Li Yan led the only remaining more than 300 cavalry behind him, most of them were replaced with Hun war horses at this moment, unlike the old and weak horses at the time of departure, the Huns' war horses were basically adult and strong war horses.

Fortunately, when the Huns were in the village, they couldn't show the cavalry formation, otherwise the five hundred cavalry of the Zhenbei Army led by Li Yan would probably lose most of them.

For the Huns, who grew up on horseback since childhood, they do have their own uniqueness in riding and shooting.

In order to be able to rush to Xihai City as soon as possible, Li Yan ordered to speed up, because it took a long time to repair when raiding the Huns, he had to rush to Xihai City to replenish supplies tonight.

"General, it is estimated that there are still fifty miles ahead and we are about to reach Xihai City, do you want to rest for a while, the soldiers have been bumpy all the way, and it is hard enough." Lei Ming looked at the hillside in front of him and proposed to Li Yan.

"Good! Rest in place for half an hour and be vigilant. In addition, let the scouts go to the direction of Xihai City to investigate. After Li Yan dismounted, he frowned and looked ahead and commanded the thunder.

It's less than fifty miles away from Xihai City, and if it's fast, you can enter Xihai City after nightfall tonight.

Just now, the scout of Zhenbei General Zhang Jing came to report that the infantry army led by Zhenbei General Zhang Jing had crossed the Evil Wolf Valley at noon and was rushing towards Xihai City.

"Childe, it's time for us to go! Maybe I can drink some hot soup when I get to Xihai City tonight. Han Qian walked up to Li Yan and said.

"Good! Let's go! Li Yan jumped on his horse and said to the sergeant behind him.

Li Yan rode in front of him, and the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army behind him raised his whip and urged his horse, raising a burst of dust behind him.

The sun was about to set, and Li Yan and his party on horseback were tired and dusty.

"General, look! In front of us is Xihai City. Lei Ming pointed to the tall city wall in the distance and said excitedly.

"Hmmm! All speed up! Li Yan turned to the sergeant behind him and said.

Along the way, Li Yan has always been worried that he will encounter a large number of Huns, after all, there are only more than 300 cavalry led by him now, and he lost more than 100 people in the village earlier, Li Yan felt a pity in his heart.

Although he understood the truth that there were no immortals on the battlefield, Li Yan felt that there was still a big gap between the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army and the Huns.

However, Li Yan felt that the sacrifice of this battle was still worth it, at least to avenge the innocent villagers who were brutally killed, if Fuqu Yihe knew that his Fuqu Jiji was killed by the Zhenbei army, I am afraid that he would not give up.

Of course, Li Yan didn't know that the Huns in the village were all Fuqu Yihe's personal soldiers, and Fuqu Yihe sent his henchman Tuli to follow Fuqu Yihe in order to protect Fuqu Yihe.

Looking at the city that was getting closer and closer, Li Yanxin lifted it up, and he was worried about encountering the Xiongnu army along the way, after all, the more than 2,000 cavalry led by the Huns Fuqu Yihe was not something that the group of cavalry behind Li Yan who had just experienced the baptism of blood could resist.

Li Yan didn't dare to be careless all the way, and finally arrived at the gate of Xihai City at this moment.

This place is already close to Juyanhai, Xihai City is about three miles in radius, the city is three feet high, the wide moat, and the suspension bridge at the gate of the city has been hung high.

Above the city walls, there was silence. The heavy city gate was closed, the sun had set, Li Yan and the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army behind him looked at the city, the scene was strange and abnormal.

Suddenly, a dense group of defenders stood at the head of the city, and they were aiming their bows and arrows at the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army.

"Who's coming? Quickly report your name! Otherwise, Hugh blame Ben will be ruthless! A captain in armor at the head of the city shouted to Li Yan and his party.

The soldiers at the head of the city had their bows and arrows in their hands and were about to release their arrows at the first order.

"Wait! We are the vanguard of the Zhenbei Army, this is the deputy general of the Zhenbei Army, General Huwei Li Yan, open the city gate quickly! Lei Mingce immediately stepped forward and shouted at the defenders at the head of the city.

