On the grassland ten miles away from the Yunshan Pass.

Five horsemen on horseback, as usual, patrolled the steppe.

In the cold winter, even if there was no heavy snow, the cold wind that kept blowing made the five iron cavalry soldiers feel cold.

"Do you think the Huns will really go south?"

"We don't know!"

Just as a few iron cavalry soldiers were chatting, something suddenly came to their ears.

Looked at.

One of the iron cavalry soldiers looked at each other.

"Did you hear that?"

"Did you hear that, too? I thought I heard it wrong! ”

As they confirmed that they were all heard, the five iron cavalry soldiers all reined in their horses, and then looked around.

A cold wind blows.

Looking at the endless fields to the east, west, and north, the Iron Rider listened to the louder and louder sounds, trying to confirm the direction of the sounds.

Boom ~ Boom Boom ~!

After a while, when it was confirmed that it was the sound of iron hooves, a famous iron cavalry soldier all looked at the northern sky, confirming that the sound was coming from the north.

"Look! Huns! ”

At this time, an iron cavalry soldier pointed to the sky in the north and suddenly appeared a large Xiongnu army, and hurriedly exclaimed.

"Huns, it's really here!"

Another Iron Cavalry soldier looked at the Iron Cavalry army and muttered quietly.

They didn't expect that the general was really right, the Hun army would really go south to raid Shangjun.

"Huh, you go back and report first!"

Among the five iron cavalry soldiers, the iron cavalry soldier named Kou Zhuang at the head immediately asked one of the soldiers to rush back to the Yunshan Pass after seeing the Xiongnu army.

Don't look at Kou Zhuang is only twenty-five or sixteen years old, but he is already a veteran of the Bai clan's iron cavalry, and after his previous meritorious service, he was promoted to train new cavalry.

"No!"

Yu nodded, then turned around and drove the war horse, and hurried towards the Yunshan Pass.

The four iron cavalry soldiers, including Kou Zhuang, were still standing in place at this moment, looking at the Hun army in the distant sky.

Listening to the sound of horses' hooves in the sky and looking at the Hun army in the distant sky, Kou Zhuang was using the terrain to guess how many troops there were.

The other three iron cavalry soldiers sat on horseback, holding the rope in their hands, looking nervous.

The three of them can become an iron cavalry soldier, although they are new riders, but they also have excellent skills like other new riders.

But for now.

Seeing the Hun army getting closer and closer, they had never experienced it, but they still couldn't help but breathe rapidly, a little nervous.

After a while, watching the Xiongnu army get closer and closer, the northern sky was still surging with the Xiongnu army.

Not to mention the three new riders, even Kou Zhuang's eyes widened and he was stunned in place.

Look at the number of the Hun army is not less than 100,000, or even more!

A cold sweat broke out in all of them.

"Quick, go back!!"

Kou Zhuang shouted in a panic.

The other three iron cavalry soldiers hurriedly followed Kou Zhuang, turned around together, and rushed towards the Yunshan Pass.

Half an hour later.

Grunt~!

At the Yunshan Pass, accompanied by four iron cavalry soldiers riding horses, they ran towards the pass quickly.

Seeing this, the guards who had already received the news hurriedly opened the pass and 'closed the door'.

After entering the pass, Kou Zhuang hurriedly dismounted and came to the side of the general Yan Mao.

"General! The Hun army has already attacked towards the pass, and the number is more than 100,000! ”

Kou Zhuang said to Yan Mao.

With Kou Zhuang's words, Yan Mao turned his head in surprise, and then looked at the north.

Yan Mao still doesn't know, really as the general said, the Xiongnu and Yueshi went south together.

"Withdraw!"

Yan Mao shook his head, and hurriedly ordered after coming back to his senses.

A Qin pawn with a long brother in his hand around him, after hearing Yan Mao's order, he dared to stay anywhere, and they all walked towards the bottom of the pass.

Gaonu City.

At the head of Beicheng City, Bai Yan was preparing for the deployment before the big battle, because he knew that this battle, even if it was the burning of the city, was still a battle to the death.

Bai Yan was thinking at this time.

If Bai Qi were alive, how would he arrange this battle.

