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Xiang Ye rejected Wu Wei's suggestion that he bring more soldiers and horses, and only took 2,000 people from Jing Ao's department all the way to Linhe, the northernmost border city of Jiuyuan.

Linhe is in the northernmost part of Jiuyuan, bordering the territory of the Xiongnu. There used to be the 'elite' border guards of the Qin army trained by 'Meng' Tian. But now, after three years of civil war, the border guards are gone, replaced by stragglers who monitor the movements of the Xiongnu.

These stragglers, who were still wearing the armor of the Qin army, but did not know where to receive their salaries, saw Xiang Ye leading the army all the way to Linhe, and they all laid down their weapons and surrendered to the newly established Jiuyuan Army.

After three days of driving, Xiang Ye met a straggler squad of twenty or thirty people, and he hurriedly ordered someone to intercept this straggler.

This small group of stragglers wearing Qin army armor had no intention of running away and resisting after being stopped by a large group of Jiuyuan troops, they just held their weapons and looked at the brightly armored army that suddenly appeared in front of them with their unique dead fish-like eyes.

After the soldiers surrounded the stragglers, Xiang Ye stepped forward, pointed his gun at the leading straggler officer and asked, "How far is it from Linhe here?" ”

The officer looked up at Xiang Ye, smiled bitterly and said: "A hundred miles further is Linhe, but if the nobles want to go to Linhe to find the living, they still don't need it, it was just ransacked by the Huns a few days ago, and the people in the city fled to death, and now it is an empty city." ”

"The Huns actually dare to touch my river city?" Xiang Ye frowned, and said to Jing Ao beside him: "Pass the order, speed up and hurry overnight, we will rush to Linhe early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Your Riverside?" The straggler officer tilted his head to look at Xiang Ye, shook his head and said: "There are five thousand Huns attacking this time, not to mention that they have already retreated when you rushed over, even if you don't retreat, I'm afraid you won't be their opponent!" ”

"You guys! Follow us! Xiang Ye ignored the words of the stragglers, pointed at the group of stragglers with his spear and said, "From today on, you will be the people of the Jiuyuan Army!" ”

This group of stragglers was stunned, and the leading officer immediately shouted to Xiang Ye: "What Jiuyuan Army, we are the Great Qin Border Army!" ”

"Daqin is long gone, now this is the world of my Jiuyuan King, if you are obsessed with 'obsessive', I have to bury all of you here with Daqin!" Xiang Ye glared at the officer, and shivered at the officer.

"Give them the horses and let them lead the way!" Seeing that the group of stragglers stopped talking, Xiang Ye turned his head sideways and ordered to Erhu.

Erhu responded, beckoned a few cavalrymen to dismount, and 'handed over' the horses to the group of Qin army stragglers he had just met.

This group of stragglers was inexplicably arrested by Xiang Ye, and before they got on the horse, the armor on their bodies was also stripped off by the soldiers of the Jiuyuan Army on the side, and they were forcibly changed to the armor of the Jiuyuan Army.

"What position you used to hold in the army, and what position you still hold now. By the way, the military salary is received according to the standard of the Jiuyuan Army. After the group of stragglers changed their clothes and armor and rode on horseback, Xiang Ye said to them: "Lead the way in front, I want to see how the Huns treat my Linhe City!" ”

Under the guidance of the newly joined more than 20 people, Xiang Ye and the others did not take any more detours, and went straight to Linhe City.

When Xiang Ye came to the outside of Linhe City, everything in front of him completely shocked him. The walls were mottled with blood, and the corpses of several soldiers defending the city hung on the battlements at the head of the city, and before he even entered the city, he could already smell the smell of rotting corpses.

Xiang Ye twisted his brows and rode towards the city gate, in the city gate, in the city gate, the corpses of many soldiers wearing Qin army armor lay horizontally and vertically, looking into the city from the city gate and hole, the city was in a mess, and there were traces of smashing and looting everywhere.

Walking on the main road in the city, the tragic situation after being looted and slaughtered was all in Xiang Ye's eyes. The city was littered with the bodies of killed civilians and defenders, and among the dead were many old people and children.

Almost all of the women and women who were killed were naked, apparently having been brutally abused before they died.

"Did the Huns often plunder the cities at our border?" Looking at the corpses in the city, Xiang Ye asked the officer who had newly joined the Jiuyuan Army behind him.

The officer heard Xiang Ye's question, and hurriedly bowed down and hugged his fists in response: "Back to the king, the Huns have been driven far away by General 'Meng' Tian, and the border pass has long been quiet, but later General 'Meng' Tian was killed by Zhao Gao's design, and General Wang Li took the army away, and the emptiness of the border city gave the Xiongnu a chance!" ”

After listening to the officer's reply, Xiang Ye didn't speak, he stared at the corpse in the city, let out a long breath, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "The Huns invaded my border pass and slaughtered my border subjects for no reason, this revenge will be avenged in the future!" ”

"King, Linhe has become an empty city, and we have some understanding of this area, so let's hurry back to Jiuyuan. The country can't be without a king for a day, although the prime minister goes to the town first, but if the king doesn't come to the court for a long time, I'm afraid it's not suitable! Jing Ao, who was following behind Xiang Ye, also frowned slightly when he saw the tragic situation in the city, but when he thought that Xiang Ye had not officially arrived at Jiuyuan to take up the country, he felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to remind him.

