Su Fu looked at Li Yanzhi, his expression full of solemnity. After returning from the state rule, the news that General Li Yanzhi led the soldiers of Lingju County to go to the command of Li Bai, the governor of the Western Regions, has spread far and wide. The soldiers who survived the battle of Lingju were also hesitant. After all, they were mainly locals from Lingju, and if they suddenly went to Dunhuang and prepared to conquer the Western Regions, most of them probably didn't know where they would go.

Su Fu's feelings for Li Yanzhi are also based on this matter. It is impossible to say that the affection between Su Wanyun and Li Yanzhi is not visible to him at all. In short, in the ambiguous ambiguity between the two, Su Fu had already sniffed out a trace of something quite unusual.

Although he had doubts, in the end, Su Fu still brought Su Wanyun from the county seat. See you in the backyard of the county government. Xin Yan obviously smelled the unusual meaning of this meeting. He deliberately made excuses to avoid the meeting between the two sides, but he quietly witnessed most of the meeting between the two as if he were wandering around in the main hall of the county government. And Li Yanzhi, who was quite slow to react to this, felt nothing about it. After all, in his heart, the encounter with Su Wanyun was a pure land that he himself would never touch easily.

Rao is like this, and the meeting between the two in the back hall of the county government still caused the fire of gossip among several county government officials led by Xin Yan to burn. Without Li Yanzhi's knowledge or even consent, they sat under the walls of the inner hall of the county government for an afternoon. However, the result was quite disappointing for them, except for everyone bowing a tear of sympathy, the expected scene for children did not seem to appear. This situation undoubtedly made Xin Mingfu and Chu Sima and others who came to the scene disappointed. However, the news that Li Yanzhi climbed to Miss Su's Gao Zhi also spread at this time.

In the previous battle of Yongdeng, Su Xuan defended the head of the city and fought to the death. Eventually, Yeongden still fell. However, Su Wanyun and other family members of the Ming Mansion have already been transferred.

Although he escaped the destruction of the city by the thieves, his relatives were killed in battle, and the journey of displacement also came one after another. Su Wanyun, a young lady who was originally pampered, has also tasted the suffering of the world. Previously fled from Guanzhong to Hexi, although it was called a refugee, but along the way, he was taken care of by Su Xuan and the Su family's Qu Yin household, and Su Wanyun actually did not suffer much. On the contrary, because of Su Xuan's scheming and drilling, he found a new foothold in the land west of the river and continued to become a wealthy family with no worries about food and clothing.

Because of this, when the country was ruined and the family was destroyed, and the bad news of the death of relatives in battle came, this lonely and helpless woman began to experience the cruelty and capriciousness of life. Su Xuan's death in the Battle of Yongdeng was equivalent to making him lose his heart. After that, Su Fu served in the Guangwu Army, and Li Yanzhi was transferred to Dunhuang, which made her feel more impermanence and loneliness.

"The last general will be transferred to Dunhuang, I hope that the little lady will take care of her life, meet again in the future, and want to listen to the little lady sing again." Although Li Yanzhi wanted to take the lonely and lonely little lady Su into his arms, Zhang Jun entrusted him with the important task of the Western Regions, but he still dispelled his thoughts. He weighed it again and again, but finally suppressed the emotions in his heart, and pretended to say the above words with a blank face.

And these words were in the ears of Su Xiaoniang, which was tantamount to a tactful refusal. She was deeply lonely and helpless, which also added to her troubles. However, in the face of Li Yanzhi, who was calm from beginning to end, she really couldn't say anything.

"My uncle died in the city, and after that, I had to go alone. But sometimes I want to sing a song, and I don't know who to listen to......" Su Xiaoniang muttered a low cry, but Li Yanzhi couldn't help but start to blame herself deeply. It's just that at this juncture, he doesn't want to, let alone give the other party any promises.

Outside the Yumen Pass, the wind and sand are all over the sky. Who knows whether he will be triumphant or buried in the yellow sand after this battle? When he was unsure, Li Yanzhi didn't want to bring any false hopes to others, so he chose to pretend to be stupid and silent about Su Xiaoniang's inexhaustible intentions.

