Chapter 115: Border Massacre

In other words, Zuo Rutong and Wu Gensheng have not arrived at Guixu yet, otherwise he would have chased Fu Qingzhu away long ago.

After studying it carefully for a long time, Ding Hai, who still had no clue, came to his senses and interrupted Fu Qingzhu's chattering: "So, I want to talk to you about cooperation."

Fu Qingzhu, who had been chattering for a long time but had not received any positive feedback, immediately became interested when he heard Ding Hai propose cooperation.

With his status as the Right Censor-in-Chief, if he just wanted to live a peaceful life, he would never have come to the border.

"Junior brother, I wonder how we can cooperate?
Junior brother, what conditions can you offer, and what price do you want me to pay?"

Seeing Fu Qingzhu showing his willingness to cooperate with him, Ding Hai smiled calmly and said, "As for the Xiongnu's southward advance, I have some ideas.

After integrating all the forces of Yanmen County, I can at least keep the Xiongnu Wolf Soldiers outside Yanmen Pass.

I would like to share this achievement in defending against the enemy with you, my senior brother. You only need to help me protect the logistics of Yanmen County in the capacity of a border patrol envoy.

In addition, I also need you, my senior brother, to help me collect 3,000 war horses, 100,000 arrow feathers, and 2,000 stone bows in Bingzhou.

I can provide some of the silver and money for this part of the materials. As for the silver and money, you can keep it for yourself or use it for management. I will not ask about it. "

When Fu Qingzhu heard that Ding Hai was willing to share with him the credit of resisting the Hun wolf soldiers, he was somewhat tempted.

Although the Great Zhou had relaxed its military preparations in recent years, Yanmen Pass, as an important frontier military town defending against the Huns, could still guarantee its combat effectiveness.

It is true that the Xiongnu's wolf soldiers are invincible in field battles on the plains, but when it comes to sieges, they are not even as good as the long-corrupted palace soldiers in the heartland of the Great Zhou.

Besides, considering that Ding Hai had never lost Yanmen Pass in the past three years, Fu Qingzhu still trusted Ding Hai.

According to intelligence, the one who came to attack the pass this time was the Xiongnu King Youguli.

If he could be stopped outside Yanmen Pass and Bingzhou could be saved, preventing the eight million people in Bingzhou from being caught up in the flames of war, this credit would be enough to send him to the top even if it was divided equally.

However, after hearing clearly the supplies that Ding Hai subsequently reported, Fu Qingzhu's heart suddenly sank.

War horses, bows and arrows, these things are not used to defend the city. Could it be that Ding Hai wants to go out of the border to fight?
Although he thought it was a joke, Fu Qingzhu still said solemnly: "Junior brother, I don't care if you want to go out to fight, but Yanmen Pass must be guarded until the first heavy snow falls.

As long as you agree to my condition, I can help you prepare all the supplies even if you don’t have to pay a penny.”

Fu Qingzhu's reaction did not exceed Ding Hai's expectations. Not everyone has the courage to say "If the enemy can go, I can go too."

What's more, Ding Hai asked for these supplies only to prepare for the coming year. This autumn, facing the 30,000 wolf soldiers of the Huns who were coming with great momentum, even if he lost his mind, he would not go out of the border to fight against the enemy with an egg.

"This autumn, the Xiongnu will not set foot into Yanmen Pass, and none of these supplies will appear outside the Great Wall.

I will send someone to present the money I promised you three days later. I hope you will not let me down in the state government or the court."

After getting Ding Hai's promise, Fu Qingzhu nodded and agreed to cooperate with Ding Hai.

As for helping Ding Hai settle possible accountability between Bingzhou and the imperial court, that was a tacit understanding that did not need to be stated out loud.

Just when Ding Hai and Fu Qingzhu agreed to cooperate, several voices begging for mercy were heard from outside the lobby.

But before the pleas for mercy could continue, a strong smell of blood rose from outside the lobby.

The personal soldiers and yamen runners, who were terrified of Ding Hai like a tiger, chopped off the heads of the six thieves without even waiting for them to beg for mercy.

After the death of the six heads of the Zhou, Qian, Chang, Li, Bai and Meng families, the cooperation between Ding Hai and Fu Qingzhu officially began.

After getting what he wanted, Fu Qingzhu left Yanmen County that day and returned to Shangdang County to start raising supplies for Ding Hai.

As the inspector sent by the Censorate to inspect the entire Bingzhou border, Fu Qingzhu could almost be said to be three levels higher than an official in Bingzhou.

Except for the governor of Bingzhou and a few others including Ding Hai, no one in Bingzhou was willing to offend him for no reason.

What's more, resisting the southward advance of the Xiongnu wolf soldiers was Bingzhou's top priority.

Even if Wang Sheng was in critical condition at the time, the Six Yang Leader would very likely become a target for others to take credit for.

