On January 18, the Tiancai Battalion Army and the Shuofang Army, which had been wandering in the hinterland of Longyou for a full seventeen days, caught up, and on the west bank of the Yellow River, on the edge of the Gobi in Hexi, the two armies began to encircle, but just when the Longyou Army and the Shuofang Army were about to close, the Tiancai Battalion suddenly rushed out of a mouth less than ten miles wide like lightning and went straight to the Yellow River.

In the Longyou battalion, Wei Qing, who was dressed in white, put his hands behind his back and looked coldly at Zhao Denian, the soldier and horse envoy of the Dashi Army who came to ask for sin, and Zhang Huan broke out from under his eyelids.

"The subordinates have done their best, the brothers have been marching for a day, they are already sleepy and tired, and the other party has rested for two hours, and it is all cavalry, how can we run on two legs."

While explaining, Zhao Denian secretly looked at the eldest prince's face, and seeing that he had no expression on his face, he panicked for a while, and hurriedly explained: "Moreover, they sent troops after resting, obviously they had already calculated, and they were by no means a fluke." ”

"Are you done?" Wei Qing coldly interrupted his explanation, "This son only looks at the results and not the process, since he escaped from you, you should bear this responsibility." ”

Speaking of this, he waved his hand lightly, "Kill him!" ”

The expression was as if he was swatting a fly to death, and five or six soldiers immediately rushed up next to him, grabbed Zhao Denian, knocked off his helmet, and wanted to drag him out.

Zhao Denian was furious, he struggled and hissed angrily, "You little Wang Balamb who is neither male nor female, why didn't the Hui people kill you, Lao Tzu fought in the south and the north to lay down the country for your Wei family, are you treating me like this?" ”

Wei Qing's face became extremely pale, and an unforgettable hatred suddenly shot out from under his long eyelashes, and he stepped forward. A fierce sword pierced his chest, then drew out the sword, and cut his throat with his backhand, Zhao Denian pointed at Wei Qing, 'Cluck! Two thuds, and he fell down with a bang.

"Drag it out and feed the wild dogs!"

Wei Qing threw his sword on the ground. Leng Leng ordered: "The Hexi army is not allowed to move, and the rest of the army will continue to chase me eastward, and the one who catches up first will be promoted to three levels, and the reward will be ten thousand." ”

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In the bleak night. The Heavenly Cavalry Battalion was as fast as a fly, like a cold long knife, quietly stabbing towards the swarthy Huijun City, which is located about fifty miles on the east bank of the Yellow River, with a population of less than 10,000 households and a thousand troops stationed in Shuofang.

Led by a partial general.

Since Huijun was the first gateway to defend Tibet, the population was not large. However, the city was very tall and strong, and the moat was dug by the water, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Zhang Huan immediately stared at the distant city on a high post five miles away from the city, and waited for the scout to bring him detailed information, and less than a hundred miles behind him, the 50,000 pursuers were divided into three roads. Outflanked this way.

A small black dot appeared in the distance, getting closer and closer, and the scout who went to inquire about the news returned, and the scout rushed up the hill and reported to Zhang Huan: "General, there are two granaries in the city, guarded by a thousand defenders, and the main general is said to be the son of Xin Yunjing. ”

"The son of Xin Yunjing?" Zhang Huan was slightly stunned in his heart, "Could it be Xin Lang?" ”

"Yes! It had to be him. Zhang Huan suddenly remembered that the last time he met Li Feizhi on the bank of Qujiang Pond, he had said that Xin Lang was also in the army in Shuofang and served as a partial general, but Huijun was once controlled by Xin Yunjing, and it was natural for Xin Lang to guard here.

Thinking of this, he immediately took out a famous thorn and handed it to a personal soldier and said: "You give this famous thorn to Xin Lang and tell him that I am being chased by Wei Qing and have nowhere to escape, if he remembers the love of the old man, ask him to lend me Huijun for ten days, and I will leave this place after ten days." ”

After about half an hour, I saw dozens of cavalry galloping from the direction of the city, and the black shadow was sufficient, galloping towards this side.

"Is it going to be a sick brother?" The man in the dark shadow rushed up the hill and laughed loudly.

It's really Xin Lang, Zhang Huan was pleasantly surprised, with him, it would be less trouble to take Hexi, he also greeted him with a smile, only to see that Xin Lang was also wearing an iron helmet and iron armor, burly and tall, and looked very mighty.

