Chapter 17: The West Sea is in an emergency
After Li Yan woke up, looking at the white and flawless carcass on the bed, Xin'er was asleep under even breathing. Li Yan couldn't remember how many times he had conquered last night.
After washing up, she returned to the room, and Xin'er had already woken up.
"Childe, you~" Xin'er buried her head in the quilt shyly after seeing Li Yan enter the house.
"Xin'er, I was not good last night, and it's up to you to beat or punish you." Li Yan walked to the side of the bed and said like a child who had done something wrong.
"Childe, you go out first." Xin'er hid in the quilt, showed her little head and said with her cheeks flushed.
After Li Yan went out, after a while, Xin'er walked out of the room, and the moment she walked out after opening the door, Xin'er almost couldn't stand firm, but fortunately, Li Yan was beside her.
Xin'er broke free from Li Yan's arms and walked outside the house. Only Li Yan, who was stunned and motionless, was left.
Li Yan has been with the Linghu clan in the mansion for two days, and when he saw Xin'er during this period, Li Yan felt a deep sense of guilt.
Early this morning, Li Yan was ready to go back to the camp in the north of the city. Xin'er took out a few cakes and handed them to Li Yan along with Li Yan's clothes in the bag.
After bidding farewell to Xin'er, Li Yan rode his horse to the camp in the north of the city.
As soon as he came to the New Army camp in the north of the city, Li Yan saw a group of sergeants who had just returned from heavy training in Beishan one after another.
Although this group of men was panting, they saw that the military camp in front of them was close at hand, and they burst out with the last force and rushed towards the camp.
After entering the camp, Li Yan saw Han Qian and Lei Ming, and they were taking inventory of their ordnance, including spears, broadswords, bows and arrows, etc. And Iron Hammer is still supervising the sergeant who has returned from the burden of Kitayama at the moment.
"General, yesterday the Liangwang Mansion has already transferred ordnance to our new army, so we won't have to use our bare hands in the future." After Lei Ming saw Li Yan coming, he put down the book in his hand and said excitedly.
"That's good! Later, all these ordnance will be distributed to the soldiers and drilled severely! Now that the ordnance has arrived, and the food and wages have been transported to the West Sea some time ago, it is estimated that the time for pulling out is not far away. Sweat more in peacetime, shed less blood in wartime, you must remember! Li Yan looked at the stacks of ordnance on the school yard and commanded to Lei Ming.
"Yes! Checkmate! It's just that this war horse city camp only gave us five hundred old and weak horses, damn it! Zhu Yuanhu's guy is now in charge of the infantry cavalry in the camp. The prince asked General Zuo Li Wei to replace General Zhang Jing in charge of the camp in the north of the city, but General Zuo ignored the trivial matters in the army and simply let Zhu Yuanhu temporarily take care of it. Lei Ming said indignantly.
"Forget it! Originally, there were more than 3,000 war horses in the northern camp of the city, and it would be good to be able to give us 500 horses, but are you afraid that there will be no good horses when you get to the West Sea? Li Yan quipped.
Li Yan observed in the camp for a few days, and these soldiers were much better than when he saw them a month ago.
In order to be able to eat more meat, the soldiers practiced hard every day, and no one wanted to be a soup drinker.
The sound of killing on the school field was earth-shattering, and the sergeants with spears and broadswords were majestic.
"Report!" A sharp voice came, and he rode straight to the school grounds. This is the herald of the Liangwang Mansion, and the guards at the gate of the big camp let him go straight to Li Yan's new military academy.
"Zhenbei General Zhang Jing, Huwei General Li Yan received the order!" The herald held the Liangwang talisman in his hand and stood on the high platform and shouted.
Zhang Jing walked out of the camp tent, and the usual drills were handed over to Lei Ming and Iron Hammer, and Li Yan supervised him, Zhang Jing was also happy and idle, looking at the sheepskin map in the camp tent every day in a daze.
