After Li Yan and Hu Lu reached an agreement, he ordered Han Qian to hand over the pig iron smelted in the past few days from Longshou Jian to Hu Lu that night.

Hu Lu was also refreshed, leaving 300 war horses to withdraw from the camp to the north overnight.

Although it paid a little price, at least at present, the West Sea is facing only the Huns. As long as it wasn't for the Huns and Rouran to join forces to attack, Li Yan felt a lot more relaxed.

As long as the West Sea is managed well, it will be easy to have 50,000 catties of pig iron every year, and what Li Yan is most afraid of is that the secret of the West Sea will be discovered by the Rouran people who are wandering near Xihai City, and I am afraid that it will not be Hu Lu's 6,000 soldiers and horses at that time.

In the past few years, Hu Lu has also felt a deep fear in the face of the rise of his nephew Bu Lu, and his tribe is constantly decreasing, and every year Shelun Khan makes him the vanguard to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty, which makes Hu Lu think that it is consuming its strength, and he also feels deeply dissatisfied with this.

Rouran's ancestor Mu Gu Lu was originally a slave of Tuoba Xianbei, and after the death of Gu Mu Lu, his son Che Lu would continue to conquer other tribes with his bravery and good fighting, and establish his dominance, so he called himself Rouran.

Rouran and the Northern Wei Dynasty has a long-standing grudge, when the Northern Wei Tuoba Jue restored the country called Wei, led the army to attack Rouran, Wei will be the eldest grandson Song and the eldest grandson fat to break Rouran, and later Shelun's father Su Ti led the troops to surrender to the Wei State, Shelun fled back to Mobei after the death of his father and called himself Khan, and the Northern Wei Dynasty has been at war all year round these years.

With pig iron, Hu Lu can equip more warriors, and as for Xihai, a barren place except for Ju Yanze, Hu Lu naturally has no interest in it.

"Childe, it's all done." Han Qian walked into the camp tent and whispered.

"Hmmm! Now that Hu Lu has led the army to leave, there should be no more war in my Xihai for the time being, so that the brothers can train well, and they can't relax in the slightest, and in addition, they must closely monitor the border with Pseudo-Liang, and report it immediately once there is something. Li Yan wiped the military thorn in his hand and admonished.

"Yes, Childe." Han Qian responded.

Early in the morning in Xihai City, the people learned that the Rouran people had withdrawn from the army, and they began to dare to go out gradually.

Suddenly, the south gate of Xihai City rode a fast horse and went straight to the general's mansion in the north of the town, and the fast horse just arrived at the door and jumped off the horse's back to a herald sergeant, the sergeant panted and fell to the ground, holding the token of the Liangwang Mansion and going straight to the general's mansion.

"Report!" The voice of the herald sergeant echoed in the Zhenbei General's Mansion.

"Zhenbei General Zhang Jing listened to the order, yesterday the Hun thieves broke through the Lejun camp, I Daliang lost more than 30,000 soldiers, and now the Hun thieves are advancing towards Jiuquan City, and it is not wrong to order Zhenbei General Zhang Jing to lead the army back to Jiuquan!" The sergeant held the Liangwang token and said to Zhang Jing.

"Minister Zhang Jing receives the order!" Zhang Jing bowed towards the token in the sergeant's hand and said.

"General Zhang, quickly transfer troops back to Jiuquan! Tonight, it is estimated that the Hun thieves will arrive directly under Jiuquan City, and now the Lejuan battalion has withdrawn to Jiuquan City with less than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and Daliang is already in danger, please leave immediately! The sergeant said anxiously.

"Little brother, why is it so serious? Didn't King Liang send His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the Le Chun camp a few days ago? How? Zhang Jing's face was full of doubts and asked in a low voice.

The sergeant who gave the order looked around, leaned into Zhang Jing's ear and whispered a few words, and Zhang Jing's face changed greatly after hearing this.

"Someone is coming, and the captain of the North Military Academy of Chuan Zhenbei and above are coming to discuss the matter." Zhang Jing took a deep breath and ordered in a deep voice.

Just when the Zhenbei General's Mansion in Xihai City was convening everyone to discuss the matter, Zang Mozi, the auxiliary general of the Xiongnu, had already led three thousand elite horsemen to a place less than fifty miles east of Xihai City.

"General, now that the Rouran people have retreated alone regardless of the covenant, we have no chance to join forces with the Rouran people, why is the general~?" A commander beside Zang Mozi asked.

"Last night I received a letter from the governor of Pingxi, now my Daliang warriors have broken through the camp of Lejuan, the prince of Xiliang Li Xin was ambushed by the general of a hundred years, almost killed by an arrow, the enemy general Linghu moved to rescue Li Xin to send troops to respond, the governor ordered to capture the camp of Lejuan, beheaded more than 30,000. Now that the Xiliang army has returned to Jiuquan City, the governor ordered us to drag the Zhenbei army in Xihai and not let it return to Jiuquan. Do you understand? Zang Mozi looked at the few commanders in front of him, raised his voice and said.

"Yes! Checkmate! Several commanders saluted Zang Mozi and said.

"Quick! Speed up! Zang Mozi looked at the Hun cavalry behind him and shouted loudly.

In Xihai City, in the meeting hall of the Zhenbei General's Mansion, Zhang Jing conveyed to everyone the military order to return to Jiuquan, and everyone learned that the Lejuan camp had been broken and the Huns were about to besiege Jiuquan, with a look of shock on their faces.

Li Yan couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, now that his mother and Xin'er were in Jiuquan City, there must be no accidents.

