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The Xiongnu army was divided into two ways to 'advance' to the Xia State, one was led by the King of Zuogu Li, and the other road was led by the King of the Right Valley to take Linhe.

Li Xinpeng's Xia army gave up the defense of Linhe and rushed straight to Guyang, intending to start a decisive battle with the Xiongnu army in Guyang.

There were only 5,000 defenders in charge of the defense of Linhe, and Xiang Ye's order to this army was to hold on for a month, as long as they could hold out for a month, he would be able to join forces with the Chu army coming from Western Chu, and then gallop to the aid of Linhe.

There was one missing item in the military intelligence report that Xiang Ye obtained, that is, the advance of the Xiongnu army in the middle led by Mao Dun himself.

Almost all the scouts sent by the Xia army were concentrated on the east and west lines, and the number of scouts responsible for spying in the middle was not much, and Mao Dun was all camping during the day and traveling at night when he was marching, so it was difficult for the scouts to find them, and it was not until the army of 100,000 Xiongnu Wangting 'advanced' to Wuliangsuhai that the Xia army scouts discovered their traces.

In the Xia King's Palace in Jiuyuan City, Xiang Ye sat on the throne and looked at the ministers sitting in the main hall, and after a while, he slapped the table in front of him and yelled at the ministers: "What's wrong?" Why don't you speak? Scared silly by the Huns? ”

The ministers all bowed their heads and knelt in the hall, and no one dared to open their mouths, only Wu Wei was thinking about something with his brows tightly locked.

Xiang Ye waited for a while, and seeing that no one spoke, he sneered twice and said: "On weekdays, you have a lot of ideas, but now that the Huns have come to my Great Xia City, you have no idea." Tell me, 'What use do I want you people?' ”

was ridiculed by Xiang Ye, and the ministers' heads were lowered. After a while, Wu Youcai raised his head and said to Xiang Ye: "The three generals Li Xinpeng, Wei Feng and Bai Fu are out on the march, General Shi Lei's Wuwei battalion has no combat effectiveness, and General Jing Ao's Yulin Army is responsible for guarding the capital, there is really nothing to be done!" ”

"Who said my Wuwei camp can't work?" As soon as Wu Wei's words fell, Shi Lei stood up and walked to the center of the main hall and bowed down and said to Xiang Ye: "King, I got the king's order the previous time, and when the minister returned to the Wuwei camp, he immediately ordered someone to pull out the tip of the spear, carve the sword out of wood, and organize two actual combat exercises every day. Please give the king an order to the ministers to fight against the Huns, and the ministers will not disgrace their mission! ”

Xiang Ye frowned and looked at Shi Lei, and after a long while, he said: "Okay, then the task of resisting the Maodun army will be 'handed over' to you, remember, you just need to drag the Huns, you don't need to resist them!" ”

"Command!" Shi Lei got the will, and was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly retreated to his place with his fists and sat down again.

Wu Wei saw that Shi Lei accepted the order, and said to Xiang Ye: "Since the Wuwei battalion under General Shi can go to the battlefield, the minister has a plan here, which can completely annihilate the army of the Xiongnu royal court!" ”

"Oh? Prime Minister, please speak! Hearing Wu Wei say that there was a way to break the army of the Hun royal court, Xiang Ye sat up straight and looked at him without blinking.

"The king can order someone to dig a deep ditch at the mouth of the canyon fifty miles north of the city, and the digging of the ditch should not be done during the day, but must be carried out secretly at night. Before the ditch was dug, General Shi could lead his troops and horses to ambush on both sides of the canyon, and on this side of the deep ditch, he placed 5,000 soldiers and horses as bait to lure the Huns to attack. As he spoke, Wu Wei 'touched' a roll of sheepskin from his arms, stood up and walked to the center of the main hall, held it high above his head and said: "This map was drawn by the minister who made a special trip to explore the terrain, and the location of the trap has been marked, please take a look at it." ”

A 'waiter' walked from Xiang Ye's side to Wu Wei, stretched out his hand to take the sheepskin and handed it to Xiang Ye.

Xiang Ye took the sheepskin and spread it flat on the table. There is a topographic map drawn on the sheepskin, and there is a canyon in the north of Jiuyuan City, which happens to be the only way for Wuliang Suhai to reach Jiuyuan City.

After carefully checking the map, Xiang Ye slapped the table and shouted, "Okay!" That's a good idea! Shi Lei, you immediately lead the troops here, dig a trap, and then act according to the prime minister's strategy, you must fight the military might of my Great Xia army in one battle! ”

"No!" Shi Lei stood up again, took the sheepskin and put it in his arms, and returned to his place to sit down after answering.

Xiang Ye stood on the head of the city, overlooking the Xia army wearing dark blue 'color' armor and drove out of Jiuyuan City.

Shi Lei was riding on a war horse, and he glanced back at Xiang Ye standing at the head of the city from time to time. Every time Shi Lei glanced at Xiang Ye, Xiang Ye would feel a tightness in his heart, he had an ominous feeling, when the Wuwei Battalion all drove out of Jiuyuan City, this ominous feeling became stronger and stronger.

After leaving Jiuyuan City, Shi Lei led the army straight to the canyon marked on the map.

Xiang Ye's feeling was not wrong, this time Shi Lei had already made up his mind to die when he set out on the expedition. What he was about to face was the 'elite' of the 100,000 Xiongnu royal court, but he led only 30,000 Wuwei battalions whose combat strength was far inferior to the other battalions.

