The wind blows gusts of yellow sand.

Under the scorching sun, there seems to be a trace of steam on the loess road, and the figures in the distance are a little trance-like.

Summer in the north is extremely hot.

And Lu Ning, who was stuffed in the iron cans like armor, could imagine the feeling of the iron cavalry in front of him and behind him, his physique, cold and heat resistance, but he already felt extremely stuffy, not to mention the guards under his command.

When he came to the north, Lu Ning wanted to come alone, but Princess Yongning's rhetorical question made Lu Ning start to look at the problem from another angle.

"People in the world will ask, and the three towns of Hebei will also ask, under the command of King Qi, there are no more dead soldiers?"

Yes, his original intentions were good, and he didn't want his subordinates to suffer casualties, but he didn't consider the feelings of the warriors under his command in this era.

If you come to the north alone, it's like a slap in the face to these sons who can sacrifice their lives for righteousness.

Single-handedly, falling into the city, they had no choice, they couldn't keep up with their footsteps, they could only look at their figures and rush to the death.

But if you go to the three towns in the north in person, if you don't bring a single guard, it will definitely be a heavy blow to the morale of the guards.

Yes, everyone knows that they are extremely brave, they come to the north single-handedly, and when they encounter danger, the chance of retreating is very high, but they will also hope that once they encounter danger, they can create more possibilities for themselves to escape, even if there is a slight chance to escape?

Naturally, they will not be a drag on themselves, but when they encounter danger, they can do their best to successfully escape.

Once they encountered danger, they did not want to return to the other side of the Yellow River alive.

If I try to save them instead, I am afraid that they will all kill themselves immediately to fulfill their loyalty.

After going over and over, Lu Ning thought about it a lot, and in the end, he finally decided to choose a hundred guards to accompany him to the three towns of Hebei.

Lu Ning initially wanted to choose the archers of the Lianzhu Battalion, but all the Taibao said that they should be elected heavy cavalry.

Because of the bow and cavalry, he is good at fighting, and the heavy riding is surrounded by many people, and he can also strive to help himself break out of a way out.

Obviously, the Taibao also knew that their intention to choose archers and horses, and when they encountered the enemy, the archers needed to fight instead of rushing into the enemy army to fight, and obviously they wanted to bring these archers back.

Then, the Taibao selected layer by layer and selected a hundred heavy horsemen, and which Taibao came with him as a commander, but the Taibao had infighting, and several Taibao even had a bow and horse contest with verbal discord.

In the end, it was Lu Ping who chose Huyanzan, after all, the heavy cavalry tiger camp, Hu Yanzan was the commander, and the hundred accompanying tiger ben were under the command of Huyanzan, Huyanzan was more familiar with his subordinates, and Huyanzan had more experience in leading the heavy cavalry to attack.

Yesterday, Lu Ning led this group of military horses to cross the Yellow River from Binzhou Ferry, and on the opposite side, Zhang Mei, the envoy of the Henghai Navy who had already received a letter from the messenger, sent Tang Shu, the secretary in charge, to lead hundreds of soldiers to meet him.

Yesterday evening, I camped in a small town along the way and rested for the night, and now, it is only a few dozen miles away from Cangzhou.

"His Royal Highness King Qi, did you hear the horn sound?" Tang Shu, who was riding a horse and following Lu Ning's side, suddenly smiled.

Lu Ning had already heard it and bowed slightly.

"The Duke of Du Hu has personally gone out of the city to greet him." Tang Shu said firmly.

Lu Ning nodded.

Sure enough, not long after, I saw billowing sand and dust in front of me, and a group of cavalry galloped towards us.

Lu Ning looked at it from a distance, and the rumors of Zhang Mei, the envoy of the Henghai Navy who guarded Cangzhou, flashed in his mind, of course, it can't be said to be rumors, many things are what Yongning said.

