The first snow of winter came very suddenly, almost overnight, the entire Wuping Mansion City was draped in a layer of white silver veil, wrapped in silver, Wuping Mansion City did not look enchanting, but made the chill in the city more intense.

The vast land was also white, and until noon, the sky was still drifting with goose feather-like snow.

Winter snow not only brought chills, but also brought the first barbarian reinforcements, just as the heavy snow came suddenly overnight, and the barbarian reinforcements came extremely suddenly.

Dingwu stood on the tower of the city gate, counting on the fast horses coming one after another in the distance, the horn sounded, the barbarian cavalry wearing fur coats and felt was black and pressed, the armor flickered, the cold light was clear, the barbarian cavalry galloped vertically and horizontally, trampled with iron hooves, and kept shouting and shouting, this sudden cavalry seemed to want the officers and soldiers defending the city to see their majesty, galloped to the city, pointed to the city head and laughed and scolded, completely did not put the great Qin Tianzi at the head of the city in his eyes.

There was a burst of indiscriminate shooting at the head of the city, and the barbarian reinforcements were naturally not ready to attack the city, and under the chaotic arrows, they quickly retreated.

Dingwu looked at a group of black shadows in the distance above the white vast land, his face was indifferent, and said, "Why are there only so many people?" ”

Although the barbarian reinforcements are menacing, Dingwu has already estimated that the sudden arrival of barbarian reinforcements is only two or three thousand people.

"Holy Lord, this reinforcement is already coming quickly." A general next to him said cautiously: "They should be the barbarian tribe closest to the border of Hexi, get the news, and come quickly." ”

Dingwu glanced at the general, but recognized that the general was called Qiu Tong, who was originally a subordinate to the Hexi Army Feng Yuanpo under a general, this person's previous official position was not high, but he was responsible for patrolling the city security, after Dingwu controlled Hexi, although he used his cronies to control the Hexi army, but in order to show that he treated the officers and soldiers of the Hexi Army equally, he also appointed many Hexi generals, this Qiu Tong was familiar with the security situation of Wuping Mansion City after all, Dingwu left it behind, and was still responsible for leading the team to inspect the security of Wuping Mansion City.

The barbarian soldiers are coming to the city, and everything that can be fought in the city is on the city, and Qiu Tong is naturally no exception.

"You're saying this support is the front?"

"Yes." Qiu Tong hurriedly said: "It has always been difficult for the barbarian tribes to form a unity, the barbarians sent people to Mobei to find reinforcements, and the barbarian tribes who got the news also came first, and the barbarian tribes near the border of Hexi, after getting the news, they should set off immediately, if nothing else, the barbarians will arrive one after another." He glanced at the barbarian iron cavalry in the distance, and said: "It's only been less than a month, and thousands of people have arrived in the first support of the barbarians, which is not a small number, I'm afraid it has already poured out." ”

Dingwu knew that the generals of Hexi knew the situation of the barbarians best, and Qiu Tong explained like this, he was immediately relieved, but from Qiu Tong's words, he understood even more that the barbarians were obviously full of great enthusiasm for attacking Hexi.

Qiu Tong's prediction was not wrong, after the first reinforcement arrived, he quickly gathered with the barbarian soldiers stationed outside the city before, and did not attack the city.

Wait until the next day's dusk, there are barbarians arrived, the next few days, the faces of the soldiers defending the city gradually showed a look of horror, the barbarian soldiers rushed from the north in a row, gathered in the north of Wuping Fu City, with the arrival of a large number of barbarians in an endless stream, the northern garrison began to become crowded, had to spread to both sides, and then there was a new barbarian influx, scattered again, as endless as the tide of the sea, quickly formed an arc-shaped company camp, extending to the east and west gates of Wuping Fu City.

When many barbarian cavalry arrived, they even brought large bags and small bags, and even many barbarians and women appeared on horseback, but the clothes of those women were obviously from the Central Plains.

The soldiers defending the city knew very well that these barbarians came from the north, and everywhere they passed along the way, they had to loot with their hands, and it was a common thing for them to burn and loot, and those large and small packages contained in them were likely to be the looted spoils of war, and if the women who came with them, of course, they were also the women of the Central Plains who came with them.

The barbarians seem to have come to participate in a grand event, many of the barbarian tribes that were incompatible with water and fire, this time it seems to be fraternal, the endless tent camps outside the city, in the cold winter night, will light bonfires, sing and dance, laughter drifts to the city with the north wind.

In just ten days, the barbarians gathered outside the city, there were more than forty or fifty thousand people, people shouted and neighed, and the city of Wuping Mansion has completely become a lonely city, all gates have been blocked by barbarian rangers, although no one in the city can go out, but the news from the outside can not be sent back, and the connection between Wuping Mansion and the front line of Yanshan has been completely cut off by the barbarians.

I thought that tens of thousands of soldiers were approaching, and the barbarians would definitely attack, and those strong men who had not yet trained and matured could only be quickly deployed to the head of Wuping Mansion.

A large number of bows and arrows and stones have been piled up at the head of the city, ready to deal with the attack of the barbarians.

