As soon as Duan Lang left on the front foot, Zhang Ruming and Fang Yan arrived at Wuliang City on the back foot. If they had arrived one step earlier, they would have met Duan Lang's army at the fork in the south. Hearing the city guards say that Duan Lang was not in the city, Fang Yan couldn't help but feel a little lost.

Zhang Ruming's arrival caused quite a stir in the city. Anyway, he is a dignified three-rank patrol supervisor, and in the eyes of ordinary people, he is a big man who looks up to the mountains.

In the palace, the old governor Chen Tian led the temporary government team and saluted Zhang Ruming excitedly. Liu Xusheng looked at Zhang Ruming, but his head was bigger. He didn't understand why Shangguan Xuanwu didn't stay in Lidu City well and came to them.

Zhang Ruming said a few high-sounding words, letting Chen Tian and the others be busy, and he followed Liu Xusheng and others to the backyard of the mansion. Fang Yan ran all the way, and Liu Xusheng hurriedly asked several cooks in the palace to clean the room and boil water, and waited for Fang Yan to wash up.

In the hall, Liu Xusheng looked at Zhang Ruming and said depressedly, "My lord, Wuliang City belongs to the war zone, you shouldn't come here." Now that the army has just left the city, the city is empty, and tomorrow morning at the end of the morning, he will send someone to escort the adults back to the capital city. ”

When Zhang Ruming heard this, he slapped the table angrily, "It's against you, Lao Tzu just let me go, who gave you the right." Xusheng, you are still not from my Heavenly Master Palace, and Lao Tzu is still not your adult. ”

Liu Xusheng smiled bitterly and clenched his fists, "Just because you are an adult respected by the last general, for your safety, the last general will say this." ”

"Okay, okay, you don't have to worry about my business. Lord Ben came to Wuliang City to share weal and woe with his brothers. What's more, this adult can be regarded as a revisit to the old place, and he misses this place very much. ”

"What, my lord has been to Wuliang City before?"

Zhang Ruming shook his head proudly, "Back then, this Heavenly Master traveled all over the world to benefit the people, and it was here that I met Duan Lang and Miss Fang. It's not me who bragged to you, the people of Xiangguofu chased and intercepted the two of them back then, if it weren't for Lord Ben, they would have seen the king of Hades a long time ago. Of course, this kind of thing should be low-key and don't need to be mentioned to outsiders. Especially in front of Miss Fang, Master Ben doesn't want people to feel that they owe me a favor. ”

"No wonder Duan Shuai and adults are like brothers, adults give favors without asking for anything in return, and they will be admired in the end."

Zhang Ruming smiled and waved his little fat hand, "It's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning trivial things." ”

"My lord, no matter what you say, anyway, I have already asked Da Fei to inform Duan Shuai. As long as Duan Shuai lets you go back, the last general can only respect the order. ”

"It's the other way around, right? Who is the real boss of the Sky Survey, and who brought you out of the forbidden army. Liu Xusheng, don't think that with a little credit, you have no respect. Although Lao Tzu is not your elder, he is the real boss of your Sky Survey Army. From now on, everything in Wuliang City will listen to me, and you will have to listen to me. Zhang Ruming said angrily.

Seeing that Zhang Ruming was really angry, Liu Xusheng hurriedly accompanied the smiling face, "Yes, yes, yes, everything is up to you, everything is up to you." ”

While the two were talking, they saw a dark shadow descend into the courtyard. Da Fei spreads his wings and holds a roll of parchment in his mouth. Liu Xusheng hurriedly walked over and took off the parchment, Da Fei screamed twice, and flew into the air with his wings.

Liu Xusheng came to Zhang Ruming and unfolded the parchment, on which he wrote two lines of words with charcoal. The handwriting was very sloppy, and it seemed that Duan Lang had temporarily stopped and hurriedly wrote a reply on horseback.

