The remnants of the Yin Mountain in the northwest of Fengzhou, the spring is murmuring, the ice and snow begin to melt slowly under the warm sun of spring after a winter of stagnation, turning into a stream with a trace of chill at the foot of the mountain, and begins to bend along the way towards Tushenze, every spring and summer, Tushenze's major source - ice and snow meltwater brings vitality to this lake that disappeared in later generations.

However, in recent months, a large number of people have come to this mountain range, and after a few months of busyness, there are towering blast furnaces at the foot of the mountain, and truckloads of coal and iron ore mined nearby have begun to converge here, and columns of smoke have been around the clock, and huge fires have been heard from the long houses next to them, and the tinkling sound has not stopped.

"Master Qin, the output of the last month is here, right?" At the door of a huge warehouse-like house, a shirtless young man asked a gray-haired, somewhat clumsy old man beside him.

"Yes, Commander Chen, this is this month's output, plus 500 pairs of hard bows, 50,000 arrows, and 2,000 pairs of horseshoes and saddle stirrups." Master Qin held a book in his hand, nodded and smiled, "The production of bows and arrows is still expanding, mainly because people are not familiar with it. Although the assembly line approach has been adopted, the key positions still need skilled technicians, so we are still exploring further. ”

This young man is naturally Chen Yu, this guy has spent half of his time here in the past few months, and has passed on all the experience of iron smelting in later generations that he learned from Li Xuanqing in Helan Mountain to Master Qin, that is, the father and son of the Qin family brought from Guanzhong.

Just when Chen Yu wanted to continue to say something, the voice of the herald came from behind, "Report, the commander is the commander, the lord has issued an order, the military situation is urgent, and the army is urgently assembled." ”

After hearing this, Chen Yu immediately took the clothes handed over by his own soldiers and instructed while putting them on: "Master Qin, the people from the logistics department will send grain, grass and supplies over in a while, and let them immediately take away all the weapons, bows and arrows, saddles, ballistas, etc. here, this time it is estimated that there will be a war again." ”

The group got on their horses and began to gallop towards the military camp north of the city. Along the way, it was found that there were constantly troops who were out on duty, and groups returned to the barracks. And after arriving at the barracks, he actually found the banners of the first capital and the third capital, which suddenly made Chen Yu's face appear solemn.

"Big brother, why did you, the local commander stationed in Fengzhou, arrive slower than me?" After Chen Yu entered the barracks, he was about to head towards the big tent, but a familiar voice suddenly came from the side.

"Yo, isn't this our Yang commander?? Why, I'm not used to staying in Yongfeng, and I want to go back to Fengzhou again? Chen Yu laughed, pointed to Yang Tiancheng in front of him and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you in the past few months, have you gained a lot of weight?" It's a good day, right? ”

The two talked and laughed and walked into the big tent, but found that the backbone of the three capitals of the Tiance Army was all there, except for Zhang Cheng, the second capital, Qian Laoliu, the third capital, and Chen Fan, the first capital, who were stationed in Yongfeng, Jiuyuan and Feng'an.

In the center of the big tent was Li Xuanqing, who was muttering to Hu Xiaosi while looking at the map, and turned around after hearing the footsteps. And as he turned around, everyone in the big tent stood up in unison, "I'll wait to see the lord." ”

"Everyone, please sit down, we have called everyone here today because we are about to face a big battle, the first big battle after we entered Fengzhou, and it is also the battle of our Tiance Army." Li Xuanqing waved everyone's hand, sat down, and said to Hu Xiaosi beside him: "Xuanyingwei just got the information and inform everyone." ”

Hu Xiaosi stood up, walked to the map behind Li Xuanqing, pointed his finger to the north of the map, and said in a deep voice: "According to the eyeliner report sent by Xuanyingwei to the grassland, three days ago, the three tribes of Huanggastuhu, Dinghu and Wutu were expelled by the royal court to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, and I heard that these three tribes were seriously injured in the war between the western and Uighurs, and the heavy snow last winter caused countless deaths and injuries to the grassland livestock, and the defeat of the Uighur war, so these three tribes should have come to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain with the orders of the royal court and prepared to invade the south. Raid the material population and make up for the losses. ”

"Can you be sure when they're going south? Which path did you take? As soon as Hu Xiaosi's words were finished, Xu Tianxiang stood up, walked to the side of the map, groaned slightly, and continued to ask.