The two haven't seen each other for nearly a year, and they are very happy to meet again at this time, Xin Lang stepped forward and punched Zhang Huan in the shoulder, and laughed: "This year, the prestige of Hedong Zhang's sick place has filled my ears, which makes me extremely envious." ”

Zhang Huan rubbed his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "You only hear a good reputation, but you don't know about my life." ”

Xin Lang nodded, he sighed slightly: "Actually, I am also very convinced, in May this year, the emperor drove the expedition in person, and I also went west to receive grain from the city, and I came back when I heard that His Majesty was trapped, and I didn't think about going to Han'er Bali, it can be seen that everyone's opportunity is equal, it depends on who can seize it." ”

Zhang Huan glanced at him, and saw that his eyes were a little melancholy, so he smiled faintly and said: "That's because I have the connivance of the head of the family, of course I dare to act without permission, but you are different, if you do not have an order, will Wei Ge spare you?" He was already fighting your Xinjia Hexi's idea, if he caught the handle, how could he let it go? ”

Zhang Huandi's words were heartfelt, he let out a long sigh, and after a while, he said to Zhang Huan helplessly: "The matter in Hexi is not as simple as you think, I can't talk about it for a while, let's go to the city!" My men are my father's soldiers, not Wehr's."

Zhang Huan smiled, the side horse rode side with him, and the two slowly descended the hill, and then, the Tianqi camp team also drove into Huijun.

The city of Huijun is wide, about three miles long, there are tens of thousands of residents in the city, the houses are neat, and the dilapidated Yanxi County is very different, there is a military camp enough to accommodate 10,000 people in the west of the city, the Tianqi camp has been wandering in Longyou for more than half a month, the people and horses have been physically and mentally exhausted, and it has been only today that they finally have a place to stay, despite this, no one dares to slack off, they have gone to the city to prepare for defense, and tens of thousands of chasing soldiers in the back are about to arrive.

In the assassin's office, Pei Ying went to the backyard and chatted with Xin Lang's new wife, while Zhang Huan sat opposite Xin Lang and listened to him tell about the changes in Hexi.

"It happened this year in the west of the city of the change, my father did his best to 10,000 Hexi elite and 30,000 Longyou army together to go north to rescue, Lu Sigong served as the main general, but in the north of the South Mountain was ambushed by the Hui people, Lu Sigong ordered the Hexi military palace, the loss was extremely heavy, and his father's most powerful general He Baxi was also unfortunately killed. In the end, there were less than 4,000 people left, and the military power was taken away by Lu Sigong, and in the end, the remnants of less than 4,000 people did not return to Hexi. ”

Speaking of this, Xin Lang's eyes were full of pain, and he punched his leg hard, gritted his teeth and said, "That meanness."

Piff. In the end, he sent Lu Sigong to lead 10,000 Longyou troops to enter Hexi, and Nai could only ask the court to retire under the pretext of illness. ”

"Then why did Wee still allow you to be stationed in Huijun?"

Xin Lang snorted in his nose, "My father is quite popular in Hexi. He Wei Ge asked me to be stationed here in order to confuse the people of Hexi, and once he gained a foothold in Hexi, the first person to deal with was me. ”

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "I don't know how Lord Lingzun is now?" ”

"My father is in Jincheng County, and I am going to Chang'an after the New Year

"I wonder what Bailing's plans are in the future?"

Xin Lang smiled bitterly, "What else can I plan?" If the county can defend it, it will be defended, and if it can't be defended, it will go to Chang'an. With my father's connections, it's always okay to be a petty official! ”

After being silent for a moment, Zhang Huan said slowly: "Although the world is peaceful now, the seven major families are located in counties and counties, and the poor people want to get ahead. How difficult it is, I have a little foundation, but I am not willing to be a lackey for others. It just so happened that Ling Zun went to the field, the situation in Hexi was turbulent, and the Wei family's foothold was not yet stable, so I wanted to take this opportunity to seize Hexi from Wei Ge as the foundation, and then gradually develop westward, if Brother Bailing is willing, he can stay and help me. ”

Xin Lang pondered for a moment and said: "I don't have the courage and ability to go to my sick brother to do big things, I know that I can't do anything, when Maanling burned military rations, I was my sick brother's subordinates, and now let me follow to go to the sick again, that's a matter of course, but I can only represent myself, not the Xin family, whether my father is willing to help you, I can't guarantee it." ”

"Don't worry! I have nothing to do with Ling Zun when I solicit you. ”

Zhang Huan raised his head slightly, and said with a proud smile: If I can't even control the small Hexi, how can I control the world in the future! ”

Xin Lang looked at Zhang Huan in a daze, and suddenly read a kind of decision on his face that he didn't know how to retreat, but asked to fight to the death, Xin Lang's heart was full of awe, shocked, and suddenly, the courage in his heart that was willing to die for him was slowly awakened, he clenched his fists, as if he saw his future in Zhang Huan, which was the biggest decision in his life, and at this moment, his heart became extremely firm.

