There is a river in the north of Heyangyi of Wei, named Xushui, which is probably bordered by Wei and Shaoliang.

On September 19, Ying Qian led at least 200,000 Qin troops across Xushui and invaded Shaoliang.

Whether it is Shaoliang, Herong, or Heyangyi of Wei, Qin has coveted this entire Hexi land for a long time and has secretly sent a detailed investigation into the city, roads and waterways. Therefore, as Li He asserted, after crossing the Xushui River, the Qin army headed straight to Dongliang City, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend.

Once upon a time, Zhiyang, the earthen plateaus in the south of Dongliang were lush on the hills, but now, a large number of trees from Xushui to the north were set on fire by the Shaoliang army. Even Ying Qian, the commander of the Qin army, could smell a slight scent of something wrong.

But he didn't take it too seriously.

In his opinion, what can Shao Liang do if he really dares to fight against him? A small country with a total population of Qin is not as large as his command at this moment, how can he resist the attack of Qin army?

"Continue to advance!"

Ying Qian issued an order to the entire army under his command.

On September 20, the Qin army arrived in Dongliang City.

The weather is clear this day.

Li He got up early, put on his armor, and moved his muscles and bones in the yard. Soon, Hu Yue came to his house with a basket to prepare breakfast for him.

It is undeniable that this little girl who is about the same age as Liang Ji is indeed smart and capable. Although her personality is a bit rash and sometimes confused, she is really likable.

After a while, when A Yue had prepared breakfast, the fragrant rice lures Li Ying and Peng Chou two lazy guys.

By the way, since the surprise troops were transferred to Dongliang, Li Ying and Peng Chou either followed Li He to have a meal with the Hu clan or just had a meal at Li He's house. Anyway, they were reluctant to open fire and cook by themselves.

"Yo, A Yue."

"Brother Li Ying, Brother Peng Chou."

After entering the house, Li Ying greeted A Yue with a smile, and A Yue also responded to Li Ying and Peng Chou.

Through Li Ying and Peng Chou's efforts during this period, they finally asked A Yue to change his words to call them brothers - although A Yue calls them uncles, there is actually no big problem.

Compared to A Yue's enthusiasm, Li He's attitude became much colder. He said to Li Ying angrily: "Why are you two coming again? Don't you have food and rice in your family?"

Li Ying glanced at A Yue who was busy with her, and quipped with a smile: "There is no smart and capable little girl in our family like A Yue... If anyone can marry A Yue in the future, it would be a blessing."

"Where is there... Brother Li Ying, don't make fun of me."

Although A Yue was only in her teens, she could understand Li Ying's jokes. She blushed and lowered her head to make rice, and looked at Li He secretly from time to time.

Seeing this, Li Ying looked at Li He with great interest, but Li He rolled his eyes unhappily.

Anyone can see some clues about the little girl's thoughts, and Li He is no exception, but he has not thought about this for the time being. After all, it is really inappropriate to be old.

Just as several people were having their meals, a clang of alarm bell suddenly came from the direction of the city wall.

Li He and the other two immediately dropped the bowls and chopsticks, stood up and ran towards the door.

As soon as he ran out of the house, Li He suddenly realized something and turned to see A Yueyi following them away from the table, and stood inside the house with his little hand.

At this time, ordinary people in Dongliang City had already evacuated northward, retreating to the three cities of Fanpang, Laoliang and Shaoliang. In addition to the defenders, only the Hu clan and Tian clan were left. These clans would be responsible for assisting the defenders in logistics. They would not evacuate northward before the defenders when it was confirmed that Dongliang City would be difficult to preserve.

Li He reached out and touched Ayue's head, and comforted softly, "Don't be afraid, there will be no problem... Don't run around later, go find Uncle Fei, do you know?"

"Um."

A Yue nodded obediently and urged Li He in turn: "A Yue is not afraid, Brother Li, go quickly."

Seeing this, Li He turned around and left, heading straight to the city wall with Li Ying and Peng Chou who were waiting at the gate of the courtyard.

By the time the three of them came to the South City Gate Tower of Dongliang City, Zhai Hu was already there.

I was used to seeing Zhai Hu wearing casual clothes without any serious appearance. At this moment, I saw Zhai Hu wearing armor and his face was serious, but Li He was a little uncomfortable.

However, Zhai Hu caught a glimpse of Li He and the other two, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he still had the familiar tone of Li He: "Oh, here you are here?... As a general, I was the first to arrive. What are you doing?"

Li He smiled ashamed.

To be honest, they were actually very fast. Apart from comforting A Yue, they didn't delay anything. Unexpectedly, Zhai Hu was faster than them.

From the side, Li Ying smiled and said, "Sima Zhai is very enthusiastic..."

"Hey." Zhai Hu laughed and said inexplicably: "This is against the Qin army... It's like this kind of formation, which is rare for ordinary people to see with their own eyes in their lives."

As he said, Li He and Li Ying turned to look outside the city. At this time, they saw countless Qin troops standing there about two miles away from the city. Because the number of Qin troops was too large, Zhichuan could not accommodate them at all, so the Qin army climbed to the loess plateau south of Shangdongliang and the loess plateau on the west. So when Li He looked around, from the south to the west, there were dense Qin army flags everywhere, which was really shocking and terrifying.

Soon, Liang Ji, dressed in military uniform, also took Dongliang Jun to the city wall, and Wei Xun, the Wei Xiayang Jun who was abandoned by Heyang County, came to help.

“It’s too slow!”

Zhai Hu said to Dongliang Jun with an unhappy look.

Dong Liangjun glared at his eyes, and before he could even yell, Liang Ji said with a little red face: "It's not Dong Liangjun, it's me... I'm sorry, I won't know next time."