The counties of Bingzhou and the governor's office have prepared a batch of supplies in case of any emergency, which can be sent to Yanmen County at any time.

Now that the internal troubles in Yanmen County have been resolved, there seems to be hope of resisting the Xiongnu wolf soldiers.

Even if Fu Qingzhu had not stepped forward to coordinate, the counties in Bingzhou would not have really been short of supplies from Yanmen County.

However, with Fu Qingzhu's coordination, the materials Ding Hai needed were able to reach him on time, in good quality and quantity without any wrangling.

After entrusting the task of gathering supplies to Fu Qingzhu, Ding Hai immediately shifted his attention to Yanmen County in his hands.

Although the six families of Zhou, Qian, Chang, Li, Bai and Meng have been eliminated by him, this does not mean that there is real peace in the four counties of Yanmen.

As a border town bordering the Xiongnu, Yanmen County had long been infiltrated by the Xiongnu like a sieve.

The reason why Wang Sheng, the predecessor, was able to defend Yanmen Pass for three consecutive years and resist the Xiongnu wolf soldiers from coming to raid the grass valley.

This was due to his decent ability in both civil and military affairs, and also because the weather on the grassland had been good in recent years and there was no shortage of pasture.

Now that he has eliminated the official resistance, it is the turn of those grassroots heroes who are used to lawlessness in Yanmen County.

In the four counties of Yanmen, there were no more than ten or eight unclaimed bodies in the mass graves outside the county town that day. It was really like the sun rising from the west.

In the past, Wang was born in Yanmen County and was just a temporary official. Naturally, he had no intention of paying attention to these grassroots heroes.

Today, Ding Hai is preparing to build Yanmen County into his own base to test the reaction of the world.

That would still allow the existence of ranger organizations in various guises under his rule.

Standing in the hall of the county government.

Ding Hai sat at the head of the table and drank porridge with his adopted grandson Wang Yu. Guan Quanfu stood respectfully beside him and reported to Ding Hai in a calm tone about the recent situation.

"Master, we have uprooted the power of the Zhou, Qian, Chang, Li, Bai, and Meng families in Yanmen.

I have already sorted out all the floating wealth and real estate of these six families, and I have also granted the rewards you promised. I would like to ask for your instructions on what to do next."

Putting down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands, Ding Hai looked at Quanfu who was smiling: "Quanfu, we are not at the stage where we can relax at the moment, you need to control your relaxed attitude.

Is it true that Yanmen County has no other troubles besides those six thieves? Have we really wiped out all the pawns planted by the Xiongnu? I don't think so!

This morning, a clerk brought a document from Yinma County to my desk, saying that a constable had died in Yinma County.

On the surface, the official was retaliated against because he was investigating a group of traveling merchants from outside the Great Wall.

I don't want to pursue the truth of the matter, but I want to kill the force that killed that constable without leaving a single cell alive.

Yanmen County has been in chaos for too long, it's time for a brief period of peace and stability."

Upon hearing that his master was going to use force again, Quanfu put away the smile on his face.

As a servant of the Wang family, the will of the head of the Wang family is his greatest goal and code of conduct.

"Master, I have also heard about what you said. The one who killed the constable was a local gang called Xiaodaohui in Yinma County.

If nothing unexpected happens, the person who ordered Xiaodaohui to take action should be the chief constable of Yinma County, Ma Rulei, who is known as the Lightning Thunder Hand.

It is rumored that when Ma Rulei was young, he was taught martial arts by a strange man outside the Great Wall, and his Thunder Palm was considered powerful even in Yanmen.

According to the information, his martial arts level should be at the peak of the acquired realm.

Yang Ye has become even stronger after the last battle. If he wears armor, it shouldn’t be difficult for him to kill Ma Rulei in a one-on-one fight.”

Ding Hai was very satisfied with Quanfu's performance at the moment.

After nodding his head to show his appreciation, he calmly made arrangements for the matter: "Let Yang Ye deal with Ma Rulei.

The gang called Xiaodaohui was captured by the three shifts of yamen runners in the county government and the personal soldiers.

Remember, I want to get him alive this time, so tell those killers among my personal soldiers to hold back.

If any of them can't control their hands and always want to take revenge, don't blame me, Wang Nanrong, for not remembering their past achievements."

Although he was surprised that his master was left alive, Quanfu still agreed.

Near noon, Yinma County, second floor of Zuixian Tower.

Two figures, one big and one small, were fighting hard over the roasted whole lamb on the table in front of them.

The little bean-like figure was struggling to deal with a piece of tender mutton with only its newly born teeth. The bigger figure would take away a piece of mutton that was crispy on the outside and crispy on the inside and swallow it into his stomach with every bite of his chopsticks.

When the food is greasy, the older people will pick up the snow-white mutton soup on the table and take a sip to relieve the greasiness.

Just as the two figures were eating and drinking, a man in official uniform walked by on the street outside Zuixianlou.