Zhang Mei by the treasury officials, because of shrewdness and ability, rose quickly, to the Yongning princess's father Zhou Taizu period, was already the state of grain envoys, at that time Guo Rong led the troops to guard the Yuan, whenever there was a shortage of grain and grass, Chai Rong asked Zhang Mei for it, Zhang Mei privately supplied him. Zhou Taizu was furious when he heard about it, and was about to send someone to reprimand Zhang Mei, but he was afraid that he would hurt Chai Rong's face, so he transferred Zhang Mei to Puzhou and served as the capital of Ma Bujun.

When Guo Rong succeeded to the throne, he immediately ordered Zhang Mei to enter the Privy Council, and in the first battle between Zhou and Gaoping of the Northern Han Dynasty, Zhang Mei performed well, promoted to the right to lead the army to the general of Wei, and temporarily replaced the seriously ill Prime Minister Fan Zhen to judge the matter of the three divisions.

After Guo Rongzhan's death, a series of personnel changes were made the following week, and Zhang Mei was appointed as the envoy of the Henghai Festival.

Obviously, Zhang Mei is neither the prime minister's party nor Zhao Kuangyin's party, but was promoted by Guo Rong all the way.

It's just that now, I don't know what thoughts he is thinking.

Just as he was thinking about it, the cavalry in front had gradually slowed down, and the silhouette of a figure could be faintly seen.

"His Royal Highness King Qi! I was looking forward to meeting with His Highness early, and it was only done today, how fortunate it is! Laughing, a horse galloped in front of Lu Ning.

is immediately a round-faced middle-aged military general, with a straight face, but his body is a little thin, obviously leading the military position as a civilian official.

Lu Ning smiled slightly, "Zhang Duhu, this king has also been famous for a long time. ”

In the distance, the horn sounded louder, and Zhang Mei said with a smile: "Your Highness, the three armies are waiting for Your Highness to enter the city." ”

Lu Ning bowed slightly, made a gesture, a member of the iron cavalry, raised the horn and blew, the front and rear iron cavalry, immediately rode the horses to assemble, each cavalry The thick spear of nearly three meters high was raised in front of the chest, like a forest, and the aura of slaughter came to the face.

Zhang Mei's face changed slightly, and she looked at these scimitars of Qi Guo's heavy riding hips, which were obviously used for close-range killing, and her eyes were a little fluttering.

Hu Yanzan, the deputy envoy of the palace army and the battalion commander of the heavy cavalry in the middle of the road, immediately hung up the iron lance, and in his hand it was really a pair of iron whips, and the swarthy and cold Sen Sen looked like he could imagine the terrible feeling of being smashed on the helmet by it.

This was built for him by Lu Ning himself, and he couldn't put it down.

……

One hundred miles north of Cangzhou is the former Qianning Army, which is the place where the three towns of Heshuo are stationed, and is now occupied by the Khitans and renamed Ningzhou.

Cangzhou and Ningzhou are separated by Zhangshui, but this spring Hebei is dry, the summer rain has not arrived, and the water in several sections of the Zhangshui River is very shallow.

There are not many people at the banquet in the military mansion, all of them are important figures in the Heng Navy, Zhang Mei, deputy envoy Liu Wending, secretary Tang Shu, and Cangzhou Tong sentenced Li Ji, in addition, Zhang Mei's eldest son Zhang Shouying is also there, and he is a young man in his twenties.

The wine and food are hearty, especially the shredded pork pancakes, which are fragrant and fragrant, and have the essence of northern recipes.

After coming to this world, Lu Ning still ate a somewhat authentic northern pancake for the first time.

So push the cup and change the lamp, and eat very happily.

Not to mention, I want to go to the Qianning Army to see the mountains and rivers of the homeland.

Zhang Mei and the others were all stuck.

Zhang Shouying was gearing up, and immediately said: "Your Highness, the drunken young general is willing to be His Highness's guide!" ”

Zhang Mei glared at him secretly, and said to Lu Ning with a smile: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, after the banquet, it should be arranged for His Highness." ”

However, after another round of drinking, the deputy envoy Liu Wending sighed and said: "Your Highness, the Central Plains is now chaotic and ownerless, and the town is only safe here, and what I am afraid of day and night is that the northern country will invade. ”