After setting the goal of going to the Western Regions, the war wheel in Guanzhong began to operate, and the two battalions of the Dragon Soul and Tiger Roar each transferred 4,000 men and horses to Dunhuang, waiting for the arrival of the commander and the grain and grass after the autumn harvest. At the same time, Long Jun personally led the army to Beiyi Mountain, preparing to exterminate the remnants of Beigong, completely recover the Hetao, and find out the secrets left by Nanhua in the Hetao.

At the end of September, Long Jun and others arrived at Beiyi Mountain, looking at the endless fertile soil and galloping horses at the bottom of the mountain, the joy on everyone's faces was like the scorching sun in autumn, scorching but not hurting. Since Long Jun recovered Hexi, the Longxi Horse Farm set up in Longxi has not produced ideal horses in recent years, even if the Chang'an Zhaoxian Hall has recruited many experts who specialize in raising war horses, it has not improved, which has led to the idea of expanding the cavalry that Long Jun has always wanted to expand has not been put forward for a long time.

Although the Hetao is dominated by wild horses, and they also need to be trained and raised after they are captured, this can give Guanzhong an additional horse source supply area, so that the number of births of young horses will not be insufficient due to the age of the breeding horses. Seeing this, Guo Jia, who was still following Long Jun's side on this expedition, said slowly, "Giving such a natural horse farm to Beigong Boyu and others is simply a violent thing, no wonder Chengzhen asks us to continue to put pressure on Beigong Boyu every time he writes." ”

Hearing this, Long Jun pursed his lips, then sat on the ground with his hands behind his head, looked at the clear sky with his eyes, and said silently, "Actually, Chengzhen's purpose is also to force out Nanhua." I wonder if to transfer Chengzhen back to Chang'an after this battle, he has been running around all these years, although the senior brother didn't say anything, I can feel that he really misses Chengzhen. ”

"But to deal with the Nanhua faction, if there is no Chengzhen personally in charge, I am afraid it will be difficult to carry out. Not to mention that Cheng Zhen's familiarity with the Nanhua faction is more than that of Qu A, just in the area of martial arts, I'm afraid that there are only a few people in the world who can compete with Li Jin, right? And what is the extent of his master Nanhua? Have you ever thought about it? ”

Referring to the martial arts of Li Jin and others, Long Jun said depressedly, "Indeed, I don't know how these bastards cultivate." Why are they so powerful? You say that if they are military generals on the battlefield, have they all become enemies one by one? ”

"This subordinate is not clear, after all, the road that his subordinate walked when he was young is probably not as much as the one that the lord traveled when he traveled. But the chivalrous use of force to prohibit it, whether it is the Great Qin of the year or the later Han Dynasty, they have always been very strict with the Jianghu rangers. For fear that some heroes will appear, under the banner of asking for the people's lives, they will kill people in the official mansion. ”

Hearing the word hero, Long Jun tilted his head and glanced at Dian Wei, who looked embarrassed, and chuckled, thinking that Dian Wei was a local Ren Xia before joining Zhang Miaojun, and later because of the death of his friend, he secretly slaughtered the local county order, which led to the government wanted. Later, if it weren't for Zhang Miao's expansion of the army, Dian Wei should still be on the way to escape at this moment.

In order to avoid Dian Wei's embarrassment, Long Jun turned his head to look at the grassland blowing in the autumn wind, and asked indifferently, "Gongda, they should have already left the Jade Gate Pass, right?" Have any letters come in these days? ”

At this point, Long Jun didn't wait for Guo Jia's reply, and continued, "I received a letter from Qu A three days ago, saying that Li Jin left Taiyuan and disappeared without a trace, and I suspect that this kid may have returned to Hetao. Therefore, during this period of time, the Western Regions asked Gongda to send the report to Chang'an and hand it over to the Military Aircraft Administration for processing. After our army finds the main force of Beigong Boyu, you can also rush back to Chang'an. ”

Hearing this, Guo Jia was slightly stunned, and then instantly understood what Long Jun meant by letting him rush back to Chang'an. Beigong Boyu is already a trapped beast fight, and it won't take long to be wiped out, but Nanhua's faction is different, and this group of Jianghu people is likely to use sneak attacks and assassinations to prevent Long Jun from delving into the secrets of the Hetao. And he, Guo Jia, is the only one in the army who doesn't know martial arts, which is the best breakthrough point for Li Jin and others. So Guo Jia hummed twice, looked over the grassland at the foot of the mountain, looked at the city outline that was faintly visible in the distance, and said to himself, "What a beautiful scenery, but it's a pity that it is about to be dyed red." ”

On the second day, according to Long Jun's orders, Guo Jia was personally escorted back to Chang'an by Xu Chu. And the Guanzhong army also broke through the interception of the small Qiang tribe at the foot of the Beiyi Mountain, and officially stepped into the last territory of Beigong Boyu. Later, Long Jun did not delay any time, and after receiving Tong Fei's report, Long Jun led his troops to kill Lingwu and meet the main force of Beigong Boyu.

Five days ago, Zhao Yun and the others had actually planned to lead the troops into the Western Regions Jade, but they were blocked by the yellow sand outside the gate. If Ma Chao hadn't seen the dense sand and dust more than ten miles away in advance, and hurriedly ordered to withdraw to Yumen Pass, I am afraid that everyone would have been drowned in the long yellow sand. When everyone returned to the pass, Ma Chao patted his chest and breathed a long sigh of relief, and the captain of the checkpoint hurriedly ordered people to prepare to resist the erosion of yellow sand. In this way, the Chinese army of the Eight Thousand Passes stayed in Yumen Pass for three days and did not dare to go out, until the yellow sand disappeared, and Ma Chao ordered to leave Yumen Pass.