Looking at Liang Ji who looked pitiful, the rough man Zhai Hu suddenly lost his anger and turned around and greeted Xia Yangjun.

“How is the situation?”

Xia Yangjun walked up to him while asking. When he saw the Qin army far outside the city, even this long-standing general of Wei was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment.

Liang Ji was also scared and pale in her face. She hugged the sword she used to decorate tightly on her chest, breathing a little intermittently.

Seeing this, Li He walked over and comforted, "Don't be afraid, there may not be a victory for a large number of people, otherwise it would be better for each country to compare the number of people. What else can we fight?"

Although Li He said it funny, Liang Ji was frightened by the power of the Qin army and couldn't laugh at all. Finally, she forced a few smiles to respond, and even secretly said to Li He in a low voice: "But... I'm afraid..."

No wonder, the young girl who is very worried, did she see such a scene today?

So Li He whispered to him again: "The soldiers on the city are all watching you... Although Sima Zhai is the chief general, you are the soul of my Shaoliang. Your fear and worry will affect the fighting spirit of the soldiers guarding the city, so don't show it even if you are afraid... You just remember a little. Before Shaoliang fights until the last soldier, no matter how many people in the Qin army are, they will not hurt you at all. All you have to do is stand here, advance and retreat with the soldiers present, and silently remember these warriors who may sacrifice their lives for the country. Don't forget them."

"Um!"

Liang Ji nodded solemnly.

Li He smiled slightly and raised his eyes again. He saw Dong Liangjun looking at him expressionlessly. His eyes were a little acclaimed, but then the old man glared at him again.

"Woo--"

Outside the city, the sound of the Qin army's trumpet suddenly sounded. The trumpet sound was heavy and long, causing the guards on Dongliang City to subconsciously hold the weapons in their hands.

"snort!"

Zhai Hu naturally understood that this was an intentional intimidation by the Qin army and was thinking about how to counter it. At this time, a chariot was slowly driving out from the Qin army on Zhichuan, and the flags on the car were waving in the wind. From the pomp, it should be the commander of the Qin army, Ying Qian.

Ying Qian was the prince of the Qin prince. He was brave and courageous and had been through a long battle. When he saw Dongliang City, he knew that Shaoliang was ready to resist his Qin army.

But he didn't care, and even felt a little funny - without Wei State, how could a mere little Liang State resist him, Qin State?

Look at He Rong's fate before, and spending several years to build the Luoshui Great Wall. What was the result? Didn't he, the Qin army, break the royal city within a month?

"At most, it should be possible to capture Shaoliang..."

Standing on the chariot, Ying Qian murmured to himself, not taking the solemn Dongliang City in front of him seriously.

At this time, a Qin general walked quickly to Ying Qian's carriage and clasped his fists and said, "General, the army is ready, so the general can only give orders."

"Um."

Ying Qian nodded, then looked at Dongliangcheng, who was close to him and smiled: "First... send an envoy first and then force him to surrender."

Under his order, an envoy who accompanied the army, under the protection of a team of Qin troops, took a chariot to the city of Dongliang City and shouted to the city: "The Great Qin Tiger Army has arrived. If Shaoliang does not surrender, the whole city will be covered with powder when the city is broken!"

Everyone in the city was silent for a moment, and then Zhai Hu ordered: "Call him to death!"

Under Zhai Hu's order, the guards on the city shot a few arrows at the envoy's carriage, scaring the envoy to escape while cursing, and went back to report to Ying Qian.

"Hmph, stubborn!"

After learning about the messenger's report, Ying Qian became more and more displeased and waved his hand to order the entire army to approach Dongliang.

Under his command, the Qin army, which was slimly surrounded by the south and west sides of Dongliang City, slowly approached Dongliang City, and advanced more than a hundred steps.

Then, more than 200,000 Qin troops raised their weapons and shouted in unison: "Break the city! Break the city! Break the city!"

The voices of these more than 200,000 people gathered together, as if they were thunder. Not to mention the Shaoliang army soldiers on Dongliang City, even the Wei soldiers under Xia Yangjun were all shocked.

Liang Ji was so scared that she grabbed Li He's arm and leaned against him.

Li He, who had noticed something, looked down and comforted in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, it's okay."

Liang Ji nodded, but the hand holding Li He's arm did not retract it.

Fortunately, Dongliang Jun was also attracted by the Qin army at this time, otherwise the old man might have looked at Li He with murderous eyes again.

"Li He."

Zhai Hu's call came from the front.

Li He patted Liang Ji's back of his hand and signaled her to let go. Then he quickly walked to Zhai Hu.

Zhai Hu frowned and whispered: "The Qin army is trying to seize people first, and is determined to intimidate us. If we let them do it, it is difficult to ensure that our soldiers will not be robbed of morale. Do you have any suggestions?"

Li He thought for a while and said, "I have a way to try it."

As he said this, he whispered a few words to Zhai Hu.

Zhai Hu was filled with surprise and looked at Li He incredibly: "I'm so brave... Go, I'll allow it!"

"yes!"

Li He hugged his fists and fell into the city wall without looking back.

Seeing this, Wei Xiayang Jun asked Zhai Hu in confusion: "What are these five hundred generals...he is going to do?"

Zhai Hu smiled mysteriously and said, "You will know if you look..."

Later, I heard a rumbling sound from the city gate below, and at the same time, a Wei soldiers came up to the city wall to report: "Five hundred people ordered Li He to open the city gate and go outside the city..."

"What?!" Xia Yangjun's expression changed drastically. He rushed to the wall in a few steps, poked out his body and looked down at the city. He immediately saw Li He walking alone outside the city with his sword in his hand.

"I am Li He, the Qin army opposite...come to fight!!"

Facing the more than 100,000 Qin troops, Li He shouted loudly.
Chapter completed!