Chapter 54: Falling Short

In the dark night, the top of the Eagle's Beak Gorge seemed to have become a purgatory on earth, hundreds of Huns were all killed in battle, and the corpses on the ground were all over the ground, and there were blood stains everywhere.

Li Yan looked at the boulder on the edge of the cliff and gasped. Fortunately, it was not discovered by the Huns at night, otherwise such a large boulder would have fallen from a cliff nearly ten zhang high, and it would have suffered heavy losses.

"Childe, all one hundred and thirteen Hun thieves were killed in this battle, and five of the Blood Wolf Guards were slightly injured, and their wounds have been treated, so they can set off at any time." Han Qian reported the battle situation to Li Yanyu.

Li Yan looked at Han Qian, who was covered with blood in front of him, and nodded, "Okay!" You let the brothers rest for a while, and then they hurried. ”

"Lord Liang, it seems that it may not be easy for me to wait for this envoy to the Jin Kingdom." Li Yan looked at Liang Xing, who was already frightened beside him, and sighed.

"General Li, this~ how can there be Huns here?" Liang Xing asked in disbelief.

Li Yan walked to the edge of the cliff and pointed to the boulder in front of him, "Lord Liang, I'm afraid this is specifically waiting for my arrival." ”

Liang Xing's face was pale when he heard this, and the current situation was even more dangerous than when he went to the Jin Kingdom a few years ago, but now that he had fulfilled the important task of sending the Jin Kingdom, it was naturally impossible for him to return to Jiuquan.

"General Li, I'll leave it to you along the way." Liang Xing said with a fist at Li Yan.

"Lord Liang, don't worry, Li Yan is risking his life to ensure that Lord Liang arrives in Jiankang safely, it's not too early, let's hurry."

After Li Yan finished speaking, he walked towards the canyon.

Han Qian and Wei Liang led the Blood Wolf Guard and were ready to set off. After Li Yan gave an order, the group began to quickly cross the Eagle's Beak Gorge.

After walking along the trail for half an hour, there is a wide and flat avenue in front of you. It's a three-way street.

Liang Xingce immediately pointed forward and pointed to Li Yan and said: "General Li, not far ahead is Linsong County, which is the hometown of Fuqu Mengxun, and it is close to Tuyuhun, so Fuqu Mengxun has always attached great importance to this place, the defense is tight, there are at least 5,000 defenders in the city, and now we can only go south to bypass Qingsong Mountain to reach Chiquan and enter Qilian County." ”

"Good! Just listen to Lord Liang. Let's go! Li Yan rode the shadow towards the path to the south.

At this time, it was already past the fifth watch, and Li Yan had led the Blood Wolf Guard along Qingsong Mountain for a long time, and at this time he had already crossed Linsong County.

Chiquan, located at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, controls Dadou Valley to the south, and is a shortcut to Tuyuhun in the Hexi Corridor, and has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. Chiquan is also called Yonggu City, which has existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and when it came to Qianliang, it was called Hanyang, and now it has been changed to Chiquan by Fuqu Mengxun.

The sky was already slightly bright, on the way Li Yan and his party changed their clothes again, the whole team was like a caravan, Liang Xing turned into a big businessman, Li Yan became Liang Xing's nephew, Han Qian and others were the guards of the caravan, this time they were going to Jiangnan to buy silk and sell silk to the Western Regions.

Liang Xing was taken aback when he heard Li Yan say that he wanted to pretend to be his nephew, and finally agreed under Li Yan's persuasion.

The entire mission became a caravan of silk traffickers, and walked along the official road towards Chiquan City.

After a day and a night of hurrying, just taking a short rest in Lejuan, until now, Li Yan also felt tired.

When Li Yan and the others were about to enter the city, they were stopped by the Huns.

Li Yan motioned for Han Qian to step forward, and when Han Qian handed over the money bag in his hand to the Hun centurion, the centurion guarding the city gate showed a mouthful of yellow teeth and signaled that Li Yan and his party could enter.

Chiquan is about the size of the West Sea, and the city is quiet, with only a few pedestrians on the streets.

Li Yan and his entourage found a remote inn, and after having a meal, they began to arrange a rest.

When Li Yan was lying on the bed, the whole person felt much more relaxed and fell asleep unconsciously.

Zhangye.

In the palace of Beiliang Wang, Fuqu Mengxun looked at the letter in his hand and tore it apart angrily.

"Come on, quickly spread that General Zang Mozi has come to see this king."

After a while, Zang Mozi walked in wearing strong armor.

As soon as Zang Mozi entered the main hall, he kowtowed to the frustrated Qu Mengxun on the throne and said, "The last general, Zang Moha, knock to see the king." ”

Frustrated Meng Xun glanced at Zang Mozi and said coldly: "Get up!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Frustrated Qu Mengxun immediately told Zang Mozi about Li Yan's current situation in China when he went to Jin with the Xiliang Mission.

"Li Yan's guy has crossed Linsong last night, and he also killed all the guards sent by this king, General Zang Mohao, where do you think Li Yan will go next?"

When Zang Mozi heard that Li Yan was actually coming to Liangguo, he was furious in his heart, and said: "King, give the last general three hundred elite soldiers, and you will definitely be able to catch Li Yan's dog thief." ”

"This king called you here because I want you to personally lead this king's dragon and tiger guards to kill all the Xiliang envoys, and you can't let them go."

"Yes! King. The last general estimated that Li Yan and his entourage could only pass through Qilian, bypass Panhe County, and enter Wuwei County in Nanliang. In this way, the next stop of Li Yan and his entourage must be Qilian, and the last general will definitely intercept Li Yan in Qilian. When Zang Mozi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he saluted and said.

"Someone." Frustrated Meng Xun shouted outside the hall.

"What do you command, my lord?" Outside the hall, a long and powerful man in black armor came in, with a full beard, allowing the long hair on his head to cover half of his face, and his hoarse voice made people not only creepy.

Zang Mozi looked at the strong man beside him, shocked, and exclaimed in his heart: "Dragon and Tiger Guards, the king actually sent them out!" ”

The so-called Dragon and Tiger Guards are all warriors selected from the 100,000 army of Fuqu Mengxun over the years, all of them are fierce and abnormal, and they only stay by Fuqu Mengxun's side on weekdays, and only obey the orders of Fuqu Mengxun alone.

Frustrated Qu Mengxun slowly walked to Zang Mo's side, looked at the strong man with a fierce face beside him, and said: "Tuohemu, I order you to lead two hundred dragon and tiger guards to go with General Zang Mo'er to kill the envoy of Xiliang to the Jin Kingdom, and be sure to bring back the thief's head of Li Yan to this king." ”

"Yes!" The strong man named Tuohemu popped out of his mouth and said nothing.

"Auxiliary General Zang Mozi listens to orders!"

"The end will be! Command, O King! Zang Mozi knelt down and said.

"Order you to immediately lead the Dragon and Tiger Guards to Qilian, remember, the thief will not care if Li Yan lives or dies! If you fail again this time, you know what to do! ”

"Yes! The king even sent the most elite dragon and tiger guards, if he couldn't kill Li Yan, the last general would come to see him! ”

Frustrated Meng Xun waved his hand and motioned for the two to leave immediately, "Go!" ”

"The last will retire!" Zang Mozi and Tuohemu saluted to Fuqu Mengxun, withdrew from the main hall, and then led the Dragon and Tiger Guards to Qilian County overnight.