In the Hun camp under Jiuquan City, Fuqu knelt in front of Fuqu for a hundred years, and he didn't dare to gasp.

"Dudu, it has been attacked three times now, but this Jiuquan City has thick walls, and I am afraid it will be difficult to capture it for a while." Frustrated Qu Bainian said with a sigh.

The Huns had besieged the city for five days, and the Xiliang reinforcements who had rushed back from Gaochang last night had returned to Jiuquan City under the leadership of Li Wei's sixth son, Li Sui.

Although the Xiongnu army tried their best to prevent the reinforcements of the Xiliang army from entering the city, with the cooperation of the Zhenbei army, the Gaochang reinforcements of the Western Liang finally entered Jiuquan City after losing thousands of people.

"Now the army's grain and grass can only last for five days, and if Jiuquan City is not captured within three days, then the army can only be withdrawn." Frustrated Qu said helplessly.

"Governor, the last general understands!" Frustrated Qu immediately withdrew from the big tent.

In the past few days, the Huns have searched the area around Jiuquan City for dozens of miles, and any property and food they can see are gone.

Zhangye, the capital of Beiliang, was depressed in the palace of Beiliang Wang, and Meng Xun looked at Zang Mo in front of him and didn't fight anywhere.

I thought that with the help of the Rouran people, how could Xihai County be captured, but I didn't expect the Rouran people to be treacherous, and they didn't contribute after receiving a heavy gift, so they withdrew their troops and returned to Mobei.

"The king, the last general will be guilty, please punish the king." Zang Mozi knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Fuqu Mengxun and said.

"Get up! You can't be blamed for this defeat, you are loyal and fined for one year, go down. Frustrated, Meng Xun looked at Zang Mozi who was kneeling in front of him for a long time, waved his hand and said.

"Thank you for the king's love, I will retire!"

After Zang Mo's child went down, Fuqu Mengxun looked at the battle report on the desk and frowned deeply.

"Oh no, my lord!" Just as he was in deep thought, a commander rushed in with a disgraced face.

"What's the alarm?" Frustrated Meng Xun scolded with a displeased face.

"King, last night the Nanliang army disguised as a homeless person and mixed into the city of Xijun, and opened the city gate at night, now Xijun has lost his hand, Nanliang has raised an army of 50,000 people to kill Xi'an County, General Xijun Taishou Tian Ang is retreating to Xi'an County, please send troops to rescue." The commander of the thousand gave the letter of the West Commander Tai Shou Tian Ang to Fuque Mengxun.

"Ahh Butan Pifu, deceive me too much! After reading the letter, he let out a loud roar.

"Order, quickly let Pingxi Governor Ban Division, and lead the army to meet the Wei Tan Pifu." Frustrated Meng Xun calmed down, his face changed, and he reluctantly ordered.

Nanliang, a country established by the Xianbei bald tribe in Hexi, the current lord of the country, under its leadership, has expanded its territory in recent years, occupying Xiping County to the west and bordering Tuyuhun, occupying Huanghe County to the south, Guangwu County to the east and adjacent to Houqin, and moving the capital from Ledu to the original capital of Houliang Guzang a few years ago.

In the past few years, Nanliang has been attacking Beiliang to the west, and two years ago, the lord of Nanliang led the army to fight Zhangye. Fuqu Mengxun led the army to respond to the battle, defeated Nanliang, and took advantage of the situation to seize the Xijun of Nanliang, and the Xijun of Nanliang was too shou Yang Tongju to surrender to Beiliang.

Over the years, Xiliang and Beiliang have been fighting all year round, and the relationship between Xiliang and Nanliang is not bad because they have a common enemy.

This time, Nanliang took advantage of the time when Fuqu Mengxun sent troops to attack Jiuquan, reoccupied Xijun, and attacked Xi'an County, how could he not make Fuqu Mengxun angry.

In Jiuquan City, Li Yan is leading the blood wolf guard to inspect the city, the Huns have stopped attacking the city, these days under the attack of the Huns, the Xiliang army has killed tens of thousands of soldiers, and the Hun army has also paid the price of more than 10,000 people, several times the Huns almost captured the south of the city.

At the head of the city, many places were smashed by the huge stones thrown by the Huns' catapults, and there were blood stains everywhere.

"Brother Han, the fallen blood wolf guard, you have to choose some more suitable candidates to add in, otherwise you won't be able to exert the power of the Mo Sword." Li Yan admonished.

"Yes, Childe. I've been keeping an eye on it for the past two days, and I'll get it done as soon as possible. Han Qian walked behind him and replied in a low voice.

In the Liangwang Mansion, these days, there have been families knocking on the side to Li Wei to ask Li Wei whether they should ask for peace in Bei Liang for temporary stability, Li Wei was furious after hearing the thunder, but he couldn't blame them.

This is also the way of survival of the family, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and obtaining opportunities for development through the exchange of interests.

"Come on, go and invite General Li Yan to the study." Li Wei instructed the subordinates outside the study.

After a while, the subordinate led Li Yan into the Liangwang Mansion and came to Li Wei's study.

"Grandson Li Yan, I've seen my grandfather." Li Yan knelt on the ground and kowtowed as he spoke.

"Good. Hurry up. Li Wei gently helped Li Yan up and looked at him with a kind face.

"Thank you grandpa, I don't know if grandpa has something important to tell him to call his grandson here." Li Yan stood beside Li Wei and said in a low voice.

"Yan'er, your grandfather knows about your achievements in Xihai, I didn't expect you to have this achievement for half a year, grandpa is very pleased."

