The wind was cold, but the barbarian army was already ready for battle.

Riding on a high, energetic horse, Thushi Khan slowly walked past the neatly lined cavalry.

Everything is in place, and it is up to you to make or break it.

The barbarian army naturally knew that this was their last battle, and once the city was broken, it would naturally return with a full load, but once it failed, it could only leave the corpses of its companions and return north in embarrassment.

Although the Qin State was turbulent and the world was in turmoil, the barbarians still had self-knowledge.

This time the troops were put together temporarily, they were a tribal alliance, and they hastily sent troops in order to get the spoils of war while they were unprepared, and they knew that in this case, they had no ability to participate in the internal disputes in the Central Plains.

It's okay to rob while it's hot, but it's absolutely impossible to compete for territory with soldiers and horses from all walks of life in the Central Plains.

Moreover, they only coveted the rich wealth of the Central Plains, and they did not have any interest in the land and cities of the Central Plains at present.

The purpose of sending troops to Hexi this time was to loot and then quickly withdraw the troops, and they never thought of occupying the territory of Hexi and not leaving, and losing troops under the city of Wupingfu, which was of course unacceptable to the tribes.

If it weren't for the forcible suppression of Tushi Khan, coupled with the way to dig tunnels, most of the tribes would have withdrawn their troops and returned to the north, of course, because they really could not bear such heavy losses, and because in their opinion, the Northwest Cavalry was galloping across the steppe, and their lair was struggling under the butcher's knife of the Northwest Cavalry.

Tu Shi Khan turned his head and glanced at the gray Wuping Mansion City, "choked", pulled out the saber on his waist, and the barbarian soldiers immediately pulled out their waist knives, raised their swords to the sky, shouted in unison, the sound shook the sky, and the momentum was amazing.

When the cries died down, Tushi Khan pointed his blade at the city of Wuping Mansion and shouted: "Warriors of the steppe, all the gold, silver, treasures, and beautiful women you need are in that city. Today, if you invade the city, countless gold and silver treasures and beautiful women will be yours to enjoy, but if you cannot enter the city, not only will you insult the prestige of the steppe warriors, but you can only watch your own countless deaths and injuries and find nothing, this is your last chance, whether to become a hero to be praised and sung by your descendants, or to become the laughing stock of future generations, depending on whether your saber is sharp today! ”

The brute riders suddenly raised their scimitars high again and shouted in unison.

The angry shouts of the brute cavalry reached the top of the city, but the defenders were also in full array, and the defenders standing near the city gate did not pay attention to the shouts of the brute cavalry, but looked at Dingwu in armor.

Dingwu's armor was obviously shiny and cold after some wiping, but the expression on his face was extremely solemn.

"Soldiers of Great Qin, I know that you are working hard." Dingwu said slowly: "The barbarians are about to start attacking again, and someone has asked me if I can still hold this city?" I just told him that whether or not I could hold the city, I would hold out until the end. Outside the city wall, it is the tiger and wolf barbarians, and within the city wall, there are hundreds of thousands of people of my Great Qin, many of whom are your brothers and sisters, parents and family, dignified seven-foot men, bloody, this is to protect the family and defend the country, I am here, the Qin country is here, the parents, wives and children are in the city, and the home is in the city. I can tell you that this is the last battle of the barbarians, once they lose, they can only retreat northward in embarrassment, you all know very well in your hearts, their last battle, must be to go all out, this group of tigers and wolves is not willing to fail, you will face an unprecedented fierce battle. ”

The cold wind was howling, but the soldiers were silent.