As for the man in official uniform, the two figures, one big and one small, on the upper floor never even looked at him.

Because, at the end of the street, there was already a man in armor waiting for him with a big knife in his hand.

When he saw the figure holding a knife and wearing double armor at the end of the street, Ma Rulei put away the indifference on his face and showed a cautious look.

The man must have killed quite a few people with the knife in his hand, otherwise the blade in his hand would not be in its current state with missing and rotten teeth.

Ma Rulei was too disdainful to talk about nonsense like "who is coming?". Feeling the threat of the breath of death, he immediately mobilized the internal force in his body and gathered it in his hands.

Even though the man was wearing armor, Ma Rulei still had great confidence in his pair of thunder hands, which made him famous.

When his hands turned slightly blue due to the help of his inner strength, Ma Rulei rushed towards Yang Ye at the end of the street instead of retreating.

Yang Ye knew that Ma Rulei's pair of thundering hands were not exaggerated, so when facing the aggressive Ma Rulei, he did not give him any chance to get close to him.

As he had killed countless people in Yanmen County, the sword he wielded became impenetrable in an instant, and the tip and blade of the sword often passed by the vital points on Ma Rulei's body.

Faced with Yang Ye's response of attacking instead of defending, Ma Rulei, who was famous for his pair of bare hands, was helpless.

His Thunder Hand is indeed as powerful as a mountain and as strong as lightning, but if it really comes up against a sword that can cut through iron and mud, there is nothing he can do!
After fighting for dozens of rounds, Ma Rulei realized that he could not defeat Yang Ye and thought about escaping.

As the chief constable of Yinma County, he is not alone in Yinma County. If he cannot defeat this suddenly appearing enemy in a one-on-one fight, he can also gather people to fight in a group.

Although he is famous for his martial arts skills, Ma Rulei, who has been working in the border areas since he was a child, is also good at leg strength.

After a few moves, he escaped from Yang Ye's sword. In less than a moment, Yang Ye, who could have fought back and forth with Ma Rulei, had to perform a one-man show.

Wearing two layers of armor, his defensive power was indeed far superior to Ma Rulei's, but without having practiced Qinggong, he was indeed far less flexible and agile than Ma Rulei.

After a few breaths, Ma Rulei rushed backwards across the street he had just walked through.

In another breath or two, he would definitely be able to rush out of the street in front of Zuixianlou, into the complex streets of Yinma County and escape.

The idea is good and highly executable.

But all this has a prerequisite, that is, Yang Ye has no help.

But is this premise possible?

When Ma Rulei was about to rush to the street in front of Zuixianlou and slip into the many small paths in Yinma County, a burst of feather arrows whistling in the wind blocked his way.

Seeing the goose feather arrow that was just a little bit away from hitting him, Ma Rulei suddenly became furious.

"Who on earth are you? How dare you use bows and arrows on a large scale to shoot at me? Aren't you afraid that the county governor will be furious and send troops to Yinma County to wipe you out completely?"

Ma Rulei was responded by a series of goose-feather arrows, which were not numerous but blocked all his escape routes.

These goose feathers came from all directions and instantly turned Ma Rulei, who had just been roaring loudly, into a hedgehog.

Faced with the feather arrows shot by thirty or forty soldiers with a stone bow, not to mention Ma Rulei who was dressed in cloth, even Yang Ye who wore two layers of armor could not escape death.

Yang Ye didn't care whether Ma Rulei died in his hands or in a rain of arrows. As long as the county magistrate in Zuixian Tower was satisfied with his actions, that was enough.

Ding Kai, who was unaware that he was being secretly flattered, saw that Ma Rulei had realized the pain of having no background, and ordered Ma Rulei's body to be hung on the city gate of Yinma County.

If Ma Rulei's death only shocked the four counties of Yanmen, then what happened next in Yanmen County became the nightmare of all the heroes in Yanmen County.

The next day, a conscription order was issued from the Yanmen County government office.

Today, the Xiongnu King Youguli led the grassland wolf soldiers to the south to plunder. Following the order of the Yanmen prefect Wang Gong, the following personnel were recruited to join the army for war: Yinma County Xiaodao Society, Yinma County Fu's Escort Agency, Yinma County Zhensheng Martial Arts School, Qingping County Ziyi Constable Liu Jialiang, Qingping County Iron Spear Society...

Anyone who is within the scope of the conscription and does not report to Yanmen Pass within three days from now will be regarded as collaborating with the enemy and will be killed without mercy!

Everyone in Yanmen County treated the obituary posted by the County Magistrate's Office as a joke.

Even Fu Qingzhu, who had formed an alliance with Ding Hai, was confused by Ding Hai's actions after hearing the news.

Is Wang Nanrong planning to force the entire Yanmen County to rebel?

But just three days later, the imperial guards came out from Yanmen County.

