It has been almost a month since Li Yan returned to Jiuquan City, and he has been with his mother Linghu every day.

Last night, Meng Kai, the envoy of Nanliang, begged to see Li Wei, the king of Liang, and one of the people accompanying him turned out to be the bald captain of Nanliang, which made Li Wei feel a surprise in his heart.

Nan Liang agreed to form an alliance with Xi Liang, claiming that because the prince bald Hutai was unfortunately infected with a vicious disease and could not travel long distances, the Taiwei bald hair was extended as a hostage, hoping that the two families would form an alliance forever to fight against the Xiongnu.

Li Wei looked at the bald Wei Tan's letter of state, and the anger in his heart gradually subsided, and Nanliang agreed that as long as the matter was completed, all the land in Beiliang would belong to Xiliang, and the two families would marry and not offend each other.

In particular, the words of bald hair made Li Wei more determined, the Huns will not be destroyed, and Liangzhou will not be peaceful. Especially the strength to be able to beat Nanliang to almost destroy the country within half a year, which made Li Wei feel a little afraid.

Erliang has formed an alliance.

In the past ten years, the two families of Xiliang and Nanliang have made good friends, but they have not been like today, and the fear of the Xiongnu made Erliang temporarily form an alliance to fight the Xiongnu.

Li Wei arranged a mansion for Bald Kuyan and his party to live in, and now that the two countries are allied, Bald Kuyan can only stay in Jiuquan City before defeating the Huns.

When Meng Kai's letter was sent back to Ledu, Bald Juyan took the initiative to ask for orders to go to Jiuquan as a hostage, and the arrangement of Xiliang was well understood.

In Li Wei's study in Liangwang's Mansion, Li Xin was kneeling in front of Li Wei.

"Meet my father, I wonder what my father has to do when he summons the child?" Li Xin saluted Li Wei.

"Xin'er, get up."

"Thank you, Father." Li Xin got up and said.

"Xin'er, my father has agreed to raise troops with Nan Liang to attack North Liang, what do you think?" Li Wei walked up to Li Xin's side and handed Li Xin the credentials of the alliance with Nan Liang.

Li Xin took the national letter with both hands, his breathing was a little short, and after reading it quickly, Li Xin knelt on one knee and said with a trembling voice: "Father, is this true?" ”

"Xin'er, if you are asked to serve as the governor of Pingliang, how sure are you that you can take Zhangye?" Li Wei nodded slightly and asked in a deep voice.

"Father Qiqi, if Xin'er is the governor of Pingliang, the 20,000 soldiers and horses in the north camp of the city plus the 40,000 troops of the Lejun camp, Xin'er is sixty percent sure of taking Zhangye, if there is the Zhenbei army of the West Sea~" Li Xin said excitedly and was interrupted by Li Wei waving his hand.

"I have other arrangements for the Zhenbei Army, and now the 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Lechuan Battalion and the Chengbei Battalion are under your command, are you willing?" Li Wei said in a tone that was difficult to refute.

"Xin'er took the order. I will definitely live up to my father's trust. ”

Li Wei looked at Li Xin in front of him, took Li Xin's hand and said: "Xin'er, my father is sixty years old this year, and his life's wish is to unify Hexi and be able to shelter the people of my Han family." You have to learn more about the policies of governing the country and securing the people, after a hundred years of my father, I still need you to continue the foundation of Daliang. You're Yan'er's uncle, so you should be open-minded, do you understand? ”

"Xin'er understands my father's good intentions." Li Xin watched Li Hui's unconsciously reveal his true feelings, and tears kept falling.

"Get up. On the fifteenth of next month, troops were dispatched to Zhangye. Go down and prepare. ”

"Yes, Xin'er is retiring." Li Xin bowed and exited Li Wei's study.

Looking at Li Xin's back, Li Wei muttered, "Xin'er, I hope you can really listen to it." ”

After dark, Li Yan entered the Liangwang Mansion. This time, the troops were sent to Zhangye, and Li Wei's soldiers were divided into two routes. One route was Li Xin, as the governor of Pingliang, who commanded the 60,000-strong army of the Lejun camp and the northern camp of the city, and marched from Lejun to Zhangye. On the other hand, Li Yan led the Zhenbei Army to enter the territory of Beiliang from the West Sea, and took Zhangye directly in the north.

In addition to assisting Li Xin in seizing Zhangye, the Zhenbei Army also had a task to block the Xiongnu reinforcements from Xi'an County.

Xi'an County is east of Zhangye, only a hundred miles away from Zhangye, and can be reached within a day, so Li Yan's Zhenbei army must not put the 5,000 Xiongnu army of Xi'an County into Zhangye.

In the past few months, many sentinels in Xiliang have sent back news from Beiliang that the Huns have been in a state of rest since they withdrew their troops from Nanliang at the end of last year.

There were 8,000 garrisons stationed in Zhangye City, and the remaining 20,000 people were deployed in the valley less than 50 miles away from the Lejun camp to guard against Xiliang, and the counties near Zhangye such as Xi'an County and Jinshan County each deployed 5,000 defenders, which could rush to Zhangye's aid within a day.

Jiuquan City, the mansion of Changshi Suo Xian, Li Xin looked at Suo Xian and Yin Jianxing at the bottom, with a smile on his face.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it is too much to take out 300,000 stone of grain at this time, and it is difficult for the old minister to mobilize it for a while, and I ask His Highness to forgive me." Suo Xian looked sad and got up and said.

"yes." Yin Jianxing echoed.

An hour ago, Li Xin and Zhu Yuanhu walked into Suofu together, and then ordered someone to summon Yin Jianxing to Suoxian Mansion.

Li Xin told everyone that after Tongnanliang sent troops to attack Beiliang, Suo Xian bluntly said that the grain and grass in Xiliang can only last for less than half a year, but now Li Xin has hit his head with the idea.

The Suo family and the Yin family are both big clans in Hexi, with thousands of hectares of fertile land and a group of slaves, so naturally there will be no shortage of food. Li Xin understands that if he can win this battle, then his reputation will be greatly improved, and now that Li Wei is not in good health, this battle is very important to him.

"Lord Suo, this battle is related to my Da Liang national fortune, if I can defeat Bei Liang, then my Da Liang will be greatly strengthened, and then the two adults will be the biggest contributors to my Da Liang."

"Your Highness, the old man can only take out 200,000 stone grain for the Pingliang army, and no matter how much the old man can't do." Suo Xian said with a painful face.

"Your Highness, my Yin family also provided 200,000 stone grain to help Your Highness fight Pingliang." Yin Jianxing saw Suo Xian's statement, and then got up and said.

"Good! All right. The two adults understand the righteousness, and Li Xin became the king of Liang, asking for credit for the two adults. Li Xin applauded repeatedly, the grain and grass provided by the Suo Yin family and the grain and grass hoarded in Jiuquan City could make the Pingliang army fight for more than half a year.

"Yuan Hu, the sergeant of the north camp in the north of the city, you have to train well, don't let me down this expedition." Li Xin looked back at Zhu Yuanhu and said.

Zhu Yuanhu is now in charge of the 20,000 troops in the northern camp of the city, and he has become much more restrained, unlike before.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Yuanhu knows what to do." Zhu Yuanhu clenched his fists and said.

"Hmm. This matter must not leak the slightest rumor to the outside world, and launch an attack on Zhangye on the 15th of next month. Master Suo, you have to order someone to repair the siege equipment built over the years, and Zhangye City is four feet high, so you must be ready to attack the city. Li Xin said to everyone.

"Your Highness, rest assured." Suo Xian and the others replied.