Xuanyuan Shao looked at the bamboo poles under the city, frowned, and said: "Holy Lord, the demons of the Heart Sect naturally want to eradicate it, but these thirteen human heads at the moment are the biggest trouble. ”

"I know." Dingwu's expression was solemn, "The purpose of their assassination of the Thirteen Chiefs is of course not because they have any grudges against the Thirteen Chiefs, but to provoke the rebellion of the Barbarians. ”

"Exactly." Xuanyuan Shao said: "They deliberately hung the heads on the bamboo poles, and deliberately erected them outside the city gate, just so that people could see these thirteen heads. The soldiers and horses of the garrison Wuping Mansion were stationed fifteen miles outside the city, and the ministers were only worried that the barbarians had already learned of the killing of their chieftain. ”

Dingwu said coldly: "How many barbarian soldiers and horses are there in the camp?" ”

"Returning to the Holy Place, the barbarians sent a total of 25,000 cavalry, and 8,000 soldiers and horses were transferred to the West Mountain Road, and many were killed in battle, and they were defeated and scattered, and now only 2,000 people have withdrawn to the west of the river. In addition, 12,000 cavalry had been sent to Yanshan in advance to assist in the defense of the Liaodong Army, and there were 5,000 barbarian cavalry stationed outside the city, plus these people who had withdrawn, and there were 7,000 soldiers and horses outside the city. ”

Dingwu's expression was solemn and did not speak, and Xuanyuan Shao continued: "The three thousand guards led by the ministers who followed the first emperor's northern tour are now stationed in the city, and there are still seven thousand Hexi troops in the camp outside the city!" ”

Ding Wu said: "You mean, the soldiers I have at hand now, inside and outside the city, there are just 10,000 people?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao bowed his head and said: "Yao Chong was ordered to lead the Zhuang Ding who built the Heavenly Palace to prepare to go to the Hexi Corridor to defend against the enemy, and he has not set off yet, there are still 30,000 people there, but!" ”

"Have they taken their weapons?"

Xuanyuan Shao shook his head and said: "The Holy Majesty decreed that he took out 300,000 taels of silver from the treasury and pulled it over, first to appease the army's heart, Yao Chong's meaning, and wait until the silver is distributed to those people's hands, and the army's heart is stable, and then extract weapons from the armory and equip the troops." The silver had already been disbursed yesterday, and it was supposed to be taken from the armory in the next two days, but! ”

Dingwu's expression was even more severe, "Tiangong Zhuangding, he has never been in battle, and now he has not even been issued weapons, and he is not even a rabble, and he is vulnerable to the barbarian cavalry!" ”

He naturally knew that the Qin State was able to control the barbarian cavalry, but it grasped the biggest weakness of the barbarians and controlled the distance between the barbarian chiefs in his hands.

The status of the barbarian chieftains in their respective clans is very noble, and the barbarian soldiers of all ethnic groups take into account the safety of their own patriarchs, and can only obey the military orders of the Qin State, but even so, there are still some accidents, the first battle of Qiufengyuan, An Lei and Fan Persie's two troops and horses withdrew when the war was in full swing, which led to the final rout of the Qin army, and these two soldiers and horses did not take into account the safety of the patriarch of their own clan at all.

Originally, this incident had already shown the ruthlessness and ferocity of the barbarians, and for the Qin State, the occurrence of this incident proved that the strategy of holding the barbarian chieftains hostage to control the barbarians was not foolproof, not to mention that now the thirteen chieftains were killed at the same time, and the heads were placed outside the city to show the public, which was of course a big deal for the barbarians.

The barbarians have revenge, not to mention that those tribes loyal to the chief must avenge the patriarch of their own clan, even those people with ulterior motives in An Lei, even if they will not sincerely avenge the patriarch of their own clan, they will definitely play the banner of revenge, make merits, and lay the foundation for their status in the clan.

Wuping Mansion is an important town in the north, the city is full of materials, of course it is an extremely rich city in the north, for the barbarians, the dazzling goods and wealth in the city are enough to make their beast blood boiling, not to mention that it is to avenge the patriarch of their own clan, if they capture the city of Wuping Mansion, not only can they avenge the chief, but also can get countless treasures and wealth, of course they will not be soft.

What's more, although the barbarians are fierce and fight on their own, they are not stupid, and they can certainly see the current situation clearly.

The main force of the Qin army has been mobilized to Yanshan, and the Liaodong army bloody battle, the Hexi court is now threatened by two sides, the Liaodong army and the northwest army are one east and one west, which has caused serious pressure on Hexi, and today's Wuping Mansion is actually empty and weak, although there are still nearly 10,000 defenders, but for the brave and warlike barbarians, this 10,000 defenders are not invincible.

Dingwu knew that the current situation in Hexi was already precarious, as long as the barbarians raised their swords to rebel, with Hexi's current strength, they might not be able to defeat the barbarians.

And the barbarians will definitely spread the news of the murder of the thirteen chiefs to Mobei, if it really comes to that time, the entire Mobei will inevitably be indignant, and then from the northern grasslands, there will be countless tigers and wolves, but Hexi is now unable to transfer other soldiers and horses.