Ding Hai's personal soldiers and the one thousand veterans of the Xiuli Camp, riding on newly arrived war horses and carrying brand new bows and arrows, came to the door one by one according to the name on the conscription order.

In front of the well-equipped soldiers, no matter whether it was the bigwigs hiding in Yanmen County or the various escort agencies and martial arts halls with hidden dragons and crouching tigers, they had to lower their proud heads.

He obediently reported to Yanmen Pass under the escort of the soldiers.

Once they entered Yanmen Pass, an important frontier military stronghold, these martial arts tycoons and representatives of powerful organizations could not cause any trouble under the supervision of two thousand veteran soldiers from Xiuliying who were experienced in many battles.

After all, the veterans of the Xiuli Camp stationed at Yanmen Pass are all good archers.

Once they put on the leather armor, an equal number of active underworld organization members would have no power to fight back.

One after another, all the people who used to run rampant in the four counties of Yanmen disappeared, and most of the ruffians were also captured.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire Yanmen County became clear.

It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that people don't pick up things on the road, but the armed fights that were usually seen everywhere have completely disappeared.

Before the arrival of the Huns, Yanmen County fell into a strange calm.

How could Ding Hai's brutal tactics not cause any backlash?
However, after the fall of the six local companies that held official power, it would not be possible for the masters behind those dynamic organizations to have their say in the official arena in a short period of time.

Before the Hun wolf soldiers retreated, some rumors could not do anything to Ding Hai.

Unable to redeem themselves officially, those guys who were used to playing with dynamic organizations naturally thought of resorting to dirty tricks.

But the county seat of Yanmen County was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much effort those masterminds behind the scenes put in, in the end they failed to cause any waves except for leaving one more corpse hanging in the county seat.

The more times it happens and the longer it lasts, even the dumbest person will notice that something is wrong.

This guy Wang Nanrong seems to be confident that he can defeat them!

With suspicion and unwillingness, as the day of the Huns' march south approached, all the masterminds behind the scenes stopped their secret methods.

Seeing that no one was eager to offer their lives to him, Ding Crab, who had been used as bait in the county town for more than ten days, gave up the idea of ​​continuing fishing.

As a monk, Ding Hai would not be so foolish as to play house with those masterminds behind the scenes.

In the past ten days or so, his spiritual sense had seen every movement in the entire Yanmen County city clearly.

Under his deliberate targeting, the double-dozen post-natal realm warriors were all defeated, and the innate realm warriors who were only one person away from making up the number were all taken down by him personally.

He also dealt with all the disloyal servants in the county magistrate's mansion.

After instructing Quanfu to pack up the dozens or even a hundred martial arts secrets books that he had looted on the table, Ding Hai stretched and prepared to move.

It's time to go to Yanmen Pass to integrate the messy forces under my command.

Currently, the regular army in Yanmen Pass has one camp, Xiuliying, with a total of 3,000 people, and 4,000 civilian laborers affiliated with Yanmen County.

These laborers who have been doing corvée labor in Yanmen County all year round are not simple people. At critical moments, they can pick up knives and chop people while defending the city.

In addition, there are various gangsters and active organizations with a total of 5,000 members.

The so-called chaotic forces refer to these five thousand people.

If he cannot sort out these 5,000 people within the remaining half month, these 5,000 people will not only not be a help to Yanmen Pass, but will be a hidden danger instead.

Ding Hai already had a plan on how to arrange these 5,000 people. Now he just had to move to Yanmen Pass to personally control the implementation.

Leading fifty armored personal soldiers, Quanfu and his adopted grandson Wang Yu, Ding Hai leisurely arrived at the Yanmen Pass where the atmosphere was eerie.

On the day Ding Hai arrived at Yanmen Pass, except for the soldiers guarding the city gate, all the people in Yanmen Pass were summoned to the large parade ground in the north of the city.

Looking at Ding Hai sitting on the flagpole, the more than 13,000 people in the parade ground had different looks.

The landlord of Yanmen Pass, the two thousand veterans of the secret Xiuli Camp, looked at Ding Hai with a hint of numbness in their eyes.

They neither reject nor truly love their immediate superior, Ding Hai.

Although the predecessor attached great importance to the Xiuli Camp, he did not eat the flesh and drink the blood of the soldiers.

However, he only trusted the thousand soldiers he recruited, and did not show any favors to the veterans of the Siqu Xiuli Camp.

The two groups of soldiers from the Xiuli Camp, who were personally trained by Wang Sheng, looked at Ding Hai with awe and respect.

Some time ago, many of their superiors were demoted and beheaded.

The reasons vary, but the soldiers in these two groups know it very well. It is because those superiors have forgotten who promoted them.

According to common sense, they should be saddened by the death of the rabbit, but when they think about the silver and money that the garrison commander personally handed to them a few days ago, they can't hate this commander who provided them with food and drink and brought them benefits.