"I also tell you the truth, a wall is difficult to resist the enemy, what can really resist them is your perseverance and fighting spirit, and your determination to die." Dingwu said slowly: "If the city wall is broken, it does not mean that the city will be breached, because there is still your flesh and blood city wall. ”

The soldiers have already clenched their fists, in addition to the guards, there are still many strong men recruited from the city, if it is changed to the past, the most elite guards of the empire will not look at these strong men from the corner of their eyes, but these days live and die together, resist strong enemies, the guards and these ordinary strong men have formed a deep friendship, Dingwu said, although it makes the guards look cold, but it also makes these strong men who participate in the resistance roll in blood.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I only hope to share the wealth with you in the future." Ding Wu said with a smile in the softest voice, then pulled out the sword of the Son of Heaven, without further words, turned to face the outside of the city, and almost at this moment, the horn of the barbarians sounded again, and in the low horn sound, the barbarians' stone throwing carts had already thrown stones in the direction of the city.

This is their siege routine.

The defenders of the city head also reacted quickly, immediately dispersed, and waited for the battle, they had experience, and knew that after the barbarian army threw stones from several rounds in a row, the army would rush up, but the barbarian army threw stones in successive rounds, and the destructive power was still not small, although the city wall would suffer great damage, and these stones that were not long-sighted would fall on the city head from time to time, and if they were not careful, they would be hit by stones.

At such times, the defenders tried to avoid being injured by stones.

The boulder roared out, and Tu Shi's face once again showed a smug look, this was his last chance, and the strongest confidence he had ever had in his life.

When the ground army began to attack, a large number of barbarians had already entered from the tunnel, and Tu Shi was very confident that as long as thousands of elite soldiers entered the city from the tunnel, and the inside and outside should jointly attack the defenders, it would be difficult for the Qin army to take care of both inside and outside, and the emperor of the Qin State would soon become a prisoner of his own ranks.

Being able to capture the Emperor of the Central Plains is something that the barbarians have never thought of, but this kind of once whimsical thing is now very likely to be realized in his own hands, and when he thinks that he may make the Emperor of the Central Plains kneel at his feet, and he can even cut off the head of the Emperor of the Central Plains with his own hands, Tu Shi's hands trembled slightly because of excitement.

The boulders rained down, and the city walls had collapsed in many places due to the impact of the boulders, and the northern city walls were already dilapidated.

In this attack, Thurshi Khan did not divide his troops, and the previous division of troops to attack, although he dispersed the strength of the defenders, but reduced the strength of the barbarian army, this time Tushi was ready to clench all the barbarian troops into a fist and hit the northern city fiercely.

He also thought that once the city was broken, there would likely be people in the city fleeing out of the city, but he was not worried about this, how could human legs be as fast as horses' legs, and some of his men were cavalry, and he didn't care that anyone could escape in this winter snowy weather.

The continuous attack of the catapult has destroyed the north wall, Tu Shi naturally knows, relying only on the stone thrower, of course, it is impossible to really smash the city wall, and just like last time, a large number of stone throwers have broken down, Tu Shi Khan did not hesitate, gestured, the horn sounded again, and the barbarian soldiers who had been waiting for a long time roared towards the city like a wave.

This was their last attack, and everyone was unwilling to end in defeat, and the barbarians were up and down, with angry eyes and angry roars in their mouths, and they went all out.

The offensive was indeed met with great resistance at the beginning.

Although the barbarian army was the last to attack, the defenders in the city also knew that this was a desperate gamble by the barbarian army, and the resistance was particularly fierce.

Tush Khan had always thought that his catapult was amazingly powerful, but he soon saw that the defenders' catapults were just as lethal.

In the previous several sieges, it was rare to see the defenders using stone throwers, but this time when the barbarians charged, they threw out stones like rain from the city, and the barbarians had a large number of troops, and the black pressure pressed a piece, and the boulders hit them, and the people turned over on their backs, and the dead and wounded were one.

At this time, Tu Shi had already found that the number of stone-throwing vehicles at the head of the city was far beyond his imagination, so he ordered the stone-throwing vehicles to shoot a shower of stones, which not only destroyed the north wall of the city, but also once suppressed the defenders and could not raise their heads, which made him high-spirited, and the feng shui took turns, but now it was the other party who used the stone-throwing vehicles to attack the charging brute horsemen.

