In the vast steppes of the north, there was a tent-covered city, which was the newly built royal city of Toumandanyu, and after five or six years, they developed again. The newly built royal city is more than ten miles in circumference, and it is crowded with people everywhere, and it is a prosperous scene. On this day, Mandan, accompanied by some tribal leaders, came to a flat land not far from the suburbs. Hundreds of children are practising sheep riding, all dressed in light shorts, practicing various sheep riding techniques with ease, and some adults are giving them instructions. Shan Yu looked at it for a while, and suddenly laughed and said: "Riding sheep from a young age, riding a horse when you grow up, it won't take a few years, they will be the warriors of the Huns, and the widows will lead them south to the Central Plains, what women, cattle and sheep, treasures, all of them are ours, hahaha!" ”

The big and small leaders who followed left and right also laughed knowingly when they heard Da Shan Yu's words. Shan Yu said: "In the past few years of fighting with the Qin State, there are many veterans in the Qin army. According to the sentinel report, they said that there are about 100,000 retired people in the Qin army, but the newly enthroned emperor of the Qin State is very mediocre and does not pay attention to the affairs of the frontier, and the new recruits who have been replaced have not yet reached the north. As soon as the leaders heard this, they laughed and said, "Even if it is replaced, the new recruit Danzi will not fight?" Besides, the morale of the Qin army is low, and Wang Li is also a young boy with little experience in football, so why didn't the king send troops to attack the Qin State at this time? At this moment, a sentry Pegasus came and reported: "Good news, king! Shan Yu turned his head to look, only to see a Hun soldier galloping from the south Pegasus. When the soldier came to him, he jumped off his horse, and then nodded to the ground on one knee, panting and reported: "Great king, good news, thousands of craftsmen from the Qin State have recently rebelled from the Afang Palace, and the leader is very powerful. When Shan Yu heard the report, he was overjoyed, said yes in a loud voice, and then immediately summoned everyone into the city to discuss the matter. The leaders who heard Da Danyu's order immediately flew on their horses, and then galloped across the steppe with shouts, and their cavalry galloped straight towards the royal city like a giant dragon.

The leaders above the centurion came to Shan Yu's royal tent together, and they were eager to wait for Shan Yu's instructions. After Shan Yu looked at the map for a while, he said proudly: "Since Yingzheng's death, the widow wants to take revenge day and night, but he has no chance. Now Hu Hai has reused a traitorous minister, in order to eliminate dissidents, they have indiscriminately killed innocent people and built a large number of buildings, which has already made the Qin State complain. Last time, because of Meng Tian's death, the Qin army's morale was very weak, and now it is time for the veterans to retire, and there are people in Xianyang who rebel, this is a golden opportunity! If we don't take this opportunity to wash away the shame of our last defeat, when will we wait? Everyone listened to Shan Yu's speech and shouted in unison: "Crusade against the Qin State, take revenge!" ......" Shan Yu said with great joy: "The people will listen to the order!" You lead all the troops to assemble to the south of the city as soon as possible! The crowd shouted in unison: "We are willing to obey the king's command and swear the shame of the last defeat!" Seeing the high morale of the Huns, Shan Yu asked left and right: "Which of you wants to be the vanguard general?" Before he finished speaking, one person stepped forward and shouted: "Erchen is willing to serve as a pioneer general!" I saw a young general, his eyes were deep, the bridge of his nose was high, his appearance was dignified, and his voice was like thunder, it turned out to be the crown prince Maodun, who was seventeen years old this year. Shan Yu praised very happily: "My son is really good!" The widow worships you as the vanguard general, you lead 20,000 cavalry first, and the widow then raises the army! Mao Dun said in a loud voice: "The retainers obey orders!" ”

A few days later, the prince of Maodun led the Xiongnu soldiers out of Dayin Mountain and marched noisily. When the border guards of the Qin State saw the enemy coming, they lit the beacon tower. When the general Wang Li got the military information, he immediately gathered the crowd and said: "The Huns have come to invade the territory again." At present, although our army is numerous, it is distributed along all sides of the Great Wall, and besides, 100,000 veterans have been retired. At this juncture, the enemy is taking advantage of the situation to attack, if they concentrate superior forces to attack a certain pass, our army is afraid that it will be difficult to resist the enemy? Someone suggested: "General Wang, report to the imperial court as soon as possible, ask the imperial court to immediately issue an edict, recruit troops from Shandong as soon as possible, and urge the new army to rush to the north to defend it." Wang Li sent an envoy to Xianyang immediately to report the situation.