After the six families were raided a few days ago, almost every one of the thousand people received ten taels of silver.

That was enough money to buy twenty sheep or two cows, but the money they saved in two years of military service was less than half of that.

The eyes of the four thousand civilians looking at Ding Hai were neither hot nor cold.

The corvée labor that the county magistrate had imposed in the past three years was not too heavy, and he did not skimp on food and accommodation. So their impression of the county magistrate was not good, but not bad either.

The remaining 5,000 members of the Vitality Organization looked at Ding Hai with complicated eyes. Some hated him, and some were afraid of him.

But considering the 3,000 soldiers of Xiliu Camp holding swords beside them, these energetic members of the organization did not dare to get angry.

Their heads and backbones were chopped off when the soldiers from Xiuli Camp came to recruit them.

Ding Hai was very indifferent to the gazes of more than ten thousand pairs of eyes under the flagpole. Even if the number doubled, they would not be able to kill him.

Clapping their hands, the personal soldiers standing under the flagpole formed groups of four and carried twelve large boxes to Ding Hai's side.

Quanfu also brought his adopted grandson Wang Yu and two personal soldiers, and stood behind Ding Hai holding nearly a hundred books.

"I know that some of you want me to die right now, while some of you want me to live a few more years.

It's very contradictory, but also very real. So, today I won't play tricks with you.

Everyone present here knows who I am. I am sure you have all seen and remembered my performance in Yanmen County over the past three years.

Today, I'm going to risk it all and give those of you who have never had a chance to succeed in your life a chance to make a name for yourself.

Half a month later, the Xiongnu King Youguli will lead 30,000 grassland wolf soldiers south.

After you get through this, I can’t guarantee that all of you will be promoted, but I can definitely make you rich.”

With a wave of his hand, the personal soldiers standing behind Ding Hai stepped forward, opened the wooden box in their hands, and suddenly threw the contents of the box onto the flagpole.

In an instant, under the sunlight, endless silver light appeared in the eyes of everyone present.

“I have used up all my possessions to raise a total of 48,000 taels of silver. After the war, all of this 48,000 taels of silver will be distributed to you according to your performance in this war.

This 48,000 taels of silver is not included in the court's rewards and pensions. The civilians and the county residents who were conscripted here, like the soldiers of the Xiuli Camp, can enjoy this treatment. "

After hearing Ding Hai's last words and looking at the silver that almost covered the entire flagpole, the large parade ground that could accommodate more than 12,000 people suddenly became boiling.

Although forty-eight thousand taels of silver was not a lot when spread out among twelve thousand people, the people from the border counties who were used to living a hard life could not help swallowing their saliva when they saw the silver light everywhere.

Seeing that everyone present was already excited, Ding Hai waved his hand again.

The adopted grandson Wang Yu stepped forward and threw the large stack of black words on the paper in his hand onto the 48,000 taels of silver.

"I raided the six families of traitors who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country half a month ago and confiscated a number of their farmland. A few days ago, I raided a number of traitors who were plotting evil and confiscated a number of their farmland.

I made an estimate, and the total area of ​​these two batches of fields is not that much, just less than 90,000 acres.

I am the governor of Yanmen County, a temporary official. It is useless for me to have this land. As for whether you can get it, it depends on your performance in the next few months. "

After listening to Ding Hai's introduction to the stack of black and white words on the silver, the entire parade ground was no longer boiling.

If they hadn't been worried, the more than 12,000 people in this large parade ground would have turned into more than 12,000 hungry wolves.

The Great Zhou Dynasty had reached its end, and all the land in the world had already had owners.

Even though Yanmen County is located in a cold and harsh border area, it is no exception. Among the more than 12,000 people in this large parade ground, it is likely that 11,000 of them do not have a piece of land of their own.

When they heard that Ding Hai had given up nearly 90,000 acres of land at once, if they hadn't had a little bit of common sense keeping them sober, they would definitely have drawn their knives to rob.

"I have prepared the money and the land for you. Next, I will also prepare the steps for you to advance."

As Ding Hai finished speaking, Quanfu led two of his personal soldiers and threw the books in their arms onto the silver.

"In addition to confiscating a lot of money and land, I have also collected a lot of martial arts secrets these days, from the physical training stage to the innate stage.

After the war, no, as long as Yanmen Pass enters a defensive state, you young men from the border counties can come to me and exchange your military exploits for copies of these martial arts secrets.

It is up to you to choose whether to be an ordinary border county boy who is inferior to others for the rest of your life, or to pick up your knife, put your head on your belt, and let me knock out the teeth of the Xiongnu Youguli King. "

After playing all the cards in his hand, Ding Hai waved his hand and dismissed the nearly 13,000 people in the parade ground.

Ding Hai had already planned how to arrange these thirteen thousand people: he would select a team of soldiers from each of the Liuqu Xiliu camps, totaling three hundred people, and begin to expand the reserve force with the more than five thousand active members of the organization as soldiers.

