Chapter 57: Doing the opposite
Li Yan and his entourage walked out of Chiquan and galloped all the way to the southeast, and at this moment they were dozens of miles away from Chiquan.
"General Li, why don't you take a break, the Hun thieves shouldn't know our whereabouts, maybe they're still in Chiquan City." Liang Xing was bumped along the way, and after catching up with Li Yan, he gasped and asked.
"No, this time the elite of the Huns is not inferior to my blood wolf guard, if it is met head-on, I am afraid that there will be more than one luck. Please bear with me for a while. Li Yan said with a worried face.
The Huns led by Zang Mohao, Li Yan has seen them with his own eyes. Especially the Hun general who was staring at him, I am afraid that he is really not his opponent now.
"In this way, I will listen to General Li's words, this place is only two hundred miles away from Qilian, if it is late today, I am afraid that I will not be able to arrive tomorrow."
"Nope. Let's not go to Qilian, let's go to Xijun. Li Yan pondered for a moment, and suddenly said in a low voice.
"What? General Li, now that Pseudo-Liang is confronting the Xianbei people in Xijun, we will go to Xijun to make up, isn't this self-defeating? When Liang Xing heard that Li Yan was not going to Qilian and was going to Xijun, his face suddenly changed dramatically.
"Lord Liang, listen to me. If the Hun thieves did not find us, it is indeed the best choice to enter Wuwei County in Nanliang through Qilian Panhe, but now the Hun thieves already know where we are going, if we go to Qilian again, I am afraid that the Huns have already laid a big pocket in Qilian and are waiting for me to drill in. Since there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, why don't you go to Xijun, which is heavily guarded by the Huns? ”
"Since General Li has decided, then I won't say anything more. Everything was decided by General Lee. Liang Xing also understood what Li Yan meant, this envoy was no longer like when he went to the Jin Kingdom a few years ago, and if he was careless, he would be in a different place.
"Good! Brother Han, give the order to go down, let's go to Xijun. Li Yan instructed Han Qian behind him.
In the night, Li Yan took the lead and headed straight towards Xijun.
Tuohemu came out of the inn and led the Dragon and Tiger Guards all the way to chase after him, although it was getting dark, but it was not a matter for the Dragon and Tiger Guards at all.
Tuohemu showed a hideous smile in his mouth, in fact, in his heart, he felt that Frustrated Qu Mengxun was making a bit of a fuss, and the Xiliang Mission was less than a hundred people, so there was no need for the Dragon and Tiger Guards to make a move.
"General Qiyu, here leads north to Xijun and east to Qilian, which way do we go?" One of the Dragon Tiger Guards turned to Tuohemu and asked.
"To the north is Xijun, where there are tens of thousands of troops, Li Yan and his party can't be so stupid, they must have gone to Qilian. Come on! Let's go to Qilian. Tohemu grabbed the reins and said to the Huns beside him.
"Yes! Checkmate! ”
More than 200 people chased along the road to the east towards Qilian.
When it was almost dawn, Li Yan and his party were less than a hundred miles away from Xijun, and they were already close to Xijun.
Li Yan looked at a flat grass in front of him, and his heart was shocked. The grass that broke through the soil was full of greenery, and the snow water flowing down from the Qilian Mountains gathered into rivers passing through it.
"It's really hateful to be such a treasure land, but it is stolen by a pseudo-cool thief."
Han Qian also felt deeply, this place is definitely no worse than the pasture in Juyanze, "This is simply a natural horse ranch, you see, childe, this endless pasture, if I have this pasture in Daliang, within a few years, I Daliang Iron Ride will definitely be able to set foot in Hexi and look at Guanzhong." ”
"Give me an order, and rest for half an hour." Li Yan ordered the Blood Wolf Guard behind him.
Li Yan looked at the pasture in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.
"Why is the general sighing?" Liang Xing walked up.
"Looking at this pasture, I feel emotional. This Hun thief occupies such a treasure land, but can not make good use of it, you see this natural pasture, if the Huns breed war horses here, then I am in danger. Fortunately, this Xianbei people have been committing crimes for many years, so that the Huns have no respite, otherwise once the Huns develop, it will eventually be unfavorable to me. ”
"What the general said is extremely true, this Hexi ranch has always been an important pasture since the Han hussar general Huo Qubing drove the Hun thieves out of Hexi, but over the years, the pseudo-Liang has not been able to develop with peace of mind under the attack of my Da Liang and Xianbei people, otherwise it is really as the general said." Liang Xing looked at the ranch and sighed.
"The terrain here is flat, coupled with the snow water on the Qilian Mountain, and the water and grass are abundant all year round, which is definitely an excellent place to train war horses." Li Yan said secretly in his heart.
This ranch, even in later generations, is very famous, Shandan Horse Farm.
Li Yan looked at the ranch in front of him and had an ambitious plan in his heart, that is, he must pocket this Hexi ranch in the future.
With this pasture, then you can provide a steady stream of war horses for the Xiliang Iron Horse, so that you can have the capital to unify Hexi, and now the northern alien race is rampant, if there is no tiger and wolf division, then what will be waiting for you?
"General Li, let's hurry." Liang Xing patted Li Yan on the shoulder, and then got on the horse.
Along the way, Li Yan saw that there were broken walls everywhere, the land was barren, and many villages were left without people.
In the past few years, the Xianbei people and the Xiongnu have been fighting for many years, and both sides have forcibly moved the people on each other's land to the vicinity of the capital, so wherever they go, the people are either killed or forcibly taken away.
"Childe, we were discovered by the scouts of the Hun thieves, what should we do?" Han Qian said as he rushed over from the front.
"How far is it from the Xianbei camp?"
Han Qian looked shocked, and then said, "About ten miles, Son, did you mean to go to the Xianbei people?" ”
"It doesn't matter! Now the Xianbei people have an alliance with my Daliang, and the Xijun has gathered tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops, and it is safest only when they go to the Xianbei people. You tell me? Lord Liang. ”
"That's true, when the old man went to Nanliang, he saw his lord bald and sandal, and the two countries were forever allied, did not offend each other, and jointly conquered the Hun thieves. It shouldn't be bad for us. Liang Xing stroked his beard and nodded.
"Let's go! The Huns should soon be in pursuit. ”
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, the dust was already flying in the distance, and at least hundreds of Huns were already rushing towards him.
In the camp of the Xianbei people of Nanliang, a rough-looking man is drinking stuffy wine in the big tent, this person looks nearly thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the armor on his body is different, he is the eldest son of the bald and haired Hutai, the lord of Nanliang.
Just last night, the Huns designed to transport 50,000 stone of grain and grass from Zhangye to Xijun, according to the sentry to report that there were only 500 escort grain and grass sergeants, the bald Hutai personally led an army of 5,000 to rob the grain, and took over the enemy's 20,000 troops to kill the 20,000 troops of Fuqu, and the 5,000 army fled back less than 1,000 people.