In the vast northwest desert, a 50,000-strong cavalry marched slowly.

This cavalry was different from the Hu people who often shouted and shouted in the desert, driving cattle and sheep in leather jackets and woolen clothes, and there was no resemblance in appearance and clothing.

They are Qin people and wear black armor.

On his head was an iron helmet, and his light armor fell from his shoulders and neck to his thighs. Even the Qin army, which ranks first in the world in terms of equipment, has never been so extravagant.

They were previously equipped with the best of the finest equipment, which was a piece of armor tied with thick twine and fastened to the shoulder arm. There are two more heart goggles on the back of the general's chest, which is already the most luxurious equipment in this era.

These protections give them an innate advantage against the soldiers of all nations - if the enemy's spear pokes in the armor of their body, it will only cause them to stumble. And no matter where their guns fall on the enemy, they are a real bloody hole.

The armies of the Seven Kingdoms, only the Qin army can have such a configuration.

It's not that the Qin State is rich, the richest of the Seven Kingdoms is the Qi State, but the armor of the Qi army is far inferior to the Qin army.

It is not that the Qin State has resources, and the most abundant iron ore resources among the Seven Kingdoms is South Korea, but the Korean armor is far inferior to the Qin army.

The real reason is that the Qin State has been a virtuous lord in all dynasties, and the King of Qin, who does not advocate materialism and only pursues hegemony, is willing to spend money on equipment, rather than natural treasures, pearls and jade.

Equipment has always been an area that Qin Jun is proud of.

If the invincible Qin army in Guanzhong came here and saw this fully armed cavalry covered in armor, they would feel that their equipment was not fragrant at all.

The most excessive thing is that this cavalry is not only wearing armor, but also horses. The horse's head and eyes are covered by armor on both sides, and in addition to the horse's legs, the horse's back and belly are also covered by armor.

At first, when Ying General Lu came to Jiuyuan County, found Meng Tian, and asked him to lead 50,000 cavalry to attack the Xiongnu land as the main general, Meng Tian refused.

"The Huns ate animal meat, drank seed cheese, wore leather, were felt-furred, lived in a vault, were proficient in equestrianism, and were difficult to pursue in the desert where there was no danger to be checked.

"The elite of the Huns can ride a horse-drawn bow, and the outstanding can stand on horseback without falling when the horse is galloping, our army is a live target in the desert, and the third prince should go back."

Breaking the Huns with chariots, Meng Tian, who even recovered the two counties of Jiuyuan and Yanmen, was not arrogant and underestimated the Huns. The state of Chu buried the lives of 200,000 Qin soldiers and also buried Meng Tian's arrogance.

General Ying Lu was not angry or tough, and only asked Meng Tian to take a look at the military discipline of the 50,000 cavalry army.

When Meng Tian saw the 50,000 horses and armored cavalry, he immediately decided - even if he led this cavalry to attack the Xiongnu without military merit, he did it.

He had never fought such a rich battle.

How much money is this?

Not to mention financial resources, let's just say that it is not easy to design armor that does not affect people and the flexibility of the horse's body, at least those Mosheng raised by Qin Guo have not been designed for so many years.

Meng Tian sent someone to report to Xianyang overnight, asking if the First Emperor could lead his troops to the battle.

It is a big deal that the lord of a place is gone, not to mention that Mengtian's Jiuyuan County is still a border county, and it is necessary to face the Xiongnu and protect the safety of the rear.

The first emperor replied to Meng Tian with four words - this battle was futile.

Meng Tian had a premonition about this, and he told him when General Ying Lu came to look for him. These 50,000 cavalry were not the Qin army, but the private army of his generals.

It's a pity that he didn't have military merits, but Meng Tian still responded.

First took these 50,000 cavalry to train near Jiuyuan County, and ran in for about a month, sharpening knives and cutting wood.

This is not wartime, the situation is urgent, and new recruits will go to war when they come.

Before the war began, Meng Tian had to know the 50,000 cavalry in general terms, so that he could win many battles like his fingers in battle.

Fighting a war is actually a very difficult job, and the more people there are, the more difficult it is to command. War is not a game, where the mouse is clicked, the soldier is like running anywhere.

From the commander-in-chief issuing orders, to the heralds, the standard-bearers conveying in flag-language, and then to the front-line soldiers executing, there is a link that goes wrong and is very fatal. The more people, the harder it is to command.

Therefore, if you don't take a small order, you can start with 100,000, and Bai Qi, who is the best at field annihilation warfare, can frighten all countries. Those who can fight large-scale legion battles are worthy of the word general.

A month later, with the assistance of dozens of resigned generals of the Meng family, Meng Tian was almost trained, and 50,000 cavalrymen and horses were all armoured and set foot on the Xiongnu land.