"Minister Zhang Jing and Li Yan, take orders!" Zhang Jing and Li Yan knelt down on one knee and clasped their fists and said.
"King Liang has an order, give the new army the name of the Zhenbei Army, and reassign Zhang Jing, the Taishou of Hehuang, to the Taishou of the West Sea, and the Zhenbei General Zhang Jing and the Huwei General Li Yan immediately led the Zhenbei Army to the West Sea to exterminate the pseudo-Liang thief! Make no mistake! After the herald read the order of King Liang, he handed over the talisman to Zhang Jing.
"General Zhang, General Li, hurry up! The puppet Liang thieves attacked Xihai County last night, and the thief general Fuqu Yihe led two thousand cavalry to break through the Xihai Ranch and plundered more than 1,000 horses. King Liang was furious, hoping that the two generals would recapture the horses and kill the thieves! The herald said eagerly to Zhang Jing and Li Yan.
"Please rest assured! The ministers will live up to expectations! Zhang Jing and Li Yan said in unison.
After the herald left, Zhang Jing ordered the soldiers to gather and bring three days' rations. Half an hour later, they marched to Xihai County.
Don't look at Zhang Jing, who usually seems to ignore the new army, but at this moment, as the chief general of the Zhenbei Army, he stood on the platform of the generals, with a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, looking at the generals in the audience, and ordered loudly.
"Childe, why don't you go back and say goodbye to your wife?" Han Qian looked at Li Yan, who was wearing armor, and asked.
"No! The military situation is urgent. No time! Hurry up and prepare! Li Yan put on his armor neatly, picked up the horse lance in the tent, and walked towards the outside of the tent.
When Li Yan came to the general's platform, Zhang Jing was wearing shining bronze armor and holding a long sword, standing on the platform.
"General Qiyu, the Zhenbei Army has been assembled!" Lei Ming came to the stage and said to Zhang Jing.
The long sword in Zhang Jing's hand was unsheathed, pointing towards the northern void, and a "departure" resounded through the school field.
Li Yan rode on the shadow, holding a horse lance, carrying a longbow and quiver, following behind Zhang Jing, and followed the Zhenbei army out of the north camp of the city behind him.
Li Yan looked back at Jiuquan City in the distance, and the battlefield battle was the place he wanted, not to achieve nothing within the high walls.
Besides, there is no reason to finish the eggs under the nest, and Li Yan also knows it in his heart. If Liangguo is not protected, it will be difficult for him to live.
Li Yan retracted his thoughts and rode his horse forward to chase after him. Han Qian rode a jujube red horse and followed behind Li Yan with a long lance in his hand.
"General Qiyu, according to the current marching speed, it will take two days for the army to reach the West Sea, and the last general will ask for orders and lead the cavalry to be the vanguard and gallop to the aid of the West Sea defenders!" Li Yan looked at the slow marching speed, rode his horse to Zhang Jing's side, and said with his fists clenched.
"No, these five hundred cavalry have not yet had actual combat experience, and most of them are inferior horses, which are not enough to fight against the pseudo-cool Hun cavalry. If you make a mistake, how will you explain it to the prince! When Zhang Jing heard Li Yan's request to ride a horse as a pioneer, he flatly refused to speak.
"General Qiyu, since the last general has joined the army, he will not have the idea of being greedy for life and afraid of death! Now that the people of the West Sea are being brutalized, how can we delay and miss the opportunity? Li Yan raised his head and said.
"Two days later, the Huns and thieves may have taken the plundered horses out of the West Sea, and then I will suffer great losses. Moreover, most of the grain and grass of the northern army of our town are stored in Xihai County, and there is no room for any mistakes, please give the general an order! Seeing that Zhang Jing was silent, Li Yan asked for war again and said.
"Good! Ben is ready! Remember, don't take the enemy lightly. After Zhang Jing weighed the pros and cons, he said to Li Yan with a frown.
