Guo Xiancheng has returned to Chang'an, and Tuoba Yan, the newly baked new guard general of Hengduan Mountain, is lying comfortably under the big tree, receiving the sunshine and Xi's massage leaking from the gaps in the leaves, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

Guo Xiancheng's defeat in the battle against the Ming Dynasty almost swept away his cronies in the army, otherwise he would not have risen so fast as a latecomer, although the general of Hengduan Mountain commanded not many troops, but he was a solid party guard, responsible for the security of Qi in this direction, and was a veritable military commander.

I'm afraid that Guo Xiancheng would never have dreamed that the fierce general he had high hopes for turned out to be an undercover agent from Daming. The irony of the world is probably nothing more than this, when the truth is revealed, or Guo Xiancheng will be angry to death on the spot.

In the just-concluded Three Kingdoms War involving Ming, Qi, and Chu, the state of Chu was broken and completely fell from the position of a powerful country. Qi State, although won the victory of this war, but because of the domestic chaos, Jiang Tao, Wu Teng, An Ruhai's scourge, especially An Ruhai, so that the people's livelihood of Qi suffered a heavy blow, Qi State now has to put away his fangs, honestly focus on the recovery of domestic politics and economy, and only the Ming State, year after year of war, but not dragged down by the war, but every time a battle is fought, the strength of the Ming Dynasty has risen steadily. Now, Daming is already the second largest force in the continent.

For His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Tuoba Yan admired the five-body throw, not only the strength of the Ming army and the development of people's livelihood, but more importantly, the emperor's immortal-like layout, penetrating all the arrangements, always let the Ming Dynasty play chess pieces a long time in advance, so as to harvest one fruitful result after another without pressure.

The Ming Dynasty will definitely dominate the world, Tuoba Yan has no doubt about this.

The Eagle's Nest will not let go of this excellent opportunity for the chaos of the Qi Kingdom, and Tuoba Yan believes that his colleagues in the Eagle's Nest, taking this opportunity, must have buried themselves deeply in the Qi Kingdom, and rearranged a network of intelligence with all the world.

Well, speaking of which, I'm not an Eagle's Nest person anymore. He is now directly under the command of His Majesty the Emperor, but this does not prevent Tuoba Yan from missing his former comrades-in-arms. Of course, there are already many people who have come under their command.

Thinking of this, Tuoba Yan couldn't help but laugh again.

His subordinates have been expanding, and since he became the main general of Hengduan Mountain, the speed of expansion has been faster, and the barbarians who have come to vote for themselves are also increasing day by day. Externally, of course, these barbarians all escaped from the Ming Kingdom and joined themselves, the heroes of the barbarians, but Tuoba Yan knew very well that among these people, except for a few people who did not know, they were afraid that most of them had been trained by the Eagle's Nest before coming.

Of course, only a very small number of generals know their true identities, and those who successfully joined the army are probably really proud of their successful infiltration of the Qi people's army, right?

At the thought of this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, which made some of the soldiers around him can't help but look at him strangely. Tuoba Yan coughed dryly, scooped up the water bladder on the side, poured a mouthful, and closed his eyes again. Now the troops under his own control have reached 5,000 people, and of them, more than 3,000 people are from the Ming Kingdom. Eighty percent of the middle-level generals were all brought from the Ming army, but the 3,000-strong cavalry under his command now accounted for a much smaller proportion. Like Murong Hai, he is still in the dark.

An army of the Ming people, guarding the frontier for the Qi State, this is indeed a very ridiculous thing.

The people of Qi are very uncomfortable now.

Tuoba Yan felt this very clearly, and the most intuitive reflection of this situation was that the logistics materials transported to Hengduan Mountain had been decreasing in the past few months, and the number of those that had barely arrived was much worse, which made the lives of thousands of soldiers on Hengduan Mountain a problem.

Fortunately, here is the Hengduan Mountains, the mountains are high and dense, and there are countless wild beasts, Tuoba Yan organized an army, went into the mountains to hunt, not to mention anything else, at least he could ensure that his army had meat to eat. As for picking wild vegetables or something, it is a simple matter for him, and in the case of insufficient supplies in the rear, he can only be self-reliant.

Of course, he also smuggled, the source was naturally the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, trading a large amount of grain and other goods, as for whether the goods were shipped by the Ming or the Qin, what did it matter? As long as the soldiers have enough to eat.

In the army, the result is the best proof, now even Zhang Bai and Huang An have been obedient to themselves, these two guys have been on the blacklist of the Qi army, and they didn't clean them up on the spot, most likely because the Qi army really couldn't take care of this matter at that time, and now they don't clean them up after that, because they want to take care of Guo Xiancheng's face. But now that Guo Xiancheng has become a big handsome, I'm afraid that Guo Xiancheng will clean them up himself without waiting for others to clean up these two guys.

