The three states of the Central Plains, beyond the Jinzhou Pass on the northern line of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range, are the three states of Yanbei. The vast Gobi and desert stretch as far as the eye can see. The three states of Yanbei were the poorest regions of the Liyang Dynasty. There is no arable land to cultivate, and the climate is very dry. In addition to the abundant mineral deposits underground, they can only survive by nomadic hunting. However, large grasslands and oases are also very scarce, making life difficult for the people.

It is such a barren land, with nearly a million native Liyang people in the north, who are unwilling to leave their homes and live and multiply in this barren land. The largest city in the entire Liyang Dynasty, "Yanbei City", is also located in the northernmost part of the three states of Yanbei. Like a lion, with his own strength, he blocked every southward movement of the Xiongnu in the past hundred years, and became an impregnable floodgate in the north of the Liyang Dynasty.

After crossing the Gobi, the Fengxiao Battalion and the Xiaoqi Battalion came to Yanbei City. From a distance, this is a lonely city located in the desolate Gobi, although Yanbei City is a super city built by Liyang with a huge amount of money, and the length of the enclosed city wall has reached an astonishing thirty miles, and the overall coverage area is second only to the capital. But in the vast Gobi, Yanbei City is still like a chestnut in the sea, and it seems so small.

And there are almost no natural barriers around Yanbei City to rely on, so in the previous several large-scale southward battles of the Huns, Yanbei City was besieged by the Hun cavalry several times, but because of the strong fortifications of Yanbei City, the people in the city also have a very good sense of war and experience, and have enough food reserves, which can not only be used for their own use, but also supply the barracks of grain and grass at critical moments. Completely unafraid of the siege attack of the Hun cavalry, it can support enough until the arrival of reinforcements.

Then will you say that since Yanbei City is a huge lonely city in the Gobi, the Hun cavalry can completely ignore Yanbei City and bypass it to take the three states of the Central Plains!

The person who said this sentence must have no understanding of the military power of the Liyang Dynasty at all. If the Xiongnu soldiers bypassed Yanbei City and drove straight into the three major passes of Jinzhou, Jiange, and Tianbei in the three states of the Central Plains, not to mention that it would take them a large number of soldiers to conquer these three passes, and it would be impossible to take them in a year and a half.

As for the 200,000 Beiping troops in Yanbei City, when the Xiongnu army attacked the Central Plains, most of the capital's strength was weakened, and they could directly smash the Xiongnu capital and directly kick the head of the Xiongnu lord Nurberuk as a ball.

In addition, the 200,000 Beiping army could also form a flanking attack with the defenders of the three states of the Central Plains, causing immeasurable losses to the Xiongnu. So how could the left and right virtuous kings of the Xiongnu make such a low-level mistake. Only by taking Yanbei City can you really rest assured that you will go south and fight to the death with the Liyang Dynasty.

Yanbei City, really like the legend, is like a lion sitting in the south and facing north, opening its bloody mouth to the Huns, mighty and extraordinary. Now that the defense wall has been built, seeing the defense wall more than ten meters high and more than three meters thick, it is like a lion in Yanbei City, pressing a pair of open wings, stretching out on the east and west sides, which is more spectacular.

Since the Xiongnu began to harass the northern border of Liyang, the people in the northern border have successively moved south to the area south of Yanbei City to rebuild their homes. Although the area south of Yanbei City is vast and flat, the Gobi Desert is still the majority, and water sources are scarce, so deep wells need to be drilled to ensure the villagers' daily water.

Therefore, many people are still reluctant to move south, preferring to live in the villages that have been developed. Jixing Village is one of the many villages that are reluctant to move south. The inhabitants of the village spontaneously built a wooden fence around the village to defend against cavalry, which was brought back from the distant mountains. In order to be able to defend against the attack of the Hun cavalry, there was time to notify the Beiping Army garrison in Yanbei City to come to the rescue through the wolf smoke.

Since the Xiongnu's attack on Liyang became more and more common, the Beiping army had built a temporary military camp every 20 miles, so that it could rescue the attacked people's villages and counties in a more timely manner. However, the Hun cavalry was too powerful, and they often left after a sneak attack, and they did not love war. When the Beiping army arrived, the Hun cavalry squad that attacked had already robbed successfully and fled, so it also made the Beiping army very helpless, after all, the strength was limited, and a camp of twenty miles was already the limit of what they could bear.

With the installation of the last pointed wooden fence, Jixiang Village, the village chief of Jixing Village, finally put down the hammer in his hand and cheered happily with the villagers. If the Hun cavalry comes to attack again, it can at least resist the Beiping army coming to support.

Ji Xiang looked at the villagers around him who were just as happy, and his heart finally settled down. In the past six months, news of being attacked by the Xiongnu has continued to come from nearby villages and counties, which has made the already frightened villagers feel even more uneasy, and many people have moved south with their families to leave Jixing Village.

But after all, this is the place where his ancestors have lived for generations, and since his father died, he handed over the village to himself, and Jixiang has taken on the obligation to protect the village. So last month, together with a few good brothers in the village, I went to the vicinity of Youzhou, the closest to the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range in the three states of Yanbei, and bought two truckloads of wood. Finally built the fortifications in mind.

Just as the villagers were still immersed in joy, someone suddenly shouted in panic, "Village chief, look ahead." ”

Ji Xiang looked in the direction of the man's finger, and there was a rolling dust in the distance, and there was a faint shout of murder.

"It's the Hun cavalry here, everyone hurry up and get weapons and fight the enemy together!" Ji Xiang knew at a glance that the Hun cavalry finally did not let go of Jixing Village, and immediately beckoned everyone to prepare to resist the enemy.

The people of the village were in confusion, and women, old people, and children ran quickly back to their rooms for shelter. The men were armed with self-made weapons, under the command of Jixiang, standing behind the newly completed sharp wooden fence, ready to fight with the Hun cavalry who had been less than a mile away from the village, and Jixiang quickly lit the wolf smoke for help, and the first time to let the Beiping military camp more than ten miles away see it.

Since receiving General Zuo's order to constantly harass the villages and counties in the north of the Liyang Dynasty, he has led his team of 100 horsemen to attack at least twenty villages, harvesting a lot of gold, silver, grain, and beauties. His men had fallen for the lucrative trade.

The Xiongnu themselves are fierce by nature, if they hadn't been disciplined by the army, they would have wanted to come to Liyang to burn and rob a long time ago. This time, I didn't expect General Zuo to let go of everyone's hands and feet and allow everyone to harass Liyang freely, which stimulated everyone's wildness at once. Almost every day, cavalry squads set out from the barracks to attack the villages of Liyang in the territory assigned to them.

Yesterday, the reconnaissance team sent by Zavihe locked down three Liyang villages more than 20 miles away from his barracks, and prepared to take his brothers to search for them today.

Seeing from a distance that there was a defensive wall made of sharp wood on the outskirts of the village in front of him, Zawihe smiled. "Huyan Leopard, go and smash that funny defensive wall for me, and let those gangs of Nanli see the majesty of our Hun cavalry. Ha ha! ”

"Okay, leave it to me! Ha ha! ”