After three days, the army of the Seed Master Dao rushed from Mingsha to Xingqing Mansion, and easily won the empty city of Lingzhou on the way. Lingzhou is the southernmost point of the Yinchuan Plain, and Yang Zhi led 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Lingzhou.

It's a pity that the army and the Renli soldiers and horses passed by, and missed the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and the army of the Seed Master Dao won Mingsha and Lingzhou all the way without any danger or danger, and the soldiers and horses had few casualties, so naturally they could not get any great achievements.

After the soldiers and horses were abducted by Renli, the clans of Jingzhou, Shunzhou, and Dingzhou also learned from the Huaizhou clans and returned to the Great Liang.

After the army settled in Xingqing Mansion, Chao Yong began to distribute soldiers and horses, except for Lingzhou, led by Yang Zhi 10,000 soldiers and horses, and sent Han Shizhong, Liu Qi, Yao Pingzhong to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Jingzhou, Shunzhou, Huaizhou, Lu Zhishen led 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Dingzhou. Dingzhou is the northernmost point of the Yinchuan Plain, and further north is the Right Xiang Chaoshun Military Division and Baimaqiang Town Military Division of Western Xia, and further away is the Heishui Weifu Military Division and the Xijing Road and Shangjing Road of Liao.

At this point, the Yinchuan Plain fell into the hands of the Great Liang, and Chao Yong sat in Xingqing Mansion and continued to recruit the Western Xia tribes.

Let's talk about the Lu Junyi Department in the south

Walking through the Hanhai, it seems that only sand is left between heaven and earth.

On the first day of entering Hanhai, everyone looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, and then looked down at the golden desert, feeling that Hanhai also has a unique majestic magnificence. But after a day of walking through the Hanhai, no one thinks that the Hanhai is beautiful except for sand and sand. Especially at night, I hid in the tent, curled up in the blanket, and couldn't sleep in the cold.

The next day everyone began to curse the damn desert, and although everyone did not want to spend the night in the desert again, the camel caravan could not cross the Hanhai Sea to reach Yanzhou.

It's completely different from the cold of the night, but the temperature of Hanhai during the day can roast acquaintances.

Everyone's clothes were soaked, and their heads were sweating.

The sunlight reflected by the golden sand made everyone's eyes a little sour, and they could only squint and hurry.

Lu Junyi picked up the kettle hanging on the camel's back, raised his head and took a sip, and then couldn't swallow it anymore.

The water in the kettle was still poured from Weizhou that day. Although they passed the Lingzhou River on the way, the water of the Lingzhou River was bitter and undrinkable, and they never saw the water source again. It was left in the leather bag for three days, and every day the sun was dry, and the water smelled of leather.

Yan Qing wiped her sweat and said, "I've walked almost two hundred miles, and I should be almost in Yanzhou." ”

Lu Junyi nodded and said: "This Hanhai is really difficult to walk, fortunately, we only walked more than two hundred miles, if it is six or seven hundred miles to the west." I'm afraid that water alone will not solve the problem. ”

As soon as he wiped it, sweat broke out on his forehead again, and the sweat towel was already soaked with sweat, Yan Qing could only wipe it again with his hand, nodded and said, "What the master said is that crossing the Hanhai Sea this summer is really a chore." Luckily, we used camels, and if we had horses, we would have drunk all the water in one day. ”

Lu Junyi said: "The army of the Seed Master Dao should also have arrived in Xingqing Mansion. They should be marching faster than we do. ”

Yan Qing nodded and said, "The road from Mingsha to Xingqing Mansion is much easier to walk than this Hanhai. ”

While the two were talking, they saw the party leader in front of them riding a camel with a puff of sand.

Camels are actually not slower than horses when they run, and their endurance is much stronger than that of war horses, and they can run for a day in a row. Far better maneuverability than war horses.

