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The Great Qin Empire has 66 territories under its jurisdiction, including [-] prefectures of different sizes, and three territories in the northwest, covering a total of Kyushu. The North Mountain Province governs the three prefectures of Ganzhou, Xinzhou, and Qingzhou, and the Tianshan District governs the two prefectures of Shazhou and Suzhou. , the largest area is Xiguan Road, which governs the four states of Jiazhou, Yuezhou, Hezhou, and Jinzhou.

Qingzhou is to the north of Beishan Road, bordering on Xiguandao Jiazhou. The four states of Xiguandao, except Jiazhou, the other three states have been occupied by Xiliang people and are controlled by Xiliang people.

The Yanmen Pass in the northern part of Jinzhou is the Daqin Border Pass, and it is also the only way for Xiliang people to invade the Central Plains. At the beginning, Feng Hanxiao, the great general who protected the country, led [-] Qin Frontier Army to stay on the front line of Jinzhou all the year round, guarding Yanmen Pass and resisting the invasion of the Central Plains. When Feng Hanxiao was guarding the northwest border pass, although the Xiliang people often sent small groups of troops to harass them, they were often repelled without approaching the Yanmen pass.

Yanmen Pass is located between Panlong Ridge, a mountain range in the northwest of the empire. Panlong Ridge stretches for hundreds of miles, twists and turns, and there are many dangerous peaks, with ups and downs. So a long time ago, Yanmen Pass was built in the large gap along the Panlong Ridge line, and small passes were built in other low mountains of Panlong Ridge, which are small but strong.

Yanmen Pass is the main pass. If you want to mobilize troops on a large scale, you must pass through Yanmen Pass. Small groups are harassed, but you can also avoid Yanmen Pass and invade from other small passes in the defense line. However, those small passes have built beacon towers. The beacon will be lit immediately, and the border guards can respond at any time. Therefore, reinforcements often arrive before the Xiliang people break through the pass. Even if there are really brave Xiliang people who break through the small pass and enter the pass, they often Not daring to go deep, looting, burning and killing nearby, robbed some property, and quickly evacuated before the Daqin reinforcements arrived.

Without breaking the Yanmen Gate, there would be no real military threat to Great Qin, and the people of Xiliang also knew that with Feng Hanxiao guarding the northwest, breaking through the Yanmen Pass would be more difficult than ascending to heaven.

However, after Feng Hanxiao was killed in Chang Tiangu outside the pass, the people of Xiliang actually suppressed the border with extremely quick movements. The Northwest defenders who lost Feng Hanxiao's morale were in a state of chaos, and their morale was disorganized. Xiao Tianwen, Xiao Tianwen's official residence is the king of the South Court of Xiliang, the commander of Xiliang soldiers and horses, known as the No. 1 general of Xiliang, Feng Hanxiao died, Xiao Tianwen can be said to be invincible in the northwest, and soon led his army to break through the Yanmen Pass , and then drove straight in, attacking cities and conquering territory all the way, invincible.

Dozens of cities in Jinzhou, Hezhou, and Suzhou have all fallen into the hands of Xiliang people in less than half a year. He led the army a little lower to block the Xiliang people's sharp edge. He led the Tianshan Dao soldiers and horses to help Xiguan Road, and fought and retreated until the arrival of Dingguo General Yu Buqu. After Yu Buqu arrived at the front line, it was difficult The vigor of Xiliang people retreated straight to the front line of Ningshan in Jiazhou, but unexpectedly, the people of Xiliang stopped their troops suddenly and did not continue to attack the front line of Ningshan.

In fact, based on the situation at the time, even if the Qin army had Ningshan as a barrier, if they really wanted to fight, they would still be unable to withstand the sharpness of the Xiliang people. The morale of the army was already in turmoil, and then within a few months of consecutive defeats, morale had dropped to freezing point, and a large amount of supplies were left behind during the defeat and were acquired by Xiliang people. Liang Ren confronted each other head-on.

It can be said that the Xiliang people stopped attacking suddenly, which gave the Qin army a chance to take a break. Yu Buqu is a veteran in the battlefield. Of course, he knew that this opportunity was hard-won. During this period, he immediately set up a defense line on the front line of Ningshan. Knowing that it will take a very long time to mobilize supplies from the pass, and the Xiliang people don’t know when they will launch an offensive again, so to collect supplies on the spot, in addition to ordering officials from all over the country to collect food and grass as much as possible for military use, is to collect a large number of people. The local craftsmen forge weapons and armor in the northwest on the spot, and use the resources that the northwest can use as much as possible.

In addition, a large number of civilians were recruited to dig ditches on the front line of Ningshan, build wooden fences, nail fallen wooden thorns, and use all means to destroy the open area in the northern part of Ningshan. These fortifications are like building an important line of defense to prevent the Xiliang cavalry from reuniting.

Although the people of Xiliang only captured the land of the three states of Xiguan Road, the fear they brought permeated the whole of Daqin. Dao said that the atmosphere of terror brought by these refugees soon enveloped the entire northwest sky.