After all, these two guys can be regarded as a big loss of face for Guo Xiancheng.

Zhang Bai and Huang An probably also knew that their prospects were in jeopardy and bleak, in this case, they could fight for it, of course they couldn't come forward, but some people did it. But if you want to rebel against these two guys, I'm afraid that you have to let these two people desperately wait.

"General, it's all packed." A soldier came over with a bloody knife, and on the ground in front of him, the cut pieces of meat were stacked into piles.

"Let's go, go back!" Tuoba Yan jumped up. "Tonight, eat meat in a big bowl and give each person a pound of wine."

Eating meat is not uncommon, but it is more difficult to drink alcohol in the army. Especially now that it is in a difficult period, such a luxury as wine has not been transported to the rear at all, and the reason why there is wine in the camp is that General Tuoba got it, and this alone is that the soldiers support him a little higher.

Hearing Tuoba Yan's words, there were earth-shattering cheers in the forest.

The defense of the Qi army in the Hengduan Mountains is exactly the same as that of Xiao Qiang in the Tiger Prison, with countless fortresses and checkpoints scattered in the mountains, and all the roads that can accommodate people to pass are stuck deadly. Tens of thousands of people, scattered in this area, all flew to every point, but there were not many.

At the forefront, of course, are Zhang Bai and Huang An, the two unlucky ghosts, those places are the most difficult conditions and the most dangerous areas, and the conflicts between the two countries naturally occur in this area. When Cao Xiancheng was still in the Hengduan Mountains, the life of these two guys was really difficult, and they were to blame, and the supplies were also the worst, if the supplies transported from the rear were insufficient, they would naturally be the ones who were the less.

On the contrary, after Tuoba Yan came to power, their lives were better. Tuoba Yan has the heart to woo, so naturally it will not be so harsh, at least it ensures that they can eat their stomachs, have oil and water, and get them some wine every once in a while. These two unlucky ghosts are now grateful to Tuoba Yan.

Behind these two guys was the army that Tuoba Yan recruited later, but Tuoba Yan himself led 3,000 cavalry and stationed it in another place, Paomaping.

This is the only place that can accommodate his 3,000 cavalry. Here, it has always been the base camp of the Qi army in the Hengduan Mountains, a rare piece of high mountain flatland.

Unlike the difficult outposts in front, Happy Valley was built with a small city, and of course, this city was inhabited by soldiers.

A large group of people and horses, carrying bags of meat, appeared on the horse race, on the city wall, and immediately some people cheered, Tuoba Yan went out this time, but walked for three whole days.

The city gate was wide open, and a group of people shouted and poured out, and the leader was Murong Hai, a barbarian who followed Tuoba Yan when he was in the four counties of the Northland.

"Big brother, the harvest is good!" Looking at the bags of meat from the soldiers, Murong Hai's eyes lit up, this is a guy who has no meat at every meal, looking at his throat swallowing up and down, Tuoba Yan gave him a punch fiercely: "Haven't you eaten meat for a few days?" Look at you, you don't look like a general. By the way, what happened in the past few days? ”

"No!" Murong Hai smiled: "General, what can I do?" Didn't you hear that Xiao Qiang was about to marry his son's daughter-in-law? Now he still cares about making trouble with us, but I'm afraid that he is still worried that we won't be happy for him? Otherwise, we'll make him sick for a trip. ”

"You're full." Tuoba Yan scolded with a smile: "What good can I do to get him?" What's the use of biting a few strongholds down? Could it be that we can still rush to the Tiger Prison? Don't forget, the commander's order is to calm down. Now, this is not the time to move, the handsome man has not yet stood on his heels! ”

"That's true, it's the biggest credit to be okay now." Murong Hai nodded again and again: "But it's really idle." ”

"If you want to be idle, you can train more soldiers." Tuoba Yan snorted, "I see that you have been a little absent-minded during this time. What's hiding from me? ”

Murong Hai shuddered, "No, there's nothing to hide from the general." ”

His appearance made Tuoba Yan suspicious, and grabbed him by the collar: "As soon as you pout your ass, I know what shit you are going to pull, and you dare to say no?" ”

The expression on Murong Hai's face changed for a long time before he said in a low voice: "General, when I was training some time ago, I met an acquaintance. I came from Mingguo and said, I saw my wife and children. ”

Tuoba Yan's body stiffened. After a while, he breathed a long sigh of relief: "Brother and sister, how are you doing?" ”

Murong Hai's face was filled with joy, "It's a good life, saying that it is a woman's family who has divided the house and the land, and it is very hard." ”

Tuoba Yan patted him on the shoulder heavily: "Don't tell anyone else about this, let's think about it in the long run." ”

"Yes, General."