View from above.

The desert is yellow and green, the sand and grass are intertwined, the flowing water is like a knife mark, and the blue blood flows.

And this cavalry army that trekked from Xianyang, this black steel torrent, is extremely conspicuous, like an ant colony that eats everything.

"General, fifty miles further than that, we will reach Gaoque."

Some generals stepped forward immediately and reported to Meng Tian.

Meng Tian nodded, looking at the big gap in the Yinshan Mountain Range in the distance.

The Yinshan Mountains in the northwest stretched for thousands of miles, and King Wuling of Zhao opened up his territory to the north, fighting along the Yinshan Mountains all the way. It has been beaten until the Yinshan Mountain Range is interrupted, forming a gap, looking at it like a door, and it is back.

Since then, this area with a large gap has been named Gaoque.

Gao Que, this is the first time that the Central Plains people have come here.

Looking at the flowing river not far away, Meng Tian gave an order.

"The whole army rests."

His horse was gone, but the army was still marching.

The heralds quickly wandered away and conveyed Meng Tian's order.

Half an hour later, the 50,000 people stopped little by little, in order.

Bury the pot, find water, and make rice.

Unlike the last time he brought a bunch of chariots to pull the baggage and run, this time, Meng Tian didn't bring a single infantry except for 50,000 cavalry, let alone the baggage soldiers who drove the carts.

A day's journey from Gaoque is the Great Wall built by Zhao State. There was a supply point there, which Meng Tian had given before he set out on the expedition.

Meng Tian only brought five days' dry food this time, and he had to leave one day on his way back. If there is no capture within these four days, Meng Tian will lead these 50,000 people back to the Great Wall.

To fight the Huns, you can't bring too many objects. Otherwise, it will be played by the Xiongnu like flying a kite, which is the bloody and tearful experience of countless wars with the Hu people.

Meng Tian, Ying General Lu, and several high-ranking officers sat on the ground in the crowd of 50,000.

In order to reduce the burden, these 50,000 people did not even bring a big tent of the Chinese army.

There was a map among these people, Meng Tian tapped his finger on the place marked with Gao Que, and turned his head to face a black, thin, black, and restless general who sat down.

"But what's unusual?"

The thin black officer in charge of the scouts in this army shook his head.

"As usual, those Hun dogs left when they saw us, and they didn't clash with us at all. And they caught a few tongues, and asked, and after crossing the river was their city, and a hundred thousand men were gathered. ”

General Lu was stunned.

"The Huns also have cities?"

He carefully prepared for the class before coming to the Xiongnu land, and remembered very clearly that the Xiongnu were nomadic people who lived in pursuit of water and grass, driving cattle and sheep around, and where there was water and grass.

Unlike the Central Plains people who chose a region to settle, farm, and build a city, the Xiongnu who liked to run around had no city, so the Xiongnu were extremely good at field warfare.

A strong man who sat down a head taller than the others smiled and said:

"It is said that it is a city, but it is not a city, and the city of the Hun dog has no walls and no moat. It's just a few tents that have been placed here for many years, and they call this a city. ”

Ying Jiang Lu now understood.

"Very good, rest for five hours, rotate on duty. Five hours later, we crossed the river and went to take down the city. ”

Meng Tian pointed to the high gate on the map and looked around at the generals.

"Gentlemen, although there are no military merits this time, they can go down in history. This land is the first time I set foot in the Central Plains, when King Zhao Wuling saw this gap and went back to build the Great Wall. Today we are here, we will knock it down and expand the Great Wall here. ”

The crowd laughed.

"If you want a lot of military merits, the officials have resigned."

"There is an order from the public, how dare you disobey, the general will go back and ask for two more good drinks."

"The general can rest assured that he will do his best. If I lose this battle, I don't need the general to say, I wiped my neck myself. ”

“……”

Ying Jiang looked at this group of people with blank eyes, a little confused.

That's it? Nothing tactical? Just cross the river and knock down the city? It's that simple? Don't come to the art of war?

Ying General Lu has never fought, but he knows many famous battles. As far as he knew of the famous battles, the victors did not seem to have commanded so simply and crudely.

Such arrogance, such simplicity, has always been the operation of the defeated army.

Waiting for everyone to disperse to rest, Ying Jiang Lu carefully asked Meng Tian, who was still looking at the map.

"General Meng, is this a bit too child's play?"

"Our army's weapons, armor, and horses are far stronger than the Huns, and they can be fought no matter what."

The heart of the general, wow cool wow cool.

He didn't want this arrogant Meng Tian, he wanted the cautious General Meng Tian who had been training for a month.

"General Meng......"

"The Third Son."

Meng Tian put away the map and said with a smile:

"Is it the first time you're on the battlefield?"