When the sergeant at the head of the city heard that it was the Zhenbei Army, they were all at a loss, and the captain at the head of the city pondered for a moment, and reprimanded angrily towards the thunder: "Shameless thief, I don't have the Zhenbei Army in Daliang, if you don't retreat quickly, you will be buried in death with an order!" ”

The captain said as he drew his sword and made a gesture of releasing arrows, if the people under the city moved slightly, the arrows in the hands of the black defenders on the city would shoot towards Li Yan and them.

"I am Li Yan of the Liang Palace, and I am ordered by the King of Liang to lead the army with the Zhenbei general Zhang Jing to support the West Sea, and the Zhenbei general is still behind me, and I will be able to arrive early tomorrow morning. Please come out and see the West Sea Guard! Li Yan saw that the defenders in the city still did not open the city gate, so he could only report to his home.

"My lord, why don't you report to General Yang before making plans?" A sergeant next to Captain Castle clenched his fist at him and said.

"All the people under the city listened, and if they dared to move, the crossbowmen served. Ben will go and come! The captain at the head of the city said and turned to leave.

"Captain Wang, my father has just died in the line of duty, and you are not on duty in the city, what is the matter with looking for this general?" A man dressed in filial piety clothes in the county guard's mansion said to the captain who had just been at the head of the city.

At this moment, in Xihai City, the county guard's mansion was replaced with a white tent, and everyone in the mansion was sad.

"General Qiyu, there are about 300 cavalry troops outside the city, and the general claims to be the vanguard of the Zhenbei Army, Li Yan of the Liangwang Mansion. On the order of King Liang, he rushed to the aid of my West Sea, and the last general did not dare to be careless, so he came to report to the general and ask the general to decide. The lieutenant surnamed Wang knelt down on one knee and reported to the man in front of him.

The man in front of him is Yang Shizhong, the son of Yang Yi, the Taishou of the West Sea, who had just been shot by the Huns.

"I'll go and see with Ben!" Yang Shizhong said and walked towards the outside of the mansion.

"Look, general, it's them." The captain surnamed Wang stood on the city and said with a fist at Yang Shizhong beside him.

"Hmmm! The person at the head was Li Yan, who had seen this person in Liangwangfu last year when he was going to return to Jiuquan City with his father to report on work. Captain Wang, open the city gates! Yang Shizhong instructed the captain surnamed Wang beside him.

"The general has an order, lower the drawbridge and open the city gates!" The lieutenant surnamed Wang ordered the sergeant under the city.

As the gates slowly opened, the suspension bridge over the moat was lowered.

"General Yang said, please enter the city!" A sergeant walked out of the Xihai City Gate and said to Li Yan and the others.

"General, will there be fraud? Or maybe I'll go in and have a look. Lei Ming looked at the city gate that suddenly opened, and said with a suspicious expression.

"It doesn't matter! Town! Li Yan ordered the cavalry behind him.

This Xihai City is three feet high, and there is a moat, most of the Huns are cavalry, and they can't attack it at all without siege equipment, and Li Yan is not worried that Xihai City will change hands.

Li Yan clamped his legs around the horse's belly and entered the city towards the Xihai City Gate, followed by the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army behind him.

"Yang Shizhong, the guard general of Xihai City, has seen General Huwei." After Yang Shizhong saw Li Yan and the others enter the city, he knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists at Li Yan and said.

"General Yang, please don't be polite, please get up quickly!" Li Yan hurriedly dismounted, helped Yang Shizhong up and said.

"Thank you, General! My father had just passed away, and the county guard was in chaos, so I asked the general to move to the schoolyard. Yang Shizhong said with a fist at Li Yan.

"It doesn't matter! Please ask General Yang to lead the way. Li Yan said to Yang Shizhong.

After Yang Shizhong led Li Yan and others to the school field, Li Yan instructed the sergeants to set up camp and set up tents, and then Yang Shizhong arranged meals for the sergeants of the Zhenbei Army and provided forage for the sergeants to feed the horses.