Of course, he already understood at this time that when he was carefully preparing outside the city, the city was also carefully preparing, since he could make siege weapons, the defenders in the city would of course also take advantage of the gap in the war to make a stone-throwing car, compared to the stone-throwing car in his own hand, the stone-throwing car in the opponent's hand was more durable.

The brute soldiers also knew that although the city head was full of falling rocks, the catapult had a certain range, and the distance was too far to reach, and the distance was too close to exert its power.

Because of this, although the stone-throwing carts at the head of the city continued to drive stones, the barbarian soldiers rushed to advance quickly, and as long as the distance from the city wall was shortened, the damage suffered was much lighter.

Thushi Khan was concentrating on the battle when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, turned his head to look over, and saw only a few horsemen galloping towards him.

Before they could get closer, the horsemen on horseback had already rolled off their horses and galloped over in a panic.

Seeing this scene, a sense of foreboding enveloped his heart, only to see the few cavalry in disheveled, a look of embarrassment, took a closer look, and suddenly found that the clothes on the two soldiers had traces of being burned, and before he could speak, he had already cried bitterly: "Tushi Khan, the big thing is not good, it's all over!" ”

At this time, the war was in full swing, and the barbarian army was going all out to attack the city, but this man said ominous words, Tushi Khan was angry, raised the horse whip, and whipped it according to the man, but the man did not dare to dodge, and was whipped several times by Tushi Khan, and Tushi Khan was still angry and shouted: "What happened? Why the alarm? What's going on with you? ”

The man cried with a sad face, "Tushi Khan, let's go attack the Northwest Army!" ”

Before he finished speaking, Tushi Khan's face sank, there were many soldiers from various tribes of the barbarians, and Tushi Khan naturally couldn't recognize all the soldiers, when these people just came, Tushi Khan had not yet seen that they were sent to attack the Northwest Army, and when he heard what the other party said, Tushi Khan said sharply: "When did you come back?" Where is Eevee, and did he take off Chu Huan's head? ”

"Thushi Khan, Ibuyib has been killed in battle, our tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, almost all of them have been wiped out, and there are only three or four hundred people who have followed me back, many of whom have been scattered and do not know where to go!" The man's voice trembled, but his face was full of horror, and it was clear that he had not yet recovered from the panic.

Tu Shi Khan was stunned for a moment, but instantly showed a violent color, and another whip slapped the man's body, and shouted: "Nonsense, what are you talking about? Ibrahimovic killed? Annihilated? Have you been kicked in the head by a horse, and what are you talking nonsense here? ”

Of course, he couldn't have believed what the people were saying.

The barbarian army has dispatched tens of thousands of iron cavalry, and the cavalry of the Northwest Army has gone to the grassland, tens of thousands of iron cavalry raided the Northwest Army, even if there are some casualties, but to defeat the Northwest Infantry Army, Turish Khan still feels that he is nine out of ten, these days, he has been waiting for Ibu to return triumphantly, and even after preparing to take the city of Wupingfu, together with Ibu's triumph to hold a grand celebration.

However, the people who came said that tens of thousands of iron cavalry had been wiped out, and Ibu had been killed, which seemed to him to be almost impossible.

"Tushi Khan, the Northwest Army has already prepared." A person next to him looked up at the Khan on horseback, "They set a lot of traps, and they deliberately left an empty camp to lure us into the camp, those southern barbarians were all ambushed on the mountain, and after we entered the camp, they set the camp on fire, and there were fires everywhere, and our men and horses were all trapped in the fire, with countless casualties!" ”

Tushi Khan's eyes widened, and he only felt incredible, but after hearing the details of what this person said, although he still couldn't believe it, he already felt that the tens of thousands of iron horsemen seemed to have really encountered an accident.

