The overcast sky brightened at some point, and a few rays of sunlight poured down, painting the iron-gray towers and the rolling hills outside the city with shining gold edges.

At this moment, the most 'fierce' offensive and defensive confrontation had come to an end, and after the Hu people left about 3,000 cavalry to walk around Jiexiu City to monitor the movements of the defenders, the large army retreated hundreds of paces and began to dig trenches and pile up mountains of earth.

These horses are used for siege, but if they are used for civil work, they are inevitably a little less. However, after the last time the Xiongnu army swept through the Taiyuan Kingdom, the people were scattered, and there was no one for dozens of miles, and there was nowhere to recruit people. As a result, in addition to the troops that took turns participating in the siege battle could be properly repaired, many soldiers had to put down their knives and guns to dig the earth.

Li Jingzhi is one of the excavators.

Li Jingzhi is about thirty years old, and he is a great man with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. He was subordinate to one of the few Han armies in the Xiongnu Han army. The main components of this army were the 'private' troops of several Han wealthy families, as well as some defeated and surrendered Jin soldiers and recruited miscellaneous soldiers.

The status of this unit was quite low, and the Xiongnu usually used them to be responsible for security in the rear, and rarely fought against them. Therefore, they were arranged by Hu Yanyan for a lot of construction work without any suspense, and the weapons in their hands were also replaced with shovels and thorn frames.

This was almost an insult to the 'aggressive' Hu people, but it did not seem unacceptable to the demoralized Han Chinese army. Li Jingzhi looked at the soldiers around him. They were all ragged, glazed-eyed, and dusty; When he walks slowly on the soil, he is less like an army than a group of lowly slaves.

Li Jingzhi lowered his head and sighed deeply.

The Li family was originally from Longxi, and Li Jingzhi's ancestors were officials in Bingzhou, so the family signed to Xinxing County. Xinxing County is the northern part of the Xiongnu, so the local clans have frequent contacts with the Hu people. When the Xiongnu Han State was established, the local celebrity Chen * Yuanda raised his family power to join the Xiongnu and took office as the Huang "Gate" and "Waiter" Lang of the Han State. The Chen family had a huge influence in the local area, and the Li family was only a vassal under him, so Li Jingzhi had no choice but to vote for the Xiongnu as an official.

Because of this relationship, when Liu Yuan was a vassal, Li Jingzhi got the position of a "brave general", responsible for leading a Han army of more than 1,000 people. But this means nothing to Li Jingzhi. Unlike Chen * Yuanda, who is keen on dragon climbing, Li Jingzhi originally just wanted to lead his family soldiers to protect his father and old Sangzi, but who knew that he inexplicably became a subordinate of the so-called Xiongnu Han State, making cattle and horses for the Hu people? Thinking of this, Li Jingzhi couldn't help but feel a little resentful of that Huang 'door' and 'waiter'.

His thoughts could not continue, as a sudden burst of scolding from a short distance caught his attention.

Li Jingzhi urged the horse to trot to the place where the scolding sounded and arrived in a blink of an eye. This place is about five miles away from Jiexiu, and it is a small mound that protrudes naturally, about 20 zhang high. The mound is located on the side of the avenue from Jiexiu to Zhongyang, Pingtao and other places, and the view is very broad. According to Hu Yanyan's instructions, Li Jingzhi's headquarters should set up a high platform on the top of the mound as soon as possible in order to monitor the surrounding movements.

However, this project is really not small, not to mention the complexity of the construction, just the cutting and transportation of timber has made the soldiers who lack tools suffer. Therefore, after a whole day of tossing, the high platform was barely stacked with a foundation, and there was not even a shadow of anything else.

Li Jingzhi hurried over, muttering along the way, don't let Hu Yanyan send someone to ask about the construction period. Those Huns were very violent, treating the Han people as grass mustards, punching and kicking at every turn, which was really difficult to serve. Unexpectedly, when he went to the mound and looked at it, he couldn't help but cry out bitterly.

The one who was jumping and scolding was a tall Hun man. The man was ugly-looking, his face was covered with scars, and only two small holes were left where his nose should be, and the skin from the left side of his face to his neck looked like a melting candle. And his yellow-brown 'colored' eyes were fierce, so that people did not dare to look at him.