The morale of the army is low, the people's hearts are panicked, and the Northwest Three Routes have always been a barren land with a lack of supplies. After this battle, the supplies are extremely scarce. The 16 people were divided into two lines by Yu Buyi. The first line was deployed by Zhu Lingyue in the Tianmang Mountain area, forming horns with the Ningshan defenders. The 16 army spent a huge amount of food and grass every day. With millions of people, the food and grass in Northwest China today can be said to be grains of gold.

Yu Buqu is over sixty years old, he is in charge of Northwest affairs, and his body is already seriously overdrawn. Behind Ningshan Mountain is Jiazhou Beiyuan County, and Yu Buqu is handling affairs in Beiyuan City. Beiyuan City can also be said to be the brain of the entire Northwest. Commands are issued from here.

After Chu Huan and his party left the customs, they traveled all the way, and when they arrived at Beiyuan City, it was already ten days later. This not too big county town was built on Ningshan Mountain, and Yu Buqu knew beforehand that the mission had arrived. , but didn't have time to meet him in person, but sent a lieutenant under his command to meet him.

After the embassy entered the city, they had already prepared a post. Beiyuan City was also the last city within the sphere of influence of the Great Qin Dynasty where the embassy was stationed. Once it left Beiyuan City and crossed Ningshan, it would enter the control area of ​​Xiliang people.

The lieutenant general sent by Yu Buqu is called Dou Bo. He looks like a battle-hardened general at first glance. His arms are big and his waist is as thick as steel needles, and his roots stand upright. Chu Huan thought about the entry letter, and knew that the sooner he dealt with it, the better. Well, I asked Dou Bo to meet Yu Buqu, but Dou Bo didn't agree immediately, but agreed to report to Yu Buqu.

After leaving the customs, the government along the way also tried their best to receive the mission and arrange board and lodging, but compared with the customs, the food is much simpler. The whole mission also knows that the situation in the northwest is special and it is not suitable. The food here is not much better than the previous ones. There are three to four hundred people in the mission, and the post has enough food. However, after the meal, the official in charge of the post immediately sent someone to clean it up, but did not order the leftovers to be dumped. Instead, let people put it away carefully. Xue Huai'an saw it from the side, quite surprised, and asked, "Is Beiyuan City also short of food?"

The official just sighed: "Your Excellency, I don't know that not only Beiyuan City, but also the entire Northwest is short of food. Although Beiyuan City is concerned about the grain and grass delivered from within, the general has already ordered that everyone in the city be given rations The prescribed quota...!" It seemed that he was unwilling to say more, so he didn't continue.

Looking at the official's expression, Chu Huan knew that the grain and grass in the northwest were indeed very tight.

I thought that Yu Buqu was busy with military affairs and would not be able to see him in a short time, but Dou Bo came over soon and told Yu Buqu that he had spared time and was about to approach the principal and deputy envoys of the mission. Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an did not delay, and followed Dou Bo on horseback Yu Buyi's residence was a very ordinary house, not many soldiers guarded it, but there were so many civil servants and military generals going in and out of the gate. He is an old man, but he has to deal with a lot of business every day. It is said that Yu Buqu's health is not very good. He dragged his sick body to the northwest, so overdrawn, but I don't know how long Yu Buqu can last.

Dou Bo brought the two of them into the house, went to a house, asked the two to wait for a while, went in to report, and soon saw an old general in armor coming out of the house, cupped his hands from a distance, and said, "Lord Xue, Chu My lord, you have worked hard all the way!"

The visitor was tall and dark-skinned. His gray beard and hair made his dark skin stand out. His forehead was full of wrinkles, but his eyes were still shining brightly. Although he was old, his waist was still straight Straight, it looks very majestic, but when walking, it is obviously no longer the courage of the past, and it looks very tired.

Chu Huan knew that this old general who was still mighty was none other than General Yu Buqun of Dingguo, one of the four great generals of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Xue Huai'an had already stepped forward and cupped his hands: "Old General, I didn't have to wait hard. The old general really worked hard. You...you have to take care of your health!" The fatigue is hard to hide, this veteran of the bloody battlefield, at his age, most people have already raised flowers and birds, cared for their lives, and enjoyed the blessings of their children and grandchildren, but he still has to drag his old man along. The body came to the northwest, and under the harsh environment of the northwest, carrying the heavy burden of caring for the rise and fall of the Great Qin, Xue Huai'an looked at Yu Buqu's snow-white hair on the temples, apart from respect, he still felt a little emotional in his heart.

Chu Huan also stepped forward and bowed deeply to Yu Buqu.

Yu Buqu stroked his gray beard and said with a smile: "You are going to Xiliang this time, and you are carrying heavy burdens. The road ahead is very difficult. Don't be surprised that I couldn't go out of the city to meet you." Holding Xue Huai'an's hand, he said: "Go in. say!"

After entering the room and taking a seat, Xue Huai'an knew that Yu Buqu was busy with affairs and couldn't delay too much, so he glanced at Chu Huan, and finally cut to the chase: "Old General, when I left the West Valley Pass, I saw that the West Valley Pass was closed. Pass, no one is allowed to enter, is this an order from the old general?"

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