"It's not clear which road they will take, but the scene I saw was that after the three tribes arrived north of Yinshan, they did not all settle the tribesmen, but only set up camps for the old and weak people, and the main force instead reorganized their weapons, as if they were preparing to continue to climb over Yinshan." Hu Xiaosi handed the information in his hand to Xu Tianxiang and explained it to others.

"My lord, I feel that these three tribes may be ready to cross the Yin Mountain at any time. We can't be too slow either. Xu Tianxiang looked at the information and said solemnly to Li Xuanqing.

Li Xuanqing nodded, and after pondering for a long time, his eyes fell on the West Surrender City, and asked, "What is the reaction of the Tiande Army in the West Surrender City now?" Didn't you do a good job of rebelling some time ago? What's going on now? ”

"The defender of the city in the west is called Zhang Quanfu, his ability is ordinary, and there are not many defenders in the city, only more than 1,000 people, 3,000 households, and more than 10,000 people. The city was once washed away by the flood of the Yellow River, so the Tiande military office was moved to Tiande City in Wuliangsuhai. We have contacted this person through the relationship of the Murong family, and he has agreed to surrender, as soon as the army arrives, he will immediately change his banner. Hu Xiaosi saw Li Xuanqing's gaze and hurriedly said.

"Inform the Thorn Mansion to do a good job of receiving the West Surrender City, the Logistics Department immediately began to transport grain and grass weapons, and the cavalry guards urgently assembled, and Hou Yong led the West Surrender City to immediately gallop to the West Surrender City to receive the command of the Tiande Army. The new barracks were left to serve as the Fengzhou City Defense Army, dispatched by the Assassin Mansion, Xu Tianxiang led the first capital and the second capital as the first department, the third capital and the heavy armor guard directly under the team and the new two capitals with me as the Chinese army, an hour later, the goal to the north. A strong killing intent appeared on Li Xuanqing's face, "I don't care how many people from these three tribes have crossed Yin Mountain, but as long as I, Li Xuanqing, am still here, I will not allow this gang of beasts to harm the people of my Han family." ”

"I emphasize again, this is a battle for the name of my Tiance Army, and I ask everyone to go all out to beat this bandit out." The Hengshuang Sword rose into the sky, accompanied by Li Xuanqing's words resounding throughout the barracks, and the troops gathered outside the tent let out a deafening roar at the same time, "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng!" The battle roar that soared into the sky spread throughout the four fields.

And in this sound of victory, the orders issued began to be conveyed unhurriedly, and the news of the invasion of the Qiangas also made the morale of the army begin to soar, and the ideological education that Li Xuanqing paid attention to began to play a role, and all the soldiers heard that this gang of robbers actually planned to come to Fengzhou to rob after they were affected by the disaster, and suddenly everyone was bloodied, and the morale of the troops reached its peak in an instant, and the troops began to drive north one after another. The first wave of cavalry guards rushed out of the barracks, carrying puffs of smoke and dust.

"Big brother, can you also take Qiaoxi with you?" After the rest of the people in the camp went out to prepare immediately after receiving the order, Li Xuanqing also began to put on his armor and began to make preparations for the expedition. Qiaoxi on the side helped to arrange the armor, and said in a low voice while there was no one in the big tent.

Li Xuanqing frowned, and was about to refuse, when he suddenly saw her teary eyes, he felt a pain in his heart for no reason, nodded, and sighed: "It's okay for me to take you there, but the battlefield is dangerous, aren't you afraid?" ”

"I'll be there wherever you go!" Qiaoxi saw Li Xuanqing nodding, and immediately smiled, and blurted out. immediately reacted, blushing and hiding to the side and not daring to speak again.

"Hurry up and clean up, change your clothes, you can't bring women in the army, stay in the city when you get to the west and don't move, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of you then." Li Xuanqing waved her hand and motioned her to hurry up and clean up.

Two hours later, the receiving officials sent by the Assassin's Mansion arrived to join the army. Li Xuanqing unfurled the flag, and the 20,000-strong army set off for the north.

The 20,000 army is the largest mobile force that the Tiance army can concentrate at present, all the soldiers are either the backbone of the growth after participating in the battle of Chang'an, or the veterans who have been trained by the bandits in the past two months, the long marching procession winds in the Hetao grassland in spring, exuding a strong murderous atmosphere, and the songs that come from time to time are conveying to the soldiers the indomitable momentum and the heroism of a hundred battles.

