Early morning.

Li Yan said goodbye to the Linghu clan and returned to the West Sea, and now there is still some time before the 15th of next month to send troops to Zhangye, and Li Yan wants to return to the West Sea to prepare.

The Xiliang soldiers attacked Zhangye in two ways, and then Li Yan commanded the Zhenbei army to cross the Black Stone Cliff into the territory of Beiliang and attack Zhangye City.

Two days later, Li Yan returned to Xihai. Li Yan told Lei Ming that this battle with the Huns was related to the life and death of Da Liang, and the generals must go all out.

In the camp of the Zhenbei Army, Li Yan looked at the sergeants in the camp, turned to Iron Hammer and asked, "Brother Iron Hammer, these sergeants under your command are going to confront the Hun cavalry head-on on the fifteenth day of next month, do you have confidence?" ”

"General, don't worry. These little bunnies can't help it for a long time, and they will never grow without blood. I believe that they will not disgrace themselves, let alone lose the prestige of our Zhenbei Army. Iron Hammer said with a resolute face, clenching his fists.

Li Yan nodded and said, "Okay." Now the Zhenbei Army has no shortage of armor for the past year, and it has been practicing every day, just to be able to compete with the Hun thieves, and now the time has come to test you. ”

Subsequently, Li Yan returned to Xihai City after explaining to Lei Ming.

In the General's Mansion in Zhenbei, Li Yan was waiting for the arrival of a person in the conference hall.

"The last general, Yang Shizhong, has seen the general."

"General Yang, please hurry up, I am in such a hurry to call you, there is an important matter to ask you, and I will rest assured that this matter will be handed over to others." Li Yan helped Yang Shizhong up, patted his shoulder and said.

"General, please command, the last general will obey the order." When Yang Shizhong heard this, he said with a puzzled expression.

"On the fifteenth day of next month, I will send troops to Zhangye, and then the Zhenbei Army will go out with the whole army, and I will leave a thousand soldiers for you, and you must defend Xihai City. Can you do it? ”

"General, is it true? The last general asked for orders to attack Zhangye with the army, his father died in the hands of the Huns, and the last general thought about avenging his father day and night...... "As soon as Yang Shizhong heard that Xiliang was going to send troops to Zhangye, his face changed, and he asked to go with the army.

"General Yang, I understand your feelings. It's just that now that the whole army of my town and the north army is dispatched, Xihai can't live without you. You have been in the West Sea for many years, good at city defense, the West Sea cannot afford to lose, and now although Hu Lu and my West Sea are temporarily friendly, no one can predict whether Hu Lu will take advantage of the opportunity to send troops when my army leaves the West Sea. ”

When Yang Shizhong heard this, he was silent. Over the years, when the Zhenbei Army went to war, Li Yan ordered Yang Shizhong to defend the West Sea, and now Yang Shizhong asked for battle, Li Yan was in a dilemma for a while.

After a long time, Yang Shizhong opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, general, if you lose Xihai City, I, Yang Shizhong, will come to see you." ”

"General Yang's words are serious, after this battle, if you can defeat the Hun army, I will ask the prince for his life and ask for credit for you." Li Yan said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, General, I hope the General will return triumphantly." Yang Shizhong saluted Li Yan and said.

"General Yang doesn't have to be polite, if something happens in the West Sea, immediately recruit those men who have registered to defend the West Sea, you understand."

"The Admiral understood. The general is reassured. Yang Shizhong finally understood at this moment why Li Yan only left a thousand soldiers for himself.

After Yang Shizhong left, Li Yan looked at the map and fell into deep thought, Xihai took two days and two nights to travel from Zhangye's army day and night, and the day and night march was a great drain on the Zhenbei army.

On the fifteenth day of the next month, it is the agreed time between Xiliang and Nanliang, when the two sides will launch an attack with the Huns, so that they can not take care of each other, Zhangye will need three days from Guzang Kuaima, and it will take six days to come and go. As long as Nanliang launched an attack on Guzang's Xiongnu army at the same time, the Xiongnu army was unable to return to Zhangye.