The first line is written to Zhang Ruming, which reads, "Dead fat, you shouldn't take risks, you can do it yourself." ”

The next line is written to Fang Yan, "Yan, take care, wait for me to return triumphantly." ”

Zhang Ruming pursed his lips, "This kid is neither big nor small, he has been spoiled by this official." See, even Duan Lang, this kid, doesn't dare to let me go, you kid shut up for me as soon as possible. ”

Liu Xu said in his heart that you shouldn't come here, everyone is busy preparing for the war, who has time to take care of you. However, even Duan Lang didn't give an order, and of course Liu Xusheng didn't dare to forcibly send Zhang Ruming back. As for Fang Yan, Liu Xusheng was not too worried, after all, the brothers of the Black Armor Guard knew that Miss Fang was also a practitioner. At the very least, when encountering a small danger, Fang Yan has the ability to protect herself.

Zhang Ruming's arrival was a burden for Liu Xusheng and others, but it was a great comfort for the people of Wuliang City. Knowing that the three members of the DPRK and the Central Committee had come to Wuliang City, the fleeing people who were still panicked and anxious now had the backbone.

In the palace, what bothered Liu Xusheng the most in the past two days was food. There are so many refugees in the city that they can't be left hungry. Fortunately, in these days, Duan Lang ordered to attack everywhere, not only cleaning up the surrounding strongholds, but also bringing back a large amount of food and supplies. However, even so, I am afraid that saving money will not last ten days. Now all Liu Xusheng can wait for is that after Duan Lang attacks the Xining army, he can scrape a batch of grain and grass from them.

Huining City, an important place in the south of Great Xia, at this time the battle flag of Nanping was planted on the head of the city. Yang Fakui, the commander of the Nanping army, ordered the city wall to be built high and the main force of Daxia was denied north of Huining City. According to the original plan, Yang Fakui and Fu Shuai Zhao Pingdu respectively guarded Huining City and Blue Lake City, blocking the footsteps of the Great Xia troops to the south.

Over time, the vast land south of Huining City became a bag. It's just that these cities have to be exchanged with the Marquis of Xining, and with the three passes and four cities in Xining as bargaining chips, Nanping not only gets actual benefits, but also pushes the Marquis of Xining to the forefront and becomes a buffer between Nanping and Great Xia. However, the appearance of Duan Lang made Yang Fakui feel like a fish in his throat. If the people behind him are not eradicated, Nanping's war materials, grain and grass will not be able to be escorted over.

When Yang Fakui learned that the military advisor Mokun was lurking in Wuliang City, he was both worried and excited. Mo Kun has a very high prestige in Nanping Kingdom, he is not the military division of Yang Fakui's army, but the entire Nanping Soldiers and Horses Army, and his level is much higher than Yang Fakui. Yang Fakui believed that there was a military advisor Mo Kun who entered Wuliang City, and Duan Lang was no longer worried. As long as he follows the deployment of the military advisor, those good horses in Wuliang City will be in his pocket sooner or later.

Opposite Huining City, Yan Facheng, the commander of the Left Route Army of Great Xia, looked at the opposite side, and Yang Fakui's strict defense made him very helpless. If he attacked strongly, the proportion of battle losses was also very huge, which made Yan Facheng unable to make up his mind to attack generally. But learning that Duan Lang successfully crossed the desert and took Wuliang City, this made Yan Facheng full of expectations. Whether it was Yan Facheng or Ma Ruzheng, they were all waiting for Duan Lang's next move. At this time, Duan Lang was facing off against the 100,000 army in Xining.

Duan Lang's light cavalry army met the Xining army that had come after walking for less than half a day. This time, Duan Lang did not hide and guerrilla, but set up a position at the Jiashan Pass outside Xuanhua City to block the other party's way.

The Xining army, after three days and three nights of torture, has long lost the rainbow-like momentum that it just sent out. One by one, the officers and men were listless and marched forward with high spirits. Ni Xiangzeng received the report from the scouts, and looked at the battle formation set up by Duan Lang from a distance, Ni Xiangzeng immediately ordered to stop advancing, and the infantry battalion, the bow battalion, and the heavy armor battalion all lined up in formation.

Seeing Duan Lang's handsome flag, Zhao Zhuofeng stared at his red eyes, and came to the front of the formation, "Duan Lang, come and talk." ”

Duan Lang sneered, and as soon as he urged the horse to come to the front of the formation, the two were less than a hundred meters apart, looking at each other.