Dingwu knows that the barbarians are coming south, although they are violent, but they can not carry out a protracted war, forty or fifty thousand barbarian cavalry, the daily consumption of people and horses combined is a huge number, although the barbarians will send rangers to loot around to supplement food and grass, but since the barbarians have killed, the people around will inevitably flee far away, and have been using the method of looting to support logistics, of course, it is not a long-term solution, it will not be long, the surrounding villages and towns will be looted, and there will be nowhere to rob at that time.

The situation is grim, Dingwu can't think about the threat of the Liaodong Army and the Northwest Army now, the threat of the barbarians is imminent, and compared to other soldiers and horses, once the barbarians break through the city, Wuping Mansion will definitely suffer a catastrophe, Dingwu is determined in his heart, no matter what, he can't let the barbarians break through the city, and he must hold on until the barbarians can't support it and retreat on his own.

This time the barbarians came to attack in a big way, although there were many people, but it was obviously a hasty action after getting the news, there was no careful planning in advance, and there was no full preparation, it was nothing more than coveting this piece of fat in Hexi, at this time the passion was surging, the excitement was abnormal, that was also a matter of course, Dingwu knew very well in his heart that once the barbarians launched an attack, the attack in the beginning stage would be very violent, but as long as they could survive the first few attacks of the barbarians, they would thwart the spirit of the barbarians, Then the hope of defending the city of Wuping Mansion will be greatly increased.

The people of Wuping Mansion City had already heard the sound of horses' hooves and the unique horn of the barbarians outside the city, and knew that the first city of Hexi, which had not been devastated by war for decades, was about to face a tragic battle of life and death.

The winter snow finally stopped, the vast land was white, and in the early morning, most of the barbarian military camps that had not launched an attack were finally heard with the dull sound of bull horns, and soon the people in the city felt the earth begin to tremble.

Above the city, Dingwu has faded his dragon robe and put on a bright battle armor, and the yellow cloak is blowing in the north, floating at the head of the city, and the "Qin" flag at the head of the city is also hunting in the cold wind.

Dingwu's face was calm, unfazed, one hand was on the battlements, and the other hand was pressed on the hilt of the knife, at the moment of crisis, the emperor of the Great Qin Empire came to the front line in person and personally commanded the battle.

In the sound of the horn, the barbarians came in array, rows and rows of barbarian cavalry slowly advanced towards the city of Wupingfu, the sound of horse neighing, the barbarians held the totem banners of their respective tribes, and the various banners were also rattling in the cold wind, and tens of thousands of barbarian cavalry were like dense ants, and like a torrent of steel, approaching.

Dingwu stared at the approaching barbarian soldiers, his expression was very calm, but the defenders at the head of the city were also in full array.

The Great Qin Iron Cavalry, which swept the world back then, now only a few thousand Royal Guards are guarding the emperor's side, they are the most elite legions of the Empire, loyal to the Qin Empire, the glory of the Great Qin has disappeared, and this battle, perhaps the last battle of the Great Qin Legion, although outnumbered, the soldiers of the Guards are determined to shine the last glory of the Great Qin Empire.

The barbarian soldiers are still some distance away from the city, in the sound of the horn, all slowly stopped, and did not immediately attack, the defenders of the city are wondering, but they see a group of cavalry suddenly galloping out of the barbarian army's formation, coming very fast, the ground level snow instantly trampled and shattered, the archers at the head of the city were about to draw their bows and shoot arrows, but Dingwu had already raised his hand and ordered: "Without my will, you must not act without permission." ”

More than a dozen barbarian soldiers dressed in fur armor surrounded one person and came forward, that person was actually wearing iron armor that was rare for barbarians, and wore an iron helmet on his head, and when he arrived at the bottom of the city, Lema stopped, looked up at the city, and shouted: "A certain is Guli Jinma of the Chiyan tribe, I want to see your emperor, let him come to see such and such immediately." ”

His tone was unceremoniously, without the slightest respect for the emperor of Great Qin, Dingwu's face was expressionless, and he said condescendingly: "I am the Emperor of Great Qin you are looking for, Guli Jinma, what are you looking for?" ”

The city wall was so tall that Guli Jinma couldn't see it clearly for a while, but when he heard someone answer, he immediately grinned: "Emperor of Great Qin, don't you know what we are here for?" Thirteen chiefs have been killed by you, and you will not make amends to us? We sent soldiers and horses to help you suppress the bandits, but you will take revenge, the revenge of the thirteen patriarchs, we naturally can't help but take revenge, and we send people to help you kill the enemy, and the reward has not been received, so we can't help but take it. ”

At this time, Qiu Tong on the side approached Dingwu's side, and said in a low voice: "Shengshang, the Chi Yan tribe is one of the most powerful tribes in the barbarians, that is, when Feng is Feng Yuanpo was alive, the Chi Yan tribe did not completely succumb, their leader is called Tu Shi, cunning and fierce, Tu Shi is very famous in Mobei, and he is the most difficult opponent, it is said that this person has called himself Tu Shi Khan many years ago, and he wants to conquer the tribes of Mobei, but most of the Yi Barbarian tribes do not recognize him as Tu Shi Khan, and he did not expect that he came in person this time. ”