"Grandpa, Yan'er doesn't dare to take credit, all of this is planned by General Zhenbei, and grandchildren are just doing their best."

"Lead the hundred horsemen to burn Hulu's grain and grass, and persuade Hulu's army to retreat alone, your blood wolf guard used the Mo knife to severely damage the Hun thieves twice, all of this is probably not Zhang Jing's strategy, right?" Li Wei walked to Li Yan's side, and suddenly stared at Li Yan with both eyes, as if he had a clear view of the secret in Li Yan's heart.

"Grandpa, this~" Li Yan was speechless for a while, looking at Li Wei's eyes, a little flustered in his heart.

"Yan'er, do you have something to hide from your grandfather?"

"Grandpa, Yan'er is loyal to Da Liang, and he doesn't dare to hide it in the slightest?"

Li Yan was up and down in his heart, could it be that Zhang Jing already knew his own affairs?

"Yan'er, can't you believe Grandpa? Grandpa has seen the Mo knives used by your blood wolf guard, each weighing forty or fifty catties, all made of good steel, so much steel can't fall from the sky? Seeing Li Yan's appearance of refusing to explain, Li Wei couldn't help but say angrily.

"Grandpa, you~ you know everything?" Li Yan hurriedly knelt on the ground in a panic.

"Humph! Although you mixed those long knives with ordinary ordnance as soon as you entered the city, did you think you could keep them hidden? Li Wei stroked his beard and asked rhetorically.

Li Yan felt that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he simply revealed the secret of the discovery of the iron ore, and Li Wei's eyes widened when he heard it.

"Yan'er, what you said is true?" Li Wei grabbed Li Yan's hand and asked anxiously.

"Yes, Grandpa. Yan'er knew that the stakes were high, and that Xihai was facing a serious threat, so he took the initiative to mine iron ore. Ask Grandpa to punish him. ”

Now, Li Yan can only see how Li Wei handles it.

"Good! Get up. This matter should not be publicized. In the future, you continue to let people mine, and the grandfather will solve it for you. However, you have to hand over eighty percent of the smelted pig iron to the palace, and the rest will be used by the Zhenbei army. Li Wei's face bloomed with joy after hearing this, and Da Liang spent more than half of his annual expenses on the purchase of ordnance and weapons.

"Grandpa, I'm afraid this eighty percent won't work, right?" When Li Yan heard that Li Wei did not punish himself, he couldn't help but be happy in his heart. But when he heard that Li Wei was going to hand over eighty percent of his own, his heart was dripping blood.

"What? Do you still have an opinion? ”

"Grandpa, many sergeants in the Zhenbei Army now use broken weapons, and in exchange for 50,000 catties of pig iron in exchange for the annual transaction with Hu Lu, so ~ you see?"

"So be it! You have a private alliance with the Rouran people, and grandpa will not hold you accountable, after all, you are also for my sake, but every year you have to hand over two thousand horses to the palace for the exchange of war horses. Pig iron is handed over seventy percent! So be it. ”

"Yes. Grandfather. Li Yan felt like a defeated rooster, and his whole person was out of energy.

However, Li Yan also felt a lot more relaxed, after all, smelting pig iron privately is a big crime, since Li Yan already knows, as the saying goes, eating people has a short mouth, and Li Yan is not afraid of what others will say more. Since Li Wei didn't want to discuss this matter above the court, it naturally made sense.

Coming out of the Liangwang Mansion, Li Yan felt unprecedented motivation, Li Wei didn't want people to know that the West Sea produced iron, and he was probably afraid that there would be more accidents.

Now that Li Wei knows, although he doesn't say that he wants to make everyone known in the future, at least he doesn't have to sneak around anymore.

In the Hun camp, Fuqu looked at the letter in his hand, and couldn't help but scold.

Two years ago, it was he who took the lead in attacking Rile City in Xijun, and Nanliang's Xijun Taishou Yang surrendered, and now Nanliang took advantage of his leadership to capture Xijun, and he gritted his teeth in frustration.

"Someone came, and the hundred-year-old general came to discuss it." Frustrated, Qu put down the letter in his hand and shouted out of the tent.

"Dudu, are you looking for me?" Frustrated Qu Bainian put on armor and entered the tent and said with his fists clenched.

"Take it and see it!" Frustrated Qu took the letter to Frustrated Qu for a hundred years.

Frustrated Qu Bainian quickly looked at the letter in his hand, and his face was angry.

"Dudu, is this Jiuquan City no longer attacked? The governor gave the last general two more days, and the last general would definitely capture Jiuquan City. Frustrated Qu Bainian knelt down on one knee and pleaded.

"No, how can the king's command be disobeyed? Now that Nanliang's bald Wei Tan is leading an army to attack Xi'an County, do you want to put the king in a dangerous situation? Frustrated Qu rebuked angrily.

"Governor, but~"

"Give the order. Slowly withdraw the army tonight while it is night, and don't let the Xiliang army find out the clues. Frustrated with a lost face, it was not easy to have the current situation, but now that the Nanliang army is pressing, the more than 10,000 defenders in Xi'an County are simply not enough to compete.

"Dudu, that grain and grass and so many siege equipment, is it~" When Fu Qu thought of this, he said in a lost voice.

"There is no time, the small city wall of Xi'an County is only three zhang, and the bald army can capture Xi'an County in three days at most, and once the Xiliang army finds that our army has retreated and led the army to kill, it will suffer heavy losses. This Jiuquan City, sooner or later, we will kill it! Fuqu waved his hand, signaling Fuqu to arrange it for a hundred years.

"Yes! Governor! Frustrated Qu Bainian sighed unwillingly and left the camp.