Chapter 519 Early the next morning, when the sky was just dawning, Qin Xi put on his armor and left the prince's mansion with the prince's personal guards.

As soon as the old housekeeper came out of the room, he saw Qin Xi leaving the house wearing armor, and immediately knew what Qin Xi was going to do, and he could only pray silently for Qin Xi in his heart.

The news of Qin Xi's northward journey is only known to very few people. Qin Xi left Xianyang and went north, there was no send-off ceremony, and no one came to see him off, as if nothing had happened.

Qin Xi hurried all the way, and finally rushed to the grassland to join Meng Tian's army.

"Your Highness, why are you here?" Meng Tian and the others looked at Qin Xi in shock. Meng Tian didn't get the news that the prince was coming, shouldn't the prince supervise the construction of Luoyang City in Luoyang?

How could he appear here, so after seeing Qin Xi, he was shocked in his heart. After Qin Xi handed over the appointment edict to Meng Tian, he asked, "Is there any news of the Xiongnu army?" Cao Yu arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Highness, the Xiongnu army seems to have disappeared, and there is no news so far." Qin Xi came to the side of the map and said, "It is impossible for such a large group of people to disappear, they must be hiding somewhere." Qin Xi's fingers kept sliding on the map as he said, "The grassland is open and flat, and although it is not yet winter, there is already a cold wind. If the Xiongnu army was still on the grassland, it would not be able to change a place in a day. ”

"They thought that if they escaped this cold winter, they would no longer be able to stay in this open grassland, and they must be looking for a place to shelter from the wind."

"A sheltered place? There are no mountains or ravines on this grassland, where can I take shelter from the wind? Han Xin asked. Qin Xi said: "It's really not good on the grassland, but to the west, there are two big mountains, which can be used as a shelter for the Huns. ”

"Your Highness means that where is the Hun army likely to go?" Meng Tian frowned and said. Qin Xi nodded and said, "If they don't go south to fight a decisive battle with our army, then they can only go there to take shelter from the wind, otherwise they won't survive this winter." ”

"In this case, our army is divided into two routes, one way to garrison the grassland, and all the way to the place that His Highness said." Meng Tian said.

Qin Xi said: "Okay, you stay in the grassland, and I will lead the troops." ”

"Your Highness, let me lead the troops." Meng Tian said.

"It's better for me to go, Your Highness is the crown prince, and you are the prince, neither of you can have an accident, so I'll go." Wang Ben said.

Qin Xi clapped his hand and said: "Don't fight, I didn't come here this time to provide news, the mountain over there, only I probably know the location, which of you two goes, it is estimated that it will be in vain." ”

"Your Highness, why don't you wait for the beginning of spring before our army rushes over." Meng Tian said. Qin Xi shook his head and said, "No, it will drag on for too long, Great Qin needs to develop now, and development takes time." Qin Xi directly pointed to the general and said: "Zhao Yi, Bai Yi and Wang Li will go with me, and the others will stay in the grassland." ”

"Your Highness, although Your Highness is the crown prince, in the army, Your Highness is only the overseer, and I am the commander." Meng Tian said: "For the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, let's lead the troops over, as for the location, Haji should know that Haji is currently in the army." ”

"That's right, Haji, as the former leader of the tribe, definitely knows, just let him take us..." Wang Ben also said.

"I'm not here to watch a play, if you arrange it like this, then I can only ride with the black dragon myself."

"Zhao Yi! Can the Black Dragoon Ride go? Qin Xi asked loudly.

"Back to Your Highness! The Black Dragoon is ready to go! Zhao Yi responded loudly. Seeing that Qin Xi's attitude was so resolute, Meng Tian and Wang Ben had no choice, after all, the Black Dragon Rider was indeed not something that the two of them could command.

Therefore, after some discussion, Meng Tian and Wang Jian decided to divide an army of 200,000, led by Qin Xi, to the west to find the main army of the Xiongnu, and set off three days later.

Since Meng Tian and Wang Ben both chose to compromise, Qin Xi naturally had to give the two of them a secret. Qin Xi assured that even if he found the location of the Xiongnu army, if it was not an enemy, he would not rush to attack, but would notify Meng Tian's army and wait for the army to converge before taking action.

In this way, everyone is relieved. However, two days later, the arrival of a person made Qin Xi feel very surprised.

"Lina, why are you here?" Qin Xi asked. Zazhelina said: "I heard that my husband was going to lead the army to the Tianshan Mountains to find the Xiongnu army, so I rushed over. Qin Xi immediately understood that the Tianshan region was also part of the Western Regions, and Lina was from the Western Regions, so she should have some understanding of the situation in that area.

Zarelina said: "Although I don't know much about the situation over there, I know that Loulan also hates the Huns very much, and I want to go with my husband, I will persuade Loulan to send troops and exterminate the Huns with my husband." Qin Xi thought about it, if Loulan was also willing to send troops, it would be a good thing.

So Qin Xi said: "Okay then, but are you sure you can let Loulan send troops?" Zarelina said: "The current Loulan Wang is my sister, and if you don't try it, how do you know if it's useful." ”

"Okay then, we're going to leave tomorrow, you can rest first." Qin Xi took Zarelina's hands and said.

"Where is my husband going?" Seeing that Qin Xi was leaving, Zarelina hurriedly asked.

"You brought so many female guards, I have to arrange it, otherwise there will be trouble, you can rest first." Qin Xi said softly.

"Husband has worked hard." Zarelina smiled sweetly. Qin Xi was right, these female guards brought by Zarelina, although they wore veils, still made many soldiers drool.

If it weren't for the old woman standing there with a fierce look, the soldiers would have run up and accosted her. Qin Xi arranged these female guards in the camp next to Zarelina, and also explicitly forbade anyone to go and harass them.

Zarelina originally wanted to sit in a military tent with Qin Xi, but was rejected by Qin Xi.

Qin Xi, as the crown prince, must lead by example, now that the army is out on the march, everyone has no women to accompany him, but as a prince, he is accompanied by beautiful wines and beauties, which greatly weakens the morale of the army this time.

So after Qin Xi gave up his camp tent to Zarelina, Qin Xi lived in the camp of ordinary soldiers by himself.

The camp tent of ordinary soldiers is generally one of six people, and Qin Xi found a few people to live in.

This frightened the soldiers in the tent, and they hurriedly stood up straight. When they learned that Qin Xilai was going to sleep in this tent, several people felt sincerely afraid.

Qin Xi was lying on the straw mat, and the motionless few people said, "What are you still doing in a daze?" Sleep. ”

"Your Highness, why don't we go out, your status is noble, it's really not good to live with us." A soldier said.

"What's wrong, hurry up and lie down and sleep, this is an order." Qin Xi said.

"No." These soldiers just look at me, I look at you, and lie down worriedly.