Far north, not far from the shores of Lake Bega.

The place that was originally extremely desolate is now only a decade, but it is already showing a prosperous attitude.

The high earthen walls are surrounded by densely packed tents, forming a population settlement similar to that of a town.

At the exit two zhang wide, there were five halberd guards on each side, and a large number of mercenaries escorted carriages loaded with various materials in and out, shouting, shouting, neighing, noisy and lively.

Since ten months ago, Zhang Liao's army camped here, and then countless mercenaries flocked to it, some escorted grain and grass, and some took over the task of prospecting to help Zhang Liao explore the resources of the extreme north.

In just one month, the highly motivated mercenaries discovered an iron mine and two coal mines within a hundred miles of Lake Bega!

The mercenaries who completed the mission were rewarded handsomely, with large sums of money and land. In particular, the mercenary team that was the first to discover the mineral deposit was awarded the honorary title, which not only exempted the whole family from taxes, but also got the privilege of not worshipping officials!

After the news of this happened, the enthusiasm of the mercenaries was extremely high, and more mercenaries came to this camp one after another!

At the same time, the Youzhou government also set up a management body here, and the mercenary branch was also opened here.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the earthen walls, emitting a golden glow, and the flow of people at the exit of the town market gradually decreased, and many mercenaries had returned.

Suddenly, there were several cries for help at the end of the road, and several dark figures appeared in sight, holding each other.

The ten halberd guards guarding the exit of the gate were immediately attracted to their attention.

"Xiao Qi, Huzi, you two go and take a look, be careful!"

The squad leader frowned and spoke.

The two of them gave a military salute, and the persistent halberd changed to greet them.

"Mercenaries!"

When the two of them got closer, they were three mercenaries.

The three of them were very embarrassed, and they all had blood stains on their bodies, especially the one in the middle, who had a large pool of blood stains on his waist, and was completely unconscious with his eyes closed.

"Brother two soldiers, come and help!"

When the two who were awake saw that it was a soldier coming, their eyes immediately lit up, and they exclaimed, "My brother is seriously injured!" ”

Xiao Qi and Huzi did not hesitate, and immediately stepped forward and carried the seriously injured man, one supported the other two, and walked towards the town market quickly.

"Brother Bing,"

As he was walking, the young man who was holding Huzi's left hand took a few quick breaths, and said a little impatiently: "I have something important to report to General Zhang Liao, can you introduce me?" ”

"Oh?!"

Huzi's eyes flashed, and his heart said that in the past month, only a handful of mercenaries have been injured and returned, and there are no ones who are so seriously injured and want to die like today. In particular, the wounds on these people were completely knife wounds, which showed that they were unusual.

"Don't worry, go to the town to heal your wounds, and when I report it, the general will naturally find you to understand the situation."

The young man nodded, closing his eyes slightly.

Zhang Liao was handling military affairs in the big tent, when a soldier came to report and told him what had just happened.

Zhang Liao pondered for a moment, and said in his heart that this matter was indeed a little unusual. He immediately nodded and asked the soldier to bring the man.

In a moment, the tent door opened, and the soldier walked in with a man, but it was the young man who was the least wounded.

"General Zhang."

The young man looked at Zhang Liao with admiration in his eyes and hurriedly saluted.

"Hehe, sit." Zhang Liao smiled and asked him to sit down, "It's the first time that Xiang Xiang has been injured by a sharp blade like you in the past month. Tell me, what's going on? ”

The young man's face was solemn, and he said, "General Zhang, the three of us brothers left the town the day before yesterday, and we have not gained much within a hundred miles in the past two days, so we feel that we should expand the scope of searching." So the three of us walked another fifty miles to the west, and we didn't know that we had met a group of aliens! ”

"Interracial?!"

Zhang Liao's eyes flashed, and he said, "You talk about it carefully." ”

"The three of us were walking when we suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and we thought it was another mercenary, but it turned out to be about fifty aliens!" "They were dressed in furs, with scimitars at their waists, and bows and arrows on their backs," the youth recalled. If it weren't for the difference in language, I would still think of them as Xianbei people. ”

"When the fifty men saw us, they shouted a few words, and then they drew their swords and rushed over. My three brothers have also studied in the martial arts academy for several years, so naturally they are not afraid of them, and immediately fought with them. ”

"These people are quite powerful, and the three of us killed and wounded more than a dozen people, and in the end they were not opponents, so they fled, and finally gave up their horses, led them away, and fled back." After speaking, the young man said, "General, I think these people must be the natives of the Far North, and they have no good feelings for us. Today we were lucky, as for dozens of people, if it was a large team, it would be a disaster. So I thought that this matter should be reported to the general and let the general decide! ”

After listening to the young man's words, Zhang Liao fell into deep thought.

At the beginning, after Zhang Liao was appointed by Liu Yuan, he also studied in Youzhou Academy for a period of time, and he still had some understanding of the distribution of power in the entire world. There is a country in this extreme north, called Ding Ling, when the Xiongnu was strong, Ding Ling was still a subject country of the Xiongnu.

It's just that these many people have never been encountered, and second, because of the busy affairs, Zhang Liao forgot about it negligently. Now when I heard what the young man said, I immediately concluded that it must have been done by Ding Lingren!

After coming back to his senses, Zhang Liao smiled and said to the young man: "You have done a good job, and you have not lost the face of my Youzhou people." And what you reported is very important and has a great merit, so General Ben decided to reward you with a thousand gold, hehehe"

When the young man heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

After waving off the young man, Zhang Liao pondered for a while, and then wrote down a letterhead with a stroke of his pen, calling the people from the scout camp and asking him to send a message from his flying eagle to send the news back to Yuyang. Then, Zhang Liao summoned all the generals under his command and asked them to reorganize the army and horses, and wait for the time to move.