“…… Be. ”

"Sleep for a while, and keep your spirits up, or you will suffer a lot." Eat less food and go to sleep. ”

[A little gluttony, worthy of the name.] ]

Meng Tian didn't notice anything else, but noticed that Ying Jiang Lu liked to eat, and he saw Ying Jiang Lu dig out of his armor more than once and eat it.

The third prince sat in place in a daze, regretting that he didn't call Li Mu to lead the army.

"Do you want to help your eldest brother, so you deliberately beat me like this to ruin my family? I had a strange plan before, using a chariot to break the cavalry, why is it so reckless today......"

Muttering quietly, Ying Jianglu took out a cake from his arms and bit it big, wanting to cry.

How can there be such a war? Who taught it!

Two or three hours passed.

Thundered~

The sound of horses' hooves burst like thunder, the earthquake trembled, and the dust rose and fell!

Ying, who couldn't sleep all the time, turned his head.

On the other side of the river, the Huns wearing dirty jackets and riding war horses showed fierce eyes and looked at this side.

The horses snorted, and the sound was still clearly audible after hundreds of meters.

The smell of cows and sheep drifted across the river, and it was still pungent and unpleasant to this side.

Meng Tian, who did not fall asleep, sat up when the ground trembled, glanced at the other side of the river, and roughly estimated that the number of people should be around 20,000.

Seeing that the 20,000 Huns did not cross the river, they stopped by the river and gave orders to their subordinates.

"If these Hun dogs dare to cross the river, wake me up immediately."

"Yui!"

fell to the ground, Meng Tian continued to sleep, he was not in a hurry at all, and he was not worried at all about the Huns taking the opportunity to sneak attack when the army crossed the river.

It didn't take long for Meng Tian to wake up.

"General, someone has crossed the river."

Five Huns crossed the river on horseback, were unarmed, and brought to Meng Tian.

First of all, Meng Tian was upset when he heard it, frowned, put away his sword, and cut off the head of a Hun.

The blood sprayed from his neck scattered Meng Tian's body, making the black armor soaked in blood, making Meng Tian like a demon.

Stepping on the head of the bone on the ground, Meng Tian said impatiently:

"I don't understand what your dog barks, have you ever learned human language?"

When the remaining four Huns saw their companions suddenly beheaded, they were stunned for a moment, and they didn't react at all, without a trace of psychological preparation.

How can this kill people?

Immediately afterwards, his eyes were split, and he struggled to rush up to make Meng Tian's blood debt pay for it.

They yelled, their faces contorted, and they didn't know what they were saying in the Hun language. But judging from the intense emotions, it is definitely not a good word, and the scolding should be quite dirty.

Meng Tian's face darkened, and his eyebrows sank.

"Killed."

Brush brush brush brush ~

The Qin army behind the four Huns seemed to have been prepared a long time ago, just waiting for Meng Tian to say this, with a hideous smile on his face.

The four Qin swords were slashed neatly, the skulls of the four people were rolling, and the four blood surged three feet.

Ying Jiang Lu was dumbfounded.

[Why don't you listen to what these Huns have to say?] Why did you kill like that! You can't understand the Xiongnu dialect, someone can understand it! You're just deliberately trying to break my soldiers! ]

Among the 50,000 cavalry, there were not one or two, but hundreds. Otherwise, if you catch the Huns, you won't be able to understand what kind of battle you will fight.

A general who beheaded the Huns wiped the blood on his face, his red face was scary, and he smiled:

"General, he scolded you for being a dog."

Meng Tian glared at the person who spoke.

"I understand!"

Ying Jianglu: "......"

[I don't understand!] You can understand what he says, what do you do to kill him! You're really trying to trick me! ]

Meng Tian glanced at Ying Jiang Lu and saw that Ying Jiang Lu's eyes were straight.

"The third son? Three sons! Third son, you're fine! ”

[I'm in trouble!] I want to change players! ]

Ying Jiang Lu smiled reluctantly.

"It's okay, why did General Meng kill these three people......"

"When I go to the land of my Qin country, I naturally have to speak the Qin language."

[This is not the land of my Qin State!] ]

Ying Jianglu's face is even worse, no matter how this reason sounds, it seems to be made up.

Meng Tian seemed to see that Ying Jiang was thinking.

"Wherever my Qin army passed, it was all Qin soil."

[This is my mother, my uncle's private army for me!] ]

Ying Jiang Lu shouted in his heart and smiled bitterly.

"Jiang Lu just thought that the general should probably listen to what they have to say."

"Nothing nice."

Meng Tian sneered.

"What qualifications does a dog have to talk to people? It's a pity that these Hun dogs can't do military merits, so that Tian Feng Chehou.

"Since they came to the door to beg for death, Tian sent them to die in advance.

"Order, the whole army attack!"