"General Chuanben ordered, Li Yan and Lei Ming led 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry troops to return to Jiuquan with the general, and Captain Iron Hammer led 1,000 soldiers and horses to guard Xihai City."

"Yes! The last will obey! Li Yan and Lei Ming saluted Zhang Jing and said in unison.

"General, I don't defend the city, I want to go back to Jiuquan City with you." As soon as Zhang Jing's words fell, Iron Hammer got up and said loudly.

"No! Captain Hammer, you have to stay in Xihai City to prevent the Huns from sneaking up. Zhang Jing refused.

"It's boring to defend the city, I want to go with you to kill the Hun thieves." Seeing Zhang Jing's majestic eyes, Iron Hammer muttered.

"General Qiyu, the last general Yang Shizhong is willing to guard Xihai City. The last general will definitely live up to his mission, and if he fails to wish, he will die to apologize! Seeing that Iron Hammer was unwilling to stay and guard Xihai City, Yang Shizhong got up and saluted Zhang Jing.

The Yang family has been running Xihai City for more than ten years, but it also has some prestige, Zhang Yang and the two families are world friends, since the death of Yang Yi, Zhang Jing has also taken special care of Yang Shizhong, and at this moment he looked at Yang Shizhong's request to defend the city, and his face was embarrassed.

"General, you see that Brother Yang is already willing to defend the city, so let me go back to Jiuquan with you!" Seeing that Yang Shizhong volunteered to stay and defend the city, Iron Hammer suddenly came to his senses.

"General, it's not good, the Huns are here." Just when Zhang Jing was embarrassed, a sergeant of the Zhenbei Army walked in shouting.

"What kind of system is it that is panicked?" Zhang Jing shouted.

"General Qiyu, the Huns have come to kill, and now they are camping three miles south of the city." The sergeant was shouted by Zhang Jing, and the whole person was frightened.

"What do you say? How many Huns were there? After listening to the sergeant, Zhang Jing asked anxiously.

"General Qiyu, judging from the size of the Huns' battalion, it is estimated that there are about 3,000 Hun thieves."

The sergeant wiped a handful of sweat with his hands, and only then did he inform everyone about the situation of the Huns.

"General, it seems that these Huns knew that we were going to come back to Jiuquan to stop them, and now they are stationed three miles south of the city to prevent us from waiting." After Li Yan heard what the sergeant said, he immediately understood the intention of the Huns.

"What General Li said is reasonable, but now that I am in danger, the Hun army is estimated to arrive at the siege of Jiuquan City tonight, and we must rush back to Jiuquan City as soon as possible." Zhang Jing stroked his beard and walked back and forth in the conference hall.

"General, since the Hun thieves want to hold us back, it's better to let them stay forever!" Li Yan got up and said proudly.

"Oh? I wonder what General Lee's plan is? Zhang Jing turned around and asked.

In the south of Xihai City, Zang Mozi led more than 3,000 Hun soldiers and horses to camp here, as long as he could drag the Zhenbei army south, then he would be a great achievement.

"General, the scout is here to report that the Zhenbei army is out of the city." One of Zang Mo's own soldiers entered the big tent to report to Zang Mo'er.

"How many soldiers and horses are there from the Xiliang Army?"

"General, the Xiliang Army has more than 2,000 foot troops out of the city, and the person headed by more than 1,000 cavalry is Li Yan, the deputy general of the Zhenbei Army." The guard whispered.

"What do you say? Even 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry dare to go out of the city? Good! Good! Good! The general commanded, and the army assembled to be dispatched. Zang Mozi said a few good words in his mouth, and then ordered.

On an open ground in the south of Xihai City, the Hun cavalry sat neatly on horseback, holding a scimitar in their hands, looking at the Zhenbei army in front of them.

At this time, the Zhenbei Army had already set up a formation, the cavalry led by Lei Ming was distributed on the flanks of more than 2,000 infantry troops, and more than 200 blood wolves stood in front of the formation with Mo knives in hand.

Behind the Blood Wolf Guard were sergeants armed with swords and shields, each with tall shields and long knives in their hands. Behind him were all archers, already bent with bows and arrows in their hands, just waiting for an order.

Li Yan rode the shadow, looked at the Hun cavalry opposite, and felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

"General, rush and kill! They had only a thousand cavalry, and the infantry in the middle were fat sheep to be slaughtered. Hahaha! The Qianfu next to Zang Mozi laughed loudly.

"Kill it!" Zang Mozi gave an order, and the cavalry of the Huns killed Li Yan and them.

"Brothers, don't worry, listen to my orders!" Li Yan looked at the Huns who were killing him and said loudly.

As the Huns got closer and closer, the arrows flew towards the northern army of Zhenbei.

"Shield!"

With Li Yan's order, the sergeant of the Zhenbei Army raised the shield, and the blood wolf guard retreated behind the shield. Some of the stray arrows hit the sergeants of the Zhenbei Army, and screams rang out.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" When the Huns' cavalry was less than a hundred paces away from the Zhenbei army, Li Yan ordered the archers to start firing arrows.

A piece of black pressing arrows shot at the Hun army, and the Huns who were shot fell off their horses, and were instantly trampled into meatloaf by the war horses behind them.

Lei Ming led the cavalry to kill the Huns on the flanks, and the spears in his hands were stained with blood. Throughout the battlefield, the cavalry of the Huns fought with the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army.

"Rush over! Kill these Xiliang troops! Zang Mozi sat on horseback with a long knife in his hand and commanded the Hun army beside him.

"Humph! Since you are looking for death, then don't blame me for being unkind. Li Yan watched the Hun cavalry rush over in the rain of arrows, and snorted.