The further north you go, the more intense the yellow color of the grassland.

More than 100 horses, more than 300 horses, slowly galloping on the grassland.

Lu Ning changed into an ordinary military general's costume, the so-called soap silk armor, which is a black cloth robe, which can be directly covered with heavy armor.

After staying in Swallow City for one night, Qi Tianzi "returned".

Leave the civilian military generals to negotiate with the White Tatars of the West.

After Han Derang and the White Tatar Ministry announced the edict of Qi Tianzi, in which the herdsmen of the White Tatar Department from the east temporarily left the Zhangbei grassland.

After that, Dingyuan's general Wu Dingbang led the Yulin Lang to the northwest.

Of course, you can't wander around outside the fortress for too long as Qi Tianzi, even if you stay in Swallow City, one night is enough, too long, the people of the Bohai tribe, it's inconvenient not to say, you can't feel that the Nanren Emperor is stationed, what a grand event for the headquarters.

However, since he was out of the side plug, he turned around like this, and Lu Ning was unwilling.

In particular, when stationed in Yanzicheng, he received an urgent report from Hebei, and the Liao lord's army went south and attacked the Henan Prefectures of Juma, but the result was in vain, and the combination of "earthquake mines" and "fierce fire oil" was very powerful, killing and injuring many Liao cavalry.

Obviously, the Liao lord saw that the Qi army did not take the initiative to march into the siege of Youzhou, and he couldn't wait, so he tentatively attacked.

After all, he had to prevent himself from personally leading troops from Juyong to the east. It was the Liao people who attacked the Henan Prefectures of Juma, and they must not have gone all out, but more or less to test the reality of the Qi army.

At the very least, under the control of the palace and the Jingshu army in Juyong Guanxi, the two armies of Hedong and Hebei, plus the "Beining Army" that went north to reinforce them, did not have much problem in sticking to the south of the Juma River.

In this way, you can also rest assured to go to the northeast to harass the Khitans, so that they can also taste what it is like to be driven straight in.

About 200 miles northeast of Swallow City, there is a market place, called Yangcheng, which is also the westernmost place of Khitan tribe nomadism, more than 600 miles away from Beijing.

Yangcheng was placed by Liao Taizu Abaoji, when the Khitan power had not yet entered the west to the north of the desert, Yangcheng was mainly to trade with the grassland tribes in the north of the desert, and now, it is also the first market town for trade with the grassland tribes under its nominal rule.

Lu Ning's current goal is Yangcheng.

Da Rong's son Nihan is also in Yu Lin Lang's team, as the next patriarch candidate, Nihan was selected as Yu Lin Wei, in the eyes of others, there is naturally a proton meaning, however, Lu Ning initially asked Han Derang and Da Rong to talk about it, choosing Nihan as Yu Lin Wei is no different from choosing Yu Lin Wei to join the team, and the next generation of local warlords to enhance their feelings and understanding, at the same time, the selected person also has his own talent.

However, General Dingyuan is the incarnation of the Great Emperor, although Lu Ning did not specifically ask Nihan to keep it secret, but Nihan only talked to his father Darong at most, if it is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, he will not tell his father.

In particular, Swallow City involves the retreat of Qi Tianzi, who has entered the Liao Realm, if something goes wrong, this Bohai tribe is afraid that it will also be burned.

Nearly 200 miles from Swallow City to Yangcheng, on the third day, this horse team appeared behind a grassy mountain more than 20 miles west of Yangcheng.

Without galloping at full strength, maintaining the physical strength of all the horses, and at the same time, the sharpshooters were cruising ahead as scouts, and the brigade naturally had to slow down.

If it is spring and summer, you will definitely meet Khitan herdsmen on this journey, but it is just winter, and the herdsmen have already pulled the grass laid by the grass valley, and before the snowstorm comes, they will return to their winter habitat and prepare to survive the harsh winter. Its habitat is usually the best place with water sources, and the best area to shelter from the cold wind between the grass and mountains, and throughout the spring, summer and autumn, there will be no cattle and sheep to graze on the pastures here, and it is in a state of savage growth, and in winter, it is the dry food of the cattle and sheep of the tribe.

"Grass Valley" originally said that the herdsmen harvested wild grasses and a wild grain on the grassland in autumn to prepare for returning to their habitat to spend the cold winter, but gradually, it became a synonym for plundering other tribes, and later, many times, it was used to plunder the people of the Central Plains.

It was not the rainy season, and all the way I traveled was lying in the grass with clothes, and there were no simple tents on pack horses.

After this grassy mountain, it was late at night, rest for a night, and the next morning, after using the jerky, Lu Ning ordered the shooters of Yu Linlang to put on light armor, and the rest on heavy armor.

Yangcheng Rongchang, when Liao Taizu Abaoji was first set up, in fact, there is also a meaning of mutual market with the southerners, but after the Khitan got the sixteen states of Youyun, the Yangcheng Rongchang is mainly traded with the western and northern grassland tribes, the east of Yangcheng, after the Tan Mountain, the birthplace of Luanshui, there is Hancheng, and it is also one of the most important salt-producing areas of the Khitan.

Abaoji unified the tribes because he mastered the salt pond, invited the leaders of the tribes to discuss the matter, and killed them cleanly, thus unifying the Khitan tribes, also known as the Yanchi Change, or the Seoul Change.

Hancheng in the south of Tanshan, once relied on the Han people to smelt iron, Abaoji even made the Han people reclaim the wasteland to plant grains, when the Central Plains was in turmoil, many Han people were happy to live here, and even in addition to the plundered population, there were also those who took the initiative to migrate, until now, in addition to maintaining farming, salt and iron skills, these Han people have gradually become Hu, but now the blacksmiths have long been migrated to the area of Shangjing, leaving most of the salt households.

Fifty or sixty years is enough time to change a lot of things.

Tanshan is also the usual summer hunting place of the Liao lord, the sleeping king came to Tanshan to hunt, and later the Empress Dowager Xiao, also once built a new cool hall here, of course, from the historical records, it is only a grass shed area surrounded by a wooden fence, because it is a royal station, the name is tall.

But in any case, Tanshan is extremely closely related to the Abaoji family.

Therefore, although it is now winter, the Yangcheng field is very deserted, but in this area, there are also farmers in the Khitan department, plus the Hu Hannu department, if you want to form an army, it should be extremely easy for thousands of brave and strong.

The Huhua Han people in Seoul and Yangcheng, although their lives are quite free and comfortable, their identities belong to the Khitan royal slave department, because in this area, there is also a Huluduo elite cavalry, and there is a Tiyin capital supervisor to manage the affairs of the military and the imperial slave department.

Lu Ning was thinking about it, while looking at the two red-haired ghosts Pei Long and Pei Hu on the side, both of them are now Yulinwei's horse stake pawns, and they are specially responsible for guarding the auxiliary horses, Lu Ning gave the name of Ma Zhulang, the lowest-level military attache from the ninth grade.

They learned to ride horses very quickly, and they really have the potential of marathon runners, and they have a strong ability to run long distances.

Looking at the two of them, and was about to say something, Lu Ning suddenly caught a glimpse of Empress Xiao's different expression.