"Thank you, General! The last will obey! Li Yan clasped his fists and saluted Zhang Jing and said.
Li Yan said goodbye to Zhang Jing and quickly caught up with Lei Ming in front of him, who was holding a spear and carrying a huge longbow and quiver on his back.
"Brother Lei, General Zhenbei has an order! We waited for the cavalry to take the lead in the first step. We must rush to Xihai County before noon tomorrow, and there must be no mistake. Li Yan commanded Lei Ming.
"Obey the general's orders! Brothers! Accelerate forward. Thunder ordered the five hundred cavalry in front.
"Tell the brothers that you must rush to the Evil Wolf Valley at sunset, and go straight to the West Sea tomorrow." After Li Yan finished speaking, he rode the Absolute Shadow and ran forward quickly.
Li Yan led five hundred cavalry and finally arrived at the Valley of the Evil Wolf before dark.
This place is already close to Xihai County, and it is only more than 100 miles away from Xihai County. Xihai County is located in the southeast of Juyanze, formerly belonged to Zhangye County, from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty began to divide Xihai County, under the jurisdiction of a county, more than 2,000 households.
Juyanze in Xihai County gathers the high mountain snow water of Qilian Mountain, and the weak water river runs through Xihai County, and Juyanze has abundant water and grass within a radius of 100 miles.
"General, Wolf Valley has arrived! I'll camp here tonight! Lei Ming dismounted and said to Li Yan.
"Good! Stay here for one night tonight, and tomorrow the third watch will start, so be sure to rush to the West Sea as soon as possible. Li Yan said to Lei Ming after dismounting.
Soon the soldiers set up their tents, and after feeding the horses, the soldiers had eaten dry food and went to bed.
Li Yan sat on the big stone outside the tent, letting the cold wind blow in his face, the temperature difference between day and night here was very large, and at night, the cold wind at the mouth of the Evil Wolf Valley made people shiver. There was a wolf howl from time to time in the distance, but there were many people in Li Yan and his party, and the wild wolves did not dare to approach.
"General Li, what are you thinking?" Lei Ming suddenly appeared behind him and asked.
"Oh! Brother Leiming, I'm thinking about when I will be cool so that I won't be disturbed, and when the people will be able to have a peaceful life! Li Yan saw that it was thunder, so he gave up the place behind him to him, sighed and said.
"There will be such a day, as long as I am alive and alive, I will fight to the last breath!" Lei Ming raised his head and took a sip of the wine in the water bag and handed it to Li Yan.
"Ahem! Cough! Cough! Brother Lei, do you still have wine? Li Yan took a sip and choked on a dry cough.
"Go back and rest! There could be a fierce battle tomorrow! After Li Yan finished speaking, he walked towards the tent.
There was no word all night, and in the blink of an eye it was the third watch, the moon above his head was still a little dim, and the branches and leaves outside the camp were full of dew.
Li Yan and the others are ready to go, if it goes well, they can rush to the Xihai County Mansion before noon today.
After a night's rest, Li Yan felt a lot more energetic, and after passing through the Evil Wolf Valley, as far as the eye could see, there was a desert everywhere.
An hour later, Li Yan and the others passed through the desert, which was relatively close to the Beiliang territory, and loomed like a village in front of them.
"General, it may be a village in front of us, why don't we go over and have a look, and beg for water!" People are not tired, and the horses have to drink water. Lei Ming pointed to the village in front of him and said to Li Yan.
"Good! Let's send a few people in first. I'm waiting here! Li Yan looked at the village in front of him and always felt that something was wrong.
After a while, Thunder arranged for three scouts to run to the village ahead.
The village in front of him was quiet, and now that it was dawn, the cavalry led by himself would have some movement. But there was neither a rooster or a dog barking in the village in front of him, and it was surprisingly quiet, which made Li Yan feel uneasy in his heart.
"It's so quiet! It's unbelievably quiet! Li Yan muttered in his heart.