Han Wang Xuanping is now storming from Yanshan to Hexi at all costs, there are many soldiers and horses in Liaodong, and the Qin army, which is fighting to the death with the Liaodong army in Yanshan, is already at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and it is too late to add troops, not to mention that troops and horses must be drawn back from the front line.

What worries Dingwu even more is the barbarian soldiers on the front line.

In order to deal with the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, Dingwu dispatched tens of thousands of Yi barbarian cavalry to the front line, which is nominally a subsidiary army of the Qin army, but the actual position of the front line is undoubtedly part of the main force, and even the last weapon used to deal with the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, but if there are Yi barbarians in Hexi who send the news of the chieftain's killing to the front line, then there will inevitably be chaos on the front line, and it is already the best result to be able to withdraw the army and leave. Once this happens, the Qin army's defensive line at Yanshan will collapse in an instant, and the Liaodong army will quickly cross Yanshan and enter Hexi territory.

In addition, once the changes in Hexi reached Chu Huan's ears, Dingwu believed that Chu Huan would never be able to stand still, and he would definitely take advantage of the situation.

Thinking of this, Dingwu's heart was cold, Liuli's move was really vicious, Qin Guo was like a dilapidated and crumbling gate, and Liuli was like a thousand pounds of hammer, knocking the gate.

"Holy Lord, the death of the barbarian chief has nothing to do with us." Xuanyuan Shao said softly: "Did we send someone to the camp to inform them of the truth before they mutinied?" ”

"The barbarians admit to death." Dingwu shook his head and said: "They know that the barbarian chieftains have always been in our hands, and they are closely protected by our people, and now the thirteen barbarian chieftains, one of them has been cut off and hung outside the city, do you think they will still listen to our explanation?" Even if they believe that someone else did it, we would not be able to control these barbarian cavalry without these chiefs in our hands. He smiled coldly, "The main force of our army is not in Hexi, these barbarians will naturally feel that this is a good time, they don't pay attention to faith, they are cruel and easy to kill, they are like a group of wolves who have taken off the reins, in their eyes, Wuping Mansion is their best prey, how can they let go of such a good opportunity?" ”

Xuanyuan Shao said: "Saint, it's still early, and the barbarian camp is still more than ten miles away, so we may not know the news at this time, should we block this news first?" ”

"Send someone out of the city, take back the head at once, find someone to sew the head and the corpse together, and put it in the burial." After a moment of silence, Dingwu finally said: "Don't publicize this matter to the public for the time being!" Speaking of this, he suddenly shook his head and said, "No need." ”

Xuanyuan Shao said softly: "Does the Holy Lord think that the barbarian military camp already knows the news?" ”

"This is a trap laid by the demons of the Heart Sect." Dingwu's expression was solemn, and he said slowly: "The purpose of what they did was to let the barbarians see that although the camp was fifteen miles away, the people of the Heart Sect would inevitably give the barbarians what happened here as soon as possible, and the barbarians were afraid that they would have already sent people over to take a look!" His brows tightened, he looked into the distance, and muttered: "Not good, if they really know the news, I'm afraid something has happened to the camp." ”

Xuanyuan Shao changed color slightly, obviously understood, and said in a deep voice: "Holy Lord, the minister immediately took a small group of men and horses to the garrison, and suppressed the barbarians first. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late!" Dingwu frowned and said: "Xuanyuan, send someone to spread my will, first, the whole city is under martial law, and the residents of the city are not allowed to appear in the streets and alleys without authorization. Second, he issued an order to the whole city, recruited young people, assisted in defending the city, opened the armory, and distributed weapons. In addition, send people to focus on guarding the granary, there are probably spies in the city, whether it is a spy sent by Liaodong or Chu Huan, as well as the demons of the Heart Sect, beware of them attacking the granary. After a pause, he said: "The tens of thousands of people under Yao Chong have no weapons, and immediately send people out of the city to deliver the decree, so that Yao Chong can first bring Jingzhuang into the Heavenly Palace, protect the Heavenly Palace, take local materials, take anything, and rely on the front and back of Wuping Mansion City, and tell him that I will soon repel the barbarians, and the weapons will soon be sent over." ”

Xuanyuan Shao saw that Dingwu's expression was grim, and he knew that the situation was urgent, so he arched his hand and said, "The minister obeys the order." Saint, there is no sound of fighting on the side of the camp at this time, and the minister thinks that he still has to send someone over, even if he does not explain to the barbarians, at least let our soldiers and horses guard against the barbarians, so as not to suddenly mutiny of the barbarian cavalry! ”

"What Xuanyuan said is reasonable." Dingwu said: "Send someone to go immediately and notify the camp!" Before he finished speaking, his voice stopped abruptly, his face was gloomy, he slowly turned his head, looked up into the distance, there was a dead silence on the city, and the soldiers on the city seemed to have found something, they all turned their heads to go over, but Xuanyuan Shao had already clenched his hands into fists, his face was cold, and he also turned his head to look over, only because of this time he had already heard that from far away outside the city, floating with the wind, it was vaguely an earth-shattering shouting and killing.