"In Guangwu County, I also have another courtyard, which was donated by the prince. In the middle of the time, there are not many opportunities to live. Li Yanzhi forcibly suppressed the delusions and emotions gushing out of his heart, and said in a declarative tone as much as possible: "If the little lady feels that it is inconvenient to stay under her cousin's door, she might as well go to the county and be optimistic about this courtyard for Li......"

After speaking, Li Yanzhi groped in his arms for a long time, took out a bunch of keys, and solemnly placed them on top of the cases in front of Su Wanyun: "If the little lady has nowhere to go, she can go to live temporarily." If you don't feel right, you can still come and go freely. The gate of Dingdong, between the little lady and the little lady, will never be fettered, and there will be no lock and key separation......"

After that, Li Yanzhi yelled outside the house: "Liao Rulong! In! ”

Listening to the conversation between the two outside the house, Liao Rulong, who was struggling with whether to cry or laugh, heard that Li Yanzhi made him enter the house with a loud voice, and hurriedly dressed and armored outside the door, and then pushed open the door and walked into the hall.

"Do you know the location of my apartment in Guangwu?" Li Yanzhi pretended to be serious, looked at Liao Rulong who was standing by the door with an expressionless face, and asked.

"My subordinates know." Liao Rulong clenched his fists and knocked on the ground, but the swaying helmet looked extremely hateful in Li Yanzhi's eyes. He forcibly suppressed the unhappiness and anger in his heart, and said to Liao Rulong: "You take Little Lady Su there." The little lady needs everything and everything will be done immediately. If you neglect ......"

Li Yanzhi's eyes widened angrily, and he frightened Liao Rulong and said: "Military law is engaged!" ”

"Subordinates obey!" Liao Rulong didn't dare to be sloppy, and immediately hugged his fists to respond, and then went to the side to mention the luggage that Su Xiaoniang carried with him. When he went out, he handed it over to two guards, and then went to the front yard and placed it on top of the cart pulled by the mules and horses.

"Little lady, stay in Guangwu for a while. As soon as food and clothing are spent, someone will send it to the mansion ......" Li Yanzhi blew about the affairs and goals that he would always practice in the future, and then got up, complained to Su Xiaoniang, and left the county government by himself.

Liao Rulong and several soldiers have been waiting in the front yard with a flattering face. The previous repeated battles had already made them tired in their hearts. However, it is obvious that Li Yanzhi also understands their hard work and hardship, so he arranged such an errand for them, which is tantamount to a beautiful errand. Everyone is naturally striving to be the first, and they are much more active than cutting off the heads of thieves on the battlefield.

After saying goodbye to Mrs. Su, Li Yanzhi went to the county government workshop to check the work of the craftsmen who returned to the county seat. Although the experience of Lu Yi's left-behind craftsmen made these people sigh. However, they also don't have much choice. Sigh sigh. The day after returning to the county seat, several blast furnaces in the workshop were already running. The sound of gold and iron clashing after disappearing for more than a month gradually came out of the workshop, and the sound was heard for several miles.

In the previous battle of Lingju, excluding the wandering cavalry, the lowest casualty ratio was probably the armor-clad sword-wielding front team. Unlike a cavalry that swims outside without attacking. The vanguard team is an elite who is guarded by everyone at the head of the city, and fights with the thieves for no less than dozens of battles between the ten days. This elite team undoubtedly played the role of a firefighting team in Lingju City. Whenever the thieves in the city attacked and the auxiliary forces were defeated, these ironclad infantry soldiers who served as fresh troops and reserves rushed forward one after another. Often a bloody battle is fought at the snap of a finger, and the enemy in front of him immediately collapses.

This formidable fighting power has also earned them a terrifying reputation among the captives. Because everyone in the front battalion wears a mask when fighting. Indomitable, and fighting hard in battle, without mercy, those begging army members who have been bound to join the Zhao army have already begun to call this special force "ghost soldiers." "Because of his strong will to fight and superb fighting skills, Gai can always turn the tide. It also made them, the soldiers who had joined them, at a loss.