The city of the West Surrender is located in the north of the Hetao grassland, at the southern foot of the Yin Mountain, which is an important piggyback point for the Han people to go out of the grassland, and it is also the only way for the nomads to go south. The east-west direction of the Yinshan Mountain Range, which runs for thousands of miles, not only blocks the severe cold in the north, but also blocks the pace of the offensive and defensive sides. Around the Xingxing Gorge that can cross the Yin Mountain on the day in the north of the West Surrender City, for thousands of years, I don't know how many heroic sons and daughters have shed their blood and performed scenes of iron-blooded tragedy for the survival of the nation.

Now I have set out from here to complete my mission. Li Xuanqing sat on the horse, looking at the banner of the Tiance Army flying in the wind beside him, and couldn't help but inject a sense of pride into his heart, reborn in this era, then you can't witness, but participate and change. To change this era and change the fate of this nation, we must not only sweep away Mobei, but also attack the absolute region in the west, and the great cause of the Han Wu and Tang Sects cannot become history, but must recast the unyielding backbone of China.

"Lord Qi, Xuanyingwei has an urgent military situation, and the 10,000 troops of the Dinghu Three Tribes have set off in the early morning, and it is expected that they will climb through Yinshan Mountain tomorrow morning and arrive at Xishou City." Just when Li Xuanqing was in a trance, Tanma brought the latest news.

"Immediately order Xu Tianxiang to break away from the Chinese army, accelerate his advance, and be sure to rush to the surrendered city today." Li Xuanqing's face turned cold, "The Chinese army has quickened its pace, and the whole army has assaulted." ”

With an order, the Chinese army ordered the soldiers to gallop back and forth, and the army suddenly accelerated, crossed the Wujia River, and moved forward.

"Tie Liang, the Chinese army is under your command for the time being, speed up, I will rush to the West Surrender City in advance." Li Xuanqing made a silent calculation, led his direct team to break away from the Chinese army, and handed over the command to Wei Tieliang, the main force of the Chinese army.

The direct team is all equipped with war horses, which was originally the most elite team of the Tiance Army, but this time it broke away from the shackles of the large army, and suddenly rushed away like a gallop, and in less than two hours, it almost arrived at the West Surrender City with Xu Tianxiang's forward troops.

Hou Yong stood under the city and led a group of people to greet Li Xuanqing and the forward Li Tianyi and others. The military situation was urgent, Li Xuanqing didn't have much thought, and after arriving at the garrison of Xishou City, he simply dealt with the problem of Zhang Quanfu of the Tiande Army and threw him to Xu Tianxiang, who entered the city later, and the receiving officials of the Thorn History Mansion behind. Zhang Quanfu didn't want to stay in this place anymore, he heard that he could be transferred back to Fengzhou, and he didn't care that he had changed from a general to a civilian official, so he immediately took Li Xuanqing's warrant to meet the army behind.

Li Xuanqing led people to urgently inspect the city walls of the West Surrender City, looked at these almost weathered city walls and shook his head, this grassland city, the quality is really not good, such a soil city can only be used as a transit station at best, it seems that after this battle, there are some things to be implemented in a hurry.

However, Li Xuanqing did not plan to defend the city, this time the three tribes of Dinghu originally planned to loot supplies, if they were to defend the city, according to the speed of the opponent's full cavalry, they could completely bypass the city wall and attack Fengzhou in the south. So the best way is to find a way to annihilate the other party and defeat the opponent's living force.

Thinking of this, Li Xuanqing led his direct team out of the city and traveled nearly a hundred miles to the north, and after carefully checking the surrounding terrain, he nodded silently, looked at the sun that had set westward, and rode back to the city.

Not long after, a total of 3,000 cavalry guards and subordinate teams under the leadership of Hou Yong took advantage of the cover of night to leave the north city gate and began to act according to the plan.

With the arrival of the Tiance Army's army one after another, the situation ahead was also sent over like a stream, and for a while, this grassland that had been stained with blood since ancient times began to shroud in new war smoke clouds, and the newly-born Tiance Army military flag also stood proudly in the tower of the West Surrender City, flying in the wind.