Meng Tian, ​​the lord of Jiuyuan County, read the words on the letter and threw it into the fire with an expressionless face.

In front of him was the messenger who was tied up with strips of flowers, his mouth stuffed with tattered cloth, his eyes were about to bleed, and he wanted to kill Meng Tian and then quickly.

Meng Tian drew his sword and pierced his heart with the sword. Qin's sword entered the messenger's chest and came out from his back.

One more nameless corpse in the desert.

The northwest is Ying Fusu's territory.

Jiuyuan and Yanmen on the northwest front are the territory of the Meng family.

Deep in the desert.

The Huns, who were driven back 700 miles by Meng Tian, ​​and the Donghu, who were made miserable by Wang Ben's constant search for missing soldiers, established a non-aggression treaty between the brothers who had often fought each other.

The place where the territories on both sides connect is a grassland called Outuo.

The lush wild grass on the Outuo grassland has absorbed the blood of many Huns and Donghu people. The two forces have attacked each other countless times for this grassland.

This time, facing the common enemy Qin, the two sides agreed that neither the Donghu nor the Xiongnu could enter Outuo to graze, so as to avoid conflicts and military conflicts with each other.

This winter, Yan, whom all the Huns praised as the most beautiful flower in the entire prairie, was the favorite of Chanyu Touman, the Xiongnu, and gave birth to a son.

Touman was overjoyed. He loved the house as much as under the crow, and doted on his young son so much that he no longer felt cold even in the cold winter.

As winter passed, a piece of news reached Touman's ears. Touman felt that the news was even colder than winter.

In early March, the Yuezhi Kingdom sent troops and occupied a pasture of the Xiongnu.

The Yuezhi Kingdom was located in the area between today's Dunhuang and Wuwei. There were 100,000 or 200,000 people who could immediately mount their horses to fight. There were more horses than people. The Yuezhi Kingdom's cavalry could have the luxury of one person and two horses!

Horses are usually synonymous with combat power in the desert.

All war horses need to be castrated.

After castration, the horse will become docile and not annoying, as long as it is well fed. Otherwise, it will be difficult to get the horse to go into estrus, and it will be a serious problem if a group of horses goes into estrus during a war.

Military horses are not castrated, and there are not enough mares to mate. Just going crazy can kill people. Just feeding the mares, providing mating places, etc. is already beyond demand.

Castrated war horses are sterile, which leads to the fact that horses are often more valuable than people. There are often soldiers who can ride horses but no war horses. Therefore, cavalry has become the rarest type of arms.

Among the nomadic peoples with the largest number of horses, only the Yuezhi Kingdom can do so.

If there are many war horses, there will be few stallions.

If there are few stallions, there will be no horses.

The desert said that there are three kinds of people in the world: the people in the Central Plains, the treasure people in Qin, and the horses in the Yueshi.

The Yuezhi Kingdom has always been a representative of high combat power in the desert with its war horses that far exceed those of other nomadic peoples.

There has always been a saying in the desert - Donghu is strong but Yuezhi is prosperous.

That pasture is very fertile, but in fact, no matter whether the pasture is fertile or barren, this battle has to be fought.

Touman was the first chanyu to integrate the Xiongnu. Many tribes like the Xiongnu still regard him as their king in name.

If this battle is not taken up, the Xiongnu may fall apart overnight and once again become countless tribes fighting on their own.

Touman felt cold both physically and mentally.

Qin, Donghu, and Yuezhi are the three most powerful countries in the world.

He had just given up 700 miles to the Qin State, and the Outuo Grassland to the Donghu State, and now he was going to become the enemy of the Yuezhi State. This was simply giving him no way out.

He gritted his teeth and recruited all the major tribes of the Xiongnu to fight against the Yuezhi Kingdom despite all the reluctance.

The desert war begins.

At the same time, Peixian County.

Grandpa Liu celebrated his birthday, and all the prominent people in Pei County were present.

The magistrate of Peixian County arrived first and entered Liu's house. He sat next to Mrs. Liu and chatted with him. He was talking and laughing there, laughing out loud from time to time.

At the door, Xiao He, the chief official of Pei County, wrote down the people who came to wish him a birthday and the amount of money they brought.

The position of the chief clerk controls the advancement and retreat of the group of officials. Apart from the county magistrate and county magistrate, the chief clerk has the most power. With such a third-in-command doing the bookkeeping work himself, Mrs. Liu never closed her mouth today.

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The Liu family's banquet was divided into three halls.

The most distinguished lobby is undoubtedly the lobby where Grandpa Liu lives. There is only one big table. The magistrate of Peixian County, the magistrate of Peixian County, and the county lieutenant of Peixian County are all sitting on this table.

In addition, the heads of several aristocratic families in Peixian County, second only to the Liu family, were also present.

Accompanying him at the last table were several wealthy businessmen.

These wealthy businessmen were not among the first to sit in the first hall, they simply spent money to buy seats.

The birthday gifts were so large that Xiao He had to sing the news loudly. Liu Zhong, the second son of Mrs. Liu, walked out without being humble or haughty and welcomed the smiling businessman in.

In Pei County, only the Liu family has this confidence.

The second lobby has more tables, with eight tables, prepared for people with status. For example, the warden in charge of the prison led several wardens to sit at one table.

"The chief official sings it himself, it's really a great honor."

The warden secretly smacked his tongue and bumped his body against the warden sitting next to him who also had an envious look on his face.

"You blind person, don't you have friendship with Mr. Xiao? Come quickly to Mr. Xiao and help him write a word and sing a song. Why did I bring you here?"

"oh oh!"

The jailer woke up from a dream and hurriedly thanked the jailor:

"Thank you for your advice, sir."

He hurried to the door.

The warden watched the warden talking to Mr. Xiao, who greeted him with a smile.

Drinking water and wine, smacking your mouth, a touch of surprise and a touch of joy appeared on your face.

"This kid didn't lie to me. He really knows me. Mr. Xiao is not angry for being so reckless. It seems that our friendship is not shallow."

The warden ran past the third hall, which had the largest number of people and the most tables. Anyone in this hall could sit down by paying a certain amount of money.

He didn't notice that an old man with four moles on his forehead glanced at him accidentally. After being stunned for a moment, his eyes followed him.

"I'll write the pen for Brother Xiao."

The chief official asked Xiao He to shake his head.
Chapter completed!