Zhao Zhuofeng stared at his slightly reddened eyes, "Duan Lang, as the righteous son of his father, is this how you greeted the son of this world!" ”

"Zhao Zhuofeng, you and I can be regarded as brothers in personal relationships. But in the righteousness of the world, you and I are on the same page. To tell the truth, if the Marquis of Xining wants to establish himself as the king, it is not necessary, after all, you are also surnamed Zhao, as long as you are not afraid of being sorry for your ancestors, although you are in the same room. However, you, the Marquis of Xining, should never lead the enemy into the customs and use foreign enemies to harm our people in Great Xia. Zhao Zhuofeng, along the way, I don't know if you feel ashamed when you see those ruined cities and displaced people. ”

"Boy, what kind of thing are you, you dare to accuse the master. The general trend of the world has changed, which time is not a mountain of bones and a river of blood. As the saying goes, if it is not broken or built, the rebuilt homeland will be cherished even more by the people of Lebanon. ”

"Hmph, since that's the case, there's nothing to say below, so let the knives and guns under your hands speak. But before I get started, I want to ask one thing, and I hope you can answer it truthfully. ”

Zhao Zhuofeng was stunned, "That depends on what you ask." ”

Duan Lang looked at Zhao Zhuofeng, "Where is Yin Chuming of Xining Mansion back then?" ”

"Chu Ming?"

Zhao Zhuofeng was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Duan Lang asked about this person. He didn't know that Duan Lang had memorized this name since he had finished browsing the secret scroll of the Shadow Disposer in the Scroll Room. However, among the officials of the Great Xia Dynasty, there is no news of this person. Zhou Guangji and others were besieged and killed in Xining, and it was this person who was the main culprit behind the scenes.

"Duan Lang, what are you asking him for?" Zhao Zhuofeng asked strangely.

"I have some personal vendetta with him, and I just want to know where this person is."

"Hmph~ If you want to know, then you will see him soon."

Zhao Zhuofeng showed a cruel smile on his face, this Chu Ming was the Yin of Xining Mansion back then, and he was also the biggest confidant of Emperor Yuning in Xining. Of course, the Marquis of Xining didn't want to have such an eyeliner staring at him every day, and in the fourth year of Emperor Yuning's ascension to the throne, he asked Bai Ruokong to secretly kill Chu Ming on a dark and windy night. Of course, Emperor Yuning knew who did it, but for the sake of face, both sides kept it a secret, and the officials listed Chu Ming as a missing member and wrote it into the file.

Duan Lang sensed Zhao Zhuofeng's meaning, and sighed slightly, although there was one less enemy of the shadow man, there was always a little loss in the heart of the enemy without a blade. Even a few months ago, Duan Lang once suspected that Lord Huai was this Chu Ming.

Duan Lang and Zhao Zhuofeng were talking in front of the battle, but Ni Xiangzeng was quietly arranging tactics. He knew that in the wilderness against the light cavalry, the Xining army did not have any advantage. However, the experienced Ni Xiangzeng is optimistic about the terrain of Jiashankou. Ni Xiangzeng quietly ordered that as long as Duan Lang's army rushed over, he would immediately let the heavy armored battalion seize the Jiashan Pass. As long as he has a foothold there, it is equivalent to cutting off Duan Lang and the others from going back to Wuliang City. The cavalry could not cross the mountains and mountains, so they could only force Duan Lang to fight them here. But the assault battle was changed to positional warfare, and the infantry and crossbow battalions could fully play to their advantages.

Zhao Zhuofeng raised his gun and pointed at it, "Duan Lang, read about the past feelings, this son will give you another chance." Take refuge in my Xining, and the son of this world will protect you from glory and wealth. Even, it's no problem to make you a soldier and a commander. If not, then don't blame this son for not remembering the old love. ”

Duan Lang laughed twice, "Zhao Zhuofeng, the glory and wealth of other people's charity, Lao Tzu is really not rare. Without further ado, it's up to you to go back by yourself, or let Lao Tzu beat you back, you choose. ”

"Ignorant children, self-defeating." After Zhao Zhuofeng finished speaking, he hit the horse and returned to the formation.

Duan Lang took off the Xuantie spear, he knew that the other party had laid out a defensive battle formation, and if they didn't attack, the Xining people would not take the initiative to attack.

