A night without words is fleeting!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Woo! Woo! Woo!
The sound of drums, accompanied by the loud horn, sounded throughout the Qin capital at six o'clock in the morning.
The sound of neat footsteps and the clang of armor running against each other were transmitted crazily in the streets and alleys of Qindu.
Different from the past, on weekdays at six o'clock in the streets of Qindu, there are only businessmen in twos and threes who get up early to sell steamed buns and breakfast. Today, the streets and alleys are filled with the people of Qindu. The farewell pattern continues from inside the royal city to outside the city.
and! The scale is huge, like a sea of people. But unlike the noisy streets of the past, today's main street is extremely quiet even though there are many people.
The entire Qin capital seemed to still be in the stillness of early morning.
At this time, outside the capital of Qin, 80,000 troops from Northern Liang were assembled. Their eyes were sharp and lively, and they waved their spears like spring bamboo shoots, straight into the sky. Row after row, row after row, they were all extremely neat and serious.
Brave and high-spirited, these are the warriors of Great Qin.
At the school grounds in the royal city, five thousand Xuanjia troops stood in the air. The ghost-headed masks on their faces were the messengers who had not returned to hell in the early morning. They were ferocious and terrifying. Dongfang Yu also started to gather generals, and almost all the generals from Beiliang, big and small, came in full force.
"Blast the drum! Point to the general!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the school grounds, the war drums were beating again, and the sound of the drums was extremely powerful in the quiet early morning, soaring into the sky.
"My king is a thousand years old!"
The shouts of the five thousand Xuanjia troops were like thunder, shaking the heaven and the earth.
"Bai Qi, Zhang Han, listen to the order." Dongfang Yu shouted.
Bai Qi and Zhang Han, one on the left and one on the right, walked out of the queue. With his cloak flying, he immediately bowed and clasped his fists, "The end is here!"
"Feng Baiqi is the vanguard general and Zhang Han is the vanguard deputy general. He will lead an army of 20,000 people and enter the territory of Dingzhou first."
"promise!"
The two of them looked serious but also looked happy. Bai Qi received the vanguard order and retreated into the queue.
It would be most appropriate for Bai Qi and Zhang Han to be the vanguard generals. After all, if it is Ma Chao or Pei Yuanqing, they must be generals who charge into battle.
"Hu Xiaoyue, Pei Yuanqing, and Ma Dai obey orders."
"The end will be here."
The three of them stepped out of the queue and stood in front of the three armies.
"Order Hu Xiaoyue as the general of the front army, Pei Yuanqing as the general of the rear army, and Ma Dai as the general of food protection."
"promise!"
The three of them took the order and returned to the queue.
"The Chinese army is led by Gu himself. Yu Wenhu, Xuan Ziyuan, Li Hui from the Artillery Battalion, and Military Advisor Xu Meng set out with Gu. The rest of the generals are stationed in Beiliang to prevent foreign enemies from invading." Dongfang Yu said loudly: "Generals, I vow not to turn back until I take Dingzhou."
Beiliang was the foundation and lifeblood of the Qin Dynasty. He didn't want his family to be stolen just because of a conquest.
Moreover, at this time, after mobilizing an army of 140,000 troops in Beiliang, there were still 110,000 soldiers and horses left in Beiliang, and several generals, all of whom were protecting Liangzhou.
Of course, Dongfang Yu's summary of the total strength did not include the Wei family army far away in the grassland. The number of soldiers reported by Wei Qing from the grassland showed that the Wei army had expanded to 80,000 soldiers.
After adding together the soldiers from Northern Liang, the entire Qin State had an army of 330,000.
"Long live the king! Long live the king!"
…
"Set off!"
As soon as Dongfang Yu ordered him to drink, the five thousand Xuanjia troops immediately moved from the front to the rear, turned their horses and walked towards the outside of the Royal City Campus in an orderly and solemn manner.
As the Xuanjia army surged out, Dongfang Yu got off the war carrier and climbed onto the war horse. The armor is dazzling, the cape is fluttering, the figure is heroic and mighty.
All the generals followed and merged together.
However, what Dongfang Yu never expected was that the main street in Qindu was almost crowded with men, women and children. The people of Qin State all came to see King Qin off.
"Help the king return in triumph, pacify Dingzhou, and unify the world." An old man knelt down on the ground with the support of two little boys about ten years old.
Shouted in triumph.
Dongfang Yu was very familiar with this man. On the day he returned from the Northern Expedition, it was this old man who led the young and old of Qin to welcome King Qin's return.
This person is none other than the old man Han Qiu, and the two children holding Han Qiu's arms are the grown-up Han Hu and Han Bao. They are three years older and are much stronger than they were three years ago.
"Help the king return in triumph, pacify Dingzhou, and unify the world."
…
All the people knelt down one after another, shouting loudly and with great momentum, like a mountain roaring and a tsunami roaring.
"With such subjects, why worry about the uncertainty of the world!" Dongfang Yu looked up slightly, squinting at the silver crescent in the sky, and the joy on his face was immediately revealed.
Tian Ping also got up early. He was not here to prepare food and fodder. Naturally, he was here to watch the King of Qin lead his army on the expedition.
Before the soldiers and horses moved, the food and grass went first. Two hundred thousand stones of food and grass had already set off two days before the army set off.
"Your Majesty, you are already majestic enough to conquer the world. Even! It seems that the ownership of the world has been decided for a long time." Tian Ping heard the shouts coming from the people's mouths like a roaring mountain and a tsunami.
With such people's support and the world not unified, even God is blind.
"Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this has been the eternal truth since ancient times." Standing on Tian Ping's flanks were the four princesses of the Qin Kingdom.
Everyone was wrapped in a down coat and watched Dongfang Yu set out for battle.
This man is a legend in the world, and he is also their husband. The four of us are lucky to be able to marry such a husband.
…
Two days passed by in a blink of an eye. The long march, accompanied by the scenery along the way, seemed extremely boring.
At this time, the Qin army had already crossed the border of Beiliang and entered the border of Dingzhou.
"hiss!"
"The army was ordered to stop and repair, and they will enter Dingzhou within a few miles." Dongfang Yu pulled the reins and stopped moving forward.
Because, fifty miles ahead, there is Han County, which is the gateway to Dingzhou. It is located in Liangzhou and Kangzhengzhou in the north. It can be called the tiger city of Dingzhou.
If this county is lost, Dingzhou will open its door, and such a populous and fertile land will fall into the hands of others.
"The whole army will rest on the spot and wait for news from the vanguard army." Dongfang Yu ordered and immediately dismounted.
"promise!"
The army stopped and went to the ground to rest.
At the right time, military advisor Xu Meng trotted over.
"The military advisor came just in time. I have something important to discuss with the military advisor." Dongfang Yu said in a cheerful voice.
Xu Meng took a sip of wine. The amount of alcohol he drank today had to be moderate, or it would be gone.
"The king wants to ask about Han County."
Dongfang Yu nodded noncommittally, "That's right! Han County is a county with a large population. If we can capture it, it will increase the population of Qin by five to six million people."
"I heard that the general currently stationed in Han County is Zhengzhou Mu Zhang Han, General Xiong An. This person has some connections with our army."
"When Gu first came to Liangzhou, when he fought with the four generals of Liangzhou, this person also served as a large army to help Gu."