If the undisciplined troublemakers among the 5,000 energetic members of the organization are ready to rebel despite the temptation, they will be deployed among the old soldiers of Xiuliying to form a unique organization - cannon fodder.

Let these troublemakers die as soon as they fight against the Hun wolf soldiers.

Without any troublemakers, the reservists were all armed and ready. When the old soldiers of Xiuli Camp were tired and needed rest, it was time for them to go up to the city wall and sacrifice.

After one or two sacrifices, these energetic members of the organization will become veterans as long as they are not dead.

At that time, they will naturally integrate into the Yanmen Pass big family.

The same arrangement went for the civilian laborers. When the war became urgent, they had to put down their work and climb up the city wall to help Ding Hai with his knives and bows.

In this way, after the Hun wolf soldiers who went south retreated, there should be no gap in the number of soldiers in his hands.

The more than 12,000 people in Yanmen Pass who were clearly arranged by Ding Hai were unaware of it.

According to Ding Hai's estimation, among the more than 12,000 people, only 3,000 of them would survive after the snow fell.

Although their organization was disrupted and they had to reorganize their battle organization at this moment, Yanmen Pass, which was shrouded in an extremely excited atmosphere, was surprisingly free of any trouble.

Time flies, and half a month disappears in a flash in friction and adaptation.

One night, the spies sent out from Yanmen Pass brought back a piece of news.

The most elite wolf soldiers of the Xiongnu Youguli King were less than two hundred miles away from Yanmen Pass.

If it weren’t for the Youguli King Yizhixie’s strong order requiring the wolf soldiers not to advance rashly.

At this moment, Ding Hai, standing on the city wall of Yanmen Pass, was probably able to witness with his own eyes what the Huns in this world looked like.

Upon hearing the news of the arrival of the Hun wolf soldiers, Yanmen Pass, which had been quiet for a long time in a strange atmosphere, became lively again.

Faced with the arrival of the Hun wolf soldiers, many of the more than 12,000 people in Yanmen Pass were afraid, but no one could escape under the pressure.

Because, even though they knew that the Xiongnu soldiers were approaching, their prefect Ding Hai and his only successor Wang Yu never set foot out of Yanmen Pass.

Such behavior and courage are enough to inspire them to fight to the death.

Ding Hai didn't know that the existence of him and his adopted grandson Wang Yu actually gave the soldiers in Yanmen Pass such great confidence.

There was a reason why he didn't send Wang Yu somewhere else.

He felt good for a while when he raided houses a few days ago, but he also made a lot of enemies.

Those insignificant people are not worth mentioning in Ding Kai's eyes, but to Wang Yu they are a threat enough to cost him his life.

Knowing that the Hun wolf soldiers were approaching, Ding Hai no longer stayed in his own tent as he did in the past to observe and deduce those martial arts secrets.

In the past half month, he has been firmly in control of the changes in Yanmen Pass. Now that the Huns have arrived, it is time to test the results.

Wearing armor and holding a sword, Ding Hai spent half a day inspecting the entire Yanmen Pass.

Standing at the foot of the city wall of Yanmen Pass, Ding Hai closed his eyes and imprinted every detail of Yanmen Pass into his mind.

When a sand table that was exactly the same as the real Yanmen Pass appeared in his mind, Ding Hai smiled confidently.

At this moment, if the Huns do not send more troops, it is hard to say what the final outcome of this battle will be.

When the sun rose the next day, a camp that was almost as big as Yanmen Pass stood outside Yanmen Pass.

Ding Crab let the Huns set up camp last night. Knowing that this group of rabble had not yet been fully molded into a good group of people, he had no intention of attacking the camp at night.

Now that he had assumed the title of Yanmen County Magistrate, Ding Hai began to hold himself to the qualities that a military and political leader should have.

Don't be greedy for credit, don't be reckless, and don't randomly put your chips on surprise attacks.

As a military and political leader, the right thing to do is to gather a righteous momentum and then use it to crush the enemy.

What's more, as the King of Youguli, who was ranked among the top five in power among the Xiongnu, Yizhixie would definitely not be a stupid man.

Even Ding Hai, a layman in military affairs, could think of launching a night attack while the Huns were still unstable.

How could a bandit chief like Yizhixie, who had been raiding the south for many years, not have thought of this?

If he had really sent troops to attack the Huns' camp last night, it would have fulfilled Yizhixie's wish.

As daylight dawned, Ding Hai took a look at the Huns' camp, then turned his gaze to the soldiers under the city wall.

"The Huns are coming, there are a lot of them, at least their camps are endless.

Yizhixie claimed that they have 30,000 wolf soldiers coming south to Caogu. Judging from the current situation, I believe it.

Including the slaves and herdsmen who herded horses and cattle for them, the number of Huns in front of Yanmen Pass was probably more than 80,000, or even 100,000.