Duan Langxuan pointed his iron spear, turned around and shouted, "The army listens to the order, the forward battalion is heavily armoured, follow me to kill!" The left and right cavalry battalions outflank the two wings, kill~! ”

Duan Lang said, taking the lead in rushing towards the enemy camp. Behind him, Zhou Long, Zhou Hu and others, who returned to the team, couldn't help but be surprised. The distance between the two sides was still three arrows, but Duan Lang's location was very close to the enemy camp, and he actually killed it single-handedly. Zhou Long and Zhou Hu hurriedly led the men and horses of their own camps, and rushed forward with shields in hand.

Ni Xiangzeng looked at Duan Lang coldly, and at this time, Duan Lang had already rushed into range. But Ni Xiangzeng didn't give the order to release the arrows, he was waiting for the team behind.

Two hundred meters ~ one hundred meters ~ fifty meters ~ Duan Lang was the first to rush into the infantry battle formation with a Xuantie gun in his hand. As soon as Duan Lang lifted the reins of the horse, the war horse neighed, and directly crossed the front row matrix, the iron spear in Duan Lang's hand swept, and the crossbowman in front of the horse suddenly smashed into a piece.

"Shoot the arrow~!" Ni Xiangzeng finally gave the order, and a rain of arrows shot at Zhou Long, Zhou Hu and the others.

Immediately afterwards, Ni Xiangzeng shouted loudly, "Heavy armor battalion, attack the mountain pass." The bow and crossbow battalions, left and right, the infantry battalions did not have to resist the enemy, quickly occupied the mountain pass, and arranged a horse rejection array. Left and right cavalry, entangled and charged the enemy. The guard battalion, the Zilu battalion, the Chinese army battalion, and the guards of the prince on the mountain pass. ”

Duan Lang's army divided into three ways to attack the Xining army, and they began to pierce the enemy army like a sharp arrow. The two sides screamed at each other in the scuffle, and beneath the mountain pass became a terrible slaughterhouse. After several rounds of sprinting, Duan Lang's army finally broke through the enemy formation, and the three people and horses screamed and rushed over.

Don't look at Duan Lang and the others being brave and invincible, but they have lost the experience of losing in this kind of big battle. Duan Lang's army cut through the defenses of the Xining army, seemingly killing many enemy troops, but when they turned their horses' heads again, they found that the enemy army had occupied the Jiashan Pass.

Duan Lang gasped slightly, and looked at Ni Xiangzeng under Shuai with some surprise, but he didn't expect this old guy to dare to seize important land with a broken arm. At this time, at the Jiashan Pass, the infantry battalion had already erected its spears and lined up to resist the horses. The crossbowmen stood behind the infantry battalion, with their bows on their bows. Under the mountain pass, corpses screamed everywhere, and more than 15,000 people were seriously injured in battle.

Zhao Zhuofeng's face was pale, he didn't expect Duan Lang's army to be so terrifying, and he didn't expect that when the battle was fierce, Ni Xiangzeng actually didn't give the order to resist the enemy, but used a large number of men and horses to entangle Duan Lang's cavalry, and took the opportunity to seize the narrow place of Jiashan Pass, which is surrounded by high mountains on both sides.

"Duan Shuai, we've been fooled." Zhang Qifeng looked at the mountain pass and wiped the blood splashed on his face.

"It doesn't matter, immediately order to snatch the grain and grass that remains. As long as the other party dares to come down, he will immediately rush to kill. They don't have enough food and grass, and I'm going to see who can make it to the end. ”

Duan Lang didn't care, Jiashan Pass was not the only passage to Wuliang City like Shuangfeng Mountain. Even if the other party insists on it, they can take a detour, which is nothing more than an extra four or five days.

The two sides exchanged positions, and Ni Xiangzeng ordered to set up camp at Jiashankou and confront Duan Lang.

"Ni Shuai, we lost our troops in this battle, why don't we kill the enemy together, but take this place. Our purpose is to kill the enemy, not to confront the other party. Zhao Zhuofeng said dissatisfiedly.