If the camel team runs at full speed, it can reach Yanzhou from Weizhou in one day, but most of the people under Lu Junyi's command can't ride horses, if they really run for a day. It is estimated that there will not be many people in Yanzhou City, and most of the rest will fall down halfway. Even if you go to Yanzhou, most of them will be dizzy. Loss of combat effectiveness. Therefore, Lu Junyi had to be patient and led the camel team slowly across the Hanhai.

When he arrived, Lang Yanming strangled the camel, bowed down and said: "There are five miles to Yanzhou, and I am afraid that it will be discovered by the Yanzhou defenders if we go any further." The Yanzhou defenders should not have discovered us yet. ”

Lu Junyi nodded and said, "Then take the city as planned." ”

Yan Qing hugged his fists and said, "Then Xiao Yi will take the first step." ”

Lu Junyi hugged his fists and said, "Take care." ”

Yan Qing and Lang Yanming left the team, and a team of more than 100 party members in front of them was already waiting there.

Lang Yanming was the patriarch of a small tribe on the edge of Weizhou, and the pastures of the tribe were not enough to feed everyone, so he took the tribe's people back and forth between Weizhou and Yanzhou. Because Yanzhou was rich in green and white salt, Western Xia merchants and smuggling merchants from the Central Plains gathered in Yanzhou. He sold the furs of Weizhou to the Yanzhou tribe, and the Yanzhou tribe sold them to the merchants of the Central Plains, and then bought green and white salt and silk tea from the Yanzhou tribe back to Weizhou.

Although Lang Yanming can also find Central Plains merchants in Yanzhou, he can't trade directly with Central Plains merchants, they all have to hand over the goods to the Yanzhou tribe and let the Yanzhou tribe peel off a layer of skin from it, because the Yanzhou tribe is the head snake, and the Central Plains merchants and the Weizhou tribe are indispensable to the green and white salt of the Yanzhou tribe.

After Lu Junyi led his troops to conquer Weizhou, Yan Qing recruited the tribe of Langyan Name.

Originally, Yan Qing was just going to let Lang Yan Ming lead the way, but after Lang Yan Ming heard that Lu Junyi was preparing to raid Yanzhou, he volunteered to seize Yanzhou.

The reason why Lang Yanming was willing to risk his life to help Lu Junyi seize Yanzhou was not only because the Yanzhou tribes exploited him in the past, but also because he knew that the death of Western Xia was imminent, and he wanted to find an errand in Daliang.

He often traveled back and forth between Weizhou and Yanzhou, but he had already known that the road for Yanzhou to transport grain and grass to Renzhong's 200,000 soldiers and horses had been cut off by the soldiers and horses of Huanqing Road. Li Qianshun and Cha Ge were killed, and the two armies lost 300,000 soldiers and horses, and Renzhong's 200,000 soldiers and horses ran out of food and grass, and even if they returned, they would lose most of them. Western Xia was greatly injured, how could he resist the strong soldiers and horses, as well as the beams of firearms.

Soon, the Yanzhou city wall appeared in the distance.

Yan Qing reined in the camel, picked up a bag on the camel's back, took out a fire thunder, and said: "This is the fire thunder invented by the prince of our country, the sound is like a thunderbolt, it can blow up the iron armor, the fire and thunder are everywhere, and you will either die or be injured within a few zhang." ”

Lang Yanming had naturally heard of the reputation of this fire thunder, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of this fire thunder, Li Qianshun and Cha Ge's two armies would not have been so easily defeated by the Liang soldiers and horses. As the rout fled back, the Daimyo of Fire and Thunder could stop the child's night cry.