You are all from the border counties, and I think you all know what the situation is like for the Huns' slaves and herdsmen.

Even if we don't say that everyone can become a soldier, at least everyone can draw a bow and shoot arrows at us, so are you afraid? "

For the last sentence, Ding Hai took a deep breath and roared out.

Without waiting for the soldiers below the tower to respond subconsciously, Ding Hai immediately roared and gave them his answer: "I'm afraid.

I am afraid that I will not be able to stop the Xiongnu outside Yanmen Pass and destroy the last blood of my Wang family."

"I'm afraid that I can't stop the Xiongnu from speaking. They'll break through Yanmen Pass and rush into Yanmen County, which I've worked hard to govern for three years, and destroy the peaceful situation that I've managed so hard to restore."

"I'm afraid. I'm afraid that the Xiongnu will run rampant in the four counties of Yanmen County, taking pleasure in killing the people under my rule and taking pride in robbing the ordinary people who are already alive."

"I'm afraid that the whole Bingzhou will be engulfed in flames because of my loss. I'm afraid that you soldiers will be like me. After you die, there will be no one to collect your bodies. When you return to your hometown, you will only see a burning ruin."

When it came to the most intense part, Ding Hai drew out the sword from his waist and broke it: "It is precisely because I am afraid of death, pain, and bleeding, I am afraid that all my efforts in the past three years will go to waste, and I am afraid that after I die, I will not even be qualified to cover my face with hair.

So, today, I choose to stand here with you and try to scare the Xiongnu outside Yanmen Pass."

Throwing the broken knife in his hand in front of the soldiers, Ding Hai continued to roar and shout: "What about you, are you afraid? You are afraid.

But is it useful to be afraid? If you are afraid, shrink, and shrink, will the Huns spare your lives? Will your family members and relatives behind you at Yanmen Pass be able to avoid the Huns' plunder and killing?

If you don't want your parents to run into those inhumane Huns, you idiots should pick up your bows and arrows, put on your swords and spears, and fight the Huns outside Yanmen Pass."

"Money, land, martial arts secrets, I, Wang Nanrong, will give you everything I promised.

Don't be afraid of death. I won't settle my debts after my death. According to the records of your meritorious services during your lifetime, I will personally deliver the rewards that belong to you to your family.

If you have parents and a wife, I will give them to you. If you don’t have parents and a wife, I will give them to you by your brothers.

If you have no relatives or friends, not even a single trustworthy friend, I will take charge and burn everything that belongs to you.

I'll exchange the silver for banknotes and burn them, and I'll burn the deeds to the land directly, and I guarantee that you won't be missing any martial arts secrets as well.

Whether in life or after death, I have made all the arrangements for you. If you don’t want to have nothing to sleep on after you die, then stand on the wall and chop those Huns to death with me.”

Listening to the roars that echoed in their ears, and thinking about the brutality of the Xiongnu after they broke through Yanmen Pass, the soldiers standing under the city wall shouted at the top of their lungs: "Kill those Xiongnu people."

What Ding Hai just said was very cruel, so cruel that ordinary soldiers would not dare to face it.

In the end, there will be winners and losers, and there will be death in war.

On the battlefield, no one can guarantee that they will survive or win, so most people are afraid of war from the bottom of their hearts.

The nearly 13,000 rabble in Yanmen Pass were no exception. Even the veterans of the Liangqu Xiuli Camp would never seek death if they could avoid it.

But when they heard that Ding Hai had already taken care of all their affairs before and after their death, most of the nearly 13,000 people became open-minded about death.

The Zhou people believed in treating death as life. Since they could receive their share of the rewards for their military exploits even after dying in battle, what else did they have to worry about?

Seeing that the army's morale was fully mobilized, Ding Hai waved his right hand violently, and in less than a cup of tea time, the city wall facing the outside of Yanmen Pass was covered with troops.

While Ding Hai was making chicken soup to encourage his soldiers, the Xiongnu wolf soldiers led by Yizhixie were just beginning to assemble.

When the northern wall of Yanmen Pass was filled with soldiers, Yizhixie's vanguard exploratory troops happened to start the attack.

"Boom, boom, boom."

The sound of horse hooves like thunder rushed out of the Huns' camp and charged towards Yanmen Pass.

If it weren't for the fact that Yanmen Pass had a relatively important geographical location with insurmountable ridges on the east and west sides, Yizhixie actually didn't want to attack Yanmen Pass head-on.

The Yanmen Pass city wall is eighty feet high and only a hundred feet wide, making it a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Not to mention the ordinary tribal warriors on the grasslands outside the Great Wall, even the 5,000 elite wolf soldiers under his own command could not leap up with the strength of the war wolves.

If he attacked Yanmen Pass head-on, he could only capture it by the method of roving and swarming, and this method would often result in the deaths of many people.