"General, the other city gates have all been blocked!"

An iron cavalry general came to Bai Yan's side and arched his hand.

"Good!"

Bai Yan nodded.

At this moment, behind Bai Yan, most of the iron cavalry generals in the army had already gathered around Bai Yan.

A famous iron cavalry general stood at the head of the city, looking at the once lively and bustling streets and houses in the city, all of which were empty at the moment, without movement, like a dead city, only a famous iron cavalry soldier in front of the wooden house, constantly splashing water.

Seeing this, these iron cavalry generals were a little apprehensive in their hearts.

Burn the city.

They were also the first time.

"You can't burn it! You can't burn it!! ”

"What are you doing! Stop! ”

"Please, stop!"

At this time, many people suddenly appeared on the originally quiet streets, and they came to the streets one after another, begging the iron cavalry soldiers to stop splashing the water.

This scene made all the Iron Cavalry generals frown and look at Bai Yan.

"General, what about those people?"

Chai looked at the people who had been hiding before, sighed, and asked Bai Yan.

"I'll go down."

Bai Yan didn't expect that there were still so many people hiding in the city, so he sighed and turned around and walked towards the bottom of the city tower.

Seeing this, the other iron cavalry generals glanced at each other and could only follow.

A moment later.

At the city gate, the high-slave people who had been hiding in the city before and were reluctant to leave stepped forward one after another after seeing Bai Yan.

"Stop!"

"Stop!!"

Seeing this, a famous iron cavalry soldier around him hurriedly stepped forward and scolded him, putting his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency!!"

A famous person, men, women and children, saw Bai Yan at this moment, and knelt on the ground one after another.

"My lord, now that the people in the city have left, why do you still burn the city?"

"Yes, my lord, we have lived in the city of Gaonu for generations, if we don't have this house, how can we be our home in the future?"

"My lord, please don't burn the house!"

A gray-haired old man, a handful of old men, knelt on the ground, looking at Bai Yan with pleading.

The other people also kept kowtowing to Bai Yan, begging Bai Yan not to set fire to the city.

Under the watchful eye of all.

Bai Yan stepped forward step by step, and then walked past a guard's cronies, helping several gray-haired old men to get up.

"Get up!"

Bai Yan looked at the other people while supporting the old man.

Look at the number of people, men, women, and children among them.

"Everyone, it's not that Bai Yan wants to burn the house, but that Bai Yan has to burn it!"

Bai Yan said.

As soon as the words fell, I saw a white-haired old man with a thin face, shaking his head.

"My lord, Gao Nu also plundered the Huns in the south before, even if there was a move to break the city, but from the burning of the city!"

The white-haired old man said to Bai Yan.

The other people hurriedly nodded in agreement, looking at Bai Yan's eyes full of questions.

I had encountered the Xiongnu going south before, but there had never been a time when the people needed to migrate, let alone burn the city.

"This time the Huns went south, and the number of troops was probably no less than 100,000!"

Bai Yan looked at the old man and explained.

"Ahh

"One hundred thousand!!"

As soon as Bai Yan's words came out, not to mention the white-haired old man who had just been questioned, it was the other people, all of whom looked at each other at a loss at this moment.

100,000 Hun troops!!

How could it be that so many Xiongnu armies went south.

"My lord, if that's the case, why doesn't the Qin State have reinforcements?"

The white-haired old man looked at Bai Yan with some doubts.

All the people around didn't understand, and looked at Bai Yan with some suspicion, just as the old man said, if it was really an army of 100,000 Huns, why did there be no reinforcements, but the city should be burned.

"Old man, Bai Yan once went to ask for help, but no one believed me Bai Yan!"

Bai Yan looked at the old man, smiled bitterly, then looked at the other people, and said: "Bai Yan doesn't want to burn the city, but you have wives and children, fathers, brothers and sisters. The soldiers behind Bai Yan also have old mothers, wives and children. ”

The North City Gate.

After Bai Yan's words fell, a famous iron cavalry soldier nearby looked at Bai Yan one after another.

Whether it was the guards standing guard, or the guards guarding the city gates, or the iron cavalry soldiers splashing water on the streets, they all looked at Bai Yan.