The Xiongnu army in Zhangye City was only 40,000 even if the garrisons of Xi'an County and Jinshan County were included, and now Xiliang gathered nearly 80,000 troops to strive to take Zhangye in a war.

If the Xiongnu had not deployed tens of thousands of troops in the area of Guzang, Xiliang would not have dared to hastily agree to form an alliance with Nanliang to jointly attack the Xiongnu.

Li Yan immediately ordered Linghu Dezhao to prepare the grain and grass for the Zhenbei army, and the army was about to go out. In Li Yanxin's heart, the Zhenbei Army should not rely entirely on its own grain and grass. In Beiliang, most of them are Huns, and their cattle and sheep are military rations.

Gu Zang.

This place has been occupied by the Huns for almost a year, and after the death of Fuqu Mengxun, Fuqu Mengxun ordered his cousin Fuqu Mashiko to be the general of Zhenjing and the assassin of Qinzhou. led more than 20,000 soldiers to guard Guzang.

Later, after Fuqu Mengxun withdrew his troops from Ledu, he mobilized 5,000 soldiers to garrison Guzang, and now there are nearly 30,000 Xiongnu troops in Guzang City.

In the general's mansion in Guzang City, Fuqu Yizi was convening the generals to discuss the matter, and the Hun generals with bare chests and backs made a miasma of smoke when they entered the hall, and Fuqu Yizi's face was full of darkness.

"Silence! What do you look like? The king ordered you to repair Guzang City, and now half a year has passed, and the palace has not been repaired, aren't you afraid of the king's blame? ”

"General Qiyu, when the bald Xianbei evacuated Guzang, part of the palace in the city had been burned down, and now it is almost impossible to repair it, unless it is rebuilt. But now that there are few people in the city, where are there so many craftsmen? The first sturdy general under Mashiko said.

"Yes. Is it possible that I wait for the tribal warriors to rebuild the palace? Many of the ministers in the hall chimed in.

"Presumptuous. The king has an order, Zhangye City is crowded and too close to Xiliang. I ordered us to repair the palace of Guzang immediately and move the capital to Guzang next year. If the deadline is not met, watch your heads. Frustrated Mashiko stood up and shouted.

"What? The king wants to move the capital to Guzang? The Hun generals in the hall were all shocked.

"No matter what method you use, the palace must be repaired within this year, and if the king blames you, none of you will be able to escape." Frustrated Mashiko didn't care about the soldiers who were talking about it, and ordered directly.

After the generals left, Fuqu Mashiko looked at the documents on the case and sighed in her heart.

This is the Zhangye Kuaima document received last night, and the king asked that the city of Guzang be repaired on the same day, and the capital will be moved to Guzang next year. Last year, when Fuqu Mengxun returned to Guzang from Ledu, he revealed the idea of moving the capital to Guzang.

Just when Mashiko was anxious in her heart, a person walked into the hall. It was none other than General Tani, the leader of Mashiko's personal guard.

"I've seen the general."

"General Gu doesn't have to be polite, but what's the matter?" Mashiko asked, looking up.

"General Qiyu, according to the sentinel placed in Ledu by the last general, the Xianbei people have been recruiting new troops recently, and now they have recruited more than 10,000 people, plus the 30,000 defenders in Ledu City, there are now 40,000 troops in Ledu."

"What happened to the 20,000 soldiers and horses in Xiping County?" Fukusu asked, getting up.

"There is no news in the direction of Xiping for the time being, but the last general has already sent people to investigate, and it is estimated that there will be news in a few days." General Gu bowed down and said.

"Don't be careless, you go to Songchang immediately, pay close attention to the movements of Nanliang, and report it as soon as there is any change. The bald Wei Tan is looking for death by himself, so don't blame me for ignoring the discussion and the agreement. Hum! ”