Nine Plains City.
Not long after Young Master Ying Zixuan's group entered Nine Plains City, the sound of hooves suddenly came from the main road outside the north gate.
The soldiers on the city wall nocked their bows and readied their arrows, nervously watching the situation below the city wall.
Everyone could tell that these tens of warhorses were heading straight for Jiuyuan City.
"General Wang, General Wang, there are horses coming from the north gate.”A soldier shouted at the low ranking officers and generals of the Qin army.
"I saw it. You don't have to shout.”General Wang looked ahead and said.
At this moment, General Wang also heard the sound of hooves getting clearer and clearer. It was obvious that this team of knights was very close to Jiuyuan City.
"Less than sixty cavalry, and our Jiuyuan scouts usually only have twenty people, who could it be?”General Wang muttered to himself, then turned around and shouted at the nearly one hundred soldiers on the city wall.
"All of you, cheer up and listen to my orders!”
"Here!"
The soldiers accepted the order.
The sound of hooves got closer and closer, and the figure on the horse became clearer and clearer.
"General Wang, General Wang is one of us.”A soldier shouted.
"I already said, don't shout, I saw it.”Baijiang Wang shouted.
"Roar!" A warhorse galloping in the outermost part of the caravan suddenly let out a long, mournful neigh."Boom!" It fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth.
Before the rider could react, he let out a short cry and rolled off his horse. With a loud thud, he fell heavily to the ground.
"Big Rock!"
"Stone!"
Seeing the rider fall from his horse, the rest of the riders shouted in anger.
This group of knights was none other than the scout team that had rushed back to Jiuyuan from the depths of the grassland for two days and two nights.
"Phew!"
The group of knights hurriedly pulled on the reins.
The captain of the scout squad did not wait for the warhorse to stop before he jumped off the horse. When he landed on the ground, his legs suddenly gave way and he staggered, falling to the ground.
After two days and two nights of continuous galloping without rest, and after the battle with the Xiongnu scouts, everyone in the team of 20 scouts was injured. There were even two who were seriously injured. This team of scouts had reached their limit, not only mentally but also physically.
At this time, there were no saddles or stirrels. The scouts were all riding on bare horses. Other than eating and resting occasionally, they were running on horses for the rest of the time. Everyone's thighs and legs were already mangled.
Although they had stolen thirty Xiongnu scout cavalry warhorses that could accommodate twenty people, they had also reached their limit.
The warhorse that had just fallen to the ground was one of the three warhorses of the sturdy soldier Big Stone.
Big Rock was very strong. Although the three horses took turns, one of the horses died of exhaustion when they were about to reach Jiuyuan City.
Out of the three horses that took turns, one of them was killed. Although it was because Big Rock was too strong, it could be seen what kind of situation people were in.
If it wasn't for the fact that everyone in the scout team understood that the situation was extremely urgent and relied on their faith to support themselves, they would probably have been lying on the ground by now.
The captain of the scout team fell to the ground. He struggled with his hands and feet and rushed to the side of the big rock that had fallen to the ground. He hugged it and shouted anxiously.
"Stone! Rocks! Wake up! Wake up!"
At this moment, the rest of the soldiers also got off their horses with difficulty and rushed over to Big Rock.
"Shi Tou, you didn't even die after fighting the Xiongnu barbarians. If you fall to your death now, I will look down on you even if I die.”
"Big Rock, hold on. We're here, we're here.”
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When Wang Baijiang confirmed the identity of the scout team and rushed to the location of the scout team, other than two or three people who could barely stand, the rest of the scouts were already paralyzed on the ground.
Big Rock and two more heavily injured soldiers had already collapsed to the ground.
"General Wang, they are dead." A soldier said with tears in his eyes after examining the three of them.
"Big Rock!"
"Stone!"
The soldiers of the scout team shouted after hearing this.
Due to the emotional fluctuations, and the fact that Jiuyuan City was right in front of them, as well as Baijiang Wang and the others, many of the soldiers in the scout teams had fainted.
After hurriedly arranging the soldiers of the scout team, Wang Baijiang had his men bandage the few soldiers who were not unconscious. Then, he personally carried them to Meng Tian's General Manor.
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General Manor.
One of them was handsome and had a masculine appearance, but he had a double chin and thick sideburns. He wore black Qin armor with golden edges, giving off a gorgeous and domineering feeling.
This man was the Great General of the Great Qin Empire, and also Ying Zheng's most trusted general, Meng Tian.
At this moment, Meng Tian was frowning and thinking about something.
"General, Young Master has already arrived.”Meng Bei said slowly.
"What meeting? The military situation is urgent. Don't you know? Didn't you hear me just now?!" Meng Tian said loudly.
Just now, a few scouts had finished talking about the information about the Xiongnu army that they had obtained from the captured Xiongnu scouts.
The Xiongnu Toman Chanyu personally led 200,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen, and the Dayue King personally led 150,000 Dayue cavalrymen. They were in the depths of the grasslands 800 miles north of the Yin Mountains.
This news shocked Meng Tian, Meng Bei, and the others.
"General, do you need to tell this news to Young Master Ying Zixuan?”Meng Bei hesitated for a moment before asking.
"Order the generals of Jiuyuan to discuss this matter and pass this news to the generals of the Northern Territory.”Meng Tian paused for a moment before saying,"
"Tell this news to General Zhang Han as well, and have him send his Shadow Secret Guards to report it to His Majesty as soon as possible.”
"Yes."
Meng Bei accepted the order.
"Right, pass down the order. From now on, the soldiers of Jiuyuan County will not leave their armor and be on guard. Send scouts to the north of Yin Mountain to investigate the enemy's situation day and night.”Meng Tian said after a moment of hesitation.
"Yes."
Meng Bei knew that the military situation was urgent, so he prepared to leave after receiving the order.
"Wait a minute." Meng Tian suddenly shouted," Forget it, you should hurry up and do what you need to do!”Meng Tian thought for a while and waved her hand to let Meng Bei leave.
Meng Tian had wanted the soldiers to light the beacon, but she thought about the Xiongnu cavalry and the Dayue cavalry, who were still deep in the grasslands north of the Yin Mountains. She still had time. If she were to light the beacon now, it would definitely lead to chaos in the various counties of Jiuyuan.
The beacon was a beacon tower, a high platform that transmitted alarm signals. When they encountered an enemy, they would ignite thick smoke during the day and light a fire at night.
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