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The iron horses of the Northwest Army clanged and sent troops to the north, but Wuping Mansion was already filled with gunpowder.

Dingwu knew the strength of the barbarians, but he had never had real contact with them on the battlefield before. It was only after this barbarian mutiny that Dingwu really learned how ferocious the barbarians were.

At the beginning, although he expected that the barbarians would raid the Hexi military camp stationed outside the city, he just thought that the Hexi army was after all the elite soldiers brought out by Feng Yuanpo. However, Dingwu still appreciates his ability to lead the army. The Hexi Army's combat effectiveness has always been strong. Even if the barbarians make a surprise attack, the Hexi Army may not be defeated.

What's more, for so many years, the Hexi Army has repeatedly conquered the Mobei Grassland. It can be said that the barbarians are bound to be defeated in every battle, and finally even succumbed to Feng Yuanpo's feet. Logically speaking, the barbarians should have a natural fear of the Hexi Army in their hearts In the heart, and the Hexi army also has an advantage in psychology, it will be a tragic fight, and it is not yet known who will win the battle.

But the result was beyond his expectations. The Hexi army stationed outside the city, under the sudden attack of the barbarians, had almost no power to resist, and soon collapsed and fled in all directions. Thousands of people even fled to the Under the city of Wuping Mansion, I want to enter the city to escape.

Of course Dingwu didn't dare to order the gate to be opened. Behind the defeated army was the barbarian iron cavalry. Once the city gate was opened, the defeated Hexi army could enter the city, and the barbarian iron cavalry could also rush into the city.

Although the strength of seven thousand barbarian iron cavalry is not terrifying, its destructive power must be astonishing.

The defenders at the top of the city could only watch helplessly as the barbarian iron cavalry came up from the rear. Nearly thousands of Hexi troops had nowhere to go, and under the watchful eyes of the defenders, almost the entire army was wiped out.

The wailing from below the city made the guards' eyes burst into flames, and many of them even begged to go out of the city to fight the barbarians to the death, but Dingwu knew that at such a time, one must not act arrogantly.

The barbarians killed countless Hexi soldiers like butchering pigs and sheep, and the corpses piled up under the city, and then launched an attack on Wuping Fucheng, wanting to take advantage of the situation to take Wuping Fucheng in one fell swoop.

But facing the fortified city, the barbarians rushed to the city gate, trying to split the city gate with big swords, but they found nothing. Instead, the officers and soldiers guarding the city cheered up and waited on them with bows and arrows. The barbarians suffered heavy casualties and could only retreat. .

Since then, the barbarians have launched several consecutive attacks, but the methods of attacking the city are simple and stupid, and nothing can be gained except dropping hundreds of corpses each time.

After several offensives, Ding Wu also saw that the barbarians were incapable of attacking the city. If these thousands of barbarians continued to attack the city, they didn't have to go out to fight.

After all, the barbarians were not mentally handicapped, they couldn't attack after several times, but they gave up attacking Wuping Fucheng, and went to Tiangong to kill them.

The seven thousand barbarian iron cavalry were like a tyrannical hungry wolf. They couldn't take Wuping Fucheng for a while, and they lost troops and lost their generals. Naturally, they would not give up and concentrate their forces to attack Tiangong.

It's just that the construction of the Heavenly Palace is already in a dangerous place, and the road leading to the Heavenly Palace is steep and narrow. Inside the Heavenly Palace, there are still tens of thousands of strong men led by Yao Chong to evacuate in time. Although they did not mention weapons from the armory, Yao Chong Chong used all the things that could be used in the Tiangong, and guarded the weak points of the Tiangong. The barbarians still had nowhere to use their strength, and they couldn't enter the Tiangong at all.

They fought down several times, but neither Wuping Fucheng nor Tiangong was captured, but thousands of barbarian cavalry were killed or injured.

It's like a wolf seeing a tempting delicacy, but it's a pity that it is covered with a layer of iron thorns, the barbarians can't even bite, but they are reluctant to leave.

Nearly ten thousand cavalry, both men and horses, needed food. After tossing back and forth for more than ten days, the barbarian cavalry got nothing, but their own food was eaten.

Fortunately, people on the prairie used local materials to solve food problems. Although Wuping Mansion could not be attacked, there were so many villages and towns in Hexi. Cavalry plundered the village for what it needed.

Wuping Fucheng was besieged for more than 20 days. Dingwu had already issued an order to recruit strong men from the city, and seized the time to make bows and arrows in the city, and prepared many stones to prepare for the defense of the city.

Seeing the methods of the thousands of barbarian soldiers outside the city, Ding Wu naturally understood that with these thousands of people, it was impossible to break through the city of Wuping Mansion, but he understood better that the crisis in Wuping Mansion had only just begun and could not be used anymore. Before long, a large number of barbarian cavalry will come from the north. The barbarians have fast horses and scimitars and are extremely mobile. Maybe the Liaodong people have not beaten Yanshan before tens of thousands of barbarian cavalry have already stormed the city.