Although there were no people from other tribes in the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, such an unbelievable loss still made Tu Shi Khan dizzy, his chest was suffocated, and he couldn't breathe for a while, his eyes were dizzy, his body was shaking, and he was about to fall off the horse, and the guards on the side immediately stretched out his hand to support him, and said worriedly: "Big Han!" ”

Tu Shi Khan closed his eyes, and it took a long time to get out of his breath, and his whole body trembled slightly: "Tens of thousands of horses were all burned to death by fire?" ”

"Countless people were killed in the fire, but many people still rushed out of the fire." The muscles on the man's face twitched, his eyes were full of horror, and he said, "Before we could come to our senses, countless cavalry suddenly came to kill!" ”

"Wait!" Tushi Khan raised his hand and looked at the man in amazement: "Cavalry? You're talking about cavalry? ”

"It was the overwhelming Northwest cavalry that suddenly killed them, they cut people when they saw them, without mercy, we just rushed out of the fire, at first we saw a group of cavalry coming, and thought it was reinforcements arriving, but when they killed in front of them, they saw clearly that they were all Northwest cavalry." The brute's voice trembled: "They wield their sabers to drive us back into the fire, and countless brothers will either die in the fire or be hacked to death by them!" Speaking of this, it was obvious that he thought of the miserable scene at that time, this tall brute suddenly began to cry, and there were still many cavalry behind Tushi Khan, and he could not hear what the barbarian said to Tushi Khan, but when he saw him suddenly crying, they were all stunned.

Tushi Khan's eyes were stunned, and he couldn't believe it for a while, and after a while, he said sharply: "Didn't the Northwest Cavalry go to the grassland?" ”

"They didn't go to the grassland, they all lay in ambush on the side of Panlong Mountain." The brute cried and cried: "We have been fooled, they have long known that we will kill us, and they have laid a lot of traps over there!" ”

Tushi Khan suddenly shouted, "Teguzhe! Teguzhe! ”

At this time, Teguzhe was not far behind Tushi Khan, and he had already seen a group of embarrassed brute horsemen running to the side of Tushi Khan, as if they were reporting something, and then he saw someone crying loudly, and felt more and more strange that things were strange.

He is also a shrewd person, although he is separated by some distance, he doesn't know what is being said over there, but he ponders in his heart, knows that it will never be a good thing, and is guessing what is wrong, when he suddenly heard Tu Shi Khan shouting loudly, and hurriedly patted his horse forward, and arrived at the side of De Tu Shi Khan, "Great Han, Tegu Zhe is here, I don't know what the Great Khan commands?" ”

"Teguzhe, Ben Khan asked you, where is the Northwest Cavalry?" Tu Shi Khan's face was blue, his eyes were like knives, and he stared at Teguzhe.

Teguzhe was stared at by Tushi Khan's knife-like gaze, and shuddered, but he still said: "Great Khan, didn't the Northwest Cavalry Northwest Cavalry sneak attack the grassland?" ”

"Fart, fart!" Tushi Khan scolded loudly, furious, raised the whip and hit Teguzhe, Teguzhe didn't dare to dodge, the leather whip came down, hit the face, and immediately opened the flesh, "It was you who told Ben Khan that the main force of the Northwest Cavalry went north to attack the grassland, and Ben Khan believed your words, so he sent Yibu to take advantage of the weakness of the Northwest Army and wanted to teach them a lesson, but why did the Northwest Cavalry appear in Panlong Mountain?" ”

"Great Khan, this can't be." Teguzhe was taken aback, but he still stubbornly said: "I found no trace of cavalry in their barracks, and the meaning of Chu Huan's words has revealed that their cavalry went to the grassland!" ”

"You bastard." Tushi Khan scolded: "How many cavalry does Chu Huan have in his hands? If their cavalry all went to the grassland, why were there so many cavalry in Panlong Mountain? Pointing to the barbarians who came to report the news, he asked, "You say, how many Northwest cavalry are ambushed in Panlong Mountain?" ”

The barbarian soldier immediately cut it out and said: "There are their cavalry everywhere, definitely no less than 10,000 horsemen." ”

Teguzhe sneered: "You are talking nonsense, the Northwest cavalry has gone to the grassland, and you yourself have been defeated for some reason, so you are talking nonsense here." ”

Several barbarians who escaped death in the back heard that Teguzhe was still quibbling, and immediately shouted: "Teguzhe, it was you who lied about the military situation and deceived Tushi Khan, so that we fell into the trap of the enemy. We all saw the Northwest Cavalry appear in Panlong Mountain, they blocked all the roads, no matter where we rushed, we could see them, Tu Shi Khan, if you think a few of us are lying, you can ask the other hundreds of people who fled back, all of us saw the Northwest Cavalry. ”

Teguzhe felt cold in his hands and feet at this time.