He took a step back, knelt down on one knee and said, "Xin Bailing is willing to follow the lord and never give up!" ”

Zhang Huan hurriedly helped him up and laughed: "When we went to smash Wannian County Ya together, we were so high-spirited, but in the blink of an eye, we went our separate ways, and now God let us join hands to fight the world, with Bailing as a friend, my Zhang Huan's life is enough!" ”

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It was already late at night, Zhang Huan slowly came to the city wall, the soldiers had completed the preparations before the battle, and went back to sleep exhausted, there were only nearly a hundred people on duty on the city wall, looking vigilantly at the empty plain.

Huijun is the throat of Hexi leading to Longyou, has an extremely important strategic position, the city is equipped with a large number of war materials, bows and arrows, stones, giant wood, fire oil and even grain, Qingzhi three years, 50,000 Tubo army under the leadership of the general Ma Chongying, a large-scale attack on Longyou, when the Liangzhou Governor Li Fei Yuanli retreated to defend Huijun, with a strong city wall and sufficient materials, it held on for more than half a year, so that the Tubo army could not occupy Longyou in the end.

In the future, this fortified city will become a sharp dagger that he Zhang Huan inserted into Youlong.

Zhang Huan walked slowly on the city, the clouds were thick, hanging low on the city wall, this was the precursor of the blizzard, the night was bitterly cold, and the water that the soldiers poured on the city wall had been frozen solid, making the city wall extremely smooth, which would bring great trouble to the siege.

At this time, his nose was cold, a snowflake fell, and turned into water at the tip of his nose, Zhang Huan looked up, and the sky was already snowing, like a tuft, a ball, falling densely from the sky, and the sky and the earth were soon vast.

Suddenly, the snow above his head was gone, Zhang Huan waved his hand back, and said to his soldiers: "A little snow is nothing, I don't need an umbrella!" ”

But there was no sound behind him, Zhang Huan was surprised, and when he turned around, it was not the pro-soldiers, but Pei Ying standing behind him with a smile, holding a red oil-paper umbrella, her face was bruised from the cold, and the pro-soldiers had quietly disappeared at some point.

"I looked for you everywhere, and they said you went to town."

Pei Ying stepped forward and grabbed his arm, and said a little embarrassedly: "The two of them are newly married, so I don't want to disturb them." ”

"Then I'll go back and tell you a story!" Zhang Huan smiled ambiguously at her.

"You bad guy, tell all those ghost stories and try to scare people." Pei Ying punched Zhang Huan a few times, "I'm not allowed to talk about it in the future." ”

Zhang Huan grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer to him, staring at her eagerly, the smile on Pei Ying's face disappeared, she lowered her head, her eyes avoided him, and her heart was nervous and sweet.

Zhang Huan silently looked at her thin face, this petite woman who ran with the army for thousands of miles, it was with her stubbornness and tenacity that deeply touched his heart, in this strange city, in this cold night, in the wind and snow, looking at her lonely thin body, he suddenly felt a tenderness in his heart.

He gently hugged her shoulders, so that her petite body snuggled tightly in his arms, Pei Ying's face turned red, she shyly hid her face in Zhang Huan's cloak, but the cloak disappeared all of a sudden, and wrapped her in clusters, just when she was nervous and at a loss, suddenly felt a ball of heat on her face, and before she could react, Zhang Huan had lowered her head and kissed her two delicate and sweet lips tightly.

Pei Ying's body suddenly stiffened, her body was firmly hugged by him, and she couldn't push it away, and gradually her body became soft, and infinite love surged in her heart, she stretched out her arms around his neck, tiptoe and kissed back mercilessly, with the tip of her soft and flexible tongue, her delicate and plump lips, as if drunk and infatuated, she gave her love to him without reservation.

If Cui Ning's love is as gentle as water, as deep as the sea; And Pei Ying's love is as hot as a volcano, she is fully devoted, there are all things in heaven and earth, but she only has the man in front of her in her heart.

'Smack! The umbrella fell to the ground and was blown away by the wind, and the two hugged tightly in the vast wind and snow, gradually covered by a thin layer of snow, and gradually merged into one.