Under the gaze of all the Iron Riders.

Bai Yan continued.

"If the 100,000 Huns go south, if the city is not burned, then after this battle, how many of these soldiers who followed Bai Yan will survive?"

Bai Yan's words are very simple and straightforward.

But a celebrity, along with those gray-haired old men, looked at a famous iron cavalry soldier around him at this moment, and looked at those young faces, as if their eyes were a little red because of the words of the city guard.

In the eyes of the people, the iron cavalry soldiers who were once afraid to approach, at this moment, many soldiers looked away when they saw them, or looked away and continued to splash water.

At this time.

For some reason, all the people were speechless for a while, looking at those young iron cavalry soldiers, and then at the young city guard in front of them.

They suddenly noticed.

Compared to their wooden house, if the Hun army really went south, whether it was the young city guard in front of him or every iron cavalry soldier here, it would be a bloody battle with his life.

As the lord of the city guard said, in the absence of reinforcements, if the city is not burned, it is estimated that all these soldiers will die in Gaonu.

"Report!!"

At this time, outside the city gate, several iron cavalry soldiers rode in.

Everyone looked over.

"Report, general, the Hun army is going south, and the number is no less than 150,000! Now it has passed the former mountain pass. ”

After an iron cavalry soldier dismounted, he was out of breath and came to Bai Yan in a panic, and said with his hand.

As soon as this remark came out.

Everyone at the city gate, whether it was the people, the iron cavalry soldiers, or the iron cavalry generals, were all shocked.

One hundred and fifty thousand!

This is a scale that the Xiongnu have never had in the past ten years after Li Mu.

"What should I do?"

"yes, what are we going to do?"

A common man suddenly turned pale and panicked, until this moment, when they heard that such a large number of Xiongnu troops were coming, they regretted in their hearts why they didn't leave Gaonu City before.

"Run south, don't look back!"

Bai Yan came back to his senses and looked at the people in front of him, it was naturally impossible for him to give the war horse to these people.

Whether they can survive or not depends on the creation of these people themselves.

After speaking, Bai Yan turned around and prepared to give orders to the iron cavalry generals.

"General!"

"General!!"

A group of iron cavalry generals looked at Bai Yan who came over, and their eyes were full of sighs and admiration.

Because the general really expected it right, the Xiongnu and the Yue clan really sent troops south!

This is also too godly!

"According to the plan, the first people were ordered to set up an ambush in the city tower."

Bai Yan looked at the generals and opened his mouth to order.

"No!"

The generals received orders one after another, and then began to leave, preparing for an ambush as planned.

At this time.

At the city gate, among the people who ran out, an iron cavalry soldier hurriedly entered the city, and then came to Bai Yan.

"Report, general, there are more than 1,000 people, and there are bamboo slips guarded by the county, and they are coming from the south."

The iron cavalry soldier came to Bai Yan's side and said with his hand.

Hear the words.

Bai Yan's pupils shrank.

"What?"

Bai Yan didn't expect that Yang Xian, the county guard, actually ordered the people to go back.

But fortunately, there is General Hu Jin.

Bai Yan knew that in the case of the county guarding the bamboo slips, the reason why only more than a thousand people came back was that General Hu Jin was already helping him behind his back.

"Wait."

Just as Bai Yan was about to leave, he suddenly noticed Qin Yan's gaze.

Bai Yan looked back.

Then he saw that the old man who had just questioned him looked at him with a smile.

"Lord City Guard, we are old and clumsy, we can't run, after the Huns enter the city, we will be generals, and we will set fire to the city in the city!"

The white-haired old man said to Bai Yan.

The other old man, an old man, had already said goodbye to his children.

At this moment, they all looked at the young Bai Yan and looked at a famous iron cavalry soldier around him.

Bai Yan looked at this scene and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

Looking at an old man who turned around and walked towards the empty street behind him, Bai Yan was a little depressed at this moment.

It's not just Bai Yan.

All the nearby iron cavalry soldiers looked at those old men, and they knew in their hearts that the place where these old men went would soon turn into a sea of fire.

(End of chapter)