Of course, he knew very well that although Tushi Khan trusted him very much, compared to the testimony of hundreds of soldiers, Tushi Khan certainly would not choose to believe himself.

He was also horrified at this time, in fact, the northwest cavalry went deep into the grassland, and it was the news he brought back.

He had always felt that he had seen the fire and was aware of Chu Huan's conspiracy, and he also knew very well that Tushi Khan had sent Ibu to lead tens of thousands of elite cavalry to raid the camp of the Northwest Army precisely because he believed in this information.

The Northwest Army without the Northwest Cavalry, in the confrontation with the barbarians, is like a toothless tiger, of course, it will not be the opponent of the barbarian cavalry, and the Thurish Khan feels that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he will send Ibu to the sneak attack, and the basis of this military raid is because the Thurish Khan is convinced that the Northwest Cavalry went to the steppe.

If the Northwest Cavalry did not go north, the soldiers and horses led by Ibu were undoubtedly self-defeating, and Teguzhe understood that he could not escape the defeat of Ibu.

"You idiot." Thinking that tens of thousands of elite horsemen had thrown themselves into the net, and they were all buried on the deadly intelligence of Teguzhe, suddenly Shi Khan's killing intent suddenly rose, "You were played with by Chu Huan, and you thought you were very smart, causing me tens of thousands of grassland warriors to die in a foreign land!" His eyes burst into flames and he shouted, "You deserve to die!" Swinging the knife and slashing at Tegu Zhe, Tegu Zhewan didn't expect Tu Shi Khan to really kill him, and before he could react, the human head had already flew.

Tushi Khan slashed and killed Teguzhe, naturally he was annoyed and angry.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that although the intelligence was brought back by Te Guzhe, but without completely determining the authenticity of the information, he easily divided his troops to sneak attack, and that was the main responsibility.

Chu Huan played tricks on Te Gu Zhe, and the information brought back by Te Gu Zhe made everyone believe it, in fact, if Chu Huan teased all the barbarian troops through Te Gu Zhe's mouth, of course, including his sudden attack, if he really wanted to investigate the root cause of being teased this time, it was not because he wanted to stabilize the Northwest Army and sent Te Gu Zhe to go, if he hadn't sent someone to contact Chu Huan, there would have been no such disaster.

The battle was killed, but the barbarians were taken by surprise, and most of them had no idea why Thushi Khan suddenly launched a thunderous rage and killed his cronies.

"Where is the Northwest Army now?" Tushi Khan slashed at Teguzhe and turned his head to look at the barbarians, "Did they send troops to kill them?" ”

The barbarians looked at each other, they all shook their heads, and one of them said boldly: "We are desperate to fight out, just to report to the Tursh Khan, all the way non-stop, day and night, whether the Northwest Army is chasing behind, we don't know!" ”

Tushi Khan turned his head to look at the city of Wupingfu, the two sides were fighting fiercely at this time, he knew very well in his heart that at this critical moment, if the Northwest Army really sent troops to kill, the consequences would be unimaginable, he clenched his fists, for the sake of now, he could only break through the city before the Northwest Army arrived, and when the Northwest Army arrived, he had no chance, he raised his sword violently, and shouted: "Warriors, rush up for me, don't break the city, and swear not to retreat!" Annoyed, it was a wild masterpiece, and the reserve behind him was also pushed forward, that is, he was anxious, desperate to take Wuping Mansion City as soon as possible.