After the second emperor ascended the throne, he engaged in unjust, false and wrongful cases at home, wantonly tried beauty pageants abroad, and expropriated all things for fun, without taking the security of the country to heart, let alone asking about the situation on the Xiongnu side, and making the court a miasma. In the past few days, Zhao Gao let him kill and injure many people, and only temporarily stopped after getting rid of what they thought was a potential hidden danger. Zhao Gao asked the imperial doctor to give the second a good doctor, and the second's illness slowly improved. Now after Wang Li's messenger arrived, Zhao Gao reported the matter to the Second Emperor. At this time, when he heard that the Xiongnu were coming to invade the territory again, he immediately convened his ministers to discuss. General Feng Zai said: "When the first emperor was there, there was a proverb that 'the one who dies in Qin will be Hu', so he sent General Meng Tian to attack the Xiongnu and built the Great Wall. Now that the Huns are attacking the border again, it shows that they are indeed our country's fierce enemies and mortal enemies. Now it is time to send troops to support General Wang Li as soon as possible. Li Si objected: "Some time ago, thousands of disciples rebelled from Afangguan, and the imperial court could not prohibit it, and then the imperial court recruited 5,000 young men from Guanzhong to supplement the lieutenant army, and the lieutenant army was to prevent incidents in Xianyang, so it was resolute not to send troops from Xianyang to support Wang Li." As soon as the ministers heard Li Si say this, they didn't know that they should transfer troops from all sides, so they didn't dare to say anything more. The second said angrily: "You guys have an idea, why are you dumb?" You can't just ignore it, right? The general Feng Zheng had no choice but to say: "Now that the source of troops is too small, please ask Your Majesty to immediately send an edict and order the people of Shandong to recruit new troops as soon as possible, so that they can immediately rush to the north to report from the day they receive the edict, and the deadline is one month. The second emperor immediately approved the recital, and then sent officials to various parts of Shandong to convey the edict.

In the autumn and July of the first year of Qin II, Meng Jie, the county commander of Qi County, Surabaya County, received an order from the county guard, asking Meng County to recruit 900 soldiers in Qi County and rush to Yuyang County. Because the county had already recruited more soldiers many times, and now it was indeed a little difficult to recruit troops from the border, the county commander had no choice but to summon some criminals, sons-in-law, and merchants who lived on the left side of the inner gate, a total of 900 people. Because the people were reluctant to go to the far north to defend the border, the resistance was great, and they were afraid that they would escape halfway, so the Meng County Commander had no choice but to send the county lieutenant Chen Qun and another prison guard, Xu Gan, to personally escort them to the north to hand over the order.

On the day of departure, 900 soldiers lined up in a long line, wearing their own military uniforms, and lined up in front of the county yamen to listen to instructions. There was not much time, and the county commander Meng Jie walked out, he came to the front of the team, and announced loudly: "Soldiers, the Huns are coming to invade the border again, and now the situation at the border is extremely urgent, so the imperial court has issued this death order." The county keeper wants you to report to Yuyang County as soon as possible, and the deadline is one month. The edict also said: 'If the deadline is delayed, you will be beheaded!' 'I hope you will follow the order, day and night, and rush to your destination, Yuyang County! As soon as the words fell, a person shouted: "This is more than a thousand miles away from Yuyang, how can you get there in a month?" If you want to kill us, why do you have to kill us in the far north? Meng County's order rebuked: "This is an order from the imperial court, who dares to disobey?" Those who violate the order will be beheaded! The sound of the prison in the army subsided. According to Qin law, all soldiers who served were to be given the lowest rank of knighthood, Shi, that is, black-clothed soldiers who did not wear armor.