Lang Yan Yan nodded and said, "Only the prince of the heavenly gods can make such an artifact." ”

Yan Qing took out another fire fold and said, "You can use this, right?" ”

Hearing Yan Qing's words, Lang Yan Yan said happily: "I have seen the merchants of the Central Plains use it, and it will be used in a flash." ”

Yan Qing pointed to the lead of the fire thunder and said: "Just light the lead and throw it out, remember not to throw it closer, otherwise it will be you who are unlucky." There are five fire thunderbolts in this bag, you should take them with you just in case. If there are many defenders in Yanzhou, you will reward them with a few fire thunders. ”

Seeing that Yan Qing really wanted him to use fire thunder, Lang Yanming nodded on the camel, stretched out his hands to take the fire thunder and fire fold, and said excitedly: "Thank you for the general's trust, the villain will fight for his life, and he will definitely take the city gate." ”

Yan Qing said with a smile: "If you can take it, you can take it, but if you can't, you can quit." We have firearms to break the city, even if the Yanzhou defenders close the city gates, they can't stop the army. ”

Lang Yanming said: "Most of the soldiers and horses in Yanzhou have already been transferred by Renzhong, and I have brought more than 100 warriors from the tribes, if I can't take the city gate, I don't have the face to see the general again, it is better to die under the city gate." ”

Yan Qing saw that Lang Yan Yan said this, so she had no choice but to hug her fists and say, "Then I will wish you success." ”

Lang Yan Yan also learned from Yan Qing and said, "The villain said goodbye." ”

Yan Qing didn't go any further, but just rode a camel and watched Lang Yanming and his party go to Yanzhou City.

Lang Yanming has long been familiar with the Western Xia guards, although the camel team often changes, but the Western Xia people are all bald in front of the hairstyle, Yan Qing is wearing the clothes of the party members, and the hairstyle cannot be hidden. Although there are also many Han people in Yanzhou who come to smuggle Qingbai salt in Yanzhou, during this period of time, all roads in Shaanxi strictly investigated Qingbai salt, and the two countries went to war, but few Han people came to Yanzhou.

Soon, Lang Yanming and his party arrived at the city gate.

When the soldiers defending the city saw the name of Lang Yan, they asked, "Hasn't Weizhou been defeated by the Han people?" Are you still in business? ”

Lang Yanming said with a smile: "The Han soldiers and horses fought from Mingsha, probably rushing to reinforce the soldiers and horses who broke through Xingqing Mansion, how could they delay the time to attack Weizhou." ”

Now the news that Xingqing Mansion was blown down by the Han people and captured by the city wall has spread to most places in Western Xia, although most of the soldiers and horses in Yanzhou have been transferred by Renzhong, but when they heard that Xingqing Mansion had fallen, they still sent 500 people to King Qin of Xingqing Mansion.

Fan Bing looked at the camel team behind Lang Yanming and said, "You brought a lot more people this time." ”

Lang Yanyan said: "The soldiers are in chaos, so I have to guard against some." A few days ago, a tribe in Weizhou was sacked by a group of robbers, and after the gang of robbers succeeded, they entered Hanhai. ”

"I heard ......"

Fan Bing opened his mouth to say something, but suddenly stopped, waved his hand, and said: "You guys go into the city, only the tribes in the country come to buy green and white salt these days, and we are almost out of food." ”

"Good"

Lang Yanming agreed, and then walked with the camel caravan to the city.

When he saw that most of the people had entered the city, he drew his sword and shouted, "Do it." ”

The soldiers guarding the gate just realized that something was wrong, and they were cut down to the ground by the people who had entered the city.

"Woohoo"

The guards at the head of the city saw that someone was attacking, and hurriedly blew their horns.

Yan Qing saw from a distance that the name of the wave had been launched, and immediately turned the camel and ran towards the place where the army rested.

The camel galloped down at full speed, and a few miles of land was only a matter of moments.

The 5,000 people under Lu Junyi's command have been assembled, and those who can't ride horses have already gotten off their camels, and the hundreds of people in front of them are all able to ride horses, let alone ride camels.

The people watching on the sand dunes saw Yan Qing running from a distance and immediately waved their flags.

Five thousand people immediately rushed towards Yanzhou.

Before he had killed a dozen or so defenders at the head of the city, the first few hundred people rode into the city on camels. (To be continued......)