Ni Xiangzeng glanced at Zhao Zhuofeng, "Shizi, we all underestimate this army. To be honest, even if all the soldiers and horses besieged and fought just now, there may not be many of them left. Our army is suitable for siege warfare and positional warfare, and we must choose a favorable position. ”

"That's here, Duan Lang is not a fool, they will definitely not take the initiative to attack."

Ni Xiangzeng sneered, "Don't worry, Shizi, they will take the initiative to attack." Now that Wuliang City is empty, the commanders of the Nanping army should know what to do if they are not fools. Take Wuliang City, and the Nanping army will come to join us. When the two teams join forces, it will be when he Duan Lang died. ”

"Five Grain City?" Zhao Zhuofeng was stunned in his heart, and then he understood why Ni Xiangzeng would rather have such a big loss than take this Jiashan Pass, it turned out that he wanted to block Duan Lang's army back to the city.

In Wuliang City, Liu Xusheng soon received news from Duan Lang. Duan Lang informed Liu Xusheng that they were blocked on the side of the Jiashan Pass outside Xuanhua City, and asked Liu Xusheng to beware of the movements of the Nanping army. Once they found that the signs were wrong, they immediately withdrew from Wuliang City, took the canyon passage of the Changlin Mountain Range, and made a detour to meet them.

Wuliang City has a big flying aerial reconnaissance and transmission of news, which is Duan Lang's biggest reliance. Therefore, even if he was blocked on the side of the mountain pass, Duan Lang was not panicked in his heart. However, Duan Lang never dreamed that there was a powerful opponent hidden in Wuliang City. Duan Lang used Dafei to strategize, but Mo Kun was sitting in Wuliang City and knew himself and the other.

When night came, Da Fei returned to Wuliang City, and the 30,000 Nanping army hidden in the old new county took advantage of the night to quickly rush to Wuliang City. According to the speed calculation, they will be able to reach Wuliang City at dawn. The military advisor Mo Kun sent detailed information that three thousand cavalry were guarding the city, which was not in their eyes at all. What's more, the military master also prepared a big dish for the soldiers and horses defending the city.

In Wuliang City, Liu Xusheng was not sleepy, he always felt that something was wrong. The huge Wuliang City, the real combat power is only 3,000 people in his hands. Those miscellaneous patrols have no combat effectiveness in the face of the regular army. Liu Xusheng, who was nervous, couldn't sleep, so he simply got up and went to patrol the front and rear city gates.

The West City Gate was calm as usual, but when Liu Xusheng came to the East City Gate, he found a strange phenomenon. There were many soldiers in the battalion, shuttling back and forth, running to the latrine one by one. If it was one or two people, it would be fine, but seeing that one or twenty people were like this, Liu Xusheng's face suddenly changed.

"Come on, hurry up and check to see how many people have stomach upset."

As soon as Liu Xusheng finished giving the order, he saw a stable guard running over in a hurry.

"My lord, it's not good, our war horse ~ seems to be ~ seems to be poisoned."

"What?" Liu Xusheng was shocked and hurried to the stable to check.

It doesn't matter if you look at this, Liu Xusheng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. A large number of war horses snorted, and the originally dry horse manure became thin and foul. The war horse, which was originally full of energy, became weak and limp at this time.

"Quick, ring the alarm bell and order all the soldiers and horses to come to the camp to assemble."

The herald beside Liu Xusheng was stunned, "My lord, even the city gate guards have to ~?" ”

"All, not a single one is left, don't worry about the city gates, everyone comes to gather immediately, including the city defense patrol."

Liu Xusheng's face was pale, and he sensed that a conspiracy was coming. At such a moment, he must immediately make a decision to evacuate immediately. The guards and horses showed this symptom, indicating that there was an enemy hidden in the city, Liu Xusheng did not dare to continue to stay, he had to protect Shangguan Xuanwu and Fang Yan to leave immediately.

The alarm bell sounded in Wuliang City, Mo Kun frowned, he didn't expect Liu Xusheng to be so alert, and he found out that something was wrong before dawn. Mo Kun couldn't wait any longer, and immediately ordered to gather all the hidden people in the city, he was ready to kidnap Shangguan Xuanwu in advance, and he must not let this hostage escape from Wuliang City.