Looking at the official road that had just been eroded, Ma Chao looked at Xun You with teeth, but Xun You had never been to such a place, so in desperation, he had to order someone to return to the customs to find a tour guide and lead the 8,000 troops forward. To be honest, it is best not to find a tour guide when you move troops in a place where you are not familiar with life, because no one knows if this kind of tour guide will really help. Especially when there are strange armies wreaking havoc in their homeland.

After a few glances at the tour guide walking beside Zhao Yun, Ma Chao drove his horse to the vicinity of Xun You, and lowered his voice and said, "Isn't the military advisor worried?" I heard Wei Youzi say that there are many post guards left by the vassal countries of the Western Regions in this Yumen Pass. Since the rebellion of the Qiang tribe, the imperial court has been unable to command the countries of the Western Regions, and these people have become the so-called tour guides, what if this kid betrays us at that time? We're not familiar with this place at all. ”

"If you come, you will be safe, and we will use him to find the official road to the mountain country, and when we arrive in the mountain country, we will go straight to the Changshi Mansion in Liuzhong. Moreover, the mountain country has always wanted Chang'an to send tribute, and this kid is from the mountain country, so don't worry about this. Even if today's mountain country has two hearts, as long as the other party sees our 8,000 elite soldiers, how can there be any reason to use swords and soldiers? ”

Listening to Xun You's reply, Ma Chao nodded lightly, but there was always a voice in his heart telling him to be careful, thinking that it might be the psychological effect of being in a foreign place for the first time, so Ma Chao knocked on the door of his head, put aside the thoughts in his heart, and said respectfully, "Please rest assured, this trip to the Western Regions, the last general will definitely live up to the orders of the military advisor." ”

Like Ma Chao, in fact, Xun Yu also has some worries in his heart, mainly because the dispatch of troops this time was too hasty, Skynet did not completely control the Western Regions, and there was not enough news. And it was a bit of a hurry to make such a decision just following the news released by the merchant of Guizi. It is hard to imagine what will become of the Western Regions if these 8,000 troops are unfavorable. So in the days of Yumen Pass, Xun You talked to Zhao Yun and the two of them, so that they could not act without authorization. However, in order not to affect the two, Xun You did not express the worries in his heart.

Finally, four days later, Xun You and others rushed to Puchanghai. Looking at the sparkling lake, the boulder that Xun You had been carrying in his heart fell gently. Then everyone rested here for a day and rushed north, stepping into the realm of the mountain country. Perhaps because he had not seen the large-scale action of the Han Dynasty army, as soon as the Guanzhong army entered the mountain country, the people of the mountain country fled in all directions.

Fortunately, Xun You saw the envoys sent to Chang'an by the Mountain Kingdom, so after the Guanzhong Army was stationed at the foot of the Kulu Mountain near the Mountain Country, Xun You hurriedly ordered people to go to the capital of the Mountain Country to prevent conflicts between the two sides. Fortunately, the capital of the mountain country is not far from here, and two days later, the prince of the mountain country, Cha Qimu, personally came to condole, and the defense army of Kulu Mountain let down their guard.

"Hello Prince Cha Qimu, I am Xun You, the military advisor under the account of Beihou Longjun of Dahan Town, and I am here to revive the prestige of the Western Regions Protectorate. If there is any disturbance, I hope that the prince and the lord of the country will forgive me. ”

Zha Qimu is also an admirer of Han culture, after hearing that Long Jun intends to recover the Western Regions, he hurriedly expressed his support to Xun You on behalf of the mountain country, and assured, "Master Commander, rest assured, my mountain country must stand on the side of the Hou Ye, and my father will explain to me when he comes, no matter what conditions you propose, as long as we can do it, we will do our best to assist your army." ”

"Hehe, that's not necessary!" Seeing that the lord of the mountain country was quite upright, Xun You pretended to be indifferent and said, "This time, our army has complete food and grass equipment, and there is no need to bother with the funding of the subject countries in various places. And we hope that if we don't use the sword soldiers, we won't move, after all, it is the greatest will of my lord to surrender without a fight, and it is also a good deed to the people of all countries. ”

"Master Hou and the military advisor are so considerate of the people, we admire them. Since the military advisor has no intention of asking us to help, the main palace will now return to the mountain country castle and inform my father so as not to disturb the people. ”

Seeing that he was about to leave, Xun You couldn't help but have some suspicions in his heart, so he narrowed his eyes and looked at the other party deeply. After a while, Xun You saw that there was nothing unusual, so he said softly with a little contemplation, "Okay, please ask the prince to help me bring a good one to the lord of the country, and after taking us to calm the back of the car, I will definitely come to greet the lord in person." ”

"Okay, okay, then the palace will go back first, please ask the military advisor to stay, no need to send it out." After speaking, Zha Qimu turned around and left, without any intention of dragging mud and water, and Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, who were watching, looked at each other. I wondered why the other party was in such a hurry to leave.

Who would have thought that Cha Qimu's figure had just disappeared from the sight of the three of them, Xun You immediately ordered the three armies to withdraw to Puchanghai, and arranged scout troops around thirty miles along the way, and the whole army entered a state of readiness.

Regarding Xun You's general order, Ma Chao was confused, but he didn't ask much, but Zhao Yun asked with a solemn face, "What's wrong with the military advisor?" Why do you want to withdraw to Pu Changhai and not go to Liuzhong? ”

"What I was worried about may come true, the mountain country has already rebelled, and our trip to the Western Regions may not be so simple. Didn't you notice that although this Zha Qimu's words were nice, they didn't actually do anything at all? According to what he just meant, they should welcome us, but he didn't say a word about the 2,000 defenders near us from beginning to end, what did they want to do? ”

After Xun You said this, the two reacted. So the two hurriedly responded, "The last general understands, let's drive the troops and retreat to Puchanghai." ”