When the Xia army arrived at the canyon, the Xiongnu army had already passed through Wuliangsuhai and rushed straight to Jiuyuan City, and the distance between the two sides was no more than 100 miles.

Shi Lei knew very well that he only had one night, and personally led 30,000 officers and soldiers to sweat like rain in the canyon, digging deep pits, and did not stop all night.

When the first glimmer of morning light appeared in the eastern sky, Shi Lei wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said to the officers and soldiers behind him: "Put something on top of the pit, don't let the Huns find out that there is something abnormal here!" ”

Before the pit was dug, he had divided the officers and men into two groups, with five thousand men remaining in the direction they had come, while the other twenty-five thousand stood opposite.

After Shi Lei gave the order, a large group of officers and soldiers carefully spread dead branches on the pit, and finally covered it with a thin layer of floating soil to make a huge pit.

More than 30,000 people dug all night, and the ground of the canyon was mostly sandy, so it was relatively easy to dig, and when Shi Lei ordered everyone to hide on the cliffs on both sides, a huge pit was left in the canyon that could bury 20,000 or 30,000 people.

Shi Lei led 25,000 Xia troops to hide near the valley mouth, and the 5,000 troops he left behind were led by a partial general, and set up in formation, ready to meet the Xiongnu army.

After sending Shi Lei away, Xiang Ye returned to the harem, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and Shi Lei's eyes when he left the city were too weird. Although he was far away from Shi Lei at that time, he could feel that what was flashing in Shi Lei's eyes was a piece of dead ash.

Only those who are determined to die can have this kind of look, thinking of Shi Lei's eyes, Xiang Ye's heart couldn't help but pinch up.

"What's wrong?" That night, Xiang Ye stayed in Mengsu's dormitory to sleep, and after the two lingered for a while, Meng' Su's head leaned against the crook of his arm, and one hand gently rubbed his broad 'chest' and asked tenderly.

"I think Shi Lei is a little weird." Xiang Ye hugged 'Meng' Su, looked at the roof and frowned, and said, "I feel that Shi Lei is a little strange today, and he seems to want to commit suicide on this expedition." ”

'Meng' Su was stunned by Xiang Ye's words, and was stunned for a long time before saying, "How do you know that he wants to commit suicide?" ”

"Looks." Xiang Ye furrowed his brows, his eyes were still on the roof and said: "His eyes are dead, since we turned against Liu Bang back then, he seems to have changed as a person, but we all thought that he had forgotten Lu Pheasant." But after looking at his eyes today, I realized that we were wrong, he didn't forget at all, in his heart, there was always a place for Lu Pheasant. ”

'Mon' Su didn't speak, just sighed softly.

Shi Lei is too infatuated, and he is obsessed with a 'woman' who has deceived and hurt him. But 'Mon' Su couldn't think of any reason to blame him. Sometimes she even hopes that Xiang Ye can be as infatuated and infatuated with her as Shi Lei. If that's the case, she will definitely not let Xiang Ye be hurt even the slightest bit emotionally.

It's a pity that Xiang Ye is not Shi Lei, although 'Meng' Su knows that she and Xiang Qing have a very important place in Xiang Ye's heart, but she also knows that Xiang Ye will never sink because of a 'woman' who is sorry for him.

Xiang Ye was too calm, and his feelings seemed to be never impulsive. Sometimes when he was with Xiang Ye, 'Meng' Su would feel that he couldn't see through him, and he didn't even let go of himself completely when he was with 'Meng' Su, especially after coming to Jiuyuan City, Xiang Ye seemed to have become even deeper.

"I need to go to the canyon!" 'Meng' Su was thinking nonsense, Xiang Ye suddenly said as if talking to himself: "Shi Lei is my brother, I can't watch him die, let alone watch him commit suicide!" ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Ye sat up "Teng", frowned and was stunned for a while, then got off the bed, put on his clothes and walked towards the 'door', and said to 'Meng' Su as he walked: "When I am not there, you have to help me guard Jiuyuan City, if the Huns fight under the city, you must not fight, and I will do it when I come back!" ”

Without waiting for 'Meng' Su to respond, Xiang Ye had already walked out of the dormitory.

The night breeze was very cold, Xiang Ye raised his head and took a deep breath of cold air. In the history he once studied, Jiuyuan had been occupied by the Xiongnu during the Chu-Han War, and everything he did now was against the sky, as long as he held Jiuyuan, even if he did not launch a counterattack against the Xiongnu, history had been rewritten.

Xiang Ye walked out of the harem, and when he arrived at the outer hall, he said to the guards guarding outside the hall: "Go and call all the two tigers and them, and go to the canyon with me." ”

When Xiang Ye rode on Chiji again, holding a spear and galloping on a horse. He actually felt like a bird released from a birdcage and could fly freely.

"Haha, Erhu, I should have been born on horseback!" Xiang Ye rode his horse towards the north for a while, turned around and shouted to the second tiger who was following closely behind: "Only on horseback can I feel that this world is mine!" ”

Erhu didn't answer Xiang Ye's words, from the moment Xiang Ye got on the horse and left Jiuyuan City, he could see that King Xia would not be willing to be trapped in the court, and the battlefield was the world that belonged to King Xia! ~