Although many slaves and herdsmen of the Huns froze to death every winter.

But that was the power of natural disasters. Even if the slaves and herdsmen were resentful, they could only silently complain about their humble origins.

However, once a large number of slaves and herdsmen died because of their own decisions.

Whether it is the royal court or the tribes under his command, there will be attacks directed at him openly and secretly.

Touman Chanyu is already old, and he can no longer suppress the various forces in the royal court.

Maodun, the Left Wise King, Laoshang, the Right Wise King, Junchen, the Left Guli King, and himself all had the opportunity to compete for the position of Chanyu.

Currently, he has the least and weakest power among the four.

If it weren't for the fact that the old Chanyu secretly supported me in order to suppress the other three, I, the youngest one, would have no power to fight back against the other three.

At a time like this, if they had any evidence against me, even if my status would not be affected, I would certainly be suppressed by them in the royal court and would no longer have the right to speak.

No matter what, if the Huns wanted to go south to Bingzhou, apart from Yanmen Pass, there were only one or two mountain paths discovered by herdsmen while grazing that could potentially lead them to Bingzhou.

If you send out spies to find out the truth, it is indeed okay to take this small path in the mountain stream, but taking this small path in the mountain stream for a large-scale march is simply seeking death.

The mountain stream paths were really paths that were accidentally trampled out in the mountain streams. In those places, not to mention horses and war wolves, even people and sheep might fall to death if they walked on them accidentally.

Therefore, even though he knew that a head-on attack on Yanmen Pass was a bad idea, Yizhixie had no choice but to go ahead with it.

Standing on the city wall of Yanmen Pass, looking at the Hun cavalry approaching from afar, Ding Hai held the sword at his waist with his right hand.

Those massive Huns were not made of paper. Even though they could not attack in a rush due to the mountain ridges outside Yanmen Pass, we should never underestimate them.

Although the lives of ordinary Huns living on the grasslands were precarious, the harsh environment of the grasslands also made them resistant to death.

Because the shamans they believe in will tell them that they will die sooner or later, and dying early means early reincarnation, and the gods will welcome their souls to the eternal heaven where it is warm like spring and food is inexhaustible.

"Crossbowmen, draw the bowstrings, aim at the Xiongnu warriors in the ant-attached army, prepare your bows and arrows, and prepare to launch your arrows when the enemy approaches a hundred steps. Swordmen, raise your swords, and if the Xiongnu take one step onto the city wall, I will ask you to do it."

In fact, Ding Hai didn't even need to give any orders, as the first group of people defending the city were all veterans from the Xiuli Camp.

He already knew how to deal with the Huns' siege.

Feng He, the captain of Xiliu Camp, had already made special arrangements. As an old Yanmen man who was born in Yanmen County and grew up in Xiliu Camp, he had been dealing with the Huns for half his life.

In the first three years after his predecessor delegated power to him, his performance was not bad.

The Hun cavalry rushed into the wide mouth of the mountain ridge in front of Yanmen Pass in a short while.

As thousands of horses galloped together, hundreds of arrows flew out from the vanguard cavalry and shot towards the walls of Yanmen Pass.

Seeing the arrows coming, chaos arose among the swordsmen and axemen on the city wall.

The energetic members of the organization who were used as cannon fodder by Ding Hai and transferred to the Axemen were ready to lie down like turtles when they saw the arrows.

However, before these cowards could make any move, the old soldiers from the Xiuli Camp who were guarding them in twos and ones pinned them to the spot.

"Why are you panicking? The Huns shot arrows from three hundred steps away."

"Even if all the archers are expert archers, they can't shoot arrows at our heads at this distance, unless there is an expert eagle shooter hiding among them."

“If there are really powerful eagle archers hiding in the vanguard, their arrows will only be aimed at the county governor or the captain.

A useless person like you is not worthy of being targeted by the Archer of the Condor Heroes himself."

Scolding and teasing sounds came from among the executioners.

Although these energetic members of the organization were thrown in by Ding Hai as cannon fodder, the old soldiers in Xiuliying still regarded them as comrades-in-arms.

It’s just that this group of comrades are a little special and they haven’t completely gained their trust.

It was precisely because of the almost indiscriminate treatment of the old soldiers in Xiuli Camp that the energetic members of the organization who were assigned to the swordsmen did not make trouble before the war, forcing Ding Kai to kill them first.

Among the first group of Huns who learned archery, there were no eagle archers.

In the status ranking of the Huns, the status of the Eagle Shooter is not low.

Even among Yizhixie's most precious wolf soldiers, there were only a handful of eagle archers.

A mere probing attack is not worthy of the Archer lowering his noble head to attempt an assassination.

Therefore, the hundreds of arrows that seemed so powerful all went in vain, without even hurting the soldiers on the city wall.

This dramatic exploratory attack actually made the rangers on the city wall put aside their fears.

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