Three days later, Zhang Liao received a summons from Guo Jia, knew about the situation in Mobei, and got Guo Jia's order to lead the army westward.

Zhang Liao crushed the secret report in his hand and smiled.

"Someone, gather the generals!"

In a moment, all the generals under Zhang Liao's command gathered in the big tent.

"Generals obey orders!" Zhang Liaohu was stunned and shouted: "Where are Pei Yuanshao and Gong Du!?" ”

Pei Yuanshao and Gong Du immediately got up, strode forward, clasped their fists and saluted, and said loudly: "The end will be here!" ”

"Pei Yuanshao, Gong Du, this general ordered you two to be the vanguard, lead 3,000 soldiers and horses, and take the lead in the westward march to Ding Lingguo." Zhang Liao's face flashed with cruelty, and he added: "Kill people when you see them!" ”

The two glanced at each other and drank categorically: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Zhang Liao bowed slightly, let the two of them retreat, and shouted: "Where is Du Yuan!" ”

"The last general!"

Du Yuan got up and clenched his fists, his expression resolute.

"I ordered you to command 2,000 men to guard the camp, and there must be no mistake!"

A hint of disappointment flashed on Du Yuan's face, and he immediately took the order to retreat.

"Han asked!"

Zhang Liao looked at Han Wen's immature face sideways, and said with a smile: "General Ben has 4,000 soldiers and horses as the main force, so you can follow General Ben." ”

Although Han Wen wanted the vanguard position very much, he also knew that he did not have the slightest experience, and it was a safe move for Zhang Liao to do so, and he was not the slightest dissatisfied, so he immediately got up and took the order without mentioning it.

"All the generals are in place, the vanguard will set off immediately, the camp will be settled, and the Chinese army will start early in the morning!"

"No!"

At this time, the tasks of the mercenary guild in Yuyang City were also refreshed.

Task 1: Take Beijia Lake (Beihai) as the center, scatter to find out the news of the Ding Ling tribe, and report it to Zhao Yun, the commander of the Yuyang Army in Shiqin City

Mission 2: Assist General Zhang Liao in escorting the captives to Shiqin City

More than a dozen tasks related to attacking Ding Ling made the entire Yuyang boil.

"I thought that the old man would never see my Youzhou army again in his lifetime, but I didn't expect the prince to attack Ding Ling again! Haha, well played, well played! ”

The old men gathered together, counted old things, and said that the feat of breaking Wuhuan and defeating Xianbei seemed to be young again!

The young man was even more enthusiastic, it was the mercenary who immediately took over the task, and those who were not mercenaries either registered as mercenaries immediately, or they flocked to Shiqin City and prepared to join the army. In Youzhou College, a large number of students who are about to graduate have all petitioned in the form of voluntary petitions, ready to do internships.

With the beginning of the Mobei and Far North wars, the fanatical war machine of the entire Youzhou was running rapidly.

Batches of grain and grass materials were transported from Youzhou to Shiqin City, to Beihai Town, and to Longcheng.

Batch after batch of hot-blooded young people have embarked on the road of mercenaries and soldiers!

The great movement in Youzhou shocked the major princes of the Central Plains.

Yuan Shao, Cao Ying and others were all on strict guard, for fear of being caught off guard by Liu Yuansheng!

Shiqin City.

Zhao Yun held a silver spear in his hand, wore black gold armor, and rode a jade lion that illuminated the night, standing under the city.

Behind him, 10,000 heavy armored cavalry, 20,000 light cavalry, 10,000 light infantry, and 10,000 heavy infantry were divided into four phalanxes, neatly and neatly, and the murderous aura that rushed to the sky stirred the sky and clouds to scatter, which was extremely dull!

Zhao Yun waved his spear and shouted: "Pull out!" ”

Immediately, under the leadership of the generals, the four phalanxes trained into a black dragon, stepped on the morning meadow, and went straight to the extreme north

Xiliang, Guiyi City.

Liu Yuan led the army to come, and the three people of the Ma family, Ma Teng, Ma Chao, and Ma Dai came out of the city, welcomed Liu Yuan into the city in a proper manner, and held a banquet to welcome him and officially surrendered. The next day, Ma Teng's general, who stayed in Guzang, also led 20,000 people to arrive.

Both sides are ready, and the big battle is about to break out!

On this day, Liu Yuan led Jia Xu, Dian Wei, Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and other generals, and led a total of more than 80,000 soldiers and horses in Guiyi City, all poured out of the city, and rushed to Jianwei City with great momentum.

In Jianwei City, Han Sui and Guo Yan both looked solemn.

"It seems that the Ma family has been attached to Liu Yuan" Han Sui said in a sullen voice: "General Li Dao must have been defeated, and we are already alone, General Guo, what do you say about the current situation?" ”

Guo Yan's complexion kept changing, and he sighed, but his face was full of fierceness: "We are the masters of the dominant side, how can we easily bow our heads?" Besides, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under our command, and there is no chance of victory! Although Liu Yuan, the king of Yuyang, is very popular, I am not afraid! ”

Although he said this, Guo Yan had no bottom in his heart.

"Report! Two generals, the enemy army has arrived in the city! ”

When the soldiers came to report, the two looked at each other, straightened their clothes and armor, strutted out, and walked out of the gate side by side.

Although it seems heroic, it can't hide the sadness of the end of the road in the back.

(To be continued)