Li Jingzhi recognized this person as one of the five captains directly under the general of the conquest. It is said that these terrifying scars on his face were caused by the rescue of Hu Yanyan in a treacherous battle, so he was extremely trusted by Hu Yanyan. That's just it, but this carving canal is a complete sadist, who takes pleasure in mutilating soldiers. This time, he came here to urge the construction period, and I don't know how many people are going to be unlucky, seeing that several soldiers have rolled down around him, it is obvious that he has been poisoned.

Li Jingzhi muttered in his heart, his movements were not slow. He dismounted from a distance, bowed his head and saluted deeply: "I have seen Lord Captain!" "Although his official position is actually higher than that of Diaoqu, he can't take care of it much at the moment.

Heavy footsteps sounded, and it was the carving canal that was difficult to 'force' in front of Li Jingzhi. With his hoarse voice, a foul smell from his mouth came to his nose: "You kid don't come to this set, the general asked me to ask you, when will this lookout be completed?" ”

"Master Captain Mingjian......" Li Jingzhi hesitated for a long time and said in a low voice: "The brothers are all doing their best. Although we lack skilled craftsmen and tools, we will rush to work overnight, and we will be able to ...... within three days."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a crisp sound in his ears, and a sharp pain like a tear came from his cheek. Li Jingzhi only felt a buzzing in his brain, as if dozens of bison were on a rampage. He staggered a few steps and fell to the ground involuntarily.

"Three days? Three days your mother! Three days? Diao Qu Nan shouted loudly: "The general said that it must be completed at noon tomorrow." Otherwise, cut off your Li Jingzhi's dog head first! ”

Li Jingzhi shook his head and was about to answer, but was kicked over by Diaoqu. The soles of a rough boot firmly put his face firmly on the ground, and the irritable voice of the carving canal came from his ears: "Tomorrow at noon!" Tomorrow at noon! You know what? Say! ”

Li Jingzhi felt that his entire jaw was about to be dislocated, where could he still speak? He whined, and his hands and feet scratched the ground frantically, but he couldn't resist the strange force of carving the ditch, and he couldn't struggle.

It was difficult to look at everyone in the carved canal, and dozens of Han soldiers everywhere in sight were all gray. Even if he was a general who commanded a thousand people and was officially appointed by Liu Yuan, the king of Han, he was still inferior to a pig and a dog in front of the Huns. What else can they do as minions?

"Stop!" Suddenly, someone shouted: "With this 'spirit' god, go to the battlefield and kill yourself." Why bother to be angry with the pawns? ”

"'Milk' and 'milk', who is so bold as to dare to stop your master?" Diao Qu scolded and turned his head to look, but his voice suddenly lowered. He grabbed a few steps, fell to one knee on the ground, and instantly completed the transformation from a vicious dog to a docile house cat.

Li Jingzhi endured the pain in his cheeks like fire, and barely raised his eyes to look. I saw more than a dozen knights in bright armor lined up on the road, looking at this side with fierce eyes. Led by a man dressed as a Xiongnu nobleman, he jumped off his horse and strode over. This person is about 20 years old, medium height, eyes are 'fine' and light and four 'shooting', and the heroic spirit is 'forced'. He wore a crown of red gold on his head; Dressed in a gorgeous and unusually pure white fox fur, he was fastened with a five-finger-wide belt; And the belt is inlaid with gold-made 'jade', and the treasure shines, which is obviously a priceless treasure. This kind of style and costume is definitely a high-ranking official in the army, and it is accessible to ordinary people.

It is difficult for Diaoqu to be a Huns, and he knows better than the Han Li Jingzhi what this dress represents. Just look at the golden crown, the crown is in the shape of a flying eagle spreading its wings, and the crown belt is embossed with a 'fine' beautiful animal pattern - this is the hereditary famous king of the Xiongnu tribe, and at least the great nobles who are more than twenty-four long can use it! Among the five tribes of the Southern Xiongnu today, there will be no more than twenty people who are qualified to replace this kind of golden crown.

It must be known that the Xiongnu is a military one, except for the kings of Dadan Yu and the clan, the princes of each tribe have their own strength, their status is extremely respectful, and they have the right to kill and seize the ordinary Xiongnu people. Diaoqu is very clear, even though he is Hu Yanyan's cronies, after all, the official character is low; In front of Han officers like Li Jingzhi, he may be able to be powerful, but in the eyes of the famous kings of the Xiongnu tribes, he is really not as good as ants. His mind was in a hurry, and although he couldn't remember where this noble man came from for a while, he was quite dissatisfied with himself when he heard his words, and if he rebelled a little, he was afraid that the end would be very bad.

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