No one is willing to face such a powerful enemy army on the battlefield, even the cavalry of the Xiongnu headquarters, which can fight habitually and go south and north to meet the enemy, has also seen the excellence of this front battalion. After the Battle of Lingju, the battle battalion under Li Yanzhi was listed as one of the most unwilling enemies by Hun generals at all levels. It is almost parallel with Yang Nandi of Baimayi.

But Li Yanzhi didn't know about it. It's just that the incomparably powerful combat effectiveness displayed by the Zhanfeng Battalion made him secretly moved. Therefore, after the war and the workshop resumed its normal production activities, Li Yanzhi first made the production of the iron armor of the Zhanfeng Battalion as the first priority that the workshop needed to implement.

After learning what happened to Lu Yi's team, for these craftsmen in the workshop, these painful encounters that they had not experienced had also become a heart disease between them. Under the painstaking work of many craftsmen led by Craftsman Li, the workshop of a county government actually increased its output at a rate of producing more than 50 pieces of full-body iron armor per month. The phenomenon of passive slacking that appeared occasionally before, since then, has not appeared in the Lingju workshop. Everyone clutched the tools in their hands and hammered the Great Wall of steel that made them feel quite reassured.

After nearly a season of preparations, at the beginning of July, Li Yanzhi handed over the defense of Lingju County to the headquarters of Sun Jianxiong, the commander of the county government, who came to take over, and then led nearly 1,000 Lingju soldiers and more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers temporarily recruited to embark on the long journey west to Dunhuang.

Li Bai commanded the Western Regions Governor's Mansion and now lives in Dunhuang City temporarily. He was temporarily appointed, and his administrative office should have been Haixi City in the Western Regions. It was only because of the temporary rebellion of Zhao Zhen, the captain of Wuji, that he temporarily lived in Dunhuang City.

When Li Yanzhi arrived with his army, it was August. It is the biggest season of the year in Dunhuang. Nearly 2,000 soldiers traveled less than ten miles, and everyone was disgraced, looking at the embarrassed posture, it was difficult to say a word. Fortunately, the backbone of this army has already experienced such cruel scenes as the Battle of Lingju, and it is no different from the harsh environment of the Western Regions.

When the 2,000 soldiers arrived ten miles outside the city of Dunhuang, Li Yanzhi saw through the wind and sand that appeared from time to time, and found that on the sand dunes in the distance, there was an army dressed in the uniform of the Jin army waiting for them, as if to greet them. He hurriedly sent a herald rider to communicate military orders to contact him. Later, I learned that Li Bai personally led his guards out of the city to greet him.

Li Yanzhi ordered his men to speed up, and finally reached the bottom of the sand dunes after half an hour. The dusty Li Bai was obviously used to this situation. Regardless of his embarrassed image, he went down to the sand dunes and went to Li Yanzhi's army, and asked in a loud voice: "Where is Li Sima Lingju?" ”

This picture is quite joyful. However, Li Yanzhi didn't care about these things in his heart. He hurriedly dismounted, handed the reins to the guards, and stepped forward to meet Li Bai. The two people who were covered in dust and looked embarrassed shook hands tightly like this.

"Dingdong led the army to defend the order, and his strong spirit should be convincing to Ling Baizhi." When they met for the first time, Li Bai did not put on that useless official show. On the contrary, he was like a thirsty official, who went out of the city for more than ten miles to greet him. Li Yanzhi couldn't help but be even more moved.

"Long history is heavy. Dingdong led the army to defend the territory, and it was only his duty, and he should not be praised for a long time. Li Yanzhi held Li Bai's hand tightly, and when he heard him say these words of praise, he couldn't help blushing to the root of his ears. I was ashamed for a moment.

"Dingdong doesn't need to be too humble." Li Bai looked at Li Yanzhi's subordinates, who were covered with dust behind him, and although they were embarrassed, they were still well-groomed, and said: "Dingdong and come with me, the barracks have already been prepared for the three armies." The soldiers are tired from running around, and they should immediately enter the camp to rest......"

Li Bai's temporary residence in the Western Regions Governor's Mansion is located in the center of Dunhuang City. At this time, the religious beliefs in various places in the Western Regions were still dominated by Buddhism. Li Yanzhi led his troops into the city, but after turning the scene of Sanwu Street, he had already seen several Buddhist temples and floating temples.