Xiang Ye nodded and said to Jing Ao: "General Jing is right, let's go all the way to Jiuyuan along the border, I want to see what the border of my Jiuyuan Country has been ruined!" ”

After ordering the soldiers to bury the corpses in the city, Xiang Ye led the team out of Linhe City, and under the guidance of the newly recruited group of soldiers, he rushed all the way east along the border and in the direction of Jiuyuan.

Along the way, they did not rush as they came, and set up camp as soon as it was dark.

Before they knew it, they had come to a place called Wuliangsuhai. It is a beautiful river beach full of abundant aquatic grass, and the rolling Yellow River flows eastward along the meadow.

In the patches of aquatic plants, there are many birds that Xiang Ye can't name. The birds heard the sound of horses' hooves, and "hula" flew up from the grass, almost obscuring the setting sun.

The bloody remnant sun reflected the surface of the river, spreading a layer of orange-red 'color' on the turquoise grass. The blackened birds in the sky chirped and flew towards the sunset, soon leaving only a smaller and smaller black dot in the sky.

Xiang Ye put his hands behind his back, looked at the slanting sun that had already fallen halfway below the horizon, and let out a long sigh.

Behind him, Chi Ji lowered his head and ate the young grass that had just 'pumped' the sprouts, perhaps the tip of the tender grass tickled its nose, and it shook its head from time to time to snort. Under the illumination of the afterglow of the slanting sun, its fiery red fur is even more red and bright, and the red is bright and bright.

Just when Xiang Ye's whole body and mind were immersed in this tranquility, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from a distance.

The horse's hooves sounded, and Jing Ao hurriedly ordered the whole army to be on guard, beware of a sudden attack on them by the Huns.

The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, and there were more than a dozen people wearing Hun cavalry armor at the front, and strangely behind them were hundreds of soldiers who were also wearing Hun cavalry armor.

"The Huns are in internal strife, save the people in front of me!" As soon as he saw this posture, Xiang Ye immediately understood that the group of Hun cavalry behind him was chasing and killing these people in front.

The Hun cavalry chasing after them kept 'shooting' crossbow arrows forward, and the cavalry running in front also turned around and 'shot' crossbow arrows backwards from time to time.

But after all, there were more cavalrymen chasing behind, and from time to time some of the cavalrymen running in front fell from their horses, and the Huns behind would pierce their spears into their hearts when they passed by these fallen people.

"Destroy the Huns behind me!" Xiang Ye turned over and stepped on the horse, waved the spear in his hand, and led Jing Ao and the others to meet the Huns who rushed over.

The soldiers brought by Xiang Ye were all veterans who had been baptized by perennial war, and their combat experience was naturally not comparable to that of the Qin army stragglers guarding the river. After these soldiers stepped on horseback, they put their bows and arrows on top one after another, and while passing by the Huns fleeing in front, the crossbow arrows as dense as bees and locusts flew towards the hundreds of Hun cavalry behind.

The Huns, who were chasing behind, obviously did not expect that an army from the Central Plains would suddenly attack them, and almost half of them were 'shot' and fell off their horses.

"Kill!" Before the Huns came to their senses, Xiang Ye waved the spear in his hand and led the army to rush over.

The remaining Huns were still stunned after being attacked by crossbow arrows, and Xiang Ye had already ridden alone and brandished a spear to kill them.

Seeing the tragic situation in Linhe, Xiang Ye hated the Huns to the core, he killed among these dozens of Huns, the spear in his hand fluttered, and every time he stabbed a shot, he would pierce the 'chest' of a Hun knight. Dozens of Hun knights were picked off by him in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Xiang Ye's bravery, and the thousands of Central Plains soldiers rushing towards them behind Xiang Ye, these Huns were also a little afraid in their hearts, and hurriedly turned their horses' heads and wanted to escape.

But before they could turn their horses' heads, the Jiuyuan Army that rushed behind Xiang Ye had already surrounded them.

Xiang Ye put away his gun and retreated to the camp of the Jiuyuan Army, staring coldly at the surrounded Huns with a pair of eyes.

"King, what to do with these Huns?" Jing Ao stood beside Xiang Ye and asked him for instructions on what to do with the surrounded Huns.

"Kill!" Xiang Ye's brows furrowed, he remembered the tragic situation in Linhe City, those people were slaughtered by the Huns, and he wanted the Huns to know what death was.

With Xiang Ye's order, the Jiuyuan Army, which surrounded the Hun cavalry, roared angrily and rushed towards the more than 20 Hun soldiers who were still alive.

The battle happens as quickly as it ends. There was no suspense in the battle of one thousand against twenty, the Jiuyuan army was just a charge, and the remaining twenty or so Hun soldiers were stabbed into a honeycomb by the spears that stabbed at them from all directions. ~