At the end of the fourth year of Tianshun, on the eve of the New Year, Zhen Lingdan led the army through the vast sea of sand, and also crossed the long mountains, and finally saw the plain, but the plain was already snow-capped, looking at the white and vast together is very imposing, but there is a trace of heroic sadness, on the white snow, but a large piece of red is particularly dazzling, what is going on,

The New Year is approaching, Zhen Lingdan ordered to be stationed in situ, with the blood of cattle and sheep painted red to prepare for the New Year, all the soldiers have homesickness, but such a lively New Year in the army is the first time, and gradually in this joyful atmosphere I forgot the sadness of being away from home for a long time, as for those newly recruited soldiers in the Western Regions, they are just the New Year of the Han people, but they are also infected by this atmosphere, Nian, it is nothing more than the evolution of ancient legends, and it meets the needs of the solar terms, and now it is just a humanistic atmosphere, Therefore, there is no distinction between nationalities, as long as everyone is lively and happy.

Everyone is lively, cooking cattle and slaughtering sheep, Zhen Lingdan has brought a leather apron, standing in front of the cauldron and leading the fire head army to cook and fry, roasted is naturally indispensable, people in the Western Regions eat more baked food, where have they tasted such delicious soups and dishes, they have feasted, but Zhen Lingdan is sitting on the side, looking at the gobbling stick guys with a smile, and said with a smile: "There are too few ingredients, when we are ready, we will make delicious food for you, to say that, it is still the rich dishes of Daming, and when the war is over, go back to the Central Plains with me, let's go from west to east, Eat from south to north, each place has a different taste and style, what's the matter, do you have something to do. ”

The quartermaster and the chief bookkeeper of money and food stood aside and laughed, looking at Zhen Lingdan and Chao Xing resignedly, Chao Xing said: "There is no military affairs but it doesn't matter, eat it quickly after you finish speaking, how rich the food is today." ”

"No, that's it, after eating today, we will only have one meal of multigrain noodles left, and all the livestock will be killed, what if we do that." The chief bookkeeper said, and the quartermaster nodded again and again,

Zhen Lingdan smiled: "You said this, don't worry, I'm still looking for you, you asked Huotoujun to make all the multigrain noodles into cakes and steamed buns, remember, make it soft and pointy, I was on my feet last time I ate it." ”

"This" master is conscientious, worried that after eating tomorrow, the army will be completely out of food, but it is not easy to refute Admiral Zhen Lingdan, so he can only stay put.

Zhen Lingdan said: "You can rest assured, tomorrow we will attack the city and pull out no less than 20 cities in one day, eat and drink enough today, and set out tomorrow before dawn, are you afraid of not having food when you enter the city, then you will wait for the things to be booked, how do you know this peace of mind." ”

"Order." The chief bookkeeper and the quartermaster ran away with a smile, Zhen Lingdan is already a myth in everyone's minds, he said that twenty cities will be connected tomorrow, although this is like a myth It is difficult to believe, but now the number of the army is not slowly decreasing, but increasing day by day, I am afraid that without twenty or thirty cities, it is really difficult to feed such a young man,

That night, Zhen Lingdan and Chao Xing gave orders to all the soldiers, and they each took the order to go, all of them were smiling.

In the city of Kirovgrad, the soldiers defending the city leaned on the city wall and fell asleep, and suddenly felt that the earth was trembling, after a slight earthquake more than ten days ago, everyone was not so panicked, remembering that time he knelt on the ground, the appearance of fart and urine, it was really ridiculous, the corner of the old soldier's mouth showed a mocking smile, he was not laughing at himself, but the hairy boy next to him, like himself, he had never seen an earthquake, but he was young, kneeling on the ground and shaking, Thinking that it was a demon from hell sent by God to punish everyone, for such a bevelous remark, he was not less whipped by the city lord, the old soldier thought about it, but the more he felt that something was wrong,

Because the last earthquake didn't last so long, it kept shaking, and it was from far to near, getting closer and closer to the city, listening carefully, this veteran's eyes suddenly widened, it was the sound of horses' hooves, but how could there be so many horses, this is impossible, even if all the city lords in the territory are combined, there are not so many people and horses,

Could it be that it was really as the little soldier said, it was the demon in hell who came, thinking of this, the old soldier couldn't help but tremble a little, and looked sideways at the soldiers who were also leaning on the city wall, they each closed their eyes tightly, but they kept trembling, when they had already woken up, but they were pretending to be asleep because of fear,

Suddenly, this earth-shattering sound came to an abrupt end, and the surroundings were quiet and terrible for a while, veterans are veterans after all, as the saying goes, people become old and fine, and it is the same when they are soldiers, when they have been for many years, they are naturally more courageous than ordinary soldiers, and the city wall of the Western Regions has no battlements, and the veteran looks out through an observation hole in the city wall.

The sky was not bright, and there was a faint fog in the air, so I couldn't really see it at all, I just felt that the color on the opposite side was not quite right, and the color of the snow disappeared, as if it was covered with a layer of something, and suddenly, the veteran's pupils contracted, his eyes widened, and his throat moved slightly, and then he trembled down the city wall, and ran to the city, shouting as he ran: "The devil is coming, the devil is here, the devil is besieging the city." ”

Every household was awakened by the panicked screams of the veteran, and they opened their doors to see, and the veteran ran all the way to the castle of the city lord, and the city lord met him, and when he heard the news, he immediately decided to go up to the city to take a look, and at this time the sky was already dark, and the fog outside the city had dissipated.

The city lord was surprised to find that outside the city was densely covered with fierce cavalry, they had all kinds of clothing, some had brown hair and high nose bridge, some black hair collapsed nose, and some looked like Han people who had come to trade, they were playing big flags, on which were the words Ming and Yi, among which there was no lack of generals, the most conspicuous is the two high flags of the Chinese army, which were written: Zhen, Chao two words,

The city lord trembled, he had never seen such an army of so many people, and he had never seen such a murderous and neat army, at this time a person came out of the army, and shouted in their familiar language: "Open the city gate quickly, we will enter the city to rest, and besides, do you have a Yili Commander here, called Boyan Bell, hand him over quickly, otherwise we will find that the whole city does not leave chickens and dogs, and does not seal the sword for three days." ”

The city lord was so frightened that he hurriedly opened the city gate, without the slightest intention of resisting, because he had no possibility and strength to resist at all, and the surrender of the city was the best plan, fortunately, after this group of soldiers entered the city, they did not commit any crimes, and they did not have any excessive demands, but they just gave the city owner some livestock and food, and did not directly extort and plunder the people, so the city lord was at ease.

Half an hour later, more than 100 people stayed in the city, and the army marched west and north in two ways.