the Great Victory Pass, panting.

"Probe!" Metropolitan Governor Han Fei said in a voice like a bell.

"Yes!" The soldier turned and left, riding his horse and rushing to the steppe.

In the days when there were no telescopes, searching for enemy tracks was a technical task.

If it is close, it will be destroyed by the enemy, and if it is far away, the enemy army will not know the division of troops.

The bloody battle has not yet begun, and the battle between the horses has quietly begun.

When a few Daxia scouts were about to turn around and go back to report the news, they found themselves surrounded by Hu people.

Several Hu cavalrymen rode their horses and whips forward to search, and a rope rose from the ground, and suddenly people turned over on their backs......

One arrow after another broke through the air, and the Great Xia Tanma and the Hu cavalry were hit by arrows from time to time, and they fell to the ground unwillingly.

Chen Yu did not send anyone to investigate the enemy's traces, outside the four city gates, after laying thousands of mines, he was idle and bored, sitting on the city wall, drinking tea, while waiting for the Hu people to come to die.

Under the strong wall and clear wilderness, the Hu people don't want to get a grain or a quilt in Jinghe County.

The people who live outside the city have long since moved all the pots and pans, tables and stools, grain quilts, etc. to the county seat.

"My lord, it's dusty due north, and there must be a lot of Hu people coming over." Ma Wencai said.

"More than 100,000 Hu people, there is nothing to be afraid of." Chen Yu said calmly, standing on the city wall, climbing high and looking into the distance, he had an extraordinary eyesight, and he had already seen the Hu people more than a hundred miles away.

The Hu people are almost all cavalry, and they can travel hundreds of miles a day.

Two hours later, a Hu cavalry rode back to the camp.

"What?" Borji, the young patriarch of the Yuanqiang clan, asked calmly.

"Young patriarch, the people in Jinghe County have all withdrawn to the county seat, and there is not a grain of grain outside the city......" the cavalry said.

"Give the order to go down, camp on the spot, and attack the city with all your strength early tomorrow morning." Borgi said.

At this moment, the Great Victory Pass, above the city walls.

"The Metropolitan Governor, the Hu people outside the Guan, I'm afraid there are five or six hundred thousand." Gao Yuan, who was wearing armor, said with a heavy expression.

"With only 500,000 Hu people, they can't break through the big victory! If there is no accident, the Hu people who come to commit the offense are not only those outside the Guan, I don't know where the remaining Hu people are now? Han Fei said with a frown.