Dingwu didn't underestimate the barbarians. The thousands of barbarians outside the city could almost be said to have no leader. There are other powerful tribes, and there are many capable men among them. When they approach the city, they will sooner or later come up with a way to attack the city.

Wuping Mansion was trapped, but the terrible thing was that there were no reinforcements to rescue them.

It is fortunate that the main force of the Qin army in Yanshan was safe and sound. Facing the approach of the Liaodong people, if they turn around to rescue, it is very likely that under the pursuit of the Liaodong army, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses will become defeated in an instant. To rescue Wuping Mansion, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses may collapse instead.

As far as Hujin Meilong in the south, Dingwu didn't think too much about it. With Meilong's current strength, he was already stretched to face Hebei Qingtian King, and he was obviously at a disadvantage. Once Meilong dispatched troops to the north to rescue However, unless King Qingtian is too stupid, he will definitely lead his army straight into Hujin without hesitation, and the situation will be even more severe at that time.

Dingwu knew that the state of Qin had already reached the edge of a cliff, and there was no way out. No matter who came to Hexi, the Wuping Mansion was a must. Let Qin be ruined in his own hands, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, he doesn't want to give up.

After all, the city of Wuping Prefecture is as strong as a fortress, and there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city. In addition, the arsenal is full of weapons. Although there is not much food in the official warehouse, the money and food of the wealthy families in the city are very sufficient. At that time, Dingwu naturally did not hesitate to take action on the money and grain, and he had secretly ordered Ma Hong to come forward to collect money and grain from the gentry and wealthy families, and he had already made preparations.

This is his final shelter, he has no way to retreat, and he has no intention of retreating.

The barbarians were stationed outside the city. Although the people in the city were panicked, they obeyed the orders issued by Dingwu.

Although the barbarians did not dare to commit crimes in the south for many years, and were even beaten up by the Hexi army for a time, the people in Hexi knew the brutality of the barbarians very well.

Once the barbarians break through the city, it will be a catastrophe for Wuping Prefecture, and the people in the city will definitely be devastated.

Although the people in Hexi didn't have a good opinion of Qin, they could only choose to support their emperor in this situation, hoping that their emperor would lead them to resist this disaster.

Not to mention the edict issued by the emperor to recruit the young and strong, even without this edict, the young and strong in the city would inevitably organize themselves and fight the barbarians to the death.

There were only 20 royal guards in the city as the defenders, but when the call was issued, the young and strong in the city came one after another. After more than [-] days, there were already [-] to [-] young and strong. They are passionate, but they also know that they have not received any military training. Once they fight, they have no combat experience and it is difficult to form effective combat capabilities.

Fortunately, the barbarians knew that it would be difficult to capture Wuping Fucheng for a while, so they had stopped their unnecessary attacks on the city. Dingwu also took this opportunity to transfer a small number of people from the already weak guards to train these youths. strong.

In a short period of time, it is undoubtedly impossible to train such a group of young men with no combat experience into qualified fighters, so Dingwu only focuses on training them to defend the city.

Think about how majestic and mighty the Great Qin was when it trampled the world with iron hooves, destroyed countless countries, and was invincible. However, in just a few decades, the last glory of the Great Qin was trampled by thousands of barbarian cavalry. A kind of irony.

Dingwu stood at the top of the city, looking at the afterglow of the setting sun, his expression was quite calm.

When he was established as the crown prince, he had thought that one day he would inherit the great rule, and he would definitely build the Great Qin Empire into a prosperous and powerful empire, and spread the prestige of the Great Qin Empire all over the world.

Even if the Luo'an capital fell, he fled all the way to Hexi, but he still did not give up hope.

He had also planned meticulously to regain Luo'an and revive Daqin, but the situation in the world was obviously beyond his control. The moment Chu Huan broke through, his carefully planned revival plan had been declared bankrupt .

The sun had not yet set, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the top of the city, shining on his golden dragon robe. The dragon robe was dazzling and colorful, but the great Qin mountains and rivers had already lost their brilliance.

"Your Majesty, you haven't rested for two days." Xuanyuan Shao, who had been in a state of disheveled clothes, looked at the pale emperor, and said softly, "Your Majesty, it's better to go back to the palace to rest, the most important thing is to take care of the dragon's body."

Ding Wu finally showed a smile, turned to Xuanyuan Shao, put his hands behind his back, and asked softly with a smile: "Xuanyuan, who do you think will be the last to break the city? Is it the barbarians, is it Xunping, or... Chu Huan?" ?”

"My lord, no matter who it is, the city of Wuping Mansion must be as solid as a rock, and no one can take it." Xuanyuan Shao said solemnly: "Whoever wants to attack Wuping Mansion will kill himself."

Dingwu laughed, raised his hand and patted Xuanyuan Shao's shoulder, and said: "I hope so too, but if the city is really destroyed and I die here, I don't know how future generations will treat me, the king of a subjugated country?" Then Smiling and shaking his head, he said, "Perhaps my name won't leave a single word. If there is a name left, I only hope that future generations will know that I have worked hard and never gave up!"