After the sergeants of the Zhenbei Army had a full meal, Li Yan took Han Qian to Xihai County to guard the mansion.

The entire Xihai County Guard Mansion was hung with white cloth, a huge coffin was placed on the mourning hall, and Yang Shizhong was guarding the spirit in filial piety clothes.

Li Yan stepped forward and put on a pillar of incense, he didn't know much about the late Xihai Taishou Li Yan, only knew that Yang Yi was not a Hexi clan, and Beiliang Duanye was the Xihai Taishou when he was in power, and later switched to Li Wei.

"General Yang, the festival is changing! King Liang heard that Yang Taishou had an accident, and he was extremely sad, and now he sent Zhang Jing, the general of Zhenbei, to lead the army to guard the West Sea, and he will be able to take revenge for Ling Zun one day. In the future, he has already shot the thief Fuqu Yihe's son Fuqu Jiji, which can be regarded as a consolation to Lord Lingzun's spirit in the sky! Li Yan looked at Yang Shizhong, who was kneeling on the ground, and comforted him.

"The last general, thank you for your compassion! Thank you, General Lee. Yang Shizhong said and kowtowed deeply to Li Yan.

"General Yang doesn't have to be like this, everyone works in the same dynasty, and they should work together to kill thieves and serve the country." Li Yan helped Yang Shizhong up and said.

After Li Yan came out of the county guard's mansion, he and Han Qian returned to the Xihai City school grounds, and Li Yan's camp tent had been set up. After a day of fighting and bumps, Li Yan also felt very tired and soon fell asleep.

Early the next morning, a sergeant came to report that more than 4,500 infantry troops led by Zhang Jing, the general of Zhenbei, had arrived in Xihai City.

Li Yan hurriedly packed up and rode out of the city to welcome the entry of Zhenbei general Zhang Jing.

"The last general, Li Yan, has seen General Zhenbei!" Li Yan knelt down on one knee towards Zhang Jing and clenched his fists and said.

"General Li, please get up!" Zhang Jing led towards Li Yanxu.

"Thank you, General!" Li Yan got up and said with a fist at Zhang Jing.

More than 4,500 infantry troops of the Zhenbei Army entered Xihai City in an orderly manner, and the entire school field was a sea of people.

Zhang Jing also came to the county guard mansion to offer incense to Yang Yi, Zhang Jing stood on the mourning hall, and said with tears in his eyes: "Old brother! Why did you just go there? ”

Zhang Jing and Yang Yi were originally world friends, and after Yang Yi was appointed as the Taishou of Xihai, Zhang Jing has rarely met Yang Yi over the years, but he didn't expect the meeting between the two to be like this.

"Nephew Yang Shizhong, meet Shibo! The enemy's hatred depends on the uncle. Yang Shizhong kowtowed three times to Zhang Jing and said.

"Virtuous nephew, please get up quickly, hurry up." Zhang Jing helped Yang Shizhong up and said.

Zhang Jing had been in the county guard mansion until the evening before returning to the school field, and Xihai City was small, so he could only arrange the Zhenbei Army in the school field.

In the afternoon, the scouts reported that the Hun army plundered less than 100 miles from Xihai City, and the pseudo-Liang thieves did not return to Xihai after robbing more than 1,000 horses from Xihai Racecourse. Instead, they plundered along the way, killing all the young and old, as well as the young and strong men, and all the women.

"Pass my order, cook on the third watch tonight, and set off on the fifth watch!" Zhang Jing stood on the school field and said to the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army.

"Yes!" There was an earth-shattering roar on the school grounds!

The school field is busy, some of the soldiers are wiping their swords, some are packing their bags, and they are going to go on the expedition tomorrow, for most of the sergeants who have no actual combat experience seem a little nervous, although the Zhenbei Army is from the army commander, even the chief, and the team are all veterans from the Chengbei battalion, but tomorrow is your life-and-death battle.