At this time, the county lieutenant Chen Qun whispered to the county order: "My lord, most of these people are untouchables, and there are some tough people among them, I am worried that they will escape halfway, it is better to choose two captains among them and let them manage the team by themselves, so that no one will escape." Meng Xianling thought about it and felt that it was very reasonable, so he asked who was more suitable. Chen Qun said without thinking: "I heard that Chen Sheng is a hero, he usually likes to help others, and he has a high reputation in the county; There is also a person named Wu Guang, who usually cares for the poor very much, and people also praise him. If these two are chosen as captains, the untouchables will obey. Meng County Ling shouted loudly: "Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are out of the ranks!" After a while, I saw two big men with lofty instruments coming out of the middle of the team, and they were the two heroes Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who were to be elected as captains.

Chen Sheng is a native of Yangcheng, Nanyang. The man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, thin cheeks, and three thick black beards on copper-colored cheeks. Wearing a linen black long shirt, a leather tight-fitting belt around his waist, dark gray long and wide pants on his legs, and a pair of coarse linen shoes on his feet, he looked very energetic. It turned out that when this person was young, he often hired rich people as figurines. Once, when he was tired from work, he sat down on the ridge to rest, and he looked fiercely at the sky, and then said to his companions: "If one of us becomes rich in the future, don't forget today!" When his companion heard this, he said with great mockery: "We are all farming, it would be good to have something to eat, but you still want to be rich?" What a whims! When Chen Sheng heard this, he sighed: "Alas! What is the ambition of the bird? Later, Chen Sheng didn't want to be hired anymore, so he went to Qi County to make a living.

Another Wu Guang, Uncle Zi, is a native of Yangxia, Chen County. He came to Qi County to escape the forced labor of his county. This person has a big face, small eyes, a yellow face and short hair, and his clothes are similar to Chen Sheng's. Because the Qin State admired black, their military uniforms were almost the same.

Meng County Ling was very happy to see that the two of them were tall and strong, so he asked the county Cheng Wang Zhi to take the roll call first according to the roster. Nine hundred soldiers, one is not a lot. After Wang Zhi finished the roll call, he handed over the roster to Chen Sheng. Meng County Ling said to Chen Sheng again: "This county heard that you two are heroes in our county, so we appointed two as captains, and you must assist the county lieutenant to escort everyone to the destination safely and smoothly." After completing the task, Lord Chen will report the merits of the two of you to the officials of Yuyang County, and then promote and reuse you. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were originally outsiders who had escaped from the army, and their luck was very bad, but now that they encountered this kind of incident, they had to agree to it. Meng Xian Ling announced in public: "From today on, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are your captains, if anyone disobeys the order, they can cut it first and then play!" So he took off the sword and handed it to Chen Sheng, and gave the two of them the title of Shangzao. The Qin law stipulates that only those who have attained the title of knighthood can serve as the captain, and the captain must wear armor. This title is the second of the twentieth ranks, one level higher than the sergeant. Since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang became captains, the county commander took special care of them, so they were given armor. And they put on their armor. At this time, the county lieutenant Chen Qun and the prison Peng Xu Gan were also neatly clothed, and each rode a horse. Seeing that everyone was ready, Meng County ordered to set off. It was the rainy season at the turn of summer and autumn, and as soon as the team set off, there was a faint sound of thunder.

Nine hundred soldiers left Qi County and marched north, but they had only been walking for a while, and it began to rain, so everyone had to brave the rain to advance. But who expected that the rain would get heavier and heavier, and the water on the road would get deeper and deeper, and they had only walked for a mile or twenty, and the water was so deep that they could no longer walk. Originally, there were many Zhaoze lands here, and rivers and lakes were also criss-crossed, so people called this place Daze Township. Now it's raining again, and it's not much time, and everywhere has become a water town. Everyone looked into the distance and saw that the water had filled all the roads. Xu Gan had no choice but to say to Chen Qun: "My lord, now that the rain is pouring in, we can't go anymore, why don't we stay for a while and wait until tomorrow when the weather is fine before leaving?" Chen Qun saw that it was not too early at this time, so he had to let everyone camp in a relatively high place, and then set up a pot to cook.