In the inn, it was now three watches, and Li Yan was lying on the bed, unable to sleep. In the past six months, the Qin State and the Huns in the north have fought several battles, and the two sides have won and lost each other.

Qin is currently unable to conquer the west, and in the face of the fierce Xiongnu Iron Buddha tribe in the north, Qin has no time to take care of itself, so Xiliang can not worry too much. In addition, the rebellion of the begging Xianbei made the Qin State even more anxious.

Nanliang's bald Xianbei lost a few counties in less than half a year, which made Li Yan feel very surprised. Nanliang, who was originally in a good situation, was suddenly beaten by the Huns and had no power to fight back.

The strength of the Huns has risen sharply, which is not a good thing for Xiliang.

Early morning.

The city of Chang'an has already begun to be lively, there are many merchants who come and go here every day, and under the rule of Yao Xing, the Qin State is not as aggressive as the Huns.

The streets are full of strangely dressed people from the Western Regions, leading horses and camels, carrying all kinds of goods. Li Yan and Han Qian were sitting in the inn, and there was already an empty jar of wine on the table.

"Childe, it seems that the Huns are still obsessed with us, from Guzang to Zhangye, set up card checks along the way, I'm afraid there are many difficulties along the way." Han Qian poured Li Yan a glass of wine and said in a low voice.

"Judging from what these merchants from the Western Regions said, the Huns are indeed very likely to be looking for us, if Lord Liang follows us, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape the encirclement and interception of the Huns, and the safety of Lord Liang cannot be guaranteed in the chaotic army."

"Childe, what can I do then? Now that I have been waiting to leave Jiuquan for more than half a year, I am afraid that there will be uncertainties if I don't go back to Xihai. The prince's people ......," Han Qian said without saying anything.

"West Sea! Brother Han, you say Xihai? ”

"yes. Now that the West Sea is thundering and the Iron Hammer brothers are here, and now that the prince has left the Zhenbei Army for half a year, what if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has his eyes on this place in the West Sea? ”

"There it is." Li Yan put the wine glass in his hand on the table with a "snap".

Han Qian looked at Li Yan with a puzzled expression.

"Brother Han, come here with your ears."

Li Yan said a few words in Han Qian's ear, and Han Qian's face changed greatly.

"Childe, this is too dangerous, there are 20,000 Huns in Guzang City, once the Huns find that the Blood Wolf Guard can't stop it at all, this is too risky."

"There is no way to do this, I can't rest assured that others escort Lord Liang, Brother Han, Lord Liang's safety will be handed over to you." Li Yan looked at Han Qian with a serious face, there are not many people he can completely trust now, and Han Qian is one of them.

"Childe, why don't you let me go with Wei Liang?"

"No, since the Huns hate me to the core, if there is no appearance from me, they will definitely not relax the investigation, Brother Han, don't worry."

Since Childe had decided, Han Qian didn't say anything more. Childe, you must take care. Han Qian saw that Li Yan had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more.

"Good. Wei Liang and I will leave Chang'an early tomorrow morning, and the Blood Wolf Guard will leave you with ten people, and you will leave in three days. ”

"Childe, Han Qian only needs five people, and the rest will follow you, please rest assured, Childe, Han Qian will definitely escort Lord Liang back to Jiuquan safely." Han Qian got up and said.

"That's good. Come, dry this glass. ”

"Childe, please."

When Li Yan told Liang Xing about the plan, Liang Xing was stunned.

"General Li, why don't I delay the time to return to Jiuquan, if something happens to you, how can the old man explain to King Liang?" Liang Xing hurriedly spoke.

"Lord Liang, now that the Huns have taken Guzang, and they have finished cleaning up the Xianbei people according to the character of Frustrated Qu Mengxun, I Daliang is the first to bear the brunt, so I must return to Jiuquan as soon as possible."

"This~"

"Lord Liang, rest assured, after Li Yan attracts the attention of the Huns, he will head north towards the West Sea, and I will definitely be able to escape the pursuit of the Huns before the Huns form a siege." Seeing that Liang Xing wanted to say something, Li Yan waved his hand at him and said.

"Alas. General Li must return to Jiuquan safely, otherwise the old man will feel ashamed. ”

"Lord Liang is serious, since this is the case, then it is decided." Li Yan clasped his fists at Liang Xing and said, then turned to Wei Liang and said, "Wei Liang, you tell me to go down, follow me out of the city early tomorrow morning, and leave five people for General Han." ”

"Yes. Checkmate. ”

Hearing this, Wei Liang saluted Li Yan and went out to prepare.

After everyone left, Li Yan stood in front of the window, deep in thought.

Han Qian's words reminded him that it had been more than half a year since he left Jiuquan, and there must have been many things happening in Jiuquan City in the past six months.

This is also the reason why he rushed back, the Huns had heavy troops from Guzang to Zhangye, but the northern territory near the West Sea and Rouran basically did not deploy too many troops, as long as they were cautious, the Huns could not help themselves.

Li Yan also has an idea in his heart, that is, to make a detour to the West Sea, first, he can go to see the Zhenbei Army, and secondly, Longshoujian is a place that Li Yan has been unable to put down in his heart.

Before the sky was completely bright, Li Yan woke up.

An hour later.

Wei Liang came to Li Yan's room and saluted Li Yan: "General Qiyu, the Blood Wolf Guard is ready and ready to set off at any time." ”

"Good. You go down first. ”

After Wei Liang went out, Li Yan specially explained to Han Qian some precautions, how to better disguise and avoid the interrogation of the Huns.

After dawn, Li Yan and Wei Liang led the horses out of Chang'an City.

Standing outside the west gate of Chang'an City, Li Yan looked back at the former capital of the Han Dynasty, and under the morning sun, Li Yan felt a pity in his heart.

"General, let's go." Wei Liang walked up to Li Yan and whispered.

"Good. Let's go. ”

Li Yan jumped onto the horse's back, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, and quickly headed west.

There were more than 40 blood wolf guards behind Li Yan, and the group rode towards Guzang on horseback, raising a large amount of dust on the ground.

Three days later, Li Yan and his entourage crossed Longxi and came to Jincheng, which had been occupied by Qifu Xianbei, and Qifu Qian returned to the country, with the country name Qin, and the capital was Yuanchuan in the southeast of Jincheng.

The continuous fighting has caused the destruction of the farmland, and the ripe millet and wheat in the fields have long been forcibly expropriated by the army.

Everywhere on the roadside were people fleeing westward, and from time to time you could see starving corpses on the roadside, and there was no one to bury them.

Li Yan and the others rested in Jincheng for one night, replenished water and dry food, and hurried away. Passing through Guangwu County in Nanliang, Li Yan and his party came to a place less than fifty miles away from Guzang.

"General, this is already in the territory of Guzang, half a year ago it was still the capital of the bald and humble, and now it has been occupied by the Huns, it is really unpredictable." Wei Liang said with emotion.

"Good. All cheered up. Pay attention to the movements of the Huns, and do